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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1909
Page
35
A special remnant day sale offers reduced prices on remaining winter stock including suits and overcoats from Hart Schaffner and Marx and other makers. Items include tailored suits, dress vests, and full dress options with prices from 1.75 to 4.50 for blankets and bedspreads, targeting hotel and boarding house operators.
Bargain sale list features men’s black stiff hats marked down from 2.50 to 4.00, plus remaining items in clothing and accessories. Includes bleached Canton flannel, gloves, linen shirts, silk ties, and women’s items with significant reductions across sizes. Listed prices show deep cuts and end-of-series stock reductions.
Bargains in boys high grade suits plain worsteds and cassimere sizes to 13 14 16 priced 7.50 to 10.00. Also boys fancy reefer overcoats and reefers in wool blends with velvet trim sizes 1 2 to 16 priced up to 10.00 with values originally 6.00 to 8.50. Sale at Punch Meor Tenth Street.
Readable remnants show a sale of children's cotton hose and women's lisle-thread hosiery. Items include ten dozen pairs of ribbed cotton hose with double knees toes and heels in sizes 6 to 10 at 12 cents each, plus remnants of women's lisle thread stockings in several styles and sizes with substantial price cuts from five cents to one or two cents.
A small shop offers women's trimmed hats at half price and lower for clearance. Hats priced at 3 dollars, 5 dollars, and discounts from 6 to 12 dollars. Untrimmed hats in colors and shapes reduced to 25 to 50 cents, originally priced up to 3 dollars. Second floor Tenth street.
Friday bargains in the Muslin Underwear Department feature women s petticoats in heavy taffeta with deep flounce at 2.75 each valued at 5.00, gowns in muslin cambric and naindook at 0.69 each, and fine nainsook chemises with embroidery lace and beading from 0.69 each, located on the third floor Eleventh Street.
Bargain sale on striped broadcloths and dress remnants in smoke brown and olive green. Quilting pieces include 41 8 yards and 14-inch smoke novelty. prices cut from 2.50 to 1.25 per yard and other reductions noted for brown, black, and serge fabrics. Includes 6 yard and 5 yard pieces with substantial markdowns.
A sale note offers 22 dozen women's Swiss ribbed combination suits with low necks, no sleeves, and lace trimmed drawers. Priced at 35 cents each, value 50 cents, listed on the main floor at F Street.
Reduced art and print items displayed on the Fourth floor at Tenth St. Includes colored Venetian view frames from 5.00 to 2.50, several carbon pictures such as Congressional Library and White House from 5.00 to 1.50 each, and multiple hand colored and old prints with price cuts ranging from 1.50 to 4.05. Location and frame styles noted.
An OCR read lists reductions on assorted decorative china items in a department sale. Items include tea cups and saucers, a salad dish, bread and butter plates, jelly ware, mayonnaise tray, celery tray, comb er bee tray, and a nut dish, with price cuts ranging from $1.25 to $1.00. Fifth floor Gat.
The Roosevelts hosted a state dinner in the White House state dining room with the Supreme Court chief and associate justices among guests. Attendees included Justice Harlan, Justice Brewer, Justice White, Justice Peckham, and many officials and diplomats. Other dinner entertainments featured musical programs and numerous social gatherings across the capital with senators, ambassadors, and governors present.
Mrs Carter wife of Senator Carter of Montana hosted a large afternoon reception with notable guests including Gen John M Wilson and Baroness Marie von Paumgartten. Tea service featured Miss Hillyer in lace and Miss Hicks in crushed strawberry satin. Other hostesses included Mrs William Manning Irwin and Mrs Joseph E Thropp with luncheons in Twentieth Street and amid Richmond roses.
Washington charity event features St Pauls choir performing Christmas carols this afternoon at Hauscher's ballroom. The program benefits the work of the poor churches under patronage of women supporters. Winter debutantes will sell programs.
Dirs, Charles M. Hammett and her daughters plus several named social figures will be at home today from to 6 o'clock at their In street. Mrs. Richard Butler will receive this afternoon for the last time this season. Miss Aukam and Mrs. R. L. Allen of Waynesville N C will entertain this afternoon from to 7 o'clock. Miss Katherine Carter Critcher will not receive today as she travels to Philadelphia for the PAFA private view and will stay with Admiral and Mrs Miles at the Naval House.
Washington yesterday saw a hostess of yesterday guests in town for New York departure to England. Mrs Julian James hosted Mrs Townend Mrs Jewett of New York and Gen Medorem Crawford’s guests Mrs Cladys Gittings of Baltimore for a few days. The Wytorgs and Misses Wryborg of Cincinnati leased Mrs Barney’s Rhode Island Ave home for the winter. The Nicaragua minister and Mme Corea depart Tuesday with him heading to Nicaragua and her staying for the minister’s new post. Charles Dana Gibson and his wife, guests of Bourke Cochran, returned to New York. Shester and Mrs Straus left for New York. Mrs Pilson and Miss Pilson went to Philadelphia to attend the opera. Mrs Allen of Rochester is a guest of Perkins. Mrs John Howley of Nelson County Virginia visited her son Dr. Shelton Howley in Richmond and is now with Orlando H. Smith at 1703 Kulbourne Place. Mrs William Sinclair returned to her Rochambeau apartment after visiting Fortressa Monroe.
At 1800 Belmont Road yesterday afternoon Miss Lilian Corale Love married Lieut. Woolman Gibson Emory U.S.M.C. Bishop Alfred Harding officiated. The couple will visit Port Royal before joining naval duties. Also married were Miss Geneva Herman to Mr. David Rothschild and Miss Millie Wassermann to Mr. Edgar Berliner at the New Willard. Families attended, travels planned, and brides wore formal gowns with floral arrangements.
In a London fog on Wednesday Mrs. George Keppel was robbed of a jeweled gold purse containing bank notes after being jostled by strangers near Portman Square. Police have found no leads. The mood among society is unsettled as other jewelers report robberies under cover of the fog.
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