Evening star., 1912-08-25
. PROFESSIONAL entertainers have
enlivened the last half of the
Newport season. the top-notch
of their success being the pro-

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II Newport season, the tOp-notch
of their success being the pro-
duction for Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
nelus vanderbilts guests Friday night
of the latest operatic Offering of New
York theater. Stars Of the vaudeville
and other stages have been brought from
many places to make a laugh for the
fashionable Newporters. who seemingly
are pretty lonesome when left to them
selves in a summer city without the fas-
cinations of the stage and it's always
ready diversions. Carte blanche to build
ers for temporary structures. bathrooms
or theaters, have been quite an ordinary
beginning for the most-talked-of recent
Newport parties. and the marvels created
by floral and electrical decorators have
been wonderful sights, even for eyes
grown weary Of sensation. Summer life
used to be considered as relieved Of the
ordinary pursuits and cares. but full of
possibilities in the way Of al fresco hos
ptality if one cared to bother with 1t at
all. Now the magic of big checks opens
new world of effects with no more ef-
fort on the part of host than the labor
of making a good selection OF stage
manager and paying the bills. Even in
very few old-timers, small parties are
rarely given. but banquets Of two or
three hundred guests have taken the
place.
The Vanderbilt party had ballets and
solo dances by talented amateurs a
curtain raiser The audience was the
typical Newport one. better than has
been possible for years back, for nearly
every villa is occupied this summer.
despite the fascinauons of foreign spas.
etc.
The probable retirement from duty
here of the Austrian ambassador, Baron
Hengeimuller, who is going abroad this
week. after ten years service, will push
up the French ambassador to the head
ship of the diplomatic corps. He came
here a year later than his colleague
Rumor has been equally busy the past
year in mentioning new posts for both
Mr. Jusserand, now in France. and Mr..
Bryce, the British ambassador. who Is
also travelling. but within British pos
sessions The German and Italian am
bassadorS are also in their respective
countries. The Russian ambassador and
Nine Bakhmeteff made a happy selec-
ton of a summer home and have been
foremost figures in the Newport gayeties.
Their short stay last week at Bar
Harbor was another pleasurable expert
ence.
Mr.. c. S. Elgin celebrated his forty-f1fth
birthday at his apartment at the Du-
quesne. The evening was pleasantly spent
and with plenty of good Things TO eat;
The young lady having the honor OF
cutting the cake. decorated with forty
FIVE roses, was the fifteen-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Siicott'
Among those present were Mr. and MRS.
George Gerhouser, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
T. Apple, Mr.. and Mrs. Gustav Rousseau
and the Misses Rousseau. Mr.. and Mrs.
E. T. Elgin, Misses Beulah Dyer. Ger
trude Garth, Kate Fairfax, Hester faiI-
II fax. Mildred Silcott, Nellie Collins. Mamie
II Mockler. Miss Mcintyre, Messrs. A. Agate
Lipscomb. s. A. Dyer, NJ. |" Egin, Leroy
Elgin,. Charles Dyer, f. F. Dyer ana =.
H. Thompson.
II Mrs r F. Miller has returned to her
home on Rhode Island avenue from
visit with relatives and friends IN cum
berland. Md.
Miss Clarine McCarty is at Ocean City
for a few weeks.
Miss Nellie Carter. who has been visit
ing friends in Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh Pa, has gone to Geneva, on Lake
Erie. as the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Thurs
ton of Pittsburgh, who have a summer
cottage there.
Senator and Mrs. Massey have left dur
ing the week for Nevada, where they will
remain until December.
Mrs Ollie James will remain In the
city until the adjournment OF Congress-
when she will return to her home in
Kentucky, accompanied by her husband,
Senator-elect Ollie James.
i Mrs Slayden wife OF Representative
1 Slayden Of Texas. has returned to her
home on r street. accompanied by her
i mother, Mrs. Maury Of Texas, from a
visit with the brother of Representative
Slayden at his cottage at Twin Lake.
Conn. They expect to leave at an early
date for their home in Texas. accom-
panied by Representative Slayden.
Mr. and Mrs. z. d. Blackstone and
children have returned to this city from
their summers outing. The early part of
the summer was spent at Arundel-on-the-
Bay. On their way home they visited
relatives in southeast Maryland, making
the trip in their automobile
Miss NJ. Hendrick is spending fort
night with her brother at Wildwood,
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) Senator and Mrs Sanders left the city
; yesterday for their home in Chattanooga.
Tenn. where they will spend the fall
months at their country home.
to Washington from brief trip to Can
ada
Mrs Theodore Harding Is spending the
month of August in New Hampshire.
) Miss y. Hughes. who has been spending
} several months in Colorado. is at present
in California where she will remain dur
ing the early fall months.
Miss Corbett of Mount Pleasant is visit
, ing friends in Ohio.
Mrs. Ashurst. wife of Senator Ashurst
of Arizona, has returned to her home.
where she will be Joined by her husband
DIT the close of Congress.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wicker5Ham and Miss
Simms, who have been spending the sum-
mer abroad. will return to Washington
early in September.
Mr. and Mrs L. Cabell Williamson of
this city, who spent the early part OF the
summer months at their cottage in Wash
1ngton Grove, have gone to Maine for a
brief stay