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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1912
Page
12
Woodward & Lothrop markets a UK style collection of high grade tailored suits in black navy and other shades. The range includes modified cutaway and straight-front coats with varied skirts and fabrics such as whipcords serges cheviots and basket weaves. Sizes 14 to 46.
The showing reveals predicted materials and novel combinations from Paris fashion. Crepe Meteor silk crepe and soft chiffon taffeta dresses feature new silhouettes such as pannier jacket fichu and draped effects with blue and black shades. Lingerie dresses in imported and domestic materials showcase macrame lace and velvet trim, with mourning styles in soft silk crepes and china silk priced from $29.50 to $40.00.
A grand display of new millinery models offers large and small shapes in hemp Milan Neapolitan Panama Leghorn and braids in black white and shades. Sailor and masculine effects appear beside odd side styles with trimming novelties macrame laces feathers ribbons and flowers. Pricing is reasonable and styles are praised for correctness and broad selection. Second Floor-Tenth at Implicity keynote of Tailored and Street Data.
Washington society notes detail Mrs Taft and Miss Helen Taft with guests leaving for New York. Diplomatic crowd includes German ambassador Countess von Bernatorff, British and Russian envoys, and several lawmakers. Meals and entertainments described as Washington hosts toast, dinners, and upcoming events in March.
The Italian ambassador and Marchioness Cusani hosted a luncheon at the embassy with guests including the Brazilian ambassador Mrs Townsend Gen O Connell Col and Mrs Symons Mr and Mrs Recalde and other officials. The Netherlands minister and Mme Loudon sailed for Holland and Mr Schmalek acts as chargé d affaires in the minister's absence.
Misa Cannon hosted a 5 pm tea at her Vermont avenue home for Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Loose of Kansas City as house guests of Representative and Miss Cannon. Mrs Beekman Winthrop entertained the Monday Afternoon Skating Club from 3 to 6 at the Arcade with navy yard band music and afternoon tea. Mr. Preston Gibson, recovering from an operation, enjoyed a surprise dinner and two National Theatre boxes hosted by Mrs. Gibson with guests including Count and Countess Moltke and White House staff member Capt. Little. The German embassy party included Attache and Mme von Herwarth. Mme von Herwarth and Lieut von Herwarth plan to sail for Europe after a New York stop. Mo. von Herwarth stays until then and will return to Washington after departure.
Mrs Robert Chew of the National Civic Federation will speak this morning on civic welfare with a buffet luncheon to follow. Mrs Edmund Morewood Bergunog of Pittsburgh announces the engagement of her daughter Helen Ferguson to Capt Dean U S A, son of the late Gen Tilferd. Senator and Mrs Chamberlain attend with their son George E Chamberlain Jr a Tome School student. Mr O O Stealey of Ocean Springs Miss visits his daughter Mrs George R Hamlin who will stay until after Easter.
Intrigues surround Henry Clay Pierce after his son Roy Pieres wed Virginia Borrowes in West Palm Beach. The elder Pierce had lashed out then softened, while discussions hint at lingering family tensions and high society intersections across Europe and America.
A fashion digest discusses changing neckwear trends for women, noting a shift from ostentatious, oversized collars to refined Parisian rabots and simpler plaits. It highlights softer lines, hand embroidery, and restrained color accents as the new standard for both slim and full figures.
The article surveys lace trends emphasizing soft shadow laces and flounces, highlighting a Bohemian tape lace novelty. It notes laces as accessible to many, with broad use in outfits, and mentions rising popularity of shadow designs and wide to narrow fronds. It also discusses early women physicians, citing Theodosia and Nicrenta as notable examples in Rome and Constantinople.
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