Midsummer Sale of Lace Curtains at Woodward & Lothrop
The store features antique lace curtains from $6.00 to $18.00 per pair with sale prices from $9.00 to $25.00. Irish Point and Duchess Lace curtains list $6.00 to $10.00 per pair, sale $9.00 to $15.00. Renaissance and Marie Antoinette patterns run $9.00 to $14.00 per pair, sale $12.00 to $18.00. Real Filet Lace Window Panels priced $19.00 to $31.50 each, sale $26.00 to $44.00.
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A.e.gunninghanet Co
Seventh Street
Special Value in Cluny Lace Curtains at $4.00 the Pair
Sale notice for Cluny Lace Curtains offered at $4.00 per pair. Curtains feature insertions 3 to 4 inches wide with neat durable edges, mounted on French net in pure white. Four new patterns, 244 yards long, values up to $600 per pair, now sold at $4.00.
Army Men Honor Ball at Saratoga Society Gathering
Society folk gather at Saratoga for an officers ball amid rain and showers, with Beverly James, Mrs David, and others arriving. notable guests include Martin H. Glyn, Hynan, and New Orleans socialites. A later report notes the sale of Charles Reed’sTrack property, once worth 15 000,bringing 1 600, and outlines Reed’s faded fortune and 1914 death.
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The
Sicaise
Rand Azand
Beverly HE James
Lo Wilson
David
South
Chapmar tHusaims
Chapman
Hana An
New Orleans
Amon
Tesnul
Keene Henry Case Ard Voarty
Thige
Anoh Bud Berklir Mio
Wra
Rewenman
Memphia
Alge Ware
Evan Burrows Fontaine
Lfe
Charles Reed
Sara_toga
Reed
Bar Harbor Costume Ball at Fabbri Residence
Special to The Washington Post Bar Harbor Aug 10 decor at the villa of Mr and Mrs Ernesto Fabbri New York featured Japanese lanterna overhanging the harbor for the season opener guests dined in costume then danced nearly 100 attendees mainly from the younger set Albert Eugenes Gallatin of New York is confined to his cottage with an attack of neuraglia and has canceled a dance at the reading room Thursday event plans.
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Washington Post
Bar Harbor
Ernesto Fabbri
New York
Fabbri
Albert Eugenes Gallatin
Col Lands Guests of Mrs Pratt at Lenox Lenox social notes
Col J Reynolds Landa retired and Mrs Lands were dinner guests today of Mr and Mrs Frederick W Pratt in Washington. Mrs Warren Delano and Rev E Livingston Wells left for Bratton Woods. Mr and Mrs James Speyer left for Magnolia to visit Sir Edward Speyer of London. Mrs White Howard of Charlottesville is staying with her sister Mrs Francis Stanton Blake in Lenox.
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Washington Post
Lenox
Mags
J. Reynolds Landa
A. S
Lands
Frederick W. Pratt
Washington
Warren Delano
E Livingston Wells
Bratton Woods
James Speyer
Magnolia
Mass
Edward Speyer
London
White Howard
Charlottessville
Francis Stanton Blake
Lenoi
Midsummerround of hospitalities in national capital life
Chief Engineer Henry W Fitch U S N will wed Lieut Stephen Rowan U N at Bay Head on September 11. Mrs Fitch and her daughter own a cottage for the season. Miss Caroline Nash will be bridesmaid. Fitch’s daughter Henrietta is to marry. Gen Miles and Mrs Miles observed a weekend trip to Gettysburg with Gen Gorgas and Capt and Mrs William Som. Osborn returns to Washington from a Northwest fishing trip with eight large trout noted. Myra Osborn and Jean Curtis Osborn to return from Princeton, Kentucky, by month’s end.
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Miss Fitch
Rowan
Bay Head
N. J
Gen
Miles
Saratoga
Henry W. Fitch
U.S. N
Stephen . Rowan
U. N
N.d
William Crawford Gorgas
Osborn
Washington
Northwest
Myra Osborn
Miss Jean Curtis Osborn
Mra. Osborn
Princeton
Notable Chelsea Visit Highlights Wanamaker and Guests
Former Postmaster General John Wanamaker spends summer at Chelsea New Jersey and has just returned from Saratoga. A Philadelphia couple, Mr. and Mrs. Gurnee Munn, honeymooning with wardrobe in forty nine trunks, stay at the bride’s grandfather’s Chelsea cottage. Engagements and family connections figure as Mary Genevieve Minnix to Roscoe Alleman of Macon, Ga., and more social notes from Bedford Springs and Washington among notable travelers and guests at the annual tournaments.
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John Wanamaker
Chelsea
N. J
Saratoga
Gurnee Munn
Philadelphia
New York
Army
Garlington
Bedford Springs
Wallace Radclife
Don Cameron
Bradley
Rodgers
Clark
Mary Cameron
Chandler Hale
Upshur Morehead
Washington
Duncan C. Phillips
Carlsbad
Narragansett Pier and Bar Harbor Notes
Dr Denys visits Narragansett Pier and preaches at Emmanuel Church Newport on August 15. Mrs Charles C Glover scores high in a Bar Harbor bridge tournament. Assistant Attorney General Charles Warren visits Davilestone. Gen Goethals and others arrive at Shoreham. Miss Helen Chamberlin wed Janvier Forsyth in a quiet Cathedral Close ceremony honoring a mourning family.
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F. Ward Denys
Narragansett Pier
Emmanuel Church
Newport
Charles C. Glover
Kebo Valley Club
Bar Harbor
Charles Warren
William H. Bliss
Daviletone
Helen M. Chamberlin
Janvier H. Forsyth
St. Albans Church
Cathedral Close
William W. Shaarer
Lowell Chamberlin
Col
Lewis Casa Forsyth
Newport Hostess Entertains Guests With Readings
Mrs Fahnestock of Newport hosted a large summer gathering at Harrison House to hear recitations by M Villemin of Paris including Waterloo and Prunes. Capt Edward W Eberle and Mrs Eberle plan a two week visit from Washington to Atlantic City and Philadelphia with Capt Knapp and Mrs Knapp in Philadelphia. Mrs Harrison, mother of both, joins them. The Huettner children visit grandmother Mme Christine Piatz and relatives in Nashville Tennessee.
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Gibson Fahnestock
Newport
Harrison House
M. Villemin
Paris
Waterloo
Vietor Hugo
Daudet
Paifleton
Edward W. Eberle
Washington Navy Yard
Hberle
Washington
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
John J. Knapp
Lesquée Island Navy Yard
Harrison
Eberle
Knapp
Mis
Louise Christine
Master John Robert Huettner
P. B. Huettner
Mte
Christine Piatz
Naghville
Tenn
Dances and Dinners Highlight Northern Resort Visit
Narragansett Pier events center on a Rhode Island governor’s reception at Shore Acres hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hanan for R. Livingston Beedleman. Guests include Mrs. Charles Truax, war costume reels, polo watchers from Newport, and Washington visitors. A Red Cross fundraiser baseball game and a horse show attract regional attention as notable social and sporting happenings unfold through Aug. 10.
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Narragansett Pier
Gayety
Red Cross
Washington Post
John H. Hanan
Shore Acres
R. Livingston Beedleman
Rhode Island
Yen
Lawn Party and a German At White Sulphur Springs
White Sulphur Springs W Va August 10 A lawn party followed by a German is being arranged for tomorrow afternoon by Col Joe Lane Stern John W Grant Dr A A White Henry Lo Cabell Dr Le Roy Childs John Curtie Elmore D Hotchkiss Dr Thomas B Paine James R Branch Edward H Inman Garrett B Hall He Soto Fitegerald Thomas B Secott Dr John Freeland and F W Hanewinckel.
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Washinngton
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Col
Joe Lane Stern
John W. Grant
A. A. White
Henry Lo Cabell
LeRoy Childs
John Curtie
Elmore D. Hotchkiss
Thomas B. Paine
James R. Branch
Edward H. Inman
Garrett B. Hall
He Soto Fitegerald
Thomas B. Secott
John Freeland
F. W. Hanewinckel
Notables Vacation Plans and Travels Southward
Commissioners and Mrs. McChord journey by car to Atlantic City to join Governor and Mrs. Folk. Gorgas family from Norfolk visit relatives in several cities and plan Norfolk return this week. Dr E B Horan and family depart for Wedwood North Carolina and New York City with expected return around September 1. Genevieve Johnston, daughter of Col Johnston, was hosted at a Country Club dinner dance in Atlantic City as Mrs Johnston and her daughter spend August there. Col Perkins and A Palmer hosted at the Willard, and Mrs William Merritt Hairston, formerly of Columbia, S C, will return to the city today.
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McChord
Atlantic City
Folk
Charles Albert Gorgas
Norfolk
Lstter
KE. H. Bass
Misa Genevieve Johnston
Col. Johnston
Country Club
William Merritt Hairston
Noten ‘Road
Columbia, &. C
Cardinal Gibbons a Guest at a Tea at Southampton
Cardinal Daniel Gibbons was entertained at tea by Miss Hetty Parrish at her Art villa cottage in Southampton on Monday. Attending were Cardinal John M. Fattey and auxiliary Bishop P J Hayes from New York, Bishop D J O Connell of Richmond, Bishop Charles E McDonnell of Brooklyn, Rev Thomas G Leonard, Hon W Battershall of Albany, Mrs Charles Carroll Law, Miss Sarah Lee, Mr and Mrs Henry Kirke Porter, and others including Mrs Thomas H Harber and Dr Edward L Keyes.
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Washington Post
Southampton
Carolinel Gibbons
Hetty Parrish
Art Villa
John M. Fattey
P. J. Hayes
New York
Bayshore
D. J. O'Connell
Richmond
Charles E. McDonnell
Brooklyn
Thomas G. Leonard
Bilt
Lenox
William FR. Hitt
Washington
Robert R Hitt
John Philip Hill
Baltimore
Peter G. Gerry
T Chittenden
Fletcher Ryer
Headmound
Ogden L. Mills
George H Hull, Jr
Short Hilla
J Fred Pierson
Edward J Berwind
Julia Berwind
Margaret Dunlap
Philadelhia
the Elms
John W Griggs
New Jersey
United States
Giggs
John R Dos Passos
S Montgomery Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Henry T Mayo
Arkansas
Taft Grandson Born in Bar Harbor Named Howard
Bar Harbor Me Aug 10 The son born to Mr and Mrs Robert Taft of Cincinnati here Saturday has been named after its grandfather William Howard Taft Mrs Taft has been with her mother Mrs Lloyd W Bowers of Washington since June.
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Washington Post
Bar Harbor
Robert Taft
Cincinnati
Wiliam Howard Taft
Taft
Lloyd W. Bowers
Washington
Newport social whirl dims as summer closes at resorts
The Atlantic coast resorts shake off rain dampened plans with charity preliminaries, dances, dinners, and the looming horse show. Mrs George Wideners villa Miramar opens to a grand ball while Newport society notes GST and villa openings.
Tennis Interests Newport Dinner Aboard Arkansas
A Newport day’s sports and social notes describe a handicap mixed doubles tennis event on Casino courts with over 20 summer colony members watching. Notables include Mrs Hamilton McK Twombly and guests like Mrs Vanderbilt, Mr Ogden Mills, and Mrs Roosevelt. a dinner occurred aboard the battleship Arkansas with Vice Admiral Mayo in attendance, as Americans sign British registers for UK entry guidance.
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Washington Post
Newport
R. L
Hamilton McK. Twombly
Florham
Madison
N. J
Mra Vander
Queen Amelie Worked Quietly as Nurse at London Hospital
Special cables report Queen Amelie of Portugal, in disguise, has been serving as a trained nurse at Third London General Hospital in Wandsworth. For weeks she worked eight hours daily doing heavy tasks, her patients unaware of her royal identity. She traveled daily from Richmond to the hospital, and only the ward sister knew her secret until today.
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Washington Post
London
Amelie of
Portugal
London General Hospital
Wandsworth
Amelie
Richmond
Fine Work by Children at Grover Cleveland School
Hundreds of children showcased six weeks of handicraft work at Grover Cleveland School marking the end of the summer course. Projects ranged from embroidery and dye work to basketry and linen, with many items destined for high end stores. Miss Frances Fairley received a luncheon set from the center’s director Miss Cecil Norton, as the neighborhood hosted a lawn fete and the school band performed. A dance closed the event with plans for a fall restart.
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Grover Cleveland
Margaret Wilson Social Center
Frances Fairley
Cecil B. Norton
Muxie
Florence Chambers
George McLeod
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Valley Ranch
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Drexel
Aliee Troth
Thirty-ninth
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Woodbury Blair
van Duzer Reed
Bellequa Avenue
Charles L. McCawley
McCawley
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Tes
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Countess Orlandini
Curtis Guild
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Mabel Going
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George Lee
Algnora Eva Ballerini
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Arthur Spring-Ries
Macchi di Cellere
William K. Vanderbilt
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Newport Casino Theater
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Tennis Interests
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London’ General Hospital
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Cleveland School
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