New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY

EXPERIENCES OF the Paris E.1reiti4rI 1rl.on ON 5ls
try clubs and lotels town were crog-is. o'lz-
A topic OF conversation amoEg tHe few ns, 4.
at the Clubs in New-Yo-k was The award - Z.
Building Committee of The Union Club % -5s-' ~
for the proposed new clubhouse. C1rg-a-,,,'.-$
by letter and by wire were hs9p4I on Jos,-'
Fas. who, with Cass Gilbert IS The ss.c...s
competitor. Mr. DU Fais has numerous -.
He is a member OF the Calumet. the rni-a---
and Raltusro! and also ~ number os astr,-
societies. including The sons o[ he Revolution p
is Harvard graduate of lsll- His father wl5 a.
.a .4st yse.I, gT " ., t5 W." ~ ana az Dr.
time Consul at H't're- ne 1''e 'frH t-Fs successf1
in or TWO ct the recently erected .cinfsi--.
buildings The competition was for c1n-rra-n5ers..-- u
well as .or members 0f ln- La.la 'a-5 li.oert N-
Du Faiss associate. came here some sz1 r-1
the West. and has been promirel- la 1s 11e =
work. II looks now. the u.al- H..v- Teen
ctpted that the new Union club t-. site of e.
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum IS ta-t secoaaSl
With the absolute absence ~ anything zss..
might be construed as social news 10 -1wu one Il.
stinctivcIy turns 20 the Watering olao-s- There a.
counts of happenings vary Every year The Nsr
port season grows shorter and --lr sr and r-s-
year, owing 20 the increased i1t-res. Ia o1tts,
sports and the multiplication OF r1-u. people q,
not give so many forna. entertainments. Thar
again. so many Of the very w-a.-ly a-1-n- srr-r
the villa residents at Newport at Lr-ax. az Bs-
Harbor and at other watering places have arzs
establishments, with numerous servants a cses
and in fact all the essentials os hotel Thar ,hsv
practically entertain every evening. and --ers ar
very few dinners en- fauiIe- II r--r are not s..
tertaining themselves. they are 2..-- o-r 30 sOus
other house IL IS almost Impossible 90 keep a.
count of dinners and IuucIeol- Of --.S kind Tss
young people after day 1f -l.f ur ~ driving =
of riding, or Of tennis. or 1S sailing 7ad row ?
'autOm JbiIiug." or little sUatrre- ef aI Of then
are tired in the evening. \ snort dinner and Der.
hans little Informal Ganciue are a -hey re15I-s
AbC1t rv-o weeks cf The season. are 51-a-t1 =
them is the Impression thai they aye impromDrl
dances talI a. the club or a masquerade are t5s
most popular. This is different from y-e SarauEz
life OF a quarter OF century ago. wleu peoBs
sat around on hotel piazzlS. ate three meals dar
dressed about eight times in th= course Of tvenU.
four hours. in oFder 70 relieve the ennuL
Last week at Newport was an example O,
the Fourth Mr.. and Mrs. EIurtdge T. Ger7
gave luncheon and a sail on the Electra. %
which about one hundred people were asked
was an ideal day for such an affair. and II
seasonable in every respect The c-arn1ake az ire
Shanty attracted many OF the older men, 70 whom
this is an institution LUncheors were given al lie
Gooseberry Island and the Golf Club there was
race for cutters at which William X VaudsIbI-
tr., and Hermann Oelrichs acted as judges. a.i
in the evening Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, IT., Mrs
Ross Winans. Mrs Herman Duryea and oths-
young matrons had people 10 dinner None Of these
dinners was elaborate but they came in just in ths
course Of the weeks entertaininE- Az the
time Fritz Garretson and his wife gave houss
warming = @ men @ L5" 4 pa - I q 80 - il - -
year out, and the Navy and Army contingent. va
neglected in summer All this is question Of lr-s
sets There is no doubt before the summer closes
richs Mrs ogden GoeIet and few Others Of tas
owners OF large houses Will give some one Is
of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt 70 DO this. and 55
Vanderbilt by the BeInonts and one or TWO others
Conditions are now changed. and IL VIII be a lo1s
time before there is great gathering again az u.
Breakers, Marble.
doors
In fact looking at the situation seriously. -who
are there AT Newport this year 70 entertain on a
large scale? It all rests with Mrs. Ogden Goelst.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and Mrs Hermann Oelr1chs.
Mrs. Potter Palmer is missed. and the Calvin
Brtces who always did much 70 start things, are
out of Newport life The Vanderbilts are in noun
ing and Mrs oliver II. P. Belmont confines har
hospitable intentions 10 such affairs as Sundal
musicals or picnics or some little original aTralr
which aborIt 6fry 10 one hundred people are askeL
James Van Allen and his daughters Iarry IN Eng,
naTPaps If her granddaughter Miss Roosevelt,
visits her. Will have reception or a dance. 1asis
Of those Who are absent. and yet such a summer
49, 49, tba2 s-CtbA~ season where there VIII De
rush and after a fortnight every one IS tired an
every one goes away 10 recuperate-
There is a little BIT Of gossip going On at New
port and that of an amusing, triting kind Inss
is said TO be a falling out between TWO young ma
irons who are indispensable TO the entertaining
the summer This has happened before, ana Il :
doubtful II there is anything very serious IN IL IL
MARQUIS de San Vito will be obliged 20 marry
the gossips will not let him alone He IS reporter
attentive to Miss Edith CIapp and again 70 MS
Daisy Post Miss Post is in deep mourning ia-
summer and she viii pass the season Win AZ
sister Mrs. Thomas Howard. at Rough FQlnL- AlS
Hermann Oelrichs has moved into her new nous
the grounds are being arranged and IL has 0ss-
made habitabIe although not at all conlp-eIe. -
Earl of Yarmouth has been III or the dut-l-S I-T
Cope Whitehouse I5 much missed az tne h5-.-s h.s-s
Room He is somewhere in West Virginia, was.s
he is LAYING out a park and place ci-lel = "a
will be the scene of 4 series of entertainments l.
honor OF Admiral and Mrs Dewey IN August
The wedding of Harry Havemeyer ana Mss Cnsr
lotte Whiting Will take place ar the villa OF n
and Mrs George L Rives on Wednesday NJ
Theodore a Havemeyer viii be the guest OF *
daughter, Mrs. Butler Duncan, who has taken -
Gilbert cottage Harry Havemeyer viii Fs Ss' e59
bachelor dinner on Monday evening al -.5.,os-s -LT
Clue The names OF those who are 90 par[lcg--.i
have already been given Mss Lily Dr-is-NF Di Fr-i-
Miss Natica Rivcs are 20 be the orice9tt'' 'rsSsrs
erick Havemeyer the best man. ana .'- w I-s5---,
snd Hovari BoncoSk of Brooklyn The wedtns
breakfast Will be served on the lawn
From other watering places one does not ssa
many reports o< much gayety. Al every one
them golf seems the all absocbins past-une SOU
ampton is very dull Just now. On the Fourth 'ns s
was an effort made 20 celebrate the event ~. -
eclat. and the first dance at the Meadow t''o -
place. But dancing now seems to De re-eSaleU
younger people. Bridge and the various games
cards have gained such vogue that aI-e-"'
and evenings both are devoted 90 them A'V~
there are card parties at NewporJ-ao Amos, -
heard Of thng-aud LeuoN and Bar Htr5'r suS a.
other seaside 1-d mountain sett' MS are y,
voted to these arnuseneuts At Southampton ou..~f
charitable and practicaI Will also have sto--5-
place this summer. Mrs stephen Fcapee!
getting UP sewing class 1t is not % rev ~
ture. as il in being last summer lut : -
successful. Miss Leary Intends Co c'2-i,,.-ss.-
meetings OF the Bellevue Sevi0E ana N-.a ..-gla
Glass. at Newport. and there Wli De- ,-' 80
course of French lectures
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