The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-21
OLD POINT

! oiAf1 NCshf OSAt ny SHAy
I Baltimore and Washington guests
| who are sojourning here. sit upon
the verandas overlooking the broad
waters OF Hampton Roads. where the
salt-laden breezes sweep in to add a
/ delightful GOODNESS TO the atmosphere
and read of their less fortunate
! neighbors who are suffering the in
tense heat and plying them they
hurry TO write home to tell them to
come to Old Point where, no matter
I how high the mercury goes in the
large cities. a breeze is always blow
! ing, and the days and nights are
ideal for all outdoor pleasures. Night
swim ming-pool parties, midnight sup
pers following the ball at the Cham
berlin, dancing upon the hotel paVli-
! ion. and band concerts upon the plaza
! in front of the hotel by the Fourth
Coast Artillery band fHve filled the
evenings, while ball games on the
parade ground inside the fortress,
and tennis on the courts of the hotel
and the fort have made the days
pass all too quickly for the large
colony of summer guests here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Beach. who spent
the early spring at the Chemberlin
and made a host of friends. and who
also celebrated their wooden wedding
anniversary here have invited num-
Der OF army officers and their wives
to visit them al the authors home
for several weeks. Their house party
includes Major and Mrs. William f.
Cole, Captain and Mrs Kenneth G.
Masteller, Captain and Mrs. Alfred A.
Maybach.
The return OF Captain and Mrs.
Clifton Carter in the fall is being
eagerly awaited by their numerous
friends here. for they were exceed
ingiy popular during their three
years stay at the post. They have
been ordered here from Honolulu,
! where they have been stationed for
year and half. and Captain Carter
Will succeed Captain James F. How
ell as adjutant
The Incubators.' as the second
Heufenants are called at Fort Mon
roe, and the officers of the gun COM
panles played a most amusing ball
game Friday afternoon. Every IN
cubator" was pressed into service re-
gardless OF his batting average" and
as no team practice was allowed be-
forehand there were some very wild
throws and catches All the girls on
the post were on hand to root for
their favorite team, and honors were
about evenly divided The team COM
posed OF the officers of the mortar
batteries finally won, with a score of
8 TO ).
About one hundred members of the
Virginia State Dental association held
their convention at the Chamberlain
last week, and the time not taken for
routine business was spent in en- low
ing the many diversions always TO be
found at Old Point.
A midnight club supper at the Off
GERS club was given after the BAH
held on the Chamberlin pavilion Sat
urday night by Captain and Mrs. on
hefs HOPE. whose guests were Major
and Mrs. Thomas Winston. Captain
and Mrs. j. P. Hopkins, Captain and
Mrs. Jacob Coward aud CAPTAIN r.
! Fl. Williams.
A swimming-pool party was the
diversion last Friday night. when the
Misses Kimberly entertained num-
Der OF young girls and "Incubatorsr
IN the Chamberlin pool the party
lateF adjourning TO the home of the
himberiy's at the post for a water
melon supper. In the party were
MISS Laura Lewis, daughter OF Col
onel Isaac Lewis, New York: Miss
Emily Hughes. Miss Bess Kimberly
Miss Margaret Kimberly. Miss Ann
Brown Kimberly and Lieutenants B
~ Booth. A, j. French, PHILIP Black
more. Henry Davis. Stewart stanley
John Smith, j., and John Jouett.
some weekend visitors from
ashington were: Mr.. and Mrs. NJ r
Campbell. George A. King, Miss Mar
ior f. King, Mr.. and Mrs. W NJ
Simkins. Mrs. Katherine 4. Muller
Miss Stella s, Gatewood. Milton A
Kaufman. George n. Jesse, Mrs. l.
r. Rogers, Mrs. c. j. Childs and
daughter.
baltimore guests who came down
to spend Sunday were: Miss c. Miller
Mr.. and Mrs. II. E. Lyons, Mrs Eye
!yn Tunanus. Miss Alice Perrin. Mr.
ana Mrs. Robert H. McManus. w. H.
Flrke. Mr., and Mrs. o. l.. Carter
Mrs j. +. Adamson. Mr.. and Mrs II
d. Thomas. -
Other arrivals here recently in.
clude:
Nashiugton-Henry A. Lyford. NJ
> Walcott. A. A Marsteller, T. Thorn
as, 5. P. Johnson, William Wall
Whfdditt, W. b. Wood. Mrs. Hugh
Reilly Miss Emily Jones, j. 0. Ora
ham. Miss Clara B. Taylor. Miss
Grace Vale. Mr.. and Mrs. r. G, Scott
Mr and Mrs. NJ. r. Campbell. George
L. brown. Mrs T. e. Ditton. Mr.. and
Mrs 5 n. Widdup. Mr.. and Mrs. c.
5 Bundy. Mr., and Mrs. r. F. Wither-
spoon. Mrs. F. s. Luce. Miss O. C
Wadlin. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter McDon-
nell, f, II, Gibbs and family. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. S. Corby, II. l.. Snoderass
Captain and Mrs. Bugs. Charles I.
Batson, l.. NJ. Cormick.
Baitimore-Joseph NJ Mann Miss
NJ j. Mann. w. A. Tower, E. Corri-
gan Mr.. and Mrs. C. Hogendorf Mr.
AMI Mrs. John K. Deford. Cooper n
Drewry, T 0. Heatrook. B. w. Burcb
Dr. and Mrs. Harry E. Kelsey. DR.
and Mrs. c. J. Grints. George c.
March. Mrs. j. D. New. Mr.. and Mrs
ID. L. Pitt, Mr.. and Mrs. John J Rar
rett, Mrs. s. j Poe. Miss C. Miller
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. E. Lyon. Mr. ard