New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
Navy Dance and Ball Game
Lead Events at Newport
Clfy Officials and Members of Summer Colony Meet
ON Diamond for he Benefit of Maternity Aid
Organizations OF the Resort and of New York

Mrs. Charles NJ. Thomas, president;
Mrs. William Snowden Sims, Mrs. r.
Livingston Beeckman, Mrs. Edward j
Berwind, Mrs. Charles A. Child Mrs
William Grosvenor, Mrs. Arthur Curtiss
James, Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs, Mrs
David lie Breton, Mrs. John Morse
Mrs. Edward II. H. Old, Mrs. Alexan-
der Hamilton Rice, Mrs. Louise Bea-
trce Scott and Mrs. George C. Thorpe
The annual contest for the golf cu1
offered in 1898 by the Count d Turin
to members of the Newport Country
Club for thirty-six- hole medal play
handicap was held yesterday with {
large entry list
Newport will miss Mrs. Paul Fitz-
Simons, who sailed this week from
New York with her husband for Peru
where Mr. FitzSimons is to be mem
Der of a naval commission which viii
study conditions in the South Ameri
can republics for two years. Mrs. Fitz
Simons's son, William Henry Wander
bilt, sailed with his mother, but he is
returning soon to this country to con
tinue his studies at school in Arizona
Newport this week became a station
Of the aerial passenger service which
was recently established between New
York and Boston, an aero limousine
accommodating twelve passengers, ar.
service on Tuesday. On Wednesday
the machine took a party down to
Southampton for the tennis tourna-
ment, among those on board being Mrs
Vincent Aston, Mr.. and Mrs. II. P. Rus.
sell. DR.. Tomas A. LIE Breton, the Ar
gentine Ambassador, and DR.. Felipe A
Espil, secretary of the embassy. Among
others who have booked passage to
and from Newport through the all
are Misses Suzanne and Emily Pier
son and Governor r. Livingston
Beeckman.
Reading Room Elects Officers
After serving as president of the
Newport Reading Room for ten years
George Peabody Wetmorc declined pc.
election this year, and at the annua
meeting of the club on Tuesday his
place was filled by the election of John
Thompson Spencer Two board of gov.
ernors vacancies were filled by the cleo
ton of Reginald C. Vanderbilt and Ed
ward C. Knight. For the regular cleo
ton to the board OF governors the stock
holders recently elected Mr.. Spencer
Bradford Norman, Walker Breese
Smith and Henry Barton Jacobs.
Mrs. William S. Sims, who is county
commissioner of the Girls Scouts here
abouts, gave a luncheon on Wednesday
for Mrs. Jane Dexter Rippin, national
director of the Girl Scouts of America
The summer diplomatic colony was in
creased by the arrival Of the Argentine
Ambassador, DR.. Tomas A. lie Breton
from Washington, who has been at the
Hill Top Inn, where he gave a luncheon
on Tuesday. DR.. Felipe A Espil, secre-
tary of the embassy, also arrived.
The Right Rev. Herbert Bury, Bishop
of Northern and Central Europe, who
has been visiting in the villa colony this
summer, spoke Thursday at the resi-
dence of DR.. anu Mrs. Henry Barton
Jacobs on his experiences in Germany
during the war, he being the only Eng
lish clergyman allowed within the Ger.
man lines.
Miss Helen Watson Phelps gave a tea
Tuesday, being assisted in receiving by
Mrs. Rosemary Mundy.
The Italian Ambassador and Nine
Avezzano, for whom Mrs. Jerome N
Bonaparte entertained Monday at din
ner, gave a dance to their Newport
friends this evening at their summer
home at Ochre Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Powsl| Cozzens
entertained Wednesday with an informa
dance at their home. "Old Acresn