Delegates Baptized at International Bible Students Convention
One hundred sixty two delegates to the International Bible Students Association convention were baptized yesterday at the public bathing place. Men wore bathing suits and women wore flowing black robes as they dipped below the water while a hymn was sung. Rev. R. A. Williams of Pittsburgh administered the rites. Charles P. Hunt of Woodridge, D. C., Arizona Republican correspondent, has been ill six weeks but is convalescent and hopes to be out in a week or ten days.
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International Bible Students’ Association
R. A. Williams
Pittsburgh
C. P. Hunt
Charles P. Hunt
Woodridge
D. C
Arizona Republican
Europe
Prince Aage
Denmark
Waldemar
Marie
Orleans
Copenhagen
United States
Stockholm
Edward
Duke of Clarence
Bailey’s Beach
Newport
John R. Drexel
Burke Roche
T. Suffern Taylor
Hanis von Haimhausen
Eugenes
Reynal
Oliver H. P. Belmont
William Woodward
Mieses Gerry
Pembroke Jones
Misa Sadie Jones
Frederick M. Davies
John
Ster
Maggile
Ogee
President and Taft Golf at Chevy Chase Club
President and Mrs Taft spent yesterday afternoon at Chevy Chase playing three games with Secretary of State Knox. The Knox party plans a weekend at Valley Forge. Navy and embassy figures voyage to Canada Newport and Bar Harbor for summer with numerous family and military attaches following separate itineraries. End of item notes various social plans as high society prepares summer retreats and a memorial event in Washington with committee leadership and garden party fundraising.
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Taft
Chevy Chase
Mr. Knox
Washington
Valley Forse
John Hays Hammond
Gloucester
Maes
United States
John Hay
Hammond
Social Notes on Travels and Society Guests
Mr and Mrs W Bourks Cockran and Mr and Mrs Shane Leslie left Port Washington Long Island for a motor trip to Montreal. Leslie couple will sail from Montreal for England in a few days. Mrs Wallace F Rudolph and the Misnes Rudolph are at the Hotel Balmont en route to Interlake Farm New London NH for summer then Newport in autumn. Miss Lucy Graves left Washington Wednesday night and will sail today on the Teutonic for two months in England and on the continent. The Misses Patten will close their house.
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W. Bourks Cockran
Shane Leslie
Cockran
Port Washington
Leant Island
Montreal
Mrs. Leslie
England
Wallace F. Rudolph
Misnes Rudolph
Balmont
Interlake Farm
New London
N.H
Newport
Lucy Graves
Washington
Teutonic
Miss Graves
Liverpool
Continent
Sidelights on the Smart Set in London Weddings
A report from London details the highly visible wedding of Violet Tree to Alan Romaine Parsons with 4000 fans at St Martin in the Fields, a grand procession and reception at Lady Tree's home, and notable guests including Sir Beerbohm Tree and members of aristocracy. Separate notes cover Mrs Helen Hilton Story's Greenwich wedding, a Danish prince’s 25th birthday and legal matters surrounding Mr Story and Mr Forde, plus a revival event at Earl's Court with Queen Alexandra in attendance and a costly spectacle raising funds for the Shakespeare Memorial Theater.
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Violet Tree
Alan Romaine Parsons
London
Trafalgar Square
Beerbohm Tree
Dean of
Godstone
St Martin's
Hawkere
Anthony Asquith
Mrs. Asquith
Duke
Duchess of Rutland
Lady Desborough
Countess Leicester
Violet Chargrin
Countess of Chesterfield
Sir Carl
Lady Myer
Lady Tree
Mrs. Parsons
Premx
Queen Alexandra
Princess Henry of Battenberg
Princess Christian
Princess Vistoria
Grand Duchess
Olga
Russia
Cornwallis West
Diana Manners
Zila Tarby
Marchioness Stafford
Sarah Wilson
Helen Grosvenor
Countess of
Beare
Viscountess of
Castlereagh
Juliet Duff
Irene Denison
Miss de Trafford
Duchess of Westminster
Lillian Grenfell
Women Suffrage Beat Across Nations and Markets
Washington state delegate May Arkeright Hutton, the sole female representative at the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, says Washington women toiled four years for an eight hour day but gain as voters. The piece covers suffrage campaigns, bulletins, and fashion notes on blue and white china, plus Japanese and Hungarian women in public life and new recipes.
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May Arkeright Hutton
Washington
Baltimore
Tyrol
Austria
Political Equality League of
Omaha
Nebru
New York State Woman Suffrage Association
Barber Will Forfeits If Widow Reveals All In US Residence Rule
The will of Mrs. Jolla Louise Langdon Barber widow of Amzi L. Barber known as the asphalt king was offered for probate. Its novel form in Lett's Diary No 3 1912 creates conditions that a daughter Julia Louise Barber must make the United States her permanent home to receive her share and a similar rule applies to Mrs LeDroit Barber. The executors are her daughters Bertha Langdon Barber Vance and Lorena Langdon Barber Davis. Legacies support humane societies and cash bequests to a secretary and others.
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United States Agricultural Department
Gam
Washington
Bureggs
United States
Department of Agriculture
Department of Culture
Washington, D. C
Birheis la A
Humane Societies
Jolla Louise Langdon Barber
Amzi L. Barber
New York
Wees
Ita
Lett
EL Prescott Getley
Aittle
Misa Julia Loulee Barber
American Humane Society
Washington Humane Society
New York Antivivisestion Society
Vance
Lorena
Irene Davia
Davis
Calkins
Barber
Testatrix
Bequests Highlight Antiquities and Priceless Items
The article details numerous bequests of personal belongings and jewelry, with Mrs. Davis receiving embroidered pieces from monks of the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries and a red rug described as priceless by Ali Kull Khan. Attorney Gatley said the Barber estate is of great value but cannot be accurately estimated at present.
Venus Neptune Conjunction Promises Prosperity and Harmony
Venus conjunct Neptune today under a strong homeward sign brings good luck in marriages home life and beauty related purchases. Mercury also favors clear expression publicity education and matters involving young people while a bright disposition and capable management are urged for children born on this date.
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Venus
15000 Elks In Parade Will Not Relocate Home Now
Fifteen thousand Elks joined the grand lodge parade as thousands cheered. Lodges from every state and territories attended the session that adjourned after approving $2000 for tuberculosis work and deciding not to act on reconstructing or relocating the national Elk home now at Bedford City.
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Bedford City
Portland
Ores
The
Elks
Grand Lodge
Committee On
National Elk Home
Bossy orders and kitchen strife over a roast
In a domestic slice, John rails at Maggelie for a burnt roast and insists on firm kitchen authority like office discipline. Dolly nudges Maggelie to improve, while Maggie vents, then Dolly guides gentle correction and Maggie bakes a peach short cake as penance and pride.
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