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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
14
An extensive remnants sale offers yardage and furniture from all departments. Discounts include 220 yards Peau de Cygne at 69 cents per yard and many high end pieces such as a Bird's-eye Maple Chiffonier for 1.75 and a Ver nis Martin Table at 5.75. Furniture and bric a brac deeply reduced with limited stock, first come, first served on sixth floor and main floor listings.
In the third floor elevated shop section a Friday bargain in the muslin underwear department features discounted items. Women's cambric drawers, petticoats, chemises, and gowns show reductions from several dollars to low prices. Limited remnants include a pink silk Petticoat and a few nurse-like garments at marked lower prices.
Sale list offers cream Bedford cord infants coats with embroidered scallop and light or padded options priced at 4 75, plus remnants of toilet baskets trimmed with lace ribbon and beads. Infant and children's hats and dresses in India line, cord pique and eyelet work feature reductions from 6 0 to 3 40 or 4 30 and 2 40 respectively. Third floor Eleventh st.
Friday bargain item offers 30 dozen pairs of women s all silk hose with double heels and toes in black tan light blue pink nile green white and lavender at 1.00 per pair Also available are blue ribbed black cotton hose for children in medium weight with double heels and toes and fashioned legs sizes 6 to 12 35 cents per pair Main Street store location referenced.
Historic clearance of women’s footwear with patent calfskin vamp dull kidskin top and square toe oxfords in sizes 3 to 6, widths A to D, $2.50 to $3.50 regular. Includes 2-eyelet court ties in demi or dull calf skin, and assorted box calfskin lace ups and patent vici kid lace shoes. Third floor Tenth St.
Lamp department offers reductions on silk electric light shades from 35 to 20 cents each and 15 branch wrought iron candelabra from 2.20 to 2.25 dollars, 3 branch candelabra from 2.75 to 1.75 dollars, and a fifth floor Gat display with damaged Japanese lamp shades marked down.
A second floor sale lists part pieces of dark green Panama and green white Panama at yard prices, with many fabrics discounted from high to low. Items include blue check cholc ton fabrics, blue and white stripe voiles, chiffon voiles in shades of brown and gray, silk chiffon broadcloth, and wool taffeta, all reduced per piece or yard with varied lengths and widths.
A local bed department lists numerous price cuts on white enamel beds of various sizes and styles including rods and damaged items, with reductions from 14.5 to 11.90, 8.50 to 6.00, 9.90 to 7.50, 20.00 to unknown, 13.00 to 8.50, and mattress reductions from 15.00 to 12.00 and 8.00 to 8.00, noting second floor past settings.
Fourth floor G st offers heavy reductions on doors, couch covers, drapery fabrics, and portieres. Prices slashed from dollars to cents, with items like doors from 1.26 to 9c and drapery fabrics down to 30c a yard. Limited stock, first come, first served.
Reduced prices on men’s wear include 12 pairs of medium weight separate trousers in all sizes at 2.60 per pair. All-wool fancy suits in all sizes down from 1500 to 1250 each. Fancy mixed venetian raincoats in sizes and 44 down from 12.50 to 5.00 each. Additional raincoats in sizes 36, 38, and 42 cut from 10.00 to 10.00 each. Main floor Teneth st.
Readable catalog note lists several women's garments with reductions from prices, including Alice Blue Voile Suit size 34, Panama Suit cream white with check, Black Lace Robe Dress damaged, Light Taffeta Princess Dress size 3, Blue Linen dress with lace, Black Taffeta Dress with trim, Brown Broadcloth Suit with tailored jacket, and Black Grencloth Suit with fitted jacket. Prices slashed to promote clearance.
The store advertises men’s hats in multiple lines with sizes 65-8 to 73-8. Hats reduced from 32.00 and 33.00 to 1.50 each, plus 20 Wack Stiff Hats in several sizes reduced from 32.00 to 1.50. Slightly soiled stiff hats sizes 65-4 to 72-8 reduced from 200 to 100. Main floor F street.
Multiple canes with silver mounts inlaid bone horn ivory and rosewood handles reduced from 100 dollars to 1 50 to 2 dollars with scratched surfaces on several items and a Malacca wood piece. main floor first.
Third floor Tenth at. Large selection in Boves AH-wool Bults Norfolk jackets and double-breasted coats with straight-cut pants and bloomer styles. Many items reduced from higher prices to 3.25 to 6.00 each, including Sailor Blouse Suits knickerbocker sets and Reefers. Sizes range from 6 to 17 for boys and youths.
The Boys' Furnishing Department offers dramatic price cuts on 43 Suk Ties in all styles and colors, with blouses sized to 18 and washes, plus 28 wash Russian blouse suits and 36 white duck Tam o Shanter hats with embroidery. Reduced prices apply across items on the third floor, Tenth Street.
The store cuts prices across rug lines including Imperial Smyrna Sarabend Brussels and Axminster styles. Notable drops include a 16x? Smyrna from 3.60 to 8.50, a Sarabend from 27.50 to 10.50, a Brussels from 12.50 to 5.50, Axminster from 50 to 3.50, and Witton from 2.00 to 1.50 each.
An old newspaper notice advertises 70 untrained teddy bear pictures and 60 Passe-pattout Mottecs, with floral decorations. Prices are cut from 15 per teddy to 4 for a set of four, and from 1éc each to 0 1 c for a set of four, located on the fourth floor at Tenth Street.
Several back combs are marked down in the Jewelry Department. Jade set pieces drop from 400 to 3.00, other back combs from 6.00 to 2.00, 6.50 to 2.35, 32.00 to 1.50, and gray jeweled variants from 2.60 to 1.25 or 2.50 for three pieces, with remaining deals around 2.00.
Inventory note lists chipped 2 cut glassware items priced to 38.5 cents and a chipped ice cream tray reduced from 5 dollars to 6. Also decanters reduced from 26 cents to 1 each, rose bowls from 81 dollars to 20 cents each, and colored glass pitchers discounted to 15 cents each in a fifth spor sale.
A list of women’s coats and jackets with reduced prices across several styles and sizes. Items include mixed gray tourism coats, satin lined jackets, peau de soie silk coats, covert cloth jackets, and a gray raincoat, noting substantial markdowns from original prices. Items feature sizes 28 through 40 and reductions from $25 to $88 down to about $10.60 to $40.00.
A sale of women’s waists includes fine silk waists in blue black and brown with collar and cuffs at 3.95, regular 5.00. Also 40 all linen Fisk Clark Flagg samples, soiled, sizes varied, reduced from 5.00 to 1.00, plus white lawn waists in odd sizes at reduced prices.
The third floor hosts a limited sale of Misses and Girls apparel with reduced prices on Cheviot suits jackets skirts and dresses. Items include Misses coats light-weight coats lawn dresses and trimmed lace dresses in sizes 2 to 18 with reductions from high prices to as low as 3.75 and 6.00.
Domestic teddy bears in brown and white are reduced from 9 200 to 2 00. Indoor basketball games on sale reduced from 1.00 to 2 50 each. Located on the fourth floor at Eleventh Street.
China Department offers discounts on assorted decor china pieces including Austria crafted plates cups bowls teapots and meat dishes with reductions from quarters to several dollars per item. Highlights include porcelain sets and Limoges teapots with prices cut significantly. Floor location noted as fifth floor gastr?
Catalog of reduced prices for house furnishings in a damaged display. Items include oak furniture, pantry Suey cabinet, nickel plated dishes, tea pots, coffee pots, enameled pitchers, gas stove, wash boiler, watering can, and a large French mirror with slight frame wear. Prices cut from various historic tags to sale figures. Fifth door Eleventh at.
Senior and junior class members of National Cathedral School for Girls attended a dinner and dance hosted by Mrs. Roosevelt in the White House. The event featured pink roses and daisies with a later East Room dance, while guests included Rear Admiral Cowles and other notable guests. The piece also notes entertainments hosted by Attorney General Bonaparte in Baltimore, plus various society moves and weddings among Washington families and officials.
Social gossip from Variows Exchanges notes the French duke remains deeply in love with heiress Theodora Shonts. He visits her at the Hotel St. Regis and attends a dinner with her, while friends say he is unhappy apart from daily news of her correspondence. He delays a formal proposal awaiting a satisfactory dowry, and hints at possible travel to Newport events as months pass.
An assortment of new Eton and pony coat effects and fine Panamas in many shades and patterns is offered. The collection is diverse, with many single garments, originally up to 35 dollars, discounted to 19 dollars.
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