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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1919
Page
10
A chaotic list of sale prices for beds chests and tables at February sale. Items include Adam Design mahogany beds Queen Anne and Sheraton styles with prices ranging from 14 50 to 1000 for various sizes and finishes plus matching chiffonieres and toilet tables in mahogany or walnut with mid century values.
A remarkable showing highlights trailing centers with hand carved designs including the dragon urn and vase motif and floral themes. Surrounding borders blend symbols offering wishes of happiness long life health and wealth to onlookers.
A catalog style listing describes various decorative art pieces with Chinese motifs, including swastika patterns, dragon medallions, and floral borders. Sizes range from 6x9 to 12x15 inches with prices from 135 to 575 dollars, highlighting blue, gold, pink, and taupe fields, carved borders, and central medallions.
Washington society reporters detail box seats at a Helen Stanley Jacques Thibaud concert in Be lasco Theater. frequent guests include Madame Langlais and Mr and Mrs William Bruce King, with dinners at Wardman Park Inn and social at Willard and Shoreham venues. A series of receptions, readings, and exhibitions feature prominent figures such as Speaker Champ Clark, Mrs Hay, and Mrs Barrett Browning. A February 1 Chicago wedding is announced for Mrs Cora Weiss and Henry Lock with home in Chicago.
The United States Soldiers Home Band Orchestra directed by John M. Zunmermann performs at Brainsy Hall at 6:15. The program includes Lakesonian Overture, Festival American Serenade, The Nightingale, Carmen, Keep On Smiling, Waltz Suite La Barcarolie, Are You From Dizzy, and The Star Spangled Banner.
Advice from Mrs Solomon on marriage and men with satire and 1919 era wit. The piece warns against flirtation and folly, noting male vanity and female discernment as it dissects courtship, deception, and wealth dreams. Leah, copyright 1919.
A between season note offers a clever terra cotta satin idea accented with ostrich feather tips. The suggestion highlights a warm, adaptable tone and elegant texture suitable for transitional wardrobes.
The funeral for Mrs Mary S Totten wife of George O Totten was at her Newark New Jersey home with interment at Moravian Cemetery Staten Island New York. She died Friday and is survived by her band a daughter Ada Totten and a son May. George Oakley Totten Jr of Washington is a noted architect who designed the University Club the French embassy and the Calvert street bridge. He recently left the army as a major of engineers.
Detective Frank M. Alligood yesterday arrested Maxwelton Thomas, 26, on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses involving a total of $3,000. Thomas, according to police, cashed many checks.
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