The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10

Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt, who has purchased a country seat at Jericho, Long Island at a cost of s55, GOO. from the estate of w. G. Parks, intends to erect there beautiful country home. The estate Is the third highest on Long Island, the higher ones being owned by Clarence H. Mackay and E. D. Morgan. who are neighbors of Mrs. Vanderbilt, as are also Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., H. P. Whitney, Herbert NJ. Hartman, Herman B. Dur yea, whose place Mrs. Vanderbilt Is at present leasing; Dudley Winthrop, M. s. Purrell J. S. Stevens and Munson Nor ris.
 Mrs Vanderbilt Is taking much interest in aviation and can be seen at the Aero drome at Mineola every day when flights are being held. She also Is an interested spectator at the polo tournaments which are being held at the Meadowbrook club and the country place of H. c. Phipps.
 MT. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish are not likely to go to Crossways, their Newport place, until the middle of July. The we'd ding of their son. Stuyvesant Fish, Jr., and Miss Mildred Dick Is to take place on Thursday, July IA. at the Church or St. Philip, in the Highlands, Garrison, N Y. The bride will be given in mar riage by her father, Evans R. Dick. She will be attended by Mrs. Alexander Will Hams of Philadelphia as matron of honor Sidney W. Fish will assist his brother as best man. There will be no bridesmaids. After the ceremony MT. and Mrs. Evans R. Dick will give bridal breakfast at the Lodge, their country place, which ad- joins that of MT. and Mrs. Fish. There are a number of changes in the tax list at Newport this summer The figures are interesting because, while they do not vary from last years. neverthe- less they show some new corners and some absentees.
 Of course many names familiar in New York appear on the list. Among the new names which have tax of at least $25,OOO opposite them are T. G. and Frederick Frelinghuysen $2OO, GOO, personal; P. l Chauncey Anderson. $10O,OOO, personal, and T. Suffern Taller $84O00.
 Among the names that disappear from the list are Caroline w. Astor, $200,0 GOO, personal H. Mortimer Brooks, $50,000 personal, and George G. Haven estate, $33, 300.
 There are some radical changes on the list as between this year and last. The personal assessment of Mrs. Nonnie 8. Leeds, widow of William B. Leeds. Is re- | duced by Sl2500O, ana that or Nonnle Stewart Leeds as executrix of the estate of w. R. Leeds, s2oo, 900; total ss750oo.
 I am told that the position of assessor Is a very dsagreeable one in Newport. The richest families are the ones which apparently go to furthest extremes in trying to hide property from the prying | eyes of the assessor. The more that is spent for personal comfort the more eff forts there are made to evade customs.
 Merchants at Newport are constantly in hot water over accounts.
 MT. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt are at their Newport residence. Boileau.
 Isaac Untermeyer. the famous lawyer, is occupying Deepdale, the Long Island
 estate of ". K. Vanderbilt, Jr. this sum- | mer
 Anthony J. Drexel Jr., who married
 Miss Marjorie Gould, has opened an
 aviation school at New Forest on the
 outskirts of London. Those who apply to
 learn the art of flying are carefully scru- tinized as to their wealth and social
 standing before being admitted. No fees are charged noblemen.