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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1906
Page
7
Woodward and Lothrop announces evening hours through Christmas to aid time pressed shoppers. The store touts its vast Toy Store, wide merchandise variety, and low prices while urging customers to use Shopping Cards for multiple purchases and to note store news for savings.
A comprehensive display of ready to wear garments and furnishings for women, misses, girls, boys and babies. Includes dresses waists wraps furs tea gowns negligees lingerie hats coats shoes and infant outfits. The third floor offers gift ready apparel for daytime and evening use and for all ages.
WW: ARE presents a lavish selection of fine furs for holiday wear including Mink Black Lynx Squirrel Ermine Chinchilla and White Fox. Featured pieces range from day to evening wear with bold colors and new suit pairings. Prices from 15.00 to 945.00.
A wide selection of aprons in lawn gingham and embroidered styles priced from 12.5 to 75 cents, plus versatile silk petticoats and gift slippers for men women and children. The displays include trimmed lawn aprons and novelty chafing dish pieces, with special emphasis on third-floor Christmas gift offerings and dress accessories.
The department displays complete infant outfits for both long and short clothes with coats, skirts, and shirts. Also featured are infant footwear like soft-sole shoes and mitten sets, plus boys and girls accessories such as wraps, blouses, toques, and tam o shanters. Prices range from 25 cents to over a dollar, with items on the third floor near the tenth street entrance.
A department store offers a wide range of men’s gifts from house coats and dressing gowns to bath robes and gloves. Prices span $1 to $56 for coats and gowns, with motifs and fabrics described, plus hats and dress gloves. A section highlights assorted tie options from affordable 25 cent to higher priced styles, emphasizing variety and modern styles.
A broad catalog of holiday gift options from the department store displays Toiletry items including Violet waters and colognes, walking sticks, mufflers, dress shields, raincoats, and a large assortment of stockings. It also highlights paintings and art prints—gilt frames, Remarque editions, and original oil paintings—priced at substantial savings and offered for festive gifting.
Washington society notes a January 4 dinner and musique at the White House hosted by President and Mrs. Roosevelt with prominent guests including diplomats and senators. Other items cover dances, teas, weddings, and holiday entertainments at embassies and clubs, with attendees such as Miss Durand, Miss Cannon, Princess Cantacuzene, and various ambassadors, plus upcoming balls, rehearsals, and society events through December and January.
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