The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-05
IN SOCIETY.

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Mira. Reginald O vanderbiit's fete yes
terday at Sandy Point farm has enriched
st Mary's orphsnage by $4,000. and 10
to be an annual event Though 1t IL an
open secret that O BritiBh1ord acts. as q
waiter in one Of the fashionable restaurants
In town, 1t may be q long time before maid
ems and matrons will be. served Will zee
Dyer, Jr., M. DIES Portes de Ia Fosse Of the
French Embassy and Harry 3. Lehr, as
they were yesterday.
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, who is at
! Lenox with her two little daughters, Ii
planning details for the bazaar which she
will hold at Harbor Hill, her Roslyn. l.. l.,
place, in the early autumn. 1t Will be on
derbilt fete yesterday or Of the q at
Harbor> Hill two seasons ago 1t was az
this that the donkey and cart used BY the
Duchess Of Marlborough when a little g1ri
were ratified Off Mr. Mackay in O. few
where he win be surrounded by American
friends He has been visiting. with his
mother, Mrs. John W. Mackay, In London,
and she has given some OF the most elab-
crate entertainments Of the summer season.
sumo entertaining In the near future at
Harbor Hill and in town after periods Of
mourning.
Mrs. Vanderbilt and her daughter, Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt, now thet the Mills
family is on the Atlantic, were the chief
remaining a~bsentees Of the Newport cot-
tage set, and they are expected any day
from Europe. The Twombly family be-
Vanderbilt, being punotilious In the matter
OF mourning, has peer In more or less
seclusion for several years, which has
made it somewhat irksome for her daughter,
since she made her social debut. Mrs.
Vanderbilt, may be regarded as paying
high for ME Breakers, which she occupies
only for a brief period each season, as the
taxes on 1t amount to $4,000 annually
Naturally the supposltion is that as Mrs.
John Duncan Emmett is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Harry 8. Lehr, at Newport, she Is
likely to tax a more active interest in
society than heretofore since her marriage.
Her husband has been meanwhile in mourn
ing for relatives. Mrs. Emmett and Mrs.
Lehr are a contrast in appearance, the
former having a blond complexion. Mr..
and Mrs. Emmett have a fine big house In
Madison avenue, which has been extern
siyely gone over within two years and
which was formerly the home Ne Of Mrs,
iIllIlC % DAi Siitot Ahis oiN 80
Drexel. Mrs. Drexel has made .Philadel-
phia and her home in the country her abid.
ing places for several years. she is visited
at intervals By her %dsughters who I'VE N
Penrose, makes her home in the Quaker city.
Mrs. Lehr is the only representative OF
the Drexel family at Newport this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r.. Drexel will remain
abroad for two months more, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Anthony j. Drexel now practically live
on the other side. Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Van Rensselaer,, the latter a sister Of the
Messrs. Drexel, are on the homeward path
from more remote places to England; Mrs.
Van Rtnsselaer's daughter Miss Frances
winter in Philadelphia, and will be seen at
smart functions in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Talbot Boone Of /
West Ninety-fourth street the
engagement OF their daughter, Nelle Raglan,
to Harold Mahin Of New York. Saturday,
| September s, has been set for the Wedding
which will take place at the summer home
Of the brides parents in Nantucket, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arson Phelps Stokes and
their daughter, Miss Stokes, are expected TO
arrive from Europe next Wednesday, August
8. They sailed for Italy late in February
and Miss Linsita Leland, a chum OF Miss
Stokes. accompanied them. MIR. Stokes
on the steamer leaves lbs cabin little and
REQUIRES the constant attendance Of his
valet, owing to the loss OF one OF his legs,
amputated after a riding accident at
Shadowbrook, the Lenox establishment
which he recently sold. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stokes will 60 to their camp; Birch Island,
THAR arrival The Raw and Mrs. AnaOn
Phelps Stokes, who recently returned from
a European trip on a freight ship, to insure
a long sea voyage, art, now visiting with
Mrs. Stokes's mother, Mrs. @. G.. Mitchell,
who returned a few weeks ago from South
Africa, is there also.
Prince and Princess Cantacuzepe, who
arrived on Tuesday and are on their first
visit here since their marriage seven years
ago at Newport, will remain here during
the winter. They will visit friends at New
port and be much entertained. Princess
C~antacuzene introduced the lingerie hats
at the resort the summer OF her wedding.
She was very popular socially as MISS julie
Grant and came out one season before she
was engaged. She was a member OF the
Badminton Club here. T. j. Oakley Rhine
lander, the leading spirit OF the organiza-
ton, lie one of the intimate friends Of her
parents dnQ DpTSelI. Die uuS pdsscu DC NcEal
summer in Paris with Mrs. Potter Palmer,
her aunt, and once she was visited In Russia
by Gen. and Mrs. Grant. Mrs. Palmer has
given only quiet dinners at her London house
during the season as she, as well az her sis
ter, Mrs. Grant, are in mourning for their
mother, Mrs. Honore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carrot A.. Hobart, Jr., are
in the White Mountains. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Darby L'Huillier, who were married
in All Angels Church, West End avenue
and Eighty-first street on June 0, were in
town during the week. The couple have
been on a wedding journey meanwhile
through the Middle West, Canada and the
A~dirondacks. Mrs. L'Huillier was MISS
Marguerite Milbank Baker. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Halsted Yates rave returned from
their honeymoon jaunt and are passing the
summer at Mr.. Yates's country place on
Long Island.
Commodore and Mrs. Elbridge T.