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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1906
Page
7
Now that school has begun in earnest you know just the things wanted the dress requisites and the various trifles omitted in the first getting ready. Everything the boy or girl requires during school time is here and reasonably priced.
A large, well chosen stock of boys and young men outfits features single and double breasted suits, Norfolk and knee trousers, and fancy worsted and cheviot fabrics. Prices range from under a dollar to seven dollars, with matching shirts, ties, suspenders, and an extensive hat and cap lineup. Designs emphasize durability, finish, and up-to-date styles for school and everyday wear.
A range of girls fall attire arrives including suits jackets separate skirts in blue brown and black cheviot with Norfolk plaits and a new kilted skirt. Misses tailor made Norfolk suits feature smart styling and new effects with Panama plains and fancy plaid mixtures priced from 3.75 to 7.50.
A shop announces a broad fall lineup including a Silk Petticoats line at 5.00 in black and fall shades with varied flounces and ruffles. Also featured are domestic and Parisian corsets new to the stock, with multiple styles and price points from 1.75 to 3.75, plus bustles on the third floor.
We extend our Department of Men's Clothing to include suits business and dress fancy vests overcoats and rain coats. The Stein-Bloch line represents best modern tailoring with pure wool fabrics caustic tested for quality and no cotton adulteration. Prices start at 15.00 and go to 35.00. Enter by 10th street or F street.
Fall headwear emphasizes traditional silhouettes with stiff hats remaining popular in black and soft hats in nutria pearl and pearl gray. New shapes include fedora and telescope crowns, with brims down in front. W. & L. Hats keeps reputation for shapeliness and color. Prices start at $2.00 for soft and stiff hats. Derbys by W. & L. $3.00 to $4.00, Stetson Derbys $3.50 to $5.00, Peacock soft hat at $3.00, Perfecto stiff hats at $3.50. Main floor H store offers full fall line.
A local ad promotes a wide range of children's shoes including Dorgolz Kidakin Lace and Button shoes and Box Calfskin models with Goodyear welt soles, spring heels, and durable stitching. Sizes span children to early teens, with boys school shoes noted at $2.00 and other styles priced around $1.35 to $1.50. Located on the third floor at Tenth Street.
Clearance sale offers stock of infant hats in pique fawn and madras at special closeout prices. Statements list various white piqué hats with embroidery, tam o Shanter styles, and madras ribbons, plus toilet articles from Mennen's powders to Worcestershire items and soaps, all on the main floor 6th Street.
A vintage Saturday Pure Food List previews various grocery specials including Colonial products such as Java Mocha Coffee and French Olive Oil, Walter Baker's Cocoa, Queen olives, vinegars, ginger ale, and sardines. The advertisement notes bulk items, unit prices, and a fifth floor tenth at location for shoppers seeking home staples and baked goods.
Grace Osborn of 125 Kenyon street has accepted the Local YWCA board of managers invitation to serve as assistant secretary until a general secretary is appointed to succeed Mirg Anna M Casler. Osborn is a Baltimore Woman's College graduate and trained at Chicago's YWCA Secretaries' Training Institute. Casler resigns to become State secretary for North and South Carolina after about a year as Local YWCA general secretary, during which she earned broad respect and support.
The Civic League of Newport formed a board of censor to suppress objectionable posters. A local business had agreed to stop posting improper advertising, and a league committee will pre approve all advertising literature before posting on city billboard spaces.
Paulist fathers who summered at Lake George have returned to Paulist College and Catholic University. Fifteen new students will pursue priesthood studies and advanced theology. Rev. Thomas Moore returns from Leipzig with studies under Prof Wendl. Rev. Andrew Morrissey awarded Doctor of Divinity by the Holy Father for work as an educator. Sixteen seminarians arrive from Notre Dame to study theology at Catholic University. A new Renaissance style altar, carved and gilded by Brother Columidis, has been installed at the college.
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