The Washington herald., 1908-08-09

the seaside
Then VIII come the coy weeks in the
mountains and the country. the time OF
the fascinating bunting season. which fills
In so gratefully after the summer say
eties
The springs Of Maryland and Virginia
are in great favor this season. and unique
a1nusemerJs are the rule al every one Of
them Even though the height Of the say
cites Is at hand. the summer IS waning.
and the days are shorter and the even
Ings longer. making the evening amuse-
ments more and fnore popular
Where il is too warm for dancing if
there are such places, there are moon
Light bathing parties and marshmaIlow
toastlng parties 10 lure the youthful spir-
its from the card tables and the cool
vera-das. Bridge and eUcnre fever viii
apparently never down. but there must
be various entertainments for the young.
Many OF the famous hostesses in New
port are IN mourning. and others have not
yet returned from their annual outings
IN the European resorts. consequently The
Newport season Is entirely different this
year from what II has been in past sea-
sons There Is a conspicuous absence
OF social lions in the shape Of chimpan-
ices and such and the monkey dinners
and other grotesqus affairs which hereto
fore have helped TO make up she New
port season are not d feature of the life
IN thar time-honored summer gathering
place for the country's miIIonaires- The
old residents Of Newport call II an Old
fashioned summer, and they like it bet
ter so
Bar Ha-bor had its annual dower show
last week. and il Is really the gayest
spot on the map in the Eastern part OF
the Country. IN spite Of the fact that no
foreigner has appeared 10 be I0uiZed.
TIE season everywhere IS a notable one
in this respect. for we have grown so ac-
custoued 10 Distinguished foreigners com
ing over for a visit to Newport or TO Bar
H--bC- that il has become almost q part
Of Tie summer routine.
LeucL has administered a blow 70 the
autumn season. in doing away with its
annual horse show. recently announce
Or tEe 0yEer hand. the races al the Lee
Pleasure Park UIu be all the more al
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There viii be two steepIechases in addi-
ton 20 the other races. and NJ GiraUd
Foster. president Of the Berkshire Hunt
and lIr James Watson Webb. n F. H
OF the SheI5urue Hunt. have both offered
handsome cups. The hunt bali VIII be
given On Friday OF that week
The Le-0x cCIou5sts have taken 20 tlz
hunt quite early this year, and are -eEu-
larry 20 be- seen er1ss-couurry riding on
their fav0rire mounts over The familiar
courses CT the meets.
In The mountains and The country. hsr-
vest dinners and straw rides are making
the hearts Of tie young. E16, for the
matter Of that the hearts 0f some who
are not exactly young. happy. The straw
ride IS the no-s-sst and most roLllcking
pasTiue.
A5bu-y PARK is arranging for its an
u-aI festir.-y Of carnival week with its
baby show and lis fairy queen and pa
ral=- The activities Of the testal week
VIII begin on Tuesday. August =. when
Queen Tiraua. who viii be selected IN
a few days. and her maids VIII thrill
the community with their beauty. They
are always selected from among the most
beautiful women OF The place. and il is
& question Of many expectations and
many heartaches each season
Quite the most interesting engagement
Announcement OF the week was that
made by 8Ir- and Mrs Charles J Bell
OF the forthcoming marriage Of their
daughter Grace 10 8Ir- Castor de Re
malx. first secretary Of the Belgian Isga-
tion IN Mexico. Miss Bel IS one Of the
best-k-owu Young women in Washington
society, with friends IN almost every
country, made during her many travels
Her Iast trip. quite a venturesonae one,
wss made last year when she Joined
a party Of friends in England and jour
1eyeG 10 India. where they spent the
winter Probably no girl ever returned
10 society with q chapter Of such JhriIl-
ing tales OF adventures as did Mss Bell
when she came back late in the season.
AIr. ard Mrs Arthur Hopkins. Of Lon
don. and Miss Bel. with a small party of
close friends were i1 camp near Hyder-
acad a famous hunting ground for big
game when toward evening one day Miss
Bel started 20 meet the men Of the
party on their return from the days
sport she was weu mounted and ac-
companied only by a few faithful dogs
S-e rode some little distance from camp.
and heavy rain began 10 fall She
missed The rrau after a few miles and
The darkness came on very rapidly
The faster she rode. the farther from
camp and tran she Eot. and finally pitch
darkness settled over the wilderness.
which was famous for veI0mOus snakes
and vicious beasts she plainly heard the
roaring 4 the wild animals fl the dis
1auce- So G-d her horse and the dogs. and
n consequence they became almost IN
manageable II was thus she spent the
night while hundreds Of coolies. sent out
by her friends in camp were securing
the forest beating the brush in 2 vain
effort 20 IND her Il was not until day
break. when she met a native 70 whom
she made herself understood. that she
rode back 10 the trail leading her TO camp.
more fortunate than she realized not TO
have been Gev0ure1 by hungry panthers
and tigers or disabled by poisonous rep
tiles.
The rain alone saved her, her friends
assured her Her success in keeping her
horse in check demonstrated her splendid
6orseulauship-
Mss Bel returned TO this country By
way of japan. and her experience in the
Jungle was not her only. escape from dan
ger The vessel On which she sailed was
but little out OF Yokohama when It was
grounded on reef. and after much anx-
iety and some excitement was fioated
only 70 have fresh trouble arise with the
breaking out OF smallpox on board For
fourteen DAYS after their arrival on the
Paclnc Coast the passengers were Quaran-
tined and they were a happy lot. indeed
when they reached their destinations. none
the worse for their experiences.
Miss Bel returned 10 her home in this