Vivid Life of Washington’s Diplomatic Young Set
The capital’s junior social circle thrives in parks and embassies. Children of Austrian, Turkish, Venezuelan, Belgian, and French diplomats roam with nurses and maids, mixing big-city elegance with carefree play. Quentin Roosevelt and Charlie Taft lead by example among a cosmopolitan juvenile scene.
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United States
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Lee Tego
Roosevelt
Quentin
Force School
Rosevelt
Charlie Taft
Taft
Quentin Roosevelt
Chartie Ge
Kathleen de Martel
Viscount de Martel
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Suse
Legation
Elvira
Luisa
Force
Luis
Francisco
Mme
Veloz
Kathleen Moncheur
Kathleen
Hi Street
Farragut Square
Littl
General Miles
Samuel Reber
New York Folks and Washington Links in Early 1900s Scene
Baro n ess Mella and the Austrian ambassador’s daughter stroll town parks with other young stars like Richmond Pearson Hobson and Philander C Knox. Baby rulers inhabit homes on S Street and Dupont Circle while Washington’s Theodore Roosevelt kinship tale unfolds with a Prairie to Oyster Bay horse team journey.
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Richmond Pearson Hobson
Philander C. Knox
Commodore M. J. Lawrence
Hobson
S Street
Pennsylvania
Knox
Dupont Circle
Farragut Square
Washington Herald
Caiiaco
John Roosevelt
Hammond
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Ariz
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Oenix
Authors of today praise wives as muses in literary careers
A fascinated survey of contemporary writers credits wives as inspiration and partners for many famous authors. It highlights Cecile Davis, Mrs. White, Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Tarkington, Charmian Kittredge London, and others, noting how spouses influence works, travel, and social life. The piece also touches vacation choices and travel costs for Kansas City readers.
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Richard Harding Davis
Cecile Clark
Davis
Marion
Mass
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Booth Tarkington
Banks
Richard de Gallienne
Julie
Norregard
Gallieni
Mrs. Jerome
Nearle
Mrs. Crome
W. W. Jacobs
London
George Bar McCutcheon
Chicago
McCutcheon
Edmund Rostand
Rostand
Georgia le Blanc
Maeterlink
Anthony Hope
Elizabeth Sheldon
Flavia
A Look Ahead From the Chicago Tribune
A foreigner asks how the Fourth of July is observed and learns that the last generation was wiped out a year ago. The native explains a new crop has not come on yet as the crowd heads to the ball park for the celebration.
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Unaccounted For From the Washington Evening Star
A fragment from the Washington Evening Star offers aphorisms and a quirky exchange about Caren and Cad ragons with dangling, unclear phrasing suggesting a humorous or unfinished dialogue. The piece notes a saying about getting something for nothing and ends with garbled names and objects.
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Washington Evening Star
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