The guardian., 1941-08-09

ware and china, oil paintings and
family silver she has four dining
rooms and her kitchen boasts a large
sizeo Servel refrigerator powered bv
kerosene =. near the beach is Ioco+oJ
summer house sheltering benches and
tables with an outdoor barhecua MI
tianioaKe oven and cook-houses con.
oddllllng 0li-burners, ice-box and crystal
IleaI, cold pump water for her famous
oeach parties which attract LARGO
groups OF the wealthy who dine eff
i0Dster, chicken, corn and CLANS 70
Chelr hearts delights and love to be
r1ied around by Aunt Sally as she is
aHecClonately known >. our stav uas
3rlef as we had busy schednIe +bof
oay, put we promised to return and
Paftake OF her hospitality at a future
uate and as we turned the road on
our way back, our last glimpse of her
waving from the porch with a hannv
sLllle, we could not help but feel very
proud OF this race mother VII
Wfested her living from the earth onJ
sea 10 De loved and respected by all
- II VIII be necessary for me to
spread the hlghlights of our Oak Bluffs
vdcaTlon through series of columns
which sincerely hope will prove inter
eSclhg TO you readers here is q
chlc fashion note for the summer sea-
son down there the debutantes arc
sporting red cotton fremen's blousns
open at the throat and dark blue DIM
garees rolled up to the knees which
look mighty fine as they walk about
oaretoooted the rich girls dress verv
casual while the hardworkino oiris
ofIng a wardrobe with them the
colored colony is quite the thing this
year what with the famous Sbearn,,
cottage, owned and operated bv Mrs
Sadie Ashburn (P. o. fO63. Oak RInffS
Mass Mass } guestlng Miss Florence Walker
Mrs Mrs. Melissa Davis, Mr.. and Mrs,
frank ira Turner, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. James Pope-aII
prominent New York educators: Mrs
u Henry Robbins, former Bostonian'
now residing in Ohio, the eminent
harry L. .Burleigh who has lust been
nominated as a director for the
american Society of Composers and
FIayWrllghts (the first time a race
ARTIST has been so honored) which
called for picture and news review
IN IN T M the renowned concert vio-
mist Clarence Cameron White and his
wife of Elizabeth, N. J. Mrs. Miriam
Walker, Mrs. Doris Pope Jackson Miss
trederica Pack, Miss Essie Thicker
Judge and Mrs. Rainey of PHILADELPHIA
ana their daughter and Miss Patricia
Kalney OF Boston, are also among the
summer guests at the Shearer Cottage
Where Mrs. Elizabeth Dixon of New
ork conducts beauty parlor which
IS tops IN style :. we were the guests
OF Mrs. Belle Perry of School Street
(P.O. Box 2O4, Oak Bluffs, Mass.) who
owns and operated three summer guest
cottages at capacity with the following
tellow-travellers, Mr.. and Mrs. R. G,
Francis and family of Boston. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Morrison of New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Spence of Strouds-
burg, Penn, Mr.. and Mrs. C. Frederick
Dixon of Boston, Mr.. John Veasev of
New York, Mr.. Frank Chandler of
Haverhill, Mrs. Edna Gentry of Boston,
Mrs. Floydae Lewis of Corona, Long
Island, Miss Blanche Battles of Winter
Park, Florida, Mrs. Alberta Ashley
and son Robert of New York and
Somerville, Mr.. George Harvey of New
York, Mr.. Herbert Maxwell, noted
guitar maestro of New York, Helen
Walden of Hartford, Conn, Vera
Chaplin of Hartford, Conn, Mrs. Julie
Chaplin and her grandchildren Gym
thia, Flora and Elliott of New York.
-. Mrs. Perry is year-round resident
on the Island and her fine cooking and
excellent rooms are available summer
and winter E. there is grand hunting
in the Fall on this Island :. the Rev.
Adam Powell's showplace "The Two
Bunnies" guested Fredi Washington of
the fillums and "Mamba's Daughters"
Eyre Saitch, national tennis champion,
Mrs. Fame of New York City, the
lovely Isobel Washington Powell,
much improved in health and her
talented son Preston Adam has
won considerable acclaim as an expert
angler in these parts and when 1 saw
his charming wife Belle hauling and
netting fighting king crabs out of the