Lingerie and Bridal Goods Displayed at Elevnth Floor
A brief catalog note lists lingerie and bridal items including trousers boudoir gowns caps robes silk petticoats and exclusive corsets on the third floor at Eleventh and Fates.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1911
Page
12
A brief catalog note lists lingerie and bridal items including trousers boudoir gowns caps robes silk petticoats and exclusive corsets on the third floor at Eleventh and Fates.
An advertisement extols women’s tailored suits highlighting imported models, quality wool fabrics, handwork, and premium linings. It lists serge, diagonal, basket weave, and broadcloth fabrics in navy, black, brown, gray, and cream, plus new skirt styles and trimmed options.
Fashion notice outlines smart dress styles for women including Serge Dresses in navy blue and black with sailor collars, net yoke, and braiding. crepe meteor slack designs. black taffeta and silk serge dresses with fringe and velvet details. Fabrics, colors, and sizes vary, with affordable pricing and emphasis on street and utility wear.
Washington social notes report Miss Helen Taft will join her mother in the capital later this month, potentially resuming Bryn Mawr studies. The White House circle grows for the coming season as the Tafts settle back in, with health improvements noted for Miss Taft since Beverly.
Poise Bliss Carmen extols a calm power and enduring peace found in true personalities. The piece praises mothers and teachers who soothe and support rather than nag, and argues that real spiritual poise comes from active inner calm amid modern stress.
A Pennsylvanian tobacco magnate’s widow, Mary Carling Johnston Dunlop McCrea, marries Archibald Montgomery McCrea in New York. Her late husband’s will leaves one third to his widow if she never remarries, another third to his son David Dunlop Jr, and the rest to his four daughters. Simon Patten argues for female independence to curb divorce, while gossip notes Col. Haward M. Green’s yacht purchase and Paris society talk about the Pink Palace.
A London correspondent reports a home made preparation using powdered saxolite dissolved in hazel to wash the face. She claims the treatment instantly tightens the skin, smoothing wrinkles and creases including crow’s feet and neck lines. Several readers say it helped them too.
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