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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1915
Page
10
Mrs C H P Belmont sails for New York and an exposition in a few days while Edson Bradleys return signals prep for Aiken. Newport society circles host luncheons and dinners for Mrs Deroy P Williams and others as Miss Townsend, Miss Ogden Aims, and the Lochillespies adjust autumn and winter engagements across Watch Hill and New York.
The article details A T Mit es IN NAT ATIoNa IP L Gen PITAE and Helen Bones with Dr Cary T. Grayson accompanying the President at G A R benefit ball games. It mentions Secretary Garrison on vacation in Seabright, Persian Minister Nd Mehd Khan’s Washington return, State Dept counselor Frank L. Park arriving with Mrs Park, and social events around Col Henry T. Allen’s daughter Dasha’s engagement to Saint Joseph W. Viner. It notes the Allen sisters’ prominence in Washington society, riding and hunting club roles, Miss Margaretia Bid and Bishop Stobert H. Codman’s forthcoming private wedding, Miss Gladys Ingalls winning a red ribbon at Flat Springs horse show, de Watt sisters visiting Norfolk, and Rep Flood visits to Washington with social ties to Portner and Liebert families.
A Washington wedding plans the September 21 ceremony at St John s Church Olney Maryland uniting Mrs Mary Randolph Janney daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hail Janney of Sandy Spring and James Mark Shields. A reception follows at Meadowbrook home of the bride with attendants and a large bridal party led by Miss Mary Button as maid of honor. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs William Elsworth Shields of Chicago. Other notes mention society visitors and travels in Virginia Pennsylvania and Atlantic City with several families noted.
Special to The Washington Post from Beverly Massachusetts September events note Frank Mitchell entertaining Washington colonists on the Beverly shore a wedding procession walks to Wenham Neck church for Miss Eleanor Cole and William L Coolidge Jr wedding guests include prominent financial legal and business figures. Charles M Cabot funeral at St Johns Farm's Episcopal Church attended by notable locals. travelers depart for New York and cities while lectures on Lohengrin draw attendees. Several Japanese visitors depart after studying conditions. Races at Erlen fair feature Washington residents Alice and Julia Whiting.
Special to Che Washington Post Lenos Mass reports Mrs John F Minton of Philadelphia and others attended events at Lenox Stockbridge Tyringham Tyringham area and Shadowbrook. Capt Ignac Emerson and Mrs Alfred H Vanderbilt left for Baltimore while Mr and Mrs Walter W Wood headed to Mangelwood New Jersey.
Special to The Washington Post reports a social afternoon at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia with Mr John Herndon French hosting an auction bridge party after tea at his cottage. Many rode earlier in the day featuring Minas Mercer French Mrs J R Thomas Miss Wagner Edward Buckley III and Messrs Hardy Miller Gilpin and Hannawinkle.
Special to The Washloxton Post recounts Mme Christian Hauge hosting an auction bridge gathering at Barton Lodge in Hot Springs Virginia. Guests included Mrs Archibald McCrea, Mme Felix Yturbe, Mrs J McClure Clark, Miss Alice Scar borough, Miss Gladys Ingalls, Mrs L H Holmes, Mrs Edgar Bright, and Miss Florence Wade among others, followed by a large tea. Summer visitors from Pocono Pines Pa, Miss Barnes at George Washington University, and Mr A J Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia, with Mr and Mrs Charles D Chapin of Lenox Massachusetts, are noted at the Willard. Secretary of Commerce Mr Redfield was among those dining at the Willard yesterday.
The Rev Alexander Cummins officiated at the wedding of Miss Evelyn Atwater and Mr Edward Atwater in the couple’s Poughkeepsie home. Rev Herbert Shinman and others attended as clergyman and ushers. notable guests included Dr William Campbell Posey and Senator William Cameron Sproul. The bride’s father, Edward Atwater, is bank president and her connections link to the Phalps and Storra families of New England.
R A Piatt Andrew, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and now inspector general of the field service corps of the American ambulance, says sections of 20 motor ambulances are in Belgium Lorraine Alsace and other war zones. He seeks in this country at least 80 more volunteers. Frances Leigh Brooks returns to Brookfield Green Spring Valley from York Harbor Me. Edythe Hassen hosts luncheon for cousin June Maxwell betrothed to Alfred R Clarke of Washington. William Averell Harriman and Kitty Lanier Lawrence file notice of intention to wed in Lenox Mass. Mrs Charles W Knox hosts her daughter Hoscos Lee Martin visiting for weeks. Luncheons in Newport by Mrs Robert A McCormick Mrs Frank K Sturgis and Mrs Richard H Townsend announce dinner for September 16. Horace White Jr visits relatives at Gloucester then plans winter in Baltimore. Josephine Williams Dixon marries Hon Deal Arthur Campbell last Friday at the Oaks Madison NJ. Brig Gen and Mrs James Forney in Bryn Mawr for September. William W Bodine sails at Viabnova. Angela Forney formerly Mrs Bodine. Princess David Kawananakoa spent time at Lake Geneva and left for the East with Mrs Lama Jertle. numerous affairs in honor of the princess.
Special to the Washington Base Kennebunk Sept 8 Kennebunk will host the marriage of Miss Mary M Bourne daughter of Dr and Mrs George W Bourne of Kennebunk to Hugh Gates Boutell of Washington son of the late Sherman Boutell The ceremony is set for Tuesday at 4 pm at the Unitarian Church The Rev D M Wilson will perform the rites Miss Anne Hlauveit of Bratley NJ will be maid of honor Best man is John Wood Brooks Jr A reception will follow Post wedding residence is 1582 Twenty second Street NW Washington DC Boutell is a George Washington University graduate His father was a longtime representative from Maine and served two years as Minister to Switzerland.
Margaret Outhwaite daughter of Mrs Philip Jennings of New York and widow of the late Ohio congressman J H Outhwaite married Edward Stevens son of Mrs George B Stevens of New York this afternoon at Wayside Old Bennington Rev Isaac Jennings pastor of the First Church in Bennington officiated
Thomas Dixon fiction unfolds an epic war tale of conquest by European powers and a patriotic message. The initial installment appears in the semimonthly magazine section of next Sunday's Post.
The Belasco Theatre launches 1915 16 with Joseph Weber presenting The Only Girl by Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom. The bill includes Gertrude Hoffmann and a slate of musical and vaudeville acts, plus film features at Columbia and Cosmos venues. The season promises a varied lineup from stage shows to photoplays and free outdoor film events.
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