New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-30
Senator Poindexter
And Wife ON Social
Visit to Newport
Guests of Capt. and Mrs.
Sem; Orphanage Benefit
to Net $4,000; Yachting,
Tennis Events Next Week
Special Dispatch to Tho Tribune

NEWPORT, r. l., July 29.-Senator
and Mrs. Miles Polndexter are here
for visit. They arrived to-day and
while here will stay with Captain
Thomas J. Sem, commandant of the
Naval Torpedo Station, and Mrs. Semi
1t was thought in some quarters that
the Senator, who is acting chairman
of the Committee on Naval Affairs,
had come in somewhat official ca
pacity, but the statement was given
out that he is here solely for a social
visit and rest.
Tomorrow they will be Joined by
their son, Lieutenant Gale A. Poindex-
ter, and Lieutenant Elliott M. Sem,
son Of Captain and Mrs. Sem. The
young naval men will come from New
London, where. they have been at
tached to the submarine base. They
will be assigned to submarine COM
mand.
1t was announced this morning that
the receipts Of the lawn fate for the
benefit Of St. Mary's Orphanage, held
at the summer home of General and
Mrs. W. E. Wilder on Wednesday, will
be at least $4,000.
Giving further evidence Of the in
creasing interest at the Casino this
season is the announcement that there
will be two championship courts for the
tennis tournaments. Formerly, even in
the days when the national champion
ships were played here, there was only
one championship court for both sim
be a separate court for both forms
of the game.
The draw for the invitation tourna-
ment to begin on Monday, will be made
tomorrow by the tennis committee Of
which Craig Biddle is chairman. He
is at the Longwood tournament, but
will return here tonight.
Visitors began to arrive to-day for
the yachting and tennis, the vessels
of the New York Yacht Club being
due to arrive tomorrow for the races
off Newport the first of the week. With
these events the lieveliest week of TIE
summr is looked for.
Kenneth p. Budd is the guest of MI.
and Mrs. Delaney Kane Jay. DR.. and
Mrs. W. B. James of New York are
Jos. Clark Baldwin of Mt. Kisco will
be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. W. Goadby
Loew. Condo Mast has as his guest,
Frank Crowningshield. Miss Alice B.
Cole is the guest of Mrs. Howard L.
Clark. Bishop Charles Fiske, of Cen
trail New York, is visiting DR.. and Mrs.
Henry Barton Jacobs.
Mr.. Baker, father of Mrs. W. Goadby
Loew. arrived to-day to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Loew. He has just completed a
five weeks motor trip from Woodshole.
Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings gave a
luncheon to-day, also Mrs. George
Henry Warren.
Many members of the summer colony
after early dinners this evening at
tended the opening performance of
"The Idlers Of 1921" at the Casino
Theater.
Vincent Astor returned here yester-
day after a short cruise on his yacht.
Registering at the Hilltop Inn to-day
were Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey H. Robert.
son. of Greenwich, Conn; Mrs. w. J.
Crowder and Miss Crowder, of Phila-
delphia.
c. H. Hollies has completed his stay
at the Muenchinger King and returned
to New York.
Mrs. Rufus 2. Johnston arrived to-
day from Washington.
Mrs. George Howard, who has been
at the Hilltop for several weeks, de-
parted to-day for Beverly Farms, Mass.
Registering at the New Cliffs to-day
were Mrs L. F. Blanckenberg, wife of
the former Mayor of Philadelphia; Mrs.