New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
Lake Placid Colony
May Buy Forest to
Stop Destruction
Shore Owners Association
to- Aid State i'm Purchase of
Mt. ST. Armand Tract;
$4,000 Needed i'm Plan

Placid Shore Owners Association WILL
contribute many thousands of dollars
to enable tho state 20 acquire tract
of about enc hundred acres now threat
ened by the lumber interests. The
condition, which has been brought to
the attention Of Conservation Com
missioner Staley was reviewed at
meeting Of the trustees Of the asse-
cation last Saturday and immediate
and definite action was decided on.
Just how much the seventy wealthy
members of the association would BE-
called on to contribute cannot now be
eiete rmined. but the whole purchase
would probably involve $4,000 or
more. Two years ago. the assocla-
ton. Of which Professor Edwin r. A.
Seligman, of Columbia University, Is
president, raised $4,000 for the pur-
chase of forest tract near the presen.
one, then threatened with denudation.
Progress in the present case will be
reported at the annual meeting of the
association in August. New members
admitted at the meeting Of the trus-
tees are Louis F. Hall, DR.. ]. Bret
tauer, New York; H. B. Good, New
ark; Miss Laura verrans Washing
ton.
At meeting of the Lake Placid
Yacht Club held last Saturday it was
along broader lines. DR.. Henry L..
Marcy jr., of Brookline, Mass, has re-
signed the Office of commodore and
A. L. D. Warner, Of New York. was
appointed his successor. DR.. Marcy
was appointed secretary to succeed
William j. McConvill, Of Brooklyn,
resigned, and c. Bahnsen. of Passaic,
N. j., is treasurer. Committee ap-
pointrnents announced Monday by
Commodore Warner make DR.. Marcy
chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee and S. Hudson Chapman, for
merry chairman Of that committee, the
head Of the yacht committee.
Cottagcrs Arrive IN Numbers;
Many Are Playing Host
Walton Clark and family, of New
York, recently arrived and have opened
Camp Abenaki for the season.
The Rev. and Mrs. R. F. Norton, of
Lawrence, L. l., have returned from .
Canadian trip and are at their Lake
Placid camp with their daughter and
son, Miss Star Norton and and Alvin
Norton.
Sobel Silverstone, of New York, is
recent arrival. joining his family,
who occupy cottage for the season.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George j.
Hamlin greatly enjoyed the musical
tea given at their Signal Hill villa
last Sunday afternoon. The Rev.
Charles H. Parkhurst was among
those present. Vocal selections were
by MT: Hamlin and his daughter. Miss
Anna Hamlin.
Miss Hazel Seligman is entertainin,
Miss Barbara vanning, Of New York,
at Camp Askenonta, the Lake Placid
camp of her father, Professor Edwin
Il. A. Seligman, of Columbia University
William j. Spain, Of New York, has
returned, joining his family at Villa
Espagnola, on Grand View Heights.
The Rev. Newell Dwight Hills was
among the recent arrivals, joining MI.
and Mrs. Percy Flrber, of Brooklyn, at
the Lake Placid Club.
Sojourners at the Stevens Eouse are
interested in a series of clock golf
matches for men and women. In the
first OF the series Miss Katherine Nc
Cosker. Of Brooklyn, was the winner of
the prize for women. defeating her sis
ter, Miss Margaret McCosker. 2 and 1
IN the finals. Colonel Fl. H. Treadwel!
OF New York, wa, the winner among
the men, defeating A. Kurt, of New
York and 2 in the finals. Ernest r.
Cook. of New York, gave Colone!
TreadweE lively fight in the semi
hnai, seventeen holes being played be-
fore the latter finished / UP.
DR.. j. NJ Penicket and Eugene Nc
earthly, of New York, were winners of
the tennis tournament at the Stevens
House. defeating Walter Erion and
John Hamlin, of New York, by the I'M
usual score of Cd, 1871, rs. 6-3.
In the swimming events of the week
at the Stevens House the honors have
been captured by the Misses Ethel and
Florence M. Farmer and Miss A. Catog-
gio, of New York.
New Workers Register ut
Stevens House for Sojourn
Among those from New York recently
arrived for sojourn of several week 9
at the Stevens House are Ernest F.
Cook and daughter, Miss Muriel Cook:
G. NJ. cambridge. jr, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
II. Charles, Miss Charles, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Brown, the Rev. Philip Brady.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Taylor and family
and Mr.. Taylor's brother, John n. Tay.
Tor; Miss Ruth A. Squire, Mr.. and Mr..
P. A. Mccarthy and son, Eugene Nc
Carthy.
Mrs. G. w. Mcclelland, Of New York,
has iess.d Paradox jr. cottage at the
stevens House and is entertaining Miss
Edna McGrath, also of New York.
More than 100 of the sojourners at
Whiteface Inn and in the nearby camps
joined in the moonlight trip about Lake
Placid aboard the steamer Doris on
Tuesday evening in aid of the White
face Inn tubercular fund. Mrs. j. ].
Sweeney WAS in charge Of the event,
and stop was made at Undercliff
Casino for dance and marshmallow
roast.
Entrants in Friday evenings carnival
81 lanterns, which was another Of the
features Of the week at Whiteface
Inn, included many Of the sojourners
at the inn and camp owners and oceu-
pants. The reviewing stand was at
the Whiteface Inn dock
AT Camp 1nwood, formerly the sum
nler camp of the late Chief Justice
White at Whiteface Inn, Mr.. and Mrs.
William F. Hoffman, of East Orange.
are entertaining Mrs. A. H. Towle.
Miss Towle and Miss Esteile Osborn,
all of East Orange.
Captain and Mrs. f. E. Jones, Miss
Eleanor Jones and Master Fred Jones,
of Greenwich, Conn. are sojourners ~
previous seasons recently returned to
Whsseface Inn.
Mr.. and Mrs: H. r.. Kunhardt and
W. y. kunhardt, James B. Sheridan
ana Donald Sheridan, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Ryon. Miss Ryon, Mrs. J. r.
Geery, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Fl. Van
hrunt and family are others from New
fors recently returned for the season
at Whiteface Inn. Others from New
YORK among recent arrivals there are