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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
13
Woodward and Lothrop announces mail order shopping with phone orders to Main 5300. Store hours during the heated term include 5 o clock on weekdays and 1 o clock on Saturdays. Orders will be executed with the least possible delay and customers are directed to call for the Mail Order Department.
WHIS presents a preseason fur showcase with one third to nearly half off regular prices on garments neckpieces muffs and rare skins. Every piece is guaranteed exact as represented with advance styles for the sale and buyers can opt to have skins styled to order at sale prices. Featured items include Blended Squirrel Russian Mink Eastern Blended Fox Black Fox Black Wolf Caracal Ian Vong Labrador Seal Som Seal and Persian Sams.
A quiet wedding in Hyattsville unites Miss Emma Takman and Mr. Robert H. Anderson. Ambassadors and military families figure in society notices as Creel returns from Atlantic City and engagements are announced for Miss Mary Elizabeth Barber and Mr. Samuel Goodacre.
CHAT OF WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS EXCHANGES describes the disappearance of former Lieut Granville Fortesque after a car crash near Ipswich. Reports link him to Miss Emma Smith of the Brazilian embassy and Roland Tilton, with denial by sources. Miss Smith says Fortesque was not with them and was not seen since the accident at the Myopia Hunt Club.
The article highlights American women as capable and inspiring in education nursing and domestic science. It notes women as student teachers instructors trained nurses and leaders in homes and schools. It also covers social elite scenes at Saratoga Newport and London with named figures and events.
Paris records a notable social event as Madeleine Anne Marie Fallieres daughter of the French president, marries Jean Joseph Bayard Tahes secretary to the president. The nuptial mass was held at the Madeleine with Premier Clemenceau present amid church state tensions. Foreign Minister Pinchon and Marine officials attended. the diplomatic corps and Henry White, the American ambassador, were among guests.
A quiet wedding breakfast was held at the Elysee palace attended by close family friends. The Church of Madeleine was modestly decorated with no special ceremony. A mass was said by a curate and Father Riviero gave the benediction with no discourse.
Lenox Massachusetts hosts a lively Sunday in the Berkshire Hills with driving, dinner and luncheon entertainments. Social pages note eccentric gatherings for Mrs. M Dwight Collier and Mr. Grant Walker of Boston, Mrs. John A Spoor of Chicago, and Mrs. C R Reach of New York, plus visits by many notables, health updates, and multiple hotel gatherings across Osceola House Redwood Blythewood and others.
Newport has a quiet Sunday despite a rainy spell and a New York yacht club visit. Automobiles shuttle between the yacht club and villas while the summer colony gathers at Chetwode for a Storrs Wells musical. Australia contralto My Lott performed with New York baritone Francis Bowers and Bruno Hubbn. Mrs Ogden Mills hosted dinners with Lord Granard and Mrs Willem Payne among the younger set.
A list of visitors arriving by automobile to Narragansett Pier on August 10 includes Mrs A Beard with Florence J Flynn and Miss Waite Gloricut at the Mathewson. Dr E W Pierce and Dr H A Weeks with spouses, Mr and Mrs Fred J Ives of Cheshire, Conn. David Manning and Livingston Fryer party from Buffalo at the Imperial, Irwin Kliver party at the Gladstone planning a tour to Bretton Woods. John R Waters and family from New York at Greene's Inn, Whiting party from Whitingsville, and a Boston group including F H Gage Sears Lapham and E W Becker among those noted.
In Long Branch New Jersey on August 10 a Sunday at the Beach Casino was quiet with few attendees due to weather. The upcoming three weeks promise outdoor sports including a lawn tennis tournament and an invitational golf tourney at Dear Gol Club with national contestants. Social plans include dinners and luncheons by Mrs Crusius and Mrs Byrne, a charity fair and dance at the Hollywood Hotel for the Home for Crippled Children, and a Schwab fundraising event at the hotel. Notables attending include Mrs Alfred Conkling and Mrs Eastman Johnson, plus guests from the Hollywood orchestra and local residents. Several residents arrived from New York and Saratoga.
Street to Mr George W Eustis will be quietly celebrated in Seadwight Aud Bust 20 Miss Beatrice Schwab will go to Citlta wold Adirondacks this week but will return in time to take part in the amateur circus Mr and Mrs Henri Wertheim will return to Bernardsville NJ this week after a visit to Mr and Mrs Henry Selig man Mr Conrad Peters of New York visiting Mr and Mrs Louis F Bertach man in Gallflee
The Gym Khana, the season’s event, will be held August 12 at North East Harbor. The program features a costume ride eye and spoon races, clear and umbrella race, obstacle events, rescue fee, and Gretna Green race with a long list of patronesses including Mesdames Armour Arnold Blodgett Budd and many others.
Aug 10 report describes President Roosevelt spending a quiet day at Sagamore Hill with no visitors. He read privately, handled executive business in the morning, and joined Mrs Roosevelt for a horseback ride toward Glen Cove. Secretary Forster returned in the evening with important business, while Miss Ethel Roosevelt visited friends in Manchester, Massachusetts.
The Navy Yard expert John J Dudley of the District who assisted in small arms work was laid to rest yesterday afternoon at Congressional Cemetery. He had been ill five years and is survived by a wife. He previously worked at the arsenal and was sent on missions to Japan and Turkey to introduce rifles.
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