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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
19
A special Remnant Day and August clearance sale offers extensive linen and Madras goods. Linen Dollars for men and boys in various styles, with some slight soiling but largely fresh. Half-dozen lots only, sizes 12 to 18, plus a small cuff lot. Madras Negligees and plain white madras with attached cuffs, straw hats, and other season goods priced to close.
Footnote style advertisement lists two glove lots: Women's 16 button-length silk gloves in black white and tan at 73 cents a pair with value $1.50, and Women's 16 button-length white Lisle thread gloves at 75 cents with value $1.25. Location noted as Main floor G street.
Bargains in the Men's Clothing Department feature three piece suits and two piece suits in various colors with reduced prices. Items include high grade three piece suits from $13.75, fancy cassimere suits in brown and green, and men’s fancy wash vests and fancy wash suits, all with limited sizes and reduced from higher prices. Store location noted as Main and Tenth streets.
Silk Petticoats offered at 395 dollars each with accordion plaited flounce and full ruffle. Value 5.5. Third floor Fleventh street.
Two lots of women's trimmed hats offered for immediate clearance on the second floor at Teneth Street. Hats priced at 32.00 each, previously 86.00 and 8.00. Additional hats at 8500 each, previously 10.00 and 12.00. Store location listed as second floor Ten st.
A small lot of women s French hand made chemises with front embroidery and scalloped eyelet edges offered at 1.19 each. Values 1.75 to 2.00. Third floor Hjeventh st.
We secured a new lot of Daint Valenciennes laces in edges and insertions matching earlier ads. Widths range 1 to 7 inches, suitable for trimming summer dresses children’s frocks and underwear. Price 60 cents per dozen yards values 1.00 to 1.75 at Malin floor six.
New York society plans entertainment for diplomat visiting from Japan. Mr O'Brien, minister to Japan, to host luncheon at Hotel Astor. President Roosevelt and 20 others invited. Ethel and Theodore Roosevelt Jr guests in Manchester. Miss Decker marries James Lindsay Gordon at Dumbarton Ave residence. ceremony small and private.
Women’s Lisle Hose on sale in plain black white and tan fine quality. Special price 35c per pair and 3 pairs for $1.00. Main floor F street.
White Goods offers 500 yards of 45 inch Mercerized Batiste in excellent quality for 30c a yard with value 50c per yard. Also 200 yards of Tan Linen at 36 inches wide for 39c per yard, value 37 1 2c. Second floor Eleventh Street.
Thrifted boys clothing itemized sale announces reductions across many garments including trousers suits knickerbockers and coats. Sizes range from toddlers to teens with substantial price cuts highlighted for serge blouses and wash suits.
In the Infants' Department on the Eleventh Street third floor, items include seven white embroidery hats with a tam o shanter crown reduced from 2.75 to 3 a piece, one white pique reefer with large collar reduced from 3.00 to 22.00, two white pique reefers with scalloped edges reduced from 8.75 to 2.40 each, and four white India linen dresses with square yoke and lace trim reduced from 2.60 to 1.00 each.
The store lists numerous corsets on third floor Eleventh at. J B Corsets in medium bust elastics attached span sizes 19 to 82 with prices cut from 2.00 and 3.00 to 1.79 per pair. Corset H coutis medium bust and hip sizes 28 to 31 priced down from 1.75 to 1.25. P D Corsets coutis medium bust and hips size 56 reduced from 96.09 to 3 350 per pair.
Readable items include 81-2ds and 47 inch Storm Serge with reductions to 2.35 and 5.00 per yard respectively. Other fabrics listed with price drops: Shadow Check serge 5.00 per yard, Melrose Cloth 2.50, Minch All-silk Grenadine 7.00, Lupin's Voile 3.50, English Serge 1.75 per yard. Second floor GST.
Listing of fabric prices on second floor including printed organele at 6 cents, lawns from 12 1 2 cents, Irish Dimity and Scotch Gingham by the yard, printed mousseline at 1 1 2 cents, Banzai silk at 81 2 cents, imparted linen at 35 cents per yard. various yardage bundles offered.
Miss Helen Joyner of Amberat county Virginia arrived yesterday for a four month visit with relatives at the Nibrah cottage in Bendecck Heights. Miss May Horn is in New York visiting friends while Miss SuJan Horn travels to Atlantic City to join her sister Miss Fannie Horn.
Washington welcomes Baroness Kiyo Takahira daughter of the Japanese ambassador who will keep to Oriental dress as she joins diplomatic society at the capital. Newport endures a severe thunderstorm with many strikes nearby causing widespread alarm but little damage. A Paris wedding involving Mile. Anne Fallières and J J E Lanes stirs discussion over presidential attendance due to church-state separation rules. Chicago fashion eyes sheath gowns as directoire styles gain favor among society ladies and debutantes. The Prince of Wales is praised for restraint reflecting monarchic tradition and preparedness for future duties. Steaming baths and hot tea become fashionable in Newport society amid heat.
A Deal Golf Club dinner and country dance featured gingham and calico costumes and farm fare. Notables include Joseph M Byrne organizer and guests like Mrs Laurence Hutton and families from New York, Cedar Avenue and Europe as summer residents and visitors fill the resort scene.
Few polo-goers braved poor conditions at Point Judith as Newport summer residents traveled by yacht, automobile, and rail to attend. Guests included Paul J. Rainey with the Mirage, Arthur Burden, Howard Phipps, Alexander Brown, and others at the Casino and surrounding hotels. Various auto parties and hotel guests from Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Washington assembled for midweek polo socializing through August.
Newport society debates the double veil as Mrs. Philip Lydig reveals her two veils while guests discuss its pros and cons among a season of dinners and entertainments. Amid gatherings at Lydigs villa and Clambake Club, comments on baths, fashion, and theater rituals weave through a society column touching the Marquis and Marquise Andingus’s visit and Mrs. Hamilton Webster’s entertaining week.
Lenox society attended the charity Kirmess at the Em' a Theater in Pittsfield, highlighting the Marsovian dance with Carmen Martinez Jessies Bishop Harriet Peck and Marshall R Kermochan. Lenox villa backed a voting contest amid gatherings of Livingstones Sturgis Dixey Bacon Folsom Cary Dana Dela field Griswold Pollock Bristed. Proceeds from a Curtis Hotel sale for Sea Breeze Home totaled 225 dollars.
In Oyster Bay on Long Island a six year old named Matthew Tighe Jr. of Washington stands out as the juvenile chairman of diving. Bathing and fancy diving draw crowds at Ship Point, where a raft and diving board over 60 feet of water host competitions. Master Tighe plans to compete in a swimming and diving tournament this summer at Oyster Bay.
In Bar Harbor Aug 6 a country wedding joined Miss Isobel Wetherill of Philadelphia to Samuel Jones Henderson of New York at St Christopher's by the Sea. Immediate friends attended the ceremony followed by a wedding breakfast at the Wetherill villa. A reception and garden party at the Mount Desert villa hosted by Dr and Mrs B H Chapman honored Miss Norris of Philadelphia and Mrs Bell of New York. Tea was served by Mrs Frederick Pierson of New York and Mrs Huldekoper of Philadelphia. An orchestra supplied music as about two hundred guests were present.
The fall chrysanthemum show at the Masonic Temple in Minth and F streets runs September 22 to 4 and is billed as the most elaborate yet for the city. Arrangements were set at William F. Gude’s home, 2900 New Hampshire avenue. George C. Shaffer succeeds Secretary McCauley, who resigned and leaves the city for Chicago, in a club presentation of a silver loving cup.
Washington officers including Gen. William P. Hall Col. R. E. K. Evans and Lieut. Col. H. P. Haines will greet the American rifle team in New York after their world championship win. Navy Lt. Comdr. Wiliam 8. Bimma and Governors Island delegates join the welcoming party with Roosevelt’s patriotic interest noted.
The auxiliary committee of the summer outings committee Associated Charities met at 811 G street nw. Mrs Marla Hayson reported raising 16 dollars from Kenilworth entertainment. Elizabeth Brown noted gifts from Emon Baptist Friendship Baptist Tabernacle Baptist and Ebenezer M E. Church. Elizabeth Lacey announced a Union Wesley Church collection and Crouse from St Pauls A M Church. Totals brought to summer outings treasurer Andrew Parker. Overall funds reached 313.36 dollars with aim to reach 360 dollars for Camp Pleasant equipment.
The Navy Department approved selling the old warships St. Mary at New York Navy Yard and Shearwater at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Butler & Co. of Boston bid 35 052 for St. Mary, a 3 masted wooden sailing vessel built 1844. Samuel B. Wilson of Philadelphia bid 1 536 for Shearwater, a steel schooner built 1887, once a training ship in Philadelphia.
In Rome on August 6 the Pope welcomed two American pilgrims led by Right Reverend James H. McGean and J. J. McGrane, presenting Archbishop Farley with 1600 dollars from the group. The Pope blessed the visitors as Farley later met Cardinal Secretary of State and others.
Edward D. Easton, president of the American Graphophone and Columbia Phonograph companies, resumes executive duties after a European trip to recover from injuries suffered in a New Jersey railroad incident. Woodmen add to their ranks at Oak Camp No. 4 in Northeast Temple, with D W urging new members and Harry Hand among speakers.
District Assessor William P. Richards received a gold watch chain and charm from former surveyor associates. He avoided a public speech saying stage fright. He wrote a brief note thanking the group for the token and shared memories of their time together.
July reports from the dead letters division show slight improvement in mail handling. In July, 1,084,225 pieces were received, 932,983 total, with 381,050 returned to senders and 4,624.05 needed for disposition, of which 3,786.14 was restored to senders.
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