The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-17

NEW YORK May 16.-NeW York's
spring suburban season is now at
its height, and much gayety IN
progress, the calendar OF society be
/ ing crowded There are so many
/ luncheons. bridge parties. dinners and
theater parties in town. that what with
/ the racing at Belmont Park. the visits
TO nearby resorts. such as Tuxedo. and
the invitations for the week ends at
various country seats on Long Island
New Jersey. Westchester county. etc.
there is really more going on in social
j sense than during the latter part OF
( the winter. Plans are being made for
/ } Ily and August, and arrangements per
/ fected for stays at Newport at Bar
/ HarbOr. IN the Berkshires and in the
] Adirondacks.
/ Tuxedo is now at It's best, and no for
/ eigner happening to drift into New York
/ these days should leave without visiting
this charming suburban creation Of the
late Pierre LoriIlard. For it is there
/ that a particularly agreeable phase Of
/ social life is to be seen. AS is fitting
/ in a club everybody knows everyone
else. and a camaraderie exists there
! that IS TO be found in no other of our
/ Out-of-tOWn colonies. but IL contributes
/ in no small degree to the charm Of the
! park. All the villas are either ecu
pied by their owners. or else rented to
/ friends and acquaintances of the same
particular set. and hospitality is the or
DER of the day, house parties succeed
/ ing one another without interruption,
while the weekend always finds not
only the cottages but also the club
/ house crowded The climax Of the sea-
! son at Tuxedo Will come with the an
nuaI open air horse show on June IS
and 20, at which many OF our young
glrls, such as Polly Fren IN. now Mrs
Sam Wagstaff, the Harrimins and Sadie
Jones are usually seen in the ring
beautifully mounted and looking par
! ticularly well in their natty riding
habits, after which New Workers. will
take their departure and make way for
visitors from the South, who each year
ent places there FOR terms of ten weeks
dating from the end Of June.
! with regard 70 the tide OF European
travel the outward departure is already
waning. and there are almost as many
members OF the l. 100 returning as there
arc leaving. Reginald Vanderbilt, with
his wife and child. got back yesterday
after spending several months abroad.
I while Robert l. Gerry and his bride,
/ who was Miss Coruelia Hartman, ar
rived a week ago, just too late 10 enable
young Mrs. Gerry, who IS one OF the
eading members OF the Ladies' Four-
INLAND Driving Club. 70 take part in
It's annual Iong-distance drive TO 8Iadi.
son. \. J. Elisha Dyer is also home
lOncs more, while the Oliver IselIns. who
have been touring in Sicily ana Drawing
the brigands, with which the island Is
declared 20 be infested, are expected
next week Mrs. H .. Havemeyer and
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore a. Havemeyer
are likewise here once more.
James J. Van Allen is also looked for
this weel, though none of his friends in
New York accord much credence to the
story telegraphed from Newport TO the
ieffect that he proposes 20 spend the sea-
son there and to occupy Wakehurst
| WakehUrst has been 10 a great extent
dismantled, and IL would need much IN
the way Of redecoration ana refurnish-
ing to enable its owner TO live there
through the season and TO dispense hos
pitaIty beneath it's picturesque roof.
James Van Allen always visits New
York at this particular season OF the
year: but It is solely for the purpose Of
i spending some weeks at his fishing club
on the Restigouche river, up IN Canada.
He IS so fond OF this form OF sport that
he never allows anything 20 interfere
with his late May and early June so
jOurn at the Restigouche river club. and
has been known to break of a tour
Iaround the world, leave his friends and
travelling companions in the Iurch and
70 hasten all the way back from japan
across the Pacific and across the entire
continent just in order to have inst
fishing he VIII, as usual. put IN, how
ever. a few days here IN New York.
both coming and going, just to visit IA
miIiar hauuts and to see old friends,
and may likewise loiter a day or two at
Newport, just 10 look over his property
there.
Equal skepticism prevails with regard
TO the story that his daughter May. is
returning with him TO spend the season