New-York tribune., 1908-08-23
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

,norgb ,an,, vy,II nger on until the beginning ana
middle of October. There have been no DIG en'e
tainments and the summer has been charae' -
by an absence of rush and excitement VIM =.
been particularly grateful and pleasing 10 the olu
time habitues OF Newport, who nave reseh.su -.
extravagances of behavior and OF purse tha' IL
vested Newport with so much no'orie'S oi q u
pleasing character both in this country ana aDr0au'
8, recent wears While there a few VINO IN
sst that the season has been dull. there are many
who hold that IT has been the most enJoyaDse one
in decade. Certainly there is no lack OF enter
tainment as the programme from now until 'he
end of the season Is not only filed but crowded
Mrs. E. J. Berwinds Saturday evening dances have
proved a popular feature
MANY dinners and luncheons are being given for
Miss Alice Grosvenor. whose marriage 10 Dudley
Davis takes place tomorrow week in Emrnanuel
Church. the ceremony TO be followed by a reeep-
ton given by Mrs. William Grosvenor' the nho.nei
of the bride, at her villa on Beacon HILL iol VIZ"
a number of invitations have been lssueu' io
bride will have her three sisters-Miss CaroIhe'
Miss Anita and Miss Rose Grosyenor-as Wen as
Miss Laura Swami, daughter Of Mrs Elisha Dyer
as her bridesmaids, and Miss Anita PEABODY as nei
maid of honor. The bridegroom Is a SUI VI 49,
and Mrs. Fellowes Davis.
Another wedding which will also take piace at
Newport but after the regular season IS over On
October 6-s tha { of John Du Fais. the archlteo''
of the Union Club and Mrs. Charles Acton ives,
widow of Charles Acton Ives who died in 1899 and
daughter of the late John Daggett Hunt Ihe weo-
ding will be quiet one, as the bridegroom IS IN
deep mourning for his mother, Mrs Ferdinand +.
Fais
Foreign visitors at Newport this summer have IN
cluded Lord IoSnt and Lady Herbert. who nave
left there whiO among those remaining are Lord
Granard, LACI Augusta Fame. sister OF the Earl
of Stradbrol-e. and Captain the Hon Dudley Carle-
ton. eldest son and heir to the peerage OF his
mother Lady Dorchester.
At Bar Harbor the season may be said to have
come to an end with the horse show of last week
which proved a great success. from an equine as
well from social point Of view, and the EXODUS
to the Adirondacks, the White Mountains and the
Berkshires has already begun. and is likely to
grow I'm size every day. The Adirondacks In par
tcular are Just now the of much social
activity especially among those colonies OF the
New York fashionable set who have camps on the
St. Regis lakes and the banks of those Other
sheets of water that contribute so much to the
picturesque beauty Of these mountains. They fur
nish much enjoyment in the way Of boating and
regattas and yacht races which will succeed one
without interruption until the close of the
season There only few camps which are un-
occupied and among those who are spending
August up there are Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick w.
Vanderbilt Mr. and Mrs Payne Whitney and Mr..
and Mrs Robert Collier.
Ienox. after social lull which has extended
becoming gay. and the autumn season promises 70
prove successful. Most of the villas and country
places have already been reopened. Many filled
with house parties while at the hotels accommoda-
ton is in great demand. Senator and Mrs. Elklns.
with Miss Catherine Elktns, are settled at the
Hotel Aspnwan at which house. they announce. It
is their intention remain until the end of October,
and the entire diplomatic corps from Bar HarbOr,
Manchester by-the-Sea. ETC. including the italian
Austrian ambassadors and their wives and their
secretaries. is expected during the course Of the
next ten days TO spend few weeks In the Berk-
shires before returning TO Washington. The British
Charge d'Anaires and Lady Isabella Howard will.
however. be debarred from taking part in the
social life of IAnox OF of Washington during the
next few months for they have just gone into deep
mourning because of the death at Rome Of Lady
IsabeIIa's father. the Earl of Newburgh. who
also Prince Giustiniani BandinI and Duke of Mon
dragone Among the features OF September at
Ienox will be the gynLkhana meeting Of the Golf
Club. which William Douglas Sloane. its president.
is organizing assisted by Lindsay Fairfax; the
hunt ball. series of hunt breakfasts. dinners
and dances and last. bun not least the race meet
ing In the Lee Pleasure Park on September II for
gentlemen riders only. the programme including
two steeplechase events
Among the weddings of the near future is that
of Miss Ellen Mercer Atterbury. daughter of John
Turner Atterbury, to Dudley Howe, of Boston.
September 5 Dark Harbor. Me. where Mr.. and
Mrs John T. AtterbGry and the Misses Atterbury
are spending the summer. Miss Catherine After
bury will be her sisters only attendant. and Carle
ton Howe his brothers best
Mr. and Mrs Kenelm Winslow spending Au-
gust with Mr. Winslow's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Dana winslow, at the latter's country
place at Washington, Mass
Mr. and Mrs Bradley Martin Jr.. spending
the autumn at Fetteresso Castle, near Stonehaven,
in Kncardineshire, which they have rented for the
season from Louisa. Lady Duff. widow of Sir Rob
They will return TO New York early in November
for the winter.
Mrs John Jacob Astor. who is at Kissingen
with Colonel Astor and her children. has leased
Mrs Adair's house in Curzon street for the next
London season
Miss Ethel Hail. daughter OF John Hail. of Milton.
Mass is spending August with her sister. Mrs
Frederick Swift. at the latters country place at
Westbury. Long Island
Mr. and Mrs Frederick H. Allen Deau-
Vile on the coast of France. staying with Mrs
Aliens sister the widowed COmtesse de Gallifet,
dauehter-in-law of the famous cavalry general and
former Minister of War. General the Marquis de
Gallifet-
Mrs George A. Crocker, who is now in the White
Mountains will return TO her country place at
Mount Kisco n. Y. at the end Of the week
Count and Countess Lazlo Szechenyi have arrived
in Paris from their chateau in Hungary. and are at
,ba Hotel Continental. Others in Paris to-day are
Mr. and Mrs w X Vanderbilt. jr, and Mrs Oliver
II p Belmont who at the Hotel RITZ MI
and Mrs J. c. McKeever at the Hotel Chatham