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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1914
Page
12
Woodward & Lothrop presents a fall sale of Printzess coats at 25 dollars. Coats praised for style, fabric, value, and design with eight of 200 models highlighted and production by strong factory effort. Materials are wool and luxuriously warm, with close scrutiny from cutting to finish. Inspection urged while stock lasts. Thad Moor? st.
A catalog-like rundown of luxury wool coats in various models and colors. Features include Printzesa fabric, velvet collars, cape effects, and eponge linings. Sizes up to 48 listed with multiple fabrics Bayadere cloth and velour options in navy black green brown and more.
Mme Jusserand wife of the French ambassador directs relief work for sick and wounded in the United States and forms branch stations in New York San Francisco Los Angeles and New Orleans. Mrs Herrick aids refugees and refuses to leave France while leaders rally for aid and sewing drives are organized by French communities.
A four name musicale conducted by Prof. Sebastian Unglada, violinist and music director of New York, was presented last Tuesday in the Convent of the Visitation hall. Unglada is a former pupil of Joachim, with his piece La mente among the selections. Mrs. Morrison accompanied brilliantly, lending support from At lant.
Evening classes begin at 4 o clock in McKinley Manual Training Basin High Thomson Madison Walach Jefferson schools. Millinery and dressmaking offered at Eighth Street NW area and cooking classes in Morse Building R Street NW between Jersey and Fifth Street. Swift & Company reports weekly beef prices in Washington DC with domestic at 11.68 cents and imported at 1.21 cents per pound.
The president and guests attended services at Central Presbyterian Church. Miss Bones resumed church attendance since illness. Among attendees were Mr Woodrow and Dr and Mrs Davis who are White House guests. The report also lists several social moves and travel of diplomats and relatives, including the German and Spanish ambassadors and Mrs Townsend, Mrs Moore, and Mrs Noke Smith.
A string of social notes from Washington recounts the Foraker family taking an apartment at the Connecticut season, Cushmans expected back from Bar Harbor, Admiral and Mrs Hawley closing Whitefield residence and visiting son Dr Hawley in Manchester, and Mira Beatrice Hawley visiting Boston. Also listed are invitations for Miss Anne Catherine Beaver to wed Thomas Blackwell Smith at St James Church, Leesburg, Virginia, along with several arrivals and visits by international and local figures at hotels and residences.
The Grand Army of the Republic plans Washington as national headquarters for its 1915 encampment, inviting allied groups including the Women's Relief Corps and Daughters of Veterans. Mrs Georgiana D. Van Fleet led Washington at Detroit and is to welcome the homecoming with a reception at the White House on October 5.
The Maison Ben unveils an afternoon gown weaving plain and plaid satin in black and white. A lingerie collar features delicate embroidery with little panniers, showcasing a refined, stylish silhouette.
Washington social scene lists bachelors among elites across government and diplomacy. Notables include Supreme Court nominee McReynolds, Third Assistant Postmaster General Alexander Dacker, and John Barrett, plus numerous foreign ministers and ambassadors. Senate figures Burton and du Pont are noted bachelors with influential social roles. Army and Navy ranks feature officers like Admiral Blue and adjutant-general candidates, reflecting a broad social elite.
The Pan-Hellenic Association of eighteen national sororities campaigns to end high school sororities. Three GWU sororities support the effort, arguing high school chapters serve only serial aims and few letters of recommendation count. After September 1, 1914, no members of high school sororities will be admitted to larger Greek letter college organizations.
An American Express driver delivering a parrot lost the cage when it broke, the bird roamed a tree. A boy climbed the tree and retrieved the parrot, then demanded $1. The driver pursued as the mother raised the price to $15 and police were called.
A committee of eminent men and women announces the engagement of Miss Anna Vaught Hyatt to sculpt an equestrian statue of Joan of Arc. The figure will stand on a 16 ton stone base built from the dungeon stone that once confined the French heroine at Reims.
Local note announces operation from a new building serving Prompt and Coffee. The message invites old customers to visit and mentions phone contact North Five.
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