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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
7
The Department of Women's Ready-to-Wear Garments showcases suits with pretty striped effects, semifitting coats, and full platted skirts with deep folds. Very attractive outfits, particularly desirable for everyday wear.
A rich collection of lingerie dresses advertised at fifteen dollars each features val lerenne lace trims and clung medallions in colors white tan violet and blue. Also available are a few hand embroidered jumper dresses suitable for evening wear.
Fine Lawn Dresses priced at 3.50 feature a tucked yoke in latte, light blue, brown, navy, black, and white. Described as very dainty for general wear.
Advertises faintly described Lawn Dresses priced at two dollars. Features jumper style with fullware skirts and two folded details. Emphasizes practical attractive effects in pretty figured fabrics.
Shave just secured and offers several lots of Women's Ox- V¢ folds at less than the manufacturer's price. They feature patent coltskin leather, Three and Four Eyelet Blacher Cut styles with ribbon laces, Goodyear web soles, sizes 3 to 7 and widths A B C D. New high quality goods, season's production, offered in a strict high class manner. Also advertised towels and blankets with marked prices and sizes, listed for Second floor Elventh st.
Major Tanaka sails soon for Shelter Island and Germany bound officers and guests fill Narragansett resorts. Attaches, diplomats, and their families travel from Washington to New York and Newport, with parties at the Homestead Hot Springs and other resorts, as society circles anticipate the fiscal and diplomatic season ahead.
A long column reviews social trends among New York Philadelphia and Boston elites shaping a proposed National Assembly to unify exclusive circles. It covers membership aims, geographic limits, ball events honoring naval officers, and influential figures like Mrs Vanderbilt and Miss Drewel.
Whitelaw Reid and Mrs Reid hosted a large Dorchester House dinner with Princess Henry of Battenberg as the principal guest. Attending were the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, James Bryce, the Duke of Rutland, Charlemagne Tower, the former Berlin ambassador, Ogden Mills couple, Walter Burns couple, J I Harriman wife, A J Drexel couple, Richard Burton Haldane, war secretary, Lord and Lady Middleton, and Greek minister D G Metaxas.
Newport society notes a large Sunday night concert at the Casino drawing summer residents to the horseshoe piazza. Guests include Mrs Mary Brady Hall recovering from a slight operation. Mary Kernochan and Swan hosted lunches. Vanderbilt and Widener families arrived aboard steam yachts. Notables registered at the Casino include Admiral Coghlan and General Pierson. others visited Atlantic House and Mathews’ son.
Heavy morning showers gave way to sun as visitors arrived by auto to Narragansett Pier Rhode Island for a bustling day. Guests at the Casino and Mathewson included William L Mauran of Providence with several companions from East Greenwich New York and St Louis visitors also attended. Cars from Watch Hill Orange and Brooklyn brought parties to Greene Inn and Gladstone, with many named individuals listed among luncheon attendees.
Lenox July fair at Clipston Grange raised about 1000 dollars for the local school of decrease science for Lenox children. Notables at luncheon included Mrs Giraud Foster Mrs Edith Wharton and Miss Adele Kneeland. Erskine Park cuts staff to four men with ten jobs lost. House servants are women and social events are reduced amid tighter times.
Crowds converge on West End Long Branch New Jersey for weeky hotel garden party and Deal Casino parade highlighting a large turnout. Notable attendees include Mrs Emerson Mac Millan and many prominent social figures amid illuminated lawn displays and a Gress parade.
Bar Harbor reports full seating for the Building of Arts concerts. The July 25 program features pianist Alwin Schroeder and Mme Louise Homer after years with the Kneisel Quartet. August 4 will pair conductor Herbert Witherspoon with another prominent artist in a promising line-up.
Berlin July 20 Count Herman von Hatzfeldt Wildenburg councilor of the German embassy in Washington will be transferred to Constantinople as counselor of embassy. He will be succeeded in Washington by Count George von Wedel now second secretary at the German embassy in Rome.
Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Banking will send fourteen delegates to the annual convention of associated chapters in Providence Rhode Island on July 3 and 4. J Henry is candidate for vice president of the associated chapters. Delegates include B Percival Wilson E H S Wolfe B Payne S J Henry H V Haynes Boyd Taylor W McK Stowell R Miller A V Neving J E Herrell H J Phelps J C Settle A C Flather W A Dexter. Hearing on Grade Today set for 9:30 in District Building room 9 to discuss the proposed grade change at Twentieth Street and Rhode Island Avenue Northeast.
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