Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1897, Page 8

. ‘ § THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY,,SEPTEMBER 14, 1897-14 doetodiontontonts Sots 924-926-928 7th== and 706 K Streets. We've taken the lead. We have named values which have easily set us in the van- guard of the procession of shoe-selling. The news of how busy we've been has gotten around and seems to hurt the older stores awfully. No matter where you've been buying your shoes or what values you have been getting, we can give you greater ones. We opened this shoe store because we were positively certain that we could buy shoes for as little as the two or three large dealers in town and for much less than the ordinary stores. We've the nerve to pitch profits lower than any store and that’s why we're getting the business. Every pair of shoes we sell are backed by the surety of another pair free if they go wrong—that is, if they rip or crack before the soles break through. dies’ hand-made viel and chrome kid, ux and bright and dull Dongola shocs—either button or lace styles—and in oll the newest shapes of toe, in all sizes and widths from A to E—the usual value at $3.50 and $4—for $2.98 pair. Ladies’ bright Dongola, viel kid button ‘Misses’ button and lace shoes, in opera, pointed, square and round toes—mad> of box calf and bright Dongola, with tips of I sizes from 11 to 2—the usual $1.50 es—bere ut 1.23 pair. Boys’ and youths’ veal calf shoes, in all shapes—light or doable soles—sizes 12 ‘to 5ig—the usual $1.50 and $1.25 values—tor $1.25 pair. vn and lace shoes—in opera, coin, Vassar, (Gildces’e “Brigit Deans aud how: call Saear leseue cain me sees ee button and lace shoes, with tips of same With tips of same and patent leather— and patent leather—with spring heels and extension or close-trimmed soles—the usual in all sizes from 6 to 11—opera, point Square and round toes—the usual $1.25 value—for 97 cents. $2.50 and $3 values—here for $1.98 pair. Whoever has a boy to clothe —let him take notice of these values, if he would also save money. There's no trick in underselling the clothiers. We buy as low as any of them, and we're content with less profits. And, of course, you get the advantage. Nesterlontontononontontontonzond sageasensnageeseesogesgyagesgeageageagegmegnegnageageag ong ess enna sonsia soa soeseaseeshaseatesgeagbasbaseadbefecgegnatratbathatboteeeetnathardatantbatbatententententetiesied 48 cents. and at that price you ford to lay it away until the return rm Weather. All that is left of the light-weight cas- simere pants for b which sold A lot of boys’ percale shirt waists—dark blue ard fancy patterns, the usnal 39c. value about town--here for 25 cents. ate a pair, ate table tomorrow and marked for quick selling at 50 cents pair. These are decisive cuts and they are the very last ones to be made in the suit department. It won't take another week-to close out every suit of this sort in stock. 2% all-wool tailor-made euits—of serge. This winds up the summer wrappers. You shall have the bal- ance at a most remarkable reduction. Of course there are not all sizes, and the picking isn’t as good as it was in season, but every- body who gets one of these gets a bargain. lawn wrappers, trim:ned Lot of navy blue and black foulard and with embry de with yoke fancy and white lawa wrappers, trim- znd front; y of patterns; med” with handsome la and wade in garments which sold for $1.25 you may which sold for bave the choice of for 69 cents. several different effects, $1.50—g0 now for 98 cents. A : Hosiery bargains, Children’s fast black school hose, bave double Knees and high spliced Is, as good as any hose to be had, so far @s wear is concern-d—here at 12}c. pair. Toilet requisites. Buttermilk soap, che for a das, Se. Woedbury’s facial for 13¢, Red_ seal for 25e. toilet large bottles, instead of 50 Tetlow's ansdow usually 15e., for Se. box. Men's full sears Spanish mtxed Lalf hose. im all sizes, wXn are guod value at 13e. palr—ere ‘for gc. pair, 3 for x5c. eterno face powder, Large bottles of best household am- mouia, for a day, 4c. bottle. Seefeefoat | Saorcenconconconconconcontecgeteeteetoetedtnetonsorceeetectententersnesontonnercercore iesesteetnegniay en andantanrantcercorcodaedaadent ead cotcot colnet ohh ol MMM enlapleplestily sesveereatusteste “The Dependable Store.” “Glycerole or Gilt Edge’’ shoe polish, 12!4c. bottle. Seteehonfeafeatoated oodetetentatocdateofntetnetentoognteoestetnedegetngatetoatetnegetetoigeetoofntoegntetoatnteteitsteeeteeeteeateeteateafeteetateatesfcteteatetnetatetnateatnt Soares e. eight cassimere suits for A new shipment of boys’ all-wool cheviot z poss, Which sold for 1 $2.25 in sea- knee pants In a variety of good putterns— son, “shall be phiced on a table tomorrow siamchis mule: panty as\ever’ «hoy ere ¢ and the usual 75e. values about town—for 98 cents. - $ a time yet for icht-weight «its, % SHH ce see ete All the summer wash suits we have left % chevi md coverts—have Eto and gO at We. They're linen and colored 2, reefer Jackets—some richly. silk crash, white ducks and piques—some are 4 lined—skirts have best ‘rustle percaline novelties—others plain “Eton? and blazer liping; these suits are in black, hellotrope, styles, taflor-made; the skirts sre worth green and bluet, and sold for $9 to giz. than twice as much as the whole = 2 . 2 Choice for $5. Choice for 98c. $ 2 lots light-weight é ots light-weight wrappers cut. BS Seeteetenten erento retnnnenenetetetetntetetetedededettntntieetite SHOES FOR ALL OCCASIONS. Let the nature of your duties or pleasures dictate the style of boot you should wear on each occasion. A carriage boof is in as bad taste for a tour- ing trip as an evening gown would be. Have a carriage boot for carriage wear—a dressy street boot for its use—a heavy walking boot for its use—a tourist boot for its use. It is a question of economy and good taste and not ex- travagance to follow this plan. “Langlois Foot Form” Boots are made in styles for every occasion—the boot for every pur- pose. g And all at one price, $3 50), Langlois Little Rocks don’t crowd the chil- dren’s toes. LANGLOIS, “mF St. Cor. 13th. SOVSOO OOOO OOO GOOGO® @ SOo OEE hoe hop. €6960050960 80000008000008 BO GG90SSS509 008800008 OO OSEEHOE S8960808 Esegeceesene: AMERICAN BUTTER ABROAD. ———s market for salted butter. Fall Report on the Third Experimen- the best Danish, which leads the London The retailers, upon being convinced of tal Shipment. The Secretary of Agriculture has re- ceived complete reports from the third experimental shipment of butter to London by his department. This consisted of a lot of Minnesota creamery butter, in 56-pound boxes and tubs, and a lot of Massachusetts creamery butter in small tubs, family pack- ages and fancy prints. The export was made in June. It cost 2% cents a pound to carry the butter from central Minnesota to London, by the single ton, with the best refrigerator accommodations all the way, excepting short transfers. The transpor- tation from western Massachusetts cost rather more, because of the absence of a refrigerator car line to New York, and the necessity of paying expressage. This butter was all placed by the depart- ment agent in London in the hands of re- tail dealers. They paid from 15 to 19% cents per pound for it, the same butter being then worth 15 cents in New Yerk. ‘The wholesale price of Danish butter was about 20 cents in London at that time. It was all retailed to consumers at 24, 25 and 26 cents per pound, most of it at 26 cents. ‘This was the same as the retajl price of the high quality of this American butter, paid the same price for it in tubs as in the favorite “Australian,” or cubical box. Six different dealers took the Minnesota but- ter, at @ unfform price of 18 1-5 cents per pound. It cost about 16 cents, delivered to these London dealers. The Massachusetts butter was of equal quality, and, although some of it sold to dealers at 10% cents, the small packages were not liked by’ the le. This butter was worth 20 cents for i24 sale in the neighborhood where in Thus, as ir other cases, The western creamery butter was sold at a fair profit, over 2 cents per pound, while the New England creamery butter was sold in Lon. don at less than it would have brought at home. a ~ The London retailers’ margin for fit— 6% to 10 cents, and about 7 cents on an average—was too great. The consumer paid twice as much for the Minnesota butter as the creamery in that state received for it, = Pod what Pi aired cost the consumer, e farmer who supplied the cream than two-fifths. Ks S a —o+__ It matters little what St is that you want qrWhether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the CIVIL SERVICE LAW (Continued from First Page.) moval from office was lately discussed at length by the Supreme Court of the United States (169 U.S.R., 32). That was the case of a district attcrrey of the United States for the northern district of Alabama, who had been appointed, as usual, for four years, but who was removed from office by the President within that term. He de- nied the President's right to remove him before the expiration of his term, and brought suit against the United States in the Court of Claims to recover the fees which had accrued to the office since his removal, and from an adverse judgment he appealed to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, uponsa review of the deci- sions, the debates in Congress and the opinions of the Attorneys General reiterat- ed the doctrine repeatedly asserted in all departments of the government that the right of removal from office was an in- cident of the right of appointment, and held that although the appointment was made by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the appointing power was really with the President, and he had, in ccnsequence, the right to remove; and, further, that the designation of four years as the term of the appointment was not intended to give a term that should, at all events. last for that time, but to restrict the term of service to that period, subject all the time to the pleasure of the ap- peinting power. Another Citation. “That was the case of an appointment by the President. But the court also cite and adopt anew its former opinion in the case in re Hennen, 13 Pet. 230, which was the case of a clerk of the district court of Louisiana, who, after being appointed in that court, was removed from office by its order. He applied to the Supreme Court for a mandamus commanding the district ceurt to restore him to the office of clerk, and the whcle subject of appointments and removal was discussed by counsel and the court. The court, after referring to the constitutional provision before mentioned, says: ‘The appointing power here desig- nated, in the latter part of the section, was no doubt intended to be exercised by the department of the government to which the officer to be appointed most ap- propriately belonged. The appointment of clerks of court properly belongs to the courts of law; and that a clerk is one of the inferior officers contemplated by this provision in the Constitution cannot be questioned. Congress, in the exercise of the powers here given by the act of the September, 1789, establishing the ourts of the United States (Story’s sec. 7), declares that the Su- preme Court and the district courts shall have power to appoint clerks of their re- spective courts; and that the clerk for each district court Shall be clerk also of the circuit court in such district.’ The Issue Stated. “Again, after adverting to the cireum- stances of the petitioner’s appointment, they say: ‘Such, then, being the situation in which the petitioner stood, the question arises whether the district judge had the power to remove him and appoint another clerk in his place. The Constitution is silent with respect to the power of removal from office where the tenure is not fixed. It provides that the judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior. But no tenure ed for the office of clerk. Con- gress has by law limited the tenure of cer- tain offices to the term of four years (3 ), but expressly providing that shall, within that term, be re- movable at pleasure, which, of course, is without requiring any cause for such re- moval. The clerks of the court are not in- cluded within this law, and there is no ex- press limitation in the Constitution or laws of Congress upon the tenure of office. All offices of which the tenure is not fixed by the Constitution or limited by law must be held either during good behavior or (whic! is the same thing in contemplation of law) during the life of the incumbent, or must be held at the will and discretion of some department of the government, and sub- ject to removal at pleasure. It cannot, for @ moment, be admitted that it was the in- tention of the Constitution that those offices which are denominated inferior offices should be held for life. And if removal at pleasure, by whom is such removal to be mad@? In the absence of all constitutional provision or statutory regulation, it would seem to be a sound and necessary rule to consider the power of removal as incident to the power of appointment. Wider Scope Given. “Had the opinion stopped here, it would be equally applicable to the case of clerks and other employes appointed by the heads of executive departments, because the lat- ter are placed upon the same footing with the courts in the article of the Constitu- tion'which authorizes Congress to vest the appointment of inferior officers in the President alone, in the courts of law or the heads of departments. But the courts go further and refer in express terms to the departments also. “They say: ‘In all these departments power is given to the Secretary to appoint all necessary clerks (1 Story, 46), and, al- though no power to remove is expressly given, yet there can be no doubt that these clerks hold their office at the will and dis- cretion of the head of the department. It woul@ be a most extraordinary construc- tion of the law that all these offices were to be held during life, which must inevit- ably follow, unless the incumbent was re- movable at the discretion of the head of the department. THe President certainly has no power to remove. These clerks fall under the class of inferior officers, the appointment of which the Constitution au- thorizes Congress to vest in the heads of the departments. And the Constitution has authorized Congress, in certain cases, to vest this power in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of de- partments, and all inferior officers appoint- ed under oath, by authority of law, must old their offices at the discretion of the appointing power. Such is the settled usage and practical construction of the Constitution and laws under which these Offices are held.’ The Deductions. “If an act of Congress, presumed to be approved by the President, vests in the Judges or heads of the departments author- ity to appoint subordinate Officers, then, by constitutional authority, the power to ap- point them is taken away from the Presi- dent; and it follows, according to this case, that the power of removal would be equally taken away. The President might dismiss the head of a department who would refuse at his request to dismiss a subordinate or inferior officer, but would have no power directly to dismiss such officer himself. “It may be regarded, then, as the settled law that the power of removal is incident to the power of appointment, and, there- fore, that any law which confers upon the head of a department a power of appoint- ment, ipso facto, conveys a power of re- moval, as effectually as if that power were expressly given by the statute. The power of removal is intrenched in the law. It 1s created by an act of legislation, and it can only be taken away or modified by similar authority. The acts of Congress, therefore, authorizing the appointment of complain- ant as inspector or mails of themselves gave the Postmaster General authority to remove him at pleasure, unless that or some other act of Congress has imposed some limitation, condition or restriction upon that power. The Original Act. “And this brings us to the inquiry whether and how far, if at all, the act of January 16, 1883, commonly known as the civil service act, affects the power of re- moval at pleasure which the Postmaster General would possess under his general authority to appoint this class of officers. It does, indeed, very materially modify the power of appointment theretofore existing, but it does not purport to affect the power of removal, except in a single particular,”* “In section 13 ft provides that: ‘No ofti- cer-or employe of the United States men- tioned in this act shall discharge Sr ‘pro- mote or degrade, or in any manner change the official rank or compensation any other officer or employe, or promise or threaten to do so, for giving or withhold- ing or neglecting to make any contribution of money or other valuable thing for any political purpose.’ c “Substantially the same is directed to te provided by rules, to be established by th commission and the President, in clause of the — me. section. = no otust single respect is the power of removal affected by aS eorentre and direct enactment t Ww. Powers of the Commission. “But it is claimed that the commission in empowered to prepare rules in aid of the President for carrying this act into effect, and that said rules,<whén prepared ana promulgated, have the force and effect of law, and that such effect. is to be given to the rules under which the complainant seeks relief. Suiete: “There can be no doubt as to the power of Congress or any other legislative body to delegate to subordinate authorities the power to make rules and regulations with- in certain limits, which, when made, will have the force of law, Thus, corporations, municipal or private, way ile authorized to make by-laws, and’ pglicel commissioners, boards of health and fire commissioners may be authorized to make regulations which have the effect of laws. “But if any rule prepared by this com- mission, whether published by the Presi- dent or not, should have fhe effect of re- pealing or modifying an act of Congress, it would be an act of legislation, and 10t a regulation of a mere executive character, which it was clearly the object of this law to authorize. It is a grave question wheth- er Congress could delegate to the Presi- dent, or to any board of commissioners, jointly with the President, the authority to do any act which is equivalent to legisla- tion. Delegated Authority. “Tam not aware that the Supreme Court has made any delivery upon this question, but there fs a uniform current of author- ities in the state courts against the power of any legislature so to delegate their au- therity. See the authorities collected in the American and English Encyclopaedia of Law, vol. 8, p. 698, under the proposition: “Tt is an established proposition of con- stitutional law that the power conferred upon the legislature to enact laws cannot be delegated by that departmeat to any other body or authority.’ “One illustration was the case of a stat- ute of Minnesota which left it to ceriain judges to decide whether a law sould be submitted to the people (State agt. Young, 29 Minn., 474), and another was a law which conferred upon the district court the power to incorporate towns—People agt. Nevada, 6 Cal., 143; State agt. Simons, 32 Minn., 540—both of which forms of legisla- tion were held unconstitutional. Illustration of a Rule. “But probably all courts would agree that no law is to be construed so as to amount to a delegation of legislative au- thority that can be avoided. An illustra- tion of this rule is found in the case of In- terstate Commerce Commission vs. Rail- way Company, 167 U. S., 479. The inter- state commerce act required that all charges on railroads should be reasonable and just, and every other was declared to be unlawful. It prohibited discrimination, undue preferences, ete. It created the in- terstate commerce commission, gave it au- thority to inquire into the management and business of all common carriers and added: “And the commissiog ig hereby authorized to execute and enforce the provisions of this act.’ “Under this authority the interstate com- merce commission undertook by an order to establish a schedule of rates for certain railroad companies, and, upon the refusal of the latter to observe them, applied to the circuit court for the southern district of Ohio for a mandamus to enforce their order, and, this being refused, appealed 10 the court of appeals, and the latter court certified to the Supreme Court of the Unit- ed States the question whether the com- mission had the jurisdictional power to ake the order before mentioned. Justice Brewer in delivering tne opinion of the court in the negative said, in construing the act of Congress: ‘The, power given is the power to execute, and. enforce, not to legislate. The power is partly judicial, partly executive and‘ administrative, but not legislative.’ The Considerstions. “Again: : “We have, therefdre, these considera- tions presented: First; the power to pre- scribe a tariff of rates for carriage py a common carrier is a legislative and not an administrative or judicial function, and, having respect to the Ifrge amount cf property invested In failnéads, the various companies engaged therein, the thousand of miles of road and'the’millions of tons of freight carried, the varying and diverse conditions attached té suéh carriage is a power of supreme delitacy°and importance. Second, that Congress has’transferred such power to any administrative body, is not to be presumed or impliéd from any doubtful and uncertain language. The words and phrases efficacious to make such a delega- tion of power are well understood, and have been frequently used; and if’ Con- gress had intended to grant such power to the interstate commerce commission it can- not be doubted that it would have used language open to no misconstruction, but clear and direct. Third, incorporating into a statute a common law obligation resting upon the carrier to make all its charges reasonable and just, and directing the com- mission to execute and enforce the provi- sions of the act does not, by implication, carry to the commission or invest it with the power to exercise the legislative func- tiens of prescribing rates which shall con- trol in the future.’ The Commission an Aid. “And so, with equal emphasis, it may be sald that the authority to the civil service commission to aid the President in prepar- ing rules for carrying the act creating that commission into effect, does not by implica- tion confer upon the President a right to virtually repeal an existing law, espevially when, as we shall see, that is not at all necessary to the effectual operation of the act itself. And lastly, there is nothing in the language of the act or the objects which it professes to attain which make it necessary to attribute such executive power to the commission or the President. The act nowhere requires that the power of re- moval vested in the head of a department shall be abridged except in the single par- ticular of removal, because of the refusal to contribute for partisan purposes: and therefore it is not necessary, in order to carry the act into effect that any rule should be adopted abridging the power of removal of the Postmaster General or other head of a department in any other respect. “The second section contains an enumera_ tion of the objects for which the rules are to provide. They are: For competitive ex- amination, for appointment by selection from those grades highest as the result of such examinations, for appointment of the appointments among the states and terri- tories and the District of Columbia, ac- cording to population, for a period of pro- bation before absolute appointment, for ex- emption of persons in the public’ service from any obligation to contribute to any political fund and from being coerced into any political action, and for non-competi- tive examination in certain cases, and for notice to the commission of all appeint- ments made by the appointing power. Irrational Interpretation, “It would be a very irrational interpreta- tion which would give to the words ‘and among other things,’ which are prefixed to this enumeratiog such a scope of meaning as to convey by implication an unlimited authority to establish rules having no re- lation to the objects, of'the law. If that were a proper interpretation of the law, these rules might bemade to impose new conditions to the power of appointment, and even take it away from the heads of the departments and vé§t it in the com- mission itself. The absurdity of such a proceeding would be amantifest, and yet it would be no more obnoxious to criticism than rules modifying’the power of removal, as it existed before the act was passed, or in a manner not warranted by the law it- self. ha “The law seems to Contémplate the prep- eration of these rules. aa the joint act of the commission and.lthe:President. It di- rects that when promulgated they shall be observed by all the’ Officers in the de- partments. It does not,in terms declare by whoee authority they?pre to be promul. geted and to_go into efféct, but it is to be presumed that it is te bésby the President. It makes no difference, However, whether they are to emanate from the President or the com: n, gress is just as incapable of surrendering its legislative authority to the President es to the com- mission; and is just as little to be under- stood as intending to do so in the one case as in the other. The simple inquiry is whether the rules {Invoked by the com- plainant; whether the President or the commission, or both, be the authors of them, are such as the act of January 16, 1883, known as the civil service act, au- thorized to be established. ee judg- ment they are ultra vires and The President’s Powers, “I have no doubt that the President may lay down rules for the internal policy of his .administration, and may require his chief executive officers, dependent upon his pleasures for their tenure of office, ‘to cenform to them, or else to sever their of- ficial relations with him, and in that sense the rules re! -on by the thority. But the enforcement of such rules is a matter between the President and his cabinet, and not a matter for the courts, or one in which the complainant has any legal interest. All that I mean to state in this opinion is that the rules in question were not such as the civil service act au- thorizes, and do not derive any efficacy from that act. “I know of nothing more important to the true interests of the country than the policy which the civil service legislation was intended to initiate and promote, ani it is perhaps a matter for great regret ikat the act of January 16, 1883, has not one further than it does. But it is my uty to construe it as it Is, Summing Up. “To sum up, I conclude that, apart from the civil service act, the Postmaster Gen- eral had the authority to remove the com- plainant from office at his pleasure; that this act makes no change in this respect, except to forbid removals for refusal to contribute to partisan objects; that the power to the commission and the President to establish rules to carry that act into effect does rot authorize any rule which shall make a change in the law in this respect, and that even if this court had jurisdiction in a case like the present, the complajvant is not entitled to the relief prayed.” Gratifying to Officials. The decision in the Woeds case is highly gratifying to the officials of the Post Office Department, as it upholds the views of the matter taken by them. Under the decision rendered today the civil service reguiations promulgated by the President do not have the effect of law, but can only be enforced by the President through the heads of de- partments. He can use his authority as chief executive to remove a cabinet officer wko might decline to enforce these regula- tions, if he desires; but the law cannot be used by employes of the government dis- missed from the service for the purpose of regaining their places. The power of dismissal for any reason, except a refusal to make political contri- butions, is absolute with the administra- tion, BRYANT MANSION BURNED The Palatial Structure Reduced to Ruins Last Night. Heavy Loss on Building and Contents, Upon Which There Was Nearly Total Insurance. The palatial mansicn built by Mr. C. O. B. Bryant, who died a few days ago, was burned to the ground last night about 8 o'clock, and no clue to the origin of the fire has been yet obtained. No one was at the time occupying the handsome resi- dence, but yesterday a force of workmen was engaged in making repairs to the prop- erty. The men had stopped work for the day and were at an adjoining building after eating supper, when one of them noticed flames issuing from the top story of the house. It was not Tong before the whole country for miles around was bright- ly illuminated. The fire was fierce and the flames so high that a newspaper might have been read by their light a long dis- tance away. The glare from the burning structure could be seen for miles, and brought the residents of the country in large numbers to the rescue. The structure was recently purchased by Messrs. T. H. Pickford and John H. Wal- ters of this city, and they went to the ruins early this morning. It is stated that the building cost about $60,000, and that it was nearly covered by insurance. Building Not Completed. The Bryant mansion, as it is usually called, was located at Four Corners, a short distance from Silver Spring, Md. One of the characteristics of Mr. Bryant's build- ings was that he rarely ever finished any of them, or so frequently made changes that virtually none was ever completed. This fate attended the mansion burned down last night. The front entrance was never built, and only a temporary one in- dicated where he eventually expected a grand one should be built, and even this was rarely used. The house, while completely and luxuri- ously furnished, was not occupied the last year of the late owner's occupancy of the farm, because during the winter the heat- ing arrangements were not satisfactory, and in the summer because a spacious cot- tage two oF three hundred yards from it was so comfortable that Mr. Bryant thought he might just as well remain in it. Last fall the heating plant was torn out and a new system, and a very elaborate one, was introduced to replace it, which, however, was not completed. Interior Adnornments. The house had a very spacious hall, draw- ing and music rooms, and a beautiful din- ing room on the main floor, with the kitchen facilities in the rear. Every room was richly adorned with the best that money could buy. Fine rugs covered the highly polished hard-wood floors, valuable pictures hung on the walls, and, in fact, Mr. Bryant had so many choice engravings and oil paintings that, as big as his house was, it was difficult usually for him to find room to display a new purchase. Many of the doors and other pa.is of the woodwork vere bought in New York from old Broad- way mansions, torn down when business invaded that thoroughfare, and many of these had not only substantial beauty, but had_ historic interest, which made them doubly valuable to their owner. The library was the most valued part of the house in its owner's estimation, whose tastes con- tinually led him to the purchase of rare old books and any and everything that would make his collection of literary treasures more complete. On top of the house there was a large conservatory. ———.__. It matters little what it is that you want swhether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. - ——.—__ Transfers of Real Estate. Washington Heights, J. Paul Smith et ux. to Chas. W. Simpson, lots 33 and 34, block 4; $100. S street northwest between 7th and Sth streets, Frank L. Calhoun et al., trustees, to Mary F. Orme, part original lot 7, square 419; $2,900. Wesley Heights, Elmer A. Brown to Anna Lindsay, lot 4, block 14; $10. Wesley Heights, Jno. S. McDonough et ux, to Anna Lindsay, lot 5, block 14; $10. Ninth street northeast between F and G streets, Chas. R. Pickford to Emma I. Rcche, part lot 120, square 913; $10. I street northwest between 21st and 224 streets, Patrick H. Roche et ux. to Chas. R. Pickford, part lot 8, square 75; $10. No. 1110 K street southeast, John Cook, trustee, to Marian R. Maguire, part lots 8 and 5, square 996; $10. Heckman street southeast between ist and 2d streets, Robert R. Mahorney to Frederick D. Smith, lot 187, square 736; $10. SWIFT'S wey Ss ss es Ss se Oe You know you can pay for whatever you buy at Hecht ‘That's a great boon to hundreds—why don't you take advantage of it? A great bid for your fall patronage. Hecht’s come out tomorrow with a bristling front of excep- ‘ou bargain seckers will find simply irresisti- ble. Mammoth buying direct from the fountain-head of the supply centers brings to you a great host of worthy bargains—for Hecht Hecht capital—can accomplish wonders in the line of shaving prices—and at the same time holding firm to the store’s quality standard. Today’s list must surely touch upon some need of the household—must surely appeal to your sense of tional values which buyers—backed by economy. Bargain blankets and comforts. At the first touch of cold weather your blanket and comfort needs will press forward. Look to us for ready assistance when you want to select them. We can offer you the biggest kind of bargains there—help you to make substantial savings. Tomorrow we shall offer full 10-quarter white or gray blaukets—with fancy bor- ders and tuped edges—which you ea buy eround town for less than 98 cet for 53 cents. Tomorrow we shall offer fine 11-quarter Wool blankets — with taped borders— choice of several diferent tte, which are sold for no less than 3.50 elsewhere—for $2.50. $ . Splendid hosiery values. Tomorrow’s buyers will be offered some unusually attractive hosiery values—at prices which cannot fail to add to this store's prestige. Only trouble is there won't be enough to supply every one—so take the hint and hurry. Ladies’ fast black and fancy silk-finished, seamiess, plain” a , stitched half hose, with three-thread heels and toes—which you will find sclling else- where for 19 cents—are here for 12$ cents pair. 40-zange, nd drop: The newest fall suits and skirts. What a splendid stock is here—and what values behind it! You have only to come and look through the department to see that we are going to do the biggest kind of suit selling. As an in- troductory offering we quote these very special price: Black cheviot serge sults— thoroughly taflor-in: finely finished. Jackets il silk lined, ia the newest full effects: which we offer for $9.98 each. Buying for the boy —at Hecht’s is full of su Famous “Mother's Friend’? shirt waists, of heavy laundezed percale—whieh you have always paid a dollar for—are offered al 59 cents. Boys’ all-wool cheviot knee pants—for school wear—strong and serviceable—built for hard knocks—fot which you usually pay 59 cents—are offered at 39 cents pair. t f superior advantages to you mothers—for in no instance are we willing to let other stores meet our prices. Sat- isfaction in quality and price is surely on the Mberal credit plan, Tomorrow we shall offer full-size com forts of good quality—which you catwot buy for less than $1—for 59 cents, Tomortow we shall offer fine sattecn. covered comforts filled with pare whit stitched have plain , will cost $2.95 about tow 1.98. feet whieh Jy sell for 13 ceats and for 74 cents pair. Here are fine all-wool storm serge skirts, in the newest fall fashton—well made. perfect fitting—wiich we offer for $3.98 each. in every purchase. Boys’ cheviot sults—in plain, plaid effects—sizes 3 to 8 years—stylishly braided reefer collars—and sizes 9 to 16 ~-double-breasted—o- all sizes in the a Dle-breasted style. As carefally mand k could be desired—pants have reinfooced nKe t and taped seams- coats have ing-eatre set of burt on will make a splendid s-hool sal boy. Fifteen differen to choose. it Ste tee ee Oe * ¢ Blankets. 7 OUR BUSINESS HOURS ARE: 8 A.M. TO 6 P.M. § Advance Sale of Middle Weight Bedwear--- 3 Atos PERRY’S. The time to buy heavier Bedwear is when the qualities and prices afford you the greatest inducements. right now—regardless of the weather. That time is It is warm—and the need of these weights is not pressing—but the time will come —and then the advantage offered may not be so great. It is future buying for a present saving. We counsel you to take it. There never was a better stock put before you. value speaks its own recommendation. Every Every price quota- tion appeals upon its own cheapness, Trade conditions have given us the opportunity of offering you strong inducements. . These are not reductions—but exceedingly clever values. Values that you will be glad to own—and you can own them now cheaper than perhaps ever before—or again. Only the most dependable kinds. Not a weakling among the entire lot that we know of—and we have scrutinized each piece carefully—suffi- ciently to give it the stamp of our approval—as being good enough for us to place before you. The best—noth- ing short of it. es ee $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, 10 oe Blankets—$1.50, $4, $4.50, $5 to A case lot of Blankets, that are 80 per cent wcol—and we are going to offer them as we said we would at very low prices— the 11-4 size for $4.50—the 12-4 size for Pure Wool Unshrinkable size ae ~ Blankets, : Mount Hood Blankets—you aio! what are—all wool, made Blankets, in‘toediom ‘weight, neither too bent) ner too light— 50. 10-4--$6.00. 10.00. Ohio Fleece Blankets, all wool— Comforts. We never permit ourselves to be undersold—but we are often undervalued. If you hear of prices lower than ours —consult the qualities that are being offered. You will find we have most excellent judg- ment in the selections of Com- fort patterns—and give you a large assortment to select from so your taste shall be satis- fied. White Cheese Cloth Comforts—as low a8 $1—good at that, too. < a Cheese “Cloth Comforts—only and tate Wak ag” q : oo. 5 ‘cotton iakea ‘with. ruffle $1.50. ee Figured Silkaline Comforts, with White ayy filling, plain Lining and corded Extra Size Silkaline Comforts, White cotton filling and corded Heevy Comforts, covered with apd yaa Ig lid patterns—$1, $1.25, $1.50, phon Comforts, with satine covering— Down Comforts, with silk and satine covering—$6 to $8.50. Silk-covered Down Comforts—$10 to $18. Spreads and Quilts. You will not turn away from these when you see them. If you have got such a need you will embrace this as a vith 5 pounds, size 68x80—$6.50. most fortunate time—when yseee an Fae deen, pisces are lagging behind the ae oS jues. P 1 weet 9-4 Crochet Spreads—T5c. and 85e. All-weol Red Blanketo— saticnling Sends oe —_e 1 eee a sad, tn Blue, Pink or Gold "EPEE eame "Epomres. . 11-11 Satin Quiits—$4.25 to $6. A full line of Crib Blankets, in all sizes aie ee $2 and $5. —from $1.50 to $5, * sens PERRY’S, ; “NINTH ANDTHE AVENUE.”