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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1912
Page
14
Woodward & Lothrop announces a remnant day sale on high grade button and lace shoes in patent coltskin, dongola kidskin, and calfe kin leather. Prices slashed from four dollars to as low as two dollars per pair for women and children with limited sizes available.
Friday Special in Embroidered Bands offers a small set of hand embroidered bands in delicate design. The limited stock, noted as early selections, is marked at regular prices and suitable for trimming fingers gowns and waists with lace.
Porcelain Dinnerware offered at about the regular white ware price. Sets and pieces available with gold edge and dainty patterns. Prices shown for individual plates, bowls, cups, saucers, and complete sets, with several dozen pieces in stock and discounts claimed.
A lengthy textile sale listing dominates the page, detailing varied fabrics and garments. It highlights reduced prices on drapery materials, bed hardware, and numerous dresses, coats, and lingerie with numerous named fabrics and items. Names of materials, reductions, and sizes are scattered through the OCR text.
An old catalog item list features a Friday special on women’s silk petticoats in black white and colors with various plaited or shirred flounces priced around 2.75, and other garments such as cambric petticoats and gowns. The lamp department lists numerous lighting fixtures with substantial markdowns from 95 down to 9 dollars and related glass domes and lanterns.
Special sale on picture frames in varied woods and gilt panels with many sizes and prices. Also offered are Green and Gold French Chinese porcelain and Austrian and French dinnerware with heavy reductions, including creamer sets, dessert ware, and chop plates, all displayed on the Fourth and Fifth floors with marked discounts.
President Taft hosted a White House dinner last night with Secretary of War as guest host and Mr Stimson. Attendees included Justice Hughes Senator Root Chief of Staff Wood and many notable figures from New York Philadelphia and New Haven. A leap year cotillion followed at Miss Catherine Cameron’s residence with dancing and a buffet supper featuring a birthday cake for the Mexican embassy guest Mr Algara.
A Hat sale at the residence of Mrs Stobert Roosevelt on Massachusetts Avenue drew a steady flow of shoppers from 10:30 to 6:30, with Miss Helen Taft and Mrs Taft among early buyers. Notables including Countess von Bernstortz and several embassy attaches browsed and purchased hats while a tea room run by Mrs Clark Wagman and Miss Battea served guests. Earlier, Misa Catherine Anderson and Misa Gladys Togatts hosted guests, with social events continuing at bridge and piano recitals as part of a busy social calendar.
Mrs Katherine Beresford plans to depart for England tomorrow while Col and Mrs Robert Thompson await her farewell in Sheridan Circle. Col Thompson will visit the Pacific Coast, then return to Washington in April. Mr John Barrett visits Providence with the Beekmans, and A Kerr Clark Kerr from the British Embassy returns today from Bermais. The Mellen family leaves for Palm Beach, Mrs Lemly goes to New York for March, and the Larcombes head to New Orleans en route to the Canal Zone. Mrs Talmage and Miss Col will be at home after four. Mr and Mrs Gynn depart for Atlantic City for about ten days, staying at the Marlborough. Mrs James W McNeil hosts informal calls this afternoon, and a dinner and dance at Rauscher's honors Miss Jennie Rico of Chicago.
A list of receptions and dinners describes Maj Herwarth and Mimo von Merwarth entertaining at 4 breakfast yesterday with Gen and Mrs WW Wotherspoon, embassy officials, naval attaché, and other guests. A German counselor and Mme Haniel von Halmhausen hosted a dinner. Several social hosts, luncheon and tea cards are noted among society figures.
The Marquis de Montebello, descendant of Napoleon’s marshal Lannes, is to be expelled from the Imperial Country Club in Nice after an unprovoked assault on Baron Jacques de Saint Marc, president of the club. The baron and his wife Ellen Wall were at a table when the Marquis struck, drawing a crowd of onlookers who hurled him into the street. The affair centers on disputes over honor and social rivals amid a cosmopolitan audience including Americans and Europeans.
A woman argues that women in the business world should shed petty dress rituals and focus on practical efficiency. She contends that adopting time saving, gender neutral routines helps prevent burnout and meets the demands of modern civilization.
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