Southern resort apparel grows in Palm Beach style
A Doppler of garments for Southern wear arrives with dresses in sheer materials from foreign and domestic modistes, tailored gowns and white serge suits, new walking skirts, hand embroidered blouses, French lingerie waists, and a wide array of fabrics. Accessories include shawls for travel, gloves for riding and motoring, and stylish hosiery with patent leather and calfskin options. Fashion offerings emphasize voile, lawn, batiste, and printed voiles, with exclusive double-width all overs for separate waists and gowns suitable for Southern wear.
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Palm Beach
Ormonde
St. Augustine
Dress Goods Promotion in Second Floor G Street
French printed organdies and mousseline offered at $2.50 a yard, a dollar below usual price. Exquisite chiffon broad cloth in lustrous black, 34 inches wide, light, spotproof, sponged and shrunk ready for the needle. Value $3.50.
Footwear and social season lines for Southern resorts
LACK and Gray Suede offers Louis XIV heels Black Kid Beaded and Patent Leather Ties in colonial shapes and sailor styles. Beaded Patent Leather with straps and various Patent Leather Operas. Colors include Pink Blue White and Red. House slippers and carriage boots in choice. Slippers can be made to match gowns in nonstock colors and delivered quickly. Orders for overgaiters to match costumes with about two week delivery. Third Noor-Tenth st.
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Noor
Embroidery Lace Dept Showcases Palm Beach line
Main Floor G Street announces a new arrival of exquisite MOUNCES aimed at travelers heading to Palm Beach and other Southern resorts. The item list highlights elegant embroidery and lace suitable for seaside fashion and resort wear.
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Beach
Palm
Hand-embroidered Linen Apparel on Main Floor
Hand-embroidered linen wear cannot be procured later in the season. Includes walking suit patterns in medium weight cloth, linen waists and robes unmade, French hand embroidered handkerchiefs and linens, embroidered Swiss and batistes in white cream and biscuit shades. Also batistes, laces, and exclusive embroideries in delicate shades. Main floor GST.
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Batiste
Elegant Gown Fabrics and Home Adornments Display
A broad display features rare gown materials from Paris to Brussels including silks satins wools and delicate nets chiffons and mousselines with intricate embroidery and gilt accents. Exquisite laces berths collars and lace by the yard accompany furniture rugs draperies bric a brac and fine china glass for the social season at home and entertaining venues.
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Paris
Lyons
Brussels
St., Gall
France
England
Austria
Bavaria
China
Japan
Society Dinners Honor Diplomats and Notables in Washington
Washington social pages note Baron and Baroness Rosen hosting embassy staff and ministers from Colombia and Asia, with guests including the American Minister to Colombia and Mrs Davison, and other officials. Other items report a Pittsburgh wedding of Mrs Ida Pierce Morgan to Harold Davis, plus multiple society gatherings and home evenings in Washington and nearby cities.
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Baron
Baroness Rosen
Colombia
Mine
Cortes
Davison
Mme. Cortes
Venezuela
Russell
Bacon
Buchanan
Walden
Legation and Mine
Gugman
Social Gossip From Paris Board and Art Buys
Extreme jealousy marks the American colony in Paris as Mrs Hart McKee entertains grand guests at a reception for Infanta Isabella of Spain. Senator William A Clark buys Jules Breton Harvesting the Poppies for 10000, adding to a famed Fifth Avenue collection with public viewing days. His wife Mrs Clark, a noted musician and collector, aids the acquisitions including Fortuny Choosing a Model. If Spain’s birth yields an heir, royal observances will begin with a Cortes presentation to the newborn in a special Parliament session.
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Paris
America
Hart McKee
Hugh Tevis
McKee
Isabella
Spain
Mra McKee
Prince AH
Duke de Montpensier
Curacoff
Jules Breton
William A. Clark
Montana
Fifth Avenue
Bitty-seventh Street
New York
Montane
Clark
Senator Clark
Mendelssohn Hall
Fortuny
George J. Gould
Chicago
N.Y
Diaz
Cortes
Royal Birth Plans and Notable European Ties
Wide royal birth preparations in Spain with courts and officials to verify an heir. European nobility feature in-law marriages and state visits as Earl and Countess of Dudley travel to New York while the Gesner and Sweitzer families face a pearl necklace theft. Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia becomes engaged to Princess Alexandra Victoria, sparking court interest in a boy and girl romance. A Chicago-era Thaw scandal tale surfaces aboard a voyage, as Mrs. Fairbanks and Mrs. Roosevelt miss White House events amid grippe fallout in Washington.
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Earl
Dudley
Weat Indies
New York
Ireland
West Indies
Lord Dudley
Dublin
Castile
Washington
Countess of Dudley
Prince August Wilhelm
Prussia
America
Atlantic
Alexandra Victoria
Friedrich
Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Prince August
Tus
Boon University
Alexandra
Prince Adalbert
Prince Henry
August Wilhelm
Grippe
National Capital
Washington social scene highlights Longworth family ties
Senate coverage shows Mrs. Fairbanks likely leaving Washington due to illness while Mrs. Longworth asserts social autonomy. President’s daughter Mia Longworth hosts numerous calls using aides from Congress. Virginia’s Mrs. Claute Swanson stands out among Washington society, noted for distinctive yellow leather jacket and jaunty riding attire.
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Virginia
OM Dominion
Claute Swanson
Diplomats At Auto Show Snapped By Camera Men
Washington diplomats visiting New York for the seventh Madison Square Garden automobile show toured the exhibits with photographers present. They departed by special car for Washington after an escort to the Waldorf Astoria, with brief speeches and a motor truck carrying their baggage.
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Washington Post
New York
Madison Square’ Garden
Washington
Publc
Bulding
Batur
Waldorf-Astoria
Brock
Natica Rives Engaged to Winnie P Burden at Lakewood
The Washington Post Lakewood reports the engagement of Miss Natica Rives, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Rives, to Winnie P. Burden, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Burden. Miss Rives, a favored figure in Mrs Astor's circle, enjoys a Lakewood respite as her fiancé visited from Friday to Sunday. The couple confirmed the engagement upon return from an automobile ride.
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Winnie” P. Burden
Lakewood
Washington Post
N. J
Natica Rives
George W. Rives
James Burden
Bayes
Mise Rives
Mrs Astor
Arthur Scott Burden
Cynthia Roche
Mina Rives
New York
Will Receive Mrs Astor at Court Amid Divorce Repugnance
London dispatch reports Queen Alexandra allowing the presentation of Mrs Waldorf Astor formerly Nannie Shaw at the next court. Mrs Bingham, sister of Mrs Pauline Astor Apender, will introduce her. Mrs Astor’s party at Cliveden included cousins Miss Paul and Miss Wayne, bound for Paris for presentation gowns. The girls will appear on the Ambassador's list.
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Washington Post
London
Queen Alexandra
Waldorf Astor
Nannie Shaw
Bingham
Pauline Astor Apender. Clay
Astor
Charles Dana Gibson
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Centaro
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Alfonso
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W. Albert Pease, Jr
Hempstead
Henry Stevenson Sweitzer
Pease
Meadow Brook Hunt
Sweltzer
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William G. Park
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Harry
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