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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
22
A large lot of boys clothing offered at clearance prices features lightweight wool suits at 3.65 each, wash suits in galateas and chambrays from 1.65, laundered blouses up to 16 priced 0.50 to 0.66, and knickerbocker trousers 1.00 to 1.25 with other items including two-piece bathing suits and assorted hats and caps at 0.25 to 1.00.
Special sale announces summer dresses in attractive styles with reductions from regular prices. Includes children's white and colored dresses trimmed with valenciennes, check and figure Percale and lawn styles, jumper and full plaited skirts. Lots feature sizes 6 to 18, with prices marked down from 1.50 to 4.00 and more, plus a fourth to a third off on remaining lots.
Special values in women's summer underwear including drawers gowns and corset covers made of lightweight cambrics and nainsook with lace bead embroidery insertion and ribbons. Gowns feature various sleeve styles with pink or blue ribbon trim. Corset covers show front fullness and embroidery. Prices 39c to 50c. Third Avenue Eleventh Street.
Listing of Misses and Children shoes including tan Russia calfskin oxfords with welt sole and spring heel in sizes 6 to 2, white canvas oxfords, and tan barefoot sandals with two straps. Prices range from $1.50 to $2.50, offered for day and evening wear. Located on Third Floor Broadway West Ninth Street.
A sales notice for children's summer underwear on the eleventh street third floor offers items such as muslin drawers skirts and gowns in sizes 2 to 14. Prices include 25 cents for muslin skirts and 75 cents for fine gowns with ruffles lace beading and ribbons.
Special Values In Hammocks offers strong and hell nude hammocks and a wide range of Summer Outing Goods Sporting Goods and Toys. Canvas-weave hammocks with pillow and spreader priced from 95 cents to 1.75 dollars with spreader at either end and various features for casual outdoor use.
Bright color folded toy kites advertised for night use. Described as lightweight, portable in a grip or suit case. Includes sale location and price per unit.
Washington society eyes a busy August with Maj. and Mrs. Cheatham hosting Gen. and Mrs. J Franklin Bell. Archibald Hopkins and Mrs Hopkins to sail for England on the Baltic August 8 to meet their daughter in Europe. Bar Harbor trips, Bar Harbor hospitality, and Bar Harbor to Bar Harbor notes fill the social calendar as residents travel to Newport, Narragansett Pier, and Bretton Woods.
Society fills Saratoga boxes as white gowns and bright hats dominate opening day scenes. Notable attendees include Mrs Thomas Hitchcock Jr and Col and Mrs Lawton with guests from New York London St. Louis and Rome. discussions touch on royal smoking habits and evolving nail care plus a Newport horse show prize list and fire department class. The piece notes a fashion shift toward tailor made styles and a return from the flamboyant Directoire era.
Visitors arrive at Lenox hotels and cottages for summer season. Guests include Mrs John H Hammond and children, Mrs Pierre Jay and children at Sunnybank, Stonover hosts, and numerous New York and Pittsburgh guests at Aspinwall Hotel. Notables include Mrs Frances C Barlow, Rev Dr Arthur Lawrence, Senator Willam Brinckerhoff, and artist Cecilia Beaux.
Bar Harbor Me July 3 Members of the summer colony desire the presence of officers of the navy to add zest to the season life and under Representative Edward Morrell they are urging the Navy Department to order the battleship New Hampshire to call here on her way from Quebec. Mrs George A Draper Jr of New York gave a luncheon yesterday at Bagatelle with a long list of guests. A hospital benefit call and a musicale at Witch Crystal noted. Several parties and entertainments described along with travel to Bratton Woods and various arrivals at local hotels.
West End Long Branch N J July 31 Miss Marguerite Shonts visits Mrs Charles I Wall at Hollywood then heads to Paris in September. Luncheon given for Mr and Mrs Paul A Sore by William B Anderson. Guests travel to Coney Island then Saratoga. Beatrice Wainwright concert at Hollywood inspires guests including Amy Strasburger and a carosel of social events with dances and operatic songs.
Narragansett Pier crowds fill the beach on a sunny day with many in fashionable black silk bathing costumes and boned silhouettes. A cerise silk hat draws attention among rubber caps as Newport visitors attend luncheon parties at the Casino hosted by Paul J. Rainey aboard the yacht Mirage. A patriotic military luncheon honors Maj. J. Brooks with Capt. Kane presiding and orchestral tunes including The Star Spangled Banner.
Newport Rhode Island July 31 plans for a big subscription ball at the Casino to aid national lawn tennis players arriving for the tournament. The event set for Friday evening August 1 with committee members R Livingston Beekman William O Donnellsella Herold A Sands Willing Spencer Henry A C Taylor and J Barton Willing. Also details of society engagements, weddings, and numerous social entertainments in Newport as families mourn for G Winthrop Sands and adjust schedules.
An obituary note itemizes the seventy third birth anniversary celebration for John A Hayward at 1419 Q Street NW. The event, hosted Thursday by Onward ent No 1 Daughters of Veterans, featured remarks by Anna M Roberts and tributes from Col B S Thompson, Capt Parker Trent, Capt Charles Simonds, and others. Music by Anna Allen and Emma Geschetsky followed a business meeting during which Rose M Sefton received a gold button for recruiting new members.
Mrs Estelle H Watkins acquires the ten room house at 2119 First Street Northwest to make it her residence. The earlier owners built by Thomas Haislip feature a Roman brick front with brownstone trim. P P Ryon buys 1211 K Street Southeast from Georgianna Humming. Ryon held the property as an investment. H Howenstein reports Joseph Paul sold ground at Adams Street North West between First and Second to T L Lewis for four colonial houses designed by N R Grimm.
The spacious dance pavilion at Chevy Chase lake hosts large crowds for concerts and dances under a roofed area. Pony tracks, motion picture changes, and shipboard dancing on the Jamestown steamer attract many visitors with evening trips Sundays from Norfolk and Washington excursion wharf at Seventh street.
Members of the Dumbarton Club from Georgetown arrange a Bay and lower Potomac cruise beginning August 3 aboard the Rogue captained by Dingey of Bushwood MD. Participants include Oden Roberts Mattwell McCarteney Harry Kite Albert Howard Joan Ramsay Leonard Nicholson Richard L. Cook John Ballinger and Fred Kleinschmidt.
The Postoffice Department plans to replace mule wagon mail collection with electric runabouts and later motorcars. Eight men and twelve horses will be relieved. three runabouts will operate in the morning and three in the evening. Cars will cover Dupont Circle area, north of H Street to Ninth Street NW, and Capitol Hill belts. Collections will be turned in at the main office to reduce delay.
Death of J William Yates father of Reed Yates of Southern Railway reported from Markham Virginia. Wealthy cattle dealer in Reppehannock county with long Washington ties. Survived by two wives and five children. funeral at 2 pm at Episcopal Church Markham with burial in family ground.
Fruits remain abundant with home peaches coming in as Georgia crops thin. Maryland peaches fetch 15 cents for a small basket while cantaloupes sell three for a quarter and Maryland melons appear but fall short of Bourden melons. Bartlett pears from California cost 15 cents a small basket and berries are mostly out of season.
The regular open meeting of Eastern Lodge No 7 I O F was held Wednesday evening in the lodge room. Herbert D Lawson chaired the entertainment committee. A pleasing program featured piano by Miss Lewton tenor solo by Mr Hartman recitations by Mr Marks violin solo by Mr Hartman bass solo by Mr Lyle and recitations by Past Grand Master Jones. Mr Petty of Eastern Lodge told a tale about his Civil War experiences.
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