Social Roundup on McAdoo Illness and Washington Affairs
Society notes report Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo ill with typhoid fever causing anxiety among friends and family. Secretary Lansing hosts American members of the Mexican Commission at Shoreham luncheon. Fort Myer drills and tea events for guardsmen families described with multiple hostesses and volunteers assisting at four tea tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RS. McAdoo
Lansing
Wiliam Gibbs McAdoo
the Treasury
Shoreham
Lane
Gray
Mote
Fort Myer
William B. Harvey
Theodore Heap
Mra Schlosser
Mra. Whitaker
Miss Griffin
Aher
Wardrobe Trunks Specially Priced at $19.75 Each
Fiber covered full size wardrobe trunks offered at 19.75 dollars each. They are strong well constructed and safe for entrusting your wardrobe. Limited quantity, immediate selection advised. Fourth floor large street
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Tenth Street
Col F L Smith Dead Held Many High Offices
Col F L Smith, ex state senator and Virginia Military Institute cadet wounded at New Market, died at 20 Wake Street Alexandria after months of illness. He served as corporation attorney for Alexandria, state senator, and rail and street railway counsel. He married Miss Janie Lindsey Sutherlin. survived by sister Margaret V Smith and nephew William E Strong. Funeral held at First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Military Institute
Newmarket
Rpat
Ring Street
Alexandridta
Prancia Tee Simin
Alexandrerana
Wake Street
Alexander Bar Aguacatton
Cat
The
Southern Railway
Pennsylvania and
Washington-Southern Railways
Alexandria Water Company
Society of the Cincinnati
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Order of Runnymede
Society of Colonial Ware
Confederate Veterans
Alexandria- Weshington Lodge of Masons
Janie Lindsey Sutherlin
Danville
Chosen War Relief Agent Named for US Chamber Role
Secretary Lansing named as Miles of this city to lead a three year division chief post for the United States Chamber of Commerce to oversee military and civilian relief for Germans and Austrians in the Russian empire under Ambassador David R Francia in Petrograd. He is a Penn graduate with Oxford studies and has served in Russia and Berlin before joining the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Miles
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States
Russian Empire
David R Francia
Petrograd
Milles II
University of Pennsylvania
Oxford University
George von L. Meyer
Russia
Social Alliance Forms At Washington Fourth Presbyterian
A special meeting of the Sunday School Social and Cooperative Alliance of Washington adopted a constitution and by laws at the Fourth Presbyterian Church vestry. Charleas W. Curbertson served as temporary president. The goal is to unite Sunday school groups in Christian fellowship with social activities and planned visits to over 200 district superintendents. A committee led by Homer Edson drafted the constitution. Temporary officers are Dr Cuthbertson president Mr Burnett vice president and Mr Edson secretary-treasurer. The first regular meeting is set for the first Monday in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social and Cooperative Alliance of Washington
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Thirteenth and
Fairmont Streets
Charleas W. Curbertson
Slilance In Christian Fellowship
Alliance
Homer Edson
W E Marsh
JH Caemmerer
R J Burnett
Cuthbertson
Burnett
Edson
Waterbury Transit Tour Participants Arrive
Waterbury Connecticut dated August 26 reports a motor arrival for the ideal tour including Mrs. John Cammack J Cam Mack and Mrs. Francia Miller from Washington D C as travelers and companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury, Conn
John Cammack
J Cam Mack
Francia Miller
Washington, D. G
Bishop Spalding Dead After Long Illness in Peoria
Archbishop John Lancaster Spalding died in Peoria at 76 after years of ill health including a paralytic stroke in 1906. Born in Lebanon Kentucky on June 7, 1840, he studied at Mount St Marys and Louvain, served as bishop of Peoria from 1877, and was involved in national affairs such as the 1902 anthracite coal strike arbitration. His funeral is planned for St Marys Cathedral with Cardinal Gibbons expected to officiate.
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Peoria
John Lancaster Spalding
St Mary's Cathedral
Cardnal Gibbons
Baltimore
John Lancaster Boalding
Homan Catholic Mocese
Seypholia
Middle West
Roosevelt
Bishop Spalding
Lebanon
Mount St Mary's College
Cincinnati
Ohio
Louvain
Belgium
Loulaville
Lavialle
New York
M. Spalding
St Michaels Church
District Employes Plan Pay Reform At Meeting
District branch of the Federal Employes Union met in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to discuss pay grading from 900 to 1800 dollars annually for clerks and a per diem basis for new employees. Officials reportedly favor the plan but need more data before the district bill passes. A data-collecting committee will be formed for Congress, with next meeting set for September 8. Members heard Thomas F Flaherty and H McLarin speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Employes Union
Chamber of Commerce
Twelfth
F Streets
J H Hurley
Thomas F Flaherty
Postal Clerk’s Union
H. McLarin
Federal Employes’ Union
District
Dinner for Ambassador Sharp and notable guests
Senator Atlas Pomerene of Ohio hosted a dinner for United States Ambassador to France Mr. Sharp and other officials. Mrs Barnett, wife of Maj Gen Georwa Barnett, left for Elberon New Jersey to visit Rear Admiral and Mrs Richardson Clover before continuing to Narragansett Pier to be hosted by Mrs Irving H Chass. Mrs Barnett and her daughters Anne Gordon and Leila Gordon stayed at Wakefield Manor in Maryland for a prolonged house party. Mr and Mrs Alexander T Horney returned to their Drasden apartment after a Berkshire and New Hampshire motor trip ending at the Wentworth Hotel in New Castle. Mrs William Morton Grinnell hosted a picnic at Fresh Pond woods in mid-summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlas Pomerene
Ohio
United States
France
Mr. Sharp
Mra Barnett
Georwa Barnett
Marine Corps
Elberon
Mra Richardson Clover
Narragansett Pilar
Irving H Chass
Narragansett
Barnett
National Service School
Mra. Barnett
Alexander T Horney
Drasden
Berkshires
New Hampshire
Wentworth
Newcastle
William Morton Grinnell
Southampton
Long Island
Fresh Pond
Reigned as Belle Here in Diplomatic Circle
Diplomatic circles note Mias Elisabeth Grinnell, formerly Mias Hixabeth Leo Ernat, daughter of Gen. O. H. Ernet, of this city, as debutante. Mrs Grinnell and her daughter spent last winter in Washington with Gen Ernst, while Mr and Mrs John W. Blodgett of Detroit visited Beverly, Mass. for the summer. Mrs John Noland Mackenzie of Baltimore, sister of Mr W Bowie Clarke, is improving after a hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle
Mias
Elisabeth Grinnell
Mra Grinnell
Hixabeth Leo Ernat
Gen
O. H. Ernet
Mrs Grinnell
Washington
Gen Ernst
John W. Blodgett
Detroit
New York
Mra Delos A
John Noland Mackenzie
Baltimore
Hospital For Women
Mackenslain
W Bowie Clarke
Marriages and social notes from Washington area society
Brown Boarman of Maryland marries Hatbert P Brown in Holy Trinity Church parsonage with limited relatives present. The couple will reside at 1641 Wisconsin avenue after a South trip. Various society figures, visits, and travels linked to Willard, White House events, Butler College, and the Washington colony at Martha’s Vineyard are noted along with other hotel and social engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mian Ome C Boarman
Maryland
Hatbert P Brown
J A. Brown
Holy Trinity Church
Timothy Leary
R. & Ledman
Mrs. Brown
Wisconsin Avenue
Society at Newport shows in grave and gay settings
A Newport horse show week unfolds with fashion and society. Mrs John A Logan Jr and others wear eyelets and velvet hats while Fiakhmateff and Perry Belmont attend the events. The Miramar gathering for the Rhode Island and New York militiamen on the Mexico border clears three thousand dollars for the fund.
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Newport
R. 1
John A Logan, Jr
Perry Belmont
Fiakhmateff
Miramar
Alexander Hamilton
Rhode Island
New York
Mexico
More Than 300 in Gay Costumes Dance at Narragansett Ball
The Narragansett Fier region ball drew over 300 attendees in an exuberant parade of costumes from Spanish and Danish court attire to Turkish and Dutch outfits. Comites Henry B. Kane and Talbot Hanan led the event with a ballroom transformed into a forest and festive paper caps and streamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett Ball
Narragansett Fier
Plier
Henry B. Kane
Talbot Hanan
Dorothy Manice
Vernon Castle
Pfizenmayer
William Yater
Edward Rundel
Theodore von Gracie
Albert Bond Lambert
Associated Presa
Mra Chase
Otto Meraman
Gustave Brock
Emerson
Ethel Huhn
Drummond Jones
Mr Jones
Clara Busch
Percy Orthwein
August A. Busch, Jr
EL. Prickett
Prickett
Clara Samuels
Dorothy B Moulton
Elisabeth Conroy
Painted Limbs At Beach Stir Atlantic City Censors
The Washington Post reports Atlantic City censors confronted bathing girls who painted three stripes around their legs to bypass clothing limits. Guards noticed but largely ignored the defiance, as some bathers wore high-laced sandals and bare limbs drew quiet attention. The piece also notes social guests at a Washington dinner party hosted by Mrs William W Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apedal
Washington Post
Atlantic City
N. J
Crean
E . Campbell
Sharon Hill
S Ww Thackeray
Alden
William W Thompson
Washington
Morton
Birthday Hostess Miss Speyer entertains 25 at Bar Harbor
Miss Pamela Speyer daughter of Sir Edgar and Lady Speyer celebrated her 18th birthday in Bar Harbor with a luncheon and tea time games for 26 guests. Gen Horace Porter hosted a dinner for 25 at his West Street home. Francesca da Remini performed at Mrs Lyman B Kendall's Eden Street residence with notable attendees present.
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Bar Harbor
Pamela Speyer
Str
Edgar
Speyer
Horace Porter
Ptay
Weat Street
Amy Grant
Francesca da Remini
Lyman B. Kendall
Eden Street
T P
Mra
Dave Hennen Morris
Henry Dimock
Francis Burton Harrison
Apeyer
Gouveneur Morris
Om Wast Street
General Miles Seen as Spectator at Saratoga Races
Gen Nelson A Miles of Washington D C attended the Saratoga race meeting and observed from the clubhouse with F B Wibore of East Hampton. The gathering included George E B Perkine, John A Drake, William F McComb, Col George Harvey, and others in boxes and club halls, with Mr and Mrs Josef Widner, Payne Whitney, George W Loft, C W Moras, and Baltimore guests Harrison Penn and Lucy Penn among the newcomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Springs
Nelson A Miles
Washington D. C
F B Wibore
East Hampton
Long Island
George EB. Perkine
John A Drake
William F. McComb
George Harvey
Benetor Ollen James
Hot Springs Luncheon Guests Attend Rupert Blue Event
Sarg. Gen. Rupert Blue attended a luncheon at Faseifern Farm near Hot Springs with Mr and Mrs George Cole Scott of Richmond and a party including A N Miles Gladye Ingalls Miss Prudence Sterry of New York and George Watson Hall Smith. A Washington DC hostess hosted a dinner for younger attendees in the area.
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Hot Springs
George Cole Scott
Richmond
Faseifern Farm
Cole Scott
Rupert Blue
Miles Gladye Ingalls
Charles Neave
Prudence Sterry
New York
Sterry
George Watson
Hall Smith
Providence
Hallie Davin
Washington, DC
Countess Scherrihous Arrives in Lenox With White Family
Countess Hermann Scherrihoss of Berlin and formerly Miss Muriel White, arrives at the Poplars in Lenox with Mr and Mrs Henry White. She left Berlin August 10 via Copenhagen as war breaks out. The couple’s son and daughter are with the Whites. the countess plans to take them back to Europe in October. Fire at Orleton Farm in New York destroys two barns belonging to William and Rodney Froctor, valued at $10,000.
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Lenox
Maia
Hermann Scherrihoss
Berlin
Muriel White
Henry White
William and Rodney Froctor
New York
Orleton Farm
Stanchfield Plays Golf at White Sulphur Links
White Sulphur Springs W Va Aug 26 Late arrivals from Washington DC include James W Bailey and Earl W Oglebay James Kent Rawley of Richmond Va joined others on the White Sulphur course Jack Barrymore arrived to join him Mr and Mrs Russell Colt and Mesara John 3B Stanchfield Frank Witherbee Henry Wise and Henry Tallmadge were on the links Also Mr and Mrs Thomas B Paine and Mr and Mrs John W Grant of Atlanta Ga hosted a garden party for about three hundred guests on the lawn of the old White Sulphur estate with varied shaded umbral grass coverings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
Washington, DC
James W Bailey
Earl W Oglebay
James Kent Rawley
Richmond Va
Jack Barrymore
White Sulphur
Russell Colt
Mesara John 3B Stanchfield
Frank Witherbee
Henry Wise
Henry
Tallmadge
Thomas B Paine
John W Grant
Atlanta
Mrs McAdoo Stricken With Typhoid At Summer Home
Mrs William Gibbs McAdoo wife of the Secretary of the Treasury is ill at her summer home in Spring Lake New Jersey with a light attack of typhoid fever. Doctor Cary T Grayson the President's physician arrived from Washington to visit the patient and with local physician Dr William Gray Schauffler diagnosed typhoid. Mr McAdoo arrived from Utica New York and will stay by his wife’s side canceling all engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Baker
Secretary of War
Mires Elisabeth Freas
the Woode
Ralph Leopold
Mra. Haker
Harriet Hubbell
Cleveland
Mra Baker
John Noonan
Cleveland Park
Washington Colony
Marthan Vineyard
Berkshires
Ming Paddock
Louise
Siier
Adirondacks
Lake George
Grayson
Washington Post
Dor Cary T. Grayson
Washington
William Gray Schauffler
Meadoo
Utica
N. Y
Unitarian Service and Big Tent Evangelist Meetings Set
The Unitarian County Prealist Union service at the Church of Our Father led by Minister G R Pierce and the Big Tent Evangelist events at Sixteenth Street and Park Road feature a schedule from August 27 to September 1. Events include Mark of the Beast talk and daily lectures on Jerusalem and Babylon with public attendance invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian
Cnty Prealist
ALL Boula Unitatarian Church
Lizesen G Ro Pierce
Church of Que Father Uni Vernative
Tom van Schaick Jr
Church of Our Father
T and Thirteenth Artests
Fermen Wy Droft Powers
Sixteenth Street
Park Road
Rek Harter
Mark of the Beast
Jerussiam
Bebyias
Jeralem
Babylon
Habylon
Pall
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Smart
Pleventh Atraet
Silverbloom
Dloor— Street
Col. F. L. Smith
Alexandria
Virginia Vitary Inatttur
Shaard
Smith
Fapcaonimhs
Aterandria Tigni Nantes
Omrifar
State
Senate
Col Smith
Corporation Attornay O
South
George
F B Jackson
First Baptist Church
George Duty
Guy Duty
Prince Street
Potomac
Virginia State Volunteer Firemen
Harrisonburg
Pulaski
Lalola
IRHAE
Basil Miles
Social Alliance
Washingtonian
Waterbury
Lebanon, Ky
Ambassador Sharp
Hawkeye
Thermos
For All
Thomas Dempsey Harring
Marta Calvo
Sesior Joaquin Calvo
Porto Rico
Thomas Harrington
Brown—Boarman
Lucius C Dunn
U 8
Dunn
the Willard
Florence Bell Moffett
Indianapolis
Edgar Johnson Heaton
Alta Vista
Moffett
Ithaca
Agnes Hark Wilson
White House
Frederick
Braddock Heights
Virginia
Butler College
Irvington
Robert 3. Downe
Traymore
Daniel Hamer
Salt Lake City
Henry Albert
Mra . Wildenberg
Battle Creek
Mich
Sefior Gabriel Pasado
Sefora Pasado
Sefior
Valerio Fabian
Sefiora
Fa- Diem
Beflorita Faban
Ocolumbia
Are Et the Willan
America
Lonsdale
Milan
Eens
Kann
Nelson A
Saratoga
Sarg
Countess Scherrihous
Mrs. Henry White
John B. Stanchfield
M’adoo
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Bright
National Remembrance Shop
Feuter
4Th Street
Ose
Wikkard Hotel
Presbyteria
Covenant
Connecticut Avenue
Eighteesth Ant
Charifa Wood
Harold C Warrin
Anstotant
Harry Baremorf Angus
Ifth and
O Ste Nn
McMaster
Henry Conalne
Vialiera Cordialis
Christian Science
Chirch
Christ Jemna
Sraeink Tobl
Colorado
Church OF Christ Scientist Ltd
Christ Jesus
Oelock
Noppenheimer’s
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