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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
12
Friday sale offers one hundred linen summer dresses for women and misses in white and colors, including gingham and cross-barred swisses. Newest styles with embroidery or piping, sizes 16 to 4, priced from 6.75, plus foulard and crepe meteor dresses at deep discounts. Third floor-6 st.
Clearance sale on women's trimmed hats featuring small and medium sizes. Prices cut from 6.00 to 3.00, offering durable utility hats at a low price. Located on the second floor at Tenth Street.
Sixty four dozen pieces of Women's Fine Knit Underwear including Vests, Combination Suits, and Drawers in Swiss and Jersey ribbed styles. New tight-fitting garments conforming to women's ideas of style and comfort. Prices 19c, 25c, 35c, and 50c. Main Floor East.
Friday sale highlights Nainsook Corset Covers blouse style trimmed with aces insertions beading and ribbons at 25 cents each Muslin Chemises with narrow lawn ruffles at 25 cents Muslin Drawers with hemstitched tucked ruffle at 15 cents pair Taffeta Silk Petticoats assorted colors and Dresden designs at 2 75 each 9 French Nainsook Gowns with embroidered yoke reduced to 2 19 each 10 High neck long sleeve gowns with trims and embroidery reduced to 69 cents each Third floor Eleventh st.
Local ad lists several corset models from Batiste Corsets including lightweight and medium bust options with attached hose supporters, trimmed bras, and coutil corsets with boning. Sales price reductions from 50c to discounted rates are noted across multiple styles and sizes.
A small lot of embroidery edgings in eyelet patterns described as dainty and effective, priced 18¢ per yard for tie and 25¢ to 3¢ per yard for valves. Various imported fabrics on sale including ginghams, Madras, printed Percales, and voiles with yard prices from 10¢ to 35¢. Hosiery items on sale include lisle hose and silk lisle hose with marked reductions to 2¢ to 35¢ per pair. Bargains in the Bric-a-Brac department feature heavily discounted French bisque figures, frames, and a needlework picture frame. Main floor-Gst.
A small assortment of Valenciennes Laces in French and German weaves with odd designs and patterns. Ideal for trimming dresses and underwear and for fancy work. Special price 60e per dozen yards.
An old catalog note lists Kimono style rompers in pink white and blue checks trimmed with chambray, plus lingerie coats with sailor collars and scalloped edges. Items show drastic price cuts from hundreds to a few dollars, including multiple coats and lace details, in a third floor section.
Black Dress Goods Department lists substantial reductions on various fabrics including 44 inch Crepe de Paris 35-8 yards, 56 inch Diagonal Serge 21-2 yards, 11-Inch Panama Cloth 21-3 yards, and 46 inch Serge Luptin's 37-8 yards. Marquisette, Prunella, and Panama also cut priced per piece with marked down amounts. Second floor G Street.
Heavy woven seamless china matting offered in 15 rolls in good colors and durability priced at 5.00 per roll, down from 7.00 and 8.00. Remnants include four 4x12 Smith Axminster rugs reduced from 2600 to 180 each. Fourth floor-6st.
A small lot of plain tire girls tricycles for ages 5 to 10 offered at 1.95 each. These tricycles compare to values of 3.95 5.00 and 6.00. Fourth floor Eleventh st.
President Taft entertained the fur seal conference delegation and other dignitaries at a White House dinner last night. Guests included The Secretary of State The British Ambassador The Japanese Ambassador and numerous U S officials officials and social leaders attended. Other events included a musicale hosted by Col and Mrs Thompson and a busy schedule of bridge tea and social gatherings across Washington with many officials preparing summer departures.
Mrs Burr hosted a small tea at her Jefferson Place home in compliment to Miss Dorothy Langfitt whose marriage to Lieut Wilby is next week. Guests included Mrs Judson, Mrs William J Borden, Mrs A S Grant, and Miss Mary Michie as spring floral decor adorned drawing room and tea table. Ruth Bliss hosted a theater party at the Columbia for Miss Caroline Shepard and Mr John W Faison of New York, chaperoned by Mr and Mrs Gould Lincoln, with Miss Shepard among the guests.
The German Kaiser has censored portraits including his eldest sister and other courtwomen over attire. American society figures head to England for coronation events, notably Mrs John Hays Hammond with lavish gowns and US-made tiaras. Miss Dorothy Whitney supports suffrage with a $1000 donation, while Miss Hare’s Princeton Harvard wedding date shifts to avoid missing the game.
A Cupid's Realm correspondent argues against universal rules that a husband must not go out at night without his wife. She warns against distrust and overprotection, urging women to face reality, assess each partner, and take firm stands rather than enforce blanket controls.
Mrs Taft accompanied by Miss Helen Taft and Maj Archibald Butt returned to Washington from New York where she had been seriously ill. President Taft met her at the train and she said she was much improved despite the heat. She will not attend White House social functions for a time and will recuperate with a stay in Hot Springs after a rest in Washington.
In Washington on May 18 the New Amsterdam Club of New York captured the Washington trophy, marking the fourth time they have won the championship of the Woman's Whist League at its fourteenth congress. The Cavendish trophy went to the Women's Club of Indianapolis, the Omaha cup to Howell Woman's Whist Club of Boston, and Boston's trophy to New Amsterdam. Mrs. C. J. Waterhouse of New York gained permanent possession of the St. Louis trophy by winning it for the third time.
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