Paris Season Lingers As Americans Scatter Between Resorts
Incoming steamers report strong bookings with September sparking demand while Paris detaches to an indefinite season. Notables including Mrs. Ashhurst, Mr. and Mrs. Wineburgh, Gen. and Mrs. Godford, and others reside at the Ritz and Bristol hotels after arriving from Trouville, Lucerne, and Carlsbad.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Smart
America
Marienbad
Trouville
J. H. Schoonmaker
Ritz
Riviera
Comte
Comtesse de Santa Eulalia
Bristol
Chicago
Stetson
Philadelphia
Harry Payne Whitney
New York
Vienna
London
J. M. Latimer Murray
England Endures Second Great Dry Spell of Summer
London reports the second prolonged drought of the season with scant rainfall across England, Scotland, and Ireland. Rain finally returns on Thursday but overall summer rainfall remains well below average, prompting distress among farmers and fruit growers while meteorologists forecast renewed wet conditions. Separate social notes list several American visitors staying at Paris hotels and touring the region.
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NEW York Times
London
England
Portland
Jersey
Scotland
Ireland
Kingdom
Leith
Rochespoint
Valencia
Meteorological Office
English Channel
S. Chauncey
New York
Hotel Ritz
Deau Ville
Fitz Hugh Whitehouse
Paris
Carlsbad
Astoria
George Kessler
Louis Ralston
France
the Meurice
Jenesse Robinson Duff
Robinson Duff
Avenue du Trocadero
G. L. Fleitz
Hotel Meurice
Chiteau Country
Absence of Wealthy Americans Shrinks Aix Summers
A special dispatch from Aix les Bains notes fewer rich American visitors this summer. The Casino, Villa des Fleurs, and local venues show struggles with reduced gambling, smaller games, and fewer star players. King George of Greece draws crowds with democratic, cordial hospitality, while other resorts edge ahead in popularity.
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New York
Aix
Villa
Baccarat
St. Moritz
Vichy
Princess Vittoria di Teano Meets Lina Cavalieri Shock
In Rome a letter from Princess Vittoria di Teano recounts her astonishment upon meeting Lina Cavalieri at a Duchess of Sutherland reception. Vittoria, from the Colonna di Paliano lineage, notes her noble birth and her own role at Court as well as King Edward's reaction to the incident. The piece recalls a New York Venice festa hosted by Mrs. Guinness where Cavalieri and British aristocrats mingled with musical Bohemia.
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Princess di Teano
Colonna
Rome
Colonna di Paliano
Donna Vittoria
Caetani di Sermoneta
Prince di Teano
Wilbraham
England
Caetani
Margherita
Duchess of Sutherland
Lina Cavalieri
la Cavalieri
Edward
Benjamin Guinness
Buckeley
Washington Square
Lina Cavalier
Rs Guinness
New York
Bohemia
Marchese di Bosco
Marchese
Mlle. Cavelieri
Lloyd George in Germany Quiet Talks on Social Reform
Berlin reports show David Lloyd George visiting Berlin insurance offices and meeting officials, denying any private mission to seek naval arms reduction. He plans to Hamburg next, with no German ministers aside from Dr von Bethmann Hollweg and Paul Breitenbach. German press stresses independence, not a naval pact, while Die Grenzboten notes Germany seeks a navy aligned with overseas interests.
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Berlin
David Lloyd-George
Government Department of Pension Administration
Hamburg
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Interior
Paul Breitenbach
Llady-George
Germany
Edward
William
Lloyd-George
Great Britain
Die Grenzboten
Foreign Office
Persian Minister Sails From Berlin To New York
Berlin arrivals include Robert Root of Buffalo and Capt. F. F. Russell U S A Medical Corps. Mrs and Miss Zabriskie of Flatbush N Y. John B Jackson Minister to Persia sails for New York on the American Thursday.
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Lucius Wilmerding
Mes. Cortlanét Field Bishop
Harold Nichols
John W. Herbert
Percy Pyne, Jr
Buel Hollister
Bishop
Hugh Camp, Jr
Prescott Lawrence
Miss Lawrence
Bell
Hubbard
M. O’brien
Edwin Sanderson
Edgar Freeman
New York
Paton
Nicholas
Chicago
C. A. Paine
Boston
Holt
Annécy
Jules Vatable
Lawrence Green
Albany
James B. Townsend
NEW York Times
Berlin
Robert Root
Buffalo
F. F. Russell
U.S. A. Medical Corps
Miss Zabriskie
Flatbush
N. Y
John B. Jackson
Persia
Amerika
David Bennett Hill
United States
London
Baltic
Temple Bowdoin
Perry Eyre
Stanley Field
William Moir
Anson Phelps Stokes
Rose Stahl
J. Hampton Moore
The
Waterways Commission
St. Paul
Esperanto Congress Adjourns in Dresden Plans 1909 Meetings
The fourth Esperanto Congress in Dresden ends with decisions to hold two congresses in 1909 at Chautauqua New York and Barcelona Spain. It is expected the leading advocate will attend both conferences, enabling European delegates to participate in Barcelona.
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Dresden
Chautauqua
N. Y
Barcelona
Spain
Europe
America
Visitors to London Still Coming Home
London dispatch notes a strong homeward trend among Americans. Many notable figures including Senator Knox and families head back to the United States or onward to Europe. several others remain in London or depart for Paris, Carlsbad, or Switzerland.
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London
American Widow Seeks Suitors in Rome
In Rome Ida Von Claussen draws attention as she seeks a mate among royalty and nobility. Reports say Prince Ourousoff and Prince Sforza Cesarini chase her favor while ambassadors and composers eye her for a possible opera libretto.
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Ourousoff
Sforza Cesarini
Mascagni
Chapman Coleman
Hotel Excelsior
Americans at Lucerne in diverse social circuit
Senator Chauncey Depew arrives in Lucerne by motor from Aix-les-Bains with Mrs. Depew and her mother. The party attends gatherings with J. G. Schmidtlapp and others. Cardinal Gibbons travels with bishops to Brunnen. Attendees include Judge O'Gorman, Mrs. O'Gorman, and many American travelers touring the Berner-Oberland region.
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New York Times
Lucerne
Chauncey M. Depew
J. G. Schmidtlapp
Luerne
Charles Schmidtlapp
Rome
Wolfkowsky
Porta St. Giovanni
Schmidtlapps
Posse von Wartenegg
Villa
Tribschen
Harry H. Morgan
Amsterdam
Mary Stewart Lpierstadt
F. H
Miss Goff
New York
Interlaken
Brunig Pass
Jack Carroll
Lucerne Golf Club
Ferdinand Blumenthal
George Watson
van Navahoe
Capt
Sycamore
Shamrock Fame
Rospigliosi
Louis Lombard
Chateau Trevano
Lugano
Yvonne de Treville
Théatre de la Monnais
Brussels
Marion Raymond
Grindelwald
W. H. Reynolds
Mary Reynolds
Burgenstick
Lake Lucerne
Cardinal Gibbons
A. Benziger
Villa Guttenburg
Brunnen
Ludwig
Bavaria
Foley
Detroit
O'Connell
Philadelphia
Donovan
Baltimore
St. Gothard Tunnel
Goeschnen
Benziger
St. Gothard Pass
Exenstrasse
Europe
Einsiedeln
Black Virgin
Cardinal Rampolla
Americans at Marienbad in a Cold Wet Season
A New York Times special from Marienbad notes a damp cold season spoiling visits. It highlights Americans and Brits among visitors, mentions Mrs Nat C Goodwin and Miss Emily Yznaga, King Edward hosting meals, and golf as the week’s main social sport with Drexel and Goodwin among competitors.
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Edward
Austria
Café Rubezap
Anthony J. Drexel
Nat Goodwin
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Aix-les-Bains
King George
Greece
George
Casino
John Drexel
Drexel
William Nielsson
William Lawrence Green
Cortlandt Field Bishop
Amy Bend
Seymour Thomas
Duke di Torlonia
Elsie Moore
Count Machetta
Howland
Rubens
Maes
Nicolas Maes
Metropolitan Museum of New York
Hermann Oelrichs
Hotel Splendide
Mile
Cevalieri
Miss Mary Garden
Mount Pérard
Cesino
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lake Bourget
Pierpont Morgan
House
Princess Vittoria
di Teano
Seni
Lina Canalie
Chautaqua, N. Y
Knox
Carlton
Hale
Reed Smoot
Theodore Burton
Orlando Rowland
Whitelaw Reid
Charles W. Clark
R. M. Tobin
Raoul Duval
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Bernard M. Baruch
Anzell Oppenheim
J. W. Painter
Shakespeare
J. C. Paine
Carlton Hotel
Philander C. Knox
W.L. Pierce
Ruxton
Milton Weir
Continent
James Kilduff
Lord Rosslyn
Charles Steele
Mrs
Miss Steele
Claridge’s
Edmund L. Baylies
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Berkeley
R. P. MccGranh
Ostend
Seward Webb
M. H. Hamilton
William von Gerichten
Lorimer Warden
Della Gherardesca
Heyward Cutting
Switzerland
Perceyal Roberts
Mauretania
Leslie Cotton
J. H. Packard
Huie. de Forest Grant
Co. F. Heintz
Jesse Holden
Frederick H. Taber
W. P. Biddle
Congressman Burton
T. L. Burnett
Albert Douglas
Milton E. Reed
William M. Gerrish
W. McCreery Ramsay
Kyrie Bellew
Frank Connor
Budapest
Teutonic
Leslie C. Girard
Countess of
Oxford
Lord Athlumney
James Deering
Mary Louise Rogers
Ortrud
Lyric Theatre
Margaret Gluck
Henry of Battenberg
Christian
Cowes
Woo
Mrs. von Claussen
Ida von Claussen
Roosevelt
Sweden
Charles H. Graves
Qsear
Ambassador Griscom
King
Victor and
Queen Elena
Villa Brunnen
Maxine Elliott
King Edward
Miles
Miss Yznaga
Chills
Tims
Tion
Cora
Countess of Stafford
Weimar
Nat C. Goodwin
Café Egerlander
Goodwin
Sir John Lister-Kaye
Emily Yznaga
Lady Lister-Kaye
Y ¥Znaga
Mme. von André
Mrs. Kingsland
van Voorhis
Wurtemberg
Mr. Drexel
Mme. von André and Miss Yznaga
Marquis. de
Little Neptune Café
Neilson
Hotel Stern
Ingram
W. K. Vanderbilt
Henry Coventry
Stonor Park
One -on-Thames
Burns
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