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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1917
Page
6
Evening scarf offerings from Woodward Lothrop showcase New York Washington Paris styles in brilliant red and emerald green with sequins. Gray and gun metal tones appear in demure variants while sapphire blue rose and silver accents with touches of gold are common. Neck scarfs feature rounded ends and some come trimmed with beads or sequins in all white or all black ensembles.
The President and Mrs. Wilson attended a morning service at St Margaret’s Church where Rev Herbert Scott Smith officiated their wedding ceremony. They later rode in a motor tour with Mrs Wilson’s mother and sister. The German ambassador and Countess von Bernatorff and staff began their return journey from New York. Countess Louise Alexandra Pourtalos, widowed early in the war, attracts interest with her engagement. Miss Helen Taft served as bridesmaid at the countess’s wedding in Washington, with a spring wedding planned for Count Pourtales. Rear Admiral and Mrs A W Grant reside in Pensacola after wintering here. Jakin Gadsby and Robert Leatherbee families host dinners. Leatherbee family moves into residence 1706 New Hampshire Ave leased from Col and Mrs Stephen H Slocum. Slocums will travel south for weeks.
Mrs von Engelken hosts a reception with guests including Mrs Richardson Gibson and Mrs Blaine Elkins while in Annapolis Evelina Gleaves spends the weekend. A marriage announcement reports Josephine Halliburton marrying Dean Casteman Paul in New York. The benefit for Noel House features Joan of Arc with notable boxes and ushers. A reception at Mrs Newman’s honors Mrs Padgett and Mrs Russell, with extensive attendance and festive decor. Senator-elect Gerry and Mrs Gerry plan to return to Washington as Mrs Townsend hosts a gathering. Janet Richards speaks on public questions at Woodward & Lothrop.
Miss Beulah Amidon of Fargo North Dakota recounts a blizzard that slowed White House pickets during a Congressional Union Conference trip to Sioux Falls. Her tale shows prairie resolve and sparks debate on women’s suffrage in South Dakota as she notes living in Los Angeles to vote.
Architect John Russell Pope of Sixteenth Street Northwest receives the honor medal from the Ichtocharatl League for the Scottish Rite Temple design, praised as the finest building of its kind in the U S. The award, twofold in effect, will be presented February 28 after a New York fine arts show. Pope’s cost of the temple is about 2 million dollars, and his career includes the Schermerhorn traveling fellowship, Rome fellowship, Beaux Arts prize, Great Lakes monument competition, and Lincoln Memorial selection at Hodgenville Kentucky.
Trying to Avoid a State of War interest topic discussed. Mrs. Carl Vrooman hosts this afternoon for the last time this season. Society Turns to Psychology lists Mme All Kull Khan Evelina Blunt Mrs A D Hope Mrs George Pflaster Mrs Albert Putney Mia Robert Wayland and Mrs Henry Saw yer among class members studying psychology on Thursdays in February. Miss Elizabeth Timlow lectures with previous topics on Vibration of Thought and Its Effects. the next lesson will be.
Mrs Hmmet Carlsle Gudger will be at home this afternoon from 3 to 6 at 2722 Connecticut avenue. Mrs Howard Loftus will be at home informally today at the Dresden and again next Monday. Mrs McDowell wife of Bishop William Fraser McDowell will be at home today at 1509 Sixteenth street from 8 30 to 5 30. Miss Isabelle Murphy secretary of the Washington Chapter of the Trinity College Alumnae entertained Trinity College and Catholic University and George town and George Washington universities aids for an annual dance at Rauscher's on Thursday. Floor committee includes Edmund O'Boyle Rufus Lusk John Collins Ryan George Clarke Clay Cooper Paul Kennedy and John M Murphy.
Gov Richard Manning of South Carolina visited the border troops to welcome their return home. His four sons served, two in the Charleston Light Dragoons and one as a Washington correspondent, with Wyndham Manning a West Point graduate. The family ties to the military unit and hopes for the Wilson inaugural parade frame this feature. The article also notes Swift and Company sales figures for Washington week ending February 10.
Palm Beach Fla Feb 11 Pencer Eddy longtime diplomat departed with his father for Washington to serve the country. Former ambassador to Argentina he also served in Romania Bulgaria Serbia Petrograd Berlin London and Constantinople and was private secretary to John Hay. Mrs Eddy and son remain at Breakers as guests. John B Kitchen hosted a Beach Club dinner with Jerome Bonaparte and Mrs Bonaparte among the guests. Mr and Mrs Untermyer hosted Mr and Mrs Bryan for one day guests from Miami.
The Indiana Society of Washington plans two evenings of entertainment this week. Tonight a theater party at Poli's features Sia Hopkins in a Rose Melville comedy about Hoosier rural life. Tomorrow a lantern slide program at the Hobbitt shows familiar Hoosier scenes and places.
The Navy League Woman's Section reports 250 women joined Red Cross classes at Theodorus Bailey Myera Mason House in Washington during the past week. A new first aid class is set from 2 to 3 pm on Monday Wednesday and Friday this afternoon and more enrollments are being taken for home care of the sick and surgical dressings. An extra surgical dressing classroom has been prepared and a Red Cross instructor will lead. Over 8,000 women have signed the national service clips, and all who wish to join should enroll at 1606 Twentieth Street NW, open 9 am to 9 pm.
Anthony J Drexel Biddle, once a notorious prize fighter, told a Baltimore audience of a transformation sparked by faith. He recalled his youth, including a rough start and tough bouts, then described founding a Bible class with 175,000 members and his shift to religious work. He spoke at Light Street Mission and continued to Riversdale Baptist and Fort Avenue Methodist venues.
Views of nation park scenes are on exhibition at the New National Museum and will remain on display until March 5. The glass screen shows rapid picture changes by a concealed Stereopticon machine. Weekly scenes, eight in half an hour, are shown to visitors. The pictures, begun at the recent national parks conference, were placed on exhibition by arrangement with the Interior Department.
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