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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1908
Page
21
Woodward & Lothrop announces Valentines and Valentine Favors on the Main Floor G Street selections and importations for spring. Comprised of articles and accessories for Palm Beach and southern resorts, now displayed in broader variety and including exclusive novelties not to be found later.
Fashion preview highlights spring 1908 fabrics including Mohairs Brilliantine and Siciliennes with shadow and herringbone stripes. Showcases Voiles Veilings Chiffon Panamas and many named cloths with prices per yard and bold color options alongside French lingerie fabrics and styles.
Demonstration of the Nugget Polishes in the third floor Shoe Department at Tenth Street Estemonsiat. The all leather friendly, acid free polishes are waterproof and preserve leather. They give a jet black shine and do not soil garments. Free shoe polishing offered today.
Society notes from Washington and New York center on Miss Gladys Vanderbilt’s wedding to Count Laszlo Szechenyi in New York. Diplomats and embassy staff prepare for ceremonies in lavish dress while dinners and teas honor the President and guests.
The column chronicles Chicago society’s second Lews IV ball at the Congress Hotel and the mock surprise about a non event as well as fashion notes from Paris and New York. It details Mrs Field and Mrs E Adams jewelry, tableaux vivants for Virginia whites charity, and social travel entries of Vanderbilt and Astor circles, plus Duchess of Marlborough and Duchess of Sutherland in Europe and New York society scenes.
Mme Nordica arrived from Chicago and denied a circulating report she would wed George Washington Young. A family member said she has not left the San Carlo Opera Company, is in New York only to sing at Bagby’s Waldorf-Astoria concert, and will return to Chicago to perform Wednesday night.
Funeral services were held at Rock Creek Chapel for Mrs Francia Frager who died Friday night at age eighty six. Survived by daughters Max Wilson of Binghamton New York and Mrs Caroline Nye and son Frank Fraser of this city. Body brought here for burial. Also note: The Big Contest Is On with five hundred dollars in cash prizes and entertainment, urging readers to identify two frustrations in today’s Post and save coupons.
William A Wilcox a veteran field agent of the Bureau of Fisheries died yesterday at his home 1021 Eighth Street NW after a long illness He was sixty eight Funeral services will be held at Frey Brothers 1830 Fourteenth Street NW this afternoon at 5 burial in Middlebury VI He had joined the bureau twenty years ago after working for the Boston and Gloucester fish commissions He is survived by a sister and a niece both of this city Described as faithful and efficient his work spanned the United States and insular possessions.
Mrs Mary A Douglass of 1432 8 Street Northwest dies after a two month illness. Widow of William O Douglass, long-time businessman at Ninth and F Streets. Funeral at home this afternoon with Rev Dr Van Schaick officiating, then burial in Richmond Virginia beside her husband. She leaves two children W C Douglass of the State Department and Miss Alice Douglass.
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