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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1906
Page
7
New stock from Paris arrives in the Lingerie Department on the third floor at Crests Monograms and Initials embroidered to order. Petticoats with hand embroidery priced 1.75 to 4.50. Footwear emphasized for refined taste with dainty stitching and high class leather. Night gowns in fine nainsook priced 15.00 to 25.00.
Advertises women's and children's silk stockings in imported and domestic varieties. Highlights patterns, colors, and new English eyelet style with embroidery. Notes prices from 2.25 to 7.50 per pair and sizes from 1 to 10 years, with on-floor display and a focus on warmth and comfort for children.
Washington society circles report Miss Morton’s European costumes and ten trunks, with notable footwear including bronze and silver slippers. Wedding plans unfold for Mary Kerr Hoyt and Charles Mains Harris at Antrim Warrenton, while Miss Sue Cox’s engagement to Midshipman Wille Bradley draws naval attention. Various society guests and residents relocate to Warrenton, Boston, Norfolk, and apartment clubs as winter arrangements begin.
Brooke of the Corps of Engineers announces a December 12 wedding to taka pride. Miss Barnes, granddaughter of the late Surgeon General Barnes, attended by relatives and military guests. John Brooke, a U B A officer, and others hosted a luncheon honoring Mica Jacks Bentley with attendees including Mrs. Edwin Baillay and Lola Steele of New York, Percy Janis of Obie, and Yule Glenn from the University of Virginia.
Miss Rosemary Sartoris granddaughter of Gen U S Grant married George H Woolston at Cavalry Episcopal Church in New York. The ceremony was performed by Rev Turner with few attendees. The couple, engaged ten months, had been abroad in Europe and will spend the winter in Florida.
Warrant Machinist Rush C. Steele of the U S cruiser Chicago, who died in San Francisco after leaving Bremerton for medical care, is being returned to Washington for burial. His sister Mrs S F Newton and daughter Miss Charlotte Steele reside at 114 Eleventh Street NW. Mrs Newton, shocked by the death, plans a Navy Department inquiry. Steele had served 18 years, rising to warrant officer, and disappeared after leaving Mare Island for medical treatment. He was reported dead in San Francisco and buried there at state expense.
Rev Dr W P Thirkield president of Howard University spoke to the Washington Methodist ministers at the YMCA yesterday at 11 am. He urged the preacher be a conduit of life in God not mere dogma, stressing a life grounded in truth, law, feeling, and ethical action. He said preachers must be successors of the prophets and deliver life rather than sterile doctrine.
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