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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1919

Page

14

White Frocks Dominate Summer Costume Selections

The Women's Costume section highlights white attire as the perfect, versatile choice with comfort, coolness, refinement, and assurance. New inexpensive white frocks in voile organdie and dotted Swiss are showcased with styles like pendulous net layers and lace collars, priced from 12.50 to 37.50, featuring details such as white dotted Swiss frocks and filet voile designs.

White Tub Skirts Promised for Summer Socials

A vivid note outlines white tub skirts as essential summer wear for boating seashore trips country clubs and golf links. The piece hints at fashionable travel trunks and the season’s refined accessories.

President and Mrs Wilson Attend Paris Embassy Reception

The President and Mrs. Wilson joined diplomats and society at the French Embassy for a reception hosted by Ambassador and Mme Jusserand. Attendees included cabinet members, military officers, and numerous social figures. Mrs Wilson wore a black tulle gown with a jet and steel bead wrap and tiara. The event featured the Marine Band and a formal greeting at the embassy entrance.

Margaret Wilson Bertha Bolling Col Clarence Ridley Marine Wilson Paris Miss Wilson Miss Bolling Washington Cabinet Army Navy Prince Smart Resident Society Mme. Jusserand Mir Marswill Elder Indianapolis Ambess France Attierry United States Baker Burneson the Navy Daniels Te Interior Lane Commercream Redfield de Rione Counte di Cellare Mme. Mathieu Trurleson Dany Theddy Grenrnes Ami Happy Ceurions Kent White House Dres

Committee Backs Civil Pension Bill In House

The House committee on civil service retirement authorized Lehrbach to report favorably on the Sterling Lehrbach bill after extended hearings. Draft report due. summer consideration expected. Senate committee also expected to endorse. The bill is backed by Congress members from both parties and major labor and reform groups.

House Committee On Civil Service Retirement Lehrbach House Senate Civil Service Committee Sterling Sterling-Lehrbach Congress National Federation of Federal Employed American Federation of Labor

Ekengren Predicts Postwar Recovery Pace

Swedish Minister to the United States W A F Ekengren arrived in New York with his wife aboard the Stockholm and said France and England are rapidly returning to a prewar industrial basis. He noted a transition likely to take over a year with surprising results expected in toys and dyes where Germany once held a monopoly.

New York France England W. A. F. Ekengren United States Stockholm Germany

The Jarr Family

Mrs. Jarr dominates the chatty dinner talk about wealth class and servants while Mr. Jarr jokes about a future valet. Their debate ranges from Bolshevik fears to luxury, money, and social aspirations amid a war era backdrop. The piece frames domestic tensions and comic economic vanity.

Mr. Jarr

Bachelor Girl Reflections by Helen Rowland

A 1915 piece humorously surveys marriage and bachelor life through witty vignettes. It contrasts wives, bachelors, widowers, and cats as social symbols, ending with a note on marriage as a jitney-bus.

Helen Rowland Opyright the Press Publishing Co

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