Social Teas and Dinners for Diplomats and Officials
A Washington social page details dinner parties hosted by Secretary of State and Mrs. Lansing on Eighteenth Street with guests including Justices Pitney and McReynolds, Interior Secretary Lane, and other judiciary and diplomatic figures. Mrs. Draper hosted Cardinal Gibbons’s compliment dinner with elaborate decor. Admiral and Mrs. Strauss hosted in honor of Secretary Daniels, and Mrs. Wilson hosted a Philadelphia Symphony box party with high society attendees.
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Lansing
Wilson
Wm. F. Draper
Cardinal Gibbons
Eighteenth Street
Justice
Mahlon Pitney
Justice McReynolds
Interior
Lane
John W. Davia
Crozier
Patents
Ewing
Department of State
Frank Polk
Sensation in Palm Beach hats draw crowds then yacht fishing tale
At Palm Beach, Phipps shows off two wide brimmed hats as best bargain in headwear and prided purchases. Mrs. Morrison Carnegie seen at Spray Cottage beachwear. Stewart and Gen. Anderson return from a week yacht fishing with large catches. Miami arrivals include Laughlin, Speer and Lyon. George Barton French private skating rink hosts gatherings. Metropolitan Opera soloists Gadski and Holvina perform at Waldorf Astoria with Kreigler on violin. vast guest list from high society attends various events across New York and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phipps
Palm Beach
West Palm Beach
T. Morrison Carnegie
Spray Cottage
Henry
A. Stewart
Pittsburgh
Harry & Anderson
U. A
Stewart
Miami
G. M. Laughlin
John 8. Speer
Fanny Lyon
George Barton French
New York
Mme
Johanna Gadski
Louise Holvina
Metropolitan Opera
Fritz Kreigler
Mr. Bagby
Waldorf-Astoria
Mme Gadski
Brunnhilde
Mme. Hdvina
Louise
Mr. Kreller
Richard Hageman
Carl Lamson
Nian
George H. Bend
Beatrice Bend
Charles S. Whitman
H. Fairfield Osborn
Mme. de Weerth
Reinold de Wahlich
Charles M. O
Wilson Dunn
W Curtis Demoreat
Archibald A. Hutchingon, Jr
J. Norton Winstow
George Powell
Steel Prizes At Whist Party Delight Upper Crust
Special to The Washington Post from New York on January 18 reports Mrs. Elbert H. Gary gave a whist party at 856 Fifth Avenue with six tables and 24 guests. Each winner received one share of United States Steel preferred stock, valued at about 117 dollars per share, creating a novel prize. The six gifts totaled six shares worth roughly 702 dollars, delighting attendees with the unusual homegrown prize. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, confirmed the party but declined further comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel
Gary
Fifth Avenue
United States Steel Corporation
Mra
Sesson
Ensign Dropped From Navy By Court Martial
Ensign Lawrence K. Forde of Wyoming was dismissed from the navy yesterday after President Wilson approved a court martial finding him guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. He was charged with failing to support his wife among other allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence K. Forde
Wyoming
Navy
Wilson
Dance at the Reeside home honors Miss Gregory and guest
A large party on Nineteenth Street hosted by Mr and Mrs Reeside featured elaborate garden decor and an all night dance. Guests included the Attorney General and Mrs Gregory the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Daniels and a long list of notable attendees from politics law and society. An orchestra provided music and midnight supper followed in a transformed dining room with floral motifs and artificial moonlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Howard
Reeaside
Nineteenth Street
Jane Gregory
Misa Keagbey
Thomas Watt Gregory
the Navy
Josephus Daniels
Mme. Peset
State Department
Cone Johnson
Vouros
Atlee Fomerene
Charles J. Ball
Byrnes
Daniels
Ta Aout Fra Patent the Navy
Teresa Granda Y Pexet
Helen Cox
Claude Swanson
W. EB. Chill Cox
Ohio
Keagbey
Helen
Wedding Planned for February Thirty Here in New Hampshire
The marriage of Miss Alice Whiting daughter of Dr and Mrs Guy Fairfax Whiting to Mr John B Cochran will be held at the Whiting home on New Hampshire avenue Wednesday afternoon February 28 at .30 oclock Miss Julia Whiting acts as maid of honor and Mr Cochran will be supported by his brother Peyton Cochran as best man The bridesmaids are Miss Hudera Clover Miss Margaret Draper Miss Gladys Hinckley and Miss Hisie Williams of Boston The Congressional Club hosts guest Mrs Katherine T Wright interpreter of Uncle Remus on Friday afternoon at 4 The Clements will be at home informally on Thursdays until Lent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Whiting
Guy Fairfax Whiting
John B Cochran
Whiting
New Hampshire Avenue
Julia Whiting
Cochran
Peyton Cochran
Hudera Clover
Margaret Draper
Gladys Hinckley
Hisie Williams
Boston
Congressional Club
Kathering T. Wright
Uncle Remus
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Woodward & Lothrop
Washington
Callot
Doucet
Jenny
Paquin
Maurice Mayer
Bernard
Georgette
Bolivia
Coats
Copenhagen
St. N. W
William F. Draper
K Street
Mme. da Gama
Justice McKenna
Mgr. Russell
St. Patrick's Church
Finance
van de Wyvver
Henry du Pont
Franklin MacVeagh
the Treasury
Cartier de Marchienne
China
Marcus Hanne
Henderson
Henry Corbin
Richardson Clover
Marshall Meld
Admiral O'Neill
Charles J. Bell
Hennen Jennings
Jamey F. Mitchell
Mary Patten
Helen Patten
Phelps
Leland Harrison
Admiral
Mra Strauss
Secretary of the Navy
Gan
Albert*Mills
James Glennon
Louis Pennington
Frank ¥. Fletcher
Montague
Mra. Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Philadelphia Symphony
National Theater
Thomas KR. Marshall
Claude A. Swanson
A. W. Howe
Rolfe Bolling
Alice Wilson
Nathaniel Wilson
al Cellere
Spring-Rica
Cabinet
di Cellere
Lady Spring-Rice
Gen
David F. Houston
Mme. Ritter
Charles C. Walcutt
Herriet Hawkins
Willard Saulsbury
Slater
Mrs. Sheridan
Irene Sheridan
Louise Sheridan
Misa Gwynn
Calderon Car
Ilsie
Mme. Hauge
Hugh Wallace
Philip Sheridan
Mary Sheridan
Ira Copley
James R. Mann
Sinclair Bowen
Amaryllig Gillett
Clarence Perley
William C. Redfield
Drury
Delos Blodgett
Adolph Caspar Miller
William Hammond
Nancy Lane
Mise Ethel MacMurray
Willa van Devanter
Charles Hughes
Arnold Hague
Randolph McKim
Thomas Spring-Rice
Admiral Wainwright
Frank Reeside
James Wadsworth
Lawrence Townsend
Mandeville Carlisle
George Howard
Ward Denys
Denys
Tom Williams
Beale
Wallace Radcliffe
Willam F. Lemeon
Ben Hellen
Frederick Chapin
Gillett Hil
Mias Gillett Hill
Sydney Ballou
Knoxville
Eleanor Baxter
Barlow
America
Eager
Joseph H. Healey
McMillan
Foerster
Robert Sheehan
Joseph Davidson
James
C. C. Dill
Juan Barnes
Theodora Barnes
Carlisle
Whiteside
Kann Sins & Cas ‘Sth
ST. J
Perna’ Aye
Orduroy
Kann
Wr. and
Mra. Beeside
Commander Dinger
Frank C Lee
Morgan Taylor
Lefevre
Panama
Minton
Cauldon
Haviland
Coalport
Lenox
Dresden
Royal Worcester
Crown Derby
Dakin Serta
Judaen C Clements
Misses Clements
George Pope
William Bailey Lamar
Ae Ken
Becker’s Leather Goods Co
F St. N. W
Meyer's Military Shops
F St
Julius A. West
Cor
Hardman Pianos
Macie, CO
Small's Choice Flowers
J.H. Small & Sons
Small
Frank
Solliffe
Erie
F Street
We.cunningham
Seventh Street
Mammoth Cloak and Suit House Cae
Conte
National Remembrance
Foster's Shep
Willard Hetel
Highlands Hotel
Owhatan
Anday
James F
Sth & Pa
L. V
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