New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

nual horse show which. to Judge from the number
of entries. and from the demand for boxes is des-
tined prove the most successful IN years. III a."
equine well as in social sense
Colonel Edward De Vaux Morrel has been the
moving spirit In the organization OF the allai'
which as usual. will be made the occasion OF many
luncheons and dinners, of house parties galore an
of several dances will mark indeed. the zenith
of the Bar Harbor season. which Will wane to"aiu
the end of the month when many OF the reSula'
summer colony will take their departure TOT liio
Adirondacks for their country houses along 'ne
Hudson Valley, the Sound. on Long lsidiu an an
elsewhere in the vicinity of New YORK MANY
too iII betake themselves to the Berkshres. espe-
caIlv to Lenox which is always at its best IN sep
tember.
Most of the festivities of the Lenox season are
scheduled for that particular month"; and ainohs
those who have arranged to spend soine "eeA
there after leaving Bar Harbor and before return
ing to Washington, are the Austrian AihOdsSau'
with Baroness Hengelmuller, his secretdEleS' ~
Guiding Prince windischgraetz and Count IOrOcA,
also the German Charge d'Anaires, and severai
members of the italian and English embassies the
presence of the foreign diplomats at Lenox hatu-
rally serving those of their country peo
pie who may happen to visit the United States
Among the features of September at Lepox VIII
be the gymkhana meeting at the golf club whlch
its president William Douglas Sloane, is organlz-
ing in conjunction with Lindsay Fairfax; the Hunt
Ball. a series of hunt breakfasts and Oh dinners
and Dances and. last but not least the race meet
ing in Lee Pleasure Park on september L iOA
men riders only the programme including Two
steepIechase events Giraud Foster, president or
the Berkshire Hunt. is taking a leading part IN
the ARRANGEMENTS assisted by a board Of stewards
comprising Samuel rockingham Frank K Stur-
gis NJ. Clinton Gilmore and David T. Dana
At SOUTHAMPTON the affair OF the week will be the
annual show of the Horticultural Society, which
opens Tuesday, and which has been organized by
a committee of which the leading members are
T3oT1a
B. Ayrnar Sands Mrs Frederick H Belts and Miss
Cornelia Robb. Many entertainments are being
given In honor of the engagement or MISS May
Sands daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin AyIrar
Sands to Lord Wicklow's brother and second helr'
the Hon Hugh Melville Howard. who is staying with
his fancee's parents at Southampton. where IL Is
said that the wedding is to take place next month
The Meadow Club usual, is the centre of most or
the social activity Of the summer colony and at the
dance given on Friday night Robert d. Wrenn led
cotfiIon with Miss Anita Peabody, introducing
several novel lawn tennis figures.
Newport TOO is very busy Just at present. IN a
social sense. and the programme of the summer
colony is than ordinarily crowded Mrs ROD
ert Goeet, gave picturesque flower dance last
night at which all the women present in compl-
with her request appeared dressed TO represent
their favorite flower. Next Friday the Casino will
be the of big subscription dance. in connec-
ton with the national lawn tennis tournament IL
has been organized on the same lines that OF last
year BY a committee composed Of Henry A. c. Tay-
Ior William O'DonneII Iselin Harold Sands Willing
Spencer and r. Livingston Beecknlan- Then there
will be the annual polo tournament and, in fact,
from now on until after the horse show at the be-
ginning of next month there will uninterrupt
ed round entertainments by day and by night.
some them in honor OF the Earl of Granard, who
is the guest of Mrs. Ogden Mills.
At Saratoga the season is to all intents and pur
poses at an end. That is TO say. nearly all the
members of the fashionable world of New York
who betook themselves to the Springs for the sake
of the racing have already departed after COM
paratively brief stay, 1t impossible to deny
that the new anti-betting legislation had the
effect diminishing the popular attendance at this
the Oldest and most famous of American summer
resorts. In former years the season continued at
its height from the close of July until the end of
August. But now. with September still fortnight
off, social ~~+:-'--- &c v'"tually and the at
mosphere rrIv-I:5iy ,.-----
Among the weddings of the week is that OF Miss
Lily Page, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Howard Page,
to John W. Cross, which takes place tomorrow
at Geneva, Switzerland Miss lone Page will be
her sisters only bridal attendant and among those
present at the ceremony will be Professor and Mrs.
Allan Marquand. of Princeton University. and Mr..
and Mrs r. James Cross. of Washington Square
North, the parents of the bridegroom, who is
architect.
For next Thursday Is set the marriage Of Miss
Rosamond Street to George Peabody Eustis, the
ceremony taking place at the Hermitage, the sum-
mer home at Seabright, n. J., of the brides par
ents Mr. and Mrs William A. Street. The bride
groom is a OF the late George Eustis. nephew
OF the James B. Eustis. who was American
Envoy to France and has been married before, the
former Mrs Eustis, who was also his cousin being
now the wife of Josef Hofmann, the pianist
Miss Alice Grosvenor's wedding to Dudley R.
Davis, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fellowes Davis. takes
place at Newport a fortnight from tomorrow. The
ceremony in Emmanuel Church will be followed by
a reception given by Mrs William Grosvenor, the
mother the bride. at her villa on Beacon Hill
Miss Anita Peabody will be the maid of honor and
the bridesmaids will consist of Miss Laura Swami
and Miss Caroline, Miss Rose and Miss Anita Gros- |
venor all of them daughters of Mrs William |
GrosvenOr.
Then, on September g. the wedding of
Miss Ellen Mercer Atterbury daughter OF John
Turner Atterbury, to Dudley Howe. OF Boston. |
The ceremony will take place at Dark Harbor. Ne.
where Mr. and Mrs John T. Atterbury and the
Misses Atterbury are spending the summer Miss
Katherine Atterbury will be her sisters only at
tendant and Carleton Howe his brothers best
man. The father of the bride. John Turner After
bury married Mrs. w Allston Flagg, in st. Thorn
ass Church, last May
Miss Louise Kobbe's marriage to William A. |
Manning will occur on October at Short Hills. |
N j. where Mr.. and Mrs. George T. KObbe. the |
parents of the bride. have their summer home
No date has as yet been set for the wedding OF |
Miss Mary HaseI, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Lewis |
Cruger HaseIl. to George Berwick. whose engage |
is the eldest son of Sir Robert Berwick, Of Eden
Lacy, Cumberland Oxford graduate and /