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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1910
Page
29
A long hot summer focus prompts a completed showing of summer furniture and outdoor amenities on the sixth floor. The display features porch furnishings, lawn items, tents, outdoor games, and garden sets aimed at cooling and decorating the home for warmth and recreation.
Diplomatic figures and society gathered on Sixteenth Street for a Venezuelan centennial reception at the legation. Guests included Mme Flcarde de Acosta and the Misses de Acosta as house guests, amid flags and roses. Other events featured Ambassadorial circles and a Navy dinner honoring Lieut Roscoe F Dillon and attendants, with a Colonial Dames display of a gold medal for George Washington University.
The wedding announcements detail Miss Conway Coles of Virginia, Mrs. Heber Thornton, Miss Agnes Selby, and others with gowns, flowers, and formalities. Separate items note the Trimble Lee wedding in Staunton, and social events for the D A R, including receptions hosted by Mrs. Dickinson and Mrs. Johnson, with guests from Baltimore, Boston, and Virginia.
Mrs. Robert Shaw Oliver plans to sail on June 1 to spend part of the summer abroad. Maj. von Liventius of the German embassy returns to Washington from New York. Several ladies from New York and Denver have been visiting the Secretary of Agriculture and Miss Flora Wilson and return home. Various travelers, including Miss Marion Towne and Miss Brown, attendings, are noted. The piece continues on the eleventh page.
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