Woodward Lothrop Corset Demonstration In Progress
Woodward & Lothrop hosts a live demonstration of the Lily of France corset as shoppers observe. The event showcases fit and styling, drawing customers to the display in the department store.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1909
Page
23
Linen and Damask Linen Goods Then New Arrivals
Announcement of imported damask and linen textiles including 70 to 72 inch damask, bleached and embossed, various napkins and cloth lengths with prices per yard or dozen. Special hemstitched towels offered at 2 cents each. Includes patterns violet pansy stripe maple leaves and borders. Second Noor Eleventh? noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Rich Oriental Rugs Fourth floor concrete sales pitch
Rich Oriental Rugs invites attention to a new stock of Oriental Rugs and notes scarcer good pieces as newer productions arrive. The ad lists Cashmeres Afghan Amritzers Mahals Shirvans Dagestans and many more with prices around 12.50 to 32.50 and promotes small lots with unbeatable values on the fourth floor G street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indias
Kirmanshahs
Tabriz
Ghenjes
Kazaks
Shirvans
Daghestans
Dabistans
Sennas
Sarouks
Bokharas
Irans
Kelims
Kurdestans
G Street
Dresden Pattern Chinaware Direct Import Offers Bargains
A new direct import brings Dresden pattern plates and fancy pieces at about half typical prices. Original Dresden Ware also available for October weddings and gifts. Plates from $1.25 up, flower vases from $1.00, nut bowls $1.75, aligned dishes 50 cents, bonbon dishes $1.75, fruit dishes $3.00, footed comports $3.75, cake plates $2.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
New Dinner Sets From Haviland and Others Sold
New dinner sets offered with dainty spray patterns in French German English and American open stock ware. Buyers may choose full sets or singles including 100 piece Haviland China Dinner Sets and English porcelain sets with borders and sprays starting at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haviland
Oper
Dutch Figure Ware Decoration Gains Popularity for Children Use
The article notes Dutch Figure Ware is increasingly in demand with yearly growth. Initially made for children, it expanded into regular pieces including Chop and Cake Plates, Plate Rails and Dens, which are especially sought after.
Brilliant Cut Glass Nappies and Dishes Sale
An advertisement lists cut glass items for sale including nappery nappies, Shup Toga, fruit dishes, fern dishes, olive dishes, almond dishes, and other cut glass pieces priced per item as described. The tone implies a general sale of glassware with multiple varieties offered.
German Ambassador and Family Arrive in New York
The German ambassador and family reach New York aboard the Wilhelm der Grosse with their entourage and guests. A summer in the United States follows, including visits by Countess von Bernstorff, Countess Lasse, and other aristocrats before plans to move to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Countess von Bernsorft
Lasse
Alexander von Bernnstein
Rhinebeck Inn
Harvard
Astor F
City of
Shatter
Guha
Tea for House of Mercy at 1636 Rhode Island Ave
A large season opening tea will be held this afternoon from 1 to 3 at Mrs Randall Hoes home 1636 Rhode Island avenue with an exhibition of work by House of Mercy inmates. A second tea is planned for Wednesday November 3 at 2408 E street with details by the board of lady managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Hoes
Rhode Island Avenue
House of Mercy
Hoes
McGowan
Henry Brown
P. Lee Phillips
Cheen
Mra. Watson
Goddard
Matthews
Chitard
Residents Return From Summer Trips To Various Homes
Mr and Mrs Ten Buck Wendell spent a brief stay at the Willard while opening their house and are now back on Connecticut Avenue. Mrs H F Emmons and family have returned to Washington after a summer in Dinard France. After travel to the Pacific coast and visits in Spokane Portland and Beverly Cal Mr and Mrs Symons have returned to Washington to reside there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Nelson Page
St. Regis
New York
Odvill
Washington
Frank Evang
Esther Townsend
Mra Page
Marlborough
York Harbor
England
Charles J. McCawley
Bar Harbor
Col. McCawley
New Hampshire Avenue
John Sherman
Wyoming, Columbia Road
Connecticut Avenue
Ten Buck Wendell
the Willard
8. F. Emmons
Dinard
France
Wmouth
Pale
Spokane
Portland
Seyt ¥E
Cal
Mrs. Symons
Alncere
John Jacob
Astor
Four Hundred
C. HE
William Street
Europa
MY. Astor
Nourmahal
Cuban
City
Fifth Avenue
Sixty-ffth Street
Rhinebeck
Benjamin Guinness
Washington Square
West
Thera
Lewla Cass Ledyard
James C. C. Carter
Ledyard
Astoria
John H. Cadwallader
Strong & Cadwallader
New York Bar Association
Uch
Socal
Vanderblit
America
Howees
of Astor
John R. Dinxels
Catherine L. Hammersley
Hammersley
Daily Diet Hints by Dr T J Allen
A Bohemian soldier distracted by orders at headquaters loses appetite showing how mental state affects digestion. Peace cheerfulness and hope aid digestion and the family meal should be a merry sacrament with worry left outside for the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Allen
Joseph Bowies
Astor Family Society Notes and International Gossip
Society outside the capital recounts the Astor clan and related elites. Harvard 1888 graduate, John Jacob Astor IV’s tumultuous marriage and legal separation dominate society headlines as foreign visits, yacht excursions, and London and Vienna social circuits are described with emphasis on family standing and philanthropy.
Miss Adalena Rixey Weds in Virginia Chapel
Miss Adalena Pettus Rixey daughter of Mr and Mrs Eppa Rixey and niece of Surgeon General Rixey married Gordon Livingston Tord a medical student at the University of Virginia The ceremony was in university chapel conducted by Rev Harry B Lee The couple to reside at the university until Tord graduates in June with many out of town relatives and distinguished guests attending the ceremony and reception
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie A. Sis
John H. Sis
Arthur S. Harvey
Immaculate Conception Church
Father Marr
Margaret Worthngton
Father Connelly
Heavy
Ichard Selman Worthington
Jens
Smythe
Ohie
W. J. Lester Sis
WY. Ambeone Sis
Richard Willams
Harvey
Washington
New York
Mississippi
Lucy Lewis Long
Lucien Dade Winston, Jr
John T. Boidle
D. A. Slaughter
Louis R. Somerville
Ellott Wallace
Episcopal Church
P. L. Cross
Rapidan
George Badal
Lafayette, Ky
William Vincent Astor
Alice
Alva Lowle Willing
Howard $. Willing
Willings
Bartons
John Jacobator J
Paris
London
Waigh
England
John J Jacob Astor
Charlottesville
Adalena Pettus Rixey
Eppa Rixey
Rixey
Gordon Livingston Tord
Mount Solon
University Chapel
Harry B. Lee
Christ Episcopal Church
Mlle
Mary
Frances Rixey
Mary and
Edith Rixey
Mary Boll Ing
Marie McKennie
University
Robert Shackelford
Haymarket
John Neff
Harrisonburg
George H
Lang
Savannah
Laurie Smith
Thomas E. Jones
Todd
Cary T. Grayson
Hankin Todd
Misa Elizabeth Todd
Preston Todd
John F. Walton
Miss Walton
Farmville
Henry Page Walton
Culpeper
Braga
Norfolk
Robert Randolph Harrison
Richmond
C., J. Rixey
Mina Taunt
Col
Newhousa, Rah
Benen Sd
Howard
Wager
Newark
Paris suit seeks recoveries on unpaid 1908 goods
Creditors sue Mrs. Lord in Paris claiming she received wearing apparel worth 28 francs during January to August 1908, paid with seven Guardian Trust Company checks returned unpaid. The case notes she previously lived in Bayonne New Jersey and now resides in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mont Vernon
Old Lane
Bayonne
N. J
Episcopal Church
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Linen Department
Platan
Acapuis
Ave
George W. Davis
U. SA
Wilse A. Davis
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Arthur Lee
Waa
Gricelands
Eld- Hdge Jordan
End
Helen Saitira
Misa Mary Athow West
Toronto
Aeanon
Henry L. West
Orville Brecken
John Guest
Returnridge
Hillyer Place
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Maryland
Samuel Lenily
the Marlborough
Lieut. Sherman
Gev. Sherman
Hia Oouziit
J.T. McCallum
K Street
Baker
The
Milas Heten Crampton
Miz
Ruth Greene Kirkus
Walter Grafton Dunlop
Henry Wells
Laura Cifford
Julian Parsons Willcox
Ariando “i
Willcox
U.S. A
U. S
Southerland
Newport
Naval War College
N Street
Mr. Hc, Johnson
Johnson
Walcott
ML. Randall
J . Tullan C. Dowell
Macon
J. M. Moore
Marie Stevens
Mas
Pierre Stevens
Louise Jocelyn
Burlinzton
Montreal
Canada
West Point
N.Y
Capt
Herron
Miss Sis
Mabel Elizabeths
Reilly
Louis W. Reilly
Matthey
Lepley
Leveria & Lo
Chaina
Sesiat
Ade of
Fan
Post
Szephenyi
Anita Stewart
Gladys Vanderbilt
Janita Stewart
Theuusters’ Szechenyi
Collorede Mansfeld
Vienna
Budapest
Anna BR
Lord
Robert McCurdy Lord
Wall Street
Ife
Fis
Mon- Jay
Blachafl
Credi
Galt & Bro
Pennsylvania Avenue
Adalena Rixey
Gordon Livingston, Todd
University of Virginia
Marinello
Marinello System
F Streets
N. W
Paso Man
Muriel
Wiliam E. Vanderbilt, Jr
Barney
Wheatley Fills
Westbury
Long Island
Murtel
Conenelo
W. K. Vanderbilt 3d
Hlea
John Mann
Wheatley
Union Trust Company
Edward J. Stellengen
Tavenner & CO
Aekwerts GN
Street N N
Pune Mata
Actailoring
Woking Tse Ge
F.C. Chorley
N.W
R. Harris & Co. Cor
Teinway Pianos Music
Penna
Edwards & Zanner CO
R. Harris & Co
Seventh St. N.sy
Marche Jeventh ST
Philipsborn
Gi Eleventh Street
Mstrom_ & Co
Baltimore
Otter
Loren and Parte
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