The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-26
Club Chosen
as Center at
Southampton
Summer COlOnists Arrive
Before Noon and
Stay Late.
BY HELEN WORDEN
Times special Writer

Times special Writer
COUTHAMPTON. L. /. Aug Dc
- The Southampton Beach Club
is the hub Of this resorts social
wheel From IL m. until mid
night its the meeting place for
summer colonists.
They come early and stay late.
The crowd gathers A little before
noon. has lunch az the cafeteria,
sits around on the beach until 4 or
5. takes time out for cocktails. goes
home to dress about $50 and on
weekend nights returns for dane
ing
A fancy dress costume ball was
held at the club Mrs. Henry Her
man Haries headed the committee
in charge. She Is the former Joan
Blake. younger daughter OF the late
Mrs. Duer Blake and DR.. Joseph
Blake. Her marriage 10 one Of the
sons Of the late Colonel Harles, J.
p. Morgan's Paris banking partner,
last fall caused a great stir.
She and her husband and her
sister. Miss Katherine Blake, and
Miss Mile McWeam. the girls
guardian. live in a pretty summer
home on HerriCk-rd.
What are you going TO wear TO
the ball2" I asked Mrs Harjes.
L don't know" she said. We're
all picking laSt-minute clothes, for,
YOU see. its to be a futuristic cos
tune party-a l945 Southampton
fashion parade"
Which means?'
That we sort of have to feel
what we might be wearing at that
time. Il might be anything
Or. according to some Of the
others. nothing much at ALL
Those serving with pretty. dark
haired Mrs. Harjes on the COM
mittee we're Rita Mitchell, Mildred
NichoI. Anne Richardson. Katherine
Blake and Mrs. Rogers Dunn.
informally Prevailed
We al arranged it together"
said Mrs. HarJes, and anything we
make above the cost of the party
will 60 TO the Southampton Hos
pital'
The tickets were So. And the
party was in the form of a supper
dance. with Joe Moss providing the
music. Please say that it's to be
strictly informal Mrs. Harjes re-
minded me-
Mrs. Kenneth O'Brien. half-sister
OF Mrs. HarJes and Miss Blake, has
| lesaed her home. Chateaubrien, TO
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Herbert, Fl.
Worth. Tex
Mr.. Herbert who is in the oil
business, skyrocketS back and forth
between Long Island and Texas in
a plane. His wife is beautiful
blond who adds a decorative note
to the Southampton Beach Club.
The O'BrienS are spending the
summer at White Sulphur Springs
Mrs. Harjes and Miss Blake are
the envy of the younger set because
Irving Berlin is kin TO them. They
say anybody who has Irving Berlin
for A half brother-in-law can
command the best IN music in the
country. The Irving Berlins are
not here now.
Also absent are the Lucien
Tvngs. who are touring Europe. Mr.
Tvng married Olive Wyndham, the
actress. two years ago this autumn
She is lovely" Southampton per
sons say. but we're afraid shes
taking Lucien away from us"
Roof Utilized
Handsome Mr.. Tying owns the
modernistic house of Southampton
1t is a series of white plaster cubi-
Giles. Joined together at odd angles
Every bit of his roof space has been
= made use of. Terrace after terrace
covers the sections. which are OF
varying height. Trim. clipped yeWS
point up the roof tops.
The gate posts fascinated me
They are of green polished tiles
crowned with chromium steel.
Across the road from Mr.. Tying S
house are his studios. known as the
Four Fountains. Last week SIX
artists of Southampton opened an
exhibition of their work in the
Four Fountains Among these show
ing pictures were Mrs. James Par
rish Lee. Mrs Newell TIltOn, Mrs
Robert s. Peabody. Mrs. Adrian H
Larkin. Rachel Hartley and George
InneSS Hartley.
I think we'd better go. white
haired dowager sitting at a table
near mine said to her daughter
Somebody exhibiting Is related to
InneSs."
AT one time Southampton was a
great summer art center. WinSlow
Homer. the misanthrOpe who paint
cd great pictures but had little use
for his fellow craftsmen, attract
ed them.
We used to have a section called
'Arty Village" a taxi driver told me.
where nothing but artists lived. but
their studios are let to summer folks
nov"
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