The New York herald., 1922-08-22
Tennis Tourney
for Women Opens
at Southampton
Large Crowd Watches Begin
ming Of Games on Meadow
Club Courts.

SPECIAL Dispatch TO THE NEW York HERALD.
SOUTHAMPTON, L. J.. Aug. 21.-The
ladies' doubles tournament. made UP OF
members OF the summer colony. began
this morning on the tennis courts of the
Meadow Club and will end on Septem-
Der ?. In order to keep up interest in
the game after tennis week the tourna-
consisting Of Mrs. William Warner Hop
pin, Jr.. Mrs. J. Couper Lord and Miss
Florence Earle Jo::nson, Entries closed
last Saturday at midnight and the play
crs were paired off by lot.
They will contest as follows Mrs.
Eugene Van Rensselaer, Thayer AMI
Miss Johnson. Miss Clara Lee and Miss
Caroline c. Prentice. Miss Martha Cos.er
and Miss Nina Chatillon. Mrs. Heyward
Cutting and Miss Mary Sheffield. Mrs
David Dows and Miss Stillman. Mrs. w.
Butler Duncan, Jr., and Mrs. Post'e-
waite Cobb, Mrs. Goodhue Livingston
and Miss Lillian Steers, Mrs. Court
landt Dixon Barnes and Mrs. Hoppin.
Mrs. Goodhue Livingston, Jr.. and Miss
Betty Thompson, Mrs Reginald Fincks
and Miss Ethel Carhart. Mrs. Allston
Flagg and Miss Susan Bottomley, Mra.
Livingston, Mrs. r. Morrison Carnegie
and Mrs. George S. Patterson. Mrs.
Henry Thorndike Chickeriiig ard Mss
Rosalie Btcodgood.
There was large gathering at the
club this morning when the tournament
started.
Mrs Robert Waller, who has beer
passing the summer at yyne-Croft, will
leave for Morristown. N. ]. next Friday
to be with her father, Mr.. John a.
Stewart. who on Saturday win celebrate
his Tooth birthday. Mrs. Waller will
pass few days with her father.
Mrs George G. De Witt gave bridge
party this afternoon at Nighbrink, hec
villa on Lake Agawam.
Mrs. Valentine Has Dinner.
Mrs. p. A. Valentine gave a dinner and
dance tonight at her Blue Bird bunga-
low at her camp on North sea for her
son, Anderson Valentine. There We're
thirty for dinner. The bungalow and
grounds were illuminated with bright
coiored lanterns.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis l.. Clarke and
their daughter, Miss Florence Kip
Clarke, accompanied by Mr.. Edmond
Pizella left this afternoon by automo-
bile for New York, and tomorrow will
go to Villa Fiorenza, Mr. Clarke's sum-
mer home in Elberon. N. ]. While here
Mr. Pizella completed portrait of Miss
Genevieve Fox. eldest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lyttleton Fox and grand
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan j..
O'Brien. which was shown this morn
ing to a few intimate friends in the
apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Clarke at
the Irving House
Mr. and Mrs. Elihu Root. Jr., VIII
give a luncheon on Friday at the Log
Cabin.
Miss Beatrice Hoyt is here for visit
with her mother. Mrs. William 3. Hoyt,
in Shinnecock Hills.
Mrs Stuart Duncan Preston and Miss
Eleanor LIE Roy Lawrence will leave
here tomorrow for visit IN Newport
with Mrs Beverley Bogere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Dierks are
among those giving dinners Friday
night at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
Mr.. and Mrs Duncan S. Ellsworth
will return tomorrow to Meadow Beach
after a brief visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Howard McFadden in Haver-
ford, Pa.
To Give song Recital.
The Duke and Duchess De Richelieu,
Mrs Adolf Ladenburg. Col. and Mrs.
Henry May, Mr. and Mrs. NORM 5.
Hare. Samuel l.. Parrish. Mrs. Willard
Walsh. Mrs. Russell II. Hoadley, Mrs.
George I.eary, Mrs. /. Chauncey Nc
Keever and Mrs. Peter b. Wyckoff are
among those interested In the song
recital which Nine Farrington-Smith
will give Wednesday afternoon In the
drawing room of Cherisol the villa of
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen III. p. PelL
An artistic souvenir program for the
performance OF Balleffs "Chauve
Souris'' on September has been pre-
pared under the direction Of Norris Gest
and Louis Siinmions. the latter being
the artistic director of the Southampton
performance. The net proceeds will be
used for the Rogers Memorial Library.
OF which Samuel l.. Parrish Is president
The program will contain scenes In color
from the production as well as photo
graphs OF the principals.
Already thirty boxes at 800 each
have been sold for the performance
which will be given In the garden of
the Parrish Museum. Work on the
stage will begin tomorrow.