The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-23
NEWpRT SOCIETY NEWS
nv EH DERlcH kNIckERBocKER.

BY FHDERicH kNlcKERsoCnEn'
 nJeynE August 22.-Whether the spir- II of rllessness has so entered the blood
 of tbAmeriean that he can no longer
 find rose in any one place, or whe.nei
 his dire to be seen nrst III one p''ee
 and kn in another is due to vanity, is
 . oution I turn over to the young la
 dias9ebating clubs. I accept the facts
 .s sy present themselves. They are
 fe1vInd can be easily classified under
 ondead. Motion. Society, as l see It.
 |. ter in repose, 1t is always in motion.
 ro v we are at the Casino in Newport;
 .ayrrow at the race track at Saratoga,
 4,dav after in the Adirondacks or at
 5x. If not on shore at sea; if not at
 sahore in the mountains. If the world
 ,,,yhieh I move was a large one as 1t
 ,sn England, where the aristocracy is
 Iecognized portion of the community
 tise droppings in and droppings out of ,bple would make very little difference l an established mecca as Newport cer- Ainly is But it is not. It is small there lore, the coming and going of certain persons make perceptble difference on the place. Large events are dangerous, invitations for set events two weeks ahead perilous. One who entertains is desirous of knowing if the guests can be depended upon. Saratoga is drawn from Newport, the mountains, country seats and yachts from both and, in spite of all talk to the contrary, Newport and Sara toga have both had seasons of unusual dullness.
 Young Cornelius Vanderbilt, much im- proved in health, returned on his yacht the North Star. His trip was made mem- orable by the courtesy of Emperor Will liam, who is on friendly footing with Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Mrs Vanderbilt's sister He desired to honor the Wander bilts on account of the dinner and cour- tesies extended Prince Henry when wis., iting New York, and also as he recog- nizes the Vanderbilt prejudice to the Wilson's. The Wilson female line Is mo- table for social fence or drawing room diplomacy Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt with Mrs. Edmund L. Bayles, went to Scotland. Edmund came home. James Henry Smith is also in Scotland. visiting his sister, Mrs. Cooper, who shared with him his uncles fortune. The Coopers have purchased a moor in Scotland, and they have a town house in London. James Henry will not return until Sep tember. He is known in London as "Chi- cago Smith, and people are talking about him. He has entertained there great deal and made himself very pop ular. I hear that at Homburg the woods are full of Harrimans and there is quite a family party at the European water ing place.
 
 r the Orfords and others are coming this week. Already Newport is filled with foreign noblemen, from the little photograph faddist, Primoli, and Count lI<insky, to all sorts of German and Aus trian and Italian barons and counts and marquises. There have not been for years so few invitations out at this time In August as at present. MT. and Mrs. H. Mckay Twombly will give a dinner dance at yinland Tuesday night for their second daughter, Miss Ruth Van derbilt Twombly MT. and Mrs. E. J. Berwind will give a big dinner, followed by an entertainment. on Saturday night. l August 29 MT. and Mrs. Harry S. Lehr i have dinner cards out for the nights of August 21, 25 and 30
 The cool weather at Saratoga has made the town a little paradise. The fresh mountain air coming from the nearby Adirondacks, the spurs of which can be plainly seen, has even now just the slightest supicion of frost. The golden | rod is in the fields and on the hillsides and the leaves in the grand old forest trees are just beginning to fall and to assume their autumnal colors.
 But there are mortals blossoms at Sar- atoga which not in the least autum- nal. There has seldom been even in the days of our fathers and grandfathers such display of gowns and frills and furbelows. At the track on the racing days you may have seen Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney who affects these large picturesque hats; Mrs. Thomas Hastings, tall and smart; Mrs. Widener, the Phila- ielphia beauty; Mrs Alexandre, the sis er of Mrs. Foxhall Keene; Mrs. Gates, he wife of the millionaire; Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr who always dresses &C., tording to the English idea; Mrs. Ned Potter, who was Miss Havemeyer; Mrs. Pierre Lorillard and many other of the beautiful young matrons of the Mead pwbrook and Tuxedo sets.
 And there is Freddie Gebhard and Jack Folansbee, and Mike Davis and John Davis anl numerous other clubmen, who follow the horses and who are lov- ers of dhe sport. Albert Bostwick and Dunbar Wright have been at Saratoga In their automobile and of course there Is William c. Whitney.
 What is so delightful at Saratoga is that, notwithstanding the stock market reports, there seems to be little concern there and the great millionaires and ma nipulators sit on hotel verandas and smoke their cigars in the evenings, ap- parently quite unconcerned.
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