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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1904
Page
7
The Dress Goods Department has relocated to the second floor with an expanded fall and winter selection. Newly arrived silks velvets and imported dress fabrics are displayed under enhanced lighting and environment to aid choosing textures colors and light effects. Spacious counters chairs and individual tables invite a relaxed fabric inspection.
Continued September Special Sale features furniture linens rugs and home requisites. Departments offer a wide aggregation of merchandise at extraordinarily low prices to suit present or future needs for parlor hall dining bedroom kitchen and other rooms of the house.
In conjunction with the sale, a display features practical table and toilet linens among the numerous items offered.
The catalog offers rare values in art furniture including unique buffets china closets and parlor suites in quartered oak and mahogany finishes. Prices highlight exceptional bargains with ornate designs, bent glass ends, mirrors, and sculpted details. Special mentions include large display items and 3 piece suites in tapestry and velour fabrics.
UR display this season features leading makers with rich, handsome stock. Special values highlight one of a kind iron beds in Grecian, Gothic, Delft blue, green and gold finishes. Prices range from 4.50 to 25.00 with various sizes and enameled styles on the second floor.
September sale highlights a large assortment of housekeep ing supplies china glass and kitchen wares. The event showcases new styles in china ware cut glass colonial and pressed glass plus hundreds of labor saving kitchen devices. The sale aims to help housewives save money with economical values and practical merit.
We have secured two thousand pieces of decorated French china from a leading potter and offer them at about half regular prices. Exquisitely designed with many unique pieces ideal for October weddings. Includes Fern Dishes Tankards Mayonnaise Dishes Tea Cups Saucers and more with prices from 1.00 to 10.00 each. Displayed for inspection alongside diverse items.
A leading importer offers a sample line of imported kitchen knives in assorted shapes and sizes at 15c each. Nickel plated kitchen shears in 7, 8, and 9 inch sizes quoted at 1s a pair.
New lot of Moore's Patent Folding Tin Lunch Boxes in Scotch plaid patterns. Popular with schoolboys for pocket size when folded and strap with books when filled. Offered while they last at T c each.
A local ad announces galvanized iron garbage cans with over-fit covers in the popular three gallon size for five cents each. The sale location is on the fifth floor at Hiegenth Street.
Maj. Gen. Henry Corbin urges that no army officer marry without War Department permission and proof of sufficient income free of debt. He backs re establishing the canteen, favors enlistment or transfer of colored men to artillery, and calls for higher pay for noncommissioned officers. He also presses improvements at Fort Hamilton and Fort Warren and notes Liberty statue surroundings need repair.
The Naval Academy announces cadet officer appointments for the brigade of midshipmen. The brigade expands to twelve companies across two battalions and four divisions. Court of Texas becomes cadet commander, with Ingersoll of Indiana and Frankenberger of West Virginia as cadet lieutenant commanders. Cook of Indiana is brigade adjutant and Goss of Indiana is chief petty officer. Adjutants for Battalions One and Two are Eberle of Arkansas and Howze of Kentucky respectively, with Shipp of Virginia as chief petty officer for the Second Battalion.
Maj. Gen. Wade, commanding the Philippine Division, sent to the War Department a list of enlisted men on duty in the Philippines praised for meritorious conduct. Names include Christopher Robson, William Kelleher, Baldomero Alvarez, Samuel Hafer, Nicolas Napolie, Henry Sacknus, and Ewing Wright with their units.
The Fifteenth Cavalry may leave Fort Myer on October 20 for Fort Ethan Allen Vermont, but orders await approval from the Secretary of War and may be delayed for months. If quarters at Fort Ethan Allen are not ready by November 1 the move could be postponed to spring to spare troops in the North winter hardships. Officers prefer delay. troops prepare to march at command regardless of date.
Commander Colwell reports the Puritan naval battalion shows strong steam engineering and electrical capability and is able to manage the vessel's engines and electrical plant under supervision. Militia men are hardworking, disciplined, and eager to learn but lack deck navigation and seamanship experience. Officers are capable and eager yet short on naval methods knowledge and seamanship.
A lengthy summary of Army orders granting leaves of absence for Capt Henry S Greenleaf and Second Lieut Charles A Drave, plus six month sick leave for Second Lieut Joseph I McMullen. Officials announced transfers to Hot Springs and Dover and new duties for several officers, with a board appointed to assess fitness for promotion and a string of naval movements and personnel changes. Secretary Taft plans to return to Washington after a Cabinet meeting in Canada.
The social column notes Vicomtesse de Faramonde from the French Embassy was taken from a liner to a New York hospital amid rumors of appendicitis. Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs Davidson arrive in Washington for a reception at the Corcoran Gallery, with plans for a possible dinner or luncheon follow. The event runs Saturday 4 to 5 p.m. and honors the Archbishop and his suite.
Catskills reached here on Sunday. Commander and Mrs Hodges retain their apartment at The Highlands on Connecticut avenue. Mr Charles E Nyman and family, summered at Wickl e Va, are now at Rugby Hall near Charlottesville, guests of Gen and Mrs Hosser. They go to St Louis before returning to the city. Mrs Frank P McDermott of 450 street northwest and her son Thayer visiting Dr C M Morfit Ralstertown Ma. Mr and Mrs Philander Johnson returned from New York and St James LI. Mr and Mrs William F Dalley announce the engagement of their daughter Rita Worthington Ridgely to Mr John W Childress Jr son of Judge John W Childress of Nashville Tenn. The wedding will take place at St Thomas Church November 15.
Oyster Bay Sept 9 President Roosevelt plans engagements after Washington return at 2 30 pm. M Picard head of French commission to St Louis Exposition will be presented to the President at the White House. Delegates to the interparliamentary peace conference will be received in the East Room. A dinner for the Archbishop of Canterbury will follow with Cabinet members and public leaders. Frank W Higgins may visit to discuss New York state politics. Also Miss Squiers arrive in New York from Havana aboard the steamer Mexico.
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