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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
8
While away from town you can order any magazine or periodical for any length of time to any address. Postage is small and you receive them promptly, avoiding publisher delays. Book Dept. Main floor Ten 4t.
Ashington figures among travelers sailing from New York aboard the Amerika. Mrs. Townsend of Massachusetts Avenue heads to Paris then Carlsbad, not returning until late October. Mrs. Josephine Patten and Miss Helen Patten join the voyage, with Senator Elihu Root sailing Mauretania to England for law conferences and an Oxford degree.
The Secretary of Labor and his daughters Agnes Hart Wilson and Mary Wilson will relocate from the Dris col to the corner of T and Sixteenth Street after leasing the home, with Mrs Wilson and younger children arriving in September. Several social notes follow including visits to Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City, plus a Mayflower naval tour invitation.
Import from Germany offers Rose O Neal likeness dolls in sizes from 50c to 1.00. The clever reproductions are popular and irresistibly quaint, with roguish grins likely to win any heart. Fourth floor Eleventh St.
Classified ad listing a range of women's crepe garments and nightwear including gowns in white pink and blue stripes drawers with ruffles petticoats chemises corset covers combinations and kimonos with lace edging embroidery beading and linen trim price points from 30 cents to 1.50 plus white lawn items and sacques on third floor Eleventh Street description reads as a department store fashion notice from a historic newspaper.
Obvious season notes feature inexpensive frocks using voile crepe or linen with simple trims. No. 7418 offers a doll dress with emerald girdle and plaited net sleeve frills, while Nos. 7815 and 7814 showcase Russian blouse and skirt combos in white ratine and rose, with varied collars and pearl buttons.
A humorousUS article quotes a tale of a bride asking for a cake recipe from an old Southern mammy. The cook gives no fixed amounts, illustrating how recipes vary by measure and judgment. A table of standard measures follows, listing cups, pints, quarts, and weights for common ingredients. Copyright 1913 by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
The engagement and forthcoming wedding of Nancy Steele daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Steele to Dev ereux Milburn are detailed with plans for the Episcopal Church ceremony on November 1 Westbury Long Island and a reception at Sunridge Hall. The couple will sail for Europe August 2 and return late September.
Four notable women share June 24 as birth date: Louisa Ulrique of Sweden born 1720, Elizabeth Belcher Dutch writer, Ellen Maria Stone famed missionary born 1846, and Princess Charlotte born 1860. The piece notes Louisa’s influence at the Swedish court, Linnaeus’s patronage, Stone’s missionary work and a 1901 kidnapping incident, plus Charlotte’s royal lineage and marriage.
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