Vanderbilt Ball Scene of Oriental Splendor
A Vanderbilt ball at Beaulieu dazzled guests in vivid oriental colors. Fireproof ballroom decor, electric domes, and perfumed lavish surroundings framed performances by Mrs. Herbert M. Harriman and others in Persian, Russian, and Gipsy quadrilles with prominent guests from diplomatic circles.
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Vanderbilt
Beaulieu
Grand Court
Cottage Colony
F. Lothrop Ames
Sumner Gerard
Paulding Fosdick
Robert Goelet
Clarence W. Dolan
J. Boardman
Szechenyi
Zia Bey
Julia Meyer
Don Artruro de la Cueve
Alice Meyer
Don A. Algaro R. de Terreros
J. Norman
Bank Teller to Wed Quincy Girl
A coming wedding in Wollaston and Quincy unites Miss Marjorie Seelye Gould and Theodore Thomas Penley on Saturday evening September 7. The Gould home at 72 South Central Avenue Wollaston hosts the ceremony with invitations issued to friends of the couple. Penley, a Boston bank teller, is the son of Mrs. Clara A. Penley of 77 South Central Avenue Quincy. The event features a cotillon and lavish favors from India to Persia, and extravagant lawn decorations with electric lights, palm trees, and elaborate verandas for a grand buffet supper.
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Wollaston and
Quincy
Marjorie Seelye Gould
William Parker Gould
South Central Avenue
Wollaston
Theodore Thomas Penley
Boston
Mr. Penley
Clara A. Penley
City Hall
Grand Court
Mexico
Debutantes in Seasonal Costumes at Newport Ball
Young ladies representing Spring Summer Autumn and Winter wore color themed gowns with floral wreaths and carried garlands. Notable appearances included Mrs Reginald Norman in white and silver Cleopatra and Mrs W K Vanderbilt Jr in black chiffon with gold accents. A grand oriental garden float distributed exquisite favors from across the globe.
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India
China
Italy
Vanderbilt
Japan
Persia
Arabia
Roberta Willard
Helen Dorothea Kane
Alicia Chanler
Mildred Rives
Margaret Steward
Margaret F. Andrews
Helena L. Fish
Eugenie M. Ladenburg
Harriet Ferry
Dorothy Bigelow
Louise Iselin
Sadie Jones
Dorothea Carroll
Muriel Winthrop
Elizabeth Sands
Robert L. Gerry
Reginald Norman
Cleopatra
Helen Rives
Frances Roche
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Arthur Curtiss James
Joseph Harriman
Elisha Dyer
Newport
Two Plead Guilty in Leather Theft Case
Fred P. Barstow aged 55 of Essex Street Cliftondale pleaded guilty to larceny of leather cut soles. Abraham Levins aged 40 of 15 Thorndike Street city pleaded guilty to receiving them. Barstow receives six month suspended sentence with restitution. Levins to make full restitution by August 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred P. Barstow
Essex Street
Cliftondale
Murray
Abraham Levins
Thorndike Street
City
Barstow
House of Correction
Levins
Taft Signs Pure Food Extension Bill
President Taft signed the measure extending the pure food law to control misbranding nostrums. The action updates federal oversight from labeling to ensure truthful claims in medicines and related products.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Arrraigned as Hotel Beat
Harry B. Stedman Jr. of Hartford and Newport faced fraud charges in Boston police court for allegedly procuring hotel entertainment by cashing checks signed with his father’s name. He received probation after restitution of 343.24 to the Hotel Somerset. alleged offenses include two $25 checks and a $50 check, a taxi bill of 192.50, room charges 42, and cafe entertainment 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Stedman, Jr
Hartford
Stedman
Cafe Entertainment
Conscience Stricken in Kitty Cobb Cartoon
James Montgomery Flagg illustrates No 14 in the Kitty Cobb Adventures series for next Sunday's Post. The feature centers on a character moment titled Conscience Stricken.
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James Montgomery Flagg
Post
Kitty Cobb
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Claribel
BY Williams
Ted
MR. Bloxt
Herbert M. Harriman
George Brooke
John R. Drexel
Haniel von Haimhausen
Adolph Ladenburg
John Butler
Edith Wetmore
eRoy King
Burke-Cochran
Richard Stevens
Albert Horstmann
Richard T. Wilson
Lawrence Haughton
Belmont Tiffany
Arthur Iselin
Quadrille
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Henri de Bach
William Goodby Loew
Miss Wiborg
Sheldon Whitehouse
James B. Eustis
James W. Barney
Arthur Scott Burden
Lydig Hoyt
Craig Biddle
Philip Livermore
William Woodward
Henry Whitehouse
Maurice Roche
Mrs. Ames
Snow
Thos, Snow & Son
North Market St
United States Dentists CO
Jaynes Drug Stores
Radiol Dental Team
Riker
Snusuetell
KER Jaynes Drug Stores
Riker-Jaynes
America
Mrs. Fish Magnificent
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
Herman Oelrichs
Aida
Mrs. Longworth
Shetland
Welsh
Usua
England
Elm & Union Rite Now
Run Ywle Tyvv Bull As
Aqa
B. T Babbitt Company
Peerless Trucks
Babbitt
N. J
New York City
Peerless Motor Car Co
New England
Beacon Street
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