New-York tribune., 1901-08-06
ABOUT SOCIETY.

William K Vanderbilt jr has purchases a..
Mason Renshaw Jones place. in Harrison and usls
don aves.. Newport II adjoins the H. T. Dscxa.
estate ON the north and the Sidney Webster nro
erty, which formerly belonged TO George F fora-
on the west while in its immediate vicinity are
villas of J. Clinch Smith, Mrs Francis O Fre.
arthur T. Kemp. Mrs. Alexander s. Clarke as
PaWln RtyI ~ Morsan 1t was rented last year BY w
eupied this year by William BIanding Of ProT5ssoe- s oe-
The house is of wood and is to undergo conSiJnee
jr take up their residence there next year Tbe
Not few people in town yesterdav NJ,
and Mrs. H. Stephen Hyatt PeT came in from ~
place on Long Island and had luncheon at Sharrr,
Mrs Pel being attred in frock of black India sf,
with large black hat faced with white s+-
Mrs. Lewis Livingston DeafeId who is snsna5H
sne @ summer at her place al Riverdale on the HTGs
Powered foulard and a small black bonSefu SHu white
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock and her daughter ,,-n
cary T. Hutchinson. haze Ief: the old Dinocl pIaca
az az S4etn sou CoXe9try Conn and Bar Harbor
tut the remainder OF the season.
August Belmont and his three sons have eo,a ..
Canads CilS for some fishing. and at the salmon
CUB New-Brunswick. 'i
The engagement of Miss Nellie Haries aarsb..
of Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Harjes. of Paris. 10 Tvor
Gardiner was formally announced yesterday IvoD
Gardiner is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Lvon
Gardiner, Of this city and Gardeners Island whtcb
has been the home of the Gardiner family for four
teen generations. II was one of the thirteen
original manors in this country and to its present
possessor. John L. Gardiner. belongs the title os
t1i uord OF the Manor. which goes with it. Miss
guest Of Mrs George W. Childs DrexeL OF PhiIa
delphia The wedding will probably take nlaca 'iS, d
the autumn in Paris where Miss FIaTfssss ge - IN
live. at No. 81 Avenue Henri Martin Her father -
& Co On Thursday Mrs John l. C$ar5iner srdsles s5S
her daughter Adele. as well her younger brother
winter abroad ''''
1t is Tuesday next that Alfred and Reginar4
Vanderbilt make their DEB ut as polo PLAYERS IN q
match game. playing with the Westchester Polo
Club in the team as r. H. Hunneweu tr
and I. T. Burden. jr Their adversaries will be the
Country Club of Westminster. whose team includes
H. c. Brokaw. T. A Havemeyer H. Beekman and
]. l. Blair. jr The match game in which the
young Vanderbilts will make their first appear
ance is of the series OF the tournament under
the auspices of the Westchester Polo Club which
opens at Newport Saturday. The young Van
derbilts have devoted great deal of their time
finest mounts seen in the polo field for many a year
Consequently their play is looked forward to az
Newport with COn5idera lie amount of interest
Burglars have become active at Newport The
thieves who looted the Royal Phelps Carroll villa
in the absence OF the owners on a yachting cruise
a a
hind them in token Of their kindly Intentions have
not yet been caught. and within the last few
days attempts have been made 70 rob the villa OF
Richard T. Wilson. Of A Lanfear Norrie and Of
Arthur Kemp. In each case the thieves seem 70
have been frightened away without stealing any
dows.
Several dinner parties given last night az
Newport. among the most notable being those OF
Mrs William Astcr and Mrs H. o. Havemeyer. ID
Mrs Havemeyers dinner given at Bergers.
gd s her gssts Ss wfTS than 81 eySeg zen in nS% MN
be found elsewhere in the telegraphic dispatches
from Newport
Mrs. William Astor's guests at Beechwood were
thirty In number, and comprised Prince Charles
Schwarzenberg of Austria. NJ, and Mrs Stuyvesant
Fish Mr. and Mrs Royal Phelps Carroll. ex-Cfov-
ernor John Lee Carroll, Miss Johnson, Mrs. E-
bridge T. Gerry. Mr.. aud Mrs H Orme Wilson,
Mr. and Mrs. George B. De Forest, Egert71 l.
Mrs C,baTIes Marshall Mrs Astor Gerald IoVtber
of the English Embassy. and Henry Walters.
Mrs. Harry I>ahr reached Newport yesterday and
was met on her arrival by her husband. She went
with him to Areigh the Pratt villa, which they viii
occupy for the remainder OF the season.
John Jacob Astor. George r. Fearing. Egerton L.
Winthrop and John Clinton Gray were elected yes
terday governors Of the Newport Casino for term
of four years each
Colonel and Mrs Astor are such enthusiasts on
the subject of tennis that Mrs William Astor
had an extensive tennis court prepared for their
use on the lawn at BeechWood-
William Bayard Cutting jr.. and Lady sybn
staying with Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas sloane,
at Elm Court. Lenox
Mr. and Mrs John :. Barnes. who have seen at
Buffalo. visiting the Pan-Auerican Exposition.
have returned to Codbrooke, their place al Lenox-
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry r. Barnes, who are at south
ampton. have their daughter. Mrs. Marshall Jewell
Dodge. and her husband who returned last week
from abroad. staying with them
The house owned ny Cora, Countess OF syranord.
when she sti!l Mrs Samuel Colgate, No. West
sixteenth-st-. Is about TO be torn down TO rake
way for a ten story storage building
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dana have left their place at
Glen Cove and are on the coast Of Maine
Mrs. Henry Clews sails for home oa august Is.
and will go to Newport Immediately on her return
Mr. and Mrs Giraud Foster have left their place
at Lenox and are at Par HaTbor.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Terry ir. % The
SiiefS neur Kortrght a is H HkeWse sjayinE stay
NEWPORT NOTES
Newport. r l.. Aug, (Speciap-Nrs- Willa'n
Astor began her series Of Monday n.sht dinners
this evening. They will be continued during Au-
gust and well into September. The dining haA Oh
Beechwood deliberately decorated. and tAe
drawing room and other apartments on the nrst
floor of the villa adorned with choice cut HOW
ers. These were placed in tall vases. some Of them
standing seven feet from the floor and all being o,
artistic beauty Each woman guest was presen'eu
with an exquisite floral souvenir OF The OCCASION
The guests were Henry Walters. Mr. and MIS-.