Brooklyn Life from Brooklyn, New York • Page 13

BROOKLYN LIFE. tURTHER details of the series of ultra fashionable concerts to be given by a special orchestra under the direction of Anton Seidl at the new Astoria Hotel next winter have reached me. They will he twelve in number nnrl will he criven fortniVhtlv. befrinnin? vw 1 on the evening of November 4. Mme.

Marcella Sembrich, the famous prima donna, will be the soloist of the opening concerts. Other soloists to be heard are Plancon, Pugno, Gerardy, Marteau, Blau-velt and Rosenthal. It is probable that Melba, Nordica and Ysaye will also be added to the. list. Tickets are, I understand, to be sold only by subscription.

The prices are sixty dollars for seats and three hundred and fifty dollars for boxes. It is intended that these concerts shall be very exclusive, and judging from the schedule of prices I have no doubt but that they will be very much so. THE engagement is announced of Miss Floral Garrett, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Garrett, of 1 198 Pacific street, to Mr.

W. K. Walton, of this city. A PARTY consisting of Mr. George W.

Van Slyck, Mr. Abraham -Van Santvoord, Mr. and Mrs. S. W.

Bowne, Mrs. Sarah A. Billinge, Mr. and L. H.

Blakeman, Miss Nellie L. Archer, Miss Alice Boyd and Mrs. M. P. Abbott, of New York; Dr.

and Mrs. Badeau, of Allendale, N. Mr. Walter S. Ely and Mr.

William W. Knapp, of Peekskill, N. and Mr. Gardiner S. Chapin, of this city, together with others from Boston and Philadelphia, have gone on an extended tour of the West under the traveling directions of Messrs.

Raymond Whitcomb. They will visit Alaska and Puget Sound as well as the Yellowstone Park. Some of the party will return by way of the Great Lakes in the latter part of August, while others will remain on the Pacific Coast until the autumn. WASHINGTON, has drawn thither the usual contingent this season. Many bring their families there year after year because of associations formed when they were school boys at the Gunnery, but after all it is the quiet rural beauty of this little village in the hills of the Nutmeg State that is the universal lodestone.

Perhaps, however, the second reason comprises the first, for it was a cardinal principle of Mr. Frederick Gunn, the founder of the famous school, to develop in his pupils a strong love of nature in all her varied aspects an influence that has been widespreading, notably through the writings of the late W. Hamilton Gibson, who, as is well known, was a Gunnery boy. The roads are somewhat hilly for comfortable bicycling, but there is plenty of driving, a golf course, and not far away Lake Waramaug by way of compensation. Mr.

E. II. Van Ingen and family, who are among the oldest summer residents, are occupying their beautiful home. They count as Brooklynites, THE event of last week at Narragansett Pier was the opening of Sherry's big bathing pavilion, which is the largest structure of its kind in the world. Not less than 2,000 persons can be accommodated in it.

While not as elaborate as an old Roman marble bath, it affords almost as many conveniences. There are many suites of rooms with four connecting apartments. Things may be as easy at the Pier as in the past, but they are not as free, for Mr. Sherry, having secured control of the Casino as well as the big bath house, now charges a small fee to those who wish to listen to the music. Frankly the season at the Pier promises to be the most severe, pecuniarily, for years, if not in the history of the resort.

The reason is not hard to find. It is an expensive place, measured against the average beach. Many who have patronized its hotels are this year forced to seek a cheaper place, and the same is true in a lesser degree of those who have leased cottages here for several seasons. The pinch began to be felt last season with the coming of the silver scare. Three or four years ago it was hard to get a room at any of the hotels from the middle of July to September, people going so far as to wait on the piazzas for guests to vacate.

This led to most of the hotels being enlarged and several new ones being built, which are now giving the more antiquated hostelries a hard fight. The weaker-kneed bonifaces will be sifted out this year, and eventually all will be well again, for the Pier has abundant natural advantages that no other resort can duplicate. The throng, if not so large this year, will be sufficient to make the Casino and beach a very merry place. The average correspondent pictures the crowd of bathers as if they were participants in a fancy dress ball. Here and there is a bit of color, but as a matter of fact black and white predominate.

If Lady Somerset, Mrs. Ormiston-Chant or the Salvation Army had designed the bathing dresses they would scarcely have proved more unobtrusive. Miss Lillie Gaffney, of Brooklyn, is a late comer. She is with the Banegans, of Providence, who made their millions in rubber. Mr.

and Mrs. William Laveen and Mr. and Mrs. J. T.

Marean are among the other Brooklynites noticed. THE pretty village of Roxbury, N. has gained considerable fame as a summer resort within the past few seasons. The attractiveness of the place has been greatly enhanced by the building of the handsome stone church given by Miss Helen M. Gould as a memorial to her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Jay Gould. A large park, Kirkside," surrounds the church and extends back into the mountains. Miss Gould entertains considerably at her country residence at Roxbury. The Hon.

S. T. Maddox, Justice of the Supreme Court, with his family, are now in Roxbury, at the Lea Croft, where they have spent the past two summers. The Hon. Andrew Lemon and his family will also spend the season there.

Miss Benedict, Miss M. Marion Benedict, Mr. and Mrs. H. McAleer, Mr and Mrs.

Alfred T. Seward, Miss Alice Seward and Mr. Elliott Seward are at the Rip Van Winkle House, Pine Hill, n. y. 7 Mr.

and Mrs. John Thompson and family are at the Hotel Ulster, in Pine Hill. Mr. and Mrs. George W.

Powell and Miss May Powell are at the Mountain Inn, Pine Hill. Mrs. L. T. Powell and her daughter, Miss Ethel Powell, have recently returned from Europe, and are spending the summer with Mrs.

Powell's sister ai the Elberon Hotel, Elberon, N. J. Miss M. Frances Norris, of Carleton avenue, is at the Grand Hotel, Summit Mountain, in the Catskills. The many friends of Mrs.

H. M. Winter will no doubt be pleased to hear that she has sufficiently recovered from the severe trolley accident which she sustained last May to undergo the voyage to Europe. She sailed by the Teutonic on Wednesday for a two months' trip abroad. and Mrs." Felix Campbell are at the Ocean the season.

does Mr. Kichard Barnes, whose residence commands a hne view ot the valley. Mr. Rossiter Raymond and family are also occupying a house there. Then there is Mrs.

W. Hamilton Gibson, who lives in the house that her husband built with its quaint studio in which he worked. Mrs. E. A.

Seccomb and Miss Bertha Seccomb are also there, having deserted Brooklyn altogether for this charming little town. Other people having summer homes in Washington are Mr. Eric Rossiter, who has one of the finest houses there built on a rocky cliff and Mr. Arthur Woodruff, the well-known vocal teacher, who lives on the edge of a bit of grove, and is devoting part of his vacation time to training a club of ladies. Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Rowe Shelley are spending a few weeks at Say-brook; with Mrs. Frederick Parsons, formerly of Brooklyn, who has taken a house there for the season. THE middle of July finds most of the cottagers at Deer Park, and the Deer Park Hotel has even more than the usual number of guests. While some of the familiar faces are absent, many strangers are found among the recent arrivals.

Among the New York guests are Mrs. Constance Williams, Mrs. L. C. Kittson and family, Mr.

James Struthers, Miss Marie Struthers. Mr. Robert Bonner and family are expected to arrive in a few days. They have taken the cottage formerly occupied by Dr. Tiffany's family, of Baltimore, the Tiffanys having gone abroad for the season.

Golf, coaching and dancing form the principal amusements, the Naval Arademv-orchestra, of Annannlin renderinor delicrhtful. mnsir for the latter..