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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1908

Page

13

August Sale Fine Furs Promises Bargains And Storage

The August Sale of fine furs offers ready to order garments and storage at no charge. Sought pieces include Blended Squirrel Russian Mink Black Fox and Persian Lamb with sale prices well below regular values. Coats and muffs list from seven to hundred dollars with storage until fall free of charge. Third Floor G street.

Social and Personal Meyer Family Notes in Washington

Returning wife and daughters of the Postmaster General sail for New York. Mrs F B R Loring and the Misses Loring depart for the rest of the summer. Miss Caroline Louise Smith to wed Lieut James B E Abbott at the Smith home in Columbia, Maryland. Abbott stationed at Fort Mason California expected in Washington. Numerous society movements, travel plans, and summer outings of prominent Washington and Newport figures noted including the Meyers, Loring, Dixey, and Sanderson families, plus coverage of Oyster Bay horse events, Saratoga season, and Bayreuth plans.

New York F. BR. Loring Caroline Louise ‘Smith Thomas W. Smith James BE. Abbott Columbia Tead Abbott Fort Mason Cal Washington Miss Smith Misa Esther Smith Sanderson Panama George von J. Meyer Meyer Francis B. Loring White Hall Arpapolis John P. Story Oyster Bay Lydia Loring Cape May Jean Loring Bay Head Bessie Stuart Hooker Long Island Representative Bourke Cochran Richard Hooker Ocean City A. B. Alexander Hillsboro Counies Harriet Charlotte Swan Veronica Carmanoni Dorothy Wolf Cornelia Crooke Margaret Bowers May Young Kenzie Rouse Pratt Byrne Stage Oakley J. R. Byrne Maxeau Hospital Fund

CHAT OF WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE AT COWES SEASON

Gossip notes that American millionaires yachts will be scarce at Cowes with Goulds Vanderbilts Armours Astors and Drexels absent Commodore Plant sails the Tolan da to Cowes and may be inspected by the king and queen Egypt House leases wane Consuelo Duchess of Manchester and Mrs Marshall Field Jr loom large in society circles while Mrs Fotter Palmer and Mr H P Whitney alter plans through travel cheerful social currents persist amid yacht drought

Saratoga Belmont Bishop Potter F. Ambrose ‘Clark United States R. FT. Wilson, Jr Fifth Avenue Wilson F. R. Mitchcock Thomas Hitchcock James R. Keene Wall Street Richard Canfield Lake Resorts Cowes Goulds Vanderbilts Armours Astors Drexels Commodore Plant Larchmont Tolanda Consuelo Duchess of Manchester Egypt House Fotter Palmer H.P. Whitney Budapest Szechenyt Marshall Field,Jr

Service at Camp Good Will by Mount Pleasant Church

Mount Pleasant Congregational Church held a Sunday service at Camp Good Will at 4 PM. Children enjoyed singing talks on birds trees and flowers, with a chalk talk by Miss North. Morning church services at Brightwood had 28 children attending. Before bedtime the children sang old hymns and C Hubert Jones spoke on the power of habit. Contributions to the summer outing committee totaled many small gifts from numerous donors including Thomas W. Smith Miss 8. S. Auld Lee Duncan Latimer and others with amounts ranging from 25 cents to 15 dollars.

Mount Pleasant Miss S. Auld Lee Duncan Latimer W. ©. Downey Milas S. Beach George H Cox Mr. Dabney George Evans George H. Payne Chancey Lee Brant Prof George W. Cook Ww. Conway Maj Charles Dowgh Briva H. TE. Baker Mrc Elizebeth Martin William V. Cox John Hurat R. R. Richardson Henry S. Curtis R. H. Terrell Israel Church

Estate Left to Widow as Three Wills Enter Probate

Three wills were filed for probate yesterday. Franklin Howe’s 1907 will left his entire estate to his wife Marie F. Howe with executrix duties shared with Frederick T. Sladens. Thomas W. Kerlin’s 1905 will left all to his wife Laura Kerlin as executrix. Thomas W. Paxton and Thomas F. Paxton wills divide property among wife Hannah Paxton, daughter Sarah C. Paxton, and son Thomas F. Paxton with trust provisions and executrix Mrs. Paxton.

Franklin Howe Marie F. Howe Frederick T. Sladens Thomas W. Kerlin Laura Kerlin Thomas W. Paxton Hannah Paxton Thomas F. Paxton Grant Road Thomas John EI. Chanpel Mrs. Paxton Thomas S. Paxton Sarah C. Paxton Thomas TF. Paxton Paxton

Sunday auto throngs fill Long Branch and Berkshires

Sunday crowds roaming Long Branch and nearby Staten Island for meals and seaside visits overflowed into Lenox Berkshires with hotels reporting record touring car traffic. Notables and guests from Boston Baltimore Washington and New York joined yacht and auto parties at casinos villas and inns for dinners concerts and scenic excursions across Newport and Laurel Lake as hotels and villas hosted lavish Luncheons and dinners amid ideal weather and summer gaiety.

Convict 999 Opens at Academy Gurain in Grand Reopening

The Academy Gurta in Washington opened the season with Convict 999 a sensational melodrama drawing a record crowd. Audiences filled every seat and stood three floors high amid renovated interiors and enthusiastic applause. The cast led by George Whitaker and Marhon Hutchins delivered strong performances as the plot follows Dick Thurston an innocent man framed by Miriam Lancaster and the district attorney Blaisdell with a dramatic escape and final vindication.

Academy Washington Dick Thurston New York Miriam Lancaster Alice Bradstone Nelson Bradstone John Blaisdell Thurston Alice Alice 1 Marhon Hutchins

Three Thousand At A Ball In Long Branch Fashionable Hop

Long Branch New Jersey August third crowds fill the Hollywood ball and garden party hosted by Messrs. Vager and Babcock. Over 6000 tickets sold for the Deal Casino event while more than 300 attendees from prominent families arrive in autos along the bluffs. Deep concern with gowns appears in the detailed listing of attendees and attire including Mrs. Henry Seligman and Miss Helen Rothschild in notable outfits. The Wayfarer yacht stands offshore with Mr. and Mrs. George W. McHilshiney aboard as others like Mrs. John Gerken depart the gathering.

Long Island Staten Island Joseph F. O'Donohue Harry O’donohue White Mountaing de Narragansett Pier Mgr Edward Burghard Deal Jacob Siegel Loula J. Merseores Yesterkel Adolf Duerr John A. Day Harry, Braker Norwood Avenue George P. Benjamin Long Branch Great Lakes Atrens Horace Brockway Breston Spiterwhite New York Hollywood Ee Satterwhite Frank Huis Atlanta Kentara Green Philadelphia Providence L. H.f Benjamin. F. Vaughan Greenwich Gertrude Child Barrows Herbert Foster Edward M. Guild T. F. I. McDonnell John &B. Lewis Walter Hackney Edwin A. Barrows Albert Horton RB. J. Horton Rogers Dickinson Pardon Miller J. G. Henshaw T. C. Foster Caaino Fiero Frank L. Scho Stackpole Roberta Dietrich Indianapolis Ind F. A. Coffin W. 8. Coffin Tristam R. Coffin Orange N. J Harry W. Smith Charles Aldrich Worcester Maas The Mathewson Mme Anna Ellis Dexter Boston J. D. Emmet Jenny Shepard Sydney Shepard Massasoit William Cotcordn Hill Washington, D. C Atlantic R. F P. Schott Charlies Blackwell St. Louis Lloyd Lowndes Cumberland Amy E. du Pont Wilson Wilmington Del G. W. C. Whitney Baltimore W. EK. Tingley Harriett .Tingley Greene's Inn A. R. Ballard George A. Ballard George G. Webster Samuel W. E Lambert the Mathewson Ager Babcock Deal Casino Walter E. Hildreth Leo Sonnebern Jennie Wissberger G. W. Miller Jucipe Irene Miller Jacob Rothschild Helen Rothschild Bisa Kahn Simon Ottinger Marguerite Derby Henry Seligman C. August Spreckles Franky d. Goodwin Thomas TF. Smith David Ash Henry McAlenan H. Bloch Joseph J. O’donohue Mis Beeba’ O’donohue Max Bernheimer Jacob Siegal C. C. Peck Thomas L. King F.G. Holden Marcus Harris Hubert Lee Morrell Jean Haggerty I. R. Benjamin F. J. Aarons Mary Maxwell Joseph M. Byrne Nathalie Smith Leslie M. Shaw A.M. Wittenberg Samuel J. Seligman Carrie Strauss Raegerf Leo Rosenberg Misa Lena Hammerschlng Leo Speyer de’ Witt Speyer Leonard Howard Howard Burghard Jeanette Ahrens Pauline Hoffman Lucille Jennie Dissberger Milan Frederick Gerken Arthur Lipper Directoire Elbridge Gerry Snow, Jr Ecru John. Gerken

Social Notes From Stockbridge and Nearby Resorts

Morehead at the Crossways in Stockbridge. Mrs. John Swann at her bungalow in Monterey. Mr and Mrs John B Swann at Mrs Swann’s villa in Stockbridge. New York visitors include Mr and Mrs Charles H Platt and Messrs T F and W E Chadwick at Mr Platt’s Canada salmon camp, returning to the Aspinwall Hotel. Arrivals at the Red Lion Inn feature Mr and Mrs Wyllis Terry and other New York guests. Provisions about the Platts, the Hagues, and numerous Greenwich and Newport guests round out the seasonal postings.

Morehead Crossways Stockbridge John Swann Monterey John B. Swann White Mountains Arnold Hague Newport James D. Hague New York Red Lion Inn Wyllis Terry Mra C. H. Rusmore P. C. Hooper C. H Joseph Schenck Maplewood Hotel Pittfield Manchester

Resorters Take to Yachts for New York Cruise

Newport R I August 3 Exultant summer colonists with yachts or access to them departed for New York and the sound to join or guest on yachts bound for the New York Yacht Club fleet. Elbridge T Gerry sailed Electra then New London then back with the fleet. Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt left on North Star for New York with regatta committee and friends. Diana chartered by C Ledyard Blair sailed with Meock's crew including John F Talmie Obert D Wrenn Sanford Barnes Henry M Alexander and Henry BK Taylor. Josephine followed with P A B Widener Joseph Widener George Widener George D Widener George A Huhn and Robert Strawbridge. The cruise promises to be enjoyable and successful.

Newport BR. I Cornelius Vanderbilt North Star New York Club Diana C. Ledyard Blair Meock John F. Talmie Obert D. Wrenn Sanford Barnes Henry M

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