Fashions, fencing, and a Parisian tone at New York events
In New York, Baroness de Meyer fenced with American rivals Miss Adelaide Baylis and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Jr, both prevailing. The article notes fashion at the opera, a Christmas gift house for Thornton Howard, and lists lavish attendees at Sherry’s, the Plaza, and various society boxes. It closes with the Marchesa di Trevano issuing Ten Commandments for Women after a wartime mission.
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Ladies
New York
Fencera’ Club
West Forty-fifth Street
Stuyvestant Fish, Jr
Adelaide Baylla
Baylis
London
Trance
Belgium
Switzerland
John E Roosevelt
Mies
Gladys Roosevelt
E Reeve Merritt
Merritt
W Rathbone Bacon
Jose Aymar
Louis Hoyt
Hoyt
Herbert Pell
Henry M. Tilford
Grenyble Kane
Antonella, Kane
Misa Leary
Edwin H. Weatherbee
Clark Potter
Miss May Weatherbee
Richard V.idndabury
Robert L. Berry
E. Francis Hyde
Hyde
Robert L . Berry
Edwin Gould
Morton Paton
Edward &. Jaffray
Paton
Jaffray
Gould
George Boldt, Jr
Mra RB. Clements
Helen Hammond
Ferbert J. Satterlee
Tsn Phelps Stokes
Marion Llyde
Brockton
Mass
Marchesa di Trevano
Castello Avezzano
Sulmona
Abruzzi
Italy
Asalst
Tripoli
Society Notes From January Holidays In Washington
Society chapters recount Washington gatherings and home schedules for January with many guests arriving for Christmas and holidays. Mrs Frederick A. Keep has opened her Sheridan circle home in Washington while Mrs Leonard T Haney hosts guests for the holidays including Mr and Mrs Douglas Grant Scott and Mr George W Scott arriving today. The Jones family from Virginia depart for holidays and will return January 2, with other social figures touring cities for the season.
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Marrane
Rudolph
Frederick A. Keep
Washington
Sheridan Circle
Leonard T. Haney
Douglas Grant Scott
George We Scott
Wickliam A. Jones
Virginia
Anne Seymour Jones
Robert Connell
Q Street
West Virginia
James H. Isherwood
HID FORTUNE IN HER SKIRT
New York December report recounts a woman arrested for purse theft after to her skirt concealed 481 in small denomination bills and six valuable items. The suspect Mrs Lena Staman faced a magistrate with $2,000 bail after a Park Avenue struggle where she claimed items were hers and hidden to avoid banks.
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New York
Lena Staman
Park Avenue
German Naval Budget Cuts Growth Of Ships
Berlin budget for 1912 limits new ship construction to two large vessels a battleship and an armored cruiser. The Yogische Rundschau argues that the American navy will overtake Germany in 1912, with 21 battleships totaling 498,200 tons versus Britain’s 81 battleships totaling 840,100 tons, urging a supplementary program to retain second sea power.
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Discovery
Washington Post
New York
Berlin
New York Times
Yogische Rundechau
Oee
Germany
Tagsische Rundschaus
United States Navy
Admiral Rodgers Retires After Santiago Battle Service
Rear Admiral Raymond P. Rodgers from the District and Naval Academy class of 1868 retires after serving on the Iowa and in blockades and battles near Cuba San Juan and Santiago He helped shape naval intelligence and held key sea commands His retirement, like Wainwrights, does not trigger promotion as he is an extra number advanced for conspicuous conduct in battle.
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Santiago
Raymond P. Rodgers
Naval Academy of
Admiral Rodgers
Iowa
Cuba
San Juan
Naval General Board
Admiral Wainwright
Rodgers
Cardinal Falconio Gives to Poor at Aracoeli
Cardinal Falconio took possession of Santa Maria Aracoeli in Rome with a Franciscan procession. Delegations and Franciscans attended as Cardinal Perley and O Connell spoke. He abandoned a traditional refreshment for the poor, directing funds to aid the needy.
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Washington Post
Rome
Cardinal Falconio
Santa Maria Aracoeli
Perley
O'Connell
American College
Tony
Francis of
Wills Fortune to Nurse in Michigan City
Mrs. Charles W. Ley, wife of a machinist, inherits property valued at 100000 through the will of Mrs. S. L. Bullock of New Orleans. The nurse, then Miss Iola J. Strang, served as Red Cross nurse during the Cuban campaign and cared for Mrs. Bullock and two relatives through a four month yellow fever outbreak.
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Michigan City
Ind
Charles W. Ley
3S. L. Bullock
New Orleans
Ley
Iola J. Strang
Red Cross
Mrs. Bullock
Funeral Arrangements For John Bigelow Named
New York will hold the funeral tomorrow for historian and publicist John Bigelow at St George s Episcopal Church with Bishop Greer officiating. Pallbearers include J P Morgan Joseph Ho Choate T F V Randolph and Scott Foster. The chamber of commerce designated Gen Horace Porter Seth Low William Bayard Cutting Edward W Sheldon Frank Stott and Frank H Dodd to represent the chamber.
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J. P. Morgan
J. H. Choate
L. T. V. Randolph
S. Foater
New York
John Bigelow
St.George's Episcopal Church
Greer
Joseph Ho Choate
TF. Tvy Randolph
Scott Foster
Chamber of Commerce
Horace Portee
Seth Low
William Bayard Cutting
Edward W. Sheldon
Frank Stott
Frank H Dodd
Chamber
Sport medal for Pears awarded by French academy
A report from New York states the Academy of Sports of France awarded Admiral Pears a gold medal in recognition of the remarkable example of physical energy and moral courage he set in pursuing the north pole. The resolution was introduced by Dr. Char rot, the French Antarctic explorer.
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New York
Academy of Sports of France
Admiral Pears
North Pole
Charrot
Christmas Cards as a Superior Gift Trend
Barbara Boynd Preece argues that sending Christmas cards, especially artistic or personalized cards, is preferable to costly small gifts. She notes the ease and economy of cards, their lasting value, and the joy of personal messages, urging readers to embrace the card movement to preserve the Christmas spirit.
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England
Dickena
van Dyke
Ruskin
Barbara Lhrga
Final act in graft cases frees Capitol architect
Harrisburg. State board of pardons frees architect Joseph M Huston on parole after six months and twenty days in the Eastern district for conspiracy in Capitol furnishings. Final act in capitol graft cases follows civil suit settlement of 1.2 million. The other convicted men completed sentences and returned home. untried indictments were wiped from the books.
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Harrisburg
State Board of Pardons
Joseph M Huston
Pennsylvania
Ireland Fifty Years a Priest Fifty Years as Priest
Fifty years ago Archbishop John Ireland entered the Roman Catholic priesthood. There was no public celebration at St Paul to mark the anniversary by request of the archbishop, but many congratulatory messages arrived today at his residence.
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Ireland
St Paul
John Ireland
Obesity Causes and the Role of Diet and Exercise
Dr Grecco divides obesity into two classes based on excess eating or insufficient elimination, but all factors matter. Exercise is essential, as body tissue forms from food and some foods fatten more. Weight loss should emphasize physical activity alongside diet, and beware of claims that drugs alone can reduce weight without exercise.
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Grecco
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