Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
BEVERLY. Mass. July 81.

BEVERLY, Mass, July 81
Tennis week, marking the climb of
the North Shore season toward its
zenith, provided bright .lettered seven
days for cottagers and sojoIrners
with the sport, activities centering
around the Essex County country
clubs where the matches were played
and the social activities spreading to
the cottages where colonistS enter
9ained in honor of the players. who
came from as far away as the Pacific
Coast, with Miss Elizabeth Ryan of
Santa Monica as the California repre-
Sentative More than a dozen States
were represented by the finest players
in the ranks of the fair sex, and there
was q brilliant gallery at the club all
The week to watch the play on the
courts. Tennis week always brings
with it much entertaining by the
many players on the North Shore for
GhoSe from far-away places. One OF
the most interesting affairs and mark
ing the opening OF the gay social cal
ender was the luncheon which Mrs.
Ioseph Letter gave Monday at Edge
water her lovely Summer home in
zhe West Beach district at Beverly
Farms. There We're so for the lunch
con, the tables spread ON the velvetS
lawn around the swimming pool and
with the bright-colored sun umbrellas
giving a colorful touch to the affair.
MIS-. Letter, always a delightful host
egA, entertained last season for the
tennis players, and her luncheon Mon
day was a success and did much to
bring the players together in a social
way before the tournament really
opened. Mr.. and Mrs. William Endi-
colt gave a dinner party at their
farm home on the Wenham road Tues
day evening, and the other affairs of
the week included a picnic luncheon
given by Mrs. Bernard G. Weld and
dance at the Essex County Club.
Z. These are halcyon days for the
diplomats who are summering here.
and many Inequalities are being eX-
tended by the colonists TO them. Mrs.
Godfrey Lowell Cabot. who has spent
several Winters in Washington, and
who has done so much TO make in
tereSting the stay of diplomats on the
shore for the Summer. gave pretty
luncheon Wednesday at THE Oaks"
her Beverly Farms home, in honor
OF Mrs. G. H. Thompson. wife of the
second secretary of the British en-
hassy. The guests. all of the fair
sex, included Representatives from the
British embassy and Polish legation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson are putting
up at the Essex County Club during
their stay on the North Shore. Mr..
and Mrs. Russell S. Goldman of the
Manchester colony gave a dinner
party Friday evening for NJ. Jan
Ciechanowski. the Minister of Poland,
and Nine. Ciechanowsl1i. who are
spending the Summer at Hedge Row,
the TibbitS cottage at West Man
chester Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter
entertained at dinner dance tonight
at Edgewater, Beverly Farms, for the
Polish envoy and his charming wife
who has won many friends during her
ehort stay on the North Shore. Edge |
waterHouse. where the Letters spend
all Of the Summer. is one of the show
places of the coast at this point and !
Is ideal for entertaining.
n Mrs, Cabot is to give a. luncheon |
next Saturday in honor of Sir Esme |
Howard. the Ambassador of Great |
Britain. who is spending the Sum |
Hner in Manchester, SO with all these |
social affairs, besides the lure of life |
In the sport way on the North Shore, |
there is real joy in the sojourn of |
the diplomatic set and the Washing
ton folk who are spending the gay |
season here. --z----
Nine. Burr Navarasth, widow of the |
late Minister of Siam. and Miss Smoe |
Sinhaseni and Master Chorb Sinhaseni, |
who have been enjoying the delights |
of North Shore stay at Bass Rocks, |
have sailed for Siam. They We're pas |
sengers on the Cunarder Laconia, sail |
ing out of Boston Sunday afternoon.
and a party Of friends from the Bass
Rocks colony went up te wish them
hon voyage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Emerson |
Proctor, I'd, who have been in Europe
for their honeymoon, are at the Mac
Nichols cottage at Beverly Farms for
the balance of the season. In the late
they are to go to- Hamilton,
where they have a cottage, for the
season in the Myopia district.
Mrs. Proctor was, before her marriage |
earlier in the season, Miss Margaret
Olivia Flint, popular in the Washing
ton younger set, and has many friends
In the North Shore colonies.
Mrs Boylston A. Beal and her
Miss Elizabeth Beal, have
returned from a stay in England, most
Of the time in London. where Mr.. Beal
is the first secretary at the United
States embassy. Mrs. BeaI will be at
her Smiths Point home in Manchester
for the balance of the season.
Diplomats passing the season on the
North Shore are constantly fitting
between the Summer embassy and
Mr.. John Joyce Brod-