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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1919
Page
2
A carnival of Christmas shopping at the Bon Marche on upper main floor presents stoles and gifts at reduced prices. The ad extols early buying and frames the store as Santa Claus's domain with loyal customers and officials offering affordable treasures. Stoles are advertised with price points from 8.00 to 22.50 in plain and mottled colors.
Toyland offers a range of dolls including Bald Baby Doll priced at 4.25 with a 16 inch composition body and bisque head. Floating Bath-Tub Doll nine inches tall floats and dries quickly. Character Baby Doll priced at 1.75 is unbreakable with a composition head and hands and cork stuffed body.
The Puget Sound climate makes an umbrella a practical year round gift. An 8 rib waterproof silk umbrella with wood handle and bakelite rings costs $6.00 in several colors. A larger paragon steel framed model with waterproof silk cover is priced at $10.00 on the upper main floor.
The Ribbon Girl invites shoppers to her booth on the upper main floor of The Bon Marche. New ribbon neck chains with painted wooden beads, odd pillows, lawn handkerchiefs in sets, and embroidered collars are priced from 25c to 50c each, with white and colored options.
Attractive silk blouses direct from the factory arrive every fortnight in tailored and dressy styles. Tub silks and crepe de chine, Georgettes in costume shades, flesh and white, trimmed with embroidery beading lace and pin tucks. Second floor.
Bon Marche offers a wide home gift range including Johnson Bros English semi porcelain dinner sets for six with gold trim, tea sets, Pyrex casserole sets with frames, nut bowls, universal percolators, Westinghouse coffee machines, and 50 year warranted silverware in Queen Anne Louvaine or Old Colony patterns. Also steel carving sets with stag handles on the fourth floor.
All wool blankets offered in several sizes and colors with price points of 11.00 14.00 and 18.50. White blankets with borders and plaid wool blankets in blue pink tan gray helio plaids provide multiple options for buyers.
A sale item listing three tapestry design pillow covers priced 75 cents each, ready to embroider. Included insignia show Shriners Masonry Elks I O O F F O EL Knights of Columbus and Moose, priced at 85 cents. THIRD FLOOR.
Framed pictures priced from 50 cents to 27 dollars and 50 cents with artistic designs and good colors. Swing photo frames offered from 2 dollars to 10 dollars and 50 cents in pressed wood with carving and gold leaf. Tennessee red cedar chests range 25 to 45 dollars with plain or copper trim and some include trays. Smoking cabinets priced 11 to 37 dollars and 50 cents with nickel trays and a cigar lighter.
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