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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
45
The stock and designs broadened with up to date facilities for handling varied work and prices that are lower than ever. Vador Porch Shades are durable, weather resistant and artistic, finished in colors to suit surroundings. They protect from sun while allowing air flow, adding a comfortable extra living space in hot weather.
Extensive stock of ready made window shades in opaque and Holland cloths mounted on spring rollers. Size 3x6 ft. Opaque cloth shades priced at 25 cents each. Holland cloth shades priced at 39 cents each.
Complete line of Metal Frame Window Screens with sixes to fit any window. Narrow half inch frame uses iron for durability and ventilation. Frames galvanized iron with black wire, withstands weather without tearing or swelling. Open Prices list includes various inch sizes and screen doors. Cabinet-made stock screens offered in several sizes with prices.
Bakery inch widths priced per square foot. Shade fabrics for spring are complete. On request, two representatives will be sent with samples and quotes for high quality work. All routes mounted on Stewart Aarts foreliers and finished with perching bene-stite. One stitch prevents the hem from ironing out and adds to Tor Harahine of the shade.
Windwerdt and Toothrop Hi-h-erade Cabinet-made Window Screens are built in our own workrooms. They offer wear-resisting qualities and finish matched to sash hardware. Prices and sample details available on request at Prourth flvar-G st.
Linen couch and table covers offered in pure Belgian linen with plain or fringed edges. Table covers priced by size 4-4 at 60 cents, 6-4 at 1.25, 8-4 at 2.00. Couch covers plain edge 2.00, fringed 2.75. Colors include blue red or green borders.
Advertises slip covers made to order for a one piece parlor suite of imported cretories with twenty five yards, priced at 11.75 dollars. Also offers slip covers for a one piece parlor suite of linen at 12.50 dollars, noting fifteen words for the making.
A local ad promotes New Willow Furniture in natural color or green finish for bedrooms, living rooms, and porches. It highlights chairs, side chairs, rockers, tables, stools, settees, and a large selection of willow armchairs at a special price of five dollars each.
Vitrophane offers a perfect substitute for stained glass. It blocks unwanted views while adding decorative patterns. Available by the yard or roll, it is easy to apply and suitable for any window.
Spring clearance featuring one of a kind and small lot rugs. Readily available cashmere, Muskabod, Amritzer India, Mahal, Kermanshah, Jaipur and India pieces in various sizes with prices slashed from $40 to $350. Smaller lots priced at $10 to $25, previously $12.50 to $40.00.
A large state dinner and reception at the Japanese Embassy on K Street highlighted Washington social life with Admiral Brownson hosting guests for Ambassador Baron Takahira and diplomats. The event followed by a second dinner for the British envoy James Bryce as he prepares to depart for New York. Invitations note prominent governors, justices, and congressional leaders among attendees.
A formal engagement is announced between Miss Mary Willis of New York and Mr. James Alfred Roosevelt of Boston, a Roosevelt relative. The piece also recounts naval apprentice Raynor Wells’s promotions and family ties, plus observations on Prince Rodolphe Küretaulesco’s philanthropy and public reception in New York.
The article recounts a Paris living prince, widower and in his mid thirties, denying divorce rumors while asserting attraction to American women independent of wealth. Rose O Neill Wilson sends a cable disputing her husband’s implication of separation, and Henry Leon Wilson weighs in from Paris calling it an amicable rupture. Newport society features and Miss Ada Nethersole’s views on marriage and women’s roles are discussed.
Virginia Girt and Judge Adam Clark Carson wed at Christ Episcopal Church in Manila. The ceremony, officiated by Rev. William D. Smith, united Miss Eleanor Barnard Conrad, daughter of Dr and Mrs Daniel Burr Conrad, with Judge Carson of the Philippine Supreme Court amid a large gathering of invited guests and notable figures from the United States and abroad. The bride wore white satin duchesse with empire waist and orange blossoms. The couple's families are from Riverton and Washington.
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