Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-16
IN THE STORES

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week will be record breaker, it is claimed
going beyond anything ever known in
the history of the store. There will be a
sensational sales of handsome evening
| wraps, jaunty velvet jackets and fur-trim-
med coats for about one-half their usual
! value. The assortment of the seasons new
jewelry Is almost bewildering in extent.
| The third floor is world of books, and
the nearby heusefurnishing department. is
! rich with silver, glass, china, bric-a-brac,
ormolu gold-plated clocks, etc. Mink neck
pieces and muffs are offered at three spe-
/ cial prices that, 1t Is believed, will appeal
! to all intending purchasers, and handker-
chiefs range in prices from few cents to
| over a thousand times that much, There
| are high-priced gloves for street and even
! ing wear and less expensive ones for gen.
| eral use. There are substantial aprons for
! domestic uses and daintier ones for chatting
| dish parties. In toyland there is every
! thing to tickle a child's fancy-automobiles,
hand cars, wagons, printing presses, all
splendid limitations of the real ones. The
| candy booth is another point around which
the crowd always surges.
THE PALAIs ROYALS wo pages in to-
| days issue, it is believed. will be bless
| ing to the perplexed hunter of Christmas
| presents. There's good advice given as, to
| the best hours and how to overcome the
burdens of holiday shopping. The para
| graph to men is quite apropos. The prob
| this late date has been practically solved
| in the engagement of an expert who will be
| located on the main floor and do the work
while you wait, should necessity be very
| urgent. -,
| The first floor only contains small pro-
/ portion of the vast gathering OF articles
suitable for presents. In the basement Is
/ a $4,000 collection of zbric-a-brac, real cut
| glass pieces, fine chinaware, lamps and
| shades, chatting dishes, copper coffee urns,
cutlery and hosts of articles combining the
! practical and ornamental.
Clothing of all descriptions, bedwear,
| table linen, furniture draperies and pic
lures are to be found on the upstairs floors.
Should the first floor be uncontortabiy
crowded these floors ana the basement can
| be reached by the elevator in but few
moments.
| No better advice can be given than to
propose a careful study of the lists of arti-.
! Giles to be found in todays Palais Royal
! pages. In not few instances Illustrations
and detailed descriptions are added. so that
one gets quite an accurate conception OF
the articles advertised.
PHIBLIPSBORNS announce for the COM
ing week continuance Of their clearing
sale in all departments. Prices are the
same as are usually quoted in the January
sale-One-third and one-half below regular
prices. Women who are thinking of gar
ments~ for personal use or for gift purposes
will find this an exceptional opportunity.
The fur section offers a comprehensive
stock of the seasons popular furs in all
accepted styles at very moderate prices for
the qualities represented Mink and black
, lynx are proving very popular, and beauu-
full examples of these luxurious furs are
now on display. The millinery salon offers
I its entire stock of evening and street hats
at substantial reductions from regular
prices previous to inventory, which is fast
drawing near.
LANSBURGH & BRO. announce that
they are ready for the Christmas rush, and
that from now on the store will be open at
nights to give those who have daytime
cares chance to do their holiday shop
ping. TodayS advertisement includes bar
gains in every department of the big store
Shawls for the dear old folks; furs in all
the acceptable pelts and in every fashion
able design; neckwear including ruffs of
dotted chenille and lace and chffon-trim-
med stock collars; silk waist patterns in
both plain and fancy patterns and nicely
boxed; women's ready-to-wear suits at half
and nearly half former prices; dry goods of
every description; handkerchiefs, toilet
articles, silk petticoats, holiday aprons and
everything new and beautiful in leather.
CLARK, DAVENPORT & CO. call espe-
cal attention to their large assortment of
Christmas articles. Among other things
may be mentioned armchairs, card tables.
couch covers, clothes trees, chiffonierS,
dust brushes, furvrugs, gilt mirrors, gilt
parlor chairs, hassocks,, hall clocks, ladies
desk chairs, music cabinets, Office desks,
parlor cabinets, plate racks, revolving desk
chairs, rockers sectional book cases, toilet
tables. Turkish chairs, etc There will also
be on sale choice offerings in oriental rugs
at much reduced prices, with many other
articles of interest to those in search of
substantial gifts which donors will be glad
to receive.
]. L. LEVERTON & CO., propr,etors of
the women's exclusive outergarment store,
offer extra special values in broadcloth
coats in black and all the evening shades.
Still more suits have arrived from New
Nn- no yt~o al ta
ducements are offered in late December
styles. select line of furs is shown, as
well as special line of raincoats. for
the holidays. This store is rapidly rising.
and a visit will no doubt be interesting
to those in search of style and moderate
prices.
MAYER & CO. have given over their
entire store to the display Of attractive
and useful holiday gifts. Each floor of
this store Is crowded to overlooking with
most appropriate pieces of furniture par
ucularly appropriate for Christmas gifts.
Among the most prominent items displayed
is large assortment of the various styles
of McDougall kitchen cabinets. The fact
that these cabinets, as we'll as any other
articles in the store, may be purchased
upon the easy-payment plan, with no in
terest charges and no extra expenses for the
accommodation of credit makes them pc
culiaEy fitted for the ideal gift subjects
of many Washington homes. High-grade
pianos, also offered upon small weekly
payments; parlOr cabinets, gold chairs,
Turkish rockers, ladies' desks, combna-
ton bookcases, parlor lamps, corner chairs,
Morris chairs, rockers, ETC., each go to
complete this almost unlimited variety Of
practical, useful and attractive Christmas
furniture.
THE HUB FURNITURE co. announces
that 1t has big store full of the new
est and most dependable furniture from
which to make a selection. By making a
purchase of certain amount, SO much
down and small weekly instalments,
customer may obtain a chest of silver
free. Among the bargains for the coming
week are handsomely designed combination
bookcases, quartered oak Morris chairs,
ladies' desks, china closets, Nottingham
lace curtains, oak chiffoniers, bric-a -brac
and music cabinets. little sewing machines.
Swiss clocks, princess dressers. and, as a
Christmas special, a line Of brass canopy
beds for dolls.
CASTELBERGS announce that they sell
jewelry on credit to every responsible per-
son, and that it would be wise for all in
tending purchasers to make an early Sc
lection. The Christmas stock at this large
jeWelry house includes bargains in watches,
opals, diamonds, rubies, etc. and signet
rings, diamond brooches, lockets bracelets,
ETC., together with full line of silver.
both In trinkets and articles for the toilet
foI1 ov,4 1sriv,