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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1905
Page
15
Woodward & Lothrop outlines fall and winter home readiness tips for housekeepers. The feature highlights economical refurnishing, new time saving items, and a well organized stock of housefurnishings and cleaning requisites to simplify selection and improve results.
Special Sales Oriental Rugs presents a direct import collection with guaranteed genuineness and value. Multiple rugs listed by type size and price include Royal Persian Seraphe Mahal Mushkabad Muntaz Iran Cashmere Shirvan Kabastan Kazak Dabistan and Mousoul varieties with steep display discounts and comparative values.
A local upholstery store promotes in house upholstery services and a large on site showroom. It lists new yard goods and drapery fabrics in velvet damask silk and tapestry styles with prices per yard, plus a wide selection of portieres lace curtains and nets from several lace families. Special prices highlight Arabian lace curtains and Renaissance lace curtains among others.
Dainty china rich cut glass and modern house furnishings shown on the fifth floor with open stock dinner sets from Clinton Ridgway Pottery. Open stock lets buyers buy only needed pieces or add to sets, with replacements available for broken pieces. Prices range from 25c to 150.00, with new Swedish china and earthenware priced from 25c up.
Weekly arrivals feature new American cut glass designs including handled baskets, Sweet Pea vases, tumblers, salad bowls, nappies, bead bobache candlesticks, celery dishes, and other early fall wedding gift items. Prices range from 3.95 to 92.25 with several items at 3.50 to 5.00.
Advertisement notes a new import of English Bone China with a dainty gold-line pattern. It lists tea cups and saucers, bread and butter plates, tea plates, and breakfast plates with prices such as 82.50, 266, and 88.00, highlighting low prices for genuine English bone china.
An unusual value advertises bathroom sets priced at 50c per set. Each collection includes a covered soap dish with drainer a toothbrush holder and a mug, tinted with floral decoration.
Our Jardiniere room showcases latest Jardinieres from leading maker with wide range of shapes sizes and colors. Unusually complete selection and low prices offer good value for winter plant needs. Large 10 inch Jardiniere now offered at a special low price. Other Jardinieres 15c to $8.00 on Fifth floor.
Advertisement for a new lot of Green and Brown Earthenware Umbrella Stands measuring 21.5 inches tall and 10.75 inches across the top with a broad base to resist tipping. Other Umbrella Jars priced from 1.35 to 9.00.
Gas light buyers are urged to inspect the Lindsay mantel lights for maximum brightness with minimum gas consumption. Suitable for regular fixtures or drop lights, the units include globes and mantels and are shown lit in the Lamp Department.
A small ad announces Arecia Palma plants available in 1 to 2 inch pots at a low price of 5 cents each, praising the hardy nature and appeal of the new stock.
Complete line of nickel plated bathroom fittings on brass for rust resistance and durability. Prices start at 3 cents for towel bars and rise to $1.00 for toilet paper holders, with nickel plating advertised as superior to iron or steel substitutes.
Miss Elise Gouvverneur Heiskell daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Lee Heiskell will wed Harry Freeman Clark at Rosemont Bethesda Md The bride a Monroe descendant wears family pearls and is attended by Nannie Shepard McClelland and other relatives in a simple ceremony. The groom is Robert E F Allen.
Secretary Taft traveled by bay to greet his wife and children Helen and Charles aboard the Red Star liner Kroonland, delayed ten hours at Dover due to a hawser entanglement. The Tafts plan to proceed to Washington, with Mrs Taft having spent three months abroad in Switzerland and Oxford.
Professor William Reynolds Vance, acting dean since the new term began, is expected to be promoted to dean of the George Washington University Law School. Vance, a GWU veteran since 1908, holds degrees from Washington and Lee and the University of Virginia.
Gunston Hall opened yesterday morning in its new Florida Avenue building. Rev. Clement Brown delivered the address and prayer. The school for girls features large lighted classrooms, study halls, music and practice rooms, assembly hall and gym, plus revamped staff including associate principal Miss Baith AvGiark Tl A and Bila Reese directing the science and intermediate departments.
The Carroll Institute Literary Club opened its meeting at the institute library on Tenth Street. Officers elected for the coming year include President W. W. Sullivan, Vice President James Smith, and Secretary F. F. Meckenhaupt. The president appointed the executive committee after adjournment: Joseph Sullivan, D. C. G. Hd, and George Sullivan.
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