Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1895, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. SATURDAY..........December 28, 1895. CROSBY S. NOYES... THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent Family Circulation much more than the ¢ombined culntion of the other Washington duilies. An a News and Advertising Medium it has no competitor. C7 In order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR shi to any individ office, but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpose. oo = To Avoid Fatal Panties. A baseless cry of “fire” by some fool in a Paltimore theater last night caused a panic that resulted In the death of more than two score of people and the maiming of meny others. The audience choked the main exit, meeting at a narrow doorway in two lines and falling down a short flight of steps. Most of the people killed were the victims of suffocation and the crush at the doorway was terrible. The disaster, fol- lewing the panic, was the direct result of a bad fault in the construction of the play- house, which 1s old and out of date. Since its erectior in 1820 and its restoration in 1838 there have been many marked changes in the methods in vogue in the building of auditoriums, and a hall or theateF built to- day is or should be planned with primary reference to the safety of its patrons. There are certain edifices in this city peri- odically filled with people that deserve im- mediate official attention in this regard. No public structure [of this character should be allowed to progress beyond the plan-drawing stage if the most ample de- vices for exit are not provided, and if by some chance a church, a concert hall or a theater should reach completion and go into use with the least chance of danger Involved It should be speedily condemned ty the Commissioners and its owners re- quired to provide some devices that will overcome the defect. The first principle of such construction should be to locate the main auditorium level or nearly level with the ground, accessible by wide doorways opening as nearly as possible directly on the street. The galleries should not be placed too high, and should under no clr- cumstances be confined to a single exit, nor should the higher galley empty into the passages leading from the lower, unless the latter are unusually large. The rea- scns for these rules of safety are obvious. An auditorium holding several hundred pecple contains when occupied the elements . of a panic. It will not do to depend upon the intervention of cooler minds to stay a crowd of panic-stricken people. The only rule of safety is to provide the most com- plete means of exit known to architecture, and, as in all problems that deal directly with the preservation of human life, the only solution permissible is that which ex- havsts every possibility and°spares no ex- pense. It may be that an official inspec- tion of local auditoriums of all kinds, in- spired by the gad affair in Baltimore, might result In wholesome revelations and reme- dies, ————~--—___ An Amendment That is Needed. There is an omission, probably inadvertent but nevertheless important, from the bill au- thorizing the extension of the Columbia railroad and for other purposes to which attention was called in yesterday's Star. The bill provides that the company shall have authority “to move and propel its cars on the line so constructed with an under- ground electric power, or such other me- chanical power as the Commissioners of the District may approve.” It has been the legislative custom for some years to incor- porate In all such ieasures an tron-clad rovision specifically and peremptorily ex- cluding the overhead trolley from the sys- tems available for use, and why thére should be such an omission from the present bill does not appear. While it is most likely an oversight and there is doubtless no Intention whatever on the part of the railroad to use the overhead system, it is just as well to be consistent and to follow up scrupulously the excellent custom that has so greatly bene- fitted the city and its street railway facili- ties. —————_~ os ____ It is to be hoped that thirteen will not prove to be an unlucky number for the new District committee of the Senate. The re- organization of the upper house has been along such peculiar lines as to be marked by an increase in many of the standing committees, and among others the District committee receives an addition of two members, which ought to be an increase of its working capacity and therefore a bene- fit to the District. The tive new Senators who, according to reports, are to be as- signed to this committee, are understood to be men of energy, and although they have had no oppertunity as yet to demon- strate any special interest in local affairs they will doubtless tind congenial work in the field of local legislation and they will surely discover many objects worthy of clos. attention and intelligent labor. The District tinds an old and tried friend in Senator McMillan who will be the chair- man of the new committee. 202 ‘The Sultan of Turkey is not in any way in- yolved in South American complications. He is happy to be left out of the discussion and to have grounds for hope that Europe may become absorbed in England’s South American schemes to the neglect of the Armenian atrocities. ee It is a satisfaction to feel that Lord Dun- raven is now putting his talk where it is Ukely to produce results one way or an- other. —___~+es____ There were just an even hundred men at work teday on the new city pos. office building. —___~«-+___. Our Water Supply. About a month ago The Ster took occa- sion to answer certain statements con- tained in a paper on water supply printed in the November fssue of “Municipality and County,” in which it was asserted that the Potomac river water is sewage-polluted and, not being filtered, is responsible for the city’s high death rate from typhoid fever. The author of the paper in ques- tion, Mr.-John W. Hill, now writes to Municipality and County in contradiction of ‘The Star's assertion that the Potomac river at Great Falls is not sewage-polluted and that it is subject to the law, which many scientists assert, by virtue of which a stream fed with a comparatively small amount OF pollution will purify itself In its course. Mr. Hill demonstrates that there is a k of unanimity among scien- tists in regard to the self-purification of and he quotes authorities to dis- ry. His deduction is that the typhold bacillus coming Into the r or its branches above Washington would “probably” live with full power of repro- duction until long after it has passed Great Falls, and that therefore it would “proba- bly" pass into this city’s water supply. He does not meet the rted by The Star that there has n been a single bacillus of typhoid fever Isolated from the ton at water supply of the city of W. the Great Fails dam, though many examt. nations have been made; nor does he now attempt to contend that the alleged possi- bility of the presence of occasional typhoid bacilli in the Potomac ts suffictent to just- ify the suggestion that the city's typhoid fever ts due to Its unfiltered waters. In this connection reference may be this city, an avowed and vigorous advocate of the filtration of the Potomac water, who made an official investigation of the typhoid epidemic prevalent here last au- tump. Dr. Kober, who is in advance of local sentiment in his suspicions con- ccrnirg our Potomac water supply, ven- tures 2s his strongest assertion against it the following statement: “It is prob- able, though not proven, that it at times contains organisms or substances capable of producing diarrhoea in persons not ac- cvstomed to its use, and the typhoid bacil- lus is not absolutely excluded from it, although it has never been actually found in it.” . The Star will leave to the opposing sci- gntists the task of determining conclusively whether in sixty miles of tlow the Potomac does or does not so purify itself that it is impossible for any sewage containing ty- phoid bacilli to enter the aqueduct at Gréat Falis. If defamers of the Potomac instead of relying upon hints of possibilities were able to furnish absolute proof that a stray typhoid bacillus had found its way from the Potomac into our water supply, The Star would still consider Mr. Hill's original pubtication to be unfounded and unjust. The gist of Mr. Hill's indirect charge was that the Potomac water is so sewage-pol- luted that in the absence of filtration it is responsible for the city’s high death rate from typhoid fever. Everybody knows that the main, if not the sole, cause of typhoid fever in the Di trict is the lack of an adequate sewerage system and the existence and use of wells subject to pollution by surface drainage. The Star has seen no reason to believe that the Potomac has anything to do with the typhoid fever. Even Dr. Kober's main contention and recommendation bore upon the necessity of establishing at onee a complete and modern system of sewers, which is Sadly needed, and he urged’ that’ avery well in the District be closed and;ithat all box privies should at (nce be abolished. As a fourth recommendaticn, of compar- atively minor importance, he urged that the Potomac water supply be filtered. It would be vain to pretend that Washington has had a lower death rate from typhoid fever than many other cities, which are sup- plied with the most modern systems of fewers, whose water supply is adequate, enabling them to dispense with wells, and which have been able in excess of precattion to establish expensive fil- traticn plants. That is the ideal toward which all of the inhabitants of the capital are looking with pleasure, and until it is attained there will be no cessation in their efforts to secure better- sewers and a greater and better water supply. Mean- while all insinuations that the Potomac at Great Falls is the sewage-polluted source of the city’s typhoid fever will be resisted as untrue, and as flimsy guesswork based only upen alleged possibilities, which pos- sibilities even have been controverted by the opinion of able scientists. If Washing- ton depended for its typhold fever sup- ply upon the Potomac river, its death rate from that disease would be too small to be the subject of any comment or controversy. ——+ + —___. Useless Cominittees. It appears that the preliminary plans cf the steering committees now engaged in reorganizing the Senate have received a check at the sudden discovery that there are not enough miuority committees, that is, committees with chairmen from the mirority party, to provide for the leaders of that party in the Senate. Thus two al- ternatives are presented. The whole plan of reorganization will have to be called off, or some new <ommittees will have to be organized to care for the leaders unpro- vided with comfortable rooins, else some of the great men in the party may become offended. It seems a trifle absurd that the Senate should be called upon to create ab- solutely useless committees for such a pur- pose. The committee list is already filled with subordinate bodies which do abso- lutely no work and cut no figure in the work of the Senate, and whose only func- tion is to furnish Senators with rooms and clerical assistants that they might other- wise fail to obtain. Some of these com- mittees were originally formed for partic- ular purBoses that were important at the time, but their functions have now en- tirely disappeared. For instance, there is a select committee to investigate the geo- logical survey, which was formed several years ago when charges were preferred against that bureau. The report was made long ago and the committee. has ceased to do any work. The select committees on national banks, forest reservations, transportation and ‘sale of meat pro- ducts, and the quadro-centennial are among these anomalous bodies that are provided with a surplus of accommoda- tions and a total deficiency of useful occu- pations Among the standing committees of the Senate is one on revolutionary claims, which has not had a bill to consider for twenty or thirty years. A reorganiza- tion that would reorganize the Senate com- mittees in fact might prove to be an ex- ceedingly wholesome thing. soe Zeltoun’s Fate. Christianity now awaits with anxiety the news from Zeltoun. The capture of that city by the Turks from the insurgent Ar- menians who have been in a state of siege for some time fs thought by many to mean that there will soon come tidings of one of the most bloody massacres that the world has ever known, for it is well known that the sultan’s troops have a standing grudge against the people of this province, whom they regard as their hereditary enemies. Zeitoun has already been a scene of slaughter. Once before the Turks captured the province and marked their victory by unlicensed butchery. Report has it that the sultan is desirous of preventing ex- cesses by his troops at Zeitoun but is pow- erless to hold them in check. In such an event ft is certainly the duty of the strong nations of Europe to supplement his feeble authority with their own power to put an end to these outrages against humanity. if the capture of Zeitoun shouli be .fol- lowed by a general massacre the Christian world will fall of its full duty If |t does not immediately intervene. —_—_+ ++ -—_—_. Banker J. Pierpont Morgan is a busy man these days. He ts chairman of the commit- tee appointed by the New York Yacht Club to investigate the Dunraven charges, and he is popularly supposed to be at the same time engaged in forming a syndicate for the pur- chase of a $100,000,000 government bond is- sue. Either of these tasks Is heavy enough to occupy a man completely, but Banker Morgan seems to have a great capacity for active hustling. ———- + ¢ e —____ has a vile, vindictive sound, but in its literal application to one ot the humbler attaches of the customs service Senator Teller can hardly be ac- cused of having raised’a contusion on sen- atorial courtesy. It has evidently produced something ef the same startling effect that Dr. Johnson's epithet of “rectangular par- allelepipedon” did upon the fish wives. It is alleged that Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, the Queen Regent of Spain, the Emperor of Germany, the Em- of Austria and numerous others of al distinction nave taken to bicycle rid- If this be true there Is every reason expect that the European monarchs will be much disposed to shun the additional anxieth of warfar ——— -+ ++ ____ Secretary Carlisle thinks that the govern- ment has plenty of money, but that it is nof the right kind. ———_+ « + ___ Senator Hill has throughout his career shown a decided preference for the political “Tide-waiter” made to the recent report of Dr. Kober of | lone hand. THE WEEK. The House of Representatives responded }- to the firancial message of the President | by passing a tariff bill, the operation of which is limited to two and a half years, and which is designed to raise $40,900,000 for the relief of the treasury; the vote was on party lines, with two exceptions) the republicans all voted for the bill except Hartman of Montana, and the democrats and populists against it, save Newlands of Nevada; the bill passed repeals the pres- ent tariff law until August 1, 1898; it re- stores 60 per cent ofthe McKinley rates on wool and woolens, lumber and carpets, and makes a horizontal increase of the present rates in ail other schedules except sugar of 15 per cent; the House then entered upon the consideration. of the bond bill, which, in conjunction with the tariff bill passed, constitute the réHef which the re- publican House of Representatives offers the democratic executive to meet the exist- ing financial situation; -the bill aroused the united opposition of the democrats and pop- ulists. The Senate presented a Christmas gift to the south, as Mr. Hill of New York appropriately characterized the bill repealing the proscriptive disabilities passed at the close of the war against the service of ex-confederates in the lnited States army or navy. Chairman Morrison of the in state commerce commission declare: traffic agreement to be in conflict with the interstate commerce law, and asked that injunction proceedings be begun. A report ihat the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and the Southern: railway would be consolidated gained considerable local credence. The two hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers was observed at Plymouth, Mass.; Senator Hoar Was the orator. Three masked robbers held up Richard Clarke, a Pacific Jockey Club official, in a San Francisco car and robbed him of $3,000, The steamship Strathnevis, which was given up for lost, arrived al Port Townsend in tow of the steamer Mineola. Secretary Herbert decided to award the contract for building the two battle ships to the Newport News Company. The street car men’s strike in Philadelphia ended, John Wanamaker having brought about a settlement between the men and a the traction company. John H. Husted, mining man, worth $500,000, committed s\ cide at his hoine in Denver, Col. The deaths of the week included Rey. Dr. George W. Dame, who died at his home in Richmond, Va., and Col. A.J. Grigsby, a Mexican veteran, who also commanded the forty-seventh Vir- ginia regiment in the Stonewall brigade. Foreign. Zeitoun in Asia Minor was captured by the Turks. In the battle that preceded the fall of Zeitoun 2,500 Armenians and 20 Turks were killed. A fight is reported to have taken place near Suedich hetween the Turks and the Druses, in which the latter lost 12,200 killed. The British steamer fsel- lerophon collided with and sunk the Preach steamer Emile Heloise at the etitrance to the harbor of Algiers, and thirty. passen- gers of the French vessel were Wost.' A number of vessels were wrecked during heavy seas on the British coast. The Chi- nese cruiser Kivan-Ping, captured by the Japanese during the war, was wrecked on the Pescadore Islands, and over sixty men are missing. During the week ending De- cember 21 there were ninety-seven cases of cholera and thirty-three deaths from that disease in St. Petersburg. The Manitoba authorities refused to consider any pro- posal to establish Roman Catholic separate schools. The deaths included Sergius Step- niak, the Russian revolutionist; George Godolphin Osborne, ninth Duke of Leeds; Sir Edward Harland, head of the famous shipbuilding firm of Harland & Wolff; Max Lebaudy, owner of Le Soir, of Paris. In the District. The week hes been rather uneventful from « local pcint of view. Christmas day was appropriately celebrated in the differ- ent churches, while the inmates of hospit- als and asylums found the day a pleasant ene, through the thoughtfulness of kind- hearted people. During the week two new Methodist churches were opened—the Fif- teenth Street M. EK. Church and the Ep- worth M. FE. Church Scuth. The Commis- sloners gave a hearing Monday to the West End League, when a 1: fe number of resi- dents of that section of the city were pres- ent in protest against the erection of a garbage crematory on 24th street near N str hi was further strength- ene t letter from the attor- neys of Mr iearst. Monday Mr. George Hellen won the pr s cup In the tour- hament of the Washington Golt Club. ‘Tuesday evening Detective Proctor was set upon by roughs and badly Injured. Mr. Wm. Fitch, the fajher of Mr. J. BE. Fitch, died Wednesday morning. An unusually heavy wind and rain storm swept over the city Thursday evening. The question of Satteslec's accepting the call to be the first bishop of the new diocese of Washing- ton was settled Friday, when a telegram was received from him signifying his inten- tion to serve. ——__ e+ SHOOTING STA “Her Attention Was Elsewhere. - “I saw you at the theater last night,” said he. Rea you?” she responded. “Yes. How did you like the play?” “The play? Why-er-really, you know, I Was there with a box party With these bacilli in a kiss, With caution rare, they say She kept a spray of mistletoe To shoo the germs away. A Relief. “I don't know but I'm glad that the holi- cays are about over,” said the man who permits himself to be worried over small things. “Don’t you enjoy them?” “Yes. But it’s a great relief to sit back and serenely reflect that it'll be a whole year now before somebody will turn.up and think it is smart to write ‘Christmas’ ‘Xmas.’"" The Destructive Small Boy, ~ Of all the presents he received Upon a Christmas morn, The sole survivor seems to be That blatant old tin-horn. A Sudden Reformation. “Charley. is getting so economical yeung Mrs. Tocker. “That 1s quite an unusual trait in him.” “Yes. I have only observed it in him this week. He insists on wearing his old fifty- cent necktie so as to save those for which I paid a dollar and a half apiece.” said He Renented it. sir,” he said, indignantly, as he turned from the electric light in his room. “I won't stop here. The tdee ofa hotel's tryin’ ter run up a bill on a man by puttin’ his gas in a glass case, so’s it can’t be Llowed out!” Everybody's World. Lots 0" politiclans— Mighty brainy men— Only gits positions Ter let 'erg go again. Others whose orations Ye very seldom hear Seems ter-hold thefr stations Steady, year by year, Each man hez his chances Made ter fit his skill; Some by work advances, An’ some by settin’ still. > 2-2 —_—___ Another Conspiracy Story. From the Honolulu Advertiser. It is Indeed unfortunate that another con- spiracy story must be carried to the states by the outgoing steamer. The injury done by these, to us, incidental happenings that hardly cause a ripple in the business com- munity, is almost eqval to a full-fledged revolt in.{ts effect upon our business inter= ests abroad. The imaginative mind has full scope and it is always easier to spread a false impression; the tendency of human rature is to listen to the exaggeration in preference to plain facts. Although we have conspirators we also know how to take care of them. The men now in prison were ap- prehended a short time after *their arrival. ‘The police department is on tie alert, the public has implicit confidence in the strengch of the government and the peace and quiet usual in Hawaii reigns supreme. An Untrustworthy Assertion. From the Atchison Globe. No man who ever tasted "possum says that ‘possum Is good, oS Topham's Leather Goods Factory. (Our t 10 per cent = Sale to clear out—but everything new, fresh from our own and other leading factories of the country. An admirable variety of goods to choose from. that we'd holiday 40 facilities we out one stocks "are just trade Years in have un a ivver enlose d now the known fusiness, | hq for fitting surpassed! —Sale enjls Pecember 31st. Itl bershort; sharp and decksive— Lao ur hed, whether 1s for or angthing Hae. Now's your best ime | Photograph Frames. 2gc.\ yall those popular te Frames, single and dou- 3 cents now. TOPHAM’S DOUBLE STORE, 1231=1233 Pa. Avenue. 1220 E ST. qt FACTORY, oor 300 1-Ib. loaves to the Barrel. eS ek FOR New Year’s Receptions. Those-of you who keep “open house” on New —— Year's will want your -—— cakes and pastry to be fine. Don't particularly take any chances. Ask your grocer to send you a bag of “Cream Blend,” and the lightest cakes and the crispest pastry “wili follow as certainly as does Cream d Flour | ; A —— —NEVER FAILS under ——~ proper conditions to make IDEAL , —— Biscuits, —— ith Rolls, Pas- Bread, Cake and It's not only THE ST, but yields nearly —} MORE —— kinds, other it’s the than tueretet ore _B. ES shee & Bra, helene lone! dil FRAIL Dediore 107-1108 LTH STRE tLet Us Make syour winter Gown. > as ix in town, & 4 up after the ® m “twill fit per- J °o that you'll Ue delighted with it. > ° And what we'll charge will be LESS = ° than ie rge only for the @ +4 making. + eo e 816 § gth St. < 4 Cohn’ a So in of rey Shirt Waists, Feeee ese J a eed ceceeueeeccrce coats eee ‘Let us Cater sfor your “Entertainments A ND_ there! sive of trouble and worl nx thing will be in the lates nd style. 1 $7. a Caterer, - a Jarvis, Confectioner, $426 gth St. ’Phone rooo. 4-328 Sesevosesocooososocooes For New Year’ Receptions. . vors of ICE CREAM —in jower, Brownies and ¢ Is, wrapped for quick 3 ¢ e e e e ¢ e e * 26 .o te Lo °° ¢ e * S > e e ¢ + oe LAS and, molds, for card parties. Lace Papel i deticions mney ‘Tafties, Toe. doz, Fussell’s,47 ae candies, Ib. ib. [XERR EERE EMER REO Se SS a SEPPOPIFO POO PV EPOME OS 3All Furs {Below Cost. ff Isat + + 2 SVOSVSSOSISOOS OES nd altering reduced to keep men employed. Saks Fur Co., Gor. 13th and G Sts. 6 nhhsoebeesees MODLADA CAKES & ROLLS For Your Reception You'll re e on New Year's? Of course you'll have Cakes. Better order from us— ave the tkouble“of baking. We've ull ad small—and baked fresh every PPSOPOODS FRE—30 and 40c. 1 ‘Reception ROLL i. CF FRUIT C. Order our famous’ light and dainty. Krafft’s Bakery, Cor Pa. Ave. & 18th St. crisp —covers every article in the house. ~ From the ‘smallest Pocket’ Book to the largest | Trunk. -An even 10. per cent discount is marked off the low- est prices all around. —No old goods that we want THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. Woodward * » Lothrop, Ioth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. ss -Until further notice store will open at bets a.m. — close at 5:45 p. m. Cards Engraved for New Year’s. That no delay may be occasioned in their delivery, we urge all hay- ing such work in contemplation to attend to it at once. Name on Copper Plate and Fifty Cards, 86c. ire Pen’s Dress Requirements For New Year’s Day. We have a superb stock of all the latest approved styles and novelties, inciuding Full Dress Shirts—Full Dress Bows and Ties in every proper shape—Full Dress Protectors and Shields in the newest designs and styles—Collars and Cuffs—Silk Suspenders and Half Hose— Handkerchiefs—Gloves—Cuff Links—Cuff But- tons in gold enamel— ~Shirt Studs, &c., &c. Men‘s Store. 1007 F street.) —— Women’s Dress Requirements 9 For New Year's. This class of needfuls has been a field of careful study with us. Everything from the finest imported high art novelties to those without a bit of extravagance in them if you wish. Beauties will be revealed here that cannot be disclosed elsewhere, as they are in many in= stances under our exclusive control. Gloves. All lengths, dressed and un- dressed kid, gray, tan, pearl, white and black. Silk Evening Mitts, 12, 16 and 20-button lengths, all colors. Handkerchiefs. Point Lace, Mousseline de . Soie, Duchess Lace and_ fine Hand-embroidered and Hem- stitched Linen. Hosiery. Silk and Lisle Thread, plain black and all shades to match the toilette or slippers, lace an- kle, boot pattern and dropstitch effects. Slippers. Satin, in white, blue, pink, red; Patent Leather, Bronze Kid, Beaded Kid, White Kid— opera, strap and Oxford. | Neckwear. Marie Antoinette Fichus, in Lace, Chiffon and Liberty Silk; Lace Yokes, Liberty Squares, Chiffon Boas, Accordion Plaited Chiffon trimmed with Valen- ciennes Lace, etc. - Balayeuse For the bottom of skirts, black and white, made from plain Tarlatane and Full Lace. Taffeta Silk Skirt Ruffling, ‘black and white. . Garniture For the hair and the-gown— Beautiful «Flowers and Aig- rettes and Ostrich Tips, in dainty tints, combined with Rhinestone and Pearl orna- ments. Laces. All widths. Chiffons and Striped Gauzes, Lierre Laces, Figured and Dotted Mousse- lines, Duchesse Point, Point Applique, etc. Latest imported novelties. —— Silk Bodices. Harper's Bazar says the Silk Bodice is as fashionable as ever. For desirability and adaptability it is par excellence for either day or even- ing functior It's a garment of elegance and economy, and one can scarce realize the possibilities of art in dress until they have seen our assortment. Styles, materials, prices varied enough to meet and satisfy every taste and fancy. @d floor... +-10th st. building.) Table | Napery : For New Year’s. The newest and choicest things are here in Irish, Scotch, French and German Damasks. ter Pieces, Dinner Sets, Luncheon Sets, Tray Cloths, Cen- Napkins, and Doylies for all uses—round, square and oval— and such a lavish outlay of qualities and dainty, exquisite designs as one could expect to see only in such a prices prevail. We make a specialty of extra-sized cloths for Receptions, and Dinners. Double Damask Pattern Cloths. Clusters of Daisies, For- get-me-nots, — Chrysanthe- mums, ete. clusive de- signs. E: yds., $3.75 each. .» $4.50 each, 2x4 yds., $6.00 each. Napkins te Match. 3 size, $3.00 doz. asi size, $4.00 doz. Double Damask Pattern Cloths. Heavy and fine. Import- ed. Designs are orchids, flags, ivy leaf combined with oats, ete. 2 x2 2x2} yds., $3.73 each. , $4.50 each. eee each. ae Napkins ‘to Match. 22-in. size, $4.00 doz. 26-in. size, $5.00 doz. (2d floor... Table Linen store as ours. Very moderate Banquets Damask Dinner Sets. Cloth and. one dozen Napkins to match. $6.75 to $85.00 each. Hemstitched Dinner Sets. Cloth and one dozen Napkins to match. 2x2 yds. $6.50 each. » 2 x2h yds. $7.25 each. 2}x2} yds., $13.00 each. 2}x3 yds., $15.00 each. 2}x33 yds., $16.50 each. White Fringed Sets. Cloth * Doylies. and one dozen $3.95 to $7.75 each. White Damask Doylies For all purposes. $1.00 to $7.00 doz. 1th Street Bullding.) Needs For New Year’s In China and Glass Departments. Glass Ware. Cut Glass Pitchers......85c. to $25 Punch Bowls... .- + -$3.50 to $35} Ice Cream Trays........50c. to $50 Carates<.. eee » 300. to $15, Flower Vases........10¢. to $12.50 Fruit Bowls. me . -20¢. to $20 Punch Cups, doz... -75¢. to $10 Claret Glasses, doz... ...50c. to $15 Champagne Tumblers, doz., soc. to $12 Olive Dishes..........-.10c. to $5 Thin Blown Tumblers, doz.24 to 60c. Cut Glass Cheese Dishes.$1.75 to = Gtlv floors... Woodward China Ware. 5 > Dinner Sets - $4.65 to $150 Tea Sets...... -$2.95 to $20 Salad Sets.............$1.25 to $25 | ( Ice Cream Sets........$1.50 to $50 Punch Bowls. ..%....$2.00 to $5.00 Salad Bowls. .........50c. to $5.00 Ice Cream Trays......75¢. to $5.00 Salad Saucers, doz. ...$1.00 to $5.00 Tce Cream Saucers, doz.75¢. to $5. 00 Fancy Fruit Dishes. .$2.00 and $2.25 Nut Bowls. .. 50¢. to $1.50 Celery Trays. 50c. to $2.50 seeee 210th st. building.) & Lothro (ioe | Special i Attention —is called to our new .patterns in HARD METAL SILVER ELECTRO - PLATED WARE, in Dinner Sery- ices, Candelabra and all the accessories of the Dinner Table, pos- sessing the character- istic elegance of our sterling silver products —the designs of which always retam a DE- SIRABLE EXCLU- SIVENESS. Galt&Bro. JEWELLERS AND SILVERSMITHS, 1107 Penn. Ave. [layer Bros & Co., 937 & 939 F St. N. W. No dull days in this store merchants as a rule ‘go to sleep after Christmas—we don’t “intend to have dull times here—our stocks are all complete, ‘selection never better—prices never lower —than now. A general all around mark down sale for the coming week. MILLINERY. Fancy Feathers, worth 12}c., at 2}c. Fancy Feathers, worth 25c., at 12}c. Fancy Feathers, worth 50c. to 75¢., at 25¢. Feathers, worth $1.00 to $1.50, at 49c. Felt Hats, worth soc., at r2}c. Felt Hats, worth $1.00, at 36c. Felt Hats, worth $1.50, at 63c. Trimmed Felt Hats, in sailors and walking hats, worth 85c., at 49c. The “Duchess,” a rough Cloth Hat, trimmed in quills, worth $1.25, at 75¢- Colored Silk Lace, 43 inches wide, in all colors, worth 25¢. a yard, at 2c. The balance of our stock of Muffs, worth from $2.50 to $5.00, reduced Fancy to $1.00. Assorted lot of Leather Pocket Books, slightly damaged, worth 25¢., at ge. Children’s White Silk Caps, worth 75C., at 50c. Our first Coat and Cape Reduction Sale is in full swing and prices’ quoted will stand for the coming week, new values will be- added daily. Mayer Bros. & Co., 937 and 939 F St. N. W. SFOS CCESOSIEDO SOROS ES IOOTS 3Alll Kinds Of ’Delicacies “ Bryan’s — °o Everything you'll need for New — Year's Receptions. All the dainttes: that're seasonabl CF Rar id WED —— CHAM! ES — Fruits, — Home-ma¢ Cakes, Nuts, ete. 21413 New York Avenue, $ @FANCY GROCERIES, WINES, ETC. de28-28eo & o PDPAODOLES4090 0650684843404 LIQUORS and Candles, SSPVOSSSSSESESS SS SEPOP IPO SMHS FURS REDUCED. 30 Inches long, 110 sweep, 30 Inches long, 115 sweep, 0 inches long, 100 sweep, $13, 25, reduced from hes long, 100 sweep, “TO per cent discount on all Trimmings and Muffs. MARTIN WOLF, 2d S21 ‘LITH ST. NW. Le sell Ga ae icgrain Carpet, The best quality, All-woot Low nasi A icot carpet that! wear seca and nie Jong as tt Taste, | New and pretty en (THE Houghton co., . 1214 F ST N.W. 28-204 IAL PRICI Mrs. M. J. HUNT, 1309 F St. N.W., Offers her ENTIRE STOCK OF Imported and Domestic Millinery tly reduced prices, CY and HOLIDAY GOODS at a great dis at