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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1913
Page
8
The schedule shows furniture deliveries starting Monday July 7. East of 7th street northwest and all northeast southeast and southwest receive daily deliveries at 8 30am. Areas within city limits west of 7th street northwest receive daily at 1pm and Saturdays at noon.
A historical guide promotes broiling as delicious though not economical, noting juice loss, methods to save juices via covered grilling and searing, and tips to avoid grill marks. It urges hot dishes ready, buttered seasoning, and the use of tongs to turn foods without piercing, ending with a 1913 copyright reference.
Washington on the eve of a quiet Independence Day holiday with many officials traveling. The President heads to Gettysburg then Cornish New Hampshire for a family reunion, while the Vice President joins battlefield exercises before a Camden New Jersey stop. Cabinet members and diplomats spread to Nantucket Marthas Vineyard Old Point Comfort and more, with many remaining away through the week. Royal Agricultural Society honors James Wilson for his agriculture work.
Engagement announced from the White House sparks discussion in Washington circles. Yale graduate Mr. Temple Haydn Tweedy plans a twelve week assistant instructor stint at the Yale Foust School in Milford Pa. Jessie Wilson and other White House connections fuel anticipation of a possible autumn wedding as the President returns home. The Tweedys, Bruce Clark and Gertrude Luis, stay at Hotel Chelsea in Atlantic City while Mr and Mrs Charles J Simms enjoy holidays at Old Point Comfort and Virginia Beach.
Mr and Mrs Isaac Gans departed Washington last evening for Old Point Comfort and will return Monday. Senator and Mrs O Gorman host a house party with guests Mr and Mrs John A Maher, their son in law and daughter, for a week. Also Mr William Duffy of New York, son in law of the O Gormans, and Mr J B McDonald and Mr Daniel McMahon of New York attend. The French Ambassador and Mme Jusserand sailed from New York for France on the Bavoie. Mrs Nathaniel Francis left Washington for Takoma to visit her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Hugh Wallace. Mrs Thomas J Preston Jr and Mrs W F Norris and Miss Ethel Norris depart for Bay Head New Jersey for a stay. The Wheatleys, recent seashore visitors, will return mid month and then go to White Sulphur Springs for the rest of the season.
Rumors of estrangement swirl around Karl von Holstein and Mildred Harrison, once social icons of Philadelphia, as the Countess retreats to her father Alfred Harrison in the Berkshires while he remains in Bavaria.
Helen and Warren leave the ship for Cherbourg and Paris after a tense voyage to France. An awkward tipping incident with a deck steward ignites Warren’s anger, while Helen endures embarrassment as fellow passengers watch. The scene captures their strained mood and Helen's sensitivity amid a fragile, early morning harbor view.
Former King of Portugal Manuel will wed German Princess Augustine Victoria, daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern, with a civil ceremony on September 3 and a religious service on September 4 in Sigmaringen Germany.
The piece highlights chic wraps and coatees in diaphanous fabrics like chiffon and tulle, illustrating fashionable short front lines and back drape. It discusses coordinating with brocaded or plaid skirts, sleeve styles, and pattern details from Ladies' Home Journal patterns with sizes and prices.
An American temperance reformer Mary Hannah Hunt born 1834 and died seven years ago. She married at 22 and became active in temperance at 44 after her son’s chemical study of alcohol. Hunt pushed compulsory temperance education and drafted laws for it.
A fragment from a 19th century page highlights Emily Frances Adeline Sergant a prolific author born July 4 and Emily Frances Wellman an opera singer born July 4. It notes Sergant’s output including eight novels in her final year and references a Virginia wedding at Rockville with Rev Frank Richardsen at the Southern Methodist Church, plus a Marine Band event at Chevy Chase Lake.
A fragment from a historical column shows Webster Lincoln and Washington debating patriotism and a universal federation. They discuss memories of old days and the idea of a world united by shared values, with a mock speech about wireless oration and future imagination lingering in the scene.
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