Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1897, Page 6

8 rH STNG Sra = HE ay DECEMBER ‘17, 189716 PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. rig WASHIN <G" Ti ON. FRIDAY... ..December 17, 1897. «+--+. -Editor. CROSBY 8S. NOYES.... THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent Family Circulation mach more than the combined cir- other Washington dailies. As a New id Advertising Medium it has no etitor. @7iIn order to avoid delays, on count of personal absence, letter: THE STAR should not be addre: to-any individual connected with offide, but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Depart- m or Tweedledee. who are anxious to retain the whakesome features of the highway act and! to eliminate that which is objection- abtt'should not work at cross purposes by disputing over a mere matter of words. The procedure naturally suggested is anferxdment of the highway aet, but if pre- cisely the same thing is accomplished what matters the descriptive word employed? When the ery for a repeal of the act is analyzed it is found in almost every in- stance that no total and unconditional re- ired, unless that step is abso- necessary to get rid of section 15 and to Save the organic act of 1878. Some oth- er legislative provision is always to be sub- stituted, saving more or less of the old law. ‘The real differences of opinion relate to thé question which are the wholesome and which the objectionable features of the highway act, and how can the latter best be corrected. A compromise promising harmony should be reached on these points, and if such an agreement on matters of substance can be secured, no one should worry much whether the change of the law is called the amendment of the act by elimination and insertion, or its repeal and the simultaneous substitution ‘of another law in its place. If the present act is viewed as made up of propositions A B C, the first being beneficial and the other two obnoxious, and it is. desired to save A and to change B C into X Y, there should be no quarrel among those who fa- vor the change whether the proposition is to amend by eliminating B C and inserting X Y, or to repeal A B € and to enact si- multaneously_A X Y, the result being pre- > same in the two cases. ntial that all who desire a radi- in the act shall get together, concessions made for harmor in a united effort for substantially alterations. Unless Commission- vard of Trade, local associations, newspapers and citizens generally move in practically the same direction there is dan- ger the obstructive element, which- hance to be, will succeed, shed, and that measure will stand in its section and all, as a menace of the commu- hard to move. Ob- struction of measures proposed for the Dis- triet The labor of securing affirma- tive legislation is beset with difficultics. Action in this matter should be taken by Washingtonians on broad lines of Dis- trict sship and in accordance with considerations of the general welfare, with crifice, if necessary, of selfish per- sonal and sectional interests, both in the suburbs and in the portions of the city re- mote from the most important of the pro- posed street extensions. see The Native Hawallans. The anti-annexationists continue to lift up their voices in behalf of the poor, down- trodden Hawaiians. Guiding solely by these cuteries, one might suppose that an cutrage of the most diabolical nature was about to be perpetrated; that a free and happy people, in the enjoyment of every blessing under the sun, were about to be enslaved and cast into a pit of wretched- ness. But what are the facts? In the first place, these native Hawaiia who are opposing annexation are exerc ing a freedom of speech and of action which they never enjoyed until the Dole government was set up. What did they, or any of their race, amount to under the monarch Who consulted them about anything? What powers of suggestion or resistance did they possess? The govern- ment under which they lived was grossly and shamelessly corrupt, but they submit- ‘Those that nothing will be accom the obnoxious re is easy. some ted to it. Kings flou ed at their expense, and they submitted. They had to submit. They were helples They were finally freed from this unholy domination by the very men whose still continuing good pur- poses ioward them they are now trying to defeat. Im the second place, annexaticn mez san improvement even on the Dole government for the islands, and everybody in the is- lands will share in the blessing. The Dole sovernment, for its opportunities, has given the islands their first experience of real but its opportunities have been Under the flag of the United States the islands will benefit in every way. People of a desirable kind will be at- tracted, wealth will flow in, improvements will go forward, cable connections with the great powers of the earth will be estab- and in a very short time no other nds of the sea anywhere will show a government so weli based, or a population £0 prosperous and contented. Does this suggest enslavement or out- rage? Shall the policy be abandoned sim- ply because a portion of the natives of Ha- i are unable at the present time to ap- te the value of the program which, rety, megns so much for them- selves? Is it taking unfair advantage of a man to put him in the way of advance- Whe he ts found Hving in a cave ch him how to build a house and live that? When he is found backward in knowledge of the industrial him up to date in useful surrounded by things of to banish them and surround tion to bring things? When evil report arts him with things of good report? The Dole m: government man. The L secure in that e de d the Hawaiian a free ates would make him te. — The people who doubt that the world is growing better will offer as an argument in addi to the Luetgert, the Guldensuppe and the Zanoli Ss the execution of a man before an admiring populace in West Virg soe It is often alleged that any kind of ro- toriety may be turned to profit in the the- atrical business. If the so-called trust does not succeed, it will not be for lack of com- ment on it. ere Mr. Wolcott’s Promised itement. Mr. Wolcott promises the country a statement in the Senate next month of the action of the special monetary commission in its negotiations with foreign powers on the . sub; of international bimetalism. The President in his message to Congress intimated that the work of the commission” was not closed, and Mr. Wolcott confirms this. The double point is involved, there- fore: What has the commission accom- plished and what, encouraged by the Progress made, is the commission st to attempt? Mr. Wolcott's revelations will necessarily Teopen the silver question in Congress, and they may affect the situation as re- Spects the currency problem. The situation today dves not differ materially from what it was at the close of the last Congress. The friends of bimetalism are still hope- ful of the rekabilitation of silver as a Morey metal by international arrange- : ment, while both the gold monometalists and the silver monometalists are still, as ; @t that time, convinced that nothing can ! be accomplished on that line, and insist | that it is folly for this government longer to cheat itself with expectation of good results. Mr. Allen of Nebraska, speaking for the silver monometalists, character- izes such expecfation as ‘a dream.” It has been intimated that the siiver men in the Senate might essay to stop | further negotiations by this commission by a formal resolution declaring against the project, if the report of the commission of its work up to date should prove to be in any way displeasing to them. There is to be no formal report by the commis- sion, but, as Mr. Wolcott's statement will cover the essential points of the matter, whatever there may be of such design by the silver men ean take shape after Mr. Wolcott has -spoken: It is to be hoped that there is nothing in the rumor. The commission is of the President's selection and not of the Senate's, and its distin- guished personnel is warrant for the as- sumption that the business is in entirely safe hands. If progress has been made by the commission, more progress is pos- sible, and tte commission should be left to decide as to the future. And even con- ceding that no progress has been -made. if the commission believes that what: has has so far been done will in the end lead to progress, the way should be left open and unobstructed. 3 International bimetalism is something this country has spoken for at the polls and would be glad to see brought about, and every sefe and intelligent effort to that end should be sincerely abetted. ———_+e—___ Washington's Library Facilities. The library propositions of Mr. Dockery involve not only a continuation of the “How not to do it” policy that has prevail- ed in the past, but threatens the undoing of the very little that has already been accom- plished in the direction of securing library facilities for the capital. For many years the people of the capital, permanents and transients, struggled vainly for full access to the Congressional Li- brary. It was held that under the copy- right law the books were in the library as a depository, and were unayailable for cir- culatiag purposes. Every effort to increase the usefulness of the collection for refer- ence purposes by opening the library at night also failed. Th: hope of securing this access handi- capped municipal and private labors toward free libraries. As a result Washington's population, with the exception of its com- paratively few men and women of leisure, has been kept in a disgraceful libraryles condition, enduring the Tantalus experi ence of the sight of a million books, waich the people's homes the mey not circulate in and all access to which is denied at only hours when it is pcssible for the av age citizen to appreach them Last year (June 3, 1806) a law was passed | “to establish and provide for the mainten- [ance of a free public library and rea jing room in the District of Coiumbia,” which enac “that a free public library and reading room is hereby established and shall be maintained in the District of Co- e the property of the ment of the pubic tional system of said District.” This legislation nominally gave to the people of the capital benefits that are now enjoyed tents of scores of little New Eng- land tewns. ‘The establishment of nearly six bundred of such libraries, ccntaining about six mi!- lion volum in the states from Maine to California, stows the extent to which the republic appreciates their importance as supplements to the public schools. ‘The District Commissioners estimate for a small appropriation to carry into effect last year’s wholesome law. Mr. Dockery now proposes to yepeai this law and to start the people upon the old merry-go-round, in. which they ch se the ever-disappearing Congressional Library. As early as this in the present session the appropriation to enable the Congressional Library to be kept open at night, a propo- sition for wiich there are a thousand good reasons, and to which there is not a single valid objection, has been knocked ip the head by the House. Of course the proposition to introduce popular circulating features into the use of the Congressiona! Library shared the fate of the less debatable suggestion concerning the enlargement of its reference usefulness. Mr. Dockery’s proposition now is to give up the only practical library legislation which has been actually secured, and to seek other library facilities, which would not be a substitute for the municipal library if obtained. The Congressional Library should be and probably will be at some time epened at ght for reference purposes. The copy- right law may be altered or it may be so construed as to permit the use of the Con- gressional Library to a limited extent for circulation purposes. But the modest flelé of usefulness of the municipal library as a supplement of the public schools on the same basis as six hundred such libraries elsewhere in the United States, will not be affected in the slightest degree. ——___ + es Alphonse Daudet was one of the best representatives of French literature in these decadent days of Parisian literary fellies. Daudet’s later work brought him less -commendation than some of the books he produced at the. height of his career, and his sensitive soul felt the deep chagrin of criticism. His death now, after an honorable career, the success of which he owed entirely to his own effort, will be deplored by the lovers. of art in literature in every land where Daudet’s work penetrated. —~+2e The rumor that Senator Gorman was to go to New York is denied. This discredits the suspicion that he and David B. Hfll may have thought of exchanging territory. BSS ee Saree The distinction between news and mor- bid sensationalism is becoming almost as hard to draw as that between humer and poker slang. See In his preseat operations at home Gen. Weyler should remember that he is more successful in creating trouble than he is in getting out of it. ee Mr. Hanna's health may not be as good as usual, but despondency is not one of his symptoms. -—— —_- +2 The Publication of Consular Reports. it is announced that an effort will be made by the officials of the State Depart- ment in charge of the publication of consu- lar reports to secure what in effect will be the daily publication of the matter sent by our diplomatic representatives abroad in re'ation to trade and industry. This is an excellent project, for it will serve to de- velop to the full the possibilities of this system of information. If the present plans are perfected the department will, at a slight increase in the cost, obtain the service of the daily newspaper press for the immediate dissemination of the news Neaceivad from consuls, instead of waiting until the end of a month before furnishing the often valuable facts and figures relat- ing to commerce to the business world. Of course it will be desirable to continue the system of the periodical publication. of the reports as official documents, but it is man- ifestly proper and expedient that the mag- nificent machinery of the newspaper press should be utilized to spread knowledge, es- pecially of a substantiaily valuable nature. But in another direction will-such a pro- ject ‘be of benefit to the government. It will serve to bring the administration of public affairs into closer touch with the | People at large, and any move that tends in this direction is of value in solidifying the foundations of the republic. The Star has frequently urged that the barriers between the news of the gdvernment and the citi- zens should be removed as far_as practi- cable. Especially in matters pertaining to the foreign relations is it desirable that the citizens should be fully informed, ex- cept in the case of pending negotiations that might be frustrated by premature dis- closures. Thus the determination in the State Department to make prompt and full use of the coliimns of the newspapers for the scattering of information received from official sources tends to good purposes both in its immediate effects and in its pos- sibilities. _o———~+4+2—___. Mr. Bryan has been so regularly. treated as an honored guest in Mexico that he will probably not observe many of the in- conveniences caused by the-currency sys- tem there. ——_~>+e—___ It Is about time for some English com- mentetor to hold Zanoli up as a represen- tative citizen and his conduct as a mere incident in the regular course of American events. 2 —_—_+ +s ____ Governor Pennoyer has. reached the po- Sition-of teader of the populist party of Oregon. This comes pretty near being the last station on the oblivion. route: —~>eoe—____ Mr. Van Wyck will doubtless do all-in his power to show that New York is not only the biggest city in the country, but that it has-the biggest mayor. 2 SHOOTING STARS. A Theory. “I wonder what the reason of a man’s natural aversion to shopping is,” he re- marked as his wife, with a frown, inspected some purchases he had made for her. “It is a wise provision of nature,” she an- swered with a sigh. “It prevents a great deal of good money from being wasted.” Winter Apprehension. He promised to take her to ride in a sleigh, And now with sad terror he'll quake Whenever the skies get a little bit gray, For he figures it out that he'll probably pay At the rate of $2 a flake. “Christmas comes but once a year,” said Uncle Eben, “but dat ortenter put limita- tions on de peace an’ good will. De folks dat make dem is right here all de time.” A Frank Avowul. “Well, young man,” said a prosecuting at- torney, “Lf see that you have undertaken practice of law in earnest. * replied the barrister who had just is first case. “I couldn’t save my but I put up the best fight I knew man; how to.” “I don’t doubt it.” Then he added with a sigh, “I wish there were more like you ng at this bar.” “Indeed 2” “Yes. It would make my work much caster.” An Ever-Pres Inspiration, Av elderly gentleman had waited while the audience passed out, in order to have a word with the scientist’ who had lec- tured. “It's a relief," he remarked, cordially, fter so much discussion of _ political eccromy, to listen to you. What pleased me most about your discourse was that its subject was not money .”" was the answer, after some con- eration. “Its subject was not money, but it's object was.” An Opinion From the Cabin. I loves de ellums an’ likewise pin I leves its leaves when de maple shines; Hut when you pauses ter look about For what you could easily do wifout, You fin’s dat de number is fah from few; We could be right happy wif only two. Ef you's wantin’ wood beca’se it floats, You kin stay at home an’ not necd boats; Ef furniture wasn't made no mo’, We could sit on a log an sleep on de flo’. So all de necessities dat I sees Is only ‘simmon an’ Christmas trees. ———_~--2___ Lincoln’s Hawatian Policy. From the Boston Journal. In the stress of the civii war both Great Britain and France persistently sought a pretext for seizing Hawali while our cruis- ers were pursu'ng Anglo-confederate pi- rates in distant seas or were forming part of the cordon of iron and flame which the federal government held about the southern seaboard. Every diplomatic feint, every naval menace of these hostile powers, jeal- ous of our control of the “key of the Pa- cifle.” was thwarted by President Lincoln's io The Lincoln policy toward Hawall was adhered to by the State Department after the great leader’s tragic death. Hamilton Fish, another great American Secretary, who succeeded Seward, held to his and to Lincoln's opinion. ‘The position of the Sandwich Islands as an outpost, fronting and commanding the whole of our possessions on the Pac'fic Ocean,” he said, in a dispatch to the American minister in Hawail in 1873, “gives to the future of those islands a peculiar interest to the government and people of the United States.” These islands, in the hands of “a maritime power, would threaten a military surveiliance in the Pacific similar to that which Bermuda has afforded in the At- lantic.”. “We desire no additional similar outposts in the hands of those who may at some future time use them to our disad- vantage.” The proposal for annexation, already rat- ifled by the unanimous vote of the Ha- walian senate, which now awaits action by the American Congress, embodies the logical culmination of a policy which has met the sanction of Lincoln and Grant and their advisers, as it had met the sanction of American Presidents and ministers be- fore them. ——————_ > +e _____ Kansan Pays, From the Philadelphia Inquirer. F.-D: Coburn, secretary of the Kansas state board of agriculture, has prepared for general circulation a glazed card print- ed in purple ink with the heading ‘“‘Kan- sas” on top, the letters being made of ears of corn and heads of wheat, and beneath a table showing that the value of the agri- cultural products in Kansas for 1897 was $156,325,258, that the value of the live stock is $4,074,885, and that during the year the people of the state have pald off $5,000,000 of bank indebtedness and — $25,000,000 of mortgages. There are people in the east who belleve that mortgages are never paid off in Kansas. Such a belief cannot main- tain itself in the face of the splendid rec- ord made by the people of Kansas this year. They are just like other people. bid pay when they have money to pay wit —<—<§_~ro____ Hawaii as a Coal Base. From Capt. Mahan’s “Sea Power in Histor; Shut out from the Sandwich Islands as a coal base, an enemy is thrown back for supplies of fuel to a distance of 3,500 to 4,000 miles—or between 7,000 and 8,000 miles going and coming—an impediment to sus- tain maritime operations well-nigh prohib- itive. It is rarely that so important a fac- tor in the attack or defense of a coast*line —of a sea frontier—is concentrated in a sin- gle position, and the circumstance renders doubly imperative upon us to secure it if we righteously can. ——++e____ Santa Claus as an Immigrant Inducer From the New York Herald. Three steamships, sailing for Europe yes- terday or the day before, carried $380,032.49 in postal money orders and 26,649 regis- tered articles. We may look for an influx ot Lengel wartetion after this personal le proof of brosperity: in America carried by the Christmastide mails. From the Chicago Tribune. If Pension Commissioner Evans’ ep tion to cut off soldiers’ widows months. 1413 N.Y. ‘and Huyler's, fMenier’s Chocolates. 8 lbe. choice Mixed Can- Candies. dies—only: $1. ‘Gil fhe choicest Xmas | Frhité. Pitted Raisins cleaned Currants—Cit- {Fon — Florida Oranges— Fruits, © ee Malaga Gra Eien) vaely of Wie delicacies is here. come sth easels Famous | Con serves. most inviting style. = Fruit Cake. “Bar-le-Due Jellies — =F Brandy Peaches “and | Prese oS, Homemade: HPrait Cgk crer) ae Mes-and Whiskies—tin: t Champagnes and: ordials—at lowest N. LY. priges. Ss Order Now. a NS Peare—M a ras ch ino | Cherries — delteto Cal's Foot sey EF ite bo much bet- ter for you to order now—while we have- Serything you wish for C. C. Bryan, CHOICE. GROCERIES, WINES, J413 New York Ave. mn, W 56 Photos for Xmas. We Can't possibly finish them in time for Xmas unless you come to us now. Besides, e want to give you our best work—and make you so well pleased with the photos— that you'll always think of us when you're ready to have new ones made. W. A. Stalee, 1107 F St., PHOTOGRAPHER. de17-16d > QIAO BVOSOSD D EF EUSSELL'S, Eatablished in 1851. Me : ’ The F Finest 0 Of All Fine $ Fruit Cake. Double the price won't buy Fruit Cake one whit better then SOS urs. Ten times ¢ our price can't bn cake that is made of choicer fruits. und more deti- clous—half dough and half fivit. pound size... ? pound size.... pound size. 2-pound s LAYER ‘GAKE. Chocolate, Orange, Tee Cream, ee 35 § Q 0 ¢ 0 Lemon, eee eet we de17-f.m. e > SS Soadoaces = Finest quality at MAC lowest prices— RUDE Fruit Cakes. Nou won't ask for finer oves for Xmas} and the holidays. They are made ef cleaned, cholee frultx—are free from grit pita, ste Prepared and baked In anost de- Hicious style. All kinds of HOME MADE CAKES— Btepared especially for us—fresh every Nas delicacies of every character. a Everything for the, table. Prices are always lowest for the best. John H. Magruder, Cor. Conn. Ave. and M St. BORAAAAIVA, RAB AAAAA. 4 » © No Other Oil In 3 « The World Equals 3 x Lucca Olive Oil 3 —for all table uses. . It's famous wher- 3¥ ever good Hving is appreciated for Its“. matchless purity, and rich, delicious 2! flavor. We hinportrthis oll direct from 35 Italy—and bottle tt he so You ay be sure you will get the gen- 3 eprint, Swe. Quarts, 90. 3 « W..S. THOMPSON, 3 € PHARMACIST, ‘703 1ST STRE y By £% eve’ Pewee eS cally indispensable te baéhelor maids and/ men! Pull-nigheted Chating Dishes can Go prenared an = : $2.50 fot water pan, for $2.60 : Wilmarth & Kaiser, 1114 F a “twinkling.” ‘They're prgeti-_ del7-144 Opera Glasses — as low as $3.50. What could you give your friends who are fond of the 'theater—that would be more acceptab {han handsome Opera Glasses? ftted with THE LIN. ES—f1 50 Seberac SLES wna desirable folks.’” Proper Tens2s fitted after gtving without extra charge. McAllister &. Feast,. Opticians, 1311 F St. de17-184 E a TAT me Sh de For Suiiday Breakiast —-you won't find a thei dish in market at the folks will more than LOEF- FLEN’S famous SAUSAGE. Ask your dealer for [tor come to ous mide: Genter Street—Westesmand O St. Markets. i182 > D> —hay vi tried it? I not, you’ ialmed “using “the le chee apes! 4 Seod us" trial order for Coke: 4 40 bu. Coke “="0...$2.90 40 bu. Coke “™*-----$3.70 esp ye eee WOODWARD *» LOTHROP, 1oth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. Christmas Cards, Booklets, Calendars, Diaries—First Floor. Saturday is Children’s Day, And tomorrow the day Great New Toy Store is will be especially interesting to the children, because the filled with all sortsof playthings---the thousand and one things that make children happy and Christmas dear to their hearts---and they are invited to see them. Boys’, Girls’ and Infants’ Xmas gifts. A special invi Graphophones and Kin ' of the old and young. Parents wil! find some very Outfitting Departments, tation is extended the parents. eeeeropet will be on exhibition for the entertainment exceptional offerings in especially desirable for We Never Had Such a Toy Store. That nearly half-acre fourth floor is given to our mammoth Toy stock. The passed. Mechanical Toys’ Wooden Toys, Iron Toys, Skin Toys, Tin Toys, Musical Toys, P. Toys—Toys of every possible sort and kind. Dolls of every size and kind and nationality ; ‘Dolls’ Farniture and for every doll a complete outfit. And in the entire collection there —and the prices are guaranteed the lowest.for same grades of goods. of new Toys: Pastry Sets, consisting of large bread tray, tato masher, rolling pin and bo Pet Same style, smaller. Per set Laundry Sets complete. Per set Sad Iron, including Stand. Per set. Bright Lithograph Drams. Each. Bissel’a Toy Carpet Sweeper that sweeps. lis." Eac Brownle Tops. 5 aeanere in a box. Per box. Nickel Savings Banks. Each. Backgammon Boards, complete, with check- 5 roll Pursics. Each. Yellow Rid Ten Pins. Ber set. Full line of Boats and Cruisers from Paint Boxes with best French Paint de of steel and malleable fron and fitted with improved adjustable seat_ and bicycle handlebars. Each. $1.60 Boys’ Express Wagons, de aale, nietal hub caps, stroag and durable. Ea.$1.00 Whistling Birds. | Bach 2 te. : Enc! Each... China Tea Sets.” ‘Per set Pillow Dex—the popular game. Fac Large Cut-up Pletures and Animals. Per box.25c. Comical Lotto. Each 25e. to $1.00 to $6.00 selections cannot be sur- ‘aper Toys, Rubbber also Dolls’ Houses, isn't a trashy article The following list contains a number Parcheesi. Each. Game of Klondike, large size. Steeplechase, Each Fish Pond, Each Lotte. Eac Catter’s Ma, iron Patrol, and Ladder. Roy rinting Press, ¢ | tax Roller, Cards, Same, larger size, Each. Six spacious, safe ‘and easy running elevators go right to the Toy Store! Fourth tloor. Boys’ Clothing for Xmas. We are showing a very extensive line of Boys’ and Children’s Clothing, elegant styles and great variety. Suits, Reefers, Waists, Hats and Caps; Handsome Blouses, beautifully embroidered ; Golf Caps in gree variety Yacht Caps, Derbys and Fedoras; scores of styles in Sailor Tams; Double Band Polo Caps that pull down and protect the ears 3oys’ Suits make nice Xmas presents. this time of the year. All-wool Do gether; manuts cheviot and Inte Sizes 7 to 15. Lreested Suits—abeut 50 alto- ‘8 samples, made from S “1 to retail for $ value e Special price, $4.50. About 50 Combina pn Suits—suit with 2 pairs of all-wool Seetch :nixtures, 1 lined. Sizes 4 to 16. Small sizes have Usually $5.00 with only 1 pair of 1UrC nicely sailor collar. pants. Special price, $5.00. About 50 other Combination Suits of taney: mixed cheviots, all wool. Sizes 4 to Small sizes have sailor collar, Each suit has two pairs pants. Usually $5. Special price, $3.50. ol Long Pan its, navy blue an single and double-breasted, well w Sizes 14 to 19. Worth $6.75 All-w cheviot, anal izond fitting. $i ‘Special prices, $5.00 and $6.00. ‘Tbird tor. We alwaye show a complete line of our famons “Reciprocity” Suits—hands anteed to fit and wear well; money that can be obtained to 16. Special value at $5.00. We are showin ny lines of Dressy Suits for little fellows. in great All-weol . plaited sleeves, rd and whistle with each suit. Fe sually $5.0. . Special pric Very fine All-wool Serge trit with red. whit nicely made, very Stylish and dressy. 11. Value, $6.00 Special price, $5 Browni Stanles handsome and stylish d trimmed, ff different p= Little cial price, $5.00. We are showing some very special values that fit in handily at Boys’ Reefers. Very tine All-woel Chinchilla fers abaclut fast color, sewed threnghont with silk, ul os of sam erial that will tern up hi ptect nt extra long. Sizes T to 16. Worth at 1 Special price, $5.00. » quality for Merle with mohair braid, pl sailor collar. to 8S. Usually 36 Special price, $5.00. All-wool Astrakban Reefers— boys haw id izes stylishly “isomely made, neatly braided, eleganily or collar, blue a k. Sizes 3 to 8. $2.90. rs, neatly lina w brown Worth $4.00. wi a “Special price, $1.95. esa Girls’ Clothing for Xmas. We are splendidly equipped for the holidays in this department with practical, sensible, comfortable ‘wear things, and just now are offering some very exceptional values—and everything is new, made for the present season, hence up to date in every particular. Girls with braid trimguing. Fine Navy Blue Cheviot Reefers, Sizes 4 to 12 years. $3.75 each. Girls’ Fine All-wool Cloth Reefers, handsome effects, cloth and bra!d trimmings. Sizes 4 to 14 years—a very larg» variety to select from. $5.00 each. Third floor. Women’s Neckwear Dept. New dainties in a profusion of ex- quisite conceits. Latest ideas in Sashes with ties to match. Rich Os- trich Boas and various other articles desirable for Xmas gifts. The mod- erate prices add to the attractiveness of the offerings. Ay full, ie of Liberty Silk Squares, blue, in white, Diack and 8. tic “Pies, “mn auvl. tle in large w, pink, blue and p ‘i assortinent Each $12.00 und $13.00 w Chiffon’ Jabots for the neck, in white, pink, blue, yellow and lavender, trimmed with Venetian and Point de Gene lace. "Fac! -50c. to $1.25 Bows for the neck, made of platted Liberty Silk hand without lace _trimming—blu reds pink, fe, black. Fac! -56e. and $1.00 lars with ruche of and im front, trimmed cream -$1.50 "pirst nboe Xmas Handkerchiefs. Thousands upon thousands of them are here in more perfect taste and at smaller prices than ever. More space needed and more sales- people to sell them than ever. And what a satisfaction to shop where neat checks and Girls’ Novelty Cloth Frocks, Sizes plaids, prettily braided, lined’ throughout. 6 to 14 yours. $2.90 each. Children’s Far 5 (Muff and Collar); Ange Astrakhan Cloth, tmitation Persian Lamb, et Regular price, $3.00. $1. each. Holiday Hosiery, Everything new, every novelty produced for the season is here, to- gether with all the tried staple sorts: A choice assortment of the rich Tar- tan Plaids for women and children. Specials for Saturday are: Women’s Fast Bla tton Hose, spliced h and toes, soft and ela Per p: 6 patra in box for $1.00, Women’s Fancy Boot-pattern and Blac and Lisle Thread Hose, plaiz and dropstiteb, extra fine quality. Per pair. 3 pairs in fancy box for $1 Women's Extra Fine Fast Black Cotton Hose, double soles, high spliced heels—handsome goods. Per pair = -50e. ‘B3e. 3 pairs in fancy box for $125. A full line of Rich Plaid Hose, in cotton, and silk plaited. Se. to $2.00 a pale. Women’s AlL-silk Hose, black, light shades and fancy bot pattern, Regularly $2.00, Per pr.$1.50 Fancy box if desired. Women's Fast Black Cotton Hose, medium and light weight, double soles, high spliced heels. A splendid value. Per pair. Fancy box if desired. Children’s Leggins, in jersey, broadcloth, leather and velveteen. 9c. to $3.50 a pair, First floor. Corset lisle there is no need to ask the question: Department. ; = “Are these pure linen?” Linen— and the purest sort here always, and frequently lower than union or cot- ton elsewhere. Two exceptional values are: Ladies’ Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, hemstitched, embroldered and scalloped, embroidered and edged with footing embroidered and edged with dainty Val. lace. Extra fine and sheer. Fach. = Bie fen's Pure Linen Hemstitehed Hani with dainty hand-embroidered _ initt: value. Each. Boxed if you wish. First floor. Dressing Sacques And Petticoats. Comfortable wear things for im- mediate use and most sensible ar- ticles for Xmas gifts. Excellent val- ues, all of them. Outing Cloth Dressing, Breakfast or Lounging Sacques, neat stripes, tight back, loose front, sailor aller aoa rue ‘at wrist, edged with = = =e ae Bisinck’ “Satesa’Peliicoate, umbrolia riiffie stiffened with cords, upper ee ‘aannel to give extra warm! The Pueblo Indians have always been noted for their pottery. We have recently received a new line of French Corsets for street and evening wear. Some are made of dainty pink, blue and white silk, and elaborately trimmed in lace and rib- ben—others are made of coutil and talian cloth. Among the new shapes | s the Girdle Corset. irom Prices range $3.50 to $15.00 a pair. We have also a complete ne of Domestic c., Corsets, comprising the leading makes—W. C. R. & G., C. B., Thomson's Glove Fitting, P. Elite, ete. . Specials for Saturday are: R. & G. Corsets, cut bias, fine white coutil, heavily boned, two side steels, top finished with embruldery. $1.00. Usually $1.75. W. C. C. Cogsets, fine coutil, heavily boned, two side steels, top finished with embroidery—gray and white. soc. Usually 75¢. Second floor. z Girls’ Stylish Navy Blue Twilled Cloth Mack- intoshes, with deep cape. Special values, $1.95 each. Girls’ Superior Doub! Texture Mackintosbes, plaid ned, detachable cape. $3.75 each. Stationery Department. Just from the custom house, a lot of Phina Pen Trays, Letter Racks and Inkstands—some are tinted, others are decorated in very pretty effects. These goods were personal- ly selected by our buyer in Germany last summer for holiday gifts. Owing to their late arrival will be offered at the following specially low prices: Pen Tray . each, Inkstands, soc. each, Letter Racks, $1.00 each. A useful set fe the writing desk and an inexpensive Xmas present. You'll not find them anywhere else, First floor. Outdoor « Outfits — For the Baby. Dainty and gifts. 4-Piece Outfit for $2.15. Consisting of Cream Bedford Cord Long Cloak with cape em- broidered in silk—tucked or em- broidered Silk Cap—Worsted Mit- tens—Shetland Wool Veil. 4-Piece Outfit for $2.79. Consisting of Cream Eiderdown Short Coat, with large collar neatly braided—Embroidered Silk Cap with inexpensive Xmas lace ruffle — Worsted Mittens — Worsted Leggins. Second floor. Children’s Shoes. Our Children’s Shoes are selected with great cars, special attention be- ing given to correctness of shape as well as service. Our prices are the lowest for like qualities. Calf Lace and Button Boots, made in the latest approved styles. A splendid Shoe for school wear. Sizes 11 to 2. Per pair. oe $2.00 Hand-made Bex Calf Lace Boots, extension sole, egg toe. Sizes 11 to 2. Per pair... 2.50 Fine Hand-made French Kid Button Boots (Laird, Schober & Co.'s), patent tip, egg toe, heavy extension soles. Sizes 11 to 2. Per pr.$3.00 Bright Dongola Vemp Button Boots, patent tip, extension soles. Sizes 11 to 2. Per pal $2.50 Second floor. At has now become historically famous. In many cases the designs are uot surpassed by the skilled artists of modern ‘times. In others collections, ever. see n in the east. ‘Tt is unique and toterestiag. comprehensive now being cffered at half their original cost. FRR TT ee variety ara dopayed moar inlan Wigwam and aur at price hitherto eabeed oft thee Pare ‘Third T