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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
7
A large collection of remnants and bargain lots is offered for quick clearance. Each department features odd sizes and one of a kind articles secured under price for the occasion. Readily available at very low remnant prices to clear stock.
A dealer highlights a clearance of leather articles including pocketbooks handbags billfolds purses and card cases in lizard seal walrus monkey levant morocco pigskin and vienna leathers. Prices are cut by about 50 percent with items displayed on counters and many pieces offered as single units or small lots. Also listed are discontinued men’s clothing items and accessories on the main floor at reduced prices.
A large sale lists boys clothing with many pieces reduced from high prices to low amounts including long trousers suits, knickerbocker sets, sailor and Russian blouses, and raincoats. Also featured are corsets, pumps, patent leather oxfords, and home furnishings such as marble dust and bronze figures with steep markdowns.
Special purchase of German and Valenciennes laces, edgings and insertions offered at half and less than half regular price. Width from 2 inches, suitable for trimming summer dresses and children's wear. Price on the dozen is 32.00, stock limited.
Bargain sale offers half price on imported embroidered Swiss pillow shams and bureau scarves, with demitted stitch and ruffled styles. Shams $2.27 pair, down from $4.50. bureau scarves $1.25 each, formerly $2.30. Also unstitched drawnwork linen tea cloths, 11 by yards square, $2.00 each, value $3.50. Second floor, Eleventh St.
Bargain in women's lisle hose featuring dove pairs and Rembrandt ribbed fabric. White tees and heels shown with good quality, priced at 23 cents a pair. Value listed as 35 cents, located at Major Street.
A sale offers a variety of women umbrellas made of American taffeta and soft twilled silk with paragon and boxwood handles. Special prices are $1.00 and $2.45, with regulars $1.73 and $3.30. Including silk cases and tassels, at Main Street entrance.
New lot of Silk Petticoats in black white and spring shades with wide flare flounce and shirred ruffle priced at 3.95 each. Also lin petticoats in colorings with deep hem and colored border offered at 5.00 each, value 6.30. Third floor Eleventh St.
Bargain sale on 40 dozen women’s lisle ribbed vests imported from Switzerland. Low neck and sleeveless, fine quality. Priced at 35 cents each or 3 for a dollar, regularly 50 cents. Located on the main floor. Fat. 3.
Upholstery Department offers 250 yards Imitation Madras in cathedral and stained glass effects for den library and dining room window draperies at 10 cents per yard. Also 230 yards Printed Dimities 18 cents, 200 yards 30 inch tapestry at 0.30 per yard. values listed. Fourth floor.
China Department offers a varied sale on Fifth floor items including teapots sugar and cream sets bowls dishes and trays. Many pieces are reduced from two to five dollars with several within a dollar or less. Notable discounts include French and English porcelain pieces and ornate cake plates with some imperfect items noted.
In the Fourth floor Tenth St gallery a sale lists sepia Madonnas, marine pastels, and doves with brown frames at deep discounts. Includes portraits, landscapes, and city scenes with reductions from $6.50 to $2.95, $12.00 to $5.95, and other cut prices. Also features four original paintings in gold frames and seven hunting pictures in upright black frames, all marked down.
Special lot of women's white serge coat suits with plaited skirts offered at 19.75 each. Remnants include light brown chiffon cloth princess dress reduced to 28.50, English mixtures coats at 16.40, striped cloth coats down to 19.75, gray and black striped coats at 19.75, and blue and black jumper suits at 12.49. Third floor G St.
Five fashion items are marked down in the Women s Coat Department including an imported salmon broadcloth cant with double sleeves and white satin lining reduced from 175 to 75 dollars an imported wand made Irish wrap trimmed with white silt lace edge ruffie reduced from 295 to 135 dollars an imported black velour wrap with fancy vest reduced from 35 to 2 dollars white serge coats length box back lined with taffeta silk sizes 34 36 reduced to 15 dollars Cravenette raincoats semi filling style tan and blue sizes 34 36 38 reduced to 7 50 each Third floor st.
The Women s Waist Department offers satin waist trimmed with Irish lace in size 36, reduced from 88.00 to 39.99, plus Golden Brown Liberty satin waists cut to 18.50 each. Other items include brown chiffon taft waist and India silk slips in several colors, with prices slashed. Irish crochet bolero jackets and wool waists also discounted. Third floor clearance continues.
Misses department offers New Spring suits in brown and blue striped Panama with box coats and full plaited skirts in sizes 1 7, 14, 16, plus blue serge coats with red satin trim and white souza skirts. Peter Thompson serge suits and 3 4 coats are offered in multiple colors and sizes, all reduced from high prices to set sale figures.
Lamp Department advertises heavy discounts on gas drop lights with art glass shades and tight lights, brass candlesticks, candle shades, and a large railroad station model. Prices slash from high figures to low, with many items described as slightly damaged or in need of minor repairs across the Fifth and Fourth floors on Eleventh Street.
Men’s black werbles in sizes 3 4 to 6 5 8 reduced from 2.00 and 2.50 to 1.90 each. Six gray felt hats with telescope shape sizes 6 7 8, 7, and 7 8 reduced from 2.50 and 3.00 to 1.90. Main floor Fet.
In the Fifth floor Mayventh Street area the Housefurnishing Department offers shopworn items at heavy discounts. Nickel plated ware, chafing dishes, teapots, mirrors, bath items, carpet sweepers, and cookware are reduced from several dollars to fractionals, with several pieces marked at one dollar or less.
Washington society hosts and guest lists unfold with ambassadors toasts and dinners. The British and Austrian missions mingle with Senators Elkins and Reid, dining, musicales, lectures, and assorted receptions at embassies and private homes as residents and dignitaries gather through a hectic social calendar.
A long list of society ladies visits and hosts in Washington as new Congressional women club plans a season of entertainments. Mrs Perkins inaug urates at home events with guests from the club, while other families like the Creecys and MacNutts plan summer stays and cross moves to New York and Europe.
Gossip of society notes a charity entertainment planned for April 2 at the Waldorf Astoria New York to aid Auxiliary No 19 of the Stony Woll Sanatorium. Patronesses include Mrs J Pierpont Morgan Mrs Arthur M Dodge Mrs Birney Fellowes and about fifty other New York society women. The event will be a country fair in a postponed form NUED ON TWELFTH PAGE.
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