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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1912

Page

12

The Choicest Black Dress Fabrics for Spring

A vintage note extols spring dress fabrics in rich black. It highlights elegant design, versatility for day and stately occasions, and lists fabric types such as serges, crepe de chine, voile, taffetas, chiffon, and silk blends offered by local shops.

New Spring Dress Fabrics in All Weaves and Colorings

New spring dress fabrics in all weaves and colorings showcase extensive ranges from soft tones to vivid hues. The collection highlights silk shant wool blends and a wide array of wool and silk fabrics including cashmere blends, serges, poplins, laces, and batistes, emphasizing refined textures and versatile dress materials.

Trimmings Fringes and Buttons Fashion Show Notes

Fashion notes describe new trimmings and fringes with Oriental colorings giving way to modern individuality. Evening wear features crystal pearl bands, white and pale tinta fabrics, and shimmering fringes. Displays highlight heads, ball and drop ornaments, fringes, crystal and colored glass buttons, white crocheted and covered buttons, and large pearl buttons for lingerie gowns.

Dinner and a Musicale at the White House tonight

The Taft family hosts a dinner and musicale at the White House with Charlie Taft arriving from Watertown Connecticut for spring vacation. The scene includes diplomatic guests and a busy schedule of receptions and dinners at embassies and public halls around Washington with various ambassadors and military officials in attendance.

White House Taft Charlie Taft

Grand Duchess Marie of Luxemburg and European Court Gossip

Englished gossip notes the Grand Duchess Marie of Luxemburg as a youthful ruler in a small independent state. It details her wealth, court life in Luxemburg, language skills, and rumored patronage by impecunious princes, plus a panorama of other tiny European states and a vivid society scene in New York and Palm Beach society pages.

Marie of Luxemburg London Berlin Paris Vienna Brussels Hague Lomkin Netherlands Tuxemburg Cangert Grand Duke Wiesbaden Europe Monsao Republic of Andorra Pyrenees Republic of Sant Marino Italy Liechtenstein John

Meat consumption decreasing in American diets this season

Dr. T. J. Allen notes Americans eat more meat than other nations but overall meat use is falling. Per capita intake once around 185 pounds annually is dropping as steaks and chops vanish from breakfast tables and many people now eat meat only once daily or not at all. Doctors generally urge less meat, especially in warm weather, and to reduce flesh in the diet if possible.

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Cabaret performers and planners listed for event and hospital cornerstone address

The program features ffgtston singing Holler Louder and a cast including Misa Flora Voorhees Brown and R C Halston with choruses of popular songs. The entertainment was organized by several organizers, while Count von Bernatorff will speak at the cornerstone laying of the German Hospital in Chicago at Grant Place and Hanlon Court. A plaque is to be offered by Rev Rudolph A John with addresses by the German Ambassador, Mayor Harrison, and William Rehm. The Chicago Ring verain will perform choral pieces with William Boeppler conducting.

Hotel Astor New York St. Mark’s Hospital Macceline Buda Yale Harvard Boulevarde Paris Flower Iris Margaret Bowers Betty Carson Gwendolen Condor Voulette Prowter Katharine Sands Frances Wyeth Elizabeth Thompson J. Phip Benkard E. H. Delafeld Maurice Heckscher Mies Clari Lola Martin Lucy Brown Roanmond Tonkin Dorothy Everett Blanche Julian Corine Ragedale Miinar Bergstrom Franklin Lord Warrin Wastage Joseph H. Hunt Garcon de Cafe Frederic Culver Maitre D'Hotel J. M. A. Darragh Flant Louis 1S Newkirk Charles X. Wordier, Jr Howard Borden Ffgtston Holler Misa Flora Voorhees Brown R. C. Halston Guarnieri Elton Parks George Chappel Howard S. Borden John Reid, Jr Newell Tilton J. Francis A. Clark Anna Constable Payne Whitney Tilton Elizabeth Perkins Eugene ,D. Alexander Anson McCoole Beard A. Henry Moale Rufus Patterson Walter Guernee, Jr Lawrence B. Filipian Benjamin T. Tilton Robert A. San Count von Bernatorff Chicago Maren M Grant ‘Place Hanlon Court Rudolph A. John Carter Harrison William Rehm Chicago Ringverain William Boeppler

Laura Harlan Named Social Secretary at White House

Miss Laura Harlan daughter of late Associate Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court has been chosen by Mrs Taft as social secretary during Miss Letterman’s absence. Harlan, who previously served for Mrs Wickersham and Mrs Richard Rogers, began duties at the White House yesterday morning.

Laura Harlan Harlan United States Supreme Court Taft Letterman Providence Hospital Miss Harlan Wickerstaun Richard Reld Rogers White House

Cardinal Gibbons breaks ground on St Charles College site

Baltimore March 14 Cardinal Gibbons turned over the first spadeful of earth on the site of the new St Charles College at Could Gap a preparatory seminary for young men to enter the priesthood The institution will replace the old St Charles College near Ellicott City which burned a year ago.

Baltimore Cardinal Gibbons St. Charles College Could Gap

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