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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
21
Our hours are 8:30 A M to 8:30 P M until further notice. Attention directs buyers to remnant collections for the week offering attractive prices and high quality goods. Many small lots hold the best bargains and sell early, so early inspection is advised.
Special purchase of Valenciennes laces with tassels and insertions to match. Widths vary from 34 to 72 inches. Suitable for trimming lingerie, dresses, and unseen garments. Prices range from $1.00 to $173.00, with a diverse stock and value points across the display.
A fragmented ad lists clearance prices for various portieres and textiles, with bold discounts on items like drapery panels and related fabrics. Prices range from a few dollars to over twenty, though legible items and exact descriptions are sparse due to the damaged text.
Bargain sale listing for women s linen waist garments in Irish linen and shirt waists by Tiske Clarke Flage s. multiple styles including plain tailored tucked and long sleeve pieces with front closures. sizes 32 34 40 and 42 priced around 3 30 with many remnants reduced from higher prices. Many pieces include net waists hand embroidered satin waist lace bodice and handmade lingerie shirts with various trims and sizes 23 28 33 38 40.
Readable fragments show a list of linen Huck towels offered at discount. Mentions prices around 3.00 per dozen and various towel varieties, with limited legible details and unclear dates or sources.
Picture Department offers framed paintings and prints at deep discounts. Items include a German Village print in a Jeep gilt frame, hand colored photogravure titles, and a Coucher tay oott frame with shadow box. Prices drop from $29 to as low as $0.95, with many pieces marked down to under $1000.
Readable items include Cheviot coat suits in multiple colors with satin lining and gored skirts, semfit designs, sizes 33 and 35, priced at 10 dollars each with value 15. Also listed are imported two piece dresses, voile princess dress, and long coats in semifitting styles with velvet and braid trim, all reduced from varying prices to lower sale figures.
A local fur department advertises marked‑down items including a fox mug, Isabella Fox Shawl Scarf, Brown Marten Scarf trimmed with Poude, a Japanese Mink Shawl Scarf, and an Electric Seal Fur Set. Prices drop from hundreds to as low as ten dollars.
A vintage catalog notes price cuts on girls garments including garnet cloth suits with black satin trims, box coats, and full skirts. Items such as brown garnet jerseys, cheviot jumpers, novelty coats, galatea dresses, and full length coats show reductions from high original prices to tens of dollars per piece.
Inbound stock includes 31.25 each for three piece sets and various reductions on French and Austrian china. Items feature slightly imperfect or damaged pieces, including decorated salad bowls, punch bowls, sauce tureens, cake plates, covered dishes, pitchers, and dessert sets with price cuts from $3.00 to lower amounts.
Shopworn nickel plated chafing dish and tea pot cut to low prices. Imported jelly mold dented lowers to a few cents. Sharpeners, wash boiler, and several baskets marked down. Glassware and clothes hamper discounted. Century Furniture Posh items listed with deep cuts at Fifth Floor Fifth Door.
Diplomatic corps attended a White House dinner hosted by President and Mrs Roosevelt. The 14 guests included Miss Eleanor Woodward of New York and Miss Martha Ross of Evansville Indiana among bridesmaids, with groomsmen and a best man listed. Rear Admiral and Mrs McGowan hosted later at their Sixteenth Street home. The event featured azaleas and exotics, nine embassies represented, and a formal table setting.
Mrs Richard Butler hosts at the Rochambeau in honor of the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Newberry. Guests include the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs Garfield Senator Du Pont Gen J Franklin Bell and more. Multiple dinners and receptions follow with figures like Dr Hart Merriam and Vice President Fairbanks among honorees. Parish hall reception planned for Rev George Calvert Carter's fifth anniversary with St Andrew's Episcopal Church.
snapshots from the Metropolitan Opera House event show Mrs. Hollins Smit McKim and others in cerise satin, turquoise blue, and white gowns with gold and silver embellishments. detailed descriptions of box contents and attire accompany a broader column on social events, French psychology on women, and a Havana U S reception with military and diplomatic guests.
This afternoon's Belusca event for Italian earthquake sufferers attracts Washington's high society. Performers and audience include many in smart circles with boxes and galleries filled. A group of young society women sell Programs as the program committee lists Mire Chew, Lilian Chew, Mary Chew, Yule Noble, Annie Irwin, Joanna Schroeder, Constance Hoyt, Yvonne Townsend, Dodge, and the Goodwins. Mrs. Plochot hosts her sister Mrs. Charles Sead of New York as house guest, with Mrs. Montgomery and Miss Montgomery of Portland, who have just returned from Berlin after a winter there.
Mims Claire Ingalls, daughter of Dr and Mrs J K E Ingalls, married Roy M Smith of New York at the couple’s Ninth Street home. Rev George P Wilson officiated with Rev H C Ingall assisting. relatives and close friends attended a buffet luncheon. The bride wore a dark blue broadcloth traveling gown. The newlyweds left for a southern bridal trip.
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore Jan 14 This evening at Christ Church Miss Gaither became the bride of Lieut Julius Curtis Townsend son of Mr and Mrs Townsend of Keokuk Iowa The ceremony was at 7 30 o clock Rev Dr Edwin B Niver officiated in presence of a fashionable assembly The gown was white satin with roses and duchess lace An Easter Lily bouquet and a coronet of orange blossoms worn by her mother at her wedding A reception followed at the Gaither Preston apartment and the newlyweds departed for a trip south Numerous out of town guests attended including families from New York Annapolis Philadelphia Louisville Cincinnati and Washington
Mrs. George O. Robinsor of Detroit Michigan new president of the Woman's Home Missionary Society will be guest of honor at a reception this evening from 8 to 10 in Rust Hall North Capitol and M streets northwest Bishops Hartzell and Cramton and Dr. Wilder are among the attendees highlighting the society's extensive work in deaconess missions and social philanthropy in several U S cities
Investigation shows Miss Carothe Nabduco, daughter of Brazil’s ambassador, survived a wreck on Sixteenth Street and Scott Street while en route to a dinner at the Swedish Legation. After a dramatic transfer to another car she continued to the engagement despite the severe collision.
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