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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1910
Page
7
Woodward & Lothrop introduces new displays of first quality American shrubbery, flowers, and small flats in the Housefurnishings Department on the Fifth Floor. The sale highlights selections from New York to Washington and aims to attract shoppers with fresh plant offerings and decorative items.
Enquiries for girls and misses with precise selections across ages. Misses Shire Dresses in plain taffeta and patterns, new spring suits in serge, regulation dresses in white blue linen, one piece garments trimmed with lace and embroidery, sizes up to 18.
Mrs Taft revived a White House musicale with Congressional Club guests in the state drawing rooms and dining room. In the east room artists Faunie Bloomfield Zebler pianist Fritz Hirester violist and Bidkar Leete at the piano performed a varied program as spring decorations and a buffet supper complemented the event.
Special offerings include Lipton tablets tied to tea or coffee promotions, priced at 225 each. Womens silk umbrellas, paper dolls with folding house, and a range of baseball gear from gloves to bats are advertised with various prices. Official American League ball listed at 1.25, located on the fourth floor.
A crowded page records a Washington social scene with wedding plans for Lieut Roscoe F Dillen and Miss Elizabeth Goodwin, plus numerous teas, bridge games, and hospital fund events. Officers and civilians attend gatherings, with Navy and Marine connections, decorative motifs, and reception details amid society listings.
Summer home preparation begins as China Glass and Silver for country homes or sea side cottages are offered. The ad promotes diverse durable attractive wares at low prices with shipments packed and sent free to any destination.
White macs and yellow daisies mark a social page of guests and events from Washington society. Mrs Ashby announces her daughter's engagement Eleana Gillis Ashby to Walter Henry Beal with a church ceremony noted among university circles and a Cherry Tree Ball at George Washington University highlighted by dean presences and campus musicians. Other society visits include Mrs Sharpe in Washington from New York and Mrs Gregory of Salisbury visiting senators and AR officials, with various noted guests and movements across Fort Oglethorpe to Atlantic City.
Invitations for the Congressional Club dance on April 2 are sent by members to guests they may entertain. A musical tea for the bereft of the Prisoners Aid Society is held at the bishop of Washington’s house on Massachusetts Avenue this afternoon with artists like Mrs Gawler and Mr Anton Kaspar volunteering.
A medical note describes typhoid fever spreading in several cities via water or milk. It explains varying susceptibility among individuals, possible acquired immunity, and links disease to malnutrition and mental factors affecting nutrition. The author cites Spencer on the interplay of mind and matter in disease.
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