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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
19
The collection blends imported and domestic items with rapid accumulation. Dress goods and silks grow richer daily, featuring ultra elegant Paris stuffs unavailable elsewhere. Millinery wraps costumes laces gloves neckwear hosiery and shoes plus French lingerie make a premier display of fashion and value in Washington.
The New Colored Dress Goods announces an extensive Spring 1908 display featuring foreign and domestic fabrics, many exclusive to the house. The Paris designs include Chichinette, Voiles, Wool Taffeta, Chiffon Panama, Herringbone Stripes, Serges, Mohair Stripes, and other woven fabrics for tailor-made suits, with a mix of wool and silk blends plus open-canvas weaves.
The piece lists upcoming fashion fabrics and patterns for the season emphasizing sheer materials and unobtrusive chevrons. It highlights moths, Prdbantines, Siciliennes, and a range of named fabrics such as Tussah Mohair Stripes, Resilda Silk Canton, Melrose Cloth, Voiles, Serges, Panamas, and Henriettas as popular choices for dressy wear and checks as a favored feature.
The Rich New Silks Week showcases completed shipments of New Spring and Summer Silks in import and domestic lines. New shartings from Lyons, Princess Surat and Sucah Chevron, Rajah and Shah weaves, plus Printed Foulard and Taffeta varieties, appear in the latest colors. Designers note several fresh silks for tailored and dressy costumes, with Crinkled Vriffy Ruffles Silk and luminous color palettes dominating the season.
The article extols an extravagant display of dress trimmings with limitless choices. Filet Net Bands embroidered in silk and soutache, baby Irish lace, La Tosca Net, all-overs, appliques with gold and silver, and Oriental motifs with metallic threads. Endless variety of gimps and interwoven silks, velvets, and Parisian touches offer vast options for season gowns.
Washington society notes Baron Tekahira to be joined by Baroness Takahira in May. Japanese ambassador to host diplomatic corps on K Street. Several diplomats and social figures entertain or depart for travels, with Baroness Moneheur, Mme Nabuco, and Mrs. Taft among those mentioned.
From fashion notes to royal reminiscences, the piece profiles Marguerite, Countess of Suffolk, transitioning from aristocratic life to teaching lace making to poor girls at Chariton Towers. It also surveys Queen Maria Pia and other prominent figures, plus Baltimore charity fashion plans and London fashion signals.
A new massage system called kiik-kduk, said to have originated in Kuwait and widely used there, has been introduced to Washington society. An exclusive practitioner from New York after arriving in early winter claims the technique can reduce waist, hip, arm and other body measurements. The method is presented as European in origin and now making inroads in American circles.
Gospel meetings scheduled for Tuesday March 17 at 2 30 p m and 8 p m at 24 Gant Place to reach immigrants. Philip Sidersky of Emanuel Christian Mission Baltimore and Miss Roth Angel a New York East Side missionary will speak with Mr Bidersky presenting views. Also noted: United States Marine Band performance at the Marine Barracks today under Lt Willam H Santelmann with selections from Verdi Wagner Strauss and Lehar.
The Library of Congress hosts readings and music for the blind this week with events through March 21. On Thursday March 19 Mrs Shelby Hammond gives a dramatic reading followed by a song and piano recital by Miss Mary Helen Leefe and Miss Ethel Tozfer on Saturday March 21 Miss Susan Pless ner Pollock will speak about the childhood of celebrated musicians.
Secretary Owen R. Lovejoy of New York City, executive agent of the National Child Labor Committee, will lecture on Child Labor in Washington on Wednesday evening at the Y.M.C.A. assembly hall. The lecture is free and begins at six.
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