The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-02
IN SOCIETY.

attention Of society at Newport tomorrow
and also on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Oliver II. p. Belmont, Center Hitchcock,
PRESCOTT Lawrence and Harry r. Eldrdge
comprise the committee. The bOxes were
taken months ago and. weather propitlous,
the display Of lnery and nBw autlmn styles
will be unprecedented.
Mrs. William Aston. who arrived on the
Provence on Friday. went abroad late In
March and has passed most Of her time
meanwhile at her apartment In the Champs
Elysses. Paris. She IL now at her home In
Fifth avenue and Sixty-nfth street and
will probably 60 to Beechwood, her New
port place, within q day or two. Her son
and grandson, Joh Jacob Astor and Vim
cent Aston, were with her recently In Paris.
Mrs. q, Ogilvy HRig, her a tighter, In ex-
pected TO Join her in q fortnight and TO be
accompanied by her daughter, Miss Caroline
Drayton.
Miss Drayton and Miss May Van Allen
are the two single granddaughter Of Mrs.
Aston. Each has property Of her own es-
timated at 81 ,0OO, 1000 and much pros
pective wealth. Mr.. Van Aliens millions
came to him from his own father. Miss
Drayton has been abroad for several month";
and Miss Van Allen has chung to England
this past year.
Among other pleasant'afairs last Sunday
at Newport were the lunchsons given by
Henry Walters and 8. Montgomery Roose-
welt on their yachts, the Nsrada and 0non-
daga. Mrs. Harry 8. Lehr, Mrs. Robert
Sedgwick m Mrs. George Rose also ave
elaborate luncheons. Mrs. James b. Hag-
gin, Mrs. j. Russell Soiey and Mrs. j. De
| Forest Danielson were among those who
/ Raua lapnRhnAO narfioa on M0nAaV M THAR
cottages, William s. X. Wetmore, one OF the
many eliSibles OF the Newport set, gave q
luncheon on Monday at Berger'e. LUNCH
cons were given on Tuesday BY Mrs. Henry
SoSn g. Mason M5s' a.. ssm sy Mrs. n hf Eissridlrs MT T:
Gerry. the latter on the Gerry yacht Electra.
Among those who gave luncheons on
Wednesday were Mrs. Jesse Tyson. George
I. Scott and George A. HUM, Jr. Mrs. Regi-
maid DE Koven and Mrs. Edward j. berwind
gave lumcheons on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Waldorf Aston. Jr., who
sailed yesterday for England, were accom-
panied by Mrs. Astor's sister. Miss Nora
Langhorne. During the past week Mr..
and Mrs. Astor were guests Of Mr.. Astor's
great aunt, Miss Zela Gibbes at Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. George j. Gould and their
daughters. the Misses Marjorie Gould and
Vivian Gould. the two Of their seven chill
drsn who accompanied them abroad, are
booked TO sail next Wednesday, September
S, from the other side. The NJ Uses Gould
and their grandmother, Mrs. George King
don, have been at Trouville In Normandy
while Mr.. and Mrs. Gould were making an
automobile tour on h Continent. All OF
the members Of the Gould family ave been
in Europe the past summer. Miss Helen M.
Gould. Who went over for the first time
since the marriage Of her sister, Countess
Bon de Castellane. is lingering to be with
her while the impending divorce IL being
sertled,
Mrs. W. Seward Webb has been in town
for some time with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer,
at their town house, 7 East Seventy-third
street. Mr.. and Mrs. Pulitzer nave been
congratulated the last week on the birth
Of a son.
While Mrs. Edmund l.. Baylies remains
on the other side paying a series Of visits
to her friends who have estates in Scot
land, her mother. Mrs. Alexander Van
Rensselaer,. with her daughters, Miss Van
Rensselaer, and Mrs. johnson, remains, at
her cottage at Bar Harbor.
Paul j. Rainey Of Cleveland, Ohio. will
| close his Newport cottage tomorrow. He
will sail for Europe next Tuesday, Sep
tember 4. Mr.. Rainey has taken a cottage
at Newport for next summer. He was OF
the party OF Mr.. n Mrs. Reginald G.
Vanderbilt and Mrs. George Law on their
visit to Saratoga.
Max Muller. who some years & was
attached to the British Embassy at Wash
ington, has been the guest Of late Of Mr..
and Mrs. Elisha Dyer, Jr.. at Newport
For quite a period reports Of his engage
ment To Miss Laura Swan, daughter Of
Mrs. Dyer, were current. Mr.. Muller is
now with the British Legation in Mexico.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel O'Day are expected
from Europe, with their son and daugh-
ters, this week. They went abroad in the
late spring Just after the wedding Of their
eldest daughter to Mr.. Callahan of Philadel-
phia. Mr.. and Mrs. Callahan have made
their home meanwhile in a cottage az Over
brook, Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick o. Beach. at
Newport for the horse show, will go after
ward to their country place at Westbury,
l.. /. The children Of Mrs.. Beach. the young
Havemeyers, are grandchildren Of Mrs.
Theodore A. Havemeyer, now living in
Switzerland for the benefit Of her health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi p! Morton and Miss
Morton will return from France in October
They will OCCUPY for part Of the winter
their house in Washington. where they
passed some months last season. Mr..
! and Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis will
! again occupy the Eustis house at the capital,
which Senator Depew leased for some
seasons. Nine. Helen Morton may return
with her parents. She has her own fortune,
part Of the dowry given her on her marriage
10 Count Bosom de Perigord. Mr.. and
Mrs. Winthrop Rutherfurd have also been
abroad through the summer.
The cottage at Westbury. L. l.. OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert M. Hartman is now occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Ellis. Mrs. Ellis
will be seen at the smart town functions Of
the winter. She was Miss Elizabeth Warder
and extremely well known in Warrington
society. The marriage took place a few
months since in Washington. Mr.. Ellis
is a son Of John W.. Ellis.
Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg Ii likely 10 re-
main for the ensuing two or three weeks
at Newport to participate In the hunts
under the leadership Of p. j.. Collier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter D.. Martin Of Cali
forniA are paying their first visit East for
several months and are the guests Of Mrs..
Martina narenta. Mr.. and Mrs. CharIea