Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-25
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MRS. RICHARD SYLVESTER TO
GIVE NAVY HOUSE PARTY.
Will Be at Summer Home-Mrs.
Gerry Holds Reins of Mclean
Horses at Bar Harbor.

Mrs Richard Sylvester is to give a
weekend house party next week for her
son. Mr. John McFall Sylvester. and
number of other midshipmen who have
just returned from cruise. The AFFAIR
will be held at the Sylvester bungalow,
Hu-Jo-La. at Bolivar Heights, w. Va,
and will begin August 81. The list OF
those who will attend includes, besides
Midshipman Sylvester, Midshipmen Us
car Charles Badger of the District OF Co
lumbia Marian Case Cheek Of Kentucky,
Richard Stockton Field of Mississippi,
Richard Henry Booth OF Iowa and Frank
L. Riefkohl of Porto Rico, all OF whom
are of the first class at the Naval
Academy.
The girls of the party will be Misses
Maude s. Simpson, Nancy NJ. PIERCE. Vir-
ginia Walker and Bette Baines OF wash
ington, and Margaret B. Delano OF
Brookline, Mass. Mr.. and Mrs. Carleton
Lewis Wood of Utica. n. Y, the latter
of whom was formerly Miss Laura Syi-
vester; Mr.. Arthur Dunn OF New fork
city and Mr.. Henry Hubbard sylvester
will complete the party.
The midshipmen, after leaving the ships
at Annapolis the morning of August ~,
will come at once to this city, where
TWENTY-FIVE will hold a dinner party.
Shortly thereafter the six named Will go
to the Sylvester bungalow, where on the
following day, with number OF young
men of the surrounding country, they
will go on a coon hunt in the mountains.
Friday Mrs. Sylvester will chaperon
the house party to a dance at Charies
Town, w. Va. The remaining two days
of the party will be devoted to picnics,
moonlight trips on the Potomac river,
an old-fa shioned farm supper at Mil
vale. W. Va a dance and several en-
tertainments at the bungalow. The lat
ter affairs will be held on the spacious
porches.
The second day Of the horse show at
Robin Hood Park. Bar Harbor, Me-.
was well attended and society was
present in strength. The features OF
the day were the jumping OF Mr.. ~. d.
McLean's pony, Perfection; the riding
of Miss Tinker, the driving In severai
classes Of Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry. who
held the reins over the Mclean horses.
and the driving also of Miss WeDD ana
Miss Louise Webb of Washington. Inc
ribbons of the afternoon were awarded
as follows:
Saddle ponies-Blue to Vanity.
George Chipchase; red to Mistletoe,
Miss Margaret Kahn; yellow to Fin
nese, Mrs George Ewing. jr.; white TO
TINY Ray, Miss Lois b. Cassatt.
Special for pony pairs-Blue to +.
McLean's Mountaineer and Forester;
red to pair entered by Miss Cassatt:
Ladies saddle horses-Blue to The
Girl o. III. Kahn; red to Lady Loire,
Miss Annie Thompson.
Chipchase; red to Cedric. John /.
Pratt; yellow to Pat, Beverly W. Rob
inson; white to Perfection. Edward 3.
Mclean.
to Philip Livingston; yellow to J. L. ket-
torlipuS
Tandems-Blue to Snapshot and Rife.
F. b. Mclean; red to Lady Gay and
Kaiser. Philip Livingston.
single harness horse lover d. hanoS
and not over 1871 hands)-Blue to Marie.
Edward Morrell; red TO Princess. Miss
Maud Khan: yellow to Kaiser, Pnlnp
livingston and white to Major, Mrs.
w. Plunket Stewart.
bands)-Blue to Lord Stanton and Go-to,
Miss Anne compton; red to Queen Nab
and Lady Gay. Philip Livingston
Pair of horses over 13.3 hands-Biue
mack: red to Commodore and Com
mander Philip Livingston.
pair of horses suitable for lady to
driye-Blue to Snapshot and Rihe. 4. b.
Mclean; red to Faro and Major, Mrs. w.
Plunket Stewart.
Society Yesterday at Hot Springs. Va.
divided its attention between base ball
game at Recreation Park and cake
walk at night, when negro employees OF
the hotels entertained at an old planta-
ton concert and walters and maids walk
ed for a huge cake. The judges presid-
ING were Capt Savage Bates. Mr.. Glen ].
RSan and Mr.. Chouteau Walsh, and in
The audience were Justice and Mrs.
Eorace Iurton, Mr. and Mrs. B. Jones,
- Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Key Pendleton,
aIrr and Mrs. George Mason Chichester,
Mrs John A. Logan. Mrs. NJ. l.. Tucker
and Mrs. Audenreid of Washington, Mrs.
Robert Coleman Drayton. Miss Ellen
Honkins. Mrs David Dunlop. Mis-. Nor
nan Williams, Gen. and Mrs. Edward p.
Meany, Mrs. Wesley Merritt. Mrs Ben
iamin c. Tilghman, Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz
ERxers. Mrs. James s. Inglis. Mrs. James
Iiams. Mr. and Mrs. c: w. .Wetmore,
nr and Mrs. William Allen. Mrs. w. c.
Warrington. Mrs. F. A. b. Wells, Maj.
w stuart Symington, DR.. Delano Fitz-
Gerald. William Shepard Bryan, jr., Ar
ebibaId McCrea and DIR. John H. Girvin.
The semi-finals being reached at New
port yesterday. a large crowd assembled
IN the grandstand and about the courts.
among the interested ones being Mr.. and
Mrs John Fox. jr.. who are the guests of