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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1909
Page
21
A grand display of women’s dress goods and garments including fine French nainsooks and Persian lawns. Hand made and hand embroidered dresses and christening robes shown with sheer materials, laces, ribbons, and varied trims. Also negligees, lingerie, and bridal trousseaux in rich silks and sheers.
Silk Petticoats in taffeta and pessaline in Black and new fall shades feature deep tare flounces and circular ruffles. Silk Kimonos in black lavender light blue and pink are full length with deep hems and striped wash ribbon borders.
The notice announces the engagement of Mary Wallace Mason to Philip Halsey Patchin of Washington. Other society items list crossings, visits, and social events in London New York and Washington, including dignitaries, engagements, marriages, and travels of notable families and officials.
The engagement of Miss Hermine Gratz and Lieut Comdr. Richard Howe Watson is announced with plans for a November wedding in St. Louis. Invitations are issued for Miss Gladys Goodrich’s wedding to Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich in Pomfret Connecticut with a breakfast at the Goodrich home. Several officers and families return to Washington after summer residencies, and social events include a Welsh rabbit party at the Casino Hot Springs.
Guests including Gov. Hughes attend a lavish reception on the Columbia University grounds. Prominent women in attendance, formal dancing, and a three-nation Indian choir create a festive scene. The report also details grand outfits, naval signals, and a buffet on the lawn amid a bustling social atmosphere.
The Jesuit mission at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart opens with Rev. William J. Ennis and Rev. P. F. X. Mulry leading two weeks of devotions and instruction. A mixed-voice choir under I. E. Gannon performs Haydn's Imperial Mass and Diabelli pieces.
Masses, processions, and benediction marked the feast at St Dominic's Church with about 600 children walking in solemn procession. The illuminated Rosary and crowned statue of Our Lady highlighted the celebration, while sermons and religious articles blessed by the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary recalled Pope Paul V's commemorations of Lepanto.
A grand patronal feast at St Ann's Church Tennallytown featured solemn high mass in honor of St Ann with papal delegate Mgr Diomede Falconio present. Rev Nicholas Jasselit led the mass assisted by Rev Baward Craig and Thomas Butler. The event included ceremonial vestments, a papal benediction, and a post mass reception.
Forty hours of devotion opened at St Patrick’s Church with a solemn high mass and a procession of the blessed sacrament. Dr William T Russell led as ledebrant with Rev Eugene Burke and Rev E Finnegan assisting. clergy from Holy Cross College and St Patrick’s Academy participated in the ceremonies.
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