12 May 1911
Page 10
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
10
Woodward Lothrop announces its first shipment of American One-Year Rose Bushes now on sale for 25 cents per package of two. Violet Blue and LaFrance varieties offered in the Housefurnishing Department on the first floor.
An advertisement offers men and young men all wool worsted suits at 15 dollars, with remnants including 6 suits, tan raincoat, 18 trousers, and various coats and pajamas. Sizes range 38 to 46, with reductions from 20s to mid teens. Main floor at Tenth Street.
A small lot of Valenciennes laces in French and German makes, widths 4 to 2 inches, special price 60c per dozen yards. Also Women’s Patent Coltskin Pumps on Goodyear soles with Cuban heel, sizes 3 to 7, special price 1.95 a pair, regular 3.50. Also Misses and Children Mack Suede Ankle-strap Pumps, Goodyear welt, reduced from 2.50 to 1.50 per pair. Third floor Tenth at.
Friday Specials advertise colored silk parasols with black and white borders and carved wood handles priced at 2.00. Also listed are taffeta parasols, men’s lightweight cotton hose in seconds at 75c for six, white wool gauze underwear reduced to 1.50, silk ties, negige shirts, petticoats, nainsook suits and corset covers, lingerie pieces, and various gowns with discounts, all on main floor and third floor displays.
Friday special features 1000 yards of Irish flax linen in lavender wistaria gray and cerise at 19 cents a yard. Also on sale are Swiss ribbed cotton vests and lisle thread vester sets in various sizes with reduced prices, located on the second and main floors of the store on Eleventh Street.
High grade tennis racks offered at drastic savings. Racks strings use gut and priced at 1.95 each, down from 8.50 and 4.00. Fourth floor Tennist Infants Department features Russian style white lawn dresses and Madras outfits reduced to modest prices, plus coats and gowns in silk lined tan broadcloth and flannel styles.
Reaminant lots of high grade frames offered at dramatically cut prices. Brown and gray imitation carved frames in fixed and flexible sizes reduced from 75c to 15c per lot. Black frames in multiple sizes cut from 1.75 to 0.50. Gray and brown frames in assorted sizes lowered from 1.75 2.10 2.59 to 0.50 0.75 each. Fourth floor Tenth St.
Cluny Luncheon Sets offered with centerpiece and two doilies among items priced 7.50 value 310.25 and various set sizes 8.58 12.50 11.50 16.00 14.50 20.50. 18 inch handmade cling lace centerpieces reduced from 1.00 to 0.75 each. second floor Eleventh street. Also gloves reduced on main floor including women's two clasp black glace radskin gloves and one clasp P. XNI Mo black dogskin gloves with white stitching, all sale prices noted.
Washington society hosts and guests fill diplomatic corps events and weddings. Prominent figures including Taft Dickinson Sherman MacVeagh Bryce Uchida and Zamacona figures appear among dinners luncheons and a notable Georgetown game fundraiser. Weddings and travel plans strand amid spring social season activities.
Miss Mary E. McConey plans a Atlantic City visit next Tuesday before sailing for Europe on July 1. She will be joined by Miss H. Eckergon of New York as guest. Miss Margaretta Brooks hosts dinner at Chevy Chase Saturday. Downey's stables advertise affordable bridal carriages. L S Bacon family set May 25 country trip to Maryland. Grangers lease home to Argentine Minister and move to Florence Court until autumn. Naval duties pull Paymaster Holt aboard Idaho by end of May. Several dignitaries sail from New York to Europe including Mrs Potter Palmer and others. Gen Aleshire family to Yellowstone Park in June. Mrs Portner to close New Hampshire residence.
Reduced prices on mahogany dining chairs with leather seats and backs, claw feet, and several mahogany and oak bedroom and dining items. Includes chiffoniers, dressers, tables, washstand, and chairs with substantial markdowns from original prices. Sixth floor clearance listing for items such as green grass chairs and quartered oak sets.
A sensational column reports on Mrs. Pierce accusing Henry Clay Pierce of conspiracy and blackmail as detectives tail her in New York. She vows to fight and cites a Waterloo style confrontation with her daughter-in-law. It highlights Princess Henry of Pless at upcoming coronation and her famed jewels and public allure.
Throngs visited Neighborhood House at 470 N Street Southwest for the ninth annual spring festival opening. The afternoon featured industrial class exhibits in sewing cooking basket weaving hand dyeing metal craft carpentry embroidery and garden work. A Dutch supper by the Woman's Club ran 5 30 to 7 and an evening play by the children followed. Proceeds aid house maintenance.
Miss Louise Cromwell and Walter C. Brooks Jr of Baltimore visit the District Supreme Court to secure a marriage license for next Monday. The event draws admiring onlookers as the couple answer clerk questions about names and ages with light banter and playful exchanges.
The Mozart Society of New York with 182 trained voices travels by special train to Washington to sing for Mrs Taft at the White House as the Marine Band serves as accompaniment for the first time in U S history. They will also perform at the Arlington Hotel and tour Mount Vernon before returning to New York.
The Sun Day Post previews upcoming monthly magazine section with two mystery fiction stories. The Stigma of the Stiletto and The Eyes of Regret by Mrs Bennet-Thompson promise thrilling adventures and absorbing suspense for readers drawn to mystery.
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