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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1907
Page
23
Department of Women's Ready-to-wear Garments on G Street showcases exclusive European modiste creations for receptions dinners and theater at half the usual price. Featured Francis Baffin Agnes and other gowns include Liberty Silk Panne Velvet and White Silk beaded Net outfits with detailed trims. prices range from 38 to 187.50 with marked downs from 58 to 375.00.
A newspaper ad touts January Sale of Muslin Underwear featuring American factory goods and Paris imported lines. It highlights corset covers drawers gowns chemises skirts and gowns in Cambric Muslin and Nainsook with lace embroidery beading and ribbons, prices from 25c to 1.50, with patterns for everyday wear and luxury items across the collection.
Catalog highlights for children's clothing including muslin drawers with hemstitched ruffles priced from 25 to 50 cents, muslin gowns with neck and sleeve ruffles, rammed with embroidery, umbrellas skirts with cambric ruffles, and infants dresses in Nainsook and Persian Lawn. Items range from 6 cents to 75 cents with higher end Russian styles priced to five dollars, emphasizing trims of lace, tucks, and insertion.
The notice promotes a holiday stock of women's shoes in multiple styles and prices from $3 to $5, with names like Dongola Kidskin and Demi Calfekin. It also advertises boys winter clothing, young men's suits and overcoats, home linen pieces, and sewing machines with payment options, all across floors two and three of the store on Tenth Street and F Street.
Mrs. Kearney hosts a delightfully pink tea for Mrs Upton-Muir of Kentucky while a sixty-couple cotillion at Raucher's entertains with gilt boutonnieres and crimson bells. Vice President Fairbanks misses functions due to indisposition as numerous dignitaries attend dinners, theater parties, and official receptions around the capital.
Four garlands of artificial flowers adorn a ball gown worn by Miss Mary Harrimas of New York as a guest of Miss Slater in Washington. Miss Jean Reid prefers flower droplets while Miss Mildred Carter, visiting Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis, sports florals around slippers. Domestic strife looms as Thomas W. Pierce’s marriage to America’s famed horsewoman may face suit, with the couple living apart for years and Mrs Pierce drawing acclaim in hunts at Meadow Brook. A broken engagement in Washington follows Miss Rachel Holmes of Cincinnati and Mr William Penn Creson the architect, a Philadelphia heir to Quaker blue blood, whose engagements reveal society’s interest in design and status.
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