Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
NEWPORT SOCIETY

social program for the visit here this
month of Prince William of Sweden was
learned this afternoon.
Prince William will arrive here on the
cruiser Fylgia on Thursday, August 22,
after "a visit to the exposition at James
town, Va, where he will arrive on Au-
gust 10 and whence he will steam next
day. When he reaches Newport the
usual salutes will be fired and he will
receive a few callers, official and unoffi-
cial, on shipboard. In the evening he will
dine with Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish,
and at dinner will meet all the promi-
nent members of the summer colony,
numbering more than 100 From Cross
ways the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fish, he
will go to the Elms, where Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward j. Berwind will give an elaborate
dance for him.
No plans have been made yet for the
afternoon of Friday. August %, for the
entertainment of the prince, but his
pleasure will be by no means forgotten.
That evening Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills
will have large dinner company in
Ocean View for him, and this will be
followed by what is being called at pres
ent "a surprise" Only few really know
what 1t Is to be, and they are trying
to keep the details from all others until
the very minute at which the party rises
from the table.
Mr.. Berwind will have luncheon party
for the prince on Saturday afternoon,
August "a, and later in the afternoon he
will be the chief guest at a garden party
which Mrs. Richard Gambrill will give
on her summer estate in Bellevue avenue
The prince will entertain on Saturday
evening, giving a dinner on board the
Fylgia. The dinner will be followed by
dancing on the quarter deck. On Sun
day. August 26, he will be entertained at
luncheon at Crossways by Mr.. and Mrs.
Fish
Driving Hour Is Forgotten
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Wysong are the
latest additions to the list of converts to
the automobile. They are going to have
several cars and they will cling to their
horses only for associations sake.
Elbridge T. Gerry, who was one of the
latest to accept the automobile as any
| thing more than plaything. has several
| machines this season, and they are in
use most of the time. Mr. Gerry himself
| has quite forgotten his favorite cob and
| goes about in the smartest looking cleo
! tric vehicle of French design in Newport.
| AS result of all this, Newport's far
famed driving hour is no more, for with
their automobiles the members of the
villa colony go far into the country for
the afternoon. Indeed, the word "driv-
ing has really become obsolete, and
touring, even II one Is only gong over
the ten-mile drive. is the word that tells
the story of the afternoons diversion this
season.
Robert Mccormick, former United
States Ambassador to Russia, and Mrs
Mccormick will stay here through the
month of August. They have attractive
apartments In the Muenchinger White
House, although their friends are not
permitting them to remain at home long
of q This rnnrninp Wood
ward drove Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormick to
the Casino, where he registered them for
a month. The fact that they are to be
here during the visit of Prince William of
Sweden will add to the dignity of the
occasion.
Dinners this evening were unusually
numerous and pretty. Among those en-
tertaining were Mrs. George Peabody
Wetmore. Mrs. Nathalie Schenck Collins
Mrs. oliver G. Jennings, Mrs. Prescott
Lawrence and Mrs. William Payne
Thompson. Mrs. Hezron A. Johnson and
Mrs. John Thompson Spencer had lunch
con parties this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald G. Vanderbilt
will have a vaudeville dinner tomorrow
evening Minstrels have been engaged to
perform at it. Mrs. w. Watts Sherman
also will entertain tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroll has invita-
tions out for a dinner company next
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt have
made all arrangements to come to their
villa here on Sunday They will probably
come from New York on the steam yacht
North Star.
Mrs. H. w. Bull arrived this evening
to visit Mrs. A. Gordon Norrie. Mrs.
Norrie Sellar returned here this after
noon to visit her father, w. Watts Sher-
man, for several weeks.
]. Stewart Barney and Charles B. Hill
house returned from New York this
evening.
Sidney ]. Smith arrived last evening to
visit at the cottages.
Miss Louise Baldwin returned to her
villa tonight after visit to New York
William H. C. Stewart of New Bruns-
wick is a guest of Judge H. W. Book
Staver.
Miss Mary Helen Carlisle of London
and General John Gill of Baltimore regis
tered in the Casino today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden who
have been visiting Ogden Mills and Miss
Gladys Mills, have returned to New York.
They are expected again later in the
season.