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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
45
Extensive display from Paris and Vienna showcases autoist and traveler gear. Includes leather and wicker bags, cases, stoves, tea kettles, folding alcohol stoves, travel accessories, and emergency medical kits, with prices ranging from $1.50 to $135.00.
A local sale offers about twenty five genuine oil paintings left in stock. Most are originals with marine Venetian landscape and floral views in old frames. Some priced at a third less and others at half or a fraction of real value to clear space for holiday goods. Blank spaces avoided.
Washington society and diplomatic circles staged numerous dinners teas and receptions during the Christmas season. Guests included Mrs Ballinger Mrs Draper Mrs Hunt Countess von Bernstorff and many debutantes with families and military attaches visiting from Pittsburg Boston and Den ver.
New leather goods display exotic designs and colors. Evening bags and purses in suede and mosaic leather, with Parisian artistry and hand embroidery. Prices range from $1.00 to $28.00, plus cultured leather cord cases, thermometers, and card cases. Imported items showcase vivid hues and ornate finishes from Paris.
Account of varied usefulness and beauty of screens as elegant Christmas gifts. Screens range from tiny fire screens to large pieces, with styles in mission, oak, forest, green, silver maple, and mahogany, using denims and burlap fillings and tapestry panels. Prices span 83.75 to 20.00, 1.75 to 30.00, and 3.775 to 17.50.
A catalog style listing offers Morris chairs, rockers, desks, tables, chests, dressers, and chairs for both men and women. It details woods like quartered oak, mahogany, and bird's-eye maple, with prices such as 15 00 for mortised chairs and 10 00 to 12 50 for various mahogany pieces. Includes office, dressing, and parlor furniture plus accessories like mirrors and bookcases.
The ad touts Wood ward Lothrop Candies supplying thousands of boxes to Sunday Schools last year with rising demand each holiday season. It promotes their chocolates bonbons and fancy candies as high quality and pure, rejecting cheaper Xmas candy. Also notes sample boxes available for Sunday School committees and mentions a fortune telling cup and saucer novelty sold on Fifth floors.
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