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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1907
Page
23
Saturday marks Children's Day with value offers on boys suits reefers overcoats separate pants and blouses and girls dresses wraps furs and more. January stock adjustments by manufacturers and importers plus our own enable prices well below usual.
Clearance sale of girls coats and dresses advances as remaining stock is cut to clear. Featured items include Sherlet lined coats in sizes 6 10 and 12 priced at 5.00 each down from 12.50, military cane styled coats in sizes 8 and 10 at 7.50 down from 12.50 and 15.00, plus party dresses and two piece serge outfits priced at 5.00 to 12.50 with original prices quoted.
Also showing a splendid collection of Peter Thompson suits with better materials and improved workmanship. Full regulation style with emblems and trimming in blue serge, sizes up to 20, priced at 15.00 and 18.50 each. Younger girls’ Peter Thompson suits in blue serge with full plaited skirts offered at 12.50 each.
At this time of year boys need a suit or pants to finish winter. Gray and Brown Mixed Double-breasted Suits with belt bloomer pants sell for 5.00 each, down from 6.50. Fors' Suits in navy blue serges cheviots and mixtures feature Norfolk jackets and double-breasted styles with both straight and bloomer pants.
Correct Corsets promotes health by avoiding restricted breathing and movement, offering models tailored to each figure. It highlights fit over self-application, notes comfort as key, and lists various corsets with prices and styles available on the third floor at Eleventh Street.
The Grafton Press of New York showcases key genealogical titles in the Book Department. Highlights include Chronicles of Henry VII, William Cecil life and arms, The Jacobite Peerage, The Plantagenet Roll, and Art of Heraldry, with folio editions, cloth bindings, and carriage extra.
An old advertisement notes Men's Fast Black Cotton Split Foot Half Hose in new shipment of 50 dozen, same quality, sizes 9 to 12, three pairs for $1. In same shipment, all black Fine Gauge Half Hose. items priced and described. Also promotes children’s wear on the third floor, including white worsted mittens, drawer leggings, crocheted sacques, Canton flannel day drawers, outing night drawers, kimonas, sweaters, with varied prices and sizes.
The catalogue lists children's and misses shoes distinguished by natural shape tested leather stylish look and good fit at reasonable prices. Items include extra high cut button shoes with patent vamps white kid skin tops spring heel sizes to 2 and up $3.00 high cut Dongola Kid skin button shoes patent leather trim Goodyear welt sole sizes 6 to 12 $2.50 plus a range of dress slippers ankle ties moccasins and infant shoes in colors. Third floor Tenth street.
Advertises gowns kimonos dressing sacques and skirts of various fabrics at reasonable prices. Also lists groceries and imported foods including Colonial brand items, olives, sardines, vinegars, oils, baking powder, pancake flour, cereals, fruits, cheeses, and freshly baked cakes with prices and floor location Fifth floor.
Washington society notes recount Mrs J F Stevens entertaining over two days with Mrs Wight and Mrs Briggs guests, while Mrs J Sylvester Phillips hosted a large tea at Connecticut Avenue with a rainbow of pink roses and guests from across the region. Other social items include dinners for congressmen, visits to New York and Norfolk, and gatherings at the Willard Mintwood and Grafton hotels with numerous titled attendees and dress details.
A busy note on forthcoming New York Supreme Court divorce petitions highlights prominent women including Mrs Glen Collins Mrs Charles Hall and Mrs Henrietta Estes as petitioners. It threads fashion targets social intrigue and postwar society, with anecdotes about DuPonts Astors Belmonts and Mrs Biddle.
Treasury officials and noble families mingle in a gossip column. Mrs. Marshall Field Jr of Chicago frets over her son’s plan to join the British army, contrary to his grandfather’s wish. Field heirs, educated in English schools, exhibit independent spirits and even animal escapades at Claridge’s before a Rugby stay. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs Edwin A Potter report their son William’s moves toward mining interests near Aguas Calientes, with visits to Chicago and New York, and the Potters’ grandchildren remaining with relatives in Mexico.
New York dispatch reports India Bell Fleming, debutante daughter of Col and Mrs Robert S Fleming of This City, to wed Senor Luis Corea, Nicaraguan Minister, with a family council planned to finalize settlements and announce the wedding date next week. Corea is a senior diplomat long in Washington society, once engaged to Mrs Jordan of South Carolina, a match broken by reports of his colored blood.
Contributions to the Associated Charities lag behind last year as the drive continues. Despite urgent letters from treasurer John Joy Hatson and finance chair Col Archibald Hopkins, several donors are finally contributing. The Queen City Relief Association also faces shortfalls while supplying indigent families with milk and eggs, fuel, and clothing, prompting ongoing appeals to avert a deficit.
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