Social and Personal Cards From State Dinner Era
British Ambassador and Lady Durand host a party of young people while Mrs Donald McLean is guest at a luncheon. The Roosevelt entourage includes the Speaker and several senators with a long list of guests. A large social diary covers dinners, teas, a House of the Good Shepherd sale, musical entertainments, and arrivals in Washington from London and around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Durand
Donald McLean
House of Good Shepherd
Ita
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Miss Cannon
Burrows
Foraker
Bulkeley
Flint
Piles
Sutherland
Charlies H. Grosvenor
John Dalzell
Serano H. Payne
Swagar Sherley
Mile. Harden-Hickey
Thaddeus Yoch
Iva Martin
White
Lucia Petersen
Biannenet
Chaminade Towdl
Swift Howrdis,MacDowell
Victor Harris -Orlag
Mile
Harden-Hickey
Durand
Everita Durand
England
Miss Randolph
Marlon Oliver
Cobb
Postlethwaite
Pagis
Gaff
Jose- Paine Durand
By Durand
Capt. Gibbons
U. S. ON
Fitzhugh Lee
U.S
U. S. A. Aleut
Bristol
Huidekoper
Andrews
Mannie
Leeds
Lindsay
J. E. Gadsby
Sterlee
Matthew Scott
A. Greely
Walter McLean
Francia Steeth
K. K. Henry
Walter H. Asher
W. 3. Schley
de B. Keim
James D. Iglehart
Baltimore
Miss Ethel Croker to Wed Count Massino San Martino
Special from The Washington Post reports ex-Tammany leader Richard Croker plans a marriage tie for his daughter Ethel to Count Joseph Massino San Martino, elder brother of a runaway couple Florence and Count San Martino. Details say a substantial dowry and a Parisian social circle. No wedding date is set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Hichard Croker
Tammany Hall
London
Joseph Massino San Martino
Count San Martino
Florence Broker
Ethel
Secord
Tammany Reader
Ethel Croker
Tammany
Florence
Ireland
Croker
Florida
Sean Brummel
Miss Croker
Paris
Rue Castiglione
Miss Katherine Elkins Hosts Warrenton Party
Special to The Washington Post Warrenton Virginia December 8 Miss Katherine Elkins daughter of Senator Elkins entertained friends at the Warren Green Hotel with twenty places. Miss Elkins led the Warrenton Hunt Club cross country ride this afternoon handling her mount with ease and superb riding. A hunt breakfast followed hosted by Mr and Mrs R W Barker in honor of the club and riders. The breakfast color scheme featured yellow with large chrysanthemums on the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Warrenton
Katherine Elkins
Senator Elkins
West Virginia
Warren Green Hotel
Dikins
Presents at White House as Miss Roosevelt receives gifts
The White House received twenty seven boxes of presents from her Orient visit. Duty was paid after appraisement in Georgetown. Two boxes were for Miss Boardman and one for Miss McMillan who accompanied Miss Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Roosevelt
Orient
White House
Miss Roosevelt
Pacific
Georgetown Custom House
Nyman
Rand
Executive Mansion
Japan
Korea
China
Miss Boardman
Miss McMillan
Detroit
Far East
Will Discuss Sanitation Will Woodward Speak on Housing
W Woodward of Woodward Lothrop will address the Associated Charities at their annual meeting in the Church of the Covenant next Tuesday evening. He will discuss the summer study of local housing conditions completed in Washington and review last year’s housing committee work while outlining how all interested persons may cooperate in the current campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Woodward
Woodward & Lothrop
Associated Charities
Church of the Covenant
Slippers the six toed cat returns to White House
The six toed cat Slippers, belonging to President Roosevelt’s children, returns to the White House after a month’s absence. The family had taken the cat to Oyster Bay, an alarm was sent but yielded no clue, and Slippers arrived back on his own. A collar now bears his name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Roosevelt
Washington
Oyster Bay
Would Preserve Niagara Falls and River Gorge Debate
American members press Congress for guidance on Niagara Falls preservation and Niagara River uses for power. The International Waterways Commission reports on questions including Lake Erie outlet works, St Lawrence effects, Minnesota drainage, and boundary delimitation. The October 28 resolution urges delaying corporate rights for Niagara River power until the commission can report conditions and uses. The group notes the rising traffic through Sault Ste Marie canals with 40,000,000 tons projected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
International Waterways Commission
0. H. Ernst
George Clinton
George Y. Wisner
Congress
Sault Ste. Marie
Niagara River
Lake Erie
St. Lawrence River
Minnesota
Rainy River
Lake of the Woods
Chicago Drainage Canal
Michigan
Huron
Erie
Orflarlé
Great Lakes
Commission
Atlantic
Pacific Oceana
United States
Canada
St. Mary River
Sailt Ste. Marie
Hendrick Hudson Memorial Bridge Project Approved
A $1,000,000 appropriation and a pledge to spend a total of $2,025,000 were approved by the board of estimate and apportiomnt for a memorial bridge to Hendrick Hudson. The bridge will span Spuyten Duyvil and extend Riverside Drive to the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hendrick Hudson
Board of Estimate
Spuyten Duyvil
Riverside Drive
Army Orders and Naval Medal Distribution Update
Army orders list leaves of absence and promotions examinations for officers at Fort Jay Alcatraz Island and Fort Joy, with detailed board member names. Also notes Navy Bureau of Navigation efforts to distribute medals to Spanish American War West Indies participants and lists recent vessel movements and officer assignments across several bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Robinson
Richard H. Wilson
Eighth Infantry
Fort J N.Y
William HH. Wisen
Fort Jay
N.Y
Alcatraz Teland
Cal
George W. Milyer
Fourth Infantry
Jacob F. Krops
Twenty-Second Infantry
Wiliam H. Redseh
Frederick R. Ruswell
John A. Murtagh
Campbell B. Hodger
William Be, Roberts
Alcatraz Island
Harry C. Hale
Fifteenth Infantry
Fort Joy
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
West Indies
Cienfuego
Cardenas
Santiago
Guantanamo
Manzanillo
Nipe E Bay
Cornerstone Laid at Elkins M C A Building
Cumberland Maryland December reports the cornerstone laying for the new M C A building in Elkins with a Masonic ceremony. The project received about $75,000 in funding from Mrs Elkins wife of Senator Elkins and daughter of Henry G Davis, with the Gratia Lodge of West Virginia leading the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Elkins
Tirs Elkins
Senator Elkins
Henry G. Davis
Gratia Lodge
West Virginia
Also Mentioned on This Page
President and Mrs
fRauscher's
House of the Good Shepherd
Mane
Jusserana
Baroness Hengelmaster
Mone
Thelbaut
Countess de Faramonde
The
Cause
McKenna
Story
Kmite Montgomery
Cullen
Good Shepherd
Misa Whelan
Sheridan
Fresion Sands
McCartney
Robert Hinckley
Frederick Dent Grant
Alaj
Burr
Washington Barracks
Garr
Mrs. Grant
Baron
Baroness du Tuyll
Netherlands
Pacific Coast
Baron du Tuyll
New Post
Mary Custis Lee
Washingtn
Lee
Scotland
George Fr. B. HM
Temple Blackwood
Toronto
the Grafton
David Graham Adce
Lucy Adce
John H. Bryant
Katherine Bryant
the Catre
George E. Baldwin
Canton
Obis
Nuremberg
Germany
Ebbitt House
James R. Tomas
Trenton
N. J
Adam. Thomas
M Street
Norman Engel
Second Street
Madison Ballinger
Manor House
D. At. R
Daughters of the American Evoluckin
Navy Yard
Etheldreda Lancaster Eliot
Llewellyn Eliot
Maye Llewellyn Eliot
Sisters of the Visitation
J. P. M. Haas, Jr
Q Street
Mt Rainier
Elbert Sevier Maloney
Roger Q. Mills
Texas
Benedick
Dr. King
Miss Elkins
Warrenton Hanch Club
Pewna, Ave
Waterways Commission
ARMY
John A. Lockwood
Lebason
Lambert Point
Cailie
Valparaiso
Paul Jones
Mare Island
Wilmington
N. C
Cleveland
Puerto Plata
Cambridge
Farry
Hongkong
Uneas
Macdonough
Norfolk
Seltod
Tacoma
Sasicher
Santo Domingo
Amphitrite
Key West
Shiakwan
Kiukiang
Porter, Dupont, Hogers, and Blakely
Morehead City
F. Snow
Naval Hospital
J. H. Holloway
A. H. Wise
Washington, D. C
E. Jewett
D.C
Sr. & Pa. Ave. Sons'e
Specia
Herald Square
Dresden
Wonder Fane
Dream
Dlass
Mae
Carlsbad
Jardinieres
Artistia Anapes
Awe T-in
Jardiniere
Hissel
Grand Rapids
Harvard
Cornell
Caracas
H.W. Ink Weiss
Ster
Seach
Iver
Babe
Karr’s
F St. N. W
Young Women’s Christian Association
Association
Burchell
N. W
John F. Ellis
Ave
Harris Shafer Company
Diamond and Gem Merchants
Pennsylvania Ave
Berry & Whitmore Co., Jewelers
Sveremiths
Statievem
Wwadggrioogohpay
Richard W
F Street
Penn. Avenue
Bang
Buvressore
Goodyear
Hines
Old Colony Co
H St
Holiday Pianos
Knabe
Fiano
Knabe Angelus
V.D. Rosen
F St
Ida Dorothy Peake
Paglof
Desirees
Brad Toines
Spape
ARS
Washington Gas Light CO
10Th St. NW
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