Evening star., 1927-09-11
Hunting on North Shore
Engages Social Colonies
Myopia Club Meets Are Keenly Followed-Diplo.
mats Plan to Remain in Bay State for
Some Time Longer.

I after a visit with Mr.. Winthrop's sis
| ter, Nine. van Royen, wife of the Min
lister from the Netherlands. at the
| Sunset Hill Cottage at Beverly Cove.
The Count and Countess Moltke, who
were at the Netherlands legation ear
| lier in the season for a visit with Nine.
van Royen, have sailed for their home
| in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Showing a splendid spirit of coop
Grafton, North Shore colonists were
much in evidence at the gala perform
ances put on by the American Opera
Company and other well known art
| lists at Sullington Hall on Thursday
evening for the benefit Of the Shakes
peare Memorial Theater Foundation.
AS a result of the success of the affair
there will be a notable sum to add to
the foundation, which will rebuild the
memorial theater at Stratford-on-
Avon. There was a representative
group of colonists as patronesses, in
cluding Nine. j. III. van Royen, wife
Of the Minister of the Netherlands,
summering at Beverly Cove; Mrs. Will
liam Phillips, wife of the new Afneri-
can Minister to Canada, who is spend
ing the Summer at Highover, the Phil
lips place at North Beverly; Mrs.
Joseph Letter, Mrs. Boylston A. Beal,
Mrs. Walter D. Denegre, Mrs. George
Won l.. Meyer, Mrs. Godfrey Lowell
Cabot, Mrs. Isaac T. Mann, Mrs. Rus.
sell Goldman and others well known
in Washington society.
Opera in English.
For the first part of the program the
opera "Pagliacci" was put on in Eng.
lish with Vladimir Rosing in the lead
t,,np por
Ronald Peters presented the balcony
scene from Romeo and Juliet and
there were other enjoyable offerings.
Frank st. Leger of the Chicago Opera
Company directed. There were num-
ber of dinner parties which served as
a prelude to the happy event.
Mrs. Joseph Letter continues to be
one of the busiest as we'll as one of the
most hospitable of North Shore hos
tesses. During the Summer, Edge
water house, the Letter Summer home
in the West Beach district at Beverly
Farms, has been the scene of much
entertaining, a succession of lunch
cons, dinner and supper parties. Mrs.
Letter this season has given Severai
supper parties which seem to be quite
the vogue, and her dance given before
Labor day was one of the prettiest
of the early September gaieties. The
Letters, as usual, will be at Beverly
Farms until we'll into the Autumn.
Late Season Visit.
Mrs. Churchill Owen (Alice Mann)
has been on the North Shore, coming
on from Denver for a late season
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac T. Mann of Washington, at their
Coolidge Point home in the Manches-
ter colony. Mrs. Owen, always a
favorite on the North Shore. had the
pleasure of renewing many old friend
ships during her stay and was the
guest at several pretty affairs planned
in her honor. Mrs. Owen will take to
Denver with her her young son,
James Churchill Owen, jr, who has
been with his grandparents for the
latter part of the Summer.
Many pleasant things are being
done for Lady Carnarvon Of England,
sister of Sir Esme Howard, and guest
of the British Ambassador and Lady
Isabella Howard, at Beach Lawn.
Lady Isabella, with her son Hubert.
motored up through the White Noun
tains to Quebec to meet Lady Carnar-
Won, who is planning for an extended
stay in America and will visit sew
eral Canadian cities and cities In the
United States. il
Mrs. Sydney West Of Washington
has been visiting on the North Shore.
and other Washington visitors there.
have included James sEs Haley and
family.
Mrs. George Won L. Meyer has been
entertaining Mrs. Charles A. VESSEL
of New York at her country home,
the Rock Maple farm, in the Myopia
district.
Playing in Tournament.
Mrs. McCook Knox and her daugh.
ter, Miss Kathleen Knox, who have
been on from Washington and spend
ing the Summer at Magnolia, have
been finding keen enjoyment in the
sport offerings of the colony. Mrs.
Knox has been playing in the golf
tournaments at the Essex County
Club while Miss Knox has been
participant in the tennis at Magnolia
and at Myopia.
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Green, who
have been spending the long season
at Magnolia, are soon to return to the
Capital for the Winter. Mrs. Green
has done much entertaining during
her North Shore stay and has hon.
ored Washington friends with many
delightful luncheon and dinner parties.
Mrs. William Phillips, wife of the
American Minister to Canada, has had
her father, j. c. Dayton of Tuxedo
Park, N. Y, with her for an early