New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
Narragansett Pier
Colony to Presex
Merry Street Fair
Biggest Event of Kind in
History of Resort to Take
Place ON Green Opposite
Casino Thursday, July p
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

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NARRAGANSETT PIER, July 15-
OF paramount interest to the SUNNI er
colony and all the Narragansett region
just now is the fact that Narragansett
Pier is to have street fair" the big
gest event of the sort in its history.
The date is the afternoon and evening
of Thursday, July 27 and the place will
be the Casino Green opposite the
Casino. The event is to. be given as a
benefit to st. eter's-by-thc- Sea. A
meeting of the promoters of the big
event was held during the week, when
officers and committees were appointed
Mrs. Alexander Brown, of Philadelphia,
who with her mother and sister, Mrs
Penn Smith and Kate Penn Smith, is at
Phoenix Lodge, was chosen chairman or
head of the fair committee, a fact
which insures its success and also in
sures the hearty cooperation of all the
polo men in town, since--as is well
known-Mrs. Browns late husband was
one of the most brilliant polo men in
the country and member of the Bryn
Mawr team. Mrs. Brown has associ-
ated with her as members of her com
mittee Mrs. John G. Norris, of Phila-
delphia, and Mrs. Charles F. Thatcher,
of Providence, as secretary and Mrs.
Richard Norris, Of Philadelphia, as
treasurer.
Others actively interested in the af-
fair are Mrs. Isaac E. Emerson, wife of
the president of the Narragansett In
B. Allen, rector of St. Peter's-by the
Sea and Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Stephen E.
Hopkins, Providence; Mrs. Percy
Wright, Providence and Peace Dale;
Mrs. Henry D. Kane, Narragansett
Pier; the Misses De Coppet, Mrs. Sam
uel H. Valentine, Mrs. Ernest Harrah
New York; Mrs. Archibald Thomson
of Philadelphia.
| Among the preliminary events to the
| fair will be a bridge tournament a,
Valmar, the villa of Mrs. Samuel H
Valentine, of New York, on Tuesday
next. Mrs. S. Hinman Bird, of New
York, and Mrs. Robert Goddard will
stage golf tournament at the Point
Judith Country Club for the benefit OF
the fair. Other preliminary events tc
be given with the idea of eliminating
overhead expenses will be announced
later.
Among. the many novel features OF
| the fair will be a dog show, Punch
and Judy show and-most picturesque
of ala baby show. The latter will
f, feature the prettiest baby, the fattest
| baby and the "cutest" baby. Many
booths will dot the landscape and there
will be large dance floor.
| Mrs. Harold Knowlton, of Worcester;
Mrs. Isaac E. Emerson, Of Baltimore
and Mrs. Archibald Thomson, of Phil
adelphia, will be in charge of the dane.
ing. Mrs. William E. Shepherd. OF
New York, and her daughter, Mrs. Er.
| pao4 uarrob nraciJa OF hoo{L
where beverages will be sold.
Under the direction of Captain Issas
E. Emerson, president of the Nara
gansett Improvement Society, work
| has commenced on the extension of the
dancing pergola of the Hotel de la
PLACE.
| A notable dinner of the week was
| given in the dining room Of the Hotel
de la PLACE by Mr.. Irving II. Chase, OF
Waterbury, Conn. His guests were his
daughters, Mrs. Charles A. Taft I'd
daughter-in-law of Chief Justice Will
liam Howard Taft, who is now or
his way home from Europe; Mrs
James P. Sheldon jr. and Miss Dorothy
Chase, all of Waterbury; also Mr.. ant
Mrs. S. Kellogg Plume, Waterbury
Mr.. Rufus Rand, Of Minneapolis; Mr.
William Fl. Dyer, Providence, and Mr.
4 dUG plS 1AChhSoy i Oh eSiiQ tHSil
daughter, Miss Constance Tod, of New
York, who are at the Massasoit fol
the season.
Mrs. Rowland Hazard, Of Oakwoods
! Peace Dale, is in New York for a few
days
Miss Caroline Hazard, who is still
at her winter home in Santa Barbara
i Calf, is expected to arrive in Peac
Dale early IN August and occupy he
country place, the Scallop Shell. there
4 Professor Irving Fisher, of Yale, an,
Mrs. Fisher have with them at thei
4 villa, Whimsey Cot, their daughte,
1 Mrs. Charles Baldwin Sawyer, o
Cleveland, Ohio, who will be joined b.
her husband at the end Of the week
Miss Annie Potter Watson, of Provi
4 dence, has returned from fortnight
4 visit with her grandmother, Mrs. Ed
ward A. Loomis, in Camden. Me. Sh
4 Joined her parents, NJ. and Mrs. Byro
! Watson, at their summer home j
Wakefield.