President Plans First Christmas in White House
The President and family will celebrate Christmas at the White House with Mrs Francis B Sayre arriving from Williamstown Mass for an extended stay. Turkeys will be distributed to White House staff as per longstanding custom. Various society figures and cadets from West Point will join open house events and dances at the barracks and officers club in Washington.
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Francis B. Sayre
Williamstown
Mass
Sayre
Christian
Joseph E. Kuhn
Washington Barracks
Walker Kuhn
West Point
Officers’ Club
Felocie
R. A. Fisher
New York
Mrs Lurton Heads South For Christmas Visit
Mrs. Lurton widow of Justice Horace Lurton departs Washington for Knoxville Tennessee to spend Christmas with daughter Mrs Horace Van Deventer and will return in a month or two to stay with son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Horace Lurton at 1627 Sixteenth Street. Also notes Mrs James A O Gorman not receiving in December but available January and February Thursdays. James A O Gorman Jr a Newman School student visiting with Senator and Mrs Gorman. Dr and Mrs James F Mitchell hosted a charity ball dinner for Miss Francise Williams. Miss Isabel Mersman visiting Miss Marguerite Barbour returns to St Louis. Miss Barbour to visit Miss Mersman in January. Willam Jennings Price minister to Panama arrives in Washington. Miss Edwina Bruner travels to Philadelphia for the Stotesbury ball returning December 28. Mrs Thacher and Miss Hope Thacher go South for two weeks.
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Ethel Stoddard
Thomas Blagden, Jr
Washington
Mrs. Blagden
Tenth Street
New York
James A. O'Gorman
James A. O'Gorman, Jr
Newman's School
New Jersey
Senator
Isabel Mersman
Marguerite Barbour
James F. Barbour
St. Louis
Miss Barbour
Miss Mersman
Panama
Willam Jennings Price
Edwina Bruner
Stephen B. Elkins
Philadelphia
Mrs. Stotesbury
Miss Bruner
Y M C A Hosts Christmas Breakfast and Gift Plans
The Y M C A will host a Christmas morning breakfast for more than 156 men followed by a gift distribution beneath a large tree in the assembly hall. Relatives are asked to send gifts in care of the association. After the meal, William Radford and others will lead brief devotions, with an extensive New Year’s reception planned and exhibits of foreign work. A bowling match between Ingram Memorial Church girls and the Y M C A boys, plus swimming and gym exhibitions, are featured.
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Association
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I. ©. Talbert
William Disque
William Knowles Cooper
Ingram Memorial Church
Little Frills and Farbelows Aflutter in Social World
The royal family plans Christmas at Sandringham with a smaller party and possible absence of the Prince of Wales. Princess Mary attends Westminster Abbey and later witnesses the marriage of Hon. Mary Gardner to Hon. Geoffrey Hope Morley. Helen Montagu, an English lord’s daughter, stars in Tonight's the Night in New York and discusses her stage career and country life.
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Sandringham
Prince of Wales
France
Mary
King George
Queen Mary
Norfolk
Westminster Abbey
Mary Gardner
Lord
Montagu
Gayety
New York
Lady Montagu of
Beanlen
Rmt
Lothian
Three Americans Honored by Emperor with Red Cross Medal
Vienna via London December 21 Emperor Francis Joseph awarded the Red Cross Medal of Merit to American Ambassador Frederick Courtland Penfield Rear Admiral Aaron Ward retired commander of the American Red Cross ship Red Cross and American Minister to the Netherlands Dr Henry Van Dyke for their Red Cross mission in the dual empire Mrs Penfield received the grand cross of the Order of Elizabeth for establishing a hospital at Vienna The medal commemorates the Red Cross Society founded in 1864 to mark its semicentennial.
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London
Francis Joseph
Frederic Courtland Penfield
Aaron Ward
U. N
Red Cross
Netherlands
Henry van Dyke
Penfield
Order of Elizabeth
Envoy to Attend Funeral of Wo Rockhill
Kai Fu Shah Chinese Minister is named to attend the funeral of Wo Rockhill former financial adviser to him and ex American Minister at Peking. Rockhill's body arrives today in San Francisco from Honolulu and will be taken to Litchfield Conn for burial. William Phillips Assistant Secretary of State to represent the U S government at the funeral.
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Wo OW
Rockhill
Americ
Peking
Mr. Rockhill
San Francisco
Honolulu
Litchfield
Conn
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Fashion art league ends shirtwaist and returns one piece frock
The Fashion Art League of America issues a bulletin forecasting next summer's dress as a single piece frock with a high stock collar. White will lead, though shades are possible, signaling the shirtwaist’s decline. Spring and summer favor low necks while fall and winter demand high necks. The president plans to reappoint Henry Clay Hall to the Interstate Commerce Commission, term starting January 1.
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Fashion Art League of America
Paris
Bulletin
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Henry Clay Hall
Colorado Springs
Elc
Interstate Commerce Commission
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