Social and Personal Forakers Host Dinner and Weddings
Social items note Miss Almira De Camp Sessions to be presented at tea by Mrs. Russell with Miss Janet Alexander McCook and Miss Florence Moore among attendees. Engagement announced: Janet Alexander McCook to wed Malcolm D. Whitman, Harvard alumnus. Also detailed are Washington society weddings, other engagements, holiday gatherings, and diplomatic guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Russell
Almira de Camp Sessions
Janet Alexander McCook
New York
Malcolm D. Whitman
Lucie London
Robert London
Miss London
Florence Moore
Os Angles
Cal
Ray Johnson
Lis Angles
Wil Bhe
Emme. Dill
East Orange
N. J
Eleanor
Russell
Benjamin Reeves Russell
Miss Sessions
William Whitman
Boston
Whitman
Harvard
Harvard Law School
United States
Miss McCook
Susan
Martha
Caroline McCook
Charles B. Alexander
Anson McCook
Washington
Social Gossip on Lady Townley and Washington Society
Gossip columns detail Lady Susan Townley, wife of Lally Townley, noting her beauty wit and fashion influence in Washington society. It mentions her disdain for some peers, ties to Mrs Herbert Parsons and Maxine Elliott, and a quip about the Boardman family’s social precedence. Senator W. Murray Crane is referenced as part of the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Townley
Henry Mortimer Durand
Lally Townley
Earl of
Uie
Washington
Durands
Herbert Parsons
Maxine Elliott
Boardmans
Lady Town- Jey
J. W. Boardman
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Boardman
Roosevelt
White House
Pennsylvania
Preachers’ Brigade
Society Notes Of Washington And London In Christmas Season
The piece traces social feasts and etiquette from the White House to London, noting Lady Townley’s criticisms of the Durands and President Roosevelt’s gift handling. It highlights engagements like Julia Siegel and Tyrell Cavendish, and describes Christmas charity events, White House greetings among former hostesses, and debutantes including Miss Mildred Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Siegel
New York
Siegel
Julia Siegel
Tyrell William Cavendish
Tate Charles Tyrell Cavendish
Drakemarsh Hall
Staffordshire
England
Mr Cavendish
Lord Waterpari
Harry Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Cavendish-Bentincks
Cavendish-Hentinck
Ogden Mills
Cavendish
Miss Siegel
London
Ince
Mr. Siegel
Georgine Wilde
Countess di Frasse
Italan
Suihan
Junior Republic
Louise Home
Mrs. Roosevelt
Tyler
Cleveland
Harticon
McKee
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Roosevelt
White House
Longworth
Almast
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Mildred Carter
John Ridgely Carter
Sam
Miss Carter
D. P. Morgan
Washington
Christmas Festivities at Lowden Estate and Hobart Camp Plans
Dwellers anticipate a joyous gathering at the Lowden family home with farm workers and children invited for gifts and goat cheer. Mrs Pullman hosts a December 29 dance for Mrs Clarence Peck's children, plans a January reception, and contemplates a Rome departure in March. Meanwhile Mrs Hobart, widow of Vice President Hobart, funds a modern log camp on Lake Moorelookmegantic named Abenaki Lodge for her family, with extensive facilities and a private telephone line to Senator Frye's camp nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R Thomas
Newbern
N. C
Thomas
Cairo
Robert W. Bonynge
California
New York
Joseph M. Dixon
Montena
Dixon
Marke Brooke
Lieut. Brooke
Washington Barracks
Brooke
Cuba
Pullman
Harriet
Florence
Frances. Lowden
Frank O. Lowden
Oregon
Washington
George M. Pullman
Dhel
Lowden
Clarence Peck
Chicago
Rome
Holy City
Europe
England
Continent
Walter
Paillara’s
Walters
Longchamps
Tully
Garret A. Hobart
Paterson
N. J
Hobart
Lake Moorelookmegantic
William P. Frye
Maine Woods
Wobert
Senator Frye
Christmas Eve Hop at Naval Academy
Special to The Washington Post from Annapolis reports the midshipmen led Christmas Eve festivities at the Naval Academy with students from Annapolis and visitors in attendance. A charity ball at New Willard hosted by Mrs. McCormick and Midshipman Herbert L. Spencer drew notable attendees. The Southern Relief Society plans a February 5 ball at the New Willard Hotel, with Fort Myer cavalry band and Marine Band providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Academy
Washington Post
Annapolis
Annapolitans
McCormick
A. M. McCormick
Herbert L. Spencer
Duluth
Minn
New Willard
Southern Relief Society
New Willard Hotel
Cavalry
Fort Myer
Marine Band
Roag- Ye Bocock
Nannie Randolph Heth
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Woodward G Lothrop
Paris
Johnson Bros
Phono
C.A. Muddiman & Co
Oper CO
HOSE
Knabe
Angelay
WM. Knabe & CO
F Street
Apo Ames
Milne
Co. &E
M. G. Copeland CO
Eleventh Street
N. W
Columbia
Columbia Phonograph CO
Povery
China
Richard W. Henderson
F St. NW
Cot
Victor Talking
Edison Phonographs
John F. Ellis & Co
Penna. Ave
ELGIN
G. M. Wheeler
Elgin National Watch CO
Elgin, I
Roberts
N. Y. Ave
U.S
G. G. Gornweil & Son
Avenue
Ladies of the Working Boys’ Home
Children’s Aid Association
C Street
Misa Mildred Yenawine
Beatrice Bachner
Philadelphia
Emile Berliner
Columbia Road
Roger Black
U. A
West Point
Lieut. Howell
U S. A
Goldsboro
Marien Preveryn
Mortimer
W. Grove
Orl
Sta Pa Ave
Kann
8Th St
R. Harris & Co
Busi
Ness
Great” Atlantic & Pacific Fox
Corth
Botsam
Grestings
Catlantic & Pacific
Stende
Goldsmith & Soh
Wewelers
Penn Avenue
Berry GF Jeweters Silversmiths
Whitmore Stationers Co
Brentano’saix
Berry & Whitmore Co
Eleventh Streets
Harris
Shafer Company
Pennsylvania Ave
HINES
Hattie M. Shacklette
F St. N.W
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