Bargains of the Week by Margaret Belden
The weekly shopping column by Margaret Belden highlights storefront discounts and featured products. Readers are guided to savings on groceries household goods and seasonal items at local merchants.
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1915
Page
21
The weekly shopping column by Margaret Belden highlights storefront discounts and featured products. Readers are guided to savings on groceries household goods and seasonal items at local merchants.
An array of vintage clothing and accessory listings from Abraham & Straus, Bloomingdale Brothers, M Gibbon Co, Bonwit Teller, James McCreery Co, and John Daniels Sons. Pique collars, linen shirts, lace collars, string vests, and decorative ribbons priced from cents to a few dollars, showcasing late 19th or early 20th century retail language and catalogs.
Glace taffeta and pussy willow blouses in colored striped fabrics priced at 5 dollars. Crepe de chine blouses on tailored lines priced at 3.99. Handkerchief linen blouses with crochet buttons offered at 3.99. Frederick Lofser Co Brooklyn features Summer lingerie in sheer striped Maxon with trim. Gowns at 1.49 and combinations at 1.98. Petticoats under frocks with wide double fruncing priced at 1.68.
A catalog-style notice lists bathing caps and accessories at 9 to 33 cents, wool jersey swimsuits from $1.48 to $9.75, life jackets at $3.49, Palm Beach suits from $7.75, and matching hats, scarves, and beach pumps from Bloomingdal Brothers and A. A. Vantine & Co. Prices span 40 cents to $9.75 with various trims and fabrics, noting color and style specifics.
A catalog of travel and leisure items from Abraham and Strattan, John Wanamaker, John Daniel T Sons, and Lord and Taylor features fibre covered suitcases, reinforced trunks, wicker luncheon baskets, sewing bags, and leather carry items. Prices range from 25 cents for rubber bathing caps to 15 dollars for a Brevet lawn game set, with numerous athletic, beach, and travel accessories in between.
A range of men and boys garments and travel goods are listed with prices. Pullman robes in vivid silk from Rheims factories cost 450 dollars while Middy pajamas for hot weather sell at 1.50. Norfolk style suits drop to 6.75, Middy suits for boys up to eight cost 2.75. A purple morocco case for shirts and negligees priced at 8, a six pound tan leather suitcase at 4, and a UK made key purse at 2.50. A black seal shopping bag offered as a roomy travel accessory.
An array of bungalow and veranda items priced from $1.50 to $55 includes wicker armchairs at $7, sofa cushions $2.75, calf leather dining sets, Japanese china tea sets at $6.50, and a cocoa fibre rug for $6.92. Also listed are bird cages from China at $9, orange bamboo with jade tassels, and assorted drapery and textile pieces for summer cottages.
A catalog of children apparel and accessories from Beebe and Shaddle offers scalloped hand made coats for six months to two years at 4.25, dimity smocked frocks from 2.75, soft calfskin barefoot sandals from 0.25, a dampproof ground shoe at 2, garden sets at 8.90, white galatea middies and silk tennis middies, Poiret styled batiste frocks at 7.50, hand feather stitched white frocks at 6.50, and a linen schoolgirl dress at 16, all from 48 West Forty-sixth Street.
The regular five and six dollar pumps now sell for three sixty five with varied colors and finishes including black patent and cloth options. A white canvas road shoe with rubber sole and heel fetches three fifty. Men’s high priced benicn mane shoes in Russian and French calf and patent leather are reduced to five ninety five though sizes vary.
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