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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1908
Page
25
The advertisement highlights upholstery, rugs, chinaware, glassware, and house furnishings priced affordably. It targets new homemakers and those entering housekeeping, claiming high quality, freshness, and up-to-date goods offered at savings versus inferior alternatives.
A January sale advertises lace curtains portieres and lace bed sets at deep discounts. It lists Irish Point, Swiss Tambour, and Moorish fabrics with prices from 5 to 37.50 per set, highlighting imported lace curtains and matching bed ensembles for homes and hotels during the social season.
To order work with low estimates on all classes of to order work. This is a good time to keep our work rooms busy. Rattan or Reed furniture can be painted or enameled and new cushions made for the same. Sourth Floor st
January sale features numerous small lots and one of a kind Oriental Rugs with deep price cuts. Highlights include Mahal and Kermanshah pieces from 6x14 ft to 11x14.6 ft, Amritzer options, and Ormetal rugs. Prices drop from $75 to $200 plus for larger pieces and from $15 to $35 for smaller rugs.
January sale offers best grades in chinaware glassware and household wares. Assorted decorated thin Japanese china cups and saucers priced at 25 cents per cup and saucer.
Colonial Pattern Table Tumblers offered at 60 cents per dozen. Imported daintily decorated ramekins priced at 3 for 50 cents, suitable for baking and serving on a plate.
Local ad offers imported decanters with cut necks and stoppers at 50 cents each, regular value listed as one dollar. Promote variety and quality for immediate purchase.
An advertisement lists metal cuirasses and cuirass linings in various designs and colors, candle shades, electric light shades from 10 cents, fancy ice cases in decorative shapes, fancy candles and assorted chocolates and candies priced from 10 to 80 cents per pound.
A broad display of kitchen and laundry woodenware at moderate prices. Items include kitchen tables with or without drawers, laundry benches, combination laundry table and bench, ironing boards and stands, pastry boards, sleeve boards, mixing spoons, butter spades, brooms, carpet mats, stepladders, chairs, door mats, dust brushes and various cleaning supplies. Fifth floor.
A society page detailing Miss Lucy Randolph Mason and Mr George Hoxie Moffett wedding at St. Albans with guests including Bishop Nelson and many dignitaries. Notes include related nuptials, dinners, theater parties, and upcoming ceremonies in Washington and New York.
Social notes describe Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt hosting a Monday dinner and cotillion at her remodeled Fifth Avenue residence for her nephews Orme Wilson Jr and Thornton Wilson. Guests were exclusive to the young set with elaborate pink decor, Louis XVI ball room design, and varied favors. Separately, George W Young and Natalie B Young have legally separated after years of strain and extensive wealth. The decree, based on desertion, follows a high profile Wall Street career and long residence in Jersey City, Belmar, and New York.
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