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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1908

Page

21

August Sale Fine Furs Offers Great Values

An August sale of fine furs promises extensive choice with only the newest pieces from a trusted selection. Featured items include Blended Squirrel, Russian Mink, Black Fox, Persian Lamb, and seals with prices from seven fifty to one hundred dollars, third floor at G St.

Social and Personal Meyer Family Returning to New York

Washington social notes detail returning Mrs. Meyer and her daughter from Europe to New York after summering in Washington. The piece covers upcoming weddings, travels of Mrs. Loring and the Loring sisters, engagements rumors, and numerous society visits across Newport Lenox Oyster Bay and Saratoga, naming many prominent families and figures.

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 Mary Edna Noyes Clarence Noyes Maryland Virginia West Virginia Joseph ©. Kaufman Barbarossa Bremen Cologne Frankfort Vienna Switzerland Paris London Edith Wharton Lenox Mall William Douglas Sloane John H. Hammond Lenox Villa

Well Known Americans' Yachts Skip Cowes Season

CHAT OF WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE From Various Exchanges, there will be few American millionaires' yachts at Cowes this season. The Goulds Vanderbilts Armours Astors and Drexels will be missed. Commodore Plant has taken his news steamer Tolanda to Cowes and is the talk of yachting men. The king and queen may inspect the vessel.

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 Draws Children In Loudoun

Mount Pleasant Congregational Church held a Sunday service at Camp Good Will at 4 pm. Children enjoyed singing talks on birds, trees, and flowers and a chalk talk by Miss North. Morning services sent 28 children to Brightwood. Evening program featured old hymns and a talk on the power of habit by C Hubert Jones. Andrew Parker lists contributions totaling several dollars from many donors to support the summer outing committee.

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

Wills Filed for Probate Leave Estates to Widows and Children

Three wills were filed for probate yesterday involving Franklin Howe Laura Kerlin Hannah Paxton and Thomas Paxton. Howe leaves his entire estate to wife Marie F Howe with herself and Sladens as executors. Kerlin devises his estate to wife Laura Kerlin as executrix. Paxton wills distribute personal property between wife Hannah and son Thomas with Grant Road property split into three parts for widow daughter and a trust for Thomas with Mrs Paxton as executrix.

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 Throngs of Autos at Long Branch and Berkshires

Readable fragments describe large Sunday crowds arriving by automobile to Long Branch and Staten Island homes for meals and social gatherings. Include lists of guests from Providence Philadelphia Washington and New York. yachts and launches at decks, villas at Lenox and Laurel Lake. concerts at the Mathewson and Massasoit, and hotel luncheons amid unprecedented Berkshire touring.

Lenox Mass Berkshires Pittafield Great Barrington Richard ©. Dixey Tanglewood William Postelthwaite Bilis’, Postelthwaite Washington Henry Ives Cobb Emily Bacon Girard Fostey Bellefontaine M. Dwight Collier Osceola House Philip Adee Charles M. Froulke Curtin Hote Frank K Stockbridge Bowl Laurel Lake George Westinghouse Eeith Wharton Samuel Frothingham Joseph Bryant Miss Bryant New York Frank Curtis Sheffield Aspinwall Hotel George Cabot Lodge Lodge The Willows Henry Winthrop Gray Pfissen Elizabeth Belle Shotter Shadowbrook Richmond Spencer P. Shotter Europe Austin Morehead Pittsburg Horace R

Convict 999 Opens Academy Season Amid Record Gaiety

The Academy opened its new season with Convict 999 a sensational melodrama drawing one of the largest audiences in the theater’s history. Renovations gave the interior a refined red ivory and green scheme as stars Marhon Hutchins George Whitaker and Jack Sharkey delivered strong performances. The plot follows Dick Thurston a New York businessman wronged by Miriam Lancaster and saved by Alice Bradstone with a dramatic prison escape and ultimate vindication.

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

Three Thousand Attend Long Branch Saturday Ball

Long Branch New Jersey August 3. A Saturday ball and garden party at the Hollywood hosted by Messrsager and Babcock drew over 300 attendees from prominent coast families. The lawn hosted supper tables and the ballroom stayed crowded until midnight. Notable guests included Walter E. Hildreth Leo Sonnebern Jennie Wissberger G W Miller Jacob Rothschild Helen Rothschild Bisa Kahn Simon Ottinger Marguerite Derby and many others. Helen Rothschild wore a cream directoire costume. several others displayed white lingerie and elaborate hats as the Deal casino reported its largest attendance of the season with six hundred tickets sold. The Wayfarer yacht cruised off Atlantic Highlands as the day ended.

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 Monterey recording visitors

Morehead at the Crossways Monterey bungalow and Stockbridge villa residents. New York visitors Dr. and Mrs. Chadwick at Mr Platt’s camp in Canada. Elbridge Gerry Snow leaving Aspinwall for White Mountains. Arnold Hague called to Stockbridge by brother’s illness. Arrivals at Red Lion Inn include multiple New York guests. Heaton Hall hosts several New York residents and a Greenwich, Conn. family. Beardsley and Schenck depart Maplewood Hotel for Manchester Vermont.

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 in Newport Exodus

Newport July 3 notes a summer colony exodus of yacht owners and friends heading to New York or Sound ports. Elbridge Gerry sails Electra toward New London then returns with the fleet. Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt departs North Star for regatta prep. Diana sails under C L Blair’s charter with Meock’s party. Josephine follows with Widener and Huhn among others as anticipation builds for the New York Yacht Club cruise.

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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