Social and Personal Notes From Washington and Abroad
Mrs Whitelaw Reid departs for New York with stops in Washington where she hosted Rear Admiral Cowley and Mrs Ward and Mr and Mrs Humphry Ward. Italian counselor Montagna promoted to court at St James, with plans to become minister. Miss Linda Montagna to wed Count Sidsmondi. Mme Van Swinderen to depart April 29 for The Hague after her husband’s appointment. Mrs Elihu Root leaves for New York to stay until after Easter, hosting luncheon guests and charity events.
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Montagna
Elihu Root
New York
Robert Shaw Oliver
Mme Jusgsrand
Baron Rosen
Rae
Frank Riggs
Cameron
Oliver
Hambon Roff
Milter
Fairbanks
Charles G Dawes
Chicago
Whitelaw Reid
Washington
City
Cowley
Humphry Ward
Mount Vernon
Italy
Giulio Cesare Montagna
Court of St James
Mr Montagna
Tongha
Vr Montagna
Linda Montagna
Count Sidsmondi
Royal Italian Navy
Mme ‘van Swinderen
Netherlands
Glover
Hague
van Swinderen
Wales
William Higwood
Seymour
Seymour Usn
Norfolk Navy Yard
Haywood
Mya Shahn
Nayy Academy
Japan
Philippines
Benjamin W Jenkins
Stoneleigh Court
Clark
Virginia Ralston Garlinger
Galen Hall
Atlantic City
Inlaw
D H. Rairsten
Brooklyn
Death Notice for Rev. James Robinson Milt DDT
Mrs Rufus H Lane of 20 Cleveland Obig has announced the death of her father Reverend James Robinson Milt DDT. Funeral and burial details are expected to be announced by the family.
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Aubusson
Savonnerie
Axminster
Berlin
India
H Street
N. W
Pennsylvania Arena Street
Rufus H. Lane
Cleveland
Obig
James Robinson Milt
D. DT
Fashion Tales From The Realms Of Style And Society
Countess von Goetzen, once May Lowney of Baltimore, heads for Hamburg as mistress of the Prussian Legation, with Kaiser ties and past imperial favors. Paris millinery trends show high crowns, white frilled brims, and net hats trimmed with straw as the season’s bold new look. Walter Winans’s daughter Eva earns praise for her painting, while prominent families court society at Palm Beach, Hot Springs, and London gatherings, amid whispers of royal intrigue and high society moves.
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Countess von Goetzen
May Stanley Lay
May Lowney
Baltimore
Hamburg
Count Adolph von Gosizen
German East Africa
Berlin
Hts
Africa
Count von Gostzen
United States
Washington
Hie
Paris
Walter Winans
Eva
Horal Ampateur Society of London
Alfred
Aliys Winans Res
Surrenden Park
Lavish Gifts and Royal Taste Highlight New York Social Scene
A sketch of Parisian gift etiquette shows trinkets from a few dollars to hundreds drain the purse and risk court disclosure. In New York on Sunday nights top hotels hosted dinners with music and jewels, while Queen Amelie of Portugal and other monarchs were noted for dress and bargains. A curious church hat incident involving Mrs. Harrison and a bluebird drew stares, ending with a dramatic fainting episode and an attempted explanation about tame bluebirds on her husband’s farm.
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Louis de Gontaut-Biron
Leishman
United States
Gonstantinople
Parla
Sher
Paris
Comtesse ‘Loenis de Gontaut-Biron
America
Triftis
York
Plaza
St Regis
Knickerbocker
Manhattan
Astor
William K Vanderbilt, Jr
Oliver Harriman
Norman Bream
Patrick A Valentine
Wes Edward Lauterbach
George Dant Mumford
Edward Warriner Ur
Harrian Fahnestock
Berry Wall
Les © Weir
James Clark McGuire
Amelie
Portugal
Europe
Helena
Italy
Holland
Audubon
Simon Harrison
Swinefield N J
New York
Abner H
Harrylson
Harrison
Mra Harrison
Shaffer
Petre
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Main Floor
G Street
Hirsh, Wickwire & Co
Main
Tenih St
Steinway
Thade
Rugs Gallery OF Foreign Arts
Dupont Circle
Hattie M. Shacklette
Washington Post
É . Miglert
Aight Angel
R. Harris & Co
7Th and
D Sts. N. W
W. & J. Sloane
Eleventh Street
Philipsborn
Opera
Mrs. R. S. Oliver
Mra
Yairfield Carpenter
Sixteenth Street
Wiliam Burr
Cassanova
Wale
Moris
Ledyard
Tex
T B
Seigle
Downing
Beck
Ten Dyck Wendell Miss Strong
Mra Irving
Metropolitan Club
Chevy Chaselub
Florida Avenue
Seventh Street
Providence Hospital
Marine Band
James F Barbour
Senator
Mick Wetmore
Wiliam Hemsley Fmory
William WH Emory Jr
Richmond
Connecticut Avenue
Anna Blanche Willis Fomory
Stephen Townsend
Francs Hodgson Burnett
Moly Ellier
William Phelps Eno
Cuba
New Orleans
Miss Patten
Hugh
Misa
Marguerite Barbour
Sitte
Daniel Lothrop
Natonal Society of the Children of the
Grafton
Lothrop
Clarence Moore
Adriatic
London
JI W Reilly K. S
Q Street
Benjamin Pitson
Olga
Louisvill Ky
Pilson
Misa Caroline Crawford
Milton L Roberts
Dr Greene, Pasor
Calvary Baptist Church
Roberts
Louisville
Charlies MacGregor
Detroit
George
Derrick
The
Rochambeau
Susan . Irwin
Grace Noerr
Bilis Gilmore MacLeod
Union Methodist Episcopal Church
Twéi
Eugenie
Thomas
Edward
Publi
Buckingham Palace
Reginald Brooks
Nora Langhorne
Fanland
Sumner
Waldorf
Moss Langheines
Charles Dana
Gibsons
Wire Brooks
Pupp
Palm Beach
Florida
Virginia
George Gould
Newark
Frederick Neilson
Mra Hollis Hunnewell
Homestead
Oliver H P Belmont
John D Rockefeller
Spelman
William K Vanderblit Jr
James Speyer
Hot Springs
Frederic Neilson
H H Hunnewell
James Spever
Snever
John J Blair Jr
Hugo R Johnstone
Rf & Graham
Norman H Beauchese
Whitne
Howard F Chappell
W J White
John Philip Sousa
A M Woolson
Langdon Mitchell
Tworndyke
O C Ferris
Florence Riley
Charles , Ward
Thomas A Ennis
Couillans
Anne
Gibson
Wallace
Handkerchile
Jabots
Ratty
Calarines
Galt & Bro
Penna, Ave
Fulton’s
Ninth Street N. W
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