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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1906
Page
7
Holiday shopping for youngsters and adults features wide toy and clothing assortments. Boys coats suits shirts and raincoats plus girls dresses coats and fur sets. extensive infant and children’s accessories. games dolls and a large array of Christmas gift ideas across departments. Holiday specials include house coats dressing gowns and bath robes with midrange prices and a selection of one of a kind art prints and framed pictures.
Silk stockings in black white and colors range $2.25 to $7.30 a pair with J sicetines and Domestic Silk. Special imported black silk hose with lace insertions at $5.00 a pair. Hand colored pictures and photographs offered for gift purposes. Boys’ overcoats in Chesterfield style gray shades priced at $8.75. other framed pictures on sale with notable discounts.
A sale listing highlights Men s Walking Sticks in woods and finishes such as Partridge Malacca Furze Oak Congo Weichsel Ebony with silver trimmed handles and inlaid silver Buckhorn Cape Horn Ivory and Brier Root. Prices 1.00 to 7.00. Initials on canes from 2.00. Also Sepia Rosa Bonheur Plowing photo 6.40, Babies crib comforts 3.50, hand colored pictures 25c. Fourth floor Tenth st Second floor Fat Pretty Xmas Gifts.
Hosiery in stock from plain to fancy in cotton lisle merino wool silk and blends. Cotton pairs range from 12 to 85 cents, lisle thread from 25 cents to 1 dollar, merino 25 cents to 1 dollar, wool 35 cents to 1 dollar, and silk from 1 to 5 dollars per pair.
A merchant touts confections from 25c to 80c a pound and emphasizes elegant gift boxes and baskets. The catalog lists bronze and glass wares, porcelain vases, photo frames, beaded bags, and silk opera bags, plus a variety of furniture items and holiday gifts across multiple floors.
A catalog of children’s books with illustrations and prices. Ver Beck’s Bear volume leads a list including John Dough by L Frank Baum, Squeaks and Squawks from Burton Stoner, and The Village of Hide and Seek by B T Wilson with color and black and white art. Other titles include The Birch-tree Fairy Book by Clifton Johnson and The Oak-tree Fairy Book by Willard Bonte, all noted for vivid illustrations and binding. Reviews from Bos ton Transcript and Christian Register praise the works for charm, plot, and appeal to young readers.
Social items report invitations for a White House dinner on Friday January 11 followed by a musique at Navy Yard. Attendees include the British Ambassador Lady Durand Ambassador and Mrs Whitelaw Reid Bishop and Mrs Hark Cranston. Roosevelt hosts note luncheon with these figures.
Social pages describe Mrs Alexandere hosting a grand dinner at her West Fifty-eighth Street home assisted by her daughter Miss Harriet Alexander. Guests wore violet and pink gowns with floral touches and silver ornaments. Tables featured colored roses, a cotillion followed in the Louis XV ballroom with Worthington Whitehouse, and prizes included white swanstown hats for girls and rose sachets for men.
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