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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
21
July sale highlights womens shirt waists in linen and crepe with lingerie style trims of baby Irish duchess gel lace and Valenciennes Swiss medallions. Hand embroidered pieces offered in limited runs, many at very low prices, ideal for stay at home or vacation wardrobes.
Reduced price display for boys summer clothing featuring Kickerbocker Fine Wash Suits in lightweight wool. Includes man blouse and sailor blouse styles in neat colors and sizes 2 to 12, aimed to last for two to three months demand.
A sale listing offers boys white plaids and front blouses in colors for dress from sizes T to 16, priced 25c with earlier prices 50c 75c and 1.00. Two piece cotton bathing suits for boys sizes 7 to 17 at 65c to 1.00, wool jersey coats 2.00, and bathing trunks 20c per pair.
A display of 2000 yards of cotton dress goods shows striped and checked patterns. Colors include old rose cadet blue white ground and navy blue ground with tan and beige accents. Fabrics feature popular shades and neat striped and checked designs.
A distorted notice describes a response to a brand named Namsookene with references to a salt red Pin Check Namsook. It discusses summer undergarments for women and children, pricing by the yard, and mentions a price of 16 cents per yard. The garbled text includes warnings about quality and a floor sale note.
The marriage of Miss Gertrude L Whittlesey daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter B Whittlesey and Mr Harry Whities Finney took place yesterday at 5 o clock in St Therese Church. The ceremony performed by the assistant rector Dr Thomas Austin was quiet attended only by the two families. The bride wore a white serge suit and blue hat with ostrich feather and carried white sweetpeas and yellow aſles of the valley. After the ceremony they left for a wedding trip including New York and places on the Hudson.
A string of U.S. and Dutch officials and family members plan continental travel and visits. Mr Griscom and family will join relatives in Canada after a Washington stop en route to New York. lords and state secretaries from the Netherlands visit, with plans to stay in New York Harbor and York Harbor. The Navy’s Winthrops will pass Washington for Adirondacks then return to Chevy Chase. A presidential granddaughter suffers a fall in Utica. Others, including Mr Loeber and Mr George Howard, move between Washington, Harbor, and home bases for late summer.
The Misses Wetmore hosted a Newport dinner with Senator and Mrs Wetmore in attendance. Lieut Comdr and Mrs WW Phelps were guests. JAE. Miss Baldwin of New York. Sir Hubert and Lady Hadfeld of England visited. Page mentions travels of Attorney General and Mrs Wickerham, Mr and Mrs Mason Richardson and family, Capt and Mrs John Hudson Poole to Narragansett, and Mrs OT Elyan with her sons and daughter, plus T J Pichardson departing for Atlantic City via yaw Eng.
Dr Samuel J Woodrow pastor of First Congregational Church and Ben Woodrow with their daughter will leave Washington this morning for Ogunquit Maine for a two month stay at the Bachem Hotel. Katherine G Schiadt daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Schiadt married William B Probey in Holy Trinity Georgetown. The couple will be at home after September 1 in Washington.
A detailed panorama of high society includes Mrs Robert Goelet and Mrs Robert Goslet entertaining in Newport, Princess Patricia of Connaught joining social circles in London and at Cliveden, the Astors hosting in Cavendish Square, and the Taft family visiting England. The piece notes violet scent rituals, archery and fencing among noblewomen, and a rare Ming era vase discovered by archaeologist Sara Yorke Stevenson, now on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Special to The Washington from Asbury reports a man named Setter offered $25 000 for his wife and threatened to reveal an eta of 2000. He was arrested after being accused of swindling $20 900 from his father in Russia and claiming to act for him. Setter was fined, refused to pay, and jailed. after leaving the courtroom he repeated the offer to Marcelbarg.
Charles Denby and United States consul general at Shanghai arrived in San Francisco aboard the Mongolia. He was recently appointed to a similar post in Vienna and will report to Washington before proceeding to Europe to assume his duties.
Dr T J Allen advises based on Diet Hints that when appendicitis is threatened in children, resort to enemas and purging, then an exclusive diet of apples and pears for days. Afterward resume light meals of apples, peanuts, or berries, while avoiding refined white bread, meat, and lack of exercise as possible contributors to bowel trouble.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer, awaiting Congress adjournment, expects to leave Washington for vacation and salmon fishing in Canada. Representative Balzer of New York said Congress would adjourn in about ten days, pleasing Meyer who seeks relief from the hot Washington weather. Meyer will split time at his Hamilton, Massachusetts summer home near the area often called the summer capital.
Funeral arrangements for Capt Levia V Woolen manager of River View Steamboat Company, who died aboard the Queen Anne between Alexandria and Washington Tuesday evening, are not yet completed. The body was taken to the morgue, then to Gelers undertaking establishment, while Mrs Woolen, visiting Indiana at the time, is expected to arrive this morning. It is likely Capt Woolen will be buried at Bragkfor.
Letters of administration sought by Sleman and Lerch after the death of Res Dr M Hass Fishburn pastor at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. Petition filed in District Superior Court notes no will exists and names Mrs Fishburn as sole beneficiary and administrator. Widow to be guardian of two children, Margaret 12 and Himmel 8 or 9.
A fragmented western saga follows Whispering Smith and a river of gunmen in a chase through Goose River country. Banks and Du Sang plot, ring the alarm, raid Baggs ranch, and dash toward Walliams Cache as lawmen close in on Deep Creek.
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