January Clearance Sale Embraces Suits and Furs
Norfolk belted and semibelted tailored models with fur velvet and button trim are offered in forest green African brown green mixtures navy and black. Sizes range from 34 to 44. The sale features coats skirts evening gowns and furs at reduced prices.
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Norfolk
Bolivia
Southern Confederate observance at Mount Vernon church
On Friday at 8 o clock Copal Church South Mount Vernon place and Ninth street northwest hosts observances for Gen Lee’s birthday and the 93rd birthday of Stonewall Jackson. Members of Gen R W H Lee and Stonewall Jackson UDC and Mildred Lee chapter will march into the main auditorium with reserved seats for them. Guests include Wiss Mars Custis Lee a daughter and Robert E Lee a grandson of Gen Lee and Mrs Lee wife of Gen WoH F Lee. The Mildred Lee Chapter and others meet in statues at the Capitol Friday at 4 o clock for the annual children’s wreath laying on Gen Robert E Lee’s statue. Camp No 171 UCV Captain Reall will address the children. Miss Mary Custis Lee and Col Robert Fr Tee Jr are expected to attend with Mrs Wolf F Tee.
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Copal Church
Mount Vernon Place
Ninth Street
Gen Lee
Stonewall” Jackson
Gen R WH Lee
Stonewall Jackson
U Dp A
Wildred Lee
Children of the Confederacy
Wiss Mars Custis Lee
Robert E Lee
Lee
Mre Lee
Woh F Lee
Mildred Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Capitol
Robert T Tee
Capt Reall
United Confederate Veterans
Mary Custis Lee
Robert Fr. Tee Jr
Wolf F Tee
President Wilson Skips Morning Picket Silent Sentries Disappointed
President Wilson avoided the White House morning display after returning from a charity ball and opting to sleep. Eight pickets, chilled and disheartened, trudged back to Congressional Union headquarters. Daughters of the American Revolution deny involvement in the suffrage picketing.
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President Wilson
White House
Wilson
Haa
Congressional Union
Daughters of the American Revolution
Suffragiat
Second Diplomatic Dinner at White House
The President and Mrs Wilson hosted their second diplomats dinner of the season at the White House. German Ambassador and Countess von Bernstorff led the guest list. musical entertainment followed in the East Room by Mr and Mrs Herbert Witherspoon with Mrs Ross David at the piano. Notable attendees included ministers and envoys from Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Italy, and many other nations, plus senior U S officials and social leaders. The event featured a varied musical program and a parade of foreign dignitaries in attendance.
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Wilson
White House
von Bernstorff
Herbert Witherspoon
New York
Ross David
Countesa
Don Bernstorff
Brazil
Mme da Gama
Spain
Mme Jano
Argentine
Mra Naon
Mra Lansing
Switzerland
Mme Ritter
Norway
Mme Bryn
Uruguay
Mme de Pena
Guatemala
Mendez
Sweden
Mme Ehengren
Senate
Saulsbury
John W Kern
James R. Mann
Tne
Staf
Mra Scott
William S Benson
Daffaires
Turkey
Abdul Tiak Uuesein Bey
Austria-Hungary
Zweidinek
Chile
Mme Munizaga-arela
Greece
Vouroa
Peru
Manuel de Freire Y Santander
Nicaragua
Cuadra Zavala
Costa Rica
Oreamuno
Ecuador
Carbo
Phillips
The
Pan- American Union
Barrett
Mexico
Henry Prather Fletcher
Trudley Field
Florence Hinkle
Minuetto
Floridia Buononeint
Witherspoon
Handel
Roselein
Schumann
Brahms
Macrignie
Wittoriad
Floridia
Horsman
Colecridge-Paylor
Mra Witherspoon
den Giovanni
Mozart
Monday receptions planned for January and February dates
A long list of social guests is noted for receptions and teas in Washington, including Justice Day's daughter in law and many notable names such as Miss Phelan, Mrs Lane, former ambassador Mrs Warren, and Senator Phelan. Changes due to Admiral Dever’s death are mentioned along with cancellations by Mrs Walsh. The Secretary of Agriculture departure and visits by New York social figures are also listed.
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Justice Day
Senator Phelan
California
Washington
Mars Phelan
Phelan
Justice McKenna
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Dinner and society notices headline in New York society
Maj Gen and Mrs Greely host in honor of explorer Raoul Amundsen while Olga Samaroff headlines the Stokowski concert. Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale to wed in St Patrick Cathedral with Col Colley as best man. bachelor dinner at the Vanderbilt honors Beale. engagements and notable dinners noted with dispositions affecting receiving plans.
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Maj Gen
Misa Greely
Capt Raoul Amundsen
New York
Helak Beale
Edith Ewing Bouvier
John Bouvier
St Patrick
Vanderbilt Hotel
Francis C. Colley
Washington, DC
Messrs
Shouts S Burdette
Henry G Seibles
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas Evans
Philadelphia
Society Dinners and Dances Highlight Washington Season
Col and Mrs Edwin B Babbitt hosted a private Highlands dinner followed by a semimonthly dance with guests from official, army, and navy circles including Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs Fin graham and Assistant Attorney General and Mrs Charney Warren. Numerous receptions and dinners at Lamont street and Washington barracks featured elite attendees, elaborate pink floral decor, and attire described among high society circles.
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Edwin B Babbitt
Highlands
William Fingraham
Charney Warren
William Crozier
Wiliam A Mann
George BR Duncan Cot
Jay E Hoffer
Andrew Brewster
Charles W Katz
Palmer Pierce
Brett
Stanley D Imbick
Maj Dillard
McFarland
John Rice
Katherine Vandergrift Young
Larlies
Walt William Ccarllee
TUS MCC
Lamont Street
Army
Navy
Thomas Watt Gregor
Cone Johnson
State Department
J Olver P Newman
JD Owen/ Chahoon
Gregor
Newman
Gwen Chahoon
Robert L Henry
John A Lejeune
Zane
Champe ( McCulloch
Mark L Goodwin
Frank Smith
Charles TH Lyman
Claude Bennett
Notable Guests Attend White House Concert Event
Mrs Wilson and Mrs Tantele accompanied by notable figures including Mrs Auchincloss and Mrs Rosa David as guests in the presidential box at the National yesterday afternoon for the Philadelphia Orchestra concert. Guests included Mme Samarff the pianist, Mme Bakh wife of the Russian Ambassador, Mrs Crozier, Mrs Baker, Mrs Stephen B Elkins, Mrs Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs Marshall Field, Mme Ruiano, and many other dignitaries. The orchestra chairs also hosted high officials such as the German Ambassador Countess von Bernstorff, Secretary of State Lansing, Senator Wadsworth, Representative Longworth, and Mrs Richardson Clover.
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Mra Wilson
Mra Tantele
Navy
Auchincloss
New York
White House
Rosa David
Mise Bones
Philadelphia Orchestra
Mme Samarff
Mme Bakhmetef
Calderon Carlisle
Carlisle
Walter Bruce Howe
Crozier
Baker
John E Reyburn
Stephen B. Elkins
Miss Cannon
William Gordon Crawford
Marshall Field
Mme Ruiano
Slater
Lawrence Townsend
Thomas F Walsh
David Jayne Hil
Roscoe C Bulmer
Pitta Duffield
Wiliam King
Boston
Stephen Osborn
von Bernstorff
Lansing
William Philips
Wadsworth
Longworth
Richardson Clover
Thomas Holcomb
Montgomery Blair
Misa Minna Blair
Mme Hauge
Mias Boardman
Perry Heath
Louis Lombard
George Feabody
State Department
Volk
Charles W Fenton
Grist Bleir
T. T. Gaff
de Pena
Rear Admiral Knight Returns To Newport From Washington
Rear Admiral Austin M Knight returns today from Washington to Newport Rhode Island with Mrs Witham Pryor arriving from Virginia to visit sister Miss Katherine Knight Grace H Carroll returns from New York to join her mother Mrs Carroll at their Rhode Island avenue cottage Mrs Alfred Tuckerman leaves for New York for a few days Capt Philip Andrews and Mrs Andrews to host a dinner Saturday Mrs M Casimir de Rham visiting Mrs Lorillard Spencer at Chastelleaux
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Newport
R. I
Austin M Knight
Washington
Witham IL. Pryor
Virginia
Katherine
Grace H Carroll
New York
Willam
Carroll
Rhode Island Avenue
Alfred Tuckerman
Philip Andrews
Andrews
M Casimir de Rham
Lorillard Spencer
Chastelleaux
Beatrice Barclay to Wed Gustavus Ober Jr of Baltimore
Announcement from Mrs William Orr Parclay of 2 East Forty-fifth street states Miss Beatrice Barclay will wed Gustavus Ober Jr of Baltimore son of the late Gen Robert Ober The couple met at Princeton University where Ober graduated in 1903 and he belongs to the Maryland Baltimore Likridge and Green Spring Valley clubs The wedding is set for February
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New York
William Orr
East Forty-fifth Street
Beatrice Barclay
Gustavus Ober Ir
Baltimore
Robert Ober
Trinceton University
Maryland
Baltimore Likridge and
Green Spring Valley Clubs
Notable Washington social season amid war effort and dances
A series of society gatherings honored Mrs Albert Ferguson as she plans to depart for Duluth. Guests included many officers and their wives, with large dances at the barracks and dinners hosted by Gen Tasker Bliss and others. War relief drives opened headquarters at 1752 Street with forthcoming fundraisers at the Willard.
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Tasker H Bliss
Col
William S Graves
May
John Meir Talmer
Whitman
Rosa
Arthur Kerth
Mies Bliss
Julian Cabell
American Fund
Mme Henri de Sibeaur
Red Cross
Garrison McClintock
Red Cross Avalliar
Visa Woith McCommon
American War Relief
Helen Ernat
Miss Tackard to Become Bride of Lieut Elliott
Miss Joan Tackard. daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hooker Tackard of 981 Park Avenue, is engaged to Lieut Richard McCall Elliott III of Philadelphia. Elliott, US Navy, then attached to the torpedo station at Newport, will marry on February 17 in Philadelphia where the Tackards once lived.
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Joan Tackard
Lieut
R. McC. Elliott
Wesw
York
John Hooker Tackard
Park Avenue
Misa Taan Tackard
Richard McCall Elliott
USNS
Richard McCall Tilliitt
Philadelphia
Newport Ro
Tachard
Washington Social Notes At Willard This Week
Washington society figures gather at the Willard for luncheons and visits as prominent families attend gatherings through February. Hostesses include Mrs William Ho Smith and Mrs Leary with other guests from Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, and New York while concerts and operas anchor the week’s cultural events.
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Mra
William Ho Smith
Parkersburg
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mra Leary
Washington State
William Cummingstor
Willard
Arthur Brent
Canton
Ohio
W W. West
Ann Arbor
Michora William Butterworth
Moline, Til
Willard S Augbury
Antwerp, NY
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Lothrop
Paris
Niagara Falls
F Street
Shetland
18Th & D Sts. N. W
National Remembrance Shop
iWr
Foster's Shop
14Th Street
Upp
Willard Hotel
JH. Small & Sons
Waldorf Washington— Astoria
15Th
Madinon Ave
Willers
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Ith
Vista
S. BE
Sunday Post
Newspaper
Ghvye
Robert F Lee
Camp No Il
Barrington Hall
Soca
At All Grocers
Baker [Sporting Company
Hudson Street
Ueno Pasa
Stanley Hall
United States Soldiers
John
Zimmermann
Norma’ Bellim
Hathaway
van Alstyne
Hamiitzer Fox
Chevy Chase
Blake Morceau
Presidentiel Polonsise
Sousa
Waltzeuite
Waldzental
Blake
Countess von Bernstorff
Mrs. Wilson
Agriculture
Marine Corns
Dever
Fletcher Harper
Harriet Wadsworth
James W Wadsworth
Mrs. Rufus Day
Amundsen
F T Poth
Leopold Stokowski
Mrg Stokowski
Olga Samaroff
Secretary of State
Mra Lane
Congressional Club
Atlee Pomerene
John F Shafroth
Helan Beale
R. McC. Elliott, Jr
U.S. N
Colorado
van Hensselaer
James Carroll Fraver
Charles S Hamlin
Natale Driggs
Isabelle
Mason M Patrick
Washington Barracks
Officers’ Club
Henry Jerveys
James A Woodruff
Willim Kelly
Mra Kelly Teut
George F Lewis
Rusgelie Cecil
Elliott
Robert 5
A Dougherty
Emily Kutz
Charles W Kutz
Mra Dougherty
Capt
Clarence H Knight
Miss Lowe
Milo Fox
Ramona F Lefevre
Misa
Helen McCumber
Dorothy Dennett
Marval
Fisher
Mezitannite Anss
Ruth White
Jean Jerge
Edith Gracie Wiss
Dorothy Shue
Baron Castelli
Mi Lefevre
Panama Legation
China
Minton
Cauldon
Haviland
Coalport
Lenox
Royal Worcester
Crown Derby
Knight
Kann Bang & Cay
Lynx
Dudaon Bay
Gustavus Ober, Jr
C Goiwale
Gessler
Hilcott Taeut Brand
Bethel
Somervell
Prive
Kuentz Taeut Smyley
Francis M Munson
Dougherty
Stockbridge
Albert Ford Ferguson
Duluth
Minn
Leonard Armerad
William Bishop
Catherine Waters
Turner
Mary Dougherty
Alice Ferguson
Clarence Alhaugh
Kane Dougherty
Bruce Marschal
Milton Odell
Mabel Barkley
Clarence Ingling
Warren Ferguson
Robert Tougherty Taeut
Vre Mason Young and Taeut
William Henry Holcombe
Ferna
Engineer
Mrs. Bliss
Rauschers
Alfred Fapkins
Randall Harner
William Mitchell
Tehr
J Girsim Peters
Charles
Woodhall
Henri de &Bour
Monroe Hopkins
Mir Tohn
Seibert
George O Totten
Morven ‘Thompson
Murray Cabb
Mortimer Clark
Charles Howe
John S 1
Young
Myron Bertman
Jones
Laeut Cabhorne
John K Shields
Miss Cowan
Hkncashlie Tennire
Shoreham
William I. Marshall
Southern Relief Home Board
Southern Relief
Claude Swanson
Josephus Daniels
Shepherd
A Wayne
Nannie Randolph [ Heth
Southern Relief Society
George Dewar
Elisha Meredith
George Theobald
Lawrence H Qutrollo
Richard Pairo
Gordon Lee
Leonard Hoffman
Joanton Morgan
Marcus Wright
Miss Armat
William Baggett
W G Harvey
Albert Hill
Andrew Graham
Eugenia Zea Rolling
James Mulcare
Archibald Young
Rose Fairfax
Theodore Tiller
Marburs
Robert Talbot
Herbert Knox Smith
Firmington Conn
Taaftan
Guest of Linthicums
Charles T Fanthieums
Charles F Hang
Wilmington
Col Clement
F Plagler
Texas
Mim Fingler
47. Maxwelling
Portland Orem
Maxwell Biahe
Paul F Johnson
Nellie Johnson
Lurton
Justice Lurton
van Devanter
Knoxville
Tenn
Sydney Claman
Thomas Hard
Talliaferro
Howard Holland
Lillian Howard Holland
McHetten Milot
Katharine Dougal
H E. Stringer
Edwin Luther Wilson
Bethesdand
United States District
James B Archer
Edwin Luther Wuilson
John Fi Laskey
Laske
Justin Morrill Chamberlin
Faust
Choral Society
Motet Choral Society
Otto T Simon
Willard Ballroom
Calor-Muate
Richard Korleberg
Teloist
George Wilson
Wiss Lenore Baker
Brbhive
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