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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1910
Page
29
A large lot of women and misses silk dresses offered at thirds to half off regular prices. Garments feature plain and changeable taffetas, messalines, striped silks, pongees in latest spring shades with natural waistlines and plaited or tame skits. Prices from 7.50 to 15.00, regular values 15.00 to 37.50. Also dainty colored lingerie dresses 7.50 to 50.00 and tub dresses 3.75 to 35.00 in various styles and materials.
Readable text markets damask tablecloths napkins bed spreads and bolster cover sets with special prices from 3.00 to 4.00 per item plus 22 inch and 24 inch napkins at 3.00 and 3.75 per dozen. Also auto lap robes in multiple colors priced 85 cents to 8.00 and imported linen lap robes at 2.25 each. Located Seventh Street.
Special sale presents a range of hats from tailored to picturesque for all occasions. Materials include braids and chips in varied shapes and shades with large colored toques and flower trimmed sailors. Hats are described as becoming and attractive with exclusive style, priced at ten dollars each.
This morning a sale offers women’s Two-eyelet Eden Ties in gun-metal calfskin and patent redskin with Goodyear welt, high Spanish arch, Cuban heel, short vamp, knob toe with shield tip. Priced at 4.00 per pair, value 5.00. Third floor Teoth.
Our ad proclaims Couch W Hammocks as top quality. It highlights the “Special” Couch Hammock item as an excellent value. The product is described as 13 inches tall, made of heavy white canvas, and paired with a well-made mattress.
President Taft will head the receiving line at the new International Bureau of American Republics reception tonight. Dignitaries include Andrew Carnegie, foreign ministers, and the Brazilian and Mexican envoys as guests. doors open at 9 and the event begins at 9:20 with Capt Archibald Butt presenting to the President.
Theodora Roosevelt, guest of Paris, is toasted by city officials at the Hotel de Ville and attends a concert at the New Willard. She tours Notre Dame with Col Roosevelt and Robert Bacon, before an opera performance where he receives a loud ovation. The Roosevelt entourage dines with Gen Breger and Rochambeau Mission officers at the military club.
A luncheon yesterday hosted by Mrs Robert N Harper honored Mrs Rudolph wife of Commissioner Canon Rudolph with sixteen guests. Attendees included Mrs Burrowa, Mrs Carter, Mrs Ashley Gould, Mrs Thew Wright, Mrs Wynne, Mrs Logan, and many other notables from Alexandria and New York, alongside Lieut and Mrs Kenneth Castleman of Norfolk as guests. The event was held at a home on M Street and involved members of the National Society council.
This ad promotes China Glass and Kitchen Ware for summer homes with complete stocks and exceptional values on Dinner Ware Toilet Ware and Glassware. It notes the District of Columbia agents for Eddy Refrigerators and Tettenborn porcelain lined models. Eddy Lee Chente 37.50 up Refrigerators 1535 ap.
Fashion debate at Wellesley College over bloomers and dress rules prompts satire from students and faculty critics. Report highlights a dramatic club incident and a shift in campus costume norms. Also covered is Marian Townsend's St Bartholomew wedding. the Gotham ceremony featured Craig Colgate, white satin, gardenias, and a large society guest list. The piece closes with notes on the Margaretta yacht in the Mediterranean, its lavish fittings, owners, and prominent London season plans.
A cautious note from Prof Metehnikott, a longevity expert, warns hurried eating can harm health and accelerate aging. He adds that excessive chewing may cause a disease among sailors called "Stadyfogs" and stresses that while thorough chewing helps, omitting waste from food could strain the nervous system and disturb intestinal activity, risking long term harm.
London April 25 Sotheby’s auctioned historical records and manuscripts from American sources. Key items included Lora Polwarth property and West India trade papers, selling for $1,500, the London News Netter vintage papers for $125, and letters to Lord Marchmont and Bolingbroke. Pen indentures by William Penn were withdrawn. overall sale totaled $45,400 for Hathaway correspondence and maps. Gunston Hall’s school will continue under Mrs Mason after Prof Mason’s death. Ivy Hill Cemetery burial noted.
Patrolman O'Brien encounters a brave infant in a white nightdress striding up Broadway at Forty-fourth Street He soon carries the boy to the West Sixty-Eighth Street station where the anxious parents identify their child After a frantic search by the family, neighbors, and police the baby is returned unharmed with a puzzled mother asking why he ran away
A distressed speaker laments living in a vat house and pleads to find a proper home for the child. Johnnie returns home with the mother, offering comfort as the boy clings to her, seeking reassurance and safety.
In Chicago probate, Ida A Richardson bequeaths $40,000 to Mrs Cora Urquhart Potter, now of Staines Bridge England, as aunt and beneficiary. The estate totals $250,000 with $61,000 to eight New Orleans institutions including St Anna Asylum and Tulane medical department. Other bequests include Caroline Augusta Urquhart and nieces Georgine Urquhart and Cora Slocamb ri Braga, plus nephew David Urquhart Sen Francisco, all specified sums.
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