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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
3
An advertisement lists Lawn Petticoats with embroidery and tucks at 7.60 dollars, Petticoats trimmed with lace at 18.50 dollars, and white evening wear petticoats of taffeta or silk with hand embroidery priced from 2.25 to 42.00 dollars.
The catalog promotes a Wardrobe Trunk with 3-ply basswood, pegamoid covering, rawhide binding, five-tumbler Yale lock, and ample packing space for long skirts and train skirts. Also listed are 34 and 30 inch trunks with linings, trays, rivets, and iron bottoms, plus Cowhide leather suit cases with steel frames and brass locks. prices range from five to fifteen dollars and up.
The advertisement highlights batistes and lawns suitable for Palm Beach and Southern resort wear. It lists Equites French Lingerie waists, all hand-made, with prices from 7.50 to 15.00 dollars, emphasizing elegant embroidery and lace enhancements.
Women’s fine velvet suits advertised at about half original prices. Styles include silk or braid trims and various sleeve lengths, offering high quality garments in a range of colors.
Our line of W. and L. Peerless Shoes covers kid skin patent tip box calf and welt sole versions including Colt skin lace and button styles. A fine hand sewn dress and carriage line in kid skin, plus cushion sole comfort shoes for women. Turkish embroidered slippers shown third floor tenth street.
Following our annual January custom we cut remaining stock of overcoats for boys and young men in the Tourists style. Sizes vary with belted backs and strapped sleeves, priced from 3.95 to 14.00, reduced from higher figures. Also special 25 cent per pound chocolates in Confection Dept Fifth floor.
James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, elected president of the American Forestry Association at the annual meeting. The group reorganized the board to eleven members and expanded vice presidents to five, naming Pinchot Weyerhauser Hale Kaul Fer now among others. The association aims to unite four bills seeking about 10 million for forest reserves and 3 million for a national park and forest reserve in the Appalachian mountains to conserve Potomac water and boost Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
The National Congress of Mothers executive council met at the New Witlard and chose speakers for the Los Angeles conference May 7 to 10. Planned Washington as next International Congress site. They also bar the launch of a monthly magazine The Child Lover, with initial issue due before February. Incumbent officers Frederick Behoff Grice Bronk Johnson to be reelected. The committee aims to add more notable speakers for Los Angeles.
The Afro American Industrial Exposition Company, formed in DC, elected President George L. Pryor of Norfolk Virginia Vice President J H Amberson of New York City Secretary Isaac B Allen of Boston and Assistant Treasurer C P Rooney of New York City A future New York financier is to be elected treasurer The group aims to host a fair showcasing goods produced by Negroes Also Whitelaw Reid American Ambassador to Great Britain returned home for holidays aboard the Baltic to Liverpool Mrs Reid to join later.
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