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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1907
Page
19
Selections and importations for spring, including Palm Beach and southern resort items, are displayed in many departments with broader variety than usual early in the season. Exclusive novelties catch attention and are inviting to shoppers.
Social notes detail an elegant embassy dinner celebrating the German Emperor's birthday with the Ambassador and Baroness von Sternburg as hosts. Highlights include a buffet luncheon at Mrs. E. Victor Cordell's home for Mrs. Piquette Mitchell and a long list of guests from New York and Washington, plus various society events and upcoming receptions at the Arlington Hotel and Buckingham.
Enrique C. Creel the new Mexican ambassador to the United States will land in Washington at noon tomorrow from St. Louis by the Baltimore and Ohio. He travels with Mrs. Creel the second secretary and the military attaché.
The fragment describes fabric products with patterns including checks stripes and plaids. It notes 32 inch wide material priced by the yard and floral prints on small white checks about 29 inches wide, mentioning a second floor location on G Street.
A sale of half silk fabrics including Banzai silk Mikado silk Mousseline de Soie and Printed Silk Organdie. Prices range from 25 to 75 cents per yard. Second floor-6 st.
A shipment of French hand-made lingerie arrives through Georgetown customs. Bridal sets feature nainsook fabrics, Calais lace, Valenciennes lace, and hand embroidery. prices range from 17.75 to 31.50. Crests and initials available. samples on display on the third floor of Eleventh Street.
A lavish bookstore advertises a vast selection of modern and current literature and the ability to special order any title. It highlights notable titles such as Heaven's Distant Lamps, Because I Love You, Sweethearts Always, Chronicles of the Little Tot, Sermons and Essays, and works on religion, philosophy, and art with prices listed from 60 cents to $4.00.
Several philosophy works listed with prices: The Culture of the Soul Among Western Nations by P Ram Anathan at $1.25. Studies in Philosophy and Psychology by former students of Charles E. Garman at $2.50. The Syllogistic Philosophy by JF Abbott in 2 volumes at $3. Christian Theism and Spiritual Monism by W L Walker at $3.00.
Book sale listing catalogs standard sets and single volumes with bindings and prices. Highlights include Roosevelt's Choice Works three volumes at $10, Dickens Complete Works in 15 volumes for $7, and Dumas Marie Antoinette Series six volumes at $4. Other titles span Shakespeare, Cooper, Stim son health volumes, self help, fiction by Shaw and Doyle, and children’s illustrated books with prices mostly under $2.
Miscellaneous items include Dixie After the War by M. L. Avary for 2.75, Heresies of Sea Power with maps by Fred T. Jane for 4.00, American Country Homes and Their Gardens with illustrations for 4.00, and Prose You Ought to Know edited by John R. Howard.
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