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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1907
Page
7
The ad touts a February sale with superior manufacture and large variety. Buyers will find carloads from leading factories nationwide, with many one of a kind pieces at 25 to 50 percent off. Sixth floor display notes yellow price tags, extended hours, and a detailed list in today’s Star and Times.
John Roberts of Chicago, once a pork racker, wed Mary Bhennon Allen at Rev Henry Warren's home 45 West Ninety-fourth Street after a luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria. Present were Mr and Mrs Robert G Smith of Montclair. Both spouses admitted prior divorces.
The Southern Relief ball at the New Willard tomorrow evening draws large ticket sales and strong support. Miss Nannie Randolph Heth, daughter of Gen. Harry Heth, leads the society’s relief effort with funds to aid pensioners under chairman Mrs George S Covington. Guests will be greeted by Miss Heth and assisted by Mrs Donal McLean and Miss Ruffin Coxe, with an entertainment committee of distinguished men to introduce guests and a young ladies committee led by Miss Pauline Magruder adding charm.
Annapolis February schedule for the second class midshipmen includes an officer's shop, a Carmen performance, dances at Carvel Hall, a reception by the Warfields, a baccalaureate service by Dr Clark, and a graduation ceremony with a reception for Secretary Metcalf. The itinerary aims to introduce graduates to Secretary Metcalf. A separate note from Shanghai reports Chinese Ambassador Yans Tcheng urging many officers to Germany to study the German arsenal service.
The Saengerbund’s fifth preenington Club House concert featured works by Washington composers Harry Wheaton Howard Ernest Lent and J W Bischoff. Performers included Mrs Blanche Muir Dalgleish contralto Mrs Lent and Mr Meyers in operatic arias and the quartet from Martha with notable encores and strong choir shading.
The body of Mrs Mary A Gallinger wife of Senator Jacob H Gallinger of New Hampshire died of heart failure at the Belasco Theater. The procession included Senator Gallinger and family members with attendance by officials and friends. Services were held at Hotel Normandie and the casket travels to Boston then Concord for burial tomorrow.
Social and personal items describe Mme. Alfred Thierry hosting a dinner at her Portland apartments with diplomats and dignitaries, Mrs. Crosby and Mrs. Hinckley hosting lunches, and various society figures attending receptions and home events. Includes Newport tax talk, Pinehurst cooking tea, and society glimpses of theaters and Mmes. Vanderbilt Astor Goelet patrons in Paris, with Miss La Follette’s engagement to A. H. Rogers and Miss Gould’s London plans.
Social page reports two high profile London weddings this week. Alan Fullerton, son of the late Admiral Sir James Fullerton, will marry Miss Alice Marquand at St. Margaret’s Westminster, granddaughter of Henry Marquand of New York. Walter Burns, grandson of Junius Morgan, weds Miss Evelyn Cavendish Bentinck at the same church, amid Church of England tensions over divorced marriages. Senora Riano, once Miss Alice Ward, visits her grandmother in Washington as her husband, now minister to Norway, advances in his career. Lord Curzon, in improving health, rents Reigate Priory and continues Romanes lecture duties at Oxford, with House of Commons hopes fading this year. The piece notes royal absence and social maneuvering surrounding these unions.
The marriage unites Miss Pauline Morton and Jim Smith after a cross ocean courtship sparked by Smith winning the Kaiser's cup in Kiel. Morton’s maid of honor is Miss Mary Canby, a promise made in childhood when they dreamed of one marrying first. Washington eyes followed since Morton’s father served in President Roosevelt's cabinet, as Chicago millionaire Thomas Chalmers lingered before stepping back. The couple delayed plans on Mr Morton’s counsel, cementing a union followed by public interest.
Mrs Nicholas Longworth wife of Representative Longworth and Roosevelt's daughter is recovering from a grip with Friday night especially uncomfortable yet she was up and at dinner last night The President and Mrs Roosevelt spent time with their daughter yesterday and she is expected to be fully well in a few days
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