Quiet Christmas at the Taft White House and DC events
President and Mrs Taft plan a quiet Christmas with their sons Robert and Charlie and daughter Helen at the White House. Cabinet members and diplomats host small family gatherings across Washington, with exchanges of gifts and limited appearances. A Diplomatic Christmas party at the Austro Hungarian embassy features Baroness Hengelmüller and baronial guests, while Yale dramatists prepare a London Assurance production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Taft
Iend
Robert
Yate
Charlie
Watertown
Sherman
Utica
Onn Brandehila
Washington
Knox
Tindle
Valley Forge
Philander Chase Knox, Jr
Morris Heights
Providence
Ir. I
Secretary of the Treasury
Martha and
Halen
Grerton Dickinson
Ballinger
Shoreham
Edward Bradley Ballinger
Williams College
Secretary of Agriculture
Fiots Wilson
Portland
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Miss Nagel
Mary,dith
Dorothea Nagel
Charles Nagel, Jr
Mila Hengelmulier
Hengelmuller
Yang
Hengelmulier
Mttle
Min Hengelmuller
Tan
Julius C. Burrows
New York
George McNeil
Tyler
Col
Augustus
East
T. L. Riggs
B. Francis Riggs
Riggs
Robert Taft
Yale
Tafts
Miss Boutell
A. M. Hartwell
Grace
W. C. Bullitt
Madiste
Dinners Hosted by High Officials Highlight Diplomatic Socials
The Solicitor General and Mrs Bowers hosted a young people's dinner with Mina Helen Taft Laura Merriam Mary McCauley Gladys Hinckley Margaret Draper Martha Bowers and others. The Italian ambassador and Baroness Mayor des Planche entertained informally with ministers and embassy staff. The German ambassador and Countess von Hernstorff hosted embassy guests. A Christmas tree at the Swish regation was trimmed by Dr Ritter and Mme Ritter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowers
Mina Helen ‘Taft
Laura Merriam
Mary McCauley
Gladys Hinckley
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 and Maurice Pilson
An engagement notice from Richmond Virginia announces the marriage of Mis May Johns Goolsby daughter of Mr and Mrs John C Goolsby to Mr Maurice Gliforé Pilson son of Mr and Mrs B F Pilson of the city. The wedding is set for Monday evening January 8 at 30 o clock at the family residence on South Fourth Street Richmond. After the ceremony the couple will travel on a wedding trip and reside in Washington at an apartment in the Dresden building Mr Thomas B Huyek is visiting bia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mis
May Johns Goolsby
John C. Goolsby
Richmond
Maurice Gliforé Pilson
B. F. Pilson
South Fourth Street
Pilson
Washington
Dresden
Emily Harriet Bedford
T. T. Bedford
Clvithn Street
Brooklyn
Prenton Davie
New York
Fifth Avenue
Borough Hall
Miss Bedford
Mr. Davie
Louieville
Davie
Harvard
William Preston
Wan
Experiments Suggest Moderate Drinking With Meals
Western university experiments indicate drinking timing matters for digestion. Carnivores digest protein with undiluted gastric juice while fruits and vegetables digest better with dilution aiding gentle mixing. Drinking after fruits or vegetables can be beneficial, whereas mixed meals may hinder digestion.
Marryin g at Transfiguration Church in New York
The marriage of Margery Coolidge Lawrence daughter of Mr and Mrs Augustin Nicholas Lawrence and Robert McWilliam Miller was held at the Church of the Transfiguration New York on Thursday The bride wore white satin with duchess lace and her great grandmother's pearl ornaments The bridal party included sisters and friends in apricot satin gowns A reception followed at 16 East Ninety six Street New York and Crosby plans for the couple’s honeymoon in the South
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Aister
Mra
F. Cornelius Bates
Brookline
Mass
van Ness
Henry Rice
Boston
Randall H. Hagner
Washington
Joseph C
Charlex F. Jackson
Mra. Law
East
Ninety-sixth Street
South
Mrs. Miller
Sis West Ninety-fourth Street
Newark
Margaret Dunlap
Mildred Pearce
Charles W. Henry
George Earle
Victor Mather
Lawrence Dillworth Begzs
Fittsburg
Alexander van Rensselaer
Widener
Austin Heckschers
Celeste Heckacher
Richard Wein Meirs
John G. Carroth
Wiliam H. Green
Chariton Yarnall
Opera plans and society greet Philadelphia event
Society leaders consider adding five dollars to White House appropriations to fund a President’s box in Oscar Hammerstein’s proposed Washington opera house. Prominent subscribers include Perry Belmont and Senator Elkins. Miss Emily Bedford to wed Prenton Davie after a Louisville horse show liaison. Beatty’s rapid promotion noted amid royal ties. social high life surrounds Philadelphia Opera House Christmas night.
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Rand Opera
Acs
Oscar Hammerstein
Washington
White House
Opera House
France
Opers
New Theater
New York
White ‘House
Himmerstein
Perry Belmont
Thomas F. Walsh
Edson Bradley
Senator Depew
Willem F. Draper
Mary Scott Townsend
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Paris
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
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
Incheon
Will
Thomas B. Huyek
Bia
T. A) Allen
Joseph G. Bowles
Ming Clara Fairfax Chendon
New Spek
Edna B. Sieg
Gertrude King
Joseph King
Calvert Plac
Lord Nelton
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
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 ‘Snzy
Women “and
Ohldren Tae
Ieee Eae
Pike
Packard
The
Luttrell Co
H St
Phope i
R. Harris & CO
Eateries
Levatos
Thad Dats
H.W
Bird Gorth
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