The New York herald., 1922-07-19
600 Newport Girls
to Dance at Block
Party With Seamen
Event Arranged for Enter
tainment of Sailors of the
Atlantic Fleet.

Special Dispatch to THE NEw York Herald.
NEWPORT, r. l.. Aug. 18.-The At
lantic fleet will arrive in the bay Au-
gust n to remain until August 20.
Many entertainments are being arranged
by the villa colony for the officers.
ever. will be the entertainment arranged
by the city officials for the seamen.
1t will be block party, on August Is.
the first Of It's kind ever held In New
port Washington square. which has
wooden block pavement, will be closed to
traffic, the blocks treated for dancing.
two bands will be in attendance and
six hundred girls will be asked to be
partners for the sailors. There viii be
sixty chaperons.
For the first time In many years there
Is to be a golf contest between Newport
and Narragansett Pier. 1t viii be
team match, with eight players on each
team, and eighteen holes will be played
on Mr. T. Suffern Tailer's Ocean Links.
Messrs. r. Livingston Beeckman, Louis
Livingston and Roderick Terry, Jr. are
the Newport committee. and Messrs.
John r. Fell and Phillip S. p. Ran
dolph that from the Pier. The event
will probably take place within rev
DAYS. when friends from the Pier will
me over to witness the tennis at the
Casino and form gallery for the con-
test on the links.
To Entertain Tennis Players.
The annual invitation lawn tennis
tournament, which begins on August IA,
will bring many entertainments for the
players The biggest event this year
will be dinner and dance given by Mr..
and Mrs W. Goadby Loew on the even
ing of Augusct 10. The dinner will be
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Loew
in Bellevue avenue and the dancing Will
be at the Clambake Club.
Tennis again to-day brought large
gathering to the Casino. In the morning
there were two matches played in the
singles tournament for women, bringing
1t down to the finals for tomorrow. Miss
Helen Wills defeated Mrs. Barger Wal
ZACH 60. GO and Miss Leslie Bancroft
won from Mrs. Benjamin Briggs. 6--4.
6-3. There Is much interest in the
finals between Miss Wills and Miss
Bancroft, which will be played in the
morning.
In the women's doubles Miss Bancroft
and Miss Florence Loew defeated Miss
Rosamond Newton and Mrs. Culver Nc
Williams, Cd, 6--3, and Mrs. Briggs
and Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden won from
Mrs. Wallaoh and Mrs. Goadby Loew,
6--6, 6-4.
In the afternoon the mixed doubles
went on and some excellent tennis was
shown. The feature match was between
Mrs. Lewis G. Morris and Mr.. John Dun
can against Mrs. Barnes and Mr.. Thomas
Ridgway, the former winning In three
set match, 4--6, 10-S, 6-1. The other
scores were as follows: Miss Natalie
Winslow and Mr.. Craig Biddle won from
Mrs. Nathaniel Niles and Mr.. Lewis G.
Morris. 2-6, Ga, 6--3. Mrs. Briggs
and Mr.. Craig Biddle. Jr, defeated Mrs
Loew and Mrs. Burden 6--1, 81
In the gathering was Mrs. Robert
Grosvenor, out for the second time since
her horseback accident. She was ac-
conpanied by her sister, Mrs. Joseph
w. Frazier, and another invalid, Mr..
Theodore p. Grosvenor. who has his arm
lii sling because of a sprain. Miss
Helen Moran and Miss Louice Robinson
were playing against the Countess
Szchenyl and Miss Dorothea Carroll.
Others playing among the younger set
were Misses Adele Reynal, Violet
Targeman, Fannie Wickes, Kitty Wickes
and Diana Dodge.
In the Gallery.
AL Tic SdlCty were MISS LOUISE
Sands. Mrs. Edwin c. Hoyt, who was
with Mrs. Charles Moran; Mrs. Charles
W. Stewart, Miss Carolyn Stewart, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis l.. Clarke and Miss Flor
ence I<ife Clarke, who are at the Hill
Top Inn; Mrs. George Howard of Wash
irgton, Mr.. and Mrs. Forsyth Wickes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Tangeman Mrs.
Brady Hartman, Mrs. Arthur Curtiss
James. Mrs. Thomas Ridgway, Mrs.
William Woodward, Mrs. John II. Drex-
ell. Jr., Misses Sylvia Hillhouse. Laura
Riddle. Marion Wickes and Ethel L..
Haven; Messrs. Henry +. Eldridge
Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs gave a
luncheon at White Holm and Mrs.
Taller had several women friends for
dinner at Honeysuckle Lodge tonight
Mrs. Robert T. Shaw I'd will give
luncheon tomorrow. Mrs. r. Beverley
Corbin also will be luncheon hostess
at the Pinard Cottage No. /. On Sat
urday evening Mrs. Lewis Quentin
Jones will give dinner at Bayview and
on July 20 Mrs. Stuart Duncan will en-
fertain with a dinner af Ronniecrest