The sun., 1903-07-12

IN SOCIETY.

IN SOCIETY.
Mrs. Astor returns from her annual trip
to Europe this week There are few of the
Newport set who have passed as many
consecutive summers at the resort as Mrs.
Astor. and meanwhile she has made but
one change of abode. 1t Ii expected that
she will do much more entertaining this
year than heretofore.
As Mrs. John Jacob Astor is in mourning
for her mother, Mrs. Edward s. Willing,
she will give no formal affairs this season.
She and Mr. Astor will have parties Of friends
with them constantly on the Nourmahal
for suppers and little evening trips The
yacht y saloon has been redecorated in pale
gray and white and upholstered with old
rose brocade. The members of Mrs. John
Jacob Astor's immediate family are all at
Newport this summer. Her father, Ed
ward S. Willing, who has been for some
tinues to be very feeble His son, Barton
Willing, and Mr.. and Mrs. Francis G. Law
renee, Jr., his son-in-law and daughter,
are with him.
Fred o. Beach, who made so many yacht
ing cruises with William X. Vanderbilt,
and has been abroad for some time
with his wife. will soon arrive here. They
will go to Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whtslaw Reid came down
from Ophir Farm on Friday and went to
Newport, where they will spend a few
days with Mrs Reid's brother, Ogden
Mills. Miss jean Reid, by the way, is re-
gaining her strength after her operation
for appendicitis Worthington Whitehouse,
who will be in demand this season to lead
c0tillons, and Henry Bull are also with Mr..
Mills. Mrs Mills and the Misses Mills
are expected TO arrive from Europe this
week and are very likely to bring with
them goodly stock Of cotillon favors.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gould have High
land piper, Donald Cameron, who will
parties. He pipes the crew on the Emerald
to their meals.
One of the early fall weddings will be
that of Miss Florence Howes to Leander
Shaw Herrick Miss Howes was one OF
last winters debutantes here She Ia a
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Townsend Howes
Of Stamford, Conn, and her mother gave
a coming-out tea for her at the Buckingham
Hotel. Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt also gave
dinner dance at Sherry's for her and
her own daughter, Miss Constance Pratt.
Mr. and Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt
will receive much attention from relatives
and friends when they arrive on this side
few weeks hence, on the Valiant. Mrs.
Vanderbilt, Mr.. and Mrs, II. Mckay Twom-
bly, and Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bilt are the only members of Mr.. Wander
bilt's family who have Newport cottages.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick w Vanderbilt are
represented there now by Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Howard the latter, Mrs. Van
derbt's niece. Mrs. Vanderbilt's young
daughters, the Misses Rutherfurd, will
over. Their uncle, Winthrop Rutherfurd,
has cottage at Newport this season. Mrs.
Vanderbilt 3 sons are being coached this
summer, preparatory to beginning their
course at Harvard
Mr.. and Mrs Levi p. Morton are now
at their new camp on Saranac Lake. The
Misses Morton will pay a few visits before
Joining their parents. Mr. and Mrs William
Corcoran Eustis and Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop
Rutherfurd will be guests OF the Mortons
at the Adirondacks for time during the
summer; also the Duke and Duchess Of
Valencey, who are talking of coming over
for the Cup races.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Mortimer will 20
on Aug. to Camp Comfort, in the Adiron-
dacks Mrs. Mortimer's sister, Miss Edith
l.. Hall, of IL West Thirty street,
Ia now there with Mrs Mortimer's niece,
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt and one of
last winters debutantes.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Barring Of England,
who are about 10 arrive here, have taken
two OF the cottages of the United States
Hotel, Saratoga, for the summer. So far as
recalled, they have not been over TO make
any stay since their wedding in st. Thomas s
church several years ago. Mrs Barring
who la a tall and rather striking looking
woman, was Miss Marie Churchill. Mr.,
Barring Is cousin of Hugo Barring, who has
been going about here in society for two
seasons, and Of Cecil Barring, who married
Mrs. T. Suffern Taller last November in
London.
Mrs Harold Brown, who sailed yesterday
for Europe, will return to this side in
October. Mrs. Brown is one of the richest
of the young widows of the society set.
She il daughter Of w. Watts Sherman
and a sister-in-law OF Mrs Sherman, her
stepmother, who was Miss Brown OF
Providence
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fitzhugh White
house will sail from England for this side
next Friday, and on their arrival will go
at once to Eastbourne Lodge, where they
will remain until the late fall They have
a rural residence In England and also a
London house. The Hon. and Mrs. Charles
Coventry, a son-in-law and daughter, will
visit them this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert A. Sherman, Miss
Rose S. Sherman and the Messrs. Sherman
of i29 East Fifty-fifth street sailed yester-
day on the Pennsylvania for Europe and
will go to Switzerland after a short stay
in Paris While the other members of the
family will remain abroad for year Mr.,
Sherman will return in August,
Their are a number of heiresses so
joarning at Ba Harbor Miss Rosalie
Coe Campbell, daughter of Mrs Herbert
Parsons, and Miss Marion Haven are two
who have big fortunes in their own right,
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