The New York herald., 1921-07-27
Shinnecock Indians Hold Sale of
NeedIewOrk at Southampton Villa
Mrs. Alexander Harvey Tiers
Gives Dinner at the Meadow
Club.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD
SOUTHAMPTON. N. Y. July 2S.-At
Red Croft, the place of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles G. Francklyn. there was held
this morning and afternoon a sale OF
needle work made by Indian women and
girls of the Government reservation at
Shinnecock Hills.
These women have been instructed in
their artistic work by Misses Doris
Francklyn and Agnes Keyes and their
handiwork not only is ornamental but
useful. Miss Rosalie Coe and little NADIA
de Braganza, daughter of the Princess
Miguel de BraEganza, helped at the sale.
which was held on the lawn, the en-
broideries being placed on tables under
the fine old locust trees of the place.
Through the efforts of Miss Franck-
lyn and Miss Keyes these descendants of
the ancient tribe of Shinnecock Indians
are able to earn livelihood and even
their children are being taught to make
the cut and drawn work after old Italian
designs.
among those who patronized the sale
were Princess de Braganza, Mrs. James
w. Gerard. Miss Hetty Parrish. Mrs.
James l.. Barclay, Mrs. Alexander Har-
vey Tiers, Mrs. Edward H. Johnson. Mrs.
Henry r. Coe, Miss Emily Gross, Mrs.
Thomas H. Barber, Mrs. Schuyler Neil
son, Mrs. Julian w. Robbins, Mrs.
James F. Fargo, Mrs. George A. II.
Churchill Miss Anne Townsend. Mrs.
b. Aymar Sands, Mrs. Rawson L. Wood,
Mrs. Arthur B. Clafiin, Mrs. William AL
len Putnam, Mrs. Edward de Rose and
do
future work we're given. which will in
sure the women occupation for the win
ter.
Mrs. Tiers Gives Dinner.
Mrs. Tiers, who is here for brief
visit, gave a dinner at the Meadow Club.
Miss Zella de Milhau gave a shore
dinner last night at her bungalow at
Montauk Point for Mrs Daniel c. Sands.
who arrived few days ago from Ben
ton, Middleburg, Va. Other guests in
cluded Mrs. Harry Frost and Miss Alice
Jones' who came from the South with
Mrs. Sands; Mrs. Clendenin J. Ryan,
Miss Ruth Stillman. Miss Beatrice Pratt.
and Mrs. Henry James.
Miss Mildred Stillman, who has been
here with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph F. Stillman. for some weeks. will
u
the Rotterdam to remain until the au-
tumn.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hayward Drayton Sd
will arrive next week to visit Mrs. Arents
Humphreys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent S. Milford will
give a dinner at the Grapevines on
Thursday night for Gen. Charles /. de
Bevoise and Thomas Symington.
One Of the features at the Village
Street Fair of August IL will be the
booth for palmistry. over which will pre-
side Mrs. Frederic Van Lennep. who Is
an adept In this art.
Mrs. George r. Maxwell who is one
of the most accomplished amateur palm
lists here. had been requested to give a
special talk on the art some time before
the fair. Tickets will be sold the pro-
ceeds to be devoted to the expenses Of
the fair. Among those who will assist
Mrs. Van Lennep in addition to Mrs.
Maxwell are Mrs. Jerome NJ Bonaparte.
Mrs. James l.. Breese, Mrs Ten Brock
Terhune Miss Elena Olloqui. Mrs j.
Alden Talbot and Miss Ruth Stillman.
Luncheon for Mrs. McKenna.
Mrs. George Leary will give a fare
well luncheon at Hawthorne House to-
morrow for Mrs. Edward McKcnna, who
will return to New York the following
day.
On August 4 Mrs Alexander Stewart
Walker and Mrs. Newell w. Tilton will
give a tea in Memorial Hall to mark the
opening Of an exhibit of recent portraits
ty Mr. Albert Sterner The portraits
will include those of Mrs. Walker. Mrs.
William X. Vanderbilt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and Mrs.
George Nichols.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard c. Brokaw
have Joined the colony for few days.
They are stopping at the Meadow Club.
Mr. and Mrs. George Brooke of Phila-
delphia have taken house here for the
latter half Of the season. They are ac-
compa MED by Mrs. Brooke's daughter
Miss Lucille Carter.
Dinners of tomorrow night will be
given by Mrs Henry A. Coster. Mrs. j.
Couper Lord, Mrs. Irwin A. Powell and
Mrs. George T. Maxwell.
Mrs. Turnbull Oelrichs and her daugf-
ter, Miss Marjorie de L. Oelrichs. will
come from Newport on Friday for a
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Brown
at Ivy Lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Gerard are
giving a dinner next Sunday at Meadow
Mere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Ely Chambers
will come here on August 4 and will be
with his parents. DR.. and Mrs. p. Flew
ellen Chambers, at Bon Acre for the re-
mainder of the month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Proctor returned
to-day to watermill after visit of a
fortnight with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Proctor in Bar Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fritz Byers are CIV
ing n dinner on Saturday and another
dinner of that night will be given by
Assistant Attorney General and Mrs. w.
w. hoppin.
Mrs. George Washington Curtis will
give a dinner on Friday evening. An
other dinner of that night will be given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund g. Twining.
Mrs. Jonathan Thorne and Mrs. Lyt-
tIeton Fox went to New York to-day to
arrange for some OF the details OF the
fair to be held on August IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman ID. Kountze.
Miss Elizabeth Kountze and Mr.. Palmer
ID. Kountze will come from New York
Saturday and occupy the Irving Terry
cottage for the month Of August.