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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
7
The store promotes extended hours through the Christmas season with deeply reduced and uniformly moderate prices on a wide range of gift items sourced from premier markets. It emphasizes careful service, bigger crowds each year, and asks customers to help by providing correct names and addresses, plus carrying small parcels when possible.
A bright Christmas season wedding at St Margaret's joined Miss Beatrice Ashmead and Lieut William Littlefield TS in marriage amid naval uniforms and festive greens. Attendants included Mrs E L White and several officers. the couple plan home at the navy yard after a New York trip. A separate ceremony followed for Miss Eleanor Sowers and Mr Samson Lane Faison at the Sowers home with a large reception. Additional weddings and a debutante ball for Miss Blesner Slater are noted with prominent guests in political and diplomatic circles.
Attractive dress patterns are shown on special tables in the Dress Goods Department for selection. Available both boxed and enclosed in lithographed bands, the fabrics include popular imported and domestic varieties. Patterns are priced at 1.00, 1.25, and 1.50 dollars each.
A catalog of damask table and napkin sets, bed and toilet linens, hand embroidered and lace trimmed pieces from Madeira and France. Damask sets priced from $5.25 to $40.00, napkins from $2.00 to $7.00 a dozen, various Centerpieces and Bureau Scarfs listed with prices, plus linen towels and hand embroidered goods. Also sofa cushions and Xmas gift items on second and fourth floors with items priced up to $10 and special gift suggestions for elderly or invalid recipients.
A catalog notes screens as essential for drafts and privacy, with a wide range from tiny fire screens to large room dividers. Styles include mission oak, forest green, silver maple, and imitation mahogany, many with tapestry top panels. Also imported Japanese teakwood screens feature embroidery and black grounds, with prices from 1.75 to 75 dollars. Second floor Gst.
A Washington shop advertises elegant, dependable Petticoats and a recent shipment of hand painted Japanese Bric-a-brac from the Georgetown customs house. The sale highlights low prices on skirts, gowns, and a broad array of jewelry and accessories, plus house coats, bath robes, and blanket bath robes with notable value. Deals emphasize special prices on odd and artistic gifts unavailable elsewhere in Washington.
STANDARD makes and Novelty Silk Stockings shown in a wide range of weaves and textures. Latest tints harmonize with the season's dress fabrics. Imported and domestic silk stockings offered in plain and embroidered patterns in black white and colors priced from 2.25 to 7.50 a pair. Main floor F street.
A Christmas sales row listing book department items and clothing for boys and young men. It highlights The Standard Dictionary and Handy Volume Encyclopaedia with prices, sizes, and floor locations, plus a long list of jackets suits coats raincoats and pants with expected discounts and values.
A fragmentary advertisement lists Charlea Di the Prince of Authors in 18 volumes bound in cloth with illustrations and clear type priced at $18.75. Walter Scott's Waverly Novels described as complete in 12 volumes with cloth binding and half-morocco option, price $315.00. Maurice Hewlett's Complete Works noted as a limited edition on handmade paper, sold only as a 10 volume set for about 0,000.
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