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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1907
Page
39
The Mens Clothing Department showcases tenet new raincoats overcoats and fancy vests in tan browns light tans and grays. Garments are high grade fully belted and tailored with taste and judgment for fall and winter use.
Prices from 1500 upward highlight tall neckwear and patterns in half dollar grade goods as fall wear arrives. The ad notes dress and business shirts, gloves, bath robes, pardalmas, and a range of hosiery in demand for early fall, with various colors and shades emphasized.
Hat showcase highlights the St Regis at two dollars with fur trim and feather sweat band, and the Colonial at three dollars. Both styles promise quality materials, skilled shaping, and broad selections to suit quiet tastes or young men.
Readable text describes new fall suit collection in advance stores for early fall near Treakiiths in plain and self colored tape effects. Patterns include stripes and small checks. mentions new models, mixtures, trunks and gray effects with silk trim and plated finish.
An itemized description offers a women’s suit set priced at 40 dollars each. The jacket features a double breasted, fitted front with silk reverses and all silk satin lining. The skirt is full plaited with two wide folds at the hem, shown in blue, black, and brown variants.
At 56.00 each a handsome imported broadcloth 32 inch jacket features invisible stripe effects, tight fit with braid and panne velvet, taffeta silk lining. The full plaited skirt has wide folds and braid trimming in blue, black, and brown.
The social page details multiple weddings and receptions. It notes Postmaster General Meyer and family likely to join him in Washington, with many local families hosting and attending events at homes and hotels, including the Calvert and Dorsey families. Residents travel for honeymoons to Maine New Hampshire and Atlantic City, and parties host guests from Philadelphia Baltimore Annapolis and New York.
A sprawling social column from Newport recounts society women and guests at clifftop strolls, fashion obsessions with plumes and gowns, and vivid anecdotes from tea parties, galas, and camp life. It notes Vera Gilbert, Pauline French, Mrs Vanderbilt, and Mrs Satterlee among others, plus a chaotic San Francisco tea, and a dramatic blackout at a St Regis camp with falling debris, candlelight dinners, and startled guests.
Special to The Washington Post reports Mme Annie Besant arriving in New York from Burne on the steamer and heading to Chicago for a Theosophist Society convention. She discusses transmigration, past lives, and the soul, saying she believes in prior existence and explaining the movement of souls between bodies.
Alexander Morris of Toronto and Misa Grace Evelyn of Washington eloped to Rockville to marry. Rev Thomas J Packard of Christ Episcopal Church conducted the ceremony at the minister’s home. couple stayed at 450 G Street NW before planning a Canadian honeymoon.
Misa Lambeth White, head of the Dressmakers Protective Association, declares fashion will favor a straight line over hip curves. At the annual meeting in the New York Masonic Temple she demonstrates gowns in gray lavender and blue with net embroidery and mushroom hats trimmed with orchids and roses, urging well dressed women to avoid appearing fat.
German Emperor prepares for a secretaries entertainment during Taft's Berlin stay, with officials meeting to arrange events at Forsdam Castle. Taft will travel by special train from Seattle to Aberdeen, then on to Seattle, with receptions and dinners planned. A later telegram confirms Taft will still reach Manila for the Philippine Assembly opening despite steamship delays and route changes via Minnesota.
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