Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-10
AT BAR HARBoR.
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BAR HARBOR. he. June 9.-The sum-
mer season at aristocratic Bar Harbor 10
opening up fast. and It looks as II that
exclusive resort would have the best sea-
son in its history. For years past the re-
sort which shelters SO many Washington
people OF note each summer has been grow
ing into an uilra-conservative and ultra
stylish colony, composed mainly OF the
older cottagers, who moved in the Same
rut year after year and month after month
But this season it looks as If the social
season would be gay, and it has not been
for some years. The young people are
coming to the front and are determined to
assert themselves this summer. Besides
this, there is a large list OF new people who
come to Bar Harbor for the first time
Newcomers are always welcomed at .
watering place. for they are usually the
ones who do the most entertaining and
take the prominent part in the season 8 ac-
tivities. Bar Harbor has the largest list
of new cottagers for some years in her
history.
One of the familiar faces Is that of M.
Brun, the Danish minister, who came this
week to spend the summer. M. Brun is
great favorite socially, and is among the
most welcome of the summer colony. The
diplomatic corps promises to be we'll rep
resented at Bar Harbor this summer; bet
ter than for years. in fact. The servants
of Baron Hengelmulier the Austrian am
bassador. have been here for some days
preparing their summer cottage for occu-
pancy. The baron and baroness who are
among the most popular OF the social set.
were not here last season and were greatly
missed.
Other Washingtonians who are expected
shortly are Mrs. E. K. Anderson who has
taken the Geranium cottage. belonging to
the Malvern Hotel Company; Dr. William
H. Abercrombie, who has taken another
Malvern cottage, and DR.. L. B. T. Johnson,
who has taken Villa Mary, the home Of Mr.
Francis Howe Johnson. wl6 will spend the
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one of the prominent social figures here
last summer has again taken Mrs. A. C.
Barney's cottage. Ban-y-Bryn, and will oc-
cupy 1t about the first of July.
Edmund Pendleton of Washington is one
of the earliest of the cottage colony to
arrive. and has been here for some little
time at his cottage, the barnacles. His
cottage. the BagateIle, Is rented for the
York.
Several things. however. have happened
to disturb the quiet of the summer colony
this spring. One of them is the automobile
question.
Some years ago the town at it's annual
meeting. after a debate which lasted the
greater part of one day and watch divided
the town into two sharply defined factions,
voted to prohibit absolutely the use of au-
tomobiles certain roads of the town.
which made it practically an absolute pro-
hibit:on- Year after year the agitation
came up. fainter and fainter each time as
summer colony and residents alike decided
that in this Eden they wou-~ get along
with the primitive horse and do their trav-
elinS either with him walk as Adam
and family did about the wooded slopes of
Green mountain and Cromwelrs harbor 1t
was to be delightful paradise, uncontami-
mated by the serpent
Last summer, however final attemDt
was made by the automobilists to bring the
question to a settlement. Throughout the
columns OF the press, daily and otherwise
the question was agitatea. both sides rush
In, hot hos
vass was made of the summer colony and
those residents voted for the exclusion of
the cars by the overwhelming majority of
400 to .. Crushed but not defeated the
automobilists w,thdrew into their lairs and
bided their time. and. Ike the proverbial
dragon. still continued to brood giving
forth little jets o. steam-and gasoline.
An attempt to modify the limits of pro-
hibition for the cars at the annual town
meeting. which almost passed triumphantly,
was voted down mainly by the efforts of
ltte party OF summer residents who came
to the meeting and fought with all their
power against the measure, and matters ]
were left in the same status as before
AT last the auto faction decided to bring
the matter to a head this spring. They had
talked, written. legislated and everything
else, but to no. use. Now they decided to
try the actual article. accordingly a few
weeks ago members of the auto faction
brought two motorcycles as an opening
wedge and bo-aiy and defantly sent the
chugging motors out on the sacred pre-
cincts of the forbidden roads. Everybody
held his breath, expecting the riders to be
at once dragged from their merry steeds and
haled ANONYMOUSLY to the lookup
But nothing of the kind happened The
two motorcycles puffea back and forth up
the street and down again. and no avenging
officer of the law laid his iron hand upon
them. Complaints com naints were
made, but owing to technicalities the Judge
refused to issue warrants. The motorists
claimed that tney had broken no law and
that they were In no way liable to arrest
The town authorities didn't know what to
do They held many lengthy meetings, Sc
cret and otherwise. and arose from the de-
Hberatons as uncertain what to do as be-
fore. Meanwhile the motorcycles kent on
going up and down often as ever and
though there was law which clearly
barred them from the streets no one seem
ed to know what to do to enforce it.