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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1914
Page
10
Narobia Furs presents rich, beautiful lynx skins crafted into fashionable muffs and neck pieces at moderate prices. Skins are carefully selected and blended to meet critical demands, with a guarantee to replace any worn or imperfect furs within a reasonable time.
Kit Lynx Muffs and Scarfs in Narobia Furs are priced exactly as the above. A wide and attractive variety makes selection a pleasure for customers during the August sale.
German charge d affaires returns to the Newport summer embassy as various diplomats and relatives arrive in Washington for the funeral of Mrs. Wilson. Attending are Rev Dr Beach, Edwin Wilson, Joseph Wilson, George Howe, FitzWilliam Woodrow, and Agnes Wilson. Barons von Lersner and other German officials also move between Washington and Newport amid travel disruptions.
Mrs W Schlosberg and daughter Mil dred are spending two weeks in Atlantic City. Mr and Mrs George Richard Smith and family will not leave the city until September. Mrs J Phelan and daughter are at the Hotel Woodstock New York. Mr and Mrs A E Frear and Miss Etta Clements of 223 Eighth Street Northeast left Friday to spend several days at Atlantic City.
Narragansett Pier hosts a busy summer scene with yacht sailings from New York Yacht Club. Notable arrivals include James Elverson’s Allegro and visits by Maspeth II and Princess, plus Fareeda and Nehema of the club. Polo matches and charity fêtes draw crowds, while social guests from Pittsburgh to Newport mingle at clubs, mansions, and booths.
Newport notices the national lawn tennis tournament at the Casino opening August 24 with Clambake Club bake for players. Reports bake events, society visits, and upcoming dances and dinners amid wartime travel uncertainties and guests at The Rocks and Bellacre.
Century old oaks host a season of entertainments as Mr and Mrs Donald McDonald lease The Oaks Colonial plantation in Louisville. A porch party and 6 o clock Virginia breakfast followed, with a long guest list including Gibgon Meredith Castleman Dunkerson Woodward Hagner and many others. A motor party to White Sulphur Springs led by John Markle of New York added to the week’s revels with chaperone Mrs Morton. Informal dinners and social gatherings continued at Fassefern Farm with Clendenning J Ryan hosting a dinner for twenty four lasting several days.
In Bar Harbor Maine during August social life thrives with numerous dinners and dances. Dr and Mrs Edward K Dunham hosted 16 guests at Seal Harbor, followed by gatherings at guests’ summer homes. Mrs Marcus A Hanna, Mrs Joseph Pulitzer, and Mrs W S Gurnee hosted large dinners. Mrs Nicholas I Anderson and Mrs George A Draper also entertained. An arts building dansants series, featuring Grieg Tschaikowsky Beethoven Liszt, is led by Miss Belle Gurnee. Diplomats and notable visitors like Jacob H Schiff attended.
Omen of Society held a charitable market on a Greenwich thoroughfare selling produce from members gardens with pink and blue sunbonnets. The event raised 105 dollars as items including a Persian cat and rabbits fetched small sums. Several social figures and guests attended including Mrs Leonard Dyer and Mrs Clifford Harmon amid a mix of pets and society chatter.
Lenox opens the coaching season with Harrie Fahnestock driving for pleasure amid Berkshire autos. Strong support to the Salem Fire Sufferers Fund includes $100 gifts from Mr and Mrs Jean Parsons. Stockbridge and Lenox cottagers fund equipment and a pheasant shoot is planned in Berkshire highlands as fisheries and game officials report pheasant abundance. Social events feature Newbold Morris dinners, Charlotte Barnes departure, Roger Griswold Griswold, and a planned Sept 12 wedding for Griswold and Mary Mildred Turnure, while a Lenox baseball club forms among local society women with matches against a junior team at Pine Needles.
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