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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1908
Page
18
Our collection offers two piece linen suits from severely tailored to elaborate styles. Coats range from short to 31 inches with natural, Copenhagen blue, light blue, and lavender colors. We feature trimmed and embroidered details and fabrics are thoroughly shrunk for lasting fit and wear.
A fragmented fashion feature highlights stylish ladies wearing silks and laces, with numerous delicate details such as ice and lace trims, fringe, and white or black fabrics. The display emphasizes summer wear and refined tailoring with various headpieces and accessories.
A long feature on evolving summer and fall dress where velvet hats lace gowns and color contrasts dominate. Washington society shows bold blue green and pink hues with polka dots sheer overlays and poloneck scarfs as major trends. Notable wearers include Mrs Weeks Mrs Bakers Mrs Taft and Mrs Guggenheim in varied outfits from lace gowns to tailored silks.
A fragment discusses whether an engagement should be announced in the fashionable world and suggests denial as the correct stance. The quoted line asserts there is no truth in rumors and emphasizes cautious public disclosure.
In brown and violet tones, Mrs Harlow wears a short half length coat over a fitted dress. Mrs Barlow and Miss Forsker display hats with new quill trimming and a violet parasol with carved wood handle. Mrs Milton Le Roy Gough favors a leather colored linen ensemble with a short jacket bodice and three deep tucks, while her skirt touches the ground and features dark brown trim.
Commencement exercises for the graduating class of St Cecilia's Academy Sisters of the Holy Cross will be held in the Columbia Theater at 4 pm Friday June 5. The current year has been among the most successful in the school's history and the exercises will be unusually interesting to friends of the graduates.
Philadelphia architect Albert Kelsey, a founder of the Bureau of American Republics, will give an illustrated lecture on Municipal Improvements and Architecture in Cuba and Mexico. The talk is set for Tuesday evening at 8 oclock in Hubbard Memorial Hall, State and ML streets, following his recent tour of Cuba and Mexico.
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