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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
15
Woodward & Lothrop in New York and Washington announces hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. during the January White Sale. The sale features high grade white goods and bedroom linens including Irish linen spreads, pillow cases, laces, table linens, muslins and linens in diverse weaves.
A January sale highlights muslin underwear with an extensive selection in French goods and economical options. Features include Muslin Skirts with lace, cambric skirts, corset covers and gowns in varied trims, with prices ranging from 50 cents to 3.00 and beyond.
Winter overcoats at reduced prices for boys and young men. Black frieze and kersey styles in full lengths, sizes 16 to 20 and 32 to 36 chest. Chesterfield dark gray and fancy mixes, latest style, priced from five dollars down from higher prices. Typed floor Tenth St.
The shop offers women's high-grade shoes in complete lines from top manufacturers. These shoes are described as real additions to fashion, using the finest leathers such as demi calfskin and patent calfskin. Also featured are women's medium grade shoes in patent kidskin and gunmetal calfskin, in face and button styles with plain toe, priced at $3.50 and $4.00 per pair. Third floor Ten at Street.
A vintage catalog list of children’s garments including muslin drawers gowns skirts and petticoats. Items feature trimmed embroidery lace insertion tucks ruffles and deep hems with sizes ranging from infants to early primary ages and prices from 4 to 75 cents.
Hand embroidered bed linens offered in sizes for single and double beds with prices from 3.75 per pair for pillow slips to 40.00 per dozen for linen towels. Irish linen towels praised for fine flax and careful bleaching with prices ranging up to 40.00 per dozen.
Silk ie covered Comfortables with wool or down, priced lower as a manufacturer's sample line. Colors and qualities are among the best, offering substantial savings of a quarter off.
Men's Furnishings Department offers two exceptional values in dress shirts and night shirts. Unlaundered shirts are made of muslin with linen bosoms, reinforced fronts and backs, gussets at wear points, and sizes 14 to 17 with three sleeve lengths. Night shirts are heavy muslin, long and wide with variation in collars, plus Comet Flannel Night Shirts at 50c. Main floor F Street store.
High-grade sewing machines of best manufacture are offered direct from the factory. Each machine is made to a strict standard of quality with latest improvements, light running and self adjusting mechanism. Cabinets are oak and finished well. The $10.50 is a hand machine, best model named "Ww. & L." priced at $13.50. Partial payments arranged on second floor G street.
The National introduces an inverted gas lamp claiming better mechanical construction and electric-like illumination. It reportedly uses one third to one half less gas than upright burners, focuses light downward, and features an automatic regulator for steady luminosity under varying pressures. Demonstrations are offered with a complete lamp priced at $1.75.
Our Packing Department III offers expert packing and shipping for large or small jobs. Experienced packers handle art, bric a brac, silver, china, furniture, and more with guaranteed satisfaction. Service available at your home or in our Shipping Department. Estimates on request. Basement.
The advertisement promotes English longcloth for summer underwear from the White Goods Department on the second floor Eleventh Street, highlighting quality worth labor or expense and listing prices per piece with value comparisons for 12 yards. It emphasizes affordable options at $1.50 to $3.50 per piece and notes the store location.
The article details the White House reception rules for tonight, the second Bachelors’ Ball at the Willard with yellow decor, marine band, and cotillion, plus numerous society guests, dinners, teas, and upcoming celebrations across Washington. It lists host committees, attending figures such as Senators Hopkins Shaw and Dryden, and upcoming events including a Walsh weekend house party and a Bishop-Gerdine wedding.
Social talk notes Mrs. Ogden Mills of New York championing New Zealand greenstones. She collects the opaque, softly shaded gems worn as minor ornaments and stickpins, with a few turning up in London and Paris. The piece also covers fashion at the opera and a Philadelphia gallery of society gowns, plus a Chicago bid to form a National Civic Federation branch and miniature painter Charles Turrell’s Philadelphia visit, detailing his royal portrait commissions and technique.
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