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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1910
Page
19
Saks offers a complete line of Day and Evening Formal wear with expert workmanship and perfect fit. Tuxedos range from 19.50 to 50.00, with a silk lined leader at 19.50. Full Dress suits 27.50 to 50.00. White Full Dress vests 2.50 to 10. Gray Dinner vests 3.50 to 12.50. double breasted frock coats 20 to 40. striped worsted trousers 5 to 10. fancy vests 1.50 to 15. fur lined overcoats 50 to 250.
Missions radiate good cheer for homeless men as Shriners and Florence Crittenton Home join churches and private donors in spreading holiday meals and baskets. More than 600 men ate at Central Union and Gospel Missions. Salvation Army groups fed many more, with large Christmas trees and gifts at Florence Crittenton Home and other churches aiding both adults and children.
Canadian and State Department officials will resume reciprocity negotiations in Washington after mid January. Chandler Anderson now heads the American side with Charles M Pepper assisting. Canadian officials expected to arrive around January 16 for several weeks of talks.
The National Child Labor Committee hosts an educational exhibit at 1338 G Street showing boys and girls at work in mines factories and streets. Miss E M Dinwiddie leads the display backed by a bill for a children's bureau in the Interior Department and plans to tour the South from the New York office.
Yale University Dramatic Club brings The Fan a comedy by Goldom to Washington Friday on a Christmas tour. About 36 Yale graduates live in the city including President Taft who may attend a box. The graduate advisory committee includes Justices, senators, and officials assisting the production.
Mrs Summer H Lincoln wife of Brig Gen Lincoln U S A retired died last Friday at Fern Bank Ohio. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery at 10 this morning. Gen Lincoln will arrive with the baby. Mrs Lincoln formerly Ruth Gooden of Cincinnati. They lived in Washington while he served there and after retirement they resided in Fern Bank. Gen Lincoln is brother of the late Dr N B Lincoln of this city.
The State Department and Mexican embassy reach agreement to build a dam and levee on the lower Colorado River in Imperial Valley. Congress appropriated $1,000,000 for the project. Construction will be carried out by Colorado River Lang Company, a Mexican corporation with American stockholders. The U S will not own Mexican territory or the works on Mexican soil.
Mrs Florence Knott, arrested in a blackmail case involving Charles Rosenthal, is confined at the District Jail. On Christmas Day she dined alone in the loft as guards note inmates have limited contact. she is the only white woman incarcerated there and is kept segregated from male prisoners with access to gifts from friends restricted.
Phone North 1212 for TTCO taxicabs Ready on the minute day or night. $3 hr.
Funeral services are held at St Patrick's Church for John W Gardiner who died Saturday at Georgetown University Hospital. Interment follows at Irlenwood Cemetery. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs Frederick Whippler of this city and Mrs Richard E Beale of Prince George county Md.
Secretary of War Dickinson announced ahead of the Southern Commercial Congress meeting in Atlanta that he will address the session on The Enforcement of Law in the South. President Taft and Governor Wilson of New Jersey are also slated to attend.
President Taft approves the army engineers report on apportioning a new 20 million dollar reclamation fund for the West. Construction costs would be repaid to the fund in a single final annual payment, a plan seen as harsh by settlers who favor graduated payments starting at 1 or 2 percent in year one and rising to 14 or 15 percent by year ten, risking several years’ delay in project completion.
In a 23 year old Washington charity tradition Saks & Co gave overcoats shoes stockings and coats to more than a hundred needy children aged 6 to 15. A Washingtonian unnamed donated $1 bills distributed by Isaac Gans and Joseph Saks with aid from Associated Charities and church and medical staff. Prominent volunteers watched as the event drew more participants than expected and praise for the firm poured in.
City bulletin notes taxicabs for hire at two dollars an hour with phone contact and listing of providers. Mention of multiple businesses and goods, including beverages and meals, shows a busy local marketplace. Health and water quality quotes attributed to a Pittsburg health officer appear among assorted ads and notices.
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