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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1907
Page
6
Remnants day fills counters with short lengths odd lots broken sizes and dented items. A wide range of one of a kind groups appeals to housekeepers and early shoppers. The list below hints at the attractions and values offered.
A floor-wide sale lists Sailor and Russian Blouse style white and colored galateas piques and madras in sizes 24 to 12 at special price $1.00, down from $2.00 to $2.95, plus remnants of youths long pants, double breasted suits, knickerbocker coats, reefers, and madras blouses with many reductions. Third floor Tenth st.
Muslin underwear sale on the third floor eleventh street offers muslin petticoats 29 cents each, cambric drawers 25 cents per pair, eight nainsook gowns 9 cents, and cambric skirts 1 cent. Readable items include hemstitched ruffles, lawn trims, and lace details with price reductions from higher values.
Bargain sale on net corsets with 10 dozen pairs in sizes 18 and up at 50 cents per pair. Lily of France corsets with whalebone and elastics, sizes 23 to 30, reduced from 9 to 4 dollars per pair. French broche corsets boned with whale bone, sizes 19 to 24 and 23, trimmed from 7.50 to 3 dollars per pair. Also 1 B corsets in batiste, sizes 20 to 24, reduced from 1.50 to 1.00 per pair. Located on the third floor eleventh street.
A Friday sale offers numerous Little Children's Dresses in white and tawny shades with embroidery, lace, and tucks. Prices range from $2.50 to $13.50, with marked reductions from higher amounts, plus items like reefer coats, white French pique pants, sunbonnets, blue sweaters, and infant basket sets noted on the third floor of the store.
Friday bargain sale highlights 4 ft Bentwood Lawn Settees in red and green at 2.35 each, original 2.95. Includes leather seat chatres, dining room pieces, arm chair and rocker set, window seat settee, leather upholstered hocker, auto valet in oak, a Tesla item, quartered oak pedestal table, curly birch table, mahogany parlor rocker, and other furnishings. Sixth floor G St.
Large sale of women's oxford styles in patent coltskin and kidskin finishes with 2-eyelet and cross-strap designs. Includes patent leather shippers and house slippers, multiple sizes listed, many items reduced from 2.00 to 1.50, and boys and little gents patent shoes discounted from 3.50 to 1.56.
A sale listing offers Women’s 24-inch colored silk umbrellas finished with three tucks in black green red and navy with natural wood handles at 3.00 each, next to 26-inch union silk remnants with paragon frames silk cases and fancy handles down to 1.45. Also 7 men’s 28-inch union silk umbrellas with close roll natural wood handles reduced from 2.03 to 2.00 each on the main floor Eleventh St.
Bargains on wooden and leather trunks and suit cases at basement Equitable Building. 36-inch trunks $11.95 down from 14, 38-inch $12.65 from 15. Steamer trunks from $3.95 to $9.25, cowhide suit cases from $3.95 to $4.95, all with riveted parts and cloth lining.
Upholstery Department offers single pieces of rattan furniture at half price for clearance. High grade items show handling wear. Includes French Madras and Suk Madras curtains, lattice hanging, porch blinds, a hand made box couch, and more, with substantial markdowns on each item.
Main floor on Tenth Street offers deep cuts in men's wear. Light weight suits in sizes 34 to 40 drop from 15 and 18 dollars to 10 each. All wool blue serge suits now 12.50, dressy topcoats and spring overcoats 12.50, cravenette raincoats 10, 12 pairs all wool trousers 2.50, striped wool trousers 3.95, fancy vests 1.95 to 1.95 in sizes 33 to 39.
The store advertises discounts on menswear including Cheviot Neglige shirts collars ties and underwear. Items list sizes quantities and price cuts from 1.00 to 0.10 0.65 and 0.25 each or per dozen with several lines marked as discontinued or soiled. Main floor F street.
Men's Hat Department offers 20 black stiff hats and 15 soft hats in black pearl and nutria. Prices cut from 2.00 and 4.00 to 1.00 or 1.50 each. Includes multiple sizes from 6 5/8 to 7 1/2. Main floor first.
Hotel China rolls out deep discounts to clear stock with blue decorated dinnerware. Dinner plates 2.25 per dozen, breakfast plates 1.75 per dozen, tea plates 1.50 per dozen, soup plates 1.75 per dozen, cups and saucers 3.00 per dozen, oatmeal dishes 1.80 per dozen, sauce plates 1.20 per dozen, all at reduced historic prices.
Decorated English porcelain in blue and white fluted pattern ideal for breakfast use. Imported quality. Breakfast plates 1.20 per dozen, cups and saucers 1.30 per dozen, sauce plates 0.50 per dozen, bread and butter plates 0.60 per dozen, covered dishes 0.65 each. Fifth floor 6 st.
A local ad notes a Friday bargain on canned lima beans including about 30 cases labeled Peacock. It promotes this season's pack as good quality and mentions availability on the fifth floor at Tenth Street.
Bargain sale offers cut glass and tinted vases at reduced prices. Prices start at $1.00 to $1.50 each, marked down from higher amounts. Fifth floor Gut.
The Sporting Goods Department on the Eleventh Street fourth floor advertises discounts on Dennis Shoes in many sizes reduced from 75 cents and 1.00 to 2 cents per pair, running shoes 5 1-20 size cut from 2.75 to 26 cents, baseball shoes 6 1-2 size down from 2.50 to 0.50, and Heller skates with rubber tires, small Follers, now 1.00 per pair.
A sale of women’s waists features fine silk models with plaids and colored dots, finished with taffeta collars and cuffs in all sizes, priced at 2.95 each from a regular 5.00. Also available are white waists in linens lawns and batiste, with assorted styles and sizes, slightly soiled from handling, offered at greatly reduced prices.
A shop offers numerous women's dresses and suits with heavy discounts from $74 down to $15 up to $25 sizes range from 26 to 40. Items include Princess Lace Baby Irish trimmed gowns light blue taffeta silk chiffon and voile blends with lace braids and serges. Stocks are described as damaged or fine with varied trims and sizes.
A cloak department sale lists multiple women s coats with sizes 34 to 86 and various styles. Items include a tan tussah silk coat reduced from 25 to 15, gray silk auto coat down to 12 50, black peau de soie jacket marked to 165, pony jackets down to 20 and 8 75, and nine raincoats priced at 10 each, all on the third floor G Street.
Misses department features reduced prices on wool batiste and plaid dresses as well as full length wool coats in size ranges eight to fourteen. Society notes include Senator Elkins entertaining guests and Miss Miller’s dance plans at Chevy Chase Club with lineage tied to Capt Maddox. Diplomatic moves include Rear Admiral Emory selecting Capt Henry C. Davis for a May visit, and the Wollard sisters moving to Afton House with the Dresden consul general arriving from Dresden.
Austrian and French ambassadors host formal and informal gatherings in Washington featuring British, Spanish, Chinese ministers and high officials. Luncheons, dinners, and a Navy League dance draw royal and military guests, while guests voyage to Norfolk for a Chamberlin event and society circles recount recent weddings and returns from travel.
A second floor sale lists price cuts on beds and mattresses including a white enamel bed with brass trim reduced from 8.00 to 5.50, a folding bed from 22.50 to 6.00, a Davenport couch bed from 19.75, and multiple hair mattresses with substantial markdowns, plus half price on all metal strings and measurements requested.
Items include richly decorated Limoges china plates bowls and teapot set with reductions from 50 dollars to 51.60 and from 2.50 to 1.25 among many others. Prices shown per item or set with multiple pieces and several blue pink or gold decorated pieces. Fifth floor G Street.
Fifth floor seventh street sale lists baby walker ice cream freezers bird cage nickel plated holders toothbrush holders soap dish enamel ware bed pan bread maker copper boiler and Krupop’s silver polish with marked price cuts. Many items discounted with damaged or used condition noted.
Altamont Spring Water claims purity and sterilized bottling at the spring. The product is demonstrated and for sale at 1305 F Street NW and at Woodward & Lothrop stores Eleventh and F streets as exclusive agents.
Germany Thursday, is staying at the Cosmos Club. Mr. and Mrs. Enoch A. Chase of New York arrived in the city last evening for a brief visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Chase, at the Sherman apartment house. Col. and Mrs. Green Clay Goodloe have gone to Loudoun for a visit to Mrs. William Cousius Goodloe and family, Mrs. George Delano and son of River Falls, Mass., and Mrs. William Barry of Rochester, N. Y., will join the group tomorrow.
Social gossip notes two dress schemes using border patterned silks in Bordeaux red with large white discs and a demi traine skirt. It also suggests repurposing worn embroidery from handkerchiefs into lingerie trims and cuffs. The column announces the engagement of Miss Emma Mullan, daughter of Capt. John Mullan, U.S.A., to State Senator George Russell Lukens of California, tracing a romance linked to Mullan’s legal suit against California.
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