New-York tribune., 1922-08-06
Narragansett Pier
Younger Set Puts
On Society Circus
Amusing Features, Naude-
vile Win Big Applause;
Sports Ball Is Planned by
Polo Men and Associates
Special pispatoh to The Tribune

NARRAGANSETT PIER, Aug. s.
Midsummer at Narragansett finds the
season at it's height. A large contin-
gent of polo men are now in town with
their families and polo men are not
lacking in pep and enthusiasm to put
things across" in the social realm as
we'll as on the polo field, and sue
cession of brilliant social events have
been planned for the near future.
A circus party was staged at the
exclusive Scarborough Beach Club to-
young people in the villas, together
with large number of men and women
who arrived from Watch Hill, New
York, Providence and elsewhere and
are guests in the villas for the week
end
Many dinner parties preceded the
circus and later the gay company in
all sorts of nondescript costumes of
the circus type met in an interior
Stimulating a tent with circus ring
in the center and tiers of benches
around it where were seated the spec
tators. All sorts of amusing stunts
and vaudeville were features of the
show and later on there was dancing.
The circus was promoted by twenty
men of the colony, including several
of the polo players. They were Mr..
P. S. P. Randolph, of Philadelphia,
Club; Mr.. P. S. P. Randolph jr., Mr..
John R. Fell, Mr.. John W. Converse,
of Philadelphia, all polo players. Also
Mr.. William Davis Miller, Mr.. Robert
H. l. Goddard, Mr.. Houghton P. Met
calf, Mr.. William Gammell ir., Mr.. John
o. Ames, Mr. John B. Lewis, Mr. Rush
Sturgess and Mr.. Rowland Hazard, of
Providence and Narragansett. Also Mr..
S. Hinman Bird, Mr.. Warren Kinney,
Mr.. Edward L. Welsh, Mr.. Frank Sam
uel, Mr.. Caryl Roberts, Mr.. C. P. Vain
wright, Mr.. William T. Wright, Mr..
John L. Welsh, Mr.. /. Peace Hazard, Of
Peacedale.
Among those giving dinners before
the party were Mr.. and Mrs. John o.
Ames, of Providence at Sea Down; Mr..
and Mrs. Robert H. /. Goddard at In
dian Rock and Mr., and Mrs. John l..
Welsh at Shadow Farm, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur D. Champlin at Pine
hurst.
AS sequel to the society circus,
the polo men and their associates will
stage brilliant sports ball at Hotel
de la PLACE on August H. On the
committee of arrangements are Mr..
AlcIIy ~ hGuc, anu MI 11lHfllaii
Bird, of New York; Mr.. William C.
Marrow, of Washington; Captain Isaac
E. Emerson, of Baltimore; Mr.. Earl
Alexander, of Elizabeth, n. j.; Mr.. P.
S. P. Randolph, Mr.. P. S. P. Randolph
jr., Mr.. John r. Fell, Mr.. John w.
Converse, and Mr.. Robert j. B. Sui
livan.
The committee plans to decorate the
first floor of the hotel with sporting
paraphernalia of every character, in
cluding polo, golf, tennis, canoeing,
hunting, fishing, croquet, shooting,
yachting, racing. Those who attend
the ball will wear sport costumes.
An affair of the coming week will be
an auction bridge tournament at the
Casino on Wednesday afternoon for the
benefit of the Village Improvement AS
sociaton, composed of women of the
villa colony, of which organization Miss
Sarah R. Baldwin, of Baltimore, is
president. Mrs. Henry Brevoort Kane,
of New York, is in charge of the bridge.
assisted by Mrs, Mason Pfizenmayer, of
New Haven, and Miss Sarah Wolley, Of
New York.
Miss Constance Peabody, of New
York, has returned from stay of
several weeks at Southampton and
D"i 1917 etHd Jo9iIcu HSr IHOtneT,
Mrs. A. Kennaird Tod, and Mr.. Tod, of
New York, at the Massasoit.
Miss Julia Van Duzer has arrived at
the Massasoit for her tenth season
there.
Mrs. John NJ. Ridgley, of Baltimore,
has arrived at the Revere Hotel for
the remainder of the season. joining
there Mrs. Mary X. t. Carroll, of the
weil-known Carroll family, of Carol
ton. Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Roosevelt, of
New York, are the weekend guests of
Miss Marguerite Prescott, Of Wash
ington, at Prestcote, on Central Street,
the villa of her parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Philip M. Prescott
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Spear Hudson.
of England, the former in the British
diplomatic service, arrived at Nara
gansett last week, and are the guests
Of Mrs. Hudson's father, MIR. Philip S.
P. Randolph, at Wild Field Farm for
the rest of the season
Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler is at
the Revere Hotel for fortnight. With
her are Mrs. James Ludlow and chill
drep, of New York.