The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

While Birmingham is in the state of
lethargy that always obtains at the fag
end of the season, many of her people
are enjoying the varied gayeties of fash
ionable life at eastern resorts or spend-
ing the time ia travel from one interest
ing point to another in the old conutry
interesting messages arrive daily from
tourists who are globe trotting and from
others who have chosen motor JOURNEYS
in the big northern coast and lake re-
sorts as the nappiest method Of passing
the summer hours.
Letters tell of the fight over perfect
roads and through glorious scenery: and
mention the amuscments and pastimes of
the summer visitor gained in passing.
From Lennox, Mass, member of a party
taking the ideal tour or New England.
writes that next Sunday and the Sunday
to follow volunteer choir will sing at
Trinity church. one of the most prominent
OF the sacred edihces in that interesting
and beautiful place. They will do this so
that the choir boys may have a vacation,
and some of the voices are the best that
may be secured in this country. the per
sonnel of the choir which is now plan
ming the programme, to comprise coterie
OF fashionables. This is an annual GUS
tom, it appears, and one that always fur
nishes considerable interest.
At Narragansett the principal social ac
tivities have centered about the polo plav-
ers and their special coterie of friends.
Every evening during the recent annual
polo tournament had some special enter
tainment planned In the way of dinner
and dance a supper and dance or an ex-
cursion to a nearby resort with a supple
mentary feast and frolc of a Thoroughly
informal sort. A large number of fol-
lowers of the game had made hurried
trips to the pier to take part in the play
or in the numerous impromptu entertain
ments which make life in the cottage
colony one round OF gayety from the be-
ginning of the tournament to the end
Tennis week has just been completed
at Southampton, L.. l., marking the pin
hacle of the season at that interesting
place. Dinners and dances on an elabo-
rate scale were given almost every night.
The dance given by Mr.. and Mrs. De-
Lancey Nicoll last week was said to have
been the largest of the season. It was
preceded by a dinner for 40 persons. and
for the dance a big marquee had been
raised and decorated The rails around
the platform were hidden by boughs and
greens and the center supports were en-
twined with greens and large punches of
golden rod. In the center of the roof We're
two large canopies trimmed with pale blue
bunting edged with tinsel and stars The
verandas and grounds were hung with
Japanese lanterns, and finally, adds my
informer "a full moon was reflected on
Lake Agawam to add to the atractiveness
of the lawns where supper was served"
At Newport members of the reading
room and officers of the navy have been
playing baseball for the benefit of the
Newport and Navy hospitals, and turned
over several hundred dollars to each of the
beneficiaries. Mr.. Preston Gibson and Mr.
J. Gordon Douglass, Mr.. George r. Coz
zens and Mr.. oliver Perrin are among the
prominent men of society who proved
themselves to be able players of ball.
The horse is stil king in that portion
of Massachusetts confined to the Bev-
erly colonies. This was never proved more
conclusively. it appears, than this sum-
mer when the success of the three horse
shows has given ample proof that the
equine aristocrat is coming into his own.
ION the short and wood roads, wrote a
recent visitor. Il have been told more