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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1909
Page
13
An advertisement touts an Anglo Persian rug described as a genuine three-shoot Wilton made from select worsteds with mirror-like luster. It claims unmatched quality, hand sewing, the logo The Mark of Rug Quality, and states prices for sizes 27x54 inches 6.00, 46x76 feet 18.50, and 3x10.6 feet 50.00, with orders welcome for other sizes.
Open stock dinner ware offers patterns from French Austrian English and American makers. 100 piece sets available with flexible selection, priced from 7.50 for American porcelain to 29.50 for Haviland china, with English Austrian Syracuse French pieces listed in between.
The advertisement showcases rich cut glass pieces in various shapes including dishes compotes and fern dishes with prices ranging from 90 to 500 dollars. It highlights crystal water pitchers decanters celery trays and other patterns as new and desirable items for purchase.
Austrian glass pieces offer greater variety for weddings birthdays and anniversaries. Items include glass vases olive dishes bonbon dishes fruit dishes salad bowls candlesticks comports and baskets with prices listed for purchase.
A catalog note describes heavy lamoned wood utility boxes covered with Japanese matting and bamboo, suitable for storing shirts, shoes, linens, and bedding. Boxes range from $2.25 to $14.00, with special values on shirt waist and shoe boxes, plus a line of cedar boxes priced from $5.00 to $23.50, finished in natural or polished styles.
Spanish minister Marquis de Villalobar will leave Washington tomorrow for San Francisco to attend the Portola Festival celebrating San Francisco’s rebuilding and the 1786 discovery by Gaspar de Portola. The President's party will include Barrett and several foreign ministers on the Mississippi to New Orleans trip beginning October 3.
Mumater Sands arrives in Washington and presents to the President while his marriage to Miss Henting of Philadelphia is noted. Baron Uschide leaves Vienna for Tokyo. Baron Lelda to The counselor Mr Mitchell Innes arrives in Washington after a summer in England. The British embassy staff settle in, and social circles recall Miss Marguerite Barbour’s debut delay due to illness, while Mrs Davis and Miss Davis reopen their Highlands apartment for the season. The Duchess de Chaulnes spends time at Hot Springs with Shents family observations.
The engagement of Corinne Douglas Robinson to State Senator Joseph Alsop of Hartford Conn is announced by her parents at their country home in Orange New Jersey. The wedding is planned for November 4 and she is a niece of Col Theodore Roosevelt.
Marriages and social visits unfold in Washington as Mrs Irene H Burrus weds Clarence C Chewning at Ebbitt House with Ashland officiant Hey Jou Lawless. The Chewnings plan Niagara Falls and New York trip. guests include F H Chewning and H G Breckly families. Also honor for Mr and Mrs Krafts and Libbie Sheers. extended trip to New York and Canada. Marion Rivers to Joseph Thomlinson Rivers noted. St Marks Church set for October 20 wedding of Marie Parker Herbert and Howard Gills. Gills and Herbert depart for Washington then Philadelphia and New York. Mrs Gills sibling ties to Baltimore noted.
The Nest Tail meeting of the Howard Park Citizens Association was held Monday evening at the Church of the Redeemer. The committee considering reserving the southern portion of the square for a sub park around the Freedmen’s Hospital site asked Congress to take steps to preserve ground for that purpose. John W. Ewing of the Treasury Department spoke on good citizenship and Prof Hart of Howard University also addressed the gathering. A musical program followed.
Lrobs to spend the winter in Washington lease on 1327 Sixteenth street. Frederick Benedict, summering in Farone, arrived in New York on the Momenpolis. Ruth Greene Kirkus, daughter of William Kirkus Jr, to marry Walter Grafton Dunlop at St Margarets Church October 27 with Miss Jamra Beaumont as maid of honor and bridesmaids from Wheeling, Washington, Baltimore, and Scranton. Ushers include Spencer Gordon, Vir Benjamin Crampton, Nathaniel Ewing, Crank Keen, Donald Gilpin, and Savannah Gamble. Mrs Fremont Smith returned from Bat Harbor to 1908 Massachusetts Avenue. John Barrett to be guest of honor at a winter reception in Bethesda, then Milwaukee speech. Joachim of Chilean delegation expected this week from Pacific coast trip. Mr and Mrs George P Apsteby house-hunting at the Richmond for the winter. Amblesby spent summer on New England coast. Senator Nathan B Scott and wife at New Wizard for season. Miss Harriet Anderson of Cincinnati guests of Mr and Mrs M E Ingally at Flat Springs villa. Anderson, Taft relative, spent spring in Washington.
Reported Monday that Edward Harriman estate values will be set within days. Widow Mrs Harriman drives Tower Hill Arden project toward completion, aiming for a premier family residence, while continuing charitable work and managing Harriman interests.
Envious women claim Mrs Astor’s youth and beauty come from a Persian recipe and ancient bloodlines. Waldorf Astor’s wife Pauline is cited as inspiring gossip as relatives gather at Cliveden in autumn. Mrs Belmont spearheads a broad suffrage push while woman rights advocates plan canvassing across New York and beyond.
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