Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1894, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. --March 2, 1804. Washington dailies. As a News @ Advertising Medium it has no com- petitor. G7 In order to simply THE STAR, or to the’ Editorial or Business Department, according to tenor or purpose. Postmaster General Bissell has an eye for the beautiful and a dislike for the un- esthetic. Ordinarily the public would be but little interested in this agreeable feat- ure in Mr. Bissell's character, but it so happened that this particular pecullarity— if it may be so denominated—became con- spicuously apparent in connection with the plans in accordance with which the new public building at Buffalo is to be con- structed. When the first picture of the building appeared, fresh from the office of the supervising architect of the treasury, the Postmaster General came to the con- clusion that such a building would be an architectural monstrosity. In his capacity as member of the commission before which all plans for public buildings must be laid, Mr. Bissell disapproved the designs sub- mitted for the exterior. It is understood that just about then Secretary Carlisle, also a member of the commission, sent for the plans and asked the opinion of | several prominent members of the Ameri- can Institute of Architects. The criti- cisms of the experts were decidedly ad- verse and for awhile it seemed probable that Buffalo might have q really beautiful Public building. Since that time, how- ever, nothing further has been done by the ‘Treasury Department, and all the indica- tions are that nothing amendatory will be done. It ts unfortunate for Buffalo, as it Goubtless will be for many other cities, that the Secretary of the Treasury has not availed himself of the law which provides for competition In the matter of plans for public buildings. The government pays money enough for its buildings to at least insist upon their appearing to be either graceful or dignified. ———— Washington is an eminently respectable city, inhabited principally by people who know how to behave themselves and are not ashamed of displaying their knowledge, but in spite of the good example set there are still a few people who insist upon being nuisances, and whose conduct calls for harsh repression. The misdemeanants wear men’s clothing, and would probably feel a: though they had been slandered were it) intimated that they lacked any of the qual-| ities that go to make up manliness. Some | are elderly, most of them are young; a few are native, the majority imported them- selves. They cluster in front of hotels and theaters and other public places and, in a manner all the more mean because of its sneakishness, offend the great majority of the women who pass by. An open affront by one of these “‘mashers” could be and / would be resented, if not by one of the | ladies, by any respectable and spirited man who either witnessed or heard of the insult, but the insidious leer generally escapes | punishment. There is less o: this sort of | ‘thing in Washington than in most other| cities, but there is too much of it here; it is an evil to the elimination of which the police force should speedily and persistently address itself. —__ + +2 —__ A councilman in Philadelphia has intro- duced a bill requiring the street railways | in that city to put improved fenders on their cars. Some time back the authorities in this city talked of better fenders for our street cars, but the plan seems to have fallen by the wayside, and the old affairs, which are neither useful nor ornamental, are still retained. Placing a few boards around the sides of a rapid transit car do not add to the beauty of the concern and are only an additional menace to life and limb. Enough accidents have happened on our street railways, where citizens have been mangled and crushed by wheels and so-called fenders, to draw attention to the erying necessity for improvement. Corpor- ations, and especially railroad corporations, have never accepted the axiom that human life has a certain value, especially to the individual owners thereof, and Philadeiphia is on the right track in compelling reason- able precautions for human safety. In this city the least the railroad companies could do would be to paste pretty pictures on their Present fenders so that they might have some possibie excuse for existence. oe The Star will doubtless be pardoned by its readers for feeling just!y proud of its stand- ing in the newspaper world and for reprint- | ing in another column what Printer’s ink has to say of the status of The Star and of Other Washington dailies. It is not uapleas- ant to hear an unbiased critic declare The Star to be “without doubt the best appre- ciated and best patronized evening news- Paper in the United States;" and to huow that its claim “that no other newspaper in the country goes into so large a percentage of all the houses within a radius of twenty miles from the office of publication” cannot be controverted. It is also gratifying to hear expert opinion to the effect that the value of The Star “to an advertiser, all things considered, and taken in connection with the comparative cost of advertising in it, places it not lower down than third im a lst of all the best daily papers pub- lished in the United States, and in making out such a list a well informed advertiser will have great difficulzy in deciding upon even so smail a number as two to place in advance of The Star. Ile may even fai! to fix upon one.” ———_ + e > ____ The land seigniorage bill passed the House of Representatives yesterday even- ing, and when the news of that happening ultimately reaches the far-away settlement of Lebanon, Mo., the cedars thereof will rejoice and be glad. Callaway will upend itself In its delight, Moniteau go wild, Osage clap its hands and Pulaski develop new forms of delirium and join in glad acclaim With the other counties in the eighth con- gressional district to celebrate the victory of their chosen son—Richard Parks Bland. Elsewhere, save where men are not heedful of the national credit, there will be apathy. Many people have no thought as to govern- mental finance and are careless; others aré Satisfied that the Senate will kill the meas- ure, or that, at the worst, it will be vetoed by the President. ——_ + «= ____ Times without number has public atten- tion been directed in a most pointed manner to the dangers that spring directly from the operation of the overhead trolley, but the | risks most commonly referred to appear, after all, to be but a small percentage of the whole trouble. Heretofure it has been gen- erally supposed—except by those who have followed the matter up quite closely—that | the encumbering poles and wires were the Sreatest grievances, but it seems to be thoroughly established that the proportion of the electrical current which runs wild after being used in the car-motors is doing extraordinary damage beneath the streets’ surface. This was shown most conclusively Wednesday by Mr. John H. Vail of New York, who, to use a popular term, “roas:ed” the “cheap and nasty” motor. Mr. Vail ts unquestionably one of the most learned of electrical experts and his words received respectful hearing in a convention com- posed exclusively of high-grade electricians. He showed that in cities where the trolley runs riot destructive electrolytic corrosion is now acting upon gas and water pipes and will inevitably produce serious tmpair- ment of all such underground pipe systems within a brief period unless prompt meas- ures are taken to prevent further damage. Mr. Vail told how investigation into the causes of a fire showed that the trolley cur- ent had been carried along the iron water- pipe and, that, probably by vibration caus- ing the pipe to come in contact, an are formed between the water-pipe and gas- pipe, burning a hole through the gas-pipe and thus set fire to the gas and to the house. Mr. Vail said he did not wish to create unnecessary alarm, but insisted that @ grave danger confronted those cities where the overhead trolley was being oper- ated. “Instances,” said he, “are numerous proving that the electric railway current is present on the gas and water pipes in uild- ings contiguous to electric railway lines. Even those of us who are familiar with handling the electric current hesitate to draw a combination of electricity with our gas or water. We know that the gas and water pipes entering our houses may be charged with such a current, and that it only remains for the circuit to be com- pleted by a possible accident through cur bodies, or the occurrence of a fire by auto- matic action between vibrating pipes. City engineers, water companies and gas com- panies are placing the responsibility upon the railway companies for the damage caused on pipes by electrolysis.” All those good people who are careless as to their lives and property will, of course, do their utmost to aid the great trolley octopus in | extending its tentacles until all the routes | worth having are in its possession. Nothing | could be more delightful than the ruin which Mr. Vail so clearly outlined. Few people in Washington have ever been will- ing that an overhead-trolley line should run past their doors and if that minute mi- nority is reasonably sensible it will pro- ceed at once to reverse its views and, move immediately in the right directio: Information from Vermont indicates that Gen. William W. Grout, who represents the second Vermont district in the House, will be re-elected in November without the worry or expense of a contest. This is not @ common experience, and is a popular tribute of which, if it materializes, Gen. Grout will have every reason to be proud. The District of Columbia has a warm place in its heart for the general; he was a most efficient chairman of the House committee on the District, and although he no longer serves on that committee he is always willing to do what he can to advance the interests of the national capital. The prob- ability of no contest this fall indicates that he has not neglected his Green Mountain constituents. . ———__++_____. Having found that Indians and French princes do not make good husbands the heiresses of this courtry might give the United States young man his turn as an experiment. ——__+++—__- The polar explorations which the near future promises will have to display a good deal of enterprise if they outdo the Wilson bill for chilly surroundings. —_ +02 ——— A counterfeit silver dollar that is intrin- sically worth more than the genuine article | is one of the conspicuous products of this opera bouffe decade. —__+ e+ ___ The Maryland-Virginia oyster controversy May not be so ponderous as the Bering sea discussion, but it is a good deal more lucid to the popular mind. ———————+2+—____ It is hardly probable that Mrs. Lease will choose a topic so limited in its scope as “What I Know About Masonry” for a lec- | ture. ——__ + + ___ The hope that the Senators, with all the Wilson bill’s faults, would love it still, has proved groundless. seo —__ As soon as Brazil gets rested up from her election she will doubtless go ahead with her revolution. Mr. Bland has at last succeeded in get- ting the silver lining of that storm cloud in evidence. SHOOTING STARS. The Office-Seeker's Wish. “My friends once said ‘I took the cake,’ ” He murmured with a sigh, “Alas, why can't I further go, And, somehow, reach the pie.” Explained. “Josiar,” said Mrs. Corntossel, remarks ‘bout scientific cookin’ is puzzlin’.”” “I reckon,” replied her husband.” “One person says that fish hain’t fit ter eat; another says ye ortent ter tech meat, an’ another declares thet bread is mighty onwholesome.” “Notions nowadays is mighty new-fang- Ted.’ “But it explains suthin terme. With our ancesters subsistin’ on improper diet all these years, cn’ lettin’ of their constitu- tions run down, it ain't no wonder thet we come ter raise dude: “these mighty He Feared the Risk. “And now,” said the statesman to the barber, “you may shave off my full beard.” ‘Cut off them elegant whiskers, sir?” Yep. I come from a prohibition com- munity and I can’t afford to take any chances on a phonetic catastrophe.” Jocular Spri A sunbeam dances from the sky; A zephyr wakes the slumbering pool, We trust them fondly. By and by Old Boreas bellows “April Fool!” She Was Glad. Weill,” said the dear girl, with a sigh, “I'm very glad for your sake, papa, that it happened so.” “What do you mean?” gentleman. “The fact that Lent and the hard times came so close together.”* asked the old “Hit am one ob de fus’ principles ob jom- merty,” said Uncle Ebex., “dat er man kain’t make ‘is life er complete round ob pleas- ure an’ at de same time keep it square.” Where Bravery Ceased. He would gaily brave the tiger; He would seek him in his latr, He would go unhesitating "Mongst the damsels at a fair. Where the battle raged most fiercely He would calmly risk his life; He would seek the bargain counter, And match samples for his wite. In politics he reveled He would oft disturb the peace; But he wilted when they asked him To debate with Mrs. Lease. Annexation Will Come. From the New York Sun. The gratifying discovery that seven of the nine members of the Senate committee cn foreign relations are for annexation, leaves little disposition on the part of the friends of Hawaii to criticise minor points of in- consistency and ambiguity in Senator Mor- gan’s report. In order to understand that document, with its supplemental and dis- senting statements, its manifest contra- dictions, and its almost grotesque amiabil- ity in dealing with Mr. Cleveland, anybody needs a diagram, a polariscope, and a pre- vious acquaintance with the life and speeches of Mr. Pickwick. But Senator Morgan has performed a great public ser- vice. He has put plainly before the world the fact that American sentiment is over- whelmingly in favor of the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, and that annexation is bound to come. — But It Will Not Change the Price. From the Boston Globe. Well, there's one consolation about the cold snap—it will end the icemen's prog- nostications of a short crop and altitudi- nous prices. From the Cincinnati Tribune. Uncle Sam is going to print his own postage stamps for a few years. Now give assorted flavors on the back, mostly vanilla and peppermint. — ns Rathless Severity. From the Bostou Globe. Congress is getting it right and left just now. The Chicago Record even goes so far as to compare it with the board of lady managers. geeocee 990009 @ Ticknew’s 6 Spring-time ©ls At Hand! @special E Exhibit? ©Tomorrow of ° eSpring Coats, 6 ©Capes & Suits.” E children’s Re 's Reefers. Why buy Reefers that you can almost sift wheat through, when we sell you fine quality cloth aud stylish shapes for @ quarter or half dollar more. Children’s Navy Blue Reefers, trimmed. Sizes 4 to 14 years. Only $1.75 Each. Better quality, $2.25. Better yet, $3.00. @ silver Fine Braid-trimmed Cheviot Suits, black and navy blue. é Only $12 Each. Excellent Line of Spring Suits at €@ $15.50, embracing Fine. Navy Blue . doe Suits, Fancy Checked Novelty Suits and Black Cashmere Sults. $15.50. Elegant ‘Novelty’? Cont Suits, black and black and white hair line stripe, richly trimmed with black moire silk. Only $35. Spring Skirts. ‘The New Skirts are in. Sateen, Ital- ia — oth, mobair, gloria and ellt—plain “Sateen Skirts, $1. ° McKnew’s, 2933 Pa. Av. Ge0000eee8003 97 Cents. Just think—only 97¢. for a Drop Light, complete, with Porcelain Reflector Shade, double burners—will hang on any gas fix- ture—you can move it from room to room, C.A. Muddiman,614 12thst. mb2 ear tie Sooveeeeososese g Wearers. '§ you know, or should know, ours is the only “exclusive” Corset store in Washington, and the largest in the south. Largest stock, greatest variety of High-grade Corsets and LOWEST prices. We do business but one way- the right way—cheerfully refunding the money should the Corsets not prove satisfactory. Corsets We Sell— Imported “L. P.,"" from $3 to $10. Imported from $1.50 to from $1.75 to “Pp. D..” °C. B." Corsets, from 50c. to $5. “R. & G."" Corsets, from 50c. to “J. B."" Corsets, from 5c. to $2.50. Thomson's Glove Fitting, 50c. to $3. Dr. Warner's Health, $1 to $1.50. with elastic sides and “a” ‘Tailor-made ““Glove-fit- fing” Comets, with elastle gored ips, 0 Majesty's’ Corsets-—espectally Adapted to stout figures—$2.75 to $5.50. Of course we cannot get all of our stock of Corsets in this small space— so call and Inspect it. Look fo- article on Waists tomorrow. P1.€. Whelan, 1008 F St. A ae Arm Chair, Solid Spruce, 25C- Former price 53c., was considered good value. We snapped them up receatly at an assignee’s furniture sale at $3.i dozen, Just 2c. aplece. We've ‘reduced a to an even 25c. as a leader for Sat- ‘and Monday. No more than two mie Me ony ane contioner. “Washington Variety,” oe Crockery, &c., 824 7th St. lg Bargains : for. ‘Friday and Saturday. DECORATED CUSPIDORS. Very handsome, worth | double .. wee TOC. | WHITE SLOP JARS, | Very best stone china. +} Worth $1.25 . vee Z5C fs) i CHAMBER SET. aI | 10 pleces, English goods, | beantifully decorated. Can't | be duplicated for double the | price aay rene SOS | Hudson’s _: Variety Store, | gi? 7th St. N.W. : Tevevece S. & B. If the merchant you deal with hasn't got The “Reversible” MATTRESS He will get it for you. Insist on having it!--because it has just twice the service in it as has the ‘one-sided"* mattress, and IT xxRK ER EXKEEERRRME REE E USO EO COSTS NO MORE! C7See that S. & B. appears in S.& wh? WOODWARD. LOTHROP, 10TH, 11TH AND F STREETS N.W. —a CLOSED DURING THE MOODY MEETINGS AT 5:30, EXCEPT SATURDAY. EASTER CARDS AND BOOKLETS—FIRST FLOOR. GANDY DEPARTM EVI—BASEMENT. Preliminary Opening of French Bonnets and Toques and English Round Hats and Spring and Summer Wash Silks continued today and tomorrow. (MULLINERY (SILKS steeeeeeeeees SECOND FLOOR, SECOND ANNEX.) .-FIRST FLOOR, UNDER SKYLIGHT.) The Special Sale of Sterling Silver Articles AT LESS THAN FORMER COST OF PLATED WARES IS CREATING ACTIVE BUYING. NAPKIN RINGS, 75e. EACH; PIECE GUARANTEED STERLING SILVER. (GRE: ERS gsc eo sts ccsctessontascsesses STRAWBERRY FORKS, 85c. EACH; BOOK MARKS, 25¢. EACH; THIMBLES, 15c. EACH; HUNDREDS OF OTHER USEFUL THINGS PRICED PROPORTIONATELY CUFF BUTTONS, 50c. THE PAIR; PENS AND PENCILS, $1.00 EACH, AND LOW, AND EVERY seeeeeeeeeeeeee-LITH ST. BUILDING.) en, The Last Opportunity to Buy Winter Cloaks. All our low-priced winter stock is sold. The few remaining cold weather garments are strictly high-grade goods, but must yleld to the price reduction. We have divided them into two lots, und made the prices fifteen and twenty dollars. TOMORROW MORNING. 8d foor. Men’s Department Tells of the new things as soon as they come in and it’s here they are usually seen first. The fol- lowing sre good value: All sizes again of Tan and Black Half Hose, medium and heavy, full regular made. ose seses19e., 8 palre for BOc, ‘A special lot of Kid Gloves, in all sizes, assorted tans, the best value we've ever ebown at the WED: ss ecea say ca ee seeeeseeee-$1 the pair All the newest shapes and designs in Neckwear, among which is the popular 2%-Inch Graduated Black Satin and Silk Four-in-Hand Special showing tomoccow on center tables.50c. each White Shirts with Pique bosom and attached cuffs. Special purchase allows a $1.50 quality to be sold at z Boys’ Department. ‘The winter season is rapidly drawing to a close and we are anxious to dispose of the remainder of our Winter-weight Suits and Trousers, hence these reductions: A small lot of “Reciprocity” Suits, all sizes. Reduced from $5 to...... A small lot of Reefer Suits, fiom $8.50 to... $4.25 each A small lot of ‘Good “Sencol Suits, sizes 4 to 10. Reduced from $2.75 to . $2.25 each A swell lot of Blue Tricot Suits, sizes 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 15. Reduced from $7.50 to....$5 each A sell lot of “Reetprocity”” Suits, sizes 7 to 12. Reduced from $7.50 to. -$6 each A small lot of very Dark Worsted Suits, sizes 9, 10 and 11. Reduced from $5.50 to. $6 each A small lot of Blue ‘Fauntleroy’ Suits, sizes 4 to 7. Reduced from $6.’ $3.95 each tine 4. In addition to these reduced winter goods we offer the following: Extra Pants of strong wool fabrics. $1.25 quality for. About twenty Blue Tricot Suits, wool and fast color. All sizes. Thirty Blue Flannel Sailor Suits 8. Gd tloor. Girls’ Department. DRESSES AND WRAPS FOR SPRING, WELL AND PRICED UNUSUALLY LOW. Domestic Gingham Guimpe Dresses, pretty plaids and checks, full skirt, shirred waist, deep ruffles over shouk edged with embroidery. Sizes 4 to 12 years. . -T5e. each A special lot of Fine Gingham Dresses, neat patterns, suitable for school wear, fast colors. Sizes 4 to 14 years. $1 each All-wool Dresses, serge and fannel,, “suttable for present. wear. Lined throughout, made in the ewest style and trimmed with silk or braid. Sizes 4 to 14 years 75 and $4.75 each. White India Linon Guimpes, tucked yoke, full sleeves, collar and cuffs of embroidery...25¢. each Double-b: ‘ted Reefers, brown, cardinal and mavy blue cloth, large sleeves, sailor or rolling collar, Sizes 4 to 14 years... .$1.25 and $1.50 each Novelty Cloth Reefers, tan and gray mixtures, large sailor collar. Sizes 4 to 12 years. $3 each Reefers, in tan, blue and brown novelty effects, deep ruffle collar and flaring cuffs of plain blue or brown cloth, full skirt, trimmed with braid. Sizes 4 to 12 years. MADE WATER nature's own gift, and should be en in its original state. is only possible by frst” passlug 1¢ through “Pasteur” Filter, =the only “germ-proof” filter in the ba its; $6.60 agents; $6.00, up. ee relent ibe’ of Chating Dishes, 1m ait nds. SUSPECIAL. Nickel end Copp>r Chating Dishes, §1.75. Wilmarth & Edmonston, Crockery, &c., 1205 Pa. ave. h2 PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE BY MMB. COLFORD; alcobol baths for rheumatism; also sea salt and medicated — baths manteuring moved to 1210 F B.w. then st. Bd floor.... Toy Department. ETCHENE, A new delight for the children. For copying Pictures from magazines and newspapers. Faces and places and things can be pnt into the serap- book by the children and look as if printed there. Simple, harmless, cheap. -15e. the bottle. Donkeys for donkey parti Game of ‘Telegraph Boy’ “Oulja” Boards. “Parchees! 11th st. bldg.) - each. each. ec. each, c. each. each, c. each. § Rubber Foot Balls. Roller Skates, all sizes... Raymond's Extension Roller Skates- ‘olumbian” Extension Koller Skates... .69¢. pair. Sheets of Paper Dolls,to be cut out.5 and 10c.cach. Sheets of Paper Furniture. -10c. each. Sheets of Scrap Pictures. 10e. each. Wooden Express Wagon: + B5e. each. (4th floor... 10th st. Hdg.) Book Department. NEW BOOKS. “Cartier to bib sail by Justice Winsor. Cloth “A Protegee of Jack Hamlin’ Harte. Cloth “The King of the Schnorrers, well. Cloth.......- “A Ward in Chancery, Paper Cloth - SBe. “In Exile,” and other stories, by Mary Hal- Cloth . lock Foote. wseerseees, seer ee $1.00 MAGAZINES FOR MARCH. “North American Review," “Popular Scien¢e Monthly,’ " “The Arena” ... “atlantic 45. tury" “Scribner's "Lippincott" “ith st! bldg.) YNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS. Peloubet’s notes on the Sunday School Les- sons... Pentecost’s sons ... Peloubet’s Bible Dictionary, 440 illustra tions.$1 00 Smith’s Dictionary of the Bible, 776 pages. .$1.15 “Abraham,” or the “Obedience of Fuith, by F. B. Meyer .. 5 “Recent Light from Ancient Monuments’. 81.00 “The Holy Bible,” according to the author- ized version of 1611, with commentary and a revision of the translation. Edited by F. C. Cook, M. A. Canon of Genesis and Exodus Short History of the Book of Common Prayers by Reed Huntington, D.D., D.C.D. (Basement se Aith st. bids) sacs Blanket Department. 800 more of the Silkaline Covered Crib Com- ts, plain and ruffled, at one-third the usual .50e. each instead of $1.50 «-1lth st. bidg.) Notes on the Sunday School Les- + $2.75, All Garments That Were $30 and Above Are Now $20. All Garments That Were Less Than $30 Are Now $15. A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A HIGH-GRADE WRAP AT A LOW-GRADBE PRICE. ON SALE -1lth st. building.) In China Department. A reduction sale of Fancy Umbrella Jars for tomorrow. Only one of a kind, most of them, and of course the prettiest will go first. $5.00 Umbrella Jars reduced to. $6.50 Umbrella Jars reduced to. $7.00 Umbrella Jars reduced to. $9.00 Umbrella Jars reduced to $0.00 Umbrella Jars reduced to $12.00 Umbrella Jars reduced (th floor.......... -$8 -10th st. bldg.) In Bric-a-Brac Dept. A reduction sale of Fancy Jardinjeres. These prices will doubtless clear them out in a day of two. $1.00 Jardinieres reduced to. $2.00 Jardinteres reduced to. $2.50 Jardinieres reduced to $4.00 Jardinieres reduced to. @th floor...... Pressed Glass nro dB Ruby Fruit or Jelly Dishes. Reduced from 65¢. 45c. each. Ruby “Fruit or Jelly ‘Dishes. “Reduced from 85e. to. to ... -6Se. each, Pretty Jelly Dishes, unusual at 15¢. each. Block Pattern Oil or Vinegar Bottles. . th flocr, Lamp Department. Onyx Banquet Lamps, antique brass finish, cen- tral draught burner, 14 inch silk shade...$5 = Decorated Sewing Lamps, shade to match. duced from 75e. to. ++ 500. tors Decorated Parlor Lamps, shade to mateh. Re- duced from $1 to Hand-painted Parlor raught burner, duced from $3 to. (th floor...... Reading Lamps, central 10 inch shade to match. Re- $2.50 each. bidg.) -10th Housefurnishing Dept. SPECIAL WASH DAY ITEMS. Special brand aa Soap, two- undry Soap. Painted Tubs, three hoops, small Painted Tubs, Novelty Clothes Wringer.. Clothes Pins, two dozen for Good quality Tin Wash Boilers. Folding Ironing Tables. Folding Clothes Horses, “Boston” Bosom Boards ‘Ideal’ Iron Rest, with polishing ae waxing board. 25e. each. | Ironing W Be. cake. | Ordinary Flat Irons. 4c. b.} “Sensible” Flat Irons. a set, nickel plated 1 set. th floor 1ith st. bldg.) Sees Women’s Neckwear. Three items priced lower than usual—Bargains. Crepe Lisse and La Tosca Net Boas, all black, or black trimmed with white lace..........50c. each Point de Gene Lace Yokes, trimmed with chrys- anthemum crepe and narrow lace. Black, cream, light blue and mais...... $3.75 each. Forty dozen pure linen collars, slightly tmper- fect, but not enough to show each. (ist floor....... 24 annex.) ee Women’s [iuslin Under- wear. Today we tell of two of the most urgent kinds, that unite quality and economy. Hundreds of others in the store that will very Mkely interest you equally as much. Extra quality Muslin Gowns, full length and width, wide cambric ruffle around collar and cuffs, double ruffle down front, edged with colored feath- er braid, full sleeves. Actual value $1..59¢. each. Muslin Gowns, 52 inches long, yoke back formed of three box plats, ‘Ve’ front, trimmed with wide Hamburg, and finished with colored ribbons, ruffle on sleeves. Actual value 50c.....39¢. each. (2d floor. . . 10th st. bldg.) Infants’ Department Always has bargain spots. Tomorrow two lots of Short Dresses, the practical sorts, go on sale at — that should eng _ buying. dozen Ging! Short Dresses, *‘Hubbard”” atsle, wide frills 0 Over shoulders, = goodly assort- ment of stripes and checks of Pink, Dive, atm red, ete... Beeeeee each 25 dozen White Short Dresses, | in sage distinet styles, some tastefully trimmed with fine Ham- burg embroideries, others with a profusion of dainty laces. The fullest value we ever saw -85e. each 10 dozen Infants’ White Rabber Waterproof Dia- Knitted Underwear Dept. 50 dozen Women's Swiss Ribbed White Cotton Vests, high neck, long sleeves.......... 50 dozen Women’s Swiss Ribbed Egyptian Bal- briggan Vests, high neck, long sleeves. Regular B5e. quality (Ist door. Corset Department. A small lot of Jean Corsets, extra length, two side steels, corded bust. Sizes 18 to 30. Were 5c. “Seconds."" Odd A few pairs of the “R. & G.' ++» -68e. pair Annex to 10th st. bidg.) Children’sUnderwearDept. Flannel Skirts, cambric waist, wide hem.50c. ea, Fine Lawn Aprons, box plaited waist, trimmed around neck and sleeves with neat Hamburg edge, wide hem. Sizes 3 to 10 years. 50c. each (24 floor... ordi 1oth and 11th wt. bldgs.) Hosiery Department. Another 300 dozen lot of Children’s Ribbed Cot- ton Hose, light and medium weights. Sizes 6 to ‘9%. Warranted fast black..... aeeeeeeesD2Me. pair 100 dozen Women's Fast Black Cotton Hose, double soles, high spliced heels, double toes.25c. pr (ist floor.......... s+eee+-2d annex.) Shoe Department. Just in—A lot of Children’s Spring Heel Button Shoes, square or opera toes, with patent leather "PHONE 1092. tips. Sizes 5 to 8... $1.00 pair 8% to 10% $1.25 pair Also two styles Women's Fine Dongola Button Shoes, made on Derby last, turned or welted soles. os (2d floor A Nod Of Your Head Starts our shears into the carpet—loads a Wagon full of furniture and delivers it at your house. That's how easy it is to buy of us on credit. No notes to sign—no such thing as interest—just a little money once a week or once @ month. Our Peerless Credit System Furnishes The House From top to bottom—AND FOR LESS MON- EY THAN THE IDENTICAL ARTICLES WOULD OoST IN ANY CASH FURNITURE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON. We don’t say this because it sounds BRAVE—we are ready to live up to every word of it, Credit Costs Nothing! BABY CARRIAGES. More than a hundred brand-new patterns to select from. Prices range from $2.50 to $50. PARLOR SUITES. The largest and most elegant variety ever shown 18 this city. | T-plece suite. in plush or haircloth, $22.50—and on up to $200. BED ROOM SUITES. A whole floor full to choose from. Solid Qak Suite—-LALGH GLASS IN DRESSER, $13—and on as high as you care to go. CARPETS, MATTINGS, &c. Brussels Carpets, 50 cent GROGAN’S MAMMOTH GREDIT HOUSE, $19, 821, 823 7TH ST. N.W. BET. H AND I 8TS. ‘We close every evening at 7. x ited THURSDAY or veges ae will entitle the holder to 5 UMBRELLA, pg este of $1.25 in cash, 28-inch para- gon frame, covered with fine be quality gloria, and can be had ar ‘olive, erooked or snaight hes The offer is made as a test of our advertising. NEW YORK {UrIBRELLA CO. v Q Y Q % v Y Q Q Y v Q Q Yv y Q 5 v 4 ? e 0 v % Q v v Q Q NEW YORK, Feb. 28, ’94. TO THE PUBLIC: This is to certify that Messrs. F. H. Waiker& Co., Yale Steam Laun- dry, use nothing but our strictly pure Non- — Tallow Soap. H. KOHNSTANNER & CO. This soap is acknowl- edged by both govern- ment institutions and the largest and best laundries throughout the country as the finest soap made. Don’t put off any longer. Our wagons will call. YALE Steam Laundry, MAIN BRANCH, 614 10TH ST. av PLANT, 43 G ST. N. XXMUXIMIEIXIrrrrrrrrr: 09 20900004 04 >o4 Corsets, he al *** You'll find every reliable * * and proper make of Corset in our “CORSET DEPART. MENT"—every brand that’s noted for their comfort and grace. Think how much better the new Easter Gown will set if fitted over a new, perfect- fitting Corset. tli help your modiste and you'll get more satistaction from the dress. == ator, Tes the regular Tc. grade elsewhere. and G.” Corsets $1, $1.25 and $1.50. 's Glove-fitth comet at $1, $1.25, $1.50 A few “J. B.* Corsets, in white and black—the bal- ance of that lot obtained $ from that New York jobber. ° jere made by the * “P. D.” manufacturers and sell regularly at $1.50 and . . $1.75. “Only “$1 pair. weeeees weeeree Young Ladies’ Corsets a speciaily""good thing” ut Toe, All sorts of Misses" Children’s Corsets and Corset Walste—all marked modest! Carhart & Leidy, ‘ 928 7th St. & 706 K Se. I xxrrr, AS25255 Violet Orris Root Se IEXETIETE °° ¢ © © © und almond meal, is the ‘Best Body Perfume” to Sc. small package. W. S. Thompson’s Pharmacy, 703 sth St. mh? Nicely Arranged Hair Often insures the owner a beauty ber tures cannot give. For many been arranging hair, as well cutting, shampooing ‘and dressing it, believe’ we can lay claim to expertness oe We also sell hair goods of all in ices. 3.1 eller, 720 7th St. mb2 C7 We move to 1209 F st. Every bushel of them must go before March 8, when we move to our mew store, 1209 F st. row evening may see the last of What remains. Don't take the chances, but come at ouce. We deliver them to you. ‘POOLE’ S, 944 Louisiana Ave. it WORLD'S FAIR ALBUM OF VIEWS GIVEN TO EVERY PURCHASER OF GOODS AMOUNT- ING TO 98c. OR OVER. Don’ Forget TOPHAMS TRUNKS TRAVEL TRUNKS MADE TO ORDER. TRUNK STRAPS AND MARKING FREE EVERYTHING FOR TRAVELERS. Topham’s Trunk Manuf’y, 1231 Penna. ave. n.w. it 1218 and 1220 E st. ye is a U vi ig oS as asc 25 2% 25 25 TN _— | = If it 4s here are some prices is that ought to interest you: Heavy Serviceable Ingrain, 45c. “Lowell” Best Ingrain, Ge. Ste. quality Tapestry Brussela, See Ser ral good patterns Body Brussels, S5c. Made-up Brussels Rugs as cheap as a ingrain carpet would cost. x x -_Furniture?§ This is all goot and pretty and serviceable. You'll have to see it to really realize iow low the prices are. ills It A Curtain? Here are some of the special things we are showing: Good Holland Shades, fringed, at 2ee. Extra Quality Dead-fntsh Hol- land Shades, 50c. No shade is too small or too large for us to make to order for you. Fstimates cheerfully given. Heavy Portieres are always used. We bave them from $2.05 pair. A Lace Curtain, 00 inches wide, 3% yards long, we are selling at $1.98, is really worth and sold at $3.00. Come in and see. W. H. Hoeke, Pa. Ave. & 8th St. POSS SSS SG StS eS: I ”M i) oe 2x 2% 55 Ft Sr e+ e+ os xx XX XX SESE SE ET xxx Sa 25555 SE SERESE »4! U 4" Mixed with a Jittle castile soap s 9 9 8 9 © known—and retains its perfume 2 2 8 © © © longest. We are selling the gen- o 9 9 © © © ulne Violet Orris Root at Zc. 1b. o 9 8 8 9 © package—sold by others at 1c. eeeeee Our gray switches we are selling at from 10 per cent to 35 per cent off regular “Talk” —and surround bis shoes with @ sublimity, perfection and glortfica- tion almest angelical, but when « man puts on that shoe—be “MAY TALK,” too—but what he says might not be angelical. There ts quite a difference between most shoe talk and the shocs talked about. There ix no difference be- tween our OE TALK" and our “SHOES.” When we say $3.50 buys a good coy A e we mean it you cau prove wear. ing a pair. Fit, or money back. oe a shoe to measure. May 929 Q St. ae “Successor to Wilson & Carr. te eeeees Sere eees ee eee eeeeene eee eeeeeeess, Cerne ere eeeees Some Light —ga the light. g question. ee You ants can increase * * tne brilliancy of your gas light ° © * 300 to 400 per cent without in- * creasing the flow of gas, by feeeee . oe eooeorcccces * putting in the Siemens-Lungren Gas Lamp. eee erereeeeeseees °° Light from the Slemens-Lun- * 3 °° * gren Gas Lamp costs one-half * «© °%°% of electricity, and yet it's far * 3 2% © superior. ° :Gas Appliance Ex., 428 N. Y. Ave. oe eoccceed Built Upon | Honor! LUTZ 2 BRR. 49T PENN their word eo obNCORD" old-fashioned, t, hand work with up- to-date, IMM io? Nothing but honest, —— sean tock pat into it. To those wanting CONCORD Ti. HARNESS. . AVE. tation with every set HARNESS they well. It's