New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Palm Beach Il Cav
With Dinners and
Masquerade Balls
C'ocoanut Grove Is To Be
Transformed Into IA Min.
iature Palais Royal for
Dancing Party Friday
Special Dispatch so The Tribune


Fischer, who in the North Is CON
stuetion engineer, forsakes this to
come to Florida to assemble such
Jazz band as has not been heard here
in years. He has engaged the Cocoanut
Grove for a dancing party on next Fri
day night, and will make it minia-
ture Palais Royal, with spotlights
thrown from the four corners upon the
dancers, and all sorts of unique diver
easements. Joseph Ritter gave mu-
steal this week, and had Nine. DIAL
varez to sing for his guests, and there
were costume balls in the exquisite
setting of the Everglades Club and in
the Country Club.
Palm Beach anticipates the arrival
OF several visitors of note during the
winter. Prince Alfonso de Bourbon, q
cousin Of the King of Spain, is expect
pany Of H. di Mesa, of Cuba, and also
to arrive there is Lady Henry. wife of
Sir Charles Henry, of London, and
daughter of the late Leonard Lewisohn,
OF New York
Sir Ashley Sparks, head of the
Cunard Steamship Line, in New York,
and Lady Sparks, who have spent sew
1ral weeks at The Breakers, have de-
parted for Savannah and Asheville.
Lady Rothermere, wife of Niscount
Rothermere, who is a younger brother
of Lord Northcliffe, is to spend part
Of the season in Palm Beach upon her
return to this country from Honolulu
and Japan, where she went last No
vember following a stay Of several
weeks at White Sulphur Springs.
Lake Worth is filled with yachts and
houseboats of all sizes and there is
much entertaining on board. Colonel
James Elverson, of Philadelphia, is liv-
ing on board his houseboat, the Golden
and is one of the finest houseboats
here. Colonel and Mrs. Elverson start
ed Sunday for Stuart to spend two days
fishing. John Green, of New York;
Mrs. Henry Sampson and District At
torney Samuel ROtan, of Pennsylvania,
were among their guests.
Among other boats here are the
Helen Louise, Vincent B. Hubbell, of
New York, owner; the Chelsea, John
Masquerader, a beautiful new house
boat built for Caleb Bragg, of New
York, on which he is living; the
Scurry, Edward Grocer, Of Philadel-
phia, owner; the Sinbad, L. Gordon
Hamersley, of New York, owner; the
Luneta, Colonel Stephen /. II. Slocum,
Of Washington, owner; Ensign II, l..
l.. briggs, owner, and the Four Winds,
Samuel NJ. Nicholson, of Providence,
owner.
Jack Rutherfurdy Of New York, has
the Granada in commission and has
been living on board.
Bernard 81. Baruch is expected from
Stuart, where he Is now hshing, to
visit Palm Beach on board his msgniA-
cent new houseboat, the Nameoka,
which Is on her maiden trip.
Many dinners were given at the
Everglades Club when President-elece
given by Harry A. Daugherty. Among
those asked from the colony here were
Colonel William Boyce Thompson, L.
Leonard Replogle, Joshua Cosden,
Joseph Ritter, Andrew Fulton-Fulton
and the members of the Harding party,
who had all lunched at Mr.. Riter's es
tate at noon before playing golf at the
Country Club.
In Difference to Mr.. Harding's ex-
pressed wishes, no demonstration over
hiE arrival was made, but he received
several persons informally and well
coined many friends to his yacht, which
lay off the Poinciana dock.
Mrs. Henry Seligmap entertained at
"a farewell dinner ror DR.. Robert A.
Black who, with Mrs, Black, has been
spending some time with her at her
w. Savage on the Dorinda. The Do
rinda has been chartered by Frank
Bovine Jones' for William Hamlin
Childs, of New York.
Mrs. Edward r. Stotesbury has 80
beautified Ell Mirasol this season with
the addition of much rare furniture
from Italy and Spain that it now runs
n close race with the Deering palace
at Miami. With Mrs. Stotesbury are
Mr.. and Mrs. James II. r. Cromwell
and Mr.. Stotesbury, who arrived this
week.
Harold s. Vanderbilt has returned
here from New York
Among this Palm Beach colony enter
tanning this week at luncheons and
dinners were Mrs. Charles Harding,
Mrs. Jerome N. Bonaparte, Maxwell
Norman. Mr.. and Mrs. William K. Thaw
3D., Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Work, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence M. Busch, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paris Singer, Mr.. and Mrs. John c.
King, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre l.. Barley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Seligman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward r. Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lyman B. Kendall, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Harry Brown, who entertained for
Ambassador David r. Francis and Will
liam Mcneil Rodewald; Mr.. and Mrs.
w dllet D. MlLCHeA ana MT. ana MrS.
]. S. Cosden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis G. Kaufman. of
New York, arrived at the Villasonia
this week for the season.
Paris Singer returned from Cali
fornia this week, accompanied by Lieu
tenant and Mrs. Pat Singer.
Harry S. Black passed through Palm
Beach on his private car en- route for
Miami, where ne will spend month.
He was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Gustav ]. s. White, who stopped here
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Quentin
Jones before proceeding to Miami,
where they will join Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael NJ. Van Beuren on cruise
along the keys.
Thursday and Sunday evenings will
be gala nights at the Everglades Club
during the season, as dinner dances
attract 8 throng of members and
guests. Living at the club now are
Nr. and Mrs. Norman de R. White
house, Major and Mrs. Barclay War
burton, Miss Mary Brown Warburton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo E. Woodhouse,
Dr. and Mrs. A. Sherman Downs, Mr.
aud Mrs c. Cecil Singer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Lowber Welsh, Commodore
and Mrs. Edgar r. Luckenbach, Miss
Luckenbach, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Titus,
Mr.. aud Mrs. Charles Wright Guth-
eridge, Blaine Webb and Mr.. and Mrs.
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