The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
SOCIETY

town-Georgetown Of the days whsn
IL was the center Of society. and
washington bpt village--the Rob-
inson family. Two prominent wom-
en- in washington society now were
born there, Mrs. L. w. Glazebrook
and Mrs. E. r. whiting. They were
Jane and Fannie Cox. respectively;
daughters of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Cox, and Mrs. Cox was .
Miss Robinson.
WILLIAM a. BURTON COTTAGE
HAS BIG GUEST LIST.
But to return to the races; hum
dreds OF society folk from all over
the country witnessed them and
scarcely q diplomat missed them.
The william A. Burtons, who have q
cottage for the summer at South
| smpton. had a house party for the
occasion and entertained, among
| others, Gen. Pershing, who went
there from tho Gibson-Locke we'd
ding, Gladys Hinckloy and Josephine
Patton and q number of others of
| the same crowd. One Of the inter-
esting parties given In connection
with the races took place the first
Of the week when Sir Thomas Lip.
| ton and the personnel OF the Amsri-
J cas- Cup challenger. Shamrock w,
] were the guests OF Commodore and
Mrs. Edwrad l. Doheny at a dinner
at the Atlantic Yacht Club, At Sea
Gate. /. ]. More than 800 attended
the dinner. one Of the most brilliant
ever held at the club. During the
evening Sir Thomas lifted the cup
done In sugar. He stated that, al
though II was exceedingly sweet" !"
he would rather win the original.
The decorations at the principal
table were unique. The table was In
the form OF big circle. In the CEN
ter was sunken ocean with shores
OF fern leaves. Directly In front of
Sir Thomas was the Ambrose Chan
mel lghtship and a miniature COM
rnittee boat. II was supposed to
represent the starting line of the
big international race. Coming
down the line were models of two
Llg sloops. one on the port and the
other on the starboard tack. One
was painted green and carried the
well-known private signal Of the
| Irish yachtsman. The other wa,
white and few the burgee of the
New York Yacht Club Any one
with half an eye could see they were
the Resolute and the Shamrock ".
During the evening speeches were
/ made by Commodore Dohepy. Sir
/ Thomas and Franklin X. Lane,
former Secretary OF the Interior.
; Others at the principal table were
! Rear Admiral James II. Glennon, U.
s. N: Lord Hardwick. Mr.. and Mrs.
EDWARD L. Doheny. tr.: Fleet Capt.
and Mrs. Horace z. Boucher, and a
number OF others.
SIR TOM YACHT CLUB GUEST
SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO.
Just think. seventeen years ago
Sir Thomas Upton. the unstoppa BILE
contender for the Americas cup.
was entertained at the New York
Yacht Club by the syndicate OF ten
distinguished American yachtsmen n
who put up the money that enabled
Capt. Nat Herreshoff to design and
build the cup defender Reliance,
which In 1909 defeated the challen-
ger Shamrock III. Many OF the syn
dicate members have died since then,
among the survivors being Oliver
lselin. the managing owner of the
Reliance. and Judge Ebert II. Gary,
William Rockefeller. Cornelius Van,
derbilt and Henry walters. OF these
mon only Vanderbilt and Mr.. wal
ters are members OF the Resolute
! syndicate. the newcomers being r.
! g. Bourne, J. p. Morgan. Arthur
Curtis. James and George F. Baker.
tr. Capt. Herreshoff, who Designed
both defenders. remains the nautical
hero OF Bristol. r. l.. where his ship
yards are located.
Probably no one In the United
states took q deeper interest in the
last international yacht races than
Former President Theodore Roose-
Welt, who was q champion OF every
branch OF sport. Sir Thomas Upton
visited his grave before the races.
The New York Yacht Club, or.
ganized In iS4t by less than a dozen
yachtsmen. holds Americas Gun
In its proudest niche. The cup win
ner was built and raced sixty. nine
years ago at the direction Of the
nrst commodore OF the club and
his friends. The club has now $500
members and its fieet comprises
o'er ooo yachts, many of them
large and powerful sea-eoinr
steamships. Members are keenly
anxious that the cup shall not re-
turn to England. although admiring
the Upton pluck.
whitney Warren, the architect,
OF New York and Paris, designed
the clubs six-story edifcc, which
stands at 37-4l West Forty-fourth
street. the present home Of the cum.
and II Is beyond question the mos,
! paiatial Yachting headquarters In
the world. The grill room IL the
facsimile OF the lofty tween decks
OF some old frigate, its coillng
framed in with imitation deck
beams. supported by regular hang.
Ing knees on which the bolt heads
show. while the hoor 10 laid with
deck planks.
In te model room. one OF the most
| noticeable objects Is the massive
marble mantel many tons In weight.
intricateiy carved, and bearing on
Its face above the fireplace. the
outline OF . quaint old high. popped