Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1893, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: Mothers And Their Children Are Invited to The Dolls’ Carnival. THE MANAGER OF THE PALAIS ROYAL’S CHILDREN’S DEPART- MENT PRESENTS HER COMPLIMENTS TO FRIENDS AND PATRONS WHO ARE MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN AND REQUESTS THEIR PRESENCE TO- MORROW, WHEN THE FOLLOWING SCENES WILL BE GRAPHICALLY PRESENTED: Scexz 1-rreranmsa ror Tae caRNIVAL Scexz 2-corxe to THe canstvat, Scexz 3-canstvan may PoLe DANCE “ Scexz 4-surrer aren THE caRNIvat. Scexz 5-asep axp preamixe oF cHRISTMAS. Saturday is always Children’s Day at the ~ow Palais Royal, but tomor- row's Doll Carnival will prove the most attractive and unique display yet seen in Washington...... A considerable portion of the third floor has been set apart for the occasion and not a little time and moncy spent in order to give the children @ treat that shall be gratifying to mothers and reflect credit on Washington's new store. Of course this grand Doll display is not without a business motive— our idea is to so impress you with the superiority of the stock that when Doll buying time comes you will favorably remember the new Palais Royal. Another point:—You may be prompted, even tomorrow, to buy some of the folowing———You will note special prices are quoted: @Se for our S5c Nainsook Dresses for youngsters 6 months to 2 years of age. 98e for our $1.15 Embroidery Trises with yoke and deep ruffies. years. $1.19 for our $1.35 Nainsook Dresses with yokes and deep ruffles. 98e for our $1.35 Embroidery Flannel Skirts, sizes 6 months to 3 years. 88e for our Be Long Cambric Skirts......28¢ tor our 29¢ Cambric Slips. 29e for our 85e Aprons in plaid muslin. All sizes, 10 per cent discount—one-tenth off marked prices of Children’s Coats. For Boys 3 ro 15 Years. $5.98 for our $6.98 Suits, in sizes 3 to 7 years:—Fauntleroy style, of dark brown French granite cloth, embroidered velvet panel front, with cuffs to match; pants with black silk garter knees, bow and buckle. ———Such Suits will cost you $7.50 at the clothing establishments. S0c Pants made from clippings of above-mentioned fabrics. $4.98 for our $6 Reefer Coats, sizes 3 to 15 years. Six styles to choose made of the famous wear-rcsisting fabrics from England's leading ‘Three sampl Se 50 quality Suit, size 5 years. Made * prow and waite Scot tweed... 98 for #450 Salt, 6 years. Gray Scotch tweed, double-breasted reefer, collar trimmed ith black cord...... $4.50 for $7.00 Suit, size S years. Made of basket cheviot, sailor collar, braid trimming. For Lirme Axo Bie Lava Neckwear-Specia! prices for three articles that may be required for Sunday:—29e for Feather Boas actually worth 7Sc......18¢ for Silk Windsor Scarfs actually worth 25e...... $2.68 for Fur Collarettes with mink heads worth $2.98.——These are the result of our “buyer’s’” trip to New York and of our policy to always share the benefits of advantageous pur- chases with our patrons. Groves—s1.ss for the “Palais Royal’ $1.50 French Kid Gloves in au tumn sbades and correct four big buttons. -80c for the “Palais Royal’ $1.25 Undressed Kid Gloves with 4 buttons......96¢ for best quality Pig- skin or Biarritz Mousquetatres 89e for Misses’ $1 French Kid Gloves with four buttons and Foster Kid Gloves with five Gloves tried om at our risk and warranted. Hasprencarers2ze ts saturdas’s spectal price for choice of our 25¢ Handkerchiefs. Twenty-two styles to select from, in warranted all linen, union linen and mull. Fa at Russoxs—wren the late “buyer” of R. H. White & Co. of Boston says “I bave secured the Ribbon bargains of my life” you may expect phe- nomenal values. Those just arrived include 1,000 pieces of Moire Ribbons actually worth 30c for only 13c yard. They are full 3 inches wide and come tm black and all colors...... 250 pieces Satin and Gros Grain and Moire Ribbons actually worth 50c for only 25¢ yard. EWELRY—The following are less than prevailing prices:—59c for Real Shell Hair Pins with carved tops...... 19¢ for those looking like them......12¢ pair for Real Silver Sleeve Buttons......6¢ for large site Real Silver Hat Ping, Virsa new suppty of the very latest novelties have just arrived as this was written. Prices range from 19¢ to $8.48 per Veil. Saturday's special price is 40c for choice of the mew 48c Veils. OSE—5S9e for $1.25 Spun Silk Hose in black and colors and 59¢ for $1 Ribbed Low-bodice Silk Vests with lace-work arms.—These are two splendid values, being really worth more rather than less than quoted. Just opened are three cases of Heavy Ribbed Bal. Vests and Pants, Improved shape. Guaranteed 50c quality for only 35e. Cc ANDY—Saturday’s price of Buttercups is 19¢ insteac of 25¢ a pound...... “Peanut Brittle” is the new taffy, 25¢ pound. Being content with less than confectioners’ profits, you will find superior Chocolates and other deli- cious Candy for only 25¢ pound......Delicious Ice Cream Soda. Hot Choc- olate with whipped cream and Salted Wafers for only 10c.——A confec- tloner’s store om this basement floor. Is Tue Mews Depanraest. (NEAR DOOR ELEVENTH ST. ENTRANCE). 4c for the new Imperial Four-in-hand Scarfs with broad flowing ends. 35 for the “Palais Royal” $1.50 French Kid Gloves......69¢ for choice of $1 Winter Underwear, including the Glove-like-fitting Ribbed Shirts and ywers, the Bleeced “Health Underwear and Natural Wool Shirts and Drawers. H A Unique Exhibition Of Real and Imitation Sealskin Wraps. ‘When real and imitation Seal Garments are placed side by side, and connoisseurs are puzzled to learn which are which, then may the exbibi- Such is the Palais Royal display......Prices range Is caused by those who endeavor to price the garments without looking at the tickets. ‘The mistakes made are a compliment to the imitation garments, showing conclusively that they must be like the real in every particular......Special attention is asked to the following Capes, which are satin lined and finished im every respect like their much more expensive real sealskin companions: $16.50. Capes trimmed with brown and black fur. F12.75 we Capes with Worth collar and real seal trimming. $9.98 for Satin-lined Capes looking worth $150. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REAL SEALSKIN CAPES ARE MARKED SO MUCH LESS THAN FURRIERS’ PRICES, AN ADDITIONAL 10 PER CENT DISCOUNT IS ALLOWED FOR THIS WEEK. ONE-TENTH OFF THE PRICE MARKED ON THE GARMENT YOU SELECT....,.0THER SPECIAL PRICES 4S FOLLOWS: $40 for the $45 Exclusive Novelty Black Velvet Cape, with marten fur trimming. $3Z_5O tor tne $91.50 coangeadie Velvet Capes, with Worth collar and cape, brocaded silk lining and rich fur trimming. $14.98 toe tue s10.50 Piain and Braided Black Diagonal Cloth Wraps, especially made for elderly ladies. Only $10.98 for the $12.75 Wraps look. ing much like those offered at $14.95. Only $6.48 for the $7.50 Wraps. $8.98 toe ine $9.75 Brack Beaver Capes, with fur edge. Tight Fitting Jackets. MADE TO THE SPECIAL ORDER OF THE PALAIS ROYAL BY THE LEADING MAKER OF THE COUNTRY. a COLLECTION NOT ONLY THE LARGEST AND MOST VARIED, BUT AT ASTONISHINGLY LITTLE PRICES......THE FOLLOWING GAMENTS ARE THE PICK OF THE GATHERING, AND WORTH 4S QUOTED: $9.75 tor sackets actuctty worth $12.75. Made of biack cloth and fur edge. Note that the umbrella skirt and Worth collar are as seen in the most expensive imported garments. $10.98 toe misce cioth sackets actually worth $15—that is, equal quality an@ style jackets are not to be had elsewhere at less than $15, $15 for Navy and Black Cloth Jackets, braided collar, $18.75 we tue cats Sache, with “Weer” collar, braided waist and real seal fur trimming. Usually jedged worth $22.50, but as much as $25 is asked for no better garments. See Turse 86.98 Jackers. Brown, Navy aud Tan Cloth Reefers, with pearl buttons, silk facings, fe. These Jackets are actusliy worth $9.75, though offered during this wale at only $6.98 each. The Palais Royal. G & Exavenra Scazers. with extra long skirt, waist and sleeves. Actually worth $2v. a, Lisyza, Puorateror. WASHINGTON, D. ©, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. 7 HOW TO CLOTHE CHILDREN. A Problem That Makes Mothers Study. A Minister’s Wife Who Dresses Her Family in Excellent Taste —How a Small Income Went a Long Way— The Congregation Know Not How It is Done. The puckers in many & mother’s forehead are deepened as she studies how to dress ber boys and girls in a respecteble manner on the small amount that is available. A minister's wife in a small town near Washing- ton was confronted by this discouraging situation, but ber woman's wit and a few ten-cent packages of diamond dyes solved the problem, and handsome clothes were soon evolved from a pile of odds and erds. Some of the congregation were heard to re- mark that it was wonderful how Mrs. Page man- aged to dress her family so well on her husband's salary, and even thought she was extravagant, but they never knew. The Home, Housekeeper, Ladies’ Home Compan- fon and other household papers published many arti cles telling how to use diamond dyes in making new clothing out of old. Pretty dresses, handsome cloaks, serviceable stockings and gay hat ribbons and feathers are obtained at but little expense, not only for the children, but for the mother as well. The ease with which diamond dyes are used is really surprising. They make beautiful colors that never crock and are non-fading. “While there are other package dyes, there are none so easily used, Bor such fast colors,’ says Jean Hunt in a recent number of the Home. “I have tried other dyes, but the diamond color the most goods. Their fast stocking black is the only black dye for cotton I o00 }00000000% 0 1000000000 00C 000000. 0 Sovcosoovouven paenpeonnen ooo ooo a We Rex “Ox Tre 88 090 oto — coo ooo ooo OU always plan to travel by the surest fad and safest route. Gauge your buying 000 on the same precautionary lines. Cash will enter its plea for your consid- eration—a hundred and one installment schemes each extol their virtues. But if you Want accommodation zou want enough of it to be an aid to you— Ove Eevrraste $2222828282882828228 2 é Creprr Sysrear Fille the bill. It leaves everything in your hands—the selection of the FURNITURE, CARPETS, DRAPERIES, STOVES, &c.— you name the amount you can pay—and whether weekly or mont ly will suit you dest to pay it. It'sa ‘good turn” that costs you nothing ani saves you any amouni of SESS2882882222282383828228288 2828882825288852858288288383838988958585 888828338 $282892828252882228228 600 money and embarrassment. Try us next [99 00 time, 000 oo 000 00 00 ‘600 Hovse & Hesewasy, 2° c00 600 917-919-921-923 7TH ST. berg 000 600 AND 636 MASS. AVE. N. W. oe not ° 000 000 ‘000 £2009000000000000000000000000000000000000000°009 '00000000009000000000000000000000000¢00000090000 20000000002000000000000000000..00000000000000000 IMPORTANT SHOPPERS. SILKS, VELVETS, FINE COLORED AND BLACK Dress Goods THAT MUST BE SOLD. HAVING MADE STILL GREATER REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO CLOSE OUT OUR STOCK, CUSTOMERS WILL FIND LOTS OF FIRST-CLASS GOODS IN OUR STORE AT LESS ‘THAN WHOLESALE PRICES. Black Goods, SERGES, WHIPCORDS, CASHMERES, TAMISE, GRENADINES, NETS AND LACES, CLOTHS, SERGES, HENRIETTAS, CASHMERES, PLAIDS AND FINE NOVELTY Wool Goods n8-3t 919 PENNA. AVE. The whole mercantile world appears to be in violent throes of agony, approaching dissolution. However, we have a friendly greeting for every- acts that they have a kindly feeling toward us. Last week we clothed Exeven Hexprep Ayp E\ent Mes hope to clothe as many more. We ought to do it, and verily believe we shall. OVERCOATS FROM $65.98. MEN’S SUITS, Single and Double Breasted, from $7.50. BOYS’ 3-PIECE SUITS, from $3.87. HENRIETTAS, SILK WARP AND ALL WOOL; Golored Goods. ALL GO AT COST FOR CASH. Are the wails which greet our ears at every turn. body—and very many people have shown by their Who were going home to vote. This week we STORM COATS FROM $7.50 BOYS’ OVERCOATS, with Capes, from $2.50. BOYS’ 2-PIECE SUITS, Single Breasted, from $1.00. BOYS’ 2-PIECE SUITS, Double Breasted, all wool, from $2.98. We have but 360 Pairs of Men’s Pantaloons Jett from our famous purckase of 13,000 Pans, And hope to close them out this week. They are $4, $4.50, $5, $5.50 and $6 kinds—Cassimeres, Tweeds and Worsteds—nine different styles and designs. Choose any pair from among them at $2.9 | VICTOR E. ADLER’S Tex Pir Cent Crorntxe Hovse, 1927 Axo 929 Tru Sx. N. W., | CORNER MASSACHUSETTS AVE STRICTLY ONE PRICE Open Saturday until 11 p. m. se18-3m NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE, 1920 N street northwest. RPENTER SHOP. stand of J. ‘Tt. Walker, Contractor and Builder. None but reliable men sent to the house. oc26-1m* FORTS WITHOUT MEN. Gen, Breckinridge Speake of the Defenseless Southern Coast. WORKS PERMITTED T0 DECAY. He Recommends Increasing the Number of Enlistments. THE MORALS OF THE ARMY. The annual report of Gen. J. C. Breckin- ridge, inspector general of the army, which Was made public today, contains many new and original ideas of interest to the service. In a chapter devoted to military posts Gen. Breckinridge makes the following startling @isclosures: “The very careful inspection of ungar- risoned posts between Barataria bay, Loui- slana, and the Delaware river, has brought very plainly to view the defenseless condl- tion of our southern coast, and the great importance of immediate action if these fortifications are to be relied on to repel at tack. No intelligent and experienced officer can look on our southern defenses without feeling the deepest solicitude for the safety of our entire coast line. That there is no immediate probability of a foreign war will be granted, but it must be admitted that such a contingency is not impossible, and that should it happen within the next ten years we must rely in the main for the pro- tection of our harbors on the forts and guns we now have, no matter how inferior they may be as compared with more recent in- ventions. “For various reasons the garrisons of twenty-seven of these forts have been with- drawn until there is not now, nor has there been in most cases for more than twenty years, u single soldier to care for them, ordnance sergeants, sOmetimes superannu- ated and decrepit, alone excepted. “As matters stand the forts are going to ruin, and the condition of their guns, car- riages and ordnance stores generally is reported as disgraceful, notwithstanding they are included in the defensive plans of the seacoast, more especially for the opera- tion and protection of torpedo lines.” The following suggestions offered by the inspector, Maj. Sanger, are concurred in by Gen. Breckinridge: That an estimate be made for cleatiing and clearing up the forts, to prevent further deterioration. That a sufficient expenditure be author- ized to put all guns and carriages which are to be relied on in connection with the operation of torpedo lines in a serviceable condition. That as soon as practicable the particular ordnance sergeants on duty at the forts inspected be replaced by younger and more active men. That an effort be made to counteract the impression which prevails, even in the army, that these forts are junk shops and their armament and stores obsolete. That an estimate be made for the repair or construction of the necessary wharves and landing stages. That an estimate be made for barracks and quarters, and for the preparation of the necessary sites outside forts occupying im- portant defensive points when outside sites are available. He suggests that the privilege of enlist- ing recruits who can not read or write be discontinued, The Indian as a Soldier. In a chapter on the Indian as a sdldier, Gen. Breckinridge says: “It is manifest from the reported condition of the several Indian troops and companies that there are various degrees of aptitude and inclination among our Indians depending apparently on antecedent circumstances and influences and that their subordination and efficiency are largely Gependent on the zeal and _spe- cial qualifications of the white officers placed over them. The reports received are in some instances so satisfactory that the maintenance of Indian troops would appear to be beyond the experimental stage, while in respect to other organizations it is ap- parently an experiment no longer worthy of trial. The main difficulties reported re- sult from marital relations, restlessness, vicious habits, and an objection to military restraint as applied to them. How far these difficulties can be modified or overcome ex- perience alone can answer. There is no question of the general aptitude of Indians for military service or of their subordi: tion to leadership of their own lking. Whether they can be made to yield obedi- ence to army officers and to adopt habits of sensual restraint when unsupported by the necessities of actual warfare, can only be determined by further trial under the most careful and judicious control. Morals of the Army. In closing his report, Gen. Breckinridge refers to “some complaints against the army,” and says: “A body composed of representatives of various churches, ap- pointed for the purpose of studying and promoting the moral and religious needs of the regular army and navy, have ren- dered a report during the year which has been adopted by at least one Christian body and perhaps others, in which some rather unkind and unjust charges are made against the army. Doubtless the unkind. ness was unintentional and caused by a lack of correct information. To deny such charges among those who are acquainted with the status and regulations of the army is of course unnecessary; but as they are in circulation oa such high authority, it may be well to invite attention to sections 1123 and 1126 Revised Statutes, and army regulations 40, 330 and 897, and’ general or- ders No. 59 of 1889 and the column headed ‘Enlisted men—temperance’ in my last an- nual report, as compared with the report of this commission.” He quotes the report of the commission in fuli, charging all sorts of violations of moral and religious ethics by the army, and says: “If the whole body of our chaplains | agree with our regimental officers this can doubtless be corrected. Some effort to cor- rect this impression has been made. Though no word of commendation is found in this Christian commission report, still all know the army deserves well of the country, and, | may it not be said, of the church? In Its own way it dees its very best. And at this transition period there is a special call on | all its officers to stand by it and do their utmost for its honor, and even its disci- pline and instruction; and yet there are | always many other important interests that constantly call them away. No matte what are the difficulties, the mainten: of the army as a perfect and model mili tary force depends mainly on their exer- tions and devotion; and how true they are always to their duty is proved by the ad- mirable military conduct and character it has displayed throughout all our history. The Vice President Will Speak, _ Secretary Proctor of the New York Par Association, said yesterday that Vice Presi- dent Stevenson had accepted the invitation to deliver the annual address before the as- socicsion at its annual meeting to be held in the senate chamber at Albany, January 17-18. +02 At Athens Wednesday the King of Greece opened the chamber of representatir otherwise known as the Boule. The king’s utterances were confined to refezences re- garding local affairs. The proprietors of the Herness Medical Electrical Company, which claiméd to cure! nearly all dise its patent electrical | appliances, were arrested in Lonlon Wed- | nesday and held without bail un the charge of being swindlers. The Emperor Francis Josoph Wediesday formally accepted the civic marriage law, which has caused much clerical and other | opposition in Hungary, to which country the bill applies. | | e to ph suunig mings ew YoRR. : | Al PRESBYTERIANS’ PROTEST. Action Taken by the Recent Conter- ence at Cleveland. The conference of Presbyterian ministers and laymen at Cleveland concluded their deliberations yesterday and adjourned. aAf- ter adjournment the committee having the task of embodying the conclusions of the conference in a set of resolutions met. The committee consisted of Rev. Dr. R. W. Peterson of Chicago, Rev. Dr. John P. Eg- bert of St. Paul, Minn.; Rev. Dr. Brown of New York city, Rev. Dr. A. S. Fiske of Ithaca, N. Y.; Rev. Dr. E. E. White of Columbus, Ohio; Rev. Dr. Nelson Millard of Rocheste?, N. Y., and Rev. Dr. Hiram C. Hayden of Cleveland. ‘The following reso- lations were prepared: “We, the undersigned,ministers and elders of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America,being seriously concerned in view of certain facts and tendencies in our church, we hereby make the following statement: ‘First. We believe that the general as- sembly has no right to impose upon the church with doctrinal statements under the guise of interpretation, whether by deliver- ance and through judicial process, and, further, that interpretation of doctrine by the courts of the church ought always to be strictly within the letter of the standards, and. with sacred regard to the broad and generous terms of the revision of 1870. “2. We believe that the inost scrupulous care should be used in all trials for doctrinal divergencies from the standards, especially now, when a large majority of the presby- teries have expressed, after much delibera- tion, their dissatisfaction with our confes- sion of faith as it stands, their desire for its revision, and many of them, theiz desire for @ new creed. We view with grave concern procedures, at such a time, conducted to severest sentence by what seems to us inter- pretations of our standards, strained beyond thei> letter and far beyond any just regard ae ones of the reunion. “3. We eve that no court of our chu: has a right by deliverance, resolution son buke, or otherwise, to seek to suppress re- spectful action by judicatories below it, ex- pressive of their anxiety and apprehea sion concerning anything in the church which seems to them to imperil the constitutional liberties of the church or of any of its mem- bers. The right of petition and remon- strance must not be denied in the church of Christ. “4. We believe that the interpretation of one or two phrases in our book of discipline, 8 meaning that a prosecuting committee should become, from the moment it enters on its work independent of the cou:t which appointed it, capable of living on, “even after the judicatory has decide , and prosecuting after the judi-: a agro quitted, is a strained interpretation, leadii logically to many absurdities, and easily possible miscarriages of justice. If these phrases are fairly susceptible of such inter- es n, they ought to be eliminated from “5. We believe that it is no part of the constitutional power of any court of the church to warn honest and God-fearing men to withdraw themselves from its ministry or elde-ship, because they cannot accept as binding upon them interpretations of ¢vc- trine which are outside the letter of thé confession, and which have never been sanctioned by the presbyteries in any legal way. This method of discipline by with- drawal, enjoined by resoluttcn of a church court, is not provided for in the book of discipline. Such warning carries no obliga- tion of obedience. “6. We believe that our «urch is broad enough and strong enough tw zbide Yy the spirit of the compact of reunion, and to em- brace in its communion and in its ministry all forms and schools of reverent schoiar- ship, which accept the essential and neces- sary articles of our common faith, acknowl- edging the Lord Jesus as Divine Master and Savior, and the Bible as the only infallible rule of faith and practi> “7. We call upon all Presbyterians to stand together in defense of reasonable Ib- erty of opinion in the church, and of the constitutional rights of individual members wherever assailed; and we heartily epprove of the protest of Dr. Herrick Johason, Dr. Nicolls, and eighty-three others at the last general assembly. “8. We do most urgently counsel our brethren who may be perplexed concerning their duty to abide in the communion ard service of the church, assured that in so doing they remain well within their consti- tutional rights. “Finally—Only a profound sense of the peri] that now besets our church has Jed us to make this declaration of what seems to us fundamental principles. “In behalf of the conference held in Cal- vary Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, Chio, November 8 and 9. (Signed: “HIRAM C. HAYDEN, Chairman, “THOMAS C. HALL, Secretary.” The foregoing paper will be copied and printed in all the church papers, besides be- ing sent to members of the Presbyterian Church and ministry throughout the coun- try by a committee. The conferenve was called originally because it was feared a general movement of secession would be made by the liberals of the church. There were present at the conference be- tween forty and fifty representative minis- ters and laymen of the Presbyterian Church, and twenty-five others were repre- sented by letters and telegrams. ‘No communication will be seat to the gen- eral assembly next spzing, but sJine sction concerning this conference will undoubtedly be taken by that body. If it is unfavorable, another conference will be called and further action taken. soe. ANACOSTIA. The installation of Rev. .foseph Matthews as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Hillsdale, will take place on Sunday next. ‘A reception will be given Dr. Matthews on Thursday by the officers and congregation of the church. Mrs.DeCue and Mrs. Sears of New Jersey are visiting Mrs. Frank Joyce of Congress Heights. Dr. A. P. Feilds of Oxon Hil! has removed to Washington. Mrs. Ana Magruder has resizned as or- ganist of Congress Heigh’ Church, and Cora McLean will fill the vacan-y. Spencer Johnson, while chopping wood on the farm of J. P. Talbot, injured his foot with the ax. Frank Allen of Giesboro is the guest of his grandfather, Thomas Cook, at Cxon Hill. Mr. Samuel Grimes of Anacostia is visit- ing his father, Mr. Richard Grimes cf Oxon Hill. Mr. John Canter has removed to Twining Cit; Miss Rosa Smith has taryship of the Con; school. ccepted the secre- ‘ss Heights Sunday S44: RAG It ll very well for Shakespeare to write about ‘There’s nothing in a name.” Trade com- petitions did not exist then. The prestige of nearly 30 year of success did not cause imitetions. No other malt extract acts better on poor digestion or general debility than JOHANN HOFF'S; it has won @ Lame. It keeps it by continued success. It invigorates and tones without exciting the sy: term. Reware of imitations. ‘The genuine has the FOF EXT signature of “JOHA "on the neck latel of every bottle. W, ite | for book, “Shakespeare’s Seven Ages,”” sent free. Elsner & Mendelson Co., Sole Agents and Im- porters of Mineral Waters, New York. Get the Best. THE CONCORD HARNESS. LUTZ & BRO., 497 Penn. ave., adjoining Xativaal Loss, Trunks end Satches si low prices oc GENTS’ SUITS SCOURED AND PRESSED FOR ita, 50c.; Pants, Vests, Altering and repairing done in the best nianner. Goods called for and delivered. Telephone call 143-2. HATIN, 705 9th st. nw. 6080 And 425 N. Eutaw st.. Baltimore, Md. | and fatal fashion, etc. Modest Maidens Eat QUAKER CHALK TALKS The ancient ideal of Purity was the Vestal Virgins; the modern is Quaker Oats. Sold Only in Not a New Disease. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Dr. B. W. Richardson, in his book enti- tled “Diseases of Modern Life,” starts out with the statement that there are no new diseases, that those that are so called have in fact been known since the earliest days | of medicine, or at ail events have always existed. I am led to this quotation on seeing in The Star, and possibly elsewhere, the state- ment that a new and terrible disease of the teeth had made its appearance and thet people were losing thelr grinders in a new Now as a matier of fact what I quote from Richardson a to the nen-existence of the new diseases is just as true of this so-called new disease of the teeth. There is nothing new what- ever about it, for it has not only existed since the establishment of dentistry as a profession but the consequences of it are seen in the skeleton mouths of -xceedingly ancient corpses. The oldest writers on dentistry speak of “instances where whole sets of teeth, of | which the greater number were perfectly scund, dropped out, one after another ***" by this morbid incrustation of tartar. One writer goes on to say that “cats and dogs, as well as horses and cows, are more or less subject to its formation.” John Hunter, the celebrated surgeon, writ- ing about A. i778, says: “Wasting of the alveolar processes * * * begins at the edge of the socket and gradually goes on to the end of the root. The tooth of course becomes extremely loose and at last drops out.” That the disease is the dread of the den- tist is well known. Much dispute is had as to its exact cause, and it is probable that none of us know the cause. The ancient writers who ascribed it to an incrustation of tartar around the teeth have their fol- lowers still, but so many cases occur in which this agent is absent as to lead to the conclusion that there must be some other cause. The trouble has been ascribed to mercury taken in infancy, to a scrofulous condition, to half a dozen other causes. But I fear ali these are but vague guesses at the truth. Meanwhile it is @ fact that at least among those. who have their teeth regularly cared for by a dentist more teetl: are lost from this cause than from any other. In the absence of any other clue it is well to suspect tartar as the cause and keep the teeth free from this. How our ancient makers of our nomenclature ever came to call this substance tartar is hard to say. It is thought that they did so because it resembled somewhat the “tar- tar”—cream of tartar—which is found as an accretion in old wine barrels. Of course everybody nowadays knows that it is a precipitation from the saliva, which fluid, when secreted in the salivary glands, con- tains lime salts in solution. which salts when in contact with the air in the mouth are precipitated, somewhat after the man- ner that alum is crystallized in the alum work that ladies are familiar with. This is true at least of the ordinary salivary cal- cul But dentists recognize another va- riety—sanguinary, or serumal calcuius— which is found in the space between the tooth and the gum. In cases where the gum becomes diseased it discharges blood or serum into the slight natural pocket which is found between the tooth and gum, and as this blood or serum contains lime salts a slight precipitate is made, which, hardening, is the nucleus of other collec- tions. This collection undoubtedly injures the gum, and it is possible may be the cause of the breaking down of the dental liga- ment—the ligament that ties the gum to the tooth—and that once broken down it is not likely to be restored. The thin edge of bone surounding the neck of the tooth, known as the alveolar process, becomes ex- posed, and as it is the nature of bone every- where when exposed to die, this process perishes, and the mischief goes on to its termination—the loss of the tooth. 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