The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04

she has in mind promises to be the
chief feature of the benefit. In fact. II
will be practically the whole benefit, for
while other entertainments were con-
templated at the start. these for the
most part have been abandoned to give
her n clear field.
The show will In reality be a demon
stration OF the latest things in the
dressmakers' and costumers' art. There
will be two performances, afternoon and
evening. with refreshments in the af-
ternoon and n supper and dance at
Roseclif in the evening.
ON the list Of ~patronesses who will
also act as the committee are Mme
BakhmeteT, wife OF the Russian Am
bassador Mrs. +. Lothrop Ames, Mrs
Vincent Astor. Mrs. Harold Brown, Mrs.
John Nicholas Brown. Mrs. l. Townsend
Burden. Mrs. John r. Drexel, Mrs.
Richard Gambrill. Mrs. Ogden Goelet.
Mrs. T.. s. Grand d'Hauteville. Mrs. Ar
thur Curtiss James. Mrs. George Cor
don King. Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard.
Mrs. Walter Maynard. Mrs. Condo
Mast. Mrs. Ogden Mills. Mrs. r. Liv-
ingston Beeckman, Mrs. George L.
Rives. Mrs. Burke Roche. Mrs. James
Andrews Swan. Mrs. william Watts
sherman. Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer. Mrs.
Leonard NJ. Thomas. Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt. Jr., Mrs. George Henry
Warren. Mrs. whitney Warren. Mrs.
Hamilton Fish Webster. Miss Maude
X. Wetmore and Mrs. George D.
widener.
There have been rumors during the
week of n possible engagement being an
nounced before the summer IL over.
These rumors appear at the beginning OF
almost every summer n they seldom
fail to come true. There was a wedding
This week that. while II look place In
Boston. was OF much interest TO the
~colonists here and also came as quite
a surprise. II was that Of Miss Annie
Lyman. long n summer resident. and
Cyril Bathurst Judge Of New York, n
one OF the professors at st. Georges
School. n boys preparatory school In
Middletown, where both william Henry
Vanderbilt and John Nicholas Brown
are students.
Mrs. Stilson Hutchins and her brother
Robert Lee Keeling of Washington. who
two seasons ago occupied the Pun
pelly cottage, which this year has been
leased by the Spanish Ambassador. were
here recently cottage hunting. but no
announcement OF a rental to them has
been made.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Lothrop Ames OF North
Easton will be here by the middle of the
month to occupy the Blair Fairchild
SottdBV pi NC aNSiiuC, aiiu fii. ahh
Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings of New
York are expected about the same time,
for their summer home near Bailey's
Beach is being opened for them.
Countess Gixyoka has returned from
Washington to occupy the Thayer cot
tage. which she has leased. and Nine.
Constantinow!ch Of New York n with
her mother. Mrs. Hayward Cutting. al
the M~uenohinger King.
The Pacific coast In still acting a. q
magnet TO the cottagers here, Mrs,
Frederic Nelson, who has been here
for some time. IL contemplating a trip
TO Alaska during August, IND Mrs. Wal
ter q. Holcomb and her aon Theodore
Gibbs Holcomb have already left fol-
San Diego md San Francisco to be
gone until September. Another who
has this week forsaken Newport for
Bar Harbor is DR.. j.. ]. Mason, but this
Is nothing unusual, for the doctor gen.
orally spends the greater part of the
summer at the Maine resort. while Mrs
Mason remains at her cottage, Wabun
here.