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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1908
Page
21
A special pre Easter display showcases hand embroidered lingerie and infants wear selected by the department buyer. Features include gowns chemises drawers corset covers petticoats and silk negligees with lace trims from French German and Italian origins plus street and evening corsets and a full line of accessories.
The store debuts a full line of New Colored Dress Fabrics for spring 1908 including foreign and domestic goods. Pars novelties feature duplicates of Paris designs with exclusive fabrics crafted for the shop. The collection ranges from Chichinette and Bordered Voices to Chiffon Panamas and Herringbone Stripes.
Fashion notes describe blacks and sheer fabrics as key for spring and summer attire. Mohairs, Brilliantines, Siciliennes, voile, veiling, taffeta batistes, chiffon panamas, and sarah serges are highlighted with shadow stripes, chevrons, and Werringbone patterns to shape the season.
A clearance sale offers Bischoff David Paquin and Adolph Buthmner gowns at deep discounts at the start of the season. Featured pieces include a mulberry chiffon Evening Gown, pale blue embroidered Grecian Princess, maize satin gold-embroidered gown, gray braided chiffon, black chiffon cloth costume, apricot hand-embroidered chiffon, white lace over yellow taffeta, tan silk wrap, and more. Third floor display, prices slash from $65 to $135 with substantial savings from original amounts.
The merchant announces tomorrow morning the direct importation of hardy Holland Rose Bushes. Monthly bloomers from a careful Holland grower, all tagged with the grower’s name. Old favorites join several new varieties in the collection.
Metropolitan Club hosts honor dinner for diplomat who becomes Persia minister as many diplomats and their spouses attend luncheons and dinners at Chevy Chase and the club. Secretary Root and Mrs Root return from New York while Comptroller Ridgely hosts at Chevy Chase with guests including Chilean minister and Swiss delegation. Many society figures, marriages, and travel plans fill the weekend schedule in the capital.
Royal society notes fill a page with Mrs Clarence Mackay and the Duchess of Marlborough at the Metropolitan Opera. Descriptions cover pink velvet and pale blue gowns, lace, and diamonds, plus St Regis Lenten teas, New York social shifts led by Mrs Astor, and gossip about Newport divorce cases and Batonyi farm news, with a circus interlude featuring Countess de Castellane’s children.
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