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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1907
Page
21
A Washington January sale offers lace curtains, portieres, couch covers, and draperies for homes and hotels. Prices from 83.73 to 16. rope berleress, plus tapestry and velour samples, with discounts on modern fabrics. Also offering limited estimates for slip covers, upholstering, refinishing, polishing, and waxing floors.
A January sale highlights rugs selected from stock with substantial price reductions to close out quickly. The collection features mainly unique one offs and small lots, with most pieces not to be duplicated. All rugs are described as perfect and desirable, aiming to attract buyers this week.
Special priced rugs in discontinued patterns, purchased at price concessions for quick sale. Includes Wilton, axminster, Brussels, Smyrna, Kasimir and other handmade rugs with marked reductions from original prices. Various sizes from 2x11 to 9x11 feet, with sale figures showing substantial savings.
January sale offers unusual values on beds from top makers and inhouse Mattresses. One lot of 41 2 ft all brass beds priced from 32.50 to 37.50 with original values up to 48.50, plus a few good cotton filled mattresses and feathers pillows at lower sale prices.
A sale offers chinaware, glassware, and house furnishings from regular stock at under value prices. It features new goods bought from manufacturers, including a 100-piece Austrian china dinner set for 15 dollars and a 102-piece composition set for 18 dollars, plus decorated English porcelain covered dishes at 50 cents each, regularly 1.25 and 1.50.
Store advertises plain white covered jars with handles priced at 75 cents each, regularly selling for $1.50. The notice highlights the unusually low price to attract buyers.
Thinblown tumblers offered in plain brown color priced at 43c per dozen. Silver candle shades with bead fringe and mica protector available in assorted colors at 50c each.
Serviceable gas heating stoves offered at $1.00 to $1.75 each. Aluminum finish radiators priced at $1.75 to $2.00 each. Especial attention to aluminum finish items.
A fifth floor display lists kitchen and laundry woodenware and related goods. Items include kitchen tables with or without drawers, lammdry benches, combination laundry tables and benches, iron boards, pastry boards, sleeve boards, wooden spoons, butter spades, carpet brooms, stepladders, chair ladders, door mats, feather and scrub brushes, a range of brushes, metal and silver polishes, safety matches by the dozen, gag tapes, and other hardware accents.
Washington social notes describe a dinner hosted by the Russian Ambassador and Baroness Rosen in the ballroom at Rauscher's with guests including Moody Lodge Knox Kean Clerk Jenkins and Remsen of Johns Hopkins. Mrs Roosevelt invited guests to an at home music event on Friday February 1. Further entertainments feature Mrs Chandler tea for Mrs Robinson of Rock Island and Col Bramwell dinner with high officials. many Washington residents and dignitaries attend formal salons, luncheons, and weddings through late January.
Extensive changes at Belcourt Newport as the Belmonts prepare for the Duchess of Marlborough and her children to spend summers in America and winters in Europe. Debutante season features Mrs Shonts entertaining Harry Drayton with Longworths and nobles in attendance. Rosa Head Richards wins divorce custody after a kidnapping of her four year old son Anton Head Richards, with Yale ties and the Richards family saga unfolding amid Chicago and New York courts.
A Princess Alinke Odescilchi seeks separation from wealthy Hebrew husband Kover amid a sensational Vienna court battle. The case hinges on alleged cruelty and a demanded $60,000 settlement, with multiple dramatic twists and perjury accusations throughout.
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