The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

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in the Yellowstone Park. They will
sail for Honolulu before the middle OF
this MONTH and then will go on TO ia
pan, where they will visit Mrs. Grls-
com wife of United States Minister
LLOYD Griscom.
Baroness Won Ketteler widow OF the
German ambassador to China, who was
killed by the Chinese during the Boxer
troubles, is coming to Newport during
! August where she will be the guest OF
her uncle. eX-COmmodore Lewis Cass
! LedYard.
Mrs. James Robert Mckee, daughter
of the late President Harrison. is in
! Saratoga, with her son and daughter.
Both children are now well grown and
nobody dares to hint to the dignified
Benjamin Harrison Mckee that he was
ever the Baby Mckee" of his grand
! fathers administration. The family
will remain two months longer in Sar-
atoga and then go to New York for the
fall season. Mrs. Mckee is slowly re-
covering from a very severe illness.
The latest on dit concerning the
much-talked-of marriage of Mr.. Hon
| ore Palmer, son of Mrs. Potter Pal
mer, to Miss Grace Brown, is that the
| ceremony will take place In London,
early in September, the restrictions of
| the French law requiring both civil
and religious ceremonies, having caused
the change of plans. Mr.. H. Carroll
Brown of Baltimore will go to London
to give his sister away and the young
people, after a period Of travel abroad,
will return to this country to reside
in Chicago. A fine stone mansion
awaits them there.
Bar Harbor has been 50 busy enter
tanning the officers of the American
feet that there has been little time for
anything else.
The next great attraction will be
the horse-show. Many handsome
prizes have been offered, one by Mrs.
L. Y. Letter being perhaps the most
expensive. Mr.. Letter will be among
the exhibitors. Miss Dorthy Whitney,
daughter of Mr.. William c. Whitney,
will select several of her best horses
for the competition. She has a string
of seventeen at the Harbor now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney, who are booked to sail for Eu-
rope Aug. IA, will go direct to Scot
land for a hunting trip when the
season for hunting is over they will
tour the continent in an automobile
They intend giving several months to
this trip. In the early winter they
will sail for home. After few weeks
stay in New York, they will go to
Florida for the rest of the winter
cruising up and down the rivers of
the Orange state in their boat
which is now being built in Baltimore
This house-boat is to be a most pre-
tentious affair, perhaps the most cost
ly craft of its kind ever floated. 1t
will draw only a few feet of water
so that cruising up small streams will
be possible and will have every mod
ern convenience. the baths being as
sumptuous as money could make
them
Miss Clara Barton 1.-The Angel of
the Battlefield" was the guest Of
honor of the town, Oxford, Mass, last
week and in the parade on Saturday,
which marked the close of the "Old
Home Week" celebration, she received
a tremendous ovation as she was
driven through the streets, the center
of attraction in the parade Oxford
was the town of Miss Barton's birth.
The latest move of this wonderful
woman has been the establishment
of national relief organization with
branches in every city and town and
village in the United States Branch
number one will be in her native town
of Oxford. 1t is a sort of first aid
70 the injured" enterprise and its
members will be fully equipped with
paraphernalia for rendering that aid,
together with the necessary instruc-
lions. The plan has been formulated
by Miss Barton in anticipation of the
time when she must necessarily Law
down her Dfe-work. A national fund
will be established, and is already as
sured, with which to carry on the
work. 1t will be in charge of a finance
committee, composed of men of nation
al reputation, so that when a calam-
ity occurs both money and efficient
workers will be instantly ready to meet
it. The organization will be known
as the National Society of the Red
Cross.