Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
PALM BEACH, FLA.

Arrival OF Lent has thrown Palm
Beach into the season Of its greatest
gayety, and from now on until the end
Of March there will be continual round
OF social affairs, strangely enough par
ticipated in mainly by social autocrats Of
the northern cities, who having rushed
through three months OF a continual
round Of functions OF this sort holding
to the doctrine that the merry series
must be wound up before Lent began,
have come here not so much for the rest
they give as an excuse for the trip as
for the change, and that mostly one Of
environment. For Palm Beach society is
as formal and as exacting in its require
ments as any in New York, Baltimore or
Washington, Boston or Chicago, and re-
sort life moves along on set standard
scarcely to be compared with that of any
of the northern watering places.
One Of the first large entertainments
was that Friday night in the ballroom of
the Royal Poinciana. when Sembrich gave
a song recital. A thousand people crowd
ed into the room and half as many more
listened from the piazHas and the foyer,
Both Schumann-Heink and Melba are
will be held the Poinciana Washington
birthday ball, with the golf ball at the
Breakers following a week later.
James McCrea, president of the Penn
sylvania railroad, came in his private
car Friday with party of six. max
ing the fourth or fifth private car party
to reach Palm Beach since the beginning
of the week. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas f.
Walsh Of Washington and party, includ-
ing Mrs. F. A. Wickersham of the capt.
tai and DR.. c. F. Wainwright of New
York. arrived In John r. McLean's
private car. Another private car party
was that of Mr.. and Mrs. George Grant
Mason of Tuxedo, who were accompanied
son, and are staying at the Breakers
Constituting another car party were w. ].
Smith of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford, with his wife and daugh-
tiers, and Frank Durand of Greenwich.
Then Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Dawes of
Evanston came in on the Grassmere. with
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Dawes, Mr. and Mrs
Alexander H. Revell, Mrs. Henry Hoyt,
Mrs. D. Dawes and Henry Walker.
Jesse L. Eddy arrived early in the week
in private car party, including Mrs.
Griswold of New York and Mr.. Eddy
son and daughter Miss Mildred Eddy and
Mr.. James Eddy. They are here for the
season at the Breakers.
Steam yachts which anchored in the
Poinciana ha; Dor of Lake Worth this
week included the Ruff House, char
tered by Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Goelet Nc
Vickor of New York and Newport for a
long cruise in southern waters. the Gym
thia II, N. Y. N. c., with Commodore
Merrill B. Mills and party aboard, and the
Nomad with 7. Morrison Carnegie and a
party of Washington and New York
friends.
Mrs. Charles D. Vail created a stir in
cottage circles Monday by purchasing the
Conner E. Highly estate, which ad1oins
Edgewood, the winter home Of the George
B. Swifts Of Chicago, and REEVE d'Ete,
the Charles I. Cragin estate. 1t is very
nJC Jopr, <11nt Dn1rv Il, -
on the market, and this was the first one
available in six or seven years. Society
here takes for granted that the Walls
who came here this season for the first
time, except for short hotel visit last
year, will become a permanent addition
to the cottage colony. DIR. and Mrs. Vail
and Ms. Wallis daughters, the Misses
Mabelle and Laura Houghton, are from
Geneva. N. Y. Mrs. Vail paid for the
ground, which has frontage Of 100 feet
on Lake Worth, $1S.S25, and, it is said,
will erect there before another season q
handsome winter villa.
The first of the Breakers cakewalks.
shows for which Palm Beach ro'ored wait
ers are famous. came off the Ter night,
with George AIDE. the playwright, as chair
man of the judges. He created some con-
ste nation by awarding the cake to the
couple which had made the best showing
according to the rules which were orig
inally adopted to govern cakewalking"
AS other couples. acting upon their own
initiative. gave far more laughable exhibi-
tions, there are conjectures as to whether
it wouldn't be well to change the rules.
A mum Der Of smart entert ailments have
been given during the week by prominent
members of the cottage colony. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne MacVeagh entertained at an
elaborate luncheon in the grill Tuesday
afternoon, when the company included
Mrs. Don Cameron, Mrs. Henry M. Flag
Ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Robert, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Dun Douglass, Dr. and
Mrs. Charles D. Vail Mr.. and Mrs. 10
seph r. MCDOWELL. Miss Marguerite Mac
Veagh, the Rev. Charles Temple and DIR.
Owen keenan,.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Gibson are ex-
pected here next week In. private-car
party which will include Mr.. and Mrs,
Reginald G. Vanderbilt and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney of New York.
The Rev. and Mrs. Clement Brown of
Washington have Joined party of
friends at the Royal Poinciana and will
remain until April.
Gen. Henry L. Burnette is at the Royal
Poinciana.
Miss Martha w. Bowers of Washing
ton, who may make her debut during the
spring season, arrived at the Royal Poin-
ciana Monday with hee grandfather
Thomas Wilson of ST. Paul. They have
gone to Havana and will return here
after brief visit there.
Mrs. Don Cameron entertained at a tea