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SOCIETY NOTES 
Flannels. and linens have the call now despite 
the setback attempted by the Weather Man dur- 
ing the week, and even to the uninformed and 
unitiated, it is evident that the much planned society 
tennis tournament is near at hand. Held on the Ocean- 
side courts, where have been played so many important 
national tennis events, and under the auspices of the 
active and ambitious members of the Magnolia Lawn 
Tennis Association, this year’s tournament should sur- 
pass those of years past in that a number of players well 
known to society in many cities will have an opportuni- 
ty to test their ability against some of the best amateurs. 
Entries are being received already and the unusual num- 
ber of young women who thus have signified their desire 
to compete means much to the success of the event which 
will last at least two weeks. Miss Helen Taft, the 
daughter of the President, a strong player and who has 
been seen on the Myopia courts many times this sea- 
son, has been asked to compete, and members of the com- 
mittee expect to receive her entry within a short time. 
Miss Eleanora Sears of Brookline, and Newport and 
everywhere society congregates, has been one of the 
strongest players of the women in the Magnolia tourna- 
ments heretofore and her reply to the request to play 
is awaited anxiously not only by the committee, but by 
the women entrants, though not with the same feeling. 
Miss Eleanor Bradley of Brookline is often seen on the 
Oceanside courts making ready for the tournament. 
Another strong Brookline player is likely to be Mrs. 
Eleanor Rowe. Miss Josephine Stevens, Miss Alice 
Thorndike, the Misses Lee—Bessie and Marie—are 
among the other Brookline girls who will attempt to 
keep the honors of the event in this part of the country. 
Miss Louise Panhallow, whose brother is a member of 
the tournament committee, will with him, represent 
Jamaica Plain, and as they both are fast players, they 
are apt to upset some calculations not only in the 
singles but in the mixed doubles. But the girls from 
- Boston and nearby are not likely to have an especially 
easy time in carrying off the tournament honors if one 
may judge by the practice play each day on the courts. 
For there are among the guests of the Oceanside, and 
the cottagers along the North Shore, some girls from 
New York and the Middle West who evidently know 
something about tennis. From St. Louis, the home of 
Dwight Davis, who formed the Magnolia association 
when it was entered in the National association play, 
and who did much for the sport all over the country, 
are three players at least, already seen and heard from, 
who will be worthy contestants. They are Miss Effie Bag- 
nell, Miss Ethel Johnson and Miss Mersman. Then New 
York will have the Misses Solari, Miss Julia Colbert, 
Miss Katherine Moore, and Miss Katherine Tweed. The 
Misses Pollard who came over from Eastern point last 
year and captured much of the glory will be seen on 
the courts again. Other ‘‘outsiders’’ as far as distances 
are concerned may loom up as outsiders and outdistance 
some of the above mentioned players. They are Miss 
Britton of Washington, daughter of Alexander Brit- 
ton, and the Misses Baxter of Tennessee. Many other 
society girls are yet to be heard from. They will com- 
pete in the singles and doubles for women and mixed 
deubles. A large number of young men from all along 
the North Shore and all over the country who always 
appear in this tournament will play and under the di- 
rection of Reginald Kennard, Sherban Panhallow, and 
factory tournament is.assured. 
The eleventh hour announcement that the Essex Coun- 
ty club tennis tournament in Manchester-by-the-Sea will 
begin on the same day has not daunted the enthusiasm 
of the Magnolia Association and it is understood that an 
effort will be made to have the players in both tourna- 
ments in so far as the rules of each club will permit. 
The Essex County Club tournament will be open to mem- 
bers and invited guests of the club and members of the 
Nahant, Myopia and Montserrat clubs, in mixed doubles 
—partners to be drawn by lots—women’s handicap 
singles and men’s handicap singles. The entries will be 
closed July 28, for the Essex club and July 30 for the 
Magnolia association. 
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Miss Lucy Blair is on the North Shore for a visit. 
She has been a house guest of Mrs. Robert S. Bradley 
at Pride’s Crossing this week. - 
Charles D. Sias, who is in Europe this summer, is ex- 
peeted to return to his Wenham estate for the autumn. 
Dr. and Miss Lloyd of Detroit, who have been at Mag- 
nolia for six weeks, have gone to Canada for the month 
of August. They will return to Magnolia the first of 
September. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Roger Noble Burnham were at home in- 
formally in their studio at Magnolia last Sunday after- 
noon. One is sure to find at Mrs. Burnham’s afternoons 
those who do things and those who are interested in 
the things which are done. Her Thursdays last winter 
invariably introduced some delightful and interesting 
visitor to Boston as a special guest. Mrs. Burnham is 
a traditional Southerner in manner and believes in greet- 
ing the stranger within her gates with true cordiality 
and bidding them sincerely welcome. 
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Marion Pierce Pentecost, sister of Thomas Pierce of 
Topsfield, has returned from abroad with her husband, 
the well-known Cunard line officer, Capt. Pentecost, and 
will make an extended sojourn in Topsfield. Capt. 
Pentecost is a cultured and much travelled young Eng- 
lishman and an officer in the British Naval Reserves. 
Hotel Fairfax, Beverly. 
Among the guests who have been registered at the 
hotel are Allen Kelley, Imperial Valley, Col.; W. H. 
Holabird, Los Angeles; Mrs. Thomas E. Workman, Co- 
lumbus. Ohio; J. B. White, Kansas City; B. N. Baker, 
Baltimore; Earle Dick, Akron, Ohio (Mr. Dick is the 
U.S. Senator from Ohio). Wade Ellis, chairmaa of the 
Ohio state Republican committeee, also registered here 
during his call on the President. Messrs. Bake and 
White are prominent members of their state conserva- 
tion committees. Mr. Holabird came to see President 
Taft on the irrigation of Imperial Valley, California. 
They registered on the 16th. Mrs. J. R. Fassig of Co- 
lumbus, Ohio, J. W. Whitney and family, New York, 
are season guests at the Fairfax. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. 
Gilmer (‘‘Dorothy Dix’’) the well known writer of New 
York and Philadelphia, spent a few days at the Fair- 
fax. Auto parties to register included Mrs. W. B. 
Thompson and Miss M. Thompson, Indiana; Mr. and 
Mrs. L. F. Lurtz, jr., Mauch Chuck, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. 
‘R. M. Snyder, Altoona, Pa., the latter touring New Eng- 
land. Other guests who have been registered were W. 
Il. Lewis and family, Bridgeport; J. A. Adams and wife, 
Buffalo; Celia H. Weeker, Chicago. The hotel has been 
made the official hotel in Beverly of the National Auto- 
mobile Association. 
