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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1912
Page
10
A festive anniversary sale features large lots of desirable merchandise across all departments with value offerings unseen before. The event highlights special values and a widespread celebration by the establishment to mark the occasion.
Readily accessible sale pages showcase women s chiffon waists silk dresses and fine accessories such as tatting ribbons lace curtains and leather handbags. The ad highlights varied price cuts from 39 cents to several dollars, with items including pumps hats portieres trousers and spring outfits for women men and children across multiple floors.
An item describing mercerized cotton thread and fabric options in varied colors including blues tans rose greens and browns. Notes its desirability for women's suits and shirts and children's garments with a price per yard and regular stock availability.
Society attends a Lenten lecture at the Pisyhouse by Mrs. Margaret Woods of England on The Victorian Spirit and Some Great Victoriana I Have Known. Notables in attendance include Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Marshall Field, with several ambassadors, diplomats, and social leaders among the guests. A busy social whirl continues with multiple receptions and homecomings noted for the coming days.
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Beckman Winthrop host a Harvard dinner with Prof Lowell of Harvard arriving tomorrow. Miss Mary Eno of New York visits Washington for a week with aunt Mrs Charles Boughton Wood. Mrs Jack Beall hosts a luncheon at Stoneleigh Court in honor of Miss Ruby James, with guests from Kentucky New York Vermont Georgia Texas and more. The Italian Ambassador and Marchioness Cusani hosted a breakfast for Archbishop ter lands visit. Mrs Fisher wife of the Secretary of the Interior hosts Mrs Kellogg Fairbank of Chicago. The British envoy counselor Mr Mitchell Innes departed for Tuskegee Alabama.
The new Italian counselor Catalini, succeeding Negrotto, is due in Washington near week’s end from The Hague. Attaches and diplomats from Germany, Russia, and Brazil were seen in various rounds of travel and dinners, with Mr. Justice Van Devanter and other dignitaries among the guests at social events hosted by Alexander Britton and the Belmonts.
Heavy grade Axminster rugs in Persian and floral designs priced at 17.75 each for large 12 by 1 foot sizes with regular 25.00, and small 27 by 54 inch rugs at 1.75 each, regularly 2.50. Fourth floor sale.
A fitness and appetite guidance excerpt notes that initial days of discipline are the hardest in mastering the flesh habit through exercise and diet. It advises gradual habit formation, warns appetite may rise with activity, and suggests a simple diet plan with breakfast, light lunch, and dinner options plus water guidance.
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