The New York herald., 1922-04-16
White Sulphur
Easter Colony
Is a Large One
Annual Spring Tennis Tourna
ment Opens This Week
Many Entrants.


moro delightful place to spend Easter
than White sulphur Springs. and judg-
ing by the size of the Easter colony here
this fact is widely recognized. Both the
Greenbrier and the Old White are
packed. The cottages in the rows sur
and having taxed the elasticity OF the
place TO the utmost the management be-
gan ten days ago to refuse accommoda-
tlons for lack OF more space.
For a week young people from schools
and colleges have been arriving 10 join
their families for the Easter holiday.
The Princeton Glee Club. according to
tho annual custom came here yester-
day and gave its annual concert last
night In the Greenbrier ball room. This
was attended by every one III the house.
The room was cleared afterward for
dancing. and when the orchestra stopped
playing and went home "Old Nassau
took up the instruments and the dancing
went merrily on. Tomorrow there will
be Easter services in all the churches,
and the rest of the day will be spent by
the colony outdoors, riding, driving and
motoring over the mountain roads and
trails. and much entertaining OF an in
formal nature will be done at luncheons
and dinners at the Casino and mountain
lodges and tea houses.
New Workers Entertain.
New Workers who will join in the
entertaining are Mrs. de Lancy Kountze.
Mr.. and Mrs. William III. Porter Mr..
and Mrs. Adolph Pavendstedt, the latter
of whom was the former Baroness SpeclS
Won Sternburg Mrs. Henry w. Lowe.
who is here with her sister, Miss Beth
Leary, and Mrs. Pierce Fl. Butler Mrs
Frederick Martin Davies, Mr., and Mrs.
Worthington Hine, Mr.. and Mrs. b..
Sumner Welles. Mrs. Lorillard Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. Effingham Lawrence, MIR.
and Mrs. J.. Cooper Lord, AIr. and Mrs.
Ernest Iselin. Mr. and Mrs. John Hone
Auerbach Mrs Richard Stevens and her
son-in-law and daughter. MIR. and Mrs.
Edward B. Condor, Mrs. Marion Mac
MILAN, Miss Margaret Macmillan, Emer-
son Macmillan Sd, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Ken
redy Tod. Miss Margaret Stevenson. Mrs.
Edward w. Mckenna, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Hancy. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Appleton, A. Morris Bagby. Frank L.
Polk, time Acting Secretary Of State
in the Wilson Administration Bayard
Dominick, Edward S. Harkness. Mrs.
Joseph Shepherd and Mrs. M. c. Rankin.
Mrs. Arthur A. Sprague and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Armour are here from
Chicago. Henry Pearce Is here from
Providence and Eugene O'Neil from
Pittsburgh.
The Washington contingent 10 q large
one, made up of members Of several OF
the Embassies and their guests Nine.
lie Breton, wife of DR.. Tomas A. lie
Breton. the Argentine Ambassador. IS
here with a party which includes her
niece. Miss Manuela Llovcras. Miss
Adeline Oxnard OF Washington, and DR.
Felipe A. Espil. Secretary Of the En-
bassy.
Spring Tournament Opens.
The Chilean Ambassador. Don Beltran
Matthew, is also here with Sonora
Matthew. and much entertaining is being
done in their honor.
Nicomte Jules Henri de Sibour Is
member of the Washington colony. and
Mr. and Mrs. William s. Reyburn and
Capt. and Mrs. John Henry Gibbons
have been conspicuous In social activi-
ties all the week.
Next week will be marked by the
annual spring tennis tournament, and
most OF those now here will remain over
for il. A private car brought the last
Of tile players up from Pinehurst this
morning, and the list OF entrants now
includes Frank Hunter, the new ma
tonal indoor tennis champion: Zenzo
shimidzu, Japanese tennis champion !;
Craig Biddle. Harold Throclmorton,
Eoals c. Wright, Howard voshell. G.. c.
shafer, r. w. Seabury. r. p. Bidwell,
7. A. Werner, ]. p. Standish.- Jr,; A.
w Merriam. Arthur Yenlxen OF the
British Embassy, Mrs. Marion Finder
stein Jessup, Mrs Eleanora McWilliams.
Miss Claire Cassell. Miss Florence Bal
lin, Miss Leslie Bancroft, Miss Edith
Sigourney, Miss Beth Leary and Miss
Catherine Bache.
James Speyer, who has been here all
the month, went straight to his round
OF golf the first thing after breakfast,
sometimes playing with Henry w. Taft
and often making up a foursome with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur Morris
and Rutger Bleeker Jewett of New York.
Golf IL Popular.
Frank L. Polk OF New York has
played every day. and other enthusi-
astic golfers have included ]. Couper
Lord, Leonard Hanna, Jr.; Stanley
Field. Daniel G. Tenney Eugene ONeil,
y. Sumner Welles, vicomte Jules Henri
dc Sibour. Henry Pearce. Mr.. and Mrs
Henry G. Thayer, Mrs. A. III. Rosen-
earten and James Rosengarten.
Nine. lie Breton gave large luncheon
at the Lodge on Kate's Mountain this
week. James Speyer entertained there
recently for party of friends. Henry
w. Taft gave dinner party there for
a dozen or more, and Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Pell, Mrs. A. Fl. Rosengarten. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry q. Thayer. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur Morris and Miss
Adeline oxnard have been among others
entertaining there.
The frequenters OF the veranda on
the shady side OF the Casino. overlook
ing the tennis courts, are usually more
occupied with bridge OF an afternoon
than with watching the tennis. though
when some specially fine players are at
work gallery collects and the scene Is
very gay. Mrs. Lorlllard Spencer. Mrs.
Ernest Iselin. Mrs. J. Couper Lord and
Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur Morris have
played several sets of doubles this week
that have won much applause. Leonard
hanna and Gouvcrneur Morris. Miss
Beth Leary and Miss Katherine King
Rache, Vicomte de Slbour and Mrs.
Pierce Butler, Miss Margaret Macmillan
and Emerson Macmillan Sd, and Robert
ApDet0n and Mre William I,ewiq hay