Washingtons Last Weekend with Top Officials in Town
The president and family, the vice president and Mrs Marshall, and cabinet families linger near the Capitol as campaigns approach. Newport and Bar Harbor close season, Navy League work advances, debutante season begins, and social arrivals anticipate gatherings at the White House and Shadow Lawn.
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Washington
Marshall
Capitol
Wilson
Long Branch
Shadow Lawn
Indianapolis
White House
Social Season Notices Show Officials, Dignitaries Touring
A crowded list of high level visitors and political figures fills this society page. Officials including the Secretary of State and Mrs Lan sing plan a quiet weekend at home with no guests while others such as Mr Gregory and Mr Quentin Roosevelt are noted for weekend stays at Bar Harbor and Southampton. The piece highlights travel plans to Atlantic City Long Branch Beverly Farms and Lake Champlain and mentions families like the Knoxes Pitneys and Boyds preparing long journeys or hosting gatherings.
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Mrs Lane
the Interior
Wyoming Avenue
Lake Champlain
New York
Tae
Delegate Quezon Entertained At Summer River Party
Mr Manuel L Quezon, Philippine delegate to Congress, dined at a home on Twenty eighth street. A linen shower for Miss Ella Kurtz, to be married to Edward I Haneke, featured a lawn party on the Virginia side of the upper Potomac with 500 and auctions, dining, dancing, and overnight guests. Marshmallow roasts and fires along New England beaches were noted. Mr Lewis Wertle and Mrs Wertle of Gunston Hall spent the summer at Bar Harbor and planned visits through September en route to Gunston.
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Manuel L Quezon
Congress
Philippines Islands
Twenty Eighth Street
Willam Maloney
Potomac River
Virginia
Ella Kurtz
Edward I. Haneke
Waters Edge
Lewis Wertle
Gunston Hall
Potomac
Chicago
Bar Harbor
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Gunston
Judge and Mrs Downey Host Dinner Dance at Club
Judge and Mrs George E Downey entertained a small group of young people at a dinner dance last evening at the Columbia Country Club. They honored their niece Wise Betty Potlock and guest Voss Christine Hanna of St Petersburg, Fla. Other guests included Wiss Marcia Hassett and others. A lawn fete at Oak Place benefited a philanthropic nurse serving nearby families who cannot pay for care. The party featured dancing on porches and a tea house with Japanese lanterns, raising funds for the nurse’s needs. Word in Washington reported the birth of a daughter.
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Judge
Mra Genorge E Downey
Columbia Country Club
Wise Betty Potlock
Voss Christine Hanna
St Petersburg
Pla
Wiss Marcia Hassett
Horebaugh
Henrietta
George & Redhead
Bethesda
Oak Place
Graci
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Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Marshall
Indiana
Historic
Milady
Red Cross
Newport’s
Dewey
Women's Navy League
Julian James
Lieut
Mason Miers
Navy League
Twentieth Street
League
Ile
Newport Society
Margaret Fahnestock
Ethel Harriman
Boston
Louisa Hoar
Frederick Hrillett
John A Wilson
Franklin Pa
Galt & Bro
Pennsylvania Avenue
Nhewera Perl Beivye
Hen
Atlantia City
Secretary of State
Mrs Lansing
Mr Gregory
Buena Vista
Farms
Knox
Beverly
Valley Forge
Quentin Roosevelt
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Justice
Mahlon Pitney
Southampton
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Morristown
Wiliam A Boyd
Baltimore
Hawaiian Islands
Boyd
San Francisco
United States Medical Reserve Corps
Mrs . C Neale
Ment
Canada
New England
Catherine Burdette
Neale
Sonessee
Helen Demonet
Ruth Daniels
Charlotte Capers
Quezon
Horace Johnston
Mrs. Downey
Bart
F Street
Steinway Pianos
Messrs. Steinway & Sona
Advan
Ite Toway
Steinway
Eric
E. F. Droop & Sons Co
WM Gidding & C
Sth Avenue
46Th ST
H Street
N. W
Shoreham Hotel
Par
America
AFL
Couluiler's
Hraps Ats
Ius Kettiner
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