Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1895, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. SATURADY................-ADril 6, 1895. CROSBY 8S. NOYES. THD EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent circulation much more than the combined circulation of the other Washington duallics, As a News and Advertising Medium it bi no competitor. Im order to avold delays, on ac- count of pe 1 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, aacorat = to tenor or purpose. The ‘fiaications are perhaps sufficient to warrant the belief that the decision of the Supreme Court on the income tax cuses when renderefi will not suffice to sustain the law in its ontirety, or, indeed, to en- able the+government te derive any con- siderable revenue from it. Nevertheless, every indication now points to the improb- ability of there deing any necessity of an extra session of Congress to supply defi- ciencies in the revenues or to otherwise Telieve the governm at from any financial embarrassment. The condition of the ‘Treasury is improving monthly, according to recent Treasury statements, and even if the government should lose all of the $15,000,000 which Secretary Carlisle officially estimated to be the probable seturn from the income tax, there is no present likell- hood that the finances will get into such a state as to render remedial legislation im- mediately necessary. It is unfortunate, if it be true, as reported, that the court is equally divided on the main point in con- troversy, for it was hoped that the case would be settled in all respects beyond any dispute by the positive voice of the highest tribunal. It is likaly that the Treasury, being deprived of this revenue, will proceed to demonstrate the truth of the statement that has been made in The Star and other journals repeatedly from the moment that the expedient of an income tax was sug- gested, namely that it was an unnecessary and an unwise burden to be placed on an unwilling people. _—+ 2—____ The valve of uniform regulations requir- ing rapid transit street cars to stop before ercssing a street has just received an ad- Uiticnal illustration in a verdict rendered yesterday in Philadelphia, awarding to a plaintiff $5,000 damages for the death of her husband, which was caused by his being struck by a trolley car, which he had every reason to believe would stop at the near crossing. That was the rule and habit that governed the schedules, and the violation of the regulation resuited in the death of the plaintiff's husband, who was driver on a horse car on a line that crossed the trolley road at that point. The Star has already called attention to the fact that cne cable road in this city, the Co- lumbia, has adopted the sensible rule of stopping the cars at the near crossing, while the other rapid transit lines adhere to the old plan of running across the street before pulling up. Experience has shown that the former plan is far better and safer, yet the older roads are slow to adopt it. It is to the credit of the Columbia company that it has chosen not only this gced system of stops, but that it has abandoned the useless and awkward grip car and has substituted the wheel grip. This contrivaice is effective and practica- ble; it prevents the sudden starting that is £0 unpleasant and often so dangerous. ‘Thé absence of the grip car does away with the extra jerking that ts caused by the looge coupling of the trailer. Taken alto- gether, there is room for great improve- ment in the older cable roads in other features than fenders. ——~++___ It is feared by a few unreasonably-nerv- ous people that the presence of two United States oilicials at the Jacksonville mass meeting of sympathizers with rebellious Cuba will add to the friction that now grinds a little on both this country and Spain. Of course it is possible that Cuba’s Proprietor may not be delighted to know that the United States attorney and the United States marshal for the district in which Jacksonville lies gave evidence of interest in Cuba's effort to free itself from the chains that bird it to a selfish, incon- siderate and far-distant monarchy, but it has no excuse for beirg surprised. Ameri- cans are the natural antagonists of such conditions as have brought aout the revolt in Cuba, and the great majority of our seventy millions of people would be de- lighted to hear that the long-suffering Cubans had at last achieved the inde- pendence that should be theirs. In view of our relations with Spain it was quite Proper for the Attorney General to require from the two officials over whose unof- ficial conduct there has been so much fuss, statements showing non-participation in the Proceedings of the Jacksonville meeting, but it would have been difficult to convict those officers before the bar of public opin- fon had they even gone to the length of expressing hopes adverse to Spain’s finan- cial interests. ——— + +2—___ There is apparently every reason to com- Mend the selections of the Commissioners for the positions of women trustees on the school board. Both of the appointees have achieved more or less acquaintance with the technical details of educational mat- ters and are doubtless well equipped for their new duties. The experiment, for such it is locally, will be watched with in- terest by the citizens, who will be eager to know, not whether Mrs. Stowell and Mrs. Terrell make good school trustees, but whether the presence of women on the board will tend to the accomplishment of beneficent results. They will, of course, be assigned to the charge of certain divi- sions of the city, and this will enable the public to ascertain perhaps after a season or two just the relative value between men and women as guardians of the school Interests. The trustee is in a sense in charge of his own particular district. With him—and now her—rests the character of the teaching force in that division, and hence Its efficiency. Many other details of %chool management are under the direct control of the trustee, and by the results achieved can the value of the trustee in his official capacity be judged. ——_ e+ The rumor that Mayor Strong is inspired by an ambition to emulate the career of Grover Cleveland may be merely an un- authorized attempt to draft a prominent recruit to the cuckoo ranks. ——_e+oe With reference to the recent elections the hopeful democracy can only {nsist that re- form is merely a local issue. ——_e + ___ Too much hope should not be placed in the success of the scheme that ts now be- ing again pressed for the formation of a unton of Central American republics. Prop- ositions to this end have been made for many seasons, but have never come to a successful issue beyond the point of the holding of two conventions of representa- tives of the various nations, which accom- Plished nothing. There is no doubt that a great deal of discussion has been had from time to time, both ameng the diplomats representing those countries here and in the countries themselves, but there is a Peculiar reason why such a union would be improbable of formation and unlikely to ently successful if formed. The character of government in ds has long been a by-word among the ol tablished nations, and revolu- tions hy factions desiring supremacy have been mace so frequent that stable organi- gation seems to be almost impossible. It ts er scarcely to be expected that a union of na- tions that cannot guarantee cohesion of their own component parts could fuse into a harmonious whole and maintain an in- dependent confederation. The factors of disintegration seem to be characteristically Present: in each one of these small repub- lics, but it is barely possible that with a broader scheme of organization factional differences might be submerged and the central authority given sufficient power to cope’ with the disintegrating tendency. The main trouble in Central American states teday appears to be the lack of established force in the invested administration. With greater territory and greater concentrated resources, the Central American republic which is so fondly dreamed of by so many might become a possible permanency. It would surely bein the interest of the United States for these small republics, that are now the legitimate objects of Eu- ropean avarice, to consolidate themselves and thus to place themselves on a more effective basis of self-defense. . -— = —___ The economists of the world have been puzzled for some time over the question of the exact function of the English gentle- man of leisure in the great organism called soclety. To the untutored mind he seems to have no useful fleld of action except to maintain the decidedly unprofitable system of royalty, which is one of England's chief burdens today. But the problem is row ap- parently solved by the revelations that are contained in a pamphlet recently issued in Lendon by a writer who seeks to demon- strate the great national value of British sports. He places this value entirely upon a financial basis. He gives figures that are startling in their magnitude, showing that nearly one hundred million dollars are annually spent in Great Britain in sport. Under this designation he includes hunt- ing, fishing, yachting and horse-racing, “gentleman's sports,” pastimes of the no- bility and its imitators. The figures that he gives are as follows: Hunting, annual expenditure, $35,000,000; fishing, $5,000,000; yachting, $10,000,000; racing, $47,000,000; a total of $97,000,000 for these four sports, annually expended in the British Isles. The writer points out the fact that this money goes immediately into circulation and gives great relief to the poor by afford- ing employment to many hundreds, more probably thousands, who are hired as game keepers, guardians of fishing and hunting preserves, gun-bearers, guides, yacht crews, jockeys, trainers, _ hound- keepers and the hundred and one other classes of flunkeys whose ‘services are apparently necessary to the happiness of the average Englishman of leisure. An in- teresting fact is developed in the great Proportion of the total money spent on racing, and the author of the pamphlet calls attention to the fact that this encour- agement to the breeding of fine horses is giving England a very valuable market for the sale of good horsefiesh. Comparative figures in regard to American sports and their cost would be valuable and interest- ing, but it is not thought that it could be demonstrated that the American spends nearly as great an average amount on his sporting pleasures as the Englishman is row quoted as paying out each year. —_—> + >_ The news that a Pennsylvania physician has been arrested for causing the death of a patient by the use of leeches reads strangely in these days of medical ad- vancement and general enlightenment. It was thought that the old fashioned prac- tice of bleeding patients had been oblit- erated by the flood of bacteriological facts that have been let into the medical world in late years. The hypodermic syringe, it was thought, had quite supplanted the leech, the cup, and the knife. In the pres- ent case the physician, who was once a miner and who is not now recognized by the medical fraternity of his region, not being registered, undertook to cure a case of cholera morbus by the letting of blood. Strange to say the patient grew weaker, until at last he died. It was a great mys- tery why the man should lose strength. Shortly before death ensued a physician of the more modern school was called and he found no less than twenty heaithy, hungry leeches at work on the poor fellow’s skin, sucking his Ife away. The doctor will now be tried for malpractice. Time was not so very far back when every ill was treated with the opening of a vein. The leech continued to be the physician’s trade- mark to a date so recent that it is sur- prising that the coat of arms of the fra- ternity should not now be emblazoned with an allegorical device representing a leech and a bacillus. engaged’ in deadly combat for supremacy, much after the fashion of the lion and the unicorn of the British shield. ———_+ ++ ____ There are various indications which give promise that the exorbliant prices that have prevailed for the use of telephones may soon be cut down to a_ ressonable basis. The Star has long contended that with the present facilities for cheapened construction, owing to the advance of me- chanical devices and the expiration of patents, the standard rentals were much too high. ‘elephone service should be cheapened to the point where many more people than can now afford to subscribe will be induced to indulge what was for- merly a luxury but is now a nevessity; and in this increase of customers the tele- phone companies will find their prefit. —_—__~ e+ ___ ‘There were only sixty-five men at work on the city post office building today. This falling oft is due, it is explained, to the fact that the recent energetic work at the site has exhausted nearly all the stone on hand, and the force must be reduced until certain cargoes of material that are now on their way shall arrive. If the building is to be completed before August 17, 1906, it would seem desirable to order the stone suffi- ciently in advance and in sufficient quanti- tles to keep a tull force of workmen con- stantly employed. 0 There may be some cause for congratula- tion in the fact that the =xpiration of the Fifty-third Congress procured for the bar of the country a large amount cf valuable legal talent which might otherwise have remained inactive. Sana The sneering instinuation that Philadel- phia does not awaken to the spring poetry craze until July or August has been effect- ually disproved by the recent publication of a full page of such poetry in one of the local newspapers. —__++e—____ The prominent man who desires to be- have in a coy manner with reference to his presidential ambitions will do well to exert himself in that direction at once. It will be a cold-blooded case of hustle before long. +e _____- London does not think much of New York society; New York does not think much of Chicago society, and Chicago dces not think much of London society; and there you are. ——_+ «= —___ ‘The Spanish navy might hold an examina- tion among its officers as to myopia and color-blindness, so as to insure a proper discrimination among foreign flags. There 1s a disposition to regard the ar- rargements for the monetary conference as nothing more that a prospect for a very interesting conversuzione. ——___+e._____ Mr. Platt’s pathetic inquiry, “What's a reform platform among friends?’ seems to fall on deaf ears. —_—<.- ¢—______ Every branch of the southern industry is looking up, including even the presi- dential boomeries. —_———_ +0 THR WEEK. Elections were held in Michigan, Rhode Island and Wisconsin during the past week, resulting tn republican success. It is suid in Chicago that a new telephone com- pany, with a capital of $160,000,000, is form- ing. The republicans gained a complete victory in the Chicago municipal election. George B. Swift, their candidate for mayor, was elected by a plurality of 40,000. In the ter.th congressional district of Illinois C. W Prince, republican, was elected by 7,000 plurality. Navigation between Detroit and other lake cities has begun. It is said the raisers of cattle in the west are preparing to fight the dressed beef combine. The American Sugar Refining Company will en- gege in gistilling spirits. In business cir- cles there appears to be a better feeling generally, probably in anticipation of an in- creased trade with the arrival of spring. William Lake was killed by electricity at the Auburn (N. Y.) state prison for murder- ing Emma Louise Hunt. A grocery and a saloon were wrecked in New Orleans by an explosion, and a number of people were killed. The Indianapolis grand jury began an investigation of the row in the Indiana senate chamber. J. Hurt, mayor of Casper, Wyo., shot and killed William Milne, a sheep owner, at Casper, in that state. Hurt clzims that Milne was intimate with his wife. The board of engineers to survey the rcute of the Nicaragua canal will consist of Maj. Wm. Ludlow as chairman; Lieutenant Commander U. T. Endicott and Mr. Alfred Noble. Prominent New York republicans tssued an address demanding the adoption of the reform bills. Five men held up and robbed the passengers of a Rock Island train at Dover, Oklahoma. A reunion of Urion and Confederate veterans was held cn the battlefield of Shiloh. Fifty colleges were represented at the annual meeting of the American Republican College League at Grand Rapids, Mich. The citizens’ com- mittee of Camden, N. J., presented to Judge Garrison specific’ charges against the city and county government, and an investiga- tion will be begun immediately. Marshall E.. Price, a young blacksmith of Harmony, Caroline county, Md., was arrested, chara with the murder of Sallie Dean. David M. Stone, for forty-four years editor of the New York Journal of Commerce, died in Brooklyn of heart Foreign. The celebration of Bismarck’s eightieth birthday was taken up with enthustasm throughout Germany; the effect has been a revival of patriotic sentiment favorable to the present regime, and tending to ar- rest the demoralization resulting from the spread of socialistic, doctrines. Gen. Low, with 14,000 men, started from Peshawur for Chitral to relieve Dr. Robertson, the Eritish resident, and his 400 men and _re- store order; at the Melandri Pass the Brit- ish drove 12,000 of the enemy from their posters, Chitral lies on the road from the ‘amirs southward into India; the ruler, or mehtar, was a few months. ago assassi- nated by his brother, the Amir-ul-Mulk, who was recognized by the Indian govern- ment; thereupon.Sher Afzul, his uncle, and Umra Khan, a freebooting chief of Jandol, invaded the country and put to rout the ruler. King Oscar of Sweden and Norway has no end of trouble with the Norwegian radicals, who form a majority in the parlla- ment of that country; Norway wants sepa- ration from Sweden; the quarrel has been going on for years, and the Swedes are witling to fight to maintain the union. The case of Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry was withdrawn in court; sub- sequently Wilde was arrested. The Mexi- can and Guatemalan governments have amicably settled their boundary contro- versy. The Chilean government placed an order in England for a new ironclad war-- ship of 6,000 tons. An association to pro- tect the German gold standard was formed in Berlin. The bill for the disestablishment of the church in Wales passed its second reading in the house of commohs. Carville Doucet, perpetual secretary of the French Academy, died in Paris. The Irish land bill passed its second reading in the house of commons, M. Hanatoux, French minister of foreign affairs, in a statement to the senate in reference to the Anglo-French situation in Africa, said that France wanted to know where Egyptian influence ended and British influence commenced in the Upper Nile country, but he concluded that the two great nations would find means to reconcile their interests. In the District. W. F. Gardner, a colored prisoner, while attempting to escape from Constable Rich- ard Ross in the vicinity of Rosslyn, was shot. The first services of the new Dupont Circle M. E. Church were held on Sunday in the church building, at 18th and Massa- chusetts avenue, and the corner-stone of the new Protestant Episcopal Church at Brookland was laid. The work of the cen- tral,relief committee being completed, at a recent meeting it was directed that the Commissioners should be notified of that fact. The report of the treasurer showed that the receipts amounted to about $31,- 000, including the $10,000 appropriated by Congress, leaving a balance of $1,400. Sev- eral successful burglaries were perpetrated, evidently by professionals, and R. A. Golden was assaulted by highwaymen in an alley near his stable. By a recent decision of the Court of Appeals the District is de- clared to be the owner of the reservation known as the “Haymarket.” The Presi- dent and his family removed to their coun- try home, Woodley. Under direction of the Commissioners, plans have been completed for the new smallpox hospital, to be erected near the present building. The death of Rev. John T. Delaney occurred. Hattie Berkley, a girl thirteen years old, was killed by falling from a bicycle under the wheels of a passing wagon. Dr. S. C. Busey was badly injured by falling through the open door of the elevator shaft in the Concord apartment house. A reception was given to Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, D.D., -of Detroit, Mich., the pastor-elect of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, at the residence of John W. Thompson. —_ + + ____ SHOOTING STARS. Where It Was Lost. “Miss Skylie appears to have lost her at- tractiveness for the gentlemen,” said one girl. “Oh, no,” replied the other; “she didn’t jose it, Her father lost it in Wall street.” A Parallel Suggestion. One swallow makes no summer time. Look out for frost, ye bards who sing; Remember, ’mid your bubbling rhyme, One poem does not make a spring. Ideal. “Don’t you think his figure-painting is ex- quisitely ideal,” said the girl who gushes. “It must be ideal,’ replied the girl who doesn't; “I saw $500 painted on the back of one of his worst attempts, and if that isn’t an ideal figure, under the circum- stances, I don’t know anything about art.” Disparagement. “Blaxton must be doing very well in his law practice,” said one young barrister to another. “He told me yesterday that he hasn't lost a case.” “Hum—I'm sorry for him—poor fellow.”” don’t see why.” “That simply shows that he hasn't had a client.” The Modern Bugbear. There is no rose without its thorn; But here’s a proverb drearier: There's naught which makes life less for- lorn, That hasn't its bacteria. Broadening His Education. “Hiram,” said Farmer Corntossel to his eldest son, ‘you've hed right smart o’ schoolin’.” “Yes, sir.” “Whut's the latest thing ye’ve l’arnt?” “To extract the square root.”* “Well, that’s very good fur some things. But ez yer goin’ ter succeed ter the owner- ship of this here farm one o’ these days, I reckon we'd go a leetle furder in the prac- tical branch o' the subject. You remind me of it when vacation comes, an’ I'll give ye a few lessons in pullin’ stumps.” April. A soft faint fringe of the bough. Sweet April dons her dainty finery; Though yesterday was chill and biting, now The vernal choir pours forth its min- strelsy. green has decked Coy as a school girl; smiles forbode a tear, First, sudden eri then tenderhess se- rene. : The German emperor is a great believer | The world,which lives {ts lifetime in a year, in reciprocity in the matter of snubs. Is April now; and April's sweet sixteen. , APRIL 6, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. IN FORTUNE'S GIFT SOMES “HING NEW ON A Special Easter Sale NEXT |WEEK, AT Johnson Lut¢rell’s, 713 Market Space. We’ve just had one of the most brilliant week’s sales in the history of our busi- ness, and for this simple reason: When we an- nounced Silk Waists, usu= ally sold at $3.50, at $2.50, and Swivel Silks, regular price 50c., at 39c., and All- Wool Henriettas, usually 50c., at 29c., we gave ex= actly what we advertised. Our customers appreciate the fact that our offers are exactly as represented. Read what we offer for Monday and see whether anything approaching these values is offered elsewhere. 2QC. . For soc. Silks. We will place on sale Monday 100 pleces entire- ly New Styles of Wash Silks, in neat checks and stripes—light and dark grounds, sultable for walsts or dresses. These were imported to sell for 50c but as a “‘Speclal Easter Bargain” they go ai 29c. a yard. yard for what's left of the 27-inch SOC Swiver sks, that are sold. everywhere else at 50c., and 39c. for the All-silk Goffre Crepes, worth 75c.-These eome in all the fashionable sbades, and are suitable for either wulsts or dresses. You'D a EASTER WEAK.’ 6 C. yard for choice of a lot of Colored Benga- 5 "* Mne and Rhadame Silks that were $1. 8 C. instead of $1 yard for the 24-inch Black SC- vigured Taffeta Silks, and $1 yard for the New Black Ground Taffetas, with colored Dresden figures. Three specials in Plain Black Indias, at 35, 75 a Se. yard, worth Tic., 90e. and $1. “390. fastead of 0c. for the 50. quality 50- ° inch Silk Mulls, in all the new evening shades and black. Black Goods AT SPECIAL EASTER SALE PRICES. How do we keep on selling such immense quan- titles of Black Goods? Simply, we suppose, be- cause our assortment taUabout the most complete in town, and our prices are the lowest. 29c. Yard for 38-inch All-wool Silk-finished Heonriettas, worth 50c. 49C. ; Instead of 62i%c. yard fpr Imported Jaquards, in neat figured effects.’ 65c. ; Yard for the 5c ually 52Inch Wide or Nar- row-wale Storm Chevi 98c. Will be our “special Eater sale price’ $1.19 quality 42-inch Black Crepon. ik-and-wool Crepons at $1.25, $1.35, $1.50, $2, $2.50 and $2.75 a yard. We guarantee these prices to be the lowest for similar qualities, Colored Dress Goods AT SPECIAL EASTER SALE PRIC SUCH A RUSH FOR NOVELTIES! ON THINK WE WERE THE ONLY HOU SOLD THEM. MA IN OUR PECULIAR STYLE OF COMBI! PRICE WITH HIGH GRADE. 25¢. Yard for 36-inch All-wool Suitings in neat che-ks, mixtures, etc., worth 39c. 39C. For 38-inch All-wool Beiges and Silk and Wool Novelties, worth 50c. yard. Yard will be our “special Easter sale’’ price for the $1 quality 46-inch Belzes, and 75e. yard for choice of the $1 Novetty Suitings. Navy Blue Dress Goods AT THESE SPECIAL PRICES FOR ONE WEEK. ‘avy Bluc Hemiettas for. 29e. ‘avy Blue Storm Serges for. J5e. Nhvy Blue Storm Serge for. $1 Wide-wale Blue Cheviots for. . Linings AT THE LOWEST PRICES IN THE CITY. Ge. Best Dressmukers’ Cumbric, only. « we. Good Quality Silsia at 8 ae aes and. Linen Canvas at 8, 10, 12%, Imitation Hair Cloth, width rf anes Best All-linen Grass Cloth, on! for the Fancy Waist Linings from 12% to... Wash Dress Goods. “Special, Easter, Sale, prices.” At “Specitind for the New Stvie Dress Ginghama 10C. § tine t formemy sold at es the New epior TZYCz that cormerly sold a yard for the New Wigured, Dimitles, or the New Striped and Figured Ducks, yard for the 12%c. Best American Sat- wc. teens, In dark grounds, with beautiful chintz ures. Figured and dotted White Swisses from 12% to ue Goes Se OMBinck Dotted Niisses at 30," $tig and Se.” 4% Dottvard for Be. quality Cotton Grepes, in IZYZC. in the light coiom and navy and black, and 10c. yard_for the 12%c. Cotton Crepes. Silk Waists. At Special Easter So $2 50" for. those ae Ginghams with colored dots, i Pauin ilk Waists, with worth $3.50. ‘worth, $4. apzeable Silk Waists_ that re rp, eF $5 and $9.98 and 37-50 for te. in. black founds, with stripes and , Worth $7.50 and $10. We received a fresh supply tod: Gloves for Easter. Bo pe PRICES. ii All the new spring ides are now in stoc nike bested ever offered at the pri tor a Button or Foster Hook ae ae Kid Gi button Ki Hoves or $1.50 ya qualffy Foster Gloves, Worth $2. Parasols for Easter. ‘D_PARASOLS SEED IN THIS cry, RICKS ARE LOWER THAN and Is, white and bia $5 Lace Trimmed Parasols. Next weeks. $100 Neckwear for Easter. Silk Windsor Scarfs, worth 2 nly. Style Bows, String ‘Ties that the furnishing stores ee ae Be. OF i ciarge Hosiery for Estee. pair for Richelied Ribbed or the Fancy Boot rs that were 35e Finished Maco or Real Lisle worth 50¢ OHNSOR N &LUTTRELL 718 MARKET SPACE. Woodward «. Lothrop, 10TH, 11TH AND ¥ STS. N.W. —.—— EASTER CARDS AND BOOKLETS—FIRST FLOOR. —_o— - Concerning Wearing Apparel and Gift Things For Easter. This store has caught the inspiration of the near-by holiday time and reflects its cheer and bright- ness on every hand. In every department, in every section and on every counter can be veen the leading specialties we've prepared for this occasion. The ready-to-wear things just opened show Wonder touches of style and novel prettiness, and from the lowest grade to the highest exclusive novelty they are marked at prices that are non-competitive. ‘Thus it is with the entire stock. Gath- ered carefully and deliberately by those who knex what to take and what to discatd, it's the equal of any in America for completeness, diversity of assortment and real worth. In Infants’ Department Monday, on Special Exhibition, Will Be Coats, Reefers, Hats, Caps, &C., For Easter. - Matchless sunshine among the Little Folks’ Garments. and thoroughly as for the grown folks. The latest novelties will be on display. You'll hardly expect so much goodness and beauty for the and stsle, even the cheapest garment. prices. We have prepared for them as -arefully All full of taste PIQUE COATS, white, pink and blue, in pretty styles. Some elegantly trimmed with embrol- dery; others plainer. REEFERS In every new style. Plain and Novelty Cloths also White, Pink and Blue Pique. Some handsomely trimmed; others not s0 elaborate and suitable for every-day wear. LARGE SHIRRED HATS of white, pink and blue mull and chambray. Trimmed with embroideries and laces. FOUR DISTINCT STYLES IN HATS FOR BOYS—Pique SHEED Pique Tam O'Sbanters, Napol-onic and Corded Hats with rolling brim. MULL CAPS in a hundred or more styles. The most vont will be the “Frenchy” ones with flat ruche und those with full ruffles to the face. 2d Moor... ...seeccceereees: eesesss+-2Oth st. building.) In Dress Goods" Department Art and utility, grace and goodness have struck hands oftencr than ever before. The plainer, less Pretentious sorts and the latest novelties, embodying every favored texture and fancy taat we know of in black and colors. Easter Dress Goods news enough to fill the cdlumns. We point to a good thing here and there. Many others just as good that you must take for granted. Colored Crepons. PLAIN CREPON. Large crinkles; navy, brown, gray and evening shades. S8-INCH, PER YARD... SOc. PLAIN CREPO! Large crinkles; navy and brown. 45-INCH, PER YARD. FANCY CREPON. Solid navy, brown, 47-INCB, green, gray and tans. PER YARD. $1.00 PERBLE CREPON. Navy and brown. 48-INCH, PER YARD . eoees $125, MOHAIR CREPON. A large line of staple colorings. 45-INCH, PER YARD. seers GL25 PEBBLE CREPO! ir stripes; navy. and brown. , PER YARD. FANTAISE CREP( Three handsome three-toned effects. 42-INCH, PER YARD. + -$1.50 TRICOTINE CREPON 45-INCH, PER YARD. NID D'ABEILLE CREPON. Two handsome combinations—a mingling of brown with black and blue with black. 4G-INCH, PER YARD. (1st Boor. Peereetteeren oy $2.50 Black Crepons. PLAIN CRINKLY CREPON. All wool. 40-INCH, PER YARD.. seeee-50 and Te. PLAIN CRINKLY CREPON. All wool, 46-INCH, PER YARD... PLAIN CRINKLY CREPO! ‘Sitk-and-wool. +-$1.25 to $1.75 48-INCH, PER YARD. PLISSE C! 45-INCH, PER YARD. +-$1.25 to $1.75 WAFFLE CREPON 45-INCH, PER YARD. $1.50 GAUFFRE CREPON. 42 AND 45-INCH, PER YAND. eeeeesee es $1.50 PLISSE CREPO? 46-INCH, PER Y. DOUBLE CRINKLE Cm 46-INCH, PER YARD. TRICOTINE CREPON. 46-INCH, PER YARD. WAVY CREPON. luster. sik 45-INCH, PER YARD. NTAISE CREPON. ERAL WIDTHS, PER YARD.. «..$2.50 to $4.00 -10th st. building.) gee In Gift Goods Departments ‘There are myriads of Art Novelties, Tokens and Souvenirs for Easter, among which are the newest and rarest bits of dainty prettiness from Paris that are not gettable elsewhere in Washington. simply for you to decide among the thousand-and-one appropriately designed articles that bought here for @ trife—an Easter influence through and around them low: Steriing Silver Articles. Trilby Glove Hooks,oxidized and bright. Each.65c. Ribbon Prayer-book Marks, sterling silyer pend- ant, with Lord’s Prayer. Each. Paper Cutters and Letter Openers. Each. Side Combs, sterling silver tops. Pair.. Embroidery Scissors, pair. Emeries, each. Hat Pins, each.s Cuff Links, fifteen pair .. Needle Cases, each Satchel Straps, each. Lack Bracelets, carved, Umbrella Straps, each Silk Belts with sterling sil each Shoe Hooks and Nail Files, each. Tonnet Brushes, each. Curling Irons, each. Belt Pins, e: Hair Pins, five styles, carve Shoe Horns, each. . . Orange Spoons, gold” bowls, fancy ae each Cream Ladles, cach....-. Butter Picks, each. Pickle Forks, gold prongs, each .eeeeeeeree Berry Forks, fancy handles, each Salt Cellars, fancy shapes, each.$1.35, $1.50, $1. cy ‘Trilby Spoons, bright and aie handles, ree $1.00 ‘Trilby Spoons, gold plated handle, each. (ist floor......-+ It's can be all. These are priced very Leather Goods. Calendars, light shades, sterling sflver corners, Soeee eee ones $125 Russia Leather Combination Pocket Books, brown, green and tan, sterling silver corners, each. .§1.00 Imported Extension Top Coin Purses, each. .35e. Clocks In Lizanl Skin and Morocco Cases, each $1.75 and $2.00 Collar brown and black leather, +-$1.00 and $2.00 and Cuff Boxes, red, Grain Leather Shopping Bags, two pockets, ach oaesas-aee str beeeec eee AOC. Rel Seal Chatelaine Bags, each...........$1.00 +. Fancy Articles. Hand-Embroidered Picture Frames, each. Hand-Embroidered Nevdle Books, each. Quaker Doll In Cushions, each Hand-Painted Rattles, with bells, each Swiss Toilet Sets, plain and dotted, with and without ribbons, each....... foresee $1.00 and $2.00 Commenced Center Pieces, with silk for finish- ing, each. -$1.75 to $3.00 Stamped Linen Center Pieces, Doylies and Trays, with the new finished edge, round, square and ob- long, each. . ssersees BSC. to $200 Hand-Embrofdered Center Pieces, each.§7, $9, $10 Had-Painted Glasses, each........15¢. and 25e. Hand-Painted Glass Photo Frames, each... .$1.00 Hand-Painted China Boxes, each.... =e, +-11th st. building.) Monday, Our Regular Weekly Sale of Housekeeping Goods== Linens, Ready-to-Use Bedwear, Blan- kets, Quilts, &c. LOOK OVER THE DOMESTIC STOCK, AND F ANY OF THESE THINGS ARE NEEDED THR TIME TO BUY IS NOW. GOOD: Linens. ‘A special purchase of 200 dozen Bleached Turkish Towels, 24x52 inches, made to sell at 35c., for.25c. 25 per cent. 2x2% yards, each . 2x3 yards, each. Blankets. Gray Blankets for camping outfits. 100 pairs 10-4 Gray Blunkets, weight 4 Ibs., patr pair 100 pairs 11-4 Gr preceding lot, but better quality. 100 pairs 11-4 Sanitary Gray Wool Blan- kets, welght 5 Ibs., pair. Pair... $3.50 THE FOLLOWING ITEMS STAND FOR SCORES OF OTHERS JUST as Cotton Bedwear. Ready to use at what the materials alone would cost you. Pillow Cases, each, Te., Blic., 12tKe., 15e., Te. and 2c. Sheets, single size, each, + 36c., 42c., 45e. and 50c. Sheets, double size, each, 50e., aes BSec., G2e. to BSc. Bolster Crses, eact 30c., 25c. and 40c. Special—800 Hemstitched Stary Sheets, 24x2% yards, good quality sloth, eae White Goods. _ White French Orgundies, 68 inches wide, yard, B7tie., 50c., Te. and $1.00 Lawns, paar of patterns, 260. Dimity Chevked B7%e., 50e. to $1.00 Persian Lawns, silk fia 82 inches wide, yard, 25e., Be., BT%e. to 5c, Swiss Muslins, 32 inches ease yand, — Price, Blankets Cleansed. WE ARE ENABLED TO HAVE ED, RE-BOUND WITH SILK AND RE-) APPED, MAKING THEM APPEAR aS 75c. Each, $1.50 Per Pair. BLANKETS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE. 8 z steeeeessLIth st. building.) Weodward & Lothrop. BLUM BROS., 743) 745, 747 8th St. S.E. WE SHALL OFFER. THIS WEEK ANOTHER SERIES OF Remarkable Bargains. ‘This is simp'y, the beginning of scores of har- gains in store you. Watch us. Read ‘our SS ‘Gud ‘the inepiration of money “Mattings! Mattings! We inaugurate for one week the GREATEST MATTING ‘SALE ou record. Just can and will do for one week. take advantage of this great sale. 50 d.fferent patterns of Japanese Jointless Fancy For one week our price shall be 9. @ thers will ask you 20c. a yard. Quality Red Chéck Chinese *Maitings. For eek our price shall be Sc. a yard, . Quality Imperial Chinese Jointless Fancy a = Laan sedi Sei patterns. Ze. Quality Japanese Fine Jointless~ Mattings, 12%c. a yard, 28 different patterns. gh Hc; and 40c. Quality Best Cotton Warp Japanese Jointicss Fancy Mattings, 196. 4 yard, W dikerat patterns. Soe ualits Extra Heavy | Chinese, Jotntless Damask Fancy Mattings, 24c. a yard, 12 diferent patterns, Soe. Best Quality White Japanese Cotton Warp Jointless Mattings, 25c. a yard. We have only 3S 10'ls of thix Matting. Quality Double Dyed Inserted Jointless Mat- tings, 18e. a yard. — houses advertise this G a great bargain for Grand Opening of Easter [lillinery. Make your selection now, before it a del late. You are aware of the rash’ that occurs a previous to Easter. Will Surprise you at the = saving on ‘Trimmed Hats and . We have the services of the best milliner. Just look us over, whether intending purchasing or not. Will do you good. We carry a full line of Silks, Rib- bons, Flowers, Laces, “All millinery at very low prices. No ae for trimming hata. Bargains in Dry Goods. 12sec. Zephyr Gingbams, one week only, 5c. a ee ee Crepon, all shades, for one week only, 5c. “ice. Ladies’ Balbriggan Hose, for one week "Ladies! Fast Black Ribbed Hose, wink Fast Black Ribbed Hose, for one Window Shade Dept. Don't forget us when you necd new shades. yin stock all Kinda of materials for inden, for one “Tee carry Use only the best Spring Rollers, and guarantee all rollers for one year. Let us estimate on your new shades. All esti ae tes postal “will 8. 50 One peices 2 to bring our shade man to per cent Jower that others." BLUM BROS., 743» 745» 747 8th St. S.E. Makes Ideal Bread & Pastry. f you are satisfied I “clammy” bread and heavy, dark pastry, what we have to say will not interest you. But if you want perfect bread and perfect pastry — Hight, spongy, digestible, wholesome— you will serve” your purpose best by using Cereal Flour. +29 It bas been giving HIGHEST ¢**¢* SATISFACTION to “best ** © homes” for nearly 20 years. One bag or barrel is not “oot” and the next one “bad.” It's uniform throughout. The pro- prietors are continually on the qui vive—determined that in no case shall its HIGH STAND- ARD be lowered. TH Ask your grocer for ““Ce- real”’—the flour that makes “Idea! Bread.” If he doesn’t handle it, drop us a postal. We'll sce that you are supplied. ‘Wash. Flour & Feed Co.,|=, *¢** Wholesale Flour and Feed | Dealers and ~- Manufacturers = °° of White and Yellow Gran- | * © ulated Cornmeal, Pearl Hom- E se - tiny and Grits. ie COR. VA. AVE. AND 4% ST. S. W. 1t = QL Le ee MONON UEa y a a . © “Iz it’s Furniture, we bave it.” | —- Ice Savers —a synonym for our REFRIG- ERATORS. Our new stock is in and ready for the buyers. Plenty of styler. plenty of sizes for eversbody—and the price you paid last time will buy a mich better article now than what it did before. Something new in the way of refrigerator construction about our Refrigerators — an improvement you'll easily recognize as one. ‘The entire galvanized fron lining to the lower compartment of our new Ie- frigerators is removable—making {t most easy to keep the refrigerator clean and untainted. Price, $7.50 Up. 0000 Some at even less. “ICE CHESTS, e000 $3.50 UP. ‘Baby Carriages. Haywood's, Whitney's, and lots of others make up our stock. No one can show you better, We've picked out just the carriages we think you'd like—all are good—all are pretty. Upholstered in all the different stuffs—wheels elther shaved spoke or bicycle, Prices, $3.90 Up. We Offer Credit 9000 To all of our patrons who want It 0000 —the credit that buys at lowest © 000 cash prices—the most advantageous © 000 credit you'll get—because it al- © 000 lows you to select from the finest 9000 of stocks and pay for your purchase 0000 as you please, At Cash Prices. e—-9 Ly 0000 Don't fall bebind the rest of our 0000 goods. If we can't have the best, 0000 we don't want any. You're doing © 000 your best when you select here. New York Avenue . Bet. 13th and 14th Sts, Agency for the celebrated COLUMBIA AUTOMATIC FILTER. 1t ILLSBURY'S BES “The universal verdict.” Known throughout the civilized world as HighestGrade of FlourMade Partings Are Sad! You can delay parting with te mals garment of any description by having by the UNIVERSAL. “MENDE ap6-7d Koom 4, 1114-1116 F st. nw.