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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1909
Page
36
A clearance sale of remaining stock features Velvet and Caracal Cloth coats in three-quarter to seven-eighths lengths. High grade garments of this season, satin lining, rich brad and silk trim. Sale highlights quality and ample time to wear them.
Women’s Evening Capes offered in rich broadcloths in pink tan old rose and blue. Some plain, others trimmed with silks or with large buttons. Prices and selections available for immediate purchase.
The store lists a small selection of women’s two piece broadcloth suits in taupe and blue tones with golden brown, wistaria and novelty patterns. Styles range from smart tailored effects to trims with silk and buttons, all marked for sale.
A local furrier announces a special sale to reduce stock with selected pieces offered at markedly reduced prices. Including mink, chinchilla, black fox and black lynx items, many at half or near half original prices, plus one of a kind pieces such as Isabella stoles and mink scarves.
Woodward & Lothrop announces its annual February Sale of Chinaware Glassware and housefurnishings beginning today. The store promises unusual values across chinaware glassware utensils and woodenware with special pricing aimed at economy and worth, including a decorated English porcelain dinner set offered at 11.95 for a 100-piece combination.
The store lists plain and decorated toilet ware with slight imperfections. Prices: Plain White Covered Chambers 35 cents, Stop Jars and Pails 85 cents, Plain White Bowls and Pitchers 75 cents, ½ pair plain sets 1.45, ½ piece decorated sets 1.75, 1 piece decorated sets 2.85. All items offered in varied shapes and sizes.
Ivory and two toned Swiss Point Lace curtains in rich designs from English Embroidery and venise lace offered at a fraction of regular prices. Prices range from £10.00 per pair to $25.00 per pair with several discounts and Nottingham Lace curtains also advertised at substantial reductions.
White japanned ware made of heavy tin includes sugar cans foot tubs bread boxes roll top cake or bread boxes and cake closets. Prices feature sugar can 25 cents foot tubs 50 cents bread boxes three sizes 50 60 70 cents roll top cake or bread boxes 1.00 cake closets 1.15 each.
A seller advertises 9-oz pressed glass table tumblers in four smooth bottom shapes with good quality glass. Non-nesting tumblers offered at a special price of 45 per dozen.
An advertisement lists imported Austrian white enamel ware including saucepans in various sizes with prices from 18 cents to 48 cents, Berlin lipped saucepans at 20 cents, 5-quart teakettles, and white enamel slop jars with wicker handles priced at 1.50 each, noting values and pat.ent junk cover and fifth foot details.
A special sale offers window shades on the first fourth floor at 6 St. Readable details indicate a limited clearance event with discounted window coverings for immediate purchase.
A discussion among voters and candidates touches on women’s roles in politics. Nora Blatch and Mrs. Blatch debate women running for office while preserving family duties and homes for children. Prof Dueblin challenges Rooseveltian big families theory, favoring capable voters over large families. The meeting ends with praise for the suffragettes as delightful.
A society note reports Mrs. Van Kauthoven, formerly Miss Alice Kelknap, married Dr. Abram Van Kaathoven in San Francisco and later obtained a 3 percent divorce from W Barklie Henry in Bronx Falls South Dakota. The Philadelphia dinner event sparked talk in elite circles as judges discussed alimony and custody.
Personal notes report Miss Ethel Roosevelt returning to Washington yesterday from a brief visit to New York. Mr and Mrs F Hopkinson Smith Jr hosted a dinner Monday night in her honor.
Diplomatic and social figures are pictured in transit and visiting in Washington. Mexico’s chargé d’affaires Godoy will not return until Thursday. Mrs John Hay is with her daughter in Albany. Mrs Clarence Mackay left for New York after a visit with Bourke Cochran. Mrs Garfield returned from Watertown to attend sons at school in Conn. Frances Marvin Webster travels to New Haven for Yale events with her mother. Former Senator Charles J Faulkner and Mrs Faulkner stay at the Ken Willard. Mrs A Patton and daughter Edith Dill Patton are in Washington from Pennsylvania. Mrs F. M. Chivolm visits at the new yard in Brooklyn. Mrs Lester H Monks and her young son arrive in Washington to visit relatives in Massachusetts Avenue.
These spring suits, cut from sample pieces and odd lengths, use fancy worsteds and imported cloths. They are man tailored, finished with guaranteed satin lining, and offered at $18.00, a price unlikely to be repeated as spring approaches.
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