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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
14
Washington social pages detail omissions and arrivals as ambassadors Cecil Spring-Rice and Cusahi depart for New York and London, with plans to join families in Dublin. High-level entertaining continues at Chevy Chase and the Shoreham as the capital prepares for summer. The new Playhouse aims to host Remaking the Raleighs for a fundraising season, signaling a shift to formal dramatic society activity.
Gifts for John Jacob Astor’s infant son have come from strangers, with returns of most items. Reports from Washington society note a Kaiser dowry rumor for Princess Victoria Luise. Dogsticks become a Washington fad among society women. A hotel message scolds Mrs. Hobart Blythe for smoking. she departs with her husband. A Park Avenue blaze at the Barney estate destroys priceless items, with $3,000 damage and pieces recovered by firemen.
A public figure recalls frugal living by shopping in bulk to save money. He notes families with six daughters can buy hats, gowns, stockings, and lace in large quantities, stored safely in paper or tin, and suggests wholesale prices at certain stores to reduce costs.
In a lawn discussion, Phoebe argues a school course in social ethics could guide girls toward genuine worth in marriage, discourage vanity in mate choice, and elevate societal standards. Critics counter that such study may threaten female independence, while Phoebe insists it promotes true happiness and steadier homes.
Opening day of a three day race meet at Benning hosted by the Washington Riding and Hunt Club draws expected large fashionable attendance. The event runs through Saturday and Monday with tea parties planned at the clubhouse as a key feature. The first race begins at 3 o'clock. Miss Ruth Parker, daughter of Mr and Mrs Parker, will attend.
Mrs. M. M. Parker will leave Washington next week for Devon Pennsylvania to attend the horse show. She will stay as guest of Mr. and Mrs. Yarrow. Mrs. N. Twining hosted a luncheon yesterday. William Marshall Bullitt of Louisville Kentucky, former solicitor general, will marry Miss Nuria Lasigi in Stockbridge Massachusetts on May 5. Beattys plan a trip to Annapolis in June. Rep and Mrs Thomas G. Patten of New York return to Washington tonight via New York stop at Hotel Powhatan. Southern Relief Home for Confederate veterans and widows opens Saturday from 2 until. Home at 1418 Thirty-first street. George Lawrence and wife have left Washington for Atlantic City before returning to Massachusetts. Twelfth Night performed by Leojean college girls at 1517 Thirteenth street with a large audience. Cast includes Fermina Gerrine Clara Hastings Ethel Cooper Antoinette Joheson Catherine Nellie Gertrude Berat Elma Breneman Dora Parke Mildred Trindann Rebecca Rogers Ethel Patterson Mary Nolle Louise Townsend Catherine O'Brien Matilda Ramey.
Frank B Richards a veteran newspaper man and theatrical press agent died of throat cancer at Casualty Hospital after a year long illness He was 67 a New Yorker survived by his wife and son Frank Richards Jr a police reporter on the New York Evening Telegram funeral plans not yet set He earlier worked as a war correspondent for the New York Sun and in Roosevelt campaign bureau in Washington papers
Miss Helen Margaret Harvey, a senior at St. Cecilia's Academy, offered a piano recital with assistance from soprano Miss Mabel Benzler at St. Cecilia's Academy. A large audience attended as the program featured purely classical selections. Graduation exercises for St. Cecilia's will be held at the Columbia Theater on June 4 at 2 30 p.m. Six students will receive diplomas for academics and one for music.
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