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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1905
Page
7
UK mammoth department store advertises eight acres of holiday goods across nine floors. Ten entrances on boundary streets guide shoppers to over twenty departments with new and exclusive items. Early morning opening, with steady restocks and delivery through Christmas Eve.
A Victorian styled catalog note presents luxury upholstery items for holiday gifts. It highlights Irish Point Curtains lace drapes, carpets, tapestry panels, lace bed sets, sofa pillows, couch covers, and freestanding tapestries with special values and prices for seasonal buyers. It mentions various curtain patterns, sizes, and leather and fabric options with discounts.
Pretty Table Covers present a complete line in tapestry and recent effects. Prices range from 1.50 to 18.00 for various sizes from 6-4 to 8-12, with special offers on French tapestry table covers and reversible fringed designs.
In our Screen Department on the second floor UG street we present a large assortment of welding and decorative screens. Oak and mahogany pieces feature silkoline burlap textures, trench and Japanese designs, and embroidered burlap options. Prices range from 1.50 to 4300 with various styles including Mission Oak, Japanese, and Savill Fire Screens. Second floor Gazatte.
Rich Lace Bed Sets describe pretty bed coverings that finish a room and enhance nightly appeal. A special purchase of Fine English Babbinette Bed Sets includes spread and bolster cover with elaborately trimmed tennis sance braid and a detachable 10 inch circular Bonne Femme Valance at one third off regular prices.
Made to order Box and Head Couches offered in first class style with best materials. Denims reps Bohemian cloth velour used. prices range from 12.50 to 18.00 dollars each. Add pillows and a couch cover for a handsome useful gift suitable for fathers or husbands.
In the Screen Department an assortment of bamboo pieces is shown including utility boxes window seats footstools tables and chairs. Prices range from 1.00 to 18.50 with descriptions of finishes and matting. Custom bamboo furniture is also available in about ten days from Second floor St.
On the fifth floor Xmas shop showrooms, AINTY China, rich cut glass, artistic lamps and imported basket wares are highlighted. Early selection advised before peak stocks run low, with Open-stock Dinner Set plans from $7.50 to $150. French 100-piece pink and green Decorated Sets, dishes, and tea service items listed with varied prices. Nickel copper and brass 5 o clock tea kettles and related accessories showcased with multiple finish options and prices.
Brilliant American cut glass praised as the world’s best in brilliance and design. The ad promotes inspection and comparison and lists new shapes with prices for olive dishes pickle dishes sherbets carates decenters nut bowls salad bowls fruit dishes and ice cream trays including items priced from .91 to 5.00.
A vintage display promotes gas electric and oil lamps for Christmas decor. It highlights new Art Glass Shades with crystal fringe and a range of reading and parlor lamps, Japanese silk figures, Geisha lamp shades, glass dome shades, and silver currassea candle holders with prices from $1.50 to $3.50 and up.
A retailer advertises nickel chafing dishes with wrought iron stands and varied accessories as Xmas gifts. Items include nickel chafing dishes with stands from $2.25 up, fancy nickel dishes with adjustable lamps from $6.00, cover holders, trays, fry pans, heaters, and alcohol canisters, with prices up to $15.00.
A promotional listing touts imported Christmas baskets and related items from leading makers. It highlights Xmas Candy Baskets Xmas Scrap Baskets Xmas Work Baskets Xmas Covered Hampers and assorted decorative baskets with prices ranging from under a dollar to a few dollars.
A carpet sweeper saves time for tidying after sewing with Bissell reels. The Grand Rapids model, with new improvements, sells for 2.50 dollars each. Other Bissell sweepers range from 1 to 5 dollars.
Fifth floor collection of gifts for men shown in the center aisle of the China Department. Items include Weathered Oak Pips Racks from $1.50, Fancy Cocoanut Tobacco Boxes from $2.50, New Imported Ash Receivers and Royers from $1.50 and up, New Nested Ash Trays from $1.00, Imported Cigar Boxes from 75 cents, Decorated Shaving Mugs from 25 cents, Decorated Mustache Cups and Saucers from 23 cents, Decorated Plates from 38 cents, Imported Decorated Beams from $2.50 and up. Inspect the selection.
Twelve tables of imported fancy china offered from ten cents to ten dollars each. The assortments present thousands of unique pieces for personal and home use, including many from the new 1906 sample lines. Items are one of a kind and not likely to be duplicated. on display in the broad center aisle of the china department.
Social notices detail Mrs Fairbanks hosting Cabinet ladies at home from 4 to 6 pm for personal friends, not public receptions until after January 1. President and Mrs Roosevelt to dine tonight. various receptions highlight diplomacy and society, including Sanger guests and multiple ambassadorial gatherings.
The article lists society events and movements including a cotillion for forty or more couples led by Dr. Robert Jason, Mrs. Bertha Cobienzer hosting on Wednesdays, the de Koven mourning leaving their Lenox residence to be occupied by Rep. Olcott, Rev. Dr. Parson’s move from Clifton Springs to Haven, Malina with his sons, Mrs. Henry F. Blount’s last at home visit before a Evansville trip, and Gen. C. C. Byrne’s wife’s return to Washington with her daughter and sister Mrs. A. McD McCook spending the winter in Brone.
A two day sale of autograph copies to aid the Bryn Mawr alumnae endowment fund runs Friday and Saturday at 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, the former residence of Vice President Fairbanks. About eighty six writers contributed quotations from their books including President Roosevelt Dr Edward Everett Hale Mark Twain and Thomas Ardy.
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