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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
45
Woodward & Lothrop in New York and Washington extends January White Sale with 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM hours until further notice. The UK sale offers high grade white goods including linen spreads, pillow and bolster cases, lace sets, Marseilles spreads, wool and light blankets, comfortables, bureau scarfs, and an extensive table linen display. White goods and muslins, Irish linens, and damask sets in varied qualities are featured.
A historic newspaper ad touts January sale on muslin underwear highlighting French goods and economical lines. It lists muslin skirts, cambric skirts, gowns, corset covers, and corsets with trims of lace, embroidery, beading, and Valenciennes, underscoring quality and value with varied prices and styles.
Winter overcoats and boys' garments offered at reduced prices. High class materials, well made, including young men's black frieze and kersey coats in new French style. Chesterfield overcoats for boys in dark gray and fancy mixtures, sizes 16 to 20 or 32 to 36 inch chest. Was $7.50 to $12.50, now discounted. Typed floor Tenth st.
Ladies footwear from leading manufacturers offered in complete lines. Real additions to the wardrobe in the Shoemakers Art with the latest designs. Uses fashion forward leathers including demi calfskin patent kid skin patent calfskin pan metal calfskin and patent calfskin. Also featured are Women’s Medium grade Shoes in patent kid skin patent calfskin and gun metal calfskin with face and button styles at 3.50 and 4.00 per pair. Third floor Tenth at.
Infants and little children's wear offered with muslin gowns skirts and drawers. Items include muslin gowns with neck ruffles and embroidery and diapers in various trims, lace insertions, and hemstitched details. Sizes range from infants to 12 years, with prices mostly under one dollar.
Hand-embroidered Linen Bed Spreads for single beds 72x100 inches priced 10 to 25 dollars and 90x100 inches for doubles 12.50 to 35 dollars. Pillow slips 2214x36 inches at 3.75 per pair and 1.00 per pair. Irish Linen Towels woven from finest flax bleached carefully with prices from 3.50 to 40.00 per dozen.
Silk covered Comfortables with wool or down fill, offered at reduced prices. This manufacturer’s sample line promises about 25 percent savings. Colors and qualities described as among the best.
Men's Furnishings Department offers two exceptional values in dress shirts and night shirts. Unlaundered shirts in excellent muslin with linen bosoms, reinforced seams, gussets, sizes 14 to 17 with three sleeve lengths, at 50c each. Also heavy muslin night shirts, with comfortably long and wide cuts, some with collars, and Comet Flannel night shirts at 50c each. Main floor, F street store.
High-grade sewing machines offered direct from factories with modern improvements and quiet self-adjusting mechanisms. Cabinets in oak, finest finish, and low running costs. The best hand models priced at 10.50 and 13.50 with solid wooden bases. convenient partial payments on the second floor G street.
The National Inverted Light surpasses prior designs with electric-like illumination and gas savings. It uses one-third to one-half less gas, directs light downward, and includes an automatic regulator for steady luminosity under varying gas pressure. Demonstrations available. fully guaranteed. $1.75 each, complete. Lamp Dept Fifth floor.
Our packing and shipping department offers experienced packers and shippers for art goods bric a brac pictures silverware china furniture and household items with satisfaction guaranteed. Services available at your home or our Shipping Department with estimates on request basement location.
The ad promotes summer underwear fabric with quality worth labor and expense. It offers 12 yards per piece at prices ranging from $1.50 to $3.50 per piece, comparing values and urging purchase on the second floor Eleventh at location.
The second Bachelors ball at the Willard drew a brilliant crowd with yellow decor and Marine Band music. White House reception rules detail carriage routes, gate times, ticket checks, and entry marching order as a long list of social hosts, dinners, and dinners for prominent guests and many Washington dignitaries attend engagements and weddings spanning January events.
New Zealand greenstones gain popularity through Mrs. Ogden Mills of New York. The piece notes their soft green glow and use as minor gems, curtain ornaments, and stickpins. It also covers fashion at the Philadelphia opera, Mrs. Potter Palmer’s rumored Paris venture, and a Chicago labor federation inquiry. London miniature painter Charles Turrell speaks of royal sitters and craft, detailing miniatures on paper before ivory.
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