The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
NEWS OF THE DAY IN SOCIETY WORLD Functions in Prospect for
 Brides-Elect
THE SOCIAL CALENDAR
A New York Horse Show in Retro spect-Clever Costumes and Fair Women-Hostesses for Miss
 Loveman-Personals
By MYRTLE MILES

A chatty letter read yesterday tells pithily and pleasantly of the recent meet ing of the United Hunts association at Belmont Park, l.. l. There was much lively interest in the meet and to femin- inc readers the references to people and clothes will prove especially entertaining, for the writer says:
 "The majority of the Long Island wom- en love the sport independent of betting and. unlike feminine onlookerss who are tyros as to racing, they were much more interested in following Mrs. Payne Whit ney's colors, which were at the front in the running of one of the most important steeplechases, than in observing that the pink feather on her white hat matched the pastel tint of her frock.
 "On the lawn the silver cups-some high enough to hold tall American beauties if the winner chose-were in fine array glistening fin the sunshine. The scene on the lawn somewhat suggested the old days at Morris Park. Conspicuously smart was Mrs. Austen Gray, for alas. there were wealthy Long Island women whose tailored suits showed a back breadth in great need of pressing. Mrs Gray wore a light cutaway coat, violet toque with violet osprey floating at the left, violet shoes and a violet parasol com pleting a wonderful combination. Ex- traordinary to American eyes was Mrs. Samuel Wagstaffs mustard colored parasol in the shape of a melon cut in half. Behind her-and she is a young woman of noble proportions-trotted as best he might an aged and tired dach- shund Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden, with field glasses slung over her shoulder, wore a ehintz swallowtail with her white skirt, and from her flat hat of 'did-you-ever" size, wide streamer hung over her shoulder. And while the clothes don [ make the race, even the keenest sports lovers had time to turn and look at the flight of swallows applied to the crown of Mrs. Cornelius H. Tangeman's big white hat They were not feather ornaments, but made of silk and sewn down like passementere ornaments. If Mrs. Tangeman were not so pretty and so popular the group of men around her chair on the lawn would have in- dicated that the swallows on her hat were mistaken for blueblrds and were considered pathological talismen by virtue of which there might be good luck In the wagers made.
 Mrs. J. Watson Webb crossed the lawn with Mrs Ambrose Clark; Mrs. Ogden L. Mills. Jr was with her aunt. Mrs. Fred eric Havemeyer; Mrs. William Iaimbeer and Mrs. A z. Gray were together; Mrs. George Maxwell of Oyster Bay held vi- vaeious court and MT A. Butler Duncan, with his white sideburns making him conspicuous, gallantly doffed his old fash toned square top derby, his little family party including his granddaughter. Miss Janet Dana, and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. A. Butler Duncan Up on the grand stand in a row from left to right stood Mrs. A. D. B. Pratt, Mrs. Perry Bel mont, Mrs August Belmont and Miss An na Sands. The Belmont brothers now and then joined the group, MT. Perry Belmont with a cheerful countenance be- low his white straw derby, looking as though life held less responsibilities for him than for his brother who somehow always appears perplexed and anxious at Belmont Park. Others seen were Mrs. w. Fellowes Morgan, whose love for golf always exceeded her interest in horses; Mrs. Harry K. Vingut, in trim white em- broidered with Alice blue; Flora Payne Whitney, snuggled close to Helen Hitch- cock in laughing hat-to-hat converse ton, the brims overlapping Miss Elise Ladew in the dark green gradually talk ing the place of her mourning and of course Mrs. George Bird, Mrs. E. Smith Hadden and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, who arrived in great rush, coming alone in a touring car"