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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1920
Page
18
The Downstairs Store offers 24 fiber silk shirts in novelty weave with high lustre and French cuffs in sizes 14 16 17 18 at reduced price of 350 dollars. Also 48 dress suspenders with detachable leather ends and two-pocket dark red Ruff-neck sweaters discounted to 1.50 dollars.
Trade mark designs washable clean sacks available in two sizes 16x14, 29x4 inches and 12x14x25 inches, printed designs easily washed out. Featured Thursday at 8 cents each.
Fifty to pair a line of women’s black kid shoes reduced to 4.95 per pair. The shoes feature broad toed, comfortable lasts with steel arch support, welt soles and Cuban heels. Restful walking shoes sized 4 1/2 to 9 1/2, aimed at housekeepers nurses and others on their feet.
Ough and tumble rompers in unbleached muslin feature peg-top style, square neck, short sleeves, back buttoning, and knee elastic. Available in sizes 1, 2, and 3 years with pink or blue stitching. Special price $1.95. The downstairs story.
With vacation season approaching these wardrobe trunks offer notable value. Twelve steamer-size trunks of three-ply veneer arrive with fiber binding and full cloth lining plus tray setup suitable for men or women. Priced at 35 pounds. Four full-size trunks with round edges reduced to 52.50 dollars.
Frederick and Nelson offer lace and net bandings at 10 cents per yard. Filet pattern lace 250 yards, 2 inches wide in white and ecru. Silk embroidered net bandings for lingerie and blouses, 2 inches wide, available in all-black navy white buff and combinations, reduced to 10 cents per yard.
A price brief highlights house dresses offered at 1.95 dollars. The Downstairs Store features a value option promoted as a commonly good buy, inviting shoppers to take advantage of the low price.
A sale offers 200 white voile waists trimmed with lace and hemstitching in sizes 36 to 46. They are slightly soiled from display and reduced to 95 cents each, marketed for home, outing, and general wear.
Enamelware items including rice boilers, saucepans, open skillets, dishpans, pudding pans, teapots, coffee pots and preserving kettles are advertised at notably low prices. The Downstairs RTO housewares section promotes these reductions to encourage shoppers to stock up and replace missing pieces.
Fancy fashion trims described as net bands encrusted with beads on black and white grounds, originally wide up to one inch, now offered at 25 cents per yard. The item emphasizes affordable decorative fabric suitable for dresses and bags.
Underpriced assortment at The Downstairs Store offers novelty nets in Cotton Point D Esprit and silk dotted patterns. Available widths 20 36 and 40 inches, now reduced to 50 cents per yard.
Fine Swiss ribbed cotton vests in low neck sleeveless style sizes 36 38 and 42 offered at 25 cents. High quality goods seldom found at this price.
An advertisement offers 26 inch Paragon frame umbrellas in black cotton with straight handles priced at 1.25 dollars. The copy promotes office and school use with unusually good value on the downstairs store display.
UST offers 38 red rubber hot water bottles in No 2 size for sale on Thursday at 75 cents each.
Downstairs Store advertises slender clear glass bud vases in colonial style. Each vase measures 5 to 6 inches deep and sells for 20 cents. Suitable for single bud or small bouquet.
Notable Thursday sale in the boys clothing section features jackets and suits. Wool mix brown green gray suits priced at 3.75 with various brown tays blue tailored items. Also knickerbockers 50 cents, wash suits 1.25, Oliver Twist style suits 93 cents, cloth hats 50 cents, wash hats 50 and 35 cents.
Sale note describes ribbon bordered veils discounted to 1.25 each. Semi circular veils with ribbon banding intended to end in a bow on the hat brim. Plaid meshes woven black gray navy brown offered at 1.25.
A floralPattern pink batiste gown priced at 2.75 shines with iris or forget me not motifs in orchid and light blue. The dress features two rows of shirted hemstitching and plain hemstitched edging on neck and sleeves.
Old-fashioned kitchen aprons in black and white checks offered at 65 cents, large and generous in size, reflecting a clearance style sale for household essentials.
Road colored bands border these Brown Teapots of English earthenware. Four cup size priced at 1.25 dollars, six cup size at 1.40 dollars, eight cup size at 1.50 dollars.
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