Lame Duck Alley Upsets Cabinet Jokes Rise at White House
Visitors flood the White House as a corridor is screened for a new waiting area, dubbed lame duck alley by a amused senator. Cabinet aides laugh at Adee Knox joke while Culberson recalls Bill McDonald tale as returning lawmakers ease election tensions with stories. President not seen by Vice President Sherman who visits Fort Myer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Norton
Lame Duck” Alley
Sherman
Fort Myer
Knox
Adee
Mr. Adee
Senator Culberson
Texas
Bill McDonald
Roosevelt
Elouston
Bill
Rangers
Tall
Run
Hill
Depew
A Question of Percentage Misreads in a Finance Note
A reader cites a weeklies article claiming specific returns from percentages on investments. The letter dissects arithmetic errors in computing 075 and 7 per cent on sums like $1,700 and $1,700, noting confusion between whole numbers, fractions, and decimal expressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tdltor
Tie
Mose
Harry Silaw
Olive Mead Quartet Charms for Graduate Nurses Benefit
An appreciative audience welcomed the Olive Mead Quartet at Columbia Theater for a Graduate Nurses Association benefit. Olive Mead, Vern Fonaroff, Gladys North, and Lillian Littlehates performed six numbers including Haydn, Mendelssohn, and Tschaikowsky, receiving generous praise for delicate blended harmony and restrained dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Mead
Columbia Theater
Vern Fonaroff
Gladys North
Lillian Littlehates
Graduate Nurses’ Association
Haydn
Mendelssohn
Tschaikowsky
Fireboat Contains Blaze At Under Construction Boathouse
Firefighter responded to a blaze in a boathouse under construction at Thirteenth and Water streets southwest. The fire destroyed the building, causing a loss of 50 dollars and damage to a powerboat valued at 200 dollars. Ownership belonged to W. Knoilt oy and the boat to W. Ham nacg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirteenth
Water Streets
Sumber Yards
W. K. Knoiltoy
W. C. Hamnacg
Fresh Air Ventilation Plea From Mrs Bennett-Iles
A letter from Mrs. Alfred Bennett-Iles of Washington complains about poor ventilation in churches amusements and street cars. She says she endures cold and sneezing to inhale clean air and urges open transoms and better ventilation standards. She laments being mocked as a crank and demands action for public spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley
Alfred Bennett-Iles
Washington
Four New York Women Tied to Crowned Lineage Book Says
A Washington Post report notes a new red morocco book titled Of Scentered Race listing four New York members of a titled line. The sy bbots name Mrs George Hunter Brown Mrs Joseph J Casey Mrs Clarence Lyman Collins and Mrs Charles H Terry with claims tracing back to Edward I Alfred the Great. The book’s compiler is Annah Walker Robinson of Memphis while men with similar ties exist but women alone are eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Morocco
Order of the Crown
America
South New England
George Hunter Brown
Joseph J. Casey
Clarence Lyman Collins
Charles H. Terry
Brown
Cernelia Emily Moss
Edward I
England
Matthew Griswold
Alfred the Great
Annah Walker Robinson
James Henry Watson
Memphis
Tenn
Indiscriminate variety in diet challenged
Dr T J Allen cautions against excessive variety in meals arguing that a simple monotone menu may curb overeating. He cites a Chicago business man who thrived on cornmeal mush and milk, noting modern fast eating makes appetite a poor guide and questions whether excessive variety could fuel cancer risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Chicago
Taft Attends Fort Myer Drill and Tea
President and Mrs Taft attended a Fort Myer drill for the Army Relief Society, then tea in a gymnasium overlooking the drill hall. Notables present included Gen Leonard Wood and many society figures, followed by a supper at the Oliver residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Myer
Army Relief Society
Taft
Leonard Wood
Wood
Col
Garrard
Wotherspoon
Sternberg
Sharpe
Aleshire
Robert Shaw Oliver
Oliver
John A. Johnstone
Summerlin
Robert I. Fleming
George Appleby
Davis
Robert Hinckley
Ethel Hickey
William L. Marshall
Marshall
Frank Phipps
Gillespie
Ida F. Smith
Baxter
Louise Robertson
Edward Gurr
Berry
Debutante Tea Features Camp Life Style and Grand Dance
Mrs Earnhardt and Mrs Folz hosted a debutante tea with candy and flower tables run by a large group of assistants. Tables displayed caps aprons and white costumes with bright ribbons. Mrs Wood hosted luncheon before the drill as officers in khaki and campaign coats danced with attendants in wicker flower trays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnhardt
Folz
Koerper
Maule
Kendall
Miss Maule
Doris Wrederick
Alma. Portner
Miss Thuni
Wammond
Dorothy Brooks
Margaret Fight
Frances Webster
Miss Claggett
Miss Rother
Calvin de Witt
Williamt Snow
Eliza Wessels
Ives
Russell
Rena
Hoyt
Miss Davis
Helen Cecil
Baldwin
Newton
Burden
Maj. Garden
Wilcox
Jeonard Wood
President Hosts at Belasco Theater Event
A list of social guests and gatherings at the Belasco Theater includes Judge Alexander P. Humphries and Job Hedges as President's guests, with Gen Oliver and Mrs Oliver hosting a double box party. Other society figures hosted dinners and theater parties in Washington, D C, including the Olive Mead Quartet benefit and a Lotus Club banquet in New York for the French Ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Barracks
William J. Barden
Barden
Wiliam H. Bixby
Bixby
Engineer
Mas
Alexander P. Humphries
Louisville, Ky
Job Hedges
New York City
Belasco Theater
Gen. Oliver
New York
Lotus Club
Tin
Heart and Home Talks by Barbara Loyd
Barbara Loyd argues Christmas joy rests with women and urges men to take part in preparations. She envisions husbands bringing home greens and joining in decorating, sharing gift planning, and engaging with children to deepen family celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Loyd
Tom
Larry
Father
Mother
Washington society notes at Stoneleigh Court
The Ballingers return to Washington and take apartments at Stoneleigh Court after travel from Seattle and Chicago. The Secretary of War and Mrs Dickson head back from Tennessee due to their son’s illness. Mrs MacVeagh sails to New York for several days. Mrs Randall Hoes chairs Gentle Women’s League tea, Connecticut avenue, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with honorary members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior
Secretary of War
Dickinson
Washington
Tennessee
Randall Hoes
Gentle Women's League
Connecticut Avenue
League
Willard H. Brownson
Edson Bradley
Bancroft Davis
Archi
Society notes from Washington social season gatherings
Mrs. Charles W Richardson hosts a December tea for her daughter Amy with many society names present. Boston, New York, and Washington figures attend as families relocate to the winter season. Debutante Miss Helen Hendrick is introduced at Bancroft Place as relatives assist in hosting. Continued on seventh page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Richardson
Dr. Richardson
Amy Richardson
Helen Hendrick
David Stewart Hendrick
Bancroft Place
Helen Taft
Sally Bell Garlington
Franklin Bell
Miss Garlington
Miss Taft
White House
Metropolitan Opera House
Frederick Bronson
F. Grand
Hauteville
I. Chauncey McKeever
G. M Connfelt
J. Russell Soley
Mrs. Soley
McKeever
Connfelt
Charles A. Childs
Childs
Frank Pelton
Frederick Ht. Benedict
Sidney Dillon Ripley
William Greenough
William K. Vanderbilt
Miss Rutherford
Mia
Henry W. Bull
Boston
Henry C. Frick
Pittsburg
Museum of Fine Arts
Messrs
Nathaniel Thayer
Francis Bartlett
John Chipman Grey
Henry Sargent Hunnewell
Francis
Edward Jackson Holmes
Grafton Cushing
Arthur Cabot
Edward Wiegiesworth
Edward R. Warren
C. Howard Walker
Social Leaders and Art Auctions Highlight Elite Life
Washington society scene features Senator Eugene Hale and Mrs Hale with balsam firewood. Admiral Dewey tends chrysanthemums and roses at the Milly Building. Fashion notes on Lady Johnstone and Helen Taft. New York auctions fetch $15,812.50 from English furniture and period pieces. Metropolitan Opera attendance rises as Boston and Pittsburgh collectors tour Frick pictures valued at $5 million.
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Lince
Admiral Dewey
Washington
Milly
New York
Madison Square South
Thomas B. Clarke
Tiffany Studios
Edwin Gould
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uplift
Beto
PA Data
Drs. Iles
Amerigans
New Red Book
T. J. Allen
Copsright
Joseph B. Bowles
Mrs. Taft
William Griswold
Nagel
Luise
Alexander von Bernstorff
Sophy Johnston
Colton
Walter Tuckerman
Robert Bacon, Jr
Ben Cable
James Curtis
the Treasury
Henry du Pont
Q Street
Mrs. Bradley
South Carolina
Harris Ewing
Smith College
Liggett
McCormick
Spaulding
Staden
Alice Wright
Daniel Thew Wright
Wright
Young Peoples
Dorothy Deeble
Gertrude Gor‘lon
Bartlett
Alice Boutell
Clare Wright
Board of Governors
Chevy Chase Club
Clarence Moore
M F. H
George F. Downey
Frederic L. Huidekoper
Gist Blair
Clarence RK. Edwards
C. BF
G. Sowerby
George Howard
Frank Lee Denny
M. William ©. Marrow
Miss Hammond
New National
Rhode Island Avenue
Miss May Hammond
Eliza Morgan McMullin
Frances Noyes
Margaret Cotton Smith
Mary Hoyle
Edward Cady
Lieut. Long
Cotton Smith
Harold Candee
Carroll Glover
Coppinger
Miss Litchfield
Massachusetts Avenue
Neon
Graduate Nurses' Fund
A. H. Fowler
Miss Nagel
Miss Pilling
Miss Harper
Misa Greely
Miss Haywood
Miss Morgan
Miss Downing
Miss Krogstad
Miss Hunt
Clare Swift
Fowler
N Street
Mr. and
Mrs. Ballinger
Walter Griswold
Ashton
Eighteenth Street
Joseph Choate, Jr
Switzerland
The
Legation
Henri Martin
Lotus
Horstmann
Catherine Britton
Katherine Baxter
Louisville
Ambassador
Nicholas Longworth
Cornelius Vanderbilt
A. Jeffries Parsons
Auni Club
Eugene Hale
Maine
Lady Johnstone
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forester
Gheath
Johnstone
Dresden
Harris Fahnestock
James Fenimore Cooper
Herbert L. Pratt
H. C. Hoyt
Alfred D
Galen
Sheraton
Colonial Tools Society
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Aveue
Robert Mainwaring
Charles Bradley
Galt & Bro
Pennsylvania Avenue
Palais Royal
Post
Vaz
the Palais
A. Lisner
A. F. Bornot Bro. Co
French Dyers and Scourers
St. N. W
Richmond Corner
17Th and H Streets
Richmond
Clifford M.lewis
Suits
Seventh St
Pa. Ave
V. D. Rosen
Kenois Bidg
Lth & Gats
N.W
Arthur G. Borden
Juliet Ostrich Feather Shop
G Street
Qur Wagon
J. Tavenner
E. Chapin
Kouaks
Yale
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