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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1907
Page
39
Our Annual September Sale of School Supplies and Apparel for School Goers opens today. We invite parents guardians and children to view outer and under clothing hats shoes hosiery desk fixings and every school required item. Wide assortment at the lowest prices for quality.
UR announces fall stock for boys and young men featuring dress and school wear in up-to-date styles. Snappy Young Men's clothing in blacks blues browns with broad varieties. Knickerbocker suits popular. plain coats with no belt and yoke effects. worsteds in finished and unfinished blends. sizes up to 17.
An OCR readout describes a shop offering girls school clothing and tailored outfits. It highlights wool fabrics, blue cheviot, various jacket and skirt sets, dresses in robres and blue ciel, plaited styles, and a wide range of sizes from six to eighteen with tailored and semi fitting options.
Readied school department displays a wide assortment of slates pencils pens erasers crayons bags packs books globes and all the small essentials for the classroom. Ink and pencil erasers typewriter erasers pencils and penholders stand among the items. A cordial invitation to inspect the department is extended.
New stock features varying styles for growing feet including lace and button shoes, dongola and box caltakin types, patent tips, and spring heels. Sizes range from 8 to 10% with prices from 1.75 to 2.50 dollars per pair, highlighting Misses and Children's options in box caltakin and dongola designs.
An ad lists undergarments such as chemises, drawers, gowns, and muslin cambric sets with lace and embroidery in various necklines and trims. It promotes ELOW items, pens, notebooks, tablets, school bags, rulers, book straps, and assorted stationery priced from a few cents to a dollar, highlighting quality and variety at Main door seventh st.
The column reports multiple weddings and society events. It notes Miss Virginia Lee's marriage to Lieut. John Carter Montgomery of the Seventh Cavalry in Alexandria at Christ Church, with relatives like Gen Fitzhugh Lea and Gen Robert E Lee mentioned. Other items list engagements, travels of Representative and Mrs. Longworth, visits by Mrs. Pughugh Leo, and social functions at the Lenox estate, along with numerous society arrivals and departures across Washington, Alexandria, and nearby locales.
The Newport season ends with beauty awards for best gowns among married and younger sets. Winners include Mrs Joseph B Widener for brunette beauty, Mrs Willam G Rooker for dark blonde, and Mrs E Moore Robinson as blonde ideal. Mentioned are social figures like Baroness Speck von Sternburg, Lady de Grey, and Dorothy Quincy Roosevelt amid outfits, travel, and aristocratic society notes.
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