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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1916
Page
14
National Decoration Day observances spur preparations for outings with a wide range of photography gear and luggage. Eastman Kodaks and cameras priced from 59 to 27.50, films, albums, frames, and accessories. travel trunks and cases. plus baseball equipment for boys.
An assortment of hammocks for outdoor use is advertised with khaki canvas swinging hammocks priced at 1.50 each and woven hammocks with pillow and fringe at 2.00. Couch hammocks in khaki duck with mattress and springs range from 5.00 to 24.50, with Woodward & Lothrop specials including a 6 ft canvas covered reversible mattress on helicon springs at 6.95.
Children's white duck play tents with poles measure five by five feet and cost 3.95. Boy Scout khaki canvas tents five by seven feet with poles priced at 4.50. Lawn swings in hardwood with screws and bolts, green uprights, strong and durable, priced 7.06. Steel lawn swings with canopy priced 12.50 each.
Holiday shoppers find tennis supplies in wide selection from Wright & Ditson Hackets priced 1.50 to 10.00 Lees 2.00 to 8.50 Reach's 1.50 to 6.00 Practice balls 25 cents each Championship balls Spalding Wright & Ditazon Reach's Paramount 35 cents each or 3 for 1.00 Racket cases nets poles guides listed with assorted prices for gear and accessories including cases nets poles guides and balls.
Local shop lists Scout gear for outings including suits from 1.00 to 4.00 dollars, hatchets 0.50 to 1.25, knives 1.00, ropes 0.20, leggings 0.50 to 0.75, cook kits, and canteens at 1.00.
An advertises Stars and Stripes flags and flag accessories for Decoration Day. Various sizes and materials are offered including cotton bunting sewn stripes, printed silk flags, muslin flags, mounted flags with staffs, flag poles and holders, with prices ranging from a few cents to several dollars.
RS Lansing guests at Mrs Anderson bridge party. Mr and Mrs Gatt announce engagement of their niece Miss Helena K Elliott to Mr Frederic Louis Huidekoper of Washington with September wedding in Osterville Massachusetts. Various diplomatic figures and society hostesses are mentioned attending luncheons and gatherings, including Mrs Howard E Ames honoring Mrs Moore and other titled guests.
Prof and Mrs Brown host at Chevy Chase Club honoring Mrs John Bennet and other guests from Seventh Infantry and Second Cavalry. Various guests, travel plans, and weddings populate a bustling social scene with Mrs Chauncey Baker and Beatrice Lambdin wedding.
Mrs Frank Polk plans return to Washington from New York as Col William Hancock Clark visits Col and Mrs Augustus Nicholson at 1718 N Street. Mrs Henry Holcombe hosted a preteens bridge party at Washington Barracks for guests including Mrs Join Harrison Knepp, Mrs Joseph Colquitt, Mrs Richard Kearney and numerous others from Baltimore and Washington.
Mrs Helmbold and companions depart for New Haven to attend a house party and the Yale finals, with plans for Mrs Helmbold and Miss Helmbold to later visit Pine Orchard for six weeks. Miss Mason will return to Washington then head to Annapolis for the June ball. Catherine H Thom announces the engagement of Katherine L Thom to Carroll E La Place of Essex Conn. wedding set for June 3 at Ninth Street Christian Church. The same day at St Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Elizabeth Ames Poore will wed Oliver Hazard Perry Champlin of Buffalo N Y.
In Philadelphia a surprise wedding united Mrs Susan Sturgis Stewart divorced wife of Antonio Yznaga Stewart with Dr Robert G Le Conte at 3 pm yesterday at the Stewart home at Twentieth and Spruce streets. The ceremony was intimate with only close relatives present. Le Conte, born 1865 in Philadelphia, studied at Penn and in Paris, served as resident physician at Pennsylvania Hospital before focusing on surgery. He was an assistant surgeon in the Third regiment under Dr Edward Martin. The group of Sturgis sisters, including Mrs Charles Y Ingersoll, Mrs Edgar T Scott, and Mrs James Potter, remains prominent in society circles.
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