Evening star., 1907-08-04
BAR HARBOR.
Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
| BAR HARBOR, Me. August 3: 1907
| The Bar Harbor colony learned with much
regret of the death of Mrs. Angelica
| Schuyler Henderson. wife of John b
! Henderson, jr., of Washington, at the
! Maine General Hospital. at Portland. where
she underwent an operation for appendi-
citi sa week previous. The Hendersons have
| been occupying a cottage at Kennebunkport
this. season. Mrs Henderson was thirty
| four years of age and great favorite
| here. Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Henderson,
who are spending the summer here at Glen-
eyrie, as usual, left at once for Albany. n.
Y. where funeral services were held Mon
! day.
| Saturday was the anniversary OF the
! ington. one OF the resorts oldest summer
| visitors, and a constant stream OF friends
| called at Strawberry Hill House during the
| day to offer her congratulations. She was
| the recipient of many flowers during the
| day.
Bar Harbor was set by the ears this
week on account of its coming electric road.
| There is always something about once
season to stir up the said summer colony
and make 1t lose its beauty sleep. Last
year 1t was the automobile question. This
summer it is electric roads.
| Last winter a corporation composed OF
some OF the most influential summer resi-
dents got a charter from the legislature
for an electric road to run to Ellsworth,
| twenty miles away, connecting the resort
| with the mainland and doing away with
| the present inconvenient ferry service. As
| has been recorded in the papers from time
| to time. the company has bought land, Sc
| cured rights of way, made the preliminary
| survey and done about everything but the
actual construction.
| This week another faction of the summer
| colony started on the warpath about the
| road. The movement was led by Arthur D.
Addison of Washington. prominent cot
tager, who started out on Monday with q
| petition demonstrating against the road. He
stated that he believed that 1t was hostile
/ to the best interests of the resort, and
that nothing of the kind ought to be built.
wers eof secured to the pc,
| into it,
The remonstrants against the building Of
| the road represent the set that desire to
| see Mount Desert Island develop into some-
| thing on the plan of Jekyls Island or Isle
boro, few big estates. controlled by a
! small syndicate of property owners. and all
municipal affairs under their jurisdiction.
| 1t is realized that the building of this
| road will boom the hotel business and make
| Bar aHrbor the well-known transient resort
| that it was in past days
Other than clashing with the views OF
| those who desire to the resort eliminate
| ed of the hotel element, ii is hard to see
! why in any way the building of a proposed
| road Ike this should hurt the resort in any
way. The promoters have done their
| best to keep it out of the travelled roads,
/ so as not to interfere in any way with
| pleasure driving, and have used all care
| to make 1t Inconvenience nobody. There
will probably be lively contest over the
matter, and some fun before the summer
is ended AS for the permanent population
of the island, they are with the builders
of VI and snrl
The first big tennis tournament of the
summer was started this week, consisting
OF mixed doubles at the kebo links. 1t
continued through pretty nearly all the
week and was participated in by large
number. especially of the younger set A
tournament is slated to take place pretty
nearly every day throughout August. one
for ladies beginning this coming week, the
two mems tournaments coming August Ia
and %, and another at kebo early in Sep
tember.
Miss Helen Simpson Seeley becomes the
bride of Joseph Wiltshire Of Cincinnati.
Miss Seeley is great favorte here and
the wedding will be pretty affair. 1t will
take place at the Seeley cottage on Cleft
stone road, and will be rather quiet as
the Seeleys are in mourning
The second in the series Of dances for
the younger set, which came OFF Thursday
evening at Swimming Club. found much
larger party than at the initial hop.
Mrs o. ]. Wells entertained thursday
afternoon at her cottage at tea In honor OF
Nine Fielder of Paris. who comes to TINS
country official mission from me
French government to make study OF the
condition of the working classes.
Mrs Warner NJ Leeds. who has been en-
| tertaining extensively this week, enter
t4ined at luncheon at Balance Rock Thurs
| day noon, her guests including MISS Aghes
| Carpenter, Miss Florence Godirey' MISSES MISSES
| Grace Faith and Ella Moore and Messrs
| Tompkins, Austin Chapiii, lhoiiias NASH
and A. Butler Duncan.
The completed tax lists. which were is
sued this week, show some interesting ns-
ures John s. Kennedy of New YORK, the
vice nresident of the chamber or commerce,
rbo owns one of the largest estates here,
Jarbilt comes closely behind. Others who
nav heavy taxes are Edgar Scott, John
Harrison. Constance C. Harrison, Henry
lane Emo George s. Bowdoin, the A. ].
Cassatt estate, Joseph Pulitzer, Elizabeth
r. ketterlinus, Col. Edward Morrell, De
Witt Clinton Blair and the De Grasse Fox
estate
In spite of the threatened crusade against
bridge to be undertaken by the two daugh-
ters of Bishop Lawrence. Mrs. Morton
Fealey and Mrs. Harold Peabody, that
game has been more popular here TINS week
than 1t has for some time. one or the
largest bridge parties was given py MT ana
Mrs. Warner NJ Leeds VINO nave peen
doing the most entertaining or the summer
at Balance Rock. Saturday afternoon.
Bridge has never been particularly popular
here one reason, there isn't time Tor IL.
Society here runs more to dinners, dances
and outdoor sports than it does to cards,
with the exception of few OF the older
set. Viewpoints fad may be bridge. Bar
Harbor's is the healthier one OF tennis
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