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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1916

Page

15

Social events chronicled in brief

Georgetown University social notes list extended wedding trips and returns. Mr and Mrs N41.4 plan homecoming September 29 at 554 Van Dyke Detroit. Mr Nellig works in banking. A. Connick and H Gotterkoenig families vacation two weeks at Piney Point Maryland. Mrs N Lowe attends National Association of Chiropodists convention in Detroit and returns. Miss Letta Salmson of Baltimore visits Miss Beulah Freund at Woodside Silver Spring Maryland. Dr D Harvey Moran enjoys Atlantic City. Mrs Philip Rishel returns from Blue Ridge Summit with Mrs Thomas W Gregory and Mrs Augusta Rice of 13323 Seventh Street visits Silver Spring with Mrs I Freund.

Georgetown University van Dyke Avenue Detroit Nellig Letta Salmson Baltimore Missy Beulah Freund Woodside Silver Spring, Md Philip H Rishel Blue Ridge Summit Thomas W Gregory Augusta Rice Seventh Street I. Freund Silver Spring

Social Calendar Notes From Maryland Gatherings

Mrs Milton entertained a small party at Seyton by the Bay Chesapeake Beach Md in honor of her son Chalmers Seymour McConnell. The home luncheon on the veranda featured a miniature lake centerpiece and floral decorations. Guests included Arthur Jackson from Gronna's circle and Miss Marguerite Sterling among others. In Elkton Md Miss Martha Eggleston hosted an evening dansant for Miss Eggleston and Miss Jane McIlhenny with a scarlet flower table display and dancing late. Various attendees traveled to Atlantic City for weeks trips and other social visits.

Samuel Burlaigh Milton Peope Chalmers Seymour McConnell Seyton-by-the-Bay Chesapeake Beach Arthur Jackson F7ronmna Senator Gronna Violet Thompson Jennies Snider Marguerite Sterling Senator Sterling Forbes Silsby Martatte A. Smith Richmond Elkton Martha Eggleston Mississippi Jane McIlhenny Washington KR. B. Eggleston Elizabeth Cabell Wayne New York Joseph S. le Fils Jacksonville Pia Ernest L. May Staunton Harry Riley Atlantic City N. J A. L. Velati St. Charles John Madert Mary Quinn Ventnor

Pierce Mill Dance Shines At Summer Affaire

A pretty Pierce Mill affair featured an affrenco dinner and dancing in the old mill grounds Friday night. Miss Mary Loutee hosted with Mr and Mrs Thomas Morean Jr and Mr and Mrs J New ton Brewer as honored couples. Dinners under trees lit by Japanese lanterns and candlelit table shades created a picturesque scene. Miss Charlotte Hogan and Mr Brooke Johns performed classic dances while car headlights lit the driveway for guests. The event highlighted young ladies in first year at a fashionable boarding school and included notable attendees such as Mr Hugh Mackenzie and Miss Ethel No ple Johnson among others. Additional notes mention the Morgen and Brewer families, Mrs Morgen formerly Miss Hele Woodruff, and Mrs Brewer formerly Miss Alva Blackburn.

Mary Loutee Noble Thomas Morean, Jr J. Newton Brewer Charlotte Hogan Brooke Johns Morgan Morgen Hele Woodruff Brewer Alva Blackburn Hugh Mackenzie Ethel No~ple Johnson Blanche BE. Wilmot Louise Volkman Misa Oliver Neal Alwarda Casselman Harold Betta C. W. O'Connor Edward Anderson Hiis K. Hotrling Frank J. Allen Robert B. Patterson Alonso Tweedale Washington Grove Lacie Enos Newman Joseph Ransdall Oliver Newman Hart Brown Enae Newman

College Girl Goes Back to Nature With Hope of Averting Blindness

Valparaiso Indiana August 12 The mysterious modern Eve on the lake shore is foiled in a back to nature impulse near the waste lands and now threatens to flee from curious onlookers. Reports of a nude woman on the beach drew jeers then crowds paying jitneys to visit the spot. The piece also notes social visits among New York and Philadelphia residents and several families at the Sweet Chalybeate Springs in Virginia and Patchogue Long Island with various relatives and guests staying through August.

Valparaiso Ind

Notable North American Summer Travel Notes in Blue Ridge Area

A long list of Washington residents and families head to mountain and coastal retreats. Mrs R. Boswell and daughters Gertrude Bowwall and Gretna Boswell travel to the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia for several weeks. A reporter interviews Miss Bowwall about her background, education at the University of Chicago, and a peculiar medical blunder affecting her eyes. She seeks a quiet retreat at a Lake Michigan sanitized hut and plans to visit Mr. and Mrs. J Edward Mulligan in North Beach Maryland, with Miss Mollie McGloney joining later. Other residents vacation in Adirondacks, Canada, New York, Boston, Atlantic City, Warren, Silver Springs, and Warren White Sulphur Springs, with numerous family trips to shore and countryside North.

R. 3. Boswell Gertrude A. Bowwall Gretna P. Boswell Blue Ridge Mountains Virginia M. Grace Storms Forttanet Courts Emma BR. Lowell Department of Commerce Boston Massachusetts New York Benjamin F. Yohe Ethel Atlantic City

Wrecked Skipper Rides Shark Ashore in Odd Tale

Indelphia August story recounts a skipper riding a 20 foot shark to shore near Cape Hatteras aboard a mackerel ves sel Frank R. Speeder. Capt Daniel J. Snow of Chatham MA claims the shark served as a saddle, steering the beast to shore before the man dismounted.

Washington Post Indelphia Sharke Kiladelphia Peleg Thacher Persian Boston Thacher Daniel J. Snow Chathamport Maas Snow Cape Hatteras Frank R. Speeder

Entertain on Their Yacht With Kann Party

Mr and Mrs Simon Kann entertain yachting parties on Louie Kann s yacht with luncheon and dinners aboard. The boat traveled about 40 miles down the Potomac. Mrs Max Abel and family of this city vacationing at Bradyside Md. Mrs Stiefel and daughter Dorothy left Washington to spend three weeks in Asbury Park. Mr and Mrs Sidney Kaufman and daughter and Mr and Mrs Morris Sig (Continued on ninth page).

Simon Kann Louie Kann Potomac Max Abel Thia City Rradyside Stiefel Dorothy Stiefal Washington Asbury Park Sidney Kaufman Morris Sig

Widowers urged to avoid remarrying via boys’ home plan

Chicago dispatch reports Archbishop Mundelein plans a large land purchase to build a home for motherless boys. He cites observations across 18,000 Brooklyn marriages and says a stable payed worker would remarry only for the sake of children. The home would provide education and care for 3.50 dollars weekly, run as a non profit, non philanthropy project.

Chicago Mundelein Brooklyn

Chicago Man of 82 Adopts Girls With Big Inheritance Potential

Chicago Aug 12 Captain Edward W Morrison an 82 year old man has gained court permission to adopt two girls Margaret Ann Burnstein 18 and Alice B Burnstein 10 who could inherit the Morrison estate once valued at about 8 million dollars The father James Morrison died in 1868 and the will reportedly provides for a life estate to Morrison then distributions to collateral heirs and a large remainder for a public high school in Chicago The home is a small frame dwelling on the West Side with a caretaker and watchdogs present

Washington Post Chicago Edward W. Morrison James Morrison Margaret Anrm Burnstein Alice B. Burnstein Joseph Burnstein Morrison

Peeress for One Day and the Pasadena Runaways

A Washington Post story recounts Priscilla and Mildred Claire, both 16, juvenile court wards, who posed as wealthy young women with an attractive French companion. After flirtations drew attention at a Pasadena hotel, they schemed to pawn shop money and were arrested by Pasadena officers and held in jail as Phoenix authorities were notified.

Washington Post Zules Tintel Maryland Pasadena Miss Gibson Priscill Mildred Claire Ming Kimmia Mias Maryland Mina Kimmis Slater Sted Tharlea Betts Ben Keighen Priscilla Thoenix

Women in War Plants Defeminized Says Expert

Dr William Lees Howard of Westboro argues women in munition plants will be defeminized and unable to bear children due to hard physical labor. He says this aging effect could make many mothers unlikely, though he believes overall future influence may be beneficial.

Rosten William Lees Howard Westboro

Toss Coin to Decide Marriage They Wed

San Francisco august 12 Miss Lau tine Michaelson Seattle society girl and Ralph S Montgomery San Francisco businessman wed after a coin toss decided the marriage. Heads were up and the couple began a honeymoon trip to southern California.

San Francisco Lautine Michaelson Ralph S. Montgomery San Frantiseo Coronado

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