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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1906
Page
22
A New Supply Ready for dbonday Handsome Flouncings and wide Insertings designed for waists. Beautiful effects in Edges and Insertings to match fine Sets in Swi Chiffon Batiste and Nainsook. Patterns pleasing and attractive this year. Charming effects for admirers of fine Embroideries. Prices are below value. Many are regular.
The Davison-Paxoner Stokes Co offers a special silk sale with low prices on many new silks. Japanese Silks 29¢ a yard in white and colors. 21 inches wide full weight and dye. Fabulai Silks 29¢. Peau de Soie 69¢. Black Taffeta 59¢. twelve new pieces 26 inches wide in white natural navy royal and other colors at 49¢ yard. Also Tafetas Louisines and Habutai Silks for shirt waists with printed checks and stripes in multiple colors.
A premium French taffeta in deep black, 44 inches wide, deemed unusually wide for dress fabrics. Sold in 6 to 8 yard lengths, offered at 1.75 dollars per yard with full quality guarantee from a top foreign maker.
Beautiful new silks and dress patterns highlighted in a display. Olga Solen and Habutai Radiance fabrics attract attention with lustrous finishes and washable options. Various widths and colors offered from 89 cents to $50 a pattern, including Punjab Silks in gray red and blue.
A large assortment of dress goods offered at 75c per yard and under, with plain fabrics in fashionable shades and novel mixtures suitable for spring suits and skirts. Notable items include Shepherd Cheeks in three styles, black and white Mohair and wool blends, 32 to 36 inch widths, 59c yard, 50 inch Sicilian in navy royal green and black at 59c, and a 56 inch Chiffon Panama at 1.00 yard in Alice blue helio trope gray and navy.
Davison Paxon Stokes Co presents a sale of skirts in Panama Worsted Cheviot and Sicilian fabrics priced at five dollars, reduced from seven fifty and ten. Styles include Mannish Worsted with circular fold and self-buttons, nine gore models with hip tucks, box-pleated designs, and varied gray, green, blue, black combinations across all sizes and lengths.
A vivid list of wash goods and silks offered at bargain yard prices. Includes dainty waistings, embroidered mull and batiste, mercerized poplins, fancy whites, poplin nets, crepe work, linen finished pique waistings, dimity, suitings, Killarney and pajama checks, chambrays, moha and mohair blends, silk chiffons, and organics. Numerous prices from 12 1/2 to 50 cents per yard, with emphasis on wide selections and bright color options.
On Monday a complete display of women’s jailor suits arrives featuring fine suits in varied prices from 25 to 95 dollars. The garments evoke a made-to-order look with meticulous tailoring and finish. Fabrics include broadcloths serges panamas mohair and worsteds lightened for summer. French voiles and open-weave fabrics appear in many shades.
The store offers lace curtains from $1.00 to $20.00 with styles including Madras weaves and Nottinghams. Newest ruffles and Scotch nets are priced from $2.80 to $5.00, with Shelty curtains at $10.00 to $20.00. Special values include wristed Cable Nets in patterns, with hundreds of pairs at regular $3.00 quality, and many underpriced at $2.00 per pair.
Importers tout durable Chinese mattings with rare pattern and color. The items claim heavy strength and close weave. Prices listed at 25c 30c 33c and 40c per yard. Vast assortments and direct importation emphasized.
A new Heatherbloom Taffeta fabric is promoted as a no Silk substitute with luster and sheen resembling silk. Petticoats crafted from it are extra full with deep raffles, shirring, and tucks, available in white black and multiple colors for 3.00 each. The lining piece in all colors is also Heatherbloom Taffeta.
Local shops promote children’s spring wardrobes with bright Plaid Reefers, embroidered emblems, and white collars. Dresses in Rosgan style priced around $1.00 to $10.01. Little boys’ wash suits, chambray outfits, and pilot jackets offered in sizes 2 to 14 years, with prices from 25¢ to $7.50.
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