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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1920
Page
6
Society pages note Mrs. Cox welcomed guests at a refined tea hosted by Beulah Mitchell Coutts. The Star Society editor records a cordial afternoon with acquaintances from local circles and notable attendees.
Informal tea hosts honored Mrs. Richard 8 Cox Jr of Oakland with delphinium canopies and Canterbury Bells. Earlier a club party by Mrs Francie Guy Frink celebrated Miss Gloria Frink with guests from Nashville. Luncheons honored Mrs Axsh Brown and Edward Mills, with guests and theatre outings noted.
A continuous stream of visitors and travelers appears in Seattle society notes. Mrs Henry Fordyce Blake and daughters Phyllis Alice and Mary Pordyce Blake head to Lake Chelan for two weeks. Others visit Minneapolis, Washington DC, Rio de Janeiro, and Vancouver, with multiple arrivals from New Bedford, Portland, and Beattie.
The notice lists multiple group events including Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae on Vashon Island, Women's Democratic Club meeting at Meves cafeteria, Phi Delta Delta luncheon hosted by Mrs. Walter Burges Beam, Baby Clinic final session at Beventh and Madison, Red Cross Picnic at Crystal Springs, Women's King County Republican luncheons with speakers, Seattle Theosophical Society dance party, Delta Delta Delta alumnae luncheon at the Women’s University Club, Alpha Xi Delta Mothers Club picnic at Rolling Bay, Seaborn Minute Women suspending meetings until September, and Union Dames postponement.
Tickets go on sale for Paulist Choir benefiting Beattie children. A matinee Monday at 2 16 pm at the Arena with general admission, no reserved seats. The Beattie choir boys tour marks their second transcontinental trip. the 70-voice ensemble includes 40 boys and 30 men.
Lawrence Ives traveled to Vancouver to confront Mies Roeflin Wallingford who has stayed at the Hotel Sorrento for two months and will depart for California. Ruth Town and Mim Sylvia Ennia visited Vancouver and Sedro Woolley relatives, while Mrs Hielen Van Campan and George Garrett Cotter of Mexico and Alaska announced by Seward marriage.
The firm announces continued capability in high grade portraiture with special attention to copying old photographs. They claim to obtain the finest results in this line of work.
In Paris a prince, betrothed to a foreign colony member, hosts a late supper. A companion calls the girl he harmed into the prince’s rooms where heated words lead to a brawl. The prince bears a black eye after the altercation.
Fashion authorities foresee turbans majorly worn this fall with Duvetyn and satin blends for day and eveningwear. Dark colors lead, larger hats feature ostrich trim and feather accents as ensembles tilt toward velvet silk. Knights groups announce a two week meeting and a benefit dance at Masonic temple set for July 17.
Eight vaudeville acts fill the new bill at Loew's Palace Hip. Highlights include the Johnson Brothers and Johnson Stone and the Meyer Slaters with a striking dance act. The Girl in the Basket features an aerial ride and roses. The Tune Teller, Monte and Patti musical revue, McNaughton siblings, Sam and Goldie Maria streetcar sketch, Jaheen and Dulreece rifle routine, and a Mary Miles Minter photoplay Peggy Reba complete the lineup.
About 748 women from the Northwest sought work in Seattle during June per the YWCA employment department. Of these, 200 were teachers and 323 secured employment.
Mila Jeanne Tournaire receives the Croix de Guerre for risking exposure to German forces to obtain crucial information on heavy gun placements bombarding Nancy. She smuggled the data using a secret code to transmit it to French authorities.
In London a divorce court presided by Sir Henry Duke granted 243 decrees in a single day marking a reported record. The proceedings highlighted a surge in divorce actions within the jurisdiction and reflect shifting social patterns in postwar Britain.
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