Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1895, Page 6

6 ‘THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. ‘SHURSDAY. Februsry 28, 1895. GROSBY S. NOYES................ Editor. HE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent circulation much more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no competitor. ‘Im order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the office; but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpose. = Unless there should be miraculous inter- vention it is as near certain as anything congressional can be that the Fifty-third Congress wil go out of existence without having made any provision for a suitable and safe building in which to conduct the governmeat printing and bookbinding op- erations. This failure to act is truly dis- tressing and may result in serious disas- ter. Again and again has the attention of Congress been directed to the extremely dangerous condition of the structure now used as a government printing office and there has been startling unanimity of ut- terance in which have been prophecies of dire catastrophe unless Congress speedily took such action as would result in the erection of a new building. It cannot be doubted that the majority of Senators and Representatives in this Congress have fa- vored and still do favor material better- ment of the conditions in the midst of which government printing office employes have to labor, but the good intent of the majority yhas been nullified by the selfish interest of &@ powerful minority that from the outset ‘was bent upon the purchase of a site that had little to recommend it and that was cwned by one who is, it is openly- said, financially indebted to scme of the legisla- tors who are anxious that the government should purchase the undesirable property which the Senate has persistently sought to force upon the House and which the House has persistently refused to accept. With matters in this condition the em- Ployes of the printing office are fit subjects for sympathy—for they must perforce con- tinue to toil in a notoriously unhealthy and unsafe building. About all that could be done to strengthen the rickety old shell has been done; floors have been strengthened and ceilings propped up and walls braced and stairways widened and the means of escape multiplied, but in spite of all these efforts at improvement the building is dan- gerousty unfit for the purposes for which it is hourly used. It is unfortunate that the Senate should have practically de- clared that it must be the Mahone site or nothing. In the absence of such a decla- ration it would hav been possible to com- promise upon what may after all prove to be the best plan—the purchase of ground adjacent to the present printing office and the erection thereon of a modern, fire- proof building; the old building thereafter being used for storage purposes. It was but a natural supposition that after the disastrous collapse of the old Ford Theater building the government would be more careful of its employes, but it seems as though selfishness was unable to learn the awful lesson which so deeply affected the possessors of humane instincts and tenden- cles. —_ + _____ Regret at the resignation of Postmaster- General Bissell is sincere among those who have admired the business-like manner in which the Post Office Department has been run under his administration. So far as it was possible to apply the principles of civil service reform to the working of the de- partment, the application has been made, and, as a result, departmental conditions have improved steadily until there is now but little need for increasing the scope of post-office reform except as to fourth-class pestmasters. 1t may truty be ‘said that Mr. Bissell has been the reform leader in the cabinet, and it is possible, even if a =ghtly improbable, that he would, had he remained in offce for the full term, have lifted even all of the fourth-class apyoint- qients out of the political mire in which they are almost invariably to be found. The departure of Mr. Bissell will not, how- ever, result in anything like a relapse into former conditions, for Mr. Bissell’s suc- cessor will be Representative William L, Wilson of West Virginia, now chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means. That Mr. Wil- son will be any less of a civil service reformer than Mr Bissell has been cannot be admitted by any of the West Virginian's friends; intellectually of the highest order, and with long practical experience in public affairs, Mr. Wilson can be depended uvon to teach only ths dectrine of good govern- ment and may safely be relied upon as one who will put his precepts into practice. +02 The verbosity of the Fifty-third Con- gress in these, its latter days, may to some extent be imagined when it is stated that the enormous stock of regulation Congressional Record type gave out Tues- day evening and compelled the opening up and use of a new font in ordér that Tues- day’s record might be sent to press in good season. ——++-—___ ‘Those journals which have denounced the imaginary “sensationalism” of the few newspapers possessed of the prophetic and newsy instinct which foretold the resigna- tion of Postmaster General Bissell, now have an opportunity to apologize; but of course they will not. ——_—__ + ++ ____. Boston may insist with justice that New York does not amount to much on poetry, but she must confess that city’s distinct claim to originality when ~a wedding in society is the literary theme. —_—____ + +____ There were one hundred and forty men employed upon the new city post-office building today, and the chances still favor structural incompleteness prior to August 17, 1906. —__> +> _—___—_- China realizes that she made a great mis- take when she invented gunpowder. —__+ +2 —_—_—_ There is no repudiation of a national ob- ligation involved in the refusal of the House to accept the compromise arranged by the State Department of the Bering Sea claims against the United States. The de- cision of the Paris tribunal was against us, and in due course we must pay those claims of Canedian sealers which are found to be just. The Paris tribunal did not decide who were entitled to recover from the United States or in what amount. There is no award upon these points. It is merely a question of expediency with the United States whether it will pay $425,000 which Great Britain will accept in present satisfaction of these claims, or will take its chances on the findings of a joint com- mission to assess the damages. The ques- tion is not an easy one to answer. On the one hand there is the knowledge based on experience that these ccmmissions are costly affairs in legal expenses, and that their tendency when the representative of a@ European nation holds the balance of power is to bring in exaggerated damages against us. On the other hand, there is the knowl- edge, based upon convincing evidence, in part the sworn confessions of nominal claimants, that the claims which the $425,000 will satisfy are, to a large extent, fraudulent. Mr. Hitt read in the House debate extracts from the evidence of Thomas H. Cooper, who appears among the claimants as an injured British sub- Ject, demanding $225,000 damages for the seizure of his ships, which confessed that : THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. Cooper, who ts @ San Francisco biack- smith, had not a particle of real interest in the ships, that his name was used as a cloak to their American owner, who could, of course, claim no damages from the United States, and that he did not even know the names of the ships of which he was the nominal owner. It is said that ten of the eighteen ships in whose behalf claims are filed are owned by Americans, who, instead of deserving com- pensation, are violators of their country’s law, and merit punishment in addition to any losses which they may have sustained by seizure of their vessels after a long career of profitable law-breaking. In the face of the showing which was made it was impossible for a majority of the House to vote to encourage and reward this bare-faced swindle, this palpably fraudulent attempt to plunder the govern- ment, whgtever misgivings may have been felt concerning the verdict of a prospect- ive joint commission. Congress felt that it could not submit to the gross and obvious swindle involved in the proposed appro- Priation, even though refusal to submit might compel it to endure in the future a still greater swindle through the unjust findings, based on perjured testimony, of a Prospective commission. Of the two evils the House chose at least the more remote, and who can blame it? ——+++____ ‘There are a number of ladies, too, who cannot uni ttand why Dr. Parkhurst should say unkind things about them after they so gallantly assisted him to say “scat” to the Tammany feline. They have yet to learn that reformers seem often to lack the knack of hanging together that character- izes the political “machine.” + «= _____ The Brooklyn trolley has, by claiming three lives in one day, demonstrated that it has fully recovered from the strike and is running with all its former vigor. ——__+++_____ It’s present difficulty may be of value to China after all if it inakes it realize how many laps behind it is in the procession of events. ———_—_+ ++ ___. It becomes difficult to know which should have most importance attached to it; the resignation rumor or the resignation denial. —____+-¢ =—____ Mr. Wilson’s incumbency in the Post Of- fice Department may give new hope to the star spangled postage stamp agitators. 2 To Mr. Bissell belongs the distinction of figuring in a cabinet resignation that ma- terlalized. SHOOTING STARS. Penitence. That Congressmen adjourn in Lent, ‘That seascn when we all repent, Is proper; and the world will say This ts at last their busy day.” A Grain of Comfort. “This emancipated woman,” said Cholly Cadkins, “may go “wound in bloomers, you know, but there’s one wespect in whjch she cawn’t imitate us fellows.” “What's that?” “She cawn’t woll her bloomers up at the ankles when it wains in London, den’t you know.” Valor. Of old would man his courage prove In battle for his lady-love. But boldness now he shows in this: He fears no microbe in a kiss. Embarrassing. “It’s a hard situation, then, I'm holding down,” said Li Hung Chang moodily; “a mighty hard situation.” “What's the matter, faithful attendant. “I was reflecting on my melancholy pre- dicamept. Here is warm weather just com- ing on, aad out of respect to the emperor I've got to wear all thgse clothes with which he has redecorated me.” The Practical Poet. Now doth he sing of genial spring, And sing with all his soul; But with the proceeds of that song He purchaseth more coal. sire?” asked his Hurt His Conscience. “I guess we're going to lese another cus- tomer,” said the milk man to his employer. “The woman that began taking milk of me last month says that she doesn’t want any more.” “What's the with the milk?” “Yes. She says that it’s gritty. If you can’t be honest and use a first-class quality of chalk, I’m dinged if I don’t resign.” Lenten Selace. ‘Tis Lent. To all frivolity Farewell! With resignation ‘We say the word, and none shall see A sign of hesitation. matter? Anything wrong It means the loss of joys galore, Like brilliant bubbles rising, And eke the chance that’s needed sore For mild economizing. The Impending Crisis. The enormous crowd stood spellbound. The suspense was horrible. With eyes glued to a spot fifty feet above their heads, men asked each other in husky whispers: “Will they do it?’ “Will they ever succeed?” Every moment brought a hundred eager faces to swell the mob. The news seemed to have spread. with wonderful rapidity. Men, women and children came rushing in from all quarters. Needless to ask the cause of the excitement. Every eye was turned upward to a small group of men, who, heedless of the sea of anxious faces below them, toiled nobly at their task. For a moment the crowd held its breath—tfien the suspense was over, and a great cheer went up from ten thousand throats. An- other stone had been added to the post office. G. A. K. + o- ——______ ‘The Mahone Job Blocks the Way. From the Philadelphia Press. Through the action of Mr. Mahone and his friends the employes of the government printing office run the risk of losing their lives in a wreck of the building for at least another year. It looks as though nothing short of a horrible catastrophe like the col- lapse of the Ford’s Theater building would bring Congress to its senses and secure the erection of a safe building. —_—__ 0 _____ Plain Talk to Mr. Platt. From the New York Tribune. Mr. Platt has formulated his demands and made the issue. It cannot be avoided. And he has left nothing for the honest republicans who believe in municipal re- form to do but to combine against any recognition of the supremacy he claims, any concession to his rapacity or any truckling to his overweening arrogance. ee ee The Disappointed West. From the Detroit Free Press. ‘There is a general kick on this side of the Alleghenies because Anna Gould did not properly consider the equities of the case and nominate some good western man, in- stead of a French count. —____ + + + _____ They Weaken on Hats. From the Philadelphia Press. While dress reform was made the sub- ject of a diatribe by one of the women reformers in Washington, she appears to have spared the theater hat. It was ever BON MARCHE’S| Remodeling SALE. We are patting in a handsome Otis Electric Elevator, Reception Boom Ty Set thornton: reruosiling, improving and enlarging the store. ‘The new store is to be opened with —— a new stock, so we bave made Extraordinary Reductions —— To dispose of the stock on hand. We —— can only give a few of the attrac- —— tions today: 98c., 75¢., 69c. and 50c. Hosie 3C. Balance of 4 Sons of Ladies’ French —— Lisle Thread Hose, attractive boot —— patterns, fast black feet, with solid and fancy striped uppers, in Iiche- —— lieu and other fancy ribs. Choice, nice, 33C. $1.25 Gloves, 50¢. 7 Foster Hook Suede Gloves, in ——— Diack, tan, brown and mode. Were —— — $1.25. To Close, 59c. $1 Misses’ Gloves, 57c. —— Misses’ tbutton Kid Gloves, large —— pearl buttons, tans, red and brown, —— —— Were $1. To Close, 57c. $1.50 and $1.85 Gloves, 89c. —— _Sbutton Fine Mousyuctalre Suede —— Gloves, superior quality, tans, mode, —— brown find gray. Were $1.50 and —— $1.8. To Close, 89c. 15¢., 18c. and 20c. Embroideries, 13c. —— One lot of Fine Wide Embrolderies, —— 4 to 9 in, Were 15, 18 aud 20c. a yard. Choice, e, 13C. Yd. 29c. Corset Covers, 19¢. .|—— Fine Cambric Corset Covers, high ——— —— neck, yoke of emroidery, pearl Dut- —— tons. Were2oc. gc. Nowige. 62c. Chemises, 43¢c. @0 dozen Masonville Muslin Che- mises, pointed yoke of embroidery and 20 fine tucks, neck and armhole trimmed with embroidered edge. Value, 62c. Now 43¢. 50c. Gowns, 38c: 50 doz. Ladies’ Fine Muslin Gowns, —— tuck yoke, cambric ruffle around neck —— and sleeves, 58 inch. long and full Weresoc. oc. Now 38c. SI. 25 Skirts, 81c. 50 dozen Ladies’ Fine Cambric —— Skirts, deep ruffle of Val. lace with Val. inserting and tucks above, yoke —— band. Regular price, $1.25. Only 81c. 50c. Drawers, 38c. —— 5 different styles of Muslin and —— Cambrie Drawers, deep embroidered —— —— ruffle, yoke band. Were 50c. oc. Now 38c. 18c. Jewelry Offering. 1 miscellaneons lot of 25 to 4Se. Jewelry, &e., at 18¢. apiece. This lot includes Gold Rings, Ster- Ing Silver Heart Pins, Necklaces, Earrings, Brooches, Collar Buckles, Glove Buckles, Hat Pins, Hair Pins, Thimbles, Sterling Silver Trimmed Shell Side Combs, &c. Were 25 to “Choice, 18c. $1 Leather Goods, 7 c: Handsome fA! Trimmed Pocket Books, Combination Cases, Card Cases, Chatelaines, Bill Books, Letter Files, &c. Were $1. Choice, 74c. Ostrich Tips Reduced. 1 lot of Fine Black Ostrich Princess —— Tips, 8 to a bunch. soc. Bunches, 19c. 75¢c. Bunches, 31c. —— Fine Black Ostrich Short Plumes, —— from $8 to $1.05. 25¢. Covers, gc. 1 lot of Fancy Silk Sofa Cushion -——— —— Overs. Were 2c. To Close, gc. $1, $1.25, $1.48 and $1.75 Silver Goods For 69c. —— This lot embra-zes Silver Glove and Jewel Boxes, Mirrors, Frames, Bon HLT HI HI thus. —— Bon Baskets, Puff Boxes, Toilet <> o ° Cases, Clothes Brushes, Manicure —— Sarcastic. —— Sets, Toilet Bottles, &c. Were $1, — From the Chicago. Dispateb. ‘The large number of “quiet weddings” re- ported in New York papers suggests that Joud and boisterous weddings are no longer en regle in Gotham. Oo Trouble in Kansas. From the Chicago Record. We advise Peffer to shave off his whis- kers and ‘put on a false nose. Ingalls is hot on his trail. —_—_—_+2____ Drifting With the Tide. From the Chicago Evening Post. John L. Sullivan’s company is stranded, but reports indicate that he is afloat. —— $1.25, $1.48 and $1.75. Choice, rice, Ggc. BON | MARCHE, 314 & 316 7th St. Woodward Lothrop, 10TH, 31TH AND ¥ STR XW. —o— = SowiniisEe ee ie ome aaa ‘We use a light, pliable, elastic bone, made fiom quills. Gell ané see the work demonstrated in Notion Department— first floor, rear, Bring your Waists and have them boned free of charge. ——— sa A new Glove Cleaner is on exhibition in Glove Department—first floor, opposite Silke. Wear your soiled Gloves tomorrow and have them cleaned free. eo Friday and Saturday, Children’s Days, : AND SPECIAL ATTENTION IS ASKED TO EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THB HOUSE, WHERE BOYS’, GIRLS’ AND INFANTS’ OUTFITTINGS ARE KEPT, AS BaRGAIN ATTRACTIONS WILL BE FOUND IN BACH. WE PLAN AND BUY FOR THESE OCCASIONS IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE PRICES TO SUIT THE SHOULD INTEREST ALL PARENTS. MOST ECONOMICAL THIS WEEK'S REPORT Our Remnant Day, Tomorrow, Friday, March 1, ‘Will be a day of extraordinary values. It promises profitable buying to all who take advantage of the various classes of goods to be offered. The brisk buying during our four days’ Anni- versary Sale has left piles of remnants—‘odd lots,’” “broken sizes and assortments,” “‘short lengths,” things tbat are mussed and soiled from handling, China Ware, Glass Ware, ‘Tin Ware, &c., that is chipped, scratched or dented, and variops other classes of goods that come under the head of remnants. These are*in the way; take them. It means a saving of a quarter, third or half to you, Special attention is called to Dress Goods Department. A long table will be filled with remhants—lengths large enongh for the fashionable separate Skirt; enough for a Dress; just enough often for a Child's Dress. All sorts of lengths of all sorts of stuffs, and at practically your own prices, Upholstery two-thirds less than value. &c., at Ge. te 50c. each, which are worth double. Department offers an importer’s samples of Lace Curtains—not full curtain but fust. the sizes for short windows and sash curtalns—for 15e. to. Te. sack which ts Also a lot of remnants of Tapestry for covering oid chalrs, af"feaat cushions, Please Take Particular Notice. *_ It frequently happens that remnants are closed out early, and late comers are disaj a We advertise exact quantities so far as practicable, but, frst comers must always have chance, and they are apt to come early—many of them’ are here at 8 ® o'clock, when — We make this statement that all who read eur advertisements may Understand ‘that it 4 oat of our power to prevent such disappointments. 2 ue YOLLOWING is BUT Book Department. A lot of Cloth-bound Bocks, .slightly shopworn and sofled from handling, embracing history, seler literature, theology and fiction. Reduced from 7e., $1.00 $1.20 to 39¢. each. A lot of Paper is, siightly sdlled and cov- ers torn from ha .. Splendid) assortment of nd titles. Reduced from 15c., 20c., 40c. to ec. each. @Basemert. ecesenee -1ith st. building.) Cloak Department. A table of Fine Cloth Jackets, some silk-lined throughout, nearly all sizes. Reduced from $15.00, $18.50 and’ $20.00 to $10.00. A table of High-class Short Jackets, nearly all silk lined, extra large sleeves, nearly all_ sizes. Reduced from $20.00, $21.00, $22.50 and $25.00 to A table of Fine \%-length Jackets, large rever Yelvet collars, ‘silk’ ned throushout, nearly Reduced from $22.50, $24.00," $25.00 SA to $15.00. floor... 23 +-11th st, building.) ee Fur Department. 8 Astrakhan Capes, 80 inches long. Reduced from $18.50 to $12.50. 1 Fine Wool Seal Cape, 27 inches ae bear collar aa pecee: Reduced from $38.00 to $25.00. (Bd floor sith He ° puilal ing.) Shawl Department. A lot of ae ‘knit cee in cream and blue. Reduced from $: 1.38 2 Red hin ik Seurfs, knotted silk fringe. Reduced a $5.00 to $2.50. @d floor... . ..-11th st. building.) Suit Departinent: 1 lot of Dafk snd Light Striped and Figured Silk Blouse Waists. Sizes 38, 40 and 42. Reduced from $3.00 to $1 2 Navy Blue Serge, Blazer Sults Size 36. Re- duced from $20.00 and $22.50 to $10. 3 Light Cashmere Wrappers, ‘abion trimmed. Size 38." Reduced from $5.00 to 1 lot of Tan, Brown and Nw Wrappers, lined throughout. 8 40. Heduced from, $4.00 to $2.50. 10 Figured Lawn Waistss soiled. Size 32. Re- duced from 75 to 2c. @d floor, -10th st. building.) Boys’ Department. f Fare Overcoat. Size 3. Reduced from $7.50 if oN small lot of Striped Flannel Shirt Watists, part wool. Sizes 4225, 2 4, 9 and 10. Keduced from 60 to, 83 1-de. Reefers, our finest goods. Sizes 18, Chinchilla and 16. Reduced from 4 of our Finest Hieiprecty "Salts Sizes 11, 18 and 14. Reduced from $5.00 @d_ floor oth st. building.) Blanket Department. 1 palr 12-4 Wool Tigahets. “Boston,” Ibe. Reduced from $8.00 t “s T ‘pair 12-4 All-wool ‘Blankets, “Washington,” extra, heavy, laced from $7.50" to, $0.00. lankets, Reduced to 62%. ea flog. . seeeeelIth at, bldg.) Apron Department. 5 Fine Lawn Aprons, with bib oe ee over shoulders—French style. Reduced from 50 to 25c. 3 Children’s Aprons, Hubbard style, full front, trimmed over shoulders pie fine French em- broldery. Reduced from $1.75 ea 1. (2d MOOT. +2. -e0e+ Bet. OER | Toth aod Iith st. bldgs.) Women’s Cotton Under- wear. 8 Fine Cambric Corset Covers, high neck, square yoke of Hamburg inserting, edge around neck. Sizes 34, 86, 38, 40 and 42.” Reduced from 25 to pairs Good Muslin Drawers, cambric raffle, All sizes. 10 cluster of fine tucks, yoke band. duced from 38 to 2a floor. Oth st. bldg.) Hosiery Department. 4 pairs eye rdinal Cashmere Hose. Sizes 4 and 4%. Theduced from 48 to 25. asy ‘ast Black Cotton ibbed. Sizes 6 and 6 Reduced seee+--2d annex.) (st floor. Souvenir Department. 6 Oil Paintings. Reduced from $1.25 to 50c. 5, Glass Jewel Cases. Reduced frova~ §2.00 to 1.2 4 on i Paintings. Reduced from 50 ¢ dst fi Silver Ware Department. An odd lot of Rogers’ Triple aoe Forks and Spoons. Reduced from 60 to 40c. 3 ‘Triple Plate Forks. ‘educed from $3.25 Redaiced from $3.25 to + -11th st. bldg.) 0 Be. Tith st. bldg.) ets’ Dessert Spoons. 50. Ust floor... Stationery Department. 6 boxes Paper reduced from 35 to 25c.; 2 reduced from $1.25 to T5e.; 8 reduced from 25’and 30 to 20e. 10 packages Envelopes reduced from 15 to Se. (ist Hoor.......- annex.) Druggists’ Sundries Dept. 2 Silver Perfume Bottles reduced from $6.15 to Cut Glass Bottles reduced trom $2.00 to $1.00. 6 Shell Pocket Mirrors reduced from 35 to 18c. 8 Sew Putt Boxes redeced from $1.00 to 50c. (ist floor... : ++-11th st. building.) Leather Goods D Dept. 1 Green Morocco Portfolio, satin lined, gold cor- ners, reduced from $9.00 to’ $5.00, ‘small lot-of Purses reduced ‘from 50 to 2c. ‘A’small lot reduced from 25 to 1c. Gist oor... ccce sees -11th st. building.) Bicycles. : 1 Ve “Majestic? Bicycle, full ball bearing, double tybe ‘ftame. Reduced from $65 to $51 a 1 Boys’ ands(jirls’ Combination ‘“Junior’” Bieycle. Reduced fro $35.00 to $20.00. (4th floor. 10th st. building.) Glass Ware Department. Water Pitchess reduced from 25 to 15e. 3 Celery ‘Stands. reduced from 20 to 10c. 2 Carafes reduced from 50 oe 25e. 2 Cruets Sa ee 2 to Se. Bes oe. iced frou 7S. to 1 Fruit Stand ee Ges Oe malas HousefurnishingGoodsDept 1 Patent Ironing Board reduced from $1.00 to 5 1 Nickel “One-Minute” Coffee Pot, 4 qt., HES 52.25 th *™, spanned Bowl and Pitcher reduced from 7 to B0ec i Paper Bucket reduced from 50 to 35e. 1 eoereres Ash Sieve, damaged, reduced from 60 to, 1 eet Five O'Clock Tea Kettle reduced-from $7.50 to $5.00. 2 Large Square Trays reduced from $1. aro te 2e. 1 Tin Chating Dish reduced from 50 ti to etree Japanned Bread Box reduced from 75e. 10. Bie. to tramb ‘Tray and Brush reduced from $1.35 to Bic. --11th st. building.) psckae Seba ” (th floor.. Glove Department. 7 pairs Women’s §-button-length Mousquetaire Snede Gloves, tan and gray. Sizes 5% and 5%. Reduced from’ $1.00 to 50e. (ist floor. . +-1th st. annex.) —~o. SUGGESTIVE OF TOMOBROW’S REPORT: Men’s Department. A small lot of Merino Underwear, medium weight, brown and blue. Shirts 42 and 44. Draw- ers, 30, 32, 34 and 40. Reduced from $1.25 to 79. a garment. small lot of Ribbed Blue Underwear, medium weight. Shirts 5. Dawes 35 Bete ced from ‘ment. 75 to 50e. a G White Siik ‘Teck Scarfs, soiled. Reduced from 50 to Be. -«-1007 F st. bldg.) (ist floor.......... Black Goods Department. 3% yards 42-Inch Novelty. Reduced from $7.00 to $5.00 "for the piece te ‘yal ray a | io $3.00 for the pieee inch Fancy sad ioe po tor the lece. Gist neces A Oe P Corset Department. 10 pairs “J. B."* Corsets, extra } steels. henvity boned. Stace 28, 24, Heduced from $1.00 to Sve. e Knitted Underwear Dept. 4 pairs Boys’ White Wool-and-Cotton Drawers. Size 32. Soiled. Reduced from 70 to 50c. Pisin White Cottoa-and-Wool and 34. Soiled. Heduced from dst eel Infants’ Department. 4 Cre] Coats, i Weight, sht blue and “witite, ‘sinned ei crroy oie alt to «++-1009 F st. bidg.) sleeves. Reduced from $16.50 $5.00. @ Sprit Coats, tan, wn and navy blue, Gretchen style, trimmed with braid. Reduced from $1.50 to T5ce. (2d floor... -10th st. bldg.) Linen: Department. 6 Tray Cloths, colored border. Reduced from 25 to 15e. Table Cloths, fringed. Reduced from 6 Pink ie 50, to $1.75. .-Hith st. building.) Handkerchief Department. 8 Women’s Alliinen Handkerchiefs, embsoldered scalloped edge, soiled. Heduced from 25 to 18e.; 6 for $1.00. G Men's Alllinen Handkerchlets, border, Reduced from 25 to i8e.; @ for large size, soiled. ooe-2@ annex.) $1.00. ist ee ee Shoe Department. 9 pairs Women’s French Kid Shoes, patent le@@®b- Suan Ay ane Bh yaa ta oa oa oy ‘B. Reduced from $6.00 to $2: 3 a = 2 pairs Women's ¢ leath- er tips, welt soles. pera —_ ES = B pals Women's on Shoes soles. Size 3-A. from : ast ture wolen Siaee Sar Sh, Se mon roe” ye ro les. # Tea 2 SB, 24D and 3-D. Hothead” th ES 3 Rea ‘Women’s ee a Seetees tips of “Waukenphast”™ from $3.00 to @a floor... +eeeee.-Jet annex.) seers Jewelry Department. oye So Garter Buckles. Reduced from 75 Di et Peed Bee. Reduced from s 2 Pocket Puff Boxes. Madea) ence fo Siritsereeestath at, bumatng.) Dress Trimming Dept. 5 yurds Jet Edge. Dear from Ags to Te. ate iis. Black Braid. Reduced from yards Biaci Sic. tae, the wlece. see tied 3 yards Blue-and-+ Silver Braid, 2 inches wide. Reduved trom $-50 to Soe. for the plece. (st foot 1th st. building.) Notion Department. 12 pairs Garter Buckles. Reduced fi A small lot of Silk Elastic Garter Vaethee as each. duced from 19 to l4e. floor. 1ith st. building.) Art Neediework Dept. + Hand-embroidered Doylies reduced from to 50c. 4 reduced from $1.00 to 25e. eed 1 Hemstitched Linen “Te embroidered, reduced from 1 Linen Scarf, embroide reduced from $6.00 to $1. to $4.00. PEP aa nto to lap to 20 lape (ist floor. . <+++eKst annex.) A small lot of Dolls redncad to Se. each. A small lot of Dolls reduced to 10c. each, ‘A smail lot of Dolls reduced to 25¢. each. th floor. . --i0th ‘st. building.) Picture Department. 2 Etchings, 14x28, gilt frames, reduced from $1.25 "to Ze. 2 Pastels, 20x24, white frames, wit! vow-knot cotners, reduced from $2.95 to $L 05 S Water Colors, git frame and mat, reduced from 2.50 to $1.95. ‘I French Picture, bronze frame, reduced from $2.50 to $1.50. im --10th st. building.) (4th floor... ee Baby Carriages and Trunks 1 Carriage reduced from $12.50 to $10.00. 4 Gane Paecet ares ae 00 to $12.00. caine —— See cee damaged, reduced nvas Dress ‘Trunk luced from ik 75 to $5.00. floor. 10th i ) China Department. 1 Decorated Dinner Set, 100 pleces, 1 piece missing, reduced from $7.50 to $6.00. sit eS Covered Dish, chipped, “reduced from BD to We. 1 lot_of Decorated Plates reduced to 10c. An odd lot of Bone Plates reduesd to 10c. An odd lot of Decorated Coffee Cups and Saucers reduced to 10c ©th floor, --10th st. buliding.) a Clocks, &c. 1 Student Lamp, double ‘bans, abop swares 02 Ayerd from $17.29, to $7.50. =. 1 Candlestick, shop worn, go from 23 1.00, 1 reduced from $1.25 to sea i Glass Night Lamp reduced tron” 35 5 to Be. 1 Candie Lamp reduced from $1.50 to 50c. 1 Boudoir Lamp Shade, broken, reduced’ from $1.95 to $1.45. i Oak Clock, eight-day movement, strike, oe ed from $9.50 to $3.50. Tron Clock, eight day movement, strike, reduced from $10.00 to. $5.00. 1 pair Bronze Figures reduced from $11.00 to ae Bronze Figure reduced from $6.00 to $2.00, Boudoir Lamp, pink enamel and gilt, reduced nickel, damaged, reduced from +-10th st. building.) re- to from yale Lemp, Be. 1 ¥. $1.50 to 7 (th floor. Weodward & Lothrop. Balance of the Ladies’ Plain and Colored Bordered Hose, excellent quality. Was 48. Now. eee To Accept These Offer: ‘In today's list. The closing out sale @f the stock of the Monumental ts rapidly drewify to an end. We've made the bargains bigger than ever in order to hurry up the clearing out, as our own spring stock (now arriving) Mmust have the room the other stock occupies. These prices will end up Se Ladies’ Hose. Handkerchiefs. Balance of Iinen Hem- stitched and Fancy Em- broidered Handkerchiefs. $Sofa Pillows. Balance of Sofa Pillows, of silk and plush, trimmed with India silk and tinsel. 1 Fine Black Silk Skirt- excellent quality. Former. ly $6.98. Now.......... 2 Black Satteen Skirts, handsomely trimmed with velvet and braid. Sold for- merly for $3.48. Now.... Fans. Balance of Fine Ostrich red, and $12.00. Now........ Flowers. Balance of Flowers that for from 25 cents to ies’ Scarfs. ia and Crepe Silk Col- ‘Scarfs, trimmed with guipure lace. Were ts and $1.48. Now.. i 5c. # irk 25¢c. 7c: 5c. i Windsor Ties, in combi- nation colors. Now...... Mull Ties, full Vandyke effects... MAYER 22> BROS. & CO., Successors to the Monumental, i Dinah ha teiyeactiaess cresdcli este aeee ean tee eee The richest—the newest and the most elegant achieve- =ments in textorial art are here-- DIRECT FROM FASHIONS LABORA TORY—ALL OF OUR OWN DIREOF IMPORTATION. Have you selected the proper material for your SPRING DRESS? No matter how perplexing the matter might seem, wel help you out of your dilemma. Anything your fancy may picture i here. The daintiest for the young niiss or the more somber colorings for the conservative tastes—all clothed in that aristocratic exclusiveness seldom seem elsewhere. CREPONS are in favor— we have them in great abundance as a special—T colors. 40-IN. CREPON FACONNE, ADAPTED FOR WAISTS OR ENTIRE COSTUMES. WORTH 7c. YARD. ~ : For 59c. MIXTURES RANK SECOND IN FASHIONS FANCY, BUT THEY'LL =| BE AS POPULAR AS EVER FOR GEN- _| ERAL UTILITY WEAR. -| SER THE 26 STYLES SILK-AND- _| WOOL MIXTURES WE'VE FINE FRENCH “SERGES will be more popular this season on account of big price concessions brought about by tariff changes. Ask to be shown our G0-inch FIND FRENCH SERGE 4QC. yd All wool—20 different colors. LANSDOWNE seems to be more in popular favor than ever. We've re- plenished our stock and now carry over one hundred colors, including all the newest evening and street shades. We beg to impress you with the fact that we only carry the GENUINE LANS- DOWNE, which we guarantee to wear. forated—thus: 42 in. wide, For $1yd YOU'LL NOTE ON INSPECTION THAT EVERY PIECE OF DRESS GOODS SHOWN BY US IS OF THE BEST IN- TRINSIC WORTH. You pay nothing for name or freak of fash= ion—quality goes for every penny. Come in and get posted—we are anxious to show you the new arrivals. LANSBURGH & BRO. 128 420, 422, 424, 426 TTH ST. Tala Have You An Old Gown ? Of good fabric that you don’t wish to lay aside— yet of an unbecoming shutde? | We'll dye it any color you wish—make h and very small cost. No ripping, Anton Fischer,906G St. 17.101 new—at a ‘Thursday, February 28, 1896. Splendid Opportunities SS ee now. Our stores are as it were, Trith "the cho ve Carpets. Heavy Ingrain Car- 32%C pets potters ously sold for 50 cents a yard. § 250 Chenille Mats, 18 by ‘36 inches, reduc€d to, each 95 Moquette Mats, 18 by 36 inches, reduced to... ee pets, sultable for BED- SIDE RUGS. Choice...... Mattings. 750 yards Japanese Jotnt- ‘ a8 PDAADADIOPODOADOPODRPODPO PARA DO LD O DODO PPR PPO DPR PDA APPR A PA DAAOPPRRDPDP DOP ODOS ie a a8 gaa eptemies this month Upholstery Remn Velour fend’ Biocataien tec, inches to 24 by 27 inches in Worth 40 cents to $2.00 per Ao oF ToS Remar. Furnitur ours: approach J q 7 [ae ‘ii @ There $20 Oak Finth “BED ae SUITES = the re- $1.70 kable price of........ WHITh ENAMEL BEDS, 80 inches wide, with wire $ tress, fo0.-cec-sezcoee 10 ™35 COMB > 5 FOLDING BEDS, 4 yee nieces $22.50 More of HOGANY WASHSTANDS, taken from $150, $200 and $250 suites. and now of- with 24Inch quartered oak tops and lower shelf, for.. ‘Cases, wide, 9 inches high. “Has the new style double-thick plate oval glass ends. > $10 Extension ‘Tables, solid oak, 8-foot lengths, nfcely made and finished. boards, “carved. top and corved panels in doors, $15.50 $9.00 : $1.60 & sajuntable shelves.carred top, — curtain rod = $5. 45 rings. cag ished, “adjustable shelves, aan acaeeet desk in- - $7.00 large drawers, + 2 email iy $6.50 § aie Wardrobes, splendid- ly constructed of quarter- “ d oak, 1 lower drawer $10.90 A Table Purchase Set at. these ve email prices ined TABLES, a fal = a a large sh, ends, shelf, ‘closed ends, Hees everywhere, $7.50. 18 by bb neh te Abe : in French legs, polls ‘nish, or ma- Dogany Saleh, as every- where, $6. fi estar Re tered oak or mahog: Sny finish, highly polished, round tops, 24 inches in diameter, value $6.25, for. bs. MOSES ;&., F and ith Sts. Storage Warehouses, 22d st. near M. $4.25 $3-75 $3.85 ees SOP FIRS O PBADADPOAAIAIA IOS OSS = + t