The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-30
Fashions By The Sea
~ MARGARET WADE,

Having resigned itself to the great
disappointment Of not having a visit
from the prince OF Wales, on whose
coming more than one American host |
esa planned her summer, Newport ~
making the most OF the nresonce NJ
the duke and duchess of RoxborouEh, |
the Countess Granard and Lady Low
ther to bring an otherwise duh season
to a brilliant close.
These young matrons, all identified
with Newport society from childhood,
are naturally the recipients OF many at
tentions from their relatives and friends,
but falling the prince, no n is giving
a Dali, or even a garden party 10 in
clude any considerable company. As
one famous hostess puts II this Ii no
time to advertise ones hospitality.
To the newly arrived Washingtonian
whether the Temporarily possessor of a
villa on Bellevue avenue, or n short
term patron at one OF the two hotels
extremely homelike in its social as
pect, with what one careful observer
describes as the crowned heads OF
New York'R -Four Hundred taking the
place Of the capitals official hostesses,
Bellevue avenue in the vicinity OF
the Casino. might be Connecticut venue
south OF Dupont circle as regards the
passers-by, while within the Casino
grounds one finds Representatives of
smart society from half . dozen cities
at tennis In the simplest Of sports suits,
and II the truth may be told, playing
as mild a game as one finds at tho
average country club where tennis has
not been a matter Of generations as on
these well kept courts.
An exception in this average game
must be made in favor or Miss Maude
Wetmore, daughter OF. the former Senn-
tor from Rhode Island. some years ago
one OF Americas most famous anna
teurs. The crack players OF this sea-
son include Lady Lowther, the former
Miss Eleanor Braese, and Mrs Vincent
Astor, who play regularly In white
skirts and blouses, Lady I~owther wear
ing the soft white sports hat Of her
adopted land, with Mrs. Aston wearing q
rough straw sailor.
Straw hats are still the rule; velvet
the exception, among the leaders Of
he cottage colony, who are also cling
ing to their muslin gowns. A happy
condition suggesting TO the careful oh
server that the advice OF the federal
reserve board has been heard in high
places.
Just across the way from the Casino
stands "Stone Villa" built by James
Gordon Bennett when most Newport
mansions were OF wood. and now &C.
cupied by the former ambassador from
Russia, NJ. George Bakhmeteff, and his
popular American wife, The former
Nine, Bakhmeteff are taking no part in
society, but are constantly surrounded
by a distinguished circle OF old friends.
Nine, Bakhmeteff, taking her half hour
walk before luncheon, usually wears a
modish gray gown IN the striped tri-
colet with round straw hat trimmed
in peoples. Some days the gown is white
p1nth tpnrn with IA i0nn Rlnth rlnaL pf
the dull red now much IN vogue abroad,
and quito In keeping with Nine. Bakh-
meteff's well-known taste for rich but
never crude eolorinB.
II, as all tho world has been led to
believe, this city by the sea ever was
York millionaire, with charms unknown
to the pleasure seekers OF the polite
world not located on the hanks Of the
Hudson, that time has passed or Is
passing; with the Newport Of the fu-
ture Is destined to recruit the subscrib-
ers and stockholders Of It's time -honored
institutions from the banka of tho Po-
tomac, the Delaware and the Ohio
Some commentators on the number Of
FOR sale or TOR rent" signs that tell
a story all their own are inclined to
believe that II the Standard Of living
established by the New York leaders Of
20 years ago are to continue the in
vitatlon TO come in will hBva to ex-
tended all the way to the Pacific coast.
For to enjoy NeWport's advantages one
must be invited. There Ia no breaking
in at this resort, which Its oldest
patrons still describe as a watering
place"
There are no embassies or legations
at Newport this year, to the loss Of
the place, which before the war, 1914,
was the favorite summer quarters Of
half the European %diplomats,
The Countess al Cellere, wife Of the
who are Mt The Hin Top with frequent
short visits from the head Of the fam
lily Is an interesting note of the sum
mer life, although the countess Is taxi
ing little part In the social activities Of
the summer, which for all but the very
young, seem limited to an endless chain
Of lunchsons Of the e~xtravagant Amer
ican plan which few foreign visitors
enjoy in Washington.
A constantly growing colony Of ma
tional interests Includes the officers Of
the navy on duty here, and their fam
tiles, the foremost In the public mind
being Admiral William s.. Sims, late In
command Of the American fleet abroad,
and his clever wife, the famous Miss
Anne Hitchcock, Of st. Louis and
Washington.
Mrs, Sims and her sister, Miss Mar
garet Hitchcock. were interesting
figures at one Of tho small teas Of
last week, the former In a French blue
wolfe and pin head embroidery in white,
a short empiecement OF white or9andie
and finest Valenciennes lace finished
the top Of the square cut, semiflowing
tunie which fell open from the waist
line over a rather narrow but not
short skirt. A round nat Of blue straw
with its crown wreathed in aigretts
gown.
Miss Hitchcock, who has only recent
ly returned from a prolonged residence
In Europe, wore a very smart pink
chiffon gown with skirt laid In deep
broad pieats from waist to hem, but
with slight. drapefy. evidently in ex-