Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1897, Page 6

i THE EVENING STAR. | #08 of sccking to forward it with noofess WASHINGTON. WEDNESDAY. July 28, 1897. NOYES. CRUSBY $s. EVENING permanent Family Circulation much more than the combined cir culation of the other Washington datiies. As a News ané ins Medium it has mo competitor. t7Im order to avoid delays, om ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR shesld net be addceseed to any individual connected with the office, t simply to THE STAR, or to “se er Baesiness Depart- sents, necording te tenor oF purpese. z Appreachiag an 5 Taga. ‘The proposed plan of garbage disposal on its face affords some measure of assurance that the District 1s approaching « satis- factory condition in this matter. For many months this department of Iecal admgnts- tration has been the cause of general complaint by the public and at times by the authorities themselves. For several reasons the {deal system of disposal was not adopted and makeshifts were taken up. The Star has at all times insisted that there was but one method whereby the public health could be conserved and the mghts of the taxpayers protected. This was by adopting a system of disposal that would require the treatment of the garbage at a distance from the inhabited region. ‘The garbage should be transported from the place of colleetion to the place of dis- position In tight receptacles, carts, scows ot special tank cars, and handled In such a Way as to reduce to a minimum the nuts- ance arising from the conveyance of this offensive material through and away from the city. In order to compensate the con- tractor for the extra expense of long haul- ing and careful treatment it was proposed that instead of burning the garbage it should be converted by some reduction process into a marketable or serviceable element, such as is derived from the gar- bege of many other cities. This process of reduction, producing a valvable material, would place a premium upon complete col- lections and would thus in another respect Lenefit the public. In this connection it was shown that Col. Waring. New York’ commissioner of streets, who is thoroughly posted on all phases of garbage collection and disposal, had estimated as the result of many inquiries that on the average $2.47 vorth of marketable product could be ob- tained from each ton of city garbage and on this basis The Star calculated that the city’s collections ‘should annually produce something like $70,000 a year in fertilizer and other materials. It has taken some time for the contractor to come to this view of the case, but the latest propositicn, approved by the Com- missioners and about to be put into opera- tion, is entirely satisfactory for the evi- cence it presents of a move in the right direction. The garbage is to be carried down the river in scows that will. theoreti- cally at least, give no offense. They are to be so fitted, too, that they can not be dumped in mid-stream, as it is suspected with reason has been dore in the past with ™much of the river-disposed garbage. The plac» chosen fer the reduction of the gar- bage into fertilizer is satisfactorily isolated, and save for the small! fraction of garbage that Is to be burned at the South Capitol street furnace when the river plan becomes inadequate by reason of the freezing of the stream, the city will no longer be subject to the odors of the cremation process. There may develop in the future some reason to feel dissatisfied With this plan. The manner in which the contractor carries out the specifications of his new promises will properly be subjected to the closest scrutiny. But as the case now stands, in the light of all that is pledged and required, it would seem to b2 in order to congratu- late the community upon at last approxt- mating to the Ideal plan of garbage dis- posal, for which this paper has labored long and nestly. — ¢- _____ Am Undeniable Benefit. Whatever may be urged against either the principle or effects of the new tariff bill, the mest persistent fault-finder must admit that it has at least one redeeming feature. The clause imposing duty on wearing apparel exceeding one hundred dol- lars in value will have the effect of reduc- ing the quantity of ill-ftting Kuropean- made clothing brought into the country every year by returning tourists or tmport- e4 for the use of callow Anglomaniacs. A result so beneficent must surely commend itself to all right-thinking people. ‘The only mistake in the bill, on that point, Is that it exempts even a hurdred dollars’ worth. But “for this relief much thanks.” ee -—__ Experienced men say that no one should seek his fortune in Alaska unless he haz a thousand dollars In cash. The person who has had sufficient thrift to make this ac- cumulation might reasonably be expected to prosper at kome without running risks of freezing and starvation. —___eee The flying machine experiments possess an infinite advantage in comparison with the air motor investigation, since they are not delaying eny poriion of the public in getting to and from business. ————__++-. Our English Cousins. The following gem Is, of course, of Eng- lish authorship: “In the present state of public feeling in the United States Japan's dignified pro- test might as well be addressed to the Falls of } ra.” The London Chronicle ts the source of the amiabl+ and Intelligent suggestion. As a matter of fact, “the present state of feeling in the United States’ on the sub- ject of the annexation of the Hawaiian Is- lands ts the same state of feeling which has existed since the proposition of annexation was first made by the Dole government, now nearly five years ago. It is absolute- ly unexcited. There ts no reason whatever why ft should be otherwise. The people of the United States have had abundant time to digest the whole matter, amd have digested it. The signed treaty meets with their fullest approbation. There has been some surprise at the protest of Japan, but no excitement, no impatience. The docu- ment has not been treated with any sort of disrespect. On the contrary, it has been replied to in good feeling, and it will be duly considered. The extent of that consideration, how- ever, will be to determine whet rights Ja- pan hes In the islands which may be en- forced after they shall have become Amer- ican territory. The United States has no thought of retreating from Its present po- Why skeuld it retreat?) Why 1 tt recognize in Japan the arbiter of rights in the Paciilc? That is the role Ja- pan essays to play. No word is heard from Great Britain, or Russia, or Germany, or France about preserving the status quo in that quarter. Only Japan steps forward end insists that the islands shall not be- come a part of this country. Without any wish to be offensive, it may be stated that Japan is too new among the nations to un- dertake such a role, and that the United States has too much right and reason in support of her position to abandon it un- © any consideration. The only excite- ment on the subject possible in this coun- try at this time would be the pointed inti- mation from any official quarter of a dis- posttion on the part of this government to change front. But that is not within the range of possibility. The government is formally committed, and annexation wilt take place. ‘There is a clear purpose tn England to represent the Untted States as having r-- gently embarked upon a new foreign policy, and offensive svragger. The course pursued in the Venezuela boundery line disputé and that in the matter of the Hawaiian Is- Jande are offered in evidence. It ts abeurd to quote either case im support of such a contention. The Monroe doctrine is three- quarters of a century ofd, and for’more, then halt. century the leading statesmen of the United States have favored the an- negation of the Hawaftan Istands, and the leading statesmen of other countries—when Japan was still asleep in her ancient cra- dle—have conceded the territory as right- fully within the sphere of American con- trol. So there is no new policy in hand over here—only the assertion of olf poltctes, made ripe for execution by the progress of the world and the assertions of other coun- tries. The United States is simply keeping her proper place in the procession—in the front rank, with her head up. ——___++-__ The President True Reform. It was freely predicted among the poll- tictans a few weeks ago that as soon 6s Congress had adjourned President McKin- ley would issue orders that would result in throwing back into the spoils grab-bag a large number of the government places included in the classified service by Mr. Cleveland. The place hunters were caused to believe that this step was to mark the beginning of a disintegration of the civil fervice reform system and that soon again the good old times of rush and scramble for the places without regard to fitness would return and the departments would be put back on their former unbusinesslike basis. The Star did not credit these statements. It expressed the belief that the President would stand firm in his resistance to the Pressure for plece and would sustain his former reputation as a friend of civil service reform. That he has amply justi- fied this faith is shown by the order tssued by him today, which, while exempting from examination the cashiers and a few other officers of trust, extends the classified service in the custom houses, se as to in- clude all the ports without regard to the number of clerks employed, and which pro- mulgates a rule as to removals that stands for justice to the employes. This rule pre- scribes that ‘‘no remcval shall be made from any position subject to competitive examination except for just cause and upon written charges filed with the head of the department or other appointing offi- cer, and of which the accused shall have full notice and an opportunity to make de- fense."” This provision strikes at one of the greatest of the abuses that have grown up under the operation of the present law. It is greater because of the theory that dis- missals are made for good cause when it is often the case that they are arbitrarily ordered, on the broad and meaningless ground of “the good of the service.” A strict Interpretation of this new rule in favor of the clerks and its rigid enforce- ment will materially increase the value of the civil service law to the country. ———_++e —____ Receipts Under the New Law. There is reason to believe that the sil- ver men will construe the promise as to the new tariff law as they did the promise as to republican success in the national eiection. That “fs to say, they will insist on immediate results to justify the claims put forth. No sooner had the votes been counted in November than the silver men began to urge that the promised revival of prosperity must set in. They pretended to be greatly disappointed. They characterized every commercial failure announced as giving the Me to the sound money propaganda. They argued as if the country had been assured of a general revival of business in twenty- four hours There had, of course, been no such assurances given. It was known that time would be necessary to develop the fruits of rspublican victory; that after so long a period of disaster and unrest re- cuperation would necessarily be slow. But time 1s fulfilling the promise. Prosperity is returning. Business is‘reviving. Prices are god and still on the up grade. The wisdom of last year’s decision at the polls is now past all serious question. The silver men will now turn their atten- tion to the new tariff law. They will in- sist that from the very outset it must jus- tify itself. The receipts, they will contend, must take an !mmediate bound, and fill the treasury. Asa matter of fact, the new law Is likely to yield its smallest returns during the first six months of its operations. Anticipatory imports have been hurried in until the warehouses are piled with enor- mous stocks. It will take time to work these off, and during this time the receipts from customs will necessarily be reduced. But that the new law, once the conditions become normal again, will justify itself is an assurance resting upon the careful cal- culations of both statesmen and business experts, and may be accepted without reservation by the country. The govern- ment will receive money enough under it for its comfortable support, and American labor and industries protection enough un- der it to give an impetus to activity throughout the land. ‘The silver men are pulling against a ris- ing tide; and it is a strange commentary on their attitude and organfzation that those things which carry the greatest com- fort to the country carry the greatest dis- couragement to themselves. ——_ +e ____ Japan's protest against the annexation of Hawaii is, at all events, calculated to Im- press the people of that country with their government's importance as a factor in modern international affairs. oe ___ The quotations of prices in Alaska are calculated to give the farmer the usual feeling of discouragement at not being able to connect with the right market. When Dorsey Foultz killed’ a man on Decoration day in the second police pre- cinct and made good his escape the event was generally viewed by the pubito as re- flecting only slightly upon the police of that precinct; they might, perhaps, have been unfortunate in a single instance and Public criticism was more or less tempered by the peculiar circumstances of the crime. When later “Tim” Hurley made a vicious essault upon an aged colored man in the same vicinity and got away without arrest the faith In the efficiency of the police of this precinct began to wane; the coinci- dence was too marked to admit of much toleration. When day before yesterday Patrick Carr committted a horrible crime with a child as his victim and was left un- molested by the police of this same pre- einct suspicion began to develop into the settled conviction that there is something radically wrong in at least one of the city’s police divisions. The circumstances of the crime and the indications of the negligence of the police pear in the news columns of yesterday's and today’s issue of The Star. They show that through the lack of either intelligence or discipline or both no report was made of this heinous offense until the criminal had ample opportunity to leave the city. Though as well known to the police as to the friends of the vic- tim, he was not pursued un‘il nearly a day after he had done his dastardly work. For several hours two policemen walked thetr beats in this precinct with full knowl- edge of the crime and the criminal and did not report the circumstances io their ata- tion. When they met their sergeant in the night they told him casually of the case. Even then no report was made, and it was not until after midnight, over seven hours after the affair, that even a brief note of the case was entered on the station house books, and it was many hours later before the full machinery of the potice de- partment was put in operation to sppre- THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1897-12 PAGES. this demonstration of inefficiency. Who- é@ver may be to blame, whether private, ‘Sergeant or Heutenant, the affair and its counterparts in the near past show that the entire precinct needs an investigation and a shaking up. ——__++- The contusion around the Kaiser's eye, caused by an unsecured piece of saii-cloth, gave the court a momentary impression that. in addition to his aspirations as a painter, poet, tactician and composer the versatile monarch had conceived an ambi- tion to challenge the winner. 2-0 Now that Dr. Depew has become a wheel- man himself, he may be expected to use his influence to have bicycles treated with courtesy when they are offered at the bag- gage cars. —___ ++ = ____- If events will only show that the Sugar Trust ts merely setting the general pace for profits and prosperity a spirit of charitable forbearance may assert itself. ———_ 2-2 —______ ‘The men who are anxious to reclaim the Desert of Sahara might devote themselves to the Anacostia flats as a simple, pre- liminary experiment. ——_+o ———_ As a matter of justice to the Queen it should be made clear that most of the poetry written about her jubilee was not ordered by her. —— ++ —___ Kansas may succeed eventually in keep- ing Mrs. Lease out of office. But it will never be possible to keep her out of the newspapers. ———_+ +e ____ The actual discovery of the North Pole coutd scarcely compensate for the loss of Lrave and intelligent men which the search has caused. ——___ +. Mr. Guldensuppe, being the party most in- terested, will be delighted to learn from Mrs. Nack’s lawyers that he is not dead. ——— ee SHOOTING STARS. Precisely Described. “I was afraid he wouldn't get along very well,” said the eastern man. “He prospered purty fast, replied Derringer Dan. “But wasn't he rather nervous and high strung?” “Yes,” was the melancholy answer; “the last I heard of him from a member of the vigilance committee, that's exactly what he were.” fur awhile,” Absent Minded. “How much sugar will you have?” in- quired the hostess as she held a lump over the coffee cup. And Senator Sorghum gazed thoughtfully ahead of him and replied: “Oh, a couple of thousand shares.” A Sinister Omen. “How do you fronounce ‘Juneau? " asked the inquisitive friend. “Well,” replied the old-time miner, “I can’t say a3 a matter of book-learning. But from experience I should be inclined to pronounce itt ‘Jonah. Among His Co! wen: The congressman now seeks to frame A wise discourse, when home-folk call, And takes the credit or the blame For things he couldn't help at all. Like Old Times. “I wisht I could of been to San Antonio, Texas,” said the broken-down sport. “I thought your specialty was the turf.” “It is. But the method of awarding the cup at the drill down there would have reminded me of the way we used to run hoss-races at Jaekson City.” The Emperor’ Optic. There is quiet in Europe. The fair dove of peace Is hovering over the land. The Turk all his cannon-mouthed mutter- ing has ceased While the Grecian puts gold in his hand. No words of defiance float over the main. For something the calm to dispel, We must watt, since bold men are dis- couraged by pain, ‘Till William’s black eye gets well. Seek not to illumine the mysteries deep That shelter the scenes round a throne; The comfort we find let us joyously keep, Content though its cause be unknown. Did an upper-cut do it? Or was it a swing? And whose was the hand? None can tell. But a rest we will get—that’s the principal thing— Tul William's black eye gets well. —_ore—___. An Outrage im Ohio. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. Now the Ohto farmers are committing another outrage on free silver by paying off their mortgages to the extent of $113,- 000 in a single county. eS Strong Commendation. From the San Francisco Bulletia, = _ The fact that the English newspapers do not like the Dingley teriff is, after the op- Position of the long-haired Bryanite press, about the strongest argument yet adduced in its favor. ——2+e—___. A Bolt and a Dodge. From the Obieago Journal. é Mr. Teller assembled his courage to walk out of the St. Louis convention through a flood of briny tears from his own eyes, but he was not brave enough or patriotic enough to go on record by voting on the tariff bill. What has become of his con- victions? ——++oe___—. Bryan's Poer Theories. From the Balttiore American, ‘The great trouble with Mr. Bryan now ts that the rich harvests do not agree with his poor theortes. + +. _____ Score One for the Optimist. From the Detly Florida Citisen. Who doubts now that Secretary Seward did well when he bought . Alaska, prophesied that the future would eee strate his wisdom? In this country the optimist is always right. ———_++«_____ Ships That Pass im the Night. From the Cincineat! Cymmereial Tribune. Some ships that passed in the night got in too late to escape tariff duty. Our Quickened Industries. From the Philadelphia Times. ‘There is good reason to expect an imme- diate quickening retin tne channels of commerce, Snpeag | Soar trade because of the enactment of new tariff law, —_———___+++___ Pash It Along. Frem the Boston Globe. dis charlat of indvetey and tendo sek tact e @ hand to starting it, fae aN oaaarN Ladies’ $3 & $3.50 OXFORDS For 98c., Pee aa deg ape ‘Where's §3 and i ==08c, anal! sizes. They wit be closed out tomorrow at... LE $1.10 ‘Black Spring-heel Shces, hand $2 Russet Shoes, Jenness Miller Shoes. Children’s$2. ‘welt, patent leather tip, very Gressy, Sizes 11 to 2. Were heeled, narrow toe. Sizes 2% to ‘The finest imported kid, hygienically constructed, and the Dest and most com- At $1. $2.50 und $3. ‘To clove..... | 5%. To be closed fortable Shoes in the world for women. W. Beveridge, 1215 F St. Most of our customers know what these midsummer sales of Cut Glass mean. To those who are unacquainted with them we have to say that once a year we offer EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS in Cut Glass— the prices having been re- duced ONE-HALF AND LESS. The most desirable articles are naturally sold first. An early visit here is to your advantage. M. EY w. Beveridge, Pottery, Porcelain, Glass, &c., 1215 F St. & 1214 GSt. KLONDYKE CROCKER, | BARGAINS. Shoes Shined Free, ‘SHARES, 39c. EACH. 939 Pa. Ave. NO NEED OF GOING TO Becker’s, 1328 F St. All Trunks reduced 25% This reduction sale ought to mean a great deal to those who wre going away and need good ‘Trunks. There are no better ‘Trunks in the world than Beck- er'a. No others stand traveling —and rough handling #o well. Because Bec! e the strong- est, most durable Truoks that the best materials and skilled © ¢ bands can fashion. °¢ ‘Take 25 per cent off our al- * © ready low prices—and Becker's oe ia eeeveee oe ee oe . . . . . . . ‘Trunks cost LESS than the “cheap" ones. BECKER’S, Fine Harness, Trunks, &c., 1328 F St., tom em "Phone 1636. it a 10% Off ALL GROCERIES, TABLE DELICACIES, WINES, &c., in this store. We're going to consolidate our two stores— give up this one—and devote our entire time to our Conn. ave. store— Just as soon as this stock Is sold. 10 per cent discount for eash makes selling brisk. If you want many a bargain in Groceries, ete.—you can't afford to mise buying bere Magruder&Co. 1417 N. Y. Avenue. . oe oe tion Sate. r POLAND SPRING WATER, BUFFALO LITHIA WATER And STAFFORD WATER Are three superior mineral waters that we are agents for. When you buy from us—you’re sure to gét the genuine. W. S. THOMPSON, | Pharmacist, 703 15th St. Sy28-234 Add 2 a “Tablespoontul of SULPHO;NAPTHOL a gallon of water—and you have a cleaner that-f'tar better than soapeand cheaper than the cheapest soap. It cun be used on every- thing about the houses as bari és water—and reduces the Iubor one-half. Store, Arlington “Drug. gt 8. be} Cor. Vt. Ave. & H St. "E. A REDUCTION THAT MEANS SOMETHING. Half Price Is all you have to pay for any Ladies’ Belt in stock. We in- tend to put leather belts within the reach of all, and if ever, now is the time to own one. $1.00 Belts now 50c. 75c. Belts now 38c. 50c. Belts now 25c. 25c. Belts now 13c. A splendid assortment to se- lect from in various colors and grades of leathers. Newest ideas and effects in leather. TOPHAIVWS Belt Manufactory, it eee 1218 and 1220 B st. o.w. Folks Who Are Going Aw. 1231 and 1233 Penna. Ave. EVANS’ pe eee ne i . ALASKA, Do Your Prospecting At 75c. and g8c. White and Em- broidered Collars. ... 50c. Plain and Plaid Reefer pace 39¢. $1.25 Children’s Leghorn Flats and Straw Caps......... 390. $1.00 Poppies, Roses, Gera- MIUMIS; (Cts isiee Se ae ee OO 50c. Silk Mull, in white, black and colors........ YS5555 5,585 §oc. Michelson Bay Rum.... soc. Tooth Brushes..... soc. Hair Brushes........ 5 50c. Clothes Brushes. ....... 39¢. 5oc. Ladies’ Garters. ....... 39¢. §oc. Steel Scissors. ......... 39¢. 5oc. Ladies’ Leather Belts... 39¢. 50c. Shopping Bags... 50c. Pocket Books..... g 5oc. Music Rolls........... 39¢. Soc., 68c. and 75c. Ladies’ Percale Shirt Waists. Sosa se ee 5oc. Boys’ Laundered Percale Shirt Waists....... Sas sB SS 55503 5oc. Ladies’ Lisle Hose...... 39¢. 50c. Ladies’ Lisle Vests. 39¢- 75¢. Ladies’ Union Suits. 29¢. g0c. Silk Mitts or Gloves... . 39¢. 50c. Long and Short Petti- coats i(eystwles) osc. soe ee SO soc. Ladies’ Chemises (2 styles) ..... 50c. Ladies’ Drawers (3 styles) 39c. g50c. Children’s Gingham and Lawn Dresses......... soc. Infants’ Long and Short Dresses .... 5oc. Ladies’ Dressing Sacques 39c. Lad Summer Cor- 59c. Ladies’ Corsets......... All of our Child’s Fine Mull Hats ard Caps... + 39¢. 75e. Nainsook AY -O) =m- g5oc. Paint Applique Lace... . 39¢. , S) Esc. White Venise Insertions.. 39¢. ggc. Point de Esprite Net, ted, blue and pink... 50c. Nainsook, Swiss and Cambric Edging. ............. 39¢. 7sc. Grass Linen All-over.... 3gc. 6oc. All Linen Doylies, a dOzZeN en cece eros oe OCS 65c. China Silks, in all colors, 27 inches wide, also Figured China, Surah and Faille. ...... 39¢. 75c. All-wool Black Serges, Mohair and Cashmere........ 39¢. 5oc. large size Shects. . MEN’S WEAR. soc. Leather Belts... .. soc. Attached Collar Percale soc. Balbriggan Underwear. . 39¢. soc. B. V. D. Jean Drawers. . 39¢. soc. and 75c. Neckwear soc. Suspende 5oc. Reliabie Shirts ... Beeeeeee Unlaumdered BAUM’S °o The Potomac Electric Power Company is now establishing circults for General Electric Supply all of ite recently. constructed subwazs in tier of sans ‘Kor ratcn apply to ofice, 1817 She. Telephone 114 apl3-14tt Used with ice there covet ange ey ead superior in flavor to Lew? at po at a st. Woodward |} test & company, Lothrop, toth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. 7 Our besiocss hours until September ere 7:45 am. to 5 p.m; Saturdays, 7:45 to 1. The Wanted Things For Summer At our counters represent a gather- ing unsurpassed for absolute com- pleteness, diversity of assortment and real worthfulness. Requisites and helps and conveniences for go-aways and stay-at-homes, including the scarce sorts, are here today and wiil be as long as you have need for them. Our storekeeping is never al- lowed to run down. Our Clearance Sale Comprises Summer Clothing and other articles for personal use as well as various contrivances that help make the home life pleasanter and the work, easier. There are scores of these handy odds and ends here and there in every stock, very desirable to the consumer, but which have lost their value to us on account of incompleteness of assortment and so on. They are all of this season’s production, and at the reduced prices will be recognized as bargains. Millinery Department Calls attention to a very attractive assortment of soft felt Steamer and Cycling Hats, in brown, gray, green, navy and black, ranging in price from $1.00 to $3.00 each. Also a very nice assortment of Sailors, in white, black, red and navy ; fancy and split straws, ranging in price trom 50c. to $3.00 each. Second floor. Tourists’ Trappings. Steamer Trunks, Dress Trunks, Hat Trunks, Bags, Suit Cases and everything necessary for a short trip or for an ocean voyage or for a con- tinental tour. Tomorrow, the following special values: At $1.95— Oanvas-covered Dreas Trunks, steel cane “5 sheet-iron bottom, braas lock, deep tray with hat box—an excellent value. At $5.00— Heavy Teather Sait Cases, linen lined, steel frame, brass lock and bolts, inside strap. At 69¢.— Canvas Tek Ouses or Carryalls, heavy leather straps, leather corner tips, strongly Third oor. Wrappers and Shirt Waists. At $1.90, from $3.00— Women's Fine Figured Batiste Weab Wrap- pers, with embroidery-trimmed ruffle collar and sleeves; skirt full four yards wide. At $2.38, from $4.75— Women's Fine Wool Chailie Wrappers, printed in dataty floral designs; handsomely trimmed with lace and ribboa, At 69c., from $1.25— Women’s Fine Plain Chambray Shirt Walsts, pink, bine and lavender, with detached collars. Just Received. Women’s Tailor-made Crash and Denim Bicycle Skirts, cut and fin- ished in a thorough manner and per- fect hanging. $2.38 and $2.68 each. Women's Cotton Covert Bicycle Suits, neat Eton Jacket and plain skirt—a special value, $3.75 the suit. Women's Mohair Bathing Suits, meatly bratded— & very special value, $3.00 the suit. Mohair Bathing Suits are espe- cially desirable because they shed the water and do not cling to the figure. A complete line of Bathing Hats, Caps, Shoes, ete. Third Boor. Boys’ Outfittings. At 50¢.— * Boys’ One-piece Striped Bathing Suits, fast colors; strong and serviceable. At 75¢.— Bors’ Two-piece Navy Blue and Red and White Striped Bathing Suits; abeotately fast At Ss. Bal from $8.50— Boys’ Al-woal Crash Bicycle or Golf Suits. Sines 12 to 19 years. At $2.38, from $4.00— Boys’ All-wool Navy Bine Blouse Suits (extra trousers with each sult); neatly braided. izes 3 to 11 years. At 50c., from 69c.—- Boys’ Laundered White Muslin Shirt Watsts, with Hnen collar and cuffs. Sizes 4 to 14 years. s All Straw Hats, white and fancy, at half price aud less. Now 15€., 25C 39C» 48c., 69c. & 89c. Third floor. New Toilet Sets. Tomorrow, we shall have ready one crate of neatly decorated English Toilet Sets, in three colorings; carna- tion pattern; choicely shaped; piece combination, including cov- ered jar, at the very low price of $3.50 the set. Fifth floor. Hot Weather Requisites and Helps. We are showing hundreds of things especially devised for personal and household use during the heated term. Many are reduced in price; all are extraordinarily low. We name in part: 25 ft. guaranteed Rubber Garden Hose, jete spray and 1.85 Extra Quality Lawa Mower, ea: $2.25 515 Seventh Street. —your closest attention—ladies —tor it will be some time beiore such values are named again. The way we've cut their prices right at this time instead of wait- ing until later—when you won't need them so badly—ought to be appreciated by every sensible woman in Washington. ‘Tis appreciated, too—the in- cessant selling proves that. In the first lot you will find a great variety of India linon, lawn, percale and madras shirt waists—newest collars and cuffs —made with pointed yoke backs —very handsome styles—which sold up to $1—selling for 2 cnts. AIS OS OSES. In the second lot you are of- fered the choice of all the high- class lawn, batiste, silk and satin striped grass linen and linen col- ored lawn and lace lawn shirt waists—most all with plain white detachable linen collars—which sold up to $2—the daintiest styles imaginable—selling for 4 cents. Wrenner Le If you want credit it’s yours— absolutely free for the asking. Hecht & Company, 515 Seventh Strect. Linoleums Reduced. Nothing te “Just as good” as our fine English Linoleam for DODO —— oor covering for halls, kitchen or hath. Will last forever. o Always heretofore T5c., and 98e. yard—new redaced to. . The Co. Houghton tog FSt Jy28-20d_ Lansburgh & Bro. You don’t have to go to Klondyke. It’s like finding money shop- ping with us. Just think of buying 37}c. French Organdie for 12%4c. per yard, and then | getting a pick of patterns, and ; for Je, a yard you can * choose your dress from many Styles of Plain and Figured Black Lawns that sold iy USc., 18c. and 25c. per yard. # 7c. For Silver Opera Bag Tops worth $1.00. for 21 Figured Grenadine Skirts, plain and colored linings. Worth $3.68 and $4.68. For this Sale, $1.98. Ladies’ White Duck Skirts, best quality. Worth $2.00. For this Sale, 98c. Ladies’ Cloth Suits, all sizes. Were $10.00 to $20.00. Boys’ Percale Blouse Waists, sizes 4 to 8 years. Worth 59c. For 44¢, Boys’ White Lawn Blouse Waists, trimmed with embroidery, sizes 4 to 8 years. Worth 75¢. For............. $9¢, Misses’ Fine Dresses Reduced in Price. Rf Ay = — pre aie LANSBURGH & BRO, 420-422-424-426 5th St. (eer SRE SA MNT MN Hot Weather’s Here! BABIES CRY