The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-19
Newport Regaining
|. Lost CrOWn OF
I Popularity

VIEWPOINT Wnlcn uSeo ~ NC
III the nearest thing to a sum
F4N mer capital which TINS
I country could boast but winch
was more or less deserted by the
4 diplomats and the official world
b during the war, is enjoying a re-
l newed popularity so far as Wash
Il ingtonians are concerned. The
4 Hungarian minister, Count Szech-
enyi, has established the legation
( at Newport for the season ana ne
land Countess Szechenyi, with
i their children, will occupy Mr..
/ and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney's
! villa. Mrs. Whitney and Countess
+ Ezechenyi are sisters.
|. The senior Mrs. Cornelius
! Vanderbilt, mother of Countess
Szechenyi, is at The Breakers
for the summer and 1t is under
stood that Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt and Miss
Grace Vanderbilt. who are in
q London for the season, will re-
turn to this country in time to
nut in a few weeks at Newport
and that they are now engaged
in hunting suitable villa.
The Swedish Minister and Nine:
Wallenberg will spend most OF
August in Newport, although the
legation is to be set up at Bar
Harbor, and will be guests of Mr..
and Mrs. John Aspegren. Mrs. r.
/ Leslie Craigie, wife OF the retlrlng
secretary of the British embassy,
also is to make some visits IN
Newport prior to sailing for Eng
land toward the end of the sum-
mer. Mr.. Craigie has been de-
! tached from the embassy mere
and detailed to the foreign office
in London. go.
Mrs. Hope Slater is at Hope
dene, her Newport estate, for the
first time in three years, and Mrs.
Gibson Fahnestock, who has re-
Gently returned from a trip
around the world, is at her New
mort home and has her son-in-law
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Syl-
.vanus Stokes, jr.. with her for the
summer.
Then, the Edison Bradleys,
in whom Washington continues to
feel a proprietary interest al
though they have shaken the dust
of the Capital from their feet, are
to arrive tomorrow evening and
will occupy Southside. the Gam
nell estate, which they have
leased while their own. beautiful
estate, which they purchased
year ago, is undergoing extern
sive remodeling. Mrs. ChaunceY
Shackford has also gone to New
port from Washington and will
occupy the Yardley cottage, Cap
tain Shackford joining her later.
DEAR ADMIRAL AND MRS.
~ ALBERT GLEAVES and
their pretty daughter, Miss Eva
lima Gleaves, are also making
plans to spend the summer in
Newport in order to be with Ad-
miral and Mrs. Gleaves' son-in-law
and daughter, Lieutenant Com
mander and Mrs. Thomas Earle
Van Metre, who are at the Naval
Training station. Admiral Gleaves
is due in Newport today, after
having spent the last week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. Beeckman
Winthrop on Long Island and
Mrs. Gleaves expects to join him
the first week in July.
The admiral left town early last
week for New York in order to
attend the annual dinner of the
Cruiser and Transport Society,
which is always held on June IA.
the anniversary of the sailing Of
the first convoy for Europe DUR
ing the war. Admiral Gleaves was
In command Of the transport
service.
Miss Evalina Gleaves, who has
been exceedingly active in Girl
Scout activities, will spend the
first two weeks of July at the
Girl Scout camp at Plymouth.
Mass, going later to Newport to
Join her family. Miss CAROLYN
Thorn and Miss Katherine Wiley