New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-11
Tennis Is Becoming
Chief Diversion at
Narragansett Pier
Matches Preliminary to An
nual Tournament of Point
Judith Club Engage the
Attention of the Colonists
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

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NARRAGANSETT PIER, R. l., JULY 10
Yachting, tennis, golfng and bath
ing in the surf were the leading diver.
sions for soiourners at Narraganset,
Pier this week
For the next several weeks tennis
matches will be in progress on the
courts of the Point Judith Country
Club, preceding the annual tourna.
ment, scheduled for later in the sea.
son, and by mid-July number of polo
lists will arrive for the national polo
tournament, one of the notable fea-
lures of the Narragansett season.
Among the members of the summer
colony at Nsrraganset. are Mr.. and
Mrs. Carter R. Leidy, of Philadelphia
who arc occupying Kockledge villa on
Ocean Road, an ideal retreat for a
honeymoon, for Mrs. Carter formerly
was Miss Fiji Widener, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph E. Widener, of Phila-
lelphia and Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Bristow Draper
of Hopcdale. Mass. were recent visitors
at the Casino. They plan to larry
awhile at Narragansett before Saline
for Europe.
VI interest to the summer colony at
Narragansett Pier and Newport is the
announcement of the engagement of
Miss Dorothy Norris, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred E. Norris, of Phila-
delphia and New York, to Raoul Alevra
OF Bucharest, delegate of the Rumanian
Mission to Siberia. Mrs. Norris and
Miss Dorothy Norris have just returned
from trip to China and Japan, and
are occupying their villa, "The Lodge
on Ocean Road for the summer.
The Casino has been the scene OF
numerous luncheon parties during the
week. Among those entertaining were
Mrs. Irving H. Chase, of Waterbury
whose party included Miss Helena M
Caperton and Miss Sarah NJ Caperton
of Richmond, Va; Mrs. S. Hinmar
Bird, of New York, whose guests in.
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Ives
Goddard and Howard Hitchcock, of New
York, and Mrs. Harold Congdon, OF
Providence, R. l.
Among others noted on the plaza
were Mrs. Samuel H. Valentine, of New
York; Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Wilkinson
of Washington, and Lieutenant Com
mander Theodore S. Wilkinson, u. S. N.
and Mrs. Wilkinson.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Knowlton, OF
| West Upton, Mass, have arrived. at
their villa, Lions Head, for the sum-
mer.
Mrs. James B. M Potter has re-
turned from the South ind has joined
Miss Mary Potter at Kingston, r. 1
The Rev. Philip M. Prescott, OF
Washington, will officiate at the early
morning service on Sundays during the
summer at St. Peter's-by- Sea; John
A. Allen jr. will preside at the organ
and Mrs. Merwin White, who has a
cottage here, will have charge of the
music.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Gordon, OF
Baltimore, are at the Imperial.
Mrs. j. Warner Fobes, of Syracuse
is at her country place, Lily Pads
Peacedale, near Narragansett.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Shepherd
Of New York, have been Joined a,
their villa by their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Harrah
Mrs. John Ridgely, of Baltimore, is
at the Revere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Samuel, of Phil
adelphia, have arrived at their cot
tage, accompanied by their daughter
Nine. Poulioff, wife of George Pouli-
| off, charge d'affaires of the Bulgarian
Legation.
Mrs. Catherine v. H. wylie and
family of Noroton, Conn, have ar.
rived at Saunderstown for the sum
mer.
| Miss Marcella Fassitt, Of Philadel.
phia, is at the Massasoit.