New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-31
CLAMBAKES ARE POPULAR.
AT RYE BEACH-WESTCHEST
RESORT NOTES.

The great attraction at Rye Beach to-day will be
the annual clambake and outing, at Edwards Beach
Hill. OF the Hoosier Kicking Club OF White Plains
The club is composed of about one hundred West
chester politicians who visit the beach every year
and make merry The members will wear linen
busters and automobile caps. and will Japan
parasels over their heads. They will be led by
an Indian, who will impersonate the great ch1er
ApawaInis who once reigned at Rye Beach. and in
the of the procession there to be num-
Der of clowns and cOuntrymen. Music is 10 be
furnished by the Ossinng Band The committee in
charge of the clambake consists of John r. Pye.
Eugene Hopkins and Frank r. Jarvis The menu
is to consist of soft clans. clam broth, fried ees.
bluefsh, sweet potatoes, green corn, chicken
Holsters, tripe and onions. watermelons and beer.
Many large clambakes are being booked at the
Rye Beach Hotel for this month and the beginning
OF next. On next Monday the Plug Hat Association
of New-York will have its annual shore dinner.
The party. which will consist of from two hundred
and fifty to three hundred people. will by boat.
The Pentalpha Lodge. of New-YOTk. is TO have
outing and clambake August 10. at which two
hundred covers will be laid On August "a the John
F. Ormond Association of NewYork is to have its
clambake. Arrangements have been made to enter
tain IT'S people
The cottagers and bathers at Oakland Beach
having a jolly time this summer The trolley
going 70 the beach crowded every day with
young people from Mount Vernon and other places
in westchester County. The fair sex seems to pre-
dominate among the bathers. and they are COM
planning of the scarcity Of young at the beach
Two Of the most expert swimmers at Oakland
Beach the Misses Hattie and Mary Close. Of
Mount Vernon. who are occupying cottage known
Close Quarters. Miss Mary Close Is the finest
young woman diver at the beach and she frequently
entertains the cottagers with graceful exhibitions
from the float. Since the accident Andrew QuIrk.
a ffteen-year-old boy. OF TuckahOe. who dved off
the springboard at Oakland Beach into two feet Of
water and injured his spine. the diving board and
trapeze at Oakland Beach have been removed The
boy is still at the Port Chester Hospital and his
condition is considered hopeless.
Billy Van the negro minstrel. and his company
are at the Rye Beach Theatre this week. giving
afternoon and evening performances The after
parade given by the mlnstrels is much enjoyed
by the summer residents.
Owing to the protest OF the wealthy residents
against the noise made by the merry rounds the
been muffied. both Rye and Oakland. The music
Il nEw 50 faint that " can be heard only short
George J: Jackson. president of the Conduit Com
Beyan cottages at Larchmont this season. The
Sooh on MI IacKseh IaTse yawl the Dolauradoro,
crew and struggled away 500 worth of wines and
Detective John Dillon. Of the New-Yort Police
who has cottage at Cos Cob gave
The TIE, reast the guests; among whom were ex-Mayor
Bon al and proper of e{eC
t nSsSs EsTT G eH0ysd san " the Sound on De
Among the New-Yorkers who are registered this
tain isaac ri West of be ia Rsei1sn are
Harrison. George a. Wright Alfred A. Storms. L.
II. spence, J. Hatfield and ". J. Merrill.
The Westchsster people are congratulatIng them
selves this summer the scarcity of mosquitoes.
Last year the county was overrun with them, but
this year owing the lack OF rain in early spring,
the crop is small. Only the people who live near
the marshy grounds and salt meadows are being
bothered by the pests
Supreme Court Justice KeoEh and family have
closed their home, in Pelham Road. New-Rochele.
and are now in the White Mountains, where they
will remain until late in August
The Baroness Anna Won Hemut. who for
merly Miss Anita Evans. OF New-Rochele. has
given the city handsome bronze figure of Venus
for Hudson Park. The figure arrived recently from
Paris, where the baroness is living and. after
receiving coat OF white, put in the park
The Pelham Manor Club announces dance and
musical for August IL
The Rev. Or and Mrs. A c. McGinert Of Pei
ham Manor. have leased their cottage for the re-
mainder OF the and gone Block Island.
The bathing at the Marine Club. at Pelham Manor.
is greatly enjoyed by many OF the summer residents
and their friends.