New Autumn Fashions and Fabrics Enter Store Scene
The store grows more interesting daily as foreign buyers return. Beautiful new autumn and winter fashions and fabrics arrive by every steamer, expanding options for shoppers.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1907
Page
33
The store grows more interesting daily as foreign buyers return. Beautiful new autumn and winter fashions and fabrics arrive by every steamer, expanding options for shoppers.
A long list of newly available items includes dress fabrics, laces, coats, lingerie, skirts, corsets, undergarments, outerwear, hosiery, hats, suits, shoes, upholstery fabrics, curtains, drapery, furniture, linens, rugs, bed frames, blankets, lamps, glassware, china, jardinières, toys, pictures, frames, canned goods, fruits, and cereals. The inventory emphasizes women, men, children, and household furnishings with broad ranges across apparel, fabric, and homewares.
The advertisement promotes a September sale offering 25 to 50 percent below actual values on a range of furniture. Highlights include rock racks, halts, roll top desks, and solid mahogany bookcases with decorative features. Various pieces use quartered oak, copper accents, and Corinthian columns, all priced to attract customers seeking both decorative and utilitarian items.
The potteries invite buyers to view new China and crockery exhibits on the fifth floor. The sale features first quality French China Dinner Ware in decorated patterns, with specials on bouillon cups, croten sets, tea cups, bath room sets, and cuspidors at reduced prices.
Social note column reports Mrs George Westinghouse will host the season’s biggest ball at Erakine Park gymnasia next Friday as part of the Hunt Dance. It also notes marriages and engagements including Miss Evelyn Sloane to William E. B. Griswold, Miss Stokes to Dr Ransom Hooker, and society guests such as Senator and Mrs Crans, Bishop and Mrs Satterlee, and others in Lenox and Newport circles. Travel, invitations, and autumn plans for notable families are mixed with Roosevelt and state figures’ expected appearances and upcoming weddings.
Residents in Virginia await a royal entertainment visit as local figures report travels, absences, and preparations. Misa E G McCarthy returns from Atlantic City two weeks ago while Mrs P XM Ethloa and con Deane stay at the Hotel Majestic in Atlantic City. James J Klirny awaits for tentative plans, and Abram F Springsteen’s family at 1300 Massachusetts Avenue NW face a serious situation.
Social pages recount Prince RobeRaderwill of Russia, famed as Le Roi de Chic, touring to New York and Newport before venturing west into the Rocky Mountains. He travels with a vast entourage, aims to display wealth in grand hospitality, and has lived in America since frequent visits, while social events at Newport showcase aristocratic homes, balls, and auctions.
A Western firm announces it has secured a magnificent original folio edition of Audubon Birds of America. The notice claims fewer than 100 copies exist, referencing the 1851 era and San Francisco fire. It recalls Audubon’s pioneering work, costs, and the artist’s struggles, noting the dramatic early publishing history and the fire’s destruction.
Fragmented OCR text hints at tales of mystery and social observation. References to a New York custom house, a schoolteacher, and a motherly warning unfold amid scattered descriptions of manners and intrigue. The piece weaves themes of duty, surveillance, and hidden lives in urban settings.
A chaotic account describes teachers returning from abroad declaring duty free purchases to the value of one hundred dollars, sparking inspector scrutiny and a wave of questions about the legality of European imports. The piece notes a surge of travel by teachers and barbers alike, with travel economy and education clashing over policy and performance on return.
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