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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1916
Page
8
Cloudward and Lothrop address Washington readers in a year end note praising superior merchandise facilities. They credit foreign Paris and domestic sources for ample stock while stressing quality over low price and intelligent buying, noting the unusual year and their protective stance against inferior goods.
Looking back on the old year we commend Citizens' Associations for supporting advertising improvement in Washington. The store notes it handled the largest Holiday Business in its history with less confusion and greater efficiency, crediting the store family for their enthusiastic and conscientious service to friends and patrons.
A lunch in the Med room at the New Willard hosted by Mrs. E W Cole of Tennessee welcomed prominent figures from Latin America and Canadian and U S guests including Lady Aberdeen Mrs Josephus Daniels Mrs Albert Sidney Burleson Mrs John K Shields and Mrs William Story A large floral display of pink azaleas and roses adorned the hall while Cuban Dominican Guatemalan Honduran Mexican Nicaraguan Salvadoran Panamanian Paraguayan Peruvian Uruguayan Venezuelan and other dignitaries mingled with American society figures in a cosmopolitan scene.
A grand reception and dance yesterday at the Pan American building honored Misa Teresa Granda y Pezet, the Peruvian minister's niece and season’s first debutante in the diplomatic corps. Guests entered via the marble stairs to the Ameri cas Halls as a string orchestra played, with a tea table centerpiece of American beauty roses and red candles. Mme Pezet wore a gold net gown embroidered in gold and silver on gold velvet, featuring a silver-gold jacket bodice with a black chrysanthemum center.
A debutante wore a white tulle gown over ink satin with a silver girdle and pink rosebuds and carried pink roses. Her attendants included Mrs. McAdoo and many other cabinet and diplomatic figures, reflecting Washington society during the Pan American Scientific Congress attendance.
A long list of attendees includes Mrs. Lansing wife of the Secretary of State Mrs. Burleson wife of the Postmaster General and numerous diplomats and social leaders. Guests from Cuba Greece Panama Switzerland and many American families joined the reception reflecting a broad diplomatic and social circle.
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