White House social season opens with first state dinner
The first White House state dinner of the season featured President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt with Vice President Fairbanks and cabinet members among the guests. The long red and white centerpiece table held crystal bowls and Sevres figures while guests mingled in the Blue Room and tea rooms. Debutante Miss Jessie Steele and Miss Juliette Williams hosted gatherings with numerous society families, dances planned at Rauscher's and Fort Myer, and a book of programs for a charity event at Belasco.
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Jeasie Steele
White House
Roosevelt
Vica Preaident
Fairbanks
Root
the Treasury
Shaw
Taft
Moody
Navy
Bona Parte
Interior
Hitchcock
Agriculture Wilson
Commerce and Labor
Metcalf
Loeb Col
Charles S Bromwell
the Navy
Mra
Rixey
Proctor
Foster
P C Knox
Daizell
Payne
Sherman
William M. Howard
Henry Whiter Gow
Winthrop
Robert EB. Peary
Paul Morton
Theodore P. Shents
Ide
Miss Shents
Harding
Theepublic
France
Frato Rico
Secretary of the Navy
Mia Paul Morton
Jomet
Bulmer
RC. Bulmer
Jessie Steele
Alden Hale
Miss Steele
Mss
Lauze
Denny
Misa Morgan
Moll
Cnew
Mis
Otsa Convers
Mliss Crawford
Ags Goldsborough
Wells
Trescot
Hss Jennigs
Joanna Scnroeder
Symons
Mise
Juliette Williams
Connecticut
Miss Barry
Gen
Barry
Charles Lee
Aliss Marjorie Joe
Andra
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Speencar Cosby
Miehugh Lee
William Marion
Frank Poe
Curtis Gilmore
Edgar Bright
Charles + Cromwell
New Orleans
Polly Mason
Helen Sylvester
Philadelphia
Irene Shepard
New ‘York
Dinbaurd
Libby Rice
Milas Louise Fitgerald
Texas
Elise Dandridsi
Kentucky
Thomas H Barry
Iancheonesterday
Social gossip and society notes from Boston to London
Denials of a supposed engagement between Jane Morgan and Sir Thomas Lipton surface after rumors spread from Boston to New York. The piece also covers marital gossip, a Paris London visit by Mrs Norman, a Chicago cat show, New Year ball plans, a hat fire at a Louisville reception, a Baroness Hengelmuller social rivalry, and fashion trends from Paris to London with notes on gloves scarves and carnations.
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Randal Margdn
Phiadelphia
Boston
New York
Jane Morgan
Sir Thomas Lipton
Mr. Morgan
Miss Morgan
Sir Thomas
Sharrock
Andrew G Norman
Cincinnati
Queen City Commission
London
Paris
N A Jameson
Norman
England
Jameson
Philadelphia
Jana
Walnut Fills
Cincinnat
Walnut Hills
I G Crocker
Evanston
Blue Bell
Schook
Lombard
Sioux City
Iowa
Faere Cattery
W . W. Baldwin
James B. Sanders
Sanders
Bail Committee of
Chicago
Arthur Heun
Stanley Field
Bertram Winston
Mra Palmer
Mra Anderson
James Hagerman
Louisville
Thomas L Anderson
Mrs Anderson
Hengelmuller
Austria
Washington
Hengermuller
Marguerite Cassin
Cannon guest of Depew dinner with Congress leaders
Senator Chauncey M Depew hosted a dinner at his New York home last evening in honor of Speaker Joseph G Cannon Attending were Speaker Cannon Representatives Alexander Aldrus Bradley Bennet Calder Cocks Dunwell Driscoll Dwight Brassett Foss Grosvenor Hull Law Idttauer Meil lan Olcott Jesse Overstreet South wick Vreeland Waldo and Senate Secretary Bennett
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Cannon
Alexander
Aldrus
Bradley
Bennet
Calder
Dunwell
Driscoll
Dwight
Brassett
Foss
Grosvenor
Hull
Law
Idttauer
Meillan
Olcott
Jesse Overstreet
Southwick
Vreeland
Waldo
Bennett
Senate
Handsome houses sold in Washington Heights parcels
Two major residential transactions were completed yesterday in Washington Heights. The 182 Biltmore Street property, four stories with twelve rooms, sold by Moore & Hil to August F Eberly for C Clements. The 288 Columbia Road dwelling, three stories with fourteen rooms, sold by Harry Wardman to Robert A Simpson through Early & Lampton, with a price near 17000. The sale of these two Wardman group homes follows near the apostolic delegate Mer Falconto’s residence. The Shoreham Hotel hosts the Annual Christmas Sale of the Shaker Sisters featuring shawls Dororthy cloaks and Christmas novelties.
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Biltmore Street
Columbia Road
Washngton Heights
Harry Wardman
Fullmore Street
Mer Falconto
Hdward J Stellwagen
Moore & Hil, Inc
August F Eberly
C. C Clements
Robert A. Simpson
Early & Lampton
Villa A HI
Morgan Gifts Art to Met Opera Style Speculation
Special to The Washington Post reports J Pierpont Morgan has made large gifts to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and hints at more. Sir Caspar Pardon Clark confirms private gifts and possible European art warehoused for U.S. use. Mayor McClellan met Morgan at 19 Madison Ave amid talk of a future art building or collection for the city.
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Washington Post
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sir Caspar
Pardon Clark
Morgan
R. Morgan
Kndgy
Europe
Caspar
McClellan
Mr. Morgan
Madison Avenue
Municipal Art, Commission
Central Park
King Solomon Lodge Elects Officers
King Solomon Lodge No 3 held a B Stated communication electing officers for the year including W M Charles Scherer 8 W William Wunder 7 W and secretary C Cullen with trustees J L Johns M L Statler J D Jos Atkins and W H Wunder Also notes a governor's staff appointment for J William De Grange a War Department clerk from West Virginia and a Christmas gifts sale at Lansburgh Furniture & Carpet Co 512 Ninth St NW
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Solomon Lodge
Charles Scherer
W. M
William H. Wunder
Charles EB Sayles
Cc F Cullen
William Jf. Singleton
J L Johns
M L Statler
J D. Jos L. Atkins
Wiliam H Wunder
William H. Singleton
J. William de Grange
War Department
West Virginia
The
National Yard
Lansburgh Furniture & Carpet Co
Ninth St
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Marwig
Mia
Charles H Campbell
John R McLean
Charles Cromwell
Arthur Lee
Andrew
Hradley Miss Owen
Miss Ridgely
Etre
Brown
Fort Myer
Glennon
Cpt Horn
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Logan
John Bell Bouton
Cambridge
Mass
Greely
G Street Northwest
Bridaya
Belasco
Tanner
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J. ©. Evans
Mra Hoe
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Leutze
Tewett
Walcott
Walter Aic- Lean
Thayer
Hatch
Seoree
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Admiral Hutchins
Isaac Henderson
Carbaugh
Arlington
Henderson
Rhode Island Avenue
Gentlewoman’s League
Scotted Rite Hall
G Street
Senator Dubois
Dubois
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Manhattan Opera House
Benjamin Thaw
Edwin E. Weatherhees
Thaw
Robert Goulet
Hugo Baring
Evelyn Baring
Gwendolyn Burden
Jacob John Astley
Goefet
Dentver
Weill
Paria
Duchess of Portland
Pewha. Ave
Cannon Guest OF
Depfew
Washington Heights
Shoreham Hotel
Shale
Dorothy
Metropolitan Gallery
Kimball
Charles E. Meyers
Meyers
King Solomon Lodge
Capra
Tiffany
Berry & Whitmore Co
Eleventh Streets
Tone
Dresden
V. D. Rosen
F Street
Shawn Brown Co
Tiffany Studios
Tiffany Glass Company
Philips
Eleventh Street
Christmas Sele
Richard W. Henderson
F St. N.W
Cote
Waltham
Elgin
Hines
Harris
Shafer Comany Jewelers
AMAS
Pennsylvania Ave
Kirk
Sam's Kirk & Son Co
Baltimore ST
Baltimore, MD
Walt ‘Ham
Speslat
Adolph Kahn
Knabe
Renting
Tellne
WM. Knabe & CO
Barringer
Mas
D. F. Barringer
Pup the Talon
Eagb
Hattie M. Shacklette
F St. N. W
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