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The Washington herald., 1918-12-29

gineer Corps. who has been In France
since a few months after the United
States entered tn war. believe they
expect him back soon after the first OF
the year, and I presume then we will
begin. to hear something of wedding
plans. And with debutante and a
prospective bride on their hands. the
Hamiltons seem likely TO be fairly
busy
As for dances-the two big ones of
the coming week are the Ned Nc
Leans, on New Years Eve. and the
Junior League Ball on New Years
Night. Then there is Senator Pheian's
dinner dance for Alice Requa. who Is
one Of the prominent oebutanteS.
though she has not been formally pre-
Scented, the difficulty In her case being
that her family has been on the point
OF going home to California ever since
the signing of the armistice. and the
realization that the war, which
brought them to Washington. was
practically over. They have been So
unsettled that formal parties didn't
seem possible. / believe they are now
planning a small tea for their daugh-
ter. And there Courtney Let's. who
is coming out officially In day or
two.
The Mclean dance rs to be followed
by large and very brilliant dinner,
with the Vice President and Mre. Mar
shall as the honor guests. And both
dinner and dance promise TO be nota-
BILE functions. The Msrshalls Will be-
gin the year with rather a whirI OF
gayety-both the william Phiilipses
and the Breckenridge Longs are CIV
ing them dinners during the first week
In January. and there are others which
will be announced as soon az the
dates can be arranged.
The Junior Leaguers are keeping
very quiet about their ball. but they
have given such brilliant and unique
ones in the last few seasons that they
have a reputation to maintain. So
while ] have heard very little about
their plans. / am prepared to go in
perfect faith that I shall have a beau
tiful time.
Have you realized that the President
yesterday Celebrated his end birthday
And that he was dining with-was IL
the King Of England or the prime
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minister believe he was TO have
had state banquet at Lancaster
House with the King. and called II
ON. dining instead with Lloyd GeorRe-
after having dined the night before
CONTINUED ON FACE FIVE
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of Women Social Life Of the Nations Capital

night struck dancing stopped Tor
moment while everyone wished every
body else merry Christmas. just az
II they had hot already done 1T hall
a dozen times, and at o'clock supper
was served: and then more dancing,
nnd-I don't know-but l shouldn't
wonder If some even from that party
wound up eventually down at the
Cafe derEnfant-about the only all-
night eating place In Washington to.
day.
Christmas night there was the ball
for the Children's Country Home,
which always happens Christmas
night--even the war did not Interrupt
it, at Rauscher's, and which was as
always n brilliant affair. II is
curiously unofficial crowd that gathers
for that ball. but Distinctly smart"
| do not recall seeing single mem-
Der of the administration circle, or
even any one of great official i'm
portance. lots of army and navy peo-
pie, plenty of the foreigners, both of
the diplomatic and of theywar mission
contingent. but not single one of
the Cabinet. nor of their families, un-
less possibly one of the Burleson girls,
and I'm not very clear sssout that-z
on yes! and Ned Lane.
None the less it was a distinct sue
cess. The rows of boxes around the
sides of the rooms were filled with
wel-known people. and the floor was
hlled with dancers who fingered till
late, or rather till early, enjoying the
best "peppiest'' dance music that has
been offered at one of the big balls
In years. Washington has an un-
fortunate theory, that amounts to
tradition, that the Marine Band can
not be beaten, which is probably true
for marching, or for an out-of-door
concert. But it runs too much to
brasses for dance music. Everybody
knows that the fiddle is the true in
strument to dance to. And perhaps
that is why the Marine Bands dance
music is a warning and an example
or how not to do it. And that's the
truth! The Christmas ball had the
Club de Vingt orchestra-the club
smut up shop to let them have it,
and II there were any present who
mad wondered at the popularity OF
the Club de Vingt as place TO have
dances. their questionings must have
been answered
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agine what glorious skies see from
my back windowr"
There have been none OF the big
partles that the big house was evi-
dentiy planned for--but 1t is hoped
tnat there are going to be, for 1T
certainly is a wonder house- The
aHair there on Friday was a. sort Of
social gymkhana. II began in the
afternoon-a dansante In one room,
bridge in another--a brand new
mysterious fortune telling sort of
person who calls herself Libra and
halls from Chicago-ssys she's a
character reader-realiy wonderful.
the. unexpected nice things she can
think of to tell you about yourself
And there was the swimming pool
great marble tiled pool. with the
water brought to a comfortable tenn
perature. Going in swimming I'm
Washington in the Christmas holidays
was certainly a novelty. They had
planned water sports. fancy diving
and swimming stunts, you know.
from the juniors in the afternoon.
but there is deal of influenza
around. and it turned rather cold, so
those who were running IL decided
they had better absndon that plan
~ Was u IfOSt ttlECl stlttllOn
WAS running it-Mrs. McClintock.
Nine Grimprel, Nine. Chovel, Mime.
de Sibour. Mrs. Chales Hamlin, Mrs.
Delano, Mrs. William A. Slater, Mrs.
George Becker. Mrs. Henry Fairbanks
any of them names to conjure with.
And people were so generally inter-
ested in the house, which so few had
seen. that almost any one would have
paid the price of admission-s1.0o IN
the afternoon and 800 in the evening.
when the other features were merged
into ball. with Libra" still on the
job-merely for the sake of getting
good look at the inside of that house
I don't know Of any benefit planned
that promises to be SO unique and all
around interesting. unless It is the
Russian ball to be given January Is.
at the Wardman Park Inn. That
sounds as IL 1t would be one of the
most delightful affairs of the season.
1t is in charge OF Mime. George Bakh-
metier. Mrs. Edward Mclean. Mrs.
George Marye, Mrs. James b. Nc
Donald, and Mrs. Fessenden Meserve.
And no detail has been overlooked
which ought to make for success
There Is to be a special feature of
Russian dancing; and a most allurins
fortune-telling booth. and many other
attractions. Two orchestras will play
throughout the evening. Many of the
ladies will wear fancy head-dresses-
and that. while II is not at all obIiga-
tory, will certainly add greatly to the
brilliancy of the picture.
Among those who have already re-
served boxes are Nine. Bakhmetien.
Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs. Hope Slater,
Mrs. Edward b, Mclean, Mrs. Thorn
as f. Walsh. Mrs. William A Slater,
Mrs. John Rodgers. Mrs. George Bar
nett, Mrs. Walter Denegre, Nine
Hauge, Mrs. George Marye, Mrs.
James Mcdonald, Mrs. Fessenden
Meserve, and Mrs. Roberzefaw-
bridge.
On the whole the first onset of the
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On the whole the first onset of the
deoutantes seems to be passing, and
there are more dances than debuts
from now on-although there are sew
eral who have not yet been formally
presented-Lelia Gordon, of course, for
one. who is to have her tea and dance
on the 9Th; and Nan Hamilton, young
er daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Z. Hamilton, whose debut is set for
the sth.
Mans elder sister, Elizabeth, who
came out a couple of years ago. has
Just announced her engagement to
Maj. William +. Tompkins, of the En-
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And II the officials were lacking,
prominent matrons and pretty girls
were not. Brides there were. several
OF the most recent; and buds, almost
the entire seasons crop; officers, for
eign and dOmestic-in, il seemed to
the locker on, every uniform known
to any service, and with more differ
ent new-fangled "do-funnies." in the
way of new devices to attest the
length and character of service rem
dered, that one could hope to under
stand or keep up with, and quite a
teW wen-known young men who have
recently returned from the war. bear
ing their blushing honors thick upon
them.
Among them were Capt. I.arkin
Glazebfook, of the famous Twelfth
Field Artillery. which was cited as
an organization. with three wound
stripes on his sleeve: and Lieut.
FRANKLIN X. Lane, jr., L. 6. n, who
has recently come home after snend-
ing several months abroad. 7 asked
Mrs. Lane one day recently why
Lieut.. Franklin K. Lane. ir,. was
known to all his friends as Ned "
and she laughed and said 1t began in
his own family. When he was a lit
Tie chap, Franklin was too much
name for a baby, and they couldn't
very well use Frank" because that
mad already been pre-empted by his
rather. Somehow they began calling
MN Ned" and by the time that he
mad grown up to the name that his
sponsors in baptism had formally be-
slowed on him. he was Ned to all
ms best friends as well as to his
family.
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Lieut.. Commander Theodore Stark
Wilkinson. L. S. ", and his bride
lCatherine Harlow, who are lust back
from their wedding trip. were present
ana held an impromptu reception
Mrs. Wilkinson wore a lovely gown
of blue and gold brocade. with flowing
sleeves of gold. and looked her very
prettiest. Lieut.. Commander and Mrs
Alan Goodrich Kirk lydia Chanin)
whose marriage tok place in tho late
summer, were among the euests.
likewise Lieut.. and Mrs. Walter Row
den MARY Brown, Capt. and Mrs
Z. I. Calhoun. who NAV atm no
classed as bride and bridegroom and
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes ir
VINO are with her mother. Mrs. Glib
son Fahnestock for Christmas.
Mr.. Stokes, by the way. was VICAR
ing the uniform of a cadet FLYER :,
the Naval Aviation Corps instead of
the seaman's uniform in which one is
accustomed to seeing him. Mrs
stokes mad on one of the most striL-
ing costumes noted at the ball a
severely plain black velvet gown.
worn with scarlet slipper and hose,
she also wore long pendant earrings
OF pearls and a curiously arranged
silver bandeau across her brow.
Mrs. Stokes is rather given to the
sort of clothes that those who don't
ike them-or her-are inclined to call
"freakish," while her admirers talk of
her wonderful instinct for the pic
turesque. They are not merely
dresses, they are costumes"
The debutantes were out in force.
There was Mildred BromwelI with her
grandmother, Mrs. Matthew Scott. as
always wearing wonderful lace and
diamonds; Mrs. Bromwell is off at
Camp Custer-I believe that's it
spending Christmas with her son,
Lieut.. Scott Bromwell; Miss Courtney
Let's, with her mother. Mrs. FRANK
Let's, Miss Margaret Harding, Miss
Elizabeth Grinnell, Miss Frances Hop
kins, Miss Marguerite Simonds, Miss
Pamela Henry, Miss Marjorie Wright
and Miss Leila Gordon.
Miss Gordon came in with her
mother, who had a box, and they
certainly were a contrast, the tall
young daughter, in pink taffeta with
soft cluster of French blue ostrich,
feathers at the waist, towering over
her handsome mother in an imported
gown of jetted black tulle over black
satin, with a tiny train. You know
Miss Gordon is to have her debut
soon-her mother gives her a tea in
the afternoon of January 6. and Maj
Gen. Barnett is giving her a ball in
the evening. ! shouldn't really wonder
II that was the answer to the ques-
was asking it-why
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Have you realized that the President
yesterday Celebrated his end birthday
And that he was dining with-was IL
the King of England or the prime
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CONTINUED on rAGE rive.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-18
Sale of Privileges.

On Saturday, the 10Th day of
JHlg, I will sell to the highest
bidder for cash, or bankable
note. the concessions consisting
OF Irefreshment booths, restaur
ants, peanut and corn pepper,
ice cream cones. novelties, bar
Der shop and bootblack. domestic
fruit, etc, Sale will take place
1t the fairgrounds at / 80 pm,
Asuitable baggage room will
be provided where dinner will be
checked for you free. All other
parcels will be 10 cents each. By
order of the Board. n
III. WEST, Sec.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-18
B. Y. P. U. Program, July II.

Songs. Nos. AZ. 1872. $50. 161.
Leader. Bob Hudson Yeaman.
Prayer, by a number of those
on the program.
Scripture readings. to be men,
orized: Cor. :17-24, Ola Lee
Lawhorne; l Cor. 5:17-21, Will
lard Malone.
Introduction, by the leader of
the meeting.
Wheat Is Wrong-1st paragraph
Miss Ruth Davis.
What Others Say-paragiaph
2, Miss Evelyn Steen.
What the Gospel Teaches,
Mr.. E. E. Turner.
Vocal solo, Frank Lee.
Concluding thoughts, Mr.. Il.
M. Hale.
Song. No. 100.
Mispah.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-18
For Miss Kitchener

A recent enjoyable affair was
the entertainment given by Miss
Annie Lousie Wright at her
country home, GiItner, on the
Carthage and Huntsville pike in
honor of her house guest, Miss
Marguerite Kitchener, of Nash
vile. The house was attractively
decorated with garden flowers.
Dancing was enjoyed and frappe
was dispensed throughout the
evening.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-18
Soldier Boys Settlers

A. R. Carter of Carthage is in
receipt of the following letter,
dated June II, from his son. C.
P. Carter, who is in England;
Dear ALL will try to write a
few lines to let you all know
that l am well and enjoying life.
| am having a good time. / en-
joyed my trip across the pond.
We arrived safely and how glad
/ was to see land. This is a
beautiful country over here
lots prettier than America. /
believe would like to live in
this country. 7 have seen many
things worth seeing since I left
hone. The people over here are
great-so different from those
at home. They are fine people.
They treat us all nice and kind.
England is sure proud to see the
American boys here. / haven't
been sea-sick since we sailed. /
made it all right. | was ex-
pecting to see the sea rougheI
than it was. / am glad to let
you know that / landed safely
and am enjoying life. Hope
this will find you all well. l
will have to close for this time.
Will write more later.
Your son,
@. P. Carter. 115th F. A., Bat.
c., Some Where In England.
Enclosed in Clarence's letter
was the following note from
George r. /:
Soldiers of the United States :
The people of the British Isles
welcome you on your way to
take your stand beside the
armies of many nations now
fighting in the old world the
battle for human freedom.
The allies will gain new heart
and spirit in Your company. j
wish that I could shake the hand
of each one of you and bid you
d-speed on your mission.
George r. I.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-18

Miss Era Key of MonoviIle re-
ceived the following letter dated
June 80, from her brother, Nat
Baxter Key, who is in France:
Dear sister AS / have a few
minutes of spare time, will write
you. I am doing fine. consider
ing everything. So far. l have
not heard from you since my ar
rival in Europe, except the letter
you sent to Camp Upton, but
guess you have written and /
will get them later.
The big guns are roaring to-
day, but everything moves on
just the same, so don't worry
| am determined to return and
you know that is half the game.
/ am going against the Hun
with determination to win.
Guess Bryan is in Europe by
this time. Be sure to send me
his address. We might possibly
be in the same sector. Of course,
it would only be luck for us to
see each other. LeOlin McKin-
ney and Hubert Turner are still
with me. / went to see Hubert
this morning and he had just re-
ceived letter from his girl and
so had lots of news for Nc and
myself. Guess Jesse has sold
oul swine and feeding another
large bunch. Charlie Price has
been wounded, but I understand
he has gone back into the SER
vice.
| know you all were surprised
to learn that / had been sent to
France so soon, but it doesn' t
take always to make a soldier if
you go into it with the right
spirit. The boys are now sing
ing my Home in Dixie How
ever, they are here from every
state and a lot more Of them
than you have any idea.
Write me everv chance you
have, for it IS something grand
to hear from home. Give my
love to mother and all at home.
Your brother,
Nat Baxter Key,
327 Infantry, Co. K. A. e. f
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-18
OPENING OF THE COR
DONSVIlLE HIGH SCHOOL

The management of the Cor
louisville High School takes
pleasure in announcing that
plans have been perfected where
by the four-year high school will
be continued as usual, the course
of study meeting the state re-
quirements as we'll as the re
Quirements of the leading col
leges and universities of this Sec
ton of the state.
On account of the school re-
ceiving no funds from the coun-
t. or state, the high school de-
partment will have to be run on
a tuition basis. But even with
this. the people of this part of
the county are gratified to know
that they will have school of
such a character in their midst.
With the tuition they will pay,
it is yet much cheaper than if
they were compelled to send out
of the community.
The school will open Monday,
September 2, 1913. A detailed
announcement will be given out
later. All who are interested
will please address
E. F. Liggett. Principal,
]. F. Gwaltney, Secretary.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-18
TRAGIC DEATH OF
]. M. slime lP her

The entire community was
very much saddened on July Srd
by the death of James Martin
Stineciphef. He started from
the field where he had been
blowing all the afternoon, when
the mule threw him, hanging
his foot in the chain and drag.
ging him about two miles. We
hope that he was killed instant-
ly-as not to know his great
8 lffering-and believe that he
was as he was not heard to utter
a sound by the old negro who
was working with him.
He was 30 years. 6 months
and 8 days old. and a son of the
prominent and well.known citi-
zen, Mr.. Dan Stinecipher, of
Rome. Tenn. He had been twice
married. Dan. the bright little
9-year-old son. the fruit of the
first marriage, is left. However,
We are assured that he is in
loving care-for this. we are SO
thankful. His last wife-nee,
Miss Lee Lane-tO whom he was
married last September, in deep
sorrow. also survives him.
The funeral was conducted on
the afternoon of July 4 on the
lawn of his father, the services
being conducted by Rev. Cloud
Ramsey and Brother j. M. VIII
son in the presence Of an un-
usually large crowd of svmpa.
thizing friends and relatives,
and the body was laid to rest in
the family burying ground near
the residence,
Mr.. Stinecipher was a valued
employe of the Home Telephone
Company of Smith county and
the success of this company is
greatly due to his skillful work.
He was cheerful, enegertic and
an accommodating person, always
smiling and happy; leaving hrs
wife in this manner at noon, TO
be returned in the horrible, life
less form, It is not Ohrist-Iike
to question the deeds of the
Divine, yet deep sorrows hard.
to bear. and. at a time like this,
none other can help you. We
all feel so helpless and so de-
pendent on Him.
l have never known so much
sympathy expressed for 10th
families, especially the young
wife who is so deeply bowed
down with grief. Yet, what
can we do to help her? Only
trust and pray.
A. FRTEND-
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-18


+. Guy V. Mathews of Battery
D., 318 Field Artillery, Camp
Jackson, S. c., writes his SIS
ter, MISS Eula Mathews, tie
following letter:
Dear sister How are you I?
I'm just fine and hope you are
the same. Received your letter
today and | was indeed glad to
hear from you. 1t sure is warm
here now. How is it up there2
When did you all hear from
Frank3 / had a letter from him
the other day. I'D be very glad
to see you all. Often my
thoughts turn to you and my
dear old home in Sunny Fennes-
see. / can't see you now, but
it wont be long until all of US
boys will return home TO stay.
Listen. sister, you write me
quite often. How is mama now2
| must close since / haven't any
thing very interesting to write.
Be a good girl until we meet
again. Your brother,
Guy v. Mathews.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-18
A Slight COrreCtiOn.

In justice to ourselves and to
those of our community who 30
splendidly demonstrated their
patriotism in the recent War
Savings Sta mp drive. the com
mittee on the sale of stamps for
the 22nd district, wishes.
through the Courier. to add to
the explanation already given
by our county chairman relative
to our quota of stamps. None
of us wish to occupy the chair Of
the Stacker, but, in the last
weeks Courier, here are the
figures; we appear as siackers
when, as matter of fact. we
are the banner district. At $50
per capita, our quota should
have been, $8640 instead OF
$13, 1886. 60 as it was made
through a mistake which has
been previously explained. We
subscribed $11. IT'S. or. a little
over $27 per capita. We are
very proud of what our district
did and we fee | that this furuher
explanation should be made.
Committee of the 22nd District.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-18
BRIDGES READ RECEIVES
GAS ATTACK IN BATTLE

Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Read re-
ceived a letter from their son,
Bridges Read, who is with the
American army in France. an
nouhcing that he had been
gassed. The letter was written
from base hospital by one of
the nurses and dictated by
Bridges. None Of the details
were given, as such would not
pass the censor, but there was
nothing indicating that his con
dition was critical.
About June is. Bridges wrote
to his parents and stated that it
was not likely they would hear
from him often after that time
as he expected things to be
pretty lively in his sector Short
~ after this, the Marines, to
which corps Bridges belongs,
took an important town after a
terrific struggle against strong
odds. In this battle, the Cap
tain and First Lieutenant of the
company, to which Bridges be-
longed, were killed and the Sec
ond Lieutenant was missing, and
no doubt it was in this battle
that Bridges inhaled the poison
gas thrown out by the huns.
While it is not known how seri-
Gus his injuries are. it will likely
take him several months to re-
cover.
Bridges is one of Carthage's
splendid young men and is well
and favorably known throughout
the county, having been en-
pIoyed at the drug store of Read
Bros. and the wholesale firm of
Read Wooten Co.. and his host
of friends wish him a speedy
recovery. He volunteered for
army service in June of last
year. and joined the-MariRes.
which is one of the best, yet one
of the most dangerous, branches
of the army, and was sent to
France in March. His position
was a machine gun pointer, with
eight men under his charge, and
it can be truthfully said that
those despotic huns never had a
braYer or truer boy point gun
at them than Bridges Read.
This is the third Smith county
boy to be wounded in battle.
The other two are Ebert Orange
of Gordonsville and Charlie Price
Chestnut Mound. And the good
and patriotic people who are left
at home are valiantly supporting
these brave boys with their
money and prayers.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-18
For SaIe-7FurnIture.

AS am leaving for service
in the Navy, ! will sell during
the next wolweeks the follow
ing items: $500 Player piano,
mahogany, with cabibet, rolls,
etc. Two'sets of furniture, one
in mission, oneNin ivory enamel.
Several miscellaneous items of
furniture.
See themIat any time by call
inS at the office of the Electric
Company. "
- R. SHS EESE.