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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
10
Woodward and Lothrop announces a winter reduction sale on high grade men and young men clothing. Suits and overcoats are offered at lowered prices with original tags, highlighting regular Woodward and Lothrop quality and selective seasonal reductions.
Enrique Jimenez the fourth Dominican Minister to the United States arrived in Washington with his secretary T A Cernube. He resides at the-Chanplein apartments 1424 K Street NW and will meet the Secretary of State this week before presenting credentials to the President. He has held high offices in the Dominican Republic and previously lived in Monte Cristi.
Athens transmission states the condemned Greek officer in Constantinople is not the attaché but a petty naval officer acting as attaché. A December report said the officer was condemned for espionage tied to steamer departures, with the Greek minister calling for surrender of the condemned to the Greek legation.
A White House Christmas gathering hosted by the President featured his three daughters and numerous relatives and guests. The library and second floor lounge were decorated with Christmas greens as gifts were distributed earlier in the day. Several cabinet members, diplomats, and notable guests attended the multiple gatherings and dinners throughout the residence.
Col and Mrs Symons hosted an afternoon tea dance at their New Hampshire Avenue home for their son Noel Simons who leaves college for the holidays. Mrs Clarence Moore hosts a house party until December 29 for her daughter Frances Moore. Bass Tigrace Wiley entertained a children’s party at her Scott Circle home. The Highlands hosted a Christmas dance by a club of 25 young women with about 200 guests and a midmeal supper amid holly berries and poinsettias. Guests included Miss Lena Hitchcock Nathalie Diggs Lena Collins Marie Adams and Harriet Conger. Col and Mrs Wood of the Soldiers Home and Col W oS Wish will visit Capt and Mrs TE Pillsbury at Fort Monroe for the holidays. Mrs Pillsbury, daughter of Col and Mrs Wood, is mentioned. Ma. Low has gone to his home in New Haven Conn for the holiday.
Mrs L Backius and Mrs Katherine Backius Brant of Canton Ohio visit Senator and Mrs Pomerene in Washington for the congressional season. Mrs Hamilton Tewis arrives from Chicago to join Senator Lewis at Shoreham. Comdr and Mrs Cleland Davis host Comdr and Mrs Estes from Annapolis for the holidays. Mrs George W Vanderbilt and Miss Cornelius Vanderbilt stay with Rev and Mrs George Grenville Merrill in Stockbridge Massachusetts for the holidays.
Mr and Mrs Thomas W. Stubblefield entertained guests at a Christmas dance held at their Sixteenth street residence. About six couples attended, with the house decorated in Christmas chalk and greens. A supper was served at midnight as Mrs Lehr and Mr Louis Lehr spent Christmas at the Lehr home.
Special to The Washington Fest reports a Washington dispatch that the President failed at the White House this morning in an event involving his son in law and daughter Mrs Vranus Bowes Sayre Historie in New York on December 25.
The article recounts births at the executive mansion from James Madison Randolph to Esther Cleveland, noting the rarity of White House births. It highlights the Sayre wedding in the mansion and the longstanding history of presidential offspring born in the White House.
The McLean residence hosted a December yuletide gathering for fourteen children and their families. Santa Claus and Kris Kringle appeared among electric tree lights, with gifts from friends. The event featured a moving picture of the scene and a supper for the youngsters, followed by an adult dinner for twenty. Guests included children of Viscount Henri de Sibour, Joseph Leiter Jr, Tommy Leite, and Swedish minister’s daughter Liste Mhengren, among others.
The article recalls Christmas 1870 in Paris during the siege, when German forces closed in and Republic troops fought despera tely. Cold trenches, frozen soldiers, and fierce bombardments defined the holiday as Paris endured severe hardship and dread.
Indiana Senator John W Kern celebrated the recovery of his son, who has suffered infantile paralysis for six years. A Johns Hopkins operation grafted new muscles to his withered leg. Now 14, the boy is to walk within a month after a plaster cast was removed in Washington, and he and his mother planned to spend Christmas in Indiana.
Rich society figures mingle at the Metropolitan Opera House New York for a Manon premiere night. Guests include Mrs Goelet and a long list of prominent names from banking shipping and law as donations fund wartime hospitals and arts initiatives. The event features performances by noted cooks and artists and raises funds for the American Hospital in Paris.
The Humane Society on Ho street NW urged drivers to take care with horses as streets froze. After three horses required shooting earlier and many injuries, officials advised rough shoeing or tying hooves in gunny sacks to prevent further incidents. Secretary Heaps emphasized ongoing caution and preparedness for icy conditions.
A gold amethyst necklace possibly worn by Crown Princess Sat-Hathor-Ant in the twelfth Tesptian dynasty is forwarded to the Museum of Fine Arts. Dr Flinders Petrie of the Egyptian Research Account Society notes the piece as one of the finest he has seen, with unique gold settings.
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