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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
8
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The program features Sophie Tucker headlining at Keith's with Ragtime numbers and acts by Riess, Witchie, and Garden. Cinematic fare includes The Tarantula and The Devil at His Fiddle with Mary Iackford. Free outdoor spots at Glen Echo and dancing at Chevy Chase Lake attract crowds as steamer trips to Colonial Beach offer nightly entertainment.
Mrs H Wo Nee of Greensborn N As recounts severe shin trouble between the ankle and knee with swelling itching and painful sores. After trying remedies she began Resinol Ointment Resinol Soap and relief came after the first application. A complete cure followed with continued use. Signed Mrs H Wo Nee Pearson Street Greensborn N. Ad for samples from Retinol Department.
Navy department dispatch lists detachments and assignments for officers and clerks. From New Hampshire to New York and Texas, personnel including Paymasters and clerks move to stations at Sanford, Key West, West Blaine, and the Naval Academy as part of fitting out and commissioning.
The army announces promotions to captain on the retired list for First Lieut Frank Lin R Kenney US A and details exams for transfer to field artillery and cavalry. Officers Majors Bishop Bowley and others serve on boards at Eagle Pass Texas and Jefferson Barracks to assess fitness and observe proceedings. Leave of absence granted for several officers amid plans to study at Walter Reed General Hospital and for national guard supply planning in Washington.
Marine Corps orders list officers commissioned from June 2 and June 12 including majors Breckinridge Mar IX, Matthews and Randall, plus lieutenants and captains in various units. The notice details assignments at barracks Philadelphia, naval hospitals in Washington, and patrols and sailings from Salina Cruz to Acapulco, Newport to New York, and other routes. ships such as Kearsarge, Vicksburg, Worden, Lamson, Montgomery, Nereus, Reid Severn, Sterett, and others are noted with arrival and departure ports and destinations along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
John A. Wilson cousin of the President ends visit here and returns to Franklin Pa. Marshall couple host guests Mrs Ollie James to sail for Japan last of August. Foreign officials and social figures visit Washington then depart for Nantucket Rye and Newport. Mrs Wheeler and Hallie Erminie unite in Tokyo marriage notes.
Washington and coastal resort society hosts mingle as diplomats, officials, and social leaders vacation at Newport, Watch Hill, and Atlantic City. Notables include Ambassador Fletcher, Assistant Secretary Phillips, Gen McIntyre, and prominent families such as the Rockefellers, Stevensons, and Pittmans, with weddings announced for Minnie Fealy and Lieut Col Warla Carman.
Mrs Gilbert Husted and her daughter Mrs Edward Roome left Monday for relatives at Peekshill on the Hudson. Miss May Husted will join in mid August and all will travel to Atlantic City with Mr Husted. The Washington Golf and Country Club will hold dances on August 5 and 19. Mr F Ho Walker joined his family at a bungalow near Colonial Beach where they host an almost continuous house party. They spent winter at Palm Beach. Mrs Edward McCauley and family went to Santa Barbara to visit Mr and Mrs Wolcott Tuckerman. they return in September after a July forty-night stay with Mrs Werbert Howard. Mr Howard has gone to Barnstable, Mass with Naval Constructor Howard for the season’s remainder.
August plans include Eli Bamford Smiths touring Catskills by car with a Philadelphia stop for friends and Lake George visit. Notables in town include Ambassadors Elkus and Towne bound for New York, Shoreham and Willard hosting duties, and Treasury Secretary Shaw visiting the Willard with Roosevelt administration ties.
At Saratoga Springs notable society figures fill clubs and boxes during racing season. Guests include Mi and Mia Richard T Wilson Foxhall P Keene Kensett Brown Allan Arthur son of ex president Chester A Arthur, and Allan Pinkerton. Attendees include Gerry family, Widener, Walter Palmer, W H Blee, Chauncey Olcott entourage, Conde Nast, Helen Smith, and John McCormack as visitor guests.
Miss Mary Rose Lyons daughter of Mr and Mrs M J Tyona of Summit avenue Bronx marries Joseph A Broderick of New York and Washington DC at the Church of the Sacred Heart Rev John J Lennon officiates bride wears white satin and tulle gown with lace. attended by Miss Margaret A Lyons. best man Thomas Scully. ushers William J Lyons John W Judge Frank White. Breakfast at Lyons homestead. Couple will reside in Washington.
A sequence of Newport and Narragansett gatherings lists numerous attendees from Washington and nearby states. The Nelson E Peri, Murray A Cobb, Fleming Newbold, Hugh Legare, Kent Legare, S Andrews, Alex Legare, Alphonse Jongera, Morgan Belmont, Carolyn Hulbert, William Hulbert, and Raymond Hulbert are noted at various luncheons and scrambakes. Daughters of the American Revolution from East Greenwich attended. Cardinal Gibbons is listed as guest of honor for a luncheon in Southampton and Stephen Peabody plans a Sunday luncheon for the Cardinal.
Miss Cecelia Deelger of New York drove an automobile seven miles to Greylock Mountain summit on the Cheshire harbor trail aided by Mrs Frederick Kauser and Mrs Frank Diamond. The steep rocky road forced the others to walk in places. brakes caught fire on the return via Rockwell road. Greylock stands at 4150 feet, the highest Massachusetts peak.
A Newport society day at the bathing club featured ideal surf bathing and bustling admission with 150 cars at the entrances. Newcomers included Mr and Mrs Jotn J McCook and Mre Charles B Alasander. Luncheons followed at Prices Neck and Halhidean Hill with Mrs Charles S Whitman and others hosting guests from Louisville and area, including Willard Norris and Dorothy Norris.
At Atlantic City New Jersey on August 2 crowds swarmed the resorts as the surf drew an estimated 59004 bathers. The piece notes a revival of interest in bicycles, with Miss Debutante of 1917 needing to trade glamour for social prominence on rides through parks and winter resorts, reflecting a convention scene at the St Charles Hotel.
Greenwich residents Mr and Mrs John Shearson announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Phyllia Shearson to Charles EB Adams a Yale graduate 1914 and member of several New York clubs. Also noted are summer plans and travelers arriving at Poland Springs with Mr and Mrs W H Sprunt and others from Wilmington and nearby areas.
Mrs William Astor Charier travels to New York to join her wounded spouse, Bar Harbor society figures gather as others arrive from New York. Openings note Mr Chane tests a leg in the French arena, while families plan late summer visits and秋 events at Highland Falls and Bray Fans.
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