Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1896, Page 4

4 THE EVENING ‘STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBEK 11, 1996-14 PAGES form of goverr-ment would at the start be regulated by the local aero: entirely. TGrON There would be no more effort te ferce Wig BGs matters there than there is here. Idaho, December 11, 1806-| vontana, Wyoming and Utah had @ long Edites. | ¥2it of it in the ante-chamber before they “| were finally admitted imto the full enjey- = = eae ment of the Union. But they grew up to ee etnaancot Paeaiiy Cirecintion | the constitutional requirements, and then much more than three times as large | came into all of their rights. that of any other paper, mornin How rapid the growth would te in Ha- or evening, published tn WasBi wail and Cube under the protesting felds ton. As a News and Advertising| of the Stars and Stripes is necessarily a Medium it has no competitor. matter of conjecture. But there ts excel- Goi caine de a ene authority to brregg sages Sects mais letters te | 'pid ‘and substantia! e le See eee ree tla nec se addressed | countries desire annexntion,. and. would to any Individual connected with the | push ahead with all their enterprises with eftee, but simply to THE STAR, or to| redoubled energy if it were brought ahout. the Editerial or Business Depart-| Americans would ftock there by the thou- ments, according to tenor or parpose.| sands. Honololu is already more of an ——— American city than New Orleans was at the time Mr. Jefferson effected the pur- chase of Louisiana And, by the way, | there was the same talk then against ac- THE EVENING STAR. CROSBY S. NOYES. The Inaugural Ball Room. The present agitation of the question of the best place to hold the inaugural ball would appear to be unnecessary in view of the satisfactory experiences of 1885, 1880 and 18%} with the use of the Pension build- ing, which is quite as adequate and avail- able now as ever. It seems improbable that the consent of Congress will be ob- tained for the use of the new Library, which moreover is not weil arranged for such a purpose. It is natural under all the circumstances for those members of Congress who have fostered the library building project from session to session with their votes and their influence to ob- ject now to turning {it over to a use that might prove a serious injury to its beauties Im the case of the Pension Office no such objection can be raised. It boasts of no eiaborate decorations and at no place pre- sents any costly features of ornamenta- tion such as are to be found in the Library within easy reach of the careless or the vandal rand. The Pension building is row, in a sense, dedicated to this quad- rennial use, end is capable of preparation for the ball in comparatively short time. The plans of the three brilliant successes of the immediate past have but to be gen- erally followed, with such amplifications as the desire for novelty inspires, and the great burden of preparation is lessened far below the weight that would have to be carried by the committees were a new place chosen as the ball room, especially one of such peculiar construction as the Con- gressional Library. A third place is now being mentioned which brings up the same questions relating to preparation that were so well met in 1885, when the Pension building was first used. ‘This is the new city Post Office, now slowly approaching completion. It is in some re- pects In a more advanced stage of con- ucticn than the Pension Office then was, the court being roofed; but it has no windows and n> means of heating at pres- ent, although vigorous work during the ext few weeks on lines that are necessary to permit the official occupation of the i = would supply these deficiencies. If, however, the work of preparation should Proceed at the present rate of progress the structure would perhaps be put in good shape fer the inaugural ball of 1901, in henor of President McKinley's successor. ——_ +++ —__ A Little Stronger by Waiting. In Wednesday's debate on the Dingley bill the republican Senators were told that they woul: be very little stronger in the next Congress than now. Why walt to take up the tariff question because of their lack of a clear majority in the present Sen- ate? Why not tackle it now, and make such ccnecessicns to the opposition as sooner or later would be exacted of them? it is true that even if the republicans triumph in the senatorial contests in both North Carolina and Kentucky they will have but forty-four votes in the Senate— two less than a majority, and one less than enough, together with ,Vice President Ho- bart’s vote, to pass a tariff bill through republican votes alone. The situation will be a very difficult one. € nature ¢: ef trouble with the Wilson bill. same time it must be admitted that the republicans will be in better form for action in the next Senate than they are now. quiring territcry where the majority of the people spoke another language than Eng- lsh that is heard now. And yet the ac- quisition of Louisiana is today regarded as one of Mr. Jefferson's blue-ribbon claims ty lasting remembrance at home. Mr. Hornblower strays fram the main point. He, of alf men, should see the jus- tice of trying the case upon its merits, for, as he and his friends believe, if a certain case of his own had been tried without re- gard to extraneous matters, instead of be~ ing only @ highly respected private citizen to-day he would be a useful ant highly respected justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. This is trict. im the Dis- “temperance week” The American Anti-Saloon League has held a rousing convention and its ad- journment was followed closely by the gathering of the Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union in national conference. The House of Representatives celebrated the occasion by passing 2 bill prohibiting the sale of Iquor at the Capitol by an overwhelming vote, aud came within a hair's breadth of ad- ding to this record by passing a bill, urged by temperance advocates, amending the law that regulates the liquor traffic in the District. These achievements are notable Hfustrations of the value to the friends of any cause who Iock to Congress for results of being on the immédiate scene of action. No stronger argument in behalf of Wash- ington as the ideal convention city could be presented. Most of the great national organizations depend more or less upon Congress for the accomplishment of cer- tain of the objects for which they are formed. When their meetings are held in some other city than Washington much of the influerce of the gatherings upon Congress is lost in the process of news con- densation by the telegraph. In this city, on the other hand, the record of proceed- ings is given the widest publicity, through the medium of The Star and its local con- temporaries, and the character of the dele- gates, the real scope of their efforts, the merits of their enterprise are all made plain to the men whose attention is to be arrested. These advantages are augmented by many natural and artificial attractiohs, appealing to the artistic tastes and the patriotism of all Americans, which are possessed aione by the capital city of the Union. eo. -____ Mr. Watterson declares that this country is disliked by European nations. The United States is the representative ef ad- vanced ideas in government, and reformers invariably hav2 enemies at the outset. ——- +e = —____ It looks as if several politicians would be spared the trouble of turning over a new leaf on New Year's day, owing to the man- ner in which the voting population has taken the responsibiltty off their hands. ——_~ += ____. The proposition to hold the inaugural ball A situation of @/ in the city post-office would meet with es- sed the democracy no end | pecial favor if it should involve an in- At the} crease of energy im its construction be- tween now and the 4th of March. —___+ e + _____ The refusal of Mr. Bryan to express an In the first place a regularly constructed | opinion on the President's message will tariff bil! will carry greater party authority with it than doe: Dingley bill at best intended only for that. the recent campaign. ple should revise the Wilson bill as a whole. So that an entirely new tariff bill, con- structed on lines mapped out last night by the and means committee of the House, will be the redemption of the party's specific campaign promise on that subject, and as such will be entitled to every re- publican vote in the Senate. In the second place, public sentiment will count for something at that time and in pport of such a measure. The St. Louis platform carried sound money democrats who were unwi ing to vote directly for Mr. McKinley real- ized that in voting for General Palmer they were contributing to republican success, with ail that that implied. They knew that the election of Mr. McKinley, supplemented by the election of a republican Congress, would mean tariff revision on protection lines, with an increase of the revenue in vie They are, therefore, committed in a certain sense themselves to moderate and conservative tariff revision. Shall they not hetp, if their help is necessary, toward carrying out the program they indorsed in the campaign? Especially when they ob- serve that those who are the most active in opposition to the new tariff measure are playing for a renewal of the silver contest in 19007 ‘The republicans, though far from having the strength they could desire, will be much more comfortable in the next Senate than they are in this. — -_s20oe or Quay allies himself to the toll- with as much enthusiasm es ys in taking the t of the insurgents the old-time profes- 1 labor leaders may as well look for r employment. a as Mr. A does not go much further in cy of the Dingley bill than to @ good excuse for controversy. see ‘The killing of Maceo is a tragedy which €clipses all others in the matter ef encores. —_++s—____ Gradually Getting the Pitch. The Star gave space yesterday with Pleasure to a communication from Mr. W. B. Hornblower, of New York, in reply to some criticism The Star addressed on Mon- day to @ recent speech of his, delivered at a bankers’ meeting in that city, in which he was western states to illustrate his opposition to che proposed annexation of Hawail ard Caba. Mr. Hornblower complains of not having been reported with “literal cor- reetness” on the oceasion in question. He now takes occasion to say something pleas- ant about those states. Such sentiments do It cut no figure in That campaign ways If Ser othe h dvoc offer it as not obliterate the suspicion that, down in the Dingley bill. The | his heart, he believes he could have written is but a stop-gap— | a much better one. —-— > ¢ = ______ It looks as if next New Year's day would sed the party to a new tariff bill which | come not far from being Spain's last oppor- | tunity to turn over a new leaf in Cuba. ————_+-2-+_______. It did not take the jury in the Barberi case nearly se, long to discuss the expert testimony as it did to listen to it. ————_+ +e —____ One way to bother the trusts might be to prosecute so many of them at once that Mr. Choate cannot defend them all. ee Just the same gang of only thirty-two men was employed today on the new city as a whole. Even the | pest-office building. eo SHOOTING STARS. To Be Encouraged. Jeer not at the bald-headed man at the play, Nor the front row, where long he has sat. Far better a pate that is not in the way ‘Than the plumes of a theater hat. A Complete Refutath “That shows the umreasonableness of these critics,” exclaimed the manager. in tones of deep disgust. “What's the matter?” inquired his friend. “They said that the piece lacked atmos- phere.” “Well, doesn’t it?” “I should say not. Why, the comedian and the man that plays the bass-viol both have colds from sittimg tn the draft that comes from behind the stage.” Dangerous Precrasi “My mother says,” the young woman observed to her fiance, “that she does not approve of a young man’s giving a girl ex- pensive presents before they are married.’ “That's very unreasonable.” “I don’t see why.” “Because, so far as I can learn from ob- servation, after marriage the desire to give expersive presents becomes totally ‘ex- tinct.” Rejoicing. Hail to the jocund sun so bright, Of warmth we find no lack: We still may keep our anthraciie As cherished bric-a-brac. A Pusgilistic Disappointment. “Some people say that it doesn’t take in- telligence to be a prize-fighter,” remarked the sporting: man. “That's ‘the popular impression.” “Well, it's wrong. The last fight I lost voted as using the newly-admitted | on was wom by the wrong person, simply because our man wouldn't study. We gave him six private rehearsals, but when he got into the ring he lost his head and laid down | - Hi, and hollered before the other man had a @ance to hit him.” Perverstty. him honor, and The Star is happy to record | Tried a song of summer sweetness; them. ¥ But Sir. Hornblower holds out against Sunbeams paused to gild tt. Turned a phrase with polished neatness Hawaii and Cuba. The people of those | And the bird-song’s light completeness countries are not, he declares, of our,“kith end kin.” and therefore not entitled te such con ple of Idaho, Utah, Mr. Hornblower states the case extreme- Montana, Wyoming, and ly, amd therefore incorrectly. It is nowhere | ang Proposed to make sovereign states out of Hawah and Cuba by the mere wave of an official wand. Annexation would not mean immediate statehood. Such a result would | Skies got warm and shone like mcither be intended nor expected The Like an echo filled it. ideration as has been paid to the peo- | Mercury with frosty*feetness - Dropped on it and killed it. beryl. Mercury went climbing. at On nee SOILED RAR SII IRIN EIRENE OEE Ee Baum’: Book annual event. BOOKS XMAS. GIFTS. - serve as tempting list befow may the “menu” of the feast we have Prepared for every book lover im ‘ahington. And we haven't for-* gotten the ttle ones, All the best publishers are repre. sented here. Olcott's Works... PLAY MMOD OCHO OOMAIOMOO OOOO ‘Te. “The Upper Room’ By J. M. Barrie. $1.50 “Sentimental Tommy” —here... ae ) Balzac’s Works. % Publisher's price. $ 50-here. PSC. ) Prescott’s Works. ) $1.50 here ... dn two. volumes.) $2.50 “Conquest of Mexico” here St ,Open evenings until Xamas— be- ginning Monday, December 14. That delicious 40c. mixture of fine Candies Saturday—toc. Ib. "Ss, 729 7th St. aedices Pee ie Re Sohuston Log, MT Tete st. 314 and 316 7t! 23 Sound Poe % ' Cloak Sense. : | Forewise folks come to the Palace every day and get their Winter Wraps while we are willing to encourage warm-weather sell ing by reducing prices. ‘The easiest Cloak buying in the city is at this lengest cleak house. Easkest to sult your taste becaue the variety is greatest. Kawiest to suit your parse, for prices are pleasing. Jost four femptarticus: “Jackets tor. $0.98 A HANDSOME _¥. DRAWING ROOM CANDLE TO EVERY PUGH ABEE OF Ze. Of MORE, :29¢. Dolis’ Sofas - - Be. Either a 40c. sack of 15c- Lily Best Pat. Fiour or 3 -10e. Laundry . Se: Lametey Sets" @ pk shes Ge. ‘s . 6¥e. Iron Fire Engi Soe, Blackiourds, oom Sets Loa The. *5c. Flint Tumblers, 2c. ‘Thin ag paper. 19e. Imported Flint Goblets. Ge. Plain C1 Tae. hye. (in three volumes) $2.50 “Fenlinend and Isa- beila’’—-here “98e. (In three volumes.) Dumas’ Works. “Les Miserables,” in cloth oy “Les Miscrables,"* calf Cooper’s Werks. “Sea Tale’ ‘Land Tales’ Macauley’s 5 volumes.... Z5Ce ‘History of England’’.. JSC. du 5 lunes.) Shakespeare’s Complete Works. Publisher's price,$7.50, Fifteen “Handy Vols.,"" bound in red Cath, ate serrreeareessn DMSO “Mumors of Germany, Amer- ea, Ireland, Spain and. Prince’ here. “85. «Published by Seri eat $1.25.) FI Fe FA : ue a ee : f @ & DPOPODOIOOTMIITLOTLOT OOOOH OOO OMDOOOCOO OOOO ote srsiosiosinsins totentonty tovtontoss 2-vol. seta of popular authors. 38c. (Peblisher's price, . Te.) Dickens, Bulwer, Thackeray, Scott, Eliet, ete. In sets— well bound in cloth—per vol. 35Ce Ponoktr Authors—t2 — mo.— printed in large type on good paper—cloth Imitation, half beund—full gold back— 225 titles to select from published at a5e—here...., LAC» Lenox Library. Entirely new line of standard works, embracing the chole- est of Engiish books. Ex- cellent pnper—large readable type—hamdsomely bound in imitation Levant—each vol, with silk ribbon marker, Publisher's price 50c.—here, ZC. Souvenir Edition—each vol. in box— Expressly for holiday gifts— Prose und Poctry—bound_ in ete hes Vatu Ge vole put up Mm Publisher's: price, T3c.—here Juvenile Books. In Nthographed fancy covers for ittle ones. itta-Ka-King.”” ) Yide-x-Wake Land.” “Little One's Lan,” ete. Published at 25e.—here.... ¢ ) Devotional Books. 25¢. roc. 4 Bibles—Prayer Books—Hymaals—alt at Q coat prices. : 2 Dore’s Hlustrate@ Works. Here... 75Ce ( Publisbed at $3.00, Q Art Books, )) Wustrating the great Colum- bian Exposition. Published 4 6 2 416 “Seventh.” 7 We're champlons of finest quality. More Xmas Dainties —this sear, at our 2 ever shown before. We've ed more: time and more care to making selections. All the old fayorites are in Lots, that * © we, alone, handle. PINK MALAGA GRAPES. LOUISIANA PECANS. PAPER SHELL ALMONDS, PULLED FIGS. MALAGA RAISINS. ©Nuts, Raisins, Fruits, Con- serves, Wines, Brandies, &c., &c. Jee Magruder &. TWO STORES, du §, : R . seer aeee eeee ween ¥. {We Prove 3 iInvaluable c. Oatmeal Sets, 3 pleces, deco +3 Bars Star Soap = = = g, 38e. box Note Paper and Envelopes. $1.50 Shakespeare's Works, complet 19c. Toy Books. eee 25c. Ceal Hods = = = ioc. ¢ No. 6 Wash Boilers... 25e. Block-tin Dishpen. c. Block-tin Kettles. 8c. 5c. tye. Be. e29c. 4 doz. Silver-Plat- ed Teaspcons = = 12¢: B9e. % dz. Silver-plated Table Spoons. - Ye dx. Silver-plated Forks. % dz. Silver-plated Knives. 5) dz.Quadraple-plate Tea Spoons. . Child’s Knife, Fork and Spoon. . Decorated Chamber nif CVO Sets = - = = = $1.65. Ge. % da. Cups and Saucers. 3 Cakes Buttermilk 1oc.. $e. 25c. Night'Lamps = = Bracket Lamps, Lamps. ... Decorated Parlor Princess Lamps $6.00 Cut Glass Banquet Lamp . roll Toilet Paper... : : 25¢. Dolls, ali kinds = toc. 7 SS he tt ed os ts ed - eed ” + 49. Dolls, all kigds Ye. Dolls, all kis $1.89 Dolls, all kfers 31.98 = Dolls, alt kites $2 Syndicate ing Co. We pay spot eae for us. = Soegeeetoadondenecgnsetpniondoniecinstontontentetettontonteteey ——OPEN EVENINGS.— Fs Appearances °*Long Way. When you travel carry a good Satchel with You are known fuvorably fu your native town, but it depends on yourself whether you'll be known favor- ably abroad. First appearances count much. —It's a comfort to earry a ‘Topham Satchel. You cam teel yoo've got the best bag your money ean buy—a hag thoroughly well made, well finished, looking and substantial Se eeeetnte Q Soegendoaseosonsontneseeseots Sot i rich moteioe Give your friend a GOOD gift—make st a Topham Satebel. A new Buffalo Bag, made of rich, high- rade material, finely fin fshed, leather ined $8.00 UP. Teather Lined; various "T*" $6.50 UP. a Mme ex- $5.00 UP. leather Boarskin Bags, and shapes from Horaback Leather Bags; clusively our own here- abouts; leather lined; from Se es Rich Corduroy Leather Bags; Hned; very handsotne; well. shaped mateDelsevsss-ss-. DP o BES UP. New Oxford Bags; the popular hand bag for ladies; new light shade $7.25 of leather; finely made... UP. Of course, there are cheaper ones. A Leather Satchel for as little as $1.25. From that up to $20. Libs = 1231: 1233 Ph. AVE. PRETORY 1210-1220 E 37. ope! ie og Ae Lots of things‘hére that are just as Christmas-ey as anything that you can think of for mae | Slip- pers in white safin 75, and $3.50 —Carriage dole fess trimmed, at $2.75-—Turkish_Slippers at $1.00— the Dolge Celebrated Felt Footwear —Bath Slippers, at. 25c. and 35¢— all these are just as acceptable, and wes so, among - intimate friends, as the average pretty but yourself. — = ‘Im the $3.50 lime are inchuled Patent Leatier Boots in winter weights. Quite correct in every way. Arthur Burt... t Brea Po. ALMOST EVERY ONE Tea. January Prices for Coats & Capes. Three weeks of Indian Summer in November, which ought to have been the biggest Cloak month of the year, has spoiled the season and well nigh paralyzed the big manu- facturers. They are going to cut prices before January, and as usual we are among the first retailers to be favored with concessions. Here is almost the entire balance of one of the big maker’s stocks—marked at prices that ought to make them fairly fly— Alterations made with- out extra charge. $5 & $6 Coats Embracing Ladies’ Fine Beaver, Boucle, Cheviot, Frieze and Rough Cloth Shield Front Reefers, latest style, with and without velvet collar, in navy. blacks and tans, all sizes. $5 and $6 values. Go on sale to- morrow at $3.65. $10& $12Coats 36.90. Embraces latest style garments. aa ‘Tan Kersey Keefers, slashed ar. Black Caterpillar Cloth Reefers. Black and Green Kersey Em- Navy, vires. Black Kersey Cloth Reefers. Black Kongh Cloth Shteht Front Reef- ers and Tight-ttting Jackets, Always heretofore sold at $10 and $12. Go on sale tomorrow at $6.90. Other Coats & Capes at almost half. Also several large Icts of Jackets lined with Dresden silks; Plush Capes, Velour Capes, plain and’ ; Fine Cloth Capes’ and Fur Garm sale tomorrow at almost season prices. Children’s $4, $5, $6, $7 & $8 Reefers Tomorrow, $3&§s. Embraces Children’s Plain and Fancy Cloth Recfers in the very 1s olor will go on wf of carly- effects. Cholee tomorrow, $3 and 3. Another lot of thes» Reautiful Bre- ¢aded Satin, Brocade! Silk and Moire Velour Skirts, with mw large pat- 8 A second editi ful Figured Taffeta Silk Skirts, regular $8 value, to sell at... Xmas Gift GLOVES. No better Xmas gift in the world than Gloves. No more universally more generitly given. are always acceptable. We are showing the largeat and complete stock of Street, Walking und Eveulng Gloves ever dis: played fo this dcpartment, and the prices are at least a thint lower than those of last Christmas, owing to the general depression existing among the manufac- turers, We are sole agents in Washlng- ton for the celebrated Cluze “Patent By which give the hand au vy mavommeat sad provente all danger pple. hen ~— is buttoned. e ood, butteieay ranted Best val 2-clasp Walking Gloves. ..... 98c. 4-button Chaumont Gloves. ...$1.00 4-button La Tour -$1.25 4-button Maurice... -$1.50 4-button Marsy Courvoiser...$1.75 marked, ‘tn “taney "box ‘with "plowe o buttoner, PRE ee Our Saturday © Glove Special. Gloves to the valne of a dollar or C White, tam, reds Fin Forstoct rl : cents. THE TABLE CORNMRAL, voR TABLE Use, 19 CRATS PEE SACK. 5 Ibs. of Best Granu- lated Sugar given free 3 tomorrow to each pur- chaser of one pound of 3 soc. Tea or three pounds of 30c. Java and Mocha Coffee. NUTS. New Cream Nuts, 10 New Polished Pecans, 10 cents. New French Chestnuts, 15 ¢ cents. New Paper-Shell Almonds, 15 cents. New Naples Walnuts, 12 cents. New Grenoble Walnuts, 15 cents. New Peanuts, bag, 3 cents. = I puits, New Sweet Oregon Prunes, 5 cents. New 2 83 California Raisins, cents. New Imported Raisins, 10 cents. Leghorn Citron,1s cents. New Currants, 9. cents. New Dates, 9 cents. New al. Evap. Peaches, 9 cents. New Cluster Ta- bie Raisins, 12 cents. lew Cal. Evap. Pears, to cents. New Sui. ana Raisins,izcents. Clean- a Zz ARRUCKLE'S PACKAGE COFFEE AT THE LOWEST PRICE IX THE WURLD— 1744 CENTS. THE BEST 25c. AS A SPECIAL ‘ToMoRKOW. RUTTERINE, REDUCED LEADER TO 14 CENTS THE STAR AND BORAX BRANDS OF % Soar. CAKE, SPECIAL PRICE, 2% CENTS A Candy, GUM DROP CANDY, 5 CENTS. FRENCH 7 STICK CANDY, CHOCOLATE DROPS, 12 CEN’ cH CAKES, 12) CENTS. WKLES, 12 CENTS. EG TENTS. OYSTER, SO} ERS, GINGER SNAPS, EACH 5 CENTS POUND. ONLY 4ic. THE BEST FRANKLIN GRANULATED SUGAR, 4% CENTS PER POUND. ONLY 7c. THE STAR RKAND CONDENSED MILK, 7 CENTS CAN. THE BABY BRAND CON. DENSED MILK, 9 CENTS CAN. DENSED CREAM, 12 CENTS. New 4 Among them are Astrakhan Cleth, Boucle Goth, Kersey Broadcloth and Beavers some all lned—eme half Uned—im latest styles Franklin style—box style fly fronts and ® few empirestn blacks, blees, tans aad browns, Fitteen different styles to se- lect from, im plain, fur trimmed and beald- ed. Unosnal y: poe yen Seed need "$6.98 $5 Capes, $2.65. Etegant Quattty Reaver and Chevron Doo ble Sloth Capes, seal fue tri ved and braid areand collar, upper and lower cape, ful length and full cep. Good value, Monday eal an *$2.65 $6 and $5 Jackets,$3.98 A mere (han erdinarily Good Quality Bow. cle, Beaver and Chevron Cloth Jackets, In three styles, shield, box and tty fronts, full le tin Moe, full i ea Motes at 93-98 $15, $14 and $12 Plush Capes, $8.75. ‘The senson’s best offering ers at the Palace. Just about 50 bargatn-bought Plush Capes to sll again at bargain prices. Sin gle and Double Plush Capes—all lengths and all wih full sweeps—handsomely Jetted amd embroiderod black and fancy silk ned some fur trimmed with marten and Thibet The best we ever gave you for $15. Tomorrow only < "$8.75 King’s Palace, 812-814 Seventh Street. It Branch Store, 715 Market Space. [Pine Leather Goods at Becker's Gifts for | Bach = It’s often very perplex- ing to ladies to know just what to give their bachelor friends — who have “trinkets” galore— such as are usually given at Xmas time. They are certain to | HHH HH HHH HHH HH HH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH EKER HHH HH HH HH Bags, PS, IOUNPED FLASKS, Boe NIV IRS, HIDING AND DRIVING WHIPS, AND BRIDLES, ROBES, appreciate any of the following — which are USEFUL—and if a man something he can USE —provided he hasn't got a dozen or more al- Dress Suit Cases. . Excellent Club Bags. .$1.25 up. Collar and Cuff Boxes. $1.25 up. C7 All Goods Marked FREE OF CHAR values anything it’ Gen. Alligator Bags. $3.50 up. : : BECKER'S, 1328 F St Near Ebbitt. Phone 1636. Dee ©9000000Q000000000 IL AIRIRT rt- (Ge A Skirt Mfr. Loses for Your Benefit. We have just unloaded a hard-pressed Skirt manufacturer at prices which you will be glad to hear. Every siughe garment made up in the finest possible manner, full pattern, percaline Uned. velvetine bound. ewe suuple items will show the propor. tien of the re Thoms: $8 Serge Skirt, $5.50. $9 French Serge Skirt, $6. $10 Boucle Cheviot Skirt, $6.50. ‘These prices de mot cover the actual cost of materials, much less the cost of making. Xmas Gift Boas. c) ro ° ° 2 © © ro} © 8 © ° Pine Ostrich Boas, 1-rd. long, $6 and Pine Ostrich Boas, tic-yd- “lung, $e. aunts ‘avd. lung, $8, Xmas Gift Hose. $7. ‘$10 ARK: OH J.Jay Gould ‘TREE ORNAMENTS, TOYS, FAVORS, 21 9TH sr.