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New Washington social arbiter reshapes white house life
Miss Mabel Boardman, sister of Massachusetts senator W Murray Crane's wife, emerges as unofficial social arbiter to Mrs Taft. Her Red Cross work since 1903 and ties to President Taft position her to lead a modernized Washington season with plays at the White House and an inclusive “assembly set” of 1000 distinguished families.
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Ry Grace
Taft
White House
Washington Society
Mabel Boardman
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Washington
Old East Room
Blue Room
Roosevelt
Miss Boardman
William J. Boardman
Boardmans
Cleveland
Dupont Circle
Red Cross Society
Red Cross
War Department
Japan
Russia
Philippines
Roosevelts