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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
45
Friday remnant sale features slightly worn goods at far below regular prices. Stock described as fresh stylish best quality with quick-selling prices. Shoppers urged to visit for affordable household and fashion items suitable for mothers and housekeepers.
A large collection of boys' all wool suits with knickerbocker trousers in fancy mixtures and plain blue cheviots sizes 7 to 17. Special price five dollars, down from six fifty to eleven dollars. Also a lot of boys' wool suits with knickerbocker trousers in medium and dark fixtures sizes 5 to 16. Coats vary plain or with plastron and belt. School suits offered at three dollars seventy-five. Third floor Tenth Street.
An advertisement offers boys Madras pajamas in white and blue from sizes 4 to 16 at 8 1 2 cents per suit. A special sale features lace curtains and art portieres with values ranging from 3.50 to 15.00, advertised at half price or less, for a limited quantity. A fourth floor display highlights embossed velour portieres and single doorway cough covers at 3.75 per strip.
A local shop advertises Friday bargains in the muslin underwear department. Women’s French chemises with hand-embroidered fronts and scalloped edges, crepe dressing gowns in red, lavender, and light blue with Persian trim, outing flannel gowns, and nun’s cloth drawers with embroidery and tucks. Prices listed at 25c per pair, value 50c, third floor Eleventh Street.
About 1,000 unframed pictures including Platinium Heads Madonnas landscapes and hunting scenes offered in three lots at deep discounts. Lot 1 from 8c to 10c each, Lot 2 8c to 75c, Lot 3 7c to 1.50, with other sale items like suits and trousers at marked down rates. Located Fourth Gear Tenih Street and Maly floor Tenth Street.
Readable in reduced prices on silk four in hand ties shirts and nightwear. Silk ties and lisle socks offered at deep markdowns. Madras and nainsook pajamas see significant reductions alongside imported fabrics and hat bands.
Misses Button Shoes in dongola kidskin with patent tip and spring heel offered at 1.75 a pair, sizes 11 to 2 B to E widths. Large lot of English porcelain dinnerware in blue border with varied items at special prices, plus reduced decorated china and Japanese gongs. listings include plates, cups, saucers, dishes, and bowls with marked discounts.
A sale offers women's one clasp dog skin gloves with Prix seams in fall shades, priced at 1000 per pair. Also available are women's two clasp kidskin gloves in black white and new shades at 1.00 per pair. Main floor Gat.
A list from the Third floor G street women’s suit department advertises discounted coats and matching skirts in black, navy, and tan. Items include striped serge coats with plaid silk collars, high girdle skirts, and satin striped serge ensembles, with prices slashed from previous amounts to new sale figures.
Women’s Costume Dept offers lawn and percale dresses at deep discounts. Plain and figured styles in pink gingham and white dre sses with trims reduced from 235 and 5 to 150, 5.50 and other marked prices. Lace trimmed light blues and rose silk gowns also cut to mid prices. Third floor garments.
Invitations for the marriage of Miss Mary N Shepard to Mr Richard El Drosnd Walken H Fax wave from turned to thin. The ceremony will be passed in the White meauaing hi followed by a reception at 2:00 o'clock ma at the home of Mr and Mrs Shepard 3806 Eighteenth street. Miss Anna Murray will enter Trinity College. A wedding at Laurel, Md, united Helen Louise Harrison and Walter Scott Pratt with a parlor decorated for the ceremony. The bride wore white satin with a veil and carried Bride roses. the groom wore formal attire. The celebration followed by a wedding supper and a honeymoon in the Berkshires.
Newport belles and socialites gather as Bert Santini of Rome, grandson of Randolph Rogers, prepares to wed a Newport heiress. The ceremony, officiated by Rev J J Innis, ends with a quiet family celebration. Guests Mr and Mrs Otto Torney Simon return from Europe as others plan autumn visits and bridal trips unfold.
Pender Eddy, once a diplomat lauded as the best dressed American, steps from service amid rumors he will join his father in law in trust. A.J. Drexel Biddle Jr. returns from Europe, exploring singing after studying in Paris. Mary Hutto Fell pivots to profit sharing with plans to scale back active social duties as Four Hundred influence grows.
Informal announcement says Miss Anne Schwab will wed Dr. William Worthington Herrick of New York next June. Josiah Wedgwood collection to be shown in New York by Duveen Brothers with pieces from 18th century designs and a Homer vase valued at £5,000. The Society of Good Cheer, a new New York club for housewives, plans national branches to visit hospitals and convalescents offering time and comfort. Probate notice in New York disposes of nearly half a million dollars from the late Edith Rebecca Lord. details include beneficiaries in varied cases.
Miss Janet Goucher daughter of Rev John F Goucher president emeritus of the Woman's College married Henry Clay Miller son of the late Daniel Miller today at noon at Alo Duis near Pikesville. The ceremony was by her father with two ministers assisting and an array of ushers. Eleanor Goucher sister acted as maid of honor. The couple plan to reside on the Preston. Prof Hicks named census supervisor for the Cinci district by President Taft. commission not yet finalized.
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