Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1895, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. SATURDAY.....,......... April 13, 1895. CROSBY S. NOYES. . Editor. THE 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. t7Im order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal nbsence, 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 purpos: When. the Commissioners were accus- tomed to take the people and press of the city into their confidence and to permit the fullest publicity to be given even to the first suggestions of important action on their part, there was a gereral disposition in the community to entrust them with a very broad discretion in the conduct of mu- nicipal business. The community had the privilege of considering and discussing sug- gested acts from their incipiency in the mind of some subordinate, and before the matter was presented to the Commissioners for final and conclusive action public opin- ion had been expressed, and a mass of facts and views had been supplied which in many instances was of the greatest service in aid- ing the Commissioners to reach the wisest conclusion. In decisions formed under the full blaze of this publicity the influence of personal or sectional prejudices or of sel- fish, individual interests was necessarily reduced to a minimum. Under these condi- tions the Commissioners could in the opin- fon of the public be wisely clothed with large powers, both of municipal legislation by ordimance and of executive management, and there was no recessity of excessive care in specifying precisely what the Com- missioners might and might not do, leaving .little or nothing to their discretion. But these conditions are now reversed through the abandonment of the open-and-above board policy of conducting municipal affairs and the adoption of a “public-be-damned” system, which suppresses all information concerning the recommendations of subor- dinate officials and the plans and tenden- cies of the Commissioners themselves until a final decision has been reached by the latter, and until it is too late for argument or protest. if the Commissioners show a lack of full confidence in the community the latter will naturally be inclined to reciprocate. If the people are not to be consulted at any stage and are to know nothing of the proba- bilities of the action of the Commissioners until an irrevocable decision has been an- nounced they will be apt to call upon Con- &ress to limit specifically the discretion of the Commissioners and to circumsc: scope of possible action in the proceedings of the star chamber. If the policy of Secrecy is to become permanent and is to be in full operation when Congress is in session new principles will have to be ap- plied in the wording of District legislation, and it may become necessary, for instance, to make material modifications in the pro- visions concerning the powers of the Com- missioners under the bond bill for sewers and street extensions. —__+>+-—___ , The police should find the person who is evidently trying to reduce the canine popu- lation of Washington by scattering potson around Judiciary Sqaare. This is a dan- gerous practice, and should be checked as soon as possible, for there is no certainty that great damage may not be done be- fore the offender is apprehended orescared away. To put strychnine on meat or other foods and leave the deadly morsels exposed in public places is to run grave risks that some human lives may be sacrificed through what may be merely an effort to rid the neighborhood of canine nuisances. If the offender should prove to be some one who has a grievance because dogs are allowed to run loose in the park, he ought to be given a most forcible warning that he Is engaged in dangerous business. A dog is sometimes a valuable property, whose destruction by another than his master is a punishable oifense. It appears that at least two of the dogs that have been killed in this manner were highly prized by their owners. If such an animal becomes a nuisance the proper course is for the man who feels himself to be an- noyed to complain to the police, and the nuisance, if it exists, will undoubtedly be abated. The mere licensing of a dog does not give its owner permission to worry all his neighbors. On the other hand, the dog that is licensed and is not dangerous has, to a certain extent, the liberty of the streets. The moment he becomes a menace or a nuisance, however, his liberty can be abridged, but this is a matter that the law should regulate; it must not be left to individual caprice. There was a time when to scatter poison Was a capital offense. —__++«____ Unwilling contributors :u° the many dol- lars apparently wasted on the aqueduct tunnel will surely be interested in the infor- mation that careful examination of the discredited hole in the ground is about to commence and that in the near future there is possibility of the tunnel’s being put to some profitable use. The general government has many times made the Dis- trict of Columbia a field for experiment, but never so foolishly as when it sunk in the tunnel over a million dollars of the local taxpayers’ money. There are en- gineers who believe that the tunnel, the construction of which Major Lydecker su- perintended from a cozy corner in the Met- ropolitan Club, will never pay interest on the invastment, but some of the District's good friends in the engineer corps are of the opinion that a comparatively small sum in hard cash will release and make profitable the now submerged capital. —— 0 It would be interesting for theologians to make an effort to determine where a jockey wicked enough to be ruled off the Jackson City race course goes to, anyhow. —_~ + =+___ It is now being demanded that the gov- ernment make its postage stamps at least as substantial and as palatable as the counterfeits which are in circulation. ——__ wee The old discussion has been revived as to whether the smoking of a hundred cigar- ettes a day by a young man is a cause or a symptom of insanity. —+ oe Brooklyn is doing heroic service to other elties as a horrible example on the trolley question. —__+ «= New York without the Bowery? The thought seems absurd. Yet it is a serious possibility, and now the Bowery is all torn up over the prospect. It seems that the trade on the Bowery has been falling off from year to year until what was once one of the most prosperous streets of the me- tropolis has become a succession of strug- gling enterprises. The name “The Bow- ery,” it is thought, has had much to do with this devastation, for the fame of the thoroughfare, as it has spread abroad throughout the land, is not very savory. People think of the Bowery from afar as a mysteriously terrible place, a snare for the unwary, a dim, dark, dangerous street where thugs abound, and where pickpockets grow plethoric. As a-matter of fact the Bowery is one of the best lighted streets in America, and is a glare of Nght from electric lamps for twenty-four hours every day. It is no longer the home of the high- Wayman and the bunco steerer. Yet its trade has gone t0 pieces, and now some of the merchants ere considering whether the name might not be changed with benefit to the commercial interests of the street. There is antagonism to this movement, to be sure, backed by those who sentimentally believe that the name should be preserved as a part of the history of the city. The falling off of,trade, they assert, is due to the general uptown movement, and not to any unwholesome taint on the name. A mass meeting of merchants fs soon to be held and the question settled. Washington has had one such experience, which may suggest that there is wisdom in the New York scheme. There were many protesis against the plan to make the old “Bound- ery” into “Florida Avenue.” Yet the change was made, and has resulted well. Under the designation of The Boundary there was attached to it the thought of its being the end of all things urban, though even then the advance on the country bad been be- gun. The Boundary signified, in a certain degree, the jumping-off place. Florida Avenue, though suggestive in a sense, of the same idea, conveys no such thought directly. —_+ + = —___. Smith owns a large amount of valuable real estate, a portion of which he leases to Jones, the manufacturer, for fifteen thou- sand dollars a year, net—that is with taxes, cost of insurance, etc., added—and collects bis rents regularly, at the comfortable rate of eleven hundred and twenty-five dollars a month. Jones, the manufacturer, carries on his business in the property thus rented to the best of his ability, working hard all day and thinking hard a good part of the night, employs a large force of hands at good wages, buys raw material produced in the neighborhood, and converts it into manu- factured articles, thus stimulating imdus- tries on every hand, adding to the business prosperity of his community, and increas- ing the general wealth of the country. By industry, economy, enterprise and good management, he is able to close up his books at the end of the year 1894, showing on the right side of the ledger an apparent profit on the twelve months’ business of fifteen thousand dollars—a portion of which may or may not be collected, according to the circumstances or honesty of his debtors. Results:— Smith, being a landowner, and therefore of the favored class, according to modern legislation and United States Supreme Court ,decisions, and probably spending a good part of his time and money in Europe, goes scot free of income tax on all of his rent receipts! Jones, on the other hand, being a mere workingman himself, an employer of labor, and a producer of wealth to the state, is required to pay an income tax of two per cent, or two hundred and twenty dollars, on@leven thousand dollars of his supposed gains for the year, whether he actually realizes them or not! This is the outcome of latter-day states- marship in America. The Smiths think it is all right; but kow do the Joneses and the other wealth makers, and the men in their employ, like it? —— + + _____ Now comes the time when Washington blossoms out for the season in Easter garb, and fully. justifies its reputation as the most beautiful of American cities. The miles of tree-lined streets give to the urban portions of the city an almost rural ap- pearance. The frequent parks are fresh and bright with green leaves and flowering shrubs. The neatly trimmed beds of spring flowers show like oases in a desert of as- Phalt. The pretty parkings in front of most of the residence blocks ure generally well kept, and the total effect is most de- lightful. It is no wonder that the Wash- {ngtonian is proud of his city, for with a wholesome climate, equable enough to in- sure good health, and yet variable enough to please most tastes, and with its ad- mirable plan of streets and avenues, and its multitude of small reservations, there is scarcely any feature lacking to make the capital almost a municipal paradise. The old Washington is being improved every season. The unsightly spots occupied by ugly shanties are being gradually filled up with substantial, handsome buildings, and the great stretches of vacant land in the more remote sections of the city with- in the original limits are being used as sites for pleasant homes. The city is spreading, too, into the country, and out there are being erected attractive buildings that are giving a new and distinctly beau- tiful character to the city’s surroundings. There is a great future for Washington. It lacks some things, such as more con- sideration for its people on the part of its rulers, a better garbage service, and a broad, comprehensive sewer system. But the budding of the trees now puts these desires out of mind, for nature is at her Prettiest and she never appeared to better advantage than in Washington. ———_+++_____ It is the First of January that the world is supposed to turn over a new leaf, but it is at Easter that a new order of things really begins. There is every reason to be- lieve that the distressing business condi- tions are among the lessons of the past and that we are ertering upon pleasanter chapters in the history of the year. ——_+ ++ —___. Chicago has some idea of governing her- self independently of the state legislature. It Is hoped that she fs not trying thus early in the proceedings to assume a “better than thou” attitude with reference to the rest of illinois. —__ +____. A Rhode Island messenger boy saved a young woman from the clutches of a mur- derer. The full extent of his heroism is not appreciated until it is understood that he had to run to do it. —_~+e+—___. China’s population will not, for the most part, realize that it has been whipped un- til it begins to feel the effects of a more civilized domination. And then it will prob- ably be glad of it. ——__+ «_.____ Mr. Addicks insists that the senator from Delaware shall be himself or nobody. And Delaware evinces an overwhelming prefer- ence for nobody. +-—_—___ Statesman Hinky Dink will no doubt bear in mind the illustrious record of Frank Lawler and keep trying. > - —__—_ Mr. Reed’s presidential boom is at pres- ent taking just enough exercise to keep in condition. —___ +++ ____ Boston has superseded the chrysanthe- mum craze with the Ibsen photograph. ———_+ ee Keeping Court Proceedings Secret. Wash. Cor. Baltimore Sun, Within a few years past some of the ses of the District of Columbia have assumed the authority to direct the clerks of the court to refuse information to the press in certain divorce suits, and some suits which sever the marriage tics are carried on without publicity. The effect of this is twofold. Men still married are able to pass themselves oif as having been se- cretly divorced, and sometimes one of the parties to a genuine, but secret, divorce cannot induce friends to believe that the judges have granted a divorce to them be- cause they “have not seen it in the news- papers.” In a late case where, with con- siderable assiduity, a divorce suit had been kept secret, one of the parties found that his friends did not believe he had been divorced, and used as much effort to have the divorce proceedings published as he had formerly done to prevent their publi- caticn. The publication of the indecencies which sometimes form part of the charges or proofs of divorce cases are guarded against by every reputable newspaper, but there is nothing in the present practice in this District which would prevent an “un- professional” attorney in a divorce case from selling to newspapers information which they could not procure in the reg- ular charnel because it was hidden in the safes of the courts. The subject is now left to caprice. There is no uniform usage in the cases. The question is important enough to be considered by the judges in General Term with a view to formulate a detinite rule to govern these cases, THE WEEK. The long-awaited decision of the United States Supreme Court as to the constitu- tionality of the income tax law was de- livered on Monday. In some way an in- dication of what the decision would be had leaked out, and was generally published several days previously throughout the country. The case was known as that of “Charles Pollock agt. the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company et al.” ‘The court knocked out the law so far as it taxed in- ecmes derived from rents, and also from state, county and municipal bonds. By a tie vote of the court the law is sustained in other respects. Justice Fieid declared his opinion that the whole law was null and void. It is thought that this decision will result in a loss to the government of $15,000,000 in revenue. Treasury officials are, however, confident that government receipts will be ample to meet government expenses. Five inmates of the New York State Asylum for Insane Crim- inals at Matteawan escaped. Among the number was the notoricus Oliver Curtis Perry, the Syracuse train robber. The jury in the suit of Charles W. Mc- Keever of Brooklyn, to recover dam- ages for the Killing of his daughter by an Atlantic Avenue Railroad Coin- pany trolley car, brought in a verdict for $4,000. The United States court in Chi- cago decided that the whisky trust no Icnger had a legal existence. State Senator William Goebel shot and killed John L. Sandford at Covington, Ky., the shooting being the result of an old political feud. Two highwaymen overpowered the driver of an express wagon near Cripple Creek, Col., and stole a package containing $16,000. The rate war between the Southern Rail- way and Steamship Association and the Seaboard Air Line has wrought a de- meralization in southern freights, and both corporations are anxious for peace. ‘The court of appeals of Virginia decided that Virginia’s election law is constitutional. Permission has been given to the receivers of the Erie Railroad Company to issue four million dollars’ worth of gold certifi- cates to carry on the business of the road. North Carolina politicians have just made the discovery that the election law passed by the last legislature repeals all the city and town election laws enacted since 1883, but does not provide any substitutes for them. Secretary Morton is making inquiry as to the advance in price of meat. The big steamer St. Paul was successfully launched at Cramp’s ship yards. William Frank Watson, speaker of the Delaware state senate, was sworn in -as governor, Governor Marvil having succumbed to his long illaess. Twenty-three miners were led by an explosion at Blue Canyon mire, in Washington. Foreign. A definite agreement, it is said, has been reached between the Japanese and Chinese envoys. Russia will object to Japan annex- ing any part of the Asiatic continent. It is claimed that Japan demanded the per- manent cession of the Island of Formosa, the permanent occupation of Port Arthur and an indemnity of $220,000,000 in gold. A British steamship having cartridges for the Chinese was captured by the Japanese. The new enterprise of shipping frozen milk from Norway to England has proven a success. It is officially denied that there is any quarrel between Argentina and Chile. The radicals have gained a victory in the election of members of the lower house of the Danish diet. William Court Gully was elected speaker of the house of com- mons. Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor were examined in Bow street police court, Lun- don, and remanded for a week, bail being refused. Gen. Campos has arrived in Cuba with troops to put down the insurrection in the easternmost province. Umra Khan's tenure of power in Chitral seems to be ended by the rapid advance of General Low’s army from Peshawur. There have been several battles at mountain passes, which Maxim guns and bayonet charges converted into victories. Gen. Duchesne, who will command the French in Mada- gascar, has left Paris. Troops are already on the coast, and the advanee upon the Hova capital will soon begin. Im the District. In accordance with the recent act of Ccngress providing for the appointment of two women as members of the school beard, the Commissioners appointed Mrs. Loufse R. Stowell and Mrs. Mary C. Ter- rell. An attempt was made to burn the school building connected with St. Mary's Catholic Church, which was the third effort within the past two weeks to burn the property of that church. A raid was made by the city police, aided by Alexan- ria officers, on the gambling resorts at Jackson City, the purpose being to cap- ture the men supposed to have engaged in the recent robbery of the safe of the ferry company. One man who was suspected of complicity in this robbery was among those arrested. The annual meeting of the Dis- trict Federation of Women’s Clubs was held. The various events of Holy week were commemorated by special services in the churches of the denominations that observe this period in the church calendar. > o-——____ SHOOTING STARS. The Cares of 2 Home. “Dear me,” said young Mrs. Hunnimune, “I must see our grocer right away.” “What for?” asked her husband. “I have some instructions to give him. I want to tell him to make our coffee a little stronger and our butter a little weaker.” The Spring Crop. ‘The world is a-blossom "Neath April's blythe humors With crocus and jonquil And bicycle bloomers. Ans Some People Tell It. “Where's your umbrella?” “Why,” replied the man who enjoys a joke but forgets it, “I’m observing the season, see?” “What has that to do with your um- brella?” “Why, ha, ha—my dear fellow, don’t you see—it’s loaned.” Her Observation of Strikes. “These labor troubles are dreadful,” said Mr. Stalate, in an effort to make conversa- tion, “They have been quite serious,” replied she. “I never heard of so many strikes. “Nor I. Perhaps you've observed that even the, clock has struck over and over again this evening.” The Egg Supply. With gladdened ears the good hen hears The joyous Easter chime, And sighs: ‘I need not bother now With working over time.” Sowing the Seeds of Envy. Mrs. Meekton was standing on the front doorstep when her husband came home. “Henry,” she said, in a loud tone, “here's your income tax blank. You'd better fill it out right away.” “Great Svott, Maria!’ he exclaimed, “what do I want with an income tax blank?” “Don't talk so loud,” was the admonition, in a subdued but stern key; “it’s a sum- mons to serve on the jury. The next-door neighbors on both sides of us have been sitting behind the closed window blinds waiting for you to come home, so they could find out what the officer was here for; and I'm just givin’ their imaginations a treat.” An Easter Episode. ’Tis not the lily which unfolds Its waxen petals to the day; "Tis not the daffodil which moulds Such fancies o'er dull banks of clay That prove to us ‘tis Eastertide; These fair but fainter blooms must furl Their shaded gorgeousness beside ‘The blossoming of the summer girl. ——__+ ee A Common Sense Question. From the N. ¥. Evening World. If doctors will write prescriptions in Latin they should at least write in a plain hand. But is there any good rea- son why the names of drugs, any more than those of groceries and dry goods, should be written in a dead language? —___+ «+—_. A Compromise Desired. From the Providence Journal. Perhaps some arrangement could be made with the gang of burglars now operating in this city by which they would agree to accept a weekly stipend from the common council and forego these nightly raids, Bon Marche, 314, 316 7th St. SILKS AT COST. Silks do not belong to our line, but having an ‘ypportunity to buy an elegant lgt of them at a “cut" price fowzcash we accepted the lot for your benefit. They will go on two of the ‘“bar- gain tables,” situated near the front door, on Monday morning. Table.No. I. 1 lot of WBeadtiful Faney Fig- ured Silks, {n attractive light and medium ch; hugegnte effects. Sold about tow at S9c. 61c. yd. 1 lot of Exquisite Striped and Figured Changeable Silks, sold at all tle dry goods stores at $1 a 77¢. yd. ‘These are this season's choicest silks, and we offer them to you at the cost price simply in reciprocation for your valuable and generous: patronage in our regular nes of Millinery, Cloaks, Suits and Ladies’ Furnishings. Linings At Cost. We added a Lining Department solely for your benefit—to save you the exorbitant prices asked by the dry goods stores. Soft Finished Dressmakers’ Cambrie, Diack, gray and colors: A Be. cage 3 AC. Yard-wide Soft Finished Sile- slas, black and colors, 8 and 10e.@)3, elsewhere 2... 34C. 2t-inch — Lining Canvas in binck, gray and whi 10¢. OC, rywhere. Tnitation Hair Cloth, €or stif- fening skirts sleeves, ete. = 18¢. ular pric Dress Trimmings Customers tell us that Jet Van- dyke Trimmings are very scarce, Not so here, for we have ‘Just received a new amd exte line in all} the. various widths in new patterns, which we shall sell cgusiderable under reg; ular prices. / 5-in. Jet Vandykes, gc. ea. 6-in. Jet Vandykes, 15c. ea. 10=in. Jet Vamdykes,27¢.ea. BON MARCHE, .] snus 314, 316 7th St. SSOSSOSSSS OST S1E06590600008 3We Alone {On the P; remises 3 And we are the only grocers in the > city who have the facilities to do it. We ROAST (and pulrerize ite desired) every pound of our famous OLD ‘DHELING JAVA and @ MOCHA COF! the ° finest in the workl—only 38c. og hagge for pulverizing for 2 ‘drip’ 7 Orders by mail and telephone & promptly filled. G. Cornwell & Son, 1412-1414 Penna. Ave. it PISSSOSSSSCSI SSS S SA S244 SOOSCOES VOPOPOPOOHD: G. OPOTSSS OOS DP POS OSORIO DE ° 4 o — —Question 50 here for a thoroughly comfortable shoe that Will always look well, wear |, and never give pain, or to buy a 9Sc. shoe hat never wears well, that always giv to spend dollars upon dollars at the corn doctors? Most folks think it’s cheaper to pay $3.50 here. Comfortable shoes, comfortable chairs, a com- fortable store and accommodating clerks. ilson, “Shoemaker for tender feet,”” 929 F St. N.W. ap13-36d SLOSESISSOSE SPSS OSOOO 2Our 40¢. :Gas Stoves? —are not very large, but they 8 others’ G0c. larger ones for ° 2 are as large We hay Te. and $1 and more. 2-burner Gas Ranzes, $12 up. 3-burner Gas Ranges, $1 4-burner Gas Range: Tread Toasters, 50c Carling Iron Heaters, 25c. pliance Ex., Wi Ave. OFO0000 SSESOOOOS 3 3 ¢ (a) 32> Woodward «. Lothrop, 10TH, 11TH AND F STS. N.W. —-o—— We Never Stop Working To make this store a better store. Improvement means more our efforts to improve. We are untiring in value given than money asked and the choicest of stocks to select from. It means serving the public, better today than yesterdayand better tomorrow than today. ingat. That isn’t all. This is the kind of storekeeping we are aim= We are constantly on the look- out for anything that will contribute to your pleasure and comfort, as well as your profit when shopping here. We have every facility and modern convenience --telegraph office, telephone station, postal facilities, package checking rooms, &c. , and have recently added another magnificent reception room, which is easily accessible from either third cr fourth floor. It is handsomely furnished with easy chairs, sofas, divans, tables, &c. To the rear of reception room are lavato- ties, toilet and retiring rooms for ladies. Patrons and strangers alike are thrice welcome to the whole store service, and it is umexcelled. ss Wedding and Birthday Gifts In Bric-a-brac Department, foyrth floor, front of ladies’ reeption room. This superb stock of novel- tles for presentation purposes is one of the most attractive we have ever shown, and includes many unique, artistic pieces which cannot be duplicated. choice articles to be sold at very moderate prices. Special attention is givea to the selection of —— Dress Goods Department. Navy Blue and Black Serges. Always desirable because always fashionable. No other fabric so popular, none so appropriate for so many occasions. Just the thing for rd an rough usage—for house, for street, for seashore, for mountzing, for traveling, for business women's work dresses, for wet weather, for dry weather, for tennis, for golf, for boating and for all outdoor sports. ‘These serviceable and becoming serges will many novelties have sprung up. e e used more this season than ever, notwithstanding We have a better assortment than ever and the prices are lower than ever. NAVY BLUE AND BLACK MARINE SERGES We are Washington agents for these unequaled Storm Cheviot Serges. They are manufactured in England, and are finished in such a way as to make the dye absolutely fast. $1.25 $1.00 . 75C Fourth quality, 42-Inch, per yard.....+ 50c. First quality, 48-inch, per yard. Second quality, 48-inch, per yard. Third quality, 45-inch, per yard. . (ist floor... FINE INDIA TWILL SERGES—manufacturod in ‘ance and Germany, strictly all wool and jet black. First quality, 50-inch, per yard.......2 D«OO . 85c. 75c- Fourth quality, 50-inch, per yard...000 5SOC- 40c. gic. eeecess 10th st. building.) Second quality, 50-lach, per yard. ‘Third quality, 50-inch, per yard....eee Fifth quality, 45-inch, per yard. Sixth quality, 37-inch, per yard......0 —o.—. Separate Skirts. TAILOR MADE, DRESSY, STYLISIT BEAUTIFUL. WE ARE SHOWING A VAST V. RIETY IN CREPON AND OTHER FASHIONABLE STUF THAT ARE CORRECT IN RY RE- SPECT--LINED THROUGHOUT, ORG AN-PIPE BACK, LATEST FULL SWEEP MAKING AS GOOD AS CAN BE, PRICES THE VERY LOWEST. Separate Skirts of Cheviot Serge, tailor mad stiffened back; perfect hanging; a special value. ATTENTION VALUES, AS FOLLOWS: Silk Waists WITH THE FRESHEST FASHION THOUGHT SEWED INTO EVERY SEAM. YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM SCORES OF HANDSOME STYLES, BEA COLORINGS AND EXQUISITE COMBINA- PRICES RANGE FROM $3.75 TO $35.00. IS CALLED TO THREE SPECIAL Waists of Black India Silk, Double-warp Surah and Figured India Silks; plain and ribbon trimmed. Each ... esas -+-$5.00 | Balloon and Empire sleeves. The best value possi- Separate Skirts of Crepon and Novelty Cloth; | ble to get at the price. Each. -$5.00 Uned throughout; - stiffened organ-pipe back. | Waists of Taffeta Silk, wit sleeves, Each . a $7.50 | crush colar and belt; neat black or white stripes. Separate Skirts of Crepon, in a variety of beau- | Each ... ease -$6.00 tiful new patterns; tailored in the best possible Waists of Striped Taffetas and Figured Glace manner. Each --$10.00 | Silks. Choice patterns. Each....,..........$8.50 Gd floor. 10th st. bldg.) 1 Gd floor. -10th st. bidg.) - —o— Silk Skirts. COMMON-SENSE GARMENTS. NO OTHE KIND LOOKS SO WELL. THEY IMPROVE THE ‘SET OF THE DRESS AND THEY SAVE THE LAUNDRY BULLS, TOO. MORE POPULAR THIS SEASON THAN EVER, AND NO WOMAN'S WARDROBE WILL BE COMPLETE WITHOUT ONE AT LEAST. WE HAVE A CHOICE THAN EVER BEFORE. FULL VALUES THESE: Diack Taffeta Silk Skirts, with seven-inch corded | rutile, finished with cord and heading. Each. BO Black Taffeta Silk ‘Skirts; latest umbrella strle; deep conted flounce. Each. $5.00 Changeable Taffeta Suk Sk! mmbrella. style; rut (2d floor... ASSORTMENT AND THE PRICES ARE LOWER various shades; one or two corded ruffles and dust Me at bottom which protects the skirt. Each, $10.00 More elaborate styles, with ruffles ap the back and trimmed with rich laces, &c. Up to....$16.50 +-+-10fh st. butlding.) Housekeeping Supplies. Linens, Bedwear, Blankets, &c. BUYING BIG LOTS IS ONE REASON WHY WE CAN OFTEN QUOTE PRICES UNDER THOSE CURRENT FOR SAME GOODS. THESB FEW ITEMS ARE SPECIAL AND INDEX THIS WEEK'S COLLECTION OF BARGALNS: Linen Department. Summer Blankets. A light wool covering is cooler than any other. You'll need them soon. 10-4 size, per patr. $3, 84 and $5 144 dozen Pare Linen (warranted) Huckaback | 1174 size” per pair. na $4. $ and $6 Towels, fringed, 18x36 inches (actual meAstre, | 49°4 Sie0) por pair. sc s2.s.085, 8 ments). Per dozen... aie Will also be sold singly if desired. = 3 —o— Cotton Department. White Goods Dept. tacked 500 Muslin Pillow Cases, 2244x36 inches, and lace trimmed. Each S55 —_.— Blanket Department. 60 pairs 10-4 Browm Mixed Blankets, suitable ies covering ice. Each. 5c. Per palr..--++0+ to pandeeeerees ren | This fabrie needs sold it here for years, and the same Also, 4.087 yards Indla Linon, fine qualit inches wide, sold regularly at 18c. Per yard.12) Our customers who have been waiting for it will be pleased to know of the arrival of 100 pleces Swiss Lawn, 48 inches wide, per Be. no introduct! fon. : We only have quality is not be bad elsewhere. Gi 40 —.-—_ Blankets Cleansed. qsc. Each. $1.50 Per Pair. By a recent contract with oue of the largest ard most reliable renovating establishments In the country we are enabled to have Blankets thoroughly appear as good as mew. Blankets called for and delly (2d floor Lace Curtain 75c. Per We have arranged with one of the best Curtain cleansers and fiulshers in New York to do this work for us. Drop us a postal when you take yours thoroughly cleansed and return them looking like new. (4th floor... 66+ cleansed, re-bound and re-napped, making them ered without extra charge. ++11th st. building.) s Cleansed. Pair. down end we will send for them, have them +-11th st. building.) Woodward & Lothrop. Kimon Nicolaides’ Retiring Sale. Sacrifices! Sacrifices! 0U CANNOT POINT AT, at or touch a single thing in our store that Js not marked down to half price or less, What is the use of buying cheap, common china ~ when you buy the finest Japanese ware for almost the same money during our retiring sale? You haven't the re- motest idea of the great sacrifices being made throughout our entire stock, cause you have uever seen anyth like it before. COST PRICE NOT CONSIDERED. QUICK SELLING THE ONLY CONSIDERATION. $3-50 Large Imarian Jap Umbrella Stands, $1.50. 25e. Cat Baskets. 10c. Beautiful Japa: 3S Beautiful Japanese Butters, worth Se. each, per dozen..... 5 Afterdinner Caps and “Sancers, | B5e., to go at. Jap. Hirado Teapots, worth Ze. to go at Best quali worth $3. inch Jup. ‘Handkerchiefs, worth 50c. 35e. 28-inch Fine Crepe Slik Shawls, worth $2. sees 1 $10 Jap. Screens. $15 Jap. Screens: Lovely Japanese Fans at half price. KIMON NICOLAIDES, SARATOGA JAPANESE EMPORIUM, 1205 F St. ap13-Gins SSOSS GH556 GE “Ceres” Daily Menu: S o® BREAKFAST Fruit. Cre Flannel Rolls. Coftee. OOOO uregand Eggs, Potato Chips. ‘Chocolate. DINNER. 3 2 bd Waters. ‘Tomato Soup. Cannelon of Beef. Brown Sauce. Baked Potatoes. Canned Corn, Lettuce. Fruit. fee. A Clean Swee All the “PRIZE WINNERS" and those who received honorable mention at the recent Bread Contest which took place at Convention Hall all used eCeres °Flour —in their Prize Loaves. “Geres’? made of No. 1 Hard Dakota and sota Wheat, is ground in the most ern mills amid clean surroundings scrupulous millers, and és the most tritious flour on the market. “Ce: for sale by all grocers—accept no stitute, 4 Wm. M. Galt & Co., @& WHOLESALERS, @Cor.ist& Ind. Ave.N.W. i i BOOSODOOS GOGH il. Bg #8 OOOOO GOSOSDOOGOOSSSOODIDTDOGSHCSOSHHO9OOOOHO . eo ‘The opportunity came to me toe purchase 102 doz. Gas Globes of good style at special bargaio. We have six patterns and to fit both size a 16c. Bargains in Gas Globes. They are very neat—and usually sell for 2c. and 35c. ‘This lot only—no more to be had at this price. a SESLESESO SSO SESS SOO OOO EOEOO OP O0S POPODOCEOOPIPISIIII OOOO OOOO ODODE SE 3C. A. 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