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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
29
A surplus of small jets and lined garments offers exceptional values. Fresh stock includes men's shirts in madrag and percale with spring appeal, coat styles with cuffs, and many with stiff bosoms. Pajamas in English cheviots and percale, silk four in hands, reversible barathea, and house coats in double faced cloths. Sizes range from 34 to 46. main floor sale on offer.
The ad promotes many boys suits in knickerbocker and straight-cut styles sized 7 to 16, high-grade boys suits 8 to 17, infants baskets, German willow toilet baskets, palm hampers at $3.50 plus, enamel bath tubs from $1.25, papier mache bath basins 50 cents, infants dial scales $6.74, and balance scales from 50 cents, emphasizing value and variety.
Advertisement lists special prices on women’s white batiste waists trimmed with vallace and beading, plus a W & L sewing machine drop-head model with ornate oak case and skirt protector. Also markets a wide range of go-carts and carriages with prices from 7.50 to 30.00, and an extensive sale on underwear and nightwear items with multiple garments and prices.
In Infants and Little Children wearables we offer Naingook slips with embroidery at the neck and sleeves, priced at 50 cents each. Also Long Skirts finished with deep hems and tucks, Nainsook Short Dresses with tuck and insertion ruffles in sizes 1 to 2 years, and Short Skirts with hems and tucks in sizes up to 4 years, all at 50 or 80 cents. Children’s Cambric Skirts for ages 2 to 14 years feature tucked or lace-edged ruffles at favorable prices.
Fare demonstrating in our Shoe Department on the third floor the Nugget polishes. These polishes are for all leathers, free from acid and injurious ingredients and will not rub off or soil garments. You are invited to see the demonstration and have your shoes polished free. Third floor Tenth st.
The Bachelors cotillion at the New Willard featured Ambassador Nabuco and other diplomats, with 110 couples, a Marine Band, and yellow jonquil decorations. The event followed dinners and receptions as Washington society hosted guests from embassies, Congress, and local clubs.
A lead story notes a festive swing in New York high society as affluent hosts spend freely on flowers and wine, dispelling the early season gloom. Mrs. Payne Whitney hosted a Tuesday dinner at her Fifth Avenue home with about a hundred guests, seated at a long table adorned with yellow spring flowers, followed by music. Continue on twelfth page.
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