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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
25
A special remnant day features low remnant prices on outer and under garments for men, women, and children. Many items suitable for wear into fall, with odds and ends, short lengths, broken sizes, and assortments across nearly every department. Men’s and suit remnants include two and three-piece sets at special prices, with varied colors and sizes and discounts.
Our entire stock of these Dainty Lingerie Hats offered at very special prices. They are made of embroidery, rouls and lace trimmed with ribbon. Also Plain Pique Hats with ribbon bows. Prices range from 59 to 75 cents, marked down from higher prices. Also Mens Two-piece Skeleton Hats in assorted colors, all sizes, special price.
Friday Bargains in Men’s Furnishings Dept offer Madras Negligees with separate bosoms and cuffs, sizes from 1b to 9, special price 95 cents each. Also features woven socks in black with figures, embroidered lips, stripes and navy for men’s wear.
Friday bargains offer Huckaback towels with red or white borders hemmed and ready. Sold in lots of six with special prices six for 60 to 75 cents. Also Turkish Bath towels seconds from a Friday sale, six for $2.25 to $2.50 with regular values listed. Located near Second Floor Eleventh Street, old stock sold.
Friday bargain in women's lisle hose offers 60 dozen pairs of imported lisle thread hose in plain black and tan with double straw hats marked sole and toe and a high spliced heel. prita elise trelided at straw millans and tans gneds, 25c a pair. Value 35c, imperial price 1.00 each, values 1.50 to 4.00.
Price-cut men and boys suits and wash blouse suits with knickerbockers and various sizes. Damaged but wearable items marked down from higher prices to as low as 1.49 to 4.00 each. Includes Norfolk suits and wash sailor blouses plus knickerbocker styles in multiple age ranges.
A Fourth floor sale offers Arabian Renaissance and Marie Antoinette lace curtains and a small VWand-made lace curtain lot. Prices drop from 12.00 to 5.00 for tapestries and portieres. White and Cream silk portieres and various fashion fabrics appear with marked-down totals and quantities.
Friday bargains in the millinery department offer immediate clearance of trimmed and untrimmed hats at greatly reduced prices. Hats that were 3.00 and 6.00, 6.00 and 8.00, 10.00 and 12.00 are available in blue, brown, and various shapes, values up to 2.50. Located on the second floor tantalizing shoppers at Tenth street.
Bargain alert on women’s silk gloves from Arocher Int. Handles 16 by 6 inch length. Silk gloves come in tan black and white. Superior elasticity. Special price seven and a half cents a pair. Value ranges 1 dollar twenty five cents to 1 dollar fifty cents. Main floor six at.
Bargain notices advertise women’s undergarments with trimmed muslin and cambric sets. Prices run 39 percent off for a pair of imported items and a cambric petticoat set priced at seven cents, with unclear details due to damaged text.
Cotton Goods Dept lists 2 to 2 1/2 yard lengths with items such as Printed Pereales at 121-2c per yard, Batiste Lawn at fc per yard, Seersucker Gingham and Pereales at 100 per yard, Scotch Madras at 2c, Mikado Silk at 1/2c, and Banzai Silk at 37 1/2c per yard on second floor 6th street.
Eight yards Copenhagen Blue striped taffeta and various silks, wools, and serges see reductions from 10.00 to 6.00 per piece and 12.00 to 8.00 for selected items. Includes 48-inch Silk and Wool Blue Striped, Garnet Poplin, Mode Poplin, and Gray Striped options with substantial markdowns.
Social and personal notes recount entertaining by Gen. J. Franklin Bell at Fort Myer with Gen. Guera and Maj. Murti and Cast. Landa, weddings of Anya C. Cowhig to Charles B. Lidwig and Lisie Helen Spinner to John Fuchs, engagements and travels of prominent families, and numerous society gatherings at Newport Bar Harbor Echo Lake Lenox Greenbrier and Philadephia.
Mr Wilson who went to Newport weeks ago remains away as his daughter Mrs Oxden Goe plans return to Charlotte NC. Mrs Stonewall Jackson has stayed with Asbury at 1018 W Street NW and departs today for home. St Stephens Sunday school girls Lower Birch and classes host a lawn fete tomorrow at Fourteenth Street and Columbia Road to benefit the church debt. Mrs W H Franklin and Mrs R F Burks of Washington Heights have left apartments for summer stay at Hotel Trashmore Atlantic City and will return via Newport around September 15. Mr and Mrs Hugh W Smith of Oneonta apartment house are ten days at the Hotel Majestic Atlantic City.
Brow Vartona notes the Grace Macdonald wedding set for Westbury with Miss Janet Macdonald as bride and Joseph F. Grace as groom. Family ties run to William R. Grace, former New York mayor, with Russell Grace as best man and Frances Macdonald as maid of honor. They plan a European wedding tour and a small Phoenix Lodge gathering.
The piece notes royal involvement in the Solent events with the king and queen, the Prince of Wales, and Princess Henry of Battenberg among expected participants. It mentions several vessels, including the Victoria and Albert and the Britannia, plus anticipated celebrity attendees and social festivities ashore and afloat during regatta week.
Lenox and Stockbridge hosts enjoy cool July days with daily social events. Guests include Elizabeth Hannah of New York, Mrs. Robb de Peyster Tytus, Mr. and Mrs. George Baty Blake, and many titled visitors from New York, St. Louis, Albany, and Boston attending dinners, luncheons, and villa gatherings at Malvern and Heaton Hall.
Late arrivals include H. B. Wilson F. E. Goodrich and F. R. Stark of New York. R. A. Harman M. M. Fleming of Cleveland. F. K. Aldrich of Chicago. An auto party from Watch Hill for luncheon entertained by F. B. Richardson and others. Another Watch Hill auto party includes Wm Carnegle R. Dixon C. Byram and several young ladies. Mr Carnegle was the frost.
Mr and Mrs Charles B Wright of Philadelphia hosted a large dinner at Malvern Hotel Bar Harbor July 30 with 62 covers and elaborate decoration. Afterward guests attended a midweek hop in the ballroom with a sizable turnout including numerous Mr and Mrs pairs and several named attendees.
Newport may gain a villa and a family of regular residents as Seth Barton French considers building a summer home. He and Mrs French occupy Hopedene on the cliffs while entertaining friends. Several families have arrived for the season, including Mrs. William Leeds, Mrs. Arthur Curtis James, and Mrs. S Hopkins McKim, with social events held at villas and boats.
H. J. Hor C. C. Cooley KG Roebling and F. W. Roebling Jr of Trenton N J visit Mrs I W Bookstaver at her ville menor Purgatory The Misses Emma C and Ina L Thursby of New York are also in attendance Registered at the Casino are Mr and Mrs T Shaw Safe and Mr Stanley G Mortimer Mr and Mrs Arthur Scott Burden and Mr and Mrs Joseph J Stevens stay at the Muenchinger King cottage Daniel B Fearing donated a marble pulpit to the American Church in Rome in memory of his wife who died there in spring He is a vestry member.
The fifteenth annual Monmouth County Horse Show Association event at Hollywood Park West Hind drew a large crowd and strong entries. Gov. Franklin Fort attended with military escort, while the Vanderbilt and Rothschild families dominated top honors. notable fashion showcased by Misses Z. and Mrs. Guggenheim and other society guests.
New York dispatch reports Mr and Mrs Potter Palmer recently married in Chicago set sail for London today on the steamer Friedrich Wilhelm. They plan a tour of Europe abroad for several months starting their honeymoon voyage.
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