DuPont Circle Hall to Host Joan of Arc Pageant
A committee plans a lavish staging in Mr Edson Bradley’s Dupont Circle home hall for a Joan of Arc tale. It features medieval tapestries and armor as the set, with members including Mrs Pere and Mes WooM Macomi among many others. The event draws notable figures from Washington and New York, with preparations led by secretary Horatio Fo Tagtlys and president Mrs WOM. Waoming plans include a concert by Maude Powell and affiliations with the National Vegetarian Womens Association.
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Edson Bradley
Dupont Circle
Pier Gue
Horatio
Moss
Jenin
Ot Phillips
Wanstow
Mas Walle
Jenn
Mars Shell
Amos Fee Dowie
Dre Nish
Morkes Baroauesss
Mas Tare Andersen
Mars
Stover
Dinoek
Marshall Field
Wes Titans
Wolcan
Samuel Os
Charles
Noel Blows
Hof Perkins
Wom
Waomh Yee
Wis Huritiot Biseivw
Myron AW
Caiths Mubee
Miss Mars
New York
Cbss
Obuin
Kansas
Marti
Katheri
Srthaur Foosse
Maude Powell
Community Dance and social events in Washington
The Dinehipes Notts ot the United bissiders fb Tue fonterte race fe Woosh me op bath day dance Pelruays, the Confederate Meier is home at Vermont avenue. The card party by Pixie Chapter Wednesday afternoon in the oak room at the Ellesh. Many members and guests listed with tables reserved. A young people party over the weekend attended by relatives and friends. Loyal Legion social meeting for wives and daughters planned at 2523 Thirteenth Street NW. Baltimore guest Grace Gruberg visiting. Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter SDA RA plans its February 15 Raleigh benefit dance with a reception and numerous officers listed. Illustrious society entertainments and bridge games noted at various homes, with guests from Baltimore and Atlantic City.
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United Bissiders
Meier
Vermont Avenue
Pault
Feachimi
Wiss
Mary Coleman Wise
Marton
A H Mitchell
Pixie
Eileish
Vere Goodwin
Elleworth
Mee
EE Mitchell
John S Tamlinson
Denmark
Skinner
Mamie White
Heartz Bnoch
Frad Volland
St Vallnachim
J W Rose
Worry Coleman
Taeeart
Alfred Masa
Winsteid Voss
Greve
HO Gimstead
Wadeline Mayhan
Nathan
Sipier Vr
Baer Apdore
G & White
John A Logan
Thirteenth Street Northwest
The
Loyal Legion
Grace Gruberg
Baltimore
Edward Kobner
Abigail Hartman Rice
D A. R
Raleigh
W Everett Brockman
Coc Calhoun
Henry W. Samaon
Clayton E. Emig
Matthew T. Scott
National Society
Fourth Dance of Crescents in Raleigh Sparks Night of 73 Couples
The Crescents held their fourth seasonal dance in Raleigh on Saturday night with about 73 couples in attendance. The organizing committee included Joseph Woo Miberinher, Harry Strourney, Pred T Giester, T Wilis Allison and several committee and guest names, listing numerous couples in attendance across a long roster.
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Crescents
Raleigh
Joseph Woo Miberinher
Harry Strourney
T) Giester
Wilis Allison
Hdna M Jones
Grace Ll. Swart
Henrietta Berens
Minnie O Gearman
Mio
VW Tenuwins
Catherine Marsden
Crampton
Charles G Wailliamy
Fertha Kummer
W. L Hagen
Mianene Edmonston
R. RB
Smallweed
S Worley
JB A Kummer
J Catlew
A. J Kearney
J Kearney
Charles Sperle
S Sperle
HE A Stiight
Jeanette Bic- Clowd
Jackson Aye
Hietvie Sasaro
Charles L. Taylor
Taylor
Don Bailey
Bailey
G. W Morgan
May Murphy
JS H Huestis
Edith Evans
EH B Moses
Florence Tourmer
R J Woodward
Miss Woodward
O R. Mathews
Wo Bradburn
Daniel Masterson
Wiss May Kearney
John K Pevare
Pawline Mount
Tiebb ‘Fuftt
V Ro Melander
Mer E OX Ness
Mildred Phoebus
Charles J MacCartee
Ale T Stewart
T. Lewis
M ¢' Stonebraker
Samuel Craver
Nellie Quirk
Goodwin W Maller
Harriette
Tetsworth
W. H. Lawson
Florence L Barker
Benjamin Kbesky
Estha
A M.G Driesen
R. V. Marceron
Nellie Rorabaugh
Albert A Bonar
Ruth Motley
George C Hatterly
Mary Williamson
J E Stauffer
Margaret Harbin
Charley Carel
Clare Goodyear
FJ Auiddour
Only $1 a Year Paper in South Raises Price
West Point Mississippi February 3 Editor Bill Smith resigns as head of the only dollar a year daily in the South amid 1915 12 percent returns dropping to 5 percent in 1916 due to higher production costs and wage scales The stockholders name Will West editor and raise subscription to $2 annually Several couples and local society happenings are noted with residents visiting New York and events in Silver Spring Maryland and Ontario Place
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West Point
Miss
Bill Smith
South
Hus
Smith
Will West
Birthday Party Honors Miss Sears in Mc Kendree Md
A birthday celebration was held Wednesday night for Miss Mary Gertrude Sears marking her eighteenth birthday. Guests included Annie Crandell Margaret Moreland Margaret Sherbert Ethel Sears Mina Sears Gertrude Brown Mabel Moreland Marion Smith Veruta Ireland and Mary Gertrude Sears along with Levering Armiger Tillard Smith Milfred Brown and others. A piano solo games songs recitations and dancing filled the evening followed by midnight supper and a large cake with eighteen behted candies.
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Mary Gertrude Sears
William T Sears
McKendree
Sears
Annie Crandell
Margaret Moreland
Margaret Sherbert
Ethel Sears
Mina Sears
Gertrude Brown
Mabel Moreland
Marion _ Smith
Veturta Ireland
Messrs Levering, Armiger
Tillard Smith
Milfred Brown
Amazon Quartet in Court Smashes Things
In San Rafael California on February 3 four sisters of Fulia Odell, each described as tall and muscular, rushed Justice of the Peace Magee's court after an unfavorable verdict in the case of Harry Odell for failure to provide. They floored one, swung another at Odell’s attorney, menaced the district attorney, and eyed the judge before Constable Henry Crane intervened and ejected them.
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San Rafael
Cal
Fulia Odell
Justice of the Peace Magee
Harry Odell
Qdell
Henry Crane
Notable Visitors and Local Social Roundup
Washington figures Tillsson Sherbert Edward Sherbert Walter Sherbert Edward Moreland James Moreland Julus Crandell Rob ert Crandell John Boyd Murray Sears Owen Sears J Clinton Hiatt visit Annapolis and Charles Town while Miss Eva Sears Mrs William Theodore host Miss Ethel Osserman of New York tours archaeology studies at Columbia University over several weeks with a wide local invitation list including the Lazarus Miller Mull er Knatch Passoch Pick and Ostrow among others.
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Tillsson Sherbert
Edward Sherbert
Walter Sherbert
Edward Moreland
James Moreland
Julus Crandell
Robert Crandell
John Boyd
Murray Sears
Owen Sears
J. Clinton Hiatt
Washington, D. C
Missy Eva Sears
Marrintt Leitch
Milston Leitch
Annapolis, Md
Wilton Ireland
Willliam T. Sears
J. J Raebach
Ethel Osserman
New York
F. Lazarus
Y Miller
S Muller
Columbia University
Rockville Society announces marriage of Addie Belle Hawkins and Clayton Watkins
Cedar Grove residents Mr and Mrs James B Hawkins invite guests to the marriage of their daughter Addie Belle Hawkins to Clayton K Watkins deputy clerk of the circuit court. The ceremony will be next Wednesday evening at the bride’s home. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Lee Watkins. The week’s social highlight was the Tuesday Euchre Club dinner at Montgomery Country Club with members and their husbands. Dr George Ledmonds hosted Mrs Edmonds return to Washington after months in Rockville. Barnard Welsh, visiting relatives, departed after a stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Wallace Welsh.
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James B Hawkins
Cedar Grove
Addie Belle Hawkins
Clayton K Watkins
Charles Lee Watkins
Rockville
Montgomery Country Club
George Ledmonds
Edmonds
Washington
Barnard Welsh
Wallace Welsh
British Munition Girls Balk at Trousers
In London on February 2 munitions plants face resistance from women workers over mandatory masculine attire. The Daily Sketch notes pioneers in trousers facing initial fear but finding little social backlash as the move to pantaloons proceeds.
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London
Daily Sketch
Local weddings and engagements span several Maryland towns
Grand Junction Colorado visit by Hea accompanied by sister Miss Mary Welsh. Engagement announced for Lillian Brewer and Joseph D Byrd of Dawsonville. Several couples wed in Rockville including Harry C and Miss Bessite J Myers and others from Washington Baltimore Hagerstown Brentwood and Alexandria. Miss Bessie E Smith and Harry L Hesstle wed at Clarksburg. Miss Marguerite West and Nathan S White married in Washington Gatth erburg. Thomas Hynson Canby and Florence Evelyn Davis to wed in Colesville. Clarine Fiethhall returns from Washington visit. Mrs. Margaret W Perry visits Beallsville. Virginia Jones of Dawsonville visits Washington.
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Grand Junction
Colorado
Hea
Mary Welsh
West
William G. Brewer
Beallsville
Lillian Brewer
Joseph D Byrd
Dawsonville
Rockville
Harry C., Byron
Bessite J. Myers
Mobley
Washington
Marguerite West
Nathan S. White
Gattheraburg
Thomas Hynson Canby
Benjamin D. Canby
Colesville
Florence Evelyn Davis
Tippecanoe City
Ohio
Famous Hymn Plays Part In Prize Court Hearing
London February 3 The hymn From Greenland s Icy Mountains figures in a prize court hearing. Jen Dangaard Imsen Greenland governor testified supporting the Daniab government s claim to a cargo of fish seized as a prize of war. The judge, asked about the hymn s origin, clashed over whether John Wesley or an east Indian bishop wrote it. The governor and the British chief attorney left to search for a hymn book.
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London
Greenland
Jen Dangaard Imsen
Daniab
John Wesley
Veils Rise with Spring Hat Fashion and Beaded Details
The new veils and hats trend upward this spring with small to medium hats featuring minimal trimming and elaborate veiling. Beaded veils with steel crescents, soutache borders, and double bordered designs highlight lighter outfits, while Turkish veiled effects and center motifs remain popular. Woven cashmere patterned veils mimic expensive handwork and cover the eyes beneath bordered veils.
Miss Ellen Rollins Engaged to John Hollister of Cincinnati
Miss Ellen Rollins of Boston will wed John Baker Hollister of Cincinnati. Daughter of Montgom ery Rollins of Hammond street, she attended Miss Winsor's school and belongs to the 1915 sewing circle and the Vincent Club. Hollister, Yale 1911, studied in Munich and Harvard Law, now with Worthington Strong Stetinius in Cincinnati.
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Boston
Montgomery Rollins
Hammond Street
Chestnut Hulk
Ellen
West Rollina
John Baker Hollister
Howard C Hollister
Holster
Cincinnati
Ohio
Rollins
Harvard Law School
Worthington, Strong , Stettinius
Law School Men En Reunion
Arrangements were completed yesterday by the class of 1912 Georgetown Law School for a reunion reception and banquet. The dinner will be a quadrennial event held the night after inauguration, this year at the University Club, with a large proportion of members expected from across the country.
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Georgetown Law School
University Club
Reaponsea
New Woman Utopia Promises Reform and Work for All
In a mid-century view, Rev J A Fry predicts a future where "new woman" ideals replace idle fashion and excess. The era will curb wasteful entertainment and fortune squandering while education and honest social ties uplift the poor. The capable woman will lead a simpler, useful life.
Annapolis Plans Restore First American Play House
Annapolis moves to restore the nation s first playhouse as the Laiila Theater and Pine Arts club forms to establish a community repertory company. Naval Academy city leaders and residents back reviving this historic landmark without erecting a new building, envisioning a revived center of dramatic arts in Annapolis.
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Annapolis
America
Washington Post
United
United States
Naval Academy
Mra Wo
Speare
Laiila Theater
Pine Arts Club
Dua
Annie
Lattice Theater Company
Ubin Mietien
Fiumons
Ald Ameria
How We Learned to Fan Ourselves
A compact history of cooling fans from palm leaf to modern electric devices. It traces early forms, such as Egyptian and Indian fans, through the development of the electric fan in the United States. The piece notes key milestones like the first motorized concepts, the shift to central power, and the spread of ceiling and related fans worldwide.
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Ngvptians
India Cone
New York
Sternboals
Onee
Eirnes
Cheelers
Amerian
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