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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1909
Page
23
Store announces new autumn clothing for men and young men with all wool fabrics, fine tailoring, and correct styles. The range includes sack suits, overcoats, raincoats, and stylish outfits for young men. Prices shown from 3.50 to 35 dollars for trousers and 18 to 35 dollars for raincoats.
A broad display of girls and misses outer garments and dresses features suits in serge and cheviot with satin linings, double breasted coats, rain canes, reefers, and one piece dresses. Prices range from 5.00 to 32.50, highlighting tailored, plaid, and lace trimmed designs suitable for home and foreign styles.
New fall hosiery for women and children featuring black white tan and fancy fabrics in cotton cashmere wool and silk. Highlights include extra slender and stout fits and a large children’s section adjoining women’s hosiery with extensive importations of new women’s cotton base hose in medium weights. Prices range from 25¢ to $3.00 with various styles including lace embroidery lisle thread and cashmere options for women and sturdy ribbed socks for children.
Announcement from Washington society notes Miss Lillian Chew will wed Mr J A Moorhead. The couple, connected with prominent families, plan a future wedding with Miss Chew described as a noted athlete and social figure. The piece also lists recent relocations and engagements of relatives and other society members in the capital.
Miss Eleanor Mittur and Richard Updyke Sharman plan a wedding with Gen. Charles H. Tompkins and family in residence at 1425 Twenty-fourth Street NW. Mrs. Biddle, Dr. and Mrs. Greene, and many guests attend a Cuban farewell trip for the newlyweds to Havana. Duchess of Marlborough visits New York, sparking suffrage debates, while society notes cover weddings, moves, and the inaugural Barnard freshmen commandments.
An old controversy about America's richest woman resurfaces as ER H Harriman's will bequest to his widow stirs discussion. The piece lists several prominent women, including Cornelia Vanderbilt and Hetty Green, noting large estates and dower rights. It also covers Elisabeth Magie's new Chicago declaration on servitude and a sociological dissertation detailing hardships faced by self supporting women. Autumn coaching season at Hot Springs opens with Mrs. David Dunlop leading a coaching party to Fassifern Farm and a drag hunt drawing 40 to 60 visitors, led by Master W. E. N. Vaughan.
Advice on how thought and taste affect digestion. Emphasizes savoring food, chewing well, and cultivating a liking for wholesome foods to improve digestive flow through subconscious influence. Encourages enjoying meals and selecting the best foods for health.
Examinations for time and line officers in High School cadet companies were held at Central High School and other schools. 87 candidates took the tests. results to be released early next week. Tent services at Church of the Covenant discontinued due to cold weather. The Rev Dr Wood returns to duty and will preach Sunday. In addition a dyspepsia remedy ad appears amid the copy.
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