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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
15
The catalogue touts larger stocks and richer designs with up to date facilities and lower prices. Vador Porch Shades come in weather proof colors, are durable and artistic, and provide sun protection while allowing air flow. A porch fitted with Vador Shades adds living space and comfort in hot weather.
An advertisement offers extensive stock of ready-made window shades in opaque and Holland cloth, mounted on spring rollers. Available sizes include 3x6 ft with opaque cloth priced at 25 cents and Holland cloth at 39 cents each.
Advertises metal frame window screens in six sizes to fit any window with a narrow one half inch frame. Highlights iron frame, galvanized iron, improved ventilation, durability, and weather resistance. Lists sizes and prices for various screen widths and accompanying screen doors and cabinet-made stock screens with prices.
A vendor promotes screen wire and bakery in widths priced per square foot. They offer two representatives with samples and quotes for high quality work. The fabrics are billed as Stewart Aarts foreliers with finishing stitching to prevent hems from ironing out.
Window screens to order to match cabinet work are manufactured in our own workrooms. They boast unusual wear-resisting qualities, finished to match the woodwork, and offered with sample and price on request. Prices and details available at the store.
Linen couch and table covers described as pure Belgian linen with diamond centers and colored borders in blue red or green Table covers fringed 4 4 60c 6 4 1 25 8 4 2 00 couch covers plain edge 2 00 each couch covers fringed 2 75 each
Slip covers crafted to order for a one piece parlor suite in imported cretonne and best Belgian linen. The offer cites twenty five yards for cretonne and fifteen yards for linen at special prices of 11.75 and 12.50 per suite respectively.
New Willow Furniture offers natural color or green finished pieces for bedroom living room and porch. Includes chairs side chairs rockers tables stools settees with comfortable willow armchairs at a special price of 5.00 dollars each.
Vitrophane offers a perfect substitute for stained glass by shutting out unattractive views while admitting light. It comes in patterns and is sold by yard or roll. Easy to apply for a decorative window treatment with neat results.
A Spring Clearance Sale advertises a selection of one of a kind and small lot Oriental rugs in varied sizes. It highlights high value textiles such as Cashmere Sarouk Muskabod and Mahal pieces with prices from 40 to 350 dollars and smaller sizes priced between 10 and 25 dollars.
A large dinner gathering in the state dining room featured the President and 68 guests including the Vice President, Chief Justice, House Speaker, many Justices, cabinet members, governors from 38 states, and notable figures such as Andrew Carnegie, James J. Hill, and Baron T Takahira. The Japanese Ambassador hosted a major embassy reception on K Street with aides and consular staff assisting. Admiral Brownson entertained the British Ambassador Bryce at dinner. Baroness Hengelmuiler returned to Washington. various society events and upcoming weddings noted.
Formal notice from New York and Boston society circles confirms the engagement between Miss Mary Willis of New York, daughter of Mrs. Charles E. H. Willis, and Mr. James Alfred Roosevelt of Boston, a nephew of Mrs. Reeve Merritt and Mr. W. Emlen Roosevelt. No wedding date announced. Roosevelt family connections and social standings prominent in coverage.
A thirty five year old widower prince living mainly in Paris and Rome comments that American girls are attractive and desirable wives but money is not the draw. Rose O Neill Wilson denies divorce plans while Henry L Wilson cites incompatibility as the cause. Newport society and Miss Nethersole argue that true happiness lies in marriage and that education will steer women toward better mating and delayed marriages.
Eleanor Barnard Conrad daughter of Dr and Mrs Daniel Burr Conrad wed Judge Adam Clark Carson associate judge of the Philippine Supreme Court at Manila St Christopher Episcopal Church The ceremony drew invited guests including the bridegrooms associates on the beach former US Army comrades and prominent figures from across the country The bride wore white duchesse satin with orange blossoms and lilies of the valley bouquet
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