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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1915
Page
12
Woodward & Lothrop sells woven cotton hammocks in varied colors with pillows optional. Prices slashed: $2.00 hammocks to $1.35, $3.00 to $1.95, $3.95 to $2.95, $5.00 to $3.75, $6.00 to $4.25. Store closing at 1 o'clock today.
The August sale offers mill seconds blankets at one third off regular prices. A good assortment remains but buyers should select early to avoid disappointment. Imperfections are minor oil spots, rough threads, uneven borders, or slight sailing.
A catalog touts fifty cent books with popular titles by Sewell Ford Gene Stratton Porter P G Wodehouse Kathleen Norris and E M Dell. It highlights novels humor mystery and romance as ideal train companions and lists popular examples like On With Torchy Freckles and Girl of the Limberlost.
Mr and Mrs Gowen depart after a San Francisco visit to Washington in their private car. Guests and hosts at various luncheons and dinners include Mrs Josephine Patton, Mrs William Borah, and many dignitaries, with social events spanning the New York State building dinner and multiple receptions at the Francisca Club and Fairmont Hotel.
RS Daniels wife of the secretary of the navy returned from North Carolina and spent July on the seacoast then Asheville and Raleigh. Secretary Wilson returns to Washington from the Pacific coast while Interior head and Mrs Lane visit New York. A wedding in New York links Mrs De Yo soprano to Mr Halter. Notables travel from Lenox to the White Mountains and Bedford Springs hosting garden fetes and society introductions. Polo and social tours dominate northern shore circles with many families and ambassadors noted.
Rear Admiral Fletcher hosts a dinner aboard the Wyoming in Newport honoring Guy Beach man of Rhode Island. A procession of society visits unfolds from Front Royal Virginia to White Sulphur Springs and beyond with Miss Mary Golden returning from Virginia and attending horse shows and visiting Mrs Read, a Florida Senator Yulee descendant.
Dr Sothoron announces the marriage of daughter Mary Edna to Dr Gimner H Sothoron of this city last Wednesday in Philadelphia. The couple, now at Atlantic City, will be at home after October 1 at 1921 I Street. Also noted is a luncheon at the Willard hosted by Mr and Mrs A Costa of New York and Porto Rico with guest Com Luis Maneos Rivera. Gen and Mrs John Lincoln Crem and daughter Elizabeth will depart soon.
Bar Harbor Maine reports a lively season with shooting events at the country club. Miss Alice Bowler of Chicago wins the rifle contest with 170 points. Kohler follows with 187 and Miss Josephine Gibson third with 155. Robert G Fell of Philadelphia wins the trap-shooting event with 44 hits. B Wing places second and Dr F Kohler third. High society attendance includes Countess de Laugier Villara and Mrs Endicott. Newport notes a bustling day with Mrs August Belmont hosting, and a vibrant bridal week as Miss Margaret Andrews plans to wed Morgan Belmont. Admiral Fletcher dinners onboard the Wyoming. Vanderbilt hosts Beaulieu dinner Aug 28. Rhode Island Kennel Club exhibit looms at Griswold estate.
Cardinal Gibbons was hosted by Col Robert M. Thompson for a luncheon on the houseboat Everglades in Southampton. Attending were Bishop D. J. OConnell, Rev Thomas J. Leonard, Mgr Duffy, Rev W. W. Battershaill, Dr Edward L. Keyes, and numerous other guests. He will preach at 10:36 Sunday mass at the Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Beverly Massachusetts August 28 The Hon Ernest Scott first secretary of the British embassy at Washington and Nigel Law Attaché of the embassy are guests of Colville Barclay counselor at his Bremer cottage Smiths Point Miss Katherine Thaw of New York has been guest of Mr and Mrs Charles P Searle Ipswich Reappointed Chief Justice of Hawaii President Wilson yesterday reappointed Alexander G M Robertson of Hawaii chief justice of the supreme court of Hawaii for the balance of the summer Mr and Mrs Reid Riley of Boyce Virginia the Misses Stewart of Richmond Virginia and Dr EB Castelli of New York City are at the Shoreham
Mr and Mrs James B F Schneider traveled to Atlantic City yesterday for a short stay. Mr and Mrs M C Davis and Mrs Hamilton with their daughter also departed yesterday for a two week visit to Atlantic City.
Visitors enjoy a warm day at Narragansett Pier with a crowd gathering for polo gymkhana events at the club amid luncheon parties at the Casino. Notables include William A Hazard welcomed in his first appearance this season and prize winners Talbot Hanan and Mrs BE L Prickett at the Sportsmen's ball.
Mrs Charles Dana Gibson and Thomas B Paine led the horse show cotillion at White Sulphur Springs. About 150 couples assembled in the parlor then moved to the ballroom with a fife and drum corps playing Yankee Doodle. Irene Langhorne the original Gibson girl from Virginia accompanied by Col D A Langhorne appeared, while hotels hosted an old fashioned cake walk and concert at the Greenbrier. James H Nunnally of Atlanta arrived for a three week stay and Mr and Mrs F H Davis of New York visited for the hora show.
Special to The Washington Fast reports Saratoga Springs New York on August 13 as Ladies Day drew heavy society turnout. The stands filled with women while many horses appeared unsettled by the crowd. Notables in clubhouse include Mrs Charles W Morse Mrs Leroy Miller and James B Brady. Cornelius E Billings plans to ride Uhlan the world champion trotter amid a celebrity crowd. Caracas visitor Antonio E Deljno mingled with Amos Eno’s party and others from Philadelphia New York and Washington.
Aug 13 report says Mrs Martha Manly Jordan will wed Myron M Parker at Warwick Hillcott City in a small ceremony attended by two families. The couple will honeymoon at Tobique Club in New Brunswick and later Stay at Sayville Lilacs with Mr Robert Roosevelt. They will return to Washington for winter at Mrs Jordan’s former home. Mr Parker and sister Ruth Parker are noted for dancing.
Mrs Felix Yturbe of Washington hosted tea at the Casino in Hot Springs Virginia with Baro and Baroness Rosenkrantz and Mrs James Rosa Todd among the guests. Mr and Mrs Harry Wardman have returned from Washington and were seen on the golf links. Mrs Tyler Field hosted luncheon at The Chestnuts for Ming Gladys Ingalls Judith Colston Alice Scarborough and Mrs Henry M Thacher with J V Scarborough visiting from Cincinnati.
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