Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1897, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR. — WASHINGTON. TUESDAY. ............ December 7, 1897. CROSBY S. NOYES... — = THE EVENING STAR has a regular seeeeeee Editor, her Washington dailies. As a News and Advertisiag Mediam it has mo eempetitor. @7In order to avoid delays, on ac- count of persomal absence, letters to THE STAR ould not be addressed t 1 connected with or Business Depart- to tenor or purpose. Sceretary Gage's Report. annuat report ef the Secretary of suty, submitted to Congress today, 1s worthy of careful study in every par- ticular. Ii is a strong, well-written docu- ment. inceresting in every branch of its treatment of the multitude of affa centrated jer the portant cxbinet officer. Secretary Gage’s plan for the cure of the currency evils that now beset the country has been al- ready outiined, but this report gives first publicity to its details, and the interest in it is the more acute view of the fact taat President McKinley, in the course of ‘is annual message, referred to it only in broad terins, specifying merely certain features of the plan meeting with his direct approval and con-urrence. ary Gage treats of the currenc question in a scholarly but business-l manner, nis words on this subject indi thought of the of affairs the expert o! 3 of financial questi record of the les! < led to the present cmbarrassments, and ‘early shows the magnitude of the menace to fimancial stability which these embar- rassments embody. In the heartiest. sym- pathy with the President he demonstrate that the time now is to treat with th Th the Tr question and to secure, if possible, a rem- edy for the prevention future Ills. * case of the President's r tary takes the ground t As tim= to meet a difficult situation is when tien are most promisiz ing prosperity, he dec vidence the Fresent should be utilized for the devising ef safe ures of currency reform. that there are steps in this di tion: (1) A prcement of the permanent gold » important in the Honable form of He be- reductions liabilities. = the latter to be the more desirable pursue, and proceeds without » his scheme, which is, in thdraw from general c ion proportion of the nutes that may the treasi of its For S purpose a new division of reasury Department is osed, to it of which tll be deposited * ms her with old tor redemption purpos: an Ki0 in greenbacks, to of gold coin, » general redemp- ential features, ary’s plan hat proposed by ‘d that the best reissue of gold- sident, lie y ic lo prevent th oman notes to furm a part of the end- lss drain upon the gold reserve. Other features of the s ry r y to this genera! purpose. congressional autborit issue of refunding Ioan bonds. pian are He for payable in ten years at two and one-haif percent. Jn order to accomplish the purpose uring of re- the gold-demand liab: without n; eirculation u Secretary other form of paper money ied and he prefers nationa! st and the most! ies plans that the 1,000,000 of demand Habilities to in for reissue only in exci for sold shall be made up out of dey by national banks in the tre ter the'r own issues. ¢ * to secure the ¢ of the national seeretary recognizes the prejudices t our currency and banking Ps that this nts @s are pri 1 to the purposes vosed is the best { the government. cipates that it will be urged that so held in tempta- ogress to make Y approp us, but he recalls to mind the fact t is nothing to prevent Congre uld arise such an emergenc; the temptation there to meke at fiscal anticipa! cd ending J ted esti: revenues for the is#, and the of expenditures year will produc: Addea 1 year, amount- nim lion dollars, { deficits at tae end of would amount. ac- cording cretary’s present figur n round numbers to $67,700,000, It is to 1 r, that the e entirely w: tions in the estimates of expenditures. +. 0e Ss to be hoped that the bouquets which lent beauty to the opening of Congress yes- terday are not the only ones it will be en- tiled to this sesston. ———__+ es —___ will soon be nec: y for Spain to isking for “time d make a plain, ward demand for eter a red Soe amen, r worthy, for its ttention of th ss who are meditating law vtion has just been administ tin the city of Baltimore. The } vr is a republican, but he was elected the assistance ef Tatic | platform og simply for a & business-like: which by Not a word manner of could be corstrued as encouraging Ismen in the mat of the city pa- The very declaration, on the that business was to be ihe first ng consitieration ought to have teient to discou any raid on But it has not been. The » at his dispesal is Imited. He stroks in all not over five hundred places, and yet for thesé places there are already thousand applications! The number is sing at the average rate of five thun- dred a day. It's to be assumed that many of the places are now filled by persons rendering good service to the city. So that what is demanded by those seeking ap- pointment ts that the new mayor make ya- eancies and fll them azain after the old *polls order of things. The repeal of the civil service law would simply extend this Baltimere episode to national! proportions. “The enormous pa- tromase of the government thrown open tped hi means to sy again to general scramble would bring into the field hundreds of thousands of place- seekers, all insistent, many incapable, but all alike staking their chances of success, rot upon capacity for the work applied far, but upon the 4egrce of favor to be secured from the different party managers. There would be such commotion as would bring everything else to a standstill while It lasted. The public business would suffer. both then and later, the time of the polit cla: would be taken up, and demoraliza. tion all round would mark the close ef a campaign, carrying nothing but personali- ties and bitterness. It is a surprising thing that any political leader of experience should advocate a re- turn to a system which. while it existed, was productive of se much harm, both to the public service end to politica! organ- izations. No party ever obtained favor on the strength of a profuse promise of spoils that succeeded in holding on to power by distributing spo The disappointments were necessarily always numerous, and the urrewarded either sulked or turned their coats at the next election. Seal The Campaign Inaugurated. ‘The President's message fairly launches the campaign for currency reform. How long {t will be before substantial reform is reached no man may with safety under- take to'say. The question is of the highest importance and of very much difficulty. Thirty years of temporizing must be taken into account, as Well as the embarrassing party divisions that exist today. The Pres- ident by his recommendation does not pre- tend to go to the root of the matter, but by questi he thinks can with vs time, he removes the question from vague domain of mere generality and aspir- ation and gives it standing among things to be fought for on definite lines. ‘The appearances are that the battle will be a hard one. And it may be protracted. The President appeals for action on a broader than party basis. He demonstrates that it is a broader than party question. It is true, too, that both of the leading parties are divided on it, as on the silver question. But, nevertheless, the first responses to the President's suggestion from party sources show that party spirit wiil enter warmly into its solution. The President will sccre whether Con- gress adopts ‘his suggesticn or not. He has made it necessary for Congress to take up the subject, and that in itself is a very great deal. He gives his views, and now it is in order for Congress either to adopt ihem, or present others of its own, or give a reason for desiring a continuation of the e. In any event a start will have been made either toward a settlement of the cur- cy question, or toward fixing responsi- the re bility for further inaction, The expectation is that the Sena vait for some expression by the House, by reason of the fact that the House has a republican majority. The desire will be to see what response that majerity makes to the recommendation of the republican Pres- ident. So that if the House favors a Dill and the Senate refuses to accept it, the ef- fect will be, if the country approves of the bill, to aid in the campaign fer increasing the republican vote in the Senate, as well as to favor the republicans in the contest for control of the next House. ——_ + = -___—_. Amendment of the Highway Act. It is a hopeful sign that the Commis- sicners’ suggestions concerning the amen 1- ments absolutely essential to render the highway act acceptable should be received e will with favor by those who have clamored for the in.mediate and unconditional repeal © this legislation. For the amendments which change the method of paying for street extension and for maintaining the new streets hereafter The Star began to contend as soon as the law enacted. Tre Board of Trade bh c- ions placed itself squarely on record as to the vital necessity of these: ament- the proposed plan of extension was too comprehensive and expensive has‘ also long beer. recognized, and in 1896 the Board of Trad= appointed a special committee to report amendments to the law which would render the project more conservative. It is this committee which is working in co- operation with the Commissioners to de- vise a scheme of amendments which will preserve to the community the benefits of wise and systematic street extension while eliminating the evils of the present law. ‘The Board of Trade is to act upon the matter on the 20th instant, and it is much to be desired that after t meeting the whole community—Commissioners, Board of Trade and citizens generally—will be found shouldce-to-shoulder in urging upon Congress, not unconditional repeal of the bighway act, but its amendment in the vital points indicated, with repeal only as a last alternative. ——_>+-»—____ Spain ax a Conclliator. Spain is now to have a chance to sub- due Cuba by kindness. It is perhaps only fair that this new method, for Spain, should be allowed a fair trial. A conciliatory pol- icy is foreign to the history and nature of the niard, however, that it will be marvelous if the effort is kept up. Since the nation be ist Spain has been in the habit of on her wars with an fron hand, and when she was victorious she punished without mer The always been that when a de: of Spain revolied the straggle only to be renewed, and the general con- clusion has been the freedom of the de- pendency. Way back in the time of Cardi- nal Mazarin of France we find that states- man observing to Don Louis de Haro, prime minister of Spain, that the gentle and bu- mane conduct cf nee had prevented the trouble and revolts of the kingdom from result pendency ceased having any fatal consequences, and, “that the king had not lost a foot of land by them, whereas the inflexible severity of the Spaniards was the occasion that the ts of that monarchy, whenever they off the mas . never returned to their bedience, but by the force of arms, which sufficiently appears,” says he, “in the ex- ample ef the Hollsnders, who are in the peaceable possession of many provinces that not a century ago were the patrimony of the King of Spain.” —__ +e Members of Congress with a tendency to belligerency will doubtless find food for thought in the strong sentiment that is being developed -concernirg foot ball for no reason other than that it is a rough game. a It is to be regretted that any misunder- standing should have arisen as to what lady shall christen the Kentucky. Doubt- less the ship will make such a record as to show the honor was one to be coveted. ——_— +e -—____ Haiti may as well candidly face the sig- vifieant fact that Germany 1s the bigger and stronger nation. —___ + += —__ “The Good Work Goes on Apace.” In a flash-light photograph of a recent noted performance at the Casino in that city, published in the New York Times’ supplement of Sunday, only two ladies appear in the whole audience wearing stage-hiding hats, and they seem to be so ashamed of themselves that they are rep- resented as partially concealing their faces with programs or librettos. This ts a great deal for New York; and it really looks as though moral suasion and a decent regard for the rights and feelings of other people are beginning to tell on the conscience of women who have heretofore been lacking in that refinement and courtesy which al- ways mark the conduct of a true lady. It is well that it ig so. Otherwise theatrical managers might feel obliged to adopt the THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1897-16 PAGES. course with women which a Washington manager pursued the other day toward a man in the audience who refused to remove. his hat; viz, compelled him to leave the seat he was occupying to the detriment of others in the audience. It will be remem- bered that it-was judicially determined in that case that the management had a per- fect right to do this, though it should have. refunded the cost of the admission before ejecting the offender from the house. Tahis is undoubtedly good law, and it must follow that if this right exists as toa man it must equally exist as to a woman who offends in the same way. All that is needed is to make a test case with some so-called lady who declines to remove her stage-hider after being politely requested to do so. Tie claims of a woman who represented herself as an unrecognized wife of Jay Gould have been permanently disposed ot without exciting much comment. ‘The re- markaple feature of the case 1s that this unusually large fortune should not have developed more specimens of this rather common type of fortune hunter. ——___~ =. The retirement of George Kred Wiltiams from the Massachusetts Keform Club tor neglecting to pay his dues may have been merely for the purpose of giving nim a chance to come up for re-election. Mr. Williams dearly loves to be a candidate. ———>e2___ When a street cleaning department was suggested for Foo Chow the prefect of that y immediately inquired what his profits re to be. It may be possible to convince Mr. Croker that, after all, the Chinese are not so uncivilized. 4 —_—__.-__ General Blanco has at last achieved sig- nal success In pacifying some of the news- Paper correspondence from Cuba. EES Se SHOOTING STARS. Easily Answered. “I suppose you have devoted much time to studying your country’s needs?” “I have,” assented Senator Sorghum. ‘What, in your opinion, is the principal one?” And without a moment’s hesitation the senator replied: “Me.” On the Klondike. ‘He gazed upon the frost-bound way; “I can’t get past, I fear,” He murmured; “Sad it is to say, Gold cuts no ice up here.” Generosity. “You must admit that Spain's offer of autonomy is generously intended,” re- marked the Spanish sympathizer. “Perhaps so,” replied the obstinate Cu- ban. “It is always unpleasant to humiliate a conquered foe, and Spain doubtless wishes to spare us that embarrassment.” Anxious to Be Exact. said Mr. Meekton’s wife, “I think that it would be better for you to teil me candidly what you would like to have ‘ou for Christma: was the answer. “Would you--would you object to writing out a list of the things you think we need? A Doubter. * Did you hear the first words spoken by Speaker Reed?’ asked one of the visitors at the Capitol. “I didn’t quite catch them,” replied an- other. “He sale he House will be in order. “You don’: find anything In that to critl- cise, do you?” “Well, it may do very well for an off- hand remark. But I don’t think much of its reliability as a general prophecy.”” The Statesman. He sits where the throng may behold him, And pensixely gazes on high, And they say, as gloom seems to enfold him, “Inspiration is certainly nigh.” Then swirtly a paper he seizes And traces It over with ink, And they echo, like whispering breezes, “Now watch him; he’s going to think!” And the shades of the great seem to hover As he struggles to drain wisdom’s fount; And they'll probably never discover He's at work on his mileage account. see Germany and China. From the London Times. By the steps it has taken to obtain re- dress for the r nt murder of two Ger- man missionaries, the German government has shown a just appreciation of the Chi- nese character. Instead of wasting time in making remonstrances at Peking, which would assuredly have been met, usual, by the innumerable dilatory devices of Chinese diplomacy, the Germans have landed a force in Kiao-chau bay, in order to bring to bear the only kind of influence that Chinamen seem able to understand. The experiment ts one which we ourselves have tried on one or two occasions, with results so excellent 4s compared with any obtainable by diplomatic negotiation at Peking that there is reason to wonder wi y we do not always follow the more effectual method. There is very little use in a Pplying to the central government to enforce re- sponsibility. compuratively little control of the local governors, and that little it certainly will not waste on behalf of mere barbarians when its own demands call for all its efforts. But, on the other hand, the central government is in no hurry to make common cause with the 1 authorities. The coercion of a vice- roy, even by the landing of troops or the shelling of his residence, is not an act of war against the Chinese empire. The vice- ioy has to take the whcle responsibility for all that happens in his pr: vince, and if he comes to blows with a foreign power he must settle the matter as best he can. See —e Without Delay. From the New York Independent. We ask Congress for currency le For this there Is an urgent necessity, escaped a great financial revolution last fall; we escaped financial ruin during the last adnm:inistration. Then there was oniv ene man between us and national dishon- or. We are apparently in no such danger now. that requires us to be prepared for the possible. Our immense exports are bring- ing us plenty of gold, and the goid stand- ard is not now in the least danger. But we must fortify agairst possible future as- saults, and Congress ought to do something to prevent a run on the gold reserve. The President, the Secretary of the Treasury and all sound financiers agree that this is of vital importance. A simple statute, breaking what is called the ‘endless chain” of greenback redemption and greenback re- issue, would secure this result. that it be passed without delay. —~++s—____ How to Do It. From thc Hartford Courant. There is no strer~way to avoid getting what you want than to neglect all opportu- nities for securirg it. If the country real- izes the situation in respect of the cur- rency, if it wants business done on a sound basis, with the chances of aisturbances as nearly eliminated as possible, then it should get up and say so. Boards of trade, chainbers of commerce, large moneyed and industrial interests should speak out, push, petition, send on delegates, “get a hustle on,” show a genuine and lively interest. Such a course as that would not only vastly encourage the earnest men in Con- gress who are working for this end, but it would silence a lot of the other king whom a show of real determination would soon bring into line. Thus backed up from the outside, the republican leaders can demand @ caucus, make this a party measure, and then see who objects. There are several senators loud in their opposition in the ab- 1 against the We ask stract who would not rebel caucus. They could quiet their . constit- uents who objected with the simple state- ment that they fought in the caucus, were beaten and accepted the situation like party men. If the movement is dropped without any effort, if it is declared impossible without being proved so, then the blame will not rest with the opposition. People work for when Gay really want; that's the way to eet But our recent risk was so great that we want to make a return of it impossible. We cannot foresee- what disasters may come. It is, therefore, simple prudence Ex D) OT made-to-m-asure Some Suits. They’re Rare Values —the same as every “Extra” that we advertise. Our extra offerings make a great many people wonder how such prices are possible with us, but the genuineness and the reality of them are too well known to be doubted. The goodness of the cloths and the excellent tailoring of the garments invariably prove a greater surprise than even what our extraordinary prices convey. Truly, these $9.97 to-measure Suits are rare values—and you will not deny #—when you examine the Ble and Black Thibets, Fancy Mixed and Plaid Cheviots that they are made from. Full Dress Attire, $ 2 5 To know how it feels to be characteristically your own self in a Dress Suit is to have one made to order. The secret of where to get the suit that will please you most will be found out by letting us make for you one of our $25 ones. The great quantity of these Suits made by us keep our cutters constantly schooled with all the details and the little niceties so essential to produce a perfect-fit- ting garment. Our $25 Dress Suits are made of Real English Dress Refine—Worsteds—Coats lined with silk, with or without silk facings—the Waistcoat will have silt back, and you'll pro- nounce them correct in fit, correct in style, correct in every feature. MertzanPlertz, “New Era” Tailors, 906, E Street N. W. — Be LS . 8. WILL ta Ladies ) é Chamois $ Q ‘ ( VESTS, ) @ * * * There is a difference D ores Sint =the | quality, otis ( * * * Chamois Vests, Ladies. )) “ * * * Ours are the BEST— % ( * * * and are perfect fitting. )) ( * * * Yet they cost about the @ * ** same as the “cheap” ) ' * * * sort. $3, $3.25 $3.50. } *** William Prussian ¢ \ * * * Cough Syrup will soon ) Q *** banish your cough. S ri * * * Only 15¢. bottle, too. % WI 2 ( é ) Temple Drug Store, Cor. 9th a Are Gifts Worth Giving. thing else is so dear to a woman's hoart as rich, handsome Fur Yet Fars do not cost nearly so much HERE as some folks suppose. Stop in and sce cur beantiful display of Mutts, Boas, Collarettes, Searts, etc.—and learn our low. prices. SAKS FUR CO., COR. 13TH AND G STREETS. de7-t,th,s-28 PVCS I OSS SSS TS $“Queenly” Gifts!¢ r) Glgddep the heart of your wife, mother, sister or sweet- heart{/Xpyas morn with a “gift” of these: . Q M . u. Stinemetz £,,, Furriers and Hatters, 1237 Pa. aye. de7-28d POSPUSTII9999—0 A Quatt of the Best: ISKY that $fwill buy. sees Try’ our IMPERIAL WEDDING * WHISKY and see if you don’t think it's the BEST WHISKY that has ever been sold ‘for $1 a full quart bottle. Dozens of folks have said 90. f “EF AH kinds of Xmas Dainttes. J. D. Donnelly, 14th & I, BEST GROCERIES AT LOWEST PRIC! de7-t,th,s,20 = eos Finest of All Fine Coffees is our famous Old Java and Mocha Coffee. It’s al ‘of exquisite flavor and pound. 1417 NEW YORK AVE. Elegint Heal Jacket, buttoned up ar-coliit, “An ele ment. Reduced to ........ Superb, Seulskin Jackets, wide lapels, box front handsoue. Here for... °? G75 eee eee eee eae oeee Men’s Xmas Neckwear. 25c for Scarfs of Silk heretofore used in Soc. Neckwear. © Ronght the site b loaded importer. and ye them Biel Lack Sie gee for.. Sen BOC Men's Corner. G st. door. | The Great K. & A. Train Robber 88c At the Palais Royal. TREAT in store if you have not yet read this book, by the author of The Honorable Peter Sterling. Only 88c, and with Christmas- like illuminated edition of “Quo Vad til whelmed. Free. Initials free. ] But please don’t wait un-| our artist is over- Initials free—whether you pay 8c or $10 for an Unwbrella; 46 or $46 for a piece of Jewelry: $1 or $10 for Silver-plated Articles, ete., ete., ete. cloth binding. ...Only 54c here for cloth bound --And only ogc for Ben Hur, artistically print- ed and bound....All books at least prices. 10,000 Books, Cloth Bound, AOC. 300 Titles, All at 2 HE Palais Royal’s representative secured the lot at a bargain price. Some are $1 books—many of them, Specially adapted for Christ- mas presents are works of famous poets, novelists and essayists, printed on calendared paper, with illuminated bindings, in white and gold, sprinkled with flowers in natural colors. Books for the boys; the St. Nicholas series for both boys And here are Henty and girls. Men’s Silk Handkerchiefs. Jap Silk, With Initial, doe. 50c quality, 3 for $r. Another gigantic purchase—10,000 dozen Japanese Silk Handker- chiefs. The men’s 50c quality at 35 Here's the list in detail: each or Se for six Ladies’ Jap. Silk I3¢ Handkerchlefs, Values are 25¢ to each, for six, boxed ia Christ Exquisitely embrold And we can say 125¢ Jap. Se each or $1 -for three See at Lor $1.48 for is but one of the bargains secured. ach or Me for four Men’ Silk Handkerchic quality © quality. 13c for 25¢ Linen Handkerchiefs. All Pure Linen Initial Handkerchiefs, 6 for 15° Laundered and Bexed. The sale goes merrily on—18e and 25c Handkerchiefs at 13¢ each, or 6 for 75c—in Christmas bo» and Ladies’ Warranted Pure I of daintily embroidered beautie values. Not regular stock—but here are Men's h Linen Handkerchiefs, and thousands s, from Switzerland, that are 18c and 25¢ More and more are learning that these fleeting bargains are at the Palais Royal. Regular stocks at regular prices have stopped selling —here and elsewhere. At 35¢ Each. (Three for $1. OP Tadies’ Sheer Frereb 1 imported to retail at 5 itely embroidered. $1 for Handkere! d 730. . OSe a three ih box. C7 The Freneh 1 lery, as if At 75c. Each. (Two for $1.46.) jets, with dainty e Hilmy oraterial. | Boxed free! A Dress for the Maid. to-yard Patterns Pretty Calicoes, OL@ These will be on first floor table tomorrow at G st. entrance. Xmas Card With Each. On second floor are more expensive patterns, but at reduced prices, creating just as good bargains. All boxed with Christmz Wool Dresses. Dress patterns of wool fabrics in all of this season's latest effects. “ ead of $3.50 for T-yard patterns of 5¢ $2.69 Woot''suttings. Borey’ difterent styles to choose from. for dress patterns of 75e and $9c Tailor $3.98 sina Fancy ‘Wool Suitings. Silk Dresses. 12-yard patterns of the correct Black Satin Duchesse. $8.16 instead of $9 for Te quality. $10.68 instead of $12 for $1 quality. $13.56 instead — $1 Jar 12-yard patterns of the Black Gros Grain Satin Brocades $7.08 instead of $9 for 75 anality. © quality. $10.62 instead of $12 for $1 quality. i (Continued above.) | $2.50 card—tfree. Waists and Skirts. Four-yard patterns for evening nd ordiaary wear wai: ° Velutina in Mack d of $5 for $1.25 Moire Velour Silks Opera Capes or Evening Watats. cream, ciel blue, pink, Inv zray. cardinal, A very great bar; nd offered. instead of $3 for T5e Plaid Velvets in Scotch effects. instead of $5 for $1. ordinary and evening v t $3.50 instead of © fe Faney Velvets, for ar. 4 for $1 yan Stripe Taf- All styles. eta Silks. Fight-yard Patterns for skirts— $10.80 instead of $10 for the $1. instead of $12 for the $1.50 quality Black Figured Moire Antique Silks, ality Black Moire Velour Silks. $7.20 stend of $8 for the $1 quality Black Satin and Gros Grain SUk Plaids. Plore Practical Presents. A Comfortable, with its bright covering, is as ornamental as use- Here are special prices for all kinds of comfortables and petticoats—special reductions for tomorrow only. ful. And why not a silk petticoat? The Comforts. he $5.75 Eiderdown Comforts, cov- $4.44 cea: with silk-like sat! Guaranteed not to shed. for the $7.25 Comforts. ....$8.50 for the 55.79 $10. beautles--$10.50 for the $12 ones. The coverings being works of art In material, de- sign and coloring. 2 for the Prize E:derdown * Comfort, $12.50 via rien site covering—ft for the boudoir of a princess. —the other price extreme. But 39 cents 39c SSS ‘a 50c Comfort for cot use. that'll prove warm and comforting. 65 for the 75¢ Comforts in 3-4 size....98¢ for C the $1.25 Full Size Comforts, filled with pure white cotton, covered with superior silkoline. for the $1.69° Patent Comforts—those $1.39 fica with cotton treated sanitarily, with lofty finish, like elderdown. $1.89 {2 $2.25 Comforts, covered with +O French satine in richest effects. ...$2.25 tomorrow for those marked $2.98. G3 fet the $450 Comfort, covered with the ete gant French moire satine. ‘They are very cx- pensive leoking. (Continued above.) | | $4.75 in glace effects,and those in Roman stripes. They" almost stand alone. Note the six large cords In the umbrella flounce. Note the rustieine lning and Petticoats. for the best $5.50 Silk Petticoats in Washington. See those of plain colors velvet Winding. Best quality and finish is there. $6.49 with one or two. ruffles, cluster cords above. We tomorrow for our Stripe Silk Skirts. $8.50 Plaid and Umbrella fiounce, | know of them elsewhere at $10. | $2.79 for the $3.25 Black Mohair Skirts, with umbrella flounce, having 7-Inch ruffle. Lined throughout, satine faced and velvet bound. $1.79 for the $1.98 Black Moreen Skirts, and only $1.39 for the $1.75 Italian Cloth Skirts, with four cords in the 6-inch rufile. Flan- nelette Nning throughout. $1.24 Flannelette lining. ~ for the"Palils Royal Famons $1 Stirts— for the $1.50 Black Satine Skirts, with Spanish Mounce, faced with rustleine. the well-known black satine aud all-wool knit skirts. for our 38c Knit Skirte, many retailed at 50c. omemeind }33c x \ and 522 100h) Pick Presents Hereana There; | —From this list and you can depend on them pleasing the re- cipients. Our list is made up of “re- liables"—things for pleasure— things for use—but all of them good—nothing of the “toy va- riety. —If we sell you Skates. 1 Razors, Carving Sets, Kniy Cutlery, Corkscrews, Xmas tree outfits, etc. there the kind that you can use, and not use “gingerly” either. The prices are not at “Christ- mas figures”—a fair scale al- way to eat eae BO a a a a a a FS EGR NN NN ort aatisfactory Skates rtces. Boys’ and Men's Skates. d 75. ones for 50c. \ $1.25 ones for &5c. AML sizex a { $2.00 ones for $1.40. } $3.50 ones for $2.50. ¢ Ladies’ Skates. ’ $1.50 ones for goc. ‘ $2.00 ones for $1.50. 2 $2.50 ones for $2.00. $3.00 ones for $2.50. / _ Professional Hockey } Skates, 75c. up. TOOLS THE BOYS ) ¢ WILL LIKE. Good Tools. Tools thet are made of steel —— not “tool. 1° vartety last and watinfa: to encourage this Ting CALL BELLS ed to prices: busing in aa and_silver plated. to ch tenses DOC, UP. Pocket Knives. What boy wouldn't like a nice Pocket Knife for Christmas. , Needn’t be expensive unless you { want to make } packe: ee t so. Good Knives din neat boxe 2-blade siz: 4-Dlade size mr DSc, up In Leatbemeite Cases. 0c. up. \ ( ) ) RAZORS CUT. ere are a few “Columbia” { Razors left that we want to close y out. They are as good Christ- mas Gifts as vou can think of j and are certa‘nly cheap at our * reduced prices. They are made ? of electrically-tempered steel and \ are guaranteed unconditionally, $2.50 Razors, $2. 9 $3 Razors, $2.25. Also a odd n0rs, Razors — the $1.50 Jot of that we'll tn fe Star’? $2 kind s Hat § "Safes Ase CARVING SETS REDUCED. Al of our Cary eee would sell_for i new tar $1.20 Rudolph, Successors to J. 1. Chesley & Co., 1004 F St. & 522 10th. a ee ae Men Who Like Fine Coffee can't belp but be pleased with « cious Old Java and Mocha Coffee, in the world. 38e. pow W. B. 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