The New Autumn Fashions and Fabrics
The store grows more interesting daily as foreign buyers return. Beautiful new fashions and fabrics for autumn and winter are arriving by every steamer, signaling a thriving season for shopping and style.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1907
Page
19
The store grows more interesting daily as foreign buyers return. Beautiful new fashions and fabrics for autumn and winter are arriving by every steamer, signaling a thriving season for shopping and style.
New dress fabrics in black and color, laces, suits, coats for women and misses, lingerie waists, skirts, coats for misses, silk petticoats, corsets, domestic underwear, outings, aprons, infant and child coats, boys clothing, hosiery for all, hats, coats and accessories for men, shoes, upholstery fabrics, curtains, drapery, furniture, linens, rugs, bedsteads, blankets, lamps, glassware, china, jardinières, toys, pictures, canned goods, fruits, cereals, and more.
A sprawling sale advertises practical displays of furniture from top makes at 25 to 50 percent below actual value. Items include roll top desks, bookcases, and mahogany racks with ornate features, aiming to furnish homes cozily and affordably with decorative and utile pieces.
The potteries invite shoppers to view new china and crockery on display on the fifth floor with exhibits of first quality wares at uniformly low prices. Special French china dinnerware, Bouillon cups, tea sets, crocks and bathroom sets offered in various patterns with discounts, including 3 for 50 cents on bouillon cups and saucers and 25 cent cuspidors, among other items.
Mrs George Westinghouse will host the season’s biggest dance next Friday night at the Erakine Park gymnasium. The Lenox social season continues with weddings and receptions, including the marriage of Miss Evelyn Sloane to William E. Griswold in Lenox, and a series of visits by prominent figures such as Senator and Mrs Crand, Bishop and Mrs Satterlee, and friends at Sunnyridge. News notes also mention invitations for the weddings of Reba Balt to Dr George Koontz in Pocatonica, and various society events, travels, and arrival of guests in Newport and Washington.
Taxative paragraph lists multiple residents and visitors across Maryland and Atlantic City. Misa E G McCarthy of 142 Adams Street NW has returned from a two week Atlantic City trip. Mrs P X Ethloa and con Deane of 42 Magyzcuyetia Ave NE stay at the Hotel Majestic in Atlantic City. James J Klirny is heading to Boston for a two week stay. Mr Perry and Muganuby Springsteen from the Pension Office are seriously ill at 1300 Massachusetts Ave NW.
Social notes recount Prince Robert Raderwill of Russia, nicknamed Le Roi de Chic, touring America with stays in Newport then possible Western travels. The piece chronicles lavish furnishings, dances, weddings, and high society events around the Vanderbilt and Newport set, including charity sales of the Gibsons' home, auctions, and prominent guests from Europe and America.
A Western firm advertises a near complete set of Audubon Birds of America in a modern imitation typewritten form. The notice notes the rarity, historical context, and high value of the folio edition with references to prior sales, the San Francisco fire, and Audubon’s entrepreneurial struggles and methods as the work’s origin.
Fragmented OCR text discusses secrets and duties in a domestic and social setting. Mentions a New York custom house, a schoolteacher, a piano man’s wife, and a mother’s premontion amid social pressures and family duties. It references Brooklyn and old neighborhood lore.
A long report details how teachers returning from Europe declare duties up to one hundred dollars on purchases while customs officers flag discrepancies. The piece notes a surge in travel by teachers last summer, with many crossing oceans for vacation, then returning to teach with renewed vigor.
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