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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
29
Woodward and Lothrop promotes Easter shopping with a broad range of gift items. Easter cards Booklets rare volumes silver desk pieces tableware china cut glass linens and home decorations are showcased. The store also highlights gifts for children including books cards eggs and toy rabbits for a joyful Easter season.
Ad describes made to order men and boys garments with blue serge and worsted fabrics, single and double breasted suits, sizes 16 to 36 inch chest, 10 to 22.50 dollars. Highlights include M. & G. special five dollar suits, Russian and sailor blouse styles, and new wash suits for young fellows with modern effects and fine workmanship.
A catalog of Easter gift items and boys wear features pies of various shapes, linen collars, Madras shirts, Peter Thompson ties, and colored fabrics. Also listed are jewelry pieces, leather goods, fans, silverware, needlework, and boys pajama sets. Caps and patent leather tarpaulins appear among the offerings.
Silk Petticoats on display with fluffy ruffles and trims of ribbons and laces. Line includes black taffeta with rumed ruffle and pe ecale dust muffle at 3.95, black silk at 5.00, and rich styles in black white gray and changeable shades priced 7.50 to 15.00. Third floor uptown store.
A Men’s Furnishings Store promotes a spring Easter line featuring gloves hosiery vests handkerchiefs collars cuffs canes and other haberdashery. Highlighting a liberal variety for churchgoing visiting weddings and calls the ad touts new Easter hats ties and neckwear with diverse colors and designs to suit all tastes.
Men demand shape color and comfort in Easter hats and the shop offers a selection from Stetson including stiff hats with flat brims at 3.00 3.50 and 4.00 and soft Stetson derbies in French pearl nutria and steel at 2.00 3.00 and 4.00, all made to order for assured quality.
Easter hosiery arrivals highlight spring lines for women and children in black, tan, silk, lisle, and cotton. The store offers varied textures including lace, embroidered, and clocked styles with sizes from infants to extra stout, plus specials on ten dozen women’s black silk clocks and cotton-footed hosiery at $1.25 to $1.50 per pair. Main Aoor- st.
The advertisement markets Easter veils in lace chiffon and chenille dotted nets. It promotes New Chiffon Veilings for driving and street wear in wide shades, with prices per yard from 25 cents to 9 dollars. Also offers Tuxello nets, Megple Wellings, and Satin floor samples in various colors and textures with per yard pricing.
Easter gift appeal drives a display of Good Books at moderate prices. The ad highlights Ella Wheeler Wilcox titles, detective stories, and romance novels from Agatha Webb to Paolo and Francesc. It promotes a dainty Easter lilies themed gift box and a broad line of chocolates and confections priced from 25c per pound, with floor display on Tenth Street.
Social and personal items describe a Friendship House benefit in May to aid the House of Mercy with other charities, plus a grand Versailles style 18th century program arranged by Mrs. Barney. Attending guests include Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks and Mr. and Mrs. Hoberts. Mrs Shaw leaves for Antwerp to join her daughters, traveling via the Kroonland to New York then Antwerp and Paris. Notables and residents are cited among many social engagements and travel plans across Washington and New York.
A mother reports that her husband and five children suffered two years with eczema all over except the head and bends. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, the family saw improvement. two children bore brown scars from prior treatments, but the family now endorses the remedies.
An old advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as priceless cures for skin woes in infants and children. It promises relief from humors crusts itching and scalp conditions while claiming guaranteed purity and broad household use. The copy reflects period marketing language and faded typography.
Mrs Pattie Miller Storking, daughter of the late Justice Miller, a longtime recluse who lived with her sister in New York, died after a brief illness. Funeral services are planned at the House of Mr Ralston on 1790 P Street, with burial at Oak Cemetery. Shein had worked for years in the Bureau of Education.
Snow, president of the Humane Society, says agents will monitor and report cruelty to young chickens. A case involving two and three week old birds triggered prosecutions. Children are being taught about animal welfare in schools as public interest rises. The War Department approved a monument plan for Fredericksburg Battlefield Memorial Commission at the national cemetery, funding $22,500 after site selection and local real estate price pressure.
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