Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1935, Page 5

Our G Street Balcony (First Floor) and the Tea Room Bal- cony (Seventh Floor) are ideal places to meet your friends. On application to any floor man- ager, a personal shopper will be provided to aid and expedite your shopping. On request, purchases made here will be wrapped as gifts . .. and will be delivered to any shipping point in the United States, if the shipping charges are not disproportionate to the amount of the purchase. Checks may be cashed, on proper identification, at the First Floor Service Desk or at the Eighth Floor Cashiers’ Desk, R Leather, silver and jewelry gifts will be initialed at no additional cost. Monogram or special de- signs are engraved on this type of merchandise and on other articles of appropriate character, at a slight additional charge. On the Fourth Floor is the Rest and Retiring Room. On applica- tion to the attendant there, writing supplies will be fur- nished. § g. i { i { THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1935. The Christmas Store (ready Monday) looks through two sets of eyes to help you select ‘ THE RIGHT GIFT You (the searcher for gifts), as you shop in The Christmas Store, will realize that we have bent every effort and invoked every resource to make gift shopping here easy, pleasure- able, and thoroughly satisfactory. And you (the recipient of gifts) know that remembrances chosen at Woodward & Lothrop mean thoughtful selection, unquestioned quality, and sup erlatively good taste—inevit- ably THE RIGHT GIFTS. Monday, The Christmas Store will be ready for another gala season devoted to helping you find the right Christmas gifts to bring joy and satisfaction to those you love. Christmas decorations will be displayed—our various departments will show the best gifts assembled from all over the world—those who serve you will be willing helpers in your efforts to make Christmas 1935 the best one ever. The Christmas Store for All Your Gifts Practically every type of Christmas gift is here—from the simple to the most elaborate—from 10c to $1,750. In The Men's Store, men's every apparel need is met in a single specialized shop extending the entire length of our F Street building's second floor. The Children's Floor (the Fourth) has everything for the younger generation. Here, too, is the Toy Store—W ashing- ton's year 'round toy department. Smart gifts for feminine names are in the First Floor's acces- sory sections—and in the Third Floor's shoe and slipper section, the lingerie and sportswear sections, the Formal Room and the Fur Shop. Our entire Fifth and Sixth Floors and half of our Seventh Flogrs are veritable treasure troves of gifts for the home. In our Silver Room are more than 175 flatware patterns from America's leading silversmiths—and an almost endless variety of holloware. The Down Stairs Store offers gifts—in the lesser price range —for the entire family, and selections are very attractive. Are You Sending Gifts Abroad Listed below are the dates of departure (from New York) of vessels which will carry the last packages that can be delivered in the foreign countries before Christmas. Be sure to allow one week for your packages to be sent to New York. For example: vaember 25th is the date of departure for ships bearing parcels to Argentina; packages being sent there from Washington should be in the mail by November 18th. ---November 25 Ireland (Northern). December # Irish Free State. December 11 T December 11 November 29 December 11 December 11 December 11 November 22 o T TR T A Parcels and wraps may be checked (at no charge) at the checking coun- ter adjoining the First Floor Service Desk. The G Street branch of the United States Post Office is located on the First Floor, beneath our G Street balcony. < . Fw:fi\:. Our F street entrance has been re- designed and equipped with three revolving doors. This entrance alone can now accommodate 10,500 persons an hour. The eight flights of electric stairs (running from the Down Stairs Store to the Fourth Floor) can transport 8,000 persons an hour to the Down Stairs Store, First, Second, Third and Fourth Floors. Our sixteen high-speed elevators can carry thousands of shoppers each hour to the nine floors in this store. The Tea Room (Seventh ¥loor) and the Fountain Room (Down Stairs Store) are delightful places to enjoy luncheon and afternoon refreshment during your shopping trips.