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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
7
A detailed catalog of dress requirements for New Year's Day including hair ornaments in gilt and silver, bows, corsage bouquets, gown garnitures, neckwear, marabou boas, lace collar sets, gloves in multiple lengths, handkerchiefs from France and Ireland, hosiery in silk and cotton, slippers and corsets by Parame Lily Ivy. Orders for special designs accepted on short notice.
Archibald Brown with his mule Maud and other acts closed the program with a hippodrome spectacle. Boxholders included Gov Fort, Mr. and Mrs. Gould, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs. Vanderbilt, and Gen. Sickles. Mrs. Fish hosted a Thursday dinner in East Seventy-eighth Street followed by a dance at Vanderbilt’s.
A New York dress shop learned by telephone that a gown sent via Adams Express to Mrs. Nicholas Longworth in Washington was stolen from the shipment. Mrs. Longworth, aiming to wear it at Mrs. Taft's New Year reception, promptly arranged a replacement gown from stock, which was prepared for shipment and sent to Washington by evening.
Washington social scene closes a bustling day with Yale Dramatic Association performance at the Columbia Theater, Yale guard Helen Taft and guests in attendance, and White House dances. Luncheons, dinners, and receptions follow, hosting figures such as Mrs. James Marion Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Westcott, Miss Margaret Bissell, and the Burrows couple with Japanese Ambassador in attendance.
Mr and Mrs William Barret Ridgely hosted a tea at their Q Street home to mark five years of marriage. Palm decorations and a tall silver centerpiece graced the tea table while Mrs Ridgely wore a purple velvet gown trimmed with Bruges lace and Oriental embellishments. Assisting in the dining room were Mrs Deering, Mrs Phelps Brown, Mrs Charles R Shepard, and Mrs Stilson Hutchins. Mrs Ridgely, formerly Miss Kate Deering, was a noted ...
George Lee Peabody, whose marriage to Edith Deacon was postponed by illness, will retire from the banking firm of Lee Higginson & Co. tomorrow in Boston. The illness prompts retirement from the bank founded by his maternal grandfather. Francis Lee Higginson, Jr. will succeed him.
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