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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1916
Page
8
The store advertises white dresses for children and for girls in many fabrics and trims. Prices range from 50 cents to 1.50 dollars, featuring lawn and nainsook options with tucks, feather-stitching, lace edges, embroidery, and beading. The items are showcased on the third floor on F Street.
Our stock of Wardrobe Trunks remains complete this season despite high market prices. A three-ply veneer trunk with black fiber cover and durable hardware is priced at 22.50. It features a fitted interior with garment hangers, hat drawer, removable shoe box, and separate sections for flexible use. Fourth four-Tenth street.
Helen and Warren head to Times Square to shop for a suit. Helen leans blue while Warren favors gray, sparking a quiet dispute as they tour windows and discuss prices and style, ending with a tentative compromise and a tea plan.
Secretary McAdoo returns to Washington today. Mrs Hunt Slater guests include niece Miss Elsie Diederick at Bar Harbor. Vandergrift couple close Hew Hampshire residence, spend summer at Lone Rock Thousand Island. Senator Newlands and party tea at Purple Iris. Hoyt party heads to Bar Harbor for summer. Hamiltons return from Bethesia to Cape May. Hunt Thompson leaves for summer with parents at Toss Val.
Mr Joseph Folk returns to Washington after a month in Jackson Town guest of her mother Mrs Elide Senator and Mrs William S Kenyon host Mr and Mrs C F Duncomb of Fort Dodge Iowa Mr Duncomb attends a raster at Fort Dodge and will join the congress of post Mire men this week Mrs Appleton and Miss Caroline Dawes Appleton close their apartment at the Montana and are now at the Lafayette Miss Kathleen Moses daughter of May and Mrs Andrew Moses will leave Washington next week for a visit to New London Conn camping party in Connecticut Miss Moses will visit Plattsburg before returning home in September Mrs Philp Rischel leaves Washington tomorrow for several weeks with Mrs Thomas Watt Gregory at Monterey Springs Fa
The marriage of Miss Dana Elizabeth Claiborne and Mr Ralph Webster Benton occurred Monday afternoon in Baltimore with Rev Joseph K Snyder officiating. The couple left for New York and Atlantic City and plan to settle at home after September 1 at Ripley Brunswick. Guests include Miss Burdette and Mrs Howard Hume among others as they travel for summer visits and extended stays in Washington, Atlantic City, the Adirondacks, and New York abounding with social movement and arrivals at the New Willard and Lafayette hotels.
Capt Reginald Vance of Fredericksburg Virginia arrived at Southampton to join his wife and two children for the season. Henry H Rogers and his family, back from Japan, completed ten days leave and will depart for Browneville Tor tomorrow to rejoin his battery.
Rear Admiral French B Chadwick and Mrs Chadwick arrive in Saratoga Springs to pass the season, arriving after retirement in Newport RI. Percy R Todd, president of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, travels in his private car for a sojourn, accompanied by Mr and Mrs W A Nelson of Bangor, Maine.
Mr and Mrs R A Schoolfield of Danville Virginia and family travel home from an American tour through the Berkshires. They stop briefly at Briar Cliff Manor in Briar Cliff, with Mr and Mrs J L Phillips and family of Thomasville Georgia also present on the journey.
Hot Springs Va July 16 The writer and actor colony at Hot Springs received new arrivals Mr and Mrs George Bare McCutcheon, Mr and Mrs Otta Skinner, Mr and Mrs Wallace Irwin, and Miss Mary Johnston. Mildred Eddy arrived with her father Jesse Eddy from Morristown and visited Boxwood Farm after church with Miss Gladys Ingalls.
In Lenox Mass on July 1 Rear Admiral Bradley A Fiske and Mrs Fiske led a formal dance at Stockbridge. Mr and Mrs Winthrop McCraner occupied Windsor Lodge while their Dalton house was being furnished. Mrs W Acerall Harriman of Arden NY attended with her grandfather Charles Daniel in Tenox. The event followed a sale of beef at market with prices listed per pound.
Random stories of society life in America and abroad describe July 18 greetings from Washington to Pur gatory road and gatherings at Bonniecrest and Cornera Bishop Darlingtons. Attendees include Emory family, English visitors, diplomats, military figures, and a slate of Washington social leaders at luncheons, dinners, and dances.
The Washington Post reports an unusual sight as shorelines at a seaside area teem with silver hake and dogfish driven ashore by the tide. Some locals claim sharks hunted the dogs, adding to the spectacle. Courtly society notes mention Mrs. James F. Curtis at a Manchester cottage, Harold Vanderbilt’s schooner, and John Hays Hammond’s improving condition after illness following the Republican convention. The Italian ambassador Count Macchi di CeHere returns to Pitch Pine Hall after Newport visit.
Miss Evelyn M Biddle of Philadelphia guest at Mrs Lyman Kendall's Elsinore home in Bar Harbor fainted and sprained her ankle during the Saturday night Swimming Club dance. She was removed to the Kendall residence after the incident. Robert Abbe of New York recently finished ten raised maps of Mount Desert Island, all to scale, with one ordered by the U S government for the survey department.
From Narraganset Pier near elegant resorts crowds gathered by autos and trolleys to enjoy a beach morning. After lunch in the Casino and a country club session, players prepared on the shore for the tournament starting tomorrow amid social gaiety and seaside leisure.
Mrs Henry M Flagler of New York arrived with Mrs Bowles and Mrs Bilkins at White Sulphur Springs in a private car. Reports say the party included Mrs Bilkins from Washington and other attendees, with scenes of polite reception and social movement surrounding the visit.
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