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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1907
Page
7
WW show attractive stocks of garments materials and articles for summer use. The list includes coats suits hats shoes and dresses in linen silk voile serges and moa r varieties. Also traveling cases luncheon baskets dressings and vanity items for automobiling touring and vacations.
A local advertises a wide range of cream wool fabrics and silk-and-wool blends for summer outfits. Items include white wool frocks and fabrics such as All-wool Albatross, Panama, Voile, and Chiffon Broadcloth, with prices per yard from 39 cents to $3.00 and up to $3.00.
Navy Blue Batiste offered at 50 to 125 cents per yard with prices 50, 75, 100, and 125. Navy Blue Mohairs priced 50 to 100 cents per yard at 50, 75, and 100.
A ornate invitation notes an extensive display of exclusive art wares for wedding gifts. It invites shoppers to visit the Art Wares Salon to view fine china ware and glassware, promising an easy search for distinctive, artistic gifts.
The article highlights summer travel trends with a focus on seashore and mountain trips, noting many plan trips in the next week or two. It promotes outdoor games and toys, golf and tennis gear, bathing suits and caps, water wings, and women’s plaid silk hats. It also emphasizes Kodaks, cameras, and processing services, plus hammocks, auto lunch kits, and the Thermos travel flask as essentials for comfortable summer outings.
An array of travel essentials includes leather cased travelers clocks with alarm and guaranteed standard timepieces. Gillette razors promise long savings away from barbers. Other items feature wicker or leather wrapped flasks, collapsible pocket drinking cups, and a paper cup foldable for sanitary use. Toy and book departments showcase summer toys and engaging fiction. Leave address for summer magazine issues. orders mailed on publication days.
Social and personal notices detail Bishop Satterlee and family settling in Adirondacks and planning a September return to host the Bishop of London. Lulu Woodward wed Dr Gilchrist in Washington. Several Washingtonians attend weddings and travels, with numerous listings of guests and residences across the region.
Gossip notes Mrs Root as a forceful social reformer who may reshape the White House social code. It covers Newport society figures, Mrs Clews and Miss Hutton, the Marlboroughs, and Diana Paget’s efforts, along with fashion at Ascot and a public dispute over James Henry Smith's fortune claims.
Special to The Washington Post from Asheville New Mexico reports Biltmore House is closed for the season. Mr and Mrs George W Vanderbilt have gone to Bar Harbor for the summer and will not reopen the estate in October or November. All house servants left for Bar Harbor today.
Mrs Helen B Armour died last Wednesday and funeral services were held Saturday at her residence 2035 H Street NW with Rev George Halley officiating. Interment followed in Arlington Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Also notes a 500-child outing for mothers and children tomorrow at Chesapeake Beach via Chesapeake Beach Railway Company from Chesapeake Junction at 1:30 AM returning at 6 PM.
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