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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1912

Page

10

Sale of Dinnerware at Deep Discounts on Open Stock Pieces

A department sale offers broken assortments and open stock dinnerware at greatly reduced prices to clear remaining patterns. The assortment, largest yet, includes China English Porcelain and American China wares with floral and border designs, plus three open stock patterns from major potteries, all featuring gold edges and high quality finishes.

Isuilone Chhina English Amercan Chima Chima

Handsome Dinner Plates Greatly Reduced

A catalog blurb offers twelve Heviland china plates with distinct patterns. Each plate showcases high craft by potter and decorator. Prices are about one fourth off usual value due to disposal of dinnerware.

Heviland

Complete Line of New Cretonnes in G Street Windows

New patterns of cretonnes Ivory Cloths Taffetas and Denuties offer dainty effects to rich costly qualities. Displays show attractive designs for curtains portieres couch covers and table spreads. Ivory Cloths in row of designs. La France et ochene bold colors and patterns excite May display of cretonnes and related fabrics in our windows.

la France Et Ochene

Taft and guests attend theater and social events in Washington

President and Mrs Taft were in the audience at the National Theater and the Columbia Theater with a large line of guests and dignitaries including ambassadors, ministers, and political figures. The evening featured dinners, receptions, and further engagements as the social season continued with prominent society figures traveling and hosting in Washington and abroad.

Taft Columbia Theater Horace Wentcott Iear Rockwell T Military Arts White House National Theater Walter Fisher Marshall Field Boardman Frank Ellis Thomas Gaff Countess von Bernstorf Netherlands Mme Louton George W. Wickersham Charles Nagel Nicholas Anderson

Lenten lecture series opens by Congressional Club speaker

The Congressional Club held the first in a series of Tuesday morning Lenten lectures yesterday with Mrs Williams Stuart as speaker introduced to Mrs Taylor of Florida. The chair of the entertainment committee addressed the club and about mem bers attended the event, followed by a buffet luncheon.

Playhouse Misa Kisle Preston Gibson Mias de Wolf Richard Townsend Lawrence Townsend Ivonne Townsend Viscountess de Sibour Clarence Moore Murray Crane Filaabuth Hammond Charles Richardson Frederick Brooke Perry Belmont Henry May William Littauer Dorothy Williams Talaon Bradtey Murray Cotb Clarence Wilton Mire Morris Congressional Club Mra Williams Stuart Uie Stuart Taylor Florida Consumers League Cahmnbia T Hoberta Buffel

Unclear OCR fragment hints at historical events and names

Fragmentary text references a range of people and places including Masel, Den tt, Vallaton, Canthos Sayer, Pwerts, Saez Canuana Farape, and Mrs Mulill. It appears as an OCR collage from a historic page with garbled lines and partial proper nouns, lacking coherent narrative or dates.

Mal Tos Canthos Sayer Mulill Canuana Farape

Absurd costumes and wealth themes in late 19th century fashion

A fragmentary London gossip item surveys extravagant dress costs for American women, noting $12,000 for a single costume and high prices for feathers slippers and silk stockinette. It highlights social display and fashion economics among affluent women, with figures incomplete and riddled with OCR errors.

Van Valkenberghs Expensive Tastes Highlighted

Mrs Pinlip Van Valkenbergh is noted for costly fashion tastes. The piece lists items she wore or purchased such as evening gowns, wraps, corsets, hats, gloves, shoes, parasol, handkerchiefs, and related totals, totaling around several hundred dollars. The narrative references purchases and spending by Van Valkenbergh and mentions Mrs Van Valkenberght's insistence on paying.

Pinlip van Valkenbergh James Vueale Wdon Pinto van Valkenbergt Wat Dutt Gordon van Valkenbergt Ingeria and Petticant

Lent Season Social Service Expands Hospital Aid

Observers of Lent increasingly take on organized social service linked to free dispensaries. Volunteers and soon trained social workers visit homes to diagnose ongoing barriers to recovery, ensuring focused help rather than temporary aid.

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