The sun., 1916-08-20
WAR BENEFIT FORCE
CAPTURES NEWPORT
Few Colonists Escape Young
Collectors for U. 8. SOL
diers on Border.
LITERATURE TO BE SENT
Movies in Vincent Astor's
Home Aid U. s. Ambulance
Fund Abroad.

NEWPORT. Aug. 1s.-This was war
benefit day here. II being marked by an
Active collecting campaign conducted by
younger members Of the summer colony
for the Active Service Literary Distri-
button Committee. which 10 shipping
reading matter to the American soldiers
On the border. An entertainment was
given this afternoon at Beechwood. the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Astor, for
che American Ambulance Service abroad.
Few persons escaped the collectors. a.
they either purchased flowers from the
young women or dropped their mites
into the boxes carried by the boys.
Among the flower girls and box boys
were Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr., Miss
Grace Vanderbilt. Loriilard Taller. Alex
Same n. Pierson. Elizabeth b. Pierson.
Dorothy Willard. Theodore Tiffany.
Anne Stillman. Katherine UrQuhart.
Jane Sanford. James Henry Van Allen.
william Henry Vanderbilt. William dc
Rham. Gordon T. Lippitt, Hamilton
Clawson, Theodore Grosvenor. Joseph
Hartman. Jr.. Kathleen Vanderbilt. Fin
widener. Laddie Sanford. Norris Avery.
Katherine A. Morgan. Marion Tiffany.
Natalja willard. Edith wallach. Bar.
bara Morgan. Lucille T.. Carter. Anita
Grosvenor, Theodore Tiffany. Rose d.
polan, Betty Pierson. Brewster Jen-
n.ngs. Garrick Mallery. Jasper Morgan.
Denning Miller. Mclean Hartman.
Madeleine Carey. Griualt. Thatcher.
Joseph Leroe. Louisa Wilson. Gertrude
Sanford, Charlotte Havemeyer. Craig
p.ddle. Jr.. William r. Carter. Jr, and
John Nicholas Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aston had their ball
room transformed into a moving pic
ture theatre for the presentation OF
thr Aim "Our American Boys In the
EiMopean War" The film shows sew
eral Young Americans. including Will
lam Thaw n Frederick II. Prince, who
have relatives and friends here. This
entertainment was arranged by q COM
mi,tee OF debutantes headed by Miss
Ethel Borden Hartman, together with
the Misses Rose Il. Dolan. Muriel VIM
throp. Margaret Alexander. Margaret
Perrin and others.
The bake given by the Clanbake
C,ub was attended by numerous tennis
players. Dinners were given by o
and Mrs. Beeckman. Mrs. Charles F
HOFFMAN, Mrs. Ogden Mills. Mrs. Joseph
F.. widener. Mrs. Hamilton Mex. Twom'
bly,. Mrs. Robert X. Cassatt n Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings. A
luncheon at The Rocks was given BY
Mrs. Henry Clews. Pembroke Jones
Jr.. entertained on the steam yacht
Narada.
The closing dnnce Of the week was
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne
whitney in their Bellevue avenue home,
y was informal and followed n Inner
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney.
Registered at the Casino to-day were
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Parsons and
Walter Martin Of New York. guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Clews Miss Eleonora
Sears of Boston. visiting Mrs. Joseph T.
wldener: Mr.. and Mrs. Claus Spreckels
Of New York. visiting Mrs. Charles
Singer; Percy Kirkland Of New York
visiting Robert w. Goelet; Seth
eprhgue OF New York Lloyd Griscom
visiting GOV Beeckman: Charles s
Draper OF New York. visiting Harry
Payne Whitney; l.. Perrin OF Baltimore
visiting Oliver Perrin Mr.. and Mrs
Harley T. Proctor Of New York.