New-York tribune., 1902-06-21
NEW-YORK SOCIETY.

Town presents a more deserted appearance from
a social point of view Saturday than any otner
day of the week AT nearly every coun'r! place
around New-York weekend house parties are IN
rroeraes The various suburban clubs will be
crowded both to-day and tomorrow, while the
e,ymkhana at Hill Crest. Mrs. Trenor PARKS
country home near White Plains; MISS helei NJ
Ciould's garden party at her place on the HUDSON
and the Dominick-Sm wedding at Monmouth
Beach y. J.. will take large number Of people
out of town. When. in addition to this the facL
is taken into consideration that large contingent
OF the fashionable set has run down 10 Boston 1or
the graduation exercises at Harvard and that hosts
Of people have already closed their town houses
and gone to the seaside and to the mountains IoT
the summer, it will readily be seen tnaI 'n1re ne me 10
likely to be dearth OF farnlilar races on IIS
Avenue in the leading restaurants and at the CLUB
windows to-day.
The programme Of the gymkhana at Mrs TTenor
Parks place this afternoon has already been given
in this 1t includes Grctna Green races,
potato races egg and spoon races. live geese races,
the geese being driven by the women who own
them; saddIng and hurdle races, besides a
number of other equally entertaining features The
affair is being given in behalf of the Stony Void
Sanatorlum a special train will leave the Grand
Central Station at o'clock this afternoon. bearing
the ticket holders to White Plains. Mr. and Mrs.
Rev0aI Howard Potter and Mr. and Mvs Trcnor
Park among those who have the entire enter
social and financial success.
The marriage OF Miss Helen Dominlck. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Bayard Dominick Howard Alex
ander Smith takes place noon to-day in St
Peters Church. Galilee y. j. The ceremony Will
be followed by a wedding breakfast at the country
house the brides parents. at Monmouth Beach
Mr. and Mrs LoriIlard Spencer have left New
port where they have rented their villa to Mr. and
Mrs. Seth Barton French who take possession
thereof with few days. Mr and Mrs. Spencer
now at New-London-
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings have left
town for Newport where they spending few
days with Mrs Hugh D. Auehincloss who Is the
sister of Mrs. Jennings, pending the arrangement
of their own villa.
Miss Helen NJ Goulds garden party at Lynd-
hurst her country place Irvington-on- the FIud
son. this afternoon is given with the object Of
promoting the work Of the international commit
the navy and especially that OF the branch Of the
association in Brooklyn
Mrs Henry E. Hyde has closed her house. IN
East Fortieth-st. and has left town for Saratoga,
Mr. and Mrs George Bird have closed their
house in Madison-ave.. and have left town for
their cottage at Dark Harbor. Me. where they will
spend the summer
Miss Edith Morton's marriage 10 John Hobart
SpraCue 1r took place on Wednesday last at the
house of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Morton,
the Rev. A. V Clarkson performing the ceremony
Robert X. Rem
mington who only returned from abroad the other
day. sailed Unexpectedly for Europe on Tuesday
last.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Rhnelander close their house
for the White Mountains.
Mr. and Mrs Frank s. Witherbee have left town
for Ledge Side, their country place Lake Cham
plain.
Mrs. Louis Livingston Delafeld. with her daugh-
ters. at Baltimore cottage. Bar Harbor.
General and Mrs. J. Fred Pierson have left town
and arrived at Newport for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs Alexander Maitland are at the
Newport House. Bar Harbor where J. Montgomery
Sears, of Boston. is likewise spending few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay have gone TO
Chicago for the purpose OF witnessing the races
which take place there to-day. and for which some
of Mr.. Mackay's horses are entered.
NOTES OF THE NEWPORT SEASON.
Newport. r. L. June 2o.-The popular morning
Mrs Burke Roche is devotee. and may be seen
every day cantering Belevue-ave. and Ocean
Drive.
The ballroom of Beechwood. Mrs. Astor's
summer home. is being treated in white and gold |
after the style of Louis Nv. The panels are |
richly executed, all the ornamentation being solid
gilt. In the centre of each panel will be Il bronze !
fixture. Figures of the deities in relief add to the