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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
29
Woodward and Lothrop will keep New York Washington and Paris branches open evenings starting today, but only as late as absolutely necessary through the Christmas period.
Silk hosiery appeals to well dressed women with designs from famous mills like Philadelphia McCallum Onyx Brown Durrell Rivile and others. Black silk with self embroidery ranges 1.65 to 10 dollars per pair. Extra size plain silk hosiery for stout shoppers offered in white black tan 1.65 2.00 2.50. Main floor.
Hand embroidered sheer Irish linen shirts with linen lace trim and washable buttons sized 34 to 42. Each boxed for presentation. Special price one fifty. Includes note it makes a dainty gift. Recently received on third floor G street.
The department highlights a wide range of imported leather articles suitable as gifts from modest to luxury. Leather Bags in various styles priced from five to thirty dollars, automobile and travel bags up to fifty five, slippers, brushes and cases, sewing and manicure sets, and mahogany sewing stands, with prices listed from one to sixty dollars. The copy notes broad appeal of leather goods for holiday shoppers.
A broad selection of photo frames with one of a kind designs and shapes. Exquisite old period and modern styles shown in oval and square forms with etched and plain finishes. Prices range from 75 cents to 75 dollars, including leather frames and French bronze pieces.
A wide stock of clocks marketed as ideal Xmas gifts for wives mothers or newlyweds. Features travel clocks in French gilt and sterling silver, mantle clocks in French bronze and enamel, onyx and gilt pieces, mission oak cuckoo clocks, mahogany mantels with gilt trim, English and American mantel clocks, and office or kitchen clocks in oak and mahogany. Prices range from about 1.25 to 65 dollars across varieties.
A lace bed set collection highlights Christmas gifts with heavy bobbinette fabric, bed centers, corners and borders in renaissance motifs and Marie Antoinette effects. Also scrim bed sets in lace and embroidered designs.
A catalog of toilet articles includes Bay Rum Glorica Water Witch Hazel Violet Toilet Ammonia Liquid Green Soap sachets and assorted odors. Facial powders face creams soap tooth powder and toilet waters with various scents and items such as Violet Borax Violet Almond Meal Soap and Lavender Water.
Senator and Mrs John B Hendersons entertained at Boundary Castle in Washington with a cotillion for Miss Helen Taft. Eight young guests attended, the dance led by George Howard and William C Marrow, followed by supper and a costume dance by Miss Roberta Amies. The event kicked off a season of dinners and social gatherings among Washington society figures, with plans for further entertainments at the Hendersons and related clubs and charities.
Mrs C W Robertson and her mother hosted a large luncheon for debutante Miss Louise Robertson with a long list of guests from Warrenton and Baltimore. A tea for Miss Doris Haywood and a card party for Miss Cornelia Ellis were also noted. Princeton University undergraduates formed the Princeton Glee club.
A New York safe deposit firm asks owners of boxes rented to the late Frederick Gebhard to contact Bowers & Sands regarding papers in his estate. The estate is unexpectedly small, despite rumors of a larger fortune, and no responses have yet been received. Separately, society notes highlight Milas Evelyn Burden and Gwendolyn Burden's elegant theater attire, with Beatrice Carpenter wedding details and Mrs. Dorothy C. Taylor’s iridescent feather ornament drawing notice at New York entertainments.
An old classified item advertises Cairo Stables offering horse carriages for hire at 1618 M street. Contact via North 2 or a phone listing appears in the notice.
A Southern woman's college notes a death from typhoid pneumonia on December 8 traced to delicacies from home. The piece argues cold damp weather and poor diet lower resistance, and urges moderate outdoor activity, regular meals, and calm conditions to reduce winter deaths. It cautions germs cannot be avoided alone.
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