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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1905
Page
19
Washington shopper is invited to visit Woodward and Lothrop for a springtime sale featuring imported and domestic dress goods silks millinery wraps and costumes plus laces gloves hosiery shoes and French lingerie. The store proclaims its vast elegant assortment and compares favorably on fashion and value.
A special showing features spring and summer silks in imported and domestic weaves. The selection includes Foulards Warp-printed Taffeta Louisines Messaline Chiffon Taffeta and more with exclusive patterns from foreign and domestic makers. Early ordering is advised as patterns may not reappear in later shipments.
Special exhibit features stylish dress weaves and French novelties. English Mohairs in new designs, plain and fancy fabrics for street and house wear. Exclusive French fabrics include Beachord Mohairs, Sidhatts, cuffon treadcloths, crepe de Paris, wool voiles and batiste, silks and wool boliennes in checks and plaids.
The feature highlights lack fashionable black fabrics from Priestley and Lupin. It notes broad assortments of etamines Vorles chiffons silk-warp cloths and all wool and mohair Sicilians. The emphasis is on quality weave dye and finish with seasonal popularity.
A catalog line lists various fabrics including Wool Poplin Cravenette varieties Lupin Silk and Wool Crepe de Paris Sik and Wool Bolienne Silk and Wool Crepe Japon Fine Mesh Voile All wool Crepe de Chine All wool Cashmere All wool Armure All wool Chiffon Cheviot All wool Camel's Hair Lansdowne Brilliantine Sicilian Chiffon Cloth Imperial Serge Chiffon Broadcloth Venetian All silk Crepe de Chine double width and related items.
The store showcases a complete line of new sheer cotton and silk fabrics for daily wear and evening events. Many exclusive patterns include French printed point d esprit tulle organdie and mousseline, plus mer cerized taffetas, muslin and silk varieties. Also featured are David & John Anderson ginghams, English and French textiles, and bold printed silks.
ECENT importations of R Hand-made Undergar ments in new combinations of Hand Embroidery and Real Valenciennes, Irish Crochet, Cluny, Chantilly, and Maline Laces have been received among wach are new models in light Robes with low necks and short sleeves Petticoats of attractive design Complete Trousseaux are shown and Matinees and Peignoirs of Embroidered and Printed Mousse lines Dimities &c Crests Monograms and Initials embroidered to order Third floor fileventh st.
Imported hand carved walnut parlor furniture offered in Louis XV and XVI styles. Pieces shown unfinished but finishable in gold wax mahogany walnut cherry or other tones to suit room decor. Includes 3 piece parlor suites arm chairs window seats footstools side chairs banquet chairs and more. Located on the fourth floor.
Daily updated list presents about one hundred fiction titles including The Bath Comedy, Via Crucis, Janice Meredith, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Tristram of Brent, Quisante, Landlord at the Lion's Head, Coast of Bohemia, Pair of Patient Lovers, In the Fog, Bylow Hill, The De Willoughby Claim, Like Another Helen, The Wages of Sin, The Garden of Swords, A Dash for a Throne, By Right of Sword, In the Name of a Woman, Master Christian, Red Rock, Dorothy Vernon, and The Long Night among others, all offered at very low prices. Main floor Tenth St.
Washington society notes announce the engagement of Miss Marie Eurydice Miller of the District to Mr Alexander G Bentley of the city son of Alexander J Bentley ex examiner of titles in the Justice Department. The marriage will occur soon after Easter and Miss Miller is active in church work at Sacred Heart and St Pauls. Bentley is a Yale graduate and lawyer with ties to local clubs.
The new Henrik Ibsen drama When We Dead Awake had a New York matinee with Frederick Lewis Dorothy Donnelly James H. Lewis Frank Losee Florence Kahn and Evelyn Wood in the cast. A Telegraph writer calls the symbolist work a satirical comedy on artistic egotism and falsehood with Irene the truth Maia the natural woman and Rubek the sculptor facing mortality and resurrection on stage.
A garbled composite of quoted lines and stray phrases from periodicals. It references a ethic of toil and endurance, a note on mortality, and scattered remarks about work, migration, and responsibility, with stray placements of names and titles.
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