Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
" Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Mrs. Roosevelt Holds Glass Reunion at Oyster
Bay Home-Gifted Authoress Marries
Foreigner-Mary Cassatt, Artist

the British Treasury. King George
was heartily in favor of the small
tax on betting as well as the best
spotsmen of England.
Gen. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
and their daughter. Miss Grace Van
| derbilt, in the old home of the former
| the Breakers, make Newport of spe
cial interest to Washingtonians this
| Summer. Few other New Workers in
the upper social set are so whole
heartedly admirers of the National
Capital or spend so much time here,
Mrs. "Cornie" Vanderbilt, az she is
called to distinguish her from the
! long list of matrons who bear that sur
name, acquired the habit of coming
here when her sister and the late Lady
Michael Herbert was chatelaine of the
! British embassy. Miss Grace Wander
bilt frankly prefers Washington TO any
other social center. finding its leisurely
cultured air a relief from the hustle of
Gotham and its pleasant informal
amenities more agreeable than the
rigid etiquette which holds in the Brit
ish capital. The elder Mrs. Wander.
bilt is spending the Summer in
Europe, having been with her daugh.
ter, Mrs, Harry Payne Whitney, when
the wonderful statue, erected at Saint
Sazaire to commemorate the landing
Of the first American troops of the
World War, was dedicated the last
week of June. Gen. and Mrs. Wander.
hilt have not passed a Summer in
Newport for many years and that
they are in the home which should be
theirs is most gratifying to their
scores of friends. The entire family,
after wears of enlargement. has fin.
ally become reconciled and Gen Van
derbilt now takes his place as the
head of the present generation of Van
derbilts. which is his place, logically,
in that he was the eldest son of the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt Mr.. and
Mrs. Edison Bradley are occupying the
magnificent house which they erected
on Seaview terrace and which gives
name TO the estate, and their first
amenities there have included practi-
cally all Washingtonians now in the
beautiful resort. Mr.. and Mrs. Vim.
cent Aston are spending the Summer
in the famous home OF the late Mrs.
William B. Astor. grandmother OF the
present owner, Beechwood, on Belle.
vue avenue.
Mrs. William K Vanderbilt. jr..
who was the daughter of the late
James Graham Fair, who served for
one term as United states Senator
from Nevada 1SS1-s7. has never lost
her love of the Pacific Coast and she
is endeavoring to instill some of this
into her children. Mrs. Frederick
Cameron Church, who was MureiI
Vanderbilt. has leased a pretty villa
at PEBBLES Beach. where she viii
spend the Autumn with her husband
and q group Of friends. The younger
daughter, Consueia, Mrs. Earl Smith.
maze a motor tour of California this
Spring and she may buy a ranch in
the neighborhood OF her mothers old
home and become a genuine Cali
forilian. Mr.. and Mrs. Church have
their Newport home this Summer,
Dudley Place. and Mrs. Church has
some idea of starting racing stable.
Mrs. Smith Is averse to having a. home
Just yet, and when not on a motor
tour Is with her husband and Mrs,
Vanderbilt in her Fifth avenue home
or at the place near Southampton
Young William K Vanderbilt. Sd,
like his father, prefers life on the
bounding wave. and he rasses much
or his time yachting, dropping off TO
see his mother or sisters in their sew
eral homes at the most unexpected
times. He has acquired a flying shin
and has become absorbed in this sport
making some of his distances on the
sound and then taking to the air for.
the rougher parts.
The Prince of Wales was the guest
OF honor at the dinner dance which
the American Ambassador and Mrs.
Houghton gave recently for their
daughter, Miss Mathilda Hourhtpn
and at which the bevy of pretty maids
who had been presented at court were
also present. The prince. according
10 letters. was in the most amiabIe
humor and, contrary to his usual Gus
tom OF choosing only the best dancers
on the floor, he divided his attentions
In mathematical parts between all the
maids who had just made their bow
to his mother. Miss Houghton has
been entertaining Miss Henrietta
johnson, daughter of the naval at.
tache In Paris, and Miss Lorraine Lig.
gett OF Boston, both of whom were
among those presented at the first
drawing room. Another guest now at
Crewe House, and who will go with
the Houghtons for a brief continental
tour, is Miss Lindsay Beach of Roches.
Ter, a chum of Miss Houghton since
childhood. The Prince Of Wales had
with him his cousins, Prince and Prin.
cess Arthur OF Connaught. and the