The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-03
SOCIETY IN NEW YORK
By MARGARET WATTS DE PEYsTER.

New York, July 2-(Special.) .)-Among the million dollars worth of presents to Miss Mildred Carter and Viscount Ache son which are being placed In the Lon don residence of the young couple at No 15 Cesham street, are some which point to an undesirable condition among the women of rich and fashionable society Among the gifts to Miss Carter, or Lady Carter. as she is now, were a number of smoking articles, cigarette cases. ci- garette holders. ash trays and recepta- cles for pipes and cigars Indeed. every young bride in fashionable society is now the recipient of every article used by the inveterate smoker. They are usually wrought of gold and jeweled and some of them are quite ornamental.
 But aside from the beauty of the arti- cles there is a certain greusomeness at- tached to such things when they are con- sidered with a young bride. Fortunately, in Miss Carter's case, the cigarette hold CTS and other things are not needed, for she Is one of the very few young women
 in society who don't smoke. When she was Is years old her father, MT. Ridgeley Carter, gave her $500 if she would not smoke until she attained the age of IS. Lady Carter is now 23 and one of her proudest boasts Is that she has not at tained the cigarette habit. She may wei, be proud of the fact when we consider that she is living among girls who first smoked because 1t was considered fash :
 onable and smart, but who found out la ter that they could not stop, whether they desired or not.
 Tn this connection I wish to mention another circumstance which is nearer home. Miss Lucy Page Gaston of Chi caRo is in this city. preparing for a cru- sade against cigarette smoking among the young girl students of the fashionable wcmen's colleges. Miss Gaston will make a tour of Wellesley, Smith, Vassar, Brvn Mawr and other fashionable schools for women In the fall, delivering lectures upon the evils of cigarette smoking. Miss Gaston declares that the evil has grown to an alrming extent in the schools and that many teachers have complained Of the effect upon the young women.
 New York is in the midst of the hot season now and 1t is completely deserted by fashionables. Every person with suf- ficient money and leisure leaves Man haitian in the summer, for it Is an ex- tremely uncomfortable place. The ex- treme humidity and the great heat drawn and held by the stone building, the as- phalted streets and the narrow thorough fares make New York a good place to get away from in summer.
 New Workers consequently, have fled to Lenox, Newport, Bar Harbor, Bret ton Woods, Hot Springs. Atlantic City. Narragansett Pier, Beverly and other places.
 The delicious coolness of the Thousand Islands and the St. Lauwrence have taken it's toll from the great city's pop ulation.
 At Narragansett Pier the center oi social life Is at the Casino, where men and women from many cities and from the old land mingle in a vanity fair. The Casino was opened today and a grand ball was given tonight. This will usher in a round of dances, dinners, bridge functions dramatic fetes and social events ad in- finitupn. The management of the Casino this year is in charge of A. Borgo, for merly manager of Claridge's. in London and more recently connected with the