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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1905
Page
15
A retail notice promoting Children’s Day specials with Boys’ and Youths’ Spring Clothing. Highlights include all wool suits, two piece navy outfits, ton coats, reefers, and spring overcoats for boys from sizes 8 to 17, with special prices and sets. Expert staff offer fit advice to enhance appearance.
The store showcases complete lines of hats and furnishings for boys youths and girls including Tam o Shanter styles in various tops caps shirts collars cuffs ties pajamas and more with prices from 50 cents to 300 dollars. Men receive spring hats in leading shapes from stiff to soft plus The Breaker and Stetson options and a lightweight college soft felt hat priced at 2.50. Footwear and accessories abound while specific children hats appear in a dedicated Millinery Salon on the second floor.
Complete lines of Boys Misses and Children Shoes offered in white buckskin patent calfskin tan Russia calfskin white kidskin tops and McKay sewn soles includes patent kidskin and cloth tops with spring heels. Notable items include Misses and Children box calfskin lace and button shoes with patent tip and a wide range of sizes. House sandals and Buster Brown ankle ties also listed. Third floor Tenth St.
Practical mothers find ready to wear department highlights with affordable options. White India linen dresses in multiple styles and sizes range from 1.15 to 18.50, including yokes, tucks, bertha collars, and embroidered trims. Coats and suits for misses display embroidered emblems, satin linings, and trimmed jackets, with prices from 12 to 25.00.
Winter undergarments feel heavy and readers are directed to several lines offering early spring options. Lisle thread vests with lace trimming priced at 3 for $1.00 or 35 cents each, other vests priced 75 cents to $1.25, and lace trimmed umbrella drawers listed with prices, all from Mainagloor-F' st.
The Universal Bread Maker makes bread cleanly and quickly without kneading the old way. Experienced housekeepers confirm its practicality and suggest every housekeeper try one. Priced at $2.00 each, available at the Fifth door.
Practical undergarments for infants and children priced attractively on the third floor Eleventh street. Includes muslin drawers with trims for ages 2 to 14, cambric gowns with embroidery, underwaists in drilling, and muslin shirts and skirts sized from 2 to 14 years, each item described with trims and sizes.
An advertisement highlights a wide range of muslin underwear styles and prices. It lists women's muslin drawers, cambric drawers, nainsook and cambric corset covers, cambric petticoats, and cambric skirts with hemstitched or embroidered details. Prices range from 29 to 50 cents, with a note of quality and economy. Third floor Eleven th street location.
The store advertises corsets from R. G and J B brands with straight front hip and dip hip styles. Prices range from 1.00 to 3.75 dollars, noting P N and Royal Worcester options and elastic attachments, all shown as Third floor Eleven street location.
Large original size sheet suitable for framing features the signatures of the signers. Price two dollars per copy. Book Department located at Main door on 10th Street.
A historical advert describes Lenten table supplies in the Pure Food Department. It lists canned fish and preserved foods from various brands and origins, highlighting quality, direct buying from packers and manufacturers, and inviting inspection with no purchase obligation. The notice enumerates items such as Columbia Sweet Pickles, Mackerel, Anchovies, Salmon, Codfish, Peas, Olives, chocolate and cocoa from Walter Baker, and other pantry staples.
Washington society fills the Rauscher ballroom for the Festival of Nations benefiting the Newsboys Home. Edith Miller leads America booth with Andrews Upham Schroeder McCauley and Alice Miller. Russia and France present in grand displays. Japan tea service in a garden enclosure. Dutch room praised. Britain uses shamrocks and royal imagery. Germany hosts a large second-floor vaudeville and wait staff. famed Russian palmist Kenilworth boosts receipts. overall turnout below last year, continuation noted on page nine.
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