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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1908

Page

19

Continuation August Sale Furs Ends This Week

August special fur sale ends in three days with prices reduced by up to half. Real seal skins offer custom fur garments at sale prices with free storage and insurance. Catalog highlights include Blended Squirrel Russian Mink Eastern Mink blends and several real seal varieties from premier American furriers.

America

Scarfs on sale with varied prices

An assortment of scarfs listed with two price points each, indicating the sale and original values. Items range from $7.50 to $125 with several pairs showing discounted prices and values, including a noted Ford Mucet-Get reference.

Ford

Special Values in Shirt Waists for Women

TR stock presents a season’s newest shirt waists with eye embroidery and decorative sleeves. Prices range from 1.25 to 3.75 dollars, highlighting India fanon, linen,Batiste, lace, and Swiss embroidery styles with back fastening and Gibson collars.

India Wraren CF St

Washington social notes cover weddings and travels abroad

Washington society items report the marriage of Miss Hasnedy to Mr Clark at Trinity Church and the wedding of Miss Sedie M. Smith to Harry J. Hallock. There are notices of Dr Walker and bride returning to the city, Lt Commander Crank visiting Avon, and numerous Washingtonians traveling, visiting family, or staying at resorts from Bar Harbor to Atlantic City. Names include Ridgely, Stewart, Moulden, James Sheehy, Brown, Crank, Walker, White, and Westinghouse among others.

William Raymond Moulden Mitami Bankard Stewart Grace Church Woodside John T. Stewart U.S. N Mra. Stewart Archdeacon Graham la Plata James ©. Benedict Edna James Sheehy Eden Marshall Bowyer Stewart General Theological Semiary New York Josephine Stewart Carol Grotty George Brown Prindie Washington Big Lhames Neale Roy D. Adams Thomas F. Lowe Moulden George Washington University Philippines William Barrett Ridgely Kansas City Bar Harbor Justice Henry B. Brown Maplewood Pittsfield Anna Cecilia S. Harnedy John WW. Clark Trinity Church Father Iarlin Clark Friendship Tin Avon N. Y NW. H Francis Walker Bureau of Corporations Helen O'Sullivan Westmaster Cathedral London Bins City Sedie M. Smith T. H. Smith Harry J. Hallock I Street F. D. Power Vermont Avenue Mrs. Smallock South

Portraits and Society Figures Stir Upset Beauty Contests

A discourse on portraits of Mrs. Hobart Chatfield-Taylor spawns amusement and debate as painters attempt to capture her beauty in various media. Albert Sterner plans a sanduine red chalk portrait, while Mrs. Arthur T. Aldis and others also undertake depictions amid social chatter about likenesses.

Hobart Chatfield-Taylor Chicago Agen Rose Taylor Columbus William Penhallow Henderson Durand Institute Henderson Stoy McWilliams A. Muller Ury Hubert Vos John Elliote Chatfield-Taylor Gutess Spottiswood Mackin Curt Kuenze Vatican Europe New York Paris

Fashion at the Resorts Narragansett Pier Suffers Night of Gala

More than 1,000 people attended a lawn fete at Mathewson Place, Narragansett Pier, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Durrea of New York. Spectators filled piazzas as colored lights illuminated the lawn. Dances in costume followed by little supper gatherings and a midnight ballroom dance marked the event. Notables including Rear Admiral Silas D. W. Terry and other guests arrived by yacht and auto, with numerous social gatherings reported at the Atlantic Casino and Massasoit venues during the resort’s season.

Narragansett Pier R. I Ida Edith Mathewson Katherine Donovan Rose Birc Wilson Marshall Larchmont Yacht Club The Messrs G. G. Saville H. Albert Bergman A. W. Matt Emly Jackson New York Sunny Mede John R. Poor Thomas H Buckler William H. Jackson Joseph Leidy J. D. Emmett Charles Hitchcock Agnes Lane Margaret Harris Silas D. W. Terry U.S. N Washington Tery Eleanor Terry Atlantic EH. D. Coxs Drifton Thomas A. P. Harris W. B. de Biller Massasott Wiliam A. Waller Virginia M. M. Jones Georgia Gladstone F. W. Foos Clifford Gertrude Foos New Mathewson James F. Hubrouck

Tennis at Newport Draws Crowds as Goulds Arrive

Newport lawn tennis dominates the quiet season with a surge of visitors led by Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould and Mr. Jay Gould aboard the Atalanta. They attend the Casino events while others such as Harold Minott and Eugene Van R. Thayer join the influx. Casuals and notables fill the Casino, and hotel lobbies buzz as players like Johnston Livingston Jr. and Francis Roche join the scene.

Newport R. F George J. Gould Jay Gould Marjorie Gould George Gouted Sullivan Harold Minott Anita Sands Eugene van R. Thayer Thayere H. Mortimer Brooks George Grenville Merrill Buffalo John Nicholay Brown Johnston, Livingston, Jr Paul J. Rainey Augusta Fane England Lillian Biddle Morgan Jones George C. Thomas, Jr Godfrey Parsons Rugens van R. Thayer Johnston Livingston

Speyer-Shuman Wedding Set for Monday at Rubycrest

Long Branch prepares for the wedding of Miss Ruby Sarah Speyer and Mr Waldo Irving Shuman at Rubycrest Elberon. Invitations go to about 2,000 guests. Attendants include Misses Irene Shuman and Edyth Borg with brothers and cousins as ushers. Guests from New York, Boston and Maryland attend events surrounding the ceremony and reception.

Long Branch West End N. J Ruby Sarah Speyer Leo Speyer New York Waldo Irving Shuman Samuel Shuman Boston Rubycrest Elberon Speyer Neventaen Witson Maryland Anarin Sounet Schwartz Harry Shuman Sis Atlantic City Che Ushers Joseph Lil H. H. Sanford New Kenthal Algie Shafer Edward Walters York Norman Goldberger Leonard H. Adams Ralph Kempner George Syever Clayton, N

Promotions and Leaves in Commerce and Labor Bureaus

John & Briggs and Ti. P. Burkett depart for home and North Carolina for several weeks. Officers including Coy Boahka Cochems Coleman Gibson Norton Kean Peters Philips Horner Dunlap receive transfers, raises, or vacations across lighthouse service, bureau of appointments, and related divisions.

Rank Coleman Tr. J. Gibson Bureau of Manufactures Ieft Mr. Gibson New York City Thomas H. Norton Bureau Bet

Dinner Parties At Lenox Flourish In Social Season

Dinners were hosted by Mrs. Francis C. Barlow at Sunny Bank and by Mrs. Giraud Woster at Bellfontaine in Lenox Massachusetts on August 19. Luncheons followed at Overlee Tanner villa Wynstay with Mrs. Samuel Frothingham Mrs. William B. Bacon and Mrs. Charles Carrol Jackson. Notable guests included Miss Anna B Shaw who hosted a dinner and bridge party at the Homestead in Wood Street. Visitors Richard Dixey Rosamond Dixey and others returned from Beverly Prides Crossing and Maine. Mrs Tasigi and Miss Nora Tasigi toured Maine and the White Mountains returning to Clovercroft Stockbridge with the French sisters Mary and Margaret of Boston. Mr and Mrs Birdseye Blakeman Lewis arrived in Stockbridge to visit Mrs Lewis grand mother. Charlotta Barnes returned to Lenox from Coldbrook Vermont after visiting S Warren Sturgis Rear Admiral H H C Leutze and Mrs Leutze and Archibald McNeil of Bridgeport joined at Heaton Unity Stockbridge. New arrivals at the Aspinwall included Mr and Mrs W Powers Mr and Mrs James Chadwick and Mr and Mrs Frederick J Wood from New York.

Dixey Rosamond Dixey Beverly Prides Crossing New York Jane Stockbridge Lewis Birdseye Blakeman Oronacue Charlotta Barnes Lenox Coldbrook Warren Sturgis H. H. C. Leutze Archibald McNeil Idigeport Conn Heaton Unity Aspinwall And Wirs W. W. Powers James Chadwick Frederick J. Wood

Multiple Leave Reminders at Government Printing Office

Government Printing Office staff across divisions receive extended leave notices. Many employees including Charles W. Scudder and George M. Bowers are referenced with various vacation and transfer details, while invitations to attend the sixteenth national irrigation congress in Albuquerque, New Mexico are noted for district delegates.

George M. Bowers Martinaburs John T. Byrne Navy Department Tully Spriggs Henry M. Allen Charles A. McMullen Mr. McMullen George F. Dowell Dowell Claude M. Ballard John H. A. Fowler Albuquerque N. Mex

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