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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
12
Special styles designed for every man. The youthful models for the young fellows show the Varsity Fifty Five. Conservative tastes get wear with good all wool materials and quiet dignified design. Young men needing long trousers seek manly clothes from designers who know their needs. See new suits one-button link button sacks double-breasted coats patch pockets and Heelys novelties.
The Palm Beach Oxford is promoted as a high grade athletic looking shoe for men. It features almond cloth, tan leather piping, corded tip and eyelets, a Goodyear welt sole, and a comfortable last. Priced at 4.00 per pair with specials for outdoor sports and daily wear. Main Floor Tenth street.
Gen and Mrs Scott attended a Fort Myer dinner hosted by Col Wilder before an informal hop. The event also honored guests including Rollins McRae and Blair couples, with Lt and Mrs Clarence McMillan hosting a supper for the Braisted sisters. Meanwhile other social rounds feature Mrs Boush hosting a luncheon for naval wives and Justice White leasing Camp Inwood in New York.
A list of society guests fills a Shoreham luncheon scene with Lt. and Mrs. Charles Margne and many others. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Frank Parker, Mrs F E M Talbott, and Mrs Hollyday Meeds. Secretary Bryan and cabinet members join a rose room luncheon after a White House meeting. The Rev Dr Abram Simon plans Pittsburgh talks for Sunday and Monday return.
Returns from Fort Porter detail Misa Helen J Sheckles visiting relatives in Buffalo with Captain and Mrs Joseph E Bastion. Detailing social events at the Shoreham, guests from Washington, and wedding news including Joseph Schwartz and Eva Loretta Hodges' marriage at Clermont Mills MD. Also notes Canal Zone residents at the Ebbitt and arrivals from Balboa Heights.
Social notes sketch a six month Newport inspection tour by Pretty and a youthful widow Miss Haggin. She will visit Kentucky horse farms, San Francisco Exposition, Honolulu, and Pacific coast properties in Central and South America. Also covered are a Boston marriage of Vernon Nash and Hilda Caplan, Miss Vivian’s failed attempt to derail it, and a Stradivarius sale at Christie's with new price records and later bids toward the Metropolitan Museum.
Mr and Mrs Walter B Brooks Jr entertained at the old fort on Fort Garrison in Green Spring valley for guests including Miss Kathryn Nevitt Steele and fiance F Skiddy von Stade. The couple will ride horses in the Maryland Hunt Cup at Worthington valley tomorrow. About 75 guests from New York and Philadelphia attended, with music by Robert Younge's Orchestra from Reisen Weber's in New York.
Mrs. Theodore Marburg of Baltimore hosted Mr Van Rappard and Minister Wot Foa of the Netherlands at their Baltimore residence. Theodore Marburg gave the first of two dinners this evening. A second dinner follows tomorrow for the Tafts and Miss Taft who will arrive from Hampton. The Marburgs and Van Rappard will host guests through Sunday.
Mrs Flora McGill Keefer mezzo soprano headlined the Friday Morning Music Club concert at the Raleigh with the club chorus directed by Heinrich Hammer. The program featured Brahms songs, the cantata Zorah, Morning Glory, Elgar numbers, and the dramatic Song of the Shirt, with strong chorus, soloists, and a string quartet.
The Christ Child Society of Washington held its silver jubilee meeting at Rauchers with Rev John Alke praising progress. The organization reported handling 2 200 cases this year and expanding all divisions. Miss Mary V Merrick, president, noted 1 900 seniors and 300 juniors, with four new branches founded, bringing total branches to twenty with 4 000 members.
Marie Desmont, claiming to be the daughter of a Brazilian coffee planter, wowed Broadway actors before revelations she is a shoemaker’s daughter. She faces charges of stealing jewelry and a suitcase from May Tevin at the Martha Washington Hotel and from Miss May Wilson, with bail set at 1500 dollars. Detective Daly later arrested her after a necklace turnover with actor Richard Lynch was traced to the case.
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