Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25
BAR HARBOR NOTES
No More Honk-Honks Will Be
Heard at This Resort.
TAXES CREEPING HIGHER
Miss Townsend Gives Luncheon for
Matron Friends.
SOME OTHER RECENT PARTIES
Revival Of Sports at the Clubs.
Eastern Yachts In the
TAXES CREEPING HIGHER
SOME OTHER RECENT PARTIE
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
BAR HARBOR, Me-. July %. 1909.
The first Of the series of concerts at the
Building of Arts took place Saturday
afternoon. and was fully up to the high
standard Of past seasons. Society was
present In large numbers. and the con-
cert was a success in every way.
Next Monday the automobile laws in
the town Of Eden will be In force, and
the owners Of autos are removing their
machines from the limits OF the town.
Two days later the restrictions will go
into effect in the other towns on the
island except Southwest Harbor. and all
the roads on the island will be utilized
solely for driving. The question looks set
tied and the long fight over.
The tax rate OF the town has been fixed
at $50 per $1,000, an increase of So over
that OF last year. The annual budget this
year Is some $4,000 more than last year.
while the increase in valuation is slight.
AS usual, John 8. Kennedy of New York
pays the largest tax of any estate IN
town, while those whose taxes amount
to over $1,000 include Joanna r. Aucin-
Gloss De Witt Clinton Blair. George s.
Bowdoip, S. w. Brigham, the estate OF
Alexander j. Cassatt Henry Lane Emo,
the estate of Susan w. Hardy. Frank T.
j.
Edward Morrell the estate of c. j. Nor
rll, Edgar Scott. Frances +. Musgrave.
Mary E. Ogden, Joseph Pulitzer. the j.
Montgomery Sears estate, George w.
Vanderbilt. DR.. Haskell Derby, Edgar
Scott, the John J. Emory estate. Ernesto
G. Fabbri. Robert p. Bowler. Josephine
+. Carpenter, Charles T. How and Philip
Livingston.
Plans for the horse show are well under
way and the directors are already get
~ Inns late 40 hot NJ
max of the season going In good shape.
Runabout racing Will be new feature
this year, and from the uniformly good
| material around town some first-class
races should result. Philip Livingston
and William +. Cochran are the COM
mittee In charge, and they may be de-
pended upon to secure some good entries.
An innovation is the rule that in the
running races this year gentleman riders
alone are to RE. Horses are not to be
This will lead to greater interest in this
| branch. which has usually been more
or less neglected in former years. but to
the general audience is the most enjoy
able feature OF the program.
Mrs. Reginald de koven entertained at
bridge at the De Gregoire Tuesday even
ing.
Miss Mathiide Townsend Of Washing
ton entertained Wednesday evening at
Colonial Hall, the guests including Mrs
) weir Mllcnell, Mlue. boHdpdIle, Mis-
John e. Trevor, Mrs. Van Rensselaer,,
Mrs. Rush Shipper Huidekoper, Mrs. SUI
sauna Roberts, Mrs. Henry Chapman,
Mrs Buchanan Winthrop and Mrs. Mich
olas Anderson
Mrs. George A. Draper entertained at
luncheon at Bagatelle Wednesday, the
guests including Mrs. Abram r. Law
renee, Mrs. Robert Potter, Mrs. Dabney
Miss Torrey. Mrs. Andrew J. Davis, Mrs.
Josiah Bradlee, Mrs. Carpenter. Mrs
Frederick Pearson and Mrs. Archibald
Barklie.
John Hone of New York has been
chosen president Of the Pot and Kettle
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
OF John Harrison of Philadelphia. presi-
dent of the club for several years. Ed
gar Scott of Philadelphia has been chosen
secretary and treasurer to succeed Mr.
Hone. Sidney w. Keith of Philadelphia
and Ernesto G. Fahbri of New York have