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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1906
Page
7
PARKLING presents the brightest crispest freshest summer merchandise. The store appeals to the vast shopping public and seeks to keep seasonable goods thoroughly assorted throughout the summer. Special values will be offered continuously without sacrificing the complete assortment in every regular line of goods.
July sale offers bargains on men s summer wear including serge suits straw hats and Balbriggan underwear with prices slashed by a third or more. New Madras and Percale Neglige Shirts also reduced with many items under $2 and each garment priced to attract travelers and vacationing gents.
Men’s fine black gauze cotton socks lightweight and seamless in all sizes. Special value four pairs for section. Men’s fancy socks hemp and cotton ends of an importer line with a variety of styles to choose from. 25 cents per pair regular 30 cents.
They are made of imported and domestic madras in stylish patterns in all sizes. Special prices 50c 75c and 1.00 each. Third floor Tenth street.
Retail notice highlights a wide range of white cambric and lawn petticoats for summer, detailing embroidery, lace, and flounce trims. Also advertisesBlack pure silk hose at reduced prices due to slight imperfections, with multiple weights and sizes available on the main floor.
Full assortment of dainty neckwear for dress-up and travel in white mull ties with embroidered ends, tailor-made linen and lace stocks, undersleeves with lace tucks and embroidery, Peter Pan and Dutch collars suitable for hot weather. Main floor G Street.
A new invoice lists folding go carts as handy travel gear. Models include reclining back perforated seat cane and rattan backs with rubber tires. Prices range from 3.60 to 18.95 with discounts up to 13.00 for various configurations. Sixth floor G street store.
A notice of new arrivals features Women s Oxfords in white tan black and patent kid with styles including patent climax kid court pumps white canvas oxfords and tan husia calf blucher oxfords. Prices range from about 3 50 to 5 00 per pair. Also listed are boys girls and infants shoes in a full range and sizes located on the third floor tenth et.
UK White Goods stock offers linen cotton fabrics for midsummer wear with home and imported items. Prices range from 12¢ to $2.00 per yard, plus pieces and assortments on the second floor. Also featured are stamped India Linen garments and embroidery patterns with materials included for ready-to-embroider items.
Guaranteed Sewing Machines showcases high grade models direct from factory. W & L hand machine with oak cabinet, wooden base, and quiet self adjusting mechanism priced at 15.50. All machines carry five year guarantees, Capital model lasts ten years.
Washingtonians abroad include Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Voorhis and Mrs. Frank Foster for several months in Europe. Senor Don Jorge Munoz and the Costa Rican minister with family depart for summer, while Viscount de Chambrun leaves for Canada. Geneva reception highlights Brutus Junius Clay and the American mission to the Geneva convention with extensive festivities and notable guests.
Harry King at Black Mountain NC and Thomas R Martin with daughter Helen visited Charles Town WV yesterday. Mr Martin plans an extended northern trip. J Iseman family enjoy summer at Atlantic City. B M Prescott hosts a bridge party at Narragansett Pier. Mrs Wam Stranahan leaves for Goldfield NV to join mining husband. Mrs Frank Foster to New York then Europe. Voorhis pair sail to Europe from Paterson NJ. Representative Henry Sherman Bautell and family return to Chicago. Mrs Sumers at Plemont Atlantic City and J Eakin Gadsby to Peak Island ME then York Harbor. Charles G Bennett leaves to join Mrs Bennett in New York.
In a London Punch piece dated July 10, the diary of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth is depicted with humor and satire. It lampoons Senator Longworth and American customs, notes a breakfast with notable figures, jokes about gum, monocles of royalty, and a dinner at Dorchester House. A double Limerick mocks Mrs. Longworth, and an explanatory diagram addresses stereotypes of American officials.
Columbia Theater Company resumes its twelfth week with a revival of Confusion by Joseph Derrick. Guy Standing stars as Mortimer Mumbleford. George Gaston plays Christopher Blizzard. The farce involves a bull pup and a baby mix up, with fast action and dexterous humor. Box office opens this morning.
Ayer’s Hair Vigor promises to feed hair bulbs and restore life to hair. It claims to keep hair in, promote rapid growth, and leave it soft and glossy with each bottle.
President Roosevelt pursues a quiet first real vacation since taking office at the White House, receiving only two visitors in a week and signing over 170 commissions to reorganize the diplomatic and consular service and post offices. An impersonator, Elisha Moore, was jailed ten days for posing as a Secret Service officer and threatening local saloonkeepers near Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt children plan a Friday informal party at Sagamore Hill while Secretary Taft is due to visit Oyster Bay to finish army post rearrangements.
The Royal Italian Band and the Four Londons finish a weekly run at Luna Park with band concerts and acrobatic acts. Lorenzo Vola has taken baton duties after the director’s death in Kansas City. Next week Carreb’s circus of trick ponies and Maud the mule appear with audience participation rides for comic relief.
Secretary of the board of redubation, W. W Conner, faces a crowded schedule as he must rent at least twenty external rooms to house the rising number of schoolchildren. Compulsory schooling and half day sessions strain available space, and property owners show reluctance to lease.
Arrangements are complete for St Patrick's parish River View annual excursion with athletic contests three baseball games potato races and sack races for boys. St Vincent de Paul Conference and Sunday school ladies assist in child care and general supervision of the event.
The estate of Sarah Janette Penicks dated August 10 1891 is devised by Cabell Williamson to four children Florence J Jennie Jessie L and Thomas B Penicks. As each reaches majority they will receive one fourth of the estate. Williamson also serves as executor.
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