The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-12-01

for milady to do the unexpecten Moth
ing can be suggested from which the
dashing woman shrinks. The auto
held no terrors for herr and she was
soon equal to anything that the most
reckless chauffeur would attempt.
This kept the male butterfly from
making an impression with the aid Of
an automobile. r.
Then when it comes to swimming,
again the Newport man is hopelessly
out of the running. The women OF
Newport swim seriously. They have
learned that the sea is a great pre-
server of feminine pulchritude, and
they can go the round night after
night, provided they 60 daily into the
surf and profit by its invigorating quail
ties.
There are many women at Newport
who can swim four or five miles with
out a bit of exhaustion, and it would
require very careful search to get a
man who can perform the same feats.
Social Miss or Mrs. Newport is tire
less. She can play bridge whist all
morning, pay calls all afternoon, go to
going merri1y for hours, never missing
a number, and yet finishing fresh
enough to begin the same old round
over again. 1t is this tireless phe-
nomenon with whom the male New
porter must keep pace. When it is re-
membered that he lives life of ease,
is it any wonder that he falls down
when it comes to the strenuous and
comes under the criticism of plain
spoken girls like Miss Sears?
Newport, and that is the women OF
the villa colony, Of course, don't want
him to be very serious man. 1t
does not want to be bored by the type
of man who is engrossed in business,
or looks and thinks only Of the seri-
GUS. Harry Lehr's success resulted
directly from a knowledge of how to
do frivolous things that amuse. He
came from Baltimore into New; York
without funds, or particular advan-
tages of blood. In order to live he had
to work for the profits accruing from
the sale Of champagne. Yet in a
short time he had made his way into
the most exclusive circles, and such
leaders as Mrs. Astor and Mrs. Stuy-
vesant Fish considered him as an in
dispensable adjunct of their social
campaigns.
How did Lehr do il?
Certainly not by proposing that the
entertainments of Newport be direct
ed TO the study of Browning, or means
by which the Filipino might be assimj
Hated. Neither was he an advocate
of the higher education.
Lehr earned fame and married a
wealthy woman because he made
Newport laugh. Such stunts as his
famous monkey dinner, where SIM
ian was made the guest of honor at a
sybaritis repast, gave him an unheard-
of vogue and his present place as the
unquestioned masculine head of New
port was built upon a basis of just
such trivial things.
After this shining example. is it to
be wondered at that Lehr's rivals
dropped any attempt to become popu-
lar by means Of the 'old-fashioned
masculine attributes, and studied out
the bizarre as a surer and quicker
| means
Baytoni, the whip and ex-riding mas
ter of the 400, in his attempts to gain
social favor, followed lines closely
! akin to Lehrs with such success that
he made a rapid. and fortunate ad-
| vance and finally married Mrs. Burke.
+ Roche. and it is said the brides father
has now forgone his first objection,
and the newly welded pair, will occu-
! py ELM Court" for the balance Of
| the present brilliant season. -
If man is to be restored to his true
estate at Newport, woman will have to
! subordinate herself a tritle. The un'
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