New-York tribune., 1900-07-07
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.

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The heat was suIocatlng all over the country
and even At the seaside there were fev brsezss
socially there was nothing OF note In town New
port now seems to be filing rapidly but so far
1t has been quiet rather thar gay. At the nearby
our OUT OK Town resorts there were the usual Friday
evening entertainments There were few sreCta tors
representatives Of the Meadow Brook SET Tennis
al az Iuxedo and golf at Southampton were among
the sports Of the day.
There is much apprehension IN society caused by
the dreadful news from China The Baroness Won
ketteler is well known in Ncw-York where she
has many intimate friends. She was a Miss Led
yard and her uncle is Lewis Cass Ledyard. com
modore OF the Sew-York Yacht club. G. o. Bax
Ironside who is secretary % the British Embassy.
one time attached TO the English Embassy in
Washington He has manv friends here. There are
also Miss Mary COudit- Smith a sister OF Mrs
CYRUS Field hudson and daughter of Mrs Condit-
Rensselaer, Hodge
Miss Louise Ward McAIister and her mother,
Mrs Ward McAllister, are at Greenwich. Conn.
where they VIII pass a week They will afterward
20 TO Newport for the season Next winter Mrs.
Ward McAllis,er will move into her new house.
home OF Henry A Barclay
Mrs. Douglas Grant will sail next week from
Cherbourg. and she will be at Newport for the
SSdS'li -dTS Grant mas peen entertaining great
deal in Paris this spring. and it more than
once reported that she was engaged to Prince
Htenri d orleans. She is the daughter Of Mr. and
Ms. tIeoFge , scott with whom she posses the
summer She has recently been divorced from her
husband
The last two days at Newport have been very
quiet and dull The mornings and afternoons have
been devoted 70 sailing and to golf Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Payne Whitney are the latest additions 70
the summer colony. This evening Mrs StuyvesaHt
Flsh viii give large dinner In honor Of her guest.
this morning for NewD0rt for three davs' visit
70 Mr. and Mrs. Fish
Frederick c. Havemeyer and Mrs Perry Tiffany
are among the arrivals AT Newport. They have
come for the wedding of Harry -Havemeyer. 1r,
and Miss Charlotte Whiting. on "Wednesday
The engagement has been announced Of Miss
Lalla Baldwin Morton. the daughter Of Mrs Wash
ington Morton. to Daniel f. seybeL Miss Morton
is very well known in Sew-YOrk. Every Lent she
gives series Of conferences at the Astoria under
fashionable patronage She is the niece Of Bfrney
Baldwin, of Tuxedo. and Of Mrs. Edward Renshaw
Jones and Mrs James F Rggsles. Miss Morton
number OF years. Daniel +. Sey5eI is a lawyer and
Clubs. 5as-'''7 % '''s
James J. Van Allen and the Misses Van Allen are
TO sail to-day from Southampton Mrs Richard
GambrtH Will be on the same ship. The Van Aliens
will 90 directly to Newport, where they Will remain
Tor the sump1r 8akehqrst Is 5eady n9" for their
Of the summer ct Bar Harbor
Alfred Vanderbilt is booked to sail next Saturday
from Liverpool Mrs. Francis Ormonde French and
Miss Elsie French will sail on the same ship. Mrs
Adolf Ladeuhurg is also expected 70 sail this week
She Will be At Newport for the summer
There are not many New-Yorkers booked on the
ships sailing to-day the Kaiser William II,
which sails tomorrow. on the Etruria is Mrs
| John Hays Hammond. Of Washington. Mr. and
| Mrs Charles T. Harbeck and the Misses Harbeck
are on the ship.
| Mr. and Mrs George Peabody Wetmore and the
/ Misses Wetmore Will not pass the summer at New
J port as announced. They will go abroad soon.
/ Senator Wetmore and his daughter, Miss Maude.
/ have been visiting at LeuOX Mrs. WetmOFe and
/ Miss Edith are al present at Newport