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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1906
Page
7
The store highlights gowns in voile crepe de chine silk and lace and wraps of broadcloth and lace for opera patrons. It lists imported lingerie waists hats bonnets turbans toques neckwear boas gloves and lingerie plus men’s opera hats shirts collars cuffs ties handkerchiefs cuff links studs and related dress requisites.
A diverse catalog of Easter novelties and practical items for gifts and adornment. Leather purses card cases bags combination books and fans plus shell goods belt buckles frames clocks and cabinet ornaments. Prices range from 50 cents to 50 dollars with many jeweled and gilt pieces highlighted.
White Linen finish Cotton Suitings presented with a new display department on the second floor Eleventh street side. Four grades Glasgow Cloth Auto Cloth double warp and Linen finish Costume Cloth offer substitutes for linen at lower cost with strong wearing qualities and wide use for women and children.
Special sale of women s hosiery offers about 50 dozen pairs at 25 cents a pair, with regular 35 and 5 cent prices. Main floor and sixth floor furniture showings feature natural finish and mahogany oak rockers tables chairs bookcases dressers chiffoniers and desks with prices from 95 cents to 10 dollars.
MONG introduces new arrivals from abroad including Exclusive Novelty In White Mall with drawn-work designs for lingerie waists and shirt-waist suits. 28 inches wide. From France an extensive line of Embroidered Batistes and French Plumets 40 inches wide priced $1.25 to $3 the yard. From Switzerland Hand-woven Embroidered Swisses in various figures and dots 30c to 75c the yard. Bacond four-Eleventh st.
An advertisement promotes the Ignite self lighting gas mantle as the world’s only ready to light with gas no matches needed. It claims greater light per gas unit, safety from asphyxiation, and a sale price lower than any previous quote at 2 cents per mantle.
SWAyY offers a strong stock of spring weight underwear in liberal varieties. Materials include Balbriggan, flat weave and ribbed options, available in French German and domestic makes. Merino and other wool blends in natural colors white and fancy, with English German and domestic makes.
Purchasers of sewing machines have paid high prices. Woodward and Lothrop offer two models at 18.00 and 28.50, both with ball bearing action and five year guarantee. Box top style and drop-head versions include full nickel plated attachments. In stock other popular makes at lower prices. Second floor four G street.
Importations of handmade undergarments feature new combinations of hand embroidery and Valenciennes, Irish crochet, Cluny, Calais, and Maline laces. The display includes night robes, petticoats, chemises, full trousseaux, matinees, and peignoirs with embroidered and printed muslins and dimities. Prices range from two to six dollars, with items like chemises in fine percale and nainsook gowns highlighted on the third floor at Fifteenth Street.
Social page reports a host of diplomats and guests dining at the New Willard. The Ball of the States will tonight at the Arlington Hotel to benefit the National Junior Republic, with many attendees from across states and the District.
Mrs. Roosevelt plans a trip aboard the Mayflower to the West Indies to restore her impaired health. The President's wife has been unwell for five weeks following the Alice Roosevelt Langworth wedding festivities and will be joined by Miss Ethel Roosevelt and others.
A Newburgh New York resident, Robert Schoenhauer, details a long battle with blood poisoning and leg wounds that left him unable to wear shoes or work. After using Cuticura Remedies including Soap Ointment and Resolvent, he reports complete healing within two weeks and a dramatic recovery observation by others.
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