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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
23
Woodward & Lothrop announces new store hours and launches its January White Sale. Highlights include Irish linen spreads with matching cases, lace sets, Marseilles spreads, heavy and light blankets, comfortables, bureau scarfs, Mexican hand embroidery, table linens, Fleur-de-lis and Latin damask linens, and a vast assortment of white goods from fine muslins to Irish linens and linens for all beds.
A January sale advertises muslin underwear with extensive items including Muslin Skirts and Cambric pieces. It lists skirts, shorts, corset covers, gowns, and various Corsets with trims such as lace, embroidery, tucks, and Valenciennes, at prices from 50 cents to 3.00 dollars, highlighting quality and economy.
Winter overcoats and young men’s black frieze and kersey coats offered at reduced prices. French model overcoats, full length, sizes 16 to 20 or 32 to 36 chest. Chesterfield boys’ coats in dark gray and fancy mixtures priced from five dollars, with former prices listed. Typed floor Tenth st.
Women shoppers are invited to view high grade footwear on display, featuring complete lines from country’s top makers. Styles use premium leathers such as demi calfskin, patent kidskin, patent calfskin, and pan-metal calfskin. Also highlighted are women’s medium grade shoes in patent kidskin and patent calfskin with face and button styles at $3.50 and $4.00 per pair. Third floor Tenth at.
A catalog of infants and children's wear with muslin gowns skirts and drawers. Items include muslin drawers trimmed with ruffles lace and embroidery, cambric drawers in various styles, Hubbard and Masonville gowns, yokes and sleeve trim, and petticoats. Prices range from 4 to 75 cents, with sizes 2 to 12 years.
Hand embroidered bed linens offered in various sizes with prices ranging from for single and double bed spreads along with linen pillow slips and towels. Irish linen towels are advertised as the finest flax woven and bleached carefully, with multiple price points listed.
Silk-e covered Comfortables fitt ed with wool or down at reduced prices. This manufacturer’s sample line offers a saving of 25 percent. The colors and qualities are described as among the best.
Men’s Furnishings Department offers two exceptional values in dress shirts and night shirts. Unlaundered shirts are 14 to 17 with three sleeve lengths, muslin with linen bosoms and reinforced seams, sizes 14 to 17. Night shirts are heavy muslin, roomy, collar optional. Comet Flannel Night Shirts also 50c. Main floor F Street store.
High grade machines from NLY are offered here as top quality. Each unit is factory direct, built with the finest materials and workmanship. Latest improvements, quiet self adjusting mechanism, oak cabinets, and a range of prices from $10.50 to $13.50 with options for partial payments. Second floor G street.
The National claims to have solved lighting with an inverted design offering electric quality illumination, lower gas consumption by one third to one half, downward light diffusion, and automatic regulation for steady luminosity under varying pressures. It is demonstrated as fully guaranteed and priced at $1.75 each, Lamp Dept Fifth floor.
Our packing department III invites moving or shipping customers to use our experienced team. We handle art goods, bric a brac, pictures, silverware, china ware, furniture, and household items with guaranteed satisfaction. Service can be at your home or in our Shipping Department with prompt estimates on request.
The advertisement promotes summer underwear fabrics from the White Goods Dept. English Longcloth, noting 12 yards per piece and prices ranging from $1.50 to $3.50 per piece with stated value comparisons, located on the second floor Eleventh at.
The second Bachelors ball at the Willard drew a fashionable crowd with yellow decor, jacqueminot roses, and yellow brocade. Notables included Senator Hopkins and Mrs Hopkins hosting a White House reception planning details, while Mr and Mrs Walsh host a weekend house party with a celebrity guest list.
Social gossip notes Mrs. Ogden Mills of New York embracing New Zealand greenslones for curtain ornaments and stickpins, with London and Paris as sources. It mentions Miss Potter and Mrs. Palmer at society events, and Paris influence on gowns, plus a Philadelphia stop for miniature painter Charles Turrell and his royal sitters.
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