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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1905
Page
7
Ashion shifts to summer raiment with attractive fabrics garments and goods for warm season. The display spans every department with light bright items from foreign and American productions. A visit now offers a view of the extent beauty fashion and utility of the summer assortment.
Notice describes a millinery department move from the first floor to the second floor. It notes hundreds of hats attract shoppers and that all trimmed and untrimmed millinery will be on the second floor in a green and oak salon. It mentions trimmed hats offered at half original prices and locates Mi Minery Salon on the second floor at Tenth at.
Sale offers remaining stock of high grade wash and linen dresses at uniform low prices. Imported pique dresses, white linens, embroidery trimmings, and colorful options cover sizes 4 to 12. Many styles suited for seaside or mountain wear, with no duplicate sizes and glass-display freshness. Prices shown reflect substantial markdowns from prior $10 to $21 ranges.
A newspaper ad touts women’s sleepwear as sensible and comfortable for travel. It highlights silk sateen and dimity garments in various colors with prices and selections including satin silk pajamas and kimono robes as essential travel outfits.
Summer foot trouble calls for careful shoe choice. Cushion Oxford for women offers soft support with each step, easing movement and extending comfort beyond ordinary shoes. Made of fine dongola leather with a flexible sole priced at $3.00 per pair. Third floor Tenth St.
A broad appealing display of summer fabrics from France Germany Great Britain and Switzerland plus American looms. Dimities muslins organdie Swiss lawn batiste percale and others feature floral patterns and checks. The new Dress Goods Department location on the second floor offers airy well lit space for careful selection.
Prominent figures gather for garden parties and dinners as Washington society celebrates weddings and engagements. The Minister from the Netherlands and Mme van Swinderen plan a May departure for Paris and The Hague, with Miss Elizabeth Keech and Miss Elizabeth Glover noted among hostesses. Duke of Sutherland and Duke of Rutherland interact with President Roosevelt, while many guests attend fundraisers at St Alban’s and a convent garden event to aid poor churches. A funeral for Le Droit Langdon Barber is reported, and a dog show at the Bell summer home previews social fashion among Washington elites.
Advertises a range of fabrics including Printed Belfast Dimittas at 2 cents per yard and Printed Silk Organdie at 2 cents, Printed French Cambrics, Organdie Lisse, Tulle, Net, and Point Esprit with various prices. Also lists Half-silk and mercerized textiles, and David and John Andersons Ginghams in colors, checks, plaids from 40 to 60 cents per yard.
A catalog of fabrics including printed dimities and batistes priced at 12 1 2 to 13 1 2 cents per yard. Items listed cover prints such as muslin broadgoods and ginghams with noted yard prices and store location on the second floor Gat Street.
An importer offers a large selection of hammocks, stands, tents, croquet sets, flags, and outdoor decor at reduced prices. Includes cotton cord and canvas-weave hammocks with pillows, valances, and spreaders, plus adjustable stands and a baby hammock. Also French handkerchiefs on special at 75 cents and 1.00.
A mixed listing of toys and outdoor items including Croquet sets, sand molds, garden sets, sailboats, Japanese lanterns and parasols, a Ferris lawn swing, and a broad assortment of American flags in various sizes and materials, with prices and packing details. Items include 85cc Croquet sets, 25 Bond Mills, alphabet sand molds, garden sets, band pails, sailboats, lanterns, parasols, a Ferris lawn swing, and numerous flags with spear tips in silk, cotton, bunting, and sheeting, plus bunting flags. Corner: fourth floor Eleventh St.
Sewing machines offered direct from factories with no canvassers. Models in oak cases with full attachments, five year guarantee, and instruction on purchase. Hand machines excluded. other machines up to $40.00 available on second floor G st.
The first quarterly conference of Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church met last evening with Rev Dr Carl G Doney as pastor. Committees on missions education temperance and more were elected and a pastor salary of 2500 plus a furnished parsonage was approved. The report highlighted six weeks of pastoral work and a total membership of 680 full members and 58 probationers. A fortieth anniversary celebration plan was approved for July with revival plans for fall and debt reduction. Madge Houseman elected deaconess.
A list of notable books available at low cost for summer reading. Includes Donovan Pasha Gilbert Parker Lettara from Selfmade Merchant to His Son G H Lorimer Call of the Wild Jack London The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle and other titles from various authors. Main floor Teninh zh.
Eugene Ware’s portrait joins seven other former commissioners’ portraits at the Pension Building reception area. Col Ware’s note says painted by a named artist and likeness is good. Effort underway to secure portraits of all commissioners for display.
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