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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1924
Page
20
Fragmentary OCR list of clothing items with prices and sizes. Entries include heavy crepe capes formerly $25, black satin lined suits, extra large size 48, tan tul fabrics formerly $65, wool blends formerly $4950, novelty fabric tan suits priced $26, and tan twill lined size 61 priced $39.75. Sold Friday.
Ambassador of Spain Senor Don Tuan Niane Gayengos Ja heads to Meadow Brook Long Island for international nolo matches in September and October, hosting Spaniards. Mrs Wallace and daughter Ruth arrive in Washington for summer, with Secretary Wallace, taking weekend trips to Virginia. Marc Peter of Switzerland visits New York. Mme Peter to meet him after Europe. Secretary of Labor Davis returns to Washington with plans to stay through weekend. Postmaster General New to Michigan City Ind for a week. Mrs New stays in Washington. Prince Bibesco to entertain after a performance of Married Life at Shubert Belasco Theatre to support relief for Roumania. Captain Reyna of Peru to entertain at Raleigh Hotel for Salvato Fernandes. McCormick Goodhart hosts Willard roof dinner then theater. Mrs Walsh and Mrs Dougherty sail back from Europe. Mrs Kenna Elkins to return Sept 1 and reopen home. Mrs Armstead Davis returns Sept 20 from Kasle British Columbia. Anna Lee Hagerman to marry Heyward Siddons Oct 29. wedding at church and reception on Seventeenth Street. Penny Hagerman maid of honor. Mrs George D Hope to New York today returning Sept 10 with polo on Long Island. visits Tarrytown, Bronxville, Marblehead Neck. Mrs Mary R Bally returns to Washington from Lakewood N J after a month with daughter Mrs John B Lawrence. Mr and Mrs Webster Ballinger host a tea. Commander and Mrs F R Theobald to attend.
News tidbits from Washington and New York cover returns and departures including Miss Muriel Gray back in Washington from Cape May New Jersey, Mrs Pearl Moore Gray visiting, and Mrs Harry Pritchard of Allegan Michigan staying indefinitely. Also noted are polo plans, diplomatic postings, a Lafayette statue unveiling committee in Baltimore, a Washington wedding of Helen Maria Weschler to Patrick T Kenny, and upcoming nuptials of Mary Louise Lantarwaeser to Harry Bernard Dyche with a Pohick church ceremony in Accotink Virginia.
MMneé Marthe de Chambrun daughter of the Deputy Marquis de Chambrun and Marquise de Chambrun wed Don Edmondo Ruspoll son of the former Italian Ambassador to Belgium in a noon religious ceremony at St Pierre du Gros Gaijiou Paris. Attendants included Mrs Bellamy Storer and Marshal Joffre with American embassy representation.
Special to The Washington Fau from New York reports Mrs Thomas Barber hosting two week events at Claverack House and her Southampton villa with cousin Mrs Theodore Vernon Boynton of Washington arriving Tuesday. Rev Florian Wurpiilot of Charleston will visit two weeks, Misses Elizabeth and Mary Howry stay with Mrs Henry F Dimock before visiting the Secretary of War and Mrs Weeks. Mrs Stephen B Elkins, from Washington, stays at the Plaza after a country home in Ventnor New Jersey.
The United States Army band directed by W J Stannard performs at Walter Reed General Hospital tonight at 6:30. The program includes marches and overtures such as National Emblem and The Four Ages of Man with selections from The Fink Body. The United States Soldiers' Home band joins at the bandstand at 550 o'clock with a program featuring Gen Pershing and varying overtures and suites.
Dr F A Bather head of the British Museum geology department said he was impressed by Washington's progress since his 1803 visit. He attended a luncheon at the Cosmos club hosted by Smithsonian geologists and the Geological Survey. Dr David White presided as host. Dr Bathersix toured American museum methods and met Dr R S Bassler at the National Museum. He will stay in Washington a few days.
Leroy Mark, campaign chairman, urged Kiwanis clubs at the Hotel Washington luncheon to support a drive to provide radio sets for 6,000 shut-ins in local hospitals and institutions. Proceeds will fund the massed band concert at Clark Griffith Stadium on September 14, with 105 Kiwanian employees enrolled in the demonstration for Defense Test Day.
Central High school auditorium will host a rescheduled geological survey image show and Holy Rosary band concert in October after canceling the planned Wednesday program. The summer department wrap ended with the event and public schools Community Center announced the change.
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