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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1908
Page
11
Our establishment displays a broad assortment of fabrics and goods for the new season. Featuring latest European and American productions, the offer shifts toward light raiment and fancy pastimes for spring and summer.
An auction-style notice advertises items including embroidered garments with Valenciennes lace, flared front pieces, and fawn-toned fabrics. Prices range around $200 to $250 per piece, with multiple styles described and decorative detailing emphasized for immediate sale.
EMAE secured another lot of Princess Lingerie Dresses offered at a special price. Descriptions note fine batist, waist panels, German lace extending to the shoulders, tucked sleeves, and deep flounces with sher Inglish embroidery. Dresses come in white, light blue, tan, lavender and pink, pitched as dainty and exceptional value.
An advertisement offers umbrellas from a major manufacturer at about half price. Women, misses, and youths’ umbrellas feature various styles, including twill, silk, and gun metal frames, with pearl and sterling silver caps. Prices range from 5 to 12 dollars, with some items highlighting special finishes and novelty handles.
A sale notice for Latest Models in Fine Corsets announces a superb assortment of Imported Corsets including Paraine, Lily of France, and Sapphire lines. Models are described as made along the latest French lines with fine coutil, batistes, and sulk broche. Appointments for fittings are available on the third floor eleventh street.
Social and personal notes from Washington detail a string of embassy entertainments and farewells. Attaches and diplomats from Britain Italy Brazil Uruguay and Ireland attend dinners luncheons and forthcoming tours to Chicago Boston and Maine, with engagements and engagements and house moves noted alongside social plans at clubs and residences.
Washington society pages note a fad for American tea replacing foreign blends in high circles. Mme Gould and Prince Helde de Sagan mingle in Rome while Queen Marguerite of Italy’s bodyguard tale unfolds. Prince Adolph of Schaumburg-Lippe linked to Princess Victoria Louise rumors. Chenonceaux histories and a Metropolitan Opera visit frame a sprawling society panorama with many named figures.
Demonstrators showcase a late invention called a Womans Priend offering belt buckles collar fasteners belt pins and many other uses. Available on the First Floor Jewelry Department with prices from 2c to 10c, the items are presented as versatile and fashionable.
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