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12 BROOKLYN" LIFE simply wonder if they would be willing to have their golf scores or the weights of the fish they catch certi- fied to by a bank examiner Be this as it may, good luck to them all, tain the team and Mr; Andrew of Scarsdale, the Vale team. "Big Bill" football star at Princeton, "will umpire the game, which will-be played on the polo field' of the Westchester-Biltmore. 'The officers of the Yale Alumni Association of i Westchester County, in charge of the arrangements, are: President, Frost M. Wheeler Vice-President, Harry J. Mold Treasurer, Arthur, Smith Secretary, John Ogilvie.

's-'. Smjth, Mr." and Mrs. 'E. D. Dr.

and Mrs. L. H. Abel, Mr; and Mrs. Edson Lewis, Mr; and Mrs.

Albert R. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dodge, Miss Gertrude! Dodge, G. Lethridge, Mrs.

Sloan Danenhower, and Mr. and Mrs. William B. Leonard of New York! Arrivals at Worthy Inn from New York include Mrs. Annie Miss Madeline Atkinson, N.

Whitaker, Miss Edna Whitaker, H. L. Hedges Mr. and Mrs. H.

B. Gordon, tha Misses Virginia and Betty Gordon, and Mrs. A. Arnold and Mrs. Cush- man, News of Prominent Brooklynltes and Mrs.

John Van Buren Thayer and family Brooklyn Man Wins Prix de Rome Messrs. Parsons Entertain at Setauket Messrs. Kenyon Parsons, and Melvin Herschel entertained a few friends, informally, with dancing at their summer home, "Kyffin Knoll," Setauket, L. on Tuesday, July 31st. Among those present were 1 Miss Helene Miss Lucy Browne, Miss Mary and Deborah Dyer, Miss Maryolena Gilmore, Miss Lisbeth Lefferts, Miss Marion Yates, Miss Gargetta Smith, Miss Mary Augusta Smith," Miss Katherine Ken- yon, Miss Flora Miss Katherine Morris, Mr Julian Street, Mr.

Duncan Cranford, Mr. Pres-cott Huntington, Mr. Devereux Emmit, Jr. Mr; Mr. John Thatcher, Mr.

Edward Wailes, Mr. Thomas Flint, Mr. Jack Strong, Mr. Stanley Cornell, Mr. Trevor Kenyon, Mr.

Fairchild, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Harrington," -Mr. Witman Kenyon, Mr. Charles and others.

V- or oa Monroe oriace are passing me summer at tne oeau tiful estate left to Mrs. Thayer by her "sister, thi late Mrs. James Stokes, on West Mountain, Ridgefield, Conn. Brooklyn society, will remembei Mrs. Stokes as the lovely and gifted Miss Florence Chatfield.

She enjoyed distinction of playing upon a most unusual instrument, the harp, in a most exquisite way, which always brought lippn transmitted tf vnnntrer cpneration of the Thaver familv. whnti talmt are alwavs at the sprvire nf their many friends. Mr. and Mrs. William H.

Good of St Marks Avenue have just returned -to New Canaan, from a to Banff and Lake Louise in, the Canadian on which they accompanied by their daughter, Alice, and their son, "v-, Brooklynltes in Golf Tournaments Mr. George D. Pratt has given up his apartment at 820 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, and has purchased one in 580 Park Avenue, which occupies all of the space on that thoroughfare between Sixty-third Sixty-fourth Streets, and will be ready for occupancy in the Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hinman have purchased another of these apartments, and a third one is owned by Miss Theodora Bulkley, formerly, of Remsen Street, while still another has been purchased by Mr.

and Mrs. Edwin H. Bigelow, the latter Miss Alice Blum that was. ine name ot tne latter onngs to mma nis granaiatner, Felix Campbell, so lon a "distinguished citizen of this borough. many years he represented one of its beginnings of the People's Trusts Company, which has i f- Wintter Watts of Brooklyn and Norman Newton of Wyoming N.

are announced by the American Academy in Rome as the winners of the Prix de Rome scholarships, the former receiving the award in musical composition and the latter in landscape architecture. Until he went abroad, Wintter Watts had been living on Eastern Parkway, one of the hundreds who come to Brooklyn in a quiet way from other cities. Mr. Watts came from Cincinnati and started off as an an architect; At the' age of 21 he began writing light opera and incidental music for plays in New York. 4Later he conducted a road company, spent a few months in vaudeville, and went to Florence, Italy, to study singing.

Soon returning to New York, he received a scholarship at the Institute of Musical Art, and took lip seriously the study of composition ui.der Dr. Percy Goetschius. -He 'wai graduated in 1914, after which he taught 'theory in a conservatory in California and substituted for a year in the New York Institute of Musical Art. Among his compositions are incidental music for' "Alice in suite for orchestra; "Vinegar Man," a dramatic ballad "Minvier Cheevy," a ballad for barytone and orchestra; "Vignettes of Italy" and about 200 songs of which more than seventy have been published. Last year Mr, Watts won honorable mention in the Rome prize competition, and this year he won the Traveling Scholarship in musical composition awarded by Columbia University.

He is now. abroad. The Academy atRome, that is, its music department, is under, the guidance of Felix Lamond, former of New York, whose daughter, Marjorie, as will, be recalled, married Henry Fairfield Osborn, son of Professor and Mrs. Henry Fairfield Osborn. Watts is the fourth young man to get one of these Rome1 Fellowships Sayville Club Dance As a fitting fina.e to race6 week at Sayville, L.

a dance was held at the Sayville. Country Club on Saturday evening. 'At the dance the cups which had been won during were presented to the winners. A Bellport yacht, owned by Mr. Paul Bigelow and sailed by his son Perry Bigelow, won the annual trophy! Those present included a number' of Brooklynltes, among whom were Miss Cromwell Field, Miss Katherine Rcnwick, Miss Elizabeth Rhoades, Mrs.

Donald Cameron Al ford, Miss Charlotte Traendly, the -Messrs. Bruce Lachlan, who visits his uncle, Dr. Pomeroy at Westhampton Beach; Mr. Richardson Turner of Bright-waters Edward Gray, Frederic C. Gurney, John Lefferts of Bellport, and Burcham since become.

such a factor, in the business life of the community. As Mrs. Good is taking such an active interest in politics along the lines blazed out by her father, it is to be hoped that her son may some day follow in his grandfather's footsteps. Mrs. William L.V Newton, formerly of 275 Henry Street and more recently of Buxton, England, has recently and we hope finally returned from England, having been preceded a month or two ago by her husband.

Although not finally settled, it is to be believed they Mr. Ilapgood In Town Mr. George D. Hapgood is in the East again, although' he expects to return to California' in a few weeks. He was met last Tuesday evening by the perspiring reporter, on the Corner of Montague and Court Streets, on his way to the Hamilton Club, and when asked how he liked New York, he said he never (thought about weather until he got here.

And had not experienced anything like it for years. He 'is still-Mr. Henry E. Huntington's confidential secretary, and said that it is perfectly true that Mr. Huntington paid $50,000 for a perfect Gutenberg Bible; but that was a good many years ago, and has paid lots more than that for a single book since then." Mr.

Hapgood was formerly the Head Master of the Brooklyn Latin School on Monroe Place, founded by the father of Mr. Henry Sidnor Harrison, the novelist will live in Greenville, S. where Mr. Newton's rnmnanv nlansi the nneratirin nf a larjrp fartnrv nr speaking Anglice, Mr. Newton manages to keep his pronounced English accent in leash, though once in a while it escapes him and-is only recovered after a hard chase.

He is an expert on Mah Jong, which he is endeavor ing to popularize his His the twins who while in this country developed quite opposite views on education, still agree to disagree on that subject, being members of different universities, It is hoped that Mrs. Newton and Miss Florence will often be seen social functions during the coming winter. Brooklynltes in Golf Tournaments The final golf match for the Isham Cup at Ekwanok Country Club Manchester, Vt, was played lastSaturday and although there was some rain it did not interfere with the gallery who followed the match with interest and umbrellas were as plentiful as golf clubs. Mr. J.

G. McMahon of Brooklyn was the winner by 4 up and 3 to play over James T. Hunter of North Adams, Mass. This week many Ekwanok players are in Bennington, Miss Florence Greer of Brooklyn Heights Seminary has "shaken off the dust of Brooklyn, journeying to Southwest Harbor, Me.f for a well deserved rest The parents of the daughters of" to-day will readily realize what a task it must he to act mpntnf to -a hnriv of playing in the Vermont State Championship tournament They include Dr. Clark Burnham of Brooklyn, who is quite an expert golfer, Messrs C.

M. Clark, i 1 i. i rr the willful, though delightful young misses of modern society througheight months of the year, and wuAioin in wishing for Miss Greer, a thoroughly delightful cation. Mrs. William K.

bimpson of iil Putnam Avenue is Returning Home 1 Miss Leslie W. Pomeroy, Mrs. George G. Cochran, and Miss Florence Sparks left England on the Baltic and are now nearing the Statue of Liberty. They are expected to arrive on Sunday, but may' not get in until Miss Pomeroy's mother, Mrs.

Ralph H. Pomeroy, will come In town from her country home at Westhampton Beach, on Saturday, August 11th, in order, to be here to greet her daughter and her traveling companions. Her father, Dr. Pomeroy, came in town last Monday, as also did her aunt, Miss Gertrude E. Lachlan.

They are all staying at their city house, 93 Remsen Street summering at Caldwell, N. J- She is occupying a tage, "Bowers Lane." Miss Frances Simpson and Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Staniford, with their two sons, are spending the summer with her.

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Montgomery, W.E. Powers and F. Robertson of, New York, De Witt Balch of Cincinnati, and the Rev. Dumont Clark of Manchester. Other activities at Manchester include the meeting of the Manchester Garden Club at Ormsby Hall, the home of Mrs.

Edward S. Isham of New York. The Twentieth Century Club met last week with Mrs. Gertrude D. Ritter at Yester House and Mrs.

Ritter gave an illustrated talk on Japan, where she visited last winter. Mrs. H. H. Porter of New York, gave a birthday dinner for her brother, Mr.

E. Parmlee Prentice, at the Equinox House. Others entertaining at theEquinox House recently include Mrs. B. A Hegeman of Brook lyn, i K.

iv '( 1 i ft Doings at Pine Bluff Camp Pine Bluff Camp started the fifth week of, its season with not only" new' sports out with new' It closed the fourth with the following winners in the various sports, many of whom are Brooklynites The hop-step and jump records were held by Paul Chaney, Lobo and Johnston Webster, for the Midgets, -Juniors and Seniors respectively. A marked improvement was' noted, especially in the Midgets, as the week progressed and as the campers got more in-, terested in their work and events. In the Midget Division, Arthur Sculley holds first place in the all-round athletic records made at camp 1 but is closely seconded by Donaly; Smith and Paul Chaney; the latter, although; a new camper, has shown great ability. Among the Juniors, Rudolph Lobo, a Brooklynite from Adelphi Academy, has steadily held first place from the outset of the season. Second place is closely contested for by.

three lads, two of whom are from Brooklyn, namely, Timothy Corcoran, Jack Danenhower and George Talbot 1 Yale and Princeton Plan Field Day j' Oldtime graduates of Yale and -Princeton gained prominence in their day in various athletic, sports," have planned a field day to take place August 15th at the Westchester-Biltmore Country Club, Rye, and every indication points to it being a gala event. All the members of the Princeton and Yale Clubs of New York are planning to attend The events will include golf, baseball, swimming, tennis and other sports. Mr. Thomas E. of 2 Martine Avenue, White Plains, is joint chairman of the committee in charge of the events, which will be under the' auspices of the Yale Alumni' Association of -Westchester County.

Consider- able interest, is being manifested in the golf event on the, program between Yale and Princeton, Mr. J. Courtney Punderford being captain, of the Yale team and Tenney, of Greenwich, captain of the Princeton team. Mr, Lambert Heyniger, of White Plains, will cap-- The Misses Hoyt of New York gave a vaudeville show At Burr and Burton seminary gymnasium Friday evening. It has been several years since they have given their showat.

Manchester. Last Saturday" Mrs. George Miner and Mrs. Harry Wolff gave a bridge and mahjongg party for the benefit of St. John's chapel, which is conducted by membefs of the summer colony.

The proceeds will be used to regrade the grounds about the chapel. and Mrs. Darwin P. Kingsley. of New York, have arrived at the Equinox House.

Other arrivals include Mr. and Mrs.W. O. Henderson, of Columbus, O'; Mr. and Mrs.

Henfy Robbins, of Chicago; and M. M. Graham, B. Malone, I. Hubbard, Mrs.

S.W. Meeker, Mr. and Mrs" Frank M. Mr. and Mrs.

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