NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
29 
SWAMPSCOTT 
There has been much out-door sporting interest at 
Beach Bluff, the past two weeks. Tennis, baseball and 
billiards have been the principal attractions and have at- 
tracted_a pretty large gallery of onlookers. 
in the men’s doubles between Plympton Brothers and 
Davenport and Hellman late Saturday afternoon, July 
23, gave Davenport and Hellman the two handsome cups. 
The result of the match was, 6-14, 6-8, 8-6, 4-6, 10-8. The 
consolation cup was won by Pratt and partner and the 
runner up were Bradford and Chase. The finals in the 
mixed doubles will be played tomorrow. Another event 
which brought out a large number of fair rooters and 
interested spectators was the baseball game between the 
Hotel Preston nine and the Clifton Heights nine. The 
victory went to the Preston team in a fast and lively 
game, the score being 7-5. In the ranks of crack billiard 
players at the Preston, Messrs Lincoln Grant and F. E. 
Sehultz of Boston have been having some very in- 
teresting and clever contests with quite a gallery of on- 
lookers to note their prowess. The regular Saturday 
evening dances, bathing, motoring and bridge have 
been other features on the social calendar of this fashion- 
able hostelry. Among the arrivals at the Preston are :— 
Miss C. E. Newton, Philadelphia; Mrs. R. R. Carter and 
maid, Miss Carter, Miss Eunice Keen, Chicago; Mr. and 
Mrs. James Caskie, Richmond, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. 
Boynton, Elyria, Ohio; Mrs. Austin Drummond, two 
at the New Ocean house. 
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daughters, Montreal; Miss Walther, Brooklyn; Thomas 
H. Guffey; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Linseott, Boston; Mrs. 
William H. Brown, children and maid, Mrs. F. D. Gra- 
ham and daughter, Cleveland. Auto parties have in- 
eluded H. E. Smith and family party, Webster, Mass. ; 
C. H. Newell and family, Pawtucket; the party of Mrs. 
l.. V. Defoe, New York City, and Mrs. Harrison, Mont- 
elair, N. J.; Dr. C. H. Calkins and family, Springfield. 
Other guests registered for extended periods are Mr. 
and Mrs. R. T. Warwick, Washington; Mrs. Kulmen, 
Davenport, Ia.; H. A. Pemberton, Globe, Arizona. 
The weekly dancing and children’s parties, bridge 
whist, tennis, croquet, motoring, etc., are filling the days 
Prominent among the guests 
is .W. B. Isaacs, collector of customs, harbor master, 
treasurer of Titchfield Trust and treasurer of the Paro- 
chial Board at Port Antonio, Island of Jamaica. Mr. 
Isaacs is accompanied by his son, Charles. Late arri- 
vals at the hotel include Mrs. A. Fauber, F. Edwards, 
Cumberland, Md.; Mrs. John H. Livingston, Mr. and 
Mrs. C: L. Livingston and chauffeur, Brooklyn; Mr. and 
The finals. 
Mrs. R. C. Stewart, Easton, Pa.; Mrs. Lawton Kendrick, 
Miss Gaulbert, Phila.; Mrs. S. B. Larzelere, Gaulbert 
Larzelere, Hatboro, Pa.; J. A. Mott and family, Seran- 
ton, Pa.; Mrs. A. A. Ely, New York; Mrs. G. P. Har- 
rington, Boston and Benjamin G. Taite and family, 
Philadelphia. Numerous auto parties have registered 
here also. 
_ Arrivals at the Elms include Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Han- 
son, Boston; G. D. Gordon, Cleveland, Ohio; Miss 8. 
Magee, Brooklyn; Mrs. M. C. Merchant, Wasington, D. 
C.; Rita Collier, New York City; A. C. Frost, Washing- 
ton. An auto party comprising Mr. and Mrs. G. Hilda- 
brand, Miss Burdich, B. Folmsbee, Johnstown, N. Y., 
registered at the Elms for a few days after an interest- 
ing auto run to Montreal and Quebec, returning by the 
way of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts to 
Beach Bluff. They returned to Johnstown through the 
Berkshires. The venerable Mrs. M. C. Merchant of 
Washington is a member of the older social coterie of 
the capital, who are enjoying life at ‘‘The Elms.”’ 
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Williams of New York, who 
have been in Maine on a fishing trip. are now at ‘‘The 
Elms’’ for the remainder of the season. They were at 
Daytona, Fla., through the winter, where Mr. McLeod, 
proprietor of ‘‘The Elms’’ conducts ‘“‘The Bennett.”’ 
Mr. Williams is a retired business man of New York. - 
Mrs. Oleott, proprietor of the Bellevue, extended her 
hospitality to the Beach Bluff colony in a very delight- 
ful manner by a bridge whist party on the afternoon of 
July 22; in honor of the guests of the Bellevue, Hotel 
Preston and Crowningshield, Clifton Heights, from 
whose ranks the seven tables were made up. Mr. Eben 
Thresher of Newton, a Bellevue guest, captured the first 
prize, a cut glass lemon dish and silver fork. Mrs. Powell 
of Boston from the Crowningshield, won second prize, a 
cut glass candle stick, and Mrs. Amanda Swift, a Belle- 
vue guest, got third prize, a silver picture frame. The 
excellence of the Bellevue cuisine was tested on the 
veranda, where a most delectable repast of raspberry 
frappe, faney cakes and crackers. were served. Some 
twelve ladies from Hotel Preston were present, among 
them Mrs. Bufford, Madame Dupee, Mrs. Dunn and 
others. Mrs. Oleott recently gave a lawn party for 30 
children of the Beach Bluff colony on the Bellevue 
lawn and offered prizes for the successful winners in the 
juvenile games played. 
Mrs. James B. Jones and Miss Ellen Hyde Jones, of 
Woodstock, Vt., who have spent some 20 summers in 
East Gloucester are at the Bellevue this season. Mrs. HE. 
S. J. Randall of Newton is another guest at this hotel. 
Marblehead 
Mrs. Henry 8. Macomber and 
daughter, Brookline, are booked for 
side. 
R. Seavy, 
Howard Houghton and Miss 
Swampscott, is a guest at the Ocean- 
Mrs. James W. Vinal and Mrs. ‘J. 
prominent 
residents, who spent July at the 
Arrivals at the Samoset inelude 
Mr.. and Mrs. E.. L. “Barker; C:. F; 
Perkins and. family, Mrs.’ W.-H. 
Buffum, Brookline; Miss Hopkinson, 
Baltimore; | Mr. -and’’Mrs. A! °M; 
Cambridge 
 Mrs.. Frances 
_ Plain on Thursday at the Oceanside. 
Frances M. Houghton of South Wey- 
mouth were guests of Mr. and 
Mayo of Jamaica 
The children of the Harbor View 
Heights cottage colony, Devereaux, 
cleared $104 from their recent sale 
for the Floating Hospital. — 
Mrs. Harriet N. Clark of Boston, 
~ mother of Mrs. William L. Shearer, 
jr., of “Boston and Phillips Beach. 
Oceanside, have gone to the moun- 
tains. — 
Mrs. J. B. Greenough, widow of 
the late Professor of latin at Har- 
vard, so well known and esteemed 
by Harvard men, is at the New 
Fountain Inn, accompanied by her 
brother, Joseph G. Jenks. 
A. H. Merrill, treasurer of the 
Warren Savings Bank, Peabody, and 
Mrs. Merrill are at the New Foun- 
Shurtleff, Miss Shurtleff, Mrs. F. M. 
Stodder, Miss C, F. Stodder, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. H. Raymond, Boston; Mr. 
and Mrs. Elbert Wheeler, Mrs, J. F. 
Whitmarsh, Nashua, N. H.; Mr. and 
Mrs. G. F. Ropes, Salem; Robert L. 
Raymond, jr., Milton. 
Mrs. L. H. Rhodes of Brookline, 
daughter and grandson, the latter 
a student at B. U., will spend Aug- 
ust at the Oceanside. 
