Society notes highlight diplomacy lecture and Aberdeen visit
SOCIETY CONTRAS 1) SEV It lectures on diplomacy at George Washington University continuing these by him last year. Lord and Lady Aberdeen are in Chicago for the allied bazaar taking an interest in the Scotch thistle booth for the Lady Aberdeen third-saving fund. They are well known here and spend part of each winter in Washington. They will come here later in the season. Mrs Burnham, wife of Col Burnham, came to Washington to visit Col Burnham's mother at Parkwood. She is en route from California and the middle West to join Col Burnham in Porto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington University
Lord and Lady Aberdeen
Chicago
Allied Bazaar
Scotch Thistle Booth
Lady Aberdeen
Washington
Fortunes and fêtes in Washington and Chicago society
Mrs Lewis wife of Senator James Hamilton Lewis travels to Chicago to aid an allied bazaar in the Coliseum running until January 20 where she performs as a Gypsy fortune teller to boost war relief funds She plans a Shoreham reception January 5 with Norwegian consul and other dignitaries. In Washington, Mrs Edward A Keys hosts a luncheon for Mrs William E Humphrey with Washington delegation guests and lavish pink decor. Also noted is a lavish reception at Cahill residence marking an anniversary with over 300 attendees and out of town visitors from Philadelphia and Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Chicago
Coliseum
Shoreham
Edward A Keys
M B Berrvinli
Chevy Chase
William E Humphrey
Humphrey
State of Washington
Nest of Honor
Washington
Congressional
Kers
Kerry Hill
Mra
Adams Ballinger
Ashman Brown
Hermon W Craven
Charles Ray Dean
James A Prain
Elmer FH Forbes
Arthur Giles
Emmet Gudger
J. H Handley
Samuel Herrick
Albert Johnson
Wesley L Jones
Carl Joessen
S A. Kimberley
W L la Follette
Eliza Ferry Leary
Seattle
John Langley
Donald A McKenzie
Miles Poindexter
Wiliam E Richardson
Carl Sheppard
Misa Smith
Stenton
John L Stephens
Cahill
Wyoming Avenue
James
James A Cahill
Victor Cahill
Robert Cahill
Dorothy Cahill
Thomas Norris
Philadelphia
Thoman I Norrig
Mis
Kathleen Carroll
Charleston
Wva
Notable Washington Luncheon and Guest List Details
Washington social roundup notes Col Sydney Cleman and Mrs Cleman entertain at Shoreham. James Brown Scott heads to Habana. Col Charles W Taylor relaxing at Army and Navy Club. New York society figures M and Mine de Hauteville visit. Senator Townsend hosts Mrs Jenny Hutcheson at Portland. Mardi Gras Hunt Ball at Willard planned with Ta Totten in charge. box holders include Col Robert M Thompson and others.
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Sydney Cleman
Washington
Shoreham
James Brown Scott
Habana
Cuba
Charles W. Taylor
Fort Bliss
Soldiers’ Home
Army and Navy Club
Col
Taylor
Adjutant General's Office
M and Mine
de Hauteville
Fifth Avenue
New York
Willard
George Oakley Totten
Laura Delano
Ruth Wilson
Miss MacMurray
Robert M. Thompson
Igan Copley
William Phelps Eno
Charles Boughton Wood
Anderson
Dennis Upson
Kincheloe Entertains as Family Illness Restricts Ceremony
Mrs Kincheloe will be entertained by Father Fraily for a ceremony witnessed only by immediate relatives due to illness in the family. Huron W Lawson spent the weekend in Frederick MD, with a song recital Monday evening. Mrs Glennon wife of Admiral James H Glennon will receive tomorrow afternoon at her home in the Navy Yard. Mrs Harold Walker hosts a luncheon today for Miss Natalie Campbell niece of Mrs Sydney Cleman.
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Father Fraily
Huron W. Lawson
Frederick
Harold Walker
Natalie Campbell
Sydney Cleman
Elsie Virginia Davis
W. Davis
J HH Cooley
Frederick Sawyer Hardesty
Miss Boyle
Social Season Hosts At 1801 K Street Tea
Mrs Kincheloe wife of Kentucky Representative will host tea Tuesday afternoon in her new 1801 K Street apartment. Guests include Kentucky delegation wives and Miss Bonnie Vera Murphy from Madisonville. A musical program by Mr Lombard’s quartet accompanied the gathering.
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Kincheloe
David H Kincheloe
Kentucky
K Street
Bonnie Vera Murphy
Madisonville
Congress
Ollia James
Orient
Beckham
Louis Lombard
Howard S Nyman
Washington January 24 notes and social happenings
A Washington report lists a series of social and travel items including Rev. F Ward Denys visiting New York and returning soon, Mrs Garlington hosting tea with Mrs Baker and Miss Blanchard Scott at the team table, Mrs Reeve Lewis’s February Thursday receptions, the Doyle party departing for Caracas on January 24, Judge Martin Knapp hosting a dinner for Representative and Mrs James R Mann, and notices of the Washington Wellesley Club and College Club activities with specific meeting times and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garlington
Ernest A. Garlington
Baker
Mias Blanchard Scott
Reeve Lewis
W. T. S. Doyle
Helen Doyle
John Doyle
Caracas
Venezuela
Martin Knapp
James R Mann
Stoneleigh Court
Perfect Manhood Apparent in Milwaukee Youth
Special to The Washington Post Milwaukee January 12 The magazine style feature touts Alfred Liedtke of Milwaukee as the masculine perfect thirty six with measurements 6 feet 10 inches 170 pounds chest 34 expanded 88 etc He offers tips on outdoor exercise sleep gymnasium work and swimming The item shifts to local social events noting a Trinity College concert for a scholarship fund and December home visits for social hostesses with a note about a Washington departure for Representative Husted continuing on the ninth page.
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Washington Post
Milwaukee
Alfred R. Liedtke
Keefe Avenue
C. S. Minter
Heefa Avenue
Mal
Liedtke
Morning Mail
Ijjedtke
Hidden cache of jewelry found by trapper near Wheatland
Alfred Talbot, a trapper, uncovered three rusty cans of jewelry in a rocky cliff niche on the George Anderson ranch east of Wheatland in Yuba county. The cache, believed stolen about 20 years ago, contained diamonds, rings, watches and pins valued around 35 000 dollars. Sheriff McCoy seeks owners. Talbot notes signs of recent digging as if someone tried to hide evidence.
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Marysville
Cal
George Anderson
Wheatland
Yuba County
Alfred Talbot
Talbot
McCoy
War Brings Overalls Vogue for Women
New York reports women munitions workers and American firms turning to overalls for female use. Chambray cotton khaki and black sateen fabrics appear in striped and checked patterns as many firms begin outfitting women workers in this bifurcated garment.
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New York
Europe
Tolg
Hoover visits famine line in Belgium with Kellogg
Mr Hoover and Dr Kellogg witness 1200 Belgian children in Brussels awaiting food. Children, mostly under fourteen, hold tickets as mothers watch. A worker explains only underweight children may eat, starving risk used to ration scarce rations. Hoover pleads for relief, German officers doubt American influence.
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Mr. Hoover
W. R. Kellogg
Belgium
Hine
Brussels
Commission
Burlington Company to donate rental income to War Children fund
The Burlington Company at Thomas Circle proposes to give all yearly income from ballroom and reception room rentals to the War Children of Europe relief fund starting with Belgians. Ballrooms rent $25 per night, average monthly income $100. The owner hopes other Washington houses and hotels will follow nationwide.
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Fund For the Relief of the
War Children of
Europe
Burlington
Washington
United States
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Mrs. Lewis
Roald
Louisville
Townsend
Michigan
Jenny Hutcheson
Concord
Mich
Portland
Mattie Marshall Curd
Miss Curd
James Pryor Tarvin
Mrs. Kincheloe
Mr. and
Mrs. Lombard
Helen Demonet
Miss Demonet
Else Hepburn
Miss Hepburn
Josiah K. Ohl
Williams
Holtzman
Willoughby
Chesley
Mr. Brun
Duitthorn
Maj Ewing
Christo Kaneff
Legation
Alfred Hawes
Toronto
Canada
William M. Ingraham
Ingraham
Wade H. Hills
Ellis
Henry E. Jenkins
James Duncan Gatewood
Miles May Baker
Lena Brooke
Norfolk
Gatewood
Luther Sheldon
Carl Vrooman
Eighteenth Street
Dorothy
Gwendolyn
Muriel Denys
Honolulu
Judge Knapp
Washington Wellesley Club
Lyman Swarmatedt
College Club
F Street
Wellesley
Edmund Pendleton Nalle
Cairo
Atlantic City
Graham
Takoma Park
Bloomingdale Y. P. B
Trinity College
Anna Hanson Dorsey
Thomas H. Carter
Milton E. Ailes
Mary R. Roach
John J. Noonan
N. EH. Feal
Ella Lorraine Dorney
Janet Richards
Mabel Latimer
William T. Reed
Louis B Thompson
Anton Kaagpar
JW. Husted
Representative Husted
IAL Gridding & Co
46Th Street
H Street
N. W
Shoreham Flates
Elizabeth Arden
Salon D'Oro
Connecticut Ave
Washington, D. C
Boylston Street
Boston
Trapper
Qanono
Literary Digest
America
The
Burlington Company
Thomas Circle
Potomac Electric Power Co
14Th
C Streets
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