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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1913
Page
10
Exquisite handmade French lingerie offers夜 fashionable garments in sheer materials with fine laces and embroidery. Nightgowns combinations chemises corset covers drawers long petticoats and s line crepe de chine negligees priced from 2.25 to 25.00 across a third floor Eleventh street location.
A fashion notice promotes brassieres as essential with corsets, urging proper fitting at corset purchase. It describes heavy linen, bonneted, front and back fastening models, daintier lace trimmed styles for evening wear, and various lengths for bust confinement and lounge use.
The store announces a large assortment of imported white materials from France England and Switzerland. Ratine Crepe Voile and Marquisette with embroidered designs and borders plus French Pique and corded materials in soft finish. Also new arrivals in linens including Sew Tub Shrunken Suiting Linens and Hand woven Russian Crash. Second Moor Eleventh St.
Washington social pages report President and Mrs Taft hosting and attending church and civic events. Guests include families of prominent Washington residents and diplomats at the White House and Shoreham Hotel. engagements noted for Miss Manice and Mr Poor, with various dinners and informal gatherings around the capital.
A young man jokes about violet prices as a woman explains the season’s fashion. She notes artificial blooms like permanent gardenias and everlasting roses replace fresh violets, keeping costs down for wearers but suggesting prices will rise again next season once the trend shifts.
Miss Madelinis Berlo of Revere Boston is declared by Dr Dudley A Sargent to be four real Venus and to teach physical culture at his Harvard school Her measurements list height five feet two inches head girth 31 inch neck 13 chest 35 full 26 waist 25 hips 37 inches and other details. The piece sketches social climbers Lester Leiter and a New York circle, noting his mansion the glass palace near Washington and his political ambitions along with Mrs Lester’s debutante influence and the capital social scene.
Cassie Moncure Lyne narrates a Saturday overheard exchange among young matinee girls who dream of stardom. The piece warns that fame is rare, costly, and fickle, urging reflection on the true fate of actors and the difficult path behind glamorous images.
A chic plan places a grand Champs Elysées mansion at the disposal of a stylish tango teacher to give a season long course for Paris’s smart set. Tickets in blue pink and white reserve seating by social tier and gender. The opening fête will be a season highlight with prominent dandies including publisher Pierre Latitte attending.
A club conversation mocks an ineffective woman described as incompetent and negative. The dialog portrays how a landlady and others repeatedly buy the wrong things, misplace items, and display a habit of sweeping dust into cracks. The speakers suggest negativity attracts imperfections and harms those around them.
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