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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1907
Page
22
Thanksgiving week marks Remnant Day as gift departments clear out small and incomplete lots. The store touts broad fabric ends, ribbons, lace, china, bric a brac, cut glass, and dress goods at half to nearly half price to start the new month with fresh stock and strong bargains.
Social notices detail the formal debut of Miss Henrietta Fitch, daughter of the Navy's Chief Engineer, at their K Street residence with flowers, pink accents, and a guest list including Mrs. Beekman Winthrop and other officials. Additional events note dinners hosted by the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and various diplomatic and social figures visiting Washington, with engagements at the White House and numerous arrivals from New York and Europe.
Thanksgiving scenes unfold in Washington with turret selections and society events. Notables from Ida Belle Hutchins family to Georgetown crew dances headline a holiday week while residents visit relatives in Virginia and Pennsylvania and the city anticipates clear, mild weather for the national celebration. News notes include European visitors in the district and local clubs highlighting cultural exchanges.
A gossip style column details Washington society's daily walks and theater attire. It highlights Mrs Roosevelt and other high profile women as they stroll and prepare for performances, plus notes on a New York opera gown worn by Mlle des Portes. It also covers European engagements, including Baron de Graffenfeld’s plan to wed Miss Irma Stern, and mentions Lady Alaybe Whigham Quin and Lord Dunraven with sidelights on aristocratic circles and garden trends in Fifth Avenue.
The Washington society of Engineers circulated ballots listing nominees for next year. Candidates include Arthur P. Davis for president and D Carl for vice president. Secretary nominee Louis D Biles and treasurer John F Heyford are named, with various district inspectors and warders listed. The election date is the third Monday in December.
Recital by Mark Hambourg announced for Friday afternoon at Belapoo Theater under Bernhard Ulrich Hambourg management. The article recalls Anton Rubinstein as a prodigy and notes Hambourg’s early studies begun at age six with his father a Moscow Conservatory professor. Tickets on sale at T Arthur Smith's, 4th Street Northwest.
At the Salem sale of Matthew A. Stickney’s library an engraved copper view by Paul Revere was purchased by Harvard University for 9725 dollars. Three other Revere plates sold at lower prices. Also noted is the marriage of Miss Gaya Coleman and Willa Sidney Porter, the latter known as O Henry, in Asheville with Dr Campbell officiating.
The Georgetown University law school class elected officers last evening in the law school building. President John B Sullivan Thompsonville Conp vice president Morton H Burdiee Ademe Muss secretary Tate L Offran Bravidence B J trou uree George R Frye Pythone Kans and mrécantatar Deamond J O'Neil Giwndre Mont. The class is the largest that ever entered Georgetown law school numbering 197 members.
Commissioners West and Morrow will team up as partners in a morning Columbia Golf Club tournament. They plan to attend the All-Army versus IU Navy football game in the afternoon. West will address children at St Joseph's Orphan Asylum in the evening. Macfarland said he will attend Up Church of the Covenant services and likely watch Georgetown versus George Washington in the afternoon, then spend the evening with family.
The Taft party travels by train from Vladivostok to Moscow amid greetings. Secretary Taft extends stay in St Petersburg by a day, while stations along the route are decorated. Officers board the train, deliver cards, and Taft distributes kopeks to cheering children at a stop.
The Imsneamorwan Club of Paris hosted a Thanksgiving gathering at the Hotel Palate Orsay with many American residents attending. President W. 8. Dajliba presided while Harvard lecturer Prof George Figree Baler spoke on American restlessness as a path to a brighter national future. The National Museum and the Smithsonian Institution will open today from 9 to 5 p.m.
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