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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
7
A sale offers every Straw Hat in stock at reduced prices. Styles include stiff yacht shapes semit and split straws and the Milan and Jackman soft braids. Selected for young middle aged and old men with price marks.
A midsummer sale offers ha il tr h j sfoset out from importers at decisive prices. French lace remnants, high grade goods, available in small lots, priced at a third to a half less than regular. patterns resemble advance samples, including Arabian and Marie Antoinette designs.
A local shop on Division Court ceases stocking silk damask draperies and wall hangings in cream and dark tones. The discontinued line includes cream and dark silk damask options used as wall coverings and draped window treatments.
Miss Helen Taft sails to Savannah to visit a school and attend events as Mrs Taft hosts packing duties in Washington. Agnes Holden becomes bride of Clarence E Buckle in a formal ceremony at home. Mary Helen Walsmith weds Rev Edgar Cordell Powers at Brightwood Park Church with notable guests and receptions. Multiple other society weddings and guest list details unfold across Washington with out of town relatives visiting, and a British ambassador heading to Boston while preparations for trips and honeymoons are noted.
A series of weddings across Washington featured Mr M R Miller and Mr Joseph Williams with Rev T E Maynwell officiating at a palms adorned church. The bride wore Copenhagen blue with a large white hat and rose bouquet while her brother gave her away. A wedding breakfast followed at 137 Twelfth Street NE and the couple departed for Ocean City for their honeymoon. Additional ceremonies included Miss Bessie Crockett and Mr Joseph Stern Harper, Miss Gertrude Krauss and Mr Charles Wo Rouvet, and Miss Jallian Hoover and Mr Robinette, each with period attire, chapel decorations, and receptions at family homes. Afterward, several attendees prepared for summer trips, relocations, or continued residence in Washington.
Japanese ambassador to the United States Aaron Sakahlira and wife meet at Chicago Union Station blending diplomacy with fashion. The piece details his praise of the directorre gown over the kimono, social club debates, and a parade of Newport society’s outfits at Ascot races, kennel club meetings, and high society gatherings with numerous named figures and ensembles.
A vivid society scene centers on Mrs Jack Gardner of Back Bay Fens Boston hosting delegates from the General Federation of Women's Clubs at her Italian garden. Attendees admire blossoms, peach trees, and a tawny shepherd dog named Darling while Mrs Gardner wears lace and antique jewelry. Also noted are social rounds involving Elsie French Vanderbilt, family visits in Chester and Newport, a looming European tour, a Stow estate sale, a newborn in Newport society, a transatlantic wedding with Lieut William Fortescue Sells Wildare and Mrs Alice A Bayley, and a New York divorce ruling amid high society chatter.
Attorney seeks outside New York testimony commissioner as Glorce suit unfolds. James R Keene ran HQ from Foxhall Keene’s office on Will Street with Talbot J Taylor & Bra in New York. Taylor joined Newark Stock Exchange after a 1906 collapse linked to Southern Pacific pool. He and his wife wed at Talbot house Cedarhurst Long Island and later separated before her divorce suit.
Mrs Philip N Moore of St Louis was elected president by a large majority at the ninth biennial convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in St Louis. Delegates elected officers including Mrs Joseph Evans Cowles, Mrs Belle King Sherman, and others, with sessions on civil service reform legislative issues and library extension concluding with retiring president Mrs Sarah Pratt Decker presiding.
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