The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09
SOCIETY IN NEW YORK
By MARGARET WATTS DE PEYsTER.

New York October S.-(Special. 1.-TWO well known young men have given socie-
 ty something to talk about the past few days.
 Young Kermit Roosevelt's return from his European trip renewed interest in his
 alleged love affair with Miss Margaret
 Rutherford. Despite the fact that young
 Roosevelt declares there Is nothing in the
 story of his engagement to Miss Ruther- ford and that he has no time to think of
 anything save his scholastic duties, the impression is strong that if there Is no formal engagement between these two young people that there is at least some
 understanding.
 The other young man whose plans are
 being discussed is MT. Alfred Gwynne
 Vanderbilt, whose leaving of the Ernest
 newed the rumor that he Is soon to wed
 Mrs Smith Rollins McKim. MT Vanderbilt declared when he was divorced by Elsie French that he would never make New York his home unless he decided to marry and settle down. AL though no public announcement of an engagement between MT. Vanderbilt and Mrs McKim has been made, the report of their intention to marry has been reNlV6u III SOclely lIOlli tllbS tO tiiiic III
 the last two years. Friends of the pair
 recall that at the time Mrs. McKim ob- tained her decree she was asked about her reported engagement to MT. Wander
 bilt. Then she said:
 q will not deny it. Just don't bother
 about it.
 Mrs. Isaac Emerson, Mrs. McKim' s mother, in Baltimore, would not then
 deny the reported engagement. What she said was:
 T don't think Mrs McKim wants to
 marry any one very soon, at least for quite a time.'
 At Newport Mrs McKim and Mrs.
 Reggie" Vanderbilt were almost insep- arabic With MT. and Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, Mrs McI<im has spent sum- mers ends at the Adirondack camp of Alfred G. Vanderbilt Afterward as the guest of Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Mo-
 Kim was member of a party that vis- ited horse shows all over the country, taking in. among others, those at Louis vile, Syracuse and White Plains. Mrs. McKim Is a great lover of horses and in this diversion she will have the sympathy of MT. Vanderbilt, who for some time has devoted himself almost exclusively to horse shows and coach ing.
 Mrs McKim took London by storm. At the International Horse Show, where many of MT. vanderbilt's thoroughbreds were on exhibition, Mrs McKim dag zled London society with her beauty and handsome gowns. The Baltimore belle also showed London what she could do in horsemanship by her skillful riding to hounds. She Is a crack shot. and. in fact.
 a young woman who participates in every branch of sports that appeals to the
 wealthy.
 Society is bucolc about this time of the
 year and 1t Is quite the proper thing to have exhibits at the various county fairs in the Long Island Rhode Island New
 York and Massachusetts districts affected by the aristocracy. At the Mineola, l.. l.. fair. for instance. there were five ex- hibits by the Howard Goulds the Clar- ence Mackays the August Belmonts and others of the Long Island set.
 These exhibits ran from blooded stock to big turnips and they took their full share of first premiums.
 There has been a brisk demand for reservations for the Belmont Park avia- ton meet, on the part of society and the public in general. and the fair already Is assured of success The fashionable set of New York and other large cities will be out in number.
 Among those who have engaged boxes are MT and Mrs. Payne Whitney, MT. and Mrs. August Belmont, Mir. and Mrs 1T. Van Rensselaer, Kennedy. Mir. and Mrs Robert de Forest, MT. and Mrs. Charles F. Greenough, MT. and Mrs Clarence Mackay, Mir and Mrs. Harry H. Rollins, MT. and Mrs. w. Bayard Cutting. Mir and Mrs De Lancey Nicoll, Mir and Mrs Bernard M. Baruch, Harvey Ladew. MT.