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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1913
Page
10
The clubwomen invite Mr and Mrs Wilson to be honored guests at a social gathering this day evening December 1 at the home of Tate. Mrs Wilson will be accompanied by Miss Marjorie Brown and a younger guest, with plans for attendance through the week.
Premier of Canada and Secretary of State hosted a dinner last night in honor of Prom of diada and Mrs Borden and Sir Wil lant Jarrell. Guests included French Ambassador Mme Jusser and others. a luncheon at University Club honored Pr ensy Borden and Mrs Porden with many officials and diplomats attending.
The Italian Ambassador, recently at Bastor, has reached New York to spend the weekend. The Siamese Minister Phra Prabha Karavongse and his wife and daughter arrived in Washington yesterday and are guests of the retiring Minister and Princess Traides Pra bandh at the legation in Rhodesland Avenue. Marchese Negretto, formerly consul at the Italian embassy and a noted bachelor, has been named Italian Minister to Montenegro.
Mr and Mrs Ingalls and relatives return from Hot Springs to 17 Massachusetts Avenue for the winter in Washington. The Athertons of Boston arrive to occupy 1149 Avenue of the Presidents. Miss Glaius Ingalls has gone to Albany for a visit. Miss Tulla Calhoun and Mrs Ashley McGeuten sent invitations for tea. several social calls and entertainments are noted around Washington addresses.
Lieut Cole and Mrs Nl M Keeler of San Juan Philippines have arrived in Washington and stay at the Shoreham. Mrs Holden of Newport and daughter also visiting. Col and Mrs A Haynes of Kansas among prominent arrivals at the Shoreham. Mr and Mrs H Cleve of London are in the city staying at the New Willard. Mrs Hans Kuppers sails today with party from New York to Bremen aboard the George Washington. Mr and Mrs Rob Roy McKahan of the Partner will attend the Army and Navy game in New York this afternoon.
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the President sent out invitations for a White House meeting Monday night at 8 oclock. Proposals include wider use of school buildings, coordinated city recreation, and swimming pools in various districts. The special committee represents 56 organizations and reports next Monday.
CTHEBYs sale of autograph letters and historical documents drew 1740 in realized totals. Highlights included Gluck letter for 1100, Goethe’s mother letter 130, Beethoven letter 225, and a rare Bach-autograph sold for 125, with Mozart compositions yielding 127 and Schubert letter 200. The report also covers society events in New York and Philadelphia, including a Radnor Hunt Club breakfast, a divorcee party, and notable social figures like Mrs Raymond Belmont and Miss Helen Woodruff Smith.
Phys Prabha Karavongse arrives in New York aboard the Oceanica to succeed Ponce Traidox Prabandh as Siamese minister. He is met at Union Station by Prince Traidos Prabandh and legation members and will travel to the Capital by train. The retiring minister plans to leave Washington after presenting recall papers to President Wilson, likely by mid next week.
St Louis reports four American women including Miss Tille Placemeier will travel about 8,000 miles to Brazil to wed Lutheran missionary Adolph Fior and join him in adjoining houses. The courtship began with months of long distance letters routed via Liverpool and New York, culminating in a single ceremony.
Red Cross seals for tuberculosis relief went on sale in the city under a committee including Rear Admiral Mason and Mrs Boardman. Seals were placed in 16 stores and shipped to naval training ships and Atlantic fleet battleships. On Monday 150 local women begin selling, with blotters and slides promoting the drive. A film about dangerous tuberculosis cures will be shown in Washington theaters next Tuesday.
Senator Helen King Robinson leads Washington arrivals for the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention and suffrage school. Distinguished board members arrive as the College Equal Suffrage League holds its preliminary convention and lectures on lobbying and mobilizing votes across urban and rural areas.
Mrs August Belmont and Miss Anne Morgan lead a campaign to end useless Christmas gifts. A Woodward & Lothrop Hall gathering Wednesday will unveil the "Useless Giving" drive with speakers including Mrs Belmont Miss Morgan and Gertrude Robinson-Smith. Officers accept the hall offer and plan a public push by Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving.
The Bayre-Wilson wedding received the required legal act when the ministerial return on the marriage was entered in the District Supreme Court records by Clerk Kroll. The affidavit notes Reverend Sylvester W Beach validly authorized to perform marriages in the District solemnized the couple on November 26 at the White House, with the return filed after the clergyman departed for Princeton New Jersey.
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