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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

gregation. on top of that horse was Benefits
friend, the young Englishman who had ridden
the animal into the club a bet.
1t was a bet the club could not forgive
EnTaged at their tredHetieH-ef -life-eXen
through horse-into their midst the MEM
bers promptly withdrew the guest card pre-
viously bestowed upon the Brtisher.
Bennett too, became Infatuated at this
slight TO his guest. In a rage, he sent for the
most famous and fashionable American archi-
-teet of the period. Stanford White who, al
most thirty years later was to be translated
into permanent immortality Gin more ways
than one1 by Harry Thaw in a brawl over the
latters beautiful young showgirl wife, Evelyn.
White was commissioned to build a tennis
club across Bellevue Avenue from BENEFITS
own home that would make the stad Reading
Room look like two cents. The Casino, with
its horseshoe piazza, it's wonderful velvety
lawns and eighteen tennis courts, and it's eX-
quisite little white and gold theatre resulted
from Whites genius and Benefits rage and
money
1t did nothing to impair the reputation or
popularity of the Reading Room, but the Ca
sno did become the central meeting place for
fashionable Newport in the colony's long and
fantastic eilded era.
Each and every day at specified hours all
the colony turned out to promenade on the
horseshoe piazza TO listen with half an
to the music of famous symphony orchestras,
imported for the Summer, while listening with
Is ears TO the latest gossip
There such social leaders as the one and
only Mrs. William Astor imperiousy rustled
her bustles made by Worth and the other great
Partisan couturiers of the Eighties and Nine
ties A little later in the fantastic willow
pumes the intricate ruffles and laces and the
brocades at the turn of the century, other
social leaders such as Mrs. ogden Goelet,
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and Mrs. o. H. p Bel
mont, strutted their stuff
August Belmont, for whom New Yorks
great race track Belmont Park is named,
was the Casinos first president He re-
manned it's president until the day he died,
Here at the Casino played the best
tennis in the United States in the early
days of this game.
The first tennis tournament played
there sixty years ago. was won by Richard
Sears, Of the artistocratc Boston family
His athletic niece, Eleanor Sears who used
TO delight in walking the legs off Harvard
undergraduates in lone-distance walking
contests attended the latest tennis tOurna-
ment held at the Casino in mid-August.
For many years after Benefits feud
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

only few weeks ago, the house in which
Mae late Duchess OF Roxburghe lived
girl went the way which now threatens the
Casino Roseciff the late Mrs ogden ties
siel Goelct's white marble mansion, was sold
az auction to Torch Singer Ge~sfEde Ntesen
for $4,000
Both the Casino and Rnseclif are typical
of a Newport that is now not NeWport-on tho
Sea bat Newport -on-the-Skids
When the September hurricane Of 1893
swept up the Eastern seaboard it nattQned
out Baueys Beach hat left the Casino in New
port all but untouched But the new Bailey's
Beach that has grown on the site Of the old
has helped to spell the doom if doom it be
Of the Casino
IL took a hurricane 10 force the moderniza-
ton OF T3aIlCys. But when the reconstruction
work was done, Baileys-for the first time
boasted tennis courts a bar and a restaurant
The new Bailey's is so much more gay and
modern than the Casino that the younger ele-
ment at Newport vastly prefers IT,
SO il is only the Old Guard headed by Mrs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

Why you may ask should the naughty
governors Of the sacred Casino offer it as a
site FOR a public school
The reason is simple. Death and Taxes.
Like all other citizens Of the world the
fashionable Newport colony cannot escape
either one Of these two great Jewelers..
Death mans lowest common denomination,
treats all men alike but taxes especially
since the World War have a habit OF creeping
up ON the rich and giving them couple of
extra and swift socks on the huskin just
for good measure.
The time has simply come when the gov
errors Of the Newport Casino feel the colony
can no longer afford to pay the heavy taxes
levied by the township on this large, attrac-
tive and choice site.
Since death removed the Casinos Sugar
Daddy the venerable Arthur Curtss James
less than two months ago. II has not taken the
governors Of the Casino long 10 threaten TO
unload the property. For many years James
,he railroad tycoon. paid the casino deficits
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

tually unknown, so divided s6ciety that the
Perry Belmonts, few years after their mar
riage, went to France TO live.
Following the Great Depression. the Bel
monts came back TO New York TO visit But
Jessie Sloane Belmont returned 20 Paris 10
die. Only then did the venerable Perry drift
back to Newport to take up residence in the
colony Now the venerable old man has be-
come the pet of social Newport which once
refused in large numbers to reconcile itself
to the woman who became his loyal wife,
Here in the Casino where all the smart
world gathered. terms Of the exchange OF Con-
suelo Vanderbilt for the Duke of Marlbor-
ough's title, an exchange arranged by the
unhappy girls mother, Mrs w Wander
bilt tafterward Mrs. O. H. p. -BeIment}, were
known to Society almost as quickly as to The
interested parties.
Mae Goelets engagement to the late Duke
Of Roxburghe was reported at the Casinos
daily gatherings long before the formal an
nouncement by her mother the late Mrs.
Ogden Goelet
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

the Casino where fashionable Newport has
gathered ever since the younger James Gordon
Bennett built it TO spite another ultra fashion
able Newport club the Reading Room
In the middle Seventies, when Bennett
was dashng laddie-buck with great house
Of his own on Bellevue Avenue he had as
house guest a young Engshman whose name
no one remembers
But that young Enghshman was directly
responsible for the building of the Casino
Bennett who was member of the super
exclusive Reading Room obtained a guest card
for his friend
Tie Reading Room, sttf IN existence and
still going strong if such virile word can
be used 20 describe so morihund an organiza-
ton is one of those associations best de-
scribed as an institution A purely masculine
organization, no wife can get at a husband,
once he is safe within its walls.
There are reports of bridge games and even
a little quiet drinking. But no one has ever
seen a member Of the Reading Room indulge in
any. exercise more strenuous than that required
10 rock gently IN the huge rocking chairs on
the clubs Bellevue Avenue piazza and APP
praise the legs of pretty girls who pass by
Indeed only the fear of the law has re-
strained me on countless visits 10 Newport
from assauting the piazza with mirror or
pin 60 determine whether the old gentlemen
who have been rocking on the piazza for de-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

signed by Stamford White, the Casino is
known the world-round wherever the we'll
born and the well-heeled get together.
Already the Casinos board of governors
has offered the Casino site. with its hand
manicured lawns and tennis courts to the
town Of Newport as a site for a new and pub
lie PUBLIC. mind you-hgh school This
would mean that Bellevue Avenue. which
Newports Summer Colony has always so
fercey defended from invasion and assaults
of Newports plain townspeople, would be pre-
empted and over-run by noisy brats from the
other side of the tracks.
Quick. Watson, the smelling salts
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

The Gilded Age is long since over, but ITS
last vestiges die hard in Newport
The Casino is one Of those vestiges With
no one now willing to support 1t in the man
ner to which it is accustomed, it may make
way for public high school. contingent upon
a Federal grant Of 81 $50 600
And now for the final blow What are
the taxes on the Casino that a colony plush
and proud as Newport finds insupPortabe in
this year of grace?
The taxes on the famed Casino, valued at
81 600 600 are mere $500 annually In the
Gilded Fra this sum would have been a pit
lance TO spend on the decorations for simple
dinner party But in the hard light of an un-
certain. realistic today II is bcaucoup dough
Newport which has waved fine farewell
TO the old gravy train. looks at $500 today
and knows that it amt hay.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

season after season.
James. a tall, hand
some man with an
immaculate b card,
began anu ended mrs
social career in New
port as so many
persons before him. A
tremendously rio h
newcomer he Was- at
first tolerated by the
more entrenched fam
lies They ended by
welcoming him gra-
ciously because he
was so willing to pick
up the checks they so
casually overlooked.
One Of these checks
was the inevitable
and annual Newport
Casino deficit.
In his will, James
provided for many
charities. But, alas.
he forgot TO endoW
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

cades are really
alive or merely wax
figures.
SO You can imagine
what CONSERVATION a
real live horse sud-
denly plunging in its
midst would cause in
such "a deCOrous con-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

in the world in real
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Mrs. James Laurcns
Van Allen. Mrs So
Watts Sherman. Mrs
Lewis Cass Ledyard
and Mrs. John Mich
olas Brown. who is up
in arms over the pro
posed transfer Of the
exclusive Casino@to The
township as a site for
a public school!
The Casino. Rose
cliff. Beacon Hill
House. Ochre Court,
the Robert w Goelct
m anston, and The
Breakers. home of the
late dowager Mrs Cor
neIius Vanderbilt arc
vast. nwieIdIv
memorials OF a day
that is gone. Both
Ochrc Court and The
Breakers are closed.
unwantcd by heirs who
have neither the
money, the patience
nor the vaunting social
ambitions TO maintain
such enormous homes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

with the Read
ing Room, the
social life of
N ew port re-
volved around
the Casino.
Here the col
ony r o C k Q d
with the in
credible II ~ ~ = =
that the late
Jessie Sloane
was actually di-
vorcing Henry
r. Sloane and
W oul q marry
Perry Belmont!
This, one OF the
first divorces in
a social world
in which di-
VorCe was viz
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

Of All Places. the Old
4Oo's Last Stronghold
Needs q Sugar Daddy
TO Save It's HoIIoWed
Old Casino From fhe
Un+hinkobIe Fate of
Becoming q Public
School Site-And All
BE cause of Taxes
Which When Bus+Ies
RusfIed, Were TrifIing.
But Which Today Ger
toinIY Amt Hay
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28
BY INEZ ROBE

NEANTED. by the Socially Elite and.
N boy, is it elite effete and the cats
w meat!-of Newport. r. l.: one
Sugar Daddy.
Now, you might think that the last place
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

III AiAN WI Iva III tf
need of a Sugar
Daddy would be a
community as osten-
tatiously rio h, lush
and h a n d S o m e as
Newport. 3 e caus g
Newport is the last
stronghold of a n y
thing resembling the
old Four Hundred in
these United States.
But u n G s s New
port. the last citadel
Of the real Social Nc
Coy can dredge up
another Sugar Daddy
soon, this faHeHs
Summer resort Of the
rich and ritzy may
lose one Of its hall
lowed Fairgrounds
That playground is
the Newport Casino
on Newport's m ost
s a c r e d carefully
Cuarde d thorough
fare. Bellevue A We
nue.. where the Van
derbilts speak only TO
the Astors. and the
Astors hardly speak
"a themselves. De-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

Cartoon In Puck" Of 1884 SatiriZing the
EIopements of That Period Between Young
Ladies' of Fashion at Newport and COachmen.
The Caption Reads; "Coachmen Ito Million
aire) - Well. the Situation Don't Suit. Your
Daughters Are Not Quite YOUNG
Enough for Me"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-18
Company d OF
Maryland State
Guard Mustered
Lieut.. Col. E. M. Johnson
Officiates At Ceremonies.
Company C Gets Uniforms,
Rifles

Formal and official muster Of
Company d, 7th Battalion, Mary
land State Guard, by Lieut. Col.
Edwin Mex. Johnson, G2, at Silver
Spring, Monday evening at $3.50
o'clock, brought the Montgomery
County State Guard quota Of three
companies nearly up to date. With
the formation Of an engineering
company almost complete at Kens-
ington and Company C already at
full strength the full complement
Of $50 men will soon be realized.
Members of Company C were is
sued uniforms Monday evening and
Springfield rifles have been receiv-
ed and will be issued next Monday,
at the regular drill evening.
Assisting the muster were
Lieut.-Col. E. Brooke Lee, 7th Bat
talon Commander; Capt. John ].
Geary, Capt. Mark Patterson, LIST
Lieut.. Ronald A. Mcdonald, End
Lieut.. George A. Hood, all Of Com
pany C, and Lieut.. M. d. Bru-
baker.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-18
Mrs. Howard M. NARROW
HonOred By Friends

Mrs. Howard Nice. NARROW, Of
Falkland, was the recipient Of
many beautiful presents when hel
friends and relatives honored hel
Both birthday yesterday, September
II, at her home.
Married So years ago Mrs. Mar
low is the only living charter mem
Der of st. Marks Guild Of which
she has been treasurer for ter
years. She has also been MEM
Der of the Liberty Grove Grange
for so years and is the daughter Of
the late Joseph Aver, one time
State Grange Master.
Mrs. MARROW is active in church
and Grange work, knits for Red
Cross, cooks and tends to her flock
of chickens. Her husband cele-
brated his 10th birthday Septem-
Der IL and was rendered surprise
party by Capt. William Hewitt and
associates of the Citizens Building
& Loan Association of Montgomery
County.
Ladies of the Liberty Grove
Grange and st. Marks Guild were
hostesses at the surprise party for
Mrs. NARROW yesterday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-18
Social Service
League Moves
To New Offices

Mrs. Daniel C. Walser, first vice
president, presided at the first
meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Social Service League held
in the leagues new building on
South Perry street, Rockville, on
September 9. This building, which
now houses the offices of the
league, is attractive and modern in
every respect. 1t was made pos
sible by legacies left for this pur-
pose. A vote of thanks was given
to the building committee which
consists of Judge Thomas C. Kelly,
chairman; Edwin w. Broome, W.
S. Garland, James J. Hayden and
DR.. J. W. Bird, president. The
board paid special tribute to Judge
Kelley for the great amount OF
time and effort he has given to the
building.
The executive secretary, Miss
Ruth A. Bolton, was instructed to
write a letter of appreciation to A.
Hamilton Wilson, architect, for the
quality and design of the building
Mr.. Wilson gave his personal serv-
ices as a contribution to the Social
Service League.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-18
Club Dates Named

Miss Edythe M. Turner, home
demonstration agent, announces
the following club meeting dates
and places for the remainder of
September.
Sept. % - Travillah .Darnes-
town, with Mrs. Charles Thrift;
Sept 20 = Silver Spring, with Mrs.
Gladys Hesselgesser; Sept. "a =
Olney Sunshine, with Mrs. J. J.
Hutton; Sept. 25 - Germantown,
with Mrs. Julian Waters; Sept. 26
= Colesville, with Mrs. Ruth
Naylor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-18
Gaithersburg P. T. A.

The first meeting of the Gath
ersburg PIT. A. was held in the
high school with the newly elected
president, Mrs. William Becker,
presiding.
Mrs Forest Walker gave a brief
report of the summer assembly and
following the regular business,
Miss Wilma Watkins introduced the
members of the faculty and pre-
scented each with rose buds.
Miss Terent's room received the
monthly prize for the largest per-
centage of parents present. Re-
freshments were served in the
cafeteria.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-18
Horse Wins Race
For Fifth Year
AT Annual Show
Charles. Carriers Recall Is
Best I'm Hunters Class.
Crowd OF 1900 Watch
Events

For the fifth consecutive year
Charles Carrico's Recall was the
hunters class winner at the 18th
annual horse show of the Mont
gomery County Horse Show Asso-
citation held Saturday,, Sept. Is on
the farm of T. A. Barnsley, Olney.
A capacity crowd Of approx
mately 5000 watched the sixteen
events scheduled and grand pa
rade of all entries climaxed the
show.
Summaries follows: Purebred
draft mares, won by entry of E.
M. Derr, End, Monocacy Farm, 3rd
Page Brothers; Grade draft mares,
list, Melvin Vessel, End, DIR. H. H.
Ladson, 3rd, DIR. Ladson; Pure
bred foals of 1941, LIST E. M. Derr,
End Monocacy Farms, Bird E. NJ
Derr; Grade foals of 1941, 1st Eli
Leishear, End Melvin VESSEL, Bird
Mahlon Kirk; Purebred yearlings,
LIST Monocacy Farms, End George
Plummer, Ord Howard Streaker;
Grade 2-year-old mares and geld
ings, 1st Lee Counselman, End Lee
Counselman, Bird Lee Counselman;
Purebred 2-year-old mares and
geldings, LIST Monocacy Farms, 2nd
Clarence Eaves, 3rd Earl Nc
Gacky; Draft stations, LIST Eli
Leishear, End Melvin Vessel; All
breeding class GALL colts, 2 years
or younger) LIST Neal Owens, End
R. L. Owens, Bird Warren Howes;
Six-horse teams, LIST Wallace Cash
ell, End Elbin Leishear, 3rd Anne
Butler; Driving contest, 1st Ralph
Leishear, End Lorenzo Stanton, Bird
Oliver Cashell; Four-horse teams,
LIST Triadelphia Farms, End DIR. H.
H. Ladson; Four-horse team, LIST
Miller Leishear, End R. P. Nichol-
son; Driving contest. LIST Miller
Leishear, End Triadelphia Farms,
Bird DIR. H. H. Ladson; Two-horse
team, LIST William Huff Wagner
End Elbin Leishear, Bird Willard
Owens, 4th Thomas Hyde; Two
horse teams, list Carroll caves, End
Triadelphia Farms, Bird Walter
Brown, Jr., 4th Melvin VESSEL;
Hunter breeding class (foals Of
1941) LIST Henson Watkins End DR.
Gene Earl, 3rd Dorothy Lee Coun-
selman;
Yearlings (foals of 194O) LIST
Charles Fletcher, End Stabler Bros.
Bird Dorothy Lee Counselman, 4th
Hanson Watkins; Two-year- oIds
(foals of 1887 LIST Martin Curran's
Kid Boots, End Ray Norton's Glori.
Gus Star, 3rd Francis Lee; Pony
CCOntinssed on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-18

Judge Donald A. DeLashmutt
has been named Deputy District
Governor of District 22A, Interna-
tional Lions Club. His appoint
ment was announced by District
Governor d. Elbridge Donaldson.
Judge DeLashmutt is past presi-
dent of the Rockville Lions Club.
Zone chairmen appointed for this
section are: T. Wilton Allen and
Donald d. Lamand.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-18
Red Cross Dinner
Opens Roll Call
Drive In County
DIR. Paul Douglas Speaks
At Annual Affair. Mrs.
Everett ]. Boothby Heads
Drive. Quotas, Chairmen
Named

The annual Roll Call dinner of the
Montgomery County Chapter Of the
American Red Cross, which opened
the membership drive in Montgom-
cry county, was held Monday eve
ming, September 10 at $50 p. m. at
the Manor Country Club, Norbeck.
DR.. Paul Douglas, president of
American University and Raymond
Eaton, Roll Call director for the
Eastern Area, were the guest
speakers, while the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Glee Club.
numbering over 80, provided music
and Judge Charles M. Irelan. chair
man of the Montgomery County
Chapter presided.
Mrs. Everett J. Boothby, County
Roll Call chairman, spoke on SEN
TENDER 16, at 7:15 p. M. over sta
ton WINK on a program spon-
sored by the chapter, and Friday,
September IL at 11:30 a. m. over
station WWDC.
September 10 at 9 p. m. over sta
ton WWDC, humorous play en-
titled Sundays Beef, by Charles
Dillon, enacted by Radio Playhouse
was sponsored by the Chapter
while this evening, September IS,
at 9 p. M, over station WWDC
Pledge To America" by Charles
Dillon, starring Franchot Tone as.
narrator with Conrad Thibauit. and
Lucille Manners as soloists, and 100
voices Of the Washington Choral
Society with all star cast of Wash
ington Civic Theatre. Music ar
ranged by Frank Black, who also
conducted symphony orchestra.
The following chairmen and Dis.
trict quotas have been announced:
Silver Spring, Mrs. Charles Kruee-
er, $4,125; Bethesda, Mrs. John A.
Dickinson. $3.50; Chevy Chase,
Mrs. George A. Finch, $S,725:
Takoma Park, Mrs. Franklin Gar
rett, $1,1OO; Kensington, Mrs.
Henry Milburn; Glen Echo, Cabin
John, Mrs. G. p. Lowe; Clarks-
burg, Mrs. Howard Miles, $50:
Colesville, Mrs. G. Rust Candy.
$75; Jamestown, Mrs. w. /.
Campbell, $65; Damascus, no one
appointed, 800; Gaithersbulg
Miss Alverda Cook, 500; German
town, Miss Rebecca Leaman, $50;
Washington Grove, Mrs. John Be-
craft, $50; Laytonsville, Mrs. Thos.
Stewart; Sandy Spring, Mrs. AL
bert Wilson, $3.50; Poolesville, Mrs.
Robert Gray, 500; Potomac, Mrs.
Belvie Burroughs, $50; Rockville,
Mrs. Allison Chaplin. A75.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-18
U. S. Navy Offers
Local Young Men
Service Training
Technical Training And
Advancement In Service
Made Available By 1.-TWO
Ocean" Navy Policy

The United States Navy is
launching a campaign in Maryland
for recruits. Beginning in this
issue and other papers throughout
Maryland there win appear a series
of ads setting forth the many adj
vantages of life in the Navy.
Each newspaper is asked to
designate "Navy Editor"-Albert
A. Ady, Sentinel editor, will act
in that capacity in Rockville.
According to recent announce
ment in Washington, limited
number of additional men between
the ages OF II and so will be given
a chance, by enlistment in the Navy
or Naval Reserve, to get to the
top, with big pay, in jobs which by
their aptitude and as result OF
examination they show themselves
fitted, from among nearly 80 diff
ferent trades and vacations. These
include such callings as aviation
machinist, dental technician, cleo
trician, welder, store-keeper and
baker.
Beginning this week, the Navy
plans for a limited time to accept
new qualified men for training
These men will be sent to one of
four Naval Training Stations and
may have a chance to go to a Navy
Trade School before assignment to
the feet and they viii be given
regular Navy pay and the Nays
free schooling which s ~ led u
hundreds Of dollars.
"Never in the history of the
United States has there beer
greater opportunity for loyal
young Americans to serve their
country and build their futures
than right now" said Secretary
Knox.
Only $4,000 applicants month
from many times that number
throughout the United States win
be selected by the Navy and will
apply to local young men who are
interested. Since Navy men are a
"hand-picked" lot, candidates must
be men of more than average in
telligence and ambition, of fine
moral character and must have the
written recommendation of at least
two local townspeople.
A supply of free, illustrated
booklets has just been received
from Washington. These outline
the many advantages offered by
Navy enlistment and will be dis
tributed from the Sentinel office.
The Navy Editor will be glad to
answer inquiries and assist any
young man who wants to enlist ir
the Navy.