Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1895, Page 6

—— THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. THURSDAY. -December 26, 1805. CROSBY 8. NOYES. =— = THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent Family Circulation mach more than the combined cir- eulation of the other Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium an no competitor, . Editor. Im order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the Mice, but simply to THE STAR, or to Editorial or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpos eee Cheaper Telephone Rates. A grist of bills pertaining to the local telephone rates has already been ground out in Congress, five in the House and one in the Senate, and there seems to be a de- termination on the part of certain legis- lators to take up this matter serlously and to reach some sort of a conclusion at this session. The telephone users believe that the present rates are too high, and there is a@ strong sentiment in favor of legislation which will result in a reduction of the cost to the subscriber. The chief cbstacle to a remedy in this matter is the fact that a telephone service is necessarily a monop- oly, and that competition is a burden rather than a benefit to the telephone users, the value of whose outlay depends upon the completeness of the patronage accorded to the company to which they individually subscribe. The commodity offered by the company is not a single instrument, but a wide circuit of instru- ments, and each additional subscription adds not only to the income of the com- pany, but to the advantage of the sub- scriber, whose service is thus widened. Hence, the business must remain a monopoly unless the citizens are to be compelled to subscribe to all the compet- ing companies, in which case the burden would be heavier than ever; or unless the competitors established an exchange, which is not probable; or unless the com- pany able and willing to give the best and cheapest service can soon after Its estab- lishment secure the subscriptions of all or nearly all the telephone users. As these three contingencies are remote the remedy must be sought in a different direction. Does !t not lie in an act which definitely and finally fixes a maximum rate of rental tower than that which now prevails, and so compels a monopoly-enjoying company to comply with the modern conditions of supply and demand? The local company answers that such iegislation would Le unjust to {ts stockholders, who now receive only four per cent in dividends upon the capital. The corporation presents figures to show that it has gone to enormous ex- perse in supplying the field with instru- ments; that it paid a very high figure for its property, and that it has been obliged to place a great fund in the laying of un- @erground conduits to comply with the local law. And all of these outlays are now lumped, classed as capital, and the return from the service, which amounts in the aggregate to an exceedingly large figure, is called an Income upon the basis of this sum. The question to be determined is whether the people of the District, who re- gard the telephone as a necessity, should now be compelled to furnish satisfactory returns upon a stock based on the mis- takes or misfortunes of the early managers of cr investors in the company, when it has been demonstrated in many cities that the telephone service can be given at a cheaper rate than is here charged, and yet afford a handsome profit under judicious Management to the investors? —_—__+ «+ —_____. The “Endless Chain.” It is evident from the report of the ways fand means committee of the House pre- senteY today by Chairman Dingtey that the contentions of the President and Mr. Carlisle to the effect that there is no need of legislation to produce additional revenue are by no means accepted, and it is sought to be proved that the “endless chain” of which the administration complains as be- ing the cause of the financial difficulties is itself the result of an insufficiency of the revenue which makes it necessary to use in payment of current expenses the legal tender notes redeemed by the gold obtain- ed by bond issues. Thus, says the report, the treasury itself is supplying additional Means to draw gold from the greenback redempticn fund and the charge is flatly made that the proceeds of the bond issues have gone to supply the deficiency that has existed between the receipts and expend- itures of the government. It is admitted by the administration that there has been an insufficiency of revenue in the past, but it Is estimated that the present tariff law will work out its own salvation in the com- ing fiscal year, and more than meet the necessities of the government. This is, of course, a matter of hope. The republicans of the House refuse to accept that hope and insist upon making sure that the revenues of the government shall be suffi- cient. They propose a system of present relief that to their minds seems adequate. ‘The President's idea of the situation is that there should be a complete and final re- demption of the troublesome notes by a bond issue of great size and he persists in entertaining the belief that the Wilson- German tariff act will meet the necessities ef the government. The practical outcome of the controversy {s a matter of doubt. Everybody but the administration belleves that there is need of additional revenue from some source. —_ e+ -——_ ‘The fact that an anxiety to avert war is expressed both in England and Amer- fea is a hopeful and pleasing Indication of progress toward universal good feeling. But it does not bring the miilenium quite close enough to justify an effort to get along with a feeble navy. — -+4s+ —_ It is very possible that the President was without any great hope of escaping a small hail storm of “Jingo” epithets when he de- cided to take a tirm stand on the Monroe doctrine. ee oe Possibly England would like very much to have things so arranged in some way that Mr. Bayard could act as the third commissioner in the Venezuelan contro- versy. —_ + ++ + -___ What with looking after the country’s fame And the country’s cash book, this Congress is likely to develop more activity than was at first expected. — > Only seventy men reported for duty on the city post office building today. —__ wee Preparing to Plunder the Delegates. There was a time when it looked as though the city of St. Louis, having se- cured the republican national convention “for 1896, would seek the democratic as well, but later indications are that this plan has been given up and it now appears as though the people of the Mound City were agreed among themselves to make enough Sut of the rerublican gathering to compen- sate for the loss of the other. Reports come from there that the prices for hotel accommodations have been inflated to al- Most incredible figures and the gouging Process which so often marks the great political assemblages of later days is very imzch in evidence even at this early date, six months in advance of the convention. It ts estimated that the McKinley and Reed Managements will be taxed no less than 000 apiece for the acctmmodation of their boomers. Parlors for use at the head- Quarters of the various candidates range in price from $250 to $500 a day. It is sald, too, that the plan of the hotel managers now is to furnish the sleeping rooms of their establishments with from six to ten cots each and to charge from $5 to $6. day apiece for a single cot, thus giving a daily revenue for each room of from $30 to $00. Doubtless other commodities will be charged for at the same exorbitant rates and the present prospects are that the con- vention will be one prolonged act of high- way robbery. It may be that this is an ex- aggeration, and, as the information is printed in a New York paper, it is barely Possible that it is intended to boom the metropolis for the demecratic convention by advancing the suggestion that New York would be far above such sordid doings and such greedy actions. Nevertheless the experience of the past is that thé people who go to national conventions are usually treated as legitimate prey by the vendors in necessary commodities in the great cities that are chosen by the political managers. The remedy for such extortion would seem to be the definite selection for all time by both parties of a single city—like Wash- ington—whose bonifaces, in return for the privilege of continued patrorage, would ecntract to maintain a just and even sched- ule of prices. —__+ «+______ The Gains and Losses of a Strike. Just why the Union Traction Company of Philadelptia required a week to see the justice of the claim made by its employes that their grievances should be given a respectful hearing is one of the unsolved mysteries of “business.” The strike comes to an end with the men winners of their main contention, the right to belong to an association, and the privilege of being treated with human consideration by the corporation. The company gained nothing, it lost thousards of dollars through the stoppage of traffic, and it is now embar- rassed by the equitable obligation to retain in its employment numerous green hands unfamiliar with the city and in many cases with the business. The strikers have lost a@ week’s wages, and some of them have lost their places. Of course, the men are proportionately greater sufferers, and their v:ctory has been a dear one, but wherein Nes the advantage to the company? It has paid heavily for its privilege of refus- ing the original request of the men for an arbitration of differences, and it has abso- lutely-nothirg to show for the past week except a lot of damaged rolling stock. The company ought to learn a lesson from this strike, which teaches that public sentiment is a powerful factor in the solution of all such difficulties. Unquestionably the road entered the contest under the disadvantage of being unpopular. The transfer dispute was an active factor in making enemies of thousands of patrons, who welcomed the prospect of a row between the company and the men, because they had a grievance themselves. Thus they gave their support and the encouragement of their sympathy tu the strikers, who were emboldened to stand firm. ——__++-- Dunraven Again. Dunraven is here again. He has brought his pockets full of affidavits—sallor-men in their quaint lingo usually call them “al- fred davids’—and with him came noted lawyers prepared to prove that black is white, that American yachtsmen are crooks and that there is no honor save in Britain. The yachtsmen of America are not shrinking from the test of honesty. They have appointed a committee of in- vestigation that commands respect the world over for the high character of the men composing it. The forthcoming trial— for such it really amounts to—will probably engage the widest attention, and the ver- dict will be awaited with eager interest by even those who never saw a yacht in their lives and who do not know a spinnaker from a taffrail. It is almost an interna- tional question that has been thus brought to an issue. Nobody belleves here that Dunraven has a shadow of a case. He showed the slight importance which he attached to his alleged belief that a fraud had been practiced upon him by racing with the Valkyrie after this alleged belief was formed. He ought to have fought this issue to a finish then and there. By post- poning the question and raising it afresh at this late date he puts himself on trial on the charge of spiteful and inexcusable slander, as well as the American yachts- men on the charge of fraud. The verdict will establish either that he is a contempti- ble blackguard or that the accused are crooks. —__+-++_____ It is not often that the meteorological conditions Lave seemed to bring Santa Claus and the Queen of the May on quite such intimate terms. —— wee -—__ It looks as if a number of persons of en- terprise were in active training to clatm the credit for having averted “the wai SHOOTING STARS. Larger. Amid his numerous Christmas cares No wonder Santy grieves. Instead of hose, the girl who knows Hung up her flowing sleeves. The Addendum. “Miss Bobleigh says she dreamed of me,” said Willie Wishington. “Indeed?” “Yes. And she also says that’s the last mince pie she's ever going to touch,” A Lesson Learned. “What do you expect to bring forward in this Congress?” said one new member to another. “Absolutely nothing,” was the reply. “But are you not going to try to write your name cn the immortal scroll of fame? Don't you realize that you were sent here by your constituents to see to it that these other fellows don’t let the ship of state drift onto a sand bar?” “My dear friend, I don’t bother myself with reflections of that kind. My wife, who is a discerning and practical woman, once made a remark to me during house cleaning time, which has assisted me on many occasicns."”” “What was it?” “She said that next to a genuine hero the man to be most admired is one who knows how not to get im the way.” A Holiday Decoration. “She likes me well,” said Cholly, “Upon the festive scene; She says I am so jolly Because I'm evergreen.” Didn't Seem Right. She had consulted one of his personal friends who knew his tastes, and under his direction had purchased him a box of cigars. “Now, Gear, one of them. He reluctantly did so, and then, with a beatific smile, laid it aside. “I can't smoke that now,’ he said. isn’t it good?” she asked in dismay. “It's splendid,” he answered, with sincere enthusiasm. “I'd get all out of touch with the holidays if I smoked it. It doesn’t taste a bit like Christmas.” After. Tern tissue papers that nestle or soar There from the holiday heap; Gay colored strings that entangle the more; Fairy-land heroes that flaunt o'er the floor, Noddirg to shadows which lurk at the door— Johnny-boy’s most asleep. she said, “you must smoke Tottering tapers of blue and red, Struggle their posts to keep, Mid the waxen currents they bravely shed, And the Noah's ark and the purple sled Make a pillow fine for the flaxen head Of Johnny-boy, fast asleep. -THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1895-TEN PAGES. Bon Marche, 314 and°316 7th St HALF PRICE FOR LEFT-= OVER GOODS! Here they are—all piled |— out on tables and counters —and you may have your pick for one-half what they werel Articles, 5c. Articles, 13¢. soc. Articles, 25¢. $1 Articles, 50c. &c., &c., &¢. Tossed & Mussed HDKFS. Almost half price. One whack of a hot fron and they 10c. 25¢. are as fresh and new as ever! 2 BIG LOTS OF COATS REDUCED! Haye run through the big line of racks, and pulled out every “odd” size Coat, whether it was the most stylish or desirable seller we have or not, and placed them on two long center counters at ridiculously low prices. $9, $10, $11 and $12 COATS, $7.83. Tough, very rough, not so rough, and smooth, stylish and very stylish. “Box Reefer” and “Franklin” shapes. $12.50, $13, $13.50 COATS, $9.98. None more stylish than some of the Coats in this lot. * the Most stylish of stylish! BON MARCHE, 314 & 316 7th St. Roughest of the rough. emia, after Posse A BOTTLE, oe S 18th and Pa. ave. 1th and I sts. (Fresh, Delicious Cakes & — S52. , Baked fresh every day—efte + Our own ££ * special recipes. r eee 8 eee c KEY Bc. Ib. pdibding d B ES, 50 and oe: : RS, 10c. doz. ‘gint assortment of CANDY— 2) trom 10c. 1b. up. e Krafft Ss Bakery, Sere st fde26-20d Reese oa Lee PETER RL \ «& Household Necessities. Hundreds of them here. & meed every day- ney tad and Enameled Articles especially Be MATS. ¥. BARKE de26-28e0 SPELL IOI Wrinkles on the Face ickly removed by BRIGHTWELL'S COM- BLEXION CHEAM. “Cures blackheads’ and pim. ples. Makes the skin white and beautiful. re. Samples fr Evan’s Drug Store,938 F F St. ‘Wholesale and Retail. Cor. 7th sand Ds.w. Mayer Bros: & Co., 937 & 939 F “St. N. W. Zz xe [st January Reduction Sale. Christmas of °95 is past, and with it passed the greatest holiday season we have ever had. your W: Tap or Coat ye Have you got We e offer you this grand opportunity—to get Prices one now before the holidays. have been slashed in twain on every garment in our stock. You cannot afford to miss this grand value offer- COATS CAPES Misses and Children, 3 Special Lots on Sale. ing in For Ladies, Lot tT, ONALS AND BEAVER CLO! RIPPLE BACK, SATIN LINED, LARLY SOLD FROM §8.49 TO 5 $4.88. 0, AT NG BOUCLES, WIDE WALE DI- ALS AND BEAVER CLOTH JAC IB FULL SI EXTRA HEAVY LINING, RIPPLE BAC INLAID PEAT BUTTONS, REGULARLY SOLD AT FROM $10.48 TO $12.48, AT $6.98. K, Lot 3, COMPRISING CLES AND Kk ASTRAKHAN, ROUGH Rov- RSEY CLOTH, IN FRANKLIN AND SHIELD FRONTS, ELEGANTLY MAL EXTRA LARGE FOv'r BALL SLEEVES, REGULARLY SOuD AT FROM $15.98 TO $17.60, AT $9.98. All other prices reduced in pro- portion. Mayer Bros. & Co., 937 and 939 F St. N. W. Your selections for Those — Christmas still have Of You the advantage for the Who Were New Year season of Unable to our special prices on Make 5 O'clock Tea Ket- tles, Banquet Lamps, Onyx Tables and numerous other handsome and appropriate _ gifts. The old reliable stand of Geo. F. Muth & Co., dex of AIS 7TH ST. NW. _ All holiday goods Don’t marked way down for ° «. this week only, to en- Miss This able those desiring to Oppor= make purchases for the tumity. New Year. Come in and see for yourself. John C. Parker, iS ST. _de26-16a (New Year's ae Ww. Lots and lots on ett ones here for you to choose from Ine: ae nsive enough, ‘Then in Calendar’ thef’s every sort,” from. the phiinest of desk pad calendars to the be- “kind, intended for parlor too. ribboned, engrayy ornament. Cards Printed? Bmvet Plate, : 75C. per 100. Enzraving performed here has the er mber of the firm, assured of in scnal supervision of am Hig ey ost ¢ ry inst sy Work—Yu nee. Ballantyne’s, Boers ver, eS /428 7TH ST., tt Now that you’ve received your present—if you feel as if you'd like to return the compliment—no better place than this to select the gift. EVERETT, 1225 F St. 3. T. WALKER SONS. 204 10TH ST. N.W., alge, Felts, Fire Brick and Clay, Adbestos two and 1A EH NNT Lime, Cement, Woodward —-—o— Cards Engraved for New Year's. That no delay may be occasioned in their delivery, we urge all hav- Lothrop, : Toth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. / ing such work in contemplation to attend to it at once. Name on Copper Plate and Fifty Cards, 86c. The Social Season is Here, And With It Comes the Demand for Evening Gown Stuffs For Receptions, for Weddings, for Dinner Parties, for Theater Parties, for Balls, for all Full Dress occasions. The proper sorts for the De- butante, the proper sorts for the Bridesmaid, the proper sorts for Fash- ion’s Votaries of all ages. We have a magnificent assortment of fabrics for evening gowns and bodices, from all the leading manufacturers at home and abroad. The prices are low, the qualities, colors and combinations are exceed- ingly choice and attractive, 3hd the styles are in perfect harmony with the dictates of fashion, Silks. At sec. per yard: LYO: FACONNE PONGEE, 21-INCH, TW TY-FIVE EVENING AND ART SHADES. At 50c. per yard: JAPAN! SILK, 23-INCH, EVENING AND ART SHADES. SEVENTY-FIVE At Bsc. per yards At $1.00 per yard TAFFETA FACONNE, WHITE, PINK, AND Y CIEL GIsMoNDA, 24. rvory, PINK AND CIEL. BLACK, At $1.00 per yard: TAFFETA CHINE, NEW AND NEAT FIG- URES. At $1.00 to $3.co per yard WHITE TAFFETA SATIN BROCHE, NEW AND E! “TIVE DESIGNS. At $1.25 per yard: TAFFETA BROCHE, CHAMELEON EFFECTS, WITH PINK, CTE] PREDOMINATT. At oe 25 per yard: RIPED TAFFETA CHINE, NOVEL At $1.25 per yard: PRINTED TAFFETA, SCROLL AND FLORAL DESIGNS. At $1.25 to $2. 50 per yard: SATIN DUCHESS! EVERY DESIRABLE COLOR AND SHAD! At $1.50 per yard: WARP-PRINTED ‘TAFFETA, EFFECTS. JARDINIERE At $2.00 to $6.50 per yard: HIGH-CLASS NOVELTIES, CHAME! SeaB CHINE, VEL ND BROCHE EF! Qst floor. Under skylight.) Silk-and=Wools. At $1.00 per yard: 45-INCH CREPON, TWO-TONED EFFECTS. At = 00 per r yard: LIGHT BLUR, ita iE, PINK 4 (1st floor. +-10th st. bldg.) All=Wools. At 37%c. per yar 38-INCH ALBATROSS, LIGHT PINK, LIGHT BLUB AND CREAM. At 50c. per yard: 45-INCH HENRIETTA, SILK FINISH; BLUE, PINK, MAIZE, LAVENDER, NILE AND CREAM. Licht At soc. per yard: 42-INCH CREPON LIGHT PINK, LIGHT BLUE, NILE AND MAIZE. At 75¢. per yard 45-INCH HENRIETTA, CREAM, PINK AND = ELLOW. EXTRA FINE. At $2.00 to $2.75 per yard: BROADCIOTHS IN ALL EVENING TINTS. FOR OPERA AND VISITING WRAPS AND Gowns. (ist floor. . 45-INCH SILK CHIFFON; PLAIN, KLED —— 5, Gauzes, &c. | At 75¢. to $i.00 per yard: AND SOFT FINISNED; ++++-10th st. bldg.) sd CRIN- BLACK, WHITE, CREAM, LILAC, LIGHT BLUE, MAIZE, PINK, NAVY, CARDINAL, BLUET, CERISE, NILE, BROWN, OLD ROSE AND HELIOTROPE. At 75c. per yard: 45-INCH SILK MULLS; PINK, BLUE, MAIZP, NILE,- WHITE, CREAM AND BLACK. At $1.25 per yard: PRINTED CHIFFONETTES, FLORAL DE- At $1.00 to $5.00 per yard PINK, BLUE, NILE, MAIZE AND 27-INCH JEITED NETS. At 75¢. to $1.25 per yard SILK MOUSSELINE DE SOIE, 45-INCH; CREAM, BLACK AND WHITE. At $1.00°per yard: T2INCH BRUSSELS NET; WHITE, CREA’ LIGHT RLUE, CARDINAL AXD BLACK, MAIZE. At $2.00 per yard: SPANGLED NETS WHITE AND GOLD, YER, BLACK AND GOLD, BLACK AND SILVER. At $3.00 to $5.co per yard: JEWELED CHIFFO) (st floor....... , ALL COLORS. Today, Friday and Saturday . A Remnant Clearing Sale. With the jostling and hurrying of the great Christmas throng that has passed through our store, damage by dust and breakage is inevit- able. Then, too, lots of things or chipped from handling and displaying. are now get scratched, mussed, smirched, tumbled They on sale for what they'll fetch, and the prices we have put on the three or four weeks’ gathering of remnants will sell them quickly. The week be- tween Christmas and the New Year is the. harvest time for remnant buye: In Connection With Our Remnant Sale We Offer the Following Special Bargains: Bargain No. 1—Women’s Winter Coats. A small lot left from last season. A little longer than this year’s cut, but elegant rough materials, with large sleeves, and lined through- out with silk. Sizes 32, 34 and 36 only. $6.75 Each—Former Prices, $20.00 and $24.00. Bd floor... BARGAIN N 11th st, bldg.) No. 2—125 YARDS BLACK TAFFETA PLISSE. The original and beautiful imported silk fabric for Waists, Sleeves, Trimmings, etc. 7s5c. the Yard—Former Price, $1.50. BARGAIN No. 3—556 YARDS FANCY TAFFETAS BRO- CADES. Lengths from 1 to 4 yards—for Waists, Trimmings, Sleeves, etc. soc. the Yard—Former Prices, 75c. to $1.65. (Silk Department. . ++++-Pirst floor.... Woodward & Lothrop. eeee-Under skylight.) seeeeeeeseess2d annex.) argain ables at the Patais Royal. Left-over Holiday Goods are being placed on bargain tables at quick = selling prices. Basement Floor. Toys and Games and last of best- selling China and Glass Ware go on bargain table as follows: 13c Table. 13 cents for choice of 2c und 35¢ Toys and ea among, Which are pigidren’s Oak: finished hairs, st Laundry Sets, ete, ete, Co eteret Doll Carriages, 5¢ © Table. Miscellaneous lot, among whic! Hay Carts that sold so well at 15 c Other Tables. The Wc Donble ickboards with comeig are now on the 19¢ table; Express Wagons are to go at $1.48, and the $5 ikies for only $2.48. 15c Table. 15 cents for choice of these Cups and Saucers, Plates, Mugs, Dishes, Jugs, Vases, Pin Trays, et articles worth up to'S0 cents for only I5eo Other Tables. Containing many odd pieces at nearly half prjces: for Rochester Banquet Lamps with brass font and onyx solumn; $1.98 for Dresden and Cupid Clocks with Ansonia works, guarautecd five years, - Another Table. On which are bargains in Cut Glass:—$1.48 instead of $2.24 for quart size Cut Glass Water Bottles; 0 instead of $20 for three-pint Cut Glas Pitcher, chrysanthemam design. First Floor. Most seasonable and best bargains are the 12-button White Suede Kid MousquetaireGloves at$r. 65 instead of $2 pair. Warranted—tried on at our risk. last of the 18, On Doll Table. A bargain table for a_bed is an insult to the finest Dolls brought to Washington! Ret such is the fate of these twenty-three best Dolls. Prices were..... $12.98 $16.98 $8.50 $6.50 Prices now...... $9.08 $6.50 $5.00 $3.08, Prices were..... $5.50 $4.00 8.00 Prices now...... $3.00 $225 $1.98 On Center Table. Qa table near center of first floor you'll find 50e Pocket Books at 41c and the 98c Books at Swe for choice. Near 11th St. Door. A big table filled with Calendars, Cards Booklets at 33 per cent discount. One-third off ‘he price marked on those selected. The Ribbon Table. Be, 9c and .lc yard for the Ribbons on aisle table. Used Bargains all. Cups and Saucers. On table pear Ls are Art rf Caps and worth up to $1 at 25c, 29¢ and See These Work Boxes. ‘50c instead of $1 each for Quartered Oak Work Boxes, satin lined, fitted. On table in center aisle, The Men’s Table. center in display. Some slightly sotled. wetagtin 0c Scarfs for 25c, and 25c Scarfs for 15e. On table at 11th st. entrance. The Toilet Cases. Last of thera go on bargain table. Some sre real alligator, o.hers calf—all fitted with superior tollet articles. ‘Were... $5.00 $3.25 $2.25 $1.29 To be....... $350 $2.25 $1.50 98e. Men’s Shields. A fable, filled with 18e, 28¢ and 27¢ Drese Shields e for choice. In the combination are Hurtin, Sitk and “Odoriess "Fiber Shields in siscs Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6, On Another Table. $1.19 for choice of the last of those Men's and Ladies’ $1.75, $1.98 and $2.25 Umbrellas, some with handles making them look worth §3.50 to $5. And Best Umbrellas. The best English Spittlestield Silk Umbrellas, showing signs of the holid rush, are TS we $1.98 from $4, $4.50, $5, 0 and §6. At G St. Door. The ent of Jewelry counter to, be, filled with odd pleces worth up te Ge at Be for choice. There'll _be Sterling Silver Nail’! Fes Glove Hooks, Paper Cutters, Playing Cards in cases, Garters with buckles, Smokers” Sets, Photo Frames, Match Boxes, Pocket Books, ete., ete. On Another Table. To right of G street entrance will be a table filled with “broken lots’’ of Ladies’ Hose at 49¢ for choice. Ea-ly visitors tomorrow will secure $1 Silk and Lisle Hose. Handkerchief Table. Handkerchiefs used in window display to had placed on tables and ticketed as Shere: Se in- stead of 12%c....18e Instead of 25c and 35c.... B5e instend of Sc. Neckwear Table. 10c for Silk Windsor Scarfs. Three for a quar ter, Some slightly crushed. Second Floor. Short lengths Evening Silks that ‘have sold up to $1.50 are reduced to #9c, 75¢ and 8c yard. Soiled Blankets. Those showing signs of handling are:—4 pairs Callfornia Wool Blankets reduced 50 from S7 ) pair. 5 pairs reduced to i 4 pairs reduced to $5.25 from $7 5 Eitcraowe Comforts, silt covered, reduced to" $10 from $12. Table Linen. Short Jengths to be thrown on a bargain table at 15 per cent discount. Third Floor. 25 per cent discount on Fur Gar- ments — one-quarter off marked prices. Three Racks Full. r Coats and Capes are here from $12 to 22.50 to $65; Electric Seal 1 Plush Capes, $12 to $60. er off the price marked on’ the garment ” ‘The Corset Table. pairs fine Corsets reach this bargaim Siigitly solled Comets, t0 £0 as for $250) to V. D."? and other Corsets, © for $1 to $2 ¢ Corse ts, all styles. Silk Skirts Cheap. of the Black and Fas ilk Skirts at and $6 each. Only $1.98 for the $4 Changeable Silk Skirts. The Knit Skirts. Those of the $1 and $1.25 Knit Skirts with signs of the holiday rush are to go on barguta table at 5% for choice. _ The Paris Aprons. $1. Aprons for 4%¢—bnt some have not handled” like such dainty beauties should be. Children’s Table. $2.50 for White Eiderdown and | Lamb'sAvool Coats, 2 to S-ycar sizes. Were $3.98 to $5. Slightly welled, but can be cleaned for twenty-five Fourth Floor. One-of-a-kind pieces of Furniture are again price lowered. fon Chairs, || Rockers, ‘at quick-selling prices. Last $3.98 instead of been Book Cases, one Tables, ete Palais Royal, G and Eleventh streets. A. Ligner