The sun., 1919-08-12
SOUTHAMPTON GETS
REPTILIAN THRILL
Monster Plesiosaurian Makes
Its Appearance on One Of
Towns Main Streets.
TWO COLONIsTs BLAMED
County Fair on Friday VIII
Benefit, However, From
Novel Publicity Feat.
:, , SAT- correspondens Of Tnr sus.

Re- a STAT correspondenf Of THs Sus.
so,-7uANNroN, ". Y. Aug. l1.-There
,.,sed through the main streets of this
,oun this morning n huge piesiosaurian
h.astly object that arrested the attention
:, all passersby. Motorists stopped in
,nslr rush to look nc II and children
-,zsd in wonderment as the uncouth
ss,nr moved along propelled by some
strange power that was not evident
i,s long tail stretched behind on the
mad bed for yar6s and yards. and from
~ huge nav there protraded rectangu-
lar pieces of colored paper m place OF
danes Of the tabled monster. Eager
hands picked up these bits OF paper TO
isarn that on Friday afternoon and
evening a country street fair would be
held beside Agawam Lake for the bene-
AZ Of the Southampton Hospital.
The reptile had been fashioned by Mr..
and Mrs. Stewart Davis. who had spent
hours in decorating its hide, which was
nothing but canvas and on IL was painted
The weirdest designs. Once finished. this
hide was stretched over big motor car.
the chauffeur being hidden by II Mr..
nayis. attired like an Indian. appeared
on one side Of the beast adding to tbs
general effect Mrs. Davis. who was
Miss Agnes Edgar. has passed the great
er part Of her life here, and her skill
m painting has been shown in the scores
N toy animals she has decorated for the
Noah's Ark which win be anchored on
the borders Of the lake during the fair.
Artists Ala Publicity.
Posters Of the event made by lima
teur artists here have been placed In
all the clubs and leading shops. This
morning the Cannon Bali train. which
takes the business men to town for .
few days, carried some of the women
who are to take an active part in the
masque and tabieacx. They went for
last shopping expedition for furbelows
that will be shown in the Garden Thea
tire on Thursday afternoon and Friday
evening. AS the masque Is to begin
promptly at 9 o'clock Friday. formal
dinners will be out Of the question. and
for that reason 1t is expected there will
be sold many ticket suppers at the
cafeteria over which Mira Alfred e
schemrhorn will preside
Many invitations were received here
to-day for the marriage of Miss Lesley
Frederick Pearson. second daughter OF
Frederic Pearson, to Henry Baldwin
HYDE Ripley, on the afternoon of An
gust 80 in Trinity Church. Newport
The reception will follow at Ansieses
Mrs. Parsons villa on the Cliffs Mr.
Ripley, who passed Sunday with hi'
aunt Mrs. Peter B. Wyckon. has re-
TUNED to New York. He Is a son Of
the late sidney Dillon Ripley. Hi.
mother, now Mrs Charles r. Scott, and
his sister. the Countess Pierre de Vie
Castel will arrive shortly In New forl
from Paris for the wedding
Tennis Awards Made.
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who have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. at the Eyre
in Seal Harbor, Ne. returned this eve
ming to the Schermerhorn cottage. Dur
ing their absence their villa was occu'
pied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Alex
ander and Miss Mary Alexander. whit
left early to-day for Tuxedo Park.
The Cameron cup awarded for proves
in lawn tennis was won by Lawrenc'
McKeever Miller, whose score was 6-1
Is. g.. 6-2. His final opponent wal
waldron P. Bellnap.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Alden Talbot
after spending several weeks with Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen Peobody. have gon'
TO their new home in Ridley Park. neal
Philadelphia They will return here fol
the festivities Of tennis week.
Clarence H Mackay. now in Saratoga
springs VIII return 10 the OfCnaru mex
Sunday. Thomas l. johnson and Harr,
Cushing Sd have returned to New Yorl
after 4 visit with Mr.. and Mrs Bach
Hamilton Brown. Mrs. Clarence Car.
has arrived at the Meadow Club to re
main a month.
NJ. and Mrs. William May Wright
after visit with Dr. and Mrs. Georg
A. Dixon, have returned to New Yorh
Miss Daisy HOllins. who was with Mrs
Henry Asher Robbins at Asher HOUSE
left to-day for New York Mr.. and Mrs
Rufus l. Patterson will give a dinner a
the Meadow Club on the evening of Au
gust %, afterward taking their guests I
De Lancey Nicoll's dance.
Mrs Kurnal r Babbitt's dance at tn
shinnecock Hills Golf Club on the nigh
OF August 9 will be for the youn
friends Of her second daughter, Mis-
Genevieve Rabbit.
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