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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
42
A local sale features boys summer clothing at deep discounts. One, many one of a kind knickerbockers and lightweight wool suits drop from regular prices, with sizes up to 16. Includes galateas, chambrays, ducks, laines wash suits, white and colored styles, and laundered neckbands. Bathing suits in cotton and wool, hats and caps, priced to clear.
Announcement of a Summer Dresses arrival with discounts on all items. Includes children's white and colored dresses trimmed with Valenciennes lace and embroidery, Percale and Jumper styles, lawn and dotted Swiss fabrics, gingham and silk jumper dresses. Prices regularly range from $1.50 to $18, now offered at a fourth to a third off. Sizes vary from children to misses, with many styles in blue, pink, lavender, green, and bright checks. Floor location: G street.
Special values in women's summer underwear including drawers gowns and corset covers made of lightweight cambrics and nainsook with lace embroidery insertion and ribbons. Gowns feature various sleeves and pink or blue rib bands. Corset covers trimmed with ribbon embroidery beadwork and net. Values 39 and 30 cents. drawers 50 cents. Third Avenue Eleventh St.
Misses and children's tan Russia Calfskin oxfords with welt sole and spring heel offered in sizes 6 to 10 1 2. Priced at 2 00 per pair. White canvas oxfords with spring heel in sizes 6 to 10 1 2 priced 1 50 to 2 00 per pair. Tan barefoot shoes with two straps and welt in sizes 3 to 8 priced with size 8 1 2 to 2 00 per pair. Third Floor Venth street.
Little Children’s Summer Underwear in fresh materials trimmed with lace and embroidery. Includes Muslin Drawers Skirts and Gowns in sizes 2 to 14 with prices around 25¢ to 75¢. Located on third floor Eleventh Street.
Special values in hammocks and outdoor goods. Strong canvas hammocks with spreaders and pillows listed at 95c to 1.75 each. Includes summer outing gear, sporting goods, and toys with a variety of serviceable options and values.
Toy ad describes Children’s Light House Boxes shown in colors that glow at night. They fold and fit in a grip or suit case. Blue Hull Box Kite is featured. Available for sale at Fourth floor Eleventh Street for 86 cents?
Washington society notes a formal reception and informal dinners honoring Gen J Franklin Bell and Mrs Bell. Guests travel from Bar Harbor to Europe, with Hopkins, Blair, and others sailing for England aboard the Baltic. Several families plan summer escapes to Bar Harbor, Narragansett Pier, and Mt. Washington Hotel.
Fashion notes from Saratoga describe white gowns and colorful hats in exclusive boxes. Prominent attendees include Mrs Thomas Hitchcock Jr and Mrs George Perkins Lawton, with remarks on monogrammed accessories and cigarets. Also covers royal smoking habits, Newport show prizes, fire department class, and a shift toward simpler tailor made styles as the era of avant garde dress wanes.
Lenox visitors gather at hotels and cottages in Lenox Mass July 31. Mrs John Hammond and children host garden party at Cold Brook for Mrs Pierre Jay and family. Numerous guests arrive at Aspinwall Hotel including New York and Pittsburgh elites and Senator Brinckerhoff.
Bar Harbor Me July 3 Members of the summer colony press Navy Department to order the battleship New Hampshire to call here en route from Quebec led by Representative Edward Morrell. Luncheon at Bagatelle hosted by Mrs George A Draper Jr and guests. Many social arrivals and entertainments noted at Casino Witch Cliff and Point Judith Club. Several parties include New York Newport Providence and Philadelphia residents en route to Brattleboro and White Mountains.
West End Long Branch hosts dinners luncheons and a song recital at the Hollywood with Miss Beatrice Wainwright performing Del Acqua and Del Riego numbers. Guests include Marguerite Shonts Duchess de Chaulnes, the Sore party, and the Strasburger circle enjoying opera en bateau style dances and seaside outings.
Bathing pavilion at Narragansett Pier draws society crowd on perfect July day. Women in black silk princess style swimsuits and boned outfits plus striking cerise silk hat capture attention among sunbathers. Luncheon at the Casino features Newport visitors aboard the Mirage with notable guests including Capt. Harry B. Kane and Maj. J. Brooks. patriotic airs played as red white and blue decorations set the scene.
Newport RI July 31 reports a big subscription ball for the national lawn tennis tournament to be held at the Casino on August 1 with a prominent committee. The piece notes Miss Alice Grosvenor’s upcoming marriage to Mr. Dudley Davis and lists social engagements, cancellations due to Mr. G. Winthrop Sands’ death, and numerous society visits and dinners among the city’s elite families and visiting celebrities.
The seventy third birthday observance for John A Hayward was held Thursday night at 1419 Q street northwest by Tumors of Onward No 1 Daughters of Veterans. Miss Anna M Roberts president spoke of his war record. Col B 8 Thompson Miss oc Parer Mrs Isabel Worrell Bail Capt Parker Trent Capt Charles Simonds contributed. Music by Miss Anna Allen and Mrs Emma Geschetsky closed the program. A business meeting preceded the exercises and a gold button insignia of the National Society of Daughters of Veterans was presented to Miss Rose M Sefton for helping recruit new members.
Mrs Estelle H Watkins obtains residence at 2119 First Street Northwest after Ross and Phelps report on the fate of the property in connection with Clifford A Borden. The ten room house built by Thomas Haislip features a Roman brick front and brownstone trim. The H Hownstein Company reports P P Ryon buys 1211 K Street Southeast for investment by Georgianna Humming. Joseph Paul sells to T L Lewis a plot on Adams Street north of First and Second Streets Northwest for four colonial houses designed by N R Grimm.
Report describes a spacious dance pavilion at Chevy Chase Lake hosting concerts and dances. The pony track and motion picture area are popular, with nightly illuminated attractions and shipboard dancing aboard the Jamestown steamer. Trips run Sundays with tickets sold at Norfolk and Washington excursion wharf, foot of Seventh Street.
Dumbarton Club of Georgetown plans a cruise on the bay and lower Potomac beginning August 3 aboard the Rogue captained by Dingey of Bushwood. Participants include Oden Roberts Mattwell McCarteney Harry Kite Albert Howard Joan Ramsay Leonard Nicholson Richard L. Cook John Ballinger and Fred Kleinschmidt. Other club members sail various vessels to Atlantic City Solomons Island Colonial Beach and other Potomac points for four week sojourns aboard launches Two Friends Hilda Spunky and Reinssier with repairs continuing on the patrol boat.
The Postoffice Department is installing automobiles for city mail collection. Five electric runabouts will be used soon, with two motorcars added around August 15. Eight workers and twelve horses will be saved, with three runabouts in use in the morning and three in the evening. Routes include Dupont circle, Station G area north of H Street, and Capitol Hill Belt.
J William Yates longtime cattle dealer for the Southern Railway and prominent figure in Rappahannock county died Thursday morning near Markham Virginia He had been ill about a year and spent time in Washington and on Pennsylvania Avenue He is survived by two wives and five children Funeral services are set for 2 PM at the Episcopal Church in Markham with interment in the family burial ground
Maryland peaches arrive as Georgia crop wanes. Prices run 15 cents for a small basket while cantaloupes go three for a quarter and Maryland melons arrive but fall short of Bourdin varieties. Bartlett pears from California fetch 15 cents a small basket as lettuce remains weak from heat.
The regular open meeting of Eastern Lodge No. 7 was held in the lodge room Wednesday evening. Herbert D. Lawson chaired the entertainments committee. The program featured piano by Miss Lewton, a tenor solo by Mr. Hartman, recitations by Mr. Marks and Mr. Hartman, a violin solo by Mr. Hartman, a bass solo by Mr. Lyle, and recitations by Past Grand Master Jones. Mr. Petty of Eastern Lodge spoke on his experiences during the civil war.
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