The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-23
SOCIETY AT NEWPORT
INTERESTED INTENNIS

take some years to do Il he seems deter
mined to bring the game back to some
thing like its old time popularity here.
Some OF the women OF the colony. es-
pecally Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. Mrs. Oel-
rchs, Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr.. Mrs.
August Belmont Mrs Arthur Curtiss
James and few others. the prime movers
in arranging for fete and tableaux to
be given In aid OF the Red Cross Society.
have put in busy week. The women
had set 100000 as the goal desired TO be
reached. but from the outlook tonight II
would seem as II the sum would be ex-
ceeded before the end OF the month, for
already there has been very nearly 1000
contributed through voluntary subscrip-
lions. The committee Is leaving no stone
unturned to make the fete a success. Many
donations Of articles for sale have been
made, and Mrs Oelrichs by giving new
1914 model roadster. to be sold on shares,
has struck popular chord. This prom
ises to net about as much as anything that
will be sold at the bazaar Mrs. Oelrichs
has set the price OF the tickets at dol
lar and she has undertaken the task OF
selling them to her friends and others.
Those women who have been selected
to have charge of tho various booths
will bear tho expense OF their respective
departments. and they are arranging for
some novel effects In the matter of booths
Vanderbilts Breakers, where tho fete is
TO take place.
Everybody seems willing to cooperate
In the spirit of the bazaar. and the COM
mittee not only has received the coopcra-
tion OF the Mayor but also the various
transportation companies and proprietors
OF business houses have promised to close
their places of business early next FRI
| day afternoon to give their clerks an op-
Dortunity to attend the feto.
While there were quite few OF the
early August social affairs cancelled most
OF the dinner dances and other entertain
ments arranged for the latter part OF
this month and early September are to
be given according to the original plans.
Mrs. Alexander J. Cassatt will give
Young peoples dinner dance before the
end OF the month for her granddaughter,
Miss Lois b. Cassatt. and Mrs. William
Grosvenor II giving a similar AFFAIR at
Roslyn. also before the end OF the month.
This affair may be in honor OF Miss
Mary Burnett who Is TO become the bride
Of her son. William Grosvenor. on Sap
TENDER 16 at Petersboro, ~ II. The
date of the wedding was announced this
week
Sir Arthur and Lady Herbert OF Eng
! land are still here and are heing en-
tertalned quite extensively. They have
haen the guests Of honor AZ two or three
dinners this week. and Mrs Lawrence
=. Gillespie Is giving a luncheon for them
~ her Bellevue avenue homo tomorrow
n"arnoon.
Mrs Frederick Pearson. whose daueh-
Ter. Miss Josephine g. Pearson. Ia to be
married early next month. Is giving a
Young peorle's dinner party on the same
evening az Mrs. Cassatt's dance. and the
rarty will go TO the latter AFFAIR late In
the ever ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Laurens Van Allen
who since their arrival from Europe. Just
before the war. have been entertaining
quite a little at wakehurst. are making
their plans for a garden PARTY early In
September. wakehurst. which belonrs 70
Mr.. Van Aliens father. James ]. Van
Alien is admirably adapted for such an
AFFAIR and Il has been a long while since
such party was given there.