The Washington times., 1924-07-07
N EW PORT IS
QUEEN OF
I RESORTS
ashingtonians Take A
Prominent Part in So
cial Activities There
By JEAN ELIOT.

bound this summer, Newport,
Bar Harbor and the smart resorts
along the North Shore Of Massa-
chusetts are seemingly exceptional
" gay. Summer resorts Wax and
Wane in popularity, but somehow
Newport manages to retain her
place as the queen of summer
capitals and to attain prominence
IN the social activities there is
distinctly a feather in ones cap.
Washingtonians are taking an
especially active part in the gave.
ties of Newport this year. The
diplomatic contingent is repre-
scented by the Minister Of Hungary
and Countess Szechenyi, who are
occupying the estate of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, broth
or and sister-in-liaw of the countess,
and who usually have one or an
other Of the bachelor members Of
the corps staying with them.
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock IL at Har-
rison House, beautiful Newport
estate; and, although she 10 her
self taking no part in society be-
cause of mourning and frail health,
she has her daughter, Mrs. Syl-
vanus Stokes, jr.s with her and, as
usual, activity centers about this
picturesque young matron.
Mrs. Stokes striking clothes may
be counted upon to provide copy"
for the chroniclers of Viewpoints
say set: and one now begins to find
occasional paragraphs devoted to
her pretty children, who are so fire.
quently with her. She is already
planning a dance at the tra-exclu-
Eive Clambake Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair are
at Newport, where they have a
pleasant villa; and Mrs. Blair's
brother-in.law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward A. Mitchell, have taken
Q cottage nearby. Miss Martha
Goldman is, as usual, at her Belle,
vue avenue residence and has re-
sumed her place as q leader of the
conservative element, which has q.
strong influence in Newport despite
the greater publicity accorded the
circus set" Miss Goldman loaned
her house one day last week for a
meeting in the interest Of the Doc
tor Bernardo homes. She was one
Of the sponsors, with Mrs. Charles
NJ. Ffoulke and other prominent
women, when this movement to
raise funds for an appealing phi.
lanthropy was launched in Wash.
ington In the spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley, IN
whom Washington still retains a
proprietary interest although they
are now only occasional visitors
mere, are entertaining continually in
the place which they have leased
Tor the summer, their own estate
nearby, which is undergoing ex.
tens1ve alterations, being still in the
hands OF the workmen. Their son.
in-law and daughter, Bishop and
Mrs. Herbert Shipman, are now
with them.
It is persistently rumored that
Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry, who are now in New York
and who usually 30 to their country
home at Warwick Neck, r. l.. for
the greater part Of the summer, will
join the Washington colony in New
port this season and will be
IiAneighbors Of the Senator's father,
Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry, and
his sisters, the Misses Angelica and
Mabel Gerry.
Newport Boasts Large Navy
Contingent; Admiral Latin,er Visitor
Rear. Admiral and Mrs. William
B. Caperton and Miss Marguerite
Caperton have recently joined the
navy contingent at Newport and
are at the Muenchinger King. Miss
Caperton and Mrs. Stokes are old
friends and are frequently together
| At Bailey'S Beach or the Casino.
Mrs. r. S. Reynolds Hit and pretty
Miss Elizabeth Hit are also at New.
port this SUMMERTIME first taste Of
this picturesque resort for Miss
Hit, who was a debutante last
winter.
Congressman Ogden L. Mills 10
occupying Ocean View for the first
time In two years. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry 8. Black. the latter formerly
Miss Isabel May, of Washington, are
also at Newport this year. although
they usually favor Southampton,
where Mrs. Blacks parents, Colonel
and Mrs. Henry May, have been
| going for years. They are occupy.
ing the Beeches, the George Eustis
| Corcorans cottage In Bellevue ave.
nue..
At the Corson cottage are Mrs.
Julian L. Latimer, wife Of the
Judge advocate general of the navy,
and her family. Rear Admiral Lati.
n1er Joined them there for the week.
end and will remain until he goes
to Portsmuth, N. H., this week with
the Secretary of the Navy.
Westinghouse in Maine
Congregate At Bar Harbor.
Washingtonians are scattered up
and down the coast Of Maine, with
the greatest concentration probably
at Bar Harbor. The Minister of
Portugal, Viscount d.Alte, returned
from Europe in time to establish
the summer legation on Mount
Desert, as has been his custom for
thirty years, and Constantin Brun,
the popular Minister of Denmark,
I u also at Bar Harbor. Mrs. Ed.
mund Pendleton, who has spent
part or every summer at Langsyne,
her Bar Harbor cottage, for thirty
years, is there now, and at present
Is entertaining Mrs. Hunt Slater.
formerly resident of Washington.
Mrs. Slater has but recently re.
turned from a long absence in Eu.
rope. Princess Bertha Cantacuzene
has Joined her aunt, Mrs. Potter
Palmer in her summer hame at Bar
At nearby Seal Harbor Mrs. Alex.
ander Mackey.Smith has lovely
summer home, and she now has
with her daughter, Mrs. Karl Boy.
Ed. who arrived last week from
Germany. The Rt. Rev. James Ed.
ward Freeman, Bishop of Washing.
ton, Mrs. Freeman ad tnheir fam.
lily, but recently back from Europe,