"The appropriation for a house should be divided into two equal parts, one-half for the house, the other for the gardens, pathways, court, approach, terrace and the rest of it, or, as it might be termed, one-half for the pudding, the other for the sauce." Architect Thomas Hastings
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DINNER on the terrace—the first step in the march of events
1,200 ATTEND CIRCUS AT LLOYDS NECK, L. I. Society Leaders Are Barkers and "Freaks" in Benefit at Marshall Field Estate. DINNER PRECEDES EVENT Mr. Field and W. R. Stewart Act as Waiters—Proceeds Aid Long Island Biological Society.
Special to The New York Times. HUNTINGTON, L. I., July 16.—Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field were hosts tonight at "Caumsett", their estate at Lloyds Neck, Cold Spring Harbor, at one of the largest and most brilliant benefit entertainments given on the North Shore in many seasons. The large sum realized from the subscription will go to the Long Island Biological Society of Cold Spring Harbor. The guests numbered more than 1,200. A few of those who attended came on their yachts and moored off private piers or at the New York Yacht Club in Morgan Memorial Park. Dinner, which was arranged for the sunset hour, was at tables of different sizes set on the green terrace around a dancing platform illuminated with colored lanterns. The long driveway from the entrance, almost a mile away, to the terrace in front of the mansion was also illuminated. The waters of Cold Spring Harbor provided the setting. Mrs, Field had about fifty guests at her table and Mr. Field served as head waiter, with William Rhinelander Stewart assisting. At Mrs. Field's table were: George Gersawrn. Mrs. Huntington Marshall, Harrison Williams, Mrs. Geraldyn L. Redmond, Fred Astaire, Conde Nast, Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. Baldwin Brown, Mrs. Baldwin Preston. Jack Kennedy, Mrs. Clifford Hodman, Miss Eleanor Barry, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice B. (Lefty) Flynn, Mr. and Mrs. Courtland Barnes. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Astor. Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. G. MacCulloch Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Norman, Mr. and Mrs. Averell Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. James Warburg, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Phipps. Mr. and Mrs. James Gwathmey, Winston Guest. Other Dinner Hostesses. Other hostesses at tables were: Mrs. Paul Hammond, Mrs. Junius S. Morgan, Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Parker Corning, Mrs. Richard F. Hoyt, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Mrs. Walter Jennings, Mrs. Herbert Lee Pratt, Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt, Mrs. Robert Livingston Clarkson, Mrs. J. Henry Alexandre, Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas, Miss Neysa McMein, Mrs. Franklin B. Lord, Mrs. Charles G. Cushing, Mrs. Woodward Babcock, Mrs. Beekman Hoppin, Mrs. Robert Livingston Stevens, Mrs. Robert C. Winmill, Mrs. Henry Rogers Winthrop, Mrs. Henry C. Taylor, Mrs. Harold E. Talbott and Mrs. Joseph B. Davis. After dinner the guests wandered through the circus. Up and down the midway were members of society disguised as barkers and vendors of amusement and wares. Vincent Astor was in charge of the china-breaking booth, which proved one of the most popular of the attractions. Hundreds of plates, cups and saucers were broken by the skillful patrons. The freak show, in charge of Mrs. Joseph E. Davis, was one of the centres of amusement in the midway. In it were Mrs. Ralph Isham and her twin sister, Mrs. Malcolm Meacham; also Mrs. Baldwin Browne and her twin sister, Mrs. Baldwin Prescott, the former Misses Priscilla and Phyllis Baldwin. Singing Cigarette Girls. Mrs. Frederick McLoughlin, the former Irene Castle, who was to have danced with Clifford Webb on the cabaret program, directed by Mrs. Field, injured her foot while swimming off the Field estate yesterday and could not appear. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and Mrs. John Whitney, in the costumes of Egyptian girls, strolled about the grounds singing and selling cigarettes from trays suspended from their shoulders. Miss McMein and George Abbott directed a living picture show, in which their models were prominent in society. They represented famous works of art, ancient and modern. In the cabaret show, which was continuous, the Boswell sisters, accompanied by Mrs. James Warburg and Mrs. Norman Bradford, sang, and Ramona, through the courtesy of Paul Whiteman, appeared as surprise star. A well-known Harlem orchestra provided dance music all evening. Miss Eleanor Barry, Mrs. Alexandre and Miss McMein assisted Mrs. Field in the arrangements. Click HERE to see the invitation to this party. HERE to read ALL about the event.
Leader of one of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920's, Paul Whiteman produced recordings that were immensely successful, and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz". His band played as part of the grand finale entertainment. Click on the video for the music of the era.
Requiring a Sense of Humor, a Generous Supply of Talent, and a Country Estate with the Spacious Charm of "Caumsett"
On the west side of the Main House are the Boxwood and Long Gardens. This area, like much of the grounds, was designed by the Olmsted Brothers with input from Evelyn Field, Marshall’s first wife. Several statues filled the niches in the brick wall that runs along the garden. In spring the apple trees in the garden bloom beautifully, and at the end of the Long Garden is the gate that leads to the never-completed terraced garden.
JUST when all the variations in parties seem to have been exhausted, some public benefactor thinks of a new one, and life goes gayly on. We all remember the Great Treasure Hunt Era—during which the bright young people swept over the countryside like a horde of Huns, routing the peasantry out of bed to inquire the way to Smith's Cove, or Barker's Corners. And, the Fancy Dress Era—particularly dangerous during its later and more decadent phase, when guests started dressing up as their fellow guests, thereby causing a general deflation in everybody's ego. And of course, before all that, the classic standby of all our more rural hostesses, the Garden Party—chiefly distinguished by picture hats and ominous thunder clouds on the horizon. . . . But now a newer and better day dawns. The circus party is in order, with the famous Dutch Treat Dinner and Circus at the Marshall Field's North Shore estate as its very admirable and amusing example.
A CORNER of the garden at "Caumsett", the Marshall Field estate at Huntington, Long Island. This delightful place was the scene of one of the season's most amusing parties—a dinner and circus given for the benefit of the Long Island Biological Association. As the invitation suggests, the activities were inspired by the sawdust ring, and the big top, ranging widely from a freak show of strictly amateur standing to the perverse pleasures of breaking china without inhibition or apology to the hostess.
One of the most successful parties of the season, it demanded a glamorous setting, and "Caumsett", with its broad lawns and gracious formal gardens, its stately Georgian house and wide terraces, made a perfect background for the festivity. Four thousand generous acres sweep down to the Sound and twelve hundred guests could not crowd or bustle its hospitable tranquility. Nor was there lacking an excuse for the party, for the Long Island Biological Association, of which Mr Marshall Field is secretary, was worthily in need of funds and contributed to the occasion by furnishing the party with a highly commendable purpose. Of course, you mustn't misunderstand us. This was not a common or garden variety of circus. Don't look for a general return to the simple life, the naive and ingenuous amusement. Quite the contrary—this circus was a very sophisticated, typically 20th Century variety, revealing all sorts of unsuspected talents for showmanship among the amateur ranks. It has now been established beyond the shadow of a doubt that Mr. Vincent Astor, for example, is incomparable as the chief Factotum of a china-breaking booth—that the "Baldwin Twins" can, on occasion, be quite successfully Siamese—that the big top is the poorer for not having Mr. Lucius P. Ordway and Mr. Edward McIlvaine as barkers—and particularly, that a certain wistful painted donkey in the photographic booth will go down in the history of art as bearing on its flanks the unmistakable brush strokes of a genuine Gershwin.
DINNER on the terrace—the first step in the march of events, A gay affair, lit by searchlights and punctuated by the rhythmic enthusiasms of a negro orchestra. Above—Mrs. Frederic C. Thomas' table.
First, speaking chronologically, there came the dinner—served on the lawn, with Mr. Marshall Field and Mr. William Rhinelander Stewart as the delightfully urbane headwaiters. And by way of further attractions—an open air dance floor with one of those negro orchestras that keep you up on your feet for hours while the consomme grows cold, and the sherbet melts wistfully away.
THE "Baldwin Twins"—Mrs. Baldwin Browne and Mrs. Baldwin Preston—famous for their ability to completely confuse the general public, prove conclusively that they can be quite successfully Siamese when the occasion arises.
Mr. Frank Field as that curious phenomenon, the World's Tallest Dwarf.
Mr. Lucius P. Ordway and Mr. Edward MeIlvaine as barkers extraordinary for the "greatest show on earth".
After the demi-tasse, there was a general trek to the midway. On with the circus. Come on, ladies and gentlemen, and see the greatest show on earth. . . . Barkers—noise—booths.... To the right, ladies and gentlemen, the Freak Show! Nature will have her little jokes. Consider Captain "Bunny" Head as the Wild Man From Borneo—so fearsomely furry that women cover their eyes, and strong men pale beneath their tan. And Mr. Lytle Hull, the Strong Man —all muscles and mustachios. Also, Mrs. Baldwin Browne, and Mrs. Baldwin Preston being very Siamese. The Two-Headed Woman, looking suspiciously like Mrs. Malcolm L. Meacham, and Mrs. Ralph H. Isham. Mr. Frank Field as the World's Tallest Dwarf. Mrs. Joe Davis as the highly decorative tattooed lady. And finally, Mrs. Harold E. Talbott as one of the most duck-billed Duck Bill Women it has ever been our pleasure to behold. . . .
A MURAL painter at play—Lucinda Goldsborough Ballard, and her delightful side-show caricatures for the photographic booth. Mr. George Gershwin, at right, contributed advice and final touch of paint to the donkey.
MRS. MARSHALL FIELD, Mr. Wadsworth R. Lewis, and Mr. Marshall Field— as the Fat Lady, the Living Skeleton, and the Midget.
THIS touching little family group includes Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Phipps as the young couple, Miss Eleanor Barry as the Baby, and Mr. Winston Guest as the Innocent Bystander.
CAPTAIN "Bunny" Head—completely submerged in the personality of the Wild Man From Borneo. So fearsomely furry that women cover their eyes and strong men pale beneath their tan—and quite the most irrepressible of all the freaks at the circus party.
Mr. Lytle Hull, as the “Strong Man”
And now, ladies and gentlemen—to the left we have the photographic booth, otherwise known as the Coney Island Booth. Have your pictures taken as the Fat Lady, the Living Skeleton, the Sweet Young Couple. Consider how your grandchildren will cherish these little mementos. Observe the quaint charm of this masterpiece—an equestrian portrait of Mrs. Harold Talbott and Mr. John D. Kennedy, familiarly known as "Travels with a Donkey." Or this touching family group, a bit sentimental perhaps, but sentiment makes the world go round—Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Phipps, gazing fondly at the Little One, who the way, bears quite a startling resemblance to Miss Eleanor Barry. Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and have your pictures taken. Incidentally we take this opportunity to warn you, watch out for the Bicycle Built for Two. It disappeared from this booth two hours ago, and hasn't been seen since. Dreadful rumors reach our ears that this death-dealing device is being wildly driven about the grounds by various mad wags, with no regard for life and limb. We disclaim all responsibility for this Public Menace. . . .
Leaving the photographic booth behind us, we approach the hit of the show. The Living Picture Booth, ladies and gentlemen. The high spot wit and humor in this stupendous spectacle. Tableaus by Mr. Baragwanath, and Mr. George Abbot assisted by several charming young models. Bits of human drama, in short, ladies and gentlemen—Life. Tragic perhaps, but life is like that. The facts must be faced. Consider, for example, this heart-rending scene—"Her Tragic Honeymoon." The curtain parts and what do we find? But no, we shan't spoil it for you. Let us proceed to the next little scene—"A Bird in a Gilded Cage." The curtain parts and there we find, of all things—a canary bird in a gilded cage—to the complete amazement of the audience and the canary bird. Step right up ladies and gentlemen, and see the Living Pictures. Incidental organ music by Mrs. James Warburg. Step right up. . . .
And now, ladies and gentlemen, step right this way for the China Breaking Booth! The chance of a lifetime to just let yourself go. Three balls to each person, and all the china you can break. Think of the Financial Situation,—think of the Political Situation,—think of practically any situation, and just let yourself go. Step right up, ladies and gentlemen,—Mr. Astor will give you each three balls.
But let us pause a moment, ladies and gentlemen. What is this dashing up the road in a cloud of dust. Why the applause? Why all the laughter and cheering? Prepare to be overwhelmed, ladies and gentlemen. Prepare to meet the most famous character of the current American scene, the idol of American childhood, the toast of the talkies—his Royal Highness—Mickey Mouse. Where, my friends, is the teddy bear, once the pride of every nursery? Laid low, ladies and gentlemen, by the Mickey Mouse toys. Where are the movie "shorts'' and Mack Sennett comedies of yesteryear? Driven into oblivion by the conquering hero, Mickey Mouse. And even now, I feel it my duty to warn you that he has come to this party by special truck, direct from the studio, with the dastardly purpose of stopping; this show. Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and see Mickey Mouse in action. . . .
And finally, ladies and gentlemen—the grand finale. Step into the living room. Come right along and enjoy the midnight cabaret. Listen to the Boswell sisters,the real authentic bona fide Boswell sisters, ladies and gentlemen. You've heard them over the radio, and now you have the golden opportunity to hear them in person, ab-so-lute-ly in person. Come in and hear George Gershwin at the piano. You all know George Gershwin, the famous composer who "made a lady out jazz" with his Rhapsody in Blue. Also, ladies and gentlemen, you will hear Ramona, the "find of the season"—the recent discovery of Mr. Paul Whiteman, and the bright particular star of the Biltmore Cascades. Ramona will sing and play for you. . . . But, to continue with this all star cast, it is also my very great pleasure to announce that Mr. & Mrs. "Lefty" Flynn will sing, to the accompaniment of Mr. Flynn's banjo. Mr. & Mrs. Flynn's delightful duets are familiar to many of you, and need no further ballyhoo. Also—that Mr. Bradford Norman and Mr. Dick Meyer will prove, with their usual virtuosity, that two pianos are infinitely better than one. . . . And so on, and so on. . . . But the barker grows hoarse.
A party to end parties, someone called it. Rather a party to usher in a new era of parties. A typical party of these nineteen-thirties where a hostess—or several hostesses—gathers around her all the amusing and fun-loving people she knows, and where every guest contributes his own share to the entertainment.
"Caumsett", named for the Matinecock Indian word meaning place by a sharp rock.
This is the entrance to the never completed Terrace Garden looking back towards main house. It was to stretch all the way to the Master's Bathhouse.
Mrs. Frederic C. Thomas and Mr. O. Allen Campbell, one of the officials
Frederic Chichester Thomas, Sr. was an architect and designed his own home on Long Island called "Woodlee Farm" somewhere along Woodbury Road, in Cold Spring Harbor, now demolished. "The Oaces", estate of Oliver Allen Campbell.
Press photo of Palm Beach FL Society Mr/Mrs Edward McIlvain at the Patio. Mrs. McIlvain is the former Peggy Seyburn, niece of Mrs. Dodge Sloane
Mr & Mrs August Belmont Jr arrive at the Southampton Riding and Hunt Club steeplechase in Southampton, L.I. ca 1935
Between 1919 and 1927, Flynn appeared in 40 feature films, often as the lead actor, and sometimes as a sports hero or daring adventurer.
"Lefty" had a six-week affair with Nora Langhorne Phipps, wife of Paul Phipps of London. They had daughter Joyce Irene Grenfell. The athlete; as it happened, was a guest at the Long Island home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Phipps. It wasn't the type of love that is satisfied with a rendezvous now and then. It was a very possessive sort of passion. The couple eloped together to North Yakima, Washington, letting public opinion feel as it liked about it. They stayed for nearly six weeks while Flynn tried to find work as a farm laborer. They nearly starved. They took a train headed east. At Chicago they said goodbye. One went east . . . back to her husband and children. And the other went west(Hollywood). They never saw each other again until 1930, sixteen years later, when they did finally marry. Married and living in Tryon N. C., F. Scoot Fitzgerald was a frequent guest. Nora tried to curb his drinking, with only limited success.
NORA LANGHORNE Charcoal Drawings by John S. Sargent c. 1907
Nora's sister was Lady Astor. Her father-in-law, William Waldorf Astor, was the great grandson of John Jacob Astor. He became a naturalized British subject, bought Hever Castle - pouring millions into restoring it, got elected member of Parliament in 1910, raised to peerage in 1916 (House of Lords), and then was created Viscount Astor in 1917. His son won his seat in the House of Commons. In 1919 her father-in-law died. Nancy's husband succeeded his father as the second Viscount Astor of Hever Castle and he entered the House of Lords, vacating his seat in the lower House. At the time that Flynn came to the Phipps home as a guest, Lady Astor was already winning the prominence that was going to make her the first woman member of the English Parliament. Nancy became a candidate for her husband's vacant seat and won - the first woman to ever hold a seat in the House of Commons. Lady Astor to Winston Churchill, "Winston, if I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee." Whereupon Winston said, "Nancy, if I were your husband I'd drink it."
MRS. WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR Profile John Singer Sargent c. 1907 Charcoal on white paper
Another sister, Irene Langhorne, was the original Gibson Girl.
Charles Dana Gibson recognized Irene as the girl of his dreams and he sketches her the moment that he saw her.
Mr. Lytle Hull(Strong Man) went on to marry the former Helen Huntington Astor(Vincent). They resided at "The Locust".
THE CASCADES. The Biltmore summer dining garden. This charming and artistic dining garden was situated on the nineteenth floor of the hotel, with an unobstructed view of almost the entire city. The Cascades was one of the most popular spots in New York during the hot summer months.
Click HERE to see the invitation to this party. From the New York Times announcing the party(additional information/photos of the guests) on July 11, 1932. Special before the "Circus" from the paper published July 15th.
Special to The New York Times. HUNTINGTON, L. I., July 14.—Mrs. Marshall Field, who has opened the grounds and gardens of "Caumsett", her Summer home at Lloyd's Neck, near Huntington, several times this Summer for charity, will entertain on Saturday night with a large dinner and country circus for the benefit of the Long Island Biological Society. Miss Eleanor Barry, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Herbert Barry of "Barrymead", Llewellyn Parks in the Oranges, N. J.; Miss Neysa McMein and Mrs. J. Henry Alexandre are assisting with arrangements. About 600 members of North Shore society as well as their guests from Westchester and New York will have dinner on the terrace before the entertainment. The tables will be spread on the green overlooking the harbor, the largest of which will seat about fifty guests of Mr. and Mrs. Field. Mr. Field and William Rhinelander Stewart will be head waiters in the terrace dining garden. Mr. and Mrs. Field will have at their table the following guests; George Gershwin, Harrison Williams, Mrs. Huntington Marshall, Mrs. Payne Whitney, Fred Astaire, Mrs. Ogden Mills, Mrs. Geraldyn L. Redmond, Conde Nast, Mrs. Baldwin Preston, Mrs. Baldwin Browne, Miss Eleanor Barry, Mrs. Clifford Rodman, William Rhinelander Stewart, Captain Head, Jack Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Lefty Flynn, Mr. and Mrs. Courtlandt Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Cutting. Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Norman, Mr. and Mrs. McCulloch Miller, Mr. and Mrs. James Warburg and Mr. and Mrs. Averell Clarke. Hostesses at other tables will be: Mrs. Parker Corning, Mrs. Robert Livingston Clarkson, Mrs. J. Henry Alexandre, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Mrs. Walter Jennings, Mrs. Franklin B. Lord, Mrs. Charles G. Cushing, Mrs. Henry Rogers Winthrop. Mrs. Henry C. Taylor. Mrs. Paul L. Hammond, Mrs. Richard F. Hoyt. Mrs. Junius Spencer Morgan, Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas, Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Miss McMein, Mrs Woodward Babcock, Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt. Mrs. Herbert Lee Pratt, Mrs. Beekmsn Hoppin, Mrs. Robert Livingston Stevens and Mrs. Robert C. Winmill. Click HERE to see the invitation to this party. HERE to see the first announcement from a July 11th special to the New York Times.
Special to The New York Times. HUNTINGTON, L. I., July 11.—Society on the North Shore is lending a hand in plans for a garden dinner and dance to be given on Saturday***16th*** evening by Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field at their estate, "Caumsett", at Lloyds Neck, near Huntington, for the benefit of the Long Island Biological Society. Subscription dinner parties will be entertained at tables on the terrace overlooking the harbor, and dancing will continue all evening. Mr. Field and William Rhinelander Stewart***Jr.*** will be head waiters. On another part of the estate will be midway entertainments, including a freak show, of which Mrs. Joseph E. Davis will have charge. The stars in this will be the twin sisters, Mrs. Ralph H. Isham and Mrs. Malcolm L. Meechan. Others in the show will be Mrs. Baldwin Browne and Mrs. Baldwin Preston, the former Misses Priscilla and Phyllis Baldwin, also twins; Mrs. Harold E. Talbott, Captain Head and Mrs. John Gaston. Vincent Astor will have charge of the china-breaking concession, in which society folk will try their skill at smashing plates, cups and saucers with balls. Mrs. J. Henry Alexandre will direct the fortunes of the money wheel, and Neysa McMein and George Abbott will conduct a living picture show, with society folk as models.
Mrs. Field is being assisted with the general arrangements by Mrs. J. Henry Alexandre, Miss Eleanor Barry and Miss McMein. About 800 invitations have been accepted for the dinner. Click HERE to view the invitation for this party. A few of the participants.....
Vincent Astor around 1930
Vincent Astor was at Harvard in April 1912 when word came the Titanic had gone down with his father on board. He inherited $87 million. In 1957, Fortune magazine said he was worth $100 million to $200 million. He lived only six years after his marriage to the former Brooke Russell Kuser Marshall. His death in 1959 left her in total control of the Vincent Astor Foundation; he had never had children. Astor left $60 million at her personal disposal and a like amount for the foundation. Under her supervision it distributed $200 million. She closed it out in 2002. She died in 2007.
The daughter of Mr and Mrs John B. Thayer, Peggy was not travelling aboard the Titanic with her parents and brother. Peggy was one of the premier 'It Girls' of the 1920s and went on to marry the wealthy businessman, Harold E. Talbott, who served as US Secretary of the Air Force under Eisenhower. Mrs Talbott regularly appeared on the International Best Dressed List until her death by suicide in 1960. Source
Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart Jr. c. 1940, Jewels from Cartier, Karinska Evening Gown
William Rhinelander Stewart Jr. with and Elsa Maxwell and Cole Porter, c. 1934
William Rhinelander Stewart Jr. was a major fixture on the Manhattan nightclub scene. Vincent Astor considered him his closest friend. He was often photographed clubbing with Cole Porter and Elsa Maxwell. Most likely because of the late nights, he never got up before noon. When people telephoned before that hour, his butler was instructed to tell them that “Mr. Stewart is out running around the reservoir.” His apartment at River House boasted the piano on which Gershwin composed the "Rhapsody in Blue". The Rhinelanders were premier landowners in New York City beginning in the late 18th Century. The family fortune provided a life of leisure for generations.
The Alexandre family fortune came from the fathers(Sr.) ownership of the Alexandre Steamship Line. Junior worked as a broker. The family New York City home was located at 35 East 67th Street. Its stable at 173 east 73rd Street. The Alexandre's Long Island estate "Valley Brook Farm".
1930 Press Photo Mrs. John Gaston???, Mrs. Dodge Sloane New York Society leaders
1932 Press Photo, Miss Eleanor Barry selling baseballs for the plate breaking games at Payne Whitney estate "Greentree"
Society girl??? The Fields's circus theme started a trend among society with an annual fair at the Whitney estate.
1922 Press Photo Joseph Baldwin, Jr., daughters Phyliss, Priscilla
The Baldwin twins came from a large family, 8 total siblings, and resided at "Shallow Brook Farm", Mt Kisco, N. Y. Priscilla married Lewis T. Preston in 1925. She married Thomas Archer Morgan - son of E. D. Morgan, in 1934. Divorced a year later. Twin Phyllis married Gilbert G. Browne in 1925 and went on to marry J. P. Warburg in 1935. Mrs. Ralph Heyward Isham was wife number two. At 24, Mr Isham married the 16 year old daughter of New York City Mayor William Jay Gaynor, Marion Gaynor. They divorced a year later. Gaynor's sister married William Seward Webb, Jr. Webb was the son of William Seward Webb, Sr. and Eliza Vanderbilt. Ralph H. Isham was involved in securities. His father, Henry Heyward Isham was president of the Marietta, Columbus & Cleveland Railroad, and possessor of extensive realty holdings in New Jersey, resulting from a Colonial grant of a large tract between Newark and Elizabeth. His second marriage lasted until 1933. He went on to marry Viscountess Christine Churchill. That lasted only a year. Known for purchasing the "Boswell Papers", which now reside at Yale University. He died in 1955. Joesph E. Davis was a founding member of the Pipping Rock Club. His Upper Brookville Long Island home.
