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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1914
Page
8
Washington social circles hosted a busy schedule with ministers and diplomats in attendance. Brig. Gen. Albert L. Mills and Mrs Mills plan a Europe trip after New Jersey governor events, while Dr David T Day returns from New York for a family wedding in Europe. Several society figures, including Mrs Elizabeth Day Brenelser and Miss Marguerite Caperton, are noted for travel or upcoming nuptials.
Mrs Victor Kapfmann travels from Camp Perry to Mountain View House with guests for lunch at the hotel. Notable attendees in Lenox tennis include Miss Helotsae Meyer sister of George von L. Meyer and Miss Mabel Choate daughter of Joseph Choate. Wedding plans unfold for Lieut. John Gilney Adams and Miss Vivian Wittell as they marry in New Rochelle with Adams returning to Baltimore. Narragansett Pier hosts a dancing contest at the Casino with awards to Mr and Mrs Stevenson and others amid society crowds. Marble House hosts a near-postponed dinner for the Duchess of Marlborough with Chef Raman leaving amid a kitchen issue. the duchess sails to England aboard Vaterland while reform talk continues with Judge Ben Lindsey as a scheduled speaker.
Newport discussions focus on a proposed city charter allowing women, property holders, to vote in municipal matters. Leading suffrage figures, including Mrs. Belmont, weigh in on extending voting rights while noting potential implications for broader democratic progress.
Miss Elizabeth and Miss Catherine Porter, daughters of Col John Biddie, join their mother at Bar Harbor and shine in a women's tennis tour. Elizabeth played a patch match with Mrs John Jacob Astor, while Catherine faced Mary G Millett. The group, including Katherine Force, enjoyed a club lawn concert afterward. Mr Kermit Roosevelt and his bride, formerly Diss Bed Willard, left New York for Brazil to supervise a new public market project in Curribao, after marrying in Madrid. They have been visiting Oyster Bay. Kenneth Hawley, MIT junior, spent weeks with his parents here and now heads home to Oregon for summer. W A Street of New York hosts Mr and Mrs George Peabody Evada in Newport next week. Senator Porter J McCumber and Mrs McCumber return to Washington from North Dakota after Mrs McCumber’s sister’s death.
A Washington event in which Mrs. George T. Trewitt invites the public to a missionary meeting under the auspices of the International Missionaries Union of the District at Chevy Chase Lake. Notables include Mrs. Ella Ta Ban and Mrs. W. E. Ad draws. A basket luncheon will be served at noon with a dance to follow. guest Mary Allen Want, recently returned from a world tour, will speak.
Special to The Washington Post surveys Boston and New York socialites who sail publicly, naming Mrs. Andrew C. Wheelwright, Samuel Vaughan, Mrs. Harry Pratt McKean Jr, Miss Alice Sargent, and others among elite yachtsmen. It notes summer life along Maine and Islesboro coasts, and recounts bold feats by women like Mrs. Goelet and Mrs. Drexel-Fell.
St Mary's Church members from Fifth street northwest enjoyed a lively excursion to Marshall Hall aboard the steamer Macziester. About twelve hundred attendees participated in athletic events, a baseball game, running and jumping contests, and dancing, with committee members including Pastor John R Roth and G Pram among others.
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