New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-22
EDGEuERE GOES sLUuMIyG.

Edgemere Long Island July p (SpeciaD.-It
Is a mild sort of Summing, II. indeed. a trolley
ride to Rockaway Beach. shooting the chutes, see
ing the sights and partaking of a Rhode Island
CIambake can come under that heading, but that
is what Edgemere Hotel guests are doing and what
they are pleased to call il. One OF the most recent
and largest Of the parties Stunned on last Sat
urday. 1t consisted Of Mr.. and Mrs W. H Amer
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic J. Lancaster. Pro
sessor Pierre Peyster Ricketts, formerly instruc-
tor in the School of Mines at Columbia University,
and Mrs. Ricketts,. Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Selmes Miss
Florence de We're BOeSe-
First Of ALL Belle Harbor where the new Belle
Harbor club property is under process OF i'm
pro-culeut. visited After taking a drive about
the grounds and inspecting the dredging. the party
stroIled along the smooth beach. gathering shells
for pin trays and ash receivers The Seaside Hotel
was reached at o'clock. where dinner Was served
In the of this Mr.. Lancaster related several
amusing experiences he had had as a lawyer, and
one Of the described an occasion when she
was called upon 10 take the witness stand. An
other Of the women contributed To the general en-
tertainment by making the rounds OF the table.
reading the palms and telling the peculiar charac-
teristics Of every present
All the fun at ROckaway was taken in, including
the sliding ponds. scenic railway, steeplechase
Punch and Judy. punching machines. absurd mir
rors peanuts and photograph galleries II Was
an ideal day. and the party was a cOngenial one
The roads leading in every direction from Edge
mere are excellent. and early morning horseback
riding is a favorite Dastine What might have
ended in something more disastrous Saturday
morning began in the running away OF the h0ISSSSS
ridden by Miss Alice RheinStein and Miss Elsie VOL
of the Edgemere Hotel. Some six or eight persons.
including their riding master, started on togsIhet
at an early hour for their favOrite Canter. NlSSH
near Far Rockaway Miss VOLTS horse took trlshC
and boIted with Miss REeinstein's horse holdlns an
excited second. They quickly Outd1StanceO tns
rest OF the party. and found themselves hea9lns
for the hotel where they arrived greatness ., oSs
frightened and with streaming hair Every W
declared that if they had not been excellent morse
women they must necessarily have been thrown
and possibly seriously injured -.
In the open tournament OF ping pong. held IN tnSS
EdEemere Hotel recreation room last wees an ~
compIeted on Saturday night, the prizes SlNSu ~
NIanaper a. r Webb were by Miss Marks'
Mr. Sternfeld and MIR. Rosenberg, OF Far hocA
awav while wOmen's second prize remained 20 q
guest of the Edgemere. Miss Myers An InSltatiotS
tournament given by Mr. StlsII1z Eut. A.
.1S,rnpra Notes" on Friday evening women > rs
nrize was won by Miss BceSe and mems hrst prize
hv Mr.. StigltZ- NJ w NJ
Recent arrivals include Mr. and MIS-. w; ~,
Richards Louis Wiley, Professor ana SIS 'S STr
~ pa,Stsr RfckettS Miss MathIlde RlckettS- MI
us NJ w NJ Kendall Clarence Cornell. ana
George L. De Lacy. of New-1ork