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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1907
Page
17
Eastertide display fills the Eleventh and G Streets store with ready to wear costumes wraps waists skirts and complete spring assortments for men women and children. Gloves handkerchiefs parasols hosiery shoes hats and furnishings enhance the Easter toilet with millinery highlights and gift items.
A charming Easter hat collection arrives with Paris influences and American touches. The display features trimmed hats for all ages, Leghorns and chips, plus delicate lingerie hats on the second floor of the Millinery Salon at Tenth Street.
Correct Easter clothing for the young man and the boy offers regular peg-top trousers in light and medium grays and blue serges. Available in sizes 14 to 20 and up to 36 inch chest, with prices from 12.50 to 20.00 each. Youths' suits cut on young men's lines by houses that make.
We offer a broad selection of suits featuring knickerbockers in grays and navy serges. Styles include single and double breasted coats with yokes and plaits, from medium to expensive prices, all good value given quality, sizes up to 7.
Navy blue serge sailor suits for boys up to size 12 with trimming and embroidery plus plain Peter Thompson styles. Navy blue and gray serges and washable Russians in spring styles up to size 7. Goth suits priced 3.75 5 and 6 dollars. Wash suits 168 to 6.50 and a special value at 1.95.
This advertisement offers a full line of Furnishings Neckwear Shirts Blouses Collars Cuffs Hats Caps and related items in the latest styles. Prices are moderate given quality. Located on the third floor tenth street.
Easter neckwear display showcases Paris imports and American designs. Items include Irish lace turn over collars 2.78 to 3.75 dollars, jabots and bows 0.60 to 3.73, chiffon and Spanish lace berets 3.50 to 18.00, real Irish lace collars and cuffs 3.50 to 18.00, silk and muslin ties up to 2.00. Also Marlbou and ostrich feather boat models on main floor. Corsets priced 1.80 to 7.00, latest bustles 25 cents to 1.00.
The Easter department showcases a full line of Easter novelties including eggs rabbits ducks and toy filled eggs. New items feature receptacles for smaller eggs and candy plus paper eggs decorated with rabbits and chicks suitable for mailing due to light weight. Prices range with stuffed toys from $1.00 to $1.50 and eggs from 20 cents to a dollar.
Home made Easter Cakes ADE offered from common recipes using gold white leaf angel sponge raisin pound layer ginger and devil varieties priced from 25 cents upward. Special bakings with original color schemes and decorations available on the fifth floor tenth street.
A catalog of groceries including Colonial Fancy patent Minnesota spring wheat flour, olives, sardines, tomato catsup, apple cider vinegar, baking powder, peanut butter, citrus fruits, potatoes, grapes, lemons, apples, evaporated fruit, maple syrup, pancake flour, tea biscuits, rice, diabetic flour, smoked fish, and various cheeses from Vermont and New York, with listed prices and packaging. The document reads as a pure goods listing from Pure Food Department Colonial, detailing multiple brands and imports.
Choice Pekoes delicate in fragrance mild in flavor. An Easter remembrance for tea lovers. Price 45 cents per pound. Fifth floor Tenth street.
Local shop unveils a complete range of men s furnishings for Easter including new neckwear gloves handkerchiefs hosiery and accessories. Highlights include exclusive colorings and better grades with prices from 50c to 3.00 per pair and up, plus frills like French silk hose and varied cottons lisle and silk blends.
Easter retail items advertised include Men’s Correct Hats with the Knapp line and specialty stiff hats priced 2 to 4 dollars, Soft Hats from 2 dollars up, and men’s Easter shoes for children with Dongola Kidskin and Russia Calfskin Oxfords from sizes 8 1/2 to 2. The feature highlights silk Petticoats from 5 dollars to 25 dollars, with a focus on quality, style, and workmanship.
An Infants and Children's Department showcases a wide range of hand made garments and accessories for toddlers. Highlights include caps of Mull and cream Bedford Cord coats in various trims and finishes with prices from 50 cents to 9.50 dollars. Floor location Tatrd floor Eleventh st.
Stocked with a broad range of Tan Hose for women and children in silk lisle and cotton. Special prices on Black Pure Silk Hose with cotton feet and Black Chiffon Lisle Hose garter tops. Spring imports $1.10 a pair, regular $1.50. Tan Hosiery priced 25¢ to 50¢ per pair.
Easter novelties accompany our comprehensive confections line with eggs in many sorts and sizes. Decorated White Crystal Picture Eggs, Hollow Chocolate Eggs, Allegretti Chocolate Cream Eggs, Paper Eggs to fill, and multicolored Jelly Eggs for filling. Birth floor Tenth st.
Social and personal items describe Mrs Kernochans departure for New York to join Meadowbrook Hunt Club, with details of riders and Hempstead Plains start. Other guests and travelers include Mrs Hochstadter visiting Virginia Hot Springs, Muss Roosevelt group delays, Maj Lejeune heading to the Philippines, and numerous Washington society sightings around Easter and travels to Atlantic City and Asheville.
Social gossip traces Paris parasol fashion and voluminous hats to spring. Washington house race between Mrs Van Veen Gleott and Mrs George von L Meyer over Mrs Albert C Barney’s Sheridan Circle villa ends with Mrs Olcott buying the foundations and the Poste rmaster General’s bid coming too late. Mrs Roosevelt’s short skirts spark fashion, while Corinne Roosevelt Robinson travels Europe with her mother amid court openings and diplomacy. Duke de Chaulnes ill with throat trouble misses social duties at a Shonts dinner.
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