Life, 1921-09-08 · page 10 of 36
Life — September 8, 1921 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page documents **late-summer social activities** among wealthy American society, not political satire. The photographs show: - **Upper image**: A motor racing event (appears to be at Belmont Park) - **Left middle**: Women in formal dress at an outdoor social gathering - **Right middle**: Women engaged in lawn games/tennis - **Bottom**: Young people on bicycles at what's labeled a "six-day race" (an annual Tuxedo activities event) The captions identify specific society figures attending Newport season events—formal outdoor parties, sporting activities, and races that were annual fixtures of the American upper class's summer calendar. This is **social reportage**, not political commentary—documenting the leisure activities and gatherings of prominent families, which was a standard Life magazine feature of this era.
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WHEN LATE SUMMER BREEZES CROOK A BECK- ONING FINGER, SOCIETY HARKENS TO THEIR CALL (Right, or wrong, my country) Piping Rock would not seem like Piping Rock, if Mrs. verneur Erpf (left) and ] Tourtlandt Klitz, junior, (extreme left) did not attend the races at Belmont Park. Both young matrons may al- ways be counted upon to bring an added touch of smartness to the gay throngs who throng the paddock (Right beside you) “Well begun is half done” cry Miss Suzanne Nef, Mrs. F. Henry Van de L. Dounce, and Miss Amelia Blease, as they start off on the six-day race which is an annual feature in Tuxedo activ With Apologies to VO G U E (From left to right, and return) There are no more notable social events of the Newport season than the exten chowder parties given at “Dunecrest,” the estate of Mrs. R. Lorimer Gersh, and there are few more familiar figures about the grounds than that of their hostess, who is often caught behind the wheel of her high-powered roadster with specially designed body LIF g¢: AND FLOCKS TO THE GREAT OUTDOORS, 4s MOTHS DANCE TO THE PIPING OF THE FLAME (From left to right, er) Light-hearted spect the tennis matches « Misses Augusta and Ilg, Miss Barbara F. Miss Minnie front) Mr. Devereaux Lot an enthusiastic tennis ¢ siast. Miss Necker is a tal amateur toe dancer and % triloquist. Hera struct Still Re appre 000,06 which priat be de Cong On (Inde while ard ' (Left, as you enter) All three ‘young :0- men take an ardent interest in sports. Mrs. Dounce was 4 member of the wi men’s pyrography team, which last year came so close to y defeating the more vision wiry British line-up comicbooks.com