The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-21
Belmont Park Opening Will Be Social Event-Plans for the
Summer Season-More Engagements Announced
-Brides Of Nav and June
TO keep up the pace set by the
social leaders at present Is 4
difficult task for any novice at

get the hest out of all that IL now pro-
ylded for those fortunate beings who
have nausht 10 pursue but pleasure
no.Cares. no anxieties. no duties APP
parently. This las, from the novice at
the game. The trained participants
know how many responsibilities theN
have to face, how many pitfalls iuTk
in the pathwa. OF the unwary' put
their training has been IN n nara
school. that school where the ruie Oh
the survival Of the iitcst is supreme.
While cayety Is In full force there
can I've no such word a. fatigue n
absolute concentration on the pursuits
Of the moment is ess utial To success.
The knowledge Of which invitations 10
accept, which to decline, which enter
,ainments to avoid. which to approve
with ones presence. soon eliminates
any unnecessary waste Of strength J
and 4, may he SAID. politenees-a and
the weeks campaign can I've and often
IL entirely planned in advance.
Jus, now the great difficulty lies IN
the number Of fascinating events that
fall on the same dav and at the same
hour. Everybody is racing mad and
one must he seen at the races ar run
the risk of being considered unfash-
ionable. Then the many fashionable
weddings must he attended. while soii
and tennis matches at the smart coun-
try clubs mus; also br patronIzed'
even II one does not play. y week
ago Yesterday the enthusiasm over the
great preparedness parade Kept many
in town who would otherwise have
been AZ the races, hut that there was "A
record crowd Of spectators az the races
r. admitted Later on many OF the
rscegoers and marchers met at din
ner and dance and compared notes a-
TO which had had the more fatlGuin3
day.
Las. week was voted perfectly
lovely by those who like a wedding
as a starter for the weeks Gayety.
and St. Bartholomew Church on
Monday afternoon presented a brilliant
spectacle for the wedding of Miss
Louise Trevor and Mr.. James touper
L.ord-a popular young couple with
popular parents. \ practicalIy .uh-
limited list of desirable acquaintances
taxed the capacity Of st. Bartholo-
news Church. while at the reception
every one apparently knew every one
else intimately and all seemed to be
planning To spend the summer u"
Ecther. so much cpnvcrsaiIon was
there anent what was TO take place
In the way ~ enterta nmerlts durinS
the summer season.
As for the beauty OF the wedding
parties this year il has reached n
po.nt where there are no adjr'tives
eft to express the encct upon the gen
Cra' public. II might p,rhaps be We
.Or some one to call y hat before TINS
,ra2c for the picturesque goes fufthcS
and completely hlotS out the charm
the s.mp.c'tv and the seriousness OF
the old tmr conventional wedding
Enthusiasm over out of door sports
In not .u;cIfrrcd with 10y tn" many
weddings and the races. Women are
going N FOR golf and tennis with a
,aaroc ~ ard I ana earnest purpose
.rd no age LIMIT suoh - has made
-. So d!ncrp1i for all women since the
wa began. Tine stored up energy mat
has found a Vent III the countess
meetings held in aid of the sufferers or
ii nations under the sun stu con-
tnucs TO work wonders, hut there
must be some play and not all work
and il IL now the ambiti n OF every
smart woman 10 play golf and tennis
we'll Dancing masters. skating teach
.rs. bridge prufiCirnts and Others who
have r,aped a eoodly harvest Of late
wears by Their Instructions in various
arts and crafts must now stand ASIDE
and give place to the golf teacher vs.
the number Of Instructors ~ l'lnl"h
and thai of the players unlimited me
,ompe;tl n for theiI services - tru!N
keen, causing many a maid to arise
from her couch at an hour quite out
side OF her experience hitherto. ON
Long Island, where golf clubs are
~sprlng.ng up almost like mushrooms
over night and always with a big list
81 waiting members. one hears more
lately of golf than when the game first
began 10 he popular. Then 1t was
merely popular, now II Is both popu-
lar and fashionable. a combination
that In bound to win out.
Tennis was never more fashionable
The tennis enthusiasts were out In
a force at the woman's metropolitan ten
MS tournament that started last Mon
day at the courts Of the West Side
Tennis Club at Forest Hills, Good
playing by good players and by players
whose names always figure largely
in any record OF social events drew to-
fgether q satisfactory crowd of specta-
TORS, and although the weather on the
first day was not all that could have
been wished neither players nor on
lockers lacked good spirits ana gayetN
j. II fashionable to he enthusiastic
Geese days; languid, affected interes'
Is not at all the thing, and after al
enthusiasm and the "joie de vivre'
are in keeping with out OF door sports
with all there Is to be done in th'
way Of social gayety, entertainment
for the relief Of different charities 60
on with unceasing regularity. Some oI
the former, not TO say old fashioned
methods Of raising money have come
10 the fore again and auction tourna
ments have met with approval ant
success, The Colony Club has proved
rs fitness as a place for entertaining
and when by courtesy OF a member thu
entertainment Is given there the Ger
tainty OF a satisfactory sale OF tickets
enables the organizers of the enter,
talnment 10 carry through their tasf
with far less toll. trouble and expense
than have TO be faced at most fash
ionable charitable entertainments.
II 10 calculated by those who are IN
c,ined 10 take a perhaps pessimisti,