Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-29

Sweet charity is surnmoning the acuVHisS
of the social world at all the resorts, wnicb
indicates by the masks. flags. fetes ana
vaudevilles that the seasons activities are
now beginning in earnest Luneheons, an
ners dog and horse shows vary the concert
ed efforts In behalf Of the unfortunate, and
all other spare time Is spent in the ever in
creasing interest In athletics.
Bar Harbor has dog show and has
scheduled a track meet for the second week
in August and later divides its interest he-
tween a benefit for the local hospital and a
horse show, Newport has gone in for mo
tor cycles and muslcales and Narragansett
for polo. The Catholic orpha mage Will be
the recipient of the benefits accruing from
the elaborate entertainment at Reginald
Vanderbilt's farm In the suburbs or New
port. At Sixon society interests itself IN
cricket. with the British ambassador and
Edith Wharton as promoters. together with
Miss Tolsoms Mountain View farm for
convalescents. For that institution a gala
eetnrrainment is being given in which the
prominent people are 10 do the acts and
everybody pay a goodly tax. Lone Benny
has had a notwithstanding horse show, and
all the other resorts report golf. motor car
and tournaments OF all kinds. Though it
is in the saddle.
A recent London dispatch says: Now
the English season Is on the wane Every
body IS clearing out of town to spend the
remainder of the summer in the country
and the mountains or at the seashore
Gradually the hotels are becoming less fire.
quented by English people. and, while they
continue to be crowded, the patronage con-
sists almost exclusively of Americans who
continue to arrive and depart in great
numbers"
Manchester by-the-Sea. and many Wash
ington friends as WELL eagerly antici-
pating the wedding OF Miss Emily Sargent,
second daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Sargent. to Baron Ludwig Knopp of Russia.
which Will take place next month in the
splendid summer home of the Sargents on
Magnolia Point The high social and po-
litical connections of the bridegroom in his
own country and the welI-known promi-
hence of the Sargent family make this we'd
ding one of the notable events of the sum-
mer Baron Rosen. the Russian ambassa-
dor, and members of his staff Will attend
the ceremony. For several years the Sar-
gents have spent their winters in Egypt
living in a picturesque little town near
Cairo. and 1t was there that Miss Emily
first met her fiance.
Mrs. Conger, wife of the former American
minister to China. it is said, Is about to
build home in Pasadena Cal, which is
not only to be an unusually pretty structure
in that land of handsome houses, but will
also serve as a lasting reminder of the
years she spent in China. 1t is said that
Mrs. Conger once bought a. rug from
Chnaman in the streets of Picking. She paid
$50 for It and brought it TO America, intend
ing to keep 1t as one of the many souvenirs
she had collected in the flowery kingdom.
However, u wealthy man of Chicago saw
the rug day and recognized it as one
of the finest examples of the Chinese art
of embroidery to be found on the face of
the earth Doubtless the man who sold 1t
for so small a sum had stolen 1t. The Chi
cago rsan offered Mrs Conger $1,000 for ii,
and with this money she will build her
Pasadena home.
Lieutenant and Mrs. John w. Timmons,
the latter the daughter of the Vice Presi-
dent, will not leave town until September,
and will then go into the Berkshire HIS,
taking their automobile with tfrem.
great part of their outing will be spent
touring
Mr.. Rudolph Forster. assistant secretary
to the President and Mrs. Forster and chill
dren, accompanied by Mr. Warren ).
Young. chief clerk of the executive offices
in the White House left during the week
for New York whence they will sail for
Europe for three months tour of the con-
tinent.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Ssrtoris, daughter of
the late President L. s. Grant sailed from
New York Friday on board the Cedric of
the White Star line for Queenstown and