Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1895, Page 6

4 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. MONDAY........... +.» December 9, 1895. CROSBY S. NOYES................Edltor, THE EVENING STAR has ao regular and permanent Family Circulation much more than the combined. cir- eculnution of the other Washington dailies, As a News and Advertising Medium it no competitor. ln order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the office, but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpose. National Civil Service Reformers. For the first time in its history the Na- tional Civil Service Reform League will this week assemble in Washington for its anrual meeting It is an appropriate place zor such a gathering as well as a most appropriate time. The city of Washing- ton has been the scene of the greatest civic experiment of the agé and has wit- nessed its complete success. It was an experiment, doubtless, to change suddenly from the vicious spoils system of appoint- ments to that plan in which merit rather than political opinions is regarded as the measure of fitness, but the results that have been attained have permanently fixed the latter method as a part of our scheme of government, and the friends of civil service reform today feel no anxiety lest its enemies should succeed in destroying the fabric thus raised. The city of Wash- ington has for a couple of seasons had a local association similar in purposes to the national league which now assembles here, and it has already done a good work in keeping alive the public interest in this important matter. Just now it is of great consequence that the national thinkers upon this subject should be brought to- gether at the capital, which, it is hoped, will soon witness still another extension of the system that is being gradually in- creased so as to include a large majority of the employes of the government. The step to which the intelligent citizens of Washington are looking forward with in- terest will place the entire municipal gov- ernment under the operations of the civil service law and will give the benefits of its protection to the employes and the ad- vantages of its operation to the citizens, who will be thus guaranteed to a ceriain extent that the local government is ob- taining the best available material for its administration. The scope of the papers that are to be read at this annual meeting is broad and the arrangements so far made for the session indicate that the Washington meet- ing will be one of the most nolable In the history of the organization. The roll of members of this league includes some of the most famous names in America and the list of speakers at this session is ex- ceptionally attractive. There is still a great deal of work to be done in the ex- tension of the civil service idea through- out those departments of the government service that are not yet included within its provisions. Steps have already been taken looking to such extension to the consular and postal service, but the ad- vocates of this reform will not be con- tent until the government enjoys the bene- fit of absolute immunity from the spoils system in every branch. —— Short Walks for Congressmen. Some distance east of the Capitol, only a short walk from the nearest car line, stand the jail, the almshouse and the workhouse of the District. Back of these buildings is a tiny frame shanty in which a colored man, who could find a place in none of the reguler hospitals, lies suffering from diph- theria that dreadful disease that prevails in every large community to a greater or less extent each winter. There is but one ward and the place, while now fairly com- fortable, has none of the conveniences which modern medical science demands in the erection of a hospital. The patient is cared for by a nurse receiving the most pitiful salary and the so-called hospital has absolutely no conveniences for the comfort of the physician who is from necessity com- pelled to isolate himself from the rest of the community at such a time. This consti- tutes today the sole apology for a hospital for contagicus diseases which the District of Columbia can afford. There {s now in course of erection In the same vicinity a small pest-house for the care of small-pox Fatients, to replace the wretched affair that was occupied last winter. The District Commissioners own a lot in the northern suburbs whereon {it was once proposed to build a hospital for minor contagious dis- eases such as diphtheria and scarlet fever, but public sentiment intervened and the pro- ject was abandoned, indeed before the ap- propriation for the building itself was se- cured. It is not the purpose to use the small-pox hospital for the care of any other diseases, nor would it be proper to do so. There is grave need for an immediate ap- propriation for the erection of a comfortable structure of such a size that a variety of contagious diseases may be tréated at the same time without danger of a spread of the infection. It Is a disgrace to the city and to the nation that such a hospital was not provided years ago. No civilized community of any size can afford to neglect this first of all necessities, a place where becple suffering from the dangerous Ills to which humanity is subject can be treated in comfort and safety. Congreasmen who want information about the District’s needs should not overlook this, matter of grave importance. —_—_—__<..___ The movement suggested in New York to organize a committee to receive Ahlwardt with a bombardment of eggs invests him with a importance to which very few peo- ple think he Is entitled. To be let severely alone is the most serious punishment to a man of his notoriety-seeking nature. —___—__- e+ _____ Mayor Pingree ts making an assault on Mr. Tom Johnson's street railway interests in Detroit. There is no telling what a tug of war can really amount to until philan- thropist meets philanthropist. — wee Recorder Goff's opinion of Langerman is Probably even lower now than it formerly was. ——__ +e. Washington as a Convention City. Tomorrow the republicans of America, throvgh their national committee, will choose a time and place for holding the quadrennial political convention which nominates candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. The meeting of this committee is held in Wash- ington because it is exceptionally central, owing to the assemblage here at this time of the great leaders of the party in attend- ance upon Congress, and because of the fact that Washington Is unquestionably the Political center of the nation. The ques- tion naturally arises why the business of choosing candidates could not be as well done at the national capital as the business of choosing a time and place for such a se- lection. The old idea that operated agains this city was not based upon its geograph- {eal situation, but upon the peculiar theory that the detiberations of a nominating con- vention would here be Hable to serious in- terruption by friends of the administr: tion then in power, naturally considered as @ most interested element. As a matter of fact, there Is less possibility of interfer- ence here than in a community where po- litical feeling sways strongly at such sea- sons and the exercise of suffrage leads to the formation of sharp party lines. The Population of Washington is cosmopolitan in a marked degree, and the employes of the government are not apt to be the offen- sive partisans of any candidate. It would be a matter of wisdom for the party lead- ers to bring the conventions here in order to divorce them from the absurd and intol- erable clamor of the galleries and the at- tendant throngs of partisans who seek to rush nominations through by sheer lung power. Except so far as the delegates themselves are concerned, the item of rail- road fares involved by attendance upon the convention should not be taken Into consideration. There will doubtless always be more or less thronging to the conven- tion cities by political clubs and organiza- tions formed in the interests of particular candidates, and it fs for this reason largely that there is such a demand each four years for the privilege of holding the con- vention and such a rivalry between the large cities. While it is of course too much to expect at this time, the leaders of the republican party would do themselves and the country a service by establishing a new and sensible custom in the selection of Washington for the convention of ’96. Civil organizations in large numbers have found this the most convenient place for holding their periodical sessions, and their good example might well be emulated by the politicians. Se A Remarkable Jury. If Lord Dunraven is not satisfied with the committee that will investigate his charges against the Defender syndicate, nothing on earth can possibly satisfy that captious member of the British nobility. Probably no more remarkable body of men interested in aquatic sports could be chosen for such a duty. At the head of it is J. Pierpont Morgan, perhaps the leading American banker of today. With him on @he original committee were William C. Whitney, ex- secretary of the navy, and George J. Rives, formerly assistant secretary of state. There are now added Edward J. Phelps, who for four years was minister to England from this country, and Capt. Al- fred T. Mahan, U. S. N., conceded to be a leading authority of the world on naval matters. Against the integrity of these men no breath of suspicion could be enter- tained for a moment. In legal and tech- nical information they are conceded to be unexcelled and their verdict, whatever its nature, will be accepted by the people of America and it should be by the people of Europe as absolutely just and reliable. The extraordinarily high character and wide weputation of these investigators indicate the importance of the coming inquiry. _——____—_. Short Campnigns. The national republican committee that is to meet in this city tomorrow ought to give heed to the protests uttered by the business men of America against a repetition next year of the long presidential campaigns that quadrennially affect the nation so se- riously. Boards of trade, chambers of com- merce and other similar organizations in several of the great centers of the country have adopted resolutions asking that the campaign be shortened, and these represent @ strong interest which should not be ignored by the politicians. While Washing- ton suffers less from the campaign fever than the other large cities, it necessarily feels the depressing influence which it has upon the country at large, and is concerned in the movement toward briefer campaigns. The republican committee, meeting, as it does, before the corresponding meeting con- ducted by the democrats, can, if it pleases, set the pace for the year by fixing upon a date late in July for the session of the nominating convention. It would be even better for the country if this were post- poned until the latter part of August. Two months would be ample for a campaign in these days of newspapers, railroads and the telegraph. ee By looking over the fleeting glories which have attended some sudden careers in statesmanship, Mr, Addicks might be moved to feel that perhaps after all It ‘s just as well. > ¢ = —____ It looks as if Holmes was to be thor- oughly disappointed in any hopes he may have based on the proverbial slowness of Philadelphia. a 8 The position of Venezuela seems to be that if she cannot make use of our Monroe doctrine, she will get one of her own. ——__ ee The advice, “go west, young man,” was good In its day, byt it was a little belated when Mr. Hill got held of it. ——— One hundred men constituted the force on the city post-office building today. ———__++«e- SHOOTING STARS. A Juvenile Consolation. ‘The baby said (end gave that yell Which makes his father scowl), “I may not be a howling swell, But I'm a swell'ng howL” “Some er dese hyere ter’ble well-dressed young men,”’ said Uncle Eben, “seems ter think dah clothes ain’ gwinter fit ‘em right onless de pcckets am perpetually empty.” A Tender Subject. “Who wes it that murdered Hamlet?” asked the young man who is very misty on his Shakespeare. “Don't ask me,” responded the old legiti- mate star. “Some of the critics were dis- agreeable erough to say I did it!” A Beguilement. “This stuff,” said the head of the family, ‘4s Hable to be perniciously misleading.” “Why, papa,” replied his daughter, “it’s poetry.” “Yes. I know It 1s. It's some of this ‘Cheer up and never mind the weather’ verse, Isn't it?” “Yes. And it's lovely.” “Of course it’s lovely. It has an insidious charm which makes it the more dangerous. It’s good advice, but be careful not to get an overdose of it. I once read it during a snow storm. I was so captivated that I> saia to myself, ‘Now, here’s advice worth following.’ So I went ahead and cheered up and never minded the weather, and did it so thoroughly that inside of twenty-four hours I was fined for not cleaning the snow off my sidewalk.” A Provident Suitor. “T am sfraid,” said the girl’s father,“that Harold wil’ not be much of a success in life. “He seems very prudent and far seeing.” “In what way?” “He said that If we were to marry he was sure that there was no reason why our lives should ever kncw want.” “H'm, What makes him so sure?” “He sald he had looked up your rating in the commercial agencies.” Chorus of Statesmen. ‘We came from sylvan triumphs Into fame’s perplexing ways. Our hair ts full of laurel leaves; Our scrap books full of praise. ‘We were summoned from our ploughshares To conduct this hemisphere, And we know just what we're doing, If we do lock queer. The great men of all nations Have met person2l abuse, You may do your best to scare us, But it isn’t any use. And when history calls “next comer” We are what she means, it’s clear, It's a new deal, and we're In it If we do look queer. Qualities the best, Prices the 2 lowest. iNever Were ‘Such Prices ‘On Clothing : As we've put on ours dur- ing this week. Quality never so good—styles never neater — quantity never larger— than now. We can’t give de- scriptions. Only prices—but our “prices talk.” MEN'S SUITS at $3-50 $5-50 $6.00 $6.48 $7.50 MEN'S, MEN'S SU) MEN'S Si MEN'S OVERCOATS at.. $7.50 Bluck Kersey MEN'S OVERCOATS at....ee0e $7.50 Black Chinchilla. MEN’S OVERCOATS at......06 $7.50 Blue Chinchilla. . MEN'S OVERCOATS at. .§10.00 Blue and Bla: Meltons and CHILD RE, 32:50, 3-00, $8.50. and upward. CHILDREN’S REE $2.00, $2.50, $: 00, is 50 and upward. CHILDRED $1.00, $ 35," $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 and up- ‘ward. MEN'S PANTALOONS— $1.60, $2.00, $2.50, $2.1 78 and upward, Victor E. ‘Adler’s TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE. STRICTLY ONE PRICE, 927-9 7th St. COR. MASS. AVE. on, evenings till 0; Saturdays till 11. ae a sana r 8 GIFTS.” An almost unlimited variety of first- quality Sterling Silver Gift Articles. qeuaaea AMO Prices as low as any, and lower than many: + +-$1.00 TAN Nail Files...... Boe. | Vinaigrettes Glove Buttoners. B0c.|Iee Cream La- + 8e.| dies... -31.00 + We.| Sugar Sifters. ..§1.00 $1.25 | Sugar Spoons... .$1.00 Large Nail Files.$1.00 | Tea Strainers. ..$1.75 Match Safes....$1.75| Salts and Pep- ‘Tea Balls.......$1.75 : $1.75 10-in.Shoe Horns.§1.50 pers... rae Ml. Goldsmith so lewelers, g11 Pa. a i: ac eee Si Ss SS Hair Brushes. ..$5.00 = a ae IF BOOTS - —To dispel the idea that the lowe: ed boot we carry is our t s $3 Foot Form we'll sell al wah TUESDAY ONLY), ic For Women ( Oui. t Sonteetestenteetent : S«Diaah hid H” $ $2 S) for. I. 60, ¢ Hics—alt - widths-all sizes—1 5 %-A to B. This means 2 cholee of our. complete line of $2 Boots. for $The. { Piace, button—plain, tipped— blary, light—street and dress—eve thing in the $2 line this one day for \, $180. ‘Langlois, HOME ‘or FOOT FORM, * F Street, former i3th.. Y” Brenings tin 6°p. Saturdays, 9 p.m. ( SO =>. D>. padimatan senennnanennnars Gifts i in Leather-- —At— PERRY’S. Nostest i : 2 BY Every announcement now $ is freighted with timely sug- $ gestions of gifts. Haven't %- you lready found them = profitable reading? Don’t < they save you racking your brain?.. Don’t they show you the “short-cut” to the sensible side of the giving problem? Haven't they saved you many a penny? Observation must-have taught you that in each line we are fully prepared for the holiday demands. - The Leather Goods’ coun- ters are bu’y hives these days. The fads and fancies swarm here. _We are introducing you ta.novelties that are not to be found elsewhere in the city—to values that are in- comparable—and prices that are temptingly low. Lef yourself get. in this channel of satisfaction. % saonaorsrrtoecon Culling Seal and Alligator Pury and 10c. Real gral, Alligator amd Morocco Purses—25e, Books and Purses in all rahe Pocket Books, In Light Bine, Lavegger, Brown and Gray— a eee eee ee EEE KEKE EERE EE EEE C EERE EEE EEE ae ee aa aa a wae, tad on Mca a | Hoover & : Snyder t t2zir F St. Our Shoes are no higher in price, but vast- ly superior in quality. A big, grand stock of everything in Shoes, for men, women and chil- dren. — Satisfac- tion or money back. iHoover & Snyder, Snyder, lau FS It | as escent he Childfen’s Real Seal Pocket Books— Be. Children’ Combination _ Pocket Books. jn Black and colors—50e. Real Seal Combination Pocket Books 00. to $5.25. : Crushed Levant Combination Pocket Books ‘lso-in Seal, Alligator, Calf, Morocco, natural and fancy colors, plain ang silver corners—31 to $6.25. Galuchet ~~ Leather — Combination Pocket! Boots, with dull and bur- nished gobd: eornurs-$8.95, $5.25 and $5.7. silver and gold trimmed—$1 to $6.25. Latest 'stsle Combination Pocket Rooks, tn Binck and colors, with all four corners of: silver—$1.98 to $2.25. Matinee Parses, in the new shade of Green, Gray and Brown—silver trimmed —$1 Emerald Green Alligator Combina- tion Pocket Be sky, plain or with sil- ver or gold corners--$1.08 to $4.25. Men's Calf, Morocco, Seal and Al- ligator Wallets and Bill Books—30c. to $3.35. ‘Men's Real Seal and Alligator Full Dress Card Cases—$1 and $1.50. Seal, Morocco and Alligator Card Cases-We. to $3.35. Small Chatelaine Bags—25c., 0c. and 65«. Seal Chatelaine Bags, with outside pockets fastening with button—8e. to $1.10. Black and Colored Chatelaine Bags Se. to $3.50. Real Snake Skin Chatelaine Bags— $5.25, Leather Shopping Bags, with silk and satine tops—50c. to $2.85. Writing Tablets, in Seal and faney leathers—T5e. to $2.25. Multiple Enkstands—75e. Satchels and Hand Bags. Tan Grain Leather Satchels, with leather covered frame, leather lining, inside pocket and nickel trimmings— Seeecgectess Seeiee st tate setestete SosSeetoedorbostontontedtoetee a ee sSestees Soto 3 z nt 5 ° 5 Grandparents will ap- preciate a pair of Glasses. It means comfort for them —and “old folks love com- fort.” We’ve all styles—in frames and __ frameless. Eyeglasses and Spectacles * °| RHR HH HE He RRR HH lenses—as low as $1. ° G"Eyes examined and the proper I lenses fitted after giving — without extra charge. McAllister & Co., EXAMINING OPTIC! XT 3 F St., ro —fitted with our finest | 12, 18, 14 and 15 inches—$2.60, $2.85, $3.15 and $3.35. Mauve Grain Leather Bags, with leather-covered frame, leather lining, inside pockets, gilt trimmings—18, 14, 15 and 16 inches—-$3.15, $3.65, $3.95 and $4.25. Real Alligator Bags, leather lined, pockets Inside, git and nickel trim- Ps 18, 14 and 15 inches— $5.50, $3.85, $4.25, $4.05, $4.90, $5.50, $6 and $6.50. 4 Polished Grain Leather Bags, 2 leather Lned, two inside pockets, & gilt trimm! 13, 14 and 15 inches ‘e —$4.65, $4.95 and $5.25. ah F | Black Grain Leather Shopping Bags, with inside and outskle pock- ST ‘Perhaps You \Haven’t Thought of many substantials and o that we ean e for your DIS eT so many kee ps Us ich for new dalnties that” can't be had anywhere else. We'll arrange the menu if you wish— and supply everything. Only what's freshest_and choicest here. As 2oec ‘Cottage Market, 818 14th se HeeDIOOOTSRHTODESTSDTS DUPED DEED E TTDI TERED EERE P REET D RHEE DETER TEER T DETTORI ets, leather handles ard nickel trim. mings—9, 10 and 11 inches-$1.75, 3 $2.95 and $2.15. + Black Grain Leather Bags, with < leather lining, leather-covered frame 4 =e and handle and Inside povkets—13 é and 14 Inches—$3.50 and $3. & Music Rolls, in Alligator, Seal and s fancy leathers, with Mnen'and satin $ — Mnings~50c~ x0 $1.50. 2 Teath ed Combination Gol- & lar “wid Ch Boxes, satin lined and Wirtte meval trimumings—$2.65. PERRY’S, Soedentrete FURS. Astrakhan Cupes, $18.50. Worth $18.50. Electric Seal Capes, $12.00. Worth $18.50. Genuine Marten Neck Boas, $2.50. Genuine Mink Boas, $3.50. Werth $5.00. CLOAKS. JUST received an elegont line of Cloaks, lin throughout, $10.60 $16.50. lidren’s Clo: Worth $4.00. AITIN WOLF, Tith st. n.w. Formerly with “the Hudson Bay Fur Company. u 00. Worth $5.00. “Nintth’ind the Avenue.” Established 1840. Telephone 995. = LOPES OOD Sesvodeesorosetoeisesesens cee OIL | 3 $ Ls i ee AC ee te ete Be ‘STOVES! —For cooking or heating pur- ead A USEFUL XMAS GIFT. A year’s membership in our Cir- culating Library — costs $5 — months—$3. Thousands of book: as well as all American and foreign magazines, reviews, fashion journal &c.—to select from. Books called for and delivered free at house y in the year! of subscriber—every business Imperial Library, 511 Tith St. @poses—you'll find more Oil Stoves: @gathered here—than are shown "8 z three dealers in town. 204: 6 S, + * To be had at every price, trom 85c.%p * © up to $15.00, and as plain or as fancy as you'd like. Our guarantee goes with each one—that they pan prove satisfac- tory tn every respect or money will be P xerundee E> We're also agents for the By famous FLORENCE OLL—unsurpassed th | day gifts. | Gin thor, World, over for bursing qualities free: smoke—and cleanliness. c.W. BARKER, 1210 F St. Aree ieee cecccerenneenceeds Woodward “. Lothrop, toth, irth and F Sts. N. W. Xmas Cards and Booklets—first floor — near Ribbons. For Your Xmas Shopping Everything here is in the best and mst convenient shape. The home- like feeling which pervades the entire atmosphere of the great store, we believe, comes from the confidence and knowledge that all will be treated right—that they can purchase as they like—that they will get unequaled isn’t satisfactory. (i dollar worths—that they can get their money back for anything that You can get thousands of valuable hints by a tour of the store. The store comforts are important, too—vital—at this holiday season particu- larly. Broad, unobstructed aisles, natural light, perfect ventilation — resting places—everything that helps to make “shopping pleasant is to be found here. Goods held for future delivery. Silver Ware, Leather Goods, Canes, marked free. Goods boxed‘or otherwise made more presentable when practicable. nooKs BASEMENT. HA “HIEFS— FU ART NEEDLE Wok WOMEN'S JEWELR’ LEATHER, AND VI FIRST FLOOR. XMAS CARDS AND BoowLRe_ ON FIRST FLOOR. vee ST.) Locations of Holiday Goods. BRIC-A-BRAC—FOURTH FLOOR... HOUSEKEEPING LINENS — SECO} FLOOR. APRONS-SBOOND FLOOR. DOLLS—THIRD FLOOR. M TOYS. BASKETS FIFTH FLOOR Three Special Values in Women’s Eiderdown House Robes. Can be used as a Bath Robe, for the Sick Room, for the Nursery, for Steamer and Railway travel and for general house negligee pur- poses. A most acceptable Xmas present. At $2. 95 Each. Plain Eiderdown Gowns, pink, gray, blue, cardinal ——made with full skirt, big sleeves, Watteau back, cord and tassel. sizes. At $5.00 Each. Plain Eider- down Gowns—made very full, with shirred yoke front and back and very full sleeves. All desirable colors. All sizes. A comfortable, roomy lounging oes All At $5.75 Each. Fancy Eider- down Gowns, in pretty striped and mottled effects, very full sleeves, full skirt, extra large cord and tassel. Pretty colors. All sizes. seeeeeesceeees-1Oth st, bldg.) .Blanket Department Offers for Tomorrow, 200 Pairs Genuine California Blankets The best quality of Blankets manufactured, guaranteed pure Australian wool, both warp and filling, at $6.75, $8.95, $10.00, $12.50 and $15.00 the Pair. Regular Prices $9.00 to $22.50. A Most Acceptable Xmas Gift for Any Housewife. Pillow Shams Are popular for Xmas Gifts. Tomor- row—I00 pairs Tucked and Ruffled Lawn Pillow Shams. Regular value $1.25. Per pair... <ag5C: Skirt Patterns Make most acceptable and useful Xmas Gifts. Tomorrow—zoo All- wool Flannel Skirt Patterns, thor- oughly shrunk. A special value. Each .. oes $1.12}, oo 11th st. bidg.) Embroidered to Order. If you contemplate having Handkerchiefs, Towels, Table Linens or other articles embroidered for Holiday Gifts, we would suggest that to prevent disappointment you order early. As a matter of course, there is some limit to the quantity of fine work of this kind that can be accom- plished. Our work is of the very best, and prices are moderate. We have a designer of seventeen years’ experience, and we can supply designs or can reproduce any design submutted to us. (Art Needlework Department Youth’s Suits Reduced To take the place of some popular lines that have been closed out. Blues, Blacks and Mixtures. Sizes 14 to Ig years. present. $17.00 Suite Low: A sensible Xmas 00 210th st. bldg.) Art Furniture Department Abounds in things suitable for holi- It’s a good plan to buy now while the stock is fresh and complete. We'll store your purchase and deliver it when you say so. Onk Sewi Rockers. Eac! oe Oak Arm ee x Hach Mab nial lockers. Oak. Birch and Tnnitaiton Mahogany” “Rockers. phe istered seat. ch. . $3.50 rac Cabinets. Muste Cabinets. Each. Rattan Chairs. Each. Each. ot one-of-a-kind Jeces, consisting of Odd Chairs (reproductions. 0} ntique and matern European), Five-O'clock Tea ‘Tables, with int, original decorations, Tables, with quain igi Ss epes Gift Umbrellas. A bewildering variety of handles. Styles suitable for men, women and children. Prices range from 79c. to $18.00. Specials for tomorrow: Women’s 26-inch All-stik Umbrellas, natural wood handles—w sae ang Conee vi Portes its aaa ey M 284nch Union Serge Umbre! natural idles, straight oF ‘En. .$2.00 (ist floor... eepe reg oebes Apron Specials. Full of Gift Fitness. Waitresses’ Lawn Aprons, deep hem and tucks, or fancy border of alternate rows of satin stripes and | openwork. Strings long enough to make a good bow. Each.....10c. Waitresses’ Aprons, of clipped dimity or lawn, with insertion of ees de ci hem gant — or colored embroidery. « Nurses’ Aprons, width, deep hem, long, whl Cambric Ay ons, for ospital nurses, with straps over shoulders, deep hem and Chafing Dishes anal Five-o’clock Tea Kettles, Have never been in such high favor as now. We have a splendid assort- ment. Make useful holiday gifts. pt. Chafing Dishes, nickel plated, “wrought-iron aaa asbestos lamp. Each. $2.25 2-pt Chafing Dishes, hot- water “pan, ‘niekel- Plated stand, ssicatoy lamp. Each. Rrass Five-O'clock Tea Kettles, brass stand, od estos mat. Each. . $2.00 Brass Five-O'clock Tea Kettles, ‘swung on wrought-! eae stand, patent asbestos same: Ea .$2.25 Others up té->> $10.00 th floor... st. bldg.) | Dish, | Reparately, so that bivken plecea enn be replaced | ‘Ist annex.) Infants’ Five-Piece Outfits for $3.50. A pretty Xmas gift for baby. A complete matched outfit at a very low price. As there is but a limited number of these they will doubtless be quickly distributed. ‘The ourfit Sonsiets of a handsome All-wool Cream Cashmere Long Coat, with emb: and full puffed ‘sleeves a daluty Sik Cap. with Ince and silk ties—a Shetland Wool Vell, and a pompon, pair Wool Mittens. Dolis’ Dainty _ Outfits for $1.75. You can save time, asnoyance and expense by purchasing the Doll’s outfit here. pone $1.75 onttit consists elas of a Cambric Long eet mel Skirt, White Skirt, Sacgue and OTHER, OUTFITS UP ad ANY PRICE ¥YOU WISH. (infants’ Dept 2d floor. --10th st. bldg.) Women’s | $5.00 Shoes. Sensible holiday gift. The finest assortment we ever had at this price. All sizes in every style. All styles of tips and shapes of toes, from the narrowest to the “common sense.” Welt or turn soles. Elegantly made and finished. Beautiful specimens ok footwear. Per pair Dinner Sets For Holiday Gifts. More “than two hundred sets pur- chased under conditions that allow us to sell them at much less than their value. The following deserve especial notice: English Chinn Dinner Sets, 100 ploces, olive ayr pattern, fine blue’ border “decoration,” with ait edge. Por ce 5 This eet consists | ‘of 12 Dinner. Plates, 12 Pintes, 12 Pie Plates, 12 Sauce Plates, 12 Indlvid. ual Butters, 12 ‘Tea Cups and Saucers, 2 Covered Vegetable Dishes, 1 Uncovered ten-inch Platter. 1 twelve-tnch Bowl, 1 Croam Pitcher, 1 Bowl, 1 Seuce Bost, 1 ter, em 1 Covered Butter Pickle Dish. Also sold ner pleces added when desired. English China Dinner Se : it 112 pleces, new shape, neat floral n, with gold trim: $13.50 a Break- fost Plates, 12 Tea Plates, 12 Sonp’ Plates, Sauce Plates, 12 Individual Tutters, 12 Tea Cups and Sancers, 2 Covered Vegetable Dishes, 1 Un- covered Vegetable Dish, 1 Sauce Boat, 1 Pickle Dish, 1 Sugar Bowl, 1 Cream Pitcher, 1 Bowl, 1 ten-Inch Platter, 1 fourteen-inch Platter and 1 Covered Butter Dish. Carlsbad China Dinner Sets, 102 skape, dainty decorations, in Purple f em! ard gilt trimmings. Rss pretty ntan, swith 7.50 This set comists of 12, Dinner Vinics,” 12, en Plates, 12 Soup Plates, 12 Sauce Pintes, 12 In- dividual Butters, 12 ‘Tea Cups and Saucers, 1 Soup ‘Tureen, 2 Covered Vegetable Dishes, 1 Uncovered Vegetable Dish, 1 Sauce Tureen, 1 Covered Rutter Dish, 1 teninch Platter, 1 twelre- neh Ftatter. 1 sixteen-tuch Platter, 1 Salad Bowl, rh Woodward & Lethrop. Want A Present For A Man —A hundred and one arti- cles here—big and little— useful, most of them—orna- mental, some of them—and < nothing here that you need hesitate to give. Everything we handle is good, no matter how small its price. Toilet Cases. -$3.50 up. Cuff and Collar Boxes. 75c. up. ~ Cigar Cases.:... 35¢. up. 2 ’ Dress Suit Cases. ....$3.75 up. Pocket Books... + 25c. up. Card Cases..... + 48c. up. i Shaving Outfits. - $1.00 up. Cigar Moistening X joxes .. - $1.50 up. Desk Sets. -$8.00 up. ¥ Bankers’ Cases. . -$2.50 up. Lawyers’ Brief Cases. .$4.00 up. Physicians? Satchels. - $4.50 up. Flasks .............+ 600. up. And lots of other articles calculated to please the or- dinary man. TOPHAM’S Double Store, 233 Penna. Ave. Factory, 1218-1220 E st. Wouldn’t You rather have a useful present—some- thing that will last and keep the giver always before you? Well, our store is filled with just such things and they cost no more than the perishable arti- 123I- at iS % cles that last very little longer than the giving. Such gifts as these keep you in mind always: Foot Steols, Rockers, tion Chairs, Tables, Ladies’ Desks, Of- fice Desks, Office Chairs, Chiffoniers, Parlor Cabirets, Music Cabinets, Book Carpets, Rugs, Art Squares, and the ‘mumervus other things to be found here, all at prices within your reach. You can get a substantial gift here, no matter how little you want te pay. Come and look. H. Hoeke, CARPETS, FURNITURE AND DRAPERY, eas Pa. Ave. and 8th St. POPOEOSOOO SOD UOSET HHO OE WYEY Se DOOD ODODE SOOO SOOO OO SHPO S OGIO ES 06 OOF OSH EHTETEGEIOF Don’t spoil your Christmas cakes & pastries —by'u — inferior flour, the best recipe—the eggs my be the nicest t and fresh ter the best—and the other: ingredients the the same—the oven “may be just r just : just right, but ht, but; if the flour is ‘Poor your cake will be ruined. It ig too late after the cake is made to say you wished you had used Ceres Flour. Think of it now before you commence your bak- the “Ceres” is the best cake and bread flour in the world. holidays. for Order a sack from ‘your grocer and accept no sub- Tf he happens to ‘to stitute. be out of it he can order it for you within a few hours. Wi. M. Galt & Co., Wholesalers, 1st & Ind. Ave. it $Strawberries, 33 CaNS==25C. Large, Whole, Ripe Berries, (7 CALIFORNIA PEACHES and APRI- COTS—very finest fraits—put up in extra heavy syrups. Reduced from 20c. can— to 2 CANS FOR 2c. ©7Sherry and Port Wine—$1 bottle. California Wine and Fruit Co., 1205 G St. Ferd. Schneider, Mgr. Tel. 1641. de¥-28e0 WHITE CHERRIES! Large fine fruit—fully ripen- ed—in extra heavy syrups. Just from California. When you see the quality—prices will be a surprise. N. W. Burchell, 1325 F St 400-144 SOSSOOSCOOOS » ° it: e