Sunday Schools and Dividends Boost Red Cross War Fund
Contributions yesterday to the Red Cross war service fund included large dividends declared by major corporations via the District of Columbia chapter and gifts from three Presbyterian Sunday schools led by Central First and Northminster churches. Notable donors included Dr John Crayke Simpson, Eugene Van Rensselaer, Admiral William B. Lemly, and Marshall V. Andrews with amounts ranging from 5.50 to 3460.
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Red Cross War Service Fund
Red Cross
District of Columbia
Presbyterian
John Crayke Simpson
W. H Kippfer
John B Morrey
Cecil H. Moore
Franklin Rogers
Carolina Dirnfeld
Harriet Sanger
Central Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Northminster Presbyterian Church
U. S. Steel Corporation
Eugene van Rensselaer
Maria Garnett Venn
Annie Curskadon
Marshall V. Andrews
Mary FP
BE Saltzman
Mary C McBride
William B. Lemly
Carline Haywood
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Harry King
Rachel M. Ball
Eugene van Renasalaer
Caroline Haywood
Weatinghouse Electric & Mtg Co
Frederic A. Delano
Charles B. Going
William K. Quinter
National Land Co
Mary
Society Notes From Washington Include Diplomatic Visit And Weddings
President and Mrs Wilson attended a formal reception in the White House with Norwegian minister Aryn and Dr Fridtjof Nansen, as society circles record visits by the Belgian and Cuban missions, multiple weddings including Miss Florence Farrington Flynn to Col. John Dana, and various social engagements across Washington and nearby resorts.
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Fridtjof Nansen
Misalien
Hluse
White House
Aryn
Ayrn
Dr Nansen
Thorne Holst
John Baumann
Amund Utne
Charles Vogt
Col Dana Weds Miss Flynn in New York Chantry
Miss Florence Farrington Flynn of New York and Washington married Col John E Dana of Charleston West Virginia at St Thomas Church chantry. The bride, a writer, wore mustard suede traveling dress and orchids. guests included Mrs Elsie Rizer. Dana had been a widower five years and long associated with White Sulphur Springs farm.
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Florence Farrington Flynn
M. J. Flynn
Col. John Dana
Charleston
W. Va
St. Thomas’ Church
New York
Washington
Alice Flynn
Horace Maher
Roanoke
Sherry’s
Maher
Edward Knight
Robert Flynn
Wilmington
Mary Farrington Flynn
Ferdinand Kaye
Sona
Igase T. Smith
John 8. Dana
Arnaldo Cogella-Tamburini
Tesse Conella-Tamburini
Italy
Misa Elsie Rizer
Thomas Brewster
Richfield
Allen Dorsey
Misa Eva Brewster
Col
Mrs. Dana
The
Biltmore
Col. Dana
Tuscamilla Farm
Farrington Flynn
Washington, DC
St. Thomas Church
John E Dana
W Va
Newport
South
Horace “R. Maher
Elsie Rizer
White Sulphur Springs
Four New Members Join Oldest Inhabitants Group
August meeting of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants drew few attendees and lasted under an hour. New members Henry C Craig Robert Callahan James J Sullivan and Edward W Zea were enrolled. Grief was expressed for former members William S Hickey and William G Spottawood. George W Evans proposed forming a district militia regiment from the Military Service Legion to serve as the National Guard.
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Henry C Craig
Robert Callahan
James J. Sullivan
Edward W. Zea
William 8. Hickey
William G Spottawood
George W Evans
Military Service Legion
D. Cc. National
Women’s Relief Association backs organ funds for Third Infantry
Funds appropriated to purchase an organ and hymn books for the Third Infantry at Fort Myer were approved. The group also donated 100 to the local Red Cross for soldiers families relief. A campaign urged women to place right hands over the heart during the national anthem. Comfort kits for soldiers were requested. Donations accepted by Mrs. William E B Harvey at 1744 Lamont Street NW.
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Third Infantry
Fort Myer
Red Cross
Woman's Relief Association
William EB. Harvey
Gen Harvey
Harvey
Lamont Street
Recreation for service men rooms opened by WCTU at 1418 Pennsylvania Ave N W
Emma Bennford Shelton president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union urged enlist ed men from the army navy or marine corps to visit the recreation rooms at 1418 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. Rooms are open from 10 a m to 10 p m with music and refreshments each night provided by one of the 59 W C T U unions.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Pennsylvania Avenue
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Emma Aenford Shelton
Market Em ployes Hold Annual Outing at Marshall Hall
Old Dutch Market workers plan a Monday outing with athletic events for men women and children music and food. Stores close at noon to catch the 2 80 boat. The Charles Macalester will depart at 10 carrying workers families and friends. Events include fat man race ladies and Old Dutch men's championships visiting ladies race children's race three legged race tug of war and a ball game.
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Marshall Hall
Charles Macalester
Swope Family Heads to Ohio for Osteopathic Meeting
Dr and Mrs Chester D Swope and their son Master Bernard Swope depart for Ohio to visit relatives and attend the American Osteopathic Association convention in Columbus next week. Mrs Foy and Mrs Falls visit relatives in Washington and New York before two journeys via Stamford Conn and Port Colborne Ontario. Miss Grace Swope to join from Wheeling West Virginia en route to Steubenville. Col Hart Brown A A called to Carrolton Ga for his fathers illness.
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Chester D. Swope
Bernard Swope
Ohio
New York State
Stamford
Conn
New York
Mra
John W.falls
Dorothy Sunn
Washington
Biltmore
Mra. Falls
Port Colbourns
Ontario
Canada
J J Cohan Dies At 69 In Monroe New York
Jere J Cohan veteran actor and member of the famed Four Cohans died early today at his country home Monroe New York after a two year illness arteriosclerosis was the cause he was 69 his wife Belén Cohan and son George M Cohan were at his side at death
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New York
Jere J. Cohan
Britten party heads to Canadian Rockies and Yellowstone
Representative and Mrs. Fred A. Britten depart Washington for an extended Canadian Rockies tour including Lake Louise, with plans to visit Chicago and Yellowstone before returning. Mrs. Reeside has returned from Deer Park to Washington for the summer with daughter Mrs. Whitside arriving from El Paso for August, then all join at Deer Park and later Atlantic City. Also announced are nuptials of Elizabeth Alsquith to Joseph B. Gray and Mary Elizabeth Goodwin to John Calhoun Horton with future homes in Bristow and Prince Edward County.
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Lois Reeside
Charles Shaler
Weat Point
Ocean City
N. J
Grace Cortelyou
Huntington
Long Island
Frank Reeside
Bluemont
Clarence Aspinwall
Fred A. Britten
Washington
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Chicago
Yellowstone Park
Howard Reeside
Deer Park
Mr. Reeside
Victor M. Whitside
el Paso
Tex
Whitside
Reeside
Mary Elizabeth Goodwin
Richmond
John Calhoun Horton
Douglas Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
C. Co. McKean
Prince Edward County
Bristow. Va
Magistrate Corrigan Weds Mrs Haggin in New York
Magistrate Joseph D. B. Corrigan, 43, wed Margaret Faith Robinson Haggin, the former wife of artist Ben Ali Haggin, at her home in New York. The ceremony was performed by Father Charles of St. Leo's Church amid notes of high society, with Haggin's past fame and later marriage to dancer Bonnie Glas cited in background. The bride, 34, had previously been married to Haggin since 1903, while Corrigan's first wife died in 1915 after leaping from a steamer, her death linked to nursing duties and war-related strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph DB. Corrigan
Margaret Faith Robinson Haggin
Ben Ali Haggin
Charles
St. Leo's
Corrigan
Haggin
Garden of Allah film rerelease and theater programs
William Fox offers a four day revival of The Garden of Allah at Belasco Theater starting August 5 with 3 20 pm and 2 20 pm showings, featuring the desert storm effect and plans for Aleks Bolm organ concerts August 9 10 11 with a symphonic ensemble under Marcelle Ansette. Poli Players close 1917 season with farewell revival of The Story of the Rosary as actors prepare New York rehearsals. Florence Rittenhouse and Robert W Frazer highlighted amid anticipated record crowds.
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William Fox Hse
Belasco Theater
Robert Hichen
Garden of Allah
Adolf Bolm
Amerian Ambulance
Russia
Mr Bolm
Fumskey-Korsokoy
Boradine
Moussogorsky
Maloof
Saint- Saens
Marcelle Ansette
Poli
New York
Florence Rittenhouse
Robert W Frazer
Pol
Washington
Dorees Belles and Beaux At Coamps Theater This Week
Doree's Belles and Beaux offers vocalists instrumentalists in ornate costumes with scenic effects starting today at Coamps Theater for the last half of the week. The bill includes White's Circus with dancing ponies flying dogs and four footed clowns plus acts Ryan and Florence Kate and Wiley and D B Martin Company in Between Trains. Next week Garden Theater presents Louise Glaum in Strange Transgressor with J Larney Sherry Dorcas Mathews and Colin Chase. Sir George Alexandra and Hilda Moore appear next, in The Second Mrs Tanqueray, while Harry T Morey and Alice Joyce star in Richard the Brazen.
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Doree
Belles and Beaux
Coamps
White's Circus
Antica
Ryan
Florence
Kate
Wiley
D. B. Martin & Company
Garden
Louise Glaum
Garden Theater
Miss Graum
J. Larney Sherry
Dorcas Mathews
Colin Chase
George Alexandria
Hilda Moore
Arthur W. Pinero
Mrs. Tanqueray
Harry T. Morey
Alice Joyce
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Richard the Brazen
Strand Theater to Feature Kelland Adaptation and Circus Tale
The Strand presents The Hidden Spring with Harold Lockwood next Sun to Tue, then Sindy The Spring. On Wed and Thu Bessie Love stars in The Sawdust Ring, a camera story of circus life. Fri and Sat William Desmond appears in Time Lock and Diamonds as a globe trotting crook turned by his sister.
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Strand Theater
Clarence B. Kelland
Harold Lockwood
Sindy
Bessie Love
William Desmond
Amazons at Loew's Columbia Theater Next Week
Two screen presentation of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's The Amazons starring Marguerite Clark to run Sunday through Wednesday with The Law of the Land following. Mme Olga Petrova stars in the other feature as Washington prepares for Gayety burlesque debut with Rose Sydell's London Belles and a new two act musical comedy.
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Loew
Columbia Theater
Marguerite Clark
Billie Burke
Miss Clark
Mme
Olga Petrova
Washington
Gayety Theater
Rose Sydell
London Belles Company
Bunday
George F. Hayes
Ted Burns
Kate Pullman
Moonlight St Johns Trips from Seventh Street Wharf
The schedule lists departures from the Seventh Street wharf every Tuesday Thursday and Sunday at 8 am and Saturdays at 4 pm with stops at Quantico, the new summer resort near Washington by the Potomac. The 40 mile moonlight trips of the St Johns run every Monday Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7 o'clock.
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Seventh Street Wharf
Quantico
Washington
Potomac
St. Johns
Glen Echo and area amusements entice crowds
The Glen Echo park offers free outdoor motion pictures dancing in the pavilion and rides including the carousel as Potomac breezes cool the grounds. Chesapeake Beach reports record crowds with Six Flying Herberts ending soon and Desario escaping from a padlocked cask daily. Wormwood the monkey trainer appears next week as Great Falls marks Washington Week with picnics and music by the Ladies Orchestra. Crandall’s shows The Iron Ring with Arthur Ashley and Gerda Holmes and The Tonite American with Mary Pickford and Virginia Pearson headline the week.
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Glen Echo Park
Potomac
Chesapeake Beach
Herberta
Senorita Desario Ia
Wormwood
Arthur Ashley
Gerda Holmes
Crandall
New York
Edward Langford
George MacQuarrie
Mary Pickford
Virginia Fpeargon
Beloved Adventuress At Crandall's Savoy This Weekend
A fragmented ad notes The Beloved Adventuress will be shown at Crandall's Savoy next Sunday and Monday with other pictures featured. The item mentions a starred dress and dramatic scenes, reflecting a theater advertisement from the era.
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Crandall
The
Keitsusrdon
Atar
Bork
Rage
Acreen
Week of shows listed for Antonio Moreno and others
The schedule lists Antonio Moreno in 4 Son of the Hillis on Tuesday, Charles Ray in The Clodropper on Wednesday, Ann Pennington in Lite de Soldier Girl on Thursday, Olive Thomas in Madcap Madge on Friday, Fannie Ward in Her Strange Wedding on Saturday, and Mack Swain in the Keystone comedy Fier Naughty Thought.
New YWCA Home Opens At Eleventh Street
Forty two young women moved into the Elizabeth Somers YWCA home at Eleventh and M streets NW as the new rooming and boarding house formally opened. Formerly Mount Vernon Seminary the home is named for the former owner who furnished the furnishings and donated a large sum to the purchase price. The facility will accommodate 86 persons.
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Elizabeth Somers
Young Women's Christian Association
Eleventh
M Streets
Mount Vernon Seminary
Priest Held On Treason Charges In Iowa Hearing
Cedar Rapids Iowa August 1 The Rev John Reichart pastor of the German Evangelical Church at London Iowa was held to the grand jury in a 36000 bond at a hearing here today charged with preaching treasonable sermons
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
John Reichart
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