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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17
HOUSE PARTIES AT
WHITE SULPHUR
A. N. Post mitchell, of Tuxedo,
and Others Entertain in
Country Style.

White Sulphur Springs. W Va, Jan.
l6-Seyeral formal dinner parties IN
the Tudor room of the New Greenbrier
and numerous old Virginia and game
luncheons and suppers at the Log
Cabin and Elmhurst Farm have been
the diversions of a throng that has ar
rived TO take the cure and plans to live
out of doors and at the kurhaus.
A. NJ Post Mitchell, of Tuxedo, who
arrived from France a month ago and
has been here taking the baths, has
entertained az several farmhouse af-
fairs. as have George X. Sheldon. Ali
son V. Armour, Mr. and Mrs. Julian de
Cordova, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Sharpe,
Mr.. and Mrs. Pliny Fisk. Colonel James
Ransom Branch, J. K. Thomas, Dir. and
Mrs. Cornelius Rea Agnew, DR.. and
Mrs. William III. Vanden Burg, Herbert
L. Denny. Mr.. and Mrs. c. $. McVeigh
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman l.. Alexander.
George ". Stevens, president of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, who ar
rived this week for the baths, gave a
dinner for a big company IN the Tudor
room, and others entertaining dinner
companies included J. Stuart Mackie
Frank II. Davis and Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L.
Akers, who leave next week, with Miss
Jane Akers, for Aiken, S. c., where
they will spend a month az the New
Highland Park Hotel.
William ~ Colt, of the Hooking Val
ley Railroad, came this week to take
the cure and will spend a month.
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PlNEHURST

Pinehurst. y. c., Jan. 10 &c .,rr,.
has been q continuous round Of Hls' (,
making, with interest Ssn i,a enter.
Wednesday, dance, Thursdsy Ar.
tainment and Fridays o4hqa Tol
ranged by the advertising goilsi ,ny
the coming week the mid~ln's'
shooting handicap is seheduleuIi Mrs b.
Late arrivals include Mr.. ana ~ ~ M
II Treadwell and Miss TFeadws"' Ms,
and Mrs.. Herbert Barber ana -,
Rarher Nr and Mrs. r. J. kos 40
MIR. and Mrs. A. 5. Higgins ~. "
Mrs. " ". Manning, Mr.. ana "uo,eh-
R Iasber. Mr.. and Mrs. W. y ~ n' M
kin. Mr.. and Mrs. II. +. Sgsu' onS Mr.
and Mrs. ". L. Rudge, MI a. Thor
Edwin Rode. Mr.. and Mrs; ). u. M
sen MIR and Mrs. c. ". HsfmSn' NJ
anJ Mrs. a c. G.. Hammarsishi' NJ.
anJ Mrs II II. Mallinson, MI anu AZ.
IL n eastman. Mr.. and Mrs. No ,,,
81 NJ and Mrs. A. Holmes sno ~r
HoImes MIR and Mrs. ii. \: Meni,Nyr NJ.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. +. Grove Mt rs"m.s B
r. Van Elton, Mr.. and MtS; yi.Sord AZ
Wells. Mr.. and Mrs. W. VI. 9'ST NJ v
Mrs. +. NJ. Jones, Mr.; ana Raekl,y
Frank Prudy. Messrs. II. II. -. y
p q Hubold. Herbert Chsmg1s' csu,
n Day. r. ". Weeks, George W yors
"a Csorge A Schode, all Of New Mr.
MIR and Mrs. Charles W. Bees Mr. az
and Mrs. Harvey A. ThcmpsVMI, o.. X. v
Mrs. ]. {. Martin. Mr.. and W. al q
Graham and Paul +. Richter
Philadelphia.
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Actual Hands and
Declarations Which
Serve to Point De-
sired Moral.

20 push the opponents up IN,
ingly we'll within his contrae, ~. ~
partners promised support. So1,
overcalled with three ROYALS ;,. -
East hoped one Of the opponents ~ 80. :,
do. West passed. leaving furtI., 80
ton 20 East. who immediatelv
bled, and The hand was played 4, 49, ~,
contract. '''
On the play-of West openes -.
the nine Of trumps, fully conse'on, !,
the strength Of a partner whose fo,..,
double was made al the expense ~ |.
probable game hand. East went \.
with the ace Of trumps and retpr.,
the queen, South winning the 49,,
Two leads Of diamonds which g..
now made established the suit and -.
West in with the king. West lsd \.
king of clubs and East overlook ~.
the ace, leading the Jack Of ,run,.
Two more clubs and the ace Of he,-,
completed East and Vests trick n.
ing, and with six tricks, instead A.
nine. North and South vent down ~
points on their doubled contract
This was sad indeed when they r,,'
lied the impossibility Of East al
West fulfilling a three-heart contra.
10 which they could have been he'd
South failed 20 consider the seor,
as a probable factor in Norths sv.
port. lie should have realized NJ,
North's bid was simply made 70 me-.
the exigencies Of the situation. al
after the opponents had been Fore,
20 a high contract should nave IN
further decision 20 his partner
A singleton heart in his hand skovi
have limited az possible heart suesgi,
with his partner. North's suppor.irf
bid. despite his strength in the al.
verse suit, was proper, and had Souo
been able 20 grasp the situation Ii,
honor account would have shown 4,
increase, rather than that Of his opp.
nent.
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Important Questions
Of Proper Bidding
When the Score
Is Advanced.
Bv GEORGE Killing.

up trouble as the boidest bid. Hence
"a an advanced score. the hope of hold
ing declaration worth trick or TWO
but below the requirements OF an orig
NAL bid. rs seldom realized.
ON the other hand. declaration
made at an advanced score mas a
marked effect upon the action OF one $
opnononts. Safety az an adverse ad'
vsnccd score demands defence that Is
unnecessary at a love score. Advanced
scores are corcededly not am objective
point: but once upon the score sheet
they raise many nice points OF offence
and defence. TOO lightly dismissed by
most PLAYERS. This phase we seek 10
noiut oui to-day in certain iiluStra-
lions from situations developed IN
actual play.
Inc following hand. played recently
a.. a. local club. illustrates the advdr-
lace of bold defence 20 torestail the
attack Of am opponent yet 20 declare
at ar advanced score:
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mainder Of the winter and taken al
apartment in town.
The third of the series OF dances
which are being held IN the auditorium
of ~. Johns Parish House Clifton, VIII
he held on Friday evening, January y.
The committee in charge of these
DANCES is composed Of Mrs. Alfred Err
rington. chairman: Miss Evelyn Bridge
man. Mrs. Louis A. Dreyfus, Mrs.
Blanche Harris, Mrs. Henry de Nell,
Mrs. Charles Post. Mrs. Kennedy Ran
dali. Miss Helen Morriss, Miss Janet
Thompson, Mrs. Ferdinand {. Townsend
and Miss Ruth Townsend.
Mrs. Sydney G. Wilcox, Of Davis av.,
West Brighton, who has been spending
the past week in Bryn Mawr, IS again
at her home.
Miss Gladys Therrell. Of Davis av.,
West Brighton. and Miss Margaret
Cundell. also of West Brighton. who
have been spending their Christmas
vacations with their parents, have re-
turned to Nova Scotia. where they are
in boarding school.
Miss Louise Irving, Of Henderson av.,
New Brighton, is spending few weeks
as the guest of relatives at Saranae
Lake, y. Y.
Miss Dorothy Gostenhofer, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gostenhofer,
Of Davis av., West Brighton, spent the
week end as the guest Of friends az
Seabright, y. j.
It is announced that the annual char
ity ball, for the benefit Of the 5. Il.
Smith Infrmary, will take place at the
German Club rooms, Stapleton, on Fri
day evening, February 3.
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"POLY PREP" PLAYS CAST
Chorus Selected, and Harold
Kuykendall TO Dance.

The major chorus OF "The Blue But
terfly," which the "Poly Prep alumni
VIII produce at the Academy of Music
on the afternoon and evening of Satur-
day. February y, has been selected.
During the last week Charles $. Nor
gan, jr, chorus coach of this Duncan
Schroeder musical comedy, chose the
men who have shown the most promise
at the general rehearsais and on a
stage lmprovised in the gymnasium
drilled them in the opening chorus
until a point nearing perfection had
been reached. The following positions
at this writing seem 10 be permanent:
Show girls. Schuyler Bergen, LLOYD
II. Dalze!l, Lester Dubois. William ".
houwenhOven, jr., Tremper Longman.
Reginald McGarry. jeremiah Y. Mes
eroie and Walter F. Schultz; beauX,
stephen Van Cullen Hopkins, Herbert
K. Marsh, Alexander b. Morris, George
Quinn, II. $. RickerSOn. +. G.. Shonnard,
f. A. Werlemann ard Henry Werle-
mann; grisettes. Bayard Hopkins. X. s.
Inslee, Mr.. Fisher and Mr.. Seaton;
artists, Newton c. Chase, w. S. Child.
William {. Cook, Frank ID. Mulvihill,
Carlos b. Smith. Richard w. Smythe,
VI. A. Sumner. A. X. Thompson and
Kenneth Wilson.
Eight girls" who are TO appear in
striking costumes in this chorus will
be selected from the following BOYS
who are still in school: Albert l..
Amermau. William !. Chapman. George
j. Green. r. II. Hyatt. Howard +.
Ready, Robert =. NscFarland. James
{. NacCurrach. George l.. Mendes. Ed
mOnd j. Moran. John +. Shields. John
{. Talbot and +. G. Tiebout. Sixteen
boys in the lower grades are competing
or elgnt places IN a pony ballet which
viii he a feature of the production.
IL rs now certainty that Harold T..
kuydendall will dance in "The Blue
Butterfly His contribution Will either
be Chinese dance or the Indian fox
trot. which he Is now giving on the
New York Roof. Harry Messenger is
10 be seen IN an exhibition Of society
dancing, but his partner has not been
chosen.
A. usual, the Packer seniors will be
programme and flower girls The list
comprises the Misses Helen r. Parker,
pres dent Of class; Janet Barber i.
Mildred Baxter. Helen Davis. Grace
Farrar. Marjorie Foote. Margherita
Fransioli. Helen Friend. Juliet HALEY,
Penelope Marsh, Dorothy McCurrach.
Natalie Miller. Hazel Meeker. Helen
Randall. Nerna Rooney, Kathleen Rut-
ter. Marjorie Schoudel. Helen Seymour.
Marianne Stebbins, Dorothy Street.
Helen TieboUt, Dorothy futile. Lor-
raine Van kleeck, Eleanor Walden and
Ethel Wicket.
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matical calculation gives the side VIM
ming the first game three out OF -FOUR
chances Of winning the rubber, the
course Of a player in Vests situation
is obvious.
Strong cards in the suit declared ~
the opponents who need only one or
two tricks 20 put them game oiteh-
times forces perplexing problem
upon the player holding them wheh
his partner offers a defensive bid.
In the following hand recently
plaved in a duplicate match at a local
club one hand particularly illustrated
this point:
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Bclecla.rc. Broadway and 77th ST., on
-ridav night. The patronesses were
-irs. 4. IT, Humphreys, Mrs. X, W.
Hopr. Mrs. George Messiah. Mrs. Lucy
Henry. Mrs. ID. ID. Jones, Mrs. +. Sc
-srdi Mrs. George II. Hearn, Mrs. j.
=. Martin. Mrs. Robert stephens. Airs.
ST. T.. stephens. Mrs. Hale Philips
-lrs. Abel and Mrs. Oscar Newho1se.
The third Of the series of dances
Gwen .bv the Southern Cotlilon, under
ne auspices OF Mrs. Wallace P. White.
,f Riverside Drive. VIII be held IN the
oak Room Of the Hotel Marie An
.oIucttc on January 20. The patron
...es are Mrs Richard Il. Watts, Mrs.
George Petinot, Mrs James Henry
Parker. Mrs. Everett league, Mrs
charlie, Follis and Mrs. Charles Slcard.
Nlr. and Mrs William jerome Ioomey
cave dinner on Thursday evening
IN their home. 56 West SD ST., IN
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick An
crew Bags The table was decorated
with pink and white spring flowers
The other guests were Judge and Mrs.
Bartow S. Weeks. Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
and L. Hid, Mr. and Mrs. Sear.es BAD
hit Nr. and Mrs. Lionel Emdin. MISS
IVA Smith and Clarence Arthur Rode.
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opened for the winter. With unusually
heavy all-season reservations, including
representative crowd from Newport
New York, Boston and Phiiadelpniia'
tho new hotel promises TO be the
smartest and most exclusive Of Its size
i'm the country. Cd,
Mr. and Mrs. Warner VI. Leeds will
spend their first season AZ Aiken IN the
New Highland Park Hotel, as will Mrs.
George Pratt, who is going to entertain
members of her family throughout the
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. King. of New
York and Chicago, who will be IN AIKEN
for tho winter. have engaged a suite at
the New Highland Park Hotel, as have
Mr.. and Mrs. L. }. Knowles. Mr.. and
Mrs. II. b. Anthony, Mr.. and Mrs. VI. l..
Akers and Mrs. Samuel Styles.
CORTLAND has been opened for the
season by Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Norman,
who arrived from Boston week ago to
remain until April.
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IN BRO0KLYN'S
SOCIAL CIRCLES
Dances. Dinners and Entertain
mentS, Planned and
Past.

In compliment to their sons bride.
Mrs Robert Mallory, lr, Dir. ana .Irs.
Robert Mallory Will give dance on
Friday evening at their home, Monta-
cue Terrace. 10 is Go be rather a small
informal affair Of about fifty couples,
drawn principally from the younger
married set. and is given for the eN-
press purpose of adordiug friends OF
the MalIorys on the Heights the oppor-
tunity of meeting the bride. Mrs. Mall
lOry. ir.. was formerly Mss PRUDENCE
Whitney. daughter Or Mrs. Narseils
Clarke Parsons, of Rye. where tne we'd
ding TOOK place last June.
Mrs. Robert Low Pieuepout was
hostess 10 the seasons debut9ntes al a
iolly little house dance last evening.
Practically all the young people pres
ent mad known each other since their
kiddie DAYS. and as the gathering was
comparatively small one, there was
little wave Of intimacy pcrvadiug
which produced just comfortable ln-
fOrmalIty. The entire hr-. floor OF inc
Pierrepout home. al lao Columbia
Heights, was thrown open for the dane
ing. "A string quartet furnishing the
music A. midnight supper was served
Mrs. PicrrepOut's guests were MISS
Mary Sanger Miss Marian Nug!ey,
Miss Ruth jerks. Miss susanna Howe,
a. Manhattan; Miss Helen Hlnman'
Miss Adelaide Nofat. Miss Katharine
ketcham. Miss Elizabeth inayet. Miss
Frances Dudley. Miss Louise RuNton,
Miss Frances Coutts. Miss Mabel
Coutts. Miss Katharine Dana. Miss
Mary Praceer. Miss Cecilia Brewster,
Miss Edith Shaw. Miss NarJOry Church.
Miss Constance MARKS Almet J. jerks,
ir.. Thornton Thayer, Gordon Ihayer
David Mofat. Guy McCOrsle. Schuyler
Bergen. Edward 81. BaDcock. jr, Horauo
King Gray. Carleton Palmer, Russell
Bicelow. Porter Steele. Allan ". Dow,
lr. Frederic =. Fiske. Howard CorlleS,
Ruel Ross Appleton, Jr. A. Wallace
Chaunccv. BENJAMIN Is. c. Low. Tim
othx Spelman. Lawrence Marks, T.. Bar
tor. Burgess. William H. Baldwin. 30.
Nelson DOugherty. Ward Melville. Wal
ter S. Marvin and ". Allen Putnam
fn compliment 20 her cousins. Miss
Bertha Shuts and Miss Mabel SHUTS.
Of Manhattan. Miss Helen Hinman on
Friday evening gave dinner OF SIX
teen covers. after which she took her
ruests 10 the informal dance az the
Heights Casino. The company included,
quests OF honor Miss Alice BUlkley
Moss. Miss Alice Blum. Miss Louise
buxton. Miss Gertrude Thurston, Ches-
zen Palmer. Seneca EldIedge. Arthur
Iaurason, John Boshe, Tracy Walker,
Frank Page, Mervin Wilson. Mark
Pcardon and Ferdinand Zogbaum.
Mrs James /. Morgan rs TO give a
dinner Wednesday evening az her home,
. Pierrepont ST. On Friday evening
She will entertain al dinner FOR some
OF the Younger married couples.
The annual entertainment for the
benefit OF the United Neighborh00d
Guild will this year take the form Of
costume fete, and is 20 be given in the
ballroom Of the Hotel Bossert on Sat
urdsy afternoon and evening, February
6 Many periods viii he presented. and
sss Interesting gEogTam@s !s ~ be AZ.
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Score rubber game North and South
0; East and West, 10.
South declared one spade and west
made il one club. East took MS part
ner out with one heart, and south
thereupon declared one royal. West
supported his partner, bidding two
hearts. and North went 10 two royals
as a fulfilled contract By the .oppSo-
nents would put them game and rub
Der. .
Fast declared three hearts, hoping
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SERIES OF DANCES
AT NEWPORT
Winter Months To Be Enlivened
bv Affairs Given at Civic
League House.

Newport, r. l., Jan. 16.-Another
winter colony engagement served as
one Of the most interesting bits OF
news Of the week. II was that OF MISS
Alice McCarty Little, daughter of Cap
tain and Mrs. william McCarty Little.
L. S. n. to James Lounsberry OF
Stockbridge. Mass. No wedding date
has been set, but it is expected that
it will be before spring and New
mort event. When it does take place,
however, it will be a very quiet affair,
owing to the health Of Captain Little.
lie has not been in the best OF health
all winter and is still i'll at his home.
Little jobs Of improving continue to be
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AUGUSTA

Augusta, Ga. Jan. l6.-The large coll
ony of winter tourists arriving daily in
Augusta included great number OF
New Workers; IN fact. visitors from that
city outnumber about FIVE TO one guests
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KNOWN RESORTS OF SOCIETY

from other Northern points. Arn,!
with golf bags or tennis raequets, thsr,
is a constant procession Of players o.
their way 10 the Augusta Country Glib.
which is located a short distance fror
Partridge Inn.
OF the greatest interest 20 those We
have come down to enjoy the outdoor
sports Of this resort is the golf sehsc
ule which was announced last week enc
by the golf committee. This inelgess
twenty golf events during the months
Of January. February and March, the
most important dates being February
Il and Is, when a number Of noted pro-
fessional players will be here from the
North and West who annually make q
tour of the most popular golf courses
throughout the Southland.
Gouverneur Morris, the novelist, Tho
has been enjoying his winter hone IN
Aiken for several weeks. was joined By
Mrs. Morris a few days ago. Both W.
and Mrs. Morris are as well known %
Augusta society As they are in N'E
York and Aiken. and il Is expected ihr
will spend several week ends IN Augss
Ia during the season.
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ORMOND BEACH
John D. Rockefeller to Spend
Month at Florida Resort.

Ormond Beach, Fla. Jan. l6.-The
Ormond Hotel has now been opened
about a week, and judging from its
present appearance and the booking It
will be the biggest season the hotel
has ever known.
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AIKEN

Aiken. 5. c., Jan. 14.-What promises
to be the biggest season Aiken has ever
enjoyed was officially opened this week,
when the New Highland Park Hotel
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started among the villas in the summer
COLONY. Among the latest to start IS
that AT the cottage Of Colonel George
z Fearing. on Narragansett av., where
considerable work is being done TO the
exterior of the house, which may be
occupied next summer by Lieutenant
Governor Grafton Cushing OF Massa-
The work at Oakland Farm is now
well along toward completion, and the
owners Of the place, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
fred G.. Vanderbilt, are said to be plan
ming a visit to the farm during Febru-
airy.
it was reported during the week that
Mr. and Mrs. George Brooke, Of Phlla-
delphia. the latter formerly Mrs. Will
lam +. Carter, and no stranger TO the
Newport colony, may take house mere
during the coming summer.
A new dancing class has been formed
by some of the women here, and pro-
fessional instructors have been Sc
cured TO teach the latest things IN
dance steps. The class met this week
AZ the home of Mrs. Harold Brown.
who was one of the organizers. The
other members include Mrs. Louis Il.
Lorillard, Mrs. william K. Hunter,
Miss Emma Stone and Mrs. Walter
Norman Eldridge. Mrs. Eldridge may
not remain in Newport for the whole
of the winter, for she has in mind a
long trip 10 the Orient in company
with Mrs. William V. Pratt.
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NEW TENNIS CLUB
AT PALM BEACH
Handsome New Structure Of
Stone for DevOtees of
the Sport.

Palm Beach. Fla. Jan. iG.-The Royal
Ponciana. the largest of resort hotels,
reopened here yesterday, and in another
week the present Palm Beach season,
which IS expected to be a particularly
important one on account of the book
ing of an extensive patronage usually
belonging to Europe, will be fairly well
started.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward b. MacLean, of
Washington, who passed up Palm Beach
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York City. Remember
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Uncle Sam is building a new assay
Office on the site Of the old. He's been
working away al the new structure for
year, and has got along so far with
II that the old FACADE Is iu his way. In
the line of slightly worn facades. we
believe this IS the hest thing now on
the market, Look !. w,
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John d. Rockefeller has engaged a
suite of rooms for a months stay for
himself and party from the middle OF
February. During his stay at the
Hotel Clarendon last year he came up
regularly each day TO play on the
Ormond Beach golf links. and this year
he decided that he wished to be nearer
them. so has engaged his accOmmoda-
tions at the Ormond.
f. A. Gillespie. of Woodhaven, Long
Island. registered at the Ormond with
his chauffeur and car on his way TO
Florence Villa, Fla, where he has
bought an orange and grape fruit
grove. Mr.. and Mrs. Gillespie and their
daughter, Miss Marjorie. will return 70
Ormond for their usual visit in Feb
iuary.
f. K. Walbridge. of New York City,
who is a guest of the Ormond, cele-
brated his birthday last Sunday night
by entertaining party of friends at
dinner. Mr.. Walbridge will spend the
winter at the Ormond.
Mrs. A. Schultz and Miss +. Schultz,
of Brooklyn, are spending the winter
at the OrmOnd
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HOCKEY GAMES
AT LAKEWOOD
Fine Skating in the Earlier Part
of the Week Crowds
Lake CaraSaljO.

Lakewood, y. j., Jan. ia COM
bination of winters cold and spring
like temperature this week gave So
iourners a wide range of outdoor ac-
tivity. In the early part'of the week
skating was good, and most of the
people here were out on Lake Cara
salio morning and afternoon. I'M
promptu hockey games furnished the
greater part of the sport on the lakes
Later in the week the warmer weather
made golfng and driving popular.
Dancing at the hotels has been the
principal form of indoor diversion.
The the dansant this afternoon and
supper dansant this evening at the
Laurel House. together with the regu-
lar Saturday night hop at the Laurel
in-the-Pines, were well attended
Edward Prime Stevenson, of Paris,
who is stopping here for couple of
months. gives an authors reading on
Monday evening at the Laurel House
for the benefit Of the sufferers OF Din
ard. France Society and charity work
ers among the season sojourners here
have taken hold of the entertainment
with enthusiasm, and a goodly sum IS
expected for the destitute citizens of
the French town.
The next big sporting event seized
uled here is the annual tournament OF
the Laurel House Gun Club, which Will
be held on Friday and Saturday. Feb
ruary y and 13. This annual shoot
ing event usually attracts the crack
shots of the East, and the announce
ment of the date this week was re-
ceived with enthusiasm by athletic
clubs in New York and other places
The tournament is an invitation affair
and will consist of individual compe-
titiou.
John Converse, Of New York. is visit
ing MIA mother and sister, on Msdi-
son av.
After spending a week at the Laurel
in-the- Pines, Mrs. George Fales Baker
left on Wednesday for Rosemont
Penn. where she will spend the week
end. Later Mrs. Baker plans to go to
White Sulphur Springs.
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