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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1915
Page
10
The article touts vast variety in cretonne patterns and uses for draperies, bed coverings, and upholstery. It notes endless decorative options from shadow prints to rich tones across a wide price range from 25 to 75 cents per yard.
Mrs J H Hanan hosted about a thousand country folk at Narragansett for the annual supper closing Casine Mars. Guests included Mrs Hanan with Mr and Mrs Calbet Hanan and Mrs Wilm o Stley. The billroom featured harvest time decor while the hosts planned a New York trip aboard the Surf with guests from Shore Acres and Washinton attendees proceeding to Plattsburg for a military camp.
Mr and Mrs Laurence Todd, visiting Tryingham with Mr and Mrs Francis E Leupp, return to Washington DC. Bishop Thomas Frederick Davies is bound for Washington Monday to be the orator at the national Grand Army encampment.
Special to The Washington Post Hot Springs Va Sept 7 Ideal weather drew large crowds to golf links and tennis courts with many riding and driving parties. Notables included Gov and Mrs Beechman of Rhode Island Capt Duncan Elliott Associate Justice McReynolds Mr and Mrs Tyler Field and the Philips brothers. The largest riding party, mainly youths, picnicked at Flag Rock in honor of Katherine Ingalls birthday. WoW Laird and family rode two buckboards around the mountain. Gov and Mrs Beechman hosted a dinner for friends tonight.
The Washington diplomatic scene gains the Persian Minister Mend Khan who arrived yesterday after years in appointment and will present credentials soon. Dominican Minister Senor Aromano Perez Perdomo is due to arrive to succeed Senor Enrique Jiminez. Various officials and social hosts are noted across California, North Beverly, Appleton Farms, and Shoreham gatherings as the season unfolds.
Misa Katherine Britton visits the Wilson cottage in Newport for the fall season. The Cozlin Lowell marriage is announced in Baltimore on August 26. Joseph R. Lowell, formerly of Washington, now resides in Charlotte, practicing law. Jerome Bonaparte and family travel from Newport to New York via Naragansett en route to Virginia Hot Springs for autumn. Charles F Wilson and sister visit New York for a brief stay. Slvanus Stokes and son Syvanus Jr return from Atlantic City cruise aboard Gretchen. Dr Cary T Grayeon returns from New York after visiting a ill friend..
Misa Isabelle Dunning daughter of Mrs William Fullerton Dunning will wed Phillippe E N Greene son of Mrs Casimir de Copper and Mrs Brackenridge Bayne in Warwick NY at Locust Grove Farm on Saturday September 18. Matron of honor is Mrs Bayne and bridesmaids include Miss Brakeman Miss Frost Miss Florence Johnson and Miss Wilhelmine Dunning. Best man is Mr Robert C Winmill with ushers Mr Arthur Gwynne Mr W H Dannat Pell Mr Silas Dunning and Mr Percy Hance. Additional notes mention Mrs Thomas Kelly Mrs John Kelly Miss Mary Kelly Miss Florence Kelly and Mr E J Kelly visiting Shoreham Hotel and Miss Mary Redford returning from Barnstable Massachusetts.
Newport RI Sept 7 with many summer residents leaving for New York the majority stay through September. Mr and Mrs Vincent Astor have invited guests to a Beachwood dinner and dance Friday night. Beverly More events include a Townsend luncheon and an illustrated talk on Japan by Rev Gleeson at the Newport Art Association. Kennilworth Walter Kenilworth Martin, a famed palmist, wed Boston heiress Emma Harding, aged 66, in Newport Episcopal Church.
Frequent local social notes detail a series of movement and visits among Washington families. Mma de Meigsner plans return from Bethlehem to Washington, while Randall Hagner reoccupies a Parkwood apartment after Canada visit. Brainerds and Brainerds families resume winter life in DC, Moncure visitors, and Grace de Laghmutt hosts in Clermont. Engagement announced for Rose Leon to Henry Ullman, with ceremony details at 1127 Fourteenth Street NW, Sept 19. Jameson of Indianapolis to wed Margaret Booth’s daughter, in Marshall Illinois, after Ovid Jameson’s death.
The piece profiles two Randolph sisters of Philadelphia, Mrs John R Fell and Miss Hannah Randolph, as emblematic society women. It notes their work supporting a Philadelphia workshop for sewing and knitting for Belgians and the poor, funded by Mr Fell and Miss Randolph, with earnings aiding workers. It mentions summer fêtes at Narragansett Pier, plans to reopen their workshop and open a Chestnut Street shop, and details about Miss Randolph’s polo captaincy and social activities. It also reports on Pay Director J H Watmough of A N and the Ames family purchasing Blair Fair Child estate, plus the Newport Belvedere rental and a newborn son of Mrs Hargraves, Richard Bryan Hargraves.
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