Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
BAR HARBORL.


Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BAR HARBOR, Me-, September /. 1905.
Autumn makes but little difference to
Bar Harbor. While It's big stated functions
are for the most part past and gone, its
dweliers enjoy q season lasting almost to
the end of October. The visit of the North
Atlantic squadron, under Admiral Evans,
will do much to lengthen the season, and
the cottages will not be emptied until the
snow flies.
Bar Harbor has grown SO used to enter
tanning dignitaries that there must be some
thing very extraordinary to break the COM
placent calm and draw attention to any one
person. For example, outside Of the per-
sonal acquaintance Of his own and those
who have met him at some social function.
to which he goes very seldom, but few
persons know by sight William F. Sheehan,
the prominent leader of the democratic
party, who Is spending a most quiet sum-
mer at the old Blaine cottage, Stanwood.
Another is little quiet man, short, rather
Slim, wearing small beard, who some
times comes into a shop and orders few
things. the proprietor treating him with
put little more consideration than the
transient excursionist, with his shoebox
luncheon and attendant family This man
| Is Jacob Schiff, one of the richest men In
america, and who last season was one OF
the central figures in the public gaze.
Sometimes a short, slightly bent gentle
| man, with long, flowing, white hair and
white mustache, comes across on the morn
ing boat and wanders about the town. He
Is Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller of the
United States Supreme Court, who is
spending the summer at Sorrento.
once week or SO big, black steam
yacht will drop anchor in the harbor to
allow Its owner to come to the telegraph
once, where upon his arrival the operators
start for their machines and begin to lin
Der up their sending arms.--J Pierpont
| Morgan, however, is quite noticeable fig
ure on account of his striking presence
rather fine-looking man., smooth shaver
except for a slight mustache, may very
often be seen driving one of the quieter
| roads. 1t is A. J. Cassatt, president of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
Quite often on a pleasant morning YOU
Will see two oldish men walking down
| street together, earnestly discussing some
| Weighty question. Both wear side whiskers
one is slightly taller than the other and
his hair Is streaked with gray, while the
| shorter mans hair and beard are white
| They are Morris K. Jesup president of the
| New York chamber of commerce. and John
! York bankers.
| Over from Northeast Harbor very often
come carriages bearing an oldish, but Wig
| orous and energetic man, who looks kindly
/ upon the world in general; a short stout
| genial good-looking, middle-aged man, who
| smiles at everybody and every one; short
| business-like, clean-Shaven gentleman who
| also has kindly greeting for everybody
l iHSy are LIZ OdIllel u. Sl1IQan, GX-DreSl-
! dent of Johns Hopkins University; Mr.
| Seth Low, formerly president of Columbia
| University and one time mayor of Greater
New York, and President Charles W. Elliot
! Of Harvard University.
| Almost every pleasant afternoon about 4
| O'Clock you may see seated upon a certain
| rock upon the Shore Path a tall, blond
| middle-aged man, sitting quietly looking out
to sea- 1t Is M. Brun, the minister from
Denmark.
| Perchance you may meet a stout, tall,
| business-like man with big monocle In
his eye. briskly walking along the street
Won Hengervar, the Austrian ambassador
| to Washington and dean of the diplomatic
| corps.
You may meet little, Short stout, brisk
smooth-shaven, youngish man on the street
| 1t is Arthur Train, associate of District At
| torney William Travers Jerome, and well
| known to every magazine reader as the
| author of some of the cleverest short sto-
ries Of the year. If you are fortunate you
| may sometimes see the famous district at
| torney himself. Or you may meet tall,
| thin, STOPPING old man with a little pointed
| beard, and you will recognize in golf cap
| and tweeds DR.. s. Weir Mitchell, the IA
nous surgeon and novelist.
| These are only few OF list which
might be Indefinitely prolonged. but which
| only goes to show that Bar Harbor is
| thoroughly cosmopolitan.
| Saturdays dance at the swimming cluh
| was. as usual, very successful, the dancers
| showing no falling off of interest
| Mrs. Mary B. Carroll of Baltimore gave
| a delightful lunch at the swimming club
Saturday afternoon.
| In the afternoon at Kebo Saturday the
| putting singles were won by Patrick Grant,
| with DR.. Joseph Collins second.
Late arrivals at the Louisburg include
| Prince and Princess Cantacuzene of st.
Petersburg and Potter Palmer. jr., of Chi
cago. Princess Cantacuzene Is the daugn-
| ter Of Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, and a
granddaughter of Gen. U. 8. Grant, while
| Mr.. Palmer is another grandchild of Presi-
| dent Grant. The party will remain until
| the LIST of September.
The Malvern hop, as usual brought out
large number Of dancers, and this weeks
| was one of the most successful of the sea-
| son. A large number of dinners were given
previous to the dancing among the enter
| tainers being Mrs. Robert c. Drayton, Miss
Ward McAllister, Mrs. Gilbert ~ Jones
| Miss Anna Thompson. Mrs. Richardson.
Mrs. Lawrence Hutton and Mrs. Morgan
| G.. Parnweu.
Howard Gould's fine steam yacht Niagara.
| days arrivals in the harbor.
Edmund Clarence stedman. the we'll
known author. Is the guest Of August
| Franzan at Framnas-in-the-Field,
very successful bridge tournament for
the benefit of the popular KebO Valley Club
was held at the links Tuesday afternoon.
1t was a marked social success, and a
| large number Of tables were filled with
players.
The harbor received a flying visit Friday
| from five torpedo boats-the Lawrence. the
| Whipple, the Worden, the Hopkins and the
Marlborough, which came to coal. Tncy
| left early Saturday morning.
Gordon Douglass Of New York was oper-
| ated on for appendicitis at the hospital this
week. Dr. Robert Able of New York and
| Dr. Fremont Smith of Washington per-
| forming the operation.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Damrosch enter
| tanned party Of forty guests at dinner
at Columbia cottage Tuesday evening" the
| guests including the principal performers
| in the gala concert for the Temple % Mu-
| sic and Arts and others.
The choral concert and performance OF
Mendelssohn's Elijah" at the Casino
| Wednesday evening was one of the leading
| events of the week. and brought out So
| ciety in large numbers.
| A very pleasant occasion was the SUBJ
| scription concert by the Knetsel Quartet
| at the cottage of DR.. and Mrs. Robert Able,
| Brookend, Monday afternoon.
| Dr. 6. Weir Mitchell gave very enjoy
| able and largely attended lecture Saturday
| morning at the choir room Of ST. Saviour
| on 1.-The Great Lecturers and Their Art.
| JAMES N. EMERY.