The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12

PALM BEACH, Fla. March 11.-with
the windup OF the annual tennis tour
naments the first of the week and COM
mencement Of the golf tourney for the
Florida State championship the Breakers
Hotel gave its yearly golf and tennis bail
on . scale that outshone anything of the
sort here before. The ballroom was
Z transformed into an Arabian garden.
The boths around the edge OF the room
represented Sorches, with porch rail-
ings and awnings swinging out into
the lawn, which was the dancing space.
At n end was an arbor of roses and at
- he other q fountain backed by tropical
plants. Carloads of flowers of every de-
scription decorated the hail. the lighting
OF which was a feature. 1t was a moon
light blue. from concealed bulbs, with
here n there flashes Of raspberry. An
odd touch was given by stuffed parrots
hanging In hoops at several points about
the garden. their brilliantly feathered
bodies contrasting well with the dark
foliage.
Some Of the hosts and guests were
Mr. and Mrs. Leona ID. Ali entertain
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Hdward T. Stotesbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard u. Hanna. Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Mitchell. Mr.. and Mrs.
David Randolph Calhoun and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harlon Kent Bolton. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bertram l.. Taylor entertaining Mr.. and
Mrs. Bertram L. Taylor, Jr.. and Signos
Antonio Scott, Mrs. Frederick fhey
entertaining Miss Hilda Holmes. Miss
Ethel Carhart, Clarence Crimmins. John
WEIGH. Douglass Paige and John Hollins.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lawrence Green
entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Willard s.
Brown, Charles Wright and Henry 7.
Sloane. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Wilkes
Cary entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Gerry. Mr.. and Mrs. Arturo de Heeran,
Miss Louise Wise. Hayward Cutting and
Robert Goelet Col. and Mrs. Willis $.
Paine entertaining DR.. and Mrs. Daniel
karsner. Mr.. n Mrs. Norris Mondy.
Mrs. John Holbrook and Miss Alice Max
well Mr.. and Mrs. Alolph Lewisohn en-
tertaining former Governor and Mrs.
John Slater OF Georgia, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Sanford Carpenter and MIR. and
Mrs. Alfred Rossin DR.. and Mrs. John
+. Fitzgerald entertaining Mrs. Joseph i.
Kennedy. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Manning,
James Fitzgerald and Milton Duffy Mr..
and Mrs. Rose Campbell entertaining
Miss Helen Ely. r. Is. Hathaway. Ralph
White and Miss Ethel Campbell Capt.
ard Mrs. Charles Llt:lefield entertaining
Mr.. and Mr. +. c. Tower. MIR and Mrs.
J. q. Grove and Mrs. j.. r. II lahan.
1.-THE Island of Happiness the moving
picture show in which all the actors were
SStNk l'1ph's -, 80 aAAht - 1850
Beach. after promising much OF n sensa-
ton proved a disappointment when shown
here this week for the first time. The
FIRST presentation OF the show in which
John Wanamakeris granddaughter. Mrs.
Gurnee Num-. starred, came of In the
new dining room Of the Royal Poinclana.
the only place large nough to hold the
crowI. The pictures were indistinct. the
plot lacked both continuity and thrills.
Mrs. Mum herself was good. but had
little support and In most every scene
was entirely too far from the camera,
Practically all the Palm Beach colony
attended and over $4,000 was realized
for war relief.
Mrs. Alfred W. Church stopped Of, here
on her way back from the Canal Zone,
where she and Mr.. Church went on their
yacht early IN the season. taking a COM
pany of young people along. With her
here were the Misses Marie and Ger
trude Jacques and Charles Millers.
J. Leonard Rep.osle was entertained
at dinner at the Beach Club by Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward r. Stotesbury the other
night and was introduced as the Wizard
Of Cambria Steel. He II the young mar
who bough. out the Pennsylvania's con
trolling interest In the company last fall
handling the deal through Drexel & Co.
and he has in his pocket "A check probably
the biggest of any that reached Palm
Beach this winter Mr.. Replogle's check
n for thirteen millions and some hun
dreds OF thousands. ending with sixty
three cents. indicating that even In bis
deals pennies are looked after. He has
another little check for a mere matter
OF 81. 100000. Both have passed through
the bank and are scrubbed on little check
Slanks such as are made for vest poke
use. unlabdsled. unuumherei blanks. SC
small that II takes two lines Of small
writing their fun length 10 enumerate The
dollars hey have been worth. They
represent a deal conceived and pu,
through IN for.y-eight hours by a young
man still III his tNirties.