Brooklyn Life from Brooklyn, New York • Page 10

We ek in So i tennis court most artistically. The Glee Club men, including Mr. Harold P. Atkinson, Mr. Edward S.

Barber, Mr. J. Kirby Burrell, Dr. Robert F. Barber, Mr.

Clarence F. Corner, Mr. Otto L. Hellman, Mr. C.

Judson House, Mr. Frederick A. Keck, Mr. Franklin S. Koons, Mr.

W. Rutger J. Planten, Dr. Frank Howard Richardson, Mr. Francis F.

Simpson, and Mr. George C. Turner, with Mr. Edward J. A.

Zeiner, director, arrived Saturday afternoon and were entertained at various cottages around the lake. Among the Brooklyn hosts and hostesses were Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Lima, Mr.

and Mrs. W. Rutger J. Planten and Miss Page Schwartzwaelder and the Misses Collins. The-concert began at about eight-thirty and was followed by the most unique and charming little dance on the canvas-covered tennis court lit only by the aforesaid moon and Japanese lanterns.

Mr. C. Judson House and Mr. W. Rutger J.

Planten were the soloists of the evening. Both men were in1 "good Voice. Mr. House sang three attractive little selections, 'accompanied by Mr. Hellman.

His voice' is a' true and appealing tenor and his numbers were Warmly appreciated. Mr. Planten was enthusiastically received, as usual, his resonant baritone carrying well out of doors. Mrs. Planten played for his numbers.

The club sang many of the old favorites, such as "Integer Vitae," "Swing Along Chillun," "Moonrise" and "Lord Geoffrey Amherst" and rendered them in a hearty and entirely delightful fashion. At the tea, Saturday afternoon, Mrs. George Clark, Mrs. Harry Costa and Mrs. Tonnelly received; the affair was especially festive with so many extra men to dance attendance.

The tennis preliminaries are still occupying most of the time these days, but orie; golf match inanaged to claim a few enthusiasts. In the fdiir'-ball foursome, medal play, there was a tie in Class A between Mr. W. Rutger J. Planten and Mr.

Edward H. Lock-wood and Mr. Charles C. Lima, Jr. and Dr.

Imlay Benet. Mr. George Brown and Mr. William C. Hynard won in and Mr.

Julius De Long and Mr. Edward Fitter, in C. Silver cups were the prizes. Misa Elvia Zabriakie Engaged. From the summer of Mrs.

Cornelius Zabriskie at Charleston, R.I., comes the news of the engagement of her younger daughter, Miss Elvia Zabriskie, to Mr. Russell Trowbridge Bailey of Brooklyn. The announcement was made at, a supper and dance given at a house-party at the Zabriskie's last week Saturday evening at which were present, besides Mrs. Zabriskie, Miss Zabriskie and Mr. Bailey, Mr.

and Mrs'. Herbert Scoville, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Keiser, Miss Marjofie Decker, Miss Helen Millard, Miss Gertrude Gibson, Miss Helen Latson, Miss Katherine Dudley, Miss Katherfne Dauchy, Miss Louise Haggerty, Mr. Rodney Slocum, Mr.

John Ivins, Mr. Henry Bristol, Mr. Otto Koechl, Mr. Albert Williams, Mr. Russell Earle, Mr.

Almet Latson, Mr. Walter Benton and Mr. Haydert' Dudley. Miss Zabriskie possesses many of the. same traits which make her mother so universally liked a direct anxi sincere manner," a'whblesouled way of entering into any? undertaking enlisting her support and a generosity the half of which is never known because it is kept hidden as much as possible.

Like her mother, Miss Zabriskie was educated at the Packer Institute and they have both shown keen interest in its welfare. Miss Zabriskie was graduated in 1910. -She has one sister, Mrs. Herbert Scoville (Arlena A. Zabriskie) of 56 West Fifty-fifth Street, Manhattan.

Mr. Bailey is no less well known and generally liked among his contemporaries than is his fiancee. Historic Interest Attached to Mr. Packard's Summer Home. Woodcote Farm, the country home of Mr.

and Mrs. Edwin Packard at Bernardsville, N.J., which they bought a few year's ago after, they gave up spending the. summer at Kenne-bunkport, Me possesses historical interest, for Washington is said to have slept in it and the room is still called by. name. The house, which is located on the main road between Morristown and Princeton, over which the' Revolutionary forces passed and repassed, has over the entrance a stone on which is carved the date of its erection, 1765, with the initials of its owners, D.

M. K. David and Mary Kirkpat.rick. Jhe additions to the original house under the supervision of "the late George B. Post, architect, have been so harmonized with the old lines that it would be almost impossible to say what was bid and what more recent.

Fff, Amateur Theatricals at Bellport. Most of those participating in the performances of "Gertrude's Visit to the Moon" and "Welcoming a Burglar," held last Friday and Saturday evenings in Mrs. Frederick Edey's Nearthebay Playhouse, af L.I., were' members of the junior set. Both plays were from the pen of Mrs. Edey.

The cast for the former play brought forward Miss Mary Forbes, Miss Cornelia G. Henshaw, Miss Audrey Turney, Miss Mary Jesup, Miss Ethel Kreamer, Miss Madeline Forbes, Miss Violet Turney, Miss Florence Albin and Master Donald Mills, while those, in; the latter-play were Miss Constance Gray, Miss Jessica Granville-Smith, Miss Julia Mallory, Miss Katharine Holmes and Miss Mary Mallory, In the intermission between the plays Mjss Louise Holmes gave a dryad dance. Miss Holmes, it will be remembered, made a great hit in the same dance when she gave it at the Heights Casino last winter at the cafe chantant: for the benefit of the United Neighborhood Guild. A third performance of the two plays will be given this, Saturday, evening. The proceeds from the entertainment are" to go to the rectory fund of the Episcopal Church in the village, A delightful event of last week was the tea given by Mrs.

George Holt Henshaw in honor of Mrs. George Kohl and the Misses Cornelia and Grace Kohl of Montreal, who are at Bellport for August. Mr. Clipston. Sturgis of Boston, president of the American Institute of Architects, Mr.

and Mrs. Van Buren McGonigle and Miss Florence Van Wyck of New York, who has recently returned from a sojourn abroad, were week-end guests of Mr, arid Mrs. Walter Cook at their country place at Bellport last week. Miss Van Wyck is spending the month of August with Mrs. Cook.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cook, of Englewood, N.J., spent the weekend at Bellport as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.

Frank Phillips, who are occupying the Hoyt place. Miss Ethel Ketcham, who left early in the summer for a trip to the Pacific Coast, is expected to return the end of this week. She has recently been visiting the Grand Canyon. Brooklyn University'GleelClub at Lake Mahopac. The Golf Club at Lake Mahopac has added electric lights this year in its improvement campaign, thereby affording opportunity for giving many delightful evening affairs which would have been more difficult otherwise, but last week Saturday evening, when the members of the Brooklyn University Glee Club were the guestsof the Golf Club and gave a most enjoyable concert, electric lights were quite unnecessary and were used only on the "stage" (the club-house porch), the moon and numerous Japanese lanterns lighting the lawn and Other Festive Occasions.

Private bridge parties are quite the fashion at present. Last week Friday Mrs. Sloan and Mrs. F. E.

'Searle of the Forest House entertained four tables and Mrs. Charles C. Lima, whose new home was completed this season, has sent out cards for next week Thursday. Mrs. Sloan's and Mrs.

Searle guests included Mr. and Mrs. Julius De Long, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Decker, Mr.

Herbert, Mrs. Eakins, Mrs. Fred Van Vranken, Mrs. Russel Sloan, Mrs. H.

C. Loudon, Mrs. Lockwood, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Eugene Gombers and Mrs.

Charles C. Lima. The prize winners were Mrs. Decker, Mrs. Lockwood and Mrs.

Searle. Other festivities which are being much anticipated are the masquerade at the Thompson House next week Friday evening and a dance which is to be given when the West Point men arrive at Mahopac. They are expected daily. Recent arrivals at the Dean House include Mr. and E.

A. Corby, Miss Wilson, Miss C. A. Wilson, Mr. Henry P.

McKeain and Mr. Charles P. Williams. At the Forest House are Mr. and Mrs.

E. J. Walden, Mr. and Mrs. P.

J. Kornder, Miss Elsa Kornder, Miss Adele Kornder, Miss Mildred Kornder and Mr. Herbert S. Taylor. West Hampton Beach Rather Quiet.

Socially speaking, the past week at West Hampton Beach was a rather quiet one, proving that even the gayest and most popular summer resorts are subject to ups and downs. Mrs. Charles Armstrong was the hostess at a bridge party last week Wednesday evening, while on that same day Mrs. J. H.

Mc-Clement entertained friends at luncheon and bridge. Saturday night's dance brought a number of visitors, among them Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Dunning, who with Mr. Walter Rothschild of Bay Shore, with whom they were spending the weekend, motored over for the dance.

Miss Alice Blum and Miss Marjorie Church, guests of Miss Janet Bowers, were among the visitors noticed, as well as Mr. Norman Toerge, Mr. Irving Eldredge, Mr. William Vollmer, Mr. Edward Vollmer, who is spending his vacation at the Hampton Inn, and Mr.

James Thornton of Brooklyn, and Mr. De Witt Brokaw of Plain-field, these last two the guests of Mrs. H. Biglow; Miss Jean Palmer, who is registered at the Inn; Mr. Warren Beebe, a guest of Mrs.

Melville S. Beams, and Mr. William Kimball. All the young people are excited over the dancing contest to be held at the Country Club this, Saturday, evening. The club has offered a cup to the' winning couple.

Other items of club interest are the various tournaments which are being conducted almost daily. Miss Anne Ward was again the winner of the women's sweepstakes golf competition of last week Tuesday Mr. Hugh Ward won Mr. Edward H. Miller's cup on Saturday, score 83 8 75, while Mr.

Harold Forman, with a score of 94 18 76, came in second. A meeting in the interests of suffrage was to be held at the home of Mrs. William C. Atwater oh Seafield Lane this "Friday. The speakers were to be Mrs.

Raymond, who will preside over the meeting, and Miss Alice Carpenter..