George Sterling, native of Sag Harbor, and world-renowned poet, was gaining high praise for his latest poetic drama, "Lilith." Theodore Dreiser ranked Mr. Sterling with Euripides, Aeschylus, Shakespeare, and Shelley. A Metropolitan reviewer also stated, "in truth 'Lilith' is nobly conceived and executed, for the most part with rare poetic ingenuity. Not to read it will be to miss quite the finest thing in poetic drama yet done in America and one of the finest poetic dramas yet written in English."
Eight pieces of jewelry valued at $23,000, stolen by a sneak thief from the James T. Lee cottage at East Hampton on July 23, were recovered from proprietors of a New York jewelry store, where detectives and police seized what they claimed to be $100,000 worth of stolen jewelry.
Henry H. Rogers, the oil magnate, who had recently bought all of Cow Neck, was reportedly negotiating to purchase North Sea bathing pavilion.
Following the close of the Joseph Fahys & Co. Twilight Baseball League season, the Terrors celebrated their victory as champions of the league by attending a spaghetti supper at the home of Paul Ranalli, the hard-hitting right fielder. If gossip can be depended upon, as well as being champion ball players the team could more than hold their own bending spaghetti around a fork. The invited guests included the managing officials of Joseph Fahys & Co. as well as the captains of the various unsuccessful teams. |
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