The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-26

contrast to Mrs. Whitehouse's fulfil
| ness. Mrs. Stevens had doffed her coat
and revealed muslin waist devoid of
trimming, except a transparent yoke of
lace.
Rusticating in the Adirondacks are
the Edward r. Ladews. They appar-
emily have lost their interest in fine
horses and horse shows and for the
last few years they have not been
on display at the shows. The Ladews
have fine steam yacht, the Orient.
and their estate at Glen Cove rivals
those of. their. neighbors, the : Pratts,
the Fahys, the Zabriskies and Mrs.
Leonard Jacob. Mr.. Ladew made a
great fortune in short time and: Mrs.
Ladew, who was Miss Lulu Wall, was
an heiress.
It is the boast of the Ladews that
they are lovers of sport. Once, in Flor
ida, they amused the natives by their
curious ideas of t'roughing It," The
Ladews had a steam yacht, yawl and
several fire launches, with an unus-
ually large number of sailors. They
made their headquarters on the west
coast of Florida at Boco Grande, fa-
nous place for tarpon. The Iadews
had tackle that cost hundreds of dol
lars, but. instead of using the uncom-
Portable rowboats, they took their
footing, luxurious launches out and
fished from them. Mrs. Ladew would
wear spotless white linen and Mr.. La
dew's fannels might have graced a
tennis tourney in the North. The catch
OF tarpon was correspondingly light.
r. Livingston Beeckman, despite his
recent "eropper" on the polo field, is
again in the saddle. He plays an ex-
cellent game. Henry Spies Kip has
come forth as a polo player, and Ed
ward Bulkeley is a newcomer in that
field. Peter D. Martin has dropped
the game, but occasionally Egerton L.
winthrop takes hand at practice
play. Polo at Meadowbrook amounted
to little this season and the Westbury
horsemen had an off season in hunting,
too. The Rockaway Hunt club has
been playing a good deal of polo under
the watehful eyes of the goodlooking
women of Cedarhurst.
The Lawrence NJ. Waterburys make
no bones of the fact that they are econ
on1izing Mrs Larry" who will joke
at any ones expense, even her own,
says: Indeed, we are keeping down
expenses. Only a few horses, cat
boat and two autos. How's that from
grim poVerty?" The Waterburys have
one OF the tiniest cottages in Merton
road, and so far this season they have
been entertained much more than they
have entertained. Mrs. Waterbury is
boon to any dinner party owing to
her brightness and Newport hostesses
are aware Of this. Merton road and
Gibbs avenue are the streets in New
port where one may be fashionable yet
not lavish. The houses are cunning
and one does not need a dozen serv-
ants.
Before the downfall of the Cordage
trust the Waterburys were of the first
Importance financially as well as So
cially. After years of unlimited lux
ury it was difficult to settle down to
the hundrum process of living within
stipulated income. When Miss Maud
Hall became Mrs. Lawrence NJ Water
bury she was supposed to have mar
ried we'll" She was one of the bellies
of her year. Several years after the
wedding the senior Waterbury and his
sons shared in the trouble that came
to the cordage trust. 1t must be said
the little wife of Larry" made the
best of things and never complained.
Meantime her sister, Mrs. Stanley
Mortimer, was welded to an artist
who became a rich uncle's heir The
third sister, Miss Edith Hall, is now
Mrs. w. Forbes Morgan. The Halls
are well-to-do family, but not rich in
the modern sense.