The Washington times., 1912-08-25
Congress Deadlock Interferes With
Vacation Plans of Officials Here
Newport Society Still
Talking of the Van
derbilt Fete.

Newport society is still talking Of tho
entertainment given at Bearlieu Friday
night by Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt, IN fact one of the guests aver
red that Newport and New York So
ciety will still be talking of 1t when
their small children are grown up.
There was no sleep that night for
those hidden to the party, the festivi-
ties made them forget the need of II.
1t was sunrise before chauffeurs were
awakened from maps behind their steer
ing wheels to start their cars and speed
homeward, passing the mllkmen on
their morning rounds.
THE wonderful beauty of the scene
made you forget the time, and with the
realization that another business day
had started, you regretted the stern
realities of life," was the explanation
of one of the Persian dancers.
1t was IL o'clock before the program
of amateur. dances began. An hour
later the curtain went up on "The Mer-
ry Countess" At 2 o'clock the 80
guests sat down to supper At half past
o'clock the cotillIon opened Mrs. Van
derbilt leading With Elisha Dyer from
one end, and Craig Wadsworth with
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth frora the
other.
During the cotillion about $50 guests
went home. The remainder later sat
down to breakfast of scrambled eggs,
creamed chicken, sausages, and grid
die cakes and coffee, as they do at some
of the very late parties in New York.
horne, but prolonged "A Night in the
Orient" as the magnificent fete at
Beaulieu was called. by visit TO
Bailey's Beach. Men and women OF
rtt IL ~ IsaIt
tored, to the beach. and soon were
splashing in the surf AS the morning
sun slarted across the sand.
An En9lishman whose letters have
won him the best that Newport society
has to offer observed as he entered his
hotel at o'clock:
From ; o'clock at night until S
o'clock in the morning. And this means
Newport society. Bless my SOUL / new
er saw anything like It,"
II
The Swedish Minister and Nine. Eken-
gren were dinner hosts last night at the
Swimming Club at Bar Harbor, having
| among their guests The Minister of the
Netherlands and Nine. Louden, Mr.. and
Mrs Perry Belmont, Mrs. Hunt Slater,
| Mrs John p. Jackson, John B. Hender-
| sor, jr., Mr.. Cattanzoglu. the Greek
! Charge d'Anaires. and Count Claes
Bonde, of the legation staff.
=
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B. Mclean will
go to Newport Thursday of this week
from Bar Harbor, for a visit to the
Russian Ambassador and Nine. Bekh-
meteff. They will remain over the
horse show.
| =
| Brig. Gen. Walter Howe, retired, U. 8.
| A., and Mrs Howe have closed their
apartment, at the Marlborough, and
have gone to Lenox for a visit to
| Chaplain Charles S. Walkey, U. s. A.,
and Mrs. Walkley, at South Lee.
| -.f-
| DR.. and Mrs. J. breckenridge Bayne.
/ who are spending the summer on Lotus
Lake, Sayville l. l., are receiving con-
| gratulations on the birth of q daughter,
| yesterday.
Mrs. Bayne, who was formerly Miss
| Olga Roosevelt, was married to DR..
Bayne last November in St. Thomas
| Episcopal Church. her marriage being
| one of the most important social events
Of the season.
Capt. John S. Fair, L. S. A, and Mrs.
Fair will close their house on California
street shortly and will sail for France
the middle of September, accompanied
by their sons, John S. Fair, r., and
| David Fair.
regiment in the French army and dur
ing his term of service Mrs Fair and
their children will remain in France.
Mrs John Biddle who has been max
ing a series of visits along the North
Shore, is now in New York
*
| Col. Spencer Cosby, u. S. A, has
gone to Lenox to join Mrs. Cosby for
a brief stay at the home OF Mrs. ].
! Frederick Schenck. Mrs. Cosby has
been Mrs. Schencks guest for the
season.
| Miss Ethel Roosevelt, who, with
former Lieutenant Governor Willard
Of Virginia, and Mrs Willard. has
been the guest of Sir Wilford and
Lady Laurier at Ottawa, have de-
parted for Quebec.
Senator and Mrs. Massey, OF Neva-
da, the former the late Senator Nix
have given up the apartment which
they have occupied at the Shoreham
since coming to Washington, and
have returned to their home for the
summer.
Miss Mary Addison Webb. who is
now the guest of Mr.. and Mrs Arthur
Addison at Bar Harbor will go to
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius N.
Bliss.
Mrs. Edwin Pearson Parker is the
guest Of Mrs. c. ]. Boush, wife OF Cap
tain Boush. L. S. N, at their summer
home of l[ittery Point, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Frederick Leech,
who have been at Lenox, are now IL
New York for few days
8 n AND V"U KEEP THIS
MD l4-Karat