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Show II . Newport Discards Bridge and Substitutes Poker i BY MAEGAEET WATTS DE PEYSTEE. j KV 1 By leased Wire to The Tribune. 1 NEW YORK, Aug'. 6. Bridge having i lost much of lis charm In the eyes of ex- l; cltcment-lovlng society folks, the rumor j now lilts ubout that safety valves for ! young bloods and ihu matrons and young j girls in tills city's social colony and New- f port, Lenox and Narragansett Pier, who nave contented themselves with bridge, tare tied down.. A few clandestine poker parties have so charmed society women that bridge will bo discarded at Newport New-port and poker will take its place. Poker parties are all the craze now in London. . . J-ady Paget gives one every week and it V is whispered that more than $10,000 in V stakes often change hands at ono of Lady Paget's calm and placid poker cn- QW. terlalnments, Mrs. W. B, Leeds, owner of a Newport place, who has been spend-?Bt spend-?Bt Ing much of her time abroad, is one of f. tho keenest poker players in American society. She refuses to play for small ) 6takes, and as a consequence her win nings are either very large or her losses arc great in the same ratio. Mrs. Leeds has not abandoned Newport, despite her ir absence this summer from Rough Point. r It was Rough Point that gave her the KT- - first refuge In ellto society, and, having i spent a quarter of a mlllon dollars In t decorating and beautifying the place, she B7 would hardly give it up now. Mrs. Leeds will return to New York from Europe In ;, November, and there is every indication ft) that she will spend next summer at New- "I port. I Mrs. William Astor to Wed. u i Few women in society are the subject f, of moro rumors than Mrs. William Astor I the divorced wife of Colonel John Jacob I Astor. Nearly a score of reports have I come to this country relatlvo to a possl- I ble second marriage The latest is that, I following her return to New York this I month, hor engagement will be announced to Lord Dunraven. Mrs. Astor is cx-I cx-I pected here for a three months' stay. The J Early of Dunraven. son of the yachts- B man who made an unsuccessful effort to lift the America's cup In 1S05 and lost his temper over his defeat, Is known to Ht have been very attentive to Mrs. Astor in England. Ho is 3f years old and has a large fortune. Americans abroad have reported that Mrs. Astor was keeping very quiet, and somo of them have said In their letters that she had found, since she divorced John Jacob Astor. that her It popularity was seriously diminished Those who have known of the Earl of Dunraven's attraction for Mrs. Astor arc inclined to believe that she has kept out tf of public view In order to a-old attracting attract-ing public nttention to Dunraven's apparent, ap-parent, fondness for hor company. Newport Season Develops. Tho Newport season has developed remarkably. re-markably. In a single week there have been arranged a series of tableaux vlvans, a ball for Rear Admiral Schroeder commanding com-manding tho Atlantic fleet, and his officers, offi-cers, and so many dances that thoro has nrlwon an open clash of dates. The lat-tor lat-tor Incldnnt or accident, as It really was will not intcrforo with the pleasure of anyone, though for several hours, until t an understanding was arrived at between " JCdwanl J. Dcrwlnd and Mrs. Barger Wallach. representing the Newport Ca- slno, it caused a few heartaches. The conflict of dates came as a result cf an effort to entertain visitors at Newport New-port and from no solfish motive whatever. what-ever. Mrs. Barger-Wallach, who always gets up tho ball for the tennis players at tho Newport Casino, some lime ago selected se-lected Friday evening, August 19, and made an announcement of It. Edward J. Bcrwlnd, a graduato of the Naval academy, desired to arrange a dance for Rear Admiral Schroeder and his officers, and in casting about for a date he hit upon August 19. Then the trouble arose, for though he was a governor of the Casino Ca-sino ho had forgotten the ball for tho tennis players. Mr. Bcrwlnd and Mrs. Barger-Wallach hastened to seek each other out. each quite convinced that a mistake had been made. The rest was easy, for while there did not seem to be any other night upon which the naval officers could be entertained, there was another time for the tennis players. This was agreed to. There Js quite a stir among the women of the villa colony over tho tableaux vil-Hans. vil-Hans. It has been announced that twenty-five of the most attractive of them will bo selected for the pictures, and the question now Is, who Is who? Fortunately Fortunate-ly tho selection, for tho most part at least, Is to be made by a comparative stranger, the Prince Troubetskoy, who will choose the women In view of their special lltness for special pictures, and Miss Jean Wallach, who Is really in charge of the entertainment, will merely invite them as having been selected by another. All this Is, of course, very easy for all except tho pretty women who may not be picked to pose. Still, with 30 many bnautlful women it will be appreciated appre-ciated that there must bo left for tho spectators in front of the stage even moro of the "prettiest women" than are chosen to appear In the tnbloaux. The proceeds of the entertainment wll go to some worthy New York charity. Personal Mention. The fact that Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt have closed their villa and gone abroad is a bit disheartening, but. although she was in Newport for a short time only, Mrs. Vandorbllt created considerable con-siderable stir and. Indeed, made early July the gayest ever. Thus sho gave tho season an Impetus that started in on its way rejoicing long before Its time. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney have planned to go abroad late In August. Au-gust. This Is to be their regular visit to Europe, when they hunt with a partv of friends. Mr. and Mrs, Cornelius Vantlcrbilt will retufn to this country in about a month on tliolr steam yacht North Star. They are now cruising in northern European waters, visiting the coasts of Norway and Sweden. Now Citizen of Prance, ' When Miss Van Alen. daughter of James J. Van Alen, of Newport, arrived at Boston recently from a trip abroad, she surprised tho customs Inspectors and hor fellow passengers by declaring that she is now a resident of Franco, and Is here only as a visitor. As a consequence of this declaration she was permitted to bring in a considerable quantity of baggage bag-gage without paying duty on it. There were fully a dozen trunks in the lot. and they were flillcd with gowns of Paris Is four years since Miss Van Alen went abroad last, and she says that she now has a permanent home in Paris. Miss May Van Alen is tho elder daughter daugh-ter and tho only unmarried child or James J, Van Alen. She has an independent inde-pendent fortune of 575,000 a year, which she Inherited from her mother who was the eldest daughter of Mrs William Astor. As-tor. Miss Van Alen has often been reported re-ported to bo engaged. Her friends, how-over, how-over, do not believe she will every marry after tho tragic death in 1002 of Robert Redding Remington, whose ongagomont to hor was broken off for some mysterious reason. The engagement was announced In the spring of that year and arrangements arrange-ments made for the marriage. In August, Aug-ust, however, the engagement was broken and on August IS Remington walked into the Newport reading room, where soclotv men wore wont to gather, and shot himself him-self twice. The mystery has never been cleared. Polo Chief Feature. From now for a month polo will be the chief feature of the season at Nar-ragansett Nar-ragansett pier, for the national championships cham-pionships of the Polo association have started at the Point Judith Country club and will last until August 20th. There will bo the junior and senior events, as well as tho open championships, and four sets of cups the Narrngansctt, for teams under existing seventeen goals: tho Point Judlty without limitation, nnd the freshmen, open to teams not exceeding exceed-ing ton goals and no individual member three goals are offered. Tho matches will prove a strontr drawing card for the villa colony at Newport, and will bo tho moans of bringing many over to the pier each day. Among those who will take part In the tournament are Harry Payne Whitney. Lawrence Watcrbury. Louis Stoddard. R. L. Agassi?., Foxhall Kecne. AlovandrJa Brown. Joshua. Crane, J. S. Phlpps. Devcroaux Mllburn, W. A. Hazard nnd Eugene S. Revnal. |