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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
7
An unusually complete assortment for New Year's Day features women and men’s dress requirements, elegant imported high art novelties, plus affordable options. Also includes fine table napery rich cut glass dainty china artistic lamps table delicacies and other accessories.
Complete stock of the latest approved styles including full-dress suits opera hats shirts bows vests and accessories. Main floor F street offers protectors shields collars cuffs silk suspenders half hose gloves handkerchiefs cuff links shirt studs and more.
Comprehensive wardrobe guide detailing millinery hair ornaments corsets gloves slippers and hosiery for New Year’s Day. Displays rich Paris embroidery satin slippers and exclusive mock-ups with orders for matching designs. Highlighted are hair ornaments beguiling butterflies roses and foliage plus refined girdle corsets and bust supporters in satin ribbons and laces.
Social notes detail a Santa Claus drosky centerpiece at Mrs. Benjamin Reeves Russell's tea, debutante Miss Almira De Camp Sesalons, and many arrivals and dinners around Washington. Guests include Miss Molly Dodge, Miss Edna Kingsman, and numerous society figures as Christmas events unfold across streets and homes.
The article lauds Mr Whitelaw Held and Mrs Whitelaw Reid as premier hosts at the American Embassy in London noting her tactful social skill. It highlights the challenges American wives face in European diplomacy and praises the ability of Mrs Reid and other Americans like Mr Carter and Mrs Carter. It also mentions Domestics and social ties among the Anglo American set, and notes upcoming shifts in staff including Maj John H Beacom departing.
A long wrap reports on royal intrigues involving Depew and Mrs Van Andre, King Edward’s gratitude, and the Marlborough estate’s Christmas party amid poverty. It recalls Blenheim Palace filled with feasting yet empty lights, and notes the Duchess’s absence. It also covers Chicago debutantes vs Mr. Bissell’s New Year music plan and high society dinners in New York.
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