New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-20
Kingston Throngs
To See Dedication
Of New Playhouse
CALI urci Theater Will Be
Opened Friday Evening
at Margaretville; Histori-
cal Meet at Lake Mohonk
speo,a, Dispatch 20 The Trtbu,,,

KINGSTON, N. Y, Aug. 19.-Mar-
earetville's new playhouse, which has
been under construction for some
months, will be dedicated next Friday
evening. 1t has been named the CALI
Curci Theater, In honor of the great
diva, who Is building beautiful $780,
600 mountain home on one Of the
loftiest peaks In the Catskill Noun
tains. Nine. Galli-Curci will be pres
emit at the dedication, and the pro-
gram will include some famous artists.
Nine. Estelle Liebling, prima donna
who has made Margaretyille her sum-
mer home for several years, will APP
pear.
The annual meeting Of the New York
State Historical Association will be
held at Lake Mohonk on September 26.
~ and %, and a fine program is being
arranged for the sessions. Supreme
Court Justice G. B. B. Hasbrouck, of
Kingston. is president of the associa-
ton. The literary program will in
clude the following addresses: "Indian
Customs" by DR.. w. r. Blackie; "The
Orphans Court" by State Archivist A.
J. F. Van Laer; sold Dutch Churches"
by Mr.. Vosburg; "The Hudson School
Of Painting: The Appreciation of the
Gatskill Landscape" BY Professor John
Erskine; EARLY Huguenots and Their
Houses" by Mrs. Niehaus; "The High
way System of the State" by Mr..
George A. Blauvelt; "Cowboys and
SINNERS" by Mr.. w. d. Hardaway jr.:
THE Genesis and Development Of the
Early Temperance Movement in New
York. by Professor John A. Kraut, and
The Navy in New York in the Revo-
lution," by Rear Admiral Francis J.
Higginson, U. S. N. (retired).
The annual Delaware County picnic
and outing will be held at Delhi on
Wednesday, while the big attraction in
the shawangunks will be the annual
Ulster County Agricultural Society
fair at Ellenville, which opens Tues
day. In the Catskills the annual fair
Of the Greene County Agricultural
Society opens Tuesday at Cairo
The annual convention of the Della
ware County White Ribboners will be
held in Delhi on Tuesday, and Mrs.
Ella A. Boole, president at-large
Of the National Womans Christian
Temperance Union and president of
the New York State Women's Chris
tan Temperance Union, will be the
principal speaker.
The ball at the Hotel Tallahassee at
Fleischmann's for the benefit Of the
Home Of the Daughters of Jacob, of
New York, was a big success and over
$1,000 was Melted. This afternoon the
Belle Ayre Camp at Fleischmann's is
staging a pageant for the benefit Of
the Russian Relief. The pageant is
under the direction Of Miss Florence
Kohosaff.
Mr.. John Herman Loud, composer
and orgaGist of national reputation, q
Fellow of the American Guild of Or
ganists and president Of the National
Association Of Qrganists, is now at
Lake Mohonk.
Athletic sports are playing a promi-
nent part in the life at the popular
summer resort. In the recent bowling
contest Mrs. J. NJ. Emery and F. C.
Rowley were the winners. The golf
putting contest the past week was won
by Miss Lillian Gest and E. A. E,veritt.
The indoor obstacle putting contest
was won by Miss Esther Armstrong
and Edward Schmalz
August days are proving delightful
in the Catskill and Shawangunk re-
gion and there was steady inflow of
vacatlonists the last week coming by
steamboat, train and auto.
Baseball is proving as popular as
ever and all of the summer resorts have
teams. Tannersville and Stamford are
arranging series of games with the
Kingston Colonials, who last season
won the semi-professional Champion
ship of this section Of the state