The Washington herald., 1917-12-16
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i Kenyon street. She left here Friday
| to visit Mrs. Laura Turnbull, return
ing to Petersburg next Tuesday. Miss
! Northrop and her mother, Mrs. An
ME J. Northrop, are spending the
| winter in Petersburg. Mr.. weisblatt
left Friday for Philadelphia TO visit
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
weisblatt, but has TO rcoc"- - { =
on Tuesday at the camp. He IL with
the S20th National Army
Regiment. He was graduated from
| the First Reserve Ofiicers' training
camp at Fort Myer. He made his
home in Washington for several
years before he entered the service.
The wedding will take place in Feb
ruary. The bride-to-be is an attrac-
tive little thing and IL an only child.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Crawford will
not return to washington for Christ
! mas, but expect to spend the holiday
in New York. where they are passing
| the winter. Their daughter, Kathleen
Beale Crawford, who is a student At
westover. will Join them in New
York for the holidaya Mr.. Craw-
ford will come to town for q few
| ooys ibsN OSlOtS Nhiibltuu5'
! Miss Lucy Hall, who has been liv-
Ing in New York since the death Of
her grandmother. Mrs. Hannah Hitch
ings. with whom she made her home.
| will come to Washington to reside
as soon as Mrs Hitchings' estate IL
settled. Miss Hall resided with her
| aunt, Miss Anna Hitchings. IT will
take a year-the greater part Of
which has already passed-to settle
the estate, but Immediately that Is
! accomplished Miss Hitchings and
| Miss Hall will come to Washington
and take an apartment-if such 6
thing can be found. They formerly
lived in the large house at 2l01 s
street Miss Hall would have been a
| debutante this season IL she were not
In mourning. having finished school
last year. She and Miss Hitchings
were in town for a few days at the
time OF Lillian Hendricks wedding,
for Miss Hill was one Of the attend
ants when Miss Hendricks married
Ross st. John McClel'ant on october
10 last.
The Harry Turner Newcomhs have
gone to Orange. y. J., to make their
home. They have been talking OF CO.
ing 1t for some time because Mr..
Newcomb's business caused him TO
spend most of the time In New York.
They will rent their beautiful house
on the Rockville road, near Alta
Vista. They bought the house about
ten years ago from Clarence MOI
ment, and it is a lovely home and q
| large one. Mr.. and Mrs. Newcomb
have ten children and almost as many
| servants. so the house had TO be
large. They bought 4 farm not far
from their home about a year ago
and had planned to build new and
even larger house on that property
but all those plaus have been upset
! now. They have quite a handsome
home in Orange. Is Reynolds Terrace.
They only left to take posse ssiOn OF
II last Monday. Mr.. Sewcomo is a
very successful lawyer.
Ms. Sara r. Montague returned
last week from stay at White Sui
phur Springs. She only intended to
spend the Thanksgiving holidays
there. but was unable to get home be-
, to run. The thermometer dropped
the trains ceased to move. But Mrs.
Montague said it was glorious; and
not half so cold as 1t is here.
1t has been evident that marriages
have been on the marked increase
| during the last year. Since the
| declaration of war. 1t seemed as if
| the youth OF the land and the middle
| aged too. the sort that Arnold Ben
! nett delights to depict, were fiocking
| to the altar. Until recently there
| has been no record of the matter, but
| now the Social Register Association
has issued some very interesting data
| in this regard. showing the effect of
\ war on matrimony, not only in Wash
! ington. but in twenty odd cities in
| the country covered by the Social
| Register. The last issue indicates
! that during the past year 302 persons
! have married as compared with 127
| last year and there are noted the
deaths of IS women and s7 men as
compared with that of "a women and
| &c men last year. Those are the
| figures for Washington.
] In all the cities covered by the
social register there are noted this
year the ma rriages of 3,7TO persons as
compared with S,C56 last year Seattle
Wash. seems to lead off in the in
crease in the number of marriages,
showing an increase Of 80 per cent; ;
Washington and Pittsburgh tie with a
50 per cent increase: then comes San
Francisco and Portland, Ore, with 50
| per cent. Philadelphia with 20 per
cent and New York with SS1. per cent.
This years social register indicates
a large influx OF families in Washing
| ton from other cities covered BY the
social register. and many families
| from New York. Philadelphia. Boston.
Chicago. San Francisco, Detroit and
| other cities seem to have taken houses
in Washington for the winter, to say
nothing Of the large number OF for
eigners. Detroit has been added this
years to the series of social registers.
An interesting feature Of the issue Is
that which shows an increase of nearly
one-third In the rural growth as COM
pared with two years ago. The week
end habit has become a fixture and
| scores of families now have their
weekend addresses given in addition
| TO their city residence. The many
military titles appearing in the 1878
register indicate the numerous MEM
bers of society who have given their
services to their country.
The Southern Society Of Washing
ton has sent out cards for a reception
in honor of the men of the army. navy.
| marines and aviation corps OF the
| United states and our allies, In the
| bathrooms of the New Willard on Sat
Urday evening, December q at 9
O'Clock. There will be dancing. About
1000 invitations have been issued and
the reception promises to be a bril-
liant affair. Every woman who has
been invited is expected TO take some
| man who is in the service with her.