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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1909

Page

15

Friday Is Our Remnant Day at Third Floor Sale

Remnant sale on the tenth floor features men and boys clothing at special prices. Hats, derbys, and small fat sizes plus all wool boys suits and winter overcoats offered at deep discounts. Sizes range from youths to teens with price cuts from four to seven dollars, limited stock.

Tenth St

Friday Bargain in Women's Lisle Hose

A Friday bargain notice offers women’s lisle hose with double sole and garter tops at a price of 25 cents a pair. Limited to monthly post. Local retailer promotes the sale as a value item for shoppers seeking hosiery basics.

Friday Bargain in Women's Knit Vests

A local sale offers women's knit vests described as Swiss ribbed with V neck and no sleeves. The listing notes various colors and materials, highlighting a bargain focus for shoppers seeking light knitwear.

Slasen

Men's Furnishings Sale Notices and Reduced Prices

A garbled OCR list from a Men s Furnishings Department ad shows price cuts on shirts, linen, pajamas, nightwear, and accessories. It notes reduced from prices and special offers including belts suspenders gloves and ties with items lined up by size and style for quick purchase.

Winter Weight Suits and Overcoats On Sale

Men s clothing department offers reduced prices on winter weight suits in brown green and black sizes 35 to 44, with original prices around 2 etc. Winter weight overcoats in black tan and stripes, plus sheened and fancy trim overcoats, are marked down from about 25 to 30 and priced near 10 to 17.

Viens

Infants Department sale notices and dress reductions

Readable fragments describe infant and children's garments on sale in a department store. Items include Namnsook slips with braid details, long slips with neck and sleeve trimming, fine lawn dresses with embroidered yokes and tucks, lawn dresses with lace and beading, and longcloth gowns with beading and ribbon. Prices are noted as reduced from higher amounts.

Nansook

Corset Sale on Various Lily of France and Ivy Styles

Third floor Hlesenth street markdowns offer Lily of France and Ivy corsets in medium bust and hip ranges. Items include boned whalebone pieces, elastic attachments, and pink blue brocade models with varying sizes 19 to 42. Prices cut from 900s to 650s and 80s per pair.

Lily of France Hlesenth St

Friday Bargains in China Department Special prices on porcelain

Friday Bargains in China Department offer white porcelain plates with minor imperfections priced at 5 cents each. A selection of white porcelain cups and saucers in good size and shape is offered at 75 cents per dozen. Fifth floor

China

Cotton Dress Goods Prices In Window Listing

A second floor display on G street lists cotton dress goods with yardage options and prices. Items include Bates Seersucker ten cents per yard and other fabrics such as Batiste Lawn ten cents, Printed Percale one cent, Outing Flannel four cents, and various silks and muslins priced per yard.

Bates

Traveling Goods Dept Discounts on Leather Bags and Trunks

A sale listing from the Traveling Goods Department details marked reductions on trunks and leather traveling bags. Items include veneered trunks with bronze trimming, steamer trunk with minor damage, and multiple leather bags in varying sizes with lowered prices from $9 to $6.50 and similar.

Equitable

Portraits and Prints Sale Offers From Fourth Floor

Hand colored photographs and photogravures in gilt frames Outdoor and seascape oil painting and sepia prints offered with deep discounts. Items include Gainsborough and Corot works, seaside prints, pastoral landscapes, and religious scenes with reduced prices from hundreds to a few dollars.

Gainsborough Fusle Corot Ocean Reni Ibcandt Beethoven Jesus Tenth St

MISS CONVERSE WEDS MR H W JACKSON AT ST JOHN S

Miss Shelby Converse daughter of Rear Admiral and Mrs George A Converse and Mr Huntington Wolcott Jackson married at St John s Church with Rev Roland Cotton Smith officiating. Bride wore white duchesse satin in prinsly lace with lilies and valley, maid of honor Maude Converse, bridesmaids in pale blue and pale yellow, best man Paul Townsend Jones. reception at the Converse home followed by a Southern bridal trip for the couple. News of guests from New York Philadelphia and Italy noted. engagement of Miss Florence Beam to Ensign Williamson also mentioned.

Washington St. John’s Shelby Converse George A. ConVerse Huntington Wolcott Jackson Roland Uottei Smith Miss Blood Italy Maude Converse Audrey Townsend Sackett Joanna Adele Morgan New York Grace Bell Olga Converse Pauli Townsend Jones Jackson Chariton Henry J Forsythe Meigs Philadelphia Laura Walcott Jackson Ekengren Legation of Sweden John P Jackson London Miss Bload Charles Walsh le Baron Cerleton Colt Bristol Eliot Gregors Schuyler Bringerhof Philip Jacksson New Jersey Bayard Henry Carolie Henry Howiard Henry Charles Henry Charles H | Parker Boston Converse le Baron Carleton Colt de Lagercrantz Eva de Lagercrantz Mary ‘de Lagercrantz Misses Meyer Aleshire Miss Aleshire Aime Calderon Calderon Anne Irwin Hunt Slater Gusthhen Hermine Springsguth Claude Charles Jodson Desarc Ark St. John's Church Roland Cotton Smith Alfred Walker Judison Miss Springsguth Fauline Springsguth Wiliam T Andrews Richard H Gorgas Kirk L Russell Aa Ers Bradshaw Taebride Car] A. Springsguth Mrs Judson Metropolitan ‘Opera House John C Wilmerding Nathanel B . Potter Harold Barcla Dandriage Spotswood B Reeve Merritt Merritt Alfred Gould Jennings John D -Crimming Franck de KR Wissman Frank Ha ‘Bartlett Elizabeth Latimer Joseph § Ulman Ulman Benjamin Thaw Miss Leary A. Stewart Walker Herol George George F Baker Sovier Manhattan Opera House Lady Cunard Lawrence Townsend Evelyn Marshall Phoenix Ingraham Alexander Webb Townsend Miss Marshall George Jay Gould Katherine Hail T London Wiliam A Hampton Gould Oren Rot Samuel Waleh Albert Zabriskne Ledyard Stevens Isaac Lawrence Henry Sigel Gilbert HE Jones Francis Wellman Tler John Dyneley Prince Beatrice Bend Dorothy Whitney Victor Larkhan Hilbert H Gary Albert Shattuck Frankin Mott Warner Lawrence Waterbury Frederick H Betts Warren EB. Goddard Benjamin Nicoll Matthew Morgan

Mistress Elizabeth Beale Hosts Lady Luncheon at P Street

Miss Elizabeth Beale hosted a two one luncheon yesterday at her P Street home. Guests included Miss Elena Calderon, Baroness Marie Jon Paumgartten, Miss Margaret Brooks, Miss Mildred Fearn, Miss Edgarina Hastings, and others listed.

Elizabeth Beale P Street Elena Calideron Marie Jon Paumgartten Margaret Brooks Mildred Fearn Edgarina Hastings Misa

Washington society notes on receptions and events

A long list of social teas receptions and informal home visits across Washington and Baltimore. Notable names include Vera Vaughan Miss Anne Williamson Miss Barbara Staith Miss Frances Dodge and Mrs Franklin Bell with gatherings at addresses such as 150 Seventeenth Street 1868 Irving Street and 1816 Fifteenth Street. The report covers charitable events dances colonial teas D A R meetings and campus balls with plans for fundraisers at George Washington University Hospital and the Arkansas Club at Carroll Hall. It notes ambassadors and dignitaries including Mr Bryce Russian ambassador and the secretary of commerce and labor with guests from New York and Butte Montana.

Vera Vaughan Anne Williamson Barbara Staith Frances Dodge Egerton Baltimore

Social leaders to assemble for Washington inauguration

New York society plans to transfer events to the capital for the inauguration week. Mrs Chauncey Depew and Mrs Belmont Tiffany, along with the Harrimans and other prominent names, will attend ceremonies and join visiting figures from New York., 但 the narrative also notes society attendance at the Metropolitan Opera and lavish fashion displays surrounding the event.

New York Washington Padet Charlie Alexanders Belmont Tiffany Frederick Townsend Martin Chauncey M Depew Reggie Vanderbilts Miss Grace Jarvis Preston Gibson Vanderbilt Samuel Sloan Chauncey Plaza

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