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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1909
Page
81
A local retailer announces 1 o clock closing today for Lincoln's Birthday. Friday marks remnant day with prices slashed on overstocks and damaged items to refresh stock. Featured are Misses' Foulard dresses, wool trousers, dress shirts, and trimmed skirts with substantial reductions on each lot.
A third floor clearance listing women s shirt waists in madras linen and net, sizes 34 38 40 42 with long sleeves and front fastenings plus various net and satin waists in colors and trims with reduced prices. Includes all wool sweaters single breasted coats and extra details with noted sizes and sale prices.
A catalog-like display lists cotton dress goods and fabrics with yardage notes. Items include various prints, plaids, and embroidery ready mades, mentioning Pembroke, Perea, Calera, and Mousseline styles. Prices and sizes implied, with references to 9 and 256 yard values and table fleece finishes.
A garbled sale listing details reduced prices on women’s apparel including coats suits capes and dresses. Items feature satin trims lace and velvet with quantities and sizes noted, suggesting a clearance event with discounts previously up to several dollars.
Auction notes describe a sale of decorated French and Austrian china sets including dinner and luncheon ware with reductions from high prices to lower figures. Items include patterned dessert sets, teapots, plates, and trays with varying condition notes such as imperfect or reduced prices.
A flood of marked down furniture items includes 1 Mahogany Ruffet 3500 to 24.85 and 1 Maple Chiffonter 12.50 to 1 with many more pieces slashed. Reduced prices cover wardrobes chiffoiner dressers tables and chairs with bold markdowns on oak and mahogany items.
A fragment listing varied photographs and frames with discounted prices from high to low. Items include sepia and hand colored prints such as Abraham Lincoln, Signing the Declaration, Christ the Shepherd, and The Bashful Lover, with prices slashed to under five dollars.
Attorney General and Mrs Bonaparte entertained at Rauscher's for the Supreme Court with guests including Chief Justice White and Justices Peckham Havian McKenna Brewer Holmes Moody Warren and Burrows among others. Diplomatic figures and Washington society attended dinners and receptions across the capital with multiple embassies represented.
An afternoon audience at the Metropolitan Opera Quartet's performance drew a fashionable crowd at the New National Theater. Hostesses and notable guests from diplomatic and social circles attended boxes, with numerous receptions and home gatherings noted for the week.
Mrs E D Robie will be at home tomorrow for the last time this season and will be joined by her daughters Mrs Smith, Mrs Grennell, and Mrs Harry Robie. Also present will be Mrs Alexandra K Anderson and Miss Anderson of Hammond Court.
The Countess of Granard, formerly Miss Beatrice Mills of New York, will attend King Edward's first court this year in late month. The Dowager Lady Granard and Lady Dartmouth oversee the Berkeley Square preparations for the Granards, who lease 37 Charles Street from the Earl of Dartmouth. A lavish debutante dance in New York featured Beatrice Claflin and hundreds of attendees, with elaborate costumes and a Beaux Arts setting.
An old advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural remedy to improve digestion. It claims physicians endorse the product and that druggists nationwide sell it, offering free mail delivery upon request from the Marshall Michigan address.
Hoadlef Jr Mrs. Dandridge and a long list of Misses and Mrs. Brown Whitride Crosby Baurne McLaughlin Brooks Van Nostrand Dodge Latimer Hay Yoakum Deming Sooysmith Robbins Cushman joined by Mr. Scnindler who directed the orchestra making the performance a new experience for most amateurs to sing with such accompaniment.
During Lent starting February 24 the Churen League of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Washington hosts five Tuesday evening lectures at the Church of the Ascension on Massachusetts Avenue NW. Topics cover the Church of England history and early American faith, from Jamestown to colonial roots. Speakers include Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding March 2 and others: Rev. Dr. McAim March 9, Rev. Ernest Smith March 16, Rev. Dr. W. A. Barr March 23, and Rt. Rev. F. J. Kinsman March 30.
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