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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
15
The Paris millinery display at Woodward & Lothrop showcases scores of exquisite hats from expert milliners. Elegant millinery novelties and the fall winter 1907 08 styles feature beauty as the keynote with an authoritative presentation. The Millinery Salon on the second floor of Tenth street extends invitations to all.
Fragments from Our Remnant Day offer odd lots dented items and rare pieces. Shoppers find imported oil paintings, school umbrellas, frames and cases among attractively priced cleanup goods from across the store with many items under a dollar and others priced to clear.
Bargains in imported French hand made chemises and umbrellas with paragon frames, gun metal handles and trimmed horn. Men’s suits in fall and winter weights and remnant pants offered at special prices. Women’s dresses, jackets, and two-piece suits reduced from high prices to clear stock with notable reductions across Panama silk, chiffon, muslin and lawn fabrics.
Friday bargains highlight Monten s Taffeta silk petticoats with changeable effects and prothy styles. Includes flounced, shirred, and ruffled designs priced from 5.
An auction style notice advertises men handskerchiefs with hem details and embroidered initials. Items include hemstitched pieces with 14 and 12 inch hems offered in lots, with prices listed and department store reference.
Friday sale offers 40 dozen pairs of women's full weight black cotton hose with ribbed tops, sizes from 9 to 10, at an exceptional value of 19 cents a pair, located on the floor.
Bargain prices on boys all wool suits from 14 to 16 and youth sizes. Decorated chinaware, tea sets, plates, and dishes reduced from high figures to low, with many items from $4.50 to $10. Turndown in coats, overcoats, and sailor blouses with marked savings. Third floor tenth.
Catalog style listing shows men’s shirts suits pajamas and neglige items with reductions. Sizes range from small to 18 and prices cut from high amounts to low figures. Includes Madras fabrics percale and poly blends with cuff details and various color gray grounds.
Full drop head sewing machines with complete attachments guaranteed for the year. Marred woodwork noted. Reduced from 4000 to 3500. Second hand offer with price drop to £3500.
The House Furnishing Dept advertises numerous reductions on damaged and shopworn items including a 1 burner gas stove 13 burner items galvanised iron tea kettle and covered roaster with price cuts. Kitchenware such as nickel plated chafing dishes toilet paper holders toothbrush holders and tumbler holders show discounts from original prices to lower sale figures. A copper bottom wash roiler and other floor items are marked down as well.
In a department sale, numerous items reduced from high prices include tan cloth coats, black taffeta jackets, white Serge tourist coat with belt straps, black taffeta silk short jacket, tan Gloria cloth raincoat, gray redncloth coat, tan covert cloth jackets, and Cheviot jackets. Sizes range from 28 to 4, with reductions from $54 to $100? amounts.
Social items reveal Secretary Garfield and family returning from Ohio to Washington staying at Pinchot residence while European envoys and American diplomats travel between New York Lenox and various capitals. Notices include Miss Mary Anton Ovenshine and Capt Guy Stavena Norvell’s October 16 wedding at St Margaret’s Church and multiple society arrivals, departures, and engagements across high society circles.
Numerous women’s waists in black and white taffeta and lawn, sizes 32 to 40, reduced from high prices to about 1.95 to 9.95 each. Styles include white striped taffeta, roman striped, lace trimmed, and front Persian collar designs. Limited quantities remain in assorted finishes and sizes.
A furniture department listing大量 of upholstered parlor sets bedsteads dressers chests and chests with many items reduced from high prices to sale figures. Entries include mahogany parlor suites velvet and tapestry upholstery, mahogany chiffoniers, oak hall mirrors, bookcase with glass doors, and a weathered bookcase. Prices cut to sale levels across multiple items with emphasis on parlor suites and chests.
Second floor offers 2 inch girls white lawn dresses trimmed with lace and embroidery in sizes 6 to 14, reduced from 1 to 3 dollars each. Additional selections include white linen Peter Thompson suits, suspender dresses, and chiffon Panama outfits, all discounted from higher prices to about one to two dollars.
In the Shoe Department a sale offers Womens Patent Coltskin Lac and Button Shoes with flaws on light surface cracks, but still usable. Reduced from 0 to 1190 pairs. Boys Patent Coltskin Lacd and Button Shoes priced at 3 and 4B 3 and 4 C- 112 and 2 D1 11% remaining. Third Floor Noor to Tenth offers further reductions.
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