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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1910
Page
7
During the heated term the New York Washington Paris store closes at 5 pm except Saturdays at 1 pm Out of town patrons can place summer requests through our Mail Order Department ensuring accuracy and dispatch
Handcrafted Bar Harbor Willow Chairs described as roomy, comfortable, and cool for summer use. Made from premium French willow with durable, pleasing appearance. illustrated in natural color.
Special summer prices on upholstery work wall papering and decorating for homes and apartments. Expenditure now is less than fall and work is a specialty. Large line of imported and domestic papers. Drapery and upholstery materials on display. Expert designers and decorators available free of charge. Postal or phone messages prompt a representative.
August clearance sale offers imported and domestic curtains with patterns remaining in stock at greatly reduced prices. High grade goods include imported and domestic productions, 2 to 6 pairs per pattern. Curtains for all parts of the house on sale to clear small lots discontinued at less than regular prices.
Sherwood metal frame window screens ably priced and sanitary with no imperfect wood frames or mortises. Use under the sash or adjustable on outside. Ready made adjustable screens to be had. Prices listed by size and condition with 24, 22, 33, 40, 30 inch options and varying prices.
Fireless cookers save heat and money during hot days. The ad promotes Thermatic at 12 dollars and Vac-Jac at 11 dollars and Perfect at 6 11 dollars, urging readers to purchase to avoid heat and fuel costs.
Offers include wide mouth and standard fruit jars in pint to 1-2 gallon sizes with dozen pricing. Jelly glasses plain or optic in various sizes, Mason jar tops and rubbers, Tulip rubbers, paraffin wax. Prices shown per dozen or package, with small item specials.
An advertisement lists Colonial glassware with advancing prices for Berry or Salad Bowls Water Pitchers Oil or Vinegar Cruets Handled Bonbon Dish Masonware Bowls Finger Bowls Plates Sherbet Glasses Water Tumblers Sauce Dishes. Prices begin at fractions of a dollar, indicating a wholesale scale.
The Mexican ambassador, summering at Magnolia Massachusetts, will depart in September to participate in Mexico’s centennial festivities. A gala dinner at Magnolia honored former Gov Curtis Guild Jr and Mrs Guild along with a host of diplomats and officials. Members include the Russian ambassador, Italian charge d affaires, naval attaché, and Viscount Benoist d Azy, among others.
Miss Marguerite Phillips engages Roy Lyman Newhouser for a September 12 wedding. Miss Annie Moffet Coyner to Algernon Lee Handy with wedding planned in October. Esperanto congress delegates to be honored next week with events including As You Like It in Esperanto, a Bureau of American Republics reception, and an Arlington Hotel ball.
Society notes from Newport and Washington describe the hand painted hat trend stirring fashion, with prices by artist Pegasus and mixed views from Audubon Society figures. Separate items cover Mrs. Elizabeth Crowninshield Peabody’s divorce and upcoming wedding plans, plus fashion talks by Lady Duff Gordon on a new mummy dregs inspired gown shaped by ancient styles.
Aug 9 Bar Harbor Choral Society concert at the Casino drew a large audience with prominent patronesses from New York and Boston society. Mrs George Baylies Sanford hosted a luncheon at the Swimming Club and Miss Gladys Greene also hosted there. The Annual golf tournament for Kebo Mount Desert and Pemetic opens today with a record field expected and possible course records.
A wedding was celebrated Monday morning at the Immaculate Conception Church as Miss Martha GB Walsh and Mr. William L Miller united in marriage. The bride wore a gown of white embroidery with a large white hat and carried miles of the valley. Her bridesmaid was her cousin Miss Elizabeth L Murphy in white silk mul with insertion lace and a matching hat.
About 300 delegates and families of the American Order of Owls gather in Rochester New York for the national convention opening today and running through Saturday. Supreme president is James P Mullatey of Indianapolis. Banquet tonight precedes a steamer ride with a grand parade tomorrow expected to involve at least 1240 participants. General Bliss moves from San Francisco to command Department of California replacing Major General Barry who becomes superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point. Colonel Scott to return as major of cavalry. The wartime board seat will be filled by General Carter of the General Staff.
Crowded crimson ballroom hosts patrons and patronsesses for an entertainment titled A Midsummer Night's Scream in aid of St Luke's Episcopal Church. Notables include Dr. and Mrs. Guy Fairfax Whiting Col and Mrs Edward Collston Judge and Mrs William Harrison Jackson Maj W Stuart Symington Dr Delend Fitzgerald and many others. Guests add luncheon and dinners at Homestead and nearby estates honoring Miss Mildred Norton and Miss Abbie Ingalls Bernard with arrivals from New York Baltimore and Cincinnati.
Lenox and Stockbridge see a flurry of summer travel as families and guests relocate. Hither Brooks leaves for New York, Mrs. Arthur W. Swann sails for Stockbridge, and Mrs. Richard Watson Gilder travels to Redding Connecticut. Others head to Newport Whitestone Bar Harbor and Saratoga while notables such as Crarf e and the Roosevelts motor between the Berkshires and Aspinwall hotel.
Aug 9 visitors arrive from Bar Harbor and New York, with luncheons on the Casino plaza and at Wildfeld Farm. Guests include Miss Hannah Randolph, Mrs. Johnston Livingston Jr., Hiery O. Anderson, and many others from New York, Tuxedo Park, and Washington. A motor party from New London lunched at the Casino as a social week continues.
Discussion argues that small sins and acts shape destiny. It uses analogies of worms in trees, ships sunk by sand, and cement foundations to claim virtue lies in little duties, kind words, and prompt loyalty, citing Wordsworth and Macaulay to stress humble deeds build greatness.
Mrs Burke Roche returns to Newport after years away and attends the Casino gathering with a host of society notables including Mrs Ogden Mills, Mrs Cavendish-Bennock, Lady Granard, Col John Jacob Astor, Vincent Astor, Senator George Peabody Wetmore, and Edward L. Taffer. A charity tableaux on August 23 features Mme Sarah Bernhardt with an adapted costume. Pierpont Morgan is aboard the log steam yacht Corgan as others visit from Boston and North Carolina.
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