Diplomatic and military social season highlights
A long list of guests at Washington events marks a social season with Col. Garrard Col Johnson Maj Rhodes Maj Langhorne and many others attending luncheons dinners and receptions. Notable entries include Mrs Taft hosting guests at the White House and invitations from the Japanese ambassador. The Navy Yard’s formal hop and related entertainments feature high officials and wide circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Yard
Marine Band
Willard
Gatewood
Wells
Chester Wells
EL. W. Spratting
U.S. N
A. W. Dunbar
Patrons Named for Belasco Benefit at St John Orphanage
Patronesses including Countess von Bernstorff and Mrs Pinchet will attend a Belasco Theater benefit for St John’s Orphanage building fund on Friday February 1. A South Sea Islands film program by Frederick Bulkeley Hyde will be shown under the Ladies Aid Society. Several social figures and debutante season events are noted, with a matinee at Chase’s and tea at the New Willard for Miss Smith’s supporters on February 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Countess von Bernstorff
Letter
Pinchet
Belasco Theater
St. John’s Orphanage
South Sea Islands
Frederick Bulkeley Hyde
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. John's Orphanage
Bayard
James Marion Johnston
H. C. Perkins
Carlisle
Lodge
Mra Finley
Misa Ellen King
Peyton Russell
Arthur Brice
Goddard
Clementine Smith
Orlando H. Smith
Misa Lanette Hines Smith
Chase’s
New Willard
Miss Smith
Sally Williams
Lucy Hoke Smith
Callie Hoke Smith
Helen McCumber
Leona Curtis
Misa Eloise Orme
Elais Daly
Laurie Smith
Barbara Stevens
Dorothy Shuey
Jane Bell
Ruth Wheaton
Katharine Wilson
Florence Schnelder
Pauline Hedian
Clarinne Hunter
Cynthia Magee
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Eloise Orme
de Voy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Smith
James G. McKay
Taft White House social season nears end at cabinet dinners
Virginia Tatnall Peacock notes the coming end of official hospitality as Taft and Mrs Taft attend final cabinet dinners at Secretary of Agriculture and Miss Wilson and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor hosts. A social panorama follows with Benedicts ball and dances at Virginia Country Club and private homes, signaling Washington's winter social season winding down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Taft
Washington
Daniel Webster
Henry Corbin
Travel Guests Reported in Washington and Annapolis
The Rev. and Mrs. Ibert Shipman visited Annapolis to stay with Capt. and Mrs. Gibbona, with Mrs. Shipman due to return to Washington on February 16. Mrs. Camilla Lippincott of Philadelphia visits her mother Mrs. Frank Mitchell. Miss Pearson of Asheville visits Miss Harriet Curtis, while Miss Margaret Curtis of Boston visits Mr. and Mrs. James F. Curtis along with Mr. and Mrs. George Eustis at their Boston home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swope
McKee
Oliver Ricketson
Charles Mulligan
James F. Curtis
Horace Westcott
Comar
O. P. Jackson
Mandeville Carsie
Walter Bruce Howe
John Merriam
Randolph
Pearson
Ashville
Marion P. Mays
Harriet Curtis
Margaret Curtis
Dustace Percy
John Biddle
Ritchie Simpkins
Sprague
Boston
Lassiter
Langhorne
Burns
Baltimore
Bingham
Secretary of the Navy
Meyer
James Marlon Johnston
Mrs. Mason Ball
Army and Navy Club
Miss Emerson
Commander Jewel
Chevy Chase Club
Eleanor Reyburn
Mrs. Timmons
Capt. Timmons
George 3. Patton, Jr
L. W. Spratling
Navy, Yard
Georgie Thomas
Montgomery
Als
Mr. Spratling
John A. Harris
New Willard
John H. Bahkhead
Henry D. Clayton
Samuel Spencer
Lamar Lipscomb
Wiliam B. Lamar
de Graw
Harrie
New York
Isa Loring
Louise Loring
Judge Loring
Washington
Lester
Isabel Magruder
South
Hunt Slater
Hurt Diedrich
Frederick Atherton
Ibert Shipman
Annapolis
Gibbona
Camilla Lippincott
Philadelphia
Frank Mitchell
Asheville
George Eustis
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Joseph Garrard
Garrard
Johnson
U. 3
Charles D. Rhodes
Rhodes
P. Summerall
Summerall
H. C. Smither
Mra. Smither
William D. ‘Shephird
Shepherd
Victor
Foster
Eleanor Gamble
Eudora Clover
Anne Greble
Mildred Greble
Katherime Tillman
Doris Drain
Russell
Mica
Valerie Garrard
RG. Paxton
Maj. Devall
Lieut. Russell
Trent
Karl Bredford
U. S. Ax
Ligur
Stuart
Alexander Surles
U. S A
Lieut
Overton
Mrs. Taft
Oliver
Emily Tuckerman
Helen Watt
Isabel Vincent
Helen Taft Yeterday
St. Paul
Mrs. Wickersham
San Francisco
Martha Bowers
Frances Noyes
Frederick Moore
Mr Justice Hughes
Mrs. Hughes
Mme. Jusserand
Mrs. Bates
Intere
William Corcoran Hill
Joseph Leiter
Helen Taft
Catherine Anderson
Sheldon Evans
Sheldon
W. G. Farwell
U.5. N
John Miller Horton
Buffalo
National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution
Mre
Horton
Matthew ‘T. Scott
Mary Lockwood
Senator du Pont
LT. Mann
Sallie Williams
Q Street
Albert L. Mills
E Street
McClernand
Brig. Gen. McClernand
Levi P. Morton
The
Shoreham
Mme. Culp
Columbia Theater
Netherlands
Mme, Loudon
Carliste
William “McNeil
Chiat
Department of State
Panama
J. c. Burrows
M. T. McNeil
Anne Seymour Jones
Representative
Jones
Virginia
Yester- Saas Nce
Brida
Tea Party
Robert Ralston
Cordova
Frederick Strong
Strong
George Summeriin
Ord Preston
James FP. Robinson
Lella Harrison
Misses Hill
Ruth Anderson
R. Babcock
Chicago
Grafton
Miss Ormsby
Miss Mortimer
National Cathedral School
Mrs. Ormsby
Misa Sylvia Wilder
Cal. Wilder
Gen
Mrs. Young
Soldiers
Wiliam H. Bixby
Gen. Bixby
Bryn Mawr
National Glacier Park
Robert Taft
James W. Wadsworth, JR
John Hay
Colorado
Thomas
Edith Thomas
the Highlands
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
New York Peace Society
Andrew Carnegie
Beverley Randolph Maron
Florida
Virginia Tatnall Peacock
James Wadsworth
Virginia Country Club
Joseph Lester
Miss Taft
Esther Cleveland
Woman’s Army and Navy League
League
Countess von Bernstor
G Street
Boucle
Astrakhan
Chinchilla
Zibelines, &c
Vartment
F Street
N. W
Erlebacher
Kalorama Road
Georges F. Becker
Panama Canal Zone
Becker
Alice Shepherd
J. E. Lefevre
Panama Legation
Misa Ramona Lefevre
Mie
Peter
Garment Shop
Eleventh Street
Suit Department
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