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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
39
A sale offer features women s dress waists at deep reductions from regular prices. Fabrics include nets, messaline satin, chiffon taffetas, in taupe gray mulberry olive peacock navy and brown with varied embellishments. All sizes available in combined lots with marked clearance prices and substantial savings on multiple styles and sets.
Clearance sale of men s winter suits and overcoats from Vit Bhatgaffner Murs Hirsh Wickwire and others. Lepassunt nail overcoats of this season s production in high class worsteds, black blue and fancy mixtures. Men can save substantially, with suits marked at 12 75 each, worth up to 22 50, and overcoats at 17 75 each, worth up to 30 00.
A local department line advertises a clearance of boys winter clothing ahead of spring shipments. It highlights reduced prices on suits, overcoats, trousers, and jackets, with examples like special price $3.95 for coats and $2.45 for double breasted suit sets, noting original prices and substantial discounts to clear inventory.
The advertisement promotes a February furniture sale targeting thrifty housewives, touting practical, well-made pieces at 26 to 50 percent below regular prices. Featured items include leather upholstered sofas, gobelin tapestry lounge units, quartered oak and weathered oak china closets, and large storage chests, all offered at substantial savings with varied top-value price points.
Gen. and Mrs. Draper entertain with the Speaker of the House and many lawmakers and dignitaries at the High land and other residences. Diplomatic and military attaches from Austrian, Norwegian, German, British embassies attend paired events. Debutantes plan a Valentine cotillion at the Officers' Club with a thirteen-figure procession led by Mr. Harry Beverly.
Mrs Bacon presided as cabing hostess with Mr Bacon and Miss Martha Phillips. Numerous Washington society figures and visiting dignitaries attended, including Sen. Cummins and wife, Sen. Long and wife, and Mrs. Overman, with multiple receptions noted across the week. The social calendar included dinners, tea, and farewell events at the New Willard, Arlington, and homes of senators and spouses, highlighting prominent guests from Detroit to Kentucky.
The reception plan directs carriages from the north to the east entrance of the White House opposite the Treasury. Gates open at 9 pm. carriages parked around the Ellipse in the White Lot. Guests receive numbered checks and tickets, with electric calls for carriages and a cloakroom process near the colonnade. The southwest gate opens at 8:30 pm for special carriage entry by Seventeenth Street.
The piece surveys current fashion shells and jewelry favored by Mrs. Longworth and others, notes English and American servant norms, and describes the groomed social season from cotillions at Sherry's to intimate musicales at Mrs. Haggin’s Fifth Avenue residence. It lists prominent guests at events including the Granard suite in Paris, the Mills family, and many New York society figures while detailing outfits and etiquette of the era.
The darner claims to darn stockings faster and more evenly than hand sewing. It is simple to use, requires no study, fits any lock-stitch sewing machine, and is for sale at Bog Store on F Street in Washington.
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