New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
Dance at Casino
Is Chief Event at
Narragansett Pier
Many Dinner Parties Pre-
cede Weekend Hop;
Open House at King Tom
Farm Aids Hospital Fund
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

S.2Gctdi DtSpGtch 10 IHc Tribune
NARRAGANSETT PIER. R. l., Aug.
2S.-With the near approach Of the
month of September Narragansett' s
season begins to wane, and hospitable
hostesses, ever on the qui vivc for
something new under the sum-" are
planning many social features of in
terest to ill the time until Labor Day.
The weekend hop at the Casino to-
night had a large attendance, and many
dinner parties preceded it. Mrs S.
Human Bird gave a dinner on the
plaza of the Casino for more than a
dozen guests, including Mr.. and Mrs.
James c. Blaine jr., Mr. and Mrs. War
rem Kinney and Howard Hitchcock. of
New York: Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. |.
Goddard, Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland Haz-
ard and William Gammell jr., of Provi-
dence, and Mrs. David B. Sharpe, of
Philadelphia.
Others giving dinners before the
dance were Mrs Irving H. Chase and
Captain and Mrs. Isaac E. Emerson.
The colony now looks forward to a
coming wedding in the fashionable set
at the Pier, that of Miss Dorothy Nor
Norris, Of New York and Philadelphia,
and Lieutenant Raoul Aevra of Blu
charest, who recently returned from
n mission to Siberia. Lieutenant
Alevra arrived in New York this week,
where he was met by his fiancee and
her mother, and they came direct to the
Pier and arc at the Norris villa on the
cliffs, where the wedding will take
place next Saturday afternoon. 1t viii
be quiet affair, attended only by rela-
tlves and few friends. No invitations
Will be issued and there will be no at
tendants. The ceremony will be per
rector Of the Church of st. Peters by
the Sea, at the Pier.
The exclusive Scarborough Beach
Club has been the scene of succession
Of Saturday night Bohemian revels,
notably the wild east dance" given by
Mrs. S. Hinman Bird and Mrs. Rowland
Hazard; the Rhode Island clambake
given by Mr.. and Mrs. David S. Baker
il, and as a grand finale" to the
events there Mrs. Frank E. Richmond
VIII give buffet dinner next Saturday,
which will be attended by more than
100 of the summer colony.
One of the distinctive events of the
season, of a notably historic as we'll
as social interest. took place at King
Tom Farm, one of Rhode Islands show
places and the homestead place of
Elizabeth B. (Kenyon) Wilkinson, wife
OF Alfred Hall Wilkinson, and Mary
5. (Kenyon) Mcdonnell, wife of Thomas
f. |. Mcdonnell. open house" was kept
on Tuesday afternoon for the benefit
of the South County Cottage Hospital.
near the Pier, founded and fostcred by
Miss Caroline Hazard, formerly presi-
dent of Wellesley College.
The name King Tom Farm" is sig
nific0nt II ia fipo old Colonial WON
sion, the main part of which was built
by King Thomas Ninigret, monarch Of
the Narragansett Indians, in 1850
The house came into possession Of
the Kenyon family in 1878. and since
that time has been occupied by the
members of the family in direct line
for five generations. More than 200
motored to the place from Narragan-
sett Pier, Watch Hill and elsewhere.
Among them were Professor Irving
Fisher, of Yale College; Miss Car
Hazard, Mrs Rowland Hazard, Mrs.
Frank w. Crowningshield. Mrs. Samuel
NJ. Nicholson. Mr.. and Mrs. II. Nelson
Campbell, Miss Helen Campbell AID
the Rev. and Mrs. Philip M. Prescott
Tea was served on the lawn by Mrs.
William S. Richardson, of New York,
and punch in the rock garden by Miss
Priscilla Smith, of Salem, and Miss
NJ. Helen Capron, of Providence.
DR.. J. Duncan Emmett, Miss Mary
Van Buren, Vanderpoel, Mrs. F. H.
Prince, Miss Edith Blanc, Mrs. James
C. Bergen and Miss Jane Sands. all of
New York, will remain at the Massa-
soft for the early autumn, this hotel
planning to keep open into October.
Mrs. w. S. Gilbert, of New York, has
arrived at the Massasoit for an OK
tended stay.