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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1919
Page
8
The store reports brisk buying for Easter ahead as preparations accelerate. Shoppers are encouraged to visit during the Pre-Easter Sale featuring “Style at a Price” with fashion items offered at low prices and the latest styles.
An Easter sale features crepe de chine waists in multiple styles and colors. The ad touts heavy quality fabric, pearl buttons, varied necklines, and wide color options with sizes from A to Ai. Prices marked at $3.98 with emphasis on wearability and new materials, appealing to schoolgirls and shoppers seeking affordable blouses.
Advertises women's knit underwear and hosiery with various styles and prices. Highlights light weight garments, cotton vests, and fine cotton titer suits. Mentions colors and stock like black white cardevan light brown gray Copenhagen rose purple and silk stockings. Includes pricing details and brand names.
A local Easter promotion highlights tailored women’s suits in navy and black with prices from 27.50 to 45.00. The ad touts fine tailoring, New York cooperations, and distinct models from sizes 16 to 20, emphasizing long slender lines and good value for money.
Easter styles in ladies neckwear feature simple keynotes with vivid colors and clever effects. Fashion notes highlight collars, cuffs, and set pieces in white and dainty tones, attracting attention among women seeking finishing touches for spring outfits. Prices or discounts noted include a 25 percent reduction.
Be it ever so simple a dress or waist is enhanced by new neck pleatings priced 65¢ to $1.50. The latest styles in white, victory colors and combinations appear in georgette silk and crepe de chine with Van Dyke Picot and other stitches.
New con ceits present vests for women featuring square and round neck models with embroidery, pockets and belts. Rich shades in silk, embroidered linen and gabardine described as modern and tasteful, with prices from 50 to 200.
Spring and early summer are always separate skirt months and the separate skirt is expected to be as popular as ever due to appealing styles. Plaited and straight line models use taffetas baronett wash satin crepe de chine serge poplins and wool plaids with prices from 5.95 to 25.00 each. White wash skirts of fine imported gabardine feature new widths and attractively priced from 5.00 to 10.00.
A local ad promotes Misses' Separate Skirts in serge and poplin with plain and pleated effects priced from 5.95 to 8.50. It highlights two distinctive Ras ter cape models as a related reason to buy.
New models in women's silk dresses priced from 17 50 to 29 75 showcase crepe de chine georgette taffeta and novelty silks. Dresses feature straight silhouettes with long tapering skirts, plaits, tassled sashes and girdles in bright spring colors for street, afternoon and evening wear.
An especially timely stock of dresses in fine serge and wool jersey features the new straight silhouette. Styles range from tailored belts with braid trim to fire-embroidered or plain options, priced from 17.50 to 25.00.
A special sale offers Saratoga and Boston Maid house dresses priced from 1.50 to 5.00, with matching kimono aprons, band aprons, and white aprons at bargain amounts. Also showcased are women's overnight bags, strap bags, and fine purses with prices from 2.00 to 7.50, highlighting style and value.
An opinion piece extols salesmanship as an ideal and critiques wasteful habits. It argues for disciplined budgeting, avoiding junk, and valuing efficient consumer care. The writer urges personal restraint and prudent choices to benefit customers and the market.
Chic Millinery unveils Easter hats from $5 to $7.50 with new York arrivals and broad selections. Styles include crepe faced ribbons and flower trims, plus reduced millinery trimmings and veiling specials to clear stock.
Peeping from a dainty hand, a fashionable woman showcases the mesh bag once a key feature of women’s attire. The mesh bag is prized for a dignified rich look and strong appeal, selling from $2.00 to $5.00 as demand rises.
A compact showcase highlights affordable gold jewelry and Easter accessories. Descriptions praise inexpensive browcries harping lingerie pins bar pins and tiny charms as bright completing touches for the holiday costume.
A local shop advertises a range of red bead strings suitable for Easter jewelry from 50 cents to 3 dollars and 50 cents. The copy touts their beauty and invites customers to view the assortment for a satisfying selection.
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