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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1910
Page
12
Woodward and Lothrop announces a mail order service for out of town patrons. They maintain a staff of shoppers to handle orders sent in by customers away from home and guarantee personal attention to every mail order.
The dress goods section offers printed batister lawns at 7 cents a yard, a third off the regular 10 cent price, with many patterns including black figures stripes checks polka dots and florals on white or navy grounds. Also batiste lawns dotted Swiss striped organdies and other fabrics priced low for midsummer wear. second floor G st.
We display foreign and domestic wallpapers wall hangings draperies and related furnishings. Color schemes estimates gladly furnished. Offers reupholstery renovation and storage with renewed fresh appearance. Seasonal lines include Silk Damask and Moire Damask offered at attractive prices per yard with standard gains.
Atlas and Attia wide mouth fruit jars in pint and quart sizes sold in dozens. Atlas E Z Seal jars in pint quart and half gallon sizes. Mason jar tops rubbers and tulip rubbers listed. Paraffin wax sold in packages, price two for.
Washington notes report arrivals and visits of diplomats and officials, including the Mexican minister to Cuba and Mme Godoy with children arriving for the centenary celebrations, and Frank and Albert Godoy sailing from New York for Mexico mid August. Guests at a Dublin NH dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Parsons included the British ambassador and Bryce, among others. Several officials and military attaches travel, visit, or entertain in Newport, Lake George, and Bar Harbor. The piece lists numerous society movements, summer retreats, garden shows, yacht club patronage, and a Washington wedding at 14230 Belmont Street NW officiated by Dr. S. H. Woodrow.
The piece notes a surge of American visitors to Leicestershire for fox hunting and the envy of home-bred riders. It highlights Miss Evelyn Buckman becoming a licensed chauffeur in New York, a Parisian moment for Mrs Gould, and social moves involving Mrs. William Leeda and Mrs. Miller Graham amid London society at Grosvenor Street.
Justice McKenna with son Frank B. McKenna of St. Louis visits Hotel Imperial at Narragansett Pier to spend the rest of summer. Mrs Evan Cameron travels to Spring Lake New Jersey then Adirondacks, joined by Mr. Cameron. Gaspard Griswold Bacon and bride Priscilla Toland sail for Europe after marriage. Assistant Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver will depart Washington Friday for a Western trip with daughter Marion Oliver. The Stewarts of Richmond Virginia are in Washington en route to Clifton.
Bar Harbor Me July 26 The new Country Club opens on Ocean Drive near Otter Cliffs six miles from town with deep water for yachts and future tennis and golf facilities. The Liberty cruiser with owner Joseph Palliser aboard has returned from a lengthy eastward voyage. Mr and Mrs Oliver J Wells hosted Baron and Baroness Korff and Baroness Korff is niece of Admiral Van Reypen and daughter of Edward T Stotesbury. Mr and Mrs Mitchell celebrate the birth of a daughter. Mixed doubles at the Swimming Club date changed to avoid conflict with Kebo Valley Club event next week.
Narragansett Pier July 26 reports Monday as a day of rest unlike other places. Polo at Point Judith Country Club drew a small attendance amid perfect weather. Notable hotel registrations include Allan R Hawley Frederick McKay of New York and several Philadelphia and Baltimore guests. Luncheons were held at the Casino featuring Archibald Pell Thomas Reynolds and the Browns.
Dinner events at the Casino on Wednesday include guests and hosts. Other dinners planned involve Mrs. L Harrison Dulles of Philadelphia and Mr and Mrs Henry B Kane. Notable arrivals at the Mathewson include Dr Joseph Lefdy who leased Belvoir on the Rocks to Judge W W Porter and Mr William J Clothier. Extended stays by Hoadley clan and arrivals at the Imperial and Massasoit are noted, with guests from Philadelphia New York Scranton Hartford and Baltimore among others.
Clendennin J. Ryan reached the Homestead in Hot Springs Virginia in a tallyho driven by four Ryan gray mules after a 125 mile two day journey from Oak Ridge. The boulevard hosted Mrs Davia Dunlop and other guests including the Mason Chichesters and Cox family. A tea at the Casino featured Miss Jesie Preston Boulware of Richmond with several young ladies present. New arrivals included families from New York Philadelphia Baltimore Raleigh and local social leaders at the Homestead.
Residents report smoke and sparks from paving machinery defoliating trees on Connecticut Avenue from Bancroft Place to Florida Avenue. Officials say damage is non permanent, with branches scorched but vitality intact. protective devices installed, and long-term fixes planned as young trees mature.
In Lenox and surrounding Berkshires, July heat lingered as tea ning matches continued at Pittsfield Country Club and Stockbridge golf courts. Local society noted attendees and guests including C E Hatfield, Senator Murray Crane, and numerous visitors from New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, with residents traveling to Marblehead and Mount Washington for vacations and events.
Special to The Weslington reports the Ep worth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church of West Virginia meeting in Fonewood for a three day annual convention. Six Bible conferences open with Prof. J. Turner in charge. chapter and junior league leaders join in. Prominent speakers include Cartwright, Cuthbert, Wallace, Miller, Yost, Jenness, Howard, Smith, Bird, Goodwin and others from Morgan town to Mountain Lake Park and Clarksburg.
Mrs Mary E Cummings widow of James W Cummings and mother of Maryland legislator Andrew J Cummings died at her home in Chevy Chase from paralysis. She was 76 and longtime Montgomery County resident. Funeral at St Ann's Tennallytown at 10 this morning with interment in Holyrood Cemetery. Survived by six children James W Andrew J Michael E Alice A Celia E and Agnes E Cummings.
The old Black Horse tavern in Canonsburg, Fla, saved from demolition for a modern high school, will be turned over to the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Protests prompted the school board to relocate the building, preserving it as a museum of Revolutionary relics with famous ties to George Washington and Braddock.
A fragmentary essay voices views on women’s roles, home as duty, and the call for independence within virtue. It cites Miss Phebe Cary on women’s rights and the aim for a strong, wise, feminine strength. The piece stresses building a home first and avoiding public interference with private duties.
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