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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1907
Page
7
Woodward & Lothrop promotes a large display of imported decorative art objects from Europe in their New York Washington and Paris rooms. Marble pedestals bronze electroliers porcelain miniatures clocks vases and exotic wares are shown for wedding anniversaries and gifts with assurances of top quality and exclusivity.
UR Dress Goods Department highlights a broad display of fabrics for church, wedding, reception, calling, shopping, and traveling costumes. The shop promotes a wide range of fabrics with special attention to current season demand and quality guarantees.
Spotproof chiffon broadcloths come in four qualities and shades including browns Copenhagen blue navy marine taupe and gar fuenne and myrtle green. Listings show prices per yard for various fabrics such as domeline serges taffeta voile and Venetian cloths with ranges from 75 cents to 2 dollars per yard and notes of all wool and half-wool options.
The notice catalogs a broad stock of fabrics including Priestleys-Voile Etamine Tamise Henrietta Woal Taffeta Cravenette Serge Cheviot and many others with mentions of fashionable season displays and a variety of weaves and materials. It lists numerous named textiles and brands such as Read's Lansdowne Nun's Veiling Panama Cloth and Sicilian among others.
Advert shows Novent Petticoats with jersey tops in several qualities. They fit snugly at the hips with no fullness and provide warmth as they cling with every motion. Priced from $1.50 to $3.75, with trims in sateen or heatherbloom and options ending in flats with wide tameta silk ruffles and tucked clusters.
A newspaper listing details numerous books with prices, editors, and illustrational notes. Titles include A Book of Quotations and Famous Painters of America, along with works on Homeric life, The Negro in the South, Education by Plays, and others. Prices range from small cents to several dollars. Many entries mention illustrations and color plates.
Social and personal notices describe Miss Catharine Ridgely, daughter of the Comptroller, and Mr. Phelps Brown set to wed Thursday at the Church of the Covenant with Ridgely sisters and other society figures attending. Also listed are engagements and upcoming ceremonies across Washington, Martinsburg, and Baltimore, including Miss Faulkner and Mr. Snodgrass, Miss Maxwell and Mr. Dovta, and other prominent families with plans through November and December.
A long feature observes Ambassador Tower's Berlin return after three weeks in Baden Baden and Wiesbaden, amid rumors of a successor including Longworth and Davin gayne Hill. It notes London hotel dress codes, continental breakfasts, and Newport society's widows of wealth—Ogdens Goelets and Odrichs—hosting lavish entertainments and pondering marriages as Alfred Vanderbilt and party travel.
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