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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1912
Page
12
Woodward & Lothrop promotes its Misses and Girls Department with dresses, suits, and coats for Easter. Highlights include white dresses for ages 6 to 14, lingerie and afternoon dresses, tailored suits, and navy and hairline striped coats. Sizes and price ranges span $5 to $39.50 with new trims and fabrics.
An extensive array of beautiful Easter neckwear showcases lace collars cuffs and sets in macrame Cluny Irish and linen with embroidery. Net shadow nets mull and point lace varieties priced from 1.25 to 22.50 sparking newness and novelty for dresses and suits.
A local retailer offers Easter clothing for boys featuring Norfolk and double breasted suits, sailor outfits, reefers, wash suits, and beach rompers. Sizes cover ages 2 to 15 with neck sizes and varied fabrics, including plain white, striped madras, and refined materials. Prices range from 50 cents to 8 dollars plus for premium pieces.
An advertisement highlights The Ironclad line of ankle strap and buckskin pumps for children and misses. White buckskin pumps with ankle straps, bows, and canvas options are offered in sizes for growing feet, with prices ranging from 3.00 to 9.00 per pair.
President and Mrs Taft visited a box at the National Theater with guests including Miss Helen Taft and Messrs Grosvenor. Meanwhile diplomats and social figures travel, marry, and host Easter gatherings in Washington and abroad.
A reader asks why food variety is not essential. The article argues a monodiet sometimes suffices and cites Genesis Daniel and manna as examples. It notes foods evolve with different nutritional impacts and that indiscriminate variety may harm health.
A fashion-anatomy piece notes that dress harmony rests on hair color and fixed features rather than changing complexions. It highlights Mme Fritzl Scheff’s auburn tones and mauve gowns, then shifts to pearls rising in price due to Indian control and supply limits. It also surveys cherry blossom festival joy in Japan, spring attire, and a tale about the fading art of carving at table.
A meditation on Easter as distinct from Christmas joy, exploring life, its source, and the idea of an eternal life force. The writer ponders whether life flows through us, whether death is real, and how the sense of life can deepen into enduring joy and purpose beyond material concerns.
A society column notes the Olympia London ideal home exhibition opening April 12 with ten themed dinner tables by royalty and aristocrats. It highlights Duchess of Rutland and Princess Alexander of Teck, plus a large Dirésden dessert service, an Italian garden table, and a hunting motif. It also mentions New York socialites wearing orchids to circuses and a new operetta Millicent by the Marquis of Hertford, with Atlantic links and a taxi number.
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