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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1919
Page
14
The Basement Store presents a Thursday display of new millinery featuring soft puff crowns rib bon crowns vel vet fabrics ostrich trimming and metallic accents. Styles range from piquantly youthful to sedate and matronly in fashionable beaver color with satin ribbon bands and embroidery.
The Basement Store offers Georgette and Crepe de Chine blouses and waists at 4.95 with beaded designs lace trimmings embroidery and color options from sea white flesh color pearl bisque gray navy black sizes 36 to 46. Also new wearables accessories draperies silks cottons and housewares in large basement sections for economical purchasing this autumn.
Advertises fabric gloves at 55¢ per pair and 75¢ to 85¢ for knit wear. Features seasonal fleece lined vests with various sizes and prices up to 1.00. Also notes slight imperfections in black cotton stockings priced at 15¢ per pair.
The Basement Store advertises 250 single curtains at 85 cents each for affordable window dressing. Includes plain patterned or bordered filet nets, serviceable cable nets, and Nottingham lace. highlights fine filet nets usable for dresser scarfs and centerpieces. length 214 yards in white ivory and ecru.
A local feature promotes Apron Dresses priced at 1.65 dollars with several styles shown including short sleeves large patch pockets and machine embroidered models. The garments can serve as house dresses or as aprons covering a frock offering exceptional values.
Featured for Thursday, these neckpieces include vestees, collar and cuff sets, and novelty pieces offered in two affordable groups. The sale emphasizes holiday giving and versatile pieces for winter outfits and blouses.
A listing of 1 200 neckpieces offered at 25 cents each including embroidered linene vestees embroidered net collars white satin collars lace-ruffled net vestees hand-embroidered georgette vestees for dresses embroidered organdie collars lace-trimmed organdie collars ruffled organdie collars embroidered and net-edged collars embroidered collar and cuff sets linene vestees with collar attached and embroidered collars with accordion-plaited edge.
Desirable Chambray Gingham for house dresses and children's wear in blue pink stripes checks and plain colors. Thirty inches wide at 30¢ yard. Also good quality gingham with stripes checks and plain pink blue and green 2 inches wide at 25¢ yard.
AINTY Cream Wafers in flavors peppermint wintergreen maple lemon chocolate and cinnamon offered Thursday at an unusually low price per pound 40 cents.
The Basement Store advertises men’s French cuff shirts at $1.15 with sizes 14 to 18, featuring novelty striped patterns and coat style with French cuffs. Also promoted are Outing Flannel Night Shirts Pajamas Heavy Wool and Cotton Underwear Wool Socks and other cooler weather items.
The Basement Store cuts prices on sundry women and misses outer garments. Silk frocks in multiple styles and colors priced from 16.75 to 19.50, cloth dresses at 7.75, coats and capes in navy, rose, gray and Copenhagen tones, sizes ranging from 15 to 42, with several items marked down to 9.75 or 12.50.
In a wealth of styles the coats for young girls are displayed with materials from black plush to velour and beaver cloth. Prices range from 5.00 to 35.00, with Egyptian Velour coats at 13.50 and Zibeline mixes priced 17.50. Coats shown in sizes 10, 12, and 14 years.
A basement store advertises women crepe kimonos reduced to 1.65 with color choices Pink blue and black plus matching accessories. Also presents colonial glass tumblers six for 50 cents covered aluminum saucepans four-quart size 1.65 and yellow earthenware bowls 9 inches at 25 cents each. Lightweight brooms 65 cents with long wooden handles. Housewares section highlights daily-use items and bargains.
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