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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
21
Special remnant sale offers odd lots minor damaged goods and worthy values across muslin underwear including women gowns drawers vests and umbrella drawers at special prices. Read the ad for details on nainsook cambri ribbed garments lace trim and embroidery and large parcel deals on 23c 12c and 30c items.
Friday bargain features a large lot of children undergarments including drawers and skirts in soft cambrics with sheer materials. Items target ages 10 to 11 years with lace edging and ruffles, offered at a special price for garments with low necklines and trimmed detailing.
Fragmentary ad copy lists white goods and fabric items with short finishes and varied lengths. Mentions Namsook Pajama Cloth and assorted dress fabrics with prices, discounts, and manufacturers notes. Reading is partial. items referenced include soft finish cloths, towels or robes, and fabrics sold in short lengths.
Bargain linen Torcion laces offered in widths from four to three inches for trims and children garments. Yardage priced at 10 and 12 cents with various gown patterns, floral chiffons, and color ground designs on white or pink backgrounds at special values.
A storefront list shows various fabrics with yard prices including Printed Mouaselino 20 and Printed Dimly Checks 12490 yd, Voile 18¢, Madras 47¢, Batiste Lawns 1¢, Printed Percale 12 1/2¢, Outing Flannel 10¢, Mikado Silk 26¢, Mousseline du Hole 76¢, all offered on the second floor with GST noted.
A small lot of Nemo Corsets in white suik batiste with high bust and medium hip features elastics attached and trimmed with wide embroidery. Available sizes 18 22 23 24 25 26 with price $195 per pair, value $330.
Friday bargains feature women's Liste Hose offered in 25 dozen pairs with three lace designs and all sizes at 50 cents per pair, plus large reductions on Charles Dickens works and other classics. Dickens complete works in 20 volumes discounted from 4000 to 1500, Hugo Les Miserables in five volumes discounted, Roosevelt works set, and Scott novels offered with heavy price cuts.
A large lot of lining silks in dark blue red olive green light gray sage and pink offered at 37 1 4 c a yard with excellent quality. Remnants priced 35 c and 400 sateens 25 c a yard. Remnants generally 25 c percalines lic 2 Remnants 18 c Percalines 10 c Second floor first
A small lot of crib comforts covered with figured silk mousseline and finished with plain silk borders is offered at 175 dollars each, with a value of 3.50. Second floor venue at G.
Friday bargain event offers four open stock patterns of imported dinner sets not to be duplicated. Center-table display includes porcelain and Limoges pieces deeply discounted to clear, with dozens of items such as decorated dishes cups saucers and coffee sets reduced from high prices to very low figures. Some items shown with imperfect or damaged notes.
Untidy OCR lists price cuts on black dress goods including wool Henrietta silk and wool blends. Entries show material lengths from six yards to seven yards and varied widths, with reduced prices and unit phrases scattered.
Former Senator and Mrs. Dryden host a dinner in Washington. The carrier lists ambassadorial and social appearances at the White House and embassy events. Several engagements and departures for diplomats and society figures are noted, with invitations and hostesses including Mrs Beiter, Mrs Lathrop, and Mrs Root.
An array of gossip and disputes crosses styles and society. American soprano Bessie Abbott disputes a $443 dress bill from Doueillet & Co, while wedding plans unfold for Miss Constance Parsons and Mr Montgomery Hare at 30 East Thirty Sixth Street.
Sale notice lists 71 pairs of women's fine cotton hose in white with lavender and black flowers, sizes 8 1 2 and 10, with double seam and spliced heels. Also reduced are 19 pairs of black lisle thread hose with lace ankle, sizes 9 and 10, and 20 pairs of unbleached balding hose with double heels, sizes unspecified. Main floor.
Readable catalog snippet shows reduced prices on women undergarments including ribbed cotton drawers and vests, and multiple women shoe styles in kidskin and calfskin. Items list sizes and original prices with discounts, noting third floor at Tenth Street location.
The Kaiser and Kaiser in Berlin will join Ambassador Tower and Mrs Griscom for a dinner. Ambassador and Mrs Griscom travel from Rome, Mrs Jackson from Lisbon, to attend with Consul General Thackara invited. A reception for leading Americans in Berlin will follow.
The Count and Countess Laszlo Szechenyi departed for Hungary by way of Milan after abandoning plans to visit Rome. They kept a quiet stay, with public appearances limited to the Riviera tennis championships and a luncheon at Beaulieu.
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