The New York herald., 1922-07-31
SALE FOR BLIND TO
BE HELD IN NEWPORT
Mr.. and Mrs. Gillespie to
Open Home for Charity.

Special Dispatch to THE New YoRK HERALD
NEWPORT. r. l.. July 30.-While
many played golf and others tennis to-
osy. some members of the villa colony
spent much time arranging for future
philanthropic events, among whom were
They have given their villa with its
spacious lawns for sale by the New
York Association for the Blind, of
which President Harding is a patron.
The sale will take place on the after
noon of August 10. Several young
women Of society will assist Mrs.
Gillespie at the tea, cake and other re-
freshment tables. The articles for sale
will be confined to those made by the
blind. The charity is universal one.
not confined to any particular locality.
Patronesses for the event include Mrs.
Vanderbilt. Princess Miguel de Bra
ganza and Mines. J. Stewart Barney,
Oliver II. p. Belmont. Craig Biddle.
Philip Rhinelander I'd, Hanld Brown.
Marion Eppley, Arthur Curtiss James.
Henry Barton Jacobs, Alexander Hamil-
ton Rice, Eugene S. Reynal. Thomas
Ridgway. John Thompson Spencer, w.
Watts Sherman. w. Storrs Wells and
Charles S. Whitman.
At the annual meeting of the New
port Country Club last night there
were some changes in the officers elected.
Those on the board of directors to
serve until 1925 will be Messrs. Arthur
Curtiss James, T. Suffern Taller. Clar-
ence w. Dolan, Roderick Terry, Jr., and
Robert Walton Geolet. Mr.. Edward ].
Jlar yf,,d al
Oliver G. Jennings vice-president. and
Mr.. Henry o. Havemeyer secretary and
treasurer. The executive committee.
which Is the active governing board OF
the institution, now consists of Mr..
Taller. chairman: Mr.. Stuart Duncan
and the other officers. Mr.. Taller heads
the house committee. with Mr.. Dolan
and Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer, the latter
taking the place CT Mrs. Vincent Astor.
who is in Europe. Mr.. Duncan is chair
man OF the greens committee, and with
him are Messrs. Rodericl Terry, Jr, and
Cyril b. Judge.
Mrs. Eugene S. Reynal and Mr.. Ogden
H. Hammond were the winners OF the
Scotch foursome medal play tournament
at the country club yesterday. The
prizes were donated by Mrs. j. Francis
A. Clark. Among those handing In cards
were Miss Florence Loew and Mr.. Palmer
Kountze. Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt and
Mr.. Henry O. Havemeyer. Jr., Miss Mu-
riel Vanderbilt and Mrs. s. Reeves, Miss
Ethel King and Mrs. Harold Goodwin.
Mrs. c. d. Winslow and Mr.. Craig Bid
die, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs c. Whitney Car
penter. Jr.. Mrs. williams Burden and
her son. j. Gordon Douglas, Jr.. Mrs.
Reginald Norman and Mr.. J. Francis
a. Clark, Mrs. fLouis Livingston and Mr..
D,,1t
Bertram de NJ. Cruger. Miss Mary Mich
olson and Mr.. Frederick Havemeyer.
Miss Florence Havemeyer and Mr.. Henry
o. Havemeyer.
At Ocean links the private course
of Mr.. Taller. an interesting foursome
was played between Messrs. Herbert l..
Pratt and T. Suffern Taller against
Messrs. George d. Widener and L. Town
send Burden. Messrs. r. Livingston
Beeckman and Lawrence Waterbury
played a close match against Messrs.
Louis Livingston and Oscar Cooper.
Other cards better than the average were
filed by Mrs. Paulding Fosdick. Mrs, Her.
bert l.. Pratt. Miss Florence Loew. Mrs.
Henry r. Russell and Messrs. Austen
Gray. Ogden II. Hammond. Bertram de
NJ. Cruger and Roderick Terry Jr
Entertainments to-day included n
luncheon for twenty guests given by
Mr.! and Mrs. John Aspegren at Aspen
Hall and a dinner tonight by Mrs.
Robert Goelet at the Wilson villa. Mr.
and Mrs. James W. Gerard, who this
season have Fairlawn. the Burden place.
also were dinner hosts. Mrs. Oliver
Fl. p. Belmont gave a luncheon to-day
at Marble House. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Anderson German entertained friends
at the La Forge cottage.