Evening star., 1915-08-15
Bar Harbor.
so.c,., Correspondence of The star.

ODfre8pOn0ence
BAR HARBOR, Me-. August l4.-Ine
annual benefit for the Bar Haroor HOS
pital, which Is always the climax OF the
season, 10 to be held this year august
20. at the Building of Arts, and Will oc-
cupy the greater part OF the oay. II
will comprise a musical, luncheoh' Vau-
deyille, tea and dancing. as well as an
.xbib,tion of children's miniature
houses and gardens, feature starteu
.everal wears ago by Nine. Louden, wife
of the minister from the Netherlands
A musical will be held at noon and at
1:so a luncheon will follow. At
o'clock a vaudeville performance Is to
take place, followed by tea served on
the hillside near the building. Follow
ing this, dancing will be enjoyed TIL o.
The entire affair is under the direc-
tion of Miss Suzette Sturgis and MISS
Frances Mears. The judges Tor the
miniature exhibit will include Louis g.
McCagg, Mrs. A. Howard Hinkle, Mrs.
John Calender Livingston, DR.. ROBERT
Able and Mrs. John Harrison
One Of the events to which society is
looking forward is the entertainment
for the Building of Arts, to be given in
that building August II. which Will
consist mainly of tableaux and living
pictures. giving an opportunity TOT
some most beautiful effects. Some OF
entire summer set will take part. and
costumes for the various spectacles are
in preparation. Henry T. Leggett is
in charge of the affair. and some Of
those who will take part in the cups
are Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Miss Belle
Gurnee, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Schelling.
Miss Mary Garfield, Miss Matilda Bige-
low, the Misses JEANNE and Alexandra
Emmett, Mrs. John T. Linzee, Mrs. Err
nesto Fabbri. Miss Katherine Steward.
Albert Eugene Gallatin, Howard o.
Sturges and Maurice Fremont-Smith.
The tableaux will be followed by a
large costume ball. and society en-
masse will appear in costumes of all
kinds.
At the Country Club Thursdays there
will be regular dinner dances, as we'll
as trap-shooting competitions and rifle
shooting. Among the winners OF the
first competition were NJ. Constantin
Brun. the minister from Denmark, and
Robert Fell. while others competing
were Miss Bowler. Miss Josephine Glib
son. Miss Frances Mears and L. Bur-
leigh wing. Among the luncheon
givers were Gen. Morrell and J.. A. Z.
Palmer, while Frederic Mathews gave
a dinner before the dance. Mrs. Nicho-
las L. Anderson and Mrs. Henry T. Dor
tic were also among the entertaine RS
at the club during the week.
Henry Leggett gave a luncheon Sat-
urday for Mrs. Ethelbert Nevin, widow
Of the composer, who is here for short
time from her Bluehill summer home.
The arrival of the Edward b. Nc
Leans Saturday to pass the remainder
of the summer here gave an additional
impetus to an August that is reaching
well up toward the top notch of gayety
The McLeans have been identified with
the Newport colony for the past three
years and had decided to spend the
present summer in Virginia. Changing
their minds about a week previous tc
their arrival. sudden orders were tele-
graphed on to have the cottage ready
for them by Saturday. 1t will mean
added life to the social season. for they
never do things by halves, and Briar.
cliffe will be the scene of some note
worthy functions before fall arrives, i,
is safe to say. They were enthusias.
tically welcomed back to the Bar Har-
Dor colony.
Chief among the events Of the weel