Dotted and Figured Batiste Curtains for Laundering 24 Yards
Sheer dotted and figured batiste curtains described as easily laundered. Length 24 yards.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1915
Page
12
Sheer dotted and figured batiste curtains described as easily laundered. Length 24 yards.
Fifty pieces of Glass Crash Toweling in blue and red checks and plaids offered at the old 15¢ yard price. Dried glass needs. sale on second floor Eleventh Street with no advance.
Final plans were laid for the National Union first annual outing at Chesapeake Beach next Monday. An expected crowd of 5,000 members and friends will ride a special train. Athletic events and dances with prizes are on the program. Emergency medical aid will be provided by Drs. Frank Repetti, R. L Spire, and Leopold Glushak. Barry J Stahl chairs the excursion committee with George 0 Auguste as secretary. Other chairmen listed include Athletics WOJ O'Brien and Elmer Johnson on program and printing, JB Fitzpatrick on badges.
Mystle Shriners drawn to Seattle for the forty first annual imperial council meeting staged a parade escorting Imperial officers from headquarters to the Indy Temple Philadelphia with mounted and foot patrols and a band. Gov Ernest Lister gave the welcome address at the fret session. Afternoon activities included a steamer ride to Bremerton Navy Yard and automobile trips. Three balls were held tonight at the State Armory hippoedrome and the port commission pier.
Mrs James M Thomson and her husband, married June 30, plan a brief stop in Washington before continuing to Summit Point West Virginia. They are currently in Bowling Green Missouri after a Lakes tour, en route to visit Thomson's parents. The article also notes Costa Rican ministers arrival in Washington and a series of social engagements and forthcoming weddings and trips among Washington society figures.
A Newport fashion promoter Hermann Oblrichs plans a July 24 show at Rose Cliff with posters to town and nearby resorts, featuring live pageant acts as living national symbols. Separately, Mary Van Bell’s will leaves $160,000 to servants and $25,000 to Philadelphia charities, with trust income for life. Also reported are reconciliations of Duke Arturo de Majo Durazzo and his duchess, ties to Nahant Italian war fund sale, and Italian lace donations from Mrs. Gardner for charity.
A quick home remedy promises to smooth wrinkles using a wash lotion made from an ounce of powdered saffron dissolved in one pint of oil with hazel. Bathing the face with this solution tightens the skin, leaving a lasting tone and a youthful look, with effects described as not purely temporary.
Special cable reports Dr Cuthbert Christy, famed sleeping sickness expert, returns from a three year Belgian expedition in the Kongo. He traversed the Ituri forest with Bambuti dwarfs, shot an okapi, and endured rain, twilight, flies, and ticks while subsisting on bananas and kolanu. The journey began at Borna in 1912, reached Stanleyville, then Ituri, ending near the Nile and Khartoum after war news affected the Sudan leg.
Robert M. La Follette Jr., son of Wisconsin senator, is slowly recovering at the family residence at 3320 Sixteenth Street Northwest from an illness induced by a complicated case of tonsillitis. He had to leave the University of Wisconsin before completing his course and has been ill at home since.
Special to The Washington Post from Philadelphia reports three bridesmaids at the Duke Biddle wedding will wed in the fall. Elsa Reath wed to John Appleton of New York. Hope Truxton Beale engaged to Oliver Eton Cromwell. Ellen Yuille linked to William Sturges. Angier B Duke will be matron of honor at all three weddings.
Special to The Washington Post reports a Bar Harbor gathering where about 60 society figures attended a screenings night at the Swimming Club cabaret. Guests included William Lawrence Green with Mrs Green, Viscount d'Arte, Minister from Portugal, Constantin Brun, Minister from Denmark, and Miss Josephine Gibson. An outdoor pavilion concert drew nearly 100 swimmers, while fundraising added to a weekly drive for war relief with donors named among prominent New York families. Mrs Nicholas Murray Butler’s luncheon at the Revere Hotel highlighted society circles, and Narragansett Pier Junior War Relief members prepared 90 hospital-use articles at Valamar.
Continued fair weather drew golf fans to White Sulphur Springs for the Solf Cup on the eighteen hole course. Col James R Branch of Richmond offers a cup for best July August score. Dancing class organized by Prof Victor Zebley attracts adults and children preparing for August carnival ball. Notables dine and entertain as Richmond visitors arrive for the season.
The Duke Arturo de Majo Durazzo and ten duchesses were greeted on Narragansett Beach, with a swim and a luncheon at Grove Cottage. Attendees included Mrs Mildred H Wagner Mrs Talbot Hanan Mrs C M Hanan Miss Sarah Carey and Miss Charlotte Carey of New York. In the Casino Mr Truxtun Beale hosted a luncheon for Mr and Mrs Jerome N Bonaparte Mrs Edward G Burgess and others.
Newport executive committee Henry F. Eldridge Prescott Lawrence and Francis M. Ware unveiled a prospectus for a Newport horse show to be held September 3 and 4 on the Casino grounds. Forty two classes are listed and box reservations already include the Russian and Spanish ambassadors, governors Beeckman and Whitman, and numerous prominent society figures.
Hot Springs Va July 13 an old fashioned basket picnic drew 125 Homestead guests in the Cascades grove. A large lawn fete was held on the Casino lawn with an entertainment and dance. Tomorrow features swimming diving tennis and golf events. Myron T Hermek arrives from Cleveland with Dr RL J Deloach to visit childrens experimental gardens directed by Mme Gildys Ingalls. A Homestead golf trio included Harry Ward man AP Bowen and Dr Robert A Black with other twosomes Rex Bowen and Clark Milihaliand.
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