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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1907
Page
7
Remnant Day at Woodward & Lothrop features weekly clearance of odds and ends. Handel overflows with chiffon voile, Panama suitings, serges, cashmeres, silks and coats at reduced weekly prices. Includes Teddy Bears and a range of women and children garments with marked savings. Third floor displays and specific item prices shown.
Low prices on high grade corsets and women’s undergarments including muslin underwear, silk petticoats, flannel dresses, and lace gowns. Deals feature discounts from $3.00 to $5.50 on corsets, with additional reductions on gowns, petticoats, and dress materials. Numerous sizes and styles, limited stock, prices in both pounds and dollars.
Bargain sale lists boys suits and overcoats in many sizes and styles. Prices cut from a range of hundreds to a few dollars, including long pant suits, blue serge outfits, all wool Russian blouses, pallor blouses, lightweight tops, and winter overcoats. Limited stock, varying discounts, scale shown with handwritten style figures.
Men’s clothing department offers winter-weight suits with stripes and varying sizes from 34 to 40, Bertucea items, full-weight tan covert cloth topcoats in sizes 38 to 42, and all-lined coats. Prices cut from 15.00 to 2.75, from 500.00 to 900.00, and from 25.00 to 16.75, all on the main floor at Tenth Street.
Small jet and broken lots of lace curtains offered at special prices. Some burned or soiled, most fresh and perfect. One pair Mercerized and corded curtains, portieres and a selection of cushion covers in rich colors with silk embroidery. Fourth floor.
A sale offers women’s silk umbrellas with selvage edges and natural wood handles at $2.00 each, valued at $3.00. A selection of children’s umbrellas suitable for period use with fancy and natural wood handles is 55 cents each, valued at $1.00. Main four-story G street entrance.
The listing offers numerous discounted items in a sale: 2 band-colored pictures head of woman in antique frame now 2.9% of $1000, a French frame landscape reduced to 205, sepia Dutch name in gilt frame at 1, old French print reduced to 2.50, hand-colored photograph story of lady with tapestry frame now 4.98, large green ornamented frame poster fixture at 5.0, hand-colored platinum Girl and Her Violin in broad rosewood frame now 3.00, Madonna sets in mantel frames cut from 5.0 to 2.00, Holland water color in gilt frame halved to 36.95, size Wx reduced from 450 to 150 each, four Florentine frames 150 each, Asmatlot frames 0.30 each, other prices listed. Fourth floor Tensthat shows coats and suits: gray voile suits with silk vest trimming reduced from 360 to 85, wing white suit reduced from 180 to 30, white serge suit trimmed to 25, blue Tasetta bik eton jacket suit reduced from 480 to 30, black and gray striped suit with vest and cuffs reduced from 380 to 25.
Quartered Gakiva table round top and other tables heavily reduced from 100 to 7.95 and 90 to 2.95, with numerous mahogany and oak pieces. parlor suites, beds, buffets, and china selections discounted to low prices across multiple items and finishes. Some items show damaged or restocked finishes.
Shopworn housewares with marked reductions across many items. Nickel plated tea pots, coffeepots, drip coffee pots, a flour can, a large roaster, portable irons, radiators, gas stove, and other items display substantial price cuts from original figures. Damaged and shopworn lots priced to clear at Fifth Spur Eleventh Street location.
Social and personal notes recount the Moss Ridgely wedding and a Washington society gathering. Miss Catherine Ridgely wed Mr Phelps Brown at the Church of the Covenant with Rev William H Casey officiating amid Cosmos flowers and formal processions. Distinguished guests included Mrs Ridgely and many envoys, while the bride and groom departed for their honeymoon.
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