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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1904
Page
7
The department has moved to the spacious second floor with Dress Goods Silks Velvets and Linings now offering leisurely shopping. Comfortable chairs sit before counters and tables as rich woods contrast with green carpet and decorations. Lighting options let customers view colors and textures accurately.
The note lists pink ciel turquoise deep Nile beige gray lilac tan and castor as desirable shades for a soft firm fabric that clings and washes well. Suitable for full dresses waists house gowns kimonos and sacques. Previous pods sold at $1.00 and now 55 cents a yard as a special floor sale on second floor G Mt.
A cataloged display touts Ready-made Suits with style and workmanship. Cheviot Tailor made Sulta at 16 50 features double-breasted jacket and nine-gored skirt. Cheviot Tailor made Suite at 18 50 offers three colors, long jacket, peau de soie trim. Broadcloth Tailor made Suits at 34 00 and 45 00 present double-breasted jackets with peau de soie details and high-kitted skirts. Spit Broadcloth Prince Albert at 45 00 emphasizes peau de soie faced revers and fall-plaited skirt.
Our shop features an elegant collection of tourists coats in three-quarter and full lengths. They come in many attractive cloths including covert cloth. Special highlight is the $18.50 Covert Cloth Tourists' Coats, offered in shades of covert with several new styles, loose backs, belts and plaits.
Our assortment features rain coats in new styles from $1.00 to $30.00 with special attention to the $25.00 range. It includes three or four distinct styles and a large variety of cloths in all sizes.
The store lists several new rain coat models with prices from 10 to 27.50 dollars. A highlighted $10 coat features an Oxford gray finish and first class tailoring. A new automotive coat, English-made and dust, rain, and wind resistant, sells for 27.50 dollars.
The vanity case, a Parisian invention, is a compact card case sized accessory with an arm chain. It includes a mirror powder puff memo pad pencil and space for change and visiting cards. The item is described as clever and useful and must be seen to be appreciated. Main floor Eleventh at.
Infants layettes are promoted as time saving and daintier than home made items. The ad lists Outfit No 1 with multiple pieces such as shirts slips gowns and skirts at various prices, highlighting ready made infant outfits offered at special rates.
Laird Schober Co offers fine shoes made with superior workmanship and leathers. The hosiery asserts unmatched materials and factory skilled labor, with a glove fit across a wide range of styles and widths. Prices range from five to eight dollars a pair at their Third Floor store location.
The feature lists diverse fabrics for fall gowns and tailored costumes. Blues greens tartan plaids, broadcloths, panne satin effects, and new fabrics like cheviots and velveteens are highlighted. New trims include embroidery, spangles, rhinestone buttons, and ornate laces. Decorative arts items and electric lamp shades complete the showroom imagery.
AWashington society column lists engagements marriages and visits. Lieut E M Zell of Fort Myer to wed Miss Mary Williams of Baltimore and Miss Durand with Mr Herbert Dering to sing at a Lenox church concert. Numerous families relocate for the season while brides and grooms travel or plan weddings in October and November.
Upward of 209 members of the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Club of New York Life Insurance Company are in the city for a three day annual session at the Willard Hotel. Officers and general agents travel from New York Boston and Philadelphia. Activities include visits to the White House Capitol Library Washington Monument and Mount Vernon plus theater outings and a trip down the river. The event closes Thursday morning with departures that evening.
Miss Bessie Wilson, youngest daughter of the late William L. Wilson, Postmaster General, drowned at Virginia Beach after an undertow swept her and sister Mary Wilson a quarter mile from shore. Rescued companions were saved by life-savers an hour later, but Bessie died. The mother, Mrs. William L. Wilson, remains, en route with others to Charlestown W Va for interment.
President Roosevelt yesterday welcomed Miss Anna Kruse principal of the Brommer School Stockholm Froken Lilian Solomon also of Stockholm and Mrs C M F Reed of Pittsburg The visit aims to study educational conditions in the United States as representatives of the Swedish government.
The advertisement claims tired mothers endure many duties from household tasks to child care and cooking. It touts HooWa Sarsaparilia as a tonic that refreshes the blood increases appetite and helps restful sleep, presenting the product as a home remedy.
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