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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1910
Page
23
During a heated term the store closes at five o clock except Saturdays at one. Our Annual August Sales of Furs and Blankets represent savings of from a fourth to a third on regular prices now in progress.
The store offers remaining stock of men's two and three piece summer suits at greatly reduced prices to make space for fall goods. Includes blue serges, browns, grays, whites, and mohairs in limited sizes. Also discounted trousers coats raincoats and duck trousers with prices from 1.50 to 30.00 and special values at the Mam floor Tenth st.
Clearance sale offers reduced prices on suits dresses coats skirts and waists. Items include Linen Coat Suits in multiple colors, Black Messaline Silk Dresses with braided details, and White Union Linen Skirts with inverted back plaiting. Sizes 34 to 42 for the dresses.
The Postmaster General plans an August stay, with visits spreading from Beverly Massachusetts to Pelham Manor New York and then to Canada and the Great Lakes region. He intends a two month loan trip abroad later, while Hitchcock travels to New York and Chicago for a Westward tour of major cities.
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer will arrive by the Dolphin on Saturday to entertain in Newport with Mr and Mrs R L Beekman. The Atlantic fleet will visit Newport next Monday and officers and men will be entertained. Chilean diplomat Yoacham returns to Washington for the summer while Panama’s new minister Dawson returns from New York. Several other officials and social figures plan stays in Newport Delaware Water Gap and Atlantic City this summer.
Newport society fends off talk of gambling while detailing bridge games at the Casino and social whirl around prominent families. Royal match rumors swirl about Prince Victor Napoleon and Princess Clementine with Empress Eugenie tied to the tale. adapters and socialites mingle at seaside gatherings and private entertainments.
The St Peter's Episcopal Church by the Sea fete on Narragansett Pier raised over $500. Society women from New York and Philadelphia presided over booths selling hats, lace, and Parisian goods. A gypsy fortune teller and luncheon on the Casino plaza added to the day’s social pageantry as many visitors arrived at the Imperial and Gladstone hotels.
Hot Springs Va August 10 Rear Admiral and Mrs William G Buehler hosted a supper in the Japanese room after bridge Mrs H Valentine gave a luncheon at the Daniel Boone log cabin with guests including Mr and Mrs George Riker Mr and Mrs John Ames Miss Lothia Hale Norman James and Dr F B Wiggs Mr and Mrs Henry E Wallace joined the luncheon party at Fassifern farm Others at Fassifern included Mr and Mrs J J Moore Mrs John G Clark and Harold Pierce A dinner at Fassifern featured Miss Sara Gibson Miss Louise Gibson Mildred Norton Jack Stephenson and Charles Belmont Davis Mrs Edward Crozer of Philadelphia and her sister Mrs Boykin joined Mr Crozer at the Homestead arrivals at the Homestead yesterday included J W Perrin Miss Marie L Behroeder Miss Catherine Schroeder W M Corbett G B Swayne H Bolton and S B Browning Logan of New York Mr and Mrs George S Beffsun c Hin of Philadelphia A Wallinghurst of Baltimore Mrs F A B Wells and B W Fenton of Cincinnati and Miss Fannie Burton of Nashville
Bar Harbor opensair event by the Coburn Players for the Building of Arts drew social sectors despite counter attractions. Funeral services were held for A. Bleecker Banks, an Albany and New York resident and summer figure here, with Bishop Deane and Canon Brookman officiating. Flags flew at half mast. Banks’s body to be interred in Albany after a Salt Air service. Miss Glayds Greene hosted a twelve-cover luncheon at the Swimming Club.
During the sixth annual international Esperanto congress in Washington the United States Marine Band will perform La Espero the Esperanto national anthem. Lieut Santelmann has received instructions from Dr Edr win C Reed regarding the rendition and plans to swing it like popular American airs. La Espero meaning the hope was composed by Baron de Menil and words by Dr Zamenhof father of Esperanto. It debuts next Thursday afternoon at the Marine Barracks concert in honor of the visiting Esperantists and will be played at the reception table by John Barrett director of the Bureau of American Republics, remaining in the Marine Band program for a week.
Sister Mary Magdalen Cox aged 84, oldest nun at Visitation Convent Wilmington, died Sunday from paralysis and was buried Monday in the convent graveyard. Her burial followed services led by Bishop Monaghan and Fathers romentin and Launey. She was daughter of the late James Chester Cox, former president of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. Previously known as Miss Sarah Mary Coz.
Lenox and Stockbridge society pages detail Trinity volunteer choir rehearsals for August Sundays, with listed singers and guests. The report notes deaths, travels, and visits of numerous figures including Mrs. John Swann, Miss Eleanor Hague, and Dr. Andrew Swann, plus various Mrs. and Misses with ties to Boston, New York, and Brooklyn, and ongoing regional motor trips and stays at local inns. Shipping of notices ends with Dr Hill’s Stuttgart trip and plans to visit Henry W Taft in Frankfurt after leaving St Cergues.
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