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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1910
Page
14
A large and complete display of Parisian and exclusive designs. The exhibit features rich models from foreign milliners and our own skilled makers, showcasing style, individuality, and color for all occasions. Visitors are invited to inspect the second floor millinery parlors at Woodward & Lothrop.
Easter dresses and costumes for women offer an exclusive gathering of French and American creations in rich silks at prices $2500 to $6000. The collection showcases sheath gowns with accordion pleats, changeable silks, new silhouettes, and elaborate bodices with duck yokes and high necks. Special prices are offered for the Easter season.
Ad shows a variety of Easter neckwear and lace items including real and imitation Irish lace, lace coats, and trimmed chemisettes. Prices range from 50 cents to 450 dollars, with designs featuring hand embroidery and lace edging.
A period advertisement touts Corsets for Every Individual Figure featuring models and lines from Casetha and French makers. It lists brands Lily of France Ivy Madam Irene Parame and Florita with price ranges from 2 50 to 18 50 and up to 15 00, highlighting fit, shape, and variety for bust, hips, and waist.
Easter plant jardinières in various sizes and shapes priced at $600 each. Rich colors and designs offered, with green filling included. Available on the Fifth floor at Eleven Street location, from Fifth to Eleventh Street.
Washington society gathers for dinners and boxes with ambassadors from France Britain and Japan and officials including the Attorney General the Postmaster General and the Secretary of War. Guests include ministers and their spouses from Argentina Chile and the Netherlands along with numerous prominent figures and a roller skating club fundraiser planned for March 29.
Mrs F B Moran lends her house for a benefit concert for Washington Juvenile Club on April 16. The committee plans a 50 cent-18 event on the racial calendar with a notable program led by Madrigal Male Quartet and Mrs Helen Cremnan, with many patrons and a long list of ladies aiding. A Bohemian warytone recital and a Willard venue musicale are also noted for fundraising efforts.
Former Ambassador and Mrs Henry White sailed for Europe yesterday. Mrs Nidhgisg Longworth goes to Boston today to attend the grandfather’s funeral, who died Monday. Mr and Mrs Joh Willuns left Washington to spend the week in New York. Mrs Harris Van Deventer of Tennessee, daughter of Justice and Mrs. Ir.
Dr T J Allen argues thinly veiled advocacy for vegetarian diets. The piece praises vegetable foods for sustaining physical work, claims meat digestion consumes more energy, and cites long-distance walkers to illustrate superior endurance among vegetarians. It mixes nutritional claims with motivational anecdotes from England, Germany, and America.
The Boston Orchestra attracted a large audience for the season ending concert featuring Willy Hess as soloist in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto No 4 with the orchestra under the baton of Kien ls de Boeton. Hess showed brilliant technique and deep feeling in the second movement drawing prolonged applause. The program closed with Schumann No 1 in B flat and overtures by Collin and Betz, performed with spirited interpretation by Fedier, marking a vivid finale to the season.
The Church of the Sacea Heart on Fourteenth Street near Park hosts a Rossini Stabat Mater performance at 7:30. Soloists Wiss Mabel C Tatt mer and Wiss Margaret Swee ne, with organist Margaret O'Toole and director L E Gannon, plus Rev Futler Joseph Magee to explain the hymn's meaning before the rendition.
Berlin monarchs Empress Augusta Victoria and Princess Victoria toured the American art show at the Royal Academy and posed lingering questions about works. President Arthur Kampf accompanied them as Hugo Reisinger of New York was thanked for his arranging efforts. A second event featured operatic performances by Schroider's Orchestra at Raleigh Restaurant from 12:30 to 2:20 and 6 to 9.
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