Woodward & Lothrop Demonstrates Lily of France Corset
Woodward and Lothrop showcases the Lily of France corset in a current demonstration. The display highlights the garment’s fit, shape, and fashion appeal for present season wardrobes.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1909
Page
15
Woodward and Lothrop showcases the Lily of France corset in a current demonstration. The display highlights the garment’s fit, shape, and fashion appeal for present season wardrobes.
Announcing a fresh import of damask linens and napkins with designs in violet pansy stripes maple leaves and scroll borders. Items include 2 yard linens at $2.00 each 3 yard at $3.00 24% yards at $2.50 24 napkins at $2.50 per dozen Trish Damask napkins hemmed $2.00 per dozen 26 inch napkins $3.50 and $4.00 per dozen 26 inch fine damask $5.00 per dozen 70 inch damask $1.00 yard 71 inch damask $1.00 yard plus new 72 inch German damask bleached at $1.00 yard Special hemstitched Huckaback towels 20x40 and 20x42 inches 2 cents each Second Noor Eleventh?
Invites attention to new stock of fine Oriental Rugs including Cashmeres Afghans and Sarouks. Highlights small rugs priced from 12.50 to 25.00 with values up to 32.50. Emphasizes quality colors design and lasting value for collectors and home decor.
Direct importation of Dresden pattern plates and fancy pieces announced with substantial price reductions. Original Dresden Ware also on offer for October weddings and gifts. Plates from 125 dollars up, vases 1.00 up, nut bowls 1.75 up, aligned dishes 0.50 up, bonbon dishes 1.75 up, fruit dishes 3.00 up, footed comports 3.75 each, cake plates 2.25 each.
New dinner sets in French German English and American designs. Open stock ware allows full sets or singles with 100 piece Haviland China sets featuring dainty spray patterns and English porcelain borders. Prices start at 7.30.
The article notes rising demand for Dutch Figure Ware especially among children. It mentions items like Chop and Cake Plates and rails, highlighting its continual popularity and assortment expansion as a regular line.
A list of cut glass items including Nappies, Shup Toga, Fruit Dishes, Fern Dishes, Olive Dishes, Almond Dishes offered at set prices. The brief catalog emphasizes decorative tableware crafted in cut glass style.
The German ambassador and his family arrive in New York aboard Wilhelm der Grosse and plan to visit Washington soon. Mrs. Leiter and daughter travel from Europe, with notes of visits to relatives in Washington and New York. Several social figures and couples, including Miss Davis and Mr. Page, spend the season in Washington and New York, with weddings, engagements, and reunions anticipated at Marlborough and hotels.
One of the season’s first large teas will be held at Mrs. Randall Hoes 1636 Rhode Island avenue this afternoon from 1 to 4. Inmates of the House of Mercy will exhibit their work and sale proceeds. A second tea is planned at 2408 E Street on Wednesday November 3. Several weddings and social news follow, including Miss Annie A Sis marrying Arthur S Harvey at Immaculate Conception Church, Washington society guests traveling to New York and Maryland, and multiple remarried couples with engagements and travel plans.
Mr and Mrs Ten Buck Wendell stayed at the Willard while opening their house and have returned to Connecticut Avenue. Mrs H F Emmons and her family came back to Washington from Dinard France where they kept a summer home. After traveling to the Pacific coast and visiting friends at Spokane Portland and Seattle Cal and Mrs Symons have returned to Washington to reside.
A Bohemian soldier gets abrupt news of reporting to headquar ters during dinner. The piece highlights how mental state affects digestion and urges peace cheerfulness and hope at mealtimes. It stresses avoiding worry and creating a merry household during meals.
Social brief notes Mrs John Jacob Astor seeks a legal separation from her husband amid moves involving the Astor fortune. The Astor circle, including Lew Ledyard and Cadwallader firms, attends to the case as New York society eyes the potential upheaval in exclusive circles.
Miss Adalena Pettus Rixey daughter of Eppa Rixey and niece of Surgeon General Rixey married Gordon Livingston Todd a medical student from Mount Solon Virginia in University Chapel Charlottesville The ceremony was conducted by Rev Harry B Lee The couple will live at the university until Todd graduates in June The wedding drew many out of town guests including Surgeon General Rixey Dr Cary T Grayson and numerous Virginia residents plus relatives from Culpeper Richmond and Norfolk
In Paris creditors sue Mrs. Lord seeking attachment of her property to cover 28 francs worth of apparel delivered January to August 1908. Seven checks on Guardian Trust Company of New York, all unpaid, were protested by William B. Douglas. Mrs. Lord, once of Bayonne New Jersey, now residing in Paris, is tied to an annuity trust for her. Lawyers have yet to levy on any property.
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