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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
15
The note explains a shipping arrangement with manufacturers to supply customers leaving town in June and to help prospective brides secure essential trousseau items at significant savings. This offers bargains for summer needs and emphasizes the June timing and Seventh Street location.
Several lots of women’s tailored suits from our regular stock are offered at very low prices. Many have not been in the house for over a fortnight. Materials and textures suit cool evenings in town and general use at seashore and beyond.
Special Sale of Women's Shirt Waists offers surplus stocks from prominent manufacturers at a fourth to a ship less than regular prices. Fresh, crisp garments include white lawn, India linen, lingerie, Madras, and all linen waists with varied trims, sizes, and long sleeves. Third floor-Gst.
N LEE BE YER, famed as the world leading female Diabolo expert, will give a demonstration in the Sporting Goods Department on the fourth floor today from 9 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 1 p.m. The store proclaims itself the headquarters for the original Diabolo.
Social notes detail upcoming weddings Miss Edith Sanger and Mr. Mandeville Carlisle on May 27, gifts for Miss Williams and her fiancé Mr. Joseph Leiter, a theater party honoring Miss Sanger, and numerous diplomatic and notable guests including the French Ambassador Jusserand and Italian Ambassador Sommi. Mentions of engagements, travels to Europe, and society dinners with VP Fairbanks, Mrs. Hanna, and others fill the Washington social calendar.
Miss Millam meets Frederick Maryland guests and Mr. Harry Shellcross of Philadelphia visits Capitol Hill for a homeward bound occasion. Mrs. Shallcross plans June at Haddon Heights Atlantic City. Music by strings includes numerous guests with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boyer chaperoning. Mrs. Louis Somerborn and daughter Dorothy visit Mrs. Phil Gotthelf in Brooklyn for a period.
Mrs Frederick W Vanderbilt and others have opened a dainty Garden on Forty third Street near Fifth Avenue where patrons may dine or tea after shopping. The Garden is run by Mary Mutton Pell and offers inexpensive meals and social guidance services through the Bureau of Social Requirements. The bureau provides household tasks from open ing city residences to furnishing substitute chaperons and even dogs care. Mrs Pell notes the venture as a worry saver providing shopping letters and introductions for a wide range of social needs.
Wealthy social circles plan the season with canoe sports at Bailey Beach and outdoor polo in Westchester. Miss Sands and Mrs Spencer figure prominently in society events while Charles Gibson pursues sculpture in London. Rumors swirl around a possible Eastman Vanderbilt matter as the Vanderbilt circle hosts visits and gifts amid courtship and family reconciliations.
Friends of the late Philip F Gerry organized the Philip F Gerry Memorial Association in Franes B Johnston’s studio to raise a personal subscription memorial. Officers include Frances B Johnston president George Bowerman vice president Arthur C Moses treasurer and Edward R Padgett secretary. Committees will liaison with University Club Cosmos Club and other groups Gerry supported. J D Kenyon will lecture at Chamber of Commerce hall Thursday evening on business-building topics. Secretary W F Gude urges employers to have staff attend.
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