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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
14
A partial list of savings showcases dainty girls dresses in lawn, voile, batiste, marquisette and linen in sizes 6 to 12 with prices ranging from 1.91 to 22.50. Also offered are Misses and Childrens Coats in sizes 6 to 18 with substantial reductions on third floor remnants and coats.
Friday Special features White Rep skirts in four new styles with fine style and fit at 2.00 each. Also 35 White Pique skirts reduced from 4.50 to 2.95, 8 Tan Linda and Crash skirts reduced from 3.95 to 2.50. Display wear noted. Third floor Gat.
Friday clearance offers women and misses trimmed hats from ready displays at deep discounts. Black hats and staple colors dominate, with ribbons feathers quills wings and flowers used as trimmings. Hats for general wear priced at 5 to 7.50, previously 8 10 and 12 dollars. Second Floor Tenth St.
New White Fabrics offers 1 case of 36 inch Fine Checked Muslin suitable for waists dresses and nightgowns at a special price of 12 14 cents per yard. Another 1 case Embroidered Figured Checked Muslin 27 inches wide at 12 14 cents per yard. Fine Quality 36 inch Soft finished Non-crushable Linen in blue lavender pink brown at 45 cents per yard. Second Floor Eleventh at.
A mixed sale listing handmade Irish lace edges and insertions priced from one to three less than regular, plus heavy discounts on furniture and clothing. Items include oak and mahogany rockers, chairs, tables, a dining set, a toilet table, chairs, a lamp shade, and a broad range of children's and men’s apparel and accessories with substantial markdowns. Main floor, New building.
Friday Special in Pillowcases features 18 dozen Pride of the West Maslin pillowcases. Size 45 by 36 inches with wide hem. Regularly $3 per dozen, special price $2 per dozen or $1 per half dozen. Second floor, F street.
Fine imported and domestic wallpaper closeout offering remaining lots at deep discounts. Leather, tapestry, damask, and parlor papers reduced from multiple dollars to as low as 40 cents per piece, with numerous plains and patterned designs ideal for hall, parlor, dining room, and bedrooms. Additional borders and cut-out borders offered at reduced prices.
An assortment of covered vegetable dishes and related tableware in various shapes and patterns. The sale features factory sample lines and imperfect items reduced from higher prices, with numerous items such as china platters, saucers, butter dishes, creamer sets, and candlesticks offered at substantial markdowns from original values.
A refined audience gathered at the Hammond residence for a daytime concert to benefit the Confederate Memorial Home. Notables included Mrs Woodrow Wilson, Mrs Thomas Marshall, diplomats, and Washington society leaders. Performers featured Mme Tandon, Walter Bruce Howe, Baumann, and Miss Elizabeth Howry with a program of Strauss songs.
Mrs Gaillard wife of Col Gaillard U S SA Panama Canal commission is in the city at the Graf ton. Mrs Curtis and Mrs Canning return to Iowa today after three weeks with Senator and Mrs Albert C Canning. Miss Ellen Wood from New Jersey attends Colonial Dames meeting then sails for Europe with her brothers including former Representative Ira Wood. Guests at Shoreham for horse show include Arthur White Frederick McElhone and Hunter Dulaney and H J Waring with Col and Mrs W H Osburn taking an Highlands apartment for season. Mrs Thomas Brown McClintic announces birth of daughter Thomasta Brown McClintoc born April 29. Mr and Mrs William G Beale arrive at Shoreham for several days. Mrs Thomas E Rhodes and Mrs Stratten will not be at home this afternoon.
Social notes detail Mrs Lurton hosting a luncheon for Mrs Jacob Dickin son and Mrs William Redfield as guest of honor at a Highlands luncheon hosted by Mrs Thomas Armat. Isabel Wells planned a Shoreham luncheon for May 15 in honor of Mrs David Houston, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture. Miss Josephine Newell presented at an outdoor garden reception hosted by her mother Mrs Frederick Newell at Phelps Place with dancing and an orchestra. Attendees included Frances Carpenter, Barbara Stephens, Dorothy Shuey, Amalia Bart, Doris Drain, Claudine Clements, Lucy Howard, Lydia Carr, Ruth Rice, Maria Fisher, Ellen Fillebrown, Eleanor Wilson, Margaret Wyndgm, Constance Newell, and E Newbold of Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs George Barton French arrived in D C and will stay at the Shoreham. British naval attache Mrs Grant and children sail May 31 for England. Heian, former Mary Rives, wed Elizabeth Struthers Taylor in Carson City with Nevada officials present, first such double ceremony in state history. Gov Tasker L Oddie and Justice Sweeney attended. Rives and bride plan New York home after extended honeymoon. Rives alleged cruelty and desertion in divorce from Mary Bulkeley. Charles A Henderson, divorced from Bernice Henderson, won custody of daughter Katherine in New York. Augustus Heinze’s custody case referenced. Mrs Heinze’s death noted. Chief Augustus Heinze now involved with son. divorce record cancellation questions discussed.
Mr and Mrs Borden Harriman arrive in Washington and stay at the Shoreham until after the horse show. Mr and Mrs Gramille Fortescue take possession of a new house on Massachusetts Avenue. Mrs John F Wilkins travels abroad for the summer. Senator Brady occupies the Becker residence at 1100 Rhode Island Avenue. the Beckers stay at the Rochambeau through May. Mrs Steven Beckwith Atres will be honor guest at a 5 pm tea at Mrs Charles Boughton Wood’s Rhode Island Avenue home. a committee led by Mrs Matthew T. Scott oversees the event.
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