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SOCIETY NOTES 
Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft 
are settled very happily at Hot 
Springs, Va. They are occupying 
Fern Villa, the Seth Barton French 
estate. The villa is elevated on 
Sunset Hill, southeast of Home- 
stead Hotel. The Presidential fam- 
ily will spend November there and 
later will be joined by the Presi- 
dent. It is like midsummer at the 
Hot Springs. The thinnest of white 
clothing is the order with the fair 
sex, who are out in large numbers 
on golf links and tennis courts. 
Those who drive need no wraps. 
Mrs. Taft is seen walking daily with 
her sister, Mrs. Laughlin, or her 
daughter. Mrs. T. DeWitt Tal- 
madge and Miss Rebecca Collier of 
Washington and Magnolia, are at 
Homestead Hotel, Hot Springs. 
They are doing much entertaining. 
Among their recent hospitalities was 
a chrysanthemum dinner. 
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Mr. and Mrs. James C. Barr who 
have been visiting Mrs. Barr’s es- 
tate in Virginia, have returned to 
their home on Beacon street in Bos- 
ton. They spent the week-end at 
their cottage at Beverly Farms. Mr. 
and Mrs. Barr will entertain a house 
party at Beverly Farms during the 
holidays. 
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Judge W. C. Loring is still con- 
fined to his Pride’s cottage by in- 
disposition. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Bemis are 
prolonging their stay at Beverly 
Farms until November 20th. 
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Larz Anderson, the newly ap- 
pointed minister to Belgium, began 
his duties at Brussels Wednesday. 
The Andersons have had _ taken 
across ‘the Atlantic their superb 
stable of horses, a half dozen auto- 
mobiles and the majority of their 
household servants. Their beautiful 
estate, Weld Garden, in Brookline, 
will remain closed during their stay 
in Europe. Mrs. Anderson is a lav- 
ish entertainer, and she and her hus- 
band will be popular in the diplo- 
matic social set at Brussels. Mrs. 
Anderson is one of the best known 
society women at Washington, 
where she spent much of the winter 
seasons. 
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The Robert S. Bradleys will not 
close the beautiful Bradley estate 
at Pride’s until November 14th. 
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Abbott of 
Boston and West Manchester, have 
been spending a portion of the 
week in New York city. ; 
Team Could Be Driven Through 
Hole Knocked In Liner Olympic 
Photo copyright by American Press Association, 1911. 
WAMEN have been speculating as to whether or not a smaller vessel 
would have remained afloat if rammed as the British cruiser Hawke 
rammed the Olympic, the biggest ship ever built, near Southamptou a 
few weeks ago. Some experts have expressed the opinion that a smaller 
vessel would have been sunk. The Olympic, protected by water tight bulk- 
heads, carried her 1,700 passengers safely to Southampton. The hole smashed 
in her side was large enough for a team and wagon to have been driven 
through it. The photograph was made after the Olympic returned to South- 
ampton. It shows the tremendous hole made by the Hawke’s ram. Divers 
are also shown inspecting the Olympic below the water line to learn the full 
extent of the damage. Passengers on’ the Olympic who witnessed the acei- 
dent blame the officers of the cruiser. The warship was steaming alongside 
the huge liner when she suddenly turned as if to pass in the rear of the 
Olympic, but made a miscalculation and crashed into her. The Hawke nearly 
eapsized. and her prow was smashed by the impact. 
