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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1907
Page
21
Woodward & Lothrop in York Washington announces new store hours 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m with the White Sale continuing. The store highlights household needs for beginners in housekeeping and homemakers, offering articles with unquestioned merit at lower prices than common inferior goods.
Segments describe a sale of lace curtains portieres draperies and upholstery fabrics including Irish Point Real Arabian Cluny Renaissance Nottingham and related items offered at one quarter to one half regular prices. Includes Real Hland-made Arabian Lace Curtains Real Irish Point Lace Curtains French Renaissance Obea Curtains and assorted upholstery velour tapestry damask and cretonnes with special prices per pair or piece and importer samples in various colors and lengths.
January low estimates for several classes of work include slip covers to order upholstering furniture repairing furniture refinishing furniture polishing and waxing floors. Fourth floor workrooms will stay busy with exceptionally planned efforts to keep operations moving.
A local rug dealer announces a liquidation of various Oriental and antique carpets. Many pieces include Hammedan, Shirvan, Ghendjes, Daghestan, Moussour, Mahal, Kashmiri, and Kelim rugs with discounts from regular prices. One-of-a-kind items and large area rugs are listed with sale prices, sometimes below half their former values, as the store clears stock for new arrivals.
During annual sale Washington households can secure best values in chinaware glassware and household needs. Regular stock items shown at specially low prices with additional lots of new goods bought from manufacturers at reduced rates. This week features exceptional values from the sale.
Advertising a range of decorated Japanese china including plates cups saucers and chocolate pots with matching ramkins and plates plus imported glass vases and decanters. Special prices listed at 15c for sets and 73c to 1.50 for decanters, contrasting with regular 25c to 35c.
A catalog listing numerous discounted woodenware and home goods including kitchen tables, laundry benches, ironing boards, pastry boards, and mixing spoons. It notes quality materials, careful selection, and strong finishes. Also advertised are beds, mattresses, pillows, rugs, mats, brooms, brushes, and various metal and cleaning items with prices and bulk availability.
Washington society pages describe a Friday musicale hosted by Mrs Roosevelt with guests including the Vice President and Speaker Cannon among a long list of dignitaries. Several dinners and teas are noted at the Willard and other venues, with arrivals and outfits described for multiple hostesses and attendees. The season’s charity ball at the Willard is announced, along with various society events and hosting details for January.
Social gossip notes the Cantacuzenes remaining six weeks in America with Mrs. Potter Palmer, the grandeur of Princess Julie Dent Grant and grandchildren, and a stream of elite gatherings. It catalogs jeweled watches, chrysanthemum motifs, and outfits of Box Nos. 1 2 9 19 at an opera event, highlighting guests like Mrs. Richard Gambrill and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid while detailing Mrs. Whitney’s Fifth Avenue dance with rainbow favors and couture gowns by Worth.
Amid Paris society chatter, Mrs Gladys Mill and Mrs Whitelaw Reid wear gowns of pink satin and blue satin empire while Mrs Alfred Vanderbilt shines in emerald velvet. Amid royal talk, Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia faces marriage rumors involving Anastasia and Mme Patskajeva as fashion and miniature portraits captivate the social set.
Former Stage Singers Winfred Goff and Thomas Evans Greene attracted a lively Raleigh Hotel audience with a joint program. Goff delivered rich, versatile readings while Greene traced musical history from Haydn to Beethoven, as Daughters of Confederacy officers were elected at a separate meeting in Confederal Veterans' Hall.
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