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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1905
Page
51
Woodward GS Lothrop announces an Easter opening event on Thursday through Saturday on the main floor at Eleventh and G Streets. Parisian and American millinery will be displayed with new shapes, odd yet charming colors, and a Green Salon second floor showcase. Flowers, foliage, ostrich plumes, laces, and ornaments featured. items for girls and children also highlighted.
A catalog of parasols and carriage shades featuring conservative and elaborate designs. Details include appliqued me dallions, chiffon, Dresden effects, hemstitched taffetas, silk abs, silver tipped and enamel handles, plus varied blacks and whites. Prices range 2.50 to 25 dollars. Tenth St building.
A Chaice Assemblage presents a broad modern textile lineup with patterns from France Germany Great Britain and Switzerland. Priced fabrics include Printed Silk Organdie 45c yard Printed French Mousseline 37c yard and solid colors in half silk and plain silks. Also offered are Ginghams Madras Voiles Percales Batiste Crepes and Seersucker with varied yard prices across second floor.
Hand Made Torchon Laces offered at nearly half price with several thousand yards of linen Torchon lace at prices lower than machine made cotton laces. Widths 1 to 3 inches priced 8 10 and 23 cents per yard. Special sale on Cluny laces widths 2 to 5 inches suitable for waists and panel effects. Main floor G street, see today.
Silk underdresses become essential with spring fashion. Two lots of New Silk Petticoats available on the third floor Eleventh Street. Lot 1 Black Taffeta silk with accordion plaited edge and narrow ruffle at 3.95. Lot 2 Taffeta silk in white black pink blue lavender and browns at 7.50. Values up to 5.00 and 9.50 respectively.
Advertises 25 dozen corsets made of net with coutil strippings in sizes 18 to 30. A popular straight front model offered at a special value of 39 cents each.
The article promotes stamped linens for Lent, noting embroidery as a profitable home craft. It showcases patterns for shirtwaist sets, collars, cuffs, table and decorative linens, and offers stamped linen patterns free with many goods priced from 10 to 50 cents. Also mentions stamping to order and lists items like centerpieces and tea cloths.
Through spring and summer, careful men seek shirts made to measure from foreign makers. They offer colorings and designs unmatched by home makers, with better fit. A large variety of foreign shirtings on sale, with earlier orders securing better selection. Main floor a st. cy: man whose taste leads him to wearing colored shirts.
The Massage Bath Spray combines a brush and spray with rubber tubing to attach to a faucet. Price is $1.50 each, or $1.75 with handle.
The W L line offers blue serge and fancy mix suits for boys from sizes 7 to 16 at $5.00 with seven points of superiority cited and violet soap for care. A new reefers run in red tan gray navy blue and mixtures for ages 2 to 12 at $5.00 to $5.50. Top coats in tan shades for ages 8 to 16 priced from $5.00 up. Third floor Tenth St.
Our 1905 catalogue showcases go carts and baby carriages, from small pleasure models to elaborate carts and English coaches. Highlights include a folding go cart with a hollow tube frame and the latest Whitney English Coaches. All high grade carts feature automobile gear and heavy tires for longer wear, with prices from five to sixty dollars.
The article touts traveling shawls and steamer bugs once essential for rail and sea travel now versatile home comforts. Described as ideal couch wraps and room decor, the plaids and stripes appeal in dens and college rooms. Prices range from 5.60 to 15.00, with selections at Men's Capt.-Main store.
Complete line of outdoor footwear for women and children including tennis golf and riding shoes. Russia calfskin golf shoes and oxfords priced from 3.50 to 12.00 with rubber soles and laces. White canvas lawn tennis oxfords 3.50. Riding boots tan calfskin and black kidskin listed at 10.00 and 12.00. Barefoot sandals in multiple sizes from 1.00 to 2.00. Third floor Tenth street display.
Spring models on display for delicate sewing work. Machines boast best materials, workmanship, and features with honest prices. Demonstrations available. each machine fully warranted. Box top Eldredge and Howe models priced from 18 to 40 dollars plus hand machines. Five year guarantee with every purchase. Second floor Get.
A fashionable Cairo ballroom event featured an evening of story and song to aid First Presbyterian Church with guests including the Rockhills and numerous ministers and diplomats. Mrs Roosevelt plans a Florida cruise on the Sylph, while Miss Alice Roosevelt stays in Washington. The Persian Minister visits home, and a large list of society figures attend the Paris embassy function. Several society notices announce travel, weddings, and upcoming receptions among Washington elites.
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