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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
14
Men and young men are finding splendid selections in the Special Sale of Suits now in progress. Models include British cut, athletic vests, and modified English designs with domestic and imported materials. About fifty men may still avail themselves of this offers.
Mrs. Robert Coleman of Wynnewood attends the forthcoming marriage of Miss Jennings and Chauncey Hackett at the Shoreham, among a host of society guests and receptions. The week features the Congressional Club event with Speaker Champ Clark expected to speak, and a monied array of dinners at Chevy Chase Club and estate gatherings, with Army Navy game plans and Montessor events drawing Washington figures and diplomats alike.
Col John D Hall U S A and Mrs Hall of Washington spent part of the winter at Hot Springs Ark and are now visiting their son Lieut Dean Hall at Columbus Barracks Columbus Ohio.
Invitations issued for a tea dance in honor of Misa Brasse Chaffe hosted by Senator and Mrs Ransdell. Guests include Miss Aline King and Miss Natalie Newman from Bridgeport. Also notices of a marriage engagement and various social calls, with alimony and family announcements following.
Mrs. Charles J. Badger wife of Rear Admiral Badger has returned to Washington after visiting Commandant and Mrs. Benson at the Philadelphia navy yard. Mrs. M. E. Olmstead of Harrisburg Pa motored to Washington and is staying several days at the Shoreham joined by Miss Howard of Staunton Va and Mr and Mrs Henry Graham Brown of Pittsburgh Chaplain A Hoyt and Mrs Hoyt Cynwyd Pa have arrived in Washington and are at the Shoreham. Mr and Mrs James Newton Gunn of Pittsburgh are also noted in the social notices.
London May 2 Baron Wimborne announced Maj J Y D Bing ham would not join the English polo team for the International trophy defense at Mandow Brook. The team will include Maj F W Barrett Capt Leslie St C Cheape Capt H A Tomkinson Capt Vivian Lockett and John Traill, an Ireland native playing with Argentina. Positions to be announced tomorrow.
A fragmented column discusses home care items and cleaning tricks such as pumice stone for marble and vinegar for tarnish, plus caution about gasoline and naphtha. It shifts to fashion with navy and royal blue dresses and delicate embroidered cuffs, then offers a bread pudding recipe and notes on a new law affecting women workers in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Baltimore society will stage garden fetes at Carroll Park and nearby historic sites with colonial costumes and dances. Descendants will impersonate notable figures like Washington and Lafayette at Mount Clare, where a Peale painting of the two heroes with Carroll is unveiled. The event features genuine gowns, antique jewelry, silver from Maryland families, and a loan exhibition of miniatures and furniture.
Special to The Washington Post reports Laura Painter of Saybrook married Herman V Biringer of Elizabeth at the bride’s parents home in Hillside New Jersey on April H guests were sworn to secrecy and kept the secret. Mrs Biringer from Elizabeth is well known there and in Saybrook. Her husband serves with Company C Second Regiment New Jersey National Guard. The ceremony was led by Rev John V Elliston of East Baptist Church Elizabeth.
In Bartlesville Oklahoma on May 20 Rev H A Breese pastor of Epworth Methodist Church claimed he had not been paid salary totaling 40 dollars. He seized the church building prompting workmen to remove it Tuesday. A crowd formed within ten minutes and police and sheriffs were called to restore order and guard the building. Breese says he has received only 46 dollars since November.
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