The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14
NEW YORK SOCIAL NEWS
BY DIEDRIcH kNIckERRockER.

kNlCkERBockER.
| New York June 12-There is a con-
slant flow across the ocean. Some are
coming and some are going. Mayfair and
Murray Hill are as twins united with
social ligature. To be in the real world
of fashion one must have connections IN
England as we'll as in New York, one
must feel equally at home in the two
great cities. Fashion has annlhilated 5000
miles OF sea and six days of voyage. To-
day we dine with Mrs. stuyvesant Fish
in New York and fortnight after take
her down to dinner at Lady Staffords IN
London. We no longer send out p. D. c.
cards and have all our friends inspect our
baggage and travelling outfit We no lon
ger go down to the dock and "see friends
on with lump in our throat Indeed,
when we stand watching the busy throng
on the dock waving adieus and shouting
fond messages we smile at their extreme
| simplicity. 1t is so provincial BY the
way, Frederick Diodati Thompson has
sailed. Freddie has recently received the
| ribbon OF command of some Italian order
| IN which he was formerly only a mere,
plain, ordinary knight. It was for his
good deeds at Lucea, where the oil comes
from, and where Diodat has discovered
| traces of his ancestors. He has given the
| city a motor ambulance and other gifts,
and the king of Italy is much pleased
with him. He is going over there now,
and the inhabitants of the town will turn
| cut and give him q very royal welcome
| something even more spectacular than did
| the inhabitants Of AK les Bains, who
headed by the mayor and the common
council, met Pierpont Morgan and his
daughter at the railroad station pre-
scented them with bouquets and escorted
them with music to their hotel. Morgan
is a much bigger man on the other side
| or the ocean than he is here, and there
is fear that he intends to swallow up
! everything over there. Morgan wanted
a special train the other day His request
was not granted. Morgan became furi-
GUS and left AK shaking the dust from
his feet AK les Bains ill suffer in con-
sequence. 1t cannot be helped Spa.al
trains are only accorded to royalties
| $50
| Archer NJ. Huntington who married
! Miss Gates a daughter of Isaac e. Gates
Coils P. Huntington's life long associa-
ate, has with his wife, gone abroad. They
have mapped out most Interesting tour
on the continent, which is quite out OF
the beaten path taken by tourists. Mr.
Huntington Is a man OF fine literary and
| artistic tastes and the places he would
naturally enjoy are those parts of Europe
which have not yet been subdued or al
tered by the conyentionalizing influences
of the times.
Weddings this past week-well, at least
a score of them. There were sixteen
1 alone on Wednesday in town and suburb
The brides were all fair as flowers in
June, and 1t is hard to say which one
was the most notable. Perhaps the In
terest centered on Juanita Hewitt the
| beautiful young bride Of Sewall, who had
a very disagreeable experience with the
coroner at Ardsley- he-Hudson. The
affair was just like a novel. The lover
| wrongfully accused The telephone mes
sage and his rushing through the country
on fast express and reaching the court
in time to prove an alibt. and the general
rejoicings. The Ardsley club was en- fete,
the yachts on the river saluted and can
non doomed. 1t was a great day for the
village on the Hudson. The bride was In
deed lovely in her bridal array, and the
decorations. consisting OF snowbalIs--the
flower, not the real article-and field
! flowers, were. most artistic. In town Miss
Gillet and Mr.. Ketchum were married at
Trinity Chapel. and Miss de Valesco and
Herman Stump at the Church of the
! TRANSPORTATION.
This Is the delightful season at New
|
| port. Conventionality is thrown to the
| winds or rather 1t is the fad to be "un-
conventional Miss Roche, Miss
Schenck and Miss Rives-are the leaders
/ OF the young bellies They have discard
| ed hats and headgear for the morning
and wear their hair in loose nets, In
braids or loose with fascinating ribbon
TO hold 1t. All the younger girls are fol-
lowing their example The Ogden Mills
cottage is being made ready for Mrs.
Mills ana her twin daughters. At present
tney are In London, where Mrs. Caven-
oisn Bentlnck has been entertaining the
| King. Paris, however, seems to possess
more attractions for the average Ameri-
can this year than London. There is al
| ways In the former place little set but
| II seems to be getting more limited each
year, and with few exceptions the mem
| pers composing 1t are doing very little
entertaining.
The advance guard of the Newport con-
tingent is at home, and each ship is bring
| Ing back well-known people. Mrs Stuy-
vesant Fish was the first to arrive She
has been in town the most of the time
since she landed, going only to Garrisons
for day or so. Mrs. Fish does not care
for the country and she always enjoys
herself In town. One sees her at Sherry's
| In the evening dining. where also have
been Major and Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Gouven-
eur Kortwright Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Gould and others. Mr.. and Mrs Alfred
| Vanderbilt go each Saturday to Newport.
returning on Monday. Alfred will be In
town this week, as the Pioneer horses are
to be sold. The last OF the coaching DAYS
took place last week. 1t has been a very
successful season and he is naturally
Jubilant Alfred has developed into a
very excellent whip. Mr.. and Mrs Elisha
Dyer, Jr., and Miss Laura Swami were in
town for few days last week. Elisha
came over in the same ship with Mrs.
Fish and Mrs. Dyer. and Miss Swami ar
rived on Wednesday.
| The summer crop Of debutantes Is a
| small one. and thus far only two are
named. One of these is Miss Townsend,
| the granddaughter OF Mrs. Clarence
Pell, and the other Is Miss Anita Sands,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. II.
Sands. One of the last years pretty
buds who looks young enough even
now Tor the school room, Is Miss Cynthia
Roche. Miss Roche has been in Newport
nearly fortnight, and is apparently find
Ing life there very enjoyable in spite of
the dearth Of balls and beaux
Just now Tuxedo is at the height of its
gay season and dinners followed by bridge
are the fashionable form of entertain
ment. There will be a number of very
smart people there for the next few
weeks, and among the cottagers are Mr.