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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1907
Page
6
The New York Washington Paris store closes at 5 30 P M until further notice with Friday as Remnant Day. Bargains on Paris Chiffon Silk and assorted remnants including Gingham Mikado Silk Mousseline de Soie and Printed Organdie with yard prices from 10c to 50c and lengths up to 54 yards. Second floor.
Friday bargain event offers remaining Children's Lingerie Hats at half price, with imarted models in soft fabrics and ornate trims. Also featured are infants dresses coats caps and white pique coats with substantial reductions, plus women's separate skirts in mohaff and Panama priced at 3.95 each.
Friday sale offers many white duck and white linen suits with embroidered jackets and skirts, in assorted styles and sizes, priced at 5.00 each from regular 15.00. Also markdowns on coats and dresses including a tan check coat suit, all wool jumper suit, mousseline princess dress, gray wool ensemble, green chiffon dress, and violet English rep suit with substantial discounts.
Bargain sale on J B Corsets offering 10 dozen pairs in batiste with straight fronts and elastics at 79 cents each. Additional French and Sapphire corsets in various sizes cut from high regular values to low sale prices with boning and rear whalebone. Also reduced are Ivy Corsets and Silk Laces with prices dropping to 5 to 10 cents.
Naimsook and Cambric corset covers with lace embroidery and ribbon priced at 25c each. Lady gowns and chemises in nainsook and cambric discounted from set amounts to half or near prices. Petticoats trimmed with lace or lawn flounce reduced to 219 and 1.50 respectively. Third floor Eleventh St.
Entries describe multiple umbrellas with different handles and finishes. Prices show reductions from $10.00 to $4.95 for five women’s black twisled umbrellas and from $35.00 and $10.00 to $5.0 for five thousand umbrellas with silver pearl and gold-plated details. One plaid silk umbrella offered. two men’s English silk umbrellas at $4.55. Location listed as Main four Eleventh and 6sts.
Bargains in the Bric-a-Brac Department feature reductions on Japanese china trays bonbon boxes puff boxes and hammered brass items. Highlights include brass jardiniere lamps and electric lamps with shades marked down from high prices to 5.00 to 30.00 with multiple pieces offered at substantial savings. Main floor G st.
Several small lots of lace curtains including Irish Point Arabian Marie Antoinette and Novelty Net offered at deep discounts for quick clearance. Prices range from $1.75 to $25.00 per pair with reductions on leather rope portieres and French Madrzs Portieres, Fourth floor.
A fifth floor sale offers Decorated French China items at under half price. Cov ered Vegetable Dishes and many decorated pieces include sugar bowls soups tureens sauce tureens and meat dishes with reductions from 250 to 1.50 and 500 to 150, Plus dozens of plates bowls and canisters priced from 25c to 85c each.
Trimmed hats for walking and traveling reduced from six dollars to three dollars. Millinery department on the second floor at Tenth Street.
Linen robe pattern lavishly hand embroidered and slightly soiled now reduced from 2000 to 1000. Batiste robe patterns with eyelet and blind embroidery, slightly soiled, discounted from 1800 to 900 and 918 to 909 respectively. Main floor G ft.
Picture Department offers framed pictures in various subjects at deep markdowns. Markdowns include items reduced from prices such as 100 185 200 2.50 and 3.00 to 60 each and 8 framed pictures moved from 260 percent values to me each. Additional reductions list 400 506 600 3800 and 1060 down to 200 each and 10 framed pictures from 1000 to 395 each on Fourth floor Tenth st.
A list of reduced prices for various combs including 1 Cut Jet Back Comb and 1 Fancy Back Comb with amethyst setting, rhinestone and cameo setting, jewel settings, and turquoise setting with reductions from $250 to $125, from $6 to $2.50, and other marked cuts.
Listing shows a 1 Man's Wardrobe Trunk of basswood pegamoid with iron clamps, riveted parts, cloth lining and hangers. A 16-inch Steamer Trunk of basswood canvas leather trim and locks, cloth lining. Also items include a Black alias Lilac Bag with silver fittings, leather lining and side pocket, plus a 17-inch Brown Horn Alligator Pier with ebony fittings. Prices reduced from $50.00 to $25.00, from $4.60 to $1.75, from $366.00 to $2000, and from $40.00 to $18.75. Basement Equitable Building.
The Glassware Department lists items with reductions including 10 inch pressed glass fruit bowls at 2 cents each from 50 cents, pressed glass sutter dishes at 10 cents, plain glass sherbet cups at 50 cents a dozen from 85 cents, finger bowls at 6 dollars per dozen, a damaged large Colonial pattern vase cut to five dollars, all on the Eleventh Street Fifth floor sale display.
Seven dozen men s negligee shirts offered at half price to clear stock. Two grades in sizes 15 1 3 to 17 2 with flags indicating marks 50c and 75c for the $1.00 and $1.50 grades respectively.
Friday bargain note details 23 dozen Madras pajamas at 1.00 per suit amid cotton price hikes. Includes sizes all, military collar, pearl buttons, stripes and spots. Also offers sock ends, Lisle thread socks, four-in-hand ties and Rajah silk ties with steep markdowns on main floor items.
Men’s clothing department offers multiple all wool and worsted suits in sizes 34 to 44 with substantial markdowns. Prices drop from 20 to 35 dollars to 10 to 20 dollars, including single and double breasted styles and patterns. Also reduced are separate trousers and fancy vests. Main floor Tenth Street.
Third floor on Tenth Street features drastic reductions across a wide range of boys wool suits and jackets. Items include all wool double-breasted and bloomer pants sets, light weights, sailor blouses, and white duck jackets in sizes 2 to 17, with prices slashed from high to as low as 1.95 to 5.00.
An advertised shoe department lists 22 pairs of women’s lace shoes in patent calf and box calf, priced down from $3.00, $3.50, and $4.00 to $1.60 per pair. Also 14 pairs of patent leather slip-ons and 23 pairs of potent coltskin options, reduced to $1.50 or $2.25 per pair. Third figur Teneth st.
A furniture ad lists Weathered Oak items including a magazine stand, chairs, and a table with mission styling. Prices are slashed from high to low, such as a buffet from 349.00 to 34.35 and various refrigerators reduced to 16.7 and 14.35, along with a parlor suite and a hall rack.
A local sale advertises marked-down beds and accessories across sizes and styles. Enameled beds with brass trimmings drop from $8.50 to $3.50, 1 1/2 foot and 2 foot beds see price cuts, and metal coil springs fall to $4.00. Cotton felt mattresses and ticking also discounted, with substantial reductions across multiple items.
A catalog of women's coats including silk, bilk rubber tourist, tan raincoats, black volle and broadcloth styles. Sizes range from 34 to 38 with reductions stated, highlighting price drops from 25.00 to 12.50 or 15.00 and a 7.50 sale for a cheviot option.
A newspaper listing advertises women waist items including embroidered lawn waists, silk chiffon waists, black taffeta silk waists, navy blue silk jumpers, white china bibk waists and fine lawn shirt waists. Prices marked from 1.90 to 7.59 with substantial reductions from higher values. Third floor 6 st.
In the misses department, several girls dresses are deeply discounted. Black all wool batiste dress size 12 now 5.00, light blue all wool French batiste dress size 12 now 7.60, white dotted mousseline dresses sizes 8 and 10 at 7.50 each, white French lawn dress size 12 now 10.00. Two pony jacket suits in night tan and green check sizes 14 and 16 now 28.50 each. Third floor, G at.
Toy Department sale details multiple items with price cuts. Mechanical Doll Swings, Whirl-a-Mobiles, Weathered Oak Chairs, cats, wagines, soldiers, hair wigs, Roly-Polys, Woah's Ark items, and a four-seat lawn swing, all reduced from various higher prices to lower sale prices. Items located on Fourth floor Eleventh St with some slight damage noted for the lawn swing.
Local House furnishing department advertises heavy discounts on a wide range of items. Prices slashed on gas stoves, chafing dishes, nickel plated holders, soap dishes, tooth brush holders, soap dishes, enamel water pitchers, wash boilers, copper boilers, and kitchen hardware. Damaged units noted. quantities limited and sales at Fifth Four-Eleven Street location.
Postmaster General family and other Washington notables head to summer homes from Hamilton Massachusetts to Huntington Bay New England and Canada. Mrs Oliver and daughter sail for Europe with plans of travel in Surrey Wiesbaden and the British Isles while relatives and guests scatter to Maine coast New York Berlin and Bar Harbor for the season.
A column of social chatter surveys fashion figures, bachelors, and high society antics in New York. It notes jokes on marriage, remarks by notable men about women, and details of a lavish Long Island casino club house project. It also reports engagements in Baltimore and a budding friendship between Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Miss Lu Yung, highlighting social intrigue and upcoming nuptials.
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