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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1912
Page
14
The article highlights numerous coat styles for women for street, travel, dress, and evening wear. It touts a full assortment on third floor stock including serge, whipcord, fancy fabrics, satin, lace, and taffeta options with prices from 17.50 to 50.00, noting new designs and colors.
A broad display of cotton and linen fabrics for summer costumes and durable practical wear. Highlights include novelty linen suitings, homespun linens, dress ginghams, new shirtings, rippl ette fabrics, and ratine suiting in multiple widths and colors with prices from 15 cents to 2 dollars per yard.
Modart front-laced corsets praised for fit and comfort. Models H J F C showcased in white coutil and batiste with prices from 5.00 to 8.50. Displayed on third floor eleventh street.
Advertised cut glass Fern Dishes eight inches across in hobstar pattern. Priced at 2.75 each due to advantageous purchasing, with removable white metal lining and artistic brilliance. A practical value combining beauty and worth.
Invitations for dinners and dances in Washington were recalled due to the Titanic disaster. Austro Hungarian Ambassador and Baroness Hengelmuysler will not be entertained. Mr Perry Belmont and The Misses Patten canceled events. several clubs postponed gatherings. A wedding in Hyattsville, Md, followed by plans to relocate in Hyattsville, and various social changes across Washington were noted.
A series of society weddings and social events described across Washington and nearby Virginia. Highlights include Mr. and Mrs. Ingalls planning a European trip starting May 16, a Raleigh Hotel dance for the Confederate Memorial Hall attended by prominent ladies, and multiple weddings at St Pauls Catholic Church and Holy Trinity Church Georgetown with portraits of gowns, attendants, and receptions. The reports note guests, hostesses, and notable figures linked to Republican era gatherings.
Miss Elisabeth Macartney wore white chiffon over satin with lace and pink details. The bridal party included best man Carl J. Wilcack and ushers from Pittsburgh New York Washington. A reception followed at 1332 Thirty-first Street with Mrs Ray in amethyst lace and green charmeuse. The couple planned travel to New York then Europe for an extended stay.
Mrs John Hollis Bankhead hosts D A R delegates from Alabama Texas and Louisiana at the Arlington Hotel in a spring garden setting Dr Thomas M Owen and Mrs Owen assist in hospitality The evening also features a marriage at St Aloysius Church Miss Cora Minerva Hausmann becomes Mrs Claud Vincent Offutt after a ceremony led by Rev David Hillhouse Buel The couple will reside at 1112 Highth street northeast after a short trip and home after April 22
The president and board of managers invite members to the annual meeting this afternoon at 4 oclock at Rauschers. An address will be delivered by the Rev William F Kerby D D. Continued on ninth page.
Mona Morrow in Town Tattler recalls a Detroit hotel lobby scene where admiration surrounds a woman perceived as plain yet alluring. The account reveals self styled beauty secrets involving wax and powdered suxclite dissolved in witch bass, marketed as a magnetically beautiful transformation.
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