Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Washington Post in Washington, Washington Dc

We have 1,636,616 pages in Washington Dc

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1915

Page

10

Evening and Reception Gowns From Parisian Models

Exquisite Net and Lace dresses in chiffon and figured Dolly Varden styles. Dancing frocks in dainty designs and street and afternoon dresses in varied styles. Serge and wool poplin gowns with laces, velvets, ribbons, and hand embroidery. Coats include afternoon, evening, street, rough weather, and travel styles with loose flaring shapes and dainty colors. Chinchilla coats with stripes and checks appear in sport and sport coats with large and small patterns.

WIFE DR RITTMAN WINS IN COLLEGE ROMANCE AND GASOLINE WORK

Miss Anna Campbell met her husband Swarthmore while he studied chemistry and worked through college. Dr Rittman, now 32, is a chemical engineer for the Bureau of Mines in Washington. He sought to cut gasoline costs after autos boosted demand and he previously wrestled and played football at Swarthmore, earning all American honors in 1907.

Cap Mra Rittman Anna Campbell Swarthmore Dr Rittman Bureau of Mines Washington Columbia University Ile Olio Intercollegiate Association

Motion Picture Tech Talk At George Washington Univ

A B Jenkins, government motion picture expert, will present the technical side of moving pictures and demonstrate apparatus before the Engineering Society at George Washington University tonight at 8 o clock. The lecture takes place in the Arts and Sciences building at 2025 G Street Northwest.

Engineering Society The George Washington Universit A B Jenkins Arts and Sciences G Street

Cabinet Reunions Highlight Washington Social Season

Secretary of State and Mrs Bry an entertained at Calumet Place with all cabinet officers except Treasury as Mr and Mrs McAdoo remained absent. Notable guests included Justice McReynolds, Mrs Tumulty, and Dr Cary Grayson. The second cabinet dinner of the season featured hosts and guests from Navy and Brazilian circles, with additional luncheons, teas, musicales, and a major reception planned at Rauscher's for Mrs William Story and others, drawing prominent DAR members and local society figures.

Mra Bryan Calumet Place Cabinet Circle Secretary of the Navy Daniels Mma da Gama

Hats sale extended for Home for Foundlings benefit

The hat sale intended for the Home for Foundlings at Shoreham will continue today and tomorrow at 1712 Connecticut Avenue with hats offered at reduced prices. Social notes list many Washington residents visiting, returning from New York or Palm Beach, plus preparations for a Cairo tea dance under Beauregard Chapter for the Confederate Memorial Home with numerous hostesses and volunteers helping.

Home For Shoreham Connecticut Avenue

Washington Social Roundup Notices and Guests

Mrs E B Clark returns from New York with her daughter Mrs Frederick L Devereux as guest. Luncheon hosted in New York for Mme Martha Krawich and Mrs Mary Lamison. Mr and Mrs E B Grandin spending weeks at Hotel Bon Air Augusta. Callie and Flora Doyle to Burlingame next summer with niece Helen Marye at ambassador George Marye’s new Russia house. Mrs William Baird visiting Fort Totten. Mrs William G Brown Jr hosts luncheon at Shoreham for sister Mrs Donald C Godwin. Willard hosts Newport party guests for spring stay. Grace Halbert Neilson engagement to Oscar E Anderson announced. Mrs Otis Judd Eddy to resume informal at homes March 24. Edwin Gould arrives at Shoreham.

Rudolph Gressler New York Berlin The Ebbitt Mme Martha Krawich Metropolitan Opera Company Mary Lamison Callie Flora Doyle Burlingame Cal Russia George T Marye Helen Marye William G Brown Representative Brown West Virginia Shoreham Donald C. Godwin Alfred Tuckerman Capt . S. Thompson Newport R. L Willard Washington Otis Judd Eddy Edwin Gould

MISS BRITTON TO WED ANNOUNCEMENT IN WASHINGTON CIRCLES

Washington society buzzes over Miss Catherine Britton possibly marrying Hon Seton Robert de la Poer Horsley Beresford of the Beresford family. Rumors say the engagement would crown a wartime bride, with Beresford’s brother Lord Decies and other titled figures linked to the tale.

Capital Washington Catherine Britton Nona McAdoo Secretary of the Treasury Brittany Robert Beresford Lord Declea Britton Seton Robert de la Poer Horsley- Beresford Miss Britton McAdoo

Social round at capitol hill and area dinners

Mrs Charles Lowndes will be at home today at her residence in A street for the last time this season. Mr and Mrs James W Doocy of capitol Hill hosted a dinner Sunday in honor of Representative James M Graham of Springfield Illinois and Mrs William H Beck wife of the late Brig Gen Beck Mise. Louisa White will not be at home today. Miss Marcella Curran of Holyoke Mass returned to New York yesterday for the rest of the month after spending part of winter with relatives on Capitol Hill. Mrs W M Calder wife of Representative Calder of Brooklyn was at home yesterday at the Willard. Dr W E Eaton U S N and Mrs Eaton, Mr R M Winthrop of Boston, and Mr John Lathrop of Brookline Magn are at the Shoreham. Mrs Sam Somerfield born Gradwohl and Mrs Alfred Levy formerly Miss Florence Gradwohl now of Frankfort Ind are guests of Mr and Mrs A Dammann of the Natchez 1440 Watreet. They will be at home informally this afternoon and evening.

Mrs . B. Dewey Chicago Shoreham Samuel T Cushing Cushing Miss Cushing A. B Dewey B WW Fuller Dorothy Fuller Richard S. Worthington H Street Col. Fuller Misa Ace Shepard New York Washington Cairo Beauregard Confederate Memorial Home Thomas J Walsh James Martine Mra Gudger Langley Misa Slemp George Tully Vaughan Jarvis Stockton Heth Heth Bessie Minitree Robert Wynne Redwood Vandergr Robert Beresford United Kinngdom Bobby Beresford Miss Britton Delia O'Sullivan Killarney Kay Lord Decies Misa Viyh Tien Gould George Gould Seventh Hussars Hfe Mias Britton Baron Decler Charles Lowndes James W. Doocy Capitol Hill James M Graham Springfield, I William H. Beck Beck Marcella Curran Holyoke Mass W. M Calder Representative Calder Brooklyn Willard W E Eaton Eaton R. M Winthrop Boston John ©. Lathrop Brookline Magn Sam Somerfield Gradwohl Alfred Levy Florence Gradwohl Frankfort Ind A. Dammann Natchez Watreet

Paris Skirt Nine and Half Yards Seen at New York Style Show

Paris styles dominate the New York show with tall, waistcoated silhouettes and military touches. French outfits feature blue gabardine and heavy black braid, white satin waists, and the Worth dress with a princess silhouette and black chiffon overblouse.

Paris New York

Little Frills and Farbelows Aflutter in Social World

After a telegram announced a lieutenant's commission, FTER C. M. Harries and Miss Mary Le B. Rose plan immediate marriage. A Paris charity ball at Royal Poinciana Palm Beach featured elaborate costumes, list of patronesses, and dinner parties hosted by prominent society figures. The Morgan porcelain sale by Duveen Brothers drew attention as Widener Rockefeller and Frick may claim first choice, with a $3,000,000 figure cited and a dispute over dispersal of Morgan collections at the Metropolitan Museum.

Fter C. M. Harries Pittsburgh Mary le B. Rose Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers Morgan Duveen Brothers JFP Morgan Duveen Galleries Morgan Wesertion Dureens America Brealer Joseph I Widener Philadelphia John D Rockefeller Woc Iin Joseph Bo Widener Porcélaina Rockefeller Frick Metropolitan Museum of Art Reg Hawthorne Duveens Metropolitan Museum

Beware the Food Jag Ills of Diet Fads Warned

Boston March 2 Dr Franklin W White of Harvard Medical School warned against popular artificial foods marketed as good nutrition He argued many such foods contain more alcohol than sherry and can intoxicate if consumed He compared food value using glass of milk and bread and butter standards noting olive oil can equal a glass of milk and that money often goes to flavor over real nutrition.

Boston Franklin W White Harvard Medical School White

Also Mentioned on This Page

Cloudward & Lothropark Drecoll, Bernard Maurice Mayer Norfolk Meadowbrook W.fano Co Clearaway Cunninghan & Co Mammoth Cloak and Suit House Seventh Street MEYER Highlands Hotel Conn Ay California St Flowers J. H. Small & Sons Hisgtox Lorner 15Th Waldorf Astoria Poe Broadway Hotel DR. Rittman Washington Post Walter Frank Rittman United States Cohimita University Suttman Steinway Wooltex Coats Stoneleigh Court Conn L ST D. E. Silphan Cener Watington Brighton Conn. Ave National Remembrance Shop 44Th St Pa. Ave Mr. Foster Secretary of State Marshall Smithsonian Institution Walcott Edward W. Hkberle Navy Yard Isberle Charles Page Bryan Tyeorge Cornwallis Weat Henry F. Dimock Frederic Atherton George Barnett John Rodgers Helen Walcott Gladys Hinckley McKeown Admiral Blue George Oakley Totten Charles Hichardson Noble Gregory Arthur Campbell Breckinridge Thomas T Gaff George Cornwallis-West John Crayke Simpson Kate Fowler Hasadena, Cal Mme. Hauge Mme Hauge William Phillips Mme Culp Heder California Dumba Rauscher Charles R. Davis Minnesota Wiliam A. Smoot Virginia George T. Smallwood Clarence B . Miller Frank F Greenawalt District of Columbia Mary Colgan Derickson Vincent Los Angeles William A Clementson John van R Hoff Douglas Thompson N. N. Potts Virginia Miller Isaac Winston Bermuda Rauscher’s Tomorrow Young Women's Christian Home Ord Preston Whiting Margaret Michie Marion Lautze Gertrude Greeley Alice Goodwin Alice Shepard Gardner Bell Henrietta Fitch Adelaide Heath Marion Oliver Carolyn Nash Madge Stokes Dorothy Aleshire Ellen Shipman Porter Twentieth Century Club All Souls’ Unitarian Church William F. Ham Woodley Place Elizabeth N. Carhart Holy Land Milas Marguerite Barbour Palm Beach Bessie Samuel Thomas Blagdon Frank B Noyes Morton J Henry Mr. Henry Worthington Elizabeth Reeside Howard Reeside Marie Henkel Zareh Hungary Withe Veodar Henez Galicia Chicako Miss Henkel Recene Wayne Fort Myer Fort Washington Leigh Palmer E. B. Clark Edward B. Clark Hamilton Frederick L. Devereux Bronxville E. B. Grandin Hotel Bon Air William Baird Capt. Baird Westmoreland Apartments Fort Totten Calvin Nelson Grace Halbut Neilson Oscar E. Anderson Toledo Ohio Mrs. Lowndes Mise Louisa White Bric-abrac, &c Dakin Snortina Pottery Kann Sons & Co 8Th ST. and Penna. Ave Metropolitan Opera House New York City Brice Club Simpson-Crawford Smart Set Royal Poinciana Henry M. Flagler Willard & Brown William Lawrence Green Frederick Edey Hamilton Wilkes Cary Richard Hyde Leonard C Hanna George Widener Wiliam Thaward William Rice Lowe Richard Mortimer John C. King Vladimir De'Constantnovich Edward T Stotesbury Rawson Wood Henry Disston John Rutherford Warren Kinney Albert Ely William Rice Tha Edward T. Stotesbury George W.W. Loft W C. Bryant Currie Jackson John F Warris Edward McLean Quincy Shaw Robert Hager H B Caseelsberry W H Beardsley William E. Gaston Tyler Morse Dunbar Adams Leonard Salisbury Charles H Geist John F Fitzgerald John D Crimmins Sr. Werner Walter Mitchell Hugh L Cotton Charles Amory Harold Vanderbilt Forsythe Wickes Foster Milliken, Jr Herbert Coppell George Meyer Church Sutphin, Jr Dr White
Search Courier

Search the Washington Post Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Washington Post?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication