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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1904
Page
7
The Washington New York Paris store announces Friday remnant sales on main floor G Street. Thousands of daily sales keep stock fresh with discounts on hats suits and lawn shirt waists. Selected items include hats discounted to five dollars and cheaper, cheviot and broadcloth suits, and various soft felt hats, with prices cut from higher amounts to attract quick choice.
A Friday special offers Jet of Black Silk Chantilly Laces at half price. Laces range 3 to 5 inches wide and are suitable for trims and waists. Values run from 50c to 75c per yard, with a 25c yard sale price on select pieces. Main floor display.
French hand made gowns offered at sale prices. Imported night gowns and French percale pieces feature high necks, tucked fronts, and neck and sleeve finishing with hand embroidered scallops. Value listed as six and a half dollars. price noted as S225.
French made hand sewn chemises offered at discount. Round neck styles trimmed with embroidered design and scalloped edging. Imported or premium percale options priced to clear, previously valued at 150 dollars.
Bargain alert for black silk petticoats with taffeta blend and accordion-plaited flounce. Deep hem finish, narrow trim, priced at 395 dollars each, value listed as 500 dollars. Crood anahit brand appears in sale copy.
A manufacturer samples 25 dozen Womens Swiss Ribbed Vests Parts and Combination Suits with few pieces identical offered at low to regular prices on the main floor.
Marseilles Bedspreads offered by manufacturers include 64 samples at substantial discounts. Some items show minor imperfections such as an oil spot or coarse thread, but many are nearly flawless. Choices include 28 for 2.25, 76 for 7.50, 7 for 2.50, and 4 for 3.00, with floor location on Eleventh Street.
Sample Towels offered in lots of four and six at 25 to 33 percent below regular prices. The sale lists a total net amount of $375 for the lots. Sale location noted as Second Moor Eleventh Street.
A small lot of the Enterprise Sewing Machines with latest improvements listed at a special price of 7500 dollars each. Full ball bearing, light running, polished oak case, complete with attachments and a five year guarantee. Second floor G street.
Fifty items of boys clothing including long pants suits in multiple sizes from 11 to 36 inch chest and sailor style outfits with hand embroidery reduced from high prices to sale prices. Included are all wool serge suits reefers overcoats and separate pants with quantities listed and on third floor at Tenth Street.
Bargains in the boys furnishing department list four-in-hand ties in black and navy reduced to lie each from 25a and shirts from Te and $1 to Mc, madras blouses in several sizes, jersey knit sweaters for children with button fronts, and fancy blouses with Eton collars, all marked down on the third floor at Ten...st.
Footwear bargain notes list women and missy shoes with patent calfskin uppers, lace and button styles, welt soles, and spring heels. Prices marked down from high dollars to about one half or less, with various sizes and styles across the third floor near Tenth Street.
Fourth floor store sale lists a large stock of upholstery items with deep discounts. Portieres, lace curtains, door panels, couch covers, table covers, and lace bed sets are offered at reduced prices, from genuine Irish Point and Renaissance curtains to Robbinette curtains, with varied sizes and patterns. Many items show steep markdowns from original prices, with selections like 6 bobbinette door panels and antique curtains spanning yards of lace and embroidery.
Furniture department offers mahogany tables dressers and parlor suites with heavy markdowns. Items include a five-drawer solid mahogany writing table and a three-pillared mahogany pedestal table with claw feet, plus oak and maple pieces. Prices drop from hundreds to under thirty dollars, highlighting dressers cheval mirrors and a divan.
A third floor clearance lists Misses Department items with reduced prices on brown and gray winter jackets, blue cheviot brouse shirts, gray homespun reef era suits, sailor and blouse pieces, lightweight cheviot coats, and navy blue Taylor suits. Sizes 8 through 18 featured with marked reductions from 1250 to 650 or 1250 to 5000 in various cases.
Muslin underwear and ladies gowns offered in hubbard style with high necks and feather braided trim at half a cent each. Cambric petticoats priced under a dollar, trimmed with lawn flounces and embroidered hems. Taffeta silk petticoats in umbrella style with accordion plaits and lavender accents cut to 34.95. Third floor Dieventh street department store ad.
A listing of corsets on sale features 6 par French corsets with straight fronts and real whalebone elastics in sizes 18 to 29, reduced from 750 to 475 per pair. Also includes P par French corsets in multiple sizes, reduced from 75 to 17 per pair, and R & G corsets in several colors with sizes 18 to 29, reduced from 156 to maybe 12 pair, all on the third floor EleventhA St.
Smyrna rugs 12 items reduced from 300 to 225 each. Axminster rugs 5 and 8 price drops from 450 to 875 and 275 to 175 respectively. A 12 ft Smyrna rug marked from 11.00 to 9.00 and a 39x1310 ft Brussels rug from 900 to 7. Velvet rugs discounted to 3260 each. Fourth floor six-station display.
In the main floor sale a collection of marble pedestals and figures show heavy reductions. Pedestals range from 1000 to 1350 dollars after price cuts, with another at 1000 and one at 1200. A marble figure drops to 14 dollars. a bronze piece falls from 2250 to 1900. One bronze figure reduces to 300 and another to 150.
A damaged catalog page lists reduced prices on various china and pottery items. Highlights include odd French china plates, blue Wedgwood teapot, decorated sauce boats and tureens, English porcelain meat disheys, Haviland sugar and cream set, a decorated chocolate pot cover, cracker jar, and fruit or salad plates, with reductions often substantial and units on fifth floor.
Housefurnishing department lists Kin Hee drip canter worn and shopworn items with price cuts. Imported tin cake boxes dented reduced to 95 cents each. japanned tin water carriers dented. bread box dented. flour can shopworn. nickel glass holders. rubber door mats. fancy work baskets. Nesco oil heaters. gas radiator. kitchen cabinet table. Union Furniture Polish. sale on fifth floor eleventh.
Social and personal notices cover a week of weddings and visits in Washington. Miss Margaret Birney marries Edmund A. Varela at St Thomas Church with a royal-blossom decor and a Birney family reception. The Earl and Countess of Dartmouth visit, hosted by the British Embassy, as President Roosevelt hosts luncheon. A second ceremony unites Clar ence J Walter and Gertrude E Gaegler at Immaculate Conception, followed by a Atlantic trip. Returning guest lists showcase Capitol Hill parties and debutante events with receptions, honeymoons, and Thanksgiving plans.
The ceremony featured Mr Jerome Kaufman as best man and Mr Joseph D. Dreyfuss as usher. Ushers included Benoit D. Dreyfuss Samuel Dentham Sidney W. Straus Moses A. Baer Sidney Weiberg Lea Reuben David Baer and Louis Bendheim. The couple plan to reside in Alexandria after a brief trip.
Mme Yale presented a four act health and beauty lecture at the National Theater for women of Washington. She preached proper diet, embodied calisthenics, walked with refined posture, and showcased four costumes to illustrate beauty. Frederick M Detweiler remains critically ill as John F Key wills filed for probate leaving Emma Rodey Key, Minter P Key, and L Annetta Key as heirs.
Secretary Hay is confined to his home by a cold and will stay indoors for a day or two. Mr I cams acts as Secretary of State during the illness. Italian Ambassador Baron Mayor det Planches remains in New York on business and will be absent several days.
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