New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

NJ mart ~ The country place has much inter
est for the growing girls and boys as inc TENNIS
court From The upspringins Of the hrst places u
.-.se I, earliest sprirg TO the time when bleak
winds scurry 6ead leaves across this rneeuns
ground Il is watched with almost as nuch CON
siderafion for its every phase OF conoitoh as IL IL
were an invalid member of the family While ten
mis- among the generation that is now classed as
,-oune rnatrons died out for period Of ten years
as a fashionable sport. their younger sisters are
as keen as the rest players were prior 10 iha'
short time in which tennis was supplanted by goI-
vror, early morn until supper time their nlmnle
1a-s are scaupering hack and forth in deadly
earnestness over the really long rallies that are
fought with remarkable skill and strength Tor suCh
,oung players. What easier. too Tor nurse OF gov
erness TO sit under some shady tree while her
,-orn, charges are amusing themselves nicely. and
only have TO be interfered with when dispute
ends in actual warfare. for most questions OF rsii
or wrong can be easily settled by the astute de-
cisicn Of play il over"
The CIoulds' lovely place at Lakewood Georgian
Co1,rr has superb tennis grounds, and announcer
beautiful sward Is 10 he found at Bitmore' Mrs
Vanderbilt herself playing a very good game MIS-
Jack Astor Is a devotee when the Newport sea
son opens. and II is al Newport that me younger
set referred 10 holds fun sway
Boston has ever WED with Philadelphia IN me
development Of tennis as sport for women anu
II was only during the supremacy OF MISS Aoelliie
King Robinson. Miss Juliete Atkinson ana the
Misses Grace and Ellen Roosevelt. daughters OF
Holm Roosevelt q Poughkeepsie. that New 1ork
State was considered to hold the title Ia the pest
women players. Since that time Miss Grace Moore
and Mrs Pouch. the latter Of Englewood nave
t.er IN The foremost ranks. and have held tne
c7ar,7,7ionshtp from tine time when IN thelr
best form. Going back 10 Boston as the spot from
which one hears OF good tennis. the Misses eilio
Sears Brooks. Mrs Thayer- Miss bHSh ana li'e
lf-grown girls Of all the best known fanllhes
- T2roo,Iirs and the other attractive suburbs be
gin their practice games dirt courts or aspha!l
until the culf courts are in hard enough c"hu'-
1ion 70 be used. With daily playing from The ehd
of Aprn 10 say nothing Of the practice IN IndooT
,o,,--e all v-ir-er i is no wonder that each one
Of these fair experts is supple and keen o1 eye
with A service Of terrific speed and marvellous ac-
curacy An overland service, properly delivered
nv 2 muscular Young goddess. has al the force
and effectiveness Of Ihe same stroke as pIaHeo "'
q man Watch the mixed doubles in any tourna-
r7ent where these girls play with SUCH partners a
RAYMOND Little William F. Larned Frederick Al
evander Nelson Miles II. {. Johnson. A. S. Dab
nev and the many other men who nnd ume anu
.,erg1- for -rips to the various places in New
England where tournaments are held, AND YOU VIII
eorn observe that the velocity Of the service "hen
6f-ecred "a the girl is not perceptibly less than
The ball the man gets. In net play, however 'he
- s,,-,ses the women invariably because they
are not harnpered by skirts and have stronger
wrists although they may not be quite as QUICK
o4 eve The girl who most nearly approaches 1he
men in -his skilled and most necessary part Of the
game is Miss Eleanore Sears, her sister hVelEn
Scars coming after Miss Fenno and Miss ho1ch
IN such work Miss Margaret Curtis. VINO IS lar
famed for hey gClang ability, IS another Boston
sid who can he counted as scoring vel at any
time Her steadiness makes her a torn1icaoie ao-
,,e-sa-z- and her placing is done with such rare
judgement that few hope 10 win many Pol'ls
urben she is in her best form. MISS HAMMOND
Mrs Rareer- Wallach. Mrs. VI. /. FearY' VINO was
r2isbon I.aHrenCe's daughter. and Mrs A y Mics
n.,b +bs ,o,1rg women already mentioned. have
recently played some Of the most important
matches Of the season in an 1ntercitE match OF
tourney in which women's singles douoles anu
-,iyad doubles were contested on the Broohhne
.~,,---,. C1,+ courts Mrs Wallach. Mrs. Feary.
wrs Miles and Miss Hammond represented New
york while Miss Curtis, Miss Rotch, Miss Eleanore
Sears and Miss Marion Fenno DEFENDED boston
<sroe and won the coveted victory
Iaier they and all the rest Of the tennis "o'io
mill collect al Philadelphia. Long Island will seno
= fair delegation. headed by Mrs. Charles Tiffany
who was Miss Katharyn Ely. and formerly resi-
ser- of he Quaker city. and Staten Island will
eend Miss Margaret Johnson and the Misses Donald
.,d Miss Adelaide Irving all % the younger set o
EXPERTS Mrs TIFFANY invariably has house party
Of the most congenial or the 'tournamenters,
and y is this spirit Of hospitality Unborn IN ever!
Fohiladelprian that makes any event there de
lighrful memory To this national tournament al
PHILADELPHIA the West sends several players, ans
Miss Sutton is again expected TO win all trophies
Miss Caroline Neely is another strong player. and
after the games finished there only shor
time elapses before the same stars meet at New
-
10 test their skill
PLAYING tennis well means much TO girl socially
for she Will fe feted wherever she may go II pos
sessed Of any degree OF attractiveness, and vii
visit at the houses Of the best known people o
each place where a tournament is held OF course
to be entertained she must have n certain amoun
Of prestige IN her own home, FOR. although lover:
Of sport are proverhia1y cordial 10 those who are
experts IN the line they particularly fancy. still
they do not invite stay with them badly man
rlered young women who have entered into sucf
competition the particular purpose Of advancing
themselves in society. Courtesy Will invariably
be rleted out them. but any degree Of intimac,
occurs.
While Philadelphia claims the most important o
tennis events the calendar. NewPort's smaller
tourney has tie most glory, from the fact thai
fashion attends in throngs and that the Ca
sino courts are the best in America when theii
best condition. There charm, too. about III.
Mace that no other Of resorts surpass. and
the surprise the newcomer who enter. tht
magic inclosure through the somewhat dingy and
shorbound approach is that is renem
bered The emerald green. sunlit lawn is daz
zline sight when peopled with a Newport crowd or
q tournament day. The girls Of Boston. FOR th'
most part. stay for several weeks yearly witt
their relatives friends who have New port homes
truly tennis house party at Newport will find
together Miss Nora Iselin, who though a New