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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1913
Page
5
Handkerchiefs are a favored graduation gift with plain yet fine textures. Delicately bordered and all white varieties feature embroidery and dainty looks, shown in new initials and corner work. Watercolor cases, scented with sachet, accompany the gifts and cost 25 cents each.
New supplies flood summer fashion for girls featuring fluffy frilly items. Shadow tacos and nets appear with lawnwear and mall accessories. Charming novel ties priced from 2d to 1.00, offering affordable style upgrades.
A Summer wardrobe note highlights the need for a princess slip as a smooth foundation under one piece dresses. Slips priced at 8 cents feature cambric fabric, yoke with embroidery or tucks, and lace trimming to create a graceful silhouette.
Quaintly pretty and simply designed dresses in crepes voiles dimities and batistes offer charming Grease era style for all ages. Prices range around 5.75 to 6.95 with fluttering skirts and velvet touches accenting tasteful detailing. This collection emphasizes wearable frocks with character for everyday wear.
A group of twenty four Summer dresses each different from the others, valued regularly at 26 to 27 50 dollars, are presented in a collection with nearly every size shown. The dresses are described as exclusive models with strong value at 16 75.
Dainty lace dresses in white or cream shadow lace evoke a Colonial picture. Models range from cobwebby Herre lace with satin ribbons to fine filmy mull lace trimmed pieces. Prices listed from twenty five to thirty five dollars.
The Woman Seeking Summer Silks offers a range of summer silk goods designed for comfort and coolness under heat. It highlights black Japanese Habutai and other silks including white Habutai, Chinese Shanghai, Chinese Shantung, American Shantung, lingerie silk, and tub silk, emphasizing quality and moderate cost for fashion forward women.
A fragment lists gift ideas for commencement rituals including German affixed bags priced from 1.50 to 913.50, vanity cases 1 to 5.75, gold filled bracelets 54 cents to 6.50, and fashionable cut steel buckles and rhinestone pins with sterling silver options from 50 cents to 2 dollars per pair.
A quirky item notes ladies in town purchasing specialty footwear with playful phrasing about “pump” slippers and “sippers.” Vendors claim ready stock to meet demand, toutting shoes that prevent slipping and offering a humorous take on fashion advances.
New separate white skirts designed to be worn with the Balkan blouse have arrived. Made of galaten end rep 1 pleated and plein models, with an embossed belt, in sizes 1 to 18, at special values around 1.25. Bonnets also available in ample white linen and galates, with or without colored collars, sizes 3 years to 84, priced at 88.
Negligee daintiness at little cost with crisp fresh fabrics. Dressing sacques in slicer lawn white or striped, Empire or fitted styles, all lace or embroidery trim. Prices from 50c to 2.95. New long kimonos in flowered cotton crepe and plisse crepe in pink blue and red. Edges bound with wash ribbon. Prices from 89c to 1.00.
Special sale highlights exotic and household rugs including tapestry 9x17 at 12.50, 9x12 velvet from 13.95 to 42.50, Wilton 9x12 up to 60.00, Hartford Saxony 9x12 around 43.00, Brussels bodies 11x3x12 to 11x3x13.6 from 27.00 to 33.00, plus small odd sizes 2.50 to 15.00 and discontinued patterns one third off.
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