The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-06
NEW YORK SOCIAL NEWS
BY pIEpRIcH KNlckERsockER.

BY DlEDhlCf1 kNlCkERBOCkEH New York. September 1.-The week be- gan chill and cheerless. Sunday was dull day in the great houe.s around and about New York, the weather keeping us indoors. The Futurity had been run off the day before with a track deep in mud. Grand stand and club house face to the east and fine, drizzling rain blown eastward by 8 light breeze chilled one to the marrow. Sore threats and infiamed noses the result. Yet all were present. The attendance at the opening of the au- tumn session at Sheepshead is always what one would expect in a duly accred- tied herald of the court of fashion called the roll All the week the attendance was good in spite of the final brush for the cup. So between yachting and racing there has been cause sufficient to bring all of us who fiutter like moths about the lamp of fashion to the metropolis
 
 One of the notable events of the week was the dinner given to Sir Thomas Lip ton by Commodore R. E. Tod, of the At lantic Yacht club, at the Oriental Man haitian Beach. In the party were the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Gen. Corbin, U. s. A, and Mrs. Corbin; Pay master A. E. Bates, U s. A; Col. and Mrs. Sherman Crawford; Col. D. F. D. Neill of the Royal Clyde Yacht club; pr. A F. Neal and J. c. Wilson, Jr all of whom came over from Sea Gate, where the Erin was anchored. After dinner, which was served in one of the private dining rooms, decorated for the occasion and hung with American, English, Irish and yacht club flags, the company lis- tened to well rendered programme, in- terspersed with Scotch and Irish airs, by Prof. Stretzs orchestra.
 Other engagements hinted at include the names of Arthur Burden and Miss Parsons, who has been bridesmaid couple of times. and who served in that capacity for Mrs. Reggie Vanderbilt; Miss Cynthia Roche and Austin Gray, and Charles Wetmore and Miss Evelyn Bur den. None of these has been announced with authority, and there is the proba- bilty of such announcements being made in the late autumn.
 With the fitting of MT and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, the Saratoga season was
 
 Waterbury are yet up there, but nearly all the fashionabes have departed. The season has been short and not near as gay it was last year. Then the Spa was a novelty. but the bad weather and heavy tracks this summer interfered wl.h the racing, and there was very little en- tertaining. The cup races also came in at the end of the season and attracted many of the cottagers and guests at the hotels.
 In small way, perhaps Richfield Springs has been gay enough and Coopers- town, which is near by, with the Potters and Clarks, has contributed it's share of entertaining. The Adirondacks have had a large crowd of visitors. Mir and Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt, at their Jap anese camp have been entertaining Q great deal, and so have MT. and Mrs. Whtelaw Reid and Mir. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes. Mr. and Mrs. Whtelaw Reid came down for a few days of the cup racing. Mrs. Pierpont Morgan has been in town with her son, who sails shortly for England, after a summer in the Adirondacks. Lenox is just begin ming to wake up. But the season there is short, and there is but little change in the set which usually meets there every autumn.
 
 Cedarhurst is to have the next horse show. It is to last only one day, but there will be a large crowd there from all parts of Long Island There is much to be expected from the Mneola horse isnow, which will take place in the mid dle of the month. There will be county fair in connection with this, and there will be lots of fun for everybody. The West chester county fair will also have a horse show, which promises to be an event of much importance. Polo vii be continued to be played at Newport for the present but the teams will come into the suburbs in about fortnight.
 
 Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt is to be con graduated on having introduced a new form of entertainment here. She gave a simple country excursion last week. Il few days after her arrival Those invited were a few of her intimate friends and the destination was the new farm at San dy Point, in Portsmouth. There repast of milk and eggs and fruit all fresh from the farm. was served Basket pie nics have also become quite popular here this season. MT. Austin Gray gave a large one few days ago. and several others have been enjoyed.
 It is quite the thing when you go to visit at Newport to make round. stop ping at different cottages and moving on as you finish your visit at each house. Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger. celebrated for her hooks, written under the non de plume of Julien Gordon, first visited Mrs. James P. Kernochan and afterward yis- ited Mrs Astor. Miss Alice Roosevelt daughter of the President. first visited the R. Fulton Cuttings and then the Bur dens. Miss Emily Taylor, of Paris, was Miss Nathalie Schenck's guest now she is visiting Mrs. E. Moore Robinson.
 There is much interest In the ball to be given by Mrs. Ogden Goelet at her villa on the Cliffs. a which rumor has it. the engagement of Mis- Goeet with the Duke of Roxburghe will be formally announced. Mrs. Goelet, Miss Goelet and the duke have been in town during the past week.