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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
23
The note explains arrangements with manufacturers to ship samples now so customers leaving town in June can supply summer needs. It also notes June brides can secure a key trousseau item at a notable saving, emphasizing Seventh Street as the location tip.
Several lots of women s tailored suits offered at very reduced prices. Mostly pieces from regular stock, some not in the house for over a fortnight. Materials and textures suited for cool evenings in town and general seashore use.
Special sale of women's shirt waists from surplus stocks of prominent manufacturers. Priced from a fourth to less than regular prices, with fresh crisp goods including lace trims, embroidery, and tailored styles. White lawn, India linen, lingerie, Madras, and all‑linen waists offered in various sizes and finishes. Third floor listing for Fisk, Clark & Flagg.
N L Lee Beyer, renowned as the world’s expert woman diabolo player, will perform in the Sporting Goods Department on the Fourth floor today. Demonstrations run 9 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. at our store, the headquarters for the original Diabolo.
A flurry of social engagements fills late May to early June with Miss Edith Sanger wedding plans to Mr. Mandeville Carlisle on May 27 and Miss Juliette Williams engagement to Mr. Joseph Leiter. Ambassadors from France and Italy host gatherings for Prince Prospero Colonna and Marquis Sommi as dignitaries meet at the White House, the Varied guests including Senators, ministers, and notable figures attend dinners and luncheons amid travel and wedding preparations.
Enest Miss Millam met Frederick Maryland. Harry Shellcross of Philadelphia, visiting Mr and Mrs BH McGetrick on Capitol Hill, will serve for home to morrow. Mrs Shallcross plans June at Haddon Bad Atlantic City. Music by strings. Attendees included Welch, Johnson, Van Dinkers, Astton, Gaskiha, Moser, Lipscomb, Killinger, Mologis, Moran, Belt, Walters, Shanks, Sutton, Weaver, Ferris, Kilmer, Hobson, Mozer, Burden. Mr and Mrs Charles Boyer chaperoned. Mrs Louis Somerborn and Dorothy 112 Park northwest will spend weeks with Mrs Phil Gotthelf in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Frederick W Vanderbilt and others open a Garden on Forty third Street offering a modest dining and tea retreat run by the Bureau of Social Requirements led by Mary Mutton Pell. Paris seethes with talk of the American beauty Mrs Rutherford Stuyvesant born in France, while Lord Vernon’s reckless motoring costs him his license. A May wedding in Amherst links St John Smith and Florence Howland as notable society events. Mrs Le Gallienne expands to a millinery shop in Paris while continuing literary work.
The piece tracks summer 1923 social life from Manhattan to Westbury Long Island and Newport. It highlights the Whitney and Spencer families, canoeing and outdoor sports at Bailey Beach, and new fashion and athletic prominence. It notes Miss Julia Sands and Miss Beatrice Bend, the growing canoe project, and polo setup in Westchester. It also reports Gibson’s artistic pursuits, the Astor family plans in Mayfair, and Vanderbilt family rumors of reconciliation amid court cases and social greetings at Sandy Point Farm.
A Philip F Gerry Memorial Association was organized in Frances Benjamin Johnston's studio to raise a memorial by subscription. Officers include Frances B Johnston as president and George F Bowerman as vice president. Committees were named for various city organizations and a meeting will reconvene to discuss the memorial's character. J D Kenyon of New York will lecture at the Chamber of Commerce hall on business-building topics.
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