The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-31
SOCIETY AT NEWPORT

Newport August 30.-The truth / Will
confess, although it pains me. This place
has not been a success. Not the grand
success it should have been. Saratoga,
with its glare and hurrah, its race track
and gambling houses, have proven too
much. 1t has taken from US the lively
ones and left us the social statuary.
Young Fairs tragic exploit and Harry
Oelrichs death cancelled Mrs. Herman
Oelrichs social obligations; young Rem
ington's mad taking Of himself off has
added to the gloom and the unpleasant
ness arising from the Collier-Van Allen
marriage has not helped to make us
cheerful The family disputes and the
matrimonial entanglements arising from
divorce and marriage have made things
sort of strained. One of the pleasant
spots on the horizon was the marriage of
Miss Oelrichs to Peter Martin. and an
other was the engagement of Miss Neil
son to Mr.. Reginald Vanderbilt.
You can picture for yourself hoy odd it
all is Alfred Vanderbilt and young Cor
nelius Vanderbilt are not on the best of
terms. Mrs. Vanderbilt and her daugh-
er, but not as the book says they should.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont and Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont have the in
visible gulf between them, and Mrs. Oil
yer has her daughter, the duchess, stop
ping with her. Will the duchess call on
her cousins; will her cousins call on her?
On top of this comes the announcement
that "The American Juno" Mrs. Hollis
Hunnewell, is getting ready to free her.
self by divorce from Hollis; that young
Elliott Sheppard is trying to free him.
self from his wife or vice versa, and that
Mrs. T. Sufferin Taller has once more
become a single lady by the courtesy of
Dakota, and that she is now Mrs. Maud
Lorillard. When you remember all this,
you can easily see reasons why my
friends are not making a gay season of
Newport this year.
I have frequently met this summer Mr..
William L. Stowe. whose automobile is
one of the wonders of Bellevue avenue.
1t is a. fine machine, with a wondrous
capacity for speeding. 1t has already paid
its tribute to the town purse by exceed
ing the speed limit fixed by the wise men
who govern this town. Stowe Is a fine
looking man and has been for twenty
years prominent in New York clubs and
on Wall street He began life as a stock
broker, made a large fortune in stocks
bought the Mexican Central railroad
and now, although only Al years of age,
is a power in financial circles. He is
very genial, good company and very pop
ular. l am told he has acquired great
properties in Mexico, and is bound to be
fabulously rich. We all like rich men
here. Perhaps this is due to the peculiar
ity of ozone in the Newport air.
The suicide of young Mr.. Remington is
one of those occurrences which mar the
gay annals of this place of pleasure. I'm
doubtedly the young mans emotions,
which were varied and complex, unbal-
caused him to destroy himself 1t is not
charitable to the dead or kind to the liv-
ing to dwell upon this painful topic Sem
sationalism has reached the limit in this
case. No young girl Of a proud and SEN
| sitive nature could figure even indirectly
In such tragedy without receiving from
1t blow Let 1t pass with the wreath
she lay upon the coffin lid.
| Her Grace. the Duchess of Marlbor-
| ough, has been here long enough to dis
| cover that even her title has not como
between her and her stern republican
| friends Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont has
been in fiutter of excitement, and the
| wheels of social pleasure have been turn
| ing at lively rate Peers and peeresses
are no novelty to Newport but Newport
claims the Duchess of Marlborough as its
own. 1t was here that she grew up and
had as companions many boys and girls
who are now teiling at humble eoeupa-
! lions or are happily married. They all