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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1909
Page
39
A special remnant sale clears winter stocks ahead of the spring opening. The store offers odds and ends across women's, girls', and boys' wear, underwear, dress goods, draperies, and blankets at final clearance prices. Includes spring remnants and value fabrics such as 42 inch French l vies in navy, tan, brown, and checks, priced at 50c a yard.
Bargain on Valenciennes laces secured with edges and insertions to March. Wide varieties suitable for lingerie dresses undergarments and robes with prices ranging from 3100 to 175.
Frday Bargain in Wenen s Umbrellas. taf Women's 26 inch Black' 1], Umbrellas, with steel rod, yn tame and handles of pearl, taked 295 each. Value, 5.00. Lion Moor-Tenth t.
Bargain listings for women arele hose including 50 dozen pairs of black lisle hose with lace ankles and heat quality fabrics priced around 25c per pair. Also advertised are silk hose in assorted sizes and colors, infant black cashmere hose, and related hosiery items with assorted price points.
Friday bargains highlight white porcelain plates and cups with saucers. Items described include imperfect but usable pieces offered at special prices. A note mentions a lot of white porcelain cups with saucers priced at 75 cents per dozen.
Store notices mark a clearance of infants linens including handmade linen pillows in various trims from $2.50 to $1.75, French lawn pillows in heart shapes with beading, and beaded bibs with lace. Maternity packet and related items reduced, located on floor Eleventh Street.
Friday bargains offer 5,000 yards of printed Madras with a white ground and polka dots and stripes in blue pink gray and black. Cotton dress goods priced at 25 cents a yard with value 35 cents. Remnants include various fabrics sold by the yard such as Lawns seersucker gingham outing flannels fleecedown chiffon silk and poplin with multiple yard lengths. Location listed as Second street-G.
Forty dozen women's lisle-finish vests Richelieu ribbed very elastic all sizes priced at 20 cents each or 3 for 50 cents Value 25 cents Main floor F street
A Second floor G Street sale lists numerous fabrics with reduced prices per piece or yard. Storm Cheviot, Shadow Biripe Serge, Sikwarp Henrietta, Tapas Read’s, Striped Serge, Prunella, Silk-warp Tamise, wide-web Serge, Wanl Abatross, Broadcloth, Mohair Brilliantine and related yardage quantities are detailed with discounts ranging from cents to several dollars.
The ad lists various rugs with marked price cuts including a 19 by 12 foot Wilton rug reduced from 55.00 to 40.00 and a Body Brussels rug from 27.50 to 19.76. Also mentions Texott Ayminster and other short length rugs with discounts and floor location on Fourth floor G Street.
Muslin underwear department offers several lots priced to clear. Black silk petticoats with deep ruffles at 5.50 each, muslin long petticoats 29c, crepe short kimonos in pink and blue with Persian borders, 15 cambrie corset covers and gowns reduced to 6c and 6c respectively, corset covers trimmed with embroidery and ribbon. Third floor Eleventh St.
Ledger lists selected Lily of France and Ivy Corsets with sizes from 1% to 37, including medium bust and hip, boned whalebone, elastics, and high bust styles. Prices slash from 9.6 to 36.00 per pair and 7.50 or more to 2.50–8.00, with quantities varied across multiple lines.
Cambric edgings and insertions offered in various lengths from 4 to 10 yards, sold by the piece. Insertions 1 to 6 inches wide, special price 10 cents a yard. A second lot features edgings 3 cents to 3 inches wide and insertions 1 to 144 inches wide, special price 5 cents a yard. Main floor G street.
Third floor garments advertised include velvet coat suits in Reseda Green Catawba and bronze tones with braids trims and circular skirts. Prices slashed from $75–$145 to $36–$72.60. broadcloth princess dresses in multiple colors cut to $14.00–$40.00. evening coats and capes discounted. sizes 36 and 38 noted.
Reduced prices across many waists including Hunter’s Green Net Waists with tucked long sleeves and satin trims, Dotted Net Waists with satin bands, and Irish Linen Shirt Waists in sizes 30 to 42. Discounts range from modest reductions to deep cuts, with several items below $10 and others near $275 at final sale. In Third floor-Gst.
A Misses' Department sale lists 4 wine color cheviot coats reduced from 7.00 to 4.75, 4 dark blue cheviot gowns trimmed with velvet and buttons, sizes 10 and 13, plus a 16 reduced to 1.10. Also advertised are corduroy coats, a 15.00 dress cut to 7.50, an all wool cheviot dress in red and blue trimmed with velvet rib bon, a brown and blue plaid quilted skirt suit, and a blue broadcloth jumper with satin buttons and full skirt, all marked down. Third floor atrect.
Shoe department lists numerous women's tan calfskin and button shoes with welt soles and Cuban heels in sizes 31-2 41-2, 6 B 22-4, 351-3, and 6 Co 02 5 51d 61-2 D reduced from 3.30 to 1.95. Also notes 7 pairs women’s button lace shoes and men’s liners in assorted sizes with reductions, plus 18 pairs of misses and children’s lace shoes. Third floor tenth at.
A scattered society page details estate managers and family names, a London marriage linking Lord Brooke to Miss Syden, and a sea of fashion notes from gowns to lace. It also reports on Roosevelts room stash, exhibitions in New York and Pittsfield appendicitis weddings, with theater crowds chasing silk stockings as a riotous curtain end.
Dulin and Martin Co offers extra China, silver, and glassware at low prices for inauguration needs. Stock increased to meet rising demand. Hotels, cafes, lunch rooms, and boarding houses are urged to obtain prices before buying. Salesmen available on request.
Washington Pot reports a New York sale of Henry Graves Chinese porcelains at American Art Galleries netting $14,170 this afternoon. Among buyers were Mrs. Astor and Mrs. Ogden Mills. collector Thomas E. Clarke led bidding, purchasing the hawthorne jar at $520, a Kangxi water vase brought $180, and a blue and white plate fetched $250 to Duveen as the event continues tomorrow and Saturday.
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