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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1910
Page
14
Woodward & Lothrop announce special showing of exclusive wall papers direct from England, Shand Kydd lines, with designs for drawing rooms libraries dining rooms halls and bedrooms. They offer low priced papers, interior decorating and painting services free planning visits, reupholstering and refinishing, and prompt delivery with fall hold option.
Cabinet-made screens of superior quality stand on their merits. Guaranteed rustless sire cloth and white pine with solid oak woods. Finest paints. Made in our own shops on the premises. Work started day of order. Prices guaranteed the lowest with quality considered. Estimates free. Models on display.
A large line of Curtain Swisses in varied figures and colors is now available online and at retailers. Sample fabrics include Lixeedlert and Sheineh with prices at 20¢ and 25¢ per yard.
Product notes describe adjustable black metal frames with venting and smooth finish in various sizes. Prices appear as 24 inch 33 inch 32 inch and 37 inch options with noted open price and specific item codes. Details are partially garbled but surface as a hardware listing for stationary screens and frames.
View new stock of linen couch covers by xemure gk fanen. Red Dordens of the edge trim offered in three Sommer colors. Priced at $2.00 each with fringed versions at $2.65. Limited quantities in Langrand storefront.
Artistic Willow Furniture Armchairs range 4 to 10 dollars Magazine Chairs 6 to 12.50 dollars Rocking Chairs 5 to 13.50 dollars Settees 16.50 to 25 dollars Tables 4.50 to 25 dollars Reclining Chairs 16.50 to 18.50 dollars Special values offered in addition to regular stock.
A catalog note advertises dotted muslin curtains with ruffled edges in various dot sizes and lengths up to 244 yards long priced at $1.00 per pair. Flat muslin tambour curtains and good quality screen doors with pine frames and wire cloth are listed in multiple sizes and prices from $1.25 to $8.00 each.
An advertisement offers Vader porch shades that exclude sun while admitting air. Described as strong, durable, and artistic, they are light and finished in a fade resistant green. Sizes 4x7.8 ft to 8x7.8 ft priced from 2.25 to 5.50 dollars.
The listing highlights several practical electrical devices with prices: Electric Irons four ninety five each, Electric Toasters and Stoves Combined seven twenty five each, Electric Disc Stores three twenty five each, Electric Fans eleven twenty five each, and Electric Sewing Machine Motors twenty dollars each.
Washington social page notes Mr. Wickersham hosting officials at a dinner. The new Spanish minister de Fiano and Mme de Riano arrive in New York after sailing from Cherbourg. The president and Mrs Taft greet Guatemala’s new chargé d’affaires and Mme Latour. A MacMurray Robinson wedding is planned at St Thomas Church with Army officers as attendants. Bridal party and tea happenings mingle with diplomatic telegrams of sympathy to Britain after King Edward’s death.
Metropolitan Opera tenor Jorn, torn by family strife, fled by sea to Europe with his wife’s agreed payoff of 2500 dollars and an annuity for her and his three children. He intends to avoid discovery, plans a possible Venice voyage, and denies intent to join Quo Vadis in the near term.
The Kaiser Wilhelm II carried Metropolitan Opera Company stars who earned over $500,000 this season, led by Enrico Caruso with an estimated $200,000. Passengers included Pasquale Amato and Mme Destina, among others, along with Mrs. Winthrop and Miss Townsend. Also noted are socialites traveling aboard with notable names and a separate segment on a drastic water fast by three young women in Garden City.
A health board issues a new manual stressing diet simplification to aid sick and aged. It argues that energy wasted on complex diets cannot aid recuperation and that endurance can improve with simpler regimens. The text hints at military cure ideas and monodiet concepts.
In Philadelphia Cathedral Rt Rev John A MacGinley of Philadelphia was consecrated bishop of Nueva Caceres in the Philippine Islands. Mgr Falcanio apostolic delegate to the U S celebrated the Mass and served as consecrator with Rev Lea P MacGinley and Rev William Temple aiding.
New York May 10 fellow passengers tow the Cunarder Mauretania which will sail for Liverpool tomorrow will include Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth Mrs Aston Timothy Drydollar Sullivan Walla Randolph Hearst Prince S Tokugawa Mr and Mrs John W Considine Sir Hugh and Lady Graham and Robert Goelet all listed aboard the liner bound for England.
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