New-York tribune., 1919-03-16
Morning Hop, Starting
At Midnight, Is --latest
Fad Of Pain, Beach Set
spec;al Correspondgnce

PALM BEACH, Fla, March 13.-Mr.
and Mrs. Louis G. Kaufman gave one
Of the so-called morning dances this
week at the houseboat La Singerie,
starting at midnight and lasting until
o'clock following a practice that has
eccme popular here this winter for the
frss time. These parties have been
Foand to be more informal than those
conventional hours. They had their
guests served sunrise breakfast OF
scrambled eggs, bacon aud coffee, and
when the sky frightened they departed
In wheelchars for the hotels.
A large all-night dance this week,
and a very beautiful one, was the Golf
and Tennis bali at the Breakers, whittier
people went about Z o'clock after formal
dinners at the Beach Club and the new
Everglades Club. The public rooms on
the first floor were decorated with flow
ers in lattice work, palms and s,nilax
and soft tinted lights, the great ballroom
being made TO suggest the garden court
Of country club. Just before the sup
per dance the guests were shovered
with cut roses thrown from the sky
lights, cotillon favors we're distributed
and a set supper was served on the
porch, also much decorated with soft
lighting effects and flowers. From then
on until morning people danced outdoors
by the silvery light Of half moon.
Some of the hosts at the larger din
ners preceding the bail were Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick 7. Frelinghuysen, Gov
ernor and Mrs. R. Livingston Beck
man, OF Rhode Island, Colonel and Mrs.
John N. Willys, William 3. Averill,
Sheldon Tilney, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Sur
gey Frede, G.. K. Morris, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. H. Lawrence, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Lewisohn, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
c. Jones, E. Clarence Jones and Mr..
and Mrs. Douglas Paige. The largest
OF the dinners preceding the ball, how
ever, was given by Mr.. and Mrs Ed
ward T. St,tesbury, of Philadelphia,
at the Country Clua, where they in
vited company Of sixty young peo-
pie to meet Mr.. and Mrs. Eaton Crom-
we'll and James H. Cromwell, Mrs.
Stotesbury's sons and daughterin-law.
James Cromwell was formerly a lieu
tenant in the navy and saw active duty
in the North Sea. He is just out Of
the service and arrived couple Of
days ago fer the latter half of the
season. Mrs. Stotesbury and Mrs
Walter Mitchell gave another large
party for about the same company,
later in the week, unehing at the
latter's place and then proceeding to
the Stotesbury estate, where moving
pictures were taken of the guests pick
ing oranges and dancing on the lawn.
Mrs. Stotesbury had five hundred feet
OF film taken, which she has sent
north to her moving picture library.
Mr.. and Mrs John n. WHY'S, who
have been here some time have given
several large dinners and have been
much entertained Their dinner pre-
vieus to the Golf and Tennis bail, was
one of the most brilliant of the eve
ming.
the annual tennis tournament was
concluded this week, the Florida
Championship passing to Fred Harris,
icrsnef Vermont champion. Craig
Biddle, of Philadelphia, who was cx-
pected to win the homer, put up hard
fght in match that went four SETS
but his strength did not last In the
doubles Craig Biddle and Stanley G.
Mortimer, Of Tuxedo, defeated Frd G..
snrnan and Aftimus Holmes, OF New
tofk, IN the championship match, this
contest going four GETS. In the mixed
doubles Miss Molia Bjurgtedt, national
champion, who also walked off with
state honors In Florida in this tour
ney, playing with Harris, beat Biddle
Aha Miss Eleanora Sears.
The annual Seminole Sun Dance
ss.ss Oh this week beginning Tuesday
ana iasting three days. Ii was started
few years ago by West Palm Beach
as . sort OF midwinter mardi gras. An
added feature was a regatta.
Ar. and Mrs. Samuel Untermyer
saslsd for Miami Tuesday aboard their
soasebost Naredha, UPON which they
naa spens six weeks here anchored in
ne Poinciana Basin Of Lake worth.
apsy wili cruise extensively through
sns keyes 70 the south OF the neigh
ycriag RESORT before rcsarning 20 New
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Thomas, OF New
acrs and Minneapolis, entertained a
~ motoring to Miami. where they
sshsd On James Dessinx, who ASS also
nesg entertaining Mr. and Msa, 0ris-
sem TacmDten, u Nsv York ii his