Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1895, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 380, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. . THE EVENING. STAR. WASHINGTON SATURDAY..........November 30, 1895. CROSBY S. NOYES. Editor. THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent Family Circulation much more than the combined cir- eulation~of the other Washington dailles. As a News and Advertising Medium it hes no competitor. G7 1n order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the ly to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Depart- ments, nccording to tenor or purpose. -_ A Pretty Big “Small Town.” The vigorous attacks by indignant citizens of Philadelphia upon the Union Traction Company for its gradual encroachments upon the privileges of the citizens, espe- cially for the recent abolition of free transfers, have brought forth a series of explanations and apelogies from the offi- cials of that great corporation, the latest and most elaborate of them coming from Mr. Thomas Dolan, one of the directors. Mr. Dolan is a manufacturer and capitalist of national renown and his name has al« ways been connected with rapid-transit matters more or less intimately. Mr. Dolan says, defying contradiction, that “the Union Traction Company's rate of transportation today per passenger and per mile Is less than in any city in this coun- try.” He qualifies this statement thus: “New York and Washington may be cited in contradiction, but the first is a narrow peninsula and the second a small town.” Mr. Delan evidently has strange ideas of what constitutes a city. Possibly he calls every ccmmunity a “small town” until it has a million of inhabitants. Perhaps Mr. Dolan does not know that a citizen of Washington—or even a visiting Philadel- phian who is willing to accept the rural facilities of the national capital—may ride from the Navy Yard gate to the District ine at Chevy Chase, a distance of nine and one-half miles, for five cents. Then there is a transfer system in vogue that permits a continuous ride from Lincoln Park, the southern end of the city, or the extreme western end in Georgetown to the District line near Takoma for six and one-quarter cents, and the same rate prevails for rides to Tenleytown from any point on the Cap- ital Traction Company. Even this low rate may be lowered by legislation. Mr. Dolan was therefore wise in except- ing Washington from the scope of his Sweeping statement, but he was foolish to accompany this exception with a slur. Mr. Dolan's Philadelphia may in population be a great city and Washington with its trifle of a quarter million of people may be a smal]! town, but in the qualities which char- acterize the ideal modern city this beauti- ful capital, the center of national influences and interests, is the real city, and Philadel- phia only an exaggerated village. —_—_ + e + ____ ‘The Memorial Bridge. ‘There are many interesting and important features In Secretary Lamont’s annual re- port that deserve prompt attention by Con- gress. His reiterated recommendation for the construction of a memorial bridge acfoss the Potomac river should not be put aside merely because it is the third time that the Secretary has urged the project, but on the contrary that fact of itself should bring it all the more forcibly to the attention of the legislators. There are many commercial as well as sentimental reasons for the construc- tion of this great bridge that will be a military structure closely connecting the capital and its military post, a convenience to the citizens of the District and the state of Virginia, and a magnificent monument to the dead heroes of the civil war. The na- tional capital is today singularly deficient in bridge constructions that deserve attention either for their artistic worth or their prac- tical usefulness. Indeed the existing struct- ures are deplorably plain and in one notavle case dangerous. Granting that the bridge is needed, the only question remains as to how great a sum shall be expended upon ft and how soon it shall be constructed. The government can scarcely afford to build a bridge that will surely become a national structure without making it of magnificent Proportions and enduring quality. The pians that have been drawn for this bridge have received the highest &pproval and ample surveying has been done to demon- strate that the project Is wholly feasible at the point chosen by the engineers. ———++-—____ , Washington’s Monuments. The Secretary of War voices a wide public sentiment when he pleads in his annual re- port for the creation of a permanent com- mission to pass upon all questions of art involved in the erection of monuments and Statues at the national capital. The exist- ence in the past of such a board of compe- tent artists and architects would have caused the monuments of the city, which are really national in their eharacter, to present at this time a more homogeneous appearance and a stricter fidelity to thé best principles of art. In the matter of the selection of sites, too, advice could profitably have been taken in many cases from men who would look upon tke matter from the point of suita- bility and harmony of surroundings and per- haps there would have been avoided some Positive incongruities that now exist. The city will soon receive many additions to its already munificent store of monuments, and the creation of this permanent commission should not be postponed until all the best sites along the magnificent avenue extending from the Capitol to the White House and on other thoroughfares of the city have been occupied. +e = _____ ‘The Thanksgiving day issue of the Raleigh News and Observer was a special edition illustrating the cotton mill industry of the old north state. It contained thirty-two pages filled with matter of interest to all who are in the least concerned in the com- mercial development of the new sou*h. The cover consists of a full-page illustration of the development of the cotton mills of the state and is an artistic piece of work. Local interest in this commendable piece of enter- prise is increased by the fact that the pres- ent editor of the News and Observer is Mr. Josephus Daniels, formerly chief clerk of the Interior Department. This very creditable special edition is the largest newspaper ever issued in the state. ——_-+ e+ _____ It is perhaps just as well for the peace and dignity of this country that the Presi- dent did not require any congressional co- cperation to get his Thanksgiving procla- mation into effect. ———~++2___ Like the people who are “saddest when they sing,” Thomas B. Reed often means business most earnestly when he grows jocular. ————S ‘The oftener the Sultan apologizes and re- forms the better he likes it. ——_~+ e+ The Passing of the Trolley. azo has suffered for a long time from the trolley and for a season it seemed as though the satisfactory conclusion of the eati-troliey fight in Washington had not taught its complete lesson to the citizens of the great lake metropolis, but they are apparently now appreciating the full mean- fog of the successful installation of other forms of electrical transportation than the overhead trolley and the cry has at last gone up for a substitution of modern meth- eds for this already antiquated system of propulsion. The Times-Herald in a recent issue enumerated many of the patents for electrical condug s¥stems and declared that the coming few months will be the final and supreme ‘test upon which will depend the existence of the overhead trol- ley in. Chicago. Inadvertently, no doubt, the Times-Herald made the mistake of intimating that the Washington conduit railroad mentioned had not stooi the test of winter, whereas that form of transpor- tation now In use on U street has suc- cessfully passed through two severe win- ters. The test of hard weather is still to be applied to the Ninth street line, which is of slightly different construction, but no real fears are entertained by Washing- tenians or the capitalists interested in the enterprise for the complete triumph of the conduit system over snow, ice and rain. The system has successfully resisted the winters of Buda-Pesth, which are more severe than those of Washington. The narrowing of the slot and the perfecting of other parts of the mechanism have tended to decrease the danger from cli- matic causes and local patrons ef the road that is now being watched so carefully Ly the street railway engineers of the country, and, by the way, it should be noted that this road is now the cenier of all scientific attention, have ho apprehension that their use of the road will be interrupted to any serious extent during the coming winter. The Times-Herald is right; the overhead trolley is a dangerous and rude centrivanee that has fulfilled its function of inaugu- rating the era of electrical rapid-transit and of paving the way for better and safer methods. —_+ + ____ The Aqueduct Tunnel Report. In view of the lorg period of uselessness through which the abandoned aqueduct tun- nel north of the city has already passed there is probably not as much disappoint- ment as might otherwise exist over the an- rouncement made by Secretary Lamont in his annual report that a difference of opinion between the engineering authorities will make It impossiblé to present to Congress rext Monday the report on the question pro- pounded at the last session as to whether the tunnel could ever be utilized for its origiral purpese. It is unfortunate that a difference of opinion should exist. but this being the case it is doubtless better to hesitate and to delay a little longer such a@ vast public enterprise as the completion of the tunnel. There is 3titl in some minds a doubt as to the eventual availability of the tunnel, but it was hoped when Maj. Knight's report was submitted to the chief of en- gineers, bearing the approval of Gen. Caszy, that its recommendations for the completion of the work could be accepted as conclusive. Gen. Craighill’s duty in the matter is plain, and if there be any doubt in his mind regard- ing the feasibility of the plan to complete the tunnel or any question as to the con- clusiveness of the tests that have been ap- piled, no better course, in the light of all experience, could have been adupted than to delay the report and to submit the ques- tion at issue to a board of experts chosen parlly from civil life. Yet this is a matter that should be attended to without greater delay than is absolutely necessary. Secretary Lamont expresses the hope by implication that the conclusive report on the subject may be presented tu Congress in season for legislation in the form of appro- priations, if it should be favorable to further progress. Washington needs more water and this great and comprehensive plan for the increase of the supply should, if regard- ed as feasible by competent authorities, be pushed to completion without unnecessary delay. —_—___+ «+ ____ Policemen on Wheels. New York has got the wheeling craze so badly that bieycling policemen have at last become a necessity. The police board yes- terday decided to organize a corps of two men to patrol the thoroughfares that are most frequented by the users of the wheel, to prevent accidents as-far as possible, to regulate the use of the street and io over- take and arrest “scorchers’ who persist in defying the municipal regulations. This ex- periment will be watched with great inter- est by Washingtonians, at least by those who do not ride wheels, who have been con- vinced for some time that some regulation is advisable if not necessary. It fs one thing to regulate the speed of bicyeles by formal proclamation and another to enforce such rules by arrest and punishment. About the only feasible plan to this effect is that which has just been put in force in New York, for the most logical solution of the problem of catching these evasive violators of the law is to previde their pursuers with equally speedy means of locomotion. The two men detailed for this unique duty in New York city will be neatly attired in special uniforms and mounted on the best machines available. They are thoroughly acquainted with the machine and have de- veloped high speed powers. Whatever the result of this experiment, as it is re- garded by the police commissioners, the fact remains that municipal conditions have | changed most marvelously in this respect in the past five years. It is doubtful if any other feature of street life has ever sprung into such prominence with such lightning- like speed, and municipal conditions have scarcely kept pace with this new feature. As in many other instances the emergency has been created first and the inventive faculties of the rulers of the great cities have been sorely taxed to meet it. ——++s___ The fact that Senator Hill and Mr. Debs are both lecturing on “Liberty” gives risc to the fear that confusion in the mind of the public Is likely to result from placing too many brands of the same goods on the market. —_——_~+ +o ___ The action of the sugar refineries in shut- ting down is attributed to a desire to force up prices. Perhaps it is also meant as a demonstration to impress the reassembling statesmen and secure their good offices. In connection with Prince Bismarck’s much-regretted attack of neuralgia it is to be observed that Emperor William's head continues to be slightly swelled. The Prince of Wales recently stood un- protected in the rain to watch a horse race. Thus, day by day life grows more arduous to our Anglo-maniacs. ——_+++____ Coming into such close competition with a genuine hurricane, Mr. Debs’ oratory is likely to lose much of the impressiveness that was interded. ——_~ +2 ____ When an eminent man shaves his mus- tache off at this time of year it is a sign that he has no doubt of his ability to “keep a stiff upper lip.” ———__-+ +e -_—__ Senator Chandler is even more enthusiast- ic on the subject of the steam railroad than other statesmen have become about the bicycle. ———— In her struggle for independence Cuba bas the example of this country even though it has not the expressed sympathy. ——— +e —___ There were only one hundred and five men at work today on the pesi-office building. —_—__+ +. Chicago Sees the Light. From th> Chicago Times-Herald. That so dangerous and so rude a contriy- ance as the overhead trolley shall continue to prevail in cities is against the lessons taught by the history of all mechanical scieace. Some forms of the underground trolley are undeniably successful, like the Love system in Washington. The Third averue system of New York is undergoing its final test. The Love system is to be tried by the same company on Tenth ave- nue. If the tests now being made for the first time against heavy snowfall and ice meet the expectations of those engaged in them the day of the overhead trolley will have reached its close within a twelve- month. If the corporations who have put the overhead wires up will not voluntarily take them down it is not improbable that the people will give them undesired but ef- fectual help to that end. THE WEEK. Proceedings ‘against vessels suspected of sailing in the interest of Cuban insurgents have attracted general attention; the schooner Joseph W. Foster, which cleared from Philadelphia ostensibly for Tampa, Fla., was seized at Lewes, Del., by United States officers at the request of the Spanish minister, who charged that the vessel car- ried arms for Cuban insurgents; the vessel was afterward released; the captain and two mates of the steamer Horsa were held at Philadelphia, on the charge of landing arms and men in Cuba; the Leon was also seized at Wilmington, and a hearing will be held. In the case of the United States against ex-Superintendent of the Mint Bos- byshell and his sureties, for the recovery of shortages amounting to $13,578.32, a verdict in favor of the government was given. The shortage was caused by the peculations of ex-Chief Weigher Henry S. Cochran. Col. Lamb of Norfolk was chosen Gen. Mahone’s successor as leader of the republicans of Virginia, being made chairman of the state committee, and representative on the re- publican national committee. The revenue cutters Woodbury, Dallas, Dexter, Hamil- ton, Crawford and Colfax were designated by the President to patrol the coasts of the United States during the season of severe weather to render service to vessels in dis- tress. Senator Chandler sent a letter to the President, protesting against permitting the railroad pool to be consummated. Sev- eral deputy wardens at the state prison in Jackson, Mich., were badly beaten by re- volting convicts. A gale blowing from sixty to eighty miles an hour, and accompanied by rain in some sections, and snow and sleet in others, did great damage in the western and southwestern states. Ben- jamin Johnson, the colored sailor, charged with the murder of Capt. B. F. Revell, in the Potomac river, was found guilty of manslaughter by a Charles county jury, and sentenced to three and a half years in the penitentiary. The South Carolina constitutional convention com- pleted its work, and the new state consti- tution goes into effect December 31. Senor Machado was appointed Portuguese min- ister to succeed Senor Thedim, who died recently. Miss Edith Rockefeller, daughter of the Standard Oil magnate, was married to Harold F. McCormick, who was too ill to leave his room, in New York. Foreign. Tired of the dilatory tactics of the sultan, and convinced that he is completely under the power of the palace party, the repre- sentatives of the powers at Constantinople are preparing to reinforce the warships in the Bosphorus, without the sultan’s con- sent. Forty thousand is the estimated total number of victims of the massacre in Ar- menia. Instructions have been sent to the British minister at Rio de Janeiro to invite Brazil to submit the question of the own- ership of the Island of Trinidad to arbitra- tion. The introduction of new machinery caused a strike and riot in a cigarette fac- tory at St. Petersburg. The Brazilian cruiser Uranus was wrecked, and the com- mander and five of the crew perished. The Berlin police closed eleven socialist clubs in that city. Terrific storms off the English coast causel great damage to shipping. The pope created nine cardinals, including Mgr. Satolli, the papal delegate to the Catholic Church in the United States. Sixty-two lives were lost by the explosion in a car- tridge factory-at Palma, Is:and of Majorca, Spain. The pope is suffering from a throat affection. ‘The trial of Gen. Julio Sanguily, the Cuban leader, was begun in Havana. The deaths of the week included Otto Eh- lers, the explorer, in British Guiana; Count Ven Taafe, the Austrian statesman, at El- lischan, Bohernia, and Alexandre ‘Dumas, the French novelist and dramatist, in Paris. In the District. As a holiday the observance of Thanks- giving was marked by the holding of the usual services in the churches; four foot ball games were played during the day. A large number of the members of Congress arrived in the city to be present at the opening session, which will be held Mon- dzy; considerable interest was manifested in the canvass for the minor officeg of the House. A clause in the new police regula- tions will require that all street railways using rapid-transit systems shall stop their cars cn the near side of the street. Owing to the créer of the Commissiuners direct- ing that the sidewalks on Louisiana ayenue ozcupied by the commission merchants be cleared, the merchants decided to take out vendors’ licenses, which would enable them to use a portion of the sidewalk. On ac- cuvnt of che order of the Commissioners directing that steam railroad trains come to a full stop before crossing any electric or cable street railway, the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Potomac secured a temporary restraining injunction from the ecurt. Chief Justice Bingham has directed the summons of a jury of appraisers in one of the cases of condemnation under the highway act. Having failed to agree, the jury in the case of the contest over the will of Mrs. John F. Olmstead was dis- charged. John Harris, colored, was sen- tenced to be hanged January 31 for the murder of Matthew Spruell, colored. The plan for the establishment of a public library as proposed by the board of tra-ie was Indorsec by the Federation of Labor. The deaths of W. N. Dalton and Dr. Eph- raim C. Merriam occurred. Suicide aS shooting was committed by George ‘Tf. Parks. —_+- + SHOOTING STARS. Slightly Disappointed. “Did you have a nice Thanksgiving, Tommy?" asked the young man’s aunt. “Pretty good,” was the answer, with the air of one who makes the best of things; “though I'm not as sick as I was last year.” “Some white folks seems ter ’magine,” said’ Uncle Eben, “dat dey is so much bettah’n other people dat dar ain’ no ne- cessity foh ‘em ter show it by dar actions,” Identical. ‘The same man does the kicking, As the seasons come and go; He grew profane at summer, And he'll do the same toward snow. An Hlustrious Family. “The young man whom I wish to pre- sent,” said the hostess, ‘belongs to one of the oldest, best-known families in the world.” “Indeed!” “Yes. His name is Smith.” A Pleasure Trip. He had just paid for his ticket to Chicago and had walked out of the depot. He stood on the pavement with his hat off, and gazed in a silent rhapsody at the walls across the street. “Aren't you afraid you'll miss your train?” said a friend, who happened to meet him. “Not a bit. Don’t disturb me. I'm en- joying myself. If I miss this train I'll take the next one, and never murmur.” “You seem to have little difficulty in en- joying yourself.” “It's a purely intellectual enjoyment. A sweetly solemn thought has just crossed my mind. You’ve read, have you not, that this earth is going through space like mad —through constellations and past planets without ever stopping to get fuel or fill up the boiler? Well, I’m enjoying the ride. I’m going at a record-breaking pace, and I didn't have to pay a cent to any railroad corporation or run any risk of being robbed by a porter or taking back talk from a con- ductor. I tell you, it’s just glorious!” ‘The Public’s Vacation. Our sorrows are over; we're ready for clover; There’s nothing to worry the mind. We've scattered our troubles like so many bubbles, Our cares have been cast to the wind. ‘The tasks that a nation in sad contempla- tion Is often compelled to recall No longer annoy us; we're idle and joyous, For Congress will ’tend to it all. From hill-tops and valleys, from farms and from chalets, With whiskers, and likewise without, Their forces they muster; they clamber and cluster This welcoming city about. They'll manage our taxes and ofl the earth's axis, That all things may smoothly befall, Where once we were tearful, we're visibly cheerful, For Congress will ’tend to it all. BOSTON VA -abis Opening, of Holiday Goods, - Dolls and poyss December 2 and.3. During the past season we have nearly doubled} tHe floor space of our Store and our capacity for the display of our Goods. Our claim to be they Wading Toy and Fancy Goods House of Washington 1 is undis puted. Goods selected now may ‘be reserved upon payment of a small deposit. Engraving and let- tering done free of charge on all : Umbrellas, Leather Goods, &c. The Store will be op en until g o’clock ‘Mote day evening and Schroeder’s Band will furnish music. Dolls and Toys. Doll: Dept. Fine French Full Jointed Doll, with very pretty bisque head, having long curly wig and movin eyes, showing teeth, dremved in taney akiet, wit puffed lage sleeves.” With stik socks and feather slippers. 20-n, 22tn. 24-1n, 264m. 28-in. 30-In. 32-In. Se. FLAV $1.79 $1.98 $249 $2.08 $3.75 ‘The same with jong natural curly hair wig. 2m Qin, 26in. en. SUI, 32-In, F275 $298 $3.49 $3.08 $4. special 98c. Doll is unequaled, French “bisque head, full curly (wig, fine inode nat Jointed body, showing teeth, 24 in. high, and is dressed n'a fine Inca and eHbton-trimmed: slip. ABSOLUTELY ABLE, American Dolls. 98e. $1.49. aaa Infaat Dolls with moving eyes and short Fine, modeled Jointed body. “4Uc., 79¢., 98c., Dressed Doils. Every Doll in oar stere is new this season and is dressed in tasteful and becoming style and in the st mode. 3 Dressed Dolls at. es Dressed Dolls at. 's Dressed Dolls at. iB 12: 25 » 15 inrge wariety of E3 higher prices. 23 styles Undress Dolls with jointed and kid odies, “with and without moving ‘eyes and shovs and stockings, Ze. Larger sizes, with fall wigs, 49¢. Iron Toys. peed made and very durable. Fire Bug ne 9Se. and $1.98 Hook and 1 s $1. 9Se. and $1.08 Et 1 10e, to $598 49 ec. Gver 100 styles to select from. 3 Girls’ High Sleds. Toys’ ie Ba to $9. 98 Steam Toys. eae a +250. to #8 = uy $1.49 to Pr 00 $2.98 Mechanical Toys. ‘Trains -49¢. to $18.00 Columb‘an | Wheeis. Bleyele Rac Toy Animals. A full menagerie of all kinds of -wild and do- mestic animals of all sizes. age. to to nad Fancy Balls. Books, Blocks & Games. Picture Puszle, Cat Up Steamboat, &e. Dissected Map of U. Brownie Blocks and Foot Mail Exy BS Nested cks. ‘The Sat complete Li | shown. Bi Desks for etal tse... Bureans Dolls’ Be Lar ge Toys. oe Horses. Rocking Horses. Felocipedes Tricyces Irou Wagons. 8 8 ipeseseces 222 LAER .Ree BE 8 S88 SS8ses32 e ee ht Be 5 Be. Be. 32 Toy Ranges. i hide plati 3 to French Alcohol Ranges. 8c. to 49c. to” $10 de. to $9 of Toy Tea te ‘Troliey Car Ws lor Doll House Fural Fancy ‘Goods: ‘and Sllvesare) Novelties mined gooks of guaranteed Jewelry Dept. * $8 ink Bia sae id Gold Cutt F Sterling Lrk Buttons Te rgnette “Chains, rol Sterling Noveities. You liave“aever seen a more complete Line, Scissors Nail Polis Nall Files. to $1.69 Button Hooks to $1.98 Key Rt to 6D ie Name Plates. to 4 Garter Clisps. Match Boxes to $1.98 od 3 Paper Cutters. aa Sterling ’ Table Ware. Tea Spoons S or $3.49 half doz. Deseert ar . or $8.49 half doz. gt S each, bs $10.49 half doz. $5.49 half doz. $10 ee Bats Hots Tahie Knives Cream Ladies. Berry Spoons. Sterling Toilet Goods. “5 Hair Breshes Mirrors Combs 3 Hat Brushes. Yiothes Brushes. Visk Troon Hat Brushes. Plated Table Ware. Rogers Ware, extra plate on. alexa silver. a etc 1.25 halt doz. 1.05 to $249 half doa. 1.65 to $2.49 half doz. 1.65 to $1.75 Chocolate Cutlery Dept. 100° styTes_ Pocket Knives. 109 styles Pocket Knives. styles Pocket Knives Carving Sets. Willow Ware. Waste Baskets from. + -25e. Work k Bask “ts from. Oe. oe os p api Raskets from. ‘8c. Line a W ‘ork Baskets from... to $5.98 Leather Goods. 30 styles Pocket Bocks. +-Be. 50 styles Pocket Books. 48. x styles: Pocket Books. .98e. * s Leather Cutt and Collar Boxes. Oak Cuff and Collar Boxes. Leather Tollet Cases. Writing ‘Tablets... Umbrellas. Geildcen’s Umbreling, alk plorta Taffeta Silk, 26 28 fi. and fancy hia Fine Tate Our’ Spectal 1iehaay ‘Oitering ment ts our line Silk Umbrellas at. $4.98 (AMl colors of silk ‘and twenty stsles of handice te from.) Seeeese: chovse Plated Toilet Ware. Hair Brushes. of 1.98 Mirrors . a 1.98 Hat Brush 98e. to 7 Shaving Mogs with Brush. +£2.35 to $5.98 eres rhs eae: 98. to 75 Sects gente = Dresden Porcelain Toilet Goods. Fern Distes. Baking Dishes. Dinner See One hundred American Chiaa Combi- nation Dinner, Tea and B . Sets, blue or brown. S| $5.72 Seventy-five Fine Imperlal China Din- ner, Tea and Brkfst. Sets, very Body china, decorated in ‘very tas decorations of filled-in colors and full gold-lned. Special opening price... Sixty-five Finest lity Carlsbad $6.87 China Dinner Sets, including all practi- decoration verz 2 beat price, cal table pieees: and “dainty. | Regular Special opeulng price. 2-00. $14.97 ‘One. hundred and fifty high-grade Custom or Half Dinner Sets, with Guinty” filled.in. decoration and gold fined. Special opening price....... te $3-98 Tea Sets. One hundred Tmper! new shape, neat de finish. Regular $3.98 ing price... ...seee++ Seventy-five American $2.93 floral ‘decoration, Sets, gold ASF china. fipecial open ing pric $3.89 Eierare ent o decorations and th $. 4.87 Special opening pric 1 China Tea Se! eoration and gol Special oj very fine Limoges China Ta Sets, Haviland shape, oman gold bandies, decoration band painted. “Spe- $7.97 cial opening price. 5 Toilet Sets. dred American China Toilet sets of 10" pieces, deccrated in three Sets of spectat oren ae $1.89 ol Same Sets ith Slop J: 33-15 One hundred Im penal China Tottet Sets, filled-in ecoration and gold finish. Special opening price.-.......e--0eeee $2.89 Same Sets with slop jars : $4.44 Two hundred Lakewood Tollet Sets, » the latest shape in the market, dec- orated in violets, matdenhalr fern, wild rose and chrysanthemum. Special’ open- $5.39 Lamps. Seventy-five Solid Lamps, burner, complete with’ any color alli shade. Special Opening price. Two burdred New Rochester Ban- quet Lamps, with Rochester burner, Brass Banquet Cupid “column, ‘center draft $2.69 $1.95 74C. 22¢. the best made. Special opening price Three hundred Decorated Vase Read. ing Lamps, complete, with porcelain shade to mateb. Special opening price Five hundred New Era Bracket Lamps, complete, with reflector. Spe- clal opening price Clocks. Fift; cath Ansonia Fight-day ral gong, strikes hour and half hour, heavy metal casing, warranted to keep, correct time for 5 years. Special Opening price.. Sixty Marie Antotnette C1 Clocks, An- Clocks, $3.89 $4.87 $1.74 64c. TAC. sonia’s latest, finished In ebony,’ wal- nut, maple and Louis XVI, 3 dials to select froin. Special opening price Seventy-five High-grade _ Porcelain Clocks, artistically decorated in latest Dresden effects. Special opening price ‘Three hundred Transit Nickel-plated Clocks, warranted for one year. celal opeving price. Two hendred Sunrise Alarm Clocks, nickel plated, warrauted for one year. Special Opening price..... Fancy China. 200 Sets, opening price. . 150 Ice Cream Sets, special opening price 400 Tete-a-tete Sets, 5] 250 Oatmeal Sets, speclal o 1,000. pair. Cups. and Saucers. sp sets Cups; Saucers and Bia Races, Spec. Op. pee. 50 Sugars and Crea clal opening price, pr. 23c. 200 Salad Bowls, special opening price. -< 200 Chocolate Pitchers, special opening price. 4fc- racker Jars, special opening price # G0 Fern Dishes, special opening price. 200 Syrap Pitchers, special opening price 200 Victoria Vases, special opening price. 150 Blsque Figures, special’ opening=price: ing price....--+e+retee+ 30.1 Same Sets with Slop Jars. 100 Comb and Brush Trays, spec. opening price ate, Read the full list of opening prices in the Sunday Post. BOSTON VARIETY STORE, Emmons S. Smith, 705-707-709 and 711 Penna. Ave. | RIETY STORE|. §, KANN, SONS & CO. Sth St. and Market Space. We ARE NOT Going to wait until after the feast. We are going to have it right now. And we want you all to feast. with us. We have reference to our different departments,’ LIS. Our entire new stock of Winter Silks, including all the Evening and especially the Fabrics, are going to be sold without reserve. The actual need of the necessary money ought not be considered when such values are laid before you. If we reduced this stock to the minimum of $10,000 You would not be able to detect the leakage on account of the enormous line we sell in this department. FANCY ‘URED SILKS FOR LININGS OR WaAISTS, CHANGEABLE EFFECTS. REDUCED TO gc. DOUBLE WARP BLACK SURAHS PS a ‘SOFT: T FINISHED BLACK CHINA SILKS. 25c. Evening and art shades in 24-inch Extra Fine Soft Finished India, in- cluding the best value in black, re- duced to 48c. ALL-SILK BLACK et Hebe BLACK SATIN DU ES ND ALL-SILK DOU- BLE WARP SATE TNISHED URLS. 22 INCH- ES WIDE. REDUCED Tu 49¢. ‘HITE, PINK, CREAM, CANARY, N BLUE axD ORANGE BR DE INDIA FOR WAISTS, DRESSES OR LININGS. REDUCED TO 5c. PINK, YELLOW, CREAM, BLUE, WHITE, N’ OVER TWENTY DIFFERENT CHANGEABLE ‘ECT TAFFETAS. THE VERY BEST VALUE ON THE MARKET. REDUCED TO ALL-SILK pee. SHADES IN ALL-SILE SATIN REA: DOULLE TWILLED BACK, EVENING SHADES IN Neals, ALSO AULSILE FAILLE FRAN FANCY FIGURED AND STRIPED NOVELTIES TN TAF! CEEAS, DRESDEN AND PERSIAN EFFECTS. 75¢: This item alone ought’ to make standing room impossible at our silk counter. SATIN iE PRETTY PATTERNS DISPLA’ ASSORTMENT. THEY HAVE BEEN ‘OU #1. 19 GCODS. REDUCED TO 79C. ScrrRion QUALITY OF ALI-SILK BLACK SATIN DUCHESS. ee CHES WIDE: SUPEUPISE oO GHT BLACK TALITY 25-IN' EXTRA’ WEI ‘WEI GROS GRAIN, BLACK BROCADE GROS GRAIN, THE VERY BEST OF SLES toons THAT CAN HAVE OUR WRITTEN GUARANTED AS TO WEARING SG QUALITIES. WERE 4 Fe AND $1.39. REDUCED RIBBON STRIPE CHAMELEON TAFFETAS, FINE GOODS. FCI TRADE. THAT UNDERSTAND THE Ws ALUE OF A BIG BARGAIN. FROM $1.60, $1.10. EW STYLi: PERSIAN _T ‘AS. THESE pisigns AE Tae VERY LATEST OUT UP TO DATE. THE THAT IS BROUGHT FORTH FROM THE IFFERENT COLORINGS MA: WOULD MAKE OSE Tak THAT PERFECTION HAD REACHED ITS HEIGHT. $1.75 AND §2.00. RELUCED TO $1.25. You can make your selections now at these re- duced prices and by paying a part deposit we will keep the same until you are ready to make your Xmas pres= ent. Don’t overlook our beautiful display of Even- ing Silks in our large corner window. UR NeXT Sacrifice is made on Fine Woolen Dress Fabrics, both black and colored. We have got the stock to cut from. We are so pushed for room that we are compelled to offer our goods at such’ridiculously low figures. ANOTHER GREAT SURPRISE I8 OUR LINE OF We SER 100 PIECES OF _ALL-W90'. COLORED SERGES, FULL YARD WIDF ONS BLACRR. WORTH 35c. A YART -£DUCED TO 19C. NEW PIECES OF ALL-WOOL 40-INCH ADDED TO OUR UNLIMITED GOODS, LINE OF 39. AND Sc. QUALITY, WHICH WE HAVE REDUCED TO 25¢. OUR ASSORTMENT OF FANCY, NOVELTIES TWO_AND THREE-’ INGS, BIO: aD) ABLES, ALS) RTED_HENKI at ‘AND. SERGES, ie MOST Mies SHADES, IN- HAVE BEEN 50 AND 6 5c. A YARD, REDUCED ? TO 39c. 5 We need all the room we possibly can gain in order to make a nice showing in our line of Holiday Goods. That’s why we are giving such phenomenal prices on our staple wares. EST ASSOW Ss THAT SOLD AS HIGH As THIS VERY SEASON. REDUC! 49¢. HERE IS WHERE WE PURE A GREAT MANY. WE" ORTED TECHS oF OUR V GRED Nov! COLOR OFT PRETTL PLAU RROUGHT OUT THIS, SRASON; GOODS THAT a HAVE SOLD AS HIGH AS $1.25, REDUCED 75C- WE ARE SHOWING THREE DIFFERENT as OF HEAVY BOUCLE CLOAKING CLOTIL $1.25, $1.49 and $1.69 WHICH HAVE BROUGHT US 50 CENTS A YARD MORE. TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED NMILLINERY. We have done great in our Millinery Department ~ this past season, considering that it was our first fall appearance. - So much so that we place but very little value on what we have left in stock. Our fine patterns, from which we made so many pretty crea- tions and which made us so many new customers, are put down with the balance to go. IMPORTED BON. HEADGEAR FOR THE CHOICE OF THE FINEST IMPORT- ED GOODS IN THE HOUSE. $8.00. iON SHORT, ALL KINDS OF ‘TIMES. TRIMMED HATS, IN ALL COLORS AND STYLES, THE VERY EVTITOME OF BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE. THIS LINE WORTII $4, $ AND $6, CHOICE, $2.48. AND VELVET ROSES, WITH RUBBER stems, BUNCHES OF SIX. IIc. LARGE BUNCHES OF TRIPLE VIOLETS, WITH LEAVES. gc. Bunch. LACK OSTRICH TIPS, THREE IN A BUNC! nica LONG FIBERS, GLOSSY BLACK. Wout $1.00. 52c. FELT HATS—A LOT OF THIS SEASON'S NEW- ES! SHAPES, MOSTLY SHORT-BACK SAILORS AND FLATS. ‘Te. GOODS. 29C. FEUD SAILORS AXD WALKING ATS, PLAIN AND BELL, CROWNS, SILK BAN \_ ASSOR’ Aigo Fon UP-TO-DATE" SESS" EVERY ONE'S er CAPS. TAM OSHANTERS, YACHT cape COMPLETE ‘LETE WITIT GOLD CORD AND EM- BLEM, CARDINAL AND NAVY BLUE FEZ CAPS; OK CARDINAL; ROB ROY PRETTIEST HE ASSORTMENT OF HA’ ING AT 49c., WHICH WE OFFER FOR 17°. CAMEL'S HAIR TAM O'SHANTERS, THR “BIKE” TAM O'SHANTER FOR LADY CYCLISTS, Ty FELT CLOTH FASOY MIXED CHEVIOT nae Wack TO He AT WAS TiC! 25¢. ILK BEAVER WALKING MATS, THE MOST CHIC” CREATION OF THE YEAR, HIGH AND LOW CROWNS TO SUIT THE CONTOUR OF THB FACE, BELL OR PLAIN SHAPES® THE WHOL@ TOWN BOUGHT THEM AT $2.48. THE PEOPLH WILL ALL WANT THEM AT ‘ CAPS AND TAM O'SHANTERS, IN Al CLOTH WOOL FANCY MIXED CLOTHS, AND hues rue Pat “BROWNIES” AN LING AP $1.48. 44c. we" Hang All Your Draperies Free. Our upholstery buyer came ove from Baltimore for the express pur- pose of cutting down prices on Fine Hangings and raw materials. No one in the house here would have dared to make so great a sacrifice. Whatever losses occur is charged up to his department, and no one but himself is held responsible. ALL PURE SILK BROCATELLE POR- TISRES, FRINGED. TOP AND BOTTOM. CHOIC- EST COMBINATIONS OF COLORS. FORMERLY | SOLD FOR $18.00. SACRIFICED AT $12.98. PAIR IRISH POINT LACE CURTAINS, FULL SLABS LONG, EXTRA WIDE (BCRU ONLY). SOLD AT $32.00. SACRIFICED AT RDS_50-INCH FINEST MADRAS BRAP- ERY. SPHESE ARK, ALL FRENCH IMPORTED TH! GOODS. FORMER PRICE, $1.50 A YARD. SAC- RIFICED AT 69c. CH GENUINE WHITE IRISH DIFFERENT PATTERNS. i 32.50 A YARD. SACRIFICED CURTANS, 313 Ei FORMER SACRIFICED AT $4.98. 48 PAIR 2-YARDS WIDE, PLATS COLORS. CHE. NILLE PORTIERES, TOP AND BOTTOM. FOR! Pair, SACRIFICED AT TTIAN p INCHES WIDE. FOR- $3.00. SACRIFICED AT BROCATELLE NER PRICE, RTAD ART ONG, FECTS 0) BRUSSEL CURTAINS. vou TinCE, $5.90, SACRIF! AT $2.49. SPECIAL. DOWN CUSHIGNS, SOVERED WITH GEN- N PURE SILK, rt OFFLE OF SAME. REGULAR PRICE, $2.00. SACKIFICED at ASSORTED CURTAIN POLES, COMPLETE, 5 LITY BRASS TRIMMINGS, IN 9c. ‘ LININGS. uuzaline Hafreloth, the best ware Our former price, 1 4°. leces G4-Incl, Orient Fiber Others ‘advertise it tt 15 one S8-jnch gimperted Beal Hatrcioth, black and gray. . value, ‘Ie. 3 pleces 20-inch Finest Haircloth, black only. Actual value, T5c.... Best Dressmaker’s Cambric, 6c. value. Good Silesia, extra weight. 10c, French Silesia, very fine. 15. Fine Percaline, 35 Inches wide. Rustle Percalire, 36 inches wide. IBe. S. KANN, SONS & CO.