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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1908

Page

17

Approve Fashion Showcases Spring Merchandise Range

Several departments display approved fashion ideas for the coming season. Spring merchandise includes millinery, silks, woolen and cotton dress fabrics, ready to wear gowns, wraps, skirts, shirt waists, lingerie blouses, embroideries, laces, undergarments, gloves, hosiery, footwear, men’s clothing, haberdashery, rugs, decorative hangings, upholstery fabrics, art embroideries and related goods.

Special Exhibit of the New Spring Dress Materials 1908

A special exhibit showcases the New Spring of 1908 colored dress materials. It features foreign and domestic textiles with exclusive designs, patterns, weaves, and colors prepared for the season. The collection aims for broad display and novelty, emphasizing variety and quality.

New Spring 1908 Fashion: Black Dress Materials

The article highlights spring and summer fashion focusing on black dress materials and velvets. It lists fabrics such as Voiles Veilings Taffeta Batistes Chiffon Panamas Mohairs Siciliennes and various serges with notes on patterns, trims, and silhouettes shaping the season. It emphasizes draped effects revival of mohair and Sicilian textures and the return of novelty designs.

Spring 1908 Mousseline de Sore designs at resorts

Printen Half sil Mousseline de Sore features new spring 1908 patterns with pink irridescent tropes light blue green and yellow on white embroidered dotted ground. Describes material suitable for evening gowns and day wear to be showcased at Pale Beach Ormond and other southern resorts.

Mousseline de Sore Pale Beach Ormond

Black Alisik Crepe Cloth 42 Inch Wide Voile

A description of a delicate plain black French voile fabric. Noted as sheer, finely woven, and of excellent quality with a 42 inch width. Suitable for light garments and draping.

Social and Personal Notes From Washington and New York

Ambassadors and dignitaries arrive and depart with visits planned in Lakewood and Washington. Mrs Farbanks, the Duchess of Southerland, and officials like Mrs Gillett, the Italian ambassador, and Baroness Mayor des Planches figure in dinners, receptions, and a leap year ball hosted by Georgetown society with many guests from Capitol Hill and Cleveland Park.

Italy Mayor Des Planches Mrs Farbanks Lakewood N. J Duchess of Southerland Cochraw Home Haroness Drea New York Washington Leila Brown Capitol Hill Jersey City Mathilde Townsend Elward Beaty Tommend Carda Fm Jes Am Speedway Gett Connecticut Realig Jet Chaifen Mile Desita Alsiance Wang Portes de Martel Amy Fittess Piuisdas Bock Ih Creek Park Gh Vyhase Club Witioka San Francisco Tepan Phev Boston Isanetion Shey

Society Gossip from Washington and New York Events

A whirlwind of society notes recounts attended gatherings, weddings, and social visits. Notables such as Mrs Root, Mrs Jusserand, and Duke and Duchess de Châteauneuf are featured, with Paris and London fashion, balls, and exhibitions shaping a bustling social calendar in Washington and New York.

Duchess of Marlborough London Philins New York Stafforishire Tondon Lie Lake Sunderland House Ritz Hotel Woodstode Arenes West Vanderbilt Paris Mars Ev Nile Mama Tie Frederick Townsend Martin Palm Beach Henry M Tingler Whitehall Howard Townsend Martian Washington DC Flagler Duke and Duchess de Chautnes

Fragmentary OCR note on Witt Sang and domestic terms

Readable fragments reference Witt Sang and several odd terms. Mentions numbers like 1 2 4 yard and a name Jarl Woy with Sal. Content is garbled and lacks coherent event or clear entities.

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