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President Wilson consulted with Ambassador Herrick, home from France ... Assistant Secretary F. D. Roosevelt appeared before a congressional committee to testify on the strength of the navy ... Women suffragists paraded in Chicago ... The supreme court was considering the case of Harry Thaw ... Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle were dancing at the Amsterdam theater in New York ... Thirty-five carloads of food were stowed on ships to be transported from the United States to homeless Belgians ...
 
President Wilson consulted with Ambassador Herrick, home from France ... Assistant Secretary F. D. Roosevelt appeared before a congressional committee to testify on the strength of the navy ... Women suffragists paraded in Chicago ... The supreme court was considering the case of Harry Thaw ... Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle were dancing at the Amsterdam theater in New York ... Thirty-five carloads of food were stowed on ships to be transported from the United States to homeless Belgians ...
  
<blockquote>First Real Party</blockquote>
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==First Real Party==
  
 
And in Baltimore, Md, a slender, dark-haired, 18-year-old girl smiled and bowed prettily, attending her first real party.
 
And in Baltimore, Md, a slender, dark-haired, 18-year-old girl smiled and bowed prettily, attending her first real party.
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Baltimore's Lyric theater, banked with palsm and potted plants, had become, according to a newspaper report, "a bower of beauty where light and color mingled to form almost a tropical atmosphere of warmth and fullness of life."  Forty-nine debutantes were there to make their bows.  Forty-nine young girls, each wearing a new dress and carrying flowers, tried to look serene and calm, aware the event was the most important, to date, of their brief lives.
 
Baltimore's Lyric theater, banked with palsm and potted plants, had become, according to a newspaper report, "a bower of beauty where light and color mingled to form almost a tropical atmosphere of warmth and fullness of life."  Forty-nine debutantes were there to make their bows.  Forty-nine young girls, each wearing a new dress and carrying flowers, tried to look serene and calm, aware the event was the most important, to date, of their brief lives.
  
<blockquote>Some Sniff at Pledge</blockquote>
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==Some Sniff at Pledge==
  
 
The bank struck up a popular new number, "I want to Be Back in Michigan."  Miss Wallis Warfield, resplendant in white satin, chiffon and pearl embroidery, was whirled into the dance on the arm of her uncle, Major General George Barnett of the U.S. Marine Corps.
 
The bank struck up a popular new number, "I want to Be Back in Michigan."  Miss Wallis Warfield, resplendant in white satin, chiffon and pearl embroidery, was whirled into the dance on the arm of her uncle, Major General George Barnett of the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Mrs. Warfield, by this time Mrs. John Freeman Rasin, Jr., was no longer taking "paying guests" in her home.  She had, in 1908, married John Freeman Rasin, Jr., who died two years later.
 
Mrs. Warfield, by this time Mrs. John Freeman Rasin, Jr., was no longer taking "paying guests" in her home.  She had, in 1908, married John Freeman Rasin, Jr., who died two years later.
  
<blockquote>Given Many Advantages</blockquote.
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==Given Many Advantages==

Revision as of 23:36, 23 July 2007

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