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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
21
A remnant sale offers attractive reductions across men women and children outer garments. The store highlights low prices and desirable remnants, noting the collection as the best bargain seen in weeks and promising a doubly interesting day for shoppers.
Friday bargain sale lists two lots of men’s suits with discounted prices and assorted sizes. The ad promotes affordable fashions, with emphasis on folded stock and limited quantities available for a single day.
Fragments show a sale note for men socks with prices and sizes listed in a string of unreadable digits and letters. The readable bits imply a discount listing for Lisle hose intended for men with varying sizes and quantities. No clear brand or full prices are discernible.
Readable sections describe women's tailored suits from Parma serge and worsteds in blue and mixed colors priced around $1000 per choice, marked down from $1550 to $25. Also featured are dresses and coats with trims, embroideries, and fabrics like moire and silk, with various value ranges and sizes noted.
Fractured OCR fragment hints at a local sale of boys' all-wool suits with unclear pricing. The readable bits reference a bargain theme and promotions, but concrete details, dates, or names are not recoverable from the provided text.
Readable fragment lists various women shirt waist styles and sale prices. Mentions sizes from 1 to 18, included decorative elements like tucked fronts and embroidery, with reductions advertised across multiple items. Conveys a busy department store sale page tone from a historical newspaper.
A Friday bargain highlights black dress goods including imported armoire fabrics and black fabrics. The listing notes a 44 inch width and a price around 100 dollars. It emphasizes a sale event and catalog wording from the period.
Bargain notice for Valenciennes laces with German and Pat Valeryannes laces, in widths from 2 to inches. Suitable for trimming gowns dresses and lingerie. Prices cited from 60 per dozen yards to 200 minimum, floor likely noted.
Bargain listing describes women's percale skirts and related items with assorted colors and finishes. It notes prices around $1 to $2, with original values cited and multiple fabric and style descriptions.
Friday Bargain in Women's Umbrellas offers a selection of women's taffeta silk umbrellas in black blue red and green with wooden handles and tassels at 195 each. two 38 inch silk umbrellas in red and brown for sun or rain reduced from 80 to 3.00 each. three men's 38 inch silk Gloria umbrellas with jet silver trim reduced from 300 to 195 each. Main floor G st entrance.
Social and personal notes describe Mrs Carter hosting a luncheon in honor of Mrs Norris wife of Montana’s governor. Guests include Capt Daniel Tyler Moore and Mrs Moore who will soon depart for Germany. Several senators diplomats and notable figures attend gatherings in Washington with dinners and garden parties planned among visiting dignitaries.
TrenTie Rathbone plans spring season with Mr and Mrs Eno at their Natrest residence. The Bryn Mawr Polo Club hosts a polo match between Racquet Club and Philadelphia Country Club. Early arrivals include Mr and Mrs Francis King Wainwright and Senator and Mrs Guggenheim. Mrs Angie Dennison Ware and son head to Trenton to live with Mrs Wares grandson Woodworth Clim. Rep Butler Ames travels to Virginia Hot Springs. Pay Inspector Samuel McGowan and Mrs McGowan return to Stoneleigh Court after Georgia and South Carolina visit. Mrs Fairfield Carpenter hosted luncheon at Chevy Chase Club.
The Belnont Club scene on a Wednesday features society figures from Wilsons and Keenes to Vanderbilts and Croker. Lively chatter centers on Mrs Vanderbilt’s open air routines, Tip the terrier, and interest in Ethel Croker amid suitors from Italian princes to American heirs.
A mother discusses Ethel’s views on marriage to a nobleman and American wives’ social roles. The piece notes Ethel’s democracy, her Irish and New York ties, upcoming summer travels, and potential matches. It mentions President Orton, Mrs Morton, and the Berwind circle at Newport, with plans for boats and season residences and the Jones family building grand ballrooms.
The city honors 86 year old H A Willard, a longtime growth driver now retired at his Northwest Kostret home. A reception hosted by Oldest Inhabitants Association draws many friends and relatives, with floral tributes, a library gathering, and speeches commemorating his fifty plus years of service to Washington.
Prince Prospero Colonna of Rome, with his son Prince Marie Colonna, arrived in Washington from New York for four to five days. He dismisses rumors of an international marriage alliance, saying the trip is for leisure and to see friends. The Colonna family, linked to Rome’s patrician line, has a history as mayor and senator and is accompanied by the Marquis of Sommi. Walter Berry of the Italian Embassy met them in New York.
King Edward will attend the January 23 wedding of Miss Jean Reid daughter of the American ambassador to Britain at the Chapel Royal St James Palace. Queen Alexandra likely to attend. The ceremony will be followed by a large reception at the bride’s father’s London residence.
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