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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
10
Friday Clearance offers blue serge suits in navy, half price from original $11 to $15 range. Stock includes 12 to 18 sizes in multiple 12 units and 6 to 7 quantity per size. Also listed four-in-hand ties at 15 cents each, two for 25 cents, with former prices shown and location on Third Fourth Eleventh Street.
A catalog line advertises women's wool suits at 10.00 and Palm Beach suits at 9.95. Garment types include gabardines English tweeds wool poplins and chudda clotha in multiple colors. Sizes range from 34 to 44 for wool and 34 to 42 for Palm Beach. Third Mowe G street.
Mrs Charlemagne Tower hosted a tea for over 60 old friends at a local hotel in San Francisco. The gala featured a pink rose and hydrangea arrangement, elegant gowns, and aides including Miss Gertrude Tower and Miss Helen Tower. Guests included notable names such as Mrs Claus Augustus Spreckels and Mrs George Barnett, with a list of many distinguished attendees. The event reflected high society hospitality and the hostess wore sapphire jewelry against a black and white gown.
In Washington yesterday the diplomatic service saw Welles named secretary at Tokyo embassy while his wife Miss Hester Slater accompanied him after their April Massachusetts wedding. Other notable figures include Admiral Badger retiring after 48 years, the Da Gama Brazilian ambassador visiting, and the Kingmans announcing a Washington move to 1013 New Hampshire Avenue.
The wedding of Mile. Paule An toinette Mercier and Baron Maxwell de Wardener occurred at the Church of St. Honore d'Eylau in Paris. The Baron's family links to Cedarhurst sugar refining and the Mercier art trade anchor a ceremony with a notable guest list including Mrs. Mason and Lady Calvert. The Baron's wartime ambulance service and interpreter role framed the union amid summer social events. A second midsummer wedding, Miss Susan Van Vieck Knight and Dr. Charles Wesley Le Fever, was planned at Knightsholm with a large supporting showing and postceremony entertainments.
The German Ambassador visits Mr and Mrs Archibald White at their Osgood Laks New Jersey home. Secretary of War at Seabright cottage for the week. Mrs Barbour Walker to spend weekend at National Cathedral School before returning to the Philippines. Capt Charles Mortimer and family visit at Washington barracks. Beatty daughter guests at Greenbrier cottage in White Sulphur Springs. Dr Addison Clifford and Mrs Clifford visiting Emmons in Detroit and later Cincinnati. Clifford family to return to Washington by month end. Fred Britten and wife sail for Honolulu August 20. Meta Morris Evans arrives at Bar Harbor as guest of Daniel G Reid.
A volley of brief society notices lists Miss Fox as a niece of Dr. Clement Biddie and Maj. Gen. William Biddle. The Barbour sisters depart Atlantic City for Narragansett Pier to visit North Carolina relatives before September. New York arrivals linger at Shoreham while Lt. Stephen C Rowan and fiancee spend a week with the Rowan parents at Lake Placid. Frances McIver travels from Washington to Charlotte and Asheville, with August plans in Chelsea New Jersey and Atlantic City in September. Other socialeurs include Elsie May, Katherine Ducknall, and families visiting Berkeley Springs Wildwood and Kenyon Street. Mrs. H. K. Devereux sails to Berlin to visit daughter Aileen, who married Lawrence Winslow, secretary to Ambassador Gerard.
The engagement is announced in London between Miss Sylvia Fox daughter of Mrs De Grasse Fox and Capt Shaw of the Ninth Lancern staff of Gen Mile ner. The marriage will take place this month. Mrs Fox and Miss Fox are descendants of the late Admiral De Grasse.
Society rises early for workouts and breakfast at the track as Saratoga Springs hosts opening day bustle. Notables attend boxes and club luncheons with Ming Margaret Mabee and guests, while William K. Vanderbilt and John Wanamaker mingle. Countess de Valmond and others join dances and casino dining as society life centers on the racing weekend.
Special to The Washington Post from Lenox Massachusetts notes social arrivals and visits. Ambassadors Constantin Dumbs and Constantin Mavroud Effendi plan brief stays with the Dumbas, while Col J Reynolds Landis and Mrs Landis host a reception at Konkepot in Stockbridge. Washington figures Walter R Tuckerman and Emily Tucker also are mentioned among arrivals.
Children from Powell School playground Mount Pleasant will perform a woodland play on the grounds this evening at 6 30. The piece titled Old Fires and the Dryad is directed by Imogene Ickis with Isabelle Colling as assistant. About 25 children ages between 6 and 13 will participate, followed by games and folk dances.
Hot Springs Virginia August 5 hostesses at teas on the Casing lawn included Mrs Samuel M Vauclain of Philadelphia and guests from Baltimore New York and Washington. Attire ranged from purple sweater coats with fox trim to pale blue embroidered linen and striped chiffon with gold accents on hats and gowns.
Outdoor entertainments resumed after yesterday's storm as visitors split into tennis and polo tournaments and golf events at Seaside Narragansett Pier. Notables toured the Saint Peter by-the-Beach fair on the church lawn with Mrs Kane in charge of candy and Misses de Copper selling cake. Also scenes of yacht visits, luncheon entertainments, and a photograph incident involving Miss Katherine Force and Henri Harnickell at Bar Harbor.
Special to The Washington Fest Newport Rhode Island Aug Yachting today was men s sport There was no rain but a raw north wind The annual gathering at the New York Yacht Club before the Astor cup races was masculine J Pierpont Morgan led the Corsair with Eliot Tuckerman J C Peabody Louis Curtis W S Allen Jr and G A Cormack aboard Elbridge T Gerry watched from the deck of the Opera the steam yacht of his son and with him were Rear Admiral French B Chadwick Oliver Gould Jennings Horace Galuitin Maj Gen and Mrs Witherspoon Miss Dorothy Watts and Robert W Kelly aboard the Everglades Samuri won the navy challenge cup for sloops and repeated by winning the Astor cup William Earle Dodge owner was happy as was Edmund Fieh who sailed with him aboard the trim sloop Also aboard were Henson Chubb and others on Queen Mab The crew claimed they aided Samuri by following in Queen Mab s wake yet the sport rewarded the skilled sailor with the win
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia August. Col Joe Lane Stern of Richmond and Thomas B. Paine of Atlanta led the cotillion last night in the White Sulphur Springs ballroom. The grand march began at 1 o clock from the parlor with couples present including James A. Blair J Cragin J W Osborne Jr and the Bilis and Beckwith pairs plus Mr and Mrs W Dizon and Mr and Mrs WitH Davis.
Beverly Mass August 6 With fair weather Saturday one of the largest gatherings of colonists of the season will attend the open-air horse show at Green Meadows on the Topfield road. Entries include Mrs Clarence Hay Mrs W D Miller Chilas Frick Miss Brenora Sears and more than twenty five others.
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