Society notes on tours and gatherings in Newport and Philadelphia
A flurry of society events unfolds across Newport and Philadelphia with travels to New London aboard a Browning yacht and extensive guest lists for dinners and socials. Notables include Dr. Albert Francine, Miss Maria W. Coones, Mrs. Bernard Coyne, Miss Katharine Murphy, and families linked to Astor, Vanderbilt, and Whitney circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Francine
Devon
New London, Conn
Mrs
Edward Browning
Engagements and Weddings Across Society Circles
Richmond announces Miss Henrietta Booth engagement to Henry A Wise son of Captain John S Wise of New York. Henry Wise named Assistant District Attorney in New York. Also engagement of Miss Wilhelmina Johnson to George Parmly Day of Yale and University Club membership and Seventh Regiment. Mr and Mrs Grenville Parker visit New Canaan home after spring wedding. Ruth Hillman to Aubrey Vibbert to wed early September at Great Falls Montana. Oscar L Richard and wife return from Europe to Narragansett Pier for summer. George Rutledge Gibson and Marie Louise Gibson of Tuxedo Park to spend August at Malvern Bar Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
New York
Richmond
Henrietta Booth
Edwin Booth
Carter's Grove Plantation
Williamsburg
Henry, A. Wise
John 8S. Wise
Wise
Wilhelmina Johnson
George Parmly Day
Clarence
Day
Yale
University
Seventh Regiment
Grenville Parker
Church of the Ascension
Mr. Parker
Mrs
Willard Parker
High Meadow
New Canaan
Conn
Ruth Hillman
John Hillman
Aubrey Wibbert
William H. Vibbert
Trinity Chapel
Great Falls
Mont
Oscar L. Richard
Europe
Narragansett Pier
George Rutledge Gibson
Marie Louise Gibson
Tuxedo Park
Malvern
Bar Harbor
Marriage of Miss Robins to Frank Savidge in Metuchen
Miss Marie Louise Robins daughter of Nathan Robins of New York Metuchen N J married Frank R Savidge prominent Philadelphia lawyer author at St Luke s Episcopal Church Metuchen in a families only ceremony The Rev C M Dunham officiated The bride s sister Abbey Robins was maid of honor The groom s brother Dr Eugene Savidge was best man After reception the couple will sail for Europe and reside at 125 South Thirty sixth Street Philadelphia Also noted is the wedding of Miss Gertrude Bucknell to Dr J Hollister Judd in Union Chapel Saranac Lake Adirondacks They will tour Vienna and then live in Philadelphia Mrs Judd s father founded Bucknell University and she is active in hospital work with nursing in Camp Meade and Miss Madeline Goddard assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Louise Robins
Nathan Robins
New York
Metuchen
N. J
Frank R. Savidge
Philadelphia
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
C. M. Dunham
St. Jude's Church
Brooklyn
Abbey Dénman Robins
Eugene Coleman Savidge
Nathan Robins, Jr
Edgar Savidge
Jay Stanley Foster
Benjamin Harris Brewster, Jr
Mrs. Savidge
Europe
South Thirtysixth Street
Gertrude Bucknell
William Bucknell
Union Chapel
Saranac Lake
Adirondacks
J. Hollister Judd
William C. Richardson
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Bucknell Mountain
Pine Point Lodge
Camp Meade
Madeline Goddard
Providence, R. 1
Entertainment listings at Keith's Theatre and Cheerout Hill Park
Evening schedule shows performances with multiple shows at Keith's Theatre and Cheerout Hill Park. Listings note start times around 4 to 10 PM and feature music, specialties, sketches, and Washington part presentations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith
Cheerout Hill Park
Washington
Jesuit Feast Observed With Jesuit Transfers and Services
The feast of St. Ignatius Loyola was observed in Philadelphia churches with a planned high mass at St. Joseph's and Gesu. Panegyric to be delivered by Rev. Father Zielenbach if he accepts. Several Jesuit clerics are reassigned to Fordham, Holy Cross, Georgetown, and other institutions, with new scholastics named. The Ascension church in Gloucester City forms a workmen’s club to fund church repairs including pews, windows, and a future tower, saving about $300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ignatius Loyola
Society of Jesus
Church of the Gesu
Eighteenth
Stiles Streets
St. Joseph's
St. Ignatius
Father Zielenbach
S. J
Joseph M. Jerge
Hippolyte L. Gache
Owen A. Hill
St. Joseph's College
The
Gesu
Theobald McNamara
St. Joseph’s Church
Alphonse Coppens
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Mass
John A. Jansen
Fordham College
New York
Fathers Wallace
Reid
Kelly
St. Jocephs College
E. P. Spillane
P. F. O'Gorman
St. Francis Xavier's
William Brosnan
Washington, dC
Michael D. Dolan
St. Francis Xavier’s
Father O'Hara
St. John’s
Fordham, N. Y
F. X. O'Connor
Gonzaga College
Washington, D. C
Father Condon
Richard A. Fleming
Georgetown College
Arthur J. McCafferty
James M. Cotton
Edward J. Sweeney
Woodstock
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Gloucester City
William Gardner
J. Frederick Blandy
Letter Seeks Date of Bishop Talbot Appeal
Supporters of Rev I N W Irvine filed an open letter to Bishop Clark of Rhode Island asking for the date of Bishop Talbot appee for a rehearing of Irvine’s charges. At a Buffalo meeting led by Bishop Quigley, priests will form a broad anti socialist organization and draft a platform for a conference at Niagara University next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. N. W. Irvine
Bishop Clark
Rhode Island
Episcopal Church
Bishop Talbot
Mr. Irvine
Irvine
Bishop Quigley
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Buffalo
Ep Quigley
Niagara University
Lutheran Sunday School Convention In Blymer’s Church Report
Delegates from York county Lutheran Sunday schools reported strong progress at Blymer’s Church near Dallastown during July 28 and 29. The Rev Mr Svein led a reunion and annual service at the Mechanicsburg Reformed Church amid efforts from Rev 8 H Stein and older Old Peace Church members in the Cumberland Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. H. Stein
Mechanicsburg Reformed Church
Old Peace Church
Cumberland Valley
Svein
Lutheran Sunday School Convention
York County
Convention of Lutheran Churches
Blymer’s Church
Dallastown
Botany Bay Company Volunteers Benefit for Children Week
The Botany Bay Company under William H. Lennie offers services for a grand benefit for the Poor Children's Country Week fund to be held at St. James Hall at Thirty-eighth and Market. The entire proceeds are for the charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botany Bay Company
William H. Lennie
St. James’ Hall
A Hint of Fall Hat and New Wrap Styles Appear
The article describes fall fashion with a black silk coat and new wraps for autumn. A sack coat of tafteta or soft wool in tucks or pleats creates a full, fussy effect. Features include a three part coat with a pleated lace bordered collar and wired lace, chiffon scarf ends, or optional silk pleating for the collar.
Summer Styles of High Titled Ladies at Imperial Bazaar
Alexandra and Queen Alexandra wear mauve gowns with white mousseline and lace. Duchess d Aosta wears pink silk gauze with roses and a white toque. Countess of Chesterfield in green muslin over taffeta. Duchess of Westminster in white lace-trimmed muslin with a white hat. American attendees include Mrs Choate and Mrs Whitelaw Reid in pale greens and lace. Grand Duchess Helene's beige and blue ensemble features shirrings and Valenciennes lace. Elite guests at President Loubet's garden party include Lady Yu and the Chinese Ambassadress in confection-like white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ween
Alexandra
Cattelaya
Duchess d'Aosta
Orleans
England
Royal Botanical Gardens
London
Countess of Chesterfield
Duchess of Westminster
Princess of
Pless
Choate
Whitelaw Reid
Helene
Vladimir
Russia
Nicolas
Greece
Loubet
France
Mme. Loubet
el Palace
Lady Yu
Fashion Notes: Mauve Satin Gate and Pink Mousseline Attire
Describes gowns with mauve satin gates, white silk embroidery and lace on coats, mousseline corsages and skirts. Details include Louis XVI bows, pink mousseline dresses for daughters, Valenciennes inserts, narrow tucks, needlework lace, and rose leaf boas concealing lace and mousseline fabrics.
Weybridge Mixed Bathing Fails on Thames First Day
London reports say Weybridge opened mixed bathing on the Thames with hours 10 to 11 Tuesday and Thursday but drew only three men and a boy on bicycles. A draper’s boy claimed ladies brought costumes, yet none appeared, prompting observers to doubt the plan’s success and suggest a more secluded Shepperton site.
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England
Weybridge
Thames
Ostend-on-the-Wey
Shepperton
Household tips for dressings and produce preservation
The article offers practical kitchen advice including sour cream dressing for lettuce salad with sugar and lemon, a borax wash for lettuce leaves, slow simmered stewed plums with sugar, storing excess eggplants in a cool dark place, and buying soap in bulk to save money.
Treatment for Rickly Heat Aids by Dr Emma E Walker
Dr Emma E Walker in Ladies Home Journal outlines simple cures for Rickly heat. For local eruptions bay rum or cologne followed by starch powder with zinc oxide 4 to 1, dried with a soft cloth. For widespread affectations use alkaline or bran baths to relieve symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma E. Walker
Ladies’ Home Journal
Historical Bathing Advice for Skin Care
The guidance explains how to use a bran bag to diffuse its murageginous contents through water during a bath. After immersion, the skin is to be dried gently with no friction and dusted with starch, while ointments are advised against.
Sherbets and Fruit Frappe Recipes from 1902
A host of sherbet and fruit frappe recipes are shared including Eve’s Sherbet with lemon and grape jelly, a grape sherbet, apple sauce based sherbet, pineapple sherbet, and rhubarb sherbet. Each recipe details ingredients, measurements, freezing steps, and serving notes in punch cups or glasses.
Jealousy Wrinkles the Face Says The Lady's Pictorial
A writer in The Lady's Pictorial argues jealousy is the basest passion. It drives cruelty and relentless behavior and stems from deep selfishness. If women understood its effects they would abandon jealousy.
Hats from the Philippines fascinate Atlantic City visitors
Philadelphia girl in Atlantic City promenades the boardwalk wearing a Philippine bamboo hat. The hats, a midsummer novelty, are made in Manila by natives and imported as toy balloon shapes later pressed into decorative forms. Pale ecru in color, they are trimmed with soft white silk scarves and fluffy white silk pompons or white wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Manila
Novelty Toque Inspires Rustic Paris Millinery
Parisian midsummer millinery features a toque crafted from wood shavings arranged in neat rows with alternating velvet knots. A bold jet pin adorned with an aigrette adds a dark, piquant touch to the rustic, original design.
Owl and Fly Exchange Weights of Trouble
An owl and a fly converse about sorrow as the fly laments a large eye count and looming oculist bills. The feathered sage offers sympathy while noting the oddity of the fly’s vision and future aging costs.
Obituary of Rabbi Benjamin Szold and other Baltimore deaths
Obituary notes Rabbi Benjamin Szold of Oheb Shalom Temple Baltimore who died at 78 in Berkeley Springs West Virginia after long illness. Born in Hungary and educated in Vienna and Breslau he authored key Jewish works including Abodath Yesroel and Job commentary. Also mentions Dr J Aubrey Davis death at 37 and funeral plans, plus deaths of William Bergner and Thomas J. Markley with sparse details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Szold
Oheb Shalom Temple
Baltimore
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Szold
Hungary
Vienna
Greslau
D. Szold
Phi
Jastrow
University of Wisconsin
Joses Mendelsohn
Noted Agricultural Writer John Lyman Dies at 79
John P. D. Lyman long known for agricultural writing died in Dexter New Hampshire at age 79. Also Franklin D. Nagle aged 77 died in Reading Pennsylvania. he was part of the wool hat manufacturing firm Nagle Reinoehl. Daniel J Baker M D died at his home 1706 North Nineteenth Street on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Terrell
Elkton
National Lodge, IL. O. O. F
John PD. Lyman
Dxeter
N. H
Franklin D. Nagle
Reading
Nagle & Reinoehl
Daniel J. Baker
North Nineteenth Street
Funeral held for John W. Ross former DC commissioner
The funeral for John W. Ross longtime District of Columbia commissioner and former president of the board was held at the Church of the Covenant. Rev. Albert Park Fitch led a brief service after which the body lay in state for hours before being transported by train to Lewistown NL, his birthplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John W. Ross
District of Columbia
Church of the Covenant
Albert Park Fitch
Lewistown NL
Ross
Census finish marks city school roll age six to sixteen
Truant officers completed the twenty eighth census of city school children after a May fifteenth start. A house to house canvass was conducted by thirty six officers. Lists will include all children aged six to sixteen in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Compulsory Education
District Attorney Weaver Plans California Trip
District Attorney Weaver and his wife will travel through California for about a month, having engaged in duties at the office throughout the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weaver
California
Unable to determine event Loong Branch Interlaken report
The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear names places dates or events to summarize a coherent news item.
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H.L. Coones
West Philadelphia
Maria W. Coones
Helen Love
Frank P. Bertz
Alice de Traux
Thomas de Haven
May Flavel
Walter Dalton
Ida R. Edwards
John Wolffe
Hortense Maloney
Wm. R. Hanscom
Esther Gibbs
Edmund Foster
Julia J. Carson
Leon A. Gatman
Clarreta Lloyd
C. B. Daeur
Winifred Hutchin
George Harper
Stephen Hoffman
Eugenie Allison
Frank Forney
Pauline Godfrey
Ralph Cotter
Richard Dunlap
Joseph J. Morris
Eee
de Soto Council
Knights of Columbus
Belmont Mansion
Bernard Coyne
J. J. Prendergast
Misa Josephine Kelly
A. Ee
D. F. Gannon
Min
M Vitt
J. McLaughlin
D. J. McLaughlin
P. J. McLaughlin
John J. Durkin
Katharine Murphy
Jennie McBride
Mary Durkin
Edith McNulty
Anna Durkin
Frank Hughes Anthony McCarty
Frank Hughes
Anthony Moberty
Frank Graham
Thomas Durkin
Margaret
Holmes
Narberth
Mignon Lt. Boudinot
Troy
N. Y
Oe Marie Thomas
Jane Davis
Agnes Hunter
Laura Page
Louisa S. Bates
Maud Stern
Laura S. Clay
Kathryne Burk
Roxanna Brown
Rosina K. Batley
Anna Clay
Bertha V. Bloch
Mildred Lance
Grace Parson
Mary R. Weller
Adele J. Elliotts
Isabel Ayres
Ursula North
Florence Currie
Jessie Cooper
Martin McDevitt
Anna McDevitt
Norah Cosgrove
John Bowes
Mary O'Keefe
Joseph McNeil
Gertrude Zeigler
Thomas Guigley
Mary McDevitt
Nellie Derr
James Donegan
Michael Francis Doyle
British Isles
Ireland
Cardinal Logue
Ara Coeli
A. Conan Doyle
Caspar F. Goodrich
Minneapolis
J. Stanley Reeve
Howard Pardee
Germantown
Yellowstone Park
Alfred Pardee
Wyoming
Charles G. Harris
St. Charles
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Newport
White Mountains
Theodore S. Rumney
Mary Rumney
Warren, N. H
Hawthorne Inn
Fast Gloucester
James T. Pinckney
Nan Pinckney
Janet L. Smith
Ella Smith
Irene Robinson
Josephine C. Miller
John B. Lennig
Cape May Cottage
Christine Lewis
Thomas Stokes
Dr. Leidy
Benjamin Leidy
Alice Weaver
A. J. le Jambre
L. P. White
S. R
8. R
Mrs. Durbin
Acker
J. H. R. Acker
Lansdale
John Whims
St. Clair, Pa
Lydia B. Clothier
Marjorie Thayer
Marion
Jamestown
Katharine Sargent Smith
Jamestown, R. I
Florence Wetherill
John Biddle
Caroline Biddie
Paoli
Blue Mountain House
Maryland
Gertrude McCall
William Struthers
Bryn Mawr
York Harbor
Adolph Curtis
Walter Campbell
Arthur
Ada L. Norris
Laura Norris
Violet D. Loveman
Bala
J. Aubrey Davis
Emma Churchman Hewitt
Wawa, Pa
John P. Green
Misses Green
West Hampton Beach, S. 1
Katherine Hubert
Maizeville
Pierre Wiccom
Miss Adele Wiccom
Bound Brook
Mary Garvey
Edith Howe
Emily Butler Biddle
Bristol
Harry E. Price
Sea Isle City
Adelaide Horn
Langdon Mitchell
Penhyn
Saunderstown, R. 1
Peter Haley
Clara Lehman
Philip Lauber
Louisa Yerkes
He Aman
W. H. McKinney
City
Martin Nixon Miller
Chestnut Hil
Theodore Fletcher Pidgeon
Harry Blank
Mount Penn
Helen FE. Freeman
Mount Pocono
Laura Toohey
Georgetown
Jennie Ziegler
Hazleton
Thomas Langdon
Merrit H. Haines
Croydon
James Mulroy
Cape May
William K.applebaugh
Easton
Mr. Applebaugh
William Hart
Ambler
K& C. Knight
Morrell Cottage
Ochre Point
Pembroke Jones
Fredham
James B. Haggin
Lispenard Stewart Cottage
Stuyvesant Fish
Crossways
John Jacob Astor
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Ogden Goelet
Rollins Morse
Richard T. Wilson, Jr
Saratoga
Rae
Philip Burne-Jones
W. C. Whitney
Berkeley
Susan Travers
Red Cross Avenue
Hodgson
Seth Barton French
Chasteleux Villa
Ogden Mills
Ocean View
Harry Payne Whitney
W. ©. Whitney
Savidge
Robins
JUDD
Bucknell
Entertainments Today
Old St. Joseph’s
Church of the Jesus Panegyric To
Dainties
Martha Taft Wentworth
Katharine H. Terry
E Designer
Bureau of Health
University Hospital
Davis
County Medical Society
Young Republicans
Chester Avenue
Henry M. Moore
St. Philip’s Church
William Bergner
Thomas J. Markley
the House of
Remington
Remington Typewriter
Earth
Chestnut Street
Columbia Avenue
Bucknell University
John Howard Harris
ACAD
Institute
School OF Music
Andress
WM. C. Gretzinger
Lewisburg
Temple College
Dyer Street
Frankford
Parties
Stokley
Philip Williams Avirett
Cumberland Evening Times
Hagerstown Daily News
Cumberland
Pennsylvania Midland
Mary M. Whitney
Plainfeld
Catharine A. McGrath
William V. McGrath
Union Line
Loong
Interlaken
Asbury Park
Heimer
Gorse
Ou Pees
Sig A x ES Gases
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