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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
15
Reefers offered in several sizes from 214 down to 12 priced at 2.95 each. Previously listed at 5.00 6.00 and 6.50, the sale highlights a significant discount on multiple sizes.
Catalog snippet lists long oats of cashmere cloth and China silk capes with scalloped edge braid and lace. prices around 950. Short coats in cream cashmere with collars cuffs and capes edged with embroidered scallop braids. May 5 date noted, price around 90.
An advertisement describes swing machines with full components and ten year guarantees. It touts ball bearing, nickel steel attachments, department payment options, and a belt tensioning device that reduces belt wear. Also promotes New China silk kimonos at five dollars each with varied colors and finishes.
Advert seeks silk kimonos and dressing lacques loved by women. Describes soft silks in various colors, trimmed with delicate laces insertions and rib bonds. Mentions accessories and wearables for ladies.
Special display at Woodward Lothrop showcases Spring Millinery with Parisian imported models and hats made in house. The Merry Widow Sailor is highlighted along with a Milan straw black hat trimmed in coral and velvet. French blue Milan creations feature high crowns, wide brims, and four willow plumes. The collection promises unusual beauty and elegance at the Millinery Parlor on the second floor.
A special sale offers twenty five original imported oil paintings from last fall's importation. Works by Bahein Delahogue Couchois and others feature landscapes figures and village scenes. Framed in gilt shadow box with varied sizes and prices from $17.50 to $150.00.
Misses and girls fashion items offered with a range of guimpes in white lawn with tucks, lace edging, and decorative yokes. Styles include Hemstitched front, clusters of back tucks, and lace collars. Also featured are New China Silk dressing sacques, town guimpes in white lavender pink and blue, and fine French lawn guimpes with tucks and lace. Third floor Eleventh St. Petticoats in black white and spring shades with accordion pleats and ruffles.
Washington society marked the start of Lent with quiet church services and several departures. Mrs Fairbanks and Mrs Timmons left for New York then Lakewood, N J. George Vanderbilt vacated 1707 New Hampshire Ave and returned to Biltmore, North Carolina. Various notables announced weddings, engagements, and travels including Hemston Fish’s daughter Julia Breese’s marriage plans in New York, Miss Carel Newberry visiting Detroit, and Mrs Henry Brewster arriving in Washington for a week of socializing.
In New York society, Mrs Robert Goelet stands out as one of the few women who resist social overexpansion and prefer quality company. Her gatherings are small, her interests literary and operatic, and she avoids the burdens of leading society. Meanwhile Bar Harbor’s Eden summer colony weighs auto access as delegates clash between anti and pro automobile factions, with George W. Van Jaerbit backing admission and most others opposing.
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