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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1909
Page
39
Advertises men’s wear including short reefers and plain one piece outfits. Describes 47.50 to 1000 Ve dienth cert items and Boys’ Double breasted suits with coats and pants. Lists special prices 2.45 and other reduced prices on knickerbocker and straight-cut pants up to size 15.
Advertises marked down girls coats dresses and outerwear with special values. Notes varied items such as sailor suits skirts dresses and bath robes with reduced prices and new season styles in serge and percaites and white embroidery trims.
TiEN PION highlights three silk petticoats at 3355 dollars each with regular value higher. Features include tafted silks in black and fashionable colors, with quality trimmings such as guipure lace and tucks. Prices range around 4 to 6 dollars, with various styles and colors described, including lavender and pink options.
Betty presents neat practical dresses for small children in sheer nainsooks and fine lawns with Russian and other styles. Nainsook dresses feature yokes and hemstitched hems. lawn dresses show tuck and embroidery trims with ruffles. Prices range from 50 to 260 cents, with standout pieces in nainsook, lawn, and lacework on the third floor of Eleventh Street.
In a catalog style notice, a shop promotes Misses and Children's Calfskin and Kid shoes with Goodyear welts and spring heels. Items include patent leather fashion shoes, patent calfskin troop boots, and youth sizes from 8 to 12. Prices range from 1.75 to 3.00 per pair, with multi-pair offers.
Classified display lists items in waists corsets and girdles for girls and women. Ferris Waists in coutil sell for 1.00 to 1.50. Equipoise Waists in batiste and coutil at 2.50 to 3.25. Corset H Girdles in batiste with elastic. Corset H Girdles with elastic. Corsets in batiste with elastic. Corsets in coutil with elastic. Lity of France Corsets boned with whalebone priced about 5.00 to 5.50. Third floor Seventh et.
The White House hosted a formal dinner and late evening dance honoring Mrs. Roosevelt debuting her daughter Miss Roosevelt. Guests included Turkish ambassador, numerous senators and representatives, and military and diplomatic circles. The event featured a Marine Band performance in the East Room and a decorous blue room reception leading to the dance in the East Room.
The French ambassador and Mme Jus serand hosted guests including the British ambassador and Mre Bryce. Other attendees listed include Mr Justice and Mrs Holmes and notable figures such as the bishop of Massachusetts, Mrs Lawrence, the Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs Oliver, and several congressmen and their spouses. Senator and Mrs Burrows hosted Japanese ambassador and Baroness Takahiro among others at last evening’s dinner. Easter Mille decorations and ferns theme the table. Senator Warren hosted at the New Willard for the Secretary of War and Mrs Wright with help from his son in law.
The German ambassador Count Bernstorff arrived in Washington from New York where he was guest of honor at a Thursday night dinner hosted by the New York Staats-Zeitung. The Swedish minister departed Washington for Philadelphia for a short absence, and the Norwegian minister and Mme Gude will leave Washington on February.
Thirty influential women in Chicago organize the National Association of Retail Milliners. Their first act is to push smaller hats while abolishing large hats, citing hazards and discomfort for workers. Mme Maore leads promotion, noting millinery pay and dignity. | The piece also notes society mourning, a cardinal rebuke at a Baltimore dinner, Vanderbilts taking up riding, and a Cape to Cairo trek by Miss Manefield with a long plan and high cost.
The Navy secretary and Mrs Newberry plus Miss Newberry prepare to depart for Europe on March 2. Mrs Newberry departs Washington for New York and returns Sunday. Mrs Sherman and Mrs Warrfield Carpenter also travel to New York and Cazenovia. Mrs John Anderson hosts weekend guests in Richmond while Senate hospitality continues at Stoneleigh Court. Additional social rounds include Mrs Russell Hoadley and Mrs George Lailaird Bonelds Jr in New York, Mrs Wesson’s Highlands reception, Mr and Mrs Wheatley’s indefinite Palm Beach trip, and visits by Rep Chaney of Indiana and daughter Mrs Lee Chaney Bays. The Misses Sheridan of Boise host guests with Rep and Mrs Burton L French. Miss Emily Thorne of Philadelphia visits Mrs Thomas Robinson at the Burlington.
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