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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1907
Page
38
Woodward & Lothrop Washington showcases a full spring collection for girls and misses with tailored jacket suits, coat suits, reefers, and long coats in tan gray blue and striped fabrics. Prices range from five to thirty eight dollars with styles including pony jackets, blue serge coats, and velvet trimming.
A readable fragment lists home made biscuits baked daily and a wide array of pantry goods. Items include Absolutely Pure Lard evaporated apples Premier Strained Honey imported cheeses and dairy products as well as canned fruits and vegetables. Prices are fragmentary but indicate a busy department store catalog style display with multiple brands and origins.
Mr Max Brettner who demonstrates the Whitely Exerciser will not be present after today Visitors to the Sporting Goods Department on the fourth floor can learn how to use the simple home gymnasium The Whitely Exerciser is recommended by physicians and users and is offered at about 20 percent off regular prices Fourth floor Tenth Street
Practical Dresses highlights multiple gingham styles for children and babies with side buttoned gowns, yokes, tucks, neck embroidery, and color options. Silk Petticoats in black white apricot brown navy pink and blue with full widths and decorative finishes also showcased. Taira AloorEleventh st.
Large stock of domestic corsets for street negligee and evening wear showcased with Parisian novelties and a list of corset styles and prices. Also promotes Altamont Spring Water with details on its purity sanitization and local bottling house demonstrations in Washington at Woodward Lothrop and stores on Eleventh and F streets.
From Wilhelm and Gustav Heller Vienna comes delicate shells asparagus tips chestnuts and more in fruit and nut centers. These confections are entirely new and worthy for luncheons and special occasions at Goc the Ib on the fifth floor.
Washington society hosts a flurry of dinners and receptions for foreign ministers and diplomats led by Spanish Minister Mr Pina and the First Secretary of the Legation. Ambassadors Bryce and Choate plan travels to Canada and New York with a large Pilgrims Society dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. The Highlands hosts a dress masked ball as numerous society figures attend private entertainments and social rounds continue through March.
John King Dyer, cousin of Mrs Clarence H. Mackay and member of the 400, has opened a shop at 644 Madison Avenue selling flowers and plants by the piece or dozen and growing mushrooms for top market prices. He says he will serve social as well as shopgirl patrons, and intends to prove the venture profitable despite not joining Harriman or Vanderbilt fortunes.
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