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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
12
Friday Special features Madras Neglige shirts described as white ground with stripes, coat style and soft fold, offered as a desirable summer shirt for comfort and attractive dress. Includes silk socks to complement the look.
Friday sale offers dance and evening gowns at 12.95. Crepe, taffeta models once priced higher are now offered, with a small second set of trim lingerie and voile dresses reduced. Limited quantities remain on the third floor featuring cream lace and gray black options.
Friday special offers women’s white skirts in pique and rep materials in two styles. One style buttons down the front in a coat effect, the other in a dunle style with waist measurements. Well made and sized, priced at $1.00, plus clearance white tut skirts about twenty five pieces marked 75 cents. Third floor closet.
Shrine Rice of Arphaswador and Tay Boting-Rice sail tomorrow with family abroad. Secretary of the Navy and Min Dinlain just returned from Raleigh, N.C. Guests include Capt. Mason, former Paris consul general, and Col and Mrs Henry Mery with Dees May sailing for Hurone to spend summer. Margaret Cameron closing her house for a stay in New York before summer plans. Victor Cushman and missus move to an apartment on the nineteenth street then to Bar Harbor for summer. H H Barrola hosts a reception at the Wash Club for delegates to a foreign war military convention.
Mrs Rufus Hardy hosted a large luncheon at the Shoreham with 40 guests including Mrs Bryan Mrs Daniels Mrs Gore and many others as part of a farewell for Mrs Teale Beall and Mrs Henry D Clayton. The event featured red peonies and followed a tea at the Shoreham yesterday. Stephen Foote travels to Newport to lecture on Coast Defenses and Henry A Cooper travels home to Wisconsin after a Congressional Club cornerstone event.
Social notes recount a Wap and Gomiphon dance at the Chevy Chase Club with about 39 attendees. Events feature Ms Rain Parker returning from Baltimore and hosting at Pot Kettle Club festivities, plus arrivals from Habana and notable guests at the Powhatan and Shoreham venues.
The item describes a whirlwind of social events including a church ceremony in Westbury, bridesmaids from Buffalo and Philadelphia, a dog show near Philadelphia where police dogs win prizes, a grand display of fashion at a junior gymkhana, European visitors like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Lady Doyle sailing to New York, and Paris society rumors featuring Princess Hristo and pianist Geo Techtonius with notes on portrait painting and wedding predictions.
The column lists arrivals and visits in Washington. Bliss Helen Morton of Lake Warest reaches Washington and stays briefly at the Shoreham. Mrs Molly T. B. Jackson, Missouri native, with niece Katherine Vest, stops with Mrs Lacey at 185 Thirty-fourth Street Northwest and visits old friends. Dr J Law Thompant recovers from a major operation and plans months of rest in lower Maryland with Mrs Thompson and their son. The Woman's Alliance of All Unitarian Church hosts a home party tomorrow 4 to 7 pm at Mr John Lasker’s 147 Park Road Northwest, the final social in a season series. if rain, it shifts to next Friday May 2. Maj S and Mrs Humah of Washington were briefly in New York at the Hotel Astor.
The District Mothers' Congress plans a day of outdoor play and speeches under trees near Great Falls, arranged by Mrs. T Wilcos. The program features Miss Hamlin in vocal solos and dances by six Lucie Gale Barber School girls. Funds from the picnic will buy pennants for girls in upcoming playground games.
Fashions honor Queen Eleanor of Bulgaria with inexpensive and simple styles. New silhouettes resurrect 1880s basques with magenta taffeta and black striped fabrics. White taffeta frocks with batista trims remain popular, while designers mix white and dark combos for summer wear.
Graduation exercises were held yesterday afternoon at Garfield Memorial Training School for Nurses. Rev James Shera Montgomery opened with a prayer. Anne W Goodrich of Columbian University spoke, and Hey Yarrow presented the graduates. Diplomas were conferred by Gen George M Sterntarg, TBA, hospital board president. The class included Harriet Beall of Maryland, Edna Pots and Annie McFadden of Virginia, Gertrude Leakin of the District of Columbia.
A damaged OCR reads a roster of individuals with state initials and misspelled locality hints. Names include Janet G Kona Maryland Rosaitha Didier Virginia Katherine Did ier Virginia Irene Hopes New Fors Marjorie Woodzeld Virginia Annie Miller Virginia Bernice My Everstine Wert 'ama Emily F Warten Virginia.
Spring to start pot plants and home decoration with begonias ferns and proper watering. Maintain about 70 degrees, provide partial shade, repot carefully, and avoid stagnant moisture. Clean and organize pantry and icebox weekly, reuse stale bread for crumbs, store cheese scraps, and render fat from stock. Recipes include lamb cutlets with creamed spinach and a pineapple cake.
A beauty note explains using a delatone paste to remove facial neck and arm hair. Mix powder with water to form a paste apply for two minutes then wipe away leaving smooth blemish free skin. The guide notes purchasing delatone in original packaging for best results.
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