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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
10
Woodward and Lothrop features New York Washington and Paris items with a large assortment of Pentines and Valentine favors in the Stationery Department on the Main Floor.
Remnant Day features deep discounts on men’s suits and overcoats, women’s and children’s wear, shoes, lingerie, and accessories. The sale highlights include reduced prices on suits, coats, hats, dresses, and footwear, with marked savings across departments and remnants from Swiss linen to fine laces.
President Taft and Mrs Taft attended a formal dinner hosted by Attorney General and Mrs Wickersham. Other notable guests included former Secretary of War Dickinson, Admiral and Mrs Wainwright, and numerous cabinet and embassy officials. The event formed the third in a series of annual dinners honoring the Tafts, with other dignitaries like the British, German, and Russian ambassadors hosting separate gatherings that night.
Gen and Mrs George M Gillespie hosted a dinner featuring Senator Burton Assistant Secretary of War and various military and political guests at the Burlington. Mrs Shepard and Mrs Garner hosted a separate tea for Texas girls in Washington with the room adorned in palms Killarney roses and music by a string orchestra.
Mrs Herbert Parsons hosts guests in box No 12 with Mrs Lawin Gould and Mrs George F Shrady as Baroness von Wolf and her mother recount life on a 100000 acre South African farm near the Orange River. The baroness contrasts remote farming life with New York society and details a wartime interest in veterinary surgery and animal care while discussing divorce court visits and alimony discussions.
Thought for Today outlines a memorial raising about 4000 dollars in monthly gifts from many supporters to fund ongoing work in home economics and sanitation. It credits Mrs Richards with advancing practical science in daily life, from The New England Kitchen in Boston to school lunches and nutrition programs.
Mrs Ewin Pearson Parker and the Miones Parker will receive today. Mrs Somers of 110 Matréet will not receive on remaining Fridays in January. Mrs Frederick Iffinger and Miss Iffinger will not receive today at Graf ton but next Friday. Mrs Mattinsty will receive today at 1751 street. Mrs T De Witt Talmage and Miss Col Her will be at home today after 4 at Hight with Mr Faul of Virginia. Mrs Reynolds Hitt sailed yesterday to join Mr Hitt at the post. Mrs LB Grandin to return to New Wildlord this week. Mrs Rhett Stuart visiting in Troy NOW. Capt Conrad R Koerper at Woodley insistent his mother. A storm delayed his train in Colorado, blocking arrival for Col Egan A Koerper funeral last Friday. Gen Alfred C Girard recovered from a fall and returns home to Newark Street from Walter Reed Hospital.
The Congressional Club hosted a grand reception for the diplomatic corps with Richmond roses and ferns adorning mantels and a buffet supper centerpiece of Richmond roses tied with red chiffon. Guests included Mme Jusserand and Mme Calvo, wives of the French ambassador and Costa Rican minister, and numerous socially prominent ladies from states across the country.
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