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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1905
Page
7
The Woodward & Lothrop store features an unusual display of spring wares in Washington and New York Paris sections. The assortment includes dress goods ready to wear garments ribbons gloves parasols handkerchiefs neck-fixings silk hosiery shoes hats haberdashery and many other items.
Plain half silk mousseline and various silks priced per yard. Ginghams by David and John Anderson in colors, checks, and tartan plaids. Mercerized voiles, printed percal es, batiste, and crepes listed with yard prices. Seersucker and voile varieties offered on second floor G Street with multiple yard prices.
Engraving department offers wedding invitations announcements receptions and visiting cards with monograms and address dies. stamping in plain colors gold and silver and illuminating features. orders for Easter weddings should be placed now to ensure prompt delivery. Main floor Eleventh St WW ARE showing fine note papers of newest fabric.
The article surveys tailored gowns in European and American models, highlighting rich fabrics like plum and brown changeable silk, mahogany tolienne, violet taffeta, and blue colleine. It notes dainty lace vests, turn-down collars, jeweled cuffs, peplums, and intricate skirts with plaits, sashes, and velvet details for church occasions, calls, and elegant spring events, including designs for young girls.
The article praises hand-crafted waists on display on the third floor, noting no machine stitching and elaborate hand embroidery. It describes imports and new styles, including a hairpin-threadwork technique once common eighty years ago, lace and net detailing, and fine French mull fabrics as standout examples. Dolly Madison reference underscores exquisite craftsmanship.
Foreign and American hats from Paris London and New York grace the Millinery Salon on the second floor. Washington designers create elegant imports like The Colle Widow and Polo lace hats with ostrich plumes. Cream horse hair braids, pale pink maline brims, and wreaths of pink roses define refined taste and versatile wear for many complexions.
Social notes detail a Westinghouse dinner with the French Ambassador and Mme Jusserand among guests. The column lists upcoming nuptials for Miss Priscilla Nicholson and Mr. Justin Cham Berlin, and mentions Mr. Edwin V. Morgan to Korea, with Mr. Arthur S. Dixey as private secretary. Numerous society movements, travels, and engagements across Washington and Lenox are noted, including other prominent households and civic figures.
Mrs Charles W Fairbanks wife of the Vice President and DAR president general arrived in Norfolk from Old Point to visit Mrs Hugh Nelson Page regent of Great Bridge Chapter. She will tour Virginia Beach and attend an oyster roast at Cape Henry as Mrs Page’s guest. Mrs Crey Carey of Indianapolis accompanies her. The visit is personal and not a chapter entertainment.
Rev Father Fidelis preaches opening sermon at a Baltimore Washington retreat for the Association of Perpetual Adoration and Work for Poor Churches in the Convent chapel. Mgr Falconio blesses vestments, urges charity over gossip, and 4 day program of masses meditations and benedictions is outlined.
A survey of educated Spanish women and their sword training notes. Berlin forms a detective unit to shield unaccompanied women from insult, with 168 men convicted in six months. James Henry Smith plans a Newport summer, while Mrs Ballington Booth leads a drive to enlist 2000 men for her convict rescue program. Mrs McDonald resists prominence as the “Queen of the State,” and Countess of Minto writes on Canada, highlighting colonial pride in the National Review.
Services marked the fourteenth anniversary of the church organized April 6 1891 with Rev B Bagby preaching from Isaiah 11 3. The congregation filled the church with flowers and 70 members have joined since revival meetings began four weeks ago. During 14 years 1800 have joined, over 1600 by confession and baptism, with $6000 raised for church administration, 4000 of which funded missions. Six young men have gone to preach, one in China, and three missions have been planned in the city.
A large crowd attended an exhibition at the Academy featuring Shepard's moving pictures. The program offered entertaining scenes including Niagara and Alpine Climbing, plus Horse Race and Varsity Boat Race. Also shown were humorous titles such as The Educated Monkey, The Policeman's Dream, Red Riding Hood, and The Magic Chest.
In Duluth on April 9 a farewell banquet honored Col H Graves newly appointed minister to Norway and Sweden. He said he would marry Miss Alice Kinney of Athens PA on April 25 at the bride’s home, and then the couple will sail for Sweden.
Mrs Louis Evans widow of former congressman and current U S district judge Walter Evans died in Louisville Kentucky yesterday She had many Washington friends from years when her husband served in Congress and as commissioner of internal revenue
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes Russia reportedly has about a dozen American submarine boats. No reports indicate Japan has captured any of them.
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