New-York tribune., 1921-07-31
Narragansett Pier
Season Gets Busy
AS July Nears End
Colony Looks Forward to.
Brilliant Events Beginning
With Month of August;
Polo Tourney TO Open
special Dispctca to The Tribune

Specsdt D5spctch to The Tribane
NARRAGANSETT PIER, July 80
The end of July finds Narragansett's
season approaching it's height and the
srmmer colony now looks forward to
a succession of brill.an. events which
will be ushered in by the month of
August. Wednesday afternoon, August
5, has been fixed as the date of the
aHnual bridge tournament at the
Casino for the benefit of the Village
Improvement. Society, of which Miss
Sarah l.. Baldwin, CT Baltimore, is
president. Prominent women of the
villa colony compose the membership
OF the society. which exists for the
purpose of keeping the streets clean
and attractive, for the elimination of
mosquitoes and for the cultivation of
civic pride.
Mrs. William Davis Miller, OF
"W Waitelands." Kingston, as chairman
of the committee for the Forthcoming
tournament is the leading spirit in
the promotion of the affair, and the
other members Of toe committee are
Mrs. John Churchill, of Louisville, and
Mrs. James G. Blaine. Another bril-
lisnt event of August will be the an
nual costume bail at the Casino. The
date is Saturday, August 20.
nc marty Dali, tne HrSt large
ball of the season given at the Casino
on Friday night for the benefit of the
rector's relief fund of St. Peter's-by-
the-Sea was the outstanding social
event of the last week. The patron
esses were: Mrs. B. H. Bristow Draper,
Hopedale, Mass; Mrs. David S. Baker,
Mrs. Samuel II. Valentine, Mis-. Charles
Hitchcock Mrs. S. Hinman Bird, Mrs.
Henry B. Kane, Mrs. Peter A. Porter,
Mrs. George H. Naphen, Mrs. H. P.
Vorhees, New York; Mrs. Isaac E:
Poor. Mrs. Ernest Wilkinson, Mrs.
Philip NJ. Prescott, Washington; Mrs.
Saunders P. Jones, Louisville. KY;
Mrs. Thomas Harvey Dougherty, Mrs.
Frank Samuel, Mrs. John c. Norris,
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Irving II.
Chase, Waterbury, Conn.
Another notable social event of the
week was the meeting OF the Monday
Bridge, OF which Mrs. Franl: Samuels,
of Philadelphia, is president, at the
Point Judith Country Club. Thirty
was served at midnight. The host
esses of the evening were Mrs. Edward
L. Welsh, of Philadelphia and Shadow
Farm, and her daughter, Mrs. Caryl
Roberts.
Philip S. T. Randolph, president of
the Point Judith Polo Club, has an
nounced plans for the polo tournament
to open at the club tom orrow, August
1, and to continue the rest of the
month. This will be one of the best
tournaments that has been held at
are expected from Rumson, Meadow
Brook, Bryn Mawr, Myopia, Dedham,
Eatontown and the army. Several
local teams will be entered
The Polo Club will give its usual large
assortment of handsome silver cups to
the victors, including the Rathborne
Memorial Cup, given by Mrs. j. C. Ratn-
borne, of Harvey, La, in memory of
her husband. the late j. C. Rathborne,
famous polo player. Other cups to
be presented will be the army and navy
cups, the Atlantic cups, open cham
pionship and the Point Judith chal-
lenge cups. The following players are
now here and have been playing prac-
tice games four times a week: Angus
tus +. Goodwin and Quincy A. Shaw
I'd, of the Myopia Hunt, of Massachu-
setts; William Grosvenor, Frederick
Haserick, Carl Foster, C. F. Clarke and
DR.. Stronk and Gerald Dempsey, of the
Dedham teams, of Ma ssachusetts; also
John "; Converse. of the Bryn Mawr
team; Philip S. ?. Randolph sr Philip
S. P. Randolph jr. and John R. Fell, Of
the Point Judith team. The polo fields
where the games are to be played are
among the finest in the country.
Naragansett Pier Hotel
Owners Form Association
The hotel men of Narragansett have
formed an organization and will work
in conjunction with the Narragansets
Improvement Association. and the Mar
ragansett Village Improvement Society,
the latter of which is composed of
prominent women of the summer col
ony, with Miss Sarah r. Baldwin presi
dent James f. Galbrey, proprietor of
the Imperial, was chosen as the execu-
tive head of the association and Henry
w. I. Dutton of Green Inn, secretary
treasurer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Rocker,
of Providence, formerly of New York.
have returned to Crystal Spring Farm
on Kingstown Road, which they are
occupying Tor the summer from visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Maurice
Congdcn at their place in Bristol, r. l.