The New York herald., 1922-09-03
Special Dispatch to THE NEW Yo.K HrrAr,

oOUTHAMPTON, IL. l., sept. =.
n EUCH that was agreeable and
MI a few drawbacks of weather
= marked the waning season
during the last week. Even the three
days of rain that began last Saturday
had it's amusing features. Marooned
as were practically all the members
of the colony in their comfortable
villas, bridge took the place of golf,
lawn tennis and sea bathing, and the
dinners of Saturday night were con-
Quoted with difficulty, as at the time
when most guests were seated the
electric current was suddenly cut off
and entire houses were in darkness.
Then there were slSirmishes for lamps
and candles. In one house there were
only six candles for a dinner party of
twenty-six
The Meadow Brook Club was better
Supplied than the houses, and when the
electric current failed candles. of which
there were plenty in the club. were hur-
ricdly substituted and the effect In the
ball room was picturesque.
There was glorious sunshine for the
final day of the struggle at the Ma
tional for supremacy between the Ameri-
can and British golf teams. 1t Is in
ttresting to note that the first incor-
porated golf club in the United States
was the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. and
beyond a doubt father of that sport in
this country was Samuel l.. Parrish.
whose interests in life include. in addi-
ton to such a sport. his devotion to the
fine arts and languages. The club was
started in 1891 and although the game
had MIA N
Yonkers no properly constructed links
had been laid out The National Golf
Club. monument of the ingenuity of
Charles Blair Macdonald, is of recent
construction.
The scene there last Tuesday was one
long to be remembered. The gallery Of
unusual numbers that followed the con-
tcstants about the course showed to
greater advantage on the green where
there was a spirited and colorful mass
cf men and women, whose costumes dis
played nearly every color under the sun.
There were in the gathering several
thousand persons. There was an inter-
esting ceremonial In the clubhouse after
the match had been declared won by the
American team, and Mrs. ]. Fred Byers
presented the cups.
Dance ut Golf Club.
The dance given last Saturday night
by Mr.. and Mrs. Byers at the Shinnccock
Hills Golf Club for the visiting golf
teams was one of the notable events OF
tho season and II was fortunate for all
that the club was in the zone I'm which
the electric lights had not suffered. Iliu-
limitations were placed about the veran-
das. thus giving a decided cheer to the
approaching guests.
Tomorrow nights big outdoor theater
party for the performance of Balien' $
"Chauve-Souris" In the garden OF the
Parrish Art Museum will form a fitting
climax to the so-called season" While
the floating population will depart inn
mediately after Labor Day, Southamp-
ton will offer to those who have villas
an inducement TO remain and enjoy
what they call the real Southampton,
with its freedom from the responsibility
of looking after friends. save at the end
OF the week and with the weather that
IS sure to come there will be the full
enjoyment Of the late summer and early
autumn days.
There Is In store a right royal well
como for Mr.. Balieff and the members
OF his Russian company, who will ar
rive here tomorrow under tho watchful
eye OF Morris Gest Miss Clara Lee,
with the assistance of her sister. Miss
Helen Lee, and Miss Cornelia Living
ston, has mustered automobiles to meet
the company at the Southampton Rail-
road station and they will be motored
about the place by young men and
women OF the colony who are compe-
tent enough to be intrusted with artists
so valuable TO the community at large.
Setting to he Unique.
There has been constructed in the
museum garden n well appointed stage
which will have ali the appurtenances
necessary to tho performance. while
the general setting with its Old
World air will be unique. The financial
outlook Is way ahead of expectations;
all of the thirty boxes at 500 each
having been disposed of. the rest of the
seating capacity having been sold In
advance. The beneficiary will be the
Rogers Memorial Library. The pro-
gram prepared has somo of the most
interesting features OF the two bills
presented In the New York PERFORM
ances and will include such favorte
numbers as THE Parade of the Wooden
Soldiers" "Katinka." and ''Babi." The
souvenir programs. which have been
printed from the original color plates
that cost Mr.. Gest q small fortune to
prepare for his own theatcr. will net a
handsome sum and they viii be sold
by a corps of young women headed
by Mrs. Goodhue Livingston, Jr.. whose
assistants will be Misses Clara and
Helen Lee. cornella Livingston. Jean
and Charlotte Potter. Betty Tlammill.
Caroline and Kate Prentice, Priscilla
Allen. sister OF Mrs. Livingston, who viii
be among the debutantes Of the winter;
Elin Mackay, Florence Earles Johnson
and Josephine Dodge.
Those who have secured boxes are
Mines. Thomas III. Barber, Peter B.
wyckoff. Goodhuo Livingston. Henry r.
Bes, Rufus l.. Patterson. John T.. Ber-
wind. Frederick A. Snow. Robert NJ.
Thompson, George It. Maxwell, Joseph
IT, Dilworch. Percy IL. Stewart. James
j.. Barclay. Henry +. du Pont. Her
man Dierks, William w. Wilcox.
George Leary, Eugene Clifford Grace,
Edward p. Mellon, Duncan Ellsworth.
willard Walsh. Arthur II. Claflin.
Charles r. Barney. Robert Waller. John
III. Prentice. Charles Il. Mitchell, Alvin
w. Krech and Riley Miles Gilbert: also
Mr. Samuel T.. Parrish and Clarence III.
niackay. Purchasers OF seats. none Of
which will bc reserved, include leading
yrcmpcrs OF the permanent and summer
colony of Southampton as well as OF
tho other Hampions. Should there be
enclement weather arrangements have
been made TO give the performance in
doors
Mr.. Robert Thompson Pell. elder son
cf Mr.. and Mrs. stephen II. p. PelI,
who will marry Miss Alice Harding