The Washington times., 1922-07-21
NEWPORT GLORY
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M|DDLE-ACEO
Society Again Opens Shore
Homes, but Younger Set
Avoids Quiet Resort. i
By wILLENE TAYLOR,
Cosmopolitan News Service.

centrated exciusiveness. is feeling Its
glory once more-its pre-war say
ETY.. Bathing. golfing. .tennis.
bridge, entertaining and dancing are
hourly features. The dog show. the
horse show, and the tennis .ourna.
ments. according to fashions lead.
ers now here, will soon make the
liveliest seasons Newport has seen
since the income tax suddenly dealt
its heavy blow. ..
"The Marble Palace" closed for
eight years. is open with its owner.
Mrs. oliver Belmont entertaining:
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and
daughter. Countess Laszlo Szechenyi.
have opened THE Breakers" the
most magnificent residence In New.
port, and Reginald Vanderbilt has
opened Sandy Point Farm"
This pool of the goldfish" rs ma.
tives call the summer colony, pre-.
sents careful study in harem
wells. bathing caps. golf mashies.
elaborate dinner parties, miles Of
pink rambler roses. much gossip,
and middle.aged flirtations. Yes,
Newport Is not without It's romance.
and taxi drivers will point to many
soft ocean avenue" along the
Atlantic. and say: That's where so.
ciety pets
Stick Near Cellars.
When necessary, yes. But prohi.
bition has run society behind its
own walls or the walls Of it's
neighbors, according to townfolks
Bailey's Beach. the Casino, and
Trinity Church are about the only
places where society is to be seen
nowadays. and they can't be called
Nuhlic by any means. Innkeepers
sigh over this seclusion and say ITS
sad. dead place-Newport. Time
was when Mr.. Vanderbilt and his
friends would wake me up for re-
treshments at 4 o'clock In the morn.
ing-but, now-everybody stsSs in
his own home. near his own cellar" :"
This Is busy day" for the SUN.
ner society saunterer: Awake around
10-play tennis at the Casino to the
accompaniment Of an orchestra
from 1890 to 11:30-drive to the
exclusive Bailey's Beach Spouting
Rock Club-take n dip and gossip
from IL to ! o'clock-go to a lunch
con for thirty or forty friends-mid.
afternoon, play golf, bridge or nap
prepare for dinner. cd out or enter
tain for dinner; dance; seek the
downy pillow
Newport is at present a colony for
the middle aged, but they are trying
awfully hard to attract their debut.
ante daughters from Southampton,
where there are more young men
Without them romance is left to the
elders and II is no secret that love
affairs thrive exceedingly well along
this portion Of the Atlantic.
Society splashes about, plays ex-
pensive pranks. lets formality, r. ).
V. P.'s, etc, go hang, makes much
fun and is quite free within "the
circles" Mrs. Robert Goelet, Of New
York. trio a one.piece bathing suit
at Bailey's last yeah, but th,y
wouldn't stand that, so this year
originality is limited to colors and
patterns. A new suit, with many.
colored top Is popular, and bright
| flowing capes are worn. Society
doesn't lounge on the beach after a
dip. Young girls play basketball, tilt
in canoes. ride various races, etc.
Bailey's Is a bright spot. with it's
striped sun tents, red buoys. fashion
ablytdressed strollers and hydroplanes
flying overhead. The latest fad is
hydroplaning with Vincent Astor.
| When the Belmonts from New
York. the Gardners from Boston, the
Woodbury. Blairs from Washington
and society even from Chicago and
San Francisco comes to Newport, II s
for social reasons only, and society
Is the only thing they do. As young
Whitney Warren. jr.. said to me,
Everyone should have work to do -
so although he week.ends in New.
port and travels back and forth with
Edith Gould and her husband, he has
a strang thing-an ambition. It's to
be a great theatrical producer.
All Have Gardens.
Mrs. William Goadby plays tennis
every morning faithfully, Mrs. Rich.
ard T. Wilson loves her, morning
ocean dip, others golf, go crab fish.
ing without getting the least bit dirty
and play with their pups behind their
great stone walls. Mrs. William K.
Vanderbilt II, wearing a black veil
and looking very young, drives her
own coupe about.
And, oh yes, have my garden"
most any matron will tell you, in
ferring labor spent there. The
| gardens are Incompatible. DR.. A.
Hamilton Rice has one of the most
beautiful. or the cottages as the
palatial homes are called. T. Suffern
Tailer's eysuckle Lodge" ID
one Of the most attractive He also
has his own golf links, one hol,
costing $4,000, and own fishing
club. Many Of the superb estates
on Ocean Drive and Bellevue avenue
taxed at 100000 or more, are said
to be for sale for one fifth that
figure.
There's a bourgoise spot, a regular
Coney Island, In Newport, but
colonists keep this quiet. It's a pub
lie beach. and sailors fill the dance
floor, and the colonists are awfully
ashamed of II. The Clam Bake
club, set in a lonely spot on the
rocks. is said to be the place where
society feels free. There they g.
after separate parties and take early
morning dips. The exclusiveness
even extends to the servants. who
have their rendezvous at The Forty
Steps" along the cliff wall. The
popularity and Importance Of the
servants are rated according to their
masters social standing, according
to the maids.
Mrs. Henry p. Russell. formerly
Ethel Hartman, who goes In strenn'
ously for athletics, Is considered one
Of the most stunning women here.
Pink and red are the favorits