Henry White Helps Promote National Cathedral Appeal in D.C.
The Hon. Henry White and Miss Mabel Boardman spoke at Mrs. John McGowan’s home to energize the Mite Sunday drive for the National Cathedral. Attendees included bishops and Washington social leaders as organizers report growing donations and pledges totaling hundreds of thousands for the cathedral fund.
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Emment
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Uite Sunday
Henry White
France
Mise Mabel Boardman
American Red Cross
John McGowan
McGowan
U & ON
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Mris
Henry Wihte
Frank Andrews
George Howland Chase
Thomas Hyde
Gordon Crawford
Alban
Hay Alfred Harding
White
Westminster Abbey
Harding
National Capital
Satterlee
Boardman
England
Ambassador Reed
Lord Pauncefote
Mra McGowan
Unite ’ Movement
Mrs McCombs Ill and Her Social Ties Across Washington
The article profiles Mrs McCombs as ill and details her social rise in Washington society. It notes her White House entree under two administrations through friends Miss Roosevelt and Miss Taft, her Georgetown Visitation schooling, and early appearances at weddings. It adds she has traveled widely and visited Mrs Leiter, with Mr McCombs described as about 36, Arkansas native, Princeton graduate, and a longtime President friend.
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Washington
White House
Ethel Hoosevelt
Helen Taft
Misa Willams
Visitation Convent
Georgetown
Julietta
Lester
Misa Williama
Leiter
Mr. McCombs
Arkansas
Princeton
Verandas a Year Round Comfort and Cleaning Space
In cold blustery weather use the veranda for air and exercise. Dress warmly and walk or nap outside when sun shines. Verandas provide safe baby naps, shelter for carriage, and a lieu for outdoor cleaning and fresh air.
In Holiday Spirit by Barbara Boyd
A fragmented piece contrasts a impulsive loud girl with a thoughtful well bred companion. It argues good breeding matters for social success, praising courteous, quiet charm over boisterous behavior and public vanity in a late 19th or early 20th century domestic-social context.
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Barbara Boyd
Narself
A. Wworth
Senor Mendez Entreats New Guatemalan Envoy Visit
The president attended a Columbia Theater performance with guests including Eleanor Wilson and the Wilson sisters. Washington-bound Eleanor Wilson and Jessie Wilson planned two days in New York, while British Ambassador Spring-Rice and family arrived in Washington. The ambassador regains strength post thyroid illness and will join Mme da Gama at Sulphur Springs before a White House reception on Nov 1. Lieut Wo Cramer hosted a dinner at the Willard with an array of guests. The Peruvian Minister agreed to speak at Clark University.
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Columbia Theater
Eleanor Wilson
Smith
Dy Cary Grayson
Wilson
Jessie Wilson
Washington
New York
Arthur Spring-Rice
Spring-Rice
Mme da Gama
Wo Cramer
Palm Room
The
Dew
Willard
Foster Miss Bacon
Misa Buatt
Miss Dickman
Mose Gordon
Mas Anderson Baron Friedengaat
Tieut Dunnnd
Russell
Clarks Univerat
Embassy Officials and Dignitaries Gather in Washington
The report lists diplomatic staff and guests in Washington, including Senor Don Joaquin Méndez hosting American envoy Dr William Hayne Leavell at a Massachusetts Avenue legation event. Attendees include Secretary of State officials, ministers from multiple nations, and prominent social figures. General movements note Brazilian and Panamanian staff trips and domestic visits by international figures.
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Don Joaquin Méndez
William Hayne Leavell
Legation
Massachusetts Avenue
John Bassett Moore
Costa Itica
Venezuela
Peru
Honduras
Nicaragua
Balvador
John Barrett
C W. Davis
Hannis Taylor
J E Lefevre
Boas Long
Herbert Stabler
Bydney
Smith
F J Yanes
Ira ¥. Bennett
Theodore Noyes
Ashton G. Clapham
Peronneau Coffin
Don J. E. Lefevre
Panama
Austrian Royal Women Aid Poor Through Education Move
Vienna society figures led by Princess Pauline Metternich Sandor push education and reform to uplift the poor. Counts and countesses rally funds for schools and laboratories, aiming to improve living conditions amid courtly favor.
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Intaig Movement
Pauline Me teltich-Sandor
Amperor Francis Josephs Court
Leutenants
Gabrile
Bellgarde
Burgess Marto ii Brona
Wiheltmna Weshy
Mituré Wolk
Patt Activi
Dress Disaster Sparks a Woman's Reckoning and Repair
Helen frantically vents over a Paris gown gone wrong and $18 repairs. She destroys the faulty dress to rebuild it herself, finds stubborn pride giving way to quiet triumph, and faces her husband Warren over her impulsive temper and stubborn perfectionism.
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Habel Herbert Urneir
Shea
Helen
Nora
Paris
Mrs. Stevens
Thien
Washington Social Page Notes From The Capital
Mrs John Moses delegates in Trenton register New Jersey Society of Colonial Dames. Sir Robert and Lady Hadfield plan a winter house in Washington for the season. Mr John Barrett of the Pan American Union to Minneapolis for Pan American celebration. Senator Hitchcock and wife lease 17 M Street for winter. Morland and Longworth connections, Panama trip for Thanksgiving. Mrs Bobby hosts tea at Washington barracks Officers Club with autumn decor. Admiral Swinburne in New York en route abroad. Mrs Lincoln Karmany honored at navy yard party. Hoyt Percy Jones noted. Continged on seventh page.
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Lady Hadfield
Washington
Wickersham
Taft
Ing
Sheridan Circle
Gen
Fitshugh
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
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Minn
Ireland
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Shoreham
M Street
Winiter
Nicholas Longworth
Morland
Missorul
Paniama
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Washington Barracks
Langfitt
Kuhn
Kingsman
Burr
William T Swinburne
New York
J B Rrodes
Trent Rindes Usn
Navy Yard
Lincoln Karmany
Hoytha Percy Jones
Percy Jones
How Anyone Can Banish Hair or Fuzz Today
A dubious ad claims Delatone removes hair quickly when applied with water. It promises no harm and that one application suffices to remove traces of hair, urging readers to obtain an original package from a druggist for best results.
Peg-Top Skirts Rise In Modish Fashion Circles
The piece highlights peg-top skirts tapering to a narrow footline, paired with pile fabrics like velours and velveteen for light yet dramatic drape. It notes inset vents, leather-colored velours de lame, and a Berm sern model with green suede belt, plus yardage needs and pattern numbers from Ladies' Home Journal patterns.
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Berm
Ladies’ Home Journal
Washington Agencis
Unveil Wilde Monument Faces Unpermitted Unveiling
A 6-4 band of poets formed yesterday at Chaise Cemeteries moved to seize and cover the Wilde monument to be unveiled, carrying away the covering. Authorities, who refused permission, declared the act objectionable and halted the ceremony.
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