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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
12
Catalog note lists Lawn Petticoats finished with blind embroidery and clusters of tucks at 7.60 dollars. Petticoats with lace trim 18.50 dollars. White evening petticoats in taffeta and China silk with hand embroidery range 2.25 to 42.00 dollars.
A complete line of smart luggage highlights wardrobes trunks built to order. Features include 3-ply bass wood, heavy pegamoid cover, rawhide binding, five-tumbler Yale lock, large size to fit 46 inch skirts, separate hangers, four drawers with linen lining. Also Basements large men’s trunks with trays, iron bottoms, riveted, and leather suit cases with steel frames and brass locks. Prices range from five to fifteen dollars for trunks and five hundred dollars for premium pieces.
The item describes sheer batistes and lawns with hand embroidery and delicate lace for day and evening use at Palm Beach and Southern resorts. It highlights Equites French Lingerie waists made entirely by hand with prices ranging from 7.50 to 15.00 dollars.
Woman's velvet suiting offered at about half the original price. Season's newest styles with a range of colors. Some trimmed with silk or braid, some with half sleeves and some with full-length sleeves. High-class, handsome garments available.
Our line of W. and L. Peerless Shoes offers kid skin and box calf options with patent tips, welt and turn soles, including stylish Colt skin lace and button shoes. Also shown are cushion sole women’s shoes with a soft cushion interlining and both turn and welt soles. Turkish embroidered slippers offered at 0c a pair on the third floor Tenth Street.
Following January custom, remaining overcoats are discounted. Tourists style coats with belted backs and strapped sleeves, long and full, in all sizes. Prices range from 14.00 to 3.95, with several previous higher prices noted. Also special 25 cent per pound chocolates in Confection Department on Fifth floor.
James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, elected president of the American Forestry Association at the annual meeting. The society reorganized to an eleven-member board and five vice presidents including Pinchot and Weyerhauser. The group seeks about 10 million for forest reserves and 3 million for the Appalachian national park and forest reserve, with a plan to include western rivers and bolster Potomac and Ohio River watersheds.
Executive Committee of the National Congress of Mothers decided to hold the next International Congress in Washington. The Los Angeles meeting May 7 to May 10 announced speakers including Mrs. W S Heferan of Chicago and Judge Lindsay of Denver Juvenile Court. A monthly magazine The Child Lover will launch before February. Old officers Frederick Behoff, Grice, Bronk, and Johnson were re elected. The committee aims to add more prominent speakers for Los Angeles.
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