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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1910
Page
7
House sale items list curtain prices with current per pair ranges from 2.25 to 10.00 for Cluny Curtains, 3.75 to 10.00 for Trish Point Curtains, and 5.00 to 16.50 for Arabian Lace and Thread Lace Curtains, all reflecting discounts from earlier prices.
Upholstery fabrics in tan crimson blue and reseda offered for furniture covers portieres and draperies. Rose Fine Silk Damask and Imported Moire Damask available in multiple shades. Damask suitable for wall hangings and upholstery, 50 inches wide, $3.00 per yard, value $4.50. Fourth floor G street.
A lot of 24 inch Mandarin Pongee suitable for women’s dresses and coats offered at a special price of 59c per yard, regularly $1.00.
Special Midsummer offering lists Cluny lace centerpieces table covers and luncheon sets at savings of 25 to 33 1 3 percent. Luncheon sets include 13 piece sets with doilies and centerpiece priced at 4.00 per set. 16 piece sets priced at 7 58 per set. 6 piece sets priced at 6 50 per set. Centerpieces 16 inch 75c each. Miniature centerpieces 1.00 each. Table cloths range from 5 50 to 9 75 with various sizes and trims.
Newport nightlife opens its peak season with dining and dancing ushering in the city’s greatest month. Notables including Mr and Mrs Frederick H Prince, Mr and Mrs Reginald C Van derbilt, Miss Anna Sands, and Mr Harold Vanderbilt attend lavish dinners at Ochre Point villas and Rockhurst. Guests register at the Casino, with visits from Gane, Kane, Sack, and numerous society names.
Minister Hitt, former Panamanian envoy, now appointed to Venezuela, visits Newport joining Mrs Hitt. Eleanor Wayne Parker, daughter of NJ Representative Parker, stays with grandparents in Jefferson New Hampshire. Social figures Miss Esther Lagan and Miss Mary Bickford head to Canada from Washington for Quebec and Montreal.
Narragansett Pier sees a quiet day with polo luncheons at the Casino. Philadelphia visitors including Mr. Albert E. Kennedy entertains guests. yacht Atlantic carries Harry Payne Whitney and others to the Country Club for polo before Newport return.
Bar Harbor hosts the largest luncheon party of the season at the Swimming Pool Club hosted by Mrs. Edward La Montague with prominent guests from finance art and society. The first of five Country Club receptions also opens with Monday teas and a putting contest while a mixed doubles tennis tournament begins at the club courts. Additional large events include upcoming luncheons and a bridge party arranged by Mrs J R Ogden at the Swimming Club.
A London style piece on Nicholls doctrine of ultrafashionable peerage, Mrs. Potter Palmer’s social standing in Chicago, and a glimpse into modern manners through anecdotes of engagements, proposals, and revived chivalric courtesy. It notes William Seward Webb Jr and the era’s emphasis on pedigree and debutante culture.
Interest grows in entries for the White Sulphur horse show to be held in Hot Springs Virginia with Mrs David Dunlop and Clendenning J Ryan among exhibitors Carman R Runyon and others plan coaching parties for the event The tea at the afternoon concert drew many attendees including Mrs Charles Wortham Mrs Wesley Merritt Mrs Edwin Brettintus and families with several guests noted at tables and others present at the gatherings
Edward Crozer Dolan and Edward W. Sheldon entertained socially with a Virginia supper at Fassiter n Farm honoring Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Woodruff and other guests. Archibald M. McCrea arrived from Philadelphia to spend weeks at The Springs. Arrivals at The Homestead include several notable visitors from New York Memphis Philadelphia Cincinnati and Richmond.
A bracing Lenox day drew mountain climbers and picnickers. Several parties visited Mount Washington and Perrys Peak while social events featured luncheons at club villas and at-home invitations. Notables and guests from New York and Philadelphia were seen visiting Lenox and surrounding estates during the outing season.
Minister Coombs reported from Lima that a new Peruvian cabinet will be formed today. Senor Porras will retain the foreign affairs portfolio under the new government, per Coombs.
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