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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1910
Page
10
Readers are urged to visit the Palais Royal to take advantage of forced summer hat clearances. The ad touts judicious losses, private consultations with expert milliners, and access to Paris style hats at below jobber prices in the French Room on the second floor.
Linen and pongee bonnets with soft ribbon bows and ties offered in old rose cardinal navy blue brown and black. Prices range to 10 dollars with featured items at four fourteen and eighteen dollars for hats.
A busy store scene highlights untrimmed hats and trimmings sold wholesale at prices below current wholesale. Hundreds of trimmed hats worth ten dollars drop to five dollars for choice tomorrow while the adjoining room hosts trimmed hats and trimmings at deep discounts. Come early. morning hours will be least busy.
A Sunday notice promotes parasols priced at 1.88 each, discounted from 3.50, highlighting silk linen or pongee options with plain or bordered designs. It mentions matching hats and gowns, notes on handles, and urges hurry as rain dampens demand while sun returns.
The Sun Girl and Rain Girl lines fail to draw orders as makers beg for shipments. Palais Royal reports thousands of pieces secured for sale across a range of brooches pins chains rings and related items priced from 50 cents to 1 dollar, with discounts for select items.
Sun Girl novelties at Raintime feature discounted items including La Valliere neck chains with silver pendants set with diamonds at 39c, long gun metal chains at 19c, vanity boxes at 22c, German silver shirree ring mesh bags at 1.98, and shell and amber braid pins at 33c, all reduced from higher prices.
A vintage ad touts Sun Girl handkerchiefs priced as low as 5 cents with initial in corner. Descriptions claim hematized hems, dainty embroidery, lace trim, and sheer pure linen quality at 11 to 21 cents instead of higher prices.
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