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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1908

Page

39

August Sale Fine Furs Promises Value and Style

An August Fur Sale promotes a wide selection of current season pieces from Blended Squirrel to Persian Lamb. It offers to order, insure, and store fur garments until fall free of charge, with prices listed for muffs coats and other items and a note on substantial savings from regular values.

Social and Personal Meyer Family Update at Washington Summer

The social column notes returning wife and daughters of the postmaster general, various Washington and Newport residents sailing to New York, summer visits in Cape May and Oyster Bay, and society gossip about marriages, reconciliations, and prominent families. It mentions Miss Caroline Louise Smith's midsummer engagement to Lt. James B. Abbott, Delayed travels of Mrs. Waldorf Astor, Duchess of Marlboro rumors, and Saratoga season prospects with notable attendees and fundraisers.

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 Mary Edna Noyes Clarence Noyes Maryland Virginia West Virginia Joseph ©. Kaufman Barbarossa Bremen Cologne Frankfort Vienna Switzerland Paris London Waldorf Astor Charles Dana Gibson William Waldorf Astor England Newport Nannie Langhorne Shaw Edward 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 Gashen Jeu Legion Hospital Cnusual Center Island Locust Valley Glen Cove Westbury Roosevelt Sagamore Hill

Well Known Americans Miss Yachts At Cowes Season

Gossip notes the absence of Goulds Vanderbilts Armours Astors and Drexels from Cowes yachts. Commodore Plant sails the Tolan da to Cowes prompting talk among yachtsmen as king and queen may inspect the vessel. Consuelo Duchess of Manchester and Mrs Marshall Field Jr. are also noted as visitors or absences amid social shifts at Cowes.

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 Brightwood church talk on habit

Mount Pleasant Congregational Church held a Sunday service at Camp Good Will at 4 pm with children singing and talks on birds trees and flowers. A chalk talk by Miss North was highlighted. Morning services at Brightwood drew 28 children. A late evening song service featured old hymns and a talk on habit power by C Hubert Jones. Contributions to the summer outing fund totaled many donors with varied amounts listed.

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 in Multiple Early 1900s Wills

Three wills were filed for probate yesterday detailing bequests to wives and children. Franklin Howe leaves entire estate to wife Marie F. Howe with executrix duties shared. Thomas W. Kerlin devises all to wife Laura Kerlin. Thomas Paxton wills split personal estate between wife Hannah Paxton and son Thomas F. Paxton with Grant Road property divided among widow daughter and trust for son. Mrs Paxton named executrix for multiple Paxton wills.

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

Autos Bring Sunday Crowds to Long Branch and Lenox

Large Sunday throngs visited Long Branch and Staten Island with numerous automobile parties forming at the Casino and Pier. Notable guests included Mr. and Mrs. Edward Burghard, Mrs. Jacob Siegel, Dr. Breston Spiterwhite, and many from Providence, New York, and Baltimore. In Lenox Berkshire hotels drew heavy touring crowds with lavish luncheons and dinners, as social figures hosted at Tanglewood, Bellefontaine, Osceola House, and Clipston Grange while Laurel Lake hosts expanded boat activity and notable visitors from Washington and Boston attended gatherings.

Richard C. Dixey Lennox William Postlethwaite Ellis Postlethwaite Henry Ives Cobb Emily Bacon Sherburne Prescott the Key Philip M. Prescott Narragansett Pier Prescott Carol Newberry Murray Ger, Murray Elsia Robinson 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 Lenox Mass Berkshires Pittafield Great Barrington Richard ©. Dixey Tanglewood William Postelthwaite Bilis’, Postelthwaite Washington 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 Frank Curtis Sheffield Aspinwall Hotel George Cabot Lodge Lodge Willows Henry Winthrop Gray Pfissen Elizabeth Belle Shotter Shadowbrook Richmond Spencer P. Shotter Europe Austin Morehead Pittsburg Horace R

Convict 999 Opens Season at Academy Gurteen

The Academy opened last night with a near full house and thriving renovation. Audiences cheered through a three floor crowd, praising Convict 999 a melodrama of Dick Thurston and Miriam Lancaster amid a court trial, escape, and happy reunion. Performers Marhon Hutchins George Whitaker Jack Sharkey led a capable company in tense scenes and vivid prison escapes.

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

Long Branch New Jersey August 3 crowd at Hollywood ball and garden party hosted by ager and Babcock. Over 6000 tickets sold for Deal Casino attendance with prominent guests including Seligman and Rothschild families. Notable gowns described, communal social scene on a crowded shore.

Long Branch N. J Ager Babcock Hollywood 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 George P. Benjamin 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 Surroundings

Morehead at the Crossways, 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 Mesars. T. F. and W. E. Chadwick returned from Canada to the Aspinwall Hotel. Arrivals at the Red Lion Inn include several New York couples. At Heaton Hall are guests from New York and Greenwich, Conn. The Maplewood Hotel party, Pittfield, departed 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 Exodous

Newport RI August 3 yacht owners leave Newport for New York or Sound cruises ahead of New York Yacht Club fleet. Elbridge T. Gerry sails Electra to New London then returns with fleet. Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt sails North Star to pick up regatta committee. Diana and Josephine depart with prominent owners and guests for the cruise praised as likely 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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