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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1910
Page
7
During the heated term the store closes at 5 o'clock with Saturday early close at 1. Our Annual August Sales of Furs and Blankets offer savings from a fourth to a third off regular prices and are now in progress.
The remaining stock of men's two and three piece summer suits is offered at deep discounts to clear floor space for fall goods. Includes blue serges, brown worsteds, chevrolas, white serges and mohairs in various sizes. Separate trousers and light-weight coats also discounted along with raincoats and rubber coats. sale located on Mam floor at Tenth St.
ND-OF-SELASON prices prevail on all lines of Women's Outer Garments Suits Dresses Coats Separate Skirts Dress Waists and more. Items include linen coat suits in various colors, black messaline silk dresses with braided waists, cuffs of black net, and white union linen skirts with inverted plait and pearl buttons. Sizes 34 to 42. Garments are described as high quality and seasonally fashionable.
The Postmaster General and family have several travel plans, with Hitchcock visiting Beverly in September to see a son, then to Massachusetts, Pelham Manor New York, and New York City. He will tour the Great Lakes from Canada to Washington, aiming for a two month loan trip abroad, with additional stops in Chicago and the West.
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. George von L. Meyer will arrive by Dolphin to Newport for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Beekman and attend Mrs. Ogden Geelet's dance. The Atlantic fleet will be entertained, with various dignitaries and guests noted in Newport and New York events.
Society notes from Newport reveal bridge games with big stakes, flirtatious remarks at the Casino, and betrothal rumors involving Prince Victor Napoleon and Princess Clementine. Details cover Empress Eugenie’s Mediterranean cruise, Belgian king visits to Paris, and a flurry of society dinners and yacht-house entertainments.
The annual fete of St Peter's Episcopal Church by the Sea drew a summer crowd to Narragansett Pier. Vendors and debutantes oversaw booths, fortunes were told, and raffles plus fancy goods filled the grounds. Revenue surpassed five hundred dollars as guests and society page figures arrived at the event on the green and nearby Casino plaza.
Hot Springs Va August 10 Rear Admiral and Mrs William G Buehler hosted a large supper in the Japanese room after bridge Mrs H Valentine gave a luncheon at the Daniel Boone log cabin with a party 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 arrived by mountain trail from Warm Springs were in the Fassifern farm luncheon crowd Also present were Mr and Mrs J J Moore Mrs John G Clark and Harold Pierce Dinner guests at Fassifern farm included Misses Sara Louise Gibson Mildred Norton Jack Stephen son and Charles Belmont Davis Mrs Edward Crozer of Philadelphia and sister Mrs Boykin joined Mr Crozer at the Homestead New arrivals at the Homestead 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 Walling hurst of Baltimore Mrs F A B Wells and B W Fenton of Cincinnati and Miss Fannie Burton of Nashville
An outdoor concert by the Coburn Players for Arts Building funds drew a good crowd in Bar Harbor on Monday. Funeral services were held for A Bleecker Banks, longtime summer resident from Albany and New York, with Bishop Deane and Canon Brookman officiating. Flags flew at half mast at local clubs. interment planned in Albany. Miss Gladys Greene hosted a twelve-cover luncheon at the Swimming Club.
Delegates to the sixth annual international Esperanto congress will be in Washington next week as the United States Marine Band plans to perform La Espero the Esperanto national hymn. Lieut Santelmann has been receiving guidance from Dr Edr win C Reed regarding the rendition and the band aims to give it the same swing as popular American airs. La Espero meaning the hope was composed by Baron de Menil and words by Dr Zamenhof the language’s founder. It will debut at Thursdays concert honoring the Esperantists at the marine barracks and will be included in the Marine Band program for a week at receptions hosted by John Barrett director of the Bureau of American Republics.
Sister Mary Magdalen Cox aged 84, oldest nun at Visitation Convent Wilmington, died Sunday from paralysis and was buried Monday. The death was announced today, with rites led by Bishop Monaghan and Fathers Romentin and Launey. She was daughter of James Chester Cox, late president of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, formerly Miss Sarah Mary Coz.
Lenox Mass August 10 rehearsals will be held this week by the Trinity volunteer choir to sing in the church on remaining Sundays in August. Several local women and men are listed among those wearing vestments, alongside visitors and residents enjoying Berkshire society.
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