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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1908
Page
7
Ambiguously worded note describes discontinued lace curtain patterns, including Arabian and Marie Antoinette laces, with samples shown as attractive for fall. Mentions curtain set pricing and future purchases.
A catalog note advertises Special Value in Silk Damask, 1 yard length, in Rich Steer ematsen rose, Dubarry cerise cream, dark green. Describes trench silk damask pattern for diaperres and wall hangings, and for the Ven picture gf.
Clearance sale offers cabinet made stock screen doors in sizes 25, 27, 28 and 30 inches wide. Doors feature white pine frames and 14 mesh rustless wire cloth. Prices set at special values to move stock quickly.
A fragmentary advertisement lists crystalware and glassware items for sale including blue alcola, bath sprays, and various Mason jars. It mentions wide mouth and regular jars, prices around 100 dollars per group, and a focus on whole fruits and vegetables with rubbers and caps.
Fragmentary ad item shows prices and quantities for pints and rubbers with odd spellings and conversion notes. Mentions E. Z. Seal as a possible contact or brand. Values include 9c per unit and $135 for a bundle of two fen units.
Advertising brief notes new jelly glasses in white glass with plum color. Prices listed include tumblers at 20 cents per dozen pints and 25 cents per dozen quarts, with 35 cents per dozen for another glass size.
Guaranteed Lawn Mowers offers a range of mowers with strong construction and competitive prices. The ad notes four years of sales history and high customer satisfaction, with prices starting around 225 dollars.
Fragmentary ad listing assorted goods with odd prices including kettles at 40 cents each lozained pots at 10 cents and jely stainers at 15 cents per unit plus miscellaneous items such as presses and bags priced in cents or dollars. No clear event or entities beyond generic product terms.
Social column notes the engagement of Mr Edward Sanders and Miss Katherine Schrider Marbury to Dr Charles Marbury and Mary Stewart Messick to Dr Marbury with fall wedding plans The piece also lists assorted society arrivals departures engagements and visits of diplomats military attaches and prominent families from Washington Bar Harbor Newport and nearby resorts with mentions of travel to Maryland Virginia New Orleans and Paris and summer social events at Greenbrier and the Clifton Hotel Newport.
A long chatty wrap of Miss Kohisant and Mrs Palmer wedding life in Chicago, detailing home making and gifts from European royalty to mark the union. It mixes marriage intrigue, social rivalries, and the idle chatter of Monmouth and Newport set as valued status signals.
The sixth costume change features a navy blue tweed suit as the prince travels by train to Chateau Bellevue. Luncheon with archbishops and dignitaries follows, wine from Archbishop Laval's era offered and declined. He tours Ste Anne de Beaupre shrine, chats with locals, then returns to Quebec by car.
Newport guests join a Newport resort party with John Amory and Robert Strawbridge among Boston Philadelphia Beverly Farms attendees. Socially active Rotund ballroom scenes at the Mathewson Club feature hundreds dancing past midnight. Numerous arrivals and departures include Col and Mrs Charles Robinson at Greenwich and Vanderbilt party movement to New York aboard the North Star.
Newport R I July reports a new practical fashion in 1908 with women dressing at home for surf dips before going to the beach. Miss Emedy Redmond and Mrs Eugene Hale Jr are credited with the idea, leading to three women in natty bathing suits seen walking to the beach. Mr Pembroke Jones attends dinner hosted by Sadie Jones at the Clambake Club as Mrs Jones mourns.
Preparations for a given busy summer week at Long Branch focus on the horse show with afternoons packed and evenings free for entertainment. A cafe chantant benefits Washington Heights Hospital with Miss Cecilia Loftus impersonations and dances by Miss Bessie Clayton. Several dance numbers, a Merry Widow travesty, and a flower and confectionery sale by young women including Mane Lyons and Lucile Miller are planned with ushers from local society and Harold A Content coordinating.
Head Mr Adolph Heller of Cedar avenue has tickets on sale and at hotels. After the show many guests will dine at the Hollywood with dancing. Edward F Wurphoy arrived from New York after London. Guests include Clarence E Quintin Ethel Knowles from Trenton Geage B Hulme New York and Betty Wall. Nexter Well Wallahiss Rene Alman Peter Kempine George Willing Addie Heidelberger Stanton Elliott Jig Loscant Sidney J Holloway and J Campbell Shumpson arrive or stay at local hotels for the week.
Entertainments at Lenox Sunnybridge and Four Brooks Farm mark summer social season as guests include Mrs George Willinchro and Master J Harry Alistandie with Mrs Richard Watson Glide hosting garden soirees. Notable visitors like Miss Grace Sedgwick and Miss Eva Lincoln arrive. Pittsfield debutante Flo ence Col Dutton celebrates coming out with a family matron turning 86.
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