Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1895, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. THE. EVENING STAR. WASHIN VNGTON. SATURDAY.........September 28, 1895. CROSBY S. NOYES. -Editor. THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permancnt Family Circulation much more than the combined cir- culation of the other Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no competitor. ln order to avoid delnys, 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. Let the Grand Jury Act. It does not need the testimony of Lieut. Sewell of the United States engineers, in oharge of the work of constructing the ad- dition to the Government Printing Office, to demonstrate to the official and unofficial world the absolute necessity for a com- plete demolition of the old frame now used as ar. official printing house before it falls of its own weight. But his evidence in the case of Foreman McVaugh, tried in the Police Court yesterday for an alleged vio- lation of the eight-hour law, is even moze startling than any one could have imag- ined; {t corroborated ail that The Star has ever averred. It should be reproduced in its entirety and given wide circulation, especially among the national legislators, who will then have more light on the ne- cessities of the case than ever. He says that the walls were poorly built in the be- ginning, and that the constant jarring of the machinery has caused the bricks and mortar to separate, so that the shell is ready at any moment to crumble and crush hundreds of men and women he- neath it. Then, too, he says the timbers have become impregnated with grease from the inks and oils used about the work, and are hishiy,sinflammable. A ter- rible disaster, worse, even, than the fall of the floors of the Ford Theater, is immi- nent at every moment the building is oc- cupied for its present use. In fact, there is apparently no use to which it could with safety be put. The fact that there has been no accident at the printing office since its erection is no guarantee of its continued stability. With the walls in the condition described by Lieut. Sewell—who had occasion to examine them in making Preparations for the new part—they may disintegrate without any warning what- ever. They would be unsafe enough for use as a storage place for heavy material. But subject, as they are, to almost con- stant strain from the weight and jar of machinery, the chances for a collapse are terribly increased, and there is every cause for the gravest apprehension. No brain can tceday imagine the horror of such a disaster it it sould occur while the build- ing 's occupied by the hundreds of com- positors, presemen, booKbinders, stereo- typers, women helpers and press-feeders, ™nessengers, laborers, clerks and artisans of many kinds. If the danger were con- fined to a small section of the plant it would be sad enough, but with the entire ih Street wing In this flimsy condition the nossibilities for casualty are increased to a frightful degree. Judge Miller’s advice to the District Attorney to take the case to the Grand Jury for immediate investiga- tion should be.acted upon at once. The in- quiry will be but a form, as the facts in relation to the character of the building “re well known today. What is wanted is a decisive action by an authoritative body that will prevent the further use of the aangerous parts of the old building. That will, of course. be a great inconvenience to the government, and might result in a temporary stoppage of the greater part of the work of printing for a time. But it would be one of the surest means of hastening action by Congress on this much neglected subject. With the plant for the printing of campaign material reduced zar beyond its usual capacity there would be more than the requisite speed probably given to some measure intended to repiace the H street shell with a fine modern building. Let the Grand Jury act wilhout any hesitation or delay. ——- + e = Womnn in the Prize Ring. Just why Mrs. Culberson, wife of the governor of ‘texas, should project herself into the prize-ring and try to interfere with the course of her spouse in his determina- tion to prevent the exhibiticn of fisticuffs proposed at DaWas, is beyond comprehen- sion. It is not altogether 2 natural fune- tion of woman to champion the cause of brutality. Prize-fighting does not represent any element of humanity that is dear to the feminine heart. If these men who are trying to find a place in which to punch the conceit out of each other and.the dol- lars out of the sperting fraternity stood for any good principle and were about to fight for a righteous cause, it might be reasonable to expect well-reared women to become hysterical in their behalf. But for the wife of a high official who has undertaken to do what he conceives to be his duty to try to influence his judgment by peevish interviews in the papers is an altogether unexpected development. Mrs. Culberson may be a type of the new women, and she may be only a develop- ment of the ultra-sympathetle. It is hardly probable that she will have any deterrent influence upon her husband, as he has already taken irrevo enactment of a new law against prize lighting that, he hopes, will prevent the mill from taking place in Texas. 2 The Elgbt-Hour Law Intact. Friends of the eight-hour law can hardly be otherwise than encouraged by the man- ner in which Judge Miller spoke of that statute yesterday in his decision in the MeVaugh case, and while the charge against McVaugh fell to the ground it was not because there was weukness of the law but rather because the defendant. proved most conclusively that an extraordinary emergency existed and had to be met with- out regard whatever for the limitations es- tablished by legislative provision. The judge declared the law to be ample, and made it evident that so far as he was con- cerned it could not be violated with im- punity. This is a warning to be heeded by all employers who come within the purview of the statute and who are in- clined toward selfish diobedience. ———_+++__ Pullman car porters should organizt im- mediately and offer a princely reward for the apprehension of the man who robbed a Pullman car passenger just as the train on which she was a passenger started to move out of the Wabash depot in Chicago. If the perters’ monopoly is once broken it may Prove to be beyond the possibility of repair. ——_ + «+ _. Admirable weather, this, for building operations, yet there were today only avout ene hundred men employed upon the con- struction of the new «ity post-office. —___+ ++ ___ American Profits for Foreigners. Dr. Conan Doyle may have thrown a good @eal of light on an interesting questiow ‘when he said recently in London that the Englishman coming to America to lecture Bhould not expect to do more than cover the expense3 of a most enjoyable and in ether ways profitable outing. Great gains may be made in some American fields, such @s the drama and the lighter forms of usical entertainment, but the general ex- Perience of visiting jus is that Ame ans do not pay heavily to hear the pure Uiterary man or woman lecture or read. |@s Dr. Doyle says, one can cover expenses, ble steps toward the | 1 a great deal has been accomplished. It is| well for America that this is true; it wil} tend to keep out of the country a crowd of middle-rate people and impostors who might be—and indeed who have already been— attracted to these shores, to widen what- ever prejudices may now exist between the | peoples. But as long as the prospects of financial return are small the American platform will doubtless be left to intelligent and well-balanced men who, says Df. Doyle, desire a pleasant trip and an accurate in- sight into American thoughts and fashions. He calls it receiving “enlarged ideas.” Such an expressicn is wholesome and hopeful. More men like Dr. Doyle would not be amiss in these days when foreigners rush here, rush back, and then write all about us. —__ o> ___ It Ought to Prosper. With its business affairs practically in the hands of some of Washfngton’s highly suc- cessful business men, the Columbia Athletic Club should prosper as its originators in- tended it to. Local interest in all manner of clean athletic sport is greater than at any time during recent years, and there 13 no likelihood of immediate subsidence of that commendable spirit. The members of the club should now take a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together, and the result will be seen next season in the re-ap- pearance of Washington men In athletic sports such as have for some time past been almost entirely neglected. Whatever the C. A. C. does to broaden its foundations and render its structure more secure will undoubtedly be appreciated by Washing- tonians generally and be assisted by a great many local residents who would be sorry to see this city without such a club as the C. A. C. promised to be and can be. —__—_ 0+ __ Street-car patrons—who have of late re- ceived especial consideration In Washing- ton—will have additional cause for grati- fication when the transfer arrangements between the Columbia, the Belt and the Eckington roads go into effect next week. Every additional @transfer point means a corsiderable reduction of the, expense accounts of mary people; generally the pecple to whom such reductions are most welcome. The spirit of compromise which is abroad in the matter of street-car trans- p¢rtation mvst be extremely pleasing to the public, for it presages the opening up of a rear-by era when it will be possible to travel from any point in the District of Co- lumbia to any other point for a single fare. —___+ e+ ___ Home rule principles are generally ap- plauded, but there seems to be a difference of opirion in Virginia as to whether they ought to be applied to campaign orators. Senator Martin is on record as favoring a Virginia boycott of all democratic speakers who are not Virginians. That plan may work all right in states where there is great wealth of brainy and elocutionary excel- lence, but the people of states where these things are not would be compelled to hor- rible suffering. But for the fact that at- tendance at political meetings is voluntary, the aid of the courts could undoubtedly de invoked to render such misery impossible on the ground that the punishment could be fairly regarded as “cruel and unusual.” —_—__+ -. + —__ There is no reason why the thoroughbred sports who have planned to visit Texas for the purpose of seeing Corbett and Fitzsim- mons punch each other should change their plans; a session of the TexaS legislature ought to be at least as interesting as a prize fight. ——__ + ++_____ Governor Culberson’s earnestness in op- posing prize-fighting in Texas must have a soothing effect on Corbett and Fitzsimmons, both of whom, in view of the judicial de- cision favorable to slugging, were doubtless beginning to believe that luck was running against them. ——-- + ++ ______ Secretary Morton every once in awhile comes forward to demonstrate that the calculations on crops need not be so ab- sorbing as to prevent a man from having opinions on other subjects. ———~+-____ Lieutenant Peary’s conclusion that he can be of more use where his fellow men reside than in an uninhabitable portion of the globe is an eminently sensible one. —_- + e+ ____ If Kentucky is determined to indulge in the luxury of a “favorite son’ there is cer- tainly no one more entitled to the distinc- tion than Secretary Carlisle. 0 0 oe Spain has no hesitation about subjecting her soldiers to the pangs of homesickness. They are evidently destined to stay in Cuba for some time to come. : -_—-2-——___—_ The Atlanta Exposition has secured the unanimous indorsement of press, public and pulpit as the one and only greatest show on earth. ——___- 0+ ______ There are two grand divisions of poli- ticlans in New York iow, tie ardent re- formers and the eager back-sliders. ——_—__+ +e - —__ By spending the wirter with us the Val- kyrie wiil have an opportunity to learn that we are not such a bad lot after all. —< o- Superiority of the Evening Paper. Wash. Cor. Phila. Eve. Star. A preminent Philadelphia journalist said recently, in conversation with a number of correspondents of Newspaper Row, that he was of the opinion, after a careful exam- ination, that the combined circulation of the evening newspapers of Philadelphia was equal, if not greater, than that of the com- bined morning press of the same city. He meant, of course, the bona fide circulation; that Is, the number of papers sold, paid for and read not merely the number run through the press and sent.to news agents, but returned unsold and not read. The statement was called forth by a remark corcerning the immerse business patronage of The Evening Star newspaper of Washing- ten. ‘This paper is now in the forty-thir year of its existence, and for at least thirty five years of that time it has had the bulge on the other 1 ewspapers of the city in cir- culation and business. Of its contemporaries, the Washington Post is a first-class newspaper in every re- spect, and is classed by the newspaper men of the country with the New York Sun and the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, as present- ing the best written editorial page of the press of the nation. Everybody in town reads the Post, but at the same time every- body reads The Star, and the last-named outstrips the other in the matter of adver- tising patronage. The question arises: These two newspapers being equal, in that they are progressive and up-to-date jour- nals of the first-class, why is it that the one printed in the evening outstrips its morning rival in the matter of securing a greater business patronage? My answer would be that the newspapers printed in the evening are thoroughly read, while those published in the morning are only indifferently so. The great majority of the people of every community have to start in to work early in the morning of each day of the week excepting Sunday. They remain in bed until the last moment, eat their breakfast hurriedly, and the only time left them to read is while being whirled to their places of business by the trolley cars. It is absolutely against the rules for the clerks in the government departments in Weshington to read newspapers during office hours. These last from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. When they leave their desks they find at least six hours ahead of them before going to bed, with nothing to do but read their evening newspapers and eat their sup- ers. Le it is with the men of a community so it is with the women. The latter have little time in the morning to give to newspapers. Their household duties command their im- mediate attention. It is because of the fact that the morn- ing newspaper editor knows that at least nine-tenths of the persons who buy his jour- nal have no time to give it more than a casual perusal that he gives what is called “The Summary of the Day's News.” No one ever saw such a summary published in an evening paper. The frequency of the artoon, and the other illustrations of cur- nt events in the morning papers is brought ubout by the knowledge the editor has of the want of time the reader has to peruse ue news without his having to read the de- tails. THE WEEK. The New York democratic state conven- tion nomineted fcr secretary of state, Horatio C. King; the Grace-Fairchild dete- gates withdrew, their demands being re- fused. Chancellor McGill was nominated for governor by the New Jersey demo- cratic convention. The international deep Water ways converiion met in Cleveland. The United States treasury will show a surplus at the end of September for the present mcnth; this is the first time for a long time that the receipts exceeded ex- pen The Irish new movement con- vention in session in Chicago passed reso- lutions demanding the freedom of Irleand from English rule. An investigation was begun in Pittsburg of charges of bribery and blackmail against the police depart- ment of that city. A convention of the Brctherhood of St. Andrew met in Louis- ville. All five companies of the Michigan troops, stationed at Ishpeming, Mich., to prevent lawlessness during the miners’ strike, left for their homes. Italians cele- brated the twenty-fifta anniversary of the eccupation of Rome. The Presfdent, by an executive order, extended the civil serv- ice system to all consular officers whose compensation is between $1,000 and $2,500. A conference of democratic silver leaders was held in Memphis, Tenn., to appoint committees for the different states, to or- ganize the silver forces. Judge Blake, in Helena, Mont., declared the anti-gambling law _ unconstitutional. H. H. Holmes pleaded not guilty in Philadelphia to the charge of muriering Benjamin F. Peitzel. At Hot Springs, Ark., a fire destroyed the Pacific Hotel, the Crescent House, adjoin- ing, the Valley livery stables, the Jewish Asylum and five cottages to the rear of the Pacific Hotel. The jury in the United States* district court in Wilmington, Del., brought in a verdict of not guilty in the case of twenty-one Cubans, accused of being filibusters. Captain Benjamin F. Revelle of Baltimore was murdered on board his schooner, the John A. H. Dixon, by Benjamin Johnson, the colored mate. ‘The Oxferd and Cambridge cricketers de- feated the Philadelphians by four runs and two wickets. The prominent deaths of the week include Judge Hale of California, a ferty-niner, and S. Corning Judd, formerly postmaster of Chicago. Foreign. The Japanese are suffering hardships in their effort to crush the Formosan rebels. Advices from Hodeida, in the Arabian province of Yemen, r2port that one hun- dred lives have been lost by a landslide, which overwhelmed the village of Hudeya. A steamer at Geneva, Switzerland, ran into and sunk a rowbcat containing seven per- sons, all of whom were drowned. The Em- Reror of China has appointed Li Hung Chang and other gevernment officials a commission to arrange an extra treaty with Japan. The English gcvernment has ap- pointed Sir Herbert Murray governor of Newfoundland. The Parisian who was ar- rested while trying to ignite an explosive in the vestibule of the Rothschilds’ banking house, in Paris, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Ten thousand dia- mond cutters in Amsterdam went on strike. England is concentrating warships in Chi- nese waters with the evident intention of compelling that government to hurry the punishment of those connected with the massacre of missionaries. The Mussulmans at Antioch raided an Armenian church and killed ten of the Armenians, who were pro- tecting their edifice. The death is announc- ed in Corea of Ye Sung Su, the Corean min- ister to the Unitea States. The mirister has been absent from his post for nearly a year. Harry Payne, the noted English pan- tomimist, is dead. Dr. Henry Adolph Bar- deleben, a noted German surgeon, who at- tended the late Emperor Frederick in his last illness. died at the age of seventy-seven years. In the District. ‘The public schools opened with an in- creased attendance, the weather, however, being unseasonably warm fcr school room work. Timothy Dempsey was shot and killed ky Police Officer Vermillion; the cor- oner’s jury decided that the officer acted in self-defense. Three repzesentative bodies were in session during the week—the an- nual conference of workers of the Protes- tant Episcopal Church among colored peo- ple, the anrval convention of the German- American ‘Technical Society and the Dis- trict Women’s Christian Temperance Union, of which latter Mrs. Margaret Platt was elected president. A majority of the board ot Commissioners decided that the Great Falls electric railway had a right to erect overhead wires in Georgetown. Charles Clinton Gardner, for fifteen years cashier of the local freight department of the Pennsylvania railroad, has mysteriously lisappeared; he is charged with being a defaulte® to the extent of $3,000, but his friends deny that he could have had any intention of wrongdoing. The e!ght-hour law was upheld by Judge Miller in the case charging the contractor for the erection of an addition to the geverument printing cffice with violation of the law; the judge held, however, that the condition of the building presented an emergency recognized by the law, anu the case was dismissed. ‘The croquet tournament in progress during the week closes today. The governor of Vermont and staff were entertained at a banquet by Myron M. Parker. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage accepted a call as co-pastor ef the First Presbyterian Church. The deaths of John A. Milburn and Capt. Will- iam Ross Browne occurred. -—— ¢=- —____ SHOOTING STARS. Once More. Once more there ficats upon the breeze The sound of strife’s approaching storm; Once more comes floating o’er the leas, That gocd oid chcrus of “reform.” His Little Joke. “Well,” said the scientist who makes puns; “‘there’s one satisfaction in contem- plating modern development.” “What do you mean?” inquired his wife. “The dangers cf trolley-polar exploration are greatly diminished. And he laughed long and alone. This Quarreling. If Corbett and Fitzsimmons Keep saying things like those, There's reason, really, to fear ‘That they will come to blows. Something to Look Forward To. “You have some very interesting plants here,” said the visitor, who had been going through the betanical gardens. Yes,” replied the citizen proudly, “but wait till you see our garbage plant No Darwin for Him. “Lemme out!” yelled the chimpanzee; “Lemme out. I want to get at ‘im.” “Why, Jocko,” said his mate; ‘what on earth is the matter?” “See that dude going along the gravel walk? <= : vies “Well, I'm after him. I heard him say he believed we were his ancestors.” One Method, lere are a number of copies of a harm- less little story,” said the clerk in a sec- ond-hand book store, “that never will sell. I don’t know how we ever came to get them in stock.” “Well,” replied the proprietor, “we'll have to get folks to buy them.” “But how will we do it?” “Get out that stencil and mark ’em all ‘unexpurgated.’ ” ——___+ «+ _____ The Fioest Litrary Building. Now that the fence around the new Con- gressional Library building is down the public will have a chance to appreciate how great an addition to the architecture of Washington this beautiful structure really is. The fence has concealed the finer out- lines of the lower part of the new home for the thousands of books at present stored away in the Capitol, although the graceful roof has for some months been in plain view. This magnificent structure will be the finest and most complete library build- ing in the world when fully completed, and it should soon be followed by a correspond- ing edifice north of East Capitol street for the accommodation of the Supreme Court and other departments of the judicial branch cf the Government. A long stride forward has been taken in the planning and construction of the library edifice; such as should be followed in all additions to Wash- ington’s pubile buildings. It is a poor econ- omy that ks to save in the building of structures that are destined to stand for centuries. New Dry Goods Johnson AND Luttrell’s, 713 Market Space. For the entire week be= ginning Monday, Septem- ber 30, we wilt "Slice a se= ries of ‘‘business bringing bargains” that. will eclipse anything heretofore at- tempted in new and high- grade Dry Goods. New Dress Goods. MCGADAY WE OPEN OUR CCMPLEFE STOCK OF FINE DRESS GObDS. WE RELIEVE THAT IN EXTENT, BEAUTY, VARIETY AND FRESH- NESS OF STYLES Tr IS UNEQUALED BY ANY _THE CITY, WE INVITE YOUR CKITICAL ND WITH ENTIRE CONFIDENCE AWAIT YOUR JUDGMENT, These at 25c. 88-INCH ALL-WOOL FRENCH SERGES, NAVY, GARN! “ARDINAL, MYRILE, RO ND BLACK. 38-INCH ALL-WOOL AND SIL AND-WOOL MIXTURES, ALSO NEW, BRIGHT SCOTCH WOOL PLAIDS. THESE GOODS ARE WORTH 5¢., 39c. AND C0c., BUT 48 A SPECIAL “BUSINESS-BRINGING BARGAIN” THE CHOICE FOR 25e. YARD. At 35c. NCH MOTTLED EFFECT NOVELTY DRESS » ) BEAUTIFUL COLORINGS. EW ALL-WOOL PLAIDS. TEESE WERE oT eae TO SELL AT 50c At 5 40-INCH MOHAIR ie brea NOVELTIES, IN THE NEW ROUGH EFFECTS. ALSO FINE IM- YORTED SCOIVH PLAIDS, SUITABLE FOR LADIES’ WAISTS OR CHILDREN’S DRESSES. WE'VE SEEN AS GOOD AS THESE FOR 7c. : : At 50c. 40-INCH IM?0! ED JACQUARD NOVELTIES, IVPORTED TO LL Ft 7e., BUT FOR A BUSINESS BRINGER W! 'E MARKED’ THEM cou At 75c. 44-1nch Boucle and Tufted Novelties, in all the Bewest color combinations. Also 44-Inch Silk and Wool Plaids. We've seen samples from other stores at $1 that were no better. At 98c. MOHAIR AND WOOL AND SILK AND WOOL D NOVELTY SUITINGS, IN| NEW H EFFECTS. ThIS LINE WILL COMPARE AVOPABLY WITH THOSE OFFERED ELSE- WHERE AT $1.25. The New Blacks. BLACK FABRICS OF THE MOST STYLISH KINDS, WITH THE RICH LUSTER, DEEP DYE AND SUPERIOR FINISH THAT GO WITH FIRST- CLASS FLACK BLRICS. NE WORTH WHILE BUYING A COTTONY, CHEAP-LOOKING BLACK DRESS, WHEN A GOOD ONE CAN BE BCUGHT FOR SO LITTLE—AT THIS STORE. At 25c. 20L FRENCH SERGE OR HEN- A QUALITY WE'VE NEVER BEFORE R LESS THAN 39e. At 49¢. 49, instead of @e. for 46-inch English’ Storm Serge or the 40-inch All-wool Jaequards. At 59c. for the T5e. Quatity Figured Mohairs or the 46-irch Clay Dingoral Storm Serges. At 75¢. 44-INCH BOUCLE AND NOVEI- OTUERS' PRICE, $1. FOR THE NEW CKEPON* EFFECT JAC- WE OFFER 3S-INCH ALL. RIETTA, CEEERED c. FOR TH TY SUITINGS. S YOU WANT, OUR STGCK. BEFORE BUY ie New Silks... OF SILK SELIING. W THE FIME V DYER AND WEAVER WORKED IN-SUCH HAR COLD TYPE GAN ‘PELL NEXT TO NOTH- ABOUT THESE NEW SILKS. IT’S BEST ‘to THEM HERE. . age. For 874¢.. Black Duchesse. 5 pleces of All-silk Black Duchesse, extra heavy and beantifal firish. STiye. is the true value, but us a trade bringer we've marked them 69c. At 75¢. All-silk Black Duchesse, in new “figured effects and Pekin stripes. You might match these for $1, but no less. At 98c. of $1.25 for Extra Quality Black igured Duchesse or the new Plaid Surab Silks, le for waists, trimmings, ete. NCY FIGURED AND PLAID TAFFETA SIL FOR WAISTS, AT 69e SSe., W8e. AND $1.25 YARD. e New Flannels. WERE ARE A FEW “BUSINESS-BRINGING BAL INS:"” At 25c. 2i-nch All-woot Wrapper Flannels, in ga big variety of styles and colors. At 35¢. 25e. Instead of 50c. for Plaid and Striped Flan- nels, and 40c. yard for French Fignnels, in light shides, worth 65c. 20c. White Weol Flanuel. White Wool $° Embrold Proper Linings. At Proper Prices. . Best Dressmaker's Cambric. vod Quality Silesia, 10c. vala oe. Imitation Halr Cloth, Best Linen Grass Cloth. Percalit Linen Car. is sale. ‘This sale ex and Fancy Tack Silestas. 10e., 12%ie., 18¢, ail’ Colors, 36-inch Taffeia Slik Lining. Vulue, Ze AND ALL KINDS OF LININGS AT LOWEST PRICES. Patterns, toc. COSMOPOLIT. TH 25e., 30e, AND 35c. PATIERNS FOR ide, THE LATEST PARIS, STYLES, AND ARE THE Rok, OF ANY ON THE MARKET. ‘TH Fasii SHEET CAN BE YOURS FoR At Half Price. We have a small lot of Carpets, Rugs, etc., left from the Johnson, Garner & Co. stock. We want the room they occupy—therefore these PAPER To close. B5c° Ingrain Stalr Carpet. To close. thie, Cottaze Carpet, ‘To clos Al-weol Ingrain Stair Cazpet.” "To close. els Carpet. To close 2 Tapestry Bru y ‘mnants) SM. THIS IS AN 1 Our stocks this season are eee better and Jower in price than ever before. Come in and look them over whether you care to purchase or not. You'll not be importun& to buy. JOMNSON & LUTTRELL | 713 Market Space. it CONTINUED By Special Request. The Palais Royal Autumn “‘Opening’’ and the com- plimentary prices quoted as souvenirs of the occasion are continued, so as to include “the first.” This is by written and oral request. We have almost to apoligize for these “Opening” souvenir prices. First, because it is unfair to brother merchants—to ask you to compare our temporary reductions in prices, which we don’t pretend we can per- manently afford ourselves. Second, because we know it is looked on in “the trade” as absurd—-to offer the new season’s goods at reduced quota- tions. £7 An apology is generally accompanied with an excuse. The excuse is this: With these Souvenir Prices we attract four times the usual number of visiters, and thus introduce the new season's goods in one-quarter the usual time. The New Dress Goods. The opinions and criticisms of patrons and competitors have been so flattering that we are tempted to claim superiority over all others—and not because prices are least here. Wool Dress Goods. 7 We don’t point 20 much to the fact that the Rew autumn-winter $1 Dress Goods may be lad for 89¢ yard during the ‘Opening’? than to the opinions of visitors who say the quality, styles and yerlety here are the best procurable at $1 a yard. (Many of those who have made comparisons with the exclusive styl here at $1.68 and those elsewhere at $1.98 to $2.25 yard say that ours are as good in quality and superior in variety. * GNot a few ladies have stated that some of the Wool Suitings here at 39¢ yard are identical to those usually sold at 50c a yard. ©The fabrics here at 50c yard—i4e during the “Opening"’—are superior All-wool, Mohair and Wool and Silk and Wool, in the same effects as the muuch more expcnaive. (7 Washington's elite modiste has already pro- nouncid the Black Dress Goods stock without an equal. And only lately a leading New York mer- chant said: “I consider your Dress Goods dispiay and arrangements for the comfort of shoppers in- comparably the best.’” The New Silks. €FThe new Fancy Silks in latest chameleon ef- fects, and the rich Damasse Satins in new shades may be bad at $1.35 and $1.68, instead of $1.50 and $1.98 a yard. (The superior variety and the beauty of the |- $1 Silkks—89e yard during the “Opening"—is the talk of the town. Hardly a wonder, when the richest autumu-winter effects and colorings for street and evening wear are shown in Plaid Taffeta Silks, New Satin Broci des, Striped Teffeta Silks, Brocade Taffeta Silks, New Bengaline Dresden Taf- feta Silks, New Satin Duchesse, Persian Taffeta Silks, New Figured Silks, New Evening Silks. Bnd think of buying superior warranted Black Silks at only 89¢ yard! Note the variety to choose from: Black Faille Franeaie, Satin Duchesse, Royal Armure, Satin Rhadvme, Moire Francaise, G. G. Silks, G. G. Brocades, Bengaline Silks, Surah Silks, ‘Taffeta Silks and Japanese Silks. Superior to the usual $1 Silks because reliable. A new dress given if that selected splits or crocks. [7 You'll find # perfect light on this unique and great second-floor Dress Goods Department. The latest Paris and London fashion plates to guide you. All the newest Silks and Wool fabrics to select from—at complimentary prices, as souvenirs of the bew season's “Opening.” For other Complimentary Prices of the “Opening” See List Below: Dress Goods Department. S9e yd. for the 75c Plaid Silks. 89 yd. for the T5e Fancy Silks. 89e yd. for the $1 Silks, all styles. 89e yd. for $1 Black Silks, all styles. ve yd. for 8c Black Satin Brozades. B4e yd. for 39¢ Colored Wool Sultings. 44c yd. for all 50c Wool Suitiags. 89c yd. for $1 Fancy Boucle Sultings. 10 per cent off Black Wool Dress Goods. Trimming Department. $1.35 for the $1.50 Cut Jet Yokes. G7e yd. for 75e Iridescent Bead Trimming. 44¢ yd. for 50c Jet and Spangle Trimming. ie yd. for 25e Jet Edges, Sc. 38e dozen for 50c Morster Pearl Buttons. 10 pe* cent off all Laces, including Edges, In- sertions, Bands, Silk and Jet Nets, &c. 48¢ yd. for GSe Venice and Chantilly Laces, 20e yd. for 38¢ Net-top Venice Laces.~ 21c yd. for 25e Veils, all styles. Bic yd. for New Style 39¢ Vellings. Iie ya. for 25c Satin and G. G. Ribbons. 20e yd. for the New 35¢ Ribbons. S2e yf. fo? the 38c Millinery Ribbons. Te piece for 10c Silk-stitched Bone Casing. 8e pair for 12c “‘Manfleld” Dress Shields. Qe plece for 12¢ Velveteen Skirt Binding. ‘23c pair for 35¢ Satin Hose Supporters. Millinery Department. $1.30 for the New $1.50 French Felt Hats. 42c for Children's New 502 Caps. 42c bunch for 50c Roses, silk and velvet. 19¢ for the 25e Mercury Wings. Housefurnishing Dept. $1.98 pair for $2.25 Irish Point Lace Curtains. $5.98 pair for $7.50 Real Brussels Lace Curtains. Ze pair for t8e Nottingham Lace Curtains. $2.48 pair for $3.25 Tapestry Portieres. $1.98 pair fo~ the $2.25 Chenille Portieres, Se for the $1.48 Solid Oak Tables. $2.98 for the $3.50 Japanese Gold-worked Screens. $7.98 for the $9.50 Upholstered Box Couches. 29¢ for the 39¢ Chenille le Covers. Qe yd. for the 12% Figured Silkoline. $4.98 for the $6.50 White and Brass Beds. $1 yd. for 72-inch $1.39 Table Damask. @8e yd. for*S5c All-linen Table Damask. 49c yd. for 59c All-linen Table Damask. $1.49 dozen for $1.89 All-linen Table Napkins. 98e for $1.25 Crochet Bed Spreads. ‘$3. pair fo- the $ Wool-filled Blankets. B9c pair for the 75c White Cotton Blankets. $1.49 pair for the $1.98 Scotch Wool Blankets, J0c for the !5¢ Stamped Linen Table Covers. 62c for the 75c Spachtel Scarfs, 64 inches. 29¢ for the 3¥c All-linen Tray Covers. 15ce for Brainerd & Armstrong's 19¢ Crochet Silk. 2ic for the 25¢ Bureau Scarfs, 54 inches. 20c for the 35c Tinted Basket Table Cloths, Se for the 19 Iron Coal Hods. Se for the 9c Japanned Tin Trays. $1.98 for the $2.50 Bissell Carpet Sweeper. 2ec for the 39¢ Garbage Cars, with cover. 38c for the 48c Agate Iron ‘Tea Pots. $9.95 for $13.50 Dinner—Tea Set, 112 pieces. $1.19 for $2.25 Decorated Chamber Set, 6 pleces. 2c for 35¢ Decorated Chira Oyster Plates. $1.65 for the $1.98 Cut-glass Water Bottles, 4c for the 6c Engraved Glass Tumblers. 30c for 48¢ Decorated China Warhstand Sets. $2.45 for $2.98 Brass Lamps, with silk shade. Underwear Dept. - ‘25¢ for Ladles’ 35¢ Ribbed Vests and Pants. 39c for the 50c Ribbed Vests and Pants. 9c for the Te Gray White Underwear. 98e for $1.25 Norfolk and New Brunswick. $1.35 for the Ladies’ $1.50 Combination Suits, $1.29 for the $1.50 Medicated Underwear. 10 per cent off Phyllis Combination Underwear. 10 per cent off American Hoslery Co.'s Underwear, 25e for Children’s 35¢ Merino Underwear, 2le for Children’s 25e Kibbed Underwear. 59e for 8Se Muslin Gowns and Drawers. 5¥e for 75e French Corset Covers. 79e for $1.25 Gowns, Drawers and Corset Covers. @e for Se Melton Cloth Skirts, cology. $1.69 for the $1.98 Black Moreen Skirts. 39e for the 50c “J. B."’ ‘Corsets. 59e for the Te “W. B."” Corsets. $1.50 for the $1.75 “A la Venus” Corsets. $8 for the $3.75 “A la Fusso’? Corsets. 44e for Misses’ GSe Autumn Corsets. lic for Ladies’ 18¢ Fast Black Hose. 19¢ for the 2c Black and Fancy Hose. 25e for 35e Cotton and Lisle Hose. @e for 75 and S5e y Lisle Hose, 49¢ for G8e Castrere Weol Hose. $1.69 for the $ 15e for Children’s 18% 2le for Boys’ 25e Bicycle Hose. Wrap and Suit Dept. $11.48 for the $12.75 English Box Coat Suits. $13.50 for the $15 Cloth Dress Suits. $5.98 for the $6.98 English Box Coat Jackets. $5.48 for the $3.95 Cheviot Cloth Capes. $210 for the $225 Imported Wraps and Jackets. 10 yer cent off all Fur Garments. $5.95 for Misses’ $6.98 English Cheviot Coats. $8.98 for Misses’ $10 Novelty Cloth Coats. $4.19 for Ladies’ $4.98 Cashmere Tea Gowns. $1.48 for the $1.69 French Flennclette Wrappers. 98e for the $1.25 Fiderdown Dressing Sacques. 89 for Children’s $1.25 Cloth Coats, . $2.68 for the Cr fIdzen’s $3.50 Coats. $3.98 for the Infants’ $5 Cloaks. $1.98 for the Infants’ $2.50 Cloaks. 39e for the 50c White Silk Caps. G8e for the 98e Colored Silk Caps. 39e for the Infents’ new 50c Slips. ‘We for the 98e Embroidered Slips. 39¢ Tor 50c School Aprons, 2 to 14 years. 50c for T5e White Dresses, 1 to 4 years. Glove Department. 59e fur 79¢ Kid Gloves, 4 butions. SSe for $1 Warranted Kid Gloves, all styles, $1.15 for $1.25 Sucde Kid Mousquetaires. $1.33 for $1.50 “Palais Royal’ Kid Gloves. $1.65 for $1.85 Suede Eid Mousquetaires. ‘SSe for Misses’ $1 Warranted Kid Gloves, SSe for Men's and Boys’ $1 Kid Gloves. $1.59 for Men's $1 Best Kid Gloves. Fancy Goods Department. 22c for 25e Handkerchiefs, all styles. Ze for the 35e Handkerchiefs. 44c for the 50c Handkerchiefs. 10 per cent off Duchess Lace Handkerchiefs, $1.68 for the new $1.98 Lace Yokes. 10 per cent off other Fancy Neckwear. 2le for the rew 2c Silk Windsors, 22c for many styles Qe and 35¢ Jewelry. 45c for new styles of 6Sc Jewelr; 85e for $1 Sterling Silver Jewelry. $4.98 for the $6.98 Plated Toilet Sets. 39c for the 50c Leatherette Photo Frames. Sle for 23¢ Shopping Bazs, Pocket Books, ete. 42c for 5c Pocket Books, Card Cases, etc. 89e for $1 PocKet Books, Cand Cases, ete. $1.29 for $1.98 Fans, all Intest styfes. 13c for 19¢ boxes Paper and Envelopes. 2lc for 25c boxes “Napoleon”? Initial Paper. 5ye for the Ye “Elsie” Books. 2%e for E. P. Itoe’s Cloth-bound Book: 89e for SUe. “Little Classics,” mit le 44c for Te New Cloth-bourd Books, Te pack for 25 Treasury” Playing Cards. 15e box for 1¢ and 25¢ Paper Dolls. $1.59 for $1.75 Crepe Paper Lump Shades. 10 per cent off Bibles, Prayer Kooks, etc. Ie for “Loonen’s” 25e Tooth Brushes. 13e for **Menne1 * 18¢ Borated Taleum Powder. Ye ounce for “*Condray’s” 15e Sachet Powder. Se for “‘Tetlow’s"” 10c Swandown Powder. 3e for Se. Bottles—2-ounce—Vaseline. 19¢ pound for all 25¢ Candies. Men’s Department. $1.79 for $2 Wool Shirts and D: $1.19 for $1.50 Natural and wear. See window display. 98c for $1.25 Wool Underwear, all styles. Se for $1 White and Fancy Wool Underwear. 35e pair for 50c Cashmere Half Hose. 25e per pale for 35¢ Cashmeré Half Hose. 2ie pair for 25e Cashmere Half Hose. $1.39 pair fer $2 Golf and Bicycle Hose. 18¢ pair for the 19 Silk Garter: $8.98-for the $5 Terry Bath Robes. 47e pair for 50e Suspenders. He for 50c-Neckwear, all styles. Be for the 35e Neckwear, all styles. Umbrella Department. $3.98 for Men's and Ladies’ $5 Silk Umbrellas. $1.89 for Men's and Ladies’ $2.25 Silk Umbrellas. $1.39 for the new $1.95 Silk Serze Umbrellas, 89 for the 98e “GI lik Umbrellas, SSe for the 9Se 5 rawers, rn Wool Under- $1.89 for the Ladies’ $1.98 Mackintoshés. 10 per cent off more expensive Rubber Coats. Shoe Department. $2.97 for the Women’s New $3.7: autumn styles, in best vicl kid, and hand-sewed turned. Shoes, latest d-sewed welt THE PALAIS ROYAL, G and Eleventh Streets A. LISNER. SOSESOESSOSE SESE POSES OSH O SES vervyry: ———— — @ G. G. CORNWELL & SOX, © ‘ TABLE LUXURIES. 3 S869 ‘Higher ( Qualities s& Lower Prices e 4 * ° ea ee ° *** —are two things for which we are 3: **** continually striving at this store. $ °° Whatever you buy HERE is cer- @ [55% tain to be precisely as represented & $ ot 2° + —THE BEST—and comparison will @ °° ** disclose the faet that our prices Bll ot ae vaniapiy THE Lowest. @ °° °° We won't handle inferior goods at @ °° °° any price—and money back or arti- . * * © cles exchanged if not satisfactory. 3 @ °° °° We shall esteem it a favor to **** have you visit the store and in- 3 sees * vestignte our goods and prices. 3G. G. Cornwell & Son,> 1412=1414 Penn. Ave. oe GROCERIES AND TABLE LUXURIES. FIPOSOSSS: 2 PSISOOSSOSSISSITS A Story of Mystery. Do you know what a “Story of Mystery” is? It is a continu- ed story of which all but the last chapter is printed, and then guesses are made as to the solu- tion, then the final installment is printed. Early in October a most inter- esting mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” will be started in The Star, and five hundred dollars will be given for the first absolutely correct solution. In case no guess is absolutely cor- rect the amount will be divided among those nearest to a cor- rect solution. The guesses will be confined to women read- ers. Fuller particulars later. Isn't one of the ordinary, hard, knotty “‘shuck” matttesses, with a new name. It’s built differently- Wears better—is much more com- fortable—than any other kind you can buy. It’s made of RATTAN FIBER. Has COTTON FILLING on BOTH sides. That's why it gives TWICE the service—and is more comfortable. But it COSTS NO MORE. The «Comfort?. Is what every one will appreciate. It’s the only one that never loses {ts shape. Can be adjusted to suit a light and a heavy person. Can be tightened or lodsened at will. COSTS NO MORE than the ordinary - kina. 7 Ask your dealer to show these to you. You'll appreciate their strong points. All wide-awake deal- ers sell them. it 9 ®to Lose’ at a time like this. thank you for taking hold of the matter as you have. An honest purpose mer- its an honest response— And and is getting it. In re-~ turn we are distributing some of the greatest bar- gains in FURNITURE— CARPETS — MAT- TINGS--DRAPERIES— STOVES — CROCK- ERY WARE—BED- WEAR —REFRIGERA- TORS—BABY CAR- RIAGES—OFFICE AP- POINTMENTS— BRIC- A-BRAC—FANCY LAMPS—in fact, every- thing a home needs—that you ever heard of. Come in 4nd get the price of aavities You will find it has been marked down until the cost more than swallows up what we ask for it now As a consequence we are very, very busy. But we expected to be—-and our force has been augmented - that our service may be as prompt as usual. If you haven't the cash —you've got credit—what more do you want? House & Herrmann, ‘The Leading Housefarnishers, 917, 919, 921 AND 928 7TH ST. 636 MASS. 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