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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
14
Advertises a range of men s pajamas including outing flannel Madras and silk options. Prices span from 1.00 to 7.50 per suit with styles described as good weight, roomy, and finished with frogs and pearl buttons. Includes plain, striped, and colored variants in cotton, mercerized cotton, and silk.
Night shirts remain a popular gift choice for men with styles in muslin cambric and nainsook. Prices range from 50 cents for muslin options to 2 dollars for mercerized cotton with frog fastenings and 75 cents to 1.50 for various collar and trim varieties.
A liberal supply of imported sheer dye fast hose is offered alongside cotton, lisle, silk, and novelty silk hose. Prices range from 12½ to 50 cents for cotton, 25 to 50 cents for lisle, and up to 3.50 per pair for novelty silk. Special guaranteed hose replaceable at six months if worn. Six pairs for $2.00.
Double-faced cloth dressing gowns in blue gray brown with plaid reverse sides. Collar cuffs and lapels show pattern. Fastened with waist cords. Prices range 10 12 and 15 dollars. Silk gowns in bright shaded colors, light and elegant priced at 20 dollars. Banana cloth silk lined gowns with roll collars and silk frogs priced at 30 dollars.
A catalog description offers Gift Steamer Rugs and Traveling Shawls in plaid wool and suede styles, suitable for steamers, travel, dens, libraries, and coaches. Prices range from 5 to 25 dollars, with auto robes in wool cloth, plush, velour, corduroy, waterproof options, and larger touring-car robes up to 36 dollars. Additional selections include gray corduroy robes, double-face zibeline robes, and silk plush auto robes priced from 15 to 330 dollars.
An ad describes lounging robes in light-weight pure wool and terry cloth sets with matching slippers. Prices range from 3.75 to 10.00 dollars in blue green red brown and tan, including Indian blanket designs.
Washington social pages recount lavish dinners hosted by Secretary of State and Mrs Lansing and by Postmaster General Burleson. Notable guests include ambassadors, judges, senators, and debutantes from Blodgett circle amid Chevy Chase Club gatherings and Rhinelander house arrivals.
Last evening at the Chevy Chase Club honored guests included Mr and Mrs Victor Kauffmann Senator and Mrs McCumber Pay Inspector and Mrs Edward Bonnaffon Mr and Mrs S J Henry Mr and Mrs James O Gawne and Lieut and Mrs A T Beauregard. Mrs Eugene Van Rennselaer and Mrs James Carroll Frazer hosted a tea on Sixteenth street with Mrs Bayard Mrs Hamlin and Mrs Boynton. Jeannette Cowan to host a luncheon December 28 for Miss Josephine Shields and Miss Betty Newberry as brides. Mr Wellington Koo arrived in Washington as successor to the Chinese Minister and is guest at the legation with the Minister and Madame Shah. Debut date of Miss Lillian Hendrick changed with Mrs David Stewart Hendrick to present her.
Hot Springs Va December 1 numerous golfers played in crisp weather with afternoon sessions at the resort hotel. Notables at the Links included Mrs William Pearson Jenks Mrs Waldo Story Mr and Mrs Roger Burton Mr and Mrs George Kenyon Miss Helen Kenyon and others.
The large tea dance at Rauscher's hosted a beautiful wedding ceremony last evening at 8 o clock for Miss Marie Car nes at St Pauls Episcopal Church.
White Sulphur Springs W Va December reports fine weather keeps outdoors. North golfers arrive to enjoy a new course as international travelers pass through Morning Draft. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Laurence Witton of Cincinnati and Mr and Mrs William J Schutt with Miss B H Ingram of Melbourne. Arrivals also note Mr and Mrs Phillip Ashton Rollins of New York and Mrs Rollins mother Mrs George W Pack of Rehewiks NC and Miss Ada Farman of New York. Mr and Mrs J Howard Slocum, after celebrating their wedding anniversary in New York for the Army and Navy game, return and plan to close their cottage for winter. Also Mr and Mrs A W Thompson of Baltimore who hunted yesterday bring in a filme bag of pheasants for a game dinner aboard their private car honoring Mr and Mrs R Jay Fitzk.
The marriage of Miss Carter to Lieutenant Patton Buchanan U S N attached to the U S Michigan was held in a church ceremony conducted by Rev Dr Talbott. The reception followed at the bride’s parents home with chancel and pews adorned in palms and chrysanthemums. Attendants wore pastel bouffant gowns and bouquets matched with tulle while Little Miss Elizabeth Edmonds served as flower girl.
ITH Caruso headlines the second Metropolitan Grand Opera Company program in New York as social figures fill the diamond horseshoe. Guests include Mr and Mrs William Donner and Mr and Mrs Charlemagne Tower, while Mrs Donner and Mrs Tower command attention in elegant gowns. The Newport Civic League plans a Congressional defense petition with Mrs John Nicholas Brown chairing. European returnees and travelers from war-torn regions are noted, including Mr Carroll Smythe and Englishwoman Evelyn H Williams. In China, monarchy era etiquette foresees changes from republic rules, with officials preparing new dress regulations and princes adopting western styles under Yuan Shih Kai's hints of a transitional wardrobe.
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