Architects Faults and Opportunities in Public Buildings
The American Institute of Architects at the Corcoran Gallery debated government architecture, criticizing the Interior Department plan as a backward step and urging nonpolitical public construction through lump sum funding. Officers and fellows were elected, with a banquet planned at the Shoreham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute
Interior Department
Washington and Jefferson
American Institute of Architects
Corcoran Art Gallery
C. A. Coolidge
Boston
Institute
Europe
Secret Service Revival Thrills at National Theater
Gillette revives Secret Service showing enduring melodrama with vivid stage realism. Cast includes Irene Hatsman as Caroline Mitford and Grace Reals as Mrs Varney with Stuart Fox as Varney, Edwin Mordaunt as Banton Arrelsford Jay, and H G Bates as a slave. The drama follows Captain Dumont’s failed bid to betray Richmond, adapted to modern times with Paris and altered accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gillette
National Theater
Secret Service
Finlette
Raume
The
National
Gilette
Richmond
Louia Dumont
Paris
Qulette
Dumont
Ffolmes White
Glen Freeman
Eaulth Varney
Huys
Alice Faulkner
Varney
Edwin Mordaunt
Banton
Arrelsford Jay
Father of 41 at age 94 takes 4th bride in Plymouth
Special to The Washington Post from Plymouth North Carolina December 3 1940. W D Davis a 94 year old father of 41 children 33 living married 89 year old Mrs Mason in Plymouth witnessed by 26 of his children. This is his fourth marriage. He secured a license with the clerk to avoid mistakes. He claims old men should marry young women and notes his 192 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Plymouth
N. C
W. D. Davis
Mason
Mr. Davis
W. M. Bond, Jr
Roosevelt as Art Critic Attacks Awards at Whitney Exhibit
Special to The Washington Post reports Col Theodore Roosevelt critiquing the awards for Mrs. Whitney’s Immigrant In America exhibit in New York. He overrules judges, praising Winifred Ward as a wonder and harshly judging Mary Bayne’s allegorical painting as lacking imagination while noting Bufano’s immigrant figures as strong. The incident unfolds as Roosevelt surveys paintings, sculptures, and posters with curator Mrs. Force observing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Roosevelt
Washington Post
New York
America
Colonel Turna
Rcom
Bully
Winifred Ward
Winifred
Mrs. Force
George
Ward
Bufano
Mary Bayne
Roose-veltian
Karl Trava
Thornton Oakley
Pittsburgh
Oakley
Miss Ward
Winj
Tre
Roosevelt
Merrill S. F. R. Merrill Dead In Versailles
The Rev. George Grenville Merrill reports the death in Versailles France of his brother Stuart Fitz Randolph Merrill age 52. He was born in Hampstead Long Island son of the late George Merrill and educated in Paris where he lived 26 years and became a noted poet and writer in France. He survived by his wife a Brussels native his mother Mrs. George Merrill of Washington D C and his Stockbridge Mass brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Stockbridge
Mass
George Grenville Merrill
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Versailles
France
Stuart Fitz Randolph Merril
George Merrill
Paris
Hampstead
L. i
Mr. Merrill
Brussels
Washington, D. C
Dixie Women Entertain With Annual Card Party Dansant
Alexander R. Lawton Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held its yearly card party and dansant in the Willard parlors. Cards ran from 2:30 to 6 with over sixty tables, followed by dancing and a distinguished reception lineup led by Mrs. Lawton Morgan and many prominent members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander R. Lawton
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Willard
Josephus Daniels
Lindley Garrison
Burleson
Claude Swanson
George Barnett
E. E. Meredith
Misa Kimmell
Leads
Fred McGuire
Moore
Maddox
Mra. Miley
Qwens
Misa Miley
Mra. Philips
Quinn
Mra. Quirello
Skyles
Swanstead
C. Tucker
Waller
Bates Warren
Law Class Smoker At Georgetown University Club
The senior law class of Georgetown University held a smoker at the University Club with Judge Ashley Gould of the District Supreme Court and Prof Dr W O Donoghue as principal speakers. Faculty members spoke briefly, introduced by toastmaster Robert T Scott. The gathering honored Miss Madge North as the English songbird and featured Georgetown law faculty speakers including H J Fegan H Prescott Gatley Rudolph Yeatman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown University
University Club
Ashley
Gould
District
Supreme Court
W.o'donoghue
Robert T. Scott
Georgetown Law Faculty
H. J. Fegan
Law College
H. Prescott Gatley
Rudolph H. Yeat
Hamline Church observes semi centennial celebration
Former Hamline pastor Reverend Lucien Clark opened the spiritual culture night noting fellowship as essential. Prayer was led by Reverend Edward L. Parks, with vocal solos by Mrs. B. H. Smart and organ by Dr. H. G. Freeman. Tonight’s fraternal program lists Josephus Daniels Secretary of the Navy Clarence A. Vincent and W. R. Wedder spoon among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church
Ninth
Petreeta
Lucien Clark
Hamline Church
Edward L. Parks
Howard University
B. H. Smart
H. G. Freeman
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Clarence A. Vincent
Pastors’ Federation
W. R. Wedderspoon
Foundry M. E. Church
Mrs George L Porter Dead In Bridgeport Society Leader
Maria Catherine Chaffee Porter age 72 wife of Dr George Loring Porter died in Bridgeport Conn. She was daughter of Edwin M Chaffee inventor of the Chaffee cylinder and a Washington society figure after the Civil War. Her husband served as a surgeon in the army of the Potomac and attended Booth after Lincoln's assassination, being the only noncommissioned officer present at his execution and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bridgeport
Conn
Maria
Catherine Chaffee
George Loring Porter
Porter
Edwin M. Chaffee
Army of the Potomac
Booth
Lincoln
NO BRIDAL GIFT FUND EXPOSED IN GALT WEDDING
Senator Mann explains that official family rules guided gifts for Mrs Sayre Mrs McAdoo and Mrs Genevieve Clark Thomson while Mrs Galt may receive individualized presents if plans stay unchanged Congress is unlikely to fund a wedding gift for Mrs Norman Galt, president hopefuls fiancee Mrs Galt has just returned from New York after three days of wedding shopping and fittings leaving Miss Helen Woodrow Hines and Miss Margaret Wilson in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Norman Galt
Mann
Sayre
McAdoo
Genevieve Clark Thomson
Galt
Mrs. Galt
New York
Washington
Helen Woodrow Hones
Misa
jMargaret Wilson
White House Wedding Before Christmas Said
Washington dispatch reports President Wil den and Mrs. Norman Galt to wed during the week starting December 20. The Mayflower yacht is ready to sail for part of the honeymoon and train arrangements are sought to meet the couple south of Washington, indicating Christmas shore leave and a holiday in the South with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
Washington
Charleston
Savannah
South
Mra. Galt
Miss Janet Dana Weds Warfield Longcope In Grace Church
Miss Janet Percy Dana daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Dana married Dr Warfield T Longcope in Grace Church New York. Rev Charles Lewin Slattery officiated with cousin Miss Ruth Draper as bridesmaid and Dr Canby Robinson of Baltimore as best man. Longcope a Johns Hopkins graduate 1901 and connected with Presbyterian Hospital will reside in New York after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Janet Percy Dana
Paul Dana
Grace Church
Warfield T. Longcope
Baltimore
Charles Lewin Slattery
Ruth Draper
Canby ‘Robinson
Longcope
George [Conserrs
Johns Hopkins
Presbyterian Hospital
Dies as a Joke on Neighbors Ends with Fainting Women
Otis Stewart, a West Chicago landowner, staged a mock death to gauge neighbors opinions. He later revealed the joke while attendants and physicians watched. Women fainted and an undertaker left as the hoax spread, prompting discussion of conduct and potential inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bors
Stewart
Norfolk Bride Gifts Burglary Night Gun Duel
Miss Lee Carter and a friend awoke to a man trying to force the Columbia Avenue window. They grabbed pistols and fired as the intruder returned fire. The burglar fled after a window shattering shot. The wedding gifts for Miss Louise Carter lay nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Norfolk
Columbia Avenue
Miss Lee Carter
Miss Carter
Prize Debaters Chosen for Hamilton Medal Clash
Georgetown College Philodemic Society held preliminaries for the Hamilton medal prize debates. Six students were selected for the team: Frank K. Anderson from New York, John J Darby of District of Columbia, William J. Hughes of District of Columbia, Edward J. Callahan of Maine, Norton L. Lawler of Minnesota, and W. B. John Garwood of District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philodemic Debating Society
Georgetown College
George
Hamilton
George Kent
University
Frank K. Anderson
New York
John J Darby
District of Columbia
William J. Hughes
Edward *3. Callahan
Maine
Norton L. Lawler
Minnegots
John Garwood
Southeast Washington Citizens' Association Rejects Prohibition Tyranny
In a special meeting at 314 Pennsylvania Ave SE the Southeast Washington Citizens Association denounced total prohibition as tyranny of the majority, backed regulation to curb liquor abuse, and opposed dry laws while endorsing the Jones-Works framework. Annual officers elected include A. G. Germann as president and Capt William Luckett as treasurer with Alan Davis named as federation delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast
Washington Citizens’ Association
Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast
Federation of Citizens’ Associations
Jones-Works
A. G. Germann
H. C Burich
John G. Meinberg
Fred T. Royen
Z. W. Lucas
Capt William Luckett
William Schmitt
Allan Davis
L. Fugett
Plea for French Orphans Lecture At Masonic Temple
Dr Nevil Monrose Hopkins will deliver an illustrated lecture The Devastations of War at the Masonic Temple next Sunday 8 30 pm to raise public interest in caring for French orphans. Miss Florence Schofield Miss Einor Fell will speak for Orphheimat de Armee. Motion pictures show needs. Scouts will assist princes. Local officers Hennen Jennings chair Frederick H Brooke vice chair Harriet Patterson Winslow treasurer James C Pirling secretary Roberta Bradshaw corresponding secretary. Notables Mme Jusserand and Lady Spring-Rice expected. National patrons include Choate Gibbons Whitridge Schuyler Downer Huldekoper Cotton-Smith Qoudert Mrs Roosevelt Lathrop Delano Hamlin Gorgas Robinson Nevin Helmuth Archibald Hopkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevil Monrose Hopkins
Masonic Temple Auditorium
Thirteenth Street
New York Avenue
France
Florence Schofield
Einor Fell
Orpheimat de Armee
Hopking
Hennen Jennings
Frederick H. Brooke
Harriet Patterson Winslow
James C. Pirling
Roberta Bradshaw
Mme. Jusserand
Spring- Rice
Joseph Choate
Cardinal Gibbons
L. W. Whitridge
Hamilton Schuyler
Downer
Columbus 'University
Henneken Jennings
Paul Bartlett
Redsrig Huldekoper
Roland Cotton-Smith
Frederic Qoudert
Franklin Lane
Franklin Roosevelt
Julia Lathrop
William Phillips
Frederic Delano
Charles Hamlin
Gorgas
Douglas Robinson
Ethelbert Nevin
Tod Helmuth and
Mire
Archibald Hopkins
Experts Advise Pig Clubs For Boys And Girls
The Department of Agriculture urges state agricultural colleges to organize pig clubs, exhibitions, prize competitions and medals to engage youth in raising superior pigs and to elevate the animal's standards nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Stratelaea Mes
Dinner to Admiral Benson in Washington Club
A dinner at the Army and Navy Club honored Rear Admiral W S Benson chief of naval operations and Mrs Benson. Attending officers on duty in Washington who served with Benson included Capt F B Bassett Dr Comdr H W Butler Lieut Comdr W R White Paymaster C J Peoples Lieut Comdr H C Dinger Lieut Comdr G T Fettengill Capt J C Breckinridge and several surgeons and lieutenants. Mrs Krafft and many ladies accompanied them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy Club
W. 8. Benson
Naval Operations
Mia Benson
Washington
Benson
U. S. S. Uteh
F. B Bassett
H. W. Butler
W. R. White
C J. Peoples
H. C. Ding
H. V. Butler
Lawrence Townsend
H. A. Wilay
C. J. Peoples
G. W. 8. Castle
R. C. Ranedell
A. S. Carpender
Ransdell
Mabel Sullivan
Lydia Clark
Elise Dandridge
Will of Mary Johnson Challenged in Court
The will of Mary Frances Johnson, injured in a shooting that wounded Lieut. John E. Catts, is attacked by a caveat in the District Supreme Court filed by her husband Benjamin H. Johnson. He claims the probate document is not her last will and testament and that it was secured under undue influence. He seeks to block probate and letters testamentary to the testator's father, John W. Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Johnson
John E. Catts
John W
Harriet Lancaster
Colesville
District Supreme Court
Benjamin H. Johnson
Flag Presented to Capitol Heights Public School
The Capitol Heights Public School with over 400 pupils was presented a United States flag hoisted over the new building on Central avenues. The Sarah Franklin Chapter D A R of the District of Columbia made the presentation in an address by James E. Mulcare, regent. Emma H Walker, the school’s principal, accepted the flag. Other speakers included Mrs Mary S Lockwood, Emma E Walker, and Mrs Frank Foster Greenawalt. Also noted were Grace M Pierce and Frederick Lasseer among those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Heights
United States
Sarah Franklin
D A. R
District of Columbia
James E. Mulcare
Hmma H Walker
Sarsh Franklin
Mary S Lockwood
National Society
Emma E. Walker
Frank Foster Greenawalt
Mias
Grace M. Pierce
The
Frederick Lasseer
Prince Georges County
Ohio C Barber Weds Millionaire Match Maker
Akron Ohio December 2 Ohio C Barber a 75 year old millionaire match manufacturer married his private secretary Miss Mary Orr aged 44 after a ceremony. The couple left for Point Comfort and Washington DC after the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Barber
Mary Orr
Odd Point Comfort
Washington, DC
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Treasury Department
T Jm Fuller
Robert Stead
L Ackerman
Committee On Public Information
Mr Ackerman
Committee On
Horace Wella Sellers
Elections Committee
George B Ford
Andrew Wright Crawford
Philadelphia
Col. W. W. Harte
Glenn Brown
Shoreham
Beniamino Bufano
Bennie
Italy
San Faclo
S. F.R. Merrill
Gorn
Dixie Women
A. BR. Lawton Chapter
Justice Gould
Prof
O'Donoghue
Georgetown
Hamline
Inden Clark
George L. Porter
Nzader Mann
Washington Poet
London
United Kingdom
Shell
Frees Publishing Co
Janet Dana
Dr. Warfield T. Longcope
Chicago
Otis Stewart
Main
A. Lisner
Palais Royal
Carter
Philodemic Society, of
Southeast Association
Nevil M. Hopkins
Admiral Benson
Utah
Edward F. Calladay
Joseph Berberich
Retail Merchants’ Association
Charles J. Columbus
Raleigh
Advertising Vigilance Committee
Berberich
Citizens
Will of Mary Johnson
D. A. BR
Mostrarlon
E. F. Droop & Sons Co
Steinway Pianos
Sol Herzog & Co., Inc
6Th St
F. Keith
Lina Abarbanell
Mme
Sherry
Hed Canary
Chip & Marble
Mazimova
Tse
Capitol Police
Capitol
C. Barber
New National War
Avsary
Charles Frohman
Les Dillingham
Frank
Bernard
Tinney
Granville
Harry Kelly
Emmy Destiny
Metropolitan Grand Opera
Fritz Kreisler
Ert
Belasco
AL Jolson
Winter Garden
David Belasco
David Warfield
van der Decken
Harry Cooren
Jim Barton
Musicion Dollar Dolls
Dally
Loew
Mark Hent
Julius Caesar
e-Resa
Columbia
Dustin Farnum
Gentleman
Indiana
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