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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
13
Umbrellas priced at 35 dollars feature black taffeta fabric with wood and bakelite trimmed handles. Gloria Cloth Umbrellas offered at 3 dollars present black color and bakelite trimmed handles with silk cords. The catalog lists miscellaneous Vendrella section items.
Two cakes for 15 cents feature a soap claiming absolutely pure ingredients. The advertisement highlights use for bath and shampoo, noting it softens cleanses and beautifies skin and hair. Perfumery Section Main Aoor.
Infants' Section on the Fourth floor offers dresses sized two to eight years in white voiles lawns dimities organdies linens and mercerized fabrics. Simple smocked necks and sleeves feature hand embroidery and lace trims. Prices run from 3.00 to 12.75 each.
Announcing autumn models in boys and girls sizes from 2 to 7 12 proving sturdy build wear resistance and orthopedic lasts. Featured are calfskin and patent leather styles with welted soles low heels and fashionable shapes across multiple colors. Prices range around 8 to 10 dollars with lines for children misses and boys on the third floor.
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A Senate committee grilled Secretary Lansing over the origins and aims of the League of Nations covenant. Lansing asserted the President directed the U S negotiations, with little direct American input on covenant interpretations. The exchange highlighted disputes over the American plan and whether it ever existed in print or was presented to the conferences.
Mrs Nanette Paul and Mrs Anna Hendley were dinner guests last evening of Mr and Mrs Arthur Alexander of Washington at Atlantic City.
Weather delays a thrift pageant by the civilian workers' branch of the ordnance department at Sylvan Theater. The event, led by Miss Besele Louise McClellan with a 500 voice War Camp Community Choir and the Marine Band, features over fifty ordnance workers and promotes war savings stamps and thrift stamps.
The Holy Name Society parade committee met at Immaculate Conception Church parish hall. Delegates from thirty parishes and representatives from Alexandria and Deanwood attended. The group anticipates the event to be the largest of its kind in Washington with widespread Catholic interest in the Capital and surrounding towns.
Bladensburg Maryland citizens finalize plans for a Saturday lawn fete to fund a memorial cross honoring 54 men from Prince Georges County who died in the war. The cross will be set at the Bladensburg Annapolis and Washington Baltimore boulevards intersection. John R. Riggies leads the drive and notes a Decatur Heights fete raised over $200.
Washington announces Brig. Gen. Drake of the motor transport corps says the army will keep most discarded automobiles for public use. Open and closed passenger cars, nine types of trucks trailers and ambulances are among those to be retained.
An advertisement explains marcol ized wax treatment to strip tan redness and freckles from sun exposure. It claims the skin peels gradually, leaving new skin beneath, and advises purchasing mercorized wax from a druggist and applying nightly then washing in the morning for a week.
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