Widows and social life mark sobering anniversary events
The item recalls Mrs Lacemith widow of a sergeant from the Titan disaster, mourning in white crepe and satin, alongside Mme Bernhardt’s suffrage moment and social notices from Washington, Alexandria, and nearby towns. It chronicles widows, hostesses, and visitors at homes in Rosemont, Cameron Street, and North Payne Street, with frequent mentions of social engagements and arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lace
Ate
Smoa
Smith
Parriar
Washington
University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Monticelio
Albemarle County
Virginia
United States
Madison Park
Charlottesville
Southern Railway
H. W. Hilleary & Company
Southern Building
Washington, D. C
Squirees and society notes from a midwinter page
A colorful gala features Persian inspired dress with an Occidental twist as Mrs Knowles models a divided tunic look and silk stockings. In New York, Abigail Hancock Bishop fights divorce from James Cunningham Bishop over alimony with Judge Pendleton hearing the motion to compel support while Henry Taft notes prior reductions. A car race between two elderly women from Delmont to Greensboro spurs playful chatter. A charity costume ball at Ardsley Club in Tarrytown showcases numerous attendees in period outfits, while suffragists miss a planned protest at the theater leaving a note unread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme Bernhardt
Bernhardt
Portia Willis
Klatschken
Mme. Beru
Persia
Knowles
James W. Osborne
Abigail Hancock Bishop
James Cunnirham Bishop
New York
Pendleton
Supreme Court
Bishop
Osborne
Alexandria Society Hosts Delightful Club Dance
A large gathering from the Old Dominion Boat Club enjoyed a Saturday evening dance in the Alexandria clubhouse. George Bryan Pitts led arrangements with chaperones Mrs. George H. Evans and Mrs. Charles M. Shepperson. Guests included Mrs. Percy Evans Warrenton and numerous local and visiting figures from Virginia Washington and Maryland. Miss Lila Walter Barrett hosted a luncheon at her Duke Street home in honor of Mrs. Frank McCormick of Berryville Virginia with several attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Dailey Kirk
Baltimore
Lloyd Uhter
Mira
George Uhter
Cameron Street
Pittsburgh
Percy Evans
Warrenton
James Sidney Douglas
Ethel Dunbar
Agnes Dunbar
S. J. Barnhousse
North Payne Street
Franche Stansbury
Herbert Stanabury
Tucumcari
Ni Mex
Lila Barrett
Cape Henry
George M. Abbott
Louise Abbott
Washington
Charles E. Nicol
Manassas
Virginia Gardner
Garris E. Bibb
Culpeper
James C. Preston
North Royal Street
Old Dominion Boat Club
George Bryan
Pitts
George H. Evans
Charles M. Shepperson
Edith Pigeon
Harriet Spofford
Katherine Waller
Delia Phillips
Mary Phillips
Sophie Tackett
Mary Snowden
Hattie’ Douglas
Beall Dai
Garnett Fitts
Richard ‘Chichester
Windsor Snowden
Ramund PF. Hunter
Stanley D. Blanton
Wiliam Brooke
George Anderton
Jamess. Douglas, Jr
Wallace ‘Lindsey
Frazier Baldwin
Vivian P. Berry
Lila Walter Barrett
Duke Street
Frank McCormick
Frankfort
Berryville, Va
Percy Hayans
Philadelphia Bride Weds Austrian Baron in Baronial Hall
Miss Helene Margaret Schmidt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Schmidt, married Capt. Carl Baron Czernig von Czernhausen in a ceremony at the Schmidt home near Radnor. The groom wore a blue piped uniform of the Baron Alboir regiment. Guests numbered 256 at the noon wedding and 70 at a postbreakfast reception. The couple will reside in Vienna and tour after extended nuptials. Also listed are upcoming entertainments at the National Library for the Blind including a recital and readings by Margarita Spalding Gerry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Beile
von Czernhausen
Herbert M. Tilden
Germantown
J. Ernest Richards
Radnor
Claire Adelaide Wolstenholme
Blanche Megargee Gardiner
Baron Czoernig
Vienna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uncle Sam
Kayser
Julius Kayser & Co
BR. G. Roocies
Robert S. Barrett
Daisy Johnson
Elizabeth Dulaney Herbert
Harriet Bolling Dong- Tae
Wing Street
Ki Kats
Misa Christina Kemper
Rosemont
Fannie Dixon
Louisville
Belle Perkins
Richmond
Herbert Carter
Green Valley
Alexandria County
Lawis Barley
Deerfield
Augusta County
Conrad Johnson
Emily Johnson
Johnson
Agatha Gay
Staunton
Joyce Waller
Hitle
Nancy Lee Tackett
Friends
Haymarket
Harriet Bolling Douglas
George Doswell Brooks
Brooke
Wiliam Herbert
North
Washington Street
Winchester
James T. Poindexter
M.C. €. Peyton
Bella Owens
Warrenton, Va
Peyton
Richard Gibson
City
Clarence R. Howard
Kenmore
Fredericksburg
Jonah Bernheimer
Jolly
King Street
Bernheimer
Julius Wolf
Louis Bendheim
Julia A. McGowan
Lewis H. Machen
Queen Street
Marie Cissel
Winnie W. Cox
Belle Otley
Wilmington, del
3. H. Morris
Dlste Snowden
Mary Ball
Alexander Suter
W. D. Baldwin
Roanoke
Nicholas P. T. Burke
Boston
John W. Burke
Wolfe Street
Benny Page
Fairfax
Prince Street
Henry Olin Pattison
Little Son
Charles Stuart
Miss Sarah Stuart
Norfolk
Wilhelmina Weinstein
Gus Weinstein
Minnie Weill
South St. Asaph Street
J. William May
Front Royal
Suzanne Davidson
Mrs. Standing
Belize
British Honduras
Robert Standing
Albert
Barber & Ross
Rich's
Russia
Hans
James F. Curtis
George Wallace
Harry Leardon
Delmont
Greensboro
Greensburg
Leopoon
William Blose
Oldfield
Leardon
Hemry
Brooks
Ardsley Park
Ardsley Clun
Tarrytown
N. Y
Lord Fauntleroy
John B. Plummer
Sailor Boy
Plummer
Charles A Cass
Roswell Skeet
Skeet
Thomas
Maitland S Griggs
Eton
Guggs
Nashaniel A. Campbe
Wunds Tewsong
Campbell Flower Gil
Slavpach Flower Gil
Coum
Benijanya
Benijanya Tame Deon Bor
Wis
J. Ot
Pinuips Prowunte
Howe S
Gheey Broncos
Mr. Ingersoll Grown
Sailor
Sarah Bernhart
Berea
Ne Theater
Curtis
Children’s Hospital
Alexandria Society
J.& W.eiseman
Oender
P. K
Ratine
Doyle Brockett
North Washington Street
Majorie Adamson
England
Mr. Hunt Russell
Lynchburg
National Library For the Blind
Margarita Spalding Gerry
F Street
N. W. Teewis
Cmt
Erlebauher
Jc.g. Sloan & Co., Inc
G Street
Casiraghi
America
G St. NW
C. G. Sloan & Co., Inc
Newspaper
Ibchive
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