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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
7
Woodward and Lothrop stores in New York and Washington Paris cut hours during the heated term ending daily at 5 o clock with a 1 o clock close on Saturdays, affecting shopping schedules for customers.
A limited lot of 100 women’s fall suits in worsted, diagonal, sharkskin and other fabrics arrives. Sizes 14 through 44, skirts full pleated coats satin lined in black navy green gray brown. Special sale price $18.75 each, regular value $25, with larger advance styles shown at higher prices on third floor GST.
Stock praised as investment worthy with every garment pre made to order and discounts from regular prices. Purchasers may deposit to reserve items and have balance due before delivery while storage and insurance are free until fall. Featured items include Persian Paw, Black Fox, Sable Squirrel, Isabella Fox, Blue Wolf sets, 32 inch Motoring Coats in monkey skin, and 52 inch Brilliant Seal Coats with gold brocade satin, all offered with marked reductions and notable value.
Clearance sales offer gowns 69c to 2.95 per item, drawers 45c to 82.19 per pair, chemises 1.50 each, princess slips 85c to 3.95, corset covers 45c to 1.19, and combinations 69c to 95c. Previous prices ranged from 1.00 to 4.50, indicating substantial reductions across items.
The Mexican ambassador is expected to arrive in Washington from Manchester late next week and will later travel to Mexico for the centenary celebrations. Frank Godoy and Albert Godey sail for Mexico on Saturday to represent the International Bureau of American Republics. Mrs. Johnston will meet the commissioner in Philadelphia and accompany him to Lake Placid.
Dr and Mrs Carl Henning return to their Ro Chambeau apartments after a brief Cleveland visit. Dr Charles R K Luce comes back from a motor tour in upper New York State, joined by his niece Miss Rowell. They travel Cooperstown to Litchfield joining Mrs Otto Luebkert and Mrs Breaux of Louisville. Mrs William F P Pope and Miss Annie Dudley Evans visit Capt Fred Beall at 1130 Columbia Road NW. Julius Baumgarten and wife return to their home at 440 H Street from Canada and Atlantic City trip.
Women's tennis event at Lenox features Greenock Country Club of Lee versus Country Club of Pittsfield on the Lee courts. Lee wins series and earns a return match in Pittsfield. several matches concluded with Greenock and Pittsfield players taking sets. Also notes arrivals and guests at local hotels including Hotel Aspinwall Curtis Inn Red Lion Inn and Maplewood with invitations for Laurel Hill Association and Harvard speaker.
The fifth division of the Atlantic squadron including the Tennessee flagship the Montana and the North Carolina arrived at Bar Harbor Me and anchored inside the Islands. Rear Admiral Sidney A Staunton commands the force and five days of official entertainment are planned for the visiting officers during their stay.
Daily social roundup records a busy schedule with luncheons at the Swimming Pool Club. Notables hosted include Miss Frances Traver and Mrs Moses Taylor Pyne, plus guests like Alexandra Emery and Valerie Greene. A younger-set group led by M Robertson and Roderic Wellman visited Otter Creek Country Club for dinner, with a large party of young women and men named among attendees.
Narragansett Pier Aug 17 A chill northeasterly wind delayed polo tournament matches at Wild Field Farm and many games were played for cottagers and hotel guests. James A Burden Jr entertained Atlantic fleet officers on the Casino plaza while the orchestra played new Spanish dance. Luncheons hosted by Henry V Harrison and F H Hubbard brought Newporters and New Yorkers. A derby on the bathing beach drew polo players from Ranelagh and English teams. Several social figures and motor parties arrived at Massasoit Imperial and Gladstone hotels for a weekend of society and sport.
Newport R I August 17 Mr and Mrs Newton Adams hosted a dance at Berger s Lodge in honor of Miss Marjory Bang of New York whose engagement to Stuart Adams was recently announced Wild flowers decorated the venue Many prominent summer residents attended including the Dyers Lehrs Roelker Sands Spencer Harriman Cof fin Phipps Fuller Cromwell Hillard Benjamin McCully and others The Newport County Hounds met in Middletown and plans for hunts at Oakland Farm Portsmouth and a voyage for Alfred G Vanderbilt were noted Several at harborfront dinners hosted by Payne Whitney Ogden Mills and others followed the dance and several guests were listed with new venue stays and upcoming plans
On his first U S trip the Bavarian duke arrives aboard Kronprinzessin Cecile with Adjutant Captain Lossow. He plans a western tour via Newport Seattle and Canada, seeks horseback riding accolades and notes a potential for an American wife. He is the youngest son of the late Duke Charles Theodore and brother to the Queen of Belgium.
The Washington Poet Mes McKim sails to Yokohama with Mia McKim and Ray Baker, amid rumors she will wed him after a Reno divorce triumph. Baker, from an Oakland family, was her escort and is said to be rising as a lawyer. Also, Marton Cahn of Belmar, NJ, is admitted as a midshipman at Annapolis.
The Post reports a domestic puzzle where Mrs. Jones, daughter of Smith and niece of Brown, leaves four persons involved. A total of one hundred dollars was contributed, six hundred ninety two spent, and each of the four received two dollars in the distribution.
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