Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22
SIGNS OF PROSPERITY
Local Stores Crowded With
Attractive Spring Goods.
BARGAINS ARE FEATURES
Some Local Establishments Equal
Famous Paris Shops.
NEW LOTS OF MERCHANDISE
Complete Lines of Women's Tailor
Made Wear and Millinery-Fur-
nishings for Homes.
NEW LOTS OF MERCHANDISE

WOODWARD & L.OTHROP keep in
such close touch with Paris that their pa
irons can almost imagine that they are in
one of the famous French sops. Here new
styles in gowns. dress goods, silks trim
mings. millinery, lingery. leather goods
and all novelties ara shown simultane-
ously with the Partisan ateliers. Here
gowns from such dressmakers as Worth,
Bischoff. David and Paquin are shown
not copies, but the original models es-
pecially designed for this store
The millinery buyer goes to Paris and
personally selects hats from Camille
Rogers. Caroline RebOuX Nirot, Mangin
Maurice and all the famous miliners. Re-
Gently in Paris a friendly contest was
arranged, all the noted mil1ners partfci-
pating. a prize amounting to several
thousand dollars was offered for the hand
soonest hat. The judges decided in favor
of a large black net hat. spangled with
jet and trimmed with jetted wings and
tigrettes. This hat was not offered for
sale, but a few copies were made. one
of which was secured by Woodward &
LothrOp.
And this is true, it is stated, Of every
department in their household exclusive
things; things not to be found outside OF
Paris may he bought at this store.
PALAIS ROYAL visitors will be i'm
pressed with many signs of prosperity.
The millinery parlors are filled with hats
in quantity sufficient to supply an army
/ of women And the hats ideal this
season with the passing OF the mushroom
and the coming of the high types with
wide and graceful brims, susceptible
Of very artistic treatment. In the de-
partments for ready to-wear garments are
superb dresses of silks and wash ma
tcrials: some so dainty that no woman
could be too beautiful to fttingly wear
! them, and cloth suits that show all the
impress of the man tailor. Some are
claimed to be facsimile reproductions OF
| imported garme nts. interesting because
! of the radical difference in the price.
| Illustrative Of the thoroughness of this
branch of the business are the distinct
departments for garments suitable fol
women of petit and unusually full form
! Children. too. have department of the.l
own. From the basement where is the
store for housekeeping goods. to the
! fourth floor, where furniture, dra-
peries and picture gallery. the Palais
Royal is full to overlooking with attract
| lively new goods.
s. KAHN, SONS & CO.-Every day 1t is
! claimed. is bargain day at this ever-en-
| larging store. In the sections devoted 10
! women'S ready-made apparel are hun
dreds of handsome spring suits. many OF
them. ii is stated. worth double the price
! asked. Then there are wonderful sales
| of embroideries and laces. big offerings
! of silks in all the new colors and weaves
! the new and supremacy popular shan
lungs, wool goods of spring weights and
! shades, white goods from the world s
| looms for lingerie dresses, waists and
! underwear, spring trimmings in profusion
/ and full line of footwear. including the
desirable shades of tan leather which
is growing so scarce that the demand is
likely TO outstrip the supply.
| GOLDENBERG'S .-The sale of the SO
coo stock of A. Minister located for a
great many years on Pennsylvania avenue
under the National Hotel. which was
closed out by Goldenbergs at 80 cents
on the dollar, will be given a fresh
| impetus tomorrow and the coming
week by the addition of new lots of
merchandise to take the pace of those
carried away by the enormous demand
| of the Washington public last week. No
| sale in the history Of the Goldenberg
| store brought such crowds as the sale OF
the Minister stock of mems furnishings
| and clothing. Special sales of new
spring dress goods at surprisingly low
prices will be feature of the week S
business. well an exhibition of new
trimmed hats for Easter. The new sea
sons white and colored wash fabrics will
be featured in q striking manner. and I'M
usual price advantages vii be offered on
many hrand-new lines of choice wash
weaVes intended for spring and summer
waists and frocks.
l
| mattings will prove interesting to Wash
| ington housewives, who are planning
| spring housekeeping, and for others who
are ready to furnish summer homes.
| HEIGHT S.-The special attractions at the
| Hecht stores at this time the unusually
complete lines Of women's taior-m made
wear and spring millinery. in both of which
departments the display far exceeds in
variety and beauty that of any past year
The firm directs particular attention to
| the fact that. while the best style sources
of America have been drawn upon for
the present beautiful exhibit, considerable
| attention and effort have been given to
securing from the European fashion CEN
tiers many examples of the worlds best
productions for the coming season.
| One of the attractive features of shop
| ping at the Hecht stores, it is claimed. is
| the fact that here not only the entire
| family can be clothed. but the home can
also be furnished throughout. the grocery
needs supplied. etc. Full and complete
lines are carried in its large departments
KINGS PALACA-This establishment
with half century Of progress behind