The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-13

| she never was 30 happy" Glad OF that.
/ am always glad to find one, that one
| whose first draam of connubial felicity
proved a nightmare found on a second
venture that marriage is not a failure.
/ Mrs. Lydig was Miss Rita Acosta, and
when almost child was married to W.
E. D. Stokes. They fell-out and the child
wife secured a divorce.
Mrs Edmund L. Baylies, who was a
Miss Van Rensselaer,, has scored pro-
nounced hit in London. Her husband was
appointed by President Roosevelt sec
rotary In the Embassy to the Coronation.
They have been enjoying the gaiety in
| London. After a short visit OF couple
Of weeks In Scotland they will return and
spend August in Newport
| In consequence of the Field-Sloane we'd
| ding all the houses at Lenox have been
well filled and there has been a great
deal of entertaining for the young peo-
pie. Mrs. Girauld Foster gave the lar
| gest and prettiest luncheon Of the sea-
son, but there have been numberless 9TH
er luncheons, dinners and large garden
parties, just as If 1t was the middle Of
August or September. The Lsenox din
ners are said to be the most remarka-
BILE given In this country. Last year q
| dinner for forty guests, at which there
were only four at each table. was said to
be one Of the finest entertainments ever
given. in the centre of each table, and
incidentally through the centre of each
tablecloth was Towering shrup of pale
| yellow. There are three or four novel;
| ties planned for dinners to be given this
week
Saratoga will this summer have a gala
see son. In August Mr.. and Mrs Clarence
H. Mackay Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Payne
whitman nIr nd william D Thntn-
son, Mr.. William c. Whitney and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry o. Havermeyer, Jr.. will
| be expected The races and polo games
will attract a number of the most 'promi-
neDt persons in society. Indeed, polo
VIII b. enc OF the most attractive out
door diversions at Saratoga this summer.
The national championships arc to be
played on the picturesque field Of the
Saratoga Polo Club from July 2S to Au-
gust 8, and the contestants will include
some OF the nest skillful players in the
country. 1t Is EFFECTED that Mr.. and Mrs.
George ]. Gould will visit Saratoga and
probably spend part of the month of Au-
gust there. Since last season the Club
has erected a handsome clubhouse and
fine stables. The field occupies COM
manding elevation about a mile and a
half northwest of the village. and 1t Is
in the vicinity of the Saratoga Golf
Club grounds. Indeed, representative So
ciety has of late years not favored Sara
toga with its presence, but this year 1t
will be quite different. l should not be
surprised to see Saratoga once more a
fashionable summer resort.
The Willie X. Vanderbilt, Jr's.. are ex-
pected home about the middle Of July. l
have never been more impressed as to
the common sense Of many Americans
than when I read of their movements
the past fortnight abroad. They kept
away from London. There was Mrs.
Vanderbilt, the sister-in-law of the Ouch
ess of Marlborough, who could have had
all the homage she desired. But she did
not want to be in the crowd. The Ouch
ess herself tried her best to get out of
the coronation, and 1 have heard she Is
immensely relieved that the pageant is
postponed. Her mother also waited I'M
til It was all over before going abroad to
pay her a visit. The place on Long Is
land Is being made ready and workmen
are doing their best to have II so that
the young couple will be able to live
there this autumn.