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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1908
Page
7
A brief notice highlights Easter as a minor moment. the real spring business begins Easter Monday with a strong exhibit of spring attire. Experts showcase fashion ideas, promising abundant stock and service. The tone emphasizes the store as premier for the season’s essentials.
On the second floor of G Street the Silk Department displays a wide range of new silken weaves including Princess Sarah Sarah Chevron Sarah Shantung Tinted Foulards Tussah Fluffy Ruffles Silk Rajah Shah Shantung Plain and Printed Taffetas and more for the season.
Good Reading For Every One offers American Literary Masters by Leon Vincent priced at $2.00. Hither and Thither by John Thompson $2.00. Winged Words anonymous $2.50. Stray Leaves by Herbert Paul $1.50. Character And Comedy by V. Lucas features essays on literary matters. Main floor Tenth St.
A catalog entry lists two volume editions of The Count of Monte Cristo in green morocco bindings priced at $2.00, plus The Wandering Jew in two volumes also with green morocco backs priced at $2.00 and Emersons Essays in two volumes priced at $2.00, all described as valuable classics with enduring interest.
An advertising style claim asserts the complete work is original from cover to cover and not a mere abridgment. It emphasizes that leading scholars worldwide authored the articles and that the volume stands as entirely new.
Austrian Ambassador Baroness Hengelmuller hosts Easter luncheon with embassy staff as British ambassador James Bryce plans a three week southern trip. Brazilian Ambassador Naburco and Mme Naburco entertain twelve at dinner. Chevy Chase Club luncheon guests include Treasury official Beekman Winthrop and Count dAdhemar. Other social moves feature Mr and Mrs Lorillard hosting breakfast, and weddings, travels, and fashion notes from Washington and Paris society circles.
The Easter parade drew crowds along Fifth Avenue with hats ranging from Merry Widow to Scams designs. Spectators noted blue night bloom plovacks and quill wings, while celebrities like John D. Rockefeller were seen amid the crowd.
From German Anzeiger reports that empresses and princesses today display cleverness and skill in varied crafts. Carl of Sweden knits children’s togas, Ingeborg excels in craftwork, Hermine of Reuss is a skilled watchmaker, Arnulf of Bavaria makes lace, and others create hats, bandages, candles, and scented wax. London club circles debate the imperial and Colonial Club formation amid mystery.
Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra, with Mme Lilian Nordica, performed on Atlantic City's $1,000,000 steel pier before two large Easter vacation crowds. Nordica drew cheers with arias including The Meister singer and Hammond's Spring Song, while Damrosch led two encore numbers not on the program. Nordica began her farewell American tour here, with dates in major cities to follow.
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