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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1907
Page
21
The notice announces the annual September sale of school supplies and apparel for school goers. It invites parents guardians and children to shop for outer and under clothing hats shoes hosiery dress requisites desk fixings and every school need at the lowest prices for quality.
New fall clothing for boys and young men arrives with dress and school wear. Snappy styles in young men’s clothing target college students with blacks blues browns and Troy goods. Knickerbocker suits in broad varieties and plain coats without belt feature lovel y worsteds and fashionable mixtures in sizes up to seventeen.
An ad lists a wide range of clothing for girls from frocks for little girls to tailored outfits for eighteen year olds. It highlights wool blends, blue cheviot, tailor made options, jackets with skirts, and various sizes, colors, and patterns in a busy catalogue tone.
The store invites inspection of a broad school supply department on the main floor. Stocks include slates, pencils, pens, erasers, crayons, bags, packs, books, globes, and classroom essentials. Highlights feature ink and pencil erasers, typewriter erasers, lead pencils, penholders, and blotting paper. Prices and assortments vary with multiple makers represented. fall coats and children's apparel are also advertised.
New stock of girls and boys shoes targets growing feet with durable soles and patent tips. Includes Mieses and Candreng Dongot lace and button shoes in sizes 8% to 10% with prices around 1.75. Also offers Misses and Children box calf tonal lace styles, spring heels, and Goodyear seamed options in multiple sizes with prices from 1.50 to 2.60.
An 1900s style advertisement highlights women undergarments including chemises, drawers, and gowns made of muslin and cambric with embroidery and lace. It features prices, pencil-sketched descriptions, and a broad array of fashion accessories, writing supplies, and school items displayed at the store on Main Street.
Wide social page lists Virginia Lea, Miss Lea, and families of Lea, Lee, Longworth, and Washington society attending weddings and engagements. Notables include Miss Virginia Lee to Lieut. John Carter Montgomery Seventh Cavalry, Bracketed by notices of Longworths arriving in San Francisco and other society events from Alexandria to Atlantic City.
The column details Newport society prizes and celebrities at fashion events. It notes beauty awards for brunette, dark blonde, and blonde types, names like Mrs Joseph B Widener, Mrs William G Rooker, Mrs E Moore Robinson, and Miss Vera Gilbert among winners and debaters socially prominent figures from Philadelphia New York and Newport. It also mentions coaches and drivers, European aristocrats visiting New York, and upcoming society weddings and musical ambitions. The piece paints a vivid snapshot of early 20th century high society fashion and social calendars.
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