New-York tribune., 1901-07-05
ABOUT SOCIETY.

In town yesterday the principal feature a, g.
day was undoubtedly the arrival OF the Deu,.ss
land with full passenger list. including ps
pont Morgan with his new English partner Cli,,a-
hawkins. until recently Minister of Finance of ,h
Indian Empire and president of the royal commit.
sion on the reorganization OF the British War n
partment. but who has severed his connection ,,,,
the British government in order 10 Join the sr
OF Mr.. Morgan He was accompanied by his ui,
and daughter. and will spend some months in m,
country before returning to London in order 70 a.
sist Mr. Morgan's son in the management OF N.
European business of this great financial house
r.nn, among their fsow passengers We're Clement
cation companyy; n.y.. Harry Payne Whitney. who has
England and helping him 10 win ths pDf5s'f pesbg Nh
ard Mrs. W. K Vanderbilt ir who were taken Mr az
pendas tug DsT4 and
sss M ba he sad 10 pr taken who N % was
Avenue Hotel in ambulance; Count Gherardsesc1aa ds1a
c. A. spreckeis and John /. Waterbury. '1''e'
Owing to the good speed made by the Deutsch
land she reached her pier at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. and thus enabled all New-Yorkers on board to
reach their homes in time to join in the celebration
of the Fourth.
Independence Day celebrated with all s
customary eclat. Fashionable society. however.
betook itself to seaside resorts. out OF town clubs
and TO country houses for the purpose. In fact
from social point of view. the city virtually
deserted yesterday. Many went TO Newport where
Commodore Gerry. with his big luncheon party on
noon "at bons and the camSaSe WeT n a1
the most conspicuous features OF the days pro-
There were entertainments board all OF the
yachts. with which the harbor is now crowded,
and a. night they were all brilliantly Illuminated.
Another successful celebration was that at South
ampton. where the Meadow Brook Club opened its
9S s99r Mrs w 5ae annf T e aanSf M and and s gn NJ
ing. usual. well to the fore.
Morrstown was exceedingly gay. There were
parties at all the country houses in the neghbor-
hood and afterward hosts. hostesses and their
guests assembled at the club for fireworks dancing
and patriotic Jubilee AT Tuxedo. in spite OF the
fact that the season there IS supposed to be an
end the clubhouse was filed to Overlooking, most
Of the cottages were zen fate' and for once the
members Of the park colony and the people OF the
surrounding district mingled at the lake side From
Ardsey, from Westchester County, from Lenox.
and especially from westbury and Hampstead.
where William c. Whitney. Mr.. d1d Mrs Maekay
and Mr. and Mrs, Stanley Mortimer kept open
Tons lions of the day The weather was decidedly
cooler, thanks 70 rain In the cary mo Fe5;,i1iss 1
with which the birthday Of Americas independence
was commemorated.
With regard to Southampton. the board of gov
ernors of the Meadow Brook Club have made tne
announcement that. beginning with this evening
sneTG ssnins VIII from t Il o'clock for members. sub
scribers and house guests. hght supper Oehs
served.
rrv;+ations have likewise been issued for an en-
tertainrnent at the Meadow Brook CIuo tor To-
morrow night concerning which no little specuia-
ton prevails The invitations bear the somewhat
mysterious inscription &c. $ c " ana as JsiSs ms
n Breese is known to be 51iy m inomething out Of
lhe ordinary is looked for-
At Islp a ball is 70 be given tonight on the old
pavtlion grounds under the patronage OF Mrs
Fradtsh Johnson Mrs H B. Holins ana MIS-
H. r. Du Val
Mr. and Mrs Henry NJ. Dav have closed their
town house in East Forty-fourth-st and nave
sone to the Oriental Hotel. at Manhattan Beach,
where Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B Twombly are stay
Fiorhann their place az Morristown for Newport;
or wednesday, Sherman pay harry "a " v ans DS Ma fa
Henry ~ pay are at LswreHce Or nee a9os tslana
Miss Iearv leaves town for Newport to-day. but
will not close her house here. as she expects 70
return for a few days next week nefore nnaAy
establishing herself az Newport for tne season
Dog thieves are the terror OF society people Just
now az Newport. and Mrs. Burke Roche Is mourn
ing the loss Of her bulldog. and has had all the
hope of winning the large reward which she has
offered for its recovery
II Is George L. Rives who Is the president OF the
Newport Yacht Racing Association Commodore
Gerry was first elected TO the office. but declined
TO accent it, not wishing to do anything that
could be construed antagonistic TO the New
York Yacht Club. The Newport Yacht Racing
Association Is composed to a great extent OF an
exclusive coterie OF members OF the New-forA
Yacht Club who are reported be inlbued with
the opinion that the latter has become too un-
wieldy and too lax in the matter OF admission and
who wish 10 invest the Newport Yacht fSacins
Association with much the same prestige ana pre-
euinence in the American yachting world rhat Is
enioyed by the Royal Yacht Squadron IN Eng
land.