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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1905

Page

7

Woodward & Lothrop Elegant Fashion and Home Furnishings

Woodward and Lothrop offers selections imported from Paris Lyons Brussels St Gall and other markets. The display features rich silks satins nets chiffons and mousselines with intricate embroidery and metallic accents. Fabrics trims laces and lace by the yard, plus furniture rugs draperies and wares from France England Austria Bavaria China and Japan. The dining room glassware china and Shamrock linens are showcased for the social season and refined home hospitality.

Paris Lyons Bussels St. Gall France England Austria Bavaria China Japan

Lace Department Shows Exquisite Lace Selections

Our buyer presents a refined assortment from foreign and domestic markets praising the diverse lace designs. Notable Parisian creations include Duchesse Irish Rose Point Pompadour Venise Point Genoa and Chantilly among others. Main floor highlights anticipate a season of lace demand with new baby Irish and appliqué styles.

Chantilly

Silk Silks and Paris Styles At Soften Silks Display

The Silk Department presents a display of premium American productions and exclusive imports in designs approved by Paris fashion authorities for the season. The selection features Hand-printed Crepe Chiffon Fale Messaline Moire Imperial and many more. Second floor dresses showcase street wear wedding and reception options with a variety of silks and velours.

Paris

Dress Goods Department Offers Silk and Wool Fabrics

Silk and wools and silk and cottons dominate the selection with popular weaves such as All-wool Henrietta Crepe Egypta Albatross and Batiste. Chiffon Broadcloths in white cream tan light blue gray nile green and heliotrope suit opera wraps gowns. New 1906 high grade wash fabrics include Plain Silk and Cotton Boli Enne Mousseline Banzai silks and Printed French Organ-ES Ax with dainty wools in fresh colors.

Lansdowne Organ- ES Ax

Millinery department offers hair ornaments for evening wear

Beautiful assortment of imported and domestic hair ornaments for evening wear. Features alprettes gilt and silver butterflies black butterflies with spangles bowknots and floral corsage garnitures. Made to match costumes. Second floor tenth street.

Neckwear department offerings in elegant Gat PRIS shop

A catalog of neckwear and fashion accessories on the main floor featuring Ostrich Feather Boas in colors Coque and Marabou options Dainty chiffon stocks lace ties yokes chemisettes cuffs undersleeves matching pieces lace cuffs and rufflings for neck sleeves and waists showcasing elegant American productions and PRIS elegant items from Gat.

Parisian Style Corsets at Sapphire Lily Parame Showroom

Corset department presents finished models from Sapphire Lily of France and Parame with exclusive street and evening effects in satin silk and broche. Girdle corsets in satin ribbons and bust supporters in batiste with lace and ribbon details for negligee wear. Third four- fievanth street.

France Paris

Social and Personal Dinner at British Embassy and Legation

Cuban Minister and Mme Quesada entertained diplomatic children at the Legation on Sixteenth Street from 3 to 6 pm, featuring a large Christmas tree with souvenirs and a small orchestra. The British Ambassador and Lady Durand hosted the embassy staff and guests at dinner, while Mrs Magruder hosted a large Christmas tea at 1739 H Street with hundreds of officials and residents in attendance. Other items note Yale law student Cyrus Hills visiting Gen. Bussey, Miss Ovenshine visiting Fort Snelling, and several Washington couples and engagements, including weddings of Edwin Tracy to Helen Reynolds and McCurdy to Florence Campbell, with upcoming January returns to the city.

Mme Quesada Legation Mme Quesada Sixteenth Street Lady Durand New York Percy Sanderson Ganderson Alexander Pitzhugh Magruder H Street Magruder Rogers Frederic Benedict Weightmen Cyrus Bussey Hillis Des Moines Iowa Gen Cyrus Bussey N Street Hills Law Department Yale University Gen. Bussey William W. Juno Schenectady N. Y Peekskill Military Academy Charles Vv. Juno Charles J. Allen Amy Fay Mosi

Engagement of Representative Sherley and Miss Critten Announced

Mr and Mrs De Frees Critten of Grymes Hill Braten Island announce the engagement of their daughter Mignon to Representative Swager Sherley of Louisville Ky. Miss Critten is a friend of Miss Alice Roosevelt and rode with the President's daughter in the Taft party to the Orient last summer. Sherley, a lawyer in his second term in Congress, is about thirty four. The wedding date is not fixed but will take place next spring.

Sherley Miss Critten de Frees Critten Grymes Hill Braten Island Mignon Swager Sherley Louisville Parcific Congress

Mass in Ryan Chapel Honors Generous Benefactor

Christmas mass was held in the private Ryan Chapel at Eighteenth and T streets with Jesuit officiants and close friends. Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan gifts a memorial chapel to St. Andrew's Jesuit Novitiate near New York, a $200,000 project featuring a hall and Ryan family crypt, part of a broader pattern of Ryan philanthropy including Georgetown Gymnasium and other buildings.

Thomas F. Ryan Eighteenth T Streets Ryan St. Andrew's Hudson New York Georgetown University Sisters of Perpetual Adoration Suffern Noy The

Y W C A Opens In Washington To Aid Women

The Young Women's Christian Association opens at Twelfth and F streets Washington promising to be a strong city factor. The club features a well furnished office a dining room a reception room a library rest room a gymnasium and a business women home atmosphere. Membership is $1.00 yearly with full association privileges.

Christian Asociation Nin Te ‘Young Men‘s Christian Association Washington Twelfth Fedo

Washington Post Patterns Adorable Coat For Mother And Little Girl

The article notes that fashions from the first empire suit both mother and child, highlighting a small coat shown as equally becoming on the little girl and her mother. It reflects timeless style and charm in the miniatures.

Reed

Battle for millions Druce claim famed in England

London poised for a vast legal battle over the Druce claim to the Portland estates and dukedom worth an estimated 500 million dollars. George Hollamby Cruce of Australia asserts identity with the fifth Duke of Portland, citing a former double life and a vault burial tale.

London Duke of Portland England Druce Thames Druce Wvill Beck Portland George Hollamby Druce Thomas Druce Duke of Thomas Charles Druce Baker Street Bazaar Anna Maria Druce Australia Anna Druce Titchflela Bung St. Hamonds Elizabeth Crickaver George ‘Cruce Bury St. Hamonds Annie May Berkeley Highgate Cemetery Hamilton Draca Jead Thomas Charles Cruce Walbeck Wailbeck Ke & Rabbit Warren George Hollamby Cruce Campbell’s Creek Cestlemaine Victoria

Burial of Miss Josephine McGowan in Oak Hill Cemetery

Miss Josephine McGowan who died last Saturday in Newport News Virginia will be buried today in Oak Hill Cemetery. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles McGowan and spent childhood in Falls Church later moving to Washington where she and her brother were educated in city schools and she graduated from high school last year. Charles McGowan her brother is ill with typhoid fever and has not been informed of his sister's death.

Josephine McGowan Newport News Oak Hill Cemetery Miss McGowan Charles McGowan Falls Church Washington Misa McGowan

Alumni Reunion Arrangements For Eastern High School

The Eastern High School Alumni Association plans the annual reunion and dance to be held tomorrow evening at the school. Executive committee members are coordinating final details, with many members already notifying President Dewitt Croisnant of attendance. The event will welcome graduates and former students including those not in the first graduating class, continuing the society founded in 1897 by J. W. Bevans.

Eastern High School Ahwnnal Society Dewitt Croisnant J. W. Bevans Eastern Hh School Alumnul Association

Speedily Cured by Cuticura Remedies

A mother recounts her six year old son’s severe eczema and rapid relief after using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills. After trying doctors and many treatments, two boxes of each product cured the condition with no relapse. The letter, dated April 18, 1905, from Mrs. A. J. Cochran of Philadelphia, endorses Cuticura and promotes purchase through a药 distributor.

A. J. Cochran Lumbia Avenue Philadelphia Lofspey Potter Chet. Corp Ols Prove Horton Meldoree Hae Ty Cura Diamare ADO

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