Evening star., 1926-05-30

NEW YORK, May o9.--There was
an exodus of society folk from town
Yesterday to spend the Memorial Day
week end either in the country or at
the seashore. Many Of the larger
hotels in the resorts nea" this city
opened their doors 70" three e-day
periods, although the regular season
will not begin until the middle OF June.
Outdoor sports held first place on the
schedules of entertainment and the
programs include all OF the popular
diversions from tennis to yachting.
Merry house parties thronged the
estates in Westchester and on Long
Island, also along the Hudson shore
and in New Jersey. At Tuxedo Park
the yacht races added to the many
attractions that will last until Monday
night. Brilliant fetes We're given to.
night at number of the country
clubs and other events will take place
before the holiday celebration is COM
pleted. Monday also Will bring
several important tennis and golf
tournaments. .....
With the list of affairs in town
tapering to a natural ending for the
season, much interest is being given
to the horse shows which will take
place next month at Tuxedo, West
Point. in Westchester and at Hunt
ington, l.. I. One of the most I'M
portant will be the Westminster
Country Horse Show which Is to take
place at the Westchester Biltmore
Country Club, at Rye n. y, June 10,
IL and 12. The officers are Mr.. j.
Rich Steers, president; Mr.. John NICE.
Bowman, vice president; Mr.. RI. r..
Manville, vice president: Mr.. John l..
DoWney. treasurer. and Mr.. Cornelius
r. Agenw. Mr.. Hugh ]. Chisholm,
Mr.. Everett l.. Crawford. Mr. Gordon
Grand, Mr.. Oliver Hartman, Mr..
Robert Law, il. Mr.. G. D: r. Leith'
Mr.. William a. Read, jr., Mr.. Ogden
Reid, Mr.. Percy A. Rockefeller and
Mr.. J. Macy Willets.
With the approach of the first
Summer month the smart colonies on
the North. Shore Of Long Island have
opened the yachting season and have
prepared for one Of the most inter-
esting periods in the history OF this
sport. Practically all Of the boats
have been put in the water and every
day the great white sails OF these
craft may be seen on the sound as
the keen prows turn rushing burrows
of water and spray flies over the
tilted sides.
Competition among the owners OF
these boats is remarkably keen. AL
most all the fashionable folk who
have large estates on Long Island are
ardent yachtsmen and the sums spent
for racing craft may be reckoned in
fabulous figures. Some of the bigger
boats are fitted with luxuries which
rival the appointments of the finest
ocean liners They are built for long
cruises but the lines are SO designed
that every inch of canvas may be
utilized for fast sailing. Probably the
best known in this class for years
was the Corsair, constructed for the
late J. p. Morgan.
During the Harvard and Yale boat
races the Corsair always has been
placed at the disposal of the Harvard
crew, and special entertainments
have been held in honor of the mem.
bers. Similar honors have been paid
to the Yale rowers on board the
Whileaway, the famous Harry Payne
whitney yacht.
The real contests, in Long Island
Sound began today with a three day
regatta, which will extend through
Memorial day. This is under the aus
pices of the Seawanhaka Corinthian
Yacht Club, an organization, which is
exclusive set.
The engagement has been announced
Of Miss Martha Jefferson Virginia
Barras, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Robert Barras Of $40 Park
avenue and Blithewood, Va. She is
to be the bride of Mr.. William Hamil-
ton Owens, second son of DR.. and Mrs.
Clarence J. Owens of Washington.
Miss Barras is a member of one of
the most prominent families in Ameri-
ca. She is descended. from the house
of De Barras of Provence, France,
which won fame in the crusades of
the eleventh century. At later period
the De Barras fought in the French
and Revolutionary Wars. On her
mothers side Miss de Barras Is de-
scended from the Harris, Jefferson.
Goode and Duncan families of Vir-
ginia. Some of her kinfolk landed in
that State in 1911.
Mr.. owens father IS director gen.
eral of the American Industrial Con-
gress, eastern commissioner Of the
Sesquicentennial Exposition. and he
was director general of the commits
sion for the study of agricultural CO.
operation in Europe. which resulted
in the Federal farm loan act. Mrs.
Owens L; q South Carolinian of the
Kennedy family, some OF whom still
occupy their plantation homes under
their original grants from the crown.
A unique entertainment was held
this week, when Miss Elizabeth Det-
Miller. daughter Of AIRS. and Mrs.