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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1905
Page
33
Woodward Glothrop in Washington presents a Spring and Summer exposition featuring silk fabrics, hats, lingerie, bridal items, dresses, wraps, imported clothes for all occasions, lace, parasols, gloves, hosiery, drapery, china, silver, clocks, lamps, books, and gifts for weddings and Easter. Visitors are invited to inspect these direct imports and select artworks and luxuries for the new season.
A special exhibit features stylish dress goods including English Mohairs and French fabrics exclusive to us. Leading favorites include Stradford Vancey and plain Mohairs, Sicilians, Fans Mohairs, Vanes Mohairs, and Chiffon Broadcloths. Also second floor stock offers Mannish checks, Voiles, Crepe de Paris, Wool Batiste, and Silk and Wool Bolonnes in various patterns.
Silk stock adds two new chiffon fin ished taffetas from Chiton Silk Mills. The manufacturer guarantees each yard with a bond. The fabrics are marketed as novelties with emphasis on wear quality and careful forethought.
New Royal Blue Washington Souvenir Plates engraved by a leading English pottery show the Capitol center with White House Monument Treasury Library State War Navy Arlington mansion and Mount Vernon around the edge. Plates come boxed for mailing or travel and cost 50c each, with matching cups and Saucers at the same price. Fifth floor.
A catalog-style notice promotes a display of Japanese China with artistic effects. It highlights dainty Blue and White cups and saucers in a thin, popular shape offered at 5c per cup and saucer on the fifth floor.
A large line of Swiss Wood Carvings in assorted shapes and styles is showcased in the breakfast room of the China Department on the Fifth floor. These carved wood souvenirs, ideal with a Washington Souvenir Card, range in price from 25 cents to 15 dollars per piece.
New spring shipment of Flower and Vegetable Seeds from a reliable grower. Sweet Peas, Nasturtiums, and 50 other varieties. 4 packs for 5 cents. Vegetable Seeds in large packs. Ames. A Hop. Fifth floor.
Display ad lists a large assortment of Washington souvenirs on the main floor on Eleventh Street. Items include glass paper weights priced from 25 to 75 cents, views of Washington in French gilt frames and book form, white metal loving cups and trinket boxes, penknives, stamp trays, paper cutters, and jewel cases. Prices range from 10 cents to 2 dollars.
Aluminum cooking utensils emphasize lack of chipping and leaky seams. The ad lists aluminum tea kettles saucepans frying pans griddles and more with prices from 30 cents to several dollars and notes non greasing cake griddle demonstration and durable seamless construction.
Demonstrators showcase the rosette iron a clever novelty in cooking with one handle and two molds to make forty fresh crisp rosettes in minutes. Visit the House furnishing Department for a sample and to order a set.
A grand Washington wedding ends a season of social entertainments. Miss Anita Poor marries Lieut Roscoe Carlisle Bulmer U S N in a noon ceremony at St Thomas Episcopal Church attended by prominent officials and society leaders. Ushers in full uniform lead guests as pink rose decorates gowns and hats. The event caps a season featuring dinner parties hosted by prominent figures in honor of the President and Cardinal Gibbons.
Miss Elise Hoban, Miss Grace Bell, Miss Isabella Hagner, Miss Julia Kellogg, and Miss Eleanor Parker served as bridesmaids with Miss Henrietta Low of Dayton as maid of honor. The bride wore a white satin gown with point lace yokes and a coronet of orange blossoms. Rev. C Ernest Smith officiated as Lieut. Mark Bristol accompanied the groom. The reception followed at Rauscher's with separate rooms decorated for the event.
The reception featured American flags, a white tulip decorated round table for the bridal party, and notable guests including Miss Roosevelt and Mrs. Sheridan Hale among many others. The event followed a royal tone with an orchestra in the gallery, and guests from politicians and prominent families attended the wedding of Mrs Weart Lee Hewett and Fritz Mager at the Shoreham hotel.
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