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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1914
Page
16
An advertising feature promotes summer dressing gowns and bath robes in light fabrics. It highlights comfort, liberal cut, and varied materials from flannel to silk, with prices from 50 cents to 12 dollars. Pajamas in numerous fabrics are showcased alongside summer nightshirts in airy materials. Main floor wants shoppers.
A dry cold air storage vault is advertised as the safest place for furs and woolens with no pipes to prevent dampness. The ad invites the public to view the facility and see how furs are cared for, mentioning access via the F street elevators to the seventh floor.
New York social pages describe Mya Edward Ascherman’s apartment redesigned in white with black accents and burnt orange highlights. White walls, black trimmed woodwork, rose and leaf curtains, and white furniture with orange drapery create a faux funeral mood, proclaimed a real futurist poem as the Aesthetic movement urges color-conscious home design.
A Washington luncheon at Rauschera hosted by Mrs. Peray drew numerous guests including Mrs. Bryan and Mrs. John Sharp Williams, with attendance from Mrs. J. Reed, Mrs. McChord, and Mrs. Bratatéd among others. Separately, the Secretary of State and Mrs. Bryan hosted a diplomatic luncheon at Calumet Place with ambassadors from France Germany Turkey Italy Austria Hungary Spain Japan and ministers from Argentina Chile and Brazil, plus State Department officials. The day also featured dinners at the Chevy Chase Club and a Colonial Dames tea foregrounding Maryland and national society leaders, as well as a Holy Cross Academy dance and a speech by John Barrett on the Pan American Canal.
William Phelps Eno hosted in his box with the Duc and Duchess de Richelle and others including Miss Alice Eno and Miss Scocysmith. Col and Mrs Grebie, Mrs John H Gibbons, Dr and Mrs Breckenridge Bayne, and Gen Joseph Breckinridge's box featured prominent attendees. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Charles S. Wamith and guests joined a bar party. Surgeon General Braisted entertained Mrs Harold Romney Edwards as plans to settle in Porto Rico emerge.
Dr Frank Anderson U S N Mrs Aniki and Miss Ruth Anderson plan to spend the summer in Europe. They expect to close their Washington house around mid summer and then travel. Mrs Paul Thorndike Milwaukee visits Mr and Mrs Thomas Swing in Washington.Mrs Lawrence Townsend has gone to New York for several days at the Vanderbilt. Mr and Mrs Abbot Thorndike Dr and William Thorndike and Miss K L Norris Milwaukee arrived in Washington and are stopping at a hotel. Mrs am Pruym and Miss Agnes Pruym Albany spent part of the winter at the New Willard and have returned to Washington and will be at the New Willard by late June.
Residents attend the routine gathering held at home on the first and third Thursdays each month, continuing since December. The note records a regular timing pattern and ongoing hosting venue.
Mrs ariey B Howry and the Misses Howry sail for Europe after departing for New York while Miss Elizabeth Howey plans study abroad. Mrs James Henry Watson, Memphis, Tenn., attends the Colonial Dames congress at Hotel Bederus. Georgetown Convent Alumnae tea at the Virginia Country Club features many attendees. A D A Rio Memorial Continental Hall meeting tomorrow sets up officers and votes. Voting at 6 o'clock. Geraldine Martin of Columbus, Ohio, visits in the city. Congressional Club tea hosts include Mrs Fletcher with Mrs Gareaud and other guests from multiple states.
In Oxford the Duke of Marlborough acted as auctioneer for his Oxfordshire estate and sold multiple lots to the highest bidders. He said the sales reduce land transfer costs and continued the auctions after the initial event.
Brenton New Jersey bishop elect Charles E Brent is chosen to succeed Bishop John Scarborough at the Episcopal convention in New Jersey. A message requests his acceptance. Brent previously declined the Washington D C bishopric and has been with churches in New York and Boston.
A rambling society page notes Princess Elizabeth of Roumania’s engagement breakoff with Prince George of Greece, Queen Mary’s fondness for the princess, and a blend of European court intrigue. It also covers a New Jersey dog burial dispute, a street coffin incident, and a Paris-bound transatlantic voyage aboard the liner France with social figures like Mr. and Mrs. Schiff, Edward M Greenway, and Canon Douglass aboard.
A federal bulletin reports U.S. kindergartens rose from 3,244 to 7,057 in ten years, enrolling 364,189 children, yet most of the age group remains without kindergarten access. Miss Myra Winchester calls for higher teacher qualifications and careful screening to improve early education nationwide.
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