The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Long Program of
Events for August
at White Sulphur
Sports and Entertainments
Scheduled Until Visitors of
Autumn Season Arrive.

Special Dispatch TO rHn NEW YonK HnnAID.
WHITE SuLPHuR SPRrNos, w. Va.
Aug. 12.-August festivities arc at their
height at White Sulphur Springs. The
Greenbrier is filed TO capacity with
gay colony. Tennis and golf tourra-
ments. balls. supper dances, and private
entertainments of many descriptions
follow each other in rapid succession,
and make q bewildering whirl of acti-
vity. The womens annual summer
championship golf tournament was one
OF the events of the past week, while n
| round robin tennis tournament engag-
| ing twenty-six players, attracted keen
interest and disclosed much good tennis
material.
A large bridge tournament. In the
| spring room of the Greenbrier, was the
| leading indoor event of the week. and
under the management OF Mrs. Andrew
NJ. Reid, of Baltimore. brought in a
considerable sum for the tubercu'sr
children OF devastated France, in whose
aid II was given. Among private en-
1 tertaipments the dance given at the
| Casino by Mr.. and Mrs. George u.
/ Smith, of Jersey City, for their daughter
and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. l. Fred
| erick Bruce, of Norfolk. and for which
i a hundreu invltatlOnS were SenI Oll,
was the largest affair.
The coming week. r.. ". Warrnack, OF
st. Louis, will give large party at
Hates Mountain Club There will be
a number of golf and tennis events !;
| Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Bland, CT Balti-
more, will give a large tea and dance
| at the Casino for the Misses Mary Bond
Preston and Alice wilkes Preston; and
the Greenbrier Society Horse Show on
! the 18th. and a large party given by
Elmore d. Hotchkiss and A. p. witty
will end one of the gayest weeks OF the
| summer.
A bal masque in tho Greenbrier ball
room. the annual children's fancy dress
dance, and a large party given by Mrs.
Lawrence Lewis. of st. Augustine, Fla,
are the leading activities scheduled for
the last week OF the month.
September WEI continue the interest
and there will he little tagging in social
events. Though the summer crowd
will be broken up, the autumn contin-
gent will take its place. and there are
heavy bookings for the women's Ma
tionai Golf Championship. here, in mid
SeptemL ,r and all through the fall
season.
A prosram OF exhibition dances by a
number Of tho young women of tho
colony followed the benefit bridge tour
nament the middle OF the week. Nine.
Alma Ciayburgh OF New York opened
the evening by singing the Marseillaise.
and a short address was given by Mrs.
B. Frank Mebane OF Spray. N. G., who
worked during the war with Miss Anne
Morgan on the American Committee for
Devastated France. Mrs. Andrew NJ.
Held. who directed the affair and gave
a ten-doilar gold piece for first prize IL
an aunt Of Marshal Joffre, and was en-
| gaged in Belgian relief work during the
war The patronesses were Mesdames
| Thomas u. Paine. Thornton Lewis, Gar
rett b. Wall, Henry 8. Priest, Thomas
! Rutherford. Robert Lewis, Edward w.
| McKenna, De Courcy Thorn, ]. M. Null
don, James b. Weir. B. Frank Mebane
John r. Bland, Randall Dugue. w, III.
Close Thomas B. Scott. Charles Dono-
hue, ]. ]. Wyle. Frank Lathrop. William
Sinclair and ]. II. Preston.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. n. Edrington of New
York gave a large dinner at Kate's
Mountain Club, having among their
guests Judge and Mrs. Henry $. Priest
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas y. Paine. Mr.. and
Mrs. II. Frank Mebane, Mr.. and Mrs
G. A. Penn. Mr.. and Mrs. Randall Dugue.
Mrs. Leigh c. Palmer. DR. T. M. Ed
munds. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank n. Hayne,
DIR. and Mrs. Theodore Miller, Mrs
Lowndes
J. X. Houston OF New York won first
prize for men In the recent tombstone
golf tournament, taking his ball 150
yards beyond the twentieth tee with his
allotted number Of strokes. Mrs Elmore
D. Hotchkiss OF New York and Rich
mond won tho prize for women. landing
her ball In the nineteenth cup. Four
silver prizes we're given in the event by
Mrs Richard Cadwalader. Jr.. of Phila-
/ delpha.
The Casino lawn, near the tennis
courts, resemblcd the spring tournament
season. 30 large was the gallery that
! gathered there TO watch the round
robin tennis tournament. Players toss
/ ing the balls on five courts gave plenty
TO watch, and after four hours playing
and some hard fought games. the tour
nament was won by Miss Mary Luke Of
| Tarrytown, NJ r., and ID. w. Grant OF
Franklin, Pa. with total Of ~ games