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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1917
Page
13
Washington society circles drift through yacht jaunts and country house weekends as the city eases into holiday tempo. President and Mrs. Wilson sail aboard Mayflower while diplomats and officials escape to Mount Victoria and Wakefield Manor for seasonal respite and social rounds.
The wedding will unite Mrs Annie Howe Cothran, niece of President Wilson, with Mr Frank B. Compton of Chicago. The ceremony, in New York, will be simple with close relatives only. The couple will depart for a three week wedding trip before making Chicago their home. Mrs Cothran, a lyric soprano, has long been part of Washington social circles and studied in New York with Miss Margaret Wilson.
At Green Spring Valley, Koliang Yih second secretary of the legation and daughters Elizabeth and Mariana Yung Kwai with Mme Yune Kwai left for Bethany Beach Delaware to visit James Adkins cottage for summer. Gertrude Yung Kwai and Charles Warner party head to Cumberland Maryland for a weekend motor trip with Miss Neltie Warner for Reserve Officers event at Fort Myer. Col Fenton and officers hosted a large dance with a buffet as First Company Reserve Corps trained at Fort Myer. Wen Pin Wer, third secretary of Miss Grace Reach, plans a weekend with Miss Anne Dulaney at The Plains Virginia and Colonial Beach.
Col and Mrs Livingstone hosted a motor yacht trip aboard Speedway with Jeannette Rankin and several congressmen, while highlights include Mrs Stotesbury’s sand colored limousine journey and various social visits from Baltimore to Berkeley Springs. Other notes cover engagements, weddings and upcomingSeptember plans among Washington society figures.
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