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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
10
Advertises nainsook and cambric corset covers, fitted and loose styles with lace, embroidery, beadwork and ribbons. Cambric short petticoats with embroidered or scalloped ruffles, various lace trims, open and closed drawers, low neck gowns with light ruffling, and Crepe and Lawn kimonos in empire and loose fits with colored ribbons, all at special prices around $1.00.
The ad promotes a small lot of high quality leather shoes in gun metal and tan hides in various sizes. It highlights good proportion and fit with feather and rubber soles, reduced to 3.75 per pair, located at Main Floor, Tenth Street.
A Washington ballet program by Adolf Bolm Ballet Intime dazzles a midsummer audience at Belasco. Dances Macabre and Carneval feature Bolm with Rita Zelmani and Marshall Hall, while Mary Eaton shines as Columbine. Dancers Roshanara Ratan Devi Michio Itow bring exotic rhythms from India and Japan, with Rosters of international stars elevating the charity program for the American Ambulance in Russia.
Public bread markets are to be opened in Minneapolis and St Paul soon by the State commission examining prices of food, fuel and other essentials. Bakers from both cities will meet the commission next Wednesday to work out plans.
The President and Mrs. Wilson attended the Belasco theater for Adolf Bolm’s Haliet Intime benefiting the Russian ambulance program. A large display of flags and neutral auditors filled the boxes with ambassadors and officials from Russia Italy France Belgium Britain Japan present. The audience rose for the Star Spangled Banner. Mrs. Wilson wore white crepe with silver. many diplomats and dignitaries occupied nearby boxes as social figures and press noted the gathering and ensuing state hospitality.
Miss Winifred Marie Bronson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Simon T Bronson, wed Mr Joseph A Kerney of the White House staff at 8 am in the Shrine of the Sacred Heart. Rev Father Gavan officiated. Beatrice Kerney and William Bronson attended. Breakfast at Rauscher's followed, then a short wedding trip north. The couple will live at 3441 Fourteenth Street.
Miss Frances Gault Turner and Norman Edwin Lynch to marry Friday August 31 at 8 o clock in the bride’s Belmont street home. Rev Dr Dimon to officiate with immediate family present and a large reception to follow. Attendants include Mrs Edward Breck Parsons as matron of honor and Miss Juliette Dandridge King as maid of honor. Christie of the ceremony includes christening of niece Mary Elizabeth Parsons. Also notes about Elmer H Sotheron and N Halterman travel, invitations to Miss Margaret Clarkson Henderson and Otis Love Guernsey in New York, and the death of Mrs Elizabeth Moorhead Stone with surviving children and relatives.
The DC chapter and Third Infantry at Fort Myer and Camp Ordway request 1700 and 300 comfort bags. Only 209 and 225 bags have been sent so far. It costs 75 cents to fill each bag and donations are sought from Washington residents, designated for contents of comfort bags. Recent gifts totaled ifferent donors including Mr. Fitch and others with amounts ranging from 10 to 50 dollars.
Members of the Legion of Loyal Women sew daily to supply pillows for the Washington ward of the American Ambulance hospital in Paris. Headquarters at 1803 Connecticut Avenue. presiding Ada H. Weiss. Founders include Logan Tucker Albertine Odell EB. K Gilliet Grosvenor Weiss. Pillows funded in memory of Civil War nurse Clara Barton. A bed will be donated in her name.
Newport Illinois reports three jewel thefts over a few days. Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt loses a diamond brooch at a dinner party. Ada Norfleet of New York says a diamond studded gold mesh bag disappeared. Pauline Disston of Philadelphia reports an onyx brooch set with diamonds stolen.
Bishop Nicholas Matz of Denver diocese dies at 67 after four years of declining health following a fall. He served as bishop since 1887 and led the Denver Catholic Diocese since 1889, a native of Alsace Lorraine.
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