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Jt fi THE ttfBGTOi Woodward Xotbtop New York WASHINGTON Paris Mens Clothing Dept PALM BEACH SUITS 15 Suits in sack model regular tan shade sizes 35 36 37 38 and 39 regular 38 and 42 stouts Special price 500 each COOL CLOTH SUITS 25 Cool Cloth Suits plain gray and silk striped coats and pants with shots of color pinch back and regular sack models Sizes 36 37 40 42 and 44 regular and 38 39 40 and 42 stout 1000 each Were 1500 LIGHT WEIGHT WOOL SUITS 25 Mens and Young Mens Suits light and dark grays blues tans and browns striped checked and plaid patterns regulation sack and pinchback models some quarter silk lined Sizes 33 35 36 37 38 and 40 regular 38 40 42 and 44 stout 1475 each Were up to 2500 Also 3 Silk Coats for office or street wear in neat striped patterns ends of lines sizes 37 and 38 500 each Were 900 Main floor Tenth street Friday Sale of Womens White Boot Silk Hose 3 pairs 100 The entire lot of 30 dozen pairs In white and they have double soles and high spliced heels which assure good service Made to sell for 50c but owing to slight im perfections In weave they are of fered special at3 pairs for 100 Main floor street i i VT i 2 i A WWWMMMWWWWMWWyMWXWWWWMM TOMER IVEKSIOMS OF CAPITAL SOOETY ooaooo aaaaaa aaaoop Club Dinners and Outdoor Hospitalities Reign Daonaa ooaoao aanono I MECMEATHOM AT MOUNTAIN AMP EASEPE i Friday Sale of Womens Vests and Combination Suits 60 dozen Womens Swiss Ribbed Vests ve or square shaped low neck and sleeveless excellent quality cool and comfortable for summer wear Special price 12 Mc each 40 dozen Womens Jersey Ribbed Lisle Combination Suits tight fitting and lace trimmed loose drawers Sizes 36 to 4 4 and a regular half dollar quality Special price 374 each Main floor street Mens Straw Hat Clearance 135 for Choice Former price 2 250 and 3 New and perfect straws and all this seasons styles full assortment of sizes Main floor street Friday Sale of Printed Voiles at 15c Yard Nearly Half Price These Voiles are of splendid quality sheer weave and in many printed patterns and colorings fashionable for summer plaids stripes and floral effects they are 38 inches wide Special price 15c yard And the following LENGTHS FROM 1 to 6 TARDS 26c Kngllsh Crepe 10c yard 12c Bates Gingham 10c yard 15c 3 inch Percale 124c yard 15c Rlplette 12Hc yard ISc Galatea Cloth 12 yard ISc 32 inch Gingham 12c yard 26e 40 inch English Crepe 15c yard 25c 38 inch Printed Voiles 15c yard 60c Sport Cloths 35c yard 50c Novelty Voiles 35c yard 76c Printed Voiles 50c yard Second floor street Friday Sale of WIZARD CLEANERS At Nearly Half Price We want more or our patrons to know the quality value and efficiency of Wisard Cleaning Products and offer this special as an Inducement 1 60c Wall Duster 1 50c Furniture Duster 1 50c Bottle Polish A regular 1 50 value at Special price of 80c THIS OFFER IS GOOD ON FRIDAY ONLT Fifth floor street URESIlbENT and MrsK Wilson Receive Vis it in 2 Postmasters Today Mrs Marshall and Her Mother Entertained The Mitchells Are Hosts Friday Sale of Womens White Tailored Skirts at 100 each The Newest Tailored White Wash Skirts for street sport and vacation wear several good models Materials are gabardine pique rep and linene Regular sizes 25 to 30 waist measure extra sizes 31 to 36 waist measure If you are getting ready for vacation you should inspect these skirts Special price for Fridays sale only 100 each Third floor street THE President and Mrs Wilson have cards out for a reception this afternoon at 530 oclock when they will receive the iting postmasters attending the con tention and the ladles accompanying them Mrs Thomas Marshall and her mother Mrs William Kemsey were entertained at luncheon yesterday by Mrs Charles McChord at the Chevy Chase Club Maj and Mrs William Mitchell were hosts at a large dinner last evening entertaining on the roof garden of the Army and Navy Club Senator and Mrs Atlee Pomerene entertained informally at luncheon yesterday in the Senate restaurant in compliment to Mr and Mrs Joel Clore of Cincinnati who are spending a few days in Washington Mr Clore who is postmaster of Cincinnati Is attending the postmasters convention here Mrs William Draper will entertain at a luncheon today at her villa at Newport for her daughter Miss Margaret Draper Dr and Mrs Carey Grayson have taken possession of the residence at 1600 Sixteenth street which was formerly occupied by Mrs Grayson when as Miss Gordon she made her home In Washington Mitt Anita Kit Lravui Friday Sale of Womens Untrimmed Hats 100 each Original prices 3 and 4 Colored and Black Straw of many different kinds small and large shapes A wonderful opportunity for the home milliner hird floor street Canada Drinks and Smokes Less ttaa Ont JuJ 20 Canadas consumption of alcoholic beverages dropped from ST2 a gallon pec capita to 745 per capita in the fiscal year Just ended ac Misses Department 10 Misses Suits of black and white wool checks and fancy mixtures sizes 1 and 16 years SI 000 each were 1975 and 9500 7 Misses Taffeta Silk Dresses in rose green and gray full skirts and neatly trimmed bodices sizes 14 16 and IS years 1000 each were 2500 20 White Galatea Middy Blouses colored collars size 16 only 95c each were 150 Third floor street cording to returns announced today by the inland revenue department The consumption of tobacco alio shows a falling off from 3427 pounds to 3 329 pounds per capita Miss Anita Kite daughter of Dr and Mrs I Kite left yesterday for Jamestown I accompanied by Mrs Wolcott Hall wife of Lieut Hall Miss Kite will make a series of visits going first to be the guest of Miss Mar gherltta Tillman daughter of Comdr and Mrs Edwin Tillman who have a cottage at Jamestown Mrs Andre Brewster has left Washington for a visit of several weeks with her sister at her home in Ontario Canada Miss Dorothy Wyeth is the guest of her cousins Mr and Mrs Maxwell Wyeth of Philadelphia on their yacht the Emerald on a cruise along the New England coast Miss Wyeth will also visit in New Hampshire before returning to Washington late in the autumn An Interesting wedding took place at 8 oclock last evening at the home of Mrs Mary A Tipton in Seventeenth street when her daughter Miss Kate Tipton was married to Mr Harold Wheeler of Rolla Mo The cere mony which was performed by the Rev Wheeler father of the bridegroom was solemnised in the presence of relatives and a few intimate friends The decorations consisted of groups of tall palms with an effective arrangement of oak boughs and pink blossoms Miss Helen Lewis played the wedding music and selections through the evening The bride who was given in mar ralge by her mother wore a charming gown of white net the skirt having j000000 Leaves Soon to Join Her Parents At TKfiir Rummer Home in Virainia HI If If 1 lIFf LiiMsKfTB VT I i I SB YBjT If JlffsrsLssssssslssssssssSBS Taw wirssssMsssssssssssiMhr IBbI sHJSBHHHLI1HbhhhhH MsBfliililliBsBBsksP ViH UP OB HsiHsKjbbbbbbbH Wj ssHbBbBBssHR JWJbsbsbsbsH atBaflsslalalalalalwS fr 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Niblack and Mrs Niblack Miss Gleaves and Miss Harrington were among last winters debutantes at Washington Mrs William Draper of Washington gave a luncheon today The price list for the twentieth annual exhibition of the Newport horse show which will be held at the Newport Casino August 24 25 and 26 was Issued Joday and contains a numoer of new feature There are 46 classes 21 for horses in harness 12 for saddle horses 9 for hunters and jumpers and 4 championships The entries will close Monday August 14 and the judges will be Reginald Vanderbllt for harness classes Alfred Maclay of New York for saddle classes and Penn Smith of Strafford Pa for the hunters classes The executive committee consists of Henry Eldrldge Prescott Lawrence and Francis Ware J4AfitS WNGr MRS THOMAS A SCOTT THROPP She will leave about August 1 to spend the summer with her parents at Boyce Va The Women Store 1109 Street three flounces and the bodice formed by a bertha both trimmed with ruch ings of white taffeta Her tulle veil fastened with a spray of orange blossoms was the same as worn by her mother on her wedding day A shotver bouquet of lilies of the valley and white roses was carried Miss Anna Smallwood who was the brides only attendant was in an attractive gown of pink flowered voile trimmed with bands of pink satin She carried pink roses Mr Louis Barrlng ton was the best man for Mr Wheeler Later Mr and Mrs Wheeler left for a wedding Journey Mrs Wheeler wearing a smart tailored gown of blue serge yvlth black hat trimmed with touches of blue velvet and pink roses They will be at home after August 1 at Rolla Mo Mr Curtu Host Dont Miss This Great EXPANSION SALE SUITS DRESSES EVENING GOWNS SKIRTS SWEATERS AT SPECIAL PRICES We have added the upper floors of 1107 st and must make way for the build ers That is the reason everything in the house is offered at phenomenal reduc tions Stylish Suits A lot of Smart Suits in the best styles and fabrics Sold up to 30 Sale price 975 Silk Dresses Taffeta and Jap Silk Dresses in a wide range of smart models All beautifully made Positively 2500 values Sale price Taffeta Silk Coats 25 Values 15 Wash Dresses 300 Washable Dresses in good serviceable materials In strictly new effects Sold up to 10 Sale price 398 Wash Skirts 500 Wash Skirts in exceptional quality materials if Values up to 250 Mr William Curtis of Chevy Chase was host at luncheon esterday at the University Club in honor of Mr Joseph Hefterman of Toungstown Ohio who is spending a few days in Washington Mr and Mrs Harry Campbell Graef have taken Ingallscote the estate of Mr and Mrs Melville Ingalls at Hot Springe Va for the remainder of the season Mr and Mrs Eugene Thompson of Annlston Ala have arrived in Washington for a few days visit to Mr and Mrs George Nlnlan Beall at the Ontario Mr Thompson will go to Bos ton to spend a week and on his return will go on the Eastern Shore of Maryland for a Ashing trip accompanied by Mrs Thompson and Mr and Mrs Beall Lieut Richard Parker Kuhn A has arrived in Berlin for a visit to his father Col Joseph Kuhn who is mil itary attacheVat the American embassy Mr and Mrs Wilton Lambert will leave the ehd of the week for White Sulphur Springs They will go to Lenox the middle of August for the remainder of the season Mr and Mrs A Carter and Miss Catherine Carter df Leesburg Va are stopping at the Shoreham for a few days Mr and Mrs Newman Little have I gone to Virginia Beach to spend two weeks Mr Shotwll a Vititor Plum Island to take a course of training at the boys military camp which Is stationed there Capt John Young A and Mrs Young have arrived at Washing ton barracks Capt Young relieved Capt Will Point who has gone to Fort Sam Houston Tex Mrs Point has gone to Maine to spend the summer Mrs Delos A Blodgett returned to Washington yesterday and during her brief stay Is stopping at the New Wll lard Mr Marcus Smith has arrived in Washington from London and is the guest of Ills father the Rev Dr Ernest Smith rector of St Thomas Church Mrs George von Meyer has arrived at Newport for a visit to her son in law and daughter Lieut Comdr and Mrs Christopher Raymond Rodgers Mr and Mrs A Burdett Mr Hewett Chambers snd Mr Bond all of Atlanta Ga are stopping at the Hotel Lafayette Mr and Mrs Winslow of Minneapolis are at the Shoreham Among the New Yorkers stopping there are Dr and Mrs William Becker Miss Elsie Becker Mr Wardner and Mr Henry WIgglesworth FoterPratt Nuptial A wedding of interest in navy circles took place on Saturday afternoon at Alexandria Va when Mrs Idah Sidonla Pratt of San Diego Cal was married to Prof Carol Howe Foster an Instructor in English in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis Lieut Paul Foster was best man for his brother The bride is a university graduate and is athletic excelling In golf riding and swimming and Is a writer of some note While visiting Jn Washington she became Interested In Red Cross work and entered the service school at Chevy Chase Md The bridegroom is a graduate of the University of Idaho University of Chicago and Oxford University being a Rhodes scholar at the last named Institution He has been head tennis coach at the United States Naval Academy for the last two years At present Prof and Mrs Foster are occupying an apartment In the Rochambeau and after October 1 will be at home In Annapolis Mr William McCoombs is at the New Wlllard Mr John StancMeld and Wife Going to White Sulphur Special to The Wsshlnjton Pot White Sulphur Springs Va July JO Edwin Parsons and the Misses Sarah Betty and Mary Parsons of Charleston have arrived Mr and Mrs John Stanchfield of New York will be here at an early date Mrs Henry Rutledge Buist of Charleston gave a tea at Elmahurst Farm this afternoon Mr and Mrs Thomas Paine of Atlanta Ga are expected this evening and Mr and Mrs Robert Cabaniss Miss Bessie Cabaniss and Miss Grace Blnford nf Petersburg Va and Mr and Mrs Raymond Pllston and M1s Ethel Pllston of Washington came in today Open 830 A Close SiOO THE BUS OCSSZS Iktttt mz Ofo 8TH ST AND PB5KXA7B The Two Most Wanted Fabrics of the Hour Sport Stripe Silks Washable Corduroys Choice a Yard 39c The Sport Stripes have the natural color ground of the Shantung pongee with different colored stripes also all silk striped ratines To close at a on yard JSJC Kanns Street Floor The Washable Corduroys are 36 inches wide and are in the popular wale so greatly in demand for separate skirts coats wraps and childrens lit tle coats Regularly 50c a yard Today a on yard JSJC 50 boys from Camp Beckett in Dalton today Mrs Andrews of Washington opened her villa in Tyrlngham today Visitors at Hot Springs Spend Day Riding and Driving Hot Springs Va July 20 Many visitors at Hot Springs spent the day riding and driving Former Senator and Mrs Chauncey Depew drove to Cascade gorge and walked through Miss Gladys Ingalls entertained at a dinner party at Boxwood Farm tonight having among her guests Mr and Mrs George Warrington Other arrivals are Mr and Mrs James Stirling of Wilmington and Mr and Mrs Frank Godchaux of New Orleans CHORUS GIRL CROP SHY Broadway Shows Need 1600 Only 200 Found So Far MUST BE BEAUTIES AND PEET Mot Carres More Pep and More Voice Demanded Than Ever BeforeGoodBeforeGood Looking Bare Feet and Blushing Skin on Her er Limb Tights No Longer Au Fait Sir Alexander Lacoste and Family Arrive at Bar Harbor Special to The Washington Port Bar Harbor Me July 20 Among those at the dance at a local hotel last night were Mrs William Force fMiss Katherine Force Miss Claudia Phelps Miss Eleanor Phelps Mrs Newall TUton and Mr and Mrs William Lawrence Green Recent arrivals are Sir Alexander and Lady Lacoste and Miss Lacoste who with Mr and Mrs Beaublf came from Montreal Mrs David Cross of Manchester Mr and Mrs Arthur Poe of Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs Alexander of Philadelphia Mr Joseph Choate Speaks to DAR Chapter at Stockbridge Special to The Washington Post Lenox Mass July 20 The Rev and Mrs George Grenville Merrill entertained this afternoon at St Pauls rectory Stockridge 35 members of Auso tunnoog Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution They were welcomed by Joseph Choate who suggested the chapter investigate and define the trail General Burgoyne pursued through the Berkshires in 1777 Tablets mark numerous historic spots in the Berkshires he said but Bur goynes pass is more or less traditional Winthrop Crane jr entertained Thousands of Waists at Big Reductions Mrs Rv A ShotwelL of Monroe La formerly Miss Cowie of this city ac Icompanled by her daughter Miss Pran cesca Shotwell is spending a few days at Washington en route to Chicago Miss Mlis Partridge of New Tork is the guest of Mr and Mrs John Mc Laughlin at their home In Chevy Chase Mr George Read Jr the young son of CoL and Mrs Read has gone to Mr Clarence Mack ay Will Soon Visit Saratoga Springs Special to The Washington Post Saratoga Springs July 20 Clarence Mackay of New York who has not visited Saratoga Springs In several years will be a sojourner here in August Charles Morse has made reservation for te coming month Richard Carrrun whose stable Is here for the races has joined his family here Mayor and Mrs George Lunn of Schenectady are sojourning hers Electrical Cooking Devices Fogs Lift at Narragansett In Time for Outdoor Sports Special to The WlIigtonPost Narragansett Pier July 20 Thick fog which enveloped the pier I this morning threatened to call off the i sports scheduled at the Country Club and polo field but cleared In the afternoon bringing out a large gallery for both events Several polo players joined the gallery at tennis in the morning to watch the semifinals in the doubles when the Japanese players were pefeated Mr and Mrs Felipe dTturbe of Washington came from Newport with Mr and Mrs Jerome Bonaparte for whom they entertained at luncheon In the Casino where they were Joined by Miss Bessie Munckhuysen Qulncy A Shaw 2d Irving Wright of Boston James Blaine Jr Richard Aldrlch William Roelker Metcalf and WurU White of Providence are here Beverly Colony Sea Shirts and Comfort Bags for Troops Special to The IV shin it on Post Beverly Mass July 30 Summer colonists worked side by side with all the year round residents at Grand Army Hall this afternoon sewing comfort bags and shirts for the soldiers The work is being done under the direction of the Red Cross and Miss Louisa Lorlng of Burnside Prides Crossing A box has already been sent to the artillery command recruited from along the North Shore while the next box will be packed for the regulars Henry Clay Frick is installing a new water system at his farm at Wenham to supply water for the vacation home for working girls which is maintained by Miss Helen Frick MISS MAZAEYXS LIFE SAFE New Tork July 20 Woeful tidings Theres a shortage in chorus girls Sixteen hundred are needed for Broadway musical comedies now in th making and so far only 200 have been located who measure up to the standards required by such caterers to the eye of audience as Ned Wayburn Chamberlain Brown Bruce Edwards and the rest of them Specifications for the Chorus First of all let It be explained that the 1916 chorus girl will have to be a beauty Patrons of the girl shows nowadays want more curves more pep more voice and more girls than ever before the expertg say The 1918 typs must be slender but not angular must know how to dance well and must smile Also she must have good lookinglooking bare feet and er blushing skin on her er limbs because tights are no longer au fait The chorus girl pickers think the lure of the movies the cabaret the dance halls have all combined to rob the merry merry of Its usual contribution WILSON SEES NO VISITORS Summer Schedule Is Put Into Effect at White House President Wilson yesterday put Into force at the White House a summer schedule which is likely to be observed from now until the adjournment of Congress He saw no callers remaining at the White House Instead attending to a mass of routine affairs Which have been demanding his attention for several days It Is probable that the semlweekly cabinet meetings win be postponed for the time being The President Is ex pected to call Into conference the various heads of departments when there is aame particular question affecting them to be discussed Electric Coffee Percolators The economy and convenience of using electric cooking devices in the home are recognized by many housekeepers They eliminate a heated kitchen Our stock includes the latest improved Coffee Percolators Tea Urns Toasters Egg Boilers Chafing Dishes Grill Stoves Will Not Be Executed for Treason State Department Assured I Miss Alice Masaryk former Chicago social settlement worker will not be executed for high treason In Austria the State Department announced yes terday Miss Maxaryk is held at Vienna charged with trying to get her father out of Austria She has every comfort and is in no danger of execution the State Department said it had been assured The girls case achieved wye publicity in this country because of her former residence in Chicago She is an Austrian citizen Miss Jane Addams and other promi nent women of America who are per sonal friends of Miss Maxaryk brought the attention of the United States officials to the womans case It was upon their suggestion that the State Department recently made Informal request for Information as to Miss Maxaryks case SPANISH BOAT LAUNCHED 113 ou and U14 1 li ot The Isac Feral Will Cross Ocean Un der Her Own Power Qulncy Mass July 20 The submarine Isao PeraL said to be the first war craft ever built in this country for Spain wm launched here today I The vessel named for a Spanish In ventor who experimented years ago with submersible la 200 feet loner and has a normal cruising radius of 1500 miles without renewal of fuel supply A crew already has arrived to take the Peral to Spain under her own power Mrs Juan Rlano wife of the Spanish Ambassador was sponsor The Spanish government 1 said to have contracted with the Fore River corporation for firs additional subma rines I Train Your Hair as an Actress Does No class of people devotes as much time to beauty as do actresses and naturally no class must be more careful to retain and develop their charms Inquiry among them develops the information that In hair care they find it dangerous to shampoo with any makeshift hair cleanser Instead they have studied to find the finest preparation made for shampooing and bringing out the beauty of the hair The majority of them say that to enjoy the best hair wash and scalp stimulator that Is known get a package of can throx from your druggist dissolve a teaspoonful In cup of hot water and your shampoo Is ready ft costs less than three cents for this amount After Its use the hair dries rapidly with uniform color Dandruff excess oil and dirt are dissolved and entirely disappear Tour hair will be so fluffy that it will look much heavier than It Is Its luster and softness will also delight you while the stimulated scalp gains the health which insures hair growth Adr Nl ril i.