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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1909
Page
13
An extensive display of imported pottery, bronzes, marble busts, pedestals, and jeweled accessories offered by Woodward & Lothrop. Highlights include Italian marbles from $4.50 to $225, bronze figures and electroliers, teakwood stands, and pearl rhinestone ornaments with prices ranging from modest to premium.
A wide assortment in the Leather Goods and Jewelry sections showcases English Morocco handbags in assorted sizes and colors, vanity bags, fitted automobile baskets, novelty watches, monogram options, smoking and travel accessories, and imported silk opera bags. The Jewelry area features pendant necklaces, pearl collars, jet and sterling pieces with elegant gunmetal bags and purses, and lorgnette chains.
Page details a week of entertaining for Miss Freda Morgan before her wedding to Mr Evang St Clair Cameron. Luncheon and dinners at Chevy Chase Club and New Willard, plus receptions by Mr and Mrs Morgan, with guests including Miss Marion Cameron and Miss Mary Scott. Diplomatic figures from Denmark Spain Belgium and Germany attending or arriving in Washington. Engagement news around Miss Priscilla Toland and Miss Marjorie Shepard Laughise, with society notices of arrivals, gallery events, and assorted fashionable goods.
FE displays a broad array of hammered brass pieces offered as wedding gifts including trays finger bowls fern dishes baskets jardinieres candelabra umbrella stands window boxes and more with prices from 25 cents to 15 dollars each. Mainfoa Eleventh and G is indicated as the location.
A historic account praises an unprecedented lavishing of dress trimmings featuring 80 varied forms. Tassels pendants fringes and draping ornaments attract with colorful beading spangles and metallic glint. Braids and buttons add striking beauty and oddity to the costume.
Americans in Italy and at sea discuss prominent figures including former presidents Mrs Olegttl a Florence visit planned and Roosevelt mentioned. At the Vanderbilt race day guests display striking attire with mink and silver fox trim, including Mrs Payne Wintnes 1 wearing a bright carise frieze coat and Mrs Vanderbilt in black velvet and beaver.
Dr T Allen warns against benzoate of soda as a preservative in canned goods. He argues small amounts slow digestion and decay alike, and that perceived harmlessness by strong individuals does not prove safety. He stresses foreign substances disrupt nutrition and invite disease.
A list of attendees in elaborate outfits is described with each person’s coat, hat, and fur or velvet details. Names include Mrs Gordon Douglas-Costume, Mrs Arthur Burden-Coperhagen, Joseph Stickney, Mrs Austin Gray-Brown, Mrs Beds Harned, Mrs Elbert H Gary, Miss Susanne Henning, Mrs Preston Gibson, Mrs George Iene, Mrs Paul D Cravath, Mrs John R Dresel, and others.
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