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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1914
Page
12
The note states prices at 12.95 each while values at 1800 and 2500 dollars indicate rapid disposal. The compact listing suggests a sale context with unit pricing and high listed values to attract buyers.
The triple tunic skirt with crocheted buttons is shown in white tan and gray and is familiar to patrons. Available in all sizes this desirable model is offered at 500 dollars each.
Prince Albert Radawill and Miss Dorothy Deacon visit London, planning a summer house as Polish estates claim the husband’s attention. Newport and Boston society figures attend Marchioness Cagati’s ball with vivid wigs and bold dress. Marble House renovations frame Mrs Belmont’s expected late season arrival. Bellevue Avenue hosts related gatherings as prominent families return from Europe.
The Rev Charles E Guthrie of Wilkes Barre PA will be the principal speaker at the Washington District Epworth League twenty fourth annual convention opening this evening at 5 o clock at Douglas Memorial Church Eleventh and H streets northeast The New Awakening of the Epworth League will be the subject of his address Forty visiting delegates are expected The Rev Mr Licktner of Baltimore will speak tomorrow evening on An Epworth League Renaissance
A suffrage gathering at the public library tomorrow discusses the Noyes Plan versus Bailey Bill for District governance. Speakers include Warren W Bailey, Herman B Walker, William D Mackenzie, James Hugh Keeley, Thomas K. Will, and Julian Pierce. meeting open to the public.
A large embassy dinner last night honored the Vice President and Mrs Marshgil with a guest list including the German and Spanish Ambassadors, the Cuban Minister to Mexico, and numerous European nobility and U S officials. Other gatherings featured the Indiana Society welcome, Senator weeks and various cabinet and congressional figures hosting or attending events around town.
Count de Peretti de la Rocca and Countess return from a world tour begun last October. He will sail to Paris tomorrow for a new foreign office post while she and the children sail later on the France. They arrived via Vancouver after a stop in Japan, making many friends in Washington. Other diplomatic and social arrivals and departures are noted, including Loris Melikoff at the Shoreham and various families heading to Europe, Atlantic City, or to Mount Vernon for council meetings.
Washington social circles report the marriage of Chevalier Guido di Vincenzo formerly with the Italian embassy now vice consul in Philadelphia to Miss Martha McBlakey daughter of Mr and Mme Pierre Fy Giroud. The ceremony was in Oak Lane Philadelphia followed by a wedding trip and a Philadelphia home.
Mrs Herreshoff reports two thousand five hundred dollars worth of diamonds and a necklace missing from the Ritz Carlton. The gems were loaned to Mrs Andrew Anthony of Bristol Rhode Island, relative of Senator Le Baron Colt, while Mrs Beekman and Mrs Ackenson tried to keep them safe. The hotel clerk and Beekman staff give inconsistent accounts as police and detectives investigate.
Lieut Col Asa Bird Gardiner retired of New York will host an exclusive Society of Cincinnati banquet at the Hole Belvedere in Baltimore tonight. Delegates from the thirteen original states attend the convention in Baltimore this week. The dinner is prepared for two guests and each plate costs about 80 dollars.
Jacob A Rus suffered a collapse near Cold Brook while traveling from Michigan to his summer home. He spent the night at a Cold Brook hotel, then completed the journey this morning, aided by a revived spirit and support from Miss Ethel. The scene shifts to intimate dialogue as they address a personal prefix in a moment of recovery.
American actress Josephine Brown, now paired with Portuguese nobility after a secret London marriage, draws photographers with a bold Longchamp fashion display. Her brown corduroy suit, sack coat, red muffler, leopard skin, and masculine lines mark a striking apache-inspired look.
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