Quiet Christmas in White House as Tafts Celebrate Family Day
President and Mrs Taft host a small Christmas at the White House with sons Robert and Charlie and daughter Helen. gifts exchanged within the family while others plan visits after Christmas. Cabinet members and diplomats spread across Washington for holiday stays. no tree this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina
White House
Taft
Robert
Yate
Charlie
Watertown
Conn
Miss Helen
Bryn Mawr
Mzplla
Sherman
Utica
Onn Brandehila
Washington
Secretary of State
Knox
Tindle
Valley Forge
Philander Chase Knox, Jr
Morris Heights
Providence
Ir. I
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Foster
Portland
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Miss Nagel
Mary,dith
Dorothea Nagel
Charles Nagel, Jr
Dinners Hosted by Diplomats Highlight Holiday Socials
The Solicitor General and Mrs Bowers hosted a young peoples dinner with Milas Helen Taft Laura Merriam Mary McCauley Gladys Inkley Margaret Draper Martha Bowers and others. The Italian ambassador and Baroness Mayor des Planche entertained informally with several ministers and embassy staff. The German ambassador and Countess von Hernstorff hosted embassy staff guests. A Christmas tree trimming at the Swish regation featured Dr Ritter and Mme Ritter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowers
Milas
Helen ‘Taft
Laura Merriam
Mary McCauley
Gladys Inckley
Margaret Draper
Martha Bowers
Robert Taft
Lawrenson Riggs
George Harrison
Charles Glover
M. Dickinson
Thomas Bowers
Mayor Des Planches
Mayor Des Planche
Etruria
Duner
Countess von Hernstorff
Will Wed in Richmond Mis May Johns Goolsby Weds Maurice Pilson
Marriage notice from Richmond Virginia announces Miss May Johns Goolsby daughter of Mr and Mrs John C Goolsby to Maurice Gliforé Pilson son of Mr and Mrs B F Pilson. The ceremony is planned for Monday evening January 8 at 830 at the family residence on South Fourth Street Richmond. After a wedding trip Mr Pilson will bring his bride to Washington and has leased an apartment at the Dresden.
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Julius C. Burrows
New York
George McNeil
Tyler
Col
Augustus
East
T. L. Riggs
B. Francis Riggs
Riggs
Robert Taft
Yale
White House
Washington
Tafts
Miss Boutell
A. M. Hartwell
Grace
Ling
W. C. Bullitt
Madiste
Mis
May Johns Goolsby
John C. Goolsby
Richmond
Maurice Gliforé Pilson
B. F. Pilson
South Fourth Street
Pilson
Dresden
Emily Harriet Bedford
T. T. Bedford
Clvithn Street
Brooklyn
Prenton Davie
Fifth Avenue
Borough Hall
Miss Bedford
Mr. Davie
Louieville
Davie
Harvard
William Preston
Wan
Experiments Questioning Drinking Habits At Meals
Western university experiments suggest drinking is not always bad, depending on food. Carnivores digest undiluted gastric juice slowly, fruits and vegetables digest with gentler fluids, and diluted drinks help avoid stomach fermentation. Indiscriminate mixing of foods is discouraged. a small wart drink after fruits or vegetables is beneficial.
Marriage of Margery Coolidge Lawrence and Robert Miller
The marriage was held at the Church of the Transfiguration in New York with Margery Coolidge Lawrence wearing white satin and duchess lace. She wore heirloom pearls from her great grandmother. Attendants wore apricot satin gowns. J Egmont Germerhorn was best man. The couple planned a reception at East Ninety-sixth Street and a southward honeymoon, then residence at West Ninety-fourth Street Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aister
Mra
F. Cornelius Bates
Brookline
Mass
van Ness
Henry Rice
Boston
Randall H. Hagner
Washington
Joseph C
Charlex F. Jackson
Law 16
East Ninety-sixth Street
South
Mrs. Miller
Sif
Ninety-fourth Street
Newark
Society notes on opera plans and Beatty promotion in society
Society leaders discuss funding an Oscar Hammerstein proposed Washington opera house with a $5 annual White House appropriation for a President's box. Notables pledging support include Perry Belmont and Senator Elkins. The piece also covers Miss Emily Bedford’s engagement to Prenton Davie, Beatty’s rapid promotion and royal ties, and a festive Philadelphia Opera House performance with prominent patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rand Opera
F. Acs
Oscar Hammerstein
Washington
White House
France
Opera House
New Theater
New York
White ‘House
Himmerstein
Perry Belmont
Thomas F. Walsh
Edson Bradley
Depew
Willem F. Draper
Mary Scott Townsend
Senator Elkins
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Emas
Ping
Xmas
Schmedtie Bros. Jewelers
John Hansen
7Th St. N.W
Julia Marlowe Wey
Mme. du Four
Katie EE. Dunn
F Street
N. W
Hur Goody
Mme. du Fours
Meyer’s
PA Ave
Waldorf-Amoria
Broadway
J. H. Small
Amalt Gon
Legation
Mila Hengelmulier
Hengelmuller
Yang
Hengelmulier
Mttle
Min Hengelmuller
Tan
Mia
Clover
Beatrica Clover
New Hampshire
Roger Boutell
Lamont Street
Henry. Sherman Boutell
Mias Ace Boutell
Mr. Ladd
Representative Boutell
Boutell
Gates
Elot Gregory
John P. Jackson
Connecticut Avenue
L. L. Reamey
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Beekman Winthrop
Rustem Bey
Turey
Charles Guidet Duryee
Hillyer Place
Mr. and
Mrs. Bowers
Dr Ritter
Mme. Ritter
Dee, Wat
Merry Christmas
F Droop Company
Ave
Philipsborn
Eleventh Street
Incheon
Will
Thomas B. Huyek
Bia
T. A) Allen
Joseph G. Bowles
Ming Clara Fairfax Chendon
New Spek
Edna B. Sieg
New
Gertrude King
Joseph King
Calvert Placs
Post
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England
David Beatty
Admiralty
Folten
Beatty
Marshall Hield
Arthur Tree
Sahe
Nelson
Kitchener
Egypt
Nile
Athare
Omdurman
China
Barfleur
Council of the War Office
Tres
Marshall Field
Beattys
Invercauld
Scotland
Balmoral
King Edward
Scotch Palace
London
Brooksby Hall
Windsor
St. James
Philadelphia Opera House
Margaret Dunlap
Miles Mildred Pearce
Charles W. Henry
George Earle
Victor Mather
Lawrence Dillworth Begzs
Fittsburg
Alexander van Rensselaer
Alexander Wiliams Biddle
John K. Mitchell
Margaret Corlies
Willam Creston
George D. Widener
Eleanor #ikins ‘Widener
Austin Heckschers
Celeste Heckacher
Richard Wein Meirs
John G. Carroth
Wiliam H. Green
Chariton Yarnall
Plennsylvania “Avenue
Borden
Brown & Armstrong Co
Kann, Sons & CO
Washington and Vicinity
John F
Ellis & CO
Pa. Ave
N.W
Ae Beuahls
John F. Ellis & CO
Pennsylvania Ave
G. G. Cornwell & Son Grocers
Leverton &Co
G St
Biamond Ring Bargain
AeiBste & Bingte
M. Goldsmith & Son
E. G. Hines
Eecee Reot Norinwont
Hattie M. Shacklette
Ohler
Pike
Packard
The
Luttrell Co
H St
Phope i
R. Harris & CO
Levatos Thad Ds, 1. W
Bird Gorth
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