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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
5
Saturday after supper sale no 38 faced disappointment as guests canceled despite lavish preparations. Yet rain could not dampen reader interest in tomorrow night’s offerings, with money-saving values and rich selections highlighted for potential shoppers.
Remnants are featured this Saturday at the After-Supper Sale No. 38, promising the season s best selections at unprecedented prices. Readers are urged to attend for economy or entertainment with ample seating for concertgoers and a focus on popular, reliable merchandise and good service.
Professor Marx's orchestra presents a program for the "After Supper" sale concert featuring soloists Anaya and Crna on trombone and cornet. The program includes E Zapadoe, To My Love, Wedding of the Winds, The Parisian Model, Love Me and the opera Madame Modiste, and selections from The Black Prince.
A bold sale highlights remnants from Silk, Wash Goods, Dress Goods and White Goods events. The store touts unprecedented variety and lengths across ten tables in the silk and dress goods aisle, inviting imagination to grasp the value. Two lists name some remnants available.
A catalog of fabric remnants includes silk chiffon cloths embroidered Swisses Empire novystics Blay linens printed vales and batistes Kimano crepes printed organ dies Nile fabrics Madras ginghams Shirtings and other woven textiles.
A catalog of assorted fabric remnants including India linens Persian lawns woven batistes embroidered Swisses handkerchief linens lingerie mulls chiff onnettes organdies corded mull satin cheeks linen suitings madras waistings dimilies naimsook cheeks longcloths plain nainsooks and hundreds of pieces for waists and children’s dresses.
Remnants of the season present a selection of creme de la creme in dress waist and skirt fabrics. Panamas Wolfes Serges Albatross Mannish Suitings Mohairs Marquisettes Sicilians Shepherd Checks and Novelty Weaves in black and cream.
A remnant collection of silks offers grace in dress possibilities and substantial savings. Includes plain and fancy taffetas black taffetas satin taffetas toward s, plain and fancy wash silks, nets and silks for waists, dresses and trimmings. Bargains designed to linger in memory.
A catalog note highlights in demand fabrics including Poile du Nord ginghams mercerized chambrays printed Madras cloths percale shirtings calicoes apron ginghams domestics khaki cloths oil cloths. The item urges readers not to miss the staples.
A vintage shoe sale ad touts infant to misses and ladies oxfords in dongola kid patent leather and patent tips. Prices range from 86e to 2.35 with several specials, including special children’s oxfords and ladies lines in black tan and Cuban heels. Sizes span infant to adult, with multiple price points and a focus on durability and style.
Last Saturday night about two dozen hats, discounted from $6.50 to $4.98, drew 22 women to the sale. Monday and Tuesday similar items sold at regular prices. The shop promotes 200 light spring hats in pink, ciel, rose, Copenhagen and white, usually $5 to $4, to be sold Saturday After Supper from 7 to 10 at $3.30.
Striped wash lawn jumpers offered at 3.98 with first rate quality and fade resistant finish. Surplice style in black blue pink stripes on white ground, Gibson sleeves edged with fine Swiss embroidery. Advertises value at 6.50 by actual comparison.
Advertises wash coat suits priced 13.50 and 10.98 in pink red blue lavender and white. Describes a three button cutaway style with inlaid collar and cuff and a pleated skirt with a broad bottom fold. Claims wash garments launder well.
Great lick. Has 50 of these skirts met Saturday and could have sell 100. Now comes another lot of 50, with wetter from the maker stying he'd found a few more odd pieces of voile. The voile is crisp and hard. The skit is a pleated model, cut fill wide and trimmed with a fold of taffeta and several taf feta straps. Tineke and brown, Wor Satur day, $5.96. Worth $8.50.
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