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cNew c/lnn&utemmt/ —* Hq US LCRS ■ — SINCE 1808 kngravers Stationers Printers Greeting Cards are now in their new air-conditioned etore 518 12TH ST. N.W. JUST BELOW F ST SPECIAL 100 ENGRAVED WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS $15 AND UP! Formerly 720 17th ST. N.W. Phone DISTRICT 2057 gour patronage is solicited $1,000 Playboy Auto Put on Display Here Washington today is being in-1 troduced to a new small automo bile, the principal features of which ( are a folding steel top and a price tag of about $1,000. The car is the Playboy, 2.035 pound, four-cylinder vehicle, slated for quantity production in 1949. Sample cars have been on display; since yesterday in the Shoreham Hotel, and the exhibit will continue through tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The automobile is the product of the Playboy Motor Co., of Tona wanda, N Y. The three-passenger convertible is the only model that will be manufactured, company offi cials said. The company hopes to nianufacture 100.000 Playboys per year Rfter January. Company officials call the car a . . . A'ort' at the height of their glory . . . featuring styles that have made Seymour Troy famous as a de signer. ... J 24.95 1215 CONN. AVE. ( v Black Satin Bag, gold burnished chain and pinch pin, Plui Tat “companion car rather than a "com-! petitive car"—suitable aa a second car for a family. The Playboy has an over-all length of 155 inches. Officials said the car, is capable of getting more than 25 miles per gallon of gasoline. The company is interviewing pros pective dealers for the Washington area. Morrissette Again Heads Summit Park Citizens The Summit Park Citizens’ Asso ciation last night re-elected Arthur E. Morrissette president for the coming year. Also re-elected by the group was last year’s treasurer, Mrs. Lillian Ford. New officers are: Karl E. Yunker, flr^t vice president; Mrs. Leila W. Marshall, second vice presi dent ; Miss Eileen Horsley, secretary The group asked the Highway De partment to repave Bangor and Camden streets S.E. from Thirty sixth street to Suitland road. The meeting was held in the home of George Marshall, 3703 Bangor street S.E. FLOOR SERVICE OLD AND NEW FLOOES SANDED AND FINISHED CLEANING—WAXING BRUCE FINISHES Flooring Contractors, Inc. 1812 Wi«. Avc N.W. NO. 8*16 _ Illustrated is Rengo style 490— a 16-inch step-in girdle, front and back panels of satin elastic, side panels of Lena elastic, rubber td#; TALON zipper side fasten ing. Sizes 25 to 34, *7.50 There is a Kongo stylo for every figure At all good storos elleff* 1214-20 F. ST* Wash. 4, D. C. Let this be the beginning of Your Fall Wardrobe... Ann Ames Three-piece Ensemble Wool Sharkskin Suit and Topcoat $55 each Jelttff's Suit Shov, Third Floor Match - teamed, yet each a perfect solo, this combination is the very backbone of your well-planned wardrobe. ^ Here is the young approach . . . emphasis on fine fabric . . . assurance of proper proportions for tfie figure 5'4" or under. Ann Ames hos unerring knack, to taring for shorter figures... evading costly alterations Both suit and topcoat in brown or grev wool sharkskin. Sizes 10 to 18. Flored • bock, lightweight top per . . with suit-motehed b'g pocket detail, $55 City Suit with sliver - stroght skirt . . rounder) - hip jocket Wi*h clever, big pock «tv $55 * *♦ - r ■ p '* J elleils | 1214-20 F. ST, W«k, 4, D. C. Dance at Your Wedding ... And After Now, your dream comes true1 When your wedding becomes a treasured memory, your beautiful bridal gown continues on its happy life. Two lives in one: As locy and lovely a bride's dress as you could long for . . . remove the jacket, and it is the very essence of an exquisite ball gown—dramatic and meant for waltzing. The peplumed basque jacket is deftly worked of the same cloudy French lace which forms lavish panels on the billowing skirt of tulle $185. With it, you'll want the darling lace baby bonnet . . . capped with waxed orange blossoms and adrift with a fingertip veil of French silk illusion. Complete, $25.50. Add, too, the romantic touch of simulated pearls ... in a three-strand choker necklace clasped with rhinestones. $7.50 plus 20% tax. , Other bridal goums in traditional, •» gleaming satin, $39.75 upwards. Bridesmaids dresses ... in satinS, brocade, taffeta, and velveteens. $19.95 to $39.75 Bridal headpieces, $6.50 upwards. Bring your wedding day problems to our Bridal Consultant for happy, easy solution! Jelleff s Bruit s Shop, Second Floor