New Orleans Country Club Faces Smoking Row
A controversial letter to The Washington Post criticizes women smoking at a New Orleans country club during Friday dinner, claiming 95 percent oppose it and urging a rule banning women from smoking on club premises. The debate pits reformist editor Anthony Comstock figures against club leaders led by Leigh Carroll amid sensational local attention.
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Comstock
Syenal
Washington
Mr. Comatach
New New Orleans
Good Morals League of New York
Dong So
Board of Governors
Miss Tuckerman Opens Convalescent Home for Crippled Children
Miss Emily Tuckerman of Washington leases the Horton estate in Stockbridge Massachusetts to establish a convalescent home for crippled children from New York and Boston hospitals. Miss Zuckerman will cover all equipment, maintenance, and transportation costs. The home will operate about sixteen weeks each summer and be prepared for use.
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Washington Post
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Emily Tuckerman
Horton
New York
Boston
Breakfast for Financiers Hosts Welcoming Pan-American Delegates
Mr and Mrs Peters hosted a morning al fresco breakfast at Woodley in honor of delegates to the Pan American financial congress and their families. The event, moved indoors by rain, featured a rich display of Richmond roses and peonies with a large guest list including ambassadors ministers and numerous U S officials and aides from the Treasury Interior Labor and Commerce departments.
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Samuel Hala Pearson
Pearson
Argentina
Aldao
Octavia Zayas
Cuba
Wiliam Wallace White
Paraguay
Emily Keith
Rosalie Keith
Costa Rica
Calveanti
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Gertrude Triana
Colombia
Letitia Suay
Salvador
Pedro Rafael Rincones
Venezuela
Bryan
the Treasury
Garrison
Gregory
Navy
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Burlesson
Interior
Lane
Agriculture
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Commerce
Redfield
Labor
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Breckinridge
J. C. Cofield
Hugh L. Scott
John Burk
John W. Davia
Post
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Sweet
Federal Re Serve Board
Charles Hamlin
Hamlin
F. D. Delano
Delano
W. P. G. Harding
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Paul M. Warburg
Warburg
A. C. Miller
Miller
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Elliott H. Goodwin
Chamber of Commerce
Basil Miles
Beale
Chandler Anderson
Patten
George Marvin
J. S. Gittings
W. S. Sands
J. Brooks B. Parker
June Weddings Show Washington Bride Trend
The season of June weddings brings many brides to Washington and nearby country homes. Notable plans include Hope Norman marrying Elliot Bacon on Saturday June 5 at Beverly, Maine, with Margaret Perin as bridesmaid, and Annie Wright Huske wedding George Reininger at Ardwave, Maryland. An Annapolis ceremony for Agnes Wirt Hall and Ensign Alfred Haken Tawresey follows at St Anne’s Church with a reception at the grandparents’ home. Washington pairings include Maud Williamson with Maj Parker West, Madge Pickett Stoken with R. Kingstone, Pendleton Kennedy with Dr David Edsall, Adelene Hammond with A F W Vick, Elizabeth Cassidy with Thomas Raymond Clark, Nora Pepper with Beverly Price Evans, and Katherine Loretta Hilleary with Frederick Grenfell, all between June 1 and June 3.
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Guy Norman
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Robert Bacon
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George Howard
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Carvel Hall
Alfred Haken Tawresey
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Thomas Willamson
Alice Bries
Virginia Mul Una
Maud Williamson
Maj
Parker W. West
U. S&s
St Stephen's Episcopal Church
Madge Pickett Stoken
R. Kingstone
Church of the Epiphany
Beverly Price Evans
St. Margaret’s
Katherine Loretta Hilleary
Fréderick A. Grenfell
Chicago
Holy Trinity Church
Widows Seek Husbands From Utah Mockery Sparks City Letters
In San Diego a widow and a comely friend deny writing to Salt Lake City mayor to find Utah husbands. They received letters from Salt Lake City but insist they had no part in the indelicate correspondence. The tale, tied to a prank, fuels gossip as society notes and wedding plans unfold in Washington and Newport, with ambassadors and social leaders shaping summer life.
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Cal
Rosalie Spencer
Tenth Street
Mia
Mary Baldwin
Salt Lake City
Utah
Spencer
Baldwin
Cardinal Gibbons to Present Diplomas at Trinity College
Thirty four graduates will receive diplomas from Cardinal Gibbons at 11 a m on Thursday June 1. Michael J Ryan of Philadelphia will address the graduates. His daughter Miss Maria Ryan heads the student government. A decennial Class of 1905 reunion accompanies the exercises with gifts and events planned to mark the occasion.
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Trinity College
Cardinal Gibbons
Michael J. Ryan
Philadelphia
Maria Ryan
Summer Time Challenge for Youth Warned by Pastor
Reverend W E Paul of Riverside Farrington Memorial Chapel spoke to Presbyterian ministers at the YMCA about dangers of summer for youths. He warned of smoking, drinking, crime, and idle behavior, urging churches to organize outings and hikes to keep families connected and provide positive summer memories.
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Washington Post
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Minn
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Riverside Farrington Memorial Chapel
Young Men's Christian Association
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Uasually
Po‘Nee
Paul
Minnetonka
Girl Lured From School to Altar Ready to Spare Bigamist
Ida Hamilton, a former high school student in San Francisco, was married to Samuel W. Tolar in Fresno on February 11. Tolar is accused of bigamy and forgery. Hamilton and her mother plan to annul the marriage and avoid prosecution, hoping he will return to his other wife and children.
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Bureau of Standards
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Exposition
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West
Worden Whitman Parris
Maryhill
Washington
Washington Post
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Cal
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Fresno
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Tolar
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College ceremony plans and concerts scheduled this week
Alumnae Association will review science building and gym plans on Wednesday morning with advisory board decisions to be presented at 2 pm. Commencement features a pontifical mass at 10:30 am Sunday led by Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, with deacons, a master of ceremonies, and a baccalaureate sermon by Charles F. Aiken. Shakespeare by the Dramatic Society and Caecilian Society concerts follow the week. Class day is Wednesday at 4:30 pm and degree conferment Thursday at 11 am.
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Catholic University
Germanicopitis
Caecilian Society
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