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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1904
Page
17
August sales feature half price deals on lace curtains linens men s furnishings dress fabrics and rugs. Manufacturers seconds supply practical fresh stock including beds heads and discontinued rug patterns. Many items in small lots or ends with surplus merchandise highlighted for quick purchase.
Large stock of perfect jointless matting in 15 to 40 yard rolls offered for quick clearance. Eight patterns available with up to 80 yards total. Prices from 30c to 20c per yard with remnants under 10 or 20 yards discounted. Fresh season patterns, suitable for immediate or future use. Fourth floor 4-6th
Special lot of distinctive trunks offered at reduced prices for summer travel. Trunk items include 31-inch canvas bound model at 13 dollars, 38-inch rawhide bound man’s trunk at 22.00, and several steamer trunks priced from 16 to 18 dollars. Notable features include brass clamps, riveted construction, and leather bindings. usually selling higher. Located in Basement Equitable Building.
A complete drop-head machine model New Victor priced at $25.00. It features ball bearings, a polished oak case, a full attachments set, and is fully guaranteed. When closed it serves as attractive room furniture, combining function with decor.
Washington society records a grand Bar Harbor wedding at the Temple on Highth Street with Irene Solomon marrying Charles Fass. The bride wore white chiffon and tulle, the reception followed at her mother’s home, and the couple planned visits to Atlantic City, New York, and Norfolk before settling in this city. Notables visiting Bar Harbor included Countess Cassini with an odd cart show entry, and guests from Newport News to Portland were noted among a lively social season.
On Maryland’s western shore guests of Mr John R Landon of Matthews County will join Prof Harry King today Bar Harbor hosts a major kindergarten benefit concert at Mrs J J Hnmer s home with tickets at four dollars and high profile musicians from Washington Eta, Tarts and Washington to perform Mrs J Newton McDonald of 16 A Street NW was summoned to New York by telegram last night for her dying brother Prather Lucy Sweet of 1 T Street NW has traveled to Atlantic City and Cape May
Special Correspondence reports that writers such as H G Wells J M Barrie and Elinor Glyn will try plays this season while Max Pemberton Edna May and Gabriele D Annunzio face casting delays Scarpetta plans a Jorio travesty and Reginald Kennedy Cox Iris to stage The Chetwynd Affair amid London theater moves with Phillips Nero as hero and Ulysses follow up.
Women at a Philadelphia hotel last summer learned a secret to keep hair curled in heat and salt air. An egg wash, lightly beaten white with water rosewater perfume, applied before wrapping hair on kid rollers, preserves fluffy, humid friendly curls. The mixture kept in a jar on ice for about a week.
A home method describes using scented kid rollers and egg wash to create lasting waves. Hair is dampened, split into strands, twisted tightly around rollers, then wrapped to form fluffiness that yields a natural curl lasting two to three weeks.
A reflective poem portrays exhausted mothers yearning for rest while cherishing small memories of children. It imagines a tired mother glad for even muddy boots, a broken cart mended, and a kite reaching the sky, clinging to gratitude amid fatigue.
Harriet De Forrest Bell, 77, a broker’s widow once in Paris and Naples, claims valuable laces and dresses were given by Italy’s royal family. Evicted from 619 East Fifteenth Street in July, she guarded the furniture on the sidewalk until Bellevue Hospital discharge. She says she kept royal gifts, now to be moved to Cockle Island, with no money to spare.
A discussion of humor’s role in acting notes that humor aids actors while also risking perceptions of instability. It cites figures like Swift, Voltaire, Hopper, Garrick, Kean, Cooke, Irving, and Viola Allen, arguing that successful actors blend wit with clear speech and poised stage presence.
Cripple Creek attorney Frank J. Hangs wed Florence Shoot, his former stenographer, in Cheyenne with Rev A C Dunham officiating. The couple plans a Colorado honeymoon before returning to Cripple Creek where Hangs practices law and is active in politics. Mrs. Shoot is daughter of Collins Hotel owner Mrs. Florence Shoct. Mrs. Mary C. Hangs, Hangs former wife, led Teller County schools.
The Brooklyn Eagle profiles an array of doll accessories and furniture in lavish detail. It notes canopy beds, folding carts with rubber tires, sleeveless doll vests, wardrobes, mission-style toy furniture, and rocking horses with upholstered seats. It highlights lifelike desks and store-bought accessories, all aimed at mimicking real grown up settings for Miss Dolly, with mentions of events and brands from the era.
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