The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-17

NhH ume seems 10 % flpo IoE
II a revival Of the old time Gus
IN = tom OF having ocoasional sub
scription dances in the white and gold
ballroom OF the Casino Theatre build
: ing BY the members Of the Newport
e summer colony. TO have such an
/. affair before the end of the season.
occupied with a reception and supper,
and the whole given for some charita-
. BILE purpose. would not. IL 10 believed.
p take great deal of effort. All that is
needed is for some one to start Il, and
sit Is being hoped. especially by the
z coionists who love to dance--and that
includes about everybody In the colony
sr--that the movement will take definite
form before the end of the season
Subscription balls In the Casino at
one time used to be regular Friday
/. night affairs and some of the most
, brilliant parties in the history Of the
summer colony in days OF old took
place In the pretty ballroom It is
rcsaid that arrangements are to be
u made next season to have regular
QaHCCo 8tNGn tHCIOt Out UOIl0 IN LIlo
colony do not want to wait that long
and are hoping that a start win be
made this season, probably having one
grand ball as a final feature Of the
season.
A few fairly large dances have been
n given this season, but the majority
have been small ones. The next.large
10 one probably will be that which James
s'J. Van Allen IL planning to give at his
summer home. Wakehurst,' In honor of
y his grandson, James Henry Van Allen,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. James Laurens
Van Allen.
1t is reported in. the summer sec
ton that Mrs. James b.. Duke, who
this summer IL occupying Bythesea,
Z the August Belmont estate on the
p Cliffs, 10 contemplating giving a large
2 dinner dance either at the end OF the
present month or early in September.
Another OF the Newport season tx
lures has passed this week, the dog
show. which took place this afternoon
\ a. Freebody Park. II was a big day
Tor the lovers OF dogs. Many colon
lists exhibited their pet dogs, but the
; 1show was not confined to these by
~ any means. It was free for all
'leevent and dogs from every section
were shown until they numbered al
:, most a thousand
= The scratching of this from the CAL
i endar leaves but one moro fixture on
the programme for the summer, the
: horse show, which will take place the
arlast week OF the month. and which
p promises to be a big event from a
z sporting point of view as well as So
ciaIly.
With no tennis tournament or any
=, other event to act as an incentive for
social entertaining this week. there
i WAS not so much of this sort Of ac-
. tivity by far as last week. However,
there has been plenty to keep the
= members OF the villa colony on the
= move during the week. for besides the
=, 1uncheons and dinners there also were
as a few picnics. - ,.,i :.
% Parties for the satterwhftes.
DR.. ana Mrs. Preston B. Satterwhite
~ of New York. who spent a number of
seasons in Newport as summer resi-
- dents. are here on a visit and there
has been a regular round Of enter
tainments given in their honor. Some
I. Of those entertaining were Mrs. Rog-
ers Pratt, Mrs Miller Graham, Mrs.
J. J. Wysong, Mrs. Dudley Davis and
Mrs. Charles NJ. Oelrichs.
80 Some others who entertained during
= The week were Mrs. Lewis Quentin
Jones, Mrs. j. Stewart Barney al
Black Point Farm in Portsmouth, Mrs
George Brooke, Mrs. r. Horace Gala
tin, Mrs. Ogden II. Hammond, Mrs
a. Clarence w. Dolan. Mrs. Peter w
y Roberts. Mrs. Arthur Graham Glas-
~ cow, Mrs. Stanley Mortimer, Mrs
A Lawrence T. Paul, Mrs. r. Lothror
"a. Ames, Mrs. Charles H. Baldwin, Mrs
70 Craig Biddle. Mrs. T. Suffern Taller
Mrs. Daniel e. Hutchingson, Mrs. Ar
thur Curtiss James. Mrs. Charles s
Whitman, Dr. and Mrs. William West
who are spending August at the New
cliffs; Miss Anna Sands. Mrs Franz
X. Sturgis and Mrs. Henry Barton
Jacobs.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, who is soon to have
as her guest Mrs. William D. Sloar
a. of Lenox and who has not been doinf
- much entertaining at The Breakers
q. this summer, has cards out for a din
ner on Monday night. Mrs. Richard
Gambrill has announced a dinner fol
wednesday night next week, anC
b James ]. Van Allen is to give dinneri
p at wakehurst on August 22 and rs
Mrs. Marsden ]. Perry is to have {
e luncheon on the latter day and Mrs
- William Watts Sherman has cards on
for dinner on next Friday evening
-. Countess di Cellera, wife OF the Ital
ian Ambassador. with their children
who are at Hill Top. will remain there
81 until September at least. Mr.. AM
70, Mrs. E. Rollins Morse, once regular
rfsummer residents. but who have beer
g spending the present season at Yorl
Harbor, Me-, except a brief Newpor
visit early in the season, are to re
turn here early next month AMI will
pass the autumn season in Newport
Z having engaged apartments at l.
- Forge. -gl
The reserving of apartments at tn,
a hostelries has already started 70
: horse show week, both by the exhibi
20 tors, the judges and others who ar
? coming for the event. r. ]. Snow, Jr
of New York, T.. ]. Cakes of Boston
and Mrs. Henry NJ. Stevens of Pride
Crossing. three exhibitors. are amonI
= those who have made reservations.
vi, Miss NJ. Blackmer of Denver has ar
~ srived for the remainder Of the sum
mer. other recent arrivals include,
9. C. Peyton of Wilmington ana Mr.
ItaNTnhu GhaV1Iau aud danubta. nR NJox