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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1901
Page
12
Philadelphia announces daily closing at five oclock after next week through the heated term with Saturday early close at one. Employees not required to start earlier or shorten lunch. Weather forecast fair for today.
The Rue de la Paix couturiers showcase white voile frocks and dainty hats with lace scarves and flowers. Major lace sales and net laces, venise insertions, and panne fabrics dominate sections on Juniper Street and the Avenue des Acacias. Soft satins and Louisine ribbons fill shelves alongside women's and children's summer dresses and accessories.
The importer winds up his season offering Irish dimities at half price. Light and dark grounds sold fast yesterday with thousands of yards leaving the counter. Early buyer spent 70 dollars for gifts for the girls at home. The fabric is described as the same beloved style grandmothers wore.
The piece highlights bright season bargains on grenadines and related fabrics. It lists many items including silk and wool blends, plain and fancy grenadines, velvet and beaded options, with sale prices well below regulars, and notes short ends of other seasonable blacks like chalks etamines and mohair.
The ad promotes cheviot and etamine suits for women, with blue and black options, light weight for warm weather. It lists prices from $15 to $85, plus options like nightgowns, drawers, chemises, and a note that many lots are broken or need washing before use. It mentions locations in the French room and second floor and highlights fashionable, dainty attire.
Black taffeta jackets from an early season order remain in stock, with about a hundred pieces available today for 5 to 7.50 dollars. Most are collarless Etons lined with satin or taffeta and trimmed with tucks and appliques, ideal for summer evenings by the sea.
An April 29 1901 letter from Jean de Reizke to Wilcox & White Co extols the Angelus piano player on Chestnut Street describing its light smooth touch and organ reeds adding combined piano organ music. The instrument offers piano or organ sounds separately or together and allows payment in installments with private parlor trials.
The listing details reduced prices for spool silk and sewing supplies at The Notion Sale. Items include 100 yard spool silk at 5¢, 1 ounce spools at 35¢, 20¢ per dozen for hemmed cotton, and basement picks such as corset lacers 4¢ per dozen, oil cans 3¢, and sewing notions like safety pins, basting cotton, needles, tapes, and pins with various small-cost quantities.
A basement demonstration shows the Twentieth Century Freezer making ice cream without churning three times daily from start to finish. The device promises labor and ice savings, simple construction, and reliability, with prices from $1.50 to $4. Made in Austria the glassware features gold tracery and color accents, offered as a wedding gift and a pleasing silver alternative. The display includes cut glass, bon-bon dishes, berry saucers, fruit dishes, comports, sugar and cream sets, lemonade pieces, toilet bottles, and cruets with marked price reductions.
Advertisement lists discounts on summer silks including 45c 32c wash silks 50c Habutai 35c 85c satin foulards 56c. Includes 75c printed foulards 46c 1$ plain foulards 50c, brocaded tussah 75c, Indian silks 55c. Cross aisle features Japaneselanterns draperies and parasols. Linens priced 37c yard silver-bleached 55 in wide. 56c heavy grass-bleached 60 in. 80c soft finish 62 in patterns. Towels and 25c 18x36 crash towels. 2$ table covers 1.40 with colored linen patterns 66 in square.
Sale offers over a thousand rolls of matting and summer decor at reduced prices on the second floor of Market street. Cross-striped madras lambrequins linens grass cloths silk pillows curtains and more with discounts up to several dollars per roll. Imported matting sold direct after April May weather loss aims to restore trade and attract new customers.
The advertisement promotes Fine Parlor Furniture with a wide range of seating and case pieces. It highlights lifetime value, frequent pattern changes, and deep price cuts on mahogany finished pieces, damask and velour coverings, carved frames, inlaid details, and box couches. Prices list substantial markdowns per item type and fabric.
A local store offers four fifty to six fifty shirtwaist suits for three dollars, with six styles in as many colors. Chambray linen lawn and gingham fabrics, stock from the maker dwindling after sending 600 to New York and 600 to the local counter. The busy counter suggests stock may not last the day.
A local shirt maker offered to produce pleated madras shirts at cost during his slow season. The deal promises well-made shirts with matching pleats and fine stitching. A variety of patterns with cuffs either attached or separate is available, with a suggestion to return next year for feedback.
Market Street corner shop touts well made Wanamaker clothing with color lasting tests. Serge suits start at 7.50 with popular 15 dollar options, clay serge at 30, homespun and Canada fabrics around 20 to 30, and American serge, flannel, cheviot, and homespun priced accordingly for lasting wear.
The Puritan brings last shipments of porch screens in sizes from four to twelve feet wide with drops from four to twelve feet at prices from 40c to 1.50. The text notes screens for rainy day playrooms and porch cooling. A Cooking School is announced for today with 10 30 A M waffles and 2 30 P M pastries. The sale lists rugs, Morris chairs, porch rockers, parasols, vests, stockings, shoes, shirtwaists, remnants, ribbons, linen, and pillow cases at substantial discounts.
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