Evening star., 1901-07-27
The SOCIAL WORLD
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Fashionable Season Has Opened at
Newport.
SPECULA7IoNs As 70 TEE FUTURE
With Some Names Rosy-Hued
Prophecies Are Easy.
PERsO ONAL N TIE s

The gayeties have really started at New
port Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish has the credit
of opening the season, though to such :,
clever woman, a vaudeville show preceding
a supper spread en- small tables with a
garden of roses and expensive trinkets
about, and battalion of flunkies to serve
and wait, reads just like a repetition of
other parties given by members IF Mrs.
Fish's set the past two or three years. Much
more is expected. and with greater rea-
son. from Mrs. .. H. P. Belmont's fancy
dress ball, which may or may not be a
medicine dance" This event has now
been timed for the visit of the Duchess of
Marlborough tConsuelo VanderbiD, whom
it Is reliably stated will be the guest Of
her mother and MI. Belmont at their home.
Belcourt Her former home. Marble House,
is being opened up to give it better ap-
pearance but it Is only likely Mrs. Bel
mont would prefer to entertain her daugh-
ter at her own fireside, which is just as
palatial, though in quite another style.
This will be the first visit of the duchess
to her own land since her marriage, but
the duke Is not to accompany her. SO 1t Is
said. Many hospitalities will mark the
stay Of the duchess, which is not now
thought will extend beyond the Newport
season.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lehr have been much
in evidence all week In New York, meeting
friends at the various fashionable cafes for
luncheon and dinner. Mrs. Lehr's toilets,
which bear the latest Paris touch, are
changed for each appearance, and there
fore are especially worthy of mention. A
walking dress OF white fiowered navy blue
foulard has elbow sleeves of the silk. dis
closing fine tucked undersleeves of white
NULL Another street dress was of black
cloth, with an Eton Jacket, having long tab
fronts, and the hat worn was almost fiat
of black and white braid. A black-dotted
white veil hung loosely about It. The
Lehrs are off to New London for young
Master Dahlgren and are due at their New
port cottage about the 1st of August, where
they are bound to be personages Of unusual
interest all summer.
Nothing out of the ordinary Is occurring
at Bar Harbor, beyond the usual sociable
exchanges of dinners, etc, save the weekly
hotel hops, which. in the absence of a
casino. are made the most of. There is
material there, though, for gay time,
even from the conservative estimate of
what that means by the Washington colony.
Mrs. Hunt Slater has already made her
quarters the rendezvous Of those musicaily
something interesting Is bound to assume
shape and substance before long.
The half dozen Washington matrons
from whom great things are expected the
next few years-Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh,
Mrs Mrs; Westinghouse Yves Gsl. Mrs; Richard Town
Anderson and. indeed. the list could be
extended just as long with stars OF the first
magnitude-are now widely scattered, but
perhaps indulging In dreams-sure to be
happy ones from the standpoint Of the
entertained-as to what they shall do In
their splendid new Washington homes
Most Of them have already given pretty
| good token of1their generosity and willing
ness, hampered in several instances by the
| inadequate dimensions of their homes. In
overcoming all obstacles Mrs. Westing-
house deserves the palm, since she allowed
| nothing to come between her plan and its
realization, even TO the length Of building
| q house so that thousands might be her
| guests single evening.
| The entire family is now in Europe, and
their stay maybe longer than a summer
| tour. Now that the ownership of the
Blaine house has passed into their hands
| its enlargement will be the next thing
necessary before more entertaining will be
attempted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh do things on the
same elaborate scale and charter boats.
| hotels anything else that Is needed for
| tn, moment. They entertain in a princely
way, and their enjoyment OF their new
home will most assuredly be marked by
other memorable events. Their extreme
| modesty and reluctance to do anything
| that would appear as ostentatious is a
| most charming characteristic in the midst
Of all the splendor they will surround them
selves or their friends. The Washes are
summering in Colorado
Mrs. Townsend has a European journey
| to make which she considers necessary at
| this stage in her social career. The house
question Is settled for her and very satis-
! factorily. both from the standard of good
| taste and adequate accommodations. The
| balls given last winter, while not consid-
| cred wonderful for hostess who when
| she first came to Washington spent as
much in flowers and bonbons at single
small dance as she probably does now at
1 f,1np mr. m q.
! front mansion could house big throng
| and show off its permanent attractions
besides. Mrs. Townsend is a systematic
person beside, and wanted to get the house
| hold machinery working smoothly before
she went In for the rest. Again, the debut
| Of Miss Townsend, whether 1t takes place
| this year or next. Is the event around
which all the family life, and especially the
| mother love. now works II is to be no
| ordinary white frock and ton of bou-
quets affair. and may be accomplished in
Europe rather than at home
There has been little discussion as to
whether Mrs. Townsend contemplated a
Newport season or the trip abroad this
summer. The latter was the first and early
decision, and the change came when
temptations in the form of a well-app0inted
house and all that upper crust society need
| ed for company were to be had for the wish
ing. 1t will be remembered the family was
| In Newport a while, but only long enough
| to view the European journey with stronger
favor than before. Husband and wife and
young daughter are now across the big
pond. and the substantial circle OF ac-
quatntances they have made In present and
past members OF the diplomatic corps will
see to 1t that what they seek in the old
world In the way of experience or pleasure
can be easily found
Mrs. Lars Anderson and Mrs. Moore are
neither new to the capital. When the An
dersons kept house here after their around
the-world honeymoon they did 1t very
pleasantly. and with the experience since
and the enormous zwealth Mrs Anderson
has to draw upon Life In their big mansion
should have many picturesque effects im-
possible for less fortunate individuals.
Mr.. and Mrs, Clarence Moore have hos
pitable tastes alse, Land enjoy the friend
snip OF an exceedingly large following.
Mrs. Slaters palatial home may take an
! other year to complete: 1t will be worth
waiting for Hhe (has never entertained
mere In the larger Why common to all New
porters, and which always characterizes
her home on the cliffs, which in general
outlines much. resembles the 18th street
residence. Out of the future who can tell ?
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Glover and Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Foster will also have new
homes awaiting them soon. In fact. the
Foster house On 18th street was ready for
occupancy when its mistress left Washing
ton in June, but will be made entirely per-
feet early in the autumn, when the yaca-
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