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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1915
Page
12
Special sale of women coats from Woodward New York Washington Paris offering Printless coats and other fine makes at low prices. Coats priced 12.75 to 18.75 with many fabrics and colors. sizes 36 to 44. Printress label guaranteed for two seasons. varieties include Ural Lamb Hindoo Lynx and Diagonals.
A very attractive offering features new dresses at ten and fifteen dollars. Styles include serge and Latin combinations, charmeuse, crepe meteor, and other silks in navy, black, white, brown, and green. Sizes range from 34 to 40 for the fifteen dollar group and 34 to 88 for the ten dollar group.
A spring fashion note with fur trimming on a warm, stylish broadcloth suit. Close-fitting fur collar cuffs and peplum trim, semi belt back, bright red rose detail, circular skirt yoke, available in black brown blue and green in small sizes. Limited to 26 new suits and 50 clearance items at 25 dollars each, third floor G street.
The New Year reception scene in Washington featured the Speaker of the House, Mrs. Champ Clark, and Miss Genevieve Clark hosting an open house with many guests from Congress, the cabinet, and diplomacy. Notable attendees included Gen. and Mrs. John A. Johnston, Mrs. Summerlin, and numerous ministers and diplomats, making it the day’s largest military and social event with dances, recptions, and festive decor.
A bustling Washington social scene unfolds with visits from Mrs. Carrol Mercer and Miguel Mercer in Toronto, references to Mrs. Mary Wilcox, Judge and Mrs. Lamar, and many other dignitaries in the capital. Taft, Tangled travels, and winter stays fill a crowded social calendar at Shoreham, Raleigh, and Congress Hall, with receptions for diplomats, debutantes, and state figures.
Dr and Mrs Alexander Magruder hosted their annual eggnog party and Mr and Mrs Woodbury Hair opened their home for New Year eggnog. Mrs Duncan A Fletcher and club officers received guests at the Congressional Club from 4 to 7. Evening dancing followed. Mrs Arthur Lee held a young people’s party for her son Henry. The Third Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs William Phillips returned to Washington from Fort Monroe. Mr and Mrs E B Grandi hosted a young people’s dance on New Hampshire Avenue. Mr and Mrs Harry Rutledge Howser gave a reception on Nineteenth Street for daughter Elisabeth Howser. The house was lavishly decorated with Christmas flowers. Elisabeth wore a white satin gown with Chantilly lace. she carried a colonial bouquet. Mrs Howser wore gold tissue over black satin. Elisabeth assisted at receiving in shell pink brocaded satin trimmed with chiffon and French flowers. Tea service was presided over by Mrs Jamesd Pugh and Miss Gardener. Receiving slate included Mrs Howser’s sister Mrs Moore and guests from Cumberland, Md. plus Miss Dorothy Crawford and other young ladies.
In 1914 the District Supreme Court logged 233 petitions by spouses separated, including divorce, maintenance, and annulment. Sixty-eight cases were finished or dismissed, with the rest pending, a slight rise from 1913. Marriage license bureau issued 4201 licenses, four rescinded. record year for licenses.
A social event features a 4 vaudeville show and Strindberg playlet Tha Pariah at the Playhouse to benefit the Belgian relief fund. Robert Ball and W Mason Wright direct with Penn Mask and Wig Club numbers and Mme Havenith as patroness. Cast includes Marian Van Buren Georgiana Schofield Helen Walcott and others. Wright and Bell in charge of programs with a committee of society women coordinating.
Ruel Pardee Tolman assistant in art at the Corcoran Gallery and curator at the Smithsonian married Miss Nellie Bummers McKenzie at Mrs Elizabeth Wickersham home on Calvert Street NW yesterday. The ceremony was performed by Rev Jay T Stocking. They will reside at 2020 G Street NW after February 1.
London reports that through Henry Van Dyke American Minister to the Netherlands the British government allowed the Nieuw Amsterdam to sail from New York to Rotterdam without search. Five crew members, Germans, allegedly traveled aboard and returned to Germany, with several passengers holding false passports from neutral countries.
Paris date lines report Comtesse Joachim Murat extends heartfelt thanks to American friends for Christmas gifts aiding soldiers in the trenches. The donations, largely anonymous, came through Pour La Front with headquarters at 44 Rue Saint Dominique and supported Washington, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia contributors.
Charles Melton Astley and Mrs Evelyn Vere Stevens wed at Marble Collegiate Church in New York. The couple dined at Holland House and plan to honeymoon then return to England to join the Northumberland Yeomanry at the front. Other highlights include society dances at Cosmopolitan Club, and a major 50 50 art sale for charity featuring Gwen Davis and Frank DeHaven works benefiting the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris.
London reports the death of Sir James Duckworth a former member of parliament and president of the United Methodist Free Churches He was born in 1840 and was active in English Methodist work Earlier he earned in a cotton mill before age seven and later built a vast provision business
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