Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-13
NEWPORT, R. I.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star
NEWPORT, r. l., August - 1905
Newport has seldom played such a wait
ing game in the middle of August. The
past week has been full of little affairs, but
all the feature functions seem to be crowd
ing together the last ten days of the month
This is partly due to the late arrival of
the Astors and the setting ahead of the
dates for the Aston cup races, along with
the odd weathet and the Discrimination of
every one to make a move Independently
Mrs Astor's first dinner, the amateur the
atricals at the Rollins Morse villa, the lawn
fete for the tuberculosis fund, the national
lawn tennis tournament, the polo tourna-
ment, the horse show, Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish's dance at Crossways and a dozen
other events of note, are all TO come troop
ing along together overlapping and cauS-
ing end of trouble thereby.
The benefit for the tuberculosis fund has
stirred up terrible scare over consumption
germs, which is manifesting itself in absurd
ways One of these is the establishment OF
a cattle-killing fund among the cottagers,
who have hired veterinarian to examine
cows and kill infected animals. which to
be paid for from the subscription list. The
summer colony too has sent out a circular
to farmers, stating that IL per cent. of the
cows in Duluth had to be put out of the
way. The result is that the average inhab-
liant is alarmed to the point where milk
men find the demand materially reduced
many people having given up using milk
altogether The Bellevue avenue people are
offering sky-high prices for guaranteed
milk, quite beyond the means of common
people.
Protests against the recent increase in
taxes flooding in, but without any
chance of general abatement. The city is
making increased appropriations in every
department except that of the police, and
must have money TO meet the expenditures
The city IS pushing along the scheme for
81 IL, cot, tln1
present time in order to raise money while
the smart set Is In its most generous mood.
There is good prospect of carnival, with
automobile features thrown in, that will
bring back the fete days of years ago and
motor memories of Aquidneck Park and
Easton'S Beach.
Speaking of the beach, people were horri-
fled to read the other day in local paper
that the stretch at Easton's was getting to
be fine place for drinking in the fresh
sea air. The next day there appeared
correction, stating that a hyphen was left
out 1t should have read drinking-in.
EaSton'S Beach, by the way, is more popu-
lar with wealthy folk than for several years
past Fully thirty families who are tolera-
bly, representative of the summer set have
bath houses there now, there being little
reaction against Spouting Rock Beach.
which Is becoming a sort of freak parade
for those who insist more upon exclusive
ness than bathing facilities James j. Van
Allen bathed at Easton's long after most of
has had no abiding place there for years.
The bitter feeling against autoists intensi-
fies almost daily, and several old suits for
damages are being pushed, while new ones
are bobbing up. Offenders from jamestown
and Narragansett are making this stamp
ing ground, to the disgust of local drivers,
who must shoulder all discredit
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gilmore of Washing
ton are the guests of c. Walter Hoover.
P. A. Rigney Of the government printing
bureau Washington. is here on his annual
vacation, visiting his sister, Mrs. Harring-
ton of South Baptist street.
Col Witherspoon of Washington has join
ed his family at their cottage on the east
shore north.
Miss Maude Wetmore Of Washington was
again prominent this week in the manage
ment Of the tennis games at the Casino
Late hotel arrivals from Washington: Mr..
and Mrs. F. w. Cameron, Charles L. King,
Miss Camilla Eaton. C.. G. Wheeler H. c.
Talbot Gilbert Gregory, Alexander Gordon
Brown, Harold Brown, Miss Helen Brown