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VOL. XI, No. 2.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER SEVENTH, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SMALL LIBRARY IN PUZZLES
Book Party at The Holly Inn Provides
Novel Entertainment.
lerileIng- lrobliii, Kay n hen You
Know, p Hlg- Company
ll'aNaiitIy Occupied.
HOOK PARTY, the first
of the many informal
social afi'airs which will
be held at The Holly Inn
during the season, pro
vided delightful enter-
tainnient Thanksgiving evening, cot
tagers and guests from The Lenox and
Magnolia, joining in.
Of perplexing problems, variously pre
sented, there were many, making the
work of solving the riddles not an easy
task and one which many found com
pletely beyond their reach, but all the
more fascinating in consequence. A
small library was represented in the va
rious hidden titles, the range including
books old and new, with a tendency to
ward popular fiction and recent works.
In the matter of awards for the best
representations the committee found
itself somewhat puzzled and compro
mised by giving honorable mention to
six of the participants, equally divided
between men and women; Mrs. George
S. Hill of Marblehead, Mrs. T. R. Moore
of Lake Hoptacong, X. L, and Mrs. W.
Hetherington of Rochester, being in the
latter class; and Mr. R. M. Hamilton
and Mr. John Bassett Moore, both of
New York, and Dr. George S.Hill in the
former.
Mrs. Hill's book, "Three Weeks", was
represented by three sets of the days of
the week, from Sunday to Saturday in
clusive, written upon separate slips and
pinned lielter skelter upon her waist.
Mrs. Hetherington carried a picture of
lMnehurst's famous golf lad standing on
the pond bridge and in the act of fishing
a ball out of the pond-surely "The
Crossing", but about everything else but
the correct title was guessed.
Mrs. Moore had two dice boxes, one of
them containing a pair of dice and the
other empty easily a pair of dice lost
"Paradise Lost."
Dr. Hill's book was so very easy you
really felt mortified not to have guessed
it, a miniature photograph of Mrs. Hill
pinned upon his coat lapel without
question "His Wife" which everybody
knew but which no one seemed to be able
to recall at the right time.
Mr. Moore's puzzle was very easjr,
simply "MVO ?0 VRVE" what's question
marks) in a name "What's in a Name V"
Mr. Hamilton wore a drawing, the
letter D on a key with the letters O T
below it D on key OT "Don Quixote",
of course !
Mrs. II. J. Safibrd and Mrs. F. L. Betts
both wore apples "The1 Fruit of the
Tree."
Mrs. San ford II. Steele wore a picture
Mrs. J. Milton Robinson wore a cracker
as a waist decoration "Unleavened
Bread" ; Miss Mary M. Fiske was deco
rated with medals and ribbons "The
Lady of the Decoration" ; and Miss Eliza
beth Olney carried a plain black shuttle
"The Shuttle."
Mrs. C. II. Go wans' drawing of a rail
road track crossing a road, was of course,
"The Crossing", and Mrs. J. 1). Merri
man's picture of a devil and a. letter S
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It. M. HAMILTON, WYKAGYL COUNTRY CLUB, WINNER ANNUAL
THANKSGIVING WEEK GOLF TOURNAMENT.
of two fifty cent pieces and a golf ball
resting in a hole marked very plainly
with a 2 two halves and two holed
"To Have and to Hold."
The spray of holly worn by Mrs. A. I.
Creamer suggested "Holly" to but few,
until told, and the brass bowl carried by
Miss Laura Stifel was not a brass bowl
to many until "The Brass Bowl" was re
called to mind.
was plainly "Satan Sanderson."
The print on the tail of a mocking bird
worn by Mr. T. R. Moore above "Boston
New York", was, naturally, "The Tale
of Two Cities" ; Mr. J. B. Bowen's
elongated letter A in no sense a broad
was of course, "Innocence Abroad", and
the card of spots worn by Mr. J. 11.
Goodall were nothing more than "The
(Co7icludel on fage 12.)
R. M. HAMILTON WINNER
Thanksgiving Week Golf Tourney De
cided on Home Green.
Dr. GJeorg-e 8. Ilill XaiiU Connotation
and 11. J. Sallord tli Mortal
Ncore Trophy.
HE ANNUAL Thanks
giving golf tournament
drew a good field of early
season entries, and from
first to last the event
was characterized by
keen play, close matches and surprises,
R. M. Hamilton of the Wykagyl Club,
New York, winning the principal trophy
in the final round with II. W. Ormsbee
of the Alpine Golf Club, New Jersey, by
a single stroke on the home green.
Both got oil' good drives from the
eighteenth tee, Mr. Hamilton playing
safe on his second and Mr. Ormsbee
making the pit. Mr. Hamilton made the
edge of the green on his third, Mr. Orms
bee getting well out of trouble, and the
fourth shots made things look very much
like a halved hole and an even score witli
an extra hole to play. Mr. Hamilton
holed his putt, Mr. Ormsbee placing
the gutta on the very brink of the cup
where it hung on grimly, refusing to go
down. Throughout the players were
never more than a few strokes or a hole
apart, and the gallery had plenty to keep
it occupied.
In the consolation division Dr. George
S. Hill of Marblehead, and J. Milton
Robinson of Littleton, fought it out, Mr.
Robinson having the best of it by two
up, at the turn, but losing ground on the
way in; Dr. Hill winning the trophy by
four up and two to play.
Mr. R. J. Safibrd of Englewood, was
the winner of the trophy . offered for the
best medal score, leading Mr. Hamilton
and J. R. Goodall of St. Louis, by the
narrow margin of two strokes.
The features of the week were Mr.
Ormsbee's close matches, two of them
requiring extra holes to decide them.
The contest in the semi-finals between
Mr. Goodall and Mr. Safibrd was also a
pretty one, the home green deciding it
and the match stroke for stroke.
In the first round of play Mr. Goodall
beat Mr. Robinson, 8 and 7; Mr. Safibrd
going forward on a bye; A. E. Wright
of Cooperstown, N. Y., defeating Lin
coln C. Cummings of Brookline, G and 5 ;
Mr. Ormsbee, I L. Lightbourn of Ber
(Conclwhd on page 3.)