New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

60 ran,s,, craving 20 a close and the exodus OF
New York society from both places VIII DC IN Lu''
swing by the end Of the week. everything po"tS ~
a rather unexpected prolOngation OF the season az
Newport AS a rule &c comes 20 an end with tne
annual horse show az the Casino, which viii ope"
next Monday, and I'm the past it mas Deea Gus
tomary for people 20 close their villas lHnedateiS
afterward and TO betake themselves to the Berk-
shire Hills or to the mountains for fortnight or
so before settling down % the suburban life OF the
fall the various country seats around New 4oEA-
But this year there are indications tha1 the priH-
cipal members of the summer colony VIII Ause'
on at Newport far beyond the appointed time
probably well on toward the end OF September a
number of things have contributed 20 this condl-
ton OF affairs. In the first place. the young
Duchess OF Marlborough Is reported 70 De on Her
way across the ocean. and on her arrival here TINS
week will be taken on her brothers turbine yacnts
the Tarantula, without delay to Newport. Where
she will be his guest at Marble House for at least
a fortnight three weeks to come. Her mOtner'
Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont and her many friends
have arranged TO give entertainments in her honor
and these will naturally serve 70 detain people Al
Newport.
Then, too a large part Of the Newport set has
been exceptionally late in opening Villas Ihus'
Mrs. Aston who has been staying with her daugh-
ter, Mrs George Ogilvy Hais, and her sEd"u-
daughter Miss Caroline DTaytOn. at the &eoSai
Hotel. at Dieppe, since leaving Paris WIZ .e-eH
New York only few days hence ana VIII not
be established at BeeCNWOOOS mex NAA~ -
until the end OF the week. MIS-. Ogden Mills olo
not come back until fortnight ago from England
and number Of other people have Oeeh e4u@1S
late and naturally do not wish to leave the IesOle
right away. after all the trouble involved III III"
setting up Of a full hedged establishment more
over several weddings have been set for the fall
at Newport. notably that Of ManlOn sahUs anu
Miss Evelyn Blight, which Is to take place at the
end Of September. and to be present at which MIS-
William Payne Thompson and Mrs. Gerald Low
theH, wife OF the English envoy at RANGERS are
now crossing the Atlantic.
Neither polo nor hunting seems to be as popular
now at Newport as in years gone oS' Judging ~
the attendance OF the fashionable set slthough
the POLO play is far above the average. ana T. r
Golfers Monmouth County hounds, In fine fettle
afford exceptionally good sport Nor has much
attention been accorded to golf But tennis is
more in vogue than ever, and some Of the playing
at tire Casino has been good
Among those az Newport just now are J. PierpOnt
Morgan. who arrived there with a party OF
friends from Bar HarbOr on his steam yacht Cor
sair and Eugene Higgins. who will sail this week for
Europe board his steam ~ chit Varuna, while z.
H Hartman. on board the Sultana. has just left
there for Dark Harbor, Me- The grave Illness OF MIS-
Reginald Vanderbilt and of Richard T. Wilson, il
illnesses in each case following upon dangerous
operation-have somewhat interfered with the round
of festivities while the deaths of Eugene Schermer
horn and OF H. Mex. Twombly. jr. have closed two
most hospitabIe houses for the Other houses
have remained shut up owing to the absence OF
their owners abroad. In this latter category
are the villas of Mrs Robert Goeet, James ]. Van
Allen and Miss May Van Allen. Mr.. and Mrs j.
Iaurens Van Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Wander
bilt Mr. and Mrs C. G. Haven. who have remained
at Ienox: Colonel and Mrs. John Jacob Astor. Mrs.
Hermann Oelriohs. end many others
sentember gives promise OF proving exceptionally
CAV in the Bershires it is in this ninth month
Of the year that the season at LenOX attalns us
highest degree Of brilliancy. In addition to the
horse show, which takes place fortnight hences
hunting will begin next week with the meet at
Colonel and Mrs Walter Cuttings country place at
Pittsfeld where they will entertain the members OF
the hunt at breakfast prior 10 the opening run
Labor Day will be sisnalized by series OF races
organized by the Berkshire Hunt Club, In cOnnec-
tion with the IAenox Steeplechase Club, and there
will be some handsome prizes for the horses. which
are to be ridden exclusively by amateurs. such as
Joseph ". Burden. Raymond Belmont, j. watson
Webb Herbert B. Shaw. etc. Sir Mortimer Durand.
the British Ambassador. who has been away In
Canada staying with the Governor General and
Lady Grey at Ottawa, returns to-day TO LenOx.
bringing back his daughter. Miss Josephine Durand.
from Murray Bay, and the summer quarters or the
British Embassy at Ieaox will be the scene of much
gasety throughout the early fall Mr.. and Mrs
Morris X Jesup are due at LenOx this week from
Bar Harbor. and other arrivals for September there
will include the Austrian Ambassador and Nine
HeugelnuIer Won GtSuSeENdT
IJp in the Adirondacks too the season is always
at its best late August and early September and
this year is no exception to the rule. Mt and Mrs
Charles T. Barney and their daughter are enter
tainsng a large house party at their camp on the
J-pper St Regis this week. and Afr and Mrs Arson
Phelps Stokes have a number OF relatives and
friends with them at their place Birch Island.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Maclay Bull Lake
ChampIain, while Mrs. J. PierpOnt Morgan, with
Miss Ann Morgan. is likewise at her place in the
Adirondacks. There will be regattas and all kinds
of sports on the lakes during the next few weeks.
and much hospitality will be dispensed as usual In
connection herewith
Announcement was made yesterday of the
gagement of Oscar Egerton Stevens. son Of Mrs.
Berkeley Mostyn and grandson of the late DR.. and
Mrs Octavius White 70 Miss Caroline Morgan. The
latter is a daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs Richard
Hathaway Morgan. who are spending the summer
at their camp at Plymouth, Mass. Oscar Stevens
was graduated from Columbia last year. and IS a
direct descendant of Governor Winthrop OF NIIssa-
chusetts and of Governor Peter Stuyvesant OF New
York. He has been spending the summer with his
tyn at their country place at Far ROckaway, Long
Island.
Mrs. w Seward Webb has been In town for a
few days at the Manhattan Hotel. and viii VISIT
her daughter Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer, at the 1attcr's
place on Long Island before returning 20 Shell
burne, VT.
Mr. and Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroll. Mr. and Mrs
r. d. Robbins and Montgomery Schuyler r.
American Consul General at Bucharest. with his
bride. sailed yesterday for Europe on board the
American liner New York
Foxhau Keene. who arrived the other dav rr,r,