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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1915
Page
12
Cloodward and TLothrop in Washington Paria offer a line of Scotch Madras Curtains from their direct importation. The(selection features black tan ecru cream green and gray grounds with artistic soft designs, suitable for living rooms dining rooms libraries and bedrooms, reflecting sturdy old Scotch hardihood and being mostly new and distinct from prior displays.
The Secretary of War and Mrs Garrison are returning to Washington from New York after a week end visit. The report notes Mrs Lane plans and other officials traveling, with social events in Washington and connections to the Belgian fund and Lafayette fund drives.
Social column at Washington reports arrivals and gatherings. Matron of Army and Navy Circle visits Washington with Montana trip planned via California, attending expositions. Rear Admiral Fiske and family attend funeral in New York. Visitors include Miss Barbara Dixer Matter Palmer and Miss BEF Pierce from New York, plus teas hosted by Mrs Dorn for guests Mrs Dison and NY visitors. John Lind, envoy to Mexico, and others linger at Hotel Powhatan and New Willard as Ruth Pilings spends week in New York.
Mr and Mrs Louis Lombard of Lugano and family, after wintering at the Shoreham, depart Washington for San Francisco to visit the exposition then proceed to San Diego. Mrs Richardson hosts a bridge party for her sister Miss Louisa Finet of Paris Texas. Sweet peas decorate the tea. Additional social items include a Cairo Sons of Confederate Veterans dance and numerous local engagements.
A society page recounts a grand visit by Mr and Mrs Handelph Tharst to Atlanta for the Briod opera week. Guests include Mrs Hearst and Miss Alexandra Anson, with dinners at the Moore House and events at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. The list notes numerous attendees in formal dress, from box seats to society circles, and mentions Mrs William Payne Thompson and Mme von Andre among the notable party.
Rear Admiral McRas Winslow conducts a survey in Washington while a Richmond A detachment stops out. A talk on ultimate world peace, given at Representative William Kent's home by August Schwan of Sweden, drew a distinguished audience under the Woman's Peace Party. Schwan outlined educational factors toward clear disarmament. Attendees included Mrs Hubert Taft Follette, Mrs Huntington Jackson, Mrs JoN Speel, Mrs John Jay White, Mrs Harvey Wiley, Mrs Gilson Gardner, George Odell, Mins Kelton, Miss Jean Wilson, and Herbert Gargue among others. Edith Kingman Kern and Susie Root Rhodes, Washington educators, were elected to membership in the Womens Presa lub, New York. Mrs Louise C Wilson of 1925 Otis Place NW returned from Florida in improved health. The text ends with the marriage notice of Miss Ethel Cora ChapPel, daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert W.
The article details the April 10 wedding of Miss Almeda A Barr to Frank Atherton Howard at Beltsville Maryland with elaborate decor and attendants, and notes engagements and social events around Washington including Myrtle O Chase and William Guy Delahay engagement, visits by Mrs Bernheim to Charleston, Old Point Comfort guests at the Shoreham, and a Wardman Court subscription dance with numerous young attendees. It also lists moves, travels, and household changes of several society members and mentions planned home activities for the new Mr and Mrs Woodward at Beltsville after May 1, with farm duties noted.
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