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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1908
Page
15
A comprehensive list of summer needs covers men and women apparel, coats, dresses, lingerie, hats, bathing suits, kids wear, shoes, cosmetics, ice cream ware, furniture, rugs, kitchen stoves, garden tools, beds, linens, curtains, and travel items. The ad emphasizes mail or express service and nonstop market contact to meet all home and self comfort demands at the lowest possible prices.
Special sale offers include Patent Coltskin Two-button Oxfords Patent Coltian Two and Four Eyelet Blucher Oxfords with ribbon laces Patent Calfskin Pumps and Tan and White Pumps and Oxfords. Not all sizes in each style 3 1 4 to 7 A B C D widths. goods are fresh season production of high quality catchers. Third floor Tenth st.
Social and personal notes report Gen J F Bell returning from an inspection tour. Lady Michael Herbert to spend summer at Newport. Mr Taft guests at an old Virginia country dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Fowler at Fassifern farm. Numerous Washingtonians and international figures listed with travel and residence plans across New York, Atlantic City, Cape May, Newport, and London.
Personal note from President Roosevelt to Miss Pauline Kohlsaat stirs talk of royal congratulations for Potter Palmer’s upcoming wedding. Word suggests King Edward and other foreign nobility may send messages, though none received yet. Rehearsal and wedding plans advance, with music choices announced and store hours noted for Saturday.
Kohlsaat bride receives lavish tokens from Chicago visit with her mother and lawyers, including a silver gift of $5,000 as a wedding present not intended for public display. Generals and diplomats, including Gen. Fred D Grant and Ambassador Reid, attend events in London and Dorchester House, while New York fashion unfolds with Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt and other society figures showcasing gowns, hats, and jewelry.
Mrs Russell Sage hires Miss Mary Tillinghast to trace ancestry of Sage and her husband, hoping to prove noble blood and print a lavish family history. Tillinghast departs for Europe with expectations of months abroad, after consulting Sage’s notes and previous work on stained glass windows. Newport society notes a waning era as leaders depart and social climbers rise.
Newport July 26 The city enjoyed a rainy day yet indoors events thrived as Mr and Mrs Edward J Berwind hosted a Saturday dinner at the Elias followed by dancing attended by about 200 guests. Notables from the Jamble club and New York society joined Mrs Beeckman and others at various dinners and villa arrangements marked by new arrivals and ongoing preparations for seasonal social events.
Bar Harbor Maine reports the social season starting with several balls noted as enjoyable. Last week featured notable events at Malvern and with the Swimming crew. Engagements and gatherings begin to shape the season in the coastal town.
A fierce thunderstorm halted planned outings across West End Long Branch Red Bank and Sea Wright yesterday afternoon delaying dances at Hollywood West End cottages and Deal Casino. An amateur circus is planned for August 29 near the Deal Casino with proceeds to Marys Church Deal and Episcopal Church Allenhurst. Officers named include Joseph A M Byrne president G V Haggerty Jr secretary and William Dwyer manager. Several New York visitors were noted at Monmouth Beach and Atlantic City with stays at the Monmouth Club and Cottage No 7 Hollywood awaiting the Monmouth County Horse Show.
Visitors and residents are noted across Monmouth Beach Elberon Deal and surrounding towns. Col M J OBrien hosts pat trials while Cape May guests Mr and Mrs Stanton H Hackett visit Dilton in Deal. Sunday sailing party at Pleasure Bay hosted by Olga N Brandon. guests include Hendricks Brandon eitlinger Salome Stark and others. Mrs Franklin Blen of New York visits sister Mrs Le Roy Baldwin in Monmouth Beach. Mitchell Cass Levy arrives at the Hollywood for the summer. Edwards Fesdyk of Fort Worth Texas visit Gray in Deal. John Gilroy joins his family at the Hollywood in Deal. Henry R Ickelheimer of New York stays with Philp Lehmann in Elberon.
Southeast rain did not dampen Lenox gatherings as Mrs William Postlethwaite hosted a luncheon for Mrs Charles J. Bonaparte while others hosted dinners and receptions at Capston Grange Osceola House Wynstay Four Brooks Farm and Stokes villa. Notables including Justice Grosscup Messrs Choate Crowninshield and Updyke visited or were hosts. Local arrivals included Mrs Behr and Mr Barrows with several New York and Boston associations noted.
Despite rain the season’s largest gathering filled the Narragansett Casino for the Saturday hop with several large dinners preceding it. Hosts included Mr and Mrs John Hanan entertaining Col and Mrs H Anthony Dyer guests, and Eugene M O’Neil of New York with many attendees from Rhode Island and Waterbury, including Mrs Robert G Dun and Mrs Samuel H Valentine among others.
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