The Washington times., 1911-10-20
Seen in the Shops

In a store In Ninth street, near e, |
there IL a large supply Of boys suits
on sale at the extremely low price of
y225 a suit. They are made Of cheviot,
tweed, and cashmere cloth, ana what
Is best of all there Is an extra pair of
pants thrown In for good luck. There ,
were also a lot of blue serge suits
ranging in size for children from six
TO seyenteen years old, and the price
varied from 50 to $6, according to the
: T.sn hs q tsss saw The very Ensss
Gabardine raincoat which is generally
sold as high as $50 was marked $l3.50
in this store. The quality OF the cloth
in this coat was much superior TO the
SO frequently.
The coats this season are to be
trimmed with corded silk Of startling
color contrast to the dominant color Of
the suit The collars, cuffs, and re.
yers are made Of this 4. strlped me h slik; and
saw some of this corded silk called Bed
ford cord in department store In
street. near Eleventh, this mornins
This is about the only silk of this
weave I have seen in the city and 1t
was verN pretty an! rich looAing.
The men OF the Iainly are sucn Dusy
people that the obliging sister. mother
or. wife generally or sometimes looks
out for bargains for them. saw some
Domet flannel pajamas this morning in
a large department store In Seventh
street near New York avenue whicn
were rather attractive. They were made
of white flannel with pink or blue
cred frogs and pearl buttons, all for 81.
The clerk who showed them to me said
that they were an exceptional quality
and would be warm and comfortable for.
In the same department of this store
the clerk showed me some very pretty
silk knit ties with a heavy cross stitch.
These came IN al shades .aiias,y anc Gost oniy my
mired was a deep purple and gold col
ored tie, with the gold predominating.
which would look very neat with dark
suit.
The cbamoisette gloves so much worn
for every day use and which are gen.
eraIly sold for 80 cents saw today for
25 cents in a store In seventh street,
between H and 1. These gloves were
channels colored and cap be wasned
when soiled, and would look as sooo
| as new.
saw a window displaying black
silk In taf.eta, satin. and peau de sole.
in a Seventh street store. between II
and I streets. this morning. and each
piece was marked at very attractive
| price saw a black taffeta 36 inches
wide for 40 cents yard, and piece
o. cents a yard. There was also Q
Duchesse satin "a inches wide for So
| cents a yard An exceptionally pretty
niece Of peau de sole 26 inches wide
was marked s. cents yard. These
pieces Of silk would make up Into goof
looking petticoats, dresses, or waists,
SO excellent.
| saw a pretty little gray sweater
with pockets on the sides and large
pearl buttons down the front marked
eS cents in a Seventh street store, near
| r street, today, which would be usefui
| for some small child about six years
| old, There were also sweaters In red
| and blue on the same counter whicn
were just like the gray sweater except
| In color.
Sateen does not often sell for IA
cents a yard, especially when 1t is thir-
| ty-six inches wide. Yet l saw Some
| sateen In all colors In store near
/ Pennsylvania avenue and Market place
this morning which would make up
| into petticoats or do for dress Innings,
| which was sold at this price.
/, The woman who wants a velvet ha.
for $3.50 should go to a store in Penn
sylvania avenue. near Market place.
| These hats come in all The desirable
shapes, and are certainly attractive
They would make stunning evening
hats trimmed in ostrich feathers and
| a steel buckle,