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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
23
Clothing at reduced prices features high quality garments in navy serge, cheviot and mixtures. Norfollk jacket and double breasted styles with straight or bloomer pants are advertised as a season end opportunity for boys' winter wear.
A catalog of discount garments including suspenders shirts ties and robes for boys and young men. Featured are white and colored blouses Madras shirts silk and wool hats tam o shanters blankets robes and pajamas in various sizes with prices from 25 cents to $2.50 and up.
Numerous girls and misses coats suits and long coats offered at special values with discounts from regular prices. Styles include broadcloth coats in navy blue brown and scarlet sizes 6 8 10 and 12 priced at 15 dollars. broadcloth suits at 21 dollars. Misses long coats in broadcloth satin lined and velvet trimmed from 25 to 35 dollars. hits on serge suit and winter coats with varied finishes and trims.
Display of Peter Thompson suits featuring blue serge, regulation emblems and trimming. Men’s suits priced at 15.00 and 18.50, third floor sixteenth Peter Thompson suits for younger girls with full plaited skirts on percaline body priced at 12.50 each.
Freshly made from home style recipes and chosen ingredients. The entire process is open to inspection. Cakes include See and White Loaf Angel Sponge Raisin Pound Layer Ginger and Devil. Special bakings with original color and decoration ideas offered Fifth floor Ten th at 25c upward.
OMEN'S Imported Black Lisle Thread Hose with double soles and garter tops offered at 25c a pair. Also new shipment of Boys' Ironclad Hose fine broad rib with double knees toes and heels in sizes 64 to 10. The best stocking for general all round wear. Main floor F street.
A bustling display on the third floor eleventh street offers a wide range of children garments. Includes arm worsted leggings mittens sweaters and kimonas for ages 2 to 14, infant crocheted worsted laceques and sweaters, outing flannel nightdresses and drawers, and various undergarments with lace embroidery and hemstitching. Also stocked are cambric maslin and nainsook undergarments and gowns with square and V-necks, all priced to attract mothers seeking affordable, stylish options.
A range of corsets is offered highlighting Royal Worcester and P. N. Corsets with straight fronts, hip shaping, elastics attached and options for stout figures. Styles include Drench coutil and Nemo variants. Located at Third Hour eleventh Street.
An old advertisement lists Wanou's Shampoo Bags at 1c each, three for Oriental Cream in jars, Holmes Frostula jars, Adair's Mouth Wash from 25c to $1.08, Luthol Antiseptic Mouth Wash pots at 91.05, 18a Sponge Bags in assorted plaids priced at 25c, 35c, and 50c, Bourlois' Rouge in jars, Be Creme de Java jar at 26c, and Jie Imported Tooth products 9-12 1-26. Traveling Cages Fib0 priced at $1.80 and $2.00 on the main floor.
A cluttered ad lists Colonial brand and other items with prices for flour, olive oils, vanilla, olives, sardines, tomato catsup, vinegar, mince meat, baking powder, peanut butter, gelatin, coconuts, nuts, figs, oranges, grape fruit, apples and assorted cheeses and confections. Fifth floor Tenth St. shows a wholesale lineup with generic and branded goods and varying price points.
Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. Oliver host at dinner with Italian Ambassador and several senators. Mrs. Mann arranges luncheon for Mrs. Cullom. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Converse host a young people dinner. Notable guests include Mrs. Roosevelt trio, Miss Dorothy Roosevelt, and many society figures at multiple events across Washington during a busy social week.
Social gossip traces two marriages and engagements among New York elites. Miss Myna Scheu, granddaughter of ex mayor Solomon Scheo, wed Grinwold Haven Peabody after a New Year’s Eve ceremony led by Rev. Dr. Henry Marsh Werren. The couple honeymooned in Tennessee. Peabody, a former Naval Academy football star, is from the prominent New York Peabody family.
Paris report states Mrs. McCormick wife of the American Ambassador to France received the Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Nichan-Cheikfyt at a gala dinner hosted by President Fallieres in the Elysee Palace. Insignia include a rubies and diamonds necklace suspended from a white ribbon with green edges.
Haricus C. Creel the newly appointed Mexican ambassador to the United States left Mexico for Washington last night delaying his January 16 departure. He will spend two days in Chihuahua with family before continuing via El Paso.
Secretary Taft and a distinguished Red Cross party traveled from Washington to Charleston, engaging with the South Carolina Red Cross branch. The delegation, led by A C Kaufman, included Mrs Taft, Miss Mabel Boardman, Surgeon General O Reilly, Wyman, Colt William Cady Sanger, Mrs William K Draper, and others aboard the private car Courier. They were hosted by city officials and will return to Washington tomorrow night. Florence M Brown named general secretary of the YMCA is to be hosted at a joint reception next Wednesday evening.
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