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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
33
The store promotes Our Remnant Day each Friday with special articles and prices across all departments. Early-week selling frees many odds and ends marked down to insure quick sale. Readers are invited to shop for beauty, elegance, convenience, and practical uses in varied merchandise.
Friday bargains in the men's department offer a high grade summer suits in two and three piece styles. Prices start at 9.50 with others at 17.75 and values up to 32.50. Brown tan gray olive and mixtures featured on the main floor near Tenth street.
A small lot of Women’s 16 button silk gloves in tan white and black priced at 73 cents per pair, value 1.50. Also Women’s 16 button length silk net gloves in black and white offered at 1.00 per pair, value 1.50. Main floor G street.
Friday bargains in the men’s department feature colored nessige shirts, Scotch madras and percale weaves, white plated-bosom shirts, and overstock collars. Shirts sized 12 to 18 sold in half dozen or dozen lots with various cuff styles. straw hats in closeout pricing from $1.00 each.
Readily reduced boys wear from all wool suits to madras shirts. Including long pants suits in sizes 19, 25 inch chest, knickerbocker sets, double breasted styles, and navy blue serge sailor blouses. Discounts range from one half to over eight tenths at Third Floor Eleventh Street store location.
Muslin Underwear Dept offers women's corset covers made of nainsook and cambric with low round necks and full fronts trimmed with embroidery lace beading and ribbon at 25c each. Also large lot of high quality combing drawers with full wide tucked ruffles and a lot of French hand made chemises with hand embroidered fronts and scalloped edges priced about 1.19 each on the third floor Eleventh street.
A small lot of women’s trimmed hats offered for clearance at a special price of $3.00 each. Values listed at $8.00 to $10.00. Second floor Tenth at.
Friday bargain on women s lisle hose featuring 50 dozen pairs in black and tan with double heel sole and toe and garter top plus lace ankle effects and drop stitch styles at 25c and 35c a pair. Remnants include 21 pairs in blue gray and tan reduced from 50c to 25c. a lone 1 pair child lisle hose in face effects reduced to 26c. on main floor first.
Friday bargains in the linen department offer 5 pieces Silver Bleached Dam patterns at 1.00 a yard, value 1.25, plus Huck Towels hemmed and ready for use. 50 dozen towels in half dozen units, priced 6 for 60c 6 for 68c 6 for 75c, worth a third more. 23 dozen towels 18 by 36 inches at 20c each or 2.25 per dozen, second floor Eleventh Street.
Bargains listed in the White Goods Department offer sheer quality mercerized batiste at 30 cents a yard, value 50 cents. White Swiss fabrics with embroidery, dots, and figured effects priced at 37.14 cents per yard, value 60 cents. Located on the second floor eleventh.
An advertisement offers 1 200 yards of Printed Organdie on white ground with blue tan or gray floral designs and stripes. Priced at 6144c per yard with a value of 1234c. Available on the second floor G at.
Third floor eleventh street offers large reductions on infant and children's wear. Hats, dresses, wash reefers, and afghans in white pique and embroidery see price drops from $1.50 to 1.00, $2.75 to 1.00, and other cuts, with selections including tam o shanter crowns and lace trimmed pieces.
Reduced prices on trunks including 1 inch Woman's Dress Trunk from 25.00 to 15.95 38 inch Black Enameled-covered Dress Trunk from %.00 to 517.50 1 Inch Steamer Trunk from 19.00 to 12.50 401nch Steamer Trunk from 20.00 to 15.00 Basement-Kiquitable blog.
An itemized notice lists damaged blankets in the Blanket Department with price cuts. Wool blankets in various sizes 12 by 4 and 11 by 4 reduced from 8.50 to 6.00 per pair and from 36.00 to 50, plus a 21 by 4 all wool scarlet blanket down from 6.50 to 5.00. Gray all wool slightly imperfect at 8.00 to 6.00 per pair and a single double bed blanket sold from 7.50 to 2.00 on the second floor Gat.
A digest of high society engagements, travels, and notices. Dinners in Newport and Lenox, engagements for Miss Elizabeth Russell Shields to Elbert Bacon Hamlin, and Miss Mary Morris Parsons to J. Hidgway Reilly. World travelers include diplomats and ministers in Madrid, Paris, and London.
Consternation among pets and owners as Miss Irene and Miss Mildred appear with Russian wolfhounds in Newport. Women boast twelve ounce idols while impostor Miss Mills dupes dealers in New York horse exchanges. Atlantic City fashion, horse shows, and Lenox balloon plans reflect society trends from dogs to dresses to daring travels.
Bar Harbor Me Aug 13 mid week hop at the Malvern drew many visitors. A large dinner party hosted by Mrs Oscar Livingston of New York honored her niece Miss Frances L Sullivan. Attendees included Constance Pulitzer Katherine Stewart Yvonne Townsend and others. Lectures by Dr S Weir Mitchell supported the Village Library and a charity fair at Mrs A Bleecker Banka's home aided the local hospital. Notables traveling to Newport and Europe were mentioned along with several summer residents and visitors at villas and hotels.
Newport RI residents attended a moonlit concert at the naval training station by naval apprentices to raise funds for the YMCA building. The thousand-strong group marched in white, sang under electric lights, and performed songs including Nancy Lee America Dixie and The Star-Spangled Banner before leaving the field with Army and Navy Forever.
In Lenox Massachusetts on August 12 Mrs Edith Wharton was the champion lower grower of the Berkshires winning first prize in all classes at the mid summer exhibition of annuals and perennials. The event showcased the finest specimens from local conservatories and gardens and attracted notable society attendees including the Attorney General and Mrs Charles J Bonaparte and other prominent residents. Miss Emily Tucker of Washington and Stockbridge won first premium on outdoor melons.
New York guests Miss Anna Shaw and Mrs. J. E. Alexandre joined Miss Sophia Furniga and other friends for a dinner and bridge party at the Curtis Hotel last night. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. Melville Post, Mrs. Starr Dana, Captain Barrowe, and Washington guests Mrs. Charles M. Ffoulke and Mrs. Richard Starr Dana. Arrivals at Aspinwall Hotel include Mrs. Victor Sorchan and Col. Hagemann, while Miss Alice Brench and Mrs. J. A. Crawford have reached White Tree Inn Pittsfeld from Davenport Ohio.
Amateur circus preparations proceed for August 29 in West End Long Branch with aid from 14 women of high society. No other social attractions will occur that day to benefit several charities. Patronesses include Joseph M Byrne and others. Miss Cora Lowenstein will ride a tandem. seat sales will be handled at Deal Country Club.
Narragansett Pier saw one of the season’s largest beach gatherings as warm air and calm sea drew bathers to the shore. A dressy bathing scene attracted attention with colorful parasols and fashionable attire. Newport and Watch Hill visitors joined the crowd near the Casino.
A Newport crowd arrived by yacht Mirage for a lavish luncheon at the Casino hosted by Mr. and Mrs. H W Harrison. Guests included Vanderbilt and Biddle families, Reynal, Beechman, Burden, Chauncey, Phipps, Perrin, Sears, and Mayer, with women later playing bridge in the ballroom. A second luncheon at Point Judith CC honored Mrs. Prescott and daughter in law, with many notables present. The Casino hosted a midweek hop with Newport attendees treated to dinners by Reynal, Kiser, Manice, La Montagne, and Dr Sullivan.
The Gambler of the West opens a week long run at the New Academy starting Monday August 17 with matinees. a stage hold up prairie fire and dramatic effects promise a grand melodrama. Luna Park offers Leslie Thurston and a strong vaudeville bill plus an American Regimental Band program. Lyceum presents Mr Wise From Broadway at the New Lyceum Theatre with Brigadiers and Camp’s production. The Congressional Library closes today after the death of Ainsworth Rand Spofford.
A committee report chaired by Dr. George M. Rober addresses health and longevity links to various occupations. It flags dust, vapors, heat, pressure changes, and child labor as hazards, urges protective measures for wage earners, and cites personal hygiene and employer and government roles. The appendix cites government printing office worker health and English trade regulation.
Commissioners prepare specifications for paving the road way of the new Anacostia bridge. Officials say the bridge may open to traffic before November. Proposals for the work will be advertised after October 22. Estimated cost about $5,000.
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