Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13
IN THE World Of SOCIETY
BARNES AND PHELPS NEW
BERRY IN COMEDY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter Give
Luncheon at Narragansett for
Miss Eleanor Terry.

The younger part of the summer col
ony at Watch Hill, r. l., spent yester
day resting after it's eXertions Thurs
day in giving two entertainments for
the benefit of the Ladies' Improvement
Society. The children gave the per-
Torrance in the afternoon, and in the
evening the young men and women APP
peared in a comedy called THE Dis
covery of Watch HILL written and pro-
duced by Mr.. William Pitt Rivers of
Brooklyn. The whole colony enjoyed
both entertainments thoroughly.
In the afternoon little Misses Katherine
and Dorothy Rhodes and Leora Todd
did some pretty dancing, and Miss Leila
Taylor made hit with her song. I've
Got the Mumps.' A sketch, Life on
the Ranch" also written by Mr.. Rivers,
was the feature of the program. Misses
Mabel Coutts, Helen Ingham, Marjorie
Lake, Helen Morris, Harriet Peckham,
Sarah PenroSe and Katherine Rhodes
were girls of the golden west; Masters
Lawrence Boocock, Lyman Cunningham,
Clement A. Griscom, James lngham
and Hobart Thompson were Indians,
and Misses Polly Griscom, Constance
Howard, Josephine jerks, Betty Man
ming, Margaret Moorehead, Dorothy
Rhodes, SAME Rhodes. Sallie Robinson.
dian maidens.
.The Discovery of Watch Hill'' gave an
opportunity for the amateur players TO
display their cleverness. An aero club &c
cents the proposal OF Moses Goldbrlck,
impersonated by Mr.. Harris Howard, to
use his aeroplane to find watch dlil.
The Messrs. Barnes and Phelps New
berry. sons OF Mr.. Truman Newoerry,
formerly Secretary of the Navy, ana Mr.
Winthrop Brooks of New York made big
hits" with their comedy. the brothers
as twin bell boys and Mr.. Brooks as
German waiter The members OF the
club were Messrs. Harry Fenner, Donald
Cottrell, Frederick Cunningham, Quincy
Smith, Harris Howard, Ronald Kelsey
and Percival Deming. There were pretty
Indian girls in camp scene in which
the Messrs. Newberry and Mr.. Brooks
sang a comic song, Rain in the Face"
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Letter entertained
Miss Eleanor Terry, daughter of Rear
Admiral Silas Terry. L. S. n, retired, at
Narragansett yesterday. Others giving
luncheons were Mrs. Rene La Montague,
Mrs. st. John Wood, Mrs. Henry B. Kane
and Mr.. Howard PhippS of New York.
MIR. Charles H. Graves. United States
minister. to Sweden, and Mrs: Graves de,
parted for Europe today. Senior Manuel
de Ia Nersa Calderon, secretary of the
Argentine legation in Cuba, also sailed
for the same destination.
Monsieur Lucien Louis Bonzom. French
consul at New York. has been transfer
red to Florence, Italy. Monsieur Henri
Eugene Ayme-A1artin, at one time con-
sui general at SantO Domingo City, has
been appointed consul at Manila, In sue
cession to Monsieur Baptiste Gabriel
Bertrand, who has been appointed con-
sui at SarajevO.
Next week promises to be the greatest
til ~ lnp~ OF
Newport. The arrival Of the Atlantic
fleet Monday Is in part responsible. Mrs.
Ogden Goelet gives dance Monday
night, and the next night Mrs. French
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Newton Adams have
a dinner and dance. The same afternoon
the naval officers will give reception
for Rear Admiral Schroeder and the Of
ticers of the Atlantic fleet at the train
ing station.
Mr. NJ. A. Sims. jr.. is visiting in War
renton, Va.
Mrs. ]. Lawrence Hayes, formerly of
Washington, is in Atlantic CITY. where
she is making an extended visit.
Miss Marion r. Little. who has been
visiting in Massachusetts, has gone to
Oak Bluffs. Marthas Vineyard, for the
remainder of the season.
Mrs. Philip Welsh of Philadelphia is
chaperoning a party, including Miss Au-
rusta Stricken. Miss Julia Bacon and
Miss Nav Manning, which left yesterday
for trip to Boston, st. Johns and
Halifax.
Mrs Minnie Sharp and daughter.
Celeste. Mrs Helmet and son and Miss
:IuIia Trenis are the guests of Mrs Ella
powers at Catlett, near Warrenton, Va.
Col. Charles L.. McCawley has left
washington to join Mrs. McCawley at
Rar Harbor for some weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond
have returned to New York from Lenox,
Mass.
Mr. Maxwell Blake. American consul
general at Bogota, and Mrs. Blake left
CoIombia for their home In the United
states Yesterday. Their departure is
matter of general regret in Bogota
where the popularity of both has been
great.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Holland and son
and daughter of Capitol Hill have gone
to Newborn, n. {.
Mr.. William w. Rockhill, American am
bassador to Russia, and Mrs. Rockhill