Social events chronicled in brief
Owing to absence from the city Mrs Wendell Phillips Stafford will not be at home tomorrow. Miss Bristol and the ladies of the Bristol School will be at home January 20 from 4 to 7. The Alliance Francaise lecture will be at Cosmos Club Thursday at 4:30. Speaker M Moraud recently returned from France and, wounded at the front, spent six months in a hospital. The lecture title is France After 27 Months of War. Guests at the last lecture included Mme Jusserand, Italian Ambassador, Countess di Cellere, and others. Veterans of Waslington Conp No 396 will hold its ball at the Raleigh February 20, with arrangements by Mr Meusel, treasurer, and patrons and sponsors named. Mrs R Augustus Heaton will be at home January 20. Mrs Fairchild will not receive Tuesday at the Willard. Gertrude Thompson is visiting, and Mr and Mrs William T Walker have left for Asheville. Mrs Junus MacMurray will be at home tomorrow afternoon. Moss Pilvabeth Howser will host Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Phillips Stafford
Alliance Francaise
Cosmos Club
M. Moraud
France
Rheims
Mme Jusserand
di Cellere
Creamr
Moreheid
S R
Brands
W Radclitte
Louis Lombard
Waslington
Sans of Font Dyrar
Raleigh Tonesdien
Meus
Imp
Heey
Gilmer Hrenizve
Wall
Suzanne
Hase
Olive Plant
Young Ladies
R. Augustus Heaton
Local clubs host events and home notices scattered across January
A fragmented column lists clubs hosting exhibitions and dances on Tuesday evenings with fencing contests and jumping contests, plus several at home notices for residents in Baltimore and nearby areas. Mentions include the Misses Shirley and Brenda Putnam in New York, Mrs Reed’s home, and multiple January 2 and February dates.
New York Girl Well Known in Washington
Decorations throughout the house were in red and gold. The next meeting of the club will be held at the home of Miss Helen Johnson on Connecticut avenue. The Yale Dramatic Association must forgo the performance of Ours at the Willard on Saturday February 3 due to midyear exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Helen Johnson
Connecticut Avenue
Yale Dramatic Association
the Willard
Parson Lyman Wedding In Cambridge And Boston
Miss Margaret Lyman daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Lyman Boston and Mr Kenneth B Parson Cambridge to wed at King’s Chapel Wednesday January 24 at 4 pm The bridegroom a Washington born son of Mrs Anna R Parson now in Cambridge Names of bridesmaids ushers and guests detailed Reception at Marlboro Street Lyman home Invitations numbered sixteen hundred A clergyman was to officiate but served abroad Gen Eugene Dimmick and daughter to winter in California Other society news from Boston and Chicago featured in the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lyman
Arthur Lyman
Boston
Kenneth B. Parson
Cambridge
King’s Chapel
Washington
Anna R Parson
Mass
Humans
Catherine Thacher
Penelope Parkman
Cornelius Felton
Mane
Robert Werrick, Jr
David Percy Morgar
Richard Harte
Lyman
Marlboro Street
Hey Artley Beecher Parson
Brent
Manila
Philippines
Kenneth Parson
Harvard
Yale
Parson
Stylus Club
Institute of the Phoenix
Iroquois Club
Miss Lyman
Miss Wainsor's School
Isn't It Silly Women Photo Licenses Drive Proposed in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh readers consider a proposed city bill requiring every automobile driver to pass an examination and have a photograph on both the license and the application. Officials like Charles Hubbard and Coroner Samuel Jamison back the plan to curb accidents, while opponents argue at likely costs and practicality. Community leaders weigh whether the photo requirement would deter license borrowing and protect the roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
The
Fair Sex
Charles S. Hub
First regular meeting plans George Washington dance event
The society approved a January 4 meeting at Mrs Nouvenaire to host a February 21 George Washington birthday dance at the Silver Spring Armory with colonial costumes and decorations. Other items note guests, club dances, and an Oriental ball tableau planned for January 23 at Rauscher s.
University society events and Confederate veterans notes
University of Michigan Alumnae plan a January reception for President Hutchins at Miss Klager’s Fairmont Street residence with a committee of Misses Klager Riser Hedgen and Beckwith. A New York niece of Mr and Mrs Miller, Miss Anna Shulman, visits Washington and will tour the South. a reception at 1525 Eighth Street will honor her with New York friends attending. Southern Relief Society ball at the Willard on February 5 is planned as a premier midwinter social event, with Camp 171 Confederate Veterans officers and Sons of Confederate Veterans aiding the effort. Robert W Boteler celebrated a birthday January 6 at 1936 First Street Northwest with games music and dancing among friends and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allyn K Capron
Cairo
T.lhan Miller
William Clubaugh
John Doyle Carmody
Rose Sefton
Aid and Relief Society of the
Columbia Polytechnic Institue For the Blind
University of Michigan
Harry B. Hutchins
Klager
Fairmont Street
Karoline Klager
Ruth Riser
Florence Hedgen
Angia Beckwith
Anna Shulman
New York
Southern Relief Society
The
Willard
Fred Beal
Thomas W. Hungerford
W. F. Peynes
W. W. Chamberlaine
M.S. Thompson
Robert Thompson
Ed P. Jones
Charles B. Howry
H. H. Marmaduke
John M. Hickey
W. L. Wilkerson
John T Callaghan
Seth Shepard
Confederate Veterans
Maj
BE. W. Ewing
Price Brockman
Fravel
Robert W. Boteler
George T. Schmidt
First Street Northwest
Helen Lake
Irene Weeks
Ruth Brown
Gladys Steele
James Brooks
R. Brooks
H. Lee Boteler, Jr
Margaret Boteler
Ralph Box
Elmore Johannas
Miner Stout
Paul Weston
Lester Yost
Siv
Historic Calumet Place Has a New Hostess
A broad local society update notes multiple arrivals and events. Frank Lazarus of the government printing office married Miss F Fuerkser on January 7 at her home in New York City and the couple honeymooned at Lakewood New Jersey before setting up residence at 633 M street northwest. A surprise party at 1525 Eighth street northwest welcomed the newlyweds, with many friends present. Additional notices mention upcoming engagements, teas, a stag dinner for C Eugene Doyle, and social gatherings tied to prominent figures and institutions in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lazarus
F. Fuerkser
West 112Th Street
New York City
Lakewood
N. J
Lazarus Ia
Government Printing Office
Eighth Street Northwest
Miller
Mrs. Raebach
Y. and
M. Miller
A. Shulman
A. Gann
R. Wolf
Rubin
J. Sitber
Messia
H. Brandt
B. Bortnik
J. Ehrlich
8. Hiller
R. Trapp
J. Cohen
A. Goldberg
P. Sures
M Street
C. Eugene Doyle
Ruth Cartwright
Ebbitt
Mr. Doyle
Clarence F. Welch
Harry B. Pitts
Wiliam J. Cartwright
George R. Dickson
Othe ©. Barkley
Gorman Kayhoe
Julius Schneider
Eugene Drury
Allyn Doyle
William King Tissue Mystery Confounds Surgeons
The preserved body of William King, 35, described as left handed inside and out, is analyzed at a city hospital. Dying after contracting typhoid fever in May 1915, King asked to be cut up for examination, revealing a rare atlas of reversed organs including heart on the right, left liver, left appendix, and uneven lungs and kidneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
St Louis
William King
City Hospital
King
Wisconsin
Favor Measure to Legalize Fishing In Pennsylvania on Sabbath Day
Harrisburg reports a proposed 60 cent state fisher man's license for all men over 17 to fund fish protection and stream pollution prevention. Landowners fishing on their own land exempt. Sunday fishing prohibition stripped but may be added later if needed. A bill to allow Sunday fishing will be introduced due to broad support in industrial regions. A separate note mentions a patent on railroad ties with springs to absorb impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Washington Post
Harrisburg
Conference of Representatives
State Fish Commission
State Game Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fighth Page
Bristol
Bristol School
Fairchild
Representative Fairchild
Gertrude Thompson
Mre
Ot ‘T) Minn
Bessia Hiches
William T. Walker
Crrifton
Asheville
Junus MacMurray
Fome
Moss Pil Vabeth
Ffunt Club
Teedtos
Huntlub
Werbert Putnam
Shirley
Brenda Putnam
Ann Hinkes
T Filwin Hambieten
Hedmund Wo Talcott
Thursby
Hugh Isavford Barclay
Wobtile
Mro
Ferdtrvand T Schneider
Longfellow Street
Ot Percy Hirsting
Miss Thebling
Moiseil
Caplan
Perea
Philadelphia
Sarahy
J ‘Oc Harvey
Glenndale
Mho
George Friedlander
Ter
Lilia Burnstine
ID Weinberg
Baltimore
Mia Mego
S Kennedy
Dumbarton Avenue
Ama
Wklub
Marian Mellen
Joan Ohl
Miss Melen
Capital
Parson-Lyman
Hugene D Dimmick
U.S
Miss Dimmick
California
Gen. Dimmick
Los Angeles
Gilbert H Grosevenor
Chicago
G. L. Fort
Congress
Illinois
Hayes
Leveland
City
Ladies’ Cooperative Improvement Society of
Silver Spring
Kizik Brothers
F Street
N. W
Coats
January Learance Dale
Stewaera
Maine
Nash
William E. Ingraham
Official Set
Alexander Sands
T. K. Sands
Congressional Club
Mary Hazel Colton
Allen Clarke
Minnix
M. BE
J. H. Ranaway
Edna Wallach
Hory Frank
St. Louis
J. E. Moses
Grace Moses
Springfield
Dumior League
Rauscher‘s
Dulac
Masfield Parish
Lena Hitchcock
Mortimer Clark
Scheherezade
Camilla Lippincott
Morven Thompson
Lawrence Baker
Pierutte
Ebony Isles
Olga Pitson
Rich
Army
Texas
Martyn Brown
Artive
Misa Alexandrine Fitch
Morgiana
Dorothy Aleshire
Joseph Aleshire
San Antonio
Calumet Place
J. Willard Ragsdale
Representative Ragsdale
South Carolina
John A. Logan
Ingston Plather
William Barker
Robert Barnes
Edward Jones
Charles Elwood Foster
Portland
Mme. Rosse
David Jayne Hill
Katherine Hill
Wiliam W. Kimball
Edith Koon
T. DeWitt Talmage
Elbridge Moore
Arvilla McDonough
Everett Hotel
Columbus
Ohio
Gov. Cox
Amy Morse Libbey
William Libbey
William Henry Green
Princeton Theological Seminary
William Thayer Field
William Pierson Field
Newark
First Presbyterian Church
Princeton
Franklin B. Hoskins
D. D
Protestant College of
Beirut
Syria
Sylvester W. Head
Arrean Miller
Haverford
Mildred Howell
Eleanor Scaife
Sewickley
Mary and Gertrude Winans
Jessica Bayliss
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Wells
Dorset
St. N. W
Steinway & Sons
Steinway
United States
Victor
Metropolitan Opera Company
Victrola Rooms
Farrar and Caruso
la Boheme
Rodolfo
Rudolph
John McCormack
Mimi
Name
Geraldine Farrar
Alma Gluck
Quartette
Farrar
Viatora
Caruso
Scotti
False One
Murphy and
Werrenrath
Faust
Pryor
Serenade Mephistopheles
Paul Plancon
Prison Scene
Caruso and
Journey
Giovenni Martinell
Rondo Capricelos Vesselli
Orpheus Quartette
Hawaii
Honolulu
Wright H. Dietrich
Victrolas
E. F. Droop & Sons Co
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