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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1909
Page
21
An advertisement touts Anglo Persian rugs as genuine Wilton quality three shoe woollen rugs. It promises mirror like luster, fast dyeing, and superior finish, with sizes 27x54 inches at $6.00, 46x76 feet at $18.50, and 3x10.6 feet at $50.00, claiming unbeatable prices and a “Mark of Rug Quality” on back stitching.
Open stock dinner ware patterns show shapes by leading French Austrian English and other makers. Exhibitions of open stock dinner ware include 100 piece sets in American porcelain from $7.50 upward English porcelain $12.25 upward Austrian china $21.25 upward Syracuse china $18.50 upward French china $23.80 upward Haviland china $29.50 upward.
Rich cut glass pieces in varied shapes feature new and desirable cuttings. Ells WL Dishes priced from 250 up. Salad dishes 300 up. Comports 99.90 up. Fern dishes 275 up. Handed Nunples 100 up. Cruets 195 up. Water pitchers 275 up. Decanters 500. Five dishes 735. Celery trays 275.
Austrian glass pieces in broad variety for weddings birthdays and anniversaries. Items include glass vases olive dishes bonbon dishes fruit dishes salad bowls candlesticks comports and baskets with prices such as 92.50 and 2.00 and 1.25. Unique decorative pieces for gifts and home use.
A catalog notice describes heavy lamoned wood utility boxes covered in Japanese matting with bamboo finishing. Available styles include shirt waist and shoe boxes, cedar boxes in various sizes, and finishes from natural to polished. Special prices range from 2.25 to 23.50 per box, with features noted such as gold coving and white matting.
Spanish minister Marquis de Villalobar will depart Washington for San Francisco to attend the Portola Festival honoring San Francisco’s rebuilding and its discovery by Gaspar de Portola. The President’s party includes John Barrett and foreign ministers from several Latin American nations. A large banquet will be hosted by St Louis business leaders and notable guests from government and the Tokyo exposition circle will attend.
Diplomatic staff and spouses arrive or depart Washington for the season. Mumater Sands and Miss Henting wed before travel. Baron Uschide and Baron Lelda depart Vienna and Tokyo respectively. British officials Innes and Mitchell Innes lodge in Washington. Miss Barbour and Mrs James Barbour plan a delayed debut. Mrs Davis and Miss Davis reopen Highlands apartment. Duchess de Chaulnes attends social events at the Homestead Hotel.
Miss Corinne Douglas Robinson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglas Robinson of Orange New Jersey, announces engagement to State Senator Joseph Alsop of Hartford Connecticut. The wedding is planned for November 4 and the couple will wed at a private ceremony. Miss Robinson is a niece of Col Theodore Roosevelt and was a frequent White House guest.
Multiple wedding notices from Washington describe marriages and engagements. Irene Burrus and Clarence Chewning wed at Ebbitt House with relatives present and plans to travel to Niagara Falls and New York. Marion Rivers and Joseph Thomlinson Rivers announce nuptials in South Carolina with a future home in Washington. Marie Parker Herbert and Howard Gills wed in Richmond and will visit Philadelphia and New York after.
The Nest Tail meeting of the Howard Park Citizens Association met Monday evening at the Church of the Redeemer. The committee weighing reserving the southern square near the new Freedmen's Hospital as a park reported. The association passed a resolution to petition Congress to preserve the ground. John W Ewing of the Treasury Department spoke on good citizenship, and Professor Hart of Howard University spoke as well. A musical program followed.
Lrobs will spend the winter in Washington and lease 1327 Sixteenth Street. Frederick Benedict, after a Farone summer, arrived in New York on the Momenpolis. Ruth Greene Kirkus, daughter of William Kirkus Jr., will marry Walter Grafton Dunlop at St Margarets Church on October 27 with bridesmaids including Jamra Beaumont and Helen Crampton among others. Best man Howard Turner and ushers Spencer Gordon and Vir Benjamin Crampton, with guests from Philadelphia and Maryland. Dr Fremont Smith and Mrs. Smith return from Bar Harbor to 198 Massachusetts Avenue. John Barrett, director of the Bureau of American Republics, will be guest at a winter event in Backmore, then Milwaukee for a Friday banquet hosted by the Merchants and Manufacturers Association. Joachim of the Chilean delegation may arrive this week from the Pacific coast. Mr and Mrs George P Apsteby stay at the Richmond while seeking a winter home. Amglebys spent summer on the New England coast and at Hot Springs. Senator and Mrs Mathan B Scott return to Washington and stay at the New Wizard for the season. Miss Herriet Anderson of Cincinnati visits the Ingally villa at Flat Springs. she is Taft’s niece and spent time in Washington this spring.
Estate appraisal of Edward Harriman, last month’s death, places his fortune between eighty million and three point two billion dollars. Widow Mrs Mary Harriman directs Tower Hill mansion work in Arden New York, aiming for a flagship home for descendants while continuing Harriman philanthropy including the Boys Club project on the East Side. The will favors the widow with the bulk of property, with stories of gifts to children and relatives circulating as the estate’s settlement nears. The piece also notes social aims of Mrs Harriman and mentions other society figures and events in Britain and America, including London's Lady Suffolk and Count de Beaufort’s party life and travels.
Descriptions of Mrs Astor from Scottish grounds praising her beauty and rumored youth recipe. Waldorf Astor and Mamie Astor linked to Cliveden. Mrs Spender Clay ill, Belmont suffrage efforts discussed with Hunter visiting Syracuse to push woman suffrage. Campaigns involve house-to-house canvassing and cross-Atlantic appeals from Kenney and Pankhurst affiliates. A Peary Cook coupon offer closes the piece.
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