New Autumn Fashions and Fabrics on Arrival
The store reports growing interest as foreign buyers return and beautiful new autumn and winter fashions and fabrics arrive by every steamer, highlighting the season’s stylish selections.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1907
Page
11
The store reports growing interest as foreign buyers return and beautiful new autumn and winter fashions and fabrics arrive by every steamer, highlighting the season’s stylish selections.
A long list details a flood of new merchandise including dress fabrics, laces, suits, coats, lingerie waists, skirts, infants clothing, hosiery, hats, shoes, upholstery fabrics, curtains, furniture, linens, glassware, china, toys, pictures, frames, canned goods, fruits and cereals. The catalog emphasizes broad varieties for women, men, children, and homes.
An extensive September sale features practical displays from top furniture lines at substantial savings. Highlights include large mirror stands, roll top desks, and Mahogany bookcases, with values listed from 12 to 70 dollars in a bid to furnish homes cheaply.
Pottery house invites shoppers to view exhibits of new china on the fifth floor including French dinnerware, decorated sets, and assorted kitchenware. Highlights feature discounted Bouillon Cups, Croton bath sets, fancy vases, cuspidors, and other china pieces at special low prices.
Mrs George Westinghouse will host the biggest ball of the season the annual hunt dance next Friday night at the Erakine Park gymnasium. The Lenox social milieu features weddings engagements and dinners with prominent guests including Miss Evelyn Sloane and William E B Grinwold married last week at Lenox and Catholic and Protestant notables from Newport and Washington in attendance at various gatherings.
The article notes residents in Virginia near a fossarolog site since mid August. Misa E G McCarthy of 142 Adams Street NW returns from a two week Atlantic City trip. Mrs P X Ethloa and con Deane of 42 Magyzcuyetia Ave NE are at the Hotel Majestic in Atlantic City. James J Klirny moves to tentpurg Pa and will be absent this rebont. Mr Perry and Muganuby Springsteen with daughter of Abram F Springsteen at the Pension Office are seriously ill at 1300 Massachusetts Ave NW.
A long profile of Prince Raderwill, titled Le Roi de Chic, touring America via New York and Newport. He purchases grand furnishings from the Gibson estate and plans a Western sojourn. The article sketches aristocratic fêtes, court titles, and a society scene anchored by Vanderbilt and Newport revelries.
An Western firm announces to New York that it has secured a near complete Audubon Birds of America folio set. It claims fewer than 100 copies exist and notes the 1851 fire in San Francisco era. The piece recalls Audubon’s early publishing struggles, costs, and the artistry behind the iconic work.
Fragmented OCR notes reference a hush in a secluded setting with bones and fading flesh as a New York customhouse inspection and duty debates involve a schoolteacher and a pianist’s wife. The text weaves through domestic life, fears, and a warning about attention to a mother’s premontion amid unclear events.
Inspectors report teachers declaring duty free purchases worth far more than actual value after trips abroad. A Paris or Hamburg purchase misdeclaration leads to extensive verification, implying a culture clash between travel and strict duty rules. The article notes many teachers cross the ocean, often returning last minute, improving their classroom work after travel.
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