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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1909
Page
21
Half and nearly half price coats in brown and gray English mixtures with velvet collar, large buttons and patch pockets. Semi fitting empire style for travel and stormy weather. Also broadcloth coats in black and blue shades with silk lining and satin trim, semitiing cut for street wear.
A long list of diplomatic and political figures attended late evening dinners in Washington. Guests included the British ambassador, Jusserand, Secretary Garfield, Senator Burrows, Gen. Bell, the Speaker Cannon, and many envoys from Austria Hungary Japan and Sweden. The social rounds featured home weddings and engagements, entertainment at the Austro Hungarian embassy, and preparations for upcoming theater and charity events.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt hosted a winter horse show at his Portsmouth farm on Sunday afternoon with guests Reginald Vandermatt Sidney C Love William R Hunter and Dy Henry Knapp. The showcase featured Mel Valles ponies Grace Jarvis and a new Eleanor Parker miniature mare along with two new Shel land ponies from Chicago and noted gray horses bound for use abroad. Thomas W. Symons returned to Washington after a Pittsburgh visit while Burton of Delaware planned future overseas assignments for his coaches between London and Brighton.
The We Margherita yacht is set for Easton waters with initial landings at Athens and Constantinople, while confirmations waver. Mme Letellier, a Paris socialite, and Mrs Drexel may join, with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lepr expected. A lavish Miss MacGould ball highlights debutantes and emerald jewels as fashion fury swirls over natural hair trends and ornate headpieces.
A Royal College of Surgeons meeting announced women may enter exams for the diploma in public health, a fellowship, and dental surgery, signaling progress after years of agitation. The piece contrasts England’s legal biases against women with a Maryland and Arkansas case involving property rights and diamonds. It also notes a Boston-Harvard circle forming a Hindu mysticism group with Mrs. John Hay among notable backers, planning a Penobscot River colony.
Word reached the State Department that Brazil has given notice of continuing 49 percent retaliation on certain import articles from the United States. The action, for a stated period, is under Brazil's preferential tariff law of December 20, 1965, aimed at correcting mutual tariff disparities.
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