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BROOKLYN LIFE 14 open regatta and other events of the Conanicut Yacht Club. A long list of prizes is offered for the former. The Quonono-quot Club is the social clearing-house, its quarters being thronged; for the semi-weekly dinner-dances and the weekly tea and reception. The detection of some light-fingered servants, who have operated extensively in the cottage colony, gave the week a touch of real excitement. In the hunt for stolen gems and money a lot of unexpected plunder was discovered that caused a sensation among hotel folk.

SOCIAL life at Nyack-on-the-Hudson continues mildly active. On Wednesday morning of last week a euchre party was held at the Country Club, the prize-winners being Mrs. Wijliam Barry and Mrs. Robbins. The prizes were a sofa-pillow and a half-dozen after-dinner coffee-cups.

The fifth meeting of the Euchre and Luncheon Club took place at Mrs. George Chapman's on Thursday morning. Mrs. James Muir assisted the hostess, and prizes were won by Mrs. Arthur Stewart and Mrs.

J. Du Pratt White. These consisted of a handsome comb and a vase. The guests' prize, an embroidered handkerchief, was won by Miss Louise Lutkins. On.

Friday Mrs. Charles Carscallen gave a handsomely appointed luncheon to six of her friends, and in the evening a very spirited cotillon was danced at the Country Club. Though August is usually a very quiet month at Nyack, on account of the temporary absence of many cottagers in the mountains, there were twenty couples in the dance, which was led by Mr. Walter Duryea, dancing with Miss Nellie Mairs. The attendance included Mr.

and Mrs. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Hard, Mr. Lyon Maynard, Miss Jeanette Brien, Mr.

Wayland-Smith, Miss Helen Stewart, Mr. Nat Robbins, Miss Louise Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. James Hopkins, Mr. Jacob Lauderbach, Miss Jane Lutkins, Mr.

and Mrs. James Muir, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leash, Mr. Leland Robbins, Miss Sadie Gesner, Mr.

A VERY entertaining incident of last week was the goose race, one of the events of the Field Day program at the Driving Park on Tuesday for the benefit of St. Joseph's-on-the-Hill. Six white, geese, ladies to drive, started- The birds were harnessed with brilliant ribbons and carried the racing colors of the fair whips. Mr. Clarence Levin and Mr.

Pitt Earle acted as starter and judge, respectively. Miss Florence Smith, in white and gold, managed to navigate her fowl across the finish line first, while second and third prizes went to Miss Helena Purcell and Miss Alice Bolton, respectively. The Brooklyn contingent at Richfield was augmented last week by the arrival of Mrs. E. T.

Dobbs, who is at the Tuller with Mrs. Paul B. Wright. Mr. and Mrs.

W. L. Wellington, Mrs. John R. Townsend and Mr.

Tailer Townsend are at the Berkeley-Waiontha. A party of Brooklyn people who came over by coach from Otsego Hall, Cooperstown, and lunched at the Kendalwood last week consisted of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Valentine, Mrs.

C. Marshall, Miss Edna Barnes, Miss Margaret Barnes and Mr. Elwood Barnes. Mr. and Mrs.

J. Spencer Turner are expected at Richfield this week. NARRAGANSETT PIER'S annual polo tournament, just closed, has been a queer mixture of good and bad playing. Mr. George Gould's sons, Kingdon and Jay, and the Colliers, father and son, have been the central figures, the former virtually winning one game for his team on his fifteenth birthday anniversary.

The field and as a rule, have been excellent, but it hardly seemed the thing to allow a to appear none of whose members had ever before played in a tourney. Some of the handicapping, too, was absurd, and in one game at least it was suggested that the players get a range-finder in order to locate the ball. There was one forfeit that came near causing a blank in the schedule, but Mr. and Mrs. George Gould put up a set of cups for a scrub game to fill the gap, and had the satisfaction of seeing their boys' team win the trophy.

The elder Collier, amid great applause, persisted in playing after a broken bone in one of his feet had been set, and young Robert Collier, played what was probably the best game of his life in the first contest he entered since he has had a bride to applaud him in the throng. Senator Elkins saw one of the weaker teams make five goals within five minutes, and then declared that he should do his utmost to have the sport introduced at West Point. THE weather here continues the most remarkable in local history. The temperature, atmosphere and winds this week have been those of October. It does seem as if Father Time must have made a mistake and turned the hands of his clock two months ahead.

The season continues to be the most quiet on record, and had it not been for the influx of New porters daily the polo season would have fallen below the average. It is even too dead for runaways, while the auto-mobilists, so rampant last season, are like lambs until they reach the suburban stretches. There are signs, however, that the season is on, such as the coachmen's ball, the report of an occasional progressive whist game, tent minstrel shows for the aid of charity, raffles and grab-bags at the church fairs, the pitching of a merry-go-round on the beach and the offering of generous rewards for the recovery of Panama hats. The scarcity of widely known people is most conspicuous this summer. Mr.

and Mrs. George Gould gave several luncheons this week at the Grecian Gardens, entertaining among others Sentor Elkins and family, and Baron Jacques Merronet de St. Marc, of Paris, gave a dinner of twenty-eight covers at the Point Judith Country Club, but most of the parties were small and made up of a few intimate friends. Late hotel comers from Brooklyn include Mrs. Mary E.

Norris, Mr. F. H. White, Mrs. C.

B. Tucker, Mr. S. H. Johnston, Mrs, A.

E. Spulee, Mrs. J. J. Dusenberry, Miss Grace Dusenberry, Mr.

C. T. Rudyard, Miss Lucy A. Norris and Mrs. E.

M. Snedeker. The Manhattan entertainers of the evening were Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bancker Talbot, Mr.

Percival Kuhne, Mr. William Litteauer, and Count de Garets. The New York yachts Allita and Scionda have been in port this week. JAMESTOWN, Rhode Island, has had another brisk week, and still has events scheduled up to the middle of September. Socially the most interesting event was the marriage on Thursday of last week of Lieutenant MacArthur, U.S.N., son of MacArthur, U.S.A., and Miss Mary daughter of Captain Bowman H.

McCalla, U.S.N. This makes the third naval wedding here within a month, which is unprecedented, even for Jamestown, but Newport has been doing equally Though Conanicut Island has" been "unusually free from automobiles, the town council has sniffed danger and passed a speed ordinance of a peculiar sort. Complainants are to get half the amount of the fine imposed, which puts a premium on eagle eyes as well as upon indulging grudges. It looks as if the new rule would end in driving all the more reckless chauffeurs out of town. The country circus for the benefit of the Country Club was the most clever scheme for catching dollars that can be remembered here.

The story of the. puppet show and grab-basket will be handed down in' local history for years. Now that the lawn tennis, golf and ping-pong tournaments are over, effort is being concentrated On the Wednesday evening a lawn fete and tableaux were held at the beautiful home of Senator Lexow. Van Baar's Neapolitan Orchestra played throughout the evening, and ten very pretty tableaux were presented on the lawn. The affair was for the benefit of the Nyack Woodyard Charity.

THE engagement of Miss Violetta Emma Louise Parfitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Parfitt, of 2006 Benson avenue, to Mr. Otis Downes, was recently announced.

Mr. Downes belongs in Bridgehampton, Long Island, where the country place of the Parfitts, "Lake Side," is situated. MR. and Mrs. Frank M.

Fairchild, of 750 Putnam avenue, celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of their wedding day on Thursday of last week at their country home in the Thousand Islands, near Clayton. The day was devoted to various outdoor sports, including swimming, sailing, fishing, quoits and rifle-shooting. At two o'clock a dinner was served under the beautiful white birches on the lawn. Their guests comprised; Mr. and Mrs.

Marcus D. Fairchild, of this borough; Mr; and Mrs. J. B. Marvin, of Chicago Mrs.

Ella Rice, of Minneapolis Mrs. Millard Rogers, of Boston; Dr. and Mrs. M. B.

Mr. and Mrs. George E. Fairchild, Rev. and Mrs.

J. B. Kenyon, Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Kenyon, Miss Mabel Miss Doris Kenyon and Mr, and Mrs.

J. A. Taylor, of Syracuse; the Rev. E. H.

Kenyon, of Yantic, Connecticut and D. M. Kenyon. The host and hostess received many gifts and telegrams of congratulation from friends at a distance. v.

A WEDDING celebrated in the parlors of the Hotel St. George on Friday evening of last week was that of Miss Ida M. St. John, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Edmund St. John, formerly of Cambridge place, to Dr. Andres A. Oye, of Manhattan. The ceremony was performed by the Rev.

Willard P. Harmon, assistant pastor of Plymouth Church, at half-past eight o'clock. The bride was attended by Miss Edna Belle Bloomfield; of Summit, New Jersey, as by Miss Helen J. Bloomfield and Master Clarence Bloomfield as The last two preceded the bride and her father, scattering roses. Dr.

H. 0. Barclay, of Manhattan, was best The bride carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley, and the maid-of-honor pink roses. The arrangements were very effective and cleverly carried out by Pringle as maste'r of ceremonies. The decorations were white and green.

A supper at which fifty sat down, in a private supper-room, followed the ceremony. AT'Easthampton," Long Island," interest" last" week mainly-centered on the continuation of the lawn tennis tournament at the Maidstone Club, the ladies' singles having the courts. The final round between Miss Gladys Robinson and Miss Weston was played before a large gallery of spectators. Miss Robinson eventually won, after a clever exhibition of lawn tennis on both sides. The pool tournament is now in progress, the contestants including Mr.

P. B. Spring, Mr. Lockwood, Mr. S.

Quackenbush, Mr. C. Hackstaff, Mr. Charles Bradley and Mr. James A Tyng.

The visit of Mr. David B. Hill to Judge Samuel H. Beardsley, whose charming cottage is situated on the inner dunes, has of course.