SEs Sohn Vacod Mntor Leadersirry » Alay ARrsrrre The "Old Set" Pre- paring to Assert ltself for 4 Dignity and Decorum Av hak is this we hear? Newpori about 10 reform? Newport, the gay, the mad HR. fecentric and frivolous capital of : ahd fashion, to wear the mask of ignity and dedorim? eeording to what are regarded as authenticated reports from the ine t circles a war to the knife, mera ricklly speaking, which, once and for alk will decide the disputed question %o who shall hold the tems of social rship. Mn the coming contest for premier Mrs. John Jacob Astor and Mrs Stayvesant Fish are suid to be leading the opposing. forces, which are known as the "old set" and the 'new set" jety awaits the contest with much more than. dts usual languid interest. For the success of the "old set" will mean the passing of the extravagant and spectactlar doings of the past whick left a trail of pyrotechnic notoriety : the days and weeks of the pory_ season; it will mean: a ban on key dinners, "race suitide" lunch- eons, "pig" games, notorious high gamb ling at bridge and. other features that have become connected in the public mind with that aultra-fashionable re sort of the very wich and the truly frivo- Tous. : Among the old families which will be yepresented in the contest are the Van. Jerbilts, Astors; Dyers. Taylors, Fear ings, Stewarts, Brookes, Gerrys, Bald- wins, inthrops, Kernochans, Robin. sons, ctmeres, Shermans, Browns, Wysongs, Twombleys, Van Alens, Goe- lets, Thompsons, Kings, Clews, Warrens and Blights. One has not heard of some. of these 50 much lately as of the Fishes, the Qelrichs, the Joneses, the Belmonts, the firs, vet some of the less familiar 8 THE DAILY BRITISI! WHIG, SATURDAY, MA hw Pedary Loeles. At this time a famous divorcee, after her remarriage, gave an English village cial whirl. There were Maypole dances; 1g booths negroes sang mupstrel songs, the entertainment took an infinite var- fety of forms. Toward the close of the afternbon, as the guests were gathered near the Maypole, preparatory to leav- ing, the crowd parted. | There were names represent the bluest blood and the most ancient social traditions of Newd England and the rest of the land. the attention: of the average American is called te the domgs of] Newport society, the celebrated monkey | di V 18 (p ly recalled to memory sa sensation §¢ caused, to be sure!! HY Newporters © were imvited 10} Cross the splendid = residence of | TS, for a Sunday haeheon. Tm their amisement when, on ener- | dining room they saw sitting | or -- ihe table, as an hossred Wo griaming, jabberi chimpan- "The oF re was and petted " y- lovely time. So. did r. guests; the affair was voted 1 ses: a heilliant, splendid, dur- | , Mes "Fish wis radiant ! he entertaininent of "Con- 1 , Henry Walters se- tame ape, which ac as host : cht Nadara Then the Lehrs ; too, which they took tien Ao the Casing and other gs of amusement. Mrs. Fish had the ads wis on the Horse Show, scared squeaks, and saddenly a white, be-ribbonied pig rushed through the crowd. It tan head first into a woman, who screamed; passed through: the legs of a young clubman and sent Mim sprawling ta the ground, upset the composure of a fat dowager who made a frantic dive after it. And following the pig was a motley crowd of laughing, nbisy, excited men. and wamen. : People rushed into one another, #11 head over heels in a wild scramble after the porkee Fimlly, one young woman, with a sw of the ans, fell tpon the pig. and ng it tightly "kicking and squealing, carried it back to the mistress and got" her prize. For many weeks the pig race was the-topic of conversatidn Another matron was not to be outs done however, and a. few weeks later sent invitations - for' a dog party--for prize-wifiriing barkers . owned "by the members of the set. Wine was held to their noses and the right paw of each bow-bow was placed on the table. As 'they sipped the: wine, a string was manipulated and the ken- nel of roses fell to pieces, revealing a stuffed cat, in which was a mechanical device which 'worked the tail with life- like motion, There was a how! from dogs and wo- | men, and in an instant the canines were upon the cat. The women screamed and langhed ; the dogs growled and tere the kitten to shreds. Servants rushed into the room and separated - the tangled mass of oglesh fore they got at one another's throats." That dinner was. a great social event. It was followed by others, more or b fantastic. Ome might continwe ad itain reciting such i Su Whe Mrs. Fish assumed a greater social i upon. the retirement of Mrs, t is bike a child. It thinks » ing it wants, and cries for J Sar Carre adiive Farad extrle party te celebrate her return to the so. Sang a carrot, another a cabbage, another a turnip and sp on. As they parted they Tosti's "Good-bye, Summer," and were showered with autumn leaves One Fourth of July was given a dinner to sixty persons. In the centre of the table was a lake where miniature yachts, modeled after those which took part in the international races, were propelled at great speetl. Firecrackers rent the air with splitting noise while champagne corks popped. These entertainments set a mad pace; Other hastesses tried to equal them Entertainment was no lenger the hos- pitable 'and good-natured, free and easy caring for ghtests ; it was a dizzy, nerve racking, bram-burning, heart-aching con- test for novelty, excitement and features surpassing 'each offer in spectacular display. Mosicy was spent in enormous sams; the cost of single entertainments amounted te $15.000 and $20,000. Meanwhile the "alder™ set looked on with digfaver, While the "younger set" whirled in the summer-mad dance they stood aloof, They bided their time. They recalled the old days--the New port of twenty years ago--when birth gas tue sine gui? non, when the bizarre was. -segarded as valgar, and critertanimenis took a quiet tone, Naturally the rise of the tide of fog tithe had swept away the old traditions of Newport; mad captaifts of industry from styeet went 'tothe Rhode Isknd resaet, where they just as madly spem money; there was the rise of the nouveau ¢ the sellersof rail s, the venders of ks ark tobacco all of them opie Rp bristling with prosperity. lent 1 "of Hving at Newport went or more 3 season for } Bve there one bad balls, dinners, flows was re- Sa0000; | Borys ] Baby's chile C Photo ly Btbisos) tention by having seventeen amtomobiles at one time, and J. Pierporit Morgan did some entertaimng on his 3Joo-foot yachy, Corsair; but the real demand was for the bizarre, for something to arouse blase interest, One matron scored a tip-foaring suc cess by a "race suicide" luncheon given wax dolls were placed between each couple, which, when pressed, said "Papa" and Mamma." Another... thrill was aroused when a matron invited to dinner il the separated husbands and wives of her set. Imagine their surprise when looking across the table, Mrs. So-and So saw her bands, of old Trianon in ices wept wm the centre of the table, and after the dinner a toast was drank to those who were ance, - friends now." jut there were times when the most fantastic. failed to amuse=-and then Newporters had recourse to. bridge In thousands On pretty two-storey avenue bunding Bellevue 18 stone covered with roses of the Bennett Club, the pet of Mrs. Fish, Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont Mrs. Hermann Oecinchs, Mrs. Edward R. Thomas, Mrs. James W. Gerard and Mrs. Elisha Dyer Here on a summer afternoon one can see eight or ten tables going. Men and women with flushed faces bend aover cards, There is intense, if subdued, ex- citement Then the winmipgs are esti mated; from gold reticules small check books are drawn; checks are cashed by the cashier. Of course, there is a good deal of gossip about winnings and Iosses It 1s said that ope young woman won enough in a Season to buy a splendid French automobile; and it is whispered, sith rosa, that not a few win enough to pay their expenses during the season Now, it is said. theré ws to be a change at Newport, a change to be. engineered principally by Mrs. John Jasob Astor and her supporters among the set. Gracious and fascinating, a years ago Mrs. Astor captured London, entertained the king and scored success after success. Her friends regard her as the logical stifCessnr of Mrs, William Astor, he On July 4 the Newport Clambake Clubs will give the first hake of the sea son. Mrs, Fish and Mrs. Astor will be there. Mrs. Astor will occupy Beech- wood, the home of ber mother-in-law and the scene of many stately affairs during past seasons. On July 4 the war for supremacy is expected 10 hegin, Soeicty is on tiptoe with expectancy. At the Clambake the scales will begm to tremble, the factions te divide. Then it will be seen whether diguity and de- corum are fo. be once amore characters istic of the Newport season. wiretap an: For Little Babies. Own Tatlets 'id good «for all dren, from the fecbhlest. buby. whose life 'wems io hang by a thread to the sturdy bey. who i races home his digestive organs out of | s Own Tablas provptly ei sickly or ailing children. strong. And this medicine is absolute a Alfred Suddard, "1 have used Baby & Uvn for constipation, stomeeh Jax little obe a healthy, int and role bee. a ; at the Ladies' Bridge Club, when huge! husband, or several hus. | A weeping Cupid of | "lovers | "old" | er otensionalivd well and) 1 } many delicate boudoirs women gambled { af sur | mounted by a tower and flanked by ter-| This 1s the! | 1 { ! | $ i i ! | ! } { i i | larry | troubles and resilessness. and. find | its; { them a splendid. medicioe. 'They have ¥ 23, 1908. i Sar. JST vesazt Vol RB Ce Fevcirors b WIIPEL, LX TE Cl ZeS . uy Gor Fir APR Ore ok' v.28 a - THE FIRST ELECTION Ever Held n Canada Was in June 1792, Montreal Standard By a coincidence with a purpose the people of the two great central provinces | will on the same day, June Bth, elect their representatives in their Houses of Assembly It was wu June, 1292, that the first election was held in Canada Then, as now, the people of these two sister provinces, were called upon to volte, for then they werg known as Upper and | Lower Canada | In 1700 Camada, consisting of the Valley of the St. Lawrence and the wes tern - region bordering on the Great! Lakes, was divided into "two provinces and given | repfesentative institutions responsible governnrent did not come for half a century later. The bill providing for this division was prepared by Lord | Grenville, Colonial Secretary, and after being submitted Lord Dorchester, Governor of Canada, was introduced into the British House of Commons by Wil- liam Pitt. The days of the great Prime Minister seem far distant now, and yet it was his eloquent tongue that called upon the British Commons to plantiin Canad the, seed of. parliamentary insti tutions. Then measures were cnticied and resisted with great vehemence, and with greater eloquence than is the prac. tice to-day either at Westminster or at Ottawa. The record of this debate ™ studded with great names--and there were giants in those days. Pitt intro: duced the bill, and one of its opponents was Charles Fox, perhaps the ablest debater that ever raised voice i a deliberative assembly. Fox contended that the two races oc. cupying Canada, should mot be separated intg two provinces, but be drawn to: r. . He also contended that - the islative Cognacil should bé elected, and not appointed by the Crown, His views prevailed for a time, but after he passed away. when there was only one Y cxitinture or Upper and Lower Canafla the Legisia- tive Council was made elective. Sir John Macdanald approved of the change aid George Brown oppoted it. Ten years later when the constitution o Confederated Canada was drafted, the elective principle as applied to am uppef chiantb~r wis abdndoted, and the mem- bers of the Senate were made appointees of the Crown. Pitt's views bave in the end prevailed. It was during the debate om that first of Canadian : : niatic 0 only names have heen changed, [Bilt passed, going into force Ee] bo thought highly of Canada, and referred to this country the. bleak and barren region." He thought he saw in the bill an attempt to incorporate in » the Canadiah measure some of the principles of the Frencli Revolution, and perhaps a step in the direction of in troducing republicanism into Great Bri tain. Burke persisted in thscussing the Revolution and was repeatedly called in as SWICK pry EAREA Y oi o a Lost Appetites Found To restore lost appetites is the mission of that wonder fully zestful relish known as " Brunswick Brand " Herrings in Tomate Sauce. Never tasted it?-- then there's something enjoyably new in store for you. Order from your grocer pay less than for ** foreign ' brands. Packed in Canada with utmost care by Connors Bros, Limited otder; Fox - threatening to withdraw from: the House until they were ready to proceed with the Canadian bill on Decer ber 26, 1791. In the following first general election took place Ihe Legislature of Upper Canada met | at Newark on the Niagara in 1703 Its] Assembly contained only seventeen meni | bers and in the person of John Mac donell, the Connty of Glengarry fur ished the first speaker. It was a busimess.like Honse, for it transacked all its 'affairs, which incldded etght bills, with' five weeks. Among acts passed was poe fixing the tolls allowed millers for grinding grainy at the rate of one twentieth. The eléction of one member bwas ammulled, that of Philip Dorland, re tutged for the County of Prince Edward He was a Quaker, and not being abl to take the oath of office hie was not seated, snd" another election was (held. Per ips Abe despatch with which this Legis fature was able 10 transace Ty business was 'due to the fact that many of is members were "plain people," for Gover of that order. A Jolly Tipping Story. Washingion Star: y stor Fulton at hiz anneal Ore on in disney in sshington oli a tipping story. » "In Astoria," he said, "'thirs ced to be an old fisherman who brought wre the Beat of gery month a present of a salmon from bis Wee tor & w-gave the old - 3, It Bue morsing 1 was very busy, and 'when "ghé old man brought the faly 1 thanked Wm hurriedly, and for gPtling his tip bent over my desk ain. He hesitated ent, thew are: his throat and said: "Senator, wotld ye He #5 kind as to pat it in writin' that ye did't give We no tip this time, or oy wife} Fihink I've went eng spent it on cn." H sick hemdache is misery, what are Earter's Little Liver Pills if the will positisoly owes i? People who have d them speak Frankiv of theis 5 wok Singene favored the election of men} wre small and canto) # Canlaon m0 Akos. AmOosin, Lime, Phonghates, of 00 Iuiwrient. E.W.GILLETT fa WEAK MAN REcEwY FREE joan whe sullers with nervous de memory or debeient manhood, on by SRethine Sisnipaiion wn patural drei tiie youth, free sy Aina or the care erin EL) te Ko, Kongo," a girl n't secomarily » manicurist just beeanse she likes tg holf hands, There dan be wo. virtee fn the life vale, - for it. A. Detr