Society's Dull Season Ends With War Preparations
Society activity shifts from frivolities to beneficent events as women join first aid and war relief efforts. Easter season features multiple balls and lectures to aid families of enlisted men, the Young Women's Christian Home, Working Boys' Home, and Confederate Memorial Home. Major fundraisers at Rauscher's, Willard, and Raleigh ballroom promise busy spring, with Dog and Horse Shows closing the season by early July.
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Ociety
Europe
Niaene Barracks
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Woman’s Army and Navy League
Alexander Sharp
Arthuree
Elkins
Washington
Young Women's Christian Home
Rauscher’s
the Willard
Robert E. Lee
George
Covington
Ball
Claude N Bennett
Confederate Memorial Home
War Relief of the Blind
Belasco Theater
Sergt. Middlemiss
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Raleigh
Accomplished Western Girl Prominent in Senatorial Circles
A social season in Washington features dinners at high offices and embassies as prominent young Western women gain notice in the senator circles. Diplomatic resident counts include Mirza Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khanom as they host an elegant Persian new year celebration marking spring. The piece notes ongoing social movements, travel between New York and Washington, and a luncheon at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace honoring Paulo de Maren Barros and Mme Barros with a wide circle of officials and dignitaries.
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Florence Khanom
Moraveh-es-Sultaneh
Washington
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Shoreham
Paulo de Maren Barros
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Agriculture
Mme. Barros
James Brown Scott
Endowment
Mme. da Gama
Willian Phillips
Carl Wrodman
William Cy
H. B. FP. Macfarland
Moreira
Mra
H. H. Stabler
Fletcher
Frederick W. Delano
John Barrett
Vanes
Agriculture Department
Caffrey
Engagement and wedding of Miss Lansing in Washington society
Washington society records a prominent engagement announcement and high profile wedding. Guests include ambassadors and ministers from Brazil Persia Belgium Siam and Greece, with numerous high ranking officials and relatives attending. The ceremony featured villa floral displays, a chancel screen, and weddings marches, followed by a Lafayette breakfast and a short honeymoon in Hot Springs.
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William Phillips
Ann Ingalls
Albert Ingalls
Polly Ingalls
Fay Ingalls
H H. Fregman
Hot Springs
Ingalls
Mrs. Ingalls
Lafaytte
Russell Sard
Albany
Abby Ingalls Barnard
Washington
Mr. Ingalls
Melville E. Ingalls
New York
George Ingalls
Chicago
Cleveland
Anne Ingalls
Entertaining Guests Amid Wedding Preparations at Shoreham
Social notes list Yale and Groton connections among guests at a wedding with Mr and Mrs Malcolm Arnold Robertson. Several families host visitors from New York and Morristown while others attend to lingering plans for weddings and social engagements at Washington venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Groton
Fay Ingalls
New York
Polly Ingalls
Mildred Eddy
Morristown
N. J
Melville E. Ingalla
Malcolm Arnold Robertson
Shoreham
Robertson Ingalls Nuptials of Gladys Ingalls and Malcolm Robertson
A simple noon ceremony at St John s Church united Miss Gladys Ingalls and Mr Malcolm Arnold Robertson first secretary of the British embassy The Rev Roland Cotton Smith officiated in the presence of relatives and close friends of the bride and groom and a small gathering of about thirty people
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Ingalls
Malcolm Arnold Robertson
St. John's Church
Roland Cotton Smith
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Larz Anderson
R. S. R. Hitt
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Charles Mills Hinkle
R. Shepherd
Frederic L. Huidekoper
Del
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Helen Woodrow Bones
White House
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Daniela
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N.C
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Senator
Thomas Sterling
South Dakota
Georgetown
Aanapolis Law
Barrett Learned
Gilbert Grosvenor
J. Rush Marshall
Merrill E. Gates
Charles W. Richardson
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Misa Katherine Lansing
R .S. Woodward
Mile. Barros
Andrew J. Montague
Slayden
Dr. Scott
Barros
Mehdi Khan
Mrs. Henderson
John B. Henderson
Belgium
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Koo
Germany
David Jayne Hill
Russia
George T. Marye
Murrough O’brien
O'Brien
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James MacDonald
Charlies Warren
Justice Pitney
Frederick H. Gillett
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Littauer
Paul Bartlett
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United States
Japan
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William C. Gorgas
Lyster
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McLean
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U. S.A
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Charles G. Ayres
Miami
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Florida
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Milton E. Ailes
Pere A. Wilmer
Vung
Charles Boughton Wood
William Leon Graves
Antoinette Graves
Charles Warren
Boston
Edward F Carry
Lake Forest
Ill
Ermina Carry
Willard
Miss Carry
England
Third National Service School
Lake Geneva
Hattie C Privette
Xi-Mena Briggs
Frederick Hurlburt Rock
Annapolia
Edward D Johnston
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
Archibald Gracie
Junction
Sixteenth Street
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Mire Lombard
William Miller
Lauterbach
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South Jeahora
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George Frederick Mitchell
Jane Gregory
Mrs Gregory
Louvre
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Straat Tirece
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Alice Waynard
Washington, D. C
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Art Department
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