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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1905
Page
21
Woodward and Lothrop announces special Children’s Day displays in New York Washington and Paris locations. The store offers girls dresses from four to eighteen years, hats shoes undergarwear hosiery gloves and a full range of school supplies and desk helps. A large collection of toys dolls and games, many imported, will be shown for children of all ages.
The store highlights a wide array of boys and youths garments including double-breasted and Norfolk jackets, sailor and peter thompson blouses, bloomers, and single and double breasted young men suits. Also tuxedo dress suits and a special value line of school suits. Prices range from 75 cents to 22.50 with sizes up to 86 inch chest.
Advertises a full supply of boys and youths furnishings with emphasis on fit and fabric. Highlights include shirts 50c to 1.50, plaited blouses 50c to 100, neckties 25c to 50, underwear and pajamas 1 to 2, collars 12 1/2c, cuffs 12 1/2c, bath robes 4.25, and related items across sizes 2 to 18 and Various fabrics.
A catalog style display on the second floor at Tenth Street offers trimmed hats for children in white beavers and pastel shades with floral and ribbon trimmings, plus sailor styles for school wear. An extensive range of untrimmed hats, children's shoes for fall and winter, slippers, infant first shoes, and lace and button shoes in various sizes and prices is highlighted. Also listed are patent leather slippers and boys shoes including box Calfskin and patent leather options with prices noted. Third floor Tenth Street.
Complete lines of domestic and French corsets with elastics and pads plus accessories. Also large selection of infant layettes and outdoor outfits including Bedford Cord coats and caps. Featured P. D. and Royal Worcester styles with high bust and straight front designs. Third floor Eleventh Street.
Men can choose from a full line of derbys and soft hats with styles issued each season. Prices start at $2.00 with guaranteed quality. Soft hats in leading fall styles and colors priced from $2.00 up. Includes Stetson’s hats and silk or opera hats on the main floor.
Kneipp Linen Mesh Underwear for Men promotes open wave linen cloth noted as clean and healthful. Porous fabric speeds evaporation to keep skin dry, preventing irritation and preserving natural body heat. made from pure Irish linen yarns, non shrinking, non hardening, and fully porous.
A catalog listing kimonas and negligees ranging from $7.50 to $75.00 in cotton crepe silk albatross and crepe de chine. Notable items include cotton crepe kimonas with Persian borders Bach 61 German flannel kimonas with Persian and Japanese designs silk kimonas heavy silk kimonas and pongee kimonas in navy blue and black with borders. Elaborate negligees trimmed with embroidery and lace priced $10 to $75. Third floor Eleventh St.
An old style advertisement lists shotgun shells and loaded smokeless powder, various double and single barreled shotguns with features, prices from 2.25 to 15 dollars, hunting coats and canvas gear, plus household goods and imported foods on the Pure Food Department aisle. Includes brands like Hartford and Cornell, with buttoned details on stocks, barrels, and extension ribs.
Cabinet families plan winter abroad as three daughters from Shaw and Hitchcock households travel to Paris and London for study. Miss Anne Hitchcock sets November 1 wedding date with Lieut. Commander Sims. Enid and Erma Shaw travel to Europe. Mrs. Shaw may join them. Vlera Wilson remains in Paris after recent travels. Other society figures journey to New York, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh as weddings and visits unfold.
A small classified item describes an embroidery set for sale including five skeins of yarn with two cards, buttons, a thimble, needle case, and regular gin. The wording is unclear and appears to mix sewing supplies with an unrelated beverage term.
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