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4 iivesw ftWiiVv iifri 2 Mwim 9 ifer aa TrtW 5jtjt JXiifv3Fify 5C wt IT Jhl COCIAl EVENTS CHRONICLED IN BRIEF CONTINUED TBOM J3tXTH AQX Hisses Arlce and Doris Rabbi tt are spending several weeks visiting near Culpeper Vs Mlsr Ella Rabbitt has returned to ber home In Olrard street after spending several weeks at Washington Grove Mr and Mrs William Baches Kendall were called to New York by the Illness and subsequent death of Mrs Atter burr mother of Mrs Fendall Mrs At terbury was the widow of Mr John Colt AtterBurr tor many years a member of the New York 8tock Bxchanre She was a slster ln Uw of Mr Atterbury first vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Mr and Mrs Fendall and their son Addison Braxton will spend a month In the foothills of Virginia iwAywMMYMyiiiMASjMiMMMfjV Member of CmgrehSetJfWAkest jicnvejrati in octety at Return From Ocean City Mr and Mrs Judson Harrison and sons Malcolm Dourlas and Judson 0 Jr have returned from Ocean City ML and Baltimore Mr and Mrs Candee and Mr and Mrs Du Boise Be ale of Hartsdale are in Washlnrton for a visit and are stopping at the Bhoreham Miss Alwarda Casselman of Cleveland Park Is spending August with friends In Asheville Miss Katharine Horner entertained at a dinner danoe in Miss Casselmana honor on Monday nlg ht at Highland Lake Tr and Mrs Charles Bell Burke of Knoxvllle Tenru are the house guests of Dr Burkes sister Mrs SomervUle at Bel court Beminary Mrs Field andMi UlUan Hereb fleld who have been vlsltlng i Mrs A Iuber and family have returned to their homes in Chicago stopping at Cleveland and Tetrolt en route Miss Alma Hollander of Beverly Courts Is visiting relatives In Pittsburgh VMting in CUvlmnd fr oapiiai flssssssssss vsssssssfcW Pifc i Sil iSffi XXssCjEbsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssTbssssssI IsK MRS PHILIP CAMPBELL Wife of Representative Campbell of Kansas and a charmlnf member of society Mrs Rosa Cotterill Pennebaker left Washington on Friday for Cleveland umo to visit her Drotner is iaw ana Ulster Mr and Mrs Charles Joel Gillette formerly of this city Later Mrs Pennebaker will visit her con Mr Clinton Boone Pennebaker in Chicago Washington people participating in the festivities at Allegheny Inn Gosh en are Mr and Mrs Aneley Mr Ansley Mr 8 Prescott Mr King Mr and Mrs Lauck Miss Lyle and Miss Burket On Wednesday evening all the hotel guests participated In a big corn roast and watermelon feast followed by an old time Virginia reel in which all Joined Cards have been received here from Mr and Mrs Arvld Hoist of New York announcing the marriage of their daughter Lillian Olivia to Dr Jay Leslie Taft of New York Dr and Mrs Taft will be at home after October IS at 2C2S Grand Concourse New Tork Dr Taft is a eon of former President Tfte cousin and has visited in Washington Dr and Mrs Lester Brooks of Chatham Courts accompanied by Mr and Mrs Walter Jett motored to Atlantic City yesterday where they will remain for about ten days Miss Katheryn Cooney daughter of Mr Owen Cooney and Mr William Ralph Dlmsey were married Wednesday afternoon at oclock in St Francis Sales Church Langdon by the pastor of the church the Rev Mr Mark The brides gown was of white jcrepe de chine made with a short full Skirt and trimmed with chantllly lace i31er veil of tulle was worn in cap effect he fullness being held with tiny clusters of orange blossoms and she car fled bride roses and lilies of the valley The maid of honor Miss Alice Margaret Cooney sister of the bride wore pink charmeuee and a leghorn picture at trimmed with pink roses and carried a large bunch of pink roses Mr William Cooney brother of the bride acted as best man and the ushers were Mr James Hay Mr Paul Callihan Mr Joseph Milron and Mr Mclnery Following the ceremony there was a reception at the home of the brwe father Mr and Mrs Dlmsey left early In the eveninc for an extended trip the latter wearing a traveling dress of navy blue silk with a small www satin hat They will not return to Washlnrton until September 1 Mr and Mrs Frederick Rice and family of Columbia Heights left yesterday for Braddock Heights Md where they will be for the next two weeks Cabbage Peas and Beans as Beauty Aids Start London Poet to Writing London Aug IS In the foaowlny verses entitled All In a Garden Fair submitted to a London paper the writer points out that the semivegatarlftn lsm caused by food economies In England because of the war has Improved womens complexions My Phyllis here Is food for thought Since theorists allege The charms with which your faoe Is fraught 8pring from the useful veg That those wild rose cheeks none may match Owe much to the potato patch The sparkle In your dancing eyes The sheen upon your skin These should adoring swains apprise That ldney beans are In To that mysterious charm of you We find in early pease the clew I wonder If twas ever thus If Helen she of Troy With succculent asparaarus At luncheon loved to toy And graced with beauty from their tips -The faoe that launched a thousand ship My Phyllis let our meetings be No more where roses blow But where the grateful eye may see The cabbages a row Where scarlet runners gaily run And melons ripen in the sun 7 Tri i0ttj6n risr iiVTT mjQH fftqm asdklssSsiAMMi MwMwvVwwMNwVMArIAi Vfe wl lygSWsssgsMgyHgHKigsAyBwBJ ItfljiBi I ii i Tfc tti Iit r1 TffT nf if i 1 ITti ffijfNnvnffi vJSdjClIirD bssbsbs ssssssssssssssssssssr555SilSSB Mttfyctivt Member of CbngressSefi Jiho IsWdvpttfc uflufrpttahSQctety 0t000l0V0000 MRS LLOYD ji BOEMAN Formerlr Miss Hose Lee Mary Ccrwin who Vaa married at Mount Rainier Md Angust 16 ssV sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssffrXS yWi1Jal1 COST OF WAR BABYHffi I i MfyChtim Bath and Pay of Nurse All Advance HHJHER Sy 100 THAH IE 1914 Pood Alone Adda About f5 to Years Expense at Tnfaata Born In Britain Stooe Conflict Began Perambul ton Medldnes and Other Things Also Dearer Emperor of Japan Has Vdst Fortune Which Is Steadily Increasing ton Flrie of Baltimore has been announced The wedding will take place in January Mr and Mrs Pobjen Mr and Mrs Hoist Mr and Mrs Zimmerman and Masters Milton and Norment Hoist and William Jemlson comprise wo party occupying the Louis Hartlg cot tage at Colonial Beacn va ior im month Miss Alice Farington Flynn haa returned from Newport where she spent several weeks with her sister Mrs Ferdinand Kaye Later Miss Flynri will go to the White Sulphur Springs Mn Ashton and eon Mr Arthur Ashton of this city have joined the Washington colony at Atlantic lty Mr Manden and son Edward Mrs 8 Terry Miss Dorothy Terry Mr Dwlght Terry and Miss Pauline Jones left Thursday for a two weeks motor trip through the middle West stopping at Pittsburg Cincinnati and Chicago Miss 8ylvla Oppenheimer has returned home after a stay of two weeks In Braddock Heights Md Beach Mr Smith joined his family there later in the Week for ten dayav Mrs Frank uebnart Miss Dorothy oebhart and Mr and Mrs Myer Wlt gensiem 01 Baltimore were eariyweeic visitors of Mr and Mrs Charles goldsmith in Lanier place Mr and Mrs Kaufman and Mr and Mrs Simon Nye motored to Harpers Ferry last Sunday Mrs A Lelbman spent the week end In Washington returning Monday to Atlantic City where she has a cottage Tokyo Auff 19 Tne Japanese i imperial family has a fortune of 250000000 The emperor receives in addition a yearly allowance of 15000000 from the state The figures are taken from a Japanese source and their accuracy is guaranteed The capital made up of shares In various gilt edged undertakings among them rthe Bank of Japan the Nippon Ypsen Kalsha and the Yokohama Specie Bank The emperor Is also interested in the Imperial Totel Tokyo which is largely patronised by American tourists Since the majority of the concerns mentioned are subsidized out of taxes it is Impossible for the imperial holdings to show a loss The balance of the sum is made up by large holdings of land Including forests oorsrtssT JUC0O acres and prairie land extending to 150000 acres The imperial palaoes and villas are not enumerated If they were the Imperial property would be valued at a much higher figure Thevenue is expended in paying salaries of officials of the court entertainments pensions and social expenses These expenditures are said to be the heaviest In the world but there Must Jbe a huge balance after everything has been paid This becomes the emperors private property and the capital of the Imperial family Is Bali to increasing at the rate or 10 per cent a year Part of the Investments represent the emperors share of the indemnity received from China after the war with Japan MISS ITALY CARTEB Daughter of Representative Carter of Oklahoma who is a gifted and charming member of society Pink Half Hose on Fair Bathers Stirs Pacific Coast Town Now Up to Date Seattle Wash Aug 19 Palm Beach and Newport no longer can claim all the summer fads and freaks of fashion Seattles municipal bathlnr beach has broken into big league circles with a first class oddity Bathers and spectators at Alkl on a recent afternoon noted with pleasure a particularly attractive and stylish bathing costume on an attractive young lady One part of the costume which harmonised with the color scheme and added a natty touch to the general effect was a pair of snug flttlng pink half hose The fair bather after enjoying public admiration on the sands deigned to enter the water took a refreshing plunge and returned to loll once more upott tha beach Two neat slippers had adorned her feef when she emerged from thedresslns room but during her disporting In the water one was kicked loose and she walked up the beach minus a shoe It was all right to lose a shoe Most of the bathers did not pretend to wear them anyhow But passers by were amazed to note that the pink half hose were not half hose at all but had been painted cleverly on the young ladys person The loss of footgear exposed the deception This was the first appearance on the Paclflo coast of the fad for painting the skjn so far as local experts knew On the Atlantlo considerable artistic effort has been directed to this hobby About K000 person watched the bathers and listened to the band concert at Alkl yesterdays Qns thousand entered the water id Vliit Northern fort Co to Dr Park Mr and Mrs Alfred Rosenthal left Washington Sunday to spend a fortnight In Deer Park Md KUfrChild The marriage of Miss Ruby Chllds and Mr Klefer Is announced The ceremony was performed on Tuesday evening August 15 and was followed by a reception at the Jome of the brides father Mr Charles Chllds The bride wore a gown of white embroidered batiste trimmed with Irish point laoe Her only attendant was her cousin Miss Bertha Cox After a trip to Atlantic City Mr and Mrs Klefer will be at home after September 1 at 3918 Kansas avenue northwest The engagement of Miss Hilda Bstell Wolf daughter of Mr and Mrs Julius Wplf of Alexandria Va to Mr A Mil Mr ana Mrs A Flshel and son Jerome and Mr and Mrs Samuel Janss motored to Atlantic City Tueaday and will spend two weeks at the Breakers Mr and Mrs Wallace Luchs and Wallace Jr are spending a week at Pen Mar Pa Mr and Mrs Avery Taylor left Washington yesterday to spend a fortnight fct Warren White ulphur Springs Waterllck Va Mr and Mra Ben Nolberg and daughter Tina are visiting at Pen Mar Pa Mr Leon Strauss and Mr Max Hirsh are spending ten days in Atlantic City Mr Andrew Smith jr is spending ten days In Front Royal Va where he went to attend the horse ehow Miss Jeannette Blank of Camden in the uest of her uncle and aunt Mr and Mra Joseph Rosenberg Miss Blanks mother will Join her In Wash Jngton today Mrs A Smith left Washington Sunday to spend a month at Virginia Mr and Mrs Jonas Mlehaells are en Joying a water trip to Northern ports Miss Eleanor Loeb raturoedhome en Monday from a three weeks visit at Braddock Heights Mr and Mrs Ernest Oichner and son Lawrence who have been for some weeks at Silver Spring are now At Renshaws on the Rookyille road Mrs Leonard Schloss and family who have spent several weeks at Wlldwood have returned home The Wednesday Afternoon Bridge met at the Suburban Club last week Golf was played In the morning and bridge after luncheon Mr and Mrs A Baer have left Wernersvllle Pa and are now at the St Charles Atlantic City Mr and Mra Samuel Pack of Friend ship Heights have as their guests Mrs Obldenlckl and daughter Miss Helens of Philadelphia Pa Among the Washlngtonlans at Brad dook Heights are Mrs I Oreenbaom and daughter Dorothyy Mrs Herr man ana qaugnter Liean jars neits and son Julian 1 Dr and Mrs William Gwynn en tertained the children of the Jewish Foster Home at a lawn patty on Thurs day afternoon The attractions for the the little ones Were the riding and driving ponies although the sand pile and Ashing pond were not neglected ir The Nestle Permanent Hair Wave Done in Wathington Exclusively By MARGARET SCHEETZE Nettle Licensed Operator jjpan SjfcY MTm hat nen fires la fall mton to tbe Nestle Fenusnent Hair Ware TboofB at fint tkvptlcal 1 eeaae et the many nomfofactyy sd4 hanrful balr wartnz metborfs on Ike market tbe pebUc now oDTlcea of tbe geaalbaom af ear claim for tbe Nettl beat DMOU UB Eeetrtoal Vlelet Ray trees meats maintain bealtby balr sad aktn conditions Hostfretta patron testify to tbe effieaoj of tbe treatments To maintain elf in bealth tb hair need at tentlon Incipient akin disorders rrow wore tbronsbmfleet MISS 8CKKETHVS twist preparation are for tb woman who esres CicfflitfffCpJA Margaret Scheetze Apply for ninsrrated Booklet Write Those or Call Personally Skla tat Se Bstabll Ip Specialist tea ivas 2078 0 10 Kenots Building Televb OBe Mala 4483 After refreshments and more rides the children were taken home jMlss Margarita Williamson spent sev eral days in town last week from War renton Viu where she ts spending tbe summer Mra Adolbh Kuhti nae returned home tromfMountaln Lske Park where she anaKAer sister Mlss Tloreno Piles spent three weeks -Mr and MrsJP Benedetfo entertained a larsre company on Tuesday evening In honor of Mrs William Ward and her brother Mr Robert Duehl of West Philadelphia who are Tlsiting their nieces at ill Seventh street southwest Mrs William Kohler entertained the same guests of honor at a dance Among her guests were Mr and Mrs William Phlpps Mra Llndes MfsvyG Weitzel Mrs Daken and son Mr and Mrs Stone Mr and Mrs Benedetto Mr and Mrs Philip Thomas and Mr George Pierce Miss Isabel Gordon of Knoxvllle Tann has arrived in Washington to spend a week with her sister Mrs Don Carlos Kills at the Beacon TLENSINGTON tfOTES MeJ Knapp Is visiting In Buffalo Fred McKenny1 and family are mo toring In New Enrlana Mr and Mrs Townsend have returned from a motor trip to the Ad Irondacks where they camped for sev eral weeks Mrs Annie Beech and Miss Nellie Teatman were recent guests of Mrs A Klnnear Mrs Byron Chapln left Wednesday for the Eastern Shore where she will remain until the first of September Miss Sadie Klnnear and Miss Evelyn Martin ars spending several weeks at Braddock Heights Miss Jean Simpson of Lincoln place is Visiting in New York city Hopkins and Norris left Monday for Atlantlo City going trpm Baltimore to Philadelphia by ri Society at mcMffid KrXTfmiE SOCEItfc fe i coirrnrcxD rnox bzxzb vaqeb Canada and will be away flvs weeks Mr and Mrs Edward W1HU and Miss Katherlne Fauntleroy left Tnesday for a motor tripthrough New Eng Und and will be guests of the John Stewart Bryans at Squara Lake before returning to Richmond Mrs Hugh Rose and sons will leave Monday for Holly Farm Hanover ts visit nor ana Mrs nox WUsdn CoL and Mrs Andrew Jackson Qray ana Master uray motored to Asheville recently and will be in the North Caro lina mountains until fall Mra Malvern Patterson and her niece Miss Mary James Maasle are on the coast of Maine tor August Mrs Charles Borden Is also In Maine and is looatedatBiddeford PooL Misses Margaret And Emma Atkinson and Miss Glean of Staunton are the guests of MaJ and Mrs James Doo ley of this city at their summer place 8 wananoa In Albemarle Miss Lou Bella Catssby Jones leaves In a few days for West Virginia to visit Miss Margaret Montagus In her country home near White Sulphur Springs Mr and Mrs Granville Gray are at White Sulphur Springs for the gay season Mr and Mra Arthur Cannon and children who have been spending the summer at Westhamptoh left today for Virginia Beach to be for several weeks with Mrs Mary Waddlll FurnlvaL wholtlraore has a cottaget that resart Miss Mabel Harbaugh has returned to her home In Washington after vls iting friends and relatives here Miss Marls Wiseman has gone to Atlantic City riss idlth Waltsrs SarrattsvlUe thjs county Is visiting her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs LU Mrs Georg McFarland and daughter Corlnne have returned from a pleasant stay of a month with relatives lnROmney Va Mr and Mrs Earl Sheriff have returned after a stay in Atlantic City Mra Frank Hutchlns and children of Richmond Va are visiting Mrs Julius King here Mr and Mrs George Ellenberger of Zanesvllle Ohio have been Visiting Robert Thornley here Miss Eleanor wiuiams oi Davage Howard county is visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Reeley here Miss Rose Gawne Landsdowne Pa is spending several weeks with Misses Marian and Bertha Hoopes here Miss Nellie Lyons has returned after taking the summer course at the State University Charlottesville Va Walter Shields has returned to Albany after a visit of a few weeks with his uncle and aont Mr and Mrs Ambrose CKeefe Mrs Charles Kenslnger of Altoona Pa Is the guest of Mr and Mrs Herman DelL Miss Laura Shepherd is visiting relatives at Oak Bluffs Mass Mrs Walter Hutchinson haa re turned from a visit to relatives In Bal home of the Misses Sohaeffer Thursday Mies Edith Palmer of Baltimore is the shiest of Mr and Mra Zant slnger here A lawn fets was given by the women of the HyatUvlUe Baptist Church on the lawn Tuesday evening Mrs Sherman James and children have returned from a star with relatives In Annapolis Miss Ida Soules of Frederick Md is visiting her father Mr William Soules XondooAuglt It is estimated that the all round expenditure on a baby born this year Is probably from flOO to 11 higher than in Hit Food alone adds about III the years cost of the war baby MUX has gone np 4 cents a quart and It is said that the average baby consumes from 400 to 410 pints a year Baby food ars up about 10 per cent Feeding bottles cost a third more and the methylated spirit for heating the night a feed has advanced from 10 cents to IS cents a pint Balr Garments Cost More Baby garments cost mors also Everything made of wool has risen IS per cent in price all the sotton and wool mixture materials and srarmanta are zS per cent higher and the wholly cotton ones owing to the rise In raw materials and labor must be paid for at the rats of about 15 per cent more Even avbabvs bath eosts about one third more soap Is a third dearer the bath thermometer is up about 3S per cent toilet powder chiefly because of the rise in the price of the borio aeld it contains is 100 per cent dearer Nearly all medicines cost much more FoManbolators Are Dearer Perambulators srs about one foortSt dearer What formerly was sold to 15 is now 20 and so on A cot that could be bought before the war for is now 740 the fleecy wool mattress babys basket and babys high chair ars all np proportionately Nurses wages have advanced I or mors and her keep Is costing st least one third more an tnerea of 501 or mors a year Bridge Beguiles Time of River Spring Club Special to Tbe Washington Post River Springs Md Aug 1 Mrs William Blundon entertained at bridge this Week the members of the Monday Morning Club being Invited to meet her house guest Miss Lucille Price of Washington Mr and Mrs George Stormont with their children left for their home In Washington Wednesday motoring np with Dr Trask of the public health service Mrs Trask and her children are still here The midweek 500 party in the pavilion was largely attended the prjse winners being Mrs William Blundon Mrs Robert Blacklstone Miss Marie Blundon Mr George Stormont and Mr Plnkney Blacklstone Mrs Alvfn Belt and her children left on Tueaday for her home in Washing ton Mr and Mra Nye returned to Washington by motor Tuesday geTnxylvania Girl Is Wed in China Pcdace Carlisle PaAug IK A popnlar Carlisle girl had the distinction last month in Peking China of being married by a modern Christian wedding ceremony in the audience hall of the marble palace of Tuan Boxer leader and councilor of the late dowager empress The bride was Miss Leda Liggett of Carlisle who has been teaching in Peking for a year and the bridegroom Arnold Rowbotham of Colorado Springs professor of Romance language at Tslnr Han College zfitifr Eii tm temH STORE HOURS 830 A to S00 CLOSED ALL DAY SATURDAYS DURING AUGUST The EpwoTth League of the Memorial Thi Solves the loo Cream Question VNo Handle totiJntf Sdt Cannot Gefin Crean Freezes Ice CTeanii Sherbets Frappea Mousses and other delicious dishes perfectly NBimply put Ice and saltln one end and the mixture to do iroien in ine omer sua in au minutes without tthe turn of a handle the cream wlU be Irozen smoothly and firmly Once froxeii It WU retain that state for hoars without farther attentions The Easy Freezer is a Perfect Retrlgtratrng PlanVlrcninlature By ItsTxs ptfre wholesome Ice Cream may be had whe Tranted without labor wofry Mannfactaiecl is two iie oBWjTiart 250 two quart 350 It ooes all tt wore TMstrflrated bv 122 West Baltimore Street Baltimore For sale at the foUowlng stores to Washington 6 Isjm Sons A Co ChaaB Edmonston tV HF Dismer 1208 Pennsylvania Atb r8300 Fourteenth St Demonstration all this week at VA fiKann Bona ft Co sssSSssBsBBiHBga AUGUST SALE Of jFasKorJiWelurs For 1916 17 Savings 25S to 33 Store Henrs 81SO AMo830 PM iimllntoi ft On Seasons Prices Remarkably low prlcerok tars of regal laxnrlousnesa Besides in this August Sale you can select among fors distinguished by bet ter wortmansnip ine agina Better matched than In the height of season and all are lurs Fashion aUmpflAilthentlc A deposit ferve year selection in coldtorage Free AToto yoa mqy hope yowr last winters ftcrs al tered cmdreanodeledhere at notable eCpnoniesl KsflPsssssPr mm 1 Marked for QiCleartBce AH Bolts 2500 Vtoilianesv cleawnc 97JB0 iAll BummrarDressea lOUXlWalaee clearance f7JM All Stnnmeop Dresses 1000 tolKiaOateeeVdearance t35 All Washetlrts 575 ValiacleswnajecAV fSt0 All WashSklrta fa00 to JSO Taloea clearance IjOO AN EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF SUITS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES 3150 2500 2850 and 3500 The materials include Gabardine Serge Wool Velour Silk Checks and Novelties From the various assortments maybe chosen suits not only appropriate for present and fall wear but all winter Sizes 16 32 348638 y40 42 44 46 48 and 50 A SALE OF COATS AND DRESSES AT DECISIVE REDUCTIONS From the Original Prices Summer wardrobes may be replenished or fall and winter needs advantageously supplied now Practically every requirement of morjiing afternoon and evening is met IMPORTANT CEAlUNCE SALES TbjrqughotrtJhe Entire Store Every Department Offers Noteworthy Savings Bathing Suits petticoats Underwear Negligees Corsets Waists Skirts Hats Sweaters Parasols Leather Goods Hosiery Gloves Neckwear Novelties Also Misses Childrens and Infants AppareL AUGUST SALE OF FURS Qoats Sets Separate Scarfs and Muffs Are Now Marked at Prices Much Under Those the Begular Season Jf All purchases made now wflf be stored free of charge until November 1 if desired Particular attention is given to making to order and remodeling furs to conform to the new styles Special prices are made during August tA vo if i Tv rlfeSi Sm fjf.

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