New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
Casino Audience to See
Women's Invitation Sin.
giles and Doubles Tour.
ney Played This Week
Lawn Fete Takes
Place at Lansrnere
Flying Continues To Be
Diversion for Number
Of Noted Society Guests
Special Dispatch 10 The Trsburs

THE Newport Casino occupied
the center of the stage with a
number of activities this
week, while the women's invitation
singles and doubles tournament,
which will be contested on Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday, will mark
the first big event there this season.
Mrs. Barger Wallach, chairman Of
the women's tennis committee, ar
ranged for the women's tournament,
in which eight prominent women
players will be entered in the singles
tournament, which will be contested
mornings. Each of these stars will
be bracketed with a member of the
summer colony for the doubles tour
nament that will be staged after
Moons.
1t was at the Casino this week that
the first of a weekly series of dances
was given Thursday afternoon from
4:30 to o'clock, with Conrad's Orches-
ira playing, and with Mrs Burnham
5.
William Fitzhugh Whitehouse the
committee in charge. This affair was
largely attended, with all those over
fourteen dancing on the famous horse
shoe piazza of the Casino, while two
rooms nearby were reserved for chill
dren who danced at the same time,
their attendants being placed in a
nearby gallery.
Mr.. Craig Biddlc, chairman of the
C,e
invitations this week to the greatest
tennis players of the country to par
ticipate in the sixth annual Newport
Casino invitation tennis tournament,
which, next to the national champion Z
ships, is the couptry's classic. Not
only the Davis cup stars and other
experts from this country will be in
vited, but also the members of the
foreign teams coming to this country
in quest of the Davis Cup.
Among Tennis Players
On Courts During Week
Among the many players noted on
the tennis courts during the week were
Mrs. Henry G. Gray. MIR. Francis Burke
Roche, Mrs. c. S. Cutting, Mr.. Arthur
Scott Burden, Miss florence Loew, Mr..
and Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne, Countess
Laszlo Szechenyi, Mrs. William X. Van
derbilt I'd, Miss Muriel Vanderbilt, Mr..
Craig Biddle, Mr.. Thomas Ridgway,
Mr. c: W, Hanford, MIR. Oscar Cooper,
Mr.. Grafton Cushing, Mr.. H. Carey
Morgan, Mr.. Charles Moran, Mr.. VIII
liam Goadby Loew, Miss Helen Moran,
Miss Elizabeth Kountze. Miss Caroline
Kip, Miss Winifred Loew, Mr. George
D. WideneT, Miss Violet Tangeman, the
Misses Marian and Fanny Wickes, Mr..
H. lie Roy Jones and Mr.. Dudley Gill
/ bert.
Society's attention Thursday was
focused upon the lawn fete which was
held at Lansmere, the summer home of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Guthrie Nicholson,
as benefit for St. Johns Church The
committee which co-operated with Mrs.
Nicholson was composed of Mrs. Ma
rion Eppley, Miss Lydia Redmond, Mrs.
Stuart Duncan, Mrs. Dudley Davis,
Mrs. T. Shaw Safe and Lady Herbert,
of England. Mrs. Eppley had charge
of the tea, Mrs. Duncan and Mrs. Da-
Wis the flower table and Mr.. Kenneth
Shaw Safe and Mr.. John Duncan the
dancing. A fancy dance was given by
Miss Catherine Wharton Morris, while
fairy plays were staged by Mrs. War
rem T. Berry.
Those of the younger set who as
sisted at the fete were the Misses Mary
Nicholson, Elizabeth Kountze, Fanny
| Wickes, Marian Wickes, Elizabeth Dar-
lington, Marian Gray, Ethel Haven,
Laura Biddle, Antoinette Frissell, Car
oline Kip, Violet Tangeman and Flor
ence Havemeyer.
Summer Flying Trips
Attract Society Folk
Flying has been diversion with a
number of society people for tie last
two summers, Mr.. Vincent Astor hay-
ing. hydroplane, while Mr.. W. Earl
| Dodge, while he was in Newport, also
had plane. Captain Hugh L. Will
loughby. is an authority on aviation and
keeps his plane near his estate. Dur
! ing the week Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Norman
de K. Whitehouse, accompanied by Mr.
Bertram de R. Cruger flew to Port
| Washington, L. l., a distance of 1875
miles, in 1 hour and 90 minutes. Mr.
Astor intends taking a number of trips
in his hydroplane.
! Mr.. and Mrs. T. Suffern Taller gave
a birthday party on Friday for their
daughter, Miss Betty Taller. Other
| den J.. Mills, Mrs. Richard 7. Wilson,
Mrs. W. E. Carter, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Aspegren, Mr.. and Mrs William Fitz-
hugh Whitehouse, Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
ward Haven, Mrs. Henry B. H. Ripley
and Mrs. Henry Clews.
/ Lake tennis, interest in goiting has
been unprecedented, and Is reflected
by the extension of the links at the
| Newport Country Club. Those who
played at eithcr the Country Club or
the Ocean Links, Mr.. T. Suffern
Tailer's private course, during the last
week were Mr.. James Lenox Banks,
Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne, Miss Louise
Sands, Mr.. C. H. Bedford, Mr. Craig
Biddle jr., Captain T. L. Sargent, Mr..
P. T. Christie, Mrs. Oliver Iselin, Mr..
G. D. Draper, Miss Florence Loew. Mr..
Alfred Goldman, Mrs. ]. c. Waterbury,
Miss Alice Barney, former Governor
r. Livingston Beeckman, Mr.. Roderick
Terry jr., Mr.. Ogden l.. Mills. Mr.
Paulding Fosdick, Mr.. Kenneth Shaw
Safe, Mr.. T. Suffern Taller and Larry
Taller. Mr.. Frank Crowinshield, Mr.
and Mrs. Herman D. Kountze. Mrs
Charles S. Whitman and Mr.. George
o. Widener.
Mr.. G. J. Guthrie Nicholson arrived
during the week from his ranch II
: Wyoming and is with Mrs. Nicholson
! at Lansmere. Mr.. and Mrs. c. Whit
ney Carpenter have returned from
!, abroad and are at Cliff Lawn. Admira
] Cameron McRae Winslow ard his fam