OCR Text |
Show DICK CRDKER IS BIBB SOCIETY Erstwhile Tammany Leader Has Invaded Field Occupied by Four Hundred. By Leased Wlro to Tho Tribune. PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 12. Richard Rich-ard Crokor, erstwhile loader of tho powerful Tammany organization in Now York, is going in for society. Mr. Croker's new villa hero, "Tho Wigwam," Wig-wam," will bo tho sccno of many social affai-s beforo the end of tho present season and his guosts number among them, members of tho richest aud most exclusive families of New York's 400, who aro spending the winter here. The first entortnintnent was givon at "Tho Wigwam" this week, as tho villa has .just been completed. "Tho Wigwam" Wig-wam" is situated six miles from Palm Beach proper, but Mr. Croker's autos and motor Jooatu are pressed into sorv ico for convoying tho guests. Many of tho socict3' leaders of New York who are hero, court invitations from the former Tammany leader, and Mr. Croker, with usual energy, is striving striv-ing ,iust as hard to shino socially as ho worked to make himself America's most unimio political power. Mr. Croker's neW yacht, Tho Rhoda B, is now in commission and a number of temporary Palm Beach residents havo inspected tho craft and pronounce it ono of tho most finely appointed hero. Miss Crokor is aiding her father to consummate his ambition to becomo a social leader. Now people are wondering wonder-ing whether Mr. Croker will forego his plan to resido in Ireland and spend his summers in or about New York. |