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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
15
A local store promotes its imported china and glassware stocks for Christmas. It touts extensive European and domestic sourcing, complete holiday selection, and varied decoration, shape, and size to suit every taste and budget. The ad invites inspection of the full assortment as profitable and pleasing this season.
An old classified ad lists cut glass pieces with prices: sugar and cream sets from 1.95 to 2.50, vinegar divets, celery trays, comports, and glass vases. Also promotes cat glass celery trays and Giang Cologne bottles priced around 1.50 with higher up marks up to 4.00 and mentions a 92.75 value for a gut glass vase.
Ponben Tisbes headlines a curious scene with unusual items on a tray. The article mentions ear pupings and a mysterious tras cael, hinting at a local feature or oddity in a small town.
A damaged OCR fragment lists Japanese china items such as plates bowls and teacups with prices and vague descriptors. It mentions teapots cups and saucers and multiple unclear entries with inconsistent capitalization and misspellings. The text lacks coherent context or complete item details.
A detailed display of gifts for men features imported steins and French German and Japanese china. Brass trays mustache cups cigar jars and sugar bowls are offered with prices from 25 cents upward. Decorative celery trays oatmeal sets and pudding dishes are shown alongside Japanese dinner gongs and almond or olive sets.
Italian hand crafted furniture arrives with rich Circassian walnut and varied upholstery. Pieces include side chairs armchairs easy chairs piano stools sofas fire screens foot stools and more. Finishes offered in desired tint with prices ranging from 5 to 60 dollars and up.
Handcrafted willow furniture offers quality and durability for the home. Using imported French willow and skilled artisans, pieces are finished in color to suit decor. Prices range from armchairs 4 to 12.50, rockers 6 to 13.50, tables 4.60 to 10, settees 16.50 to 25, children’s chairs 3.50 to 4.00, children’s rockers 3.00 to 4.00.
The Bar Harbor original size chair offered with Woodward & Lothrop seat cushions in red or green, priced at 85.00 each, with French Willow chairs also available stained to order. A large display of pillow tops, tapestry squares, piano and mantel scarfs, cretonnes, silk scarves, and portieres accompanies a broad range of Christmas gift fabrics and decor on the fourth floor.
A catalog note promotes chafing dishes coffee percolators tea kettles and metal wares as ideal gifts. It promises tested quality sturdy construction and guaranteed efficiency with items from nickel to silver finishes and brass flagsons to heat and serve.
Taft and the President arrived in New York and attended a Lyceum theater event to see Miss Tempest. Mrs Taft wore coral pink chiffon. other society figures, who attended lunches and dinners, included Mrs Knox and Mrs MacVeagh, with notes on guests, arrivals, and forthcoming charity events at the New Willard and Imperial apartments.
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