Evening star., 1926-03-21
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
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Non for the British who purchased
Extensively of the ocean front in the
Ehaan of islands. For Nassau. and
in fact all of the Bahamas and the
Bermudas. also. is enjoying a boom
which quite puts even that of Miami
I'm the second class. Owing TO the
Volstead act. Nassau and Hamilton
offer much to the retired American
who misses what is generally called
his "toddy" and who has passed the
age when he can acquire bad hab.
IT'S" Unsightly spots in the vicinity
Of Nassau have been drained and
sold for figures which make Fifth.
avenue spectators look cnyiouS and
the entire countryside * given over
10 country clubs. race tracks and
heldS of sports. The American colony
now breaks 1050 With British and
other nationals. and their homes al
ways are filed with guests. There
seems to he an endless chain of
visitors. who build fine homes be-
rause their friends are already eStab
liShed nearby and because country
club life i~ like the good old days at
home. Buh despite the outCries of
the prohibition advocates. Nassau is
one oi tha most quiet. restfui places
in the known world aud invalidS with
nervous troubles iiock there by the
scores To be restored by the sunshine,
the hlaclnS sea ar ana the peace
which enNelupS the islands. Far less
Indulgence there III "StronS waters"
than is reported from the land
where the eighteenth amendment
holds. is the tale which reliable trav.
elerS tell of the Ba ahamas.
The Marquis of Waterford has ar
rived in Aiken. =. G.. with his team
of polo players. and that quaint little
city has been enliVened by hundreds
of visitors to watch the matches. The
British team, besides the marquis. il
composed of the well known Earl W.
Hopping. who pla yed before the Prince
of Wales at Meadowbrook. Long Is
land. two years ago: Col. NJ. T. Mel
Vile and Capt. X. Il. Smart. The
principal games are in competition
for the John Il. Townsend trophy.
which is emblematical OF the inuoui
polo tournament. Mr.. Hopping re
Gently has been giving all his time t.
indoor polo and the Marquis o
waterford is interested in tins limo
walton also. Aiken is entertaining it
visitors royalty, and many members
of Long Island clubs, who habitually
spend the Winter in Cannes or Al
Eiers. are in the South Carolina city
until the end of April. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Hitchcock are keeping open
house tor the friends of their young
son. Tom. who is a champion pulois.
and knows most of the British play
ers Intimately. The Robert Straw
bridges are entertaining for young
kooert. who will also play against
the BritonS
Miss DaL."r Barring. dauehter OF
the Hon. Cecil Barring. who was mar.
ried March s In the Westminster
cathedral TO Arthur Pollen. well
know n literary light of Britain. has
spent as nI"cl time with her Ameri.
can relatives az with her British She
is the s'"tnddsueh hter ot the late
Pierre o'iilard and she has scores
of kindr"c ~ the Taylor and other
distinguished families of Gotham.
One OF her Taylor CouSins--her ma
ternal grandmother WAS Miss Emily |
Ta;'o of S'a'en lSland--is that Tai
bot TaN r -. long a resident of Nice |
Mr. faN :or'~ rose garden is the pride
OF 'ht> lovely city and he has sew.
eral tirles ntered the rose festival
in 'eIat . his adopted city. With the
resu' :. - he carried off All the first
som. l'l.A 'IIered 10y rosarisns Oh !
thS it- en-, .U' the most artistic float
ituO'Iitf' "'tl roses AS Miss Daphne |
BarIn-. M. Polien's ride delighted |
IN lSitIns y &c when the rose fele
was que Mc. Tayio sen, some |
gorgeous b,o' ms to London for the |
Wc4dI"I ana of course he WAS pres
en-: Ut The "ut tiai> In. Cecil Bar
incS nd a residence at Bryanston |
Square in Lon don. but most of their |
is dispensed in their |
quaint isla nd home in Lambay, in |
Dublin Count, and abVul miles |
from the Irish capital.
Henny Q. Havemeyer. jr.. grandson |
of Theodore Augustus Havemeyer.
the pioneer of the sugar industry in |
this country, has since the new year |
dawned gained a tWo.fold distinction.
He is the youngest railroad executive |
in this country and is about TO place
an important invention on the mar
ket. He began the railroad business |
soon after graduation at Yale, and in
this he followed his father. the senior |
Henry Osborn Havemeyer, who did
not relish the sugar refinery business
and become an employe of the Scran-
ton. Lehigh Railroad and was after
ward it's president. In later years
however, the elder Henry returned TO
the sugar business and is now one OF
the leading authorities and one of the
most successful operators. Young |
Henry Havemeyer is unmarried and
lives, when he can spend few weeks
from his work, at the beautiful home |
Mountain Side Farm near Mahwah.
n. j. Mrs. Henry 0. Havemeyer
was Miss Charlotte Whiting a noted
belle ot Newport, and her old home
t,A f~ 4 l,n l
liest Sf the oder dwellings.
Sir Coleridge Kennard, the short
story writer. whose work is familiar