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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1916
Page
8
The store announces a new fall waists collection on the third floor featuring eighteen styles in voiles and dimities. The inexpensive line is unveiled early to suit vacation travelers who may want several for personal use or gifts. This display aims to boost the $1.00 Waist section’s popularity.
New house dresses offered at 1.75 feature light and dark patterned percales and ginghams, designed for warm weather with low necks and short sleeves. Sizes 36 to 46 bust, marketed as better made and better value than typical at this price due to the manufacturer’s effort to place the line in stock on the third floor G street.
RESIDENT and Mr Wilson depart for their customary week end river trip to the bay aboard the Mayflower at 9 pm with no guests. Secretary of War and Mrs Newton Baker sail for Fort Monroe on an army mine planter, visiting Norfolk areas on business. Also aboard are Gen and Mrs Erasman Weaver and Dr Charles Paul Huebacher.
Former Secretary of the Navy George von L Meyer returns to his Hamilton Mass home after a Restigouche Fishing Club trip at Matepedi Quebec. Mr and Mrs RH Dalgleish plan a Washington to Huntington Indiana motor trip on the 16th to visit Mrs Dalgleishs sister Mrs Southerland. Prof and Mrs Carol Howe Foster relocate to Annapolis as Foster resumes English teaching and tennis coaching. their Alexandria wedding recently concluded a brief romance. Dr and Mrs Charles W Richardson host at Cleveden. Mr and Mrs John M Ingernoll travel the East by auto. Mrs Borland spends summer at Alba Hotel Montreal with children Hugh Jessamine Borland. Mrs Edmund Bailey and daughter Millicent also vacation at Sterling Asbury Park. Miss Mary Radford summering in Barnstable Mass with relatives Mme Sophie de Melasner and Miss Randolph Coyle. Engagement announced between Mrs Robert J and Mr Theodore Hitler of London and New York. wedding planned this month.
Col and Mrs William H Arthur, spending most of the summer in Washington for Col Arthur’s official duties, planned a series of weekend trips. They yesterday motor'd to Mountain Lake Park for a short stay. A miscellaneous shower was given on Thursday evening by Musa Rose Tresster.
A popular Maryland matron hosts a bridal celebration for Miss Marion Alsop set for August 14 with Mr John Rogers. Guests include Clarence Peakes, Mrs Vance, Mrs Schroeder, Catherine Russell, Eva Rothery, Virginia Stack, Laura Conke, Louise Rawlings, Lottie Godfrey, Edna Braffe, Blanche Longley, Stella Otterback, Margaret McGinnis, Edna Sullivan, Agnes Hail, Louise Miller, Edna Carrier, and Mrs William Oates with Lulu Tavener. The journal also notes travels to Norfolk, Warrenton Wa, White Mountains, Atlantic City visits, and weddings in progress, including Minnie L Haynes and George R Clarkson on August 3 at St Peter rectory. The Rochambeau party, Mrs Sinclair, and others spend August at the Atlantic City hotel and yacht club, while the Townsend family enjoys a summer at Great Meek, IT.
Col and Mrs H Ansley along with Miss A W Ansley and Mr N Ansley of Washington have arrived by private car for a Goshen visit. Other Washingtonians registered at Alleghany Inn include Mrs Warden and daughter Miss L, M Burkatt, Miss E G Lyle, Mrs J B Kinneau and Bralley Gish. The Rev Geo W Clarke and two children, Rochester and Henriatts, of aaa 3 ret, are also listed.
In Beverly Massachusetts on August 4 a major summer musicale was held at Villa Marte, Mrs George Lee’s The Farms, organized by Miss Francis Nevin to aid the French orphans fund. Mrs Lee hosted dinner, Mrs Whitney Warren of New York won a silver loving cup donated by the Duchess of Aosta for Italian war relief events at Rock Maple Farm Hamilton. Marion Fenno of Boston claimed the diamond and onyx pin from a New York jeweler firm. Little Elizabeth Hurt, summering at The Farms, drew numbers at the committee meeting at Mrs Meyer’s.
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia August 14 Mrs William Hitt of Washington DC daughter of the late Stephen B Elkina visits Mr and Mrs Blaine Elkins at their cottage Micajah Pope of Baltimore returns to join his mother Mrs Mary W Pope accompanied by Messrs Staley Tragellas and Thomas H Vickery of Baltimore Mr Peart F Lewis hosted last evening with a porch party at her cottage in Tansas row in honor of Mrs Howard Shields and Mrs Randolph Kennon of Norfolk Va Fifty four guests attended the cottage was decorated with flowers and shaded lights A buffet supper was served
Four dramatic rescues by lifeguards along the Atlantic City boardwalk drew spectators as high surf knocked bathers off their feet. Rescued were Charles Pierce of Baltimore Roy Patterson of Philadelphia George Adams of East Liverpool and William Price of Harrisburg with a Williamsburg connection noted and an arrival of visitors from Waterbury and Washington.
Newport social season opens with Flora Payne Whitney debuting as the first prominent Whitney to be formally presented. her parents host a major reception after several dinners by leading guests including Quentin Roosevelt Preston Gibson and the Goelets at Belfry and Honeysuckle Lodge. Mrs Vanderbilt’s granddaughter and Cornelius Vanderbilt’s era are central talking points as society gathers at Bellevue avenue and Pridea Crossing for the summer’s notable events.
At Saratoga Springs the first Saturday crowd shows fashion trends with longer skirts and plainer gowns. Palm Beach suits are popular among men as warm weather continues. Notable attendees include William F McCombs, Mme Gadski, Chauncey Stratt, and several prominent society members in the clubhouse boxes. Diamond Jim Brady drew attention on his first race visit with Mrs Brady in black pearl.
Narragansett Pier RI Aug 4 A day ideal for outdoor sports with golf and tennis at Point Judith Country Club bathing and polo at the polo field Pembroke Jones aboard the NYYC cruise on the Narra joined for lunch at the Casing Creighton Webb joined the party Mr Jones motored to Newport A luncheon gathering included Mr and Mrs William J Hodgman and Miss Hope K Hodgman of Providence from East Greenwich Mrs Irving H Chase Misses Lucia Eleanor Chase and Hazel Chadburn visited Newport for a luncheon aboard the USS Wyoming Miss Mary Van B Vanderpoel hosted bridge and tea at the Mas sasott for 16 guests Rose Wood of Baltimore joined her mother Mrs P Hryson Wood at the Atlantic
Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and her children depart Lenox for Sagamore Lake Camp in Sagamore Lake. Women of the Stockbridge summer colony have prepared 125 comfort kits for troops on the Texas border. Rev Anson Phelps Stokes donates a volume of Memiors of Eminent American Men and Religious Works to Lenox Library Cortlandt Field Bishop plans an automobile trip to Pomfret, Conn to explore a cave linked to the tale of Sarael Putnam and a wolf.
Bar Harbor Me Aug 4 M Con stantin Brun the Danish Minister to the United States left Bar Harbor yesterday for New York. The cabaret tea at the swimming club this afternoon was well attended with Henry Emmeter and Miss Margaret Wright winning prizes in dancing. Notable attendees included Mr and Mrs William Lawrence Green and many local residents. Thomas DeWitt Curler hosted a stag dinner at the Pot and Ketite Club at Hulls Cove this evening.
The New York department of health was urged by a panel of leading pathologists and bacteriologists to intensify isolation and house to house education to curb infantile paralysis. They cite 46 deaths and 184 new cases in the 24 hours ending at 7:12 pm, bringing totals to 1025 deaths and 4680 cases since the outbreak began.
Secretary of Labor Wilson was stranded for hours in a car on Jonels road in Clinton County last night with a dwindling gasoline supply. He sent someone to a village for fuel but found none and had to telephone Renova twelve miles away for help.
Baroness von Hutten formerly Miss Benny Hiddle of Pennsylvania was fined 25 dollars for traveling more than five miles from her residence without a permit. Arrested July 27 she claimed she was American by birth, not German, and she had divorced her German husband eight years earlier.
More than 2000 civilians have enrolled for the Atlantic naval training cruise starting August 16 and lasting nearly a month. Nine battleships are assigned, with ships leaving from Portland Boston New York Philadelphia Norfolk and Charleston.
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