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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1910
Page
7
A downtown remnant sale offers Hart Schaffner Marx and other men’s wear at deep cuts. Two lots include trousers by the dozen, ragged edges on socks, and silk striped undergarments. hats, belts, and auto duster also marked down to clearance prices.
Readable fragments show a Friday sale in the boys department with hats in various styles for boys and girls at 25 cents each, remnants and wool suits with prices cut from $5.00 to $4.77, white blouse salts, light-weight Retters, and madras pajamas with substantial discounts. Included are sailor shapes and straw hats offered to clear stock.
Lot of women's 25 inch pulk cimbrellas offered in green black and navy blue with mission wood handles at 2.00 each. Also 26 inch yarn prod black suk umbrellas with fancy calve and mission wood handles at 2.00 each. Isa 15 silk parasols in multiple colors reduced from 3.00 to 1.50 each. Man Woor G st entrance.
Reduced prices on black dress fabrics and silks. Velvet, silk grenadine, striped chiffon, tussah, chiffon cloth, voile, serge, and crepe cloth discounted from high original prices to set low amounts per yard. Limited quantities, second floor.
The Richi Haviland and Austrian porcelain collection offers deep discounts on decorated pieces. Veget able dishes, sauceboats, meat dishes, tureens, plates, and bowls are reduced from high prices to fractions, including Haviland, Limoges, and French china. Some items are slightly imperfect while others are pristine, with reductions up to several dollars and cents.
A listing of women's lingerie and nightgowns with lace embroidery beading and ribbon details. Includes Nainsook gowns cambrie drawers sheer combinations corset covers and dressing sacs with reductions from prior prices. Third floor Eleventh St.
A sale on women's 16 button pure silk gloves in black and tan sizes 514 to 7 at 65 cents per pair, value 1.50. Lisle suede gloves in tan only sizes 5 to 6 4 4 at 25 cents per pair, value 1.00. Main floor Gst.
The American minister to Santo Domingo and Brother Russell with their children sailed for their new post. Many Washington-based figures and guests, including Mrs Grace Lidstone of London, Senator A O Bacon, and Mexican ambassador Don Francisco L de la Barra, are noted among summer departures and arrivals at various resort towns and inns.
Women's Tan Russia Calfskin Ankle-strap Pumps with Goodyear welt sole and Cuban heel in sizes 8, 8 1 2, and 7A. Reduced from 3.50 to 0.95 per pair. 10 pairs. Women's Pumps of patent kid skin and gut-metal calfskin with Good year web sole and Cuban heel in sizes TA-3 and TA-61-2 and 71-61-2D. Reduced from 3.00 to 1.95 per pair. 3 pairs. Misses and Children's White Canvas Oxford Ties with spring heel and best leather sole in multiple sizes. Reduced from 1.00, 1.75, and 2.00 to 0.50 per pair. Third floor Tenth St.
In the Basement Equitable Building the travel goods department lists men and women's trunks and suit cases with heavy discounts. Items include 36 and 40 inch trunks with solid construction, reduced from 21.50 to 15.00, 23.99 to 18.25, 18.50 to 15.00, and other pieces such as shell alligator cases and leather bags marked down significantly.
Fourth floor-Gst. Upholstery department lists numerous fabric and curtain items with deep discounts. Light green and dark green figured rep portieres with borders reduced from 600 to 450 per pair and from 690 to 150 per pair respectively. Red rep portieres cut to 350 per pair. light blue and other fabrics discounted. Includes curtains, net, and tapestry covers with prices slashed.
Newport society columns detail Mrs Biddle’s improving condition after a restless night with her husband Mr Biddle in hospital. A string of visitors and entertainments continues as residents cope with summer fatigue, while several notables and guests attend dinners, dances, and tennis events.
A digest of social occupancy lists and arrivals at Lenox and nearby estates includes Mrs Augustus Zabriskie and others at the Curtis Hotel, multiple guests arriving from New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, and local property changes such as Elizabeth Lynde purchasing the Gen Williams farm between Lenox and Stockbridge. Several families plan autumn stays, with locales including Clipston Grange and Butternut Cottage, plus visits to Wyndhurst and Onota Lake.
A Lynn Massachusetts man aged years has grown two new double teeth after a lifetime of hard corn consumption. The report attributes a third set of teeth to this habit and notes the effect of hard foods on saliva flow nervous system and tooth development.
Fine summer weather drew many motor and yachting parties to Narragansett Pier. Ledyard Ela arrived from Newport aboard the yacht Diana, Col. Samuel M. Nicholson of Providence and Wisen Marshall of New York hosted luncheons at the Casino, and Frank M. Carnegie of Pittsburgh attended a luncheon with Mrs. Carnegie and others. Cottagers joined lawn tennis at the Point Judith Country Club, with gatherings including Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Iwarchison and Miss Elizabeth Stanickson among attendees.
ACen guests and registrations list notables from New York, Boston, Albany and Philadelphia attending tennis matches, polo play and a one act opera “Love and War” at the Mathewson theater. Names include Varrum, Davis, Melion, Spear, Horton, Wilder, Thom as, Loew, Nickerson, Butler, Rowland, Stebbins and Borda.
A charity entertainment at the Newport Casino faced chaos as many advertised performers backed out and the program was printed at sunset. Miss Jean Wallach led tableaux with poses of notable paintings, while Mme Scheff disappointed by missing the singing slot. The piece notes strong social figures and the era’s aviation optimism for women, including Vanderbilt and Harmon.
The passage portrays Shetland women performing countless duties from gardening to sheep shearing and fishing station work. They bear scant incomes, care for children, and endure utter sameness without perceiving sex injustice, having not known a different life.
Society yesterday split its attention between a Recreation park baseball game and a plantation era themed event at the Homestead hotel. Negro hotel staff entertained with a concert while guests and dignitaries filled the crimson ballroom audience with judges and prominent attendees including Justice Horace Lurton and Drayton Hopkins among many others.
Archibald McCrea and Dr John Grvin hosted a fourteen guest dinner at Inglescote. Mrs Edward Valentine entertained at The Oaks for a group including Martha Valentine, Sarah Gideon, Louise Gideon, George Duncan Jr, John B Duncan, and William Hamilton Felton III. Mr and Mrs William H Jackson, Judge, Mr and Mrs, Will travel to New York for the weekend. Mrs Edgar Phe hosted at Ben Venue with visitors from hotel and villa colonies. Homestead arrivals: Lewis Walker of New York, F N Hartwell and Marguerite Wright, F L MM Sackett, William Marshall Bullit of Louisiana, Mrs Thomas Barrett of Augusta, Mrs Hampton Moore of Washington.
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