The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Sumner Resorts Cal TO tho Country ~
Southampton Social Season
Has a Brilliant Opening
Festivities in Connection With Ellsworth Wedding
First Dance at Meadow Club and Art Exhibition
Among the Chief Early Events.

| dramatic soprano; ; Mr.. Van Vliet. cello: :
Archibald Robinson, organ, and Francis
Moore, piano. invitations have been
sent to leading members of the summer
| colony
With their many other diversions that
include sea bathing, golf. lawn tennis
and the entertainments offered in their
villas this community always finds time
| to labor for charitable or philanthropic
institutions of Southampton or New
York. There happen to be here in the
villas several women from New York
greatly interested in the social service
work Of Harlem Hospital. of that city,
for which during the Lenten season they
| carry on sewing class. The particular
branch of the service in which they are
| interested is the tubercular clinic Of the
hospital and at the head of the South
ampton committee Is Mrs. Joseph r.
| Dilworth. who has arranged a dinner
and dance for the night Of July IA, to
be held in the new Canoe Place Inn, at
Hampton Bays. formerly and for 200
| years and more known as Good Ground.
For several days Mrs. Dilworth and
| Mrs. Clarkson Potter have been "billing"
this and other nearby villages, carrying
posters to the shops and hotels and plac-
ing tickets. The new inn was built on
the site of the historic structure that
| IL
Of last year and the ballroom is spacious.
easily accommodating 500 dancers.
Tables are placed about it on platform
several inches above the floor SO there
will be n chance for continuous dancing
! during and after dinner. 1t has been
agreed by those having villas here that
no private dinners shall be given that
night in Southampton and the hosts and
hostesses here will take their guests to
tvr, 20. oh Arta ait,t,, ant
Others on the Committee.
Associated with Mrs. Dlworth and
Mrs. Potter on the hospital committee
are Mines. Arthur y. Claflin. J. Deni-
| son Sawyer, Charles Z. Miller De
Lancey Kountze, Caleb Wild Hammill,
Edward Moore and Fairfax Stuart
Landstreet. Tickets for the dinner and
dance. at S6 each, may be obtained from
Mrs. Dilworth or at the inn. Those who
will not be able to be at the dinner can
obtain dance tickets, at SO each, at the
Irving House, Hampton Manor and Cor.
withs. also from prominent merchants
In Quosue, West Hampton Beach,
Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor.
Here really Is the home of the street
Fair which for years has been one OF
the great features OF Southampton sum-
mer life. 1t Is planned to hold the
annual fair on August on the custom
ary spot, the park Just as the head of
Lake Agawam. which gives a pictur-
esque surrounding with it's lawn and
fine old trees. AS the invitation lawn
tennis tournament to be held at the
Meadow Club will begin on August 7
there will be many additional visitors
and the time is well chosen.
Several meetings to discuss plans for
the fair already have been held and 1t
x.,sIt l.. I'll l.
manner as in years past. Mrs. Arthur
b. Claflin. who did so much to carry
through the street fair last May in
Park avenue. New York, again acts as
chairman and she has the aid of ex-
ecutive women who have helped her in
Southampton as well as in New York.
The proceeds of the fair as in past
years will be devoted to the South
ampton Hospital, which Is the only in
stitution of its kind in a radius of forty
miles or more. There will be the usual
diversions in the way of Luna Park
Circus, a dancing pavilion, booths for
refreshments, the sale of artistic and
useful articles and the novelty this
year will be midway Plaisance where
there will be opportunities to spend
small sums that will help swell the total
proceeds. An automobile has been do
mated by one of the patronesses and II
is hoped that the amount will not fall
short last years, which was $26, 900.
Heads of mmfttees.
Mrs. Claflin will have among her
assistants, as heads of various COM
mittees. Mines. Edward Van Ingen.
Rufus L. Patterson Frederick Martin
Davies. Charles II. Sabn. Robert WAL
Ter, Edmund s. Twining. p. A. valen-
tine, Joseph r. Dilworth, Marshall j.
Dodge, Lyttleton Fox. Grosvenor Nicho-
las, John Wolfe, George Barton French,
Duncan S. Ellsworth, Finley p. Dunno,
Reginald r. Wigham, Ten Brock NJ.
Terhune. James l.. Barclay, w. White
head Gilfillan. William NJ. Grinnell. Wal
ter L. Niles Edward Hine Johnson, A.
Stewart Walker. Edward P. Mellon and
Charles E. Miller. BY another week
the various committees will be ar
ranged.
At least one of the foreign embassies
will have it's headquarters In South
ampton. Guido Sabetta, Counselor OF
the Italian Embassy at Washington ar
rived to-day and will be at the South
ampton Club for the summer. Mrs.
Fairfax Stuart Landstreet and her
daughter. Miss May Davis Landstreet.
who are here for few days. are sailing
on board the President Taft on July 3
to remain for the summer. They will
be with Mrs. Landstreets brother-in-
law and sister Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
George Faber Downey and part of the
! summer will he in Carlsbad