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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1909
Page
15
Out-of-town customers asked to send for the new Fall Catalogue. Mailed free upon request.
The article previews women’s new costumes combining elegance and practicality in rich broadcloths and fashionable materials. It notes moderate prices for high character garments, including elaborate motels and one-piece serge dresses with plaits and braiding, offered in fall shades and blue tones, priced at 10 dollars each.
The New Furs department presents a careful selection of fur garments from leading manufacturers. Featured are Scarfs and Muffs in ermine, mint seal, fox, squirrel, and black lynx, plus long coats in Hudson Bay seal and Baltic seal. Special values include Fox Sets at 50 dollars, Blue Wolf Sets at 37.50, Rusivan Hare Sets at 20, Inthella and Sabie Fox Rug Muffs at 10, and Rack French Coney Rug Muff at 7.50.
An advertisement touts Lily of France Corsets as Parisian in origin yet adapted for American figures. It invites inspection of imported models and features Miss Meskill, a fitter, for a limited period. Corset varieties include silk and coutil options with various bust, hip, and elastic configurations priced from 5.00 to 15.00 per pair.
Mrs Taft and her sister occupied a theater box to see Lillian Hassell before December 1. They were accompanied by Mrs Louis More of Cincinnati and Mr Carpenter, while plans for Miss Chase to wed December 1 were noted. Mrs Taft wore a gray gown, Mrs More cream crepe de chine, and both wore hats with plumes as the box was entered just before the curtain.
A society figure from Kansas City recounts a brutal four and a half day regimen under Mr Muldoon at a training farm near White Plains. She describes forced exercise, harsh commands, a 6 am gym session, insistence on finishing a glass of water, and a fear of fainting as she endured the punishing routine amid a tense atmosphere with a French associate.swift & Company sales at Fresh Beet in Washington DC for the week ending Saturday June 18 averaged 6.58 cents per pound.
Invites readers to visit the shop to inspect a diverse stock of new fall merchandise. Departments include Decorated China Lamps Brass Novelties Sterling and Sheffield Silver Fine Plated Ware Art Pottery Bric-a-Brac Bronze Marbles Cut Glassware and Gold Glassware Emphasizes imported and American items for home comfort and adornment.
The article discusses bread and butter as a base food, noting butter supplies fat but lacks funeral elements. it argues eggs, milk, or nuts must accompany bread in a proper diet. It mentions a Polieh prisoner living over 66 years on bread and water and suggests walnut or peanut additions for better digestion and nutrition.
Earnest competition grows as hundreds of nominations flood the National Horse Show Association. Alfred G Vanderbilt enters with Queen's Favor and Queen's Maid, while J W Harriman's Avondale Ferm leads in several classes. Other notable exhibitors include HP McGranah, Clarence H Mackay, CW Watson, and William H Moore, highlighting a diverse field of harness horses and imported champions.
A compiled list notes entrants from Ohio to Boston for saddle horses trotting roadsters and Morgan classes. Names include Spencer Borden Pall River Henry M Alexander Boston Davis Ward and others from Syracuse Philadelphia Rome and Montpelier. Also mentions Lucia G and Pearl Onward with seven year old filly Nettle Freeman. Mrs Charlotte Perkins Gilman criticized modern women and moral conduct in a New York lecture, declaring marriage, adornment, and flirts harmful yet defended women’s social roles and labor.
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