Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1897, Page 6

Seed Closed all day Xmas. Open Evenings. Special Inducements In All Holiday Goods Tonight, Tomorrow and Temorrow Night. Going to make a clean sweep throughout all holiday lines now. The Christmas trade is prac= tically over--that is, the bulk of it is over, and we don’t want one stick or piece of Xmas goods in the house Saturday morning. Those vacant places on your list can be cheaply filled if you take our hint. 5 kk ih kk sg ahh Hk ks Ss IR Ah ORME ARTA Sh kth th th th htt tt S to $35.00 to #49 $2.75 to $35 99 to $185 40 to $425 $10 to $85 18 to $100 $12 to $75 .00 to $140 $1.50 to $50 Shaving Stanés. China Cas Chiftonters. . Dressing Tables. Set Soodessonontentonten cee ° Reception Chairs Jardiniere Stands. 2 Tabourette: 5 Ladies’ Desk Chairs 2 Jewel Cabinets. . Office Desk Chali < Couches. Silk Sofa Pillows. es Morris Chairs. . z Overstuffed Library z durey and leather. . s Children’s Kockers—Children’s High Chairs $ —Children's Sofas. gent At this last minute we’ve decided to rush goods out at any sacrifice, and will make de- cisive cuts throughout every line that can be classed as Xmas givables. Tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night. All Rockers reduced. All Desks reduced. All Chairs reduced. All Cabinets reduced. All Lamps reduced. All Onyx Tables reduced. All Parlor Tables reduced. All Easy Chairs reduced. All Couches reduced. All Tabourettes reduced. All Screens reduced. All Book Cases reduced. All Hall Racks reduced. All Gold Furniture reduced. All Fancy Parlor Pieces reduced. All Shaving Stands reduced. All China Cases reduced. All Chiffoniers reduced. All Reed and Rattan Furniture reduced. ssovanetortonte ses sortentontonteetentontintonteesont The prices marked on the goods will remain the same as heretofore--the salesman who waits on you will make the reductions himself. Goods bought tomorrow night will be deliv= ered Christmas morning. W. B. Moses & Sons, 3 F St. Corner lith. | Storage, 22d & M. SOLD Doe oer lelelelsteeleleleoelelelololyloe Soetenteatontoete soe sestonteatneteet et es eehontoes shoetodtertonte GOODTSSI SSOS SEOSIS DODTEOCD PF. S. Williams & Co. Gifts worth giving-- gifts that don’t cost much. Every one of them useful—pretty—pleasing — oe economical. Giits for ladies—and for men. Gifts that you can buy for small prices. Toilet Articies. | Perfumes. | LUBIN'S EXTRACTS—all odors. ROGER & GALLPI'S PERFU two and three bottles in odor LE GRANDS ORIZA PER “VIOLET DU KR" and other odors. CROWN PERFUMERY CO.'S “Crab Apple Blossom. WILLIAMS’ logne. FRAGRANT PERFUMES—25c., 5¢0c., 75c. and $1 per bottle. FA i SOSSSOOOO OHH HOOHO SOHO SHOES TO OOCOS Ss. HES. Exquisite Violet Co- H COMB AY Fa CASES. 3ENTLEMEN’S LEATHER TRAVELING SETS. ees fee a, Pas ae | Atomizers. Cut Glass Bottles. | Especially for Xmas perfumes. An Tory handeos Se., $1. $1.25, $1, $1.25, $2 and . About hal $1.50, $1.75, $2. LESS than formerly. WILLIAMS: Cor. 9th & F Sts. & oe 68 SSSSS 0599 SSO9993 000 OOSPOOSHOOODCOHOOO tented tet soe ¢ Tertz and Mertz, 3 C “New Era’ Tailors. : How Will ef edledededeeededtabebetidete regeets Christmas Greet Y ou? Will your life be full of the One of the greatest of these is a well-supplied wardrobe—and let us ask you if a new Suit is needed there. It should not be with such an extraordinary chance as this week’s Extra Sale of Black Cheviot Suits accords you. They are, indeed, remarkably rare values—values that you could only hope to find at Mertz and Mertz’s. Treat yourself to one of them and you'll feel Christmas that you've served yourself nobly. world’s comforts? Black Cheviot Suits. sSeaSondoadentvatresreseeseoteegonreateaseeteneagontenseeseeseeserzoatengengeng fo? ee a a Let us again call ycur attention to our mag- nificent line of New, Fancy Waistcoatings that we are now displaying. Mertz «« Mertz, “New Era” Tailors, 906 F Street N. W. THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1897—14 PAGES, ICHRISTMAS: GREENS| Displays Made by the Venders in the Markets. HOLLY AND MISTLETOE ABUNDANT Provisions for the Annual Feast and Moving Spectacles. _——— SCENES AND INCIDENTS If anybody is at all skeptical that Christ mas is near at hand, a trip through the markets will prove conclusively that San- ta Claus’ annual visitation time is really only a day and a half distant. It is in the markets that the ideal Christmas spirit Prevails. It is true, people find it neces- Sary to eat in all seasons of the year, but the housekeeper who intends to keep Christmas scrupulously does not fail to lay in a plentiful supply of provisions for the Christmas dinner. Christmas and good cheer, both of heart and stomach, go to- gether, so it is not surprising that the mar- kets just now present scenes of moving spectacles. Washington just now appears to be the center of the sale of greens of all kinds. They are plentiful in the suburbs of the city and its environments, and the colored Population pick up many an honest penny at Christmas time by going down about Mount Vernon, Marshall Hall, River View and other places and cutting the holly and the mistletoe and bringing them to the Washington market. yah’s yo’ holly and mistletoe. Only cents a bunch for the holly. Young lady, dean’t fergit ter take a sprig of the mistie- toe home. Yo’ lovah’ll be lookin’ out for it. Yo’ sutinly would look sweet standin’ un- dah the mistletoe.” This appeal from the vender seldom fails to sell a sprig of the pale green stuff, with the waxen berries. It is no easy task, by the way, to gather the mistletoe, as it grows generally on large trees, high up trem the ground. The holly is much more easily gathered. It grows principally in swampy places, and little climbing has to be done to secure it. With its waxen leaves and red berries, it makes a splendid object for decorative pur- pcses. The little park on Market Space was nearly surrounded this morning ‘with sell- ers of jhe holiday emblems. There were some of the Italian tutti-frutti and candy sellers left, but they appeared as if their occupations were gone. Dincournged at the Prospect. “Ah! No-a,” one of them said, with an expressive shrug of the shoulders, “beeza- ness mighty bad. Me sella notin’ fer many days. De peop’ dey chase-a de fat duck, de turk’, de chick, an’ do fat-a de peeg. Dey buy-a de little trees. Beezaness ver’ bad, ver’ bad.” When he had delivered himself of this discourse he rolled his eyes in disgust at a trio, which just then passed his push-cart. The trio consisted evidently of mother and two children, boy and girl. The youngster was clearly matched, as to weight and age, with a large, fine turkey. If it had not been that turkey had not lost its head, and the boy had a half Nelson on it, the prospects are the bird would have gained the first fall. ‘The little girl had a Christmas tree, just about her own si: which she carried proudly in hb It would have taken ro Kittle mo coupled with con- to separate the he little :rl and the tree. had a small pro- vision store in her arms, carried her purse in her mouth, and wore glasses; but in spite of this handicap managed to control the movements of the two children, pick out what she wanted from the stalls, hag- gle about the price, make the purchases. She did it all with neatness ard dispateh. It was an undoubted triumph of mind over matter. It would have made a pict with the name “How to do Christmas 4 keting Without the Ald of a Drag-net.’ Perhaps it was not done intentionally, but when three extremely gawky-looking en, certainly on their first visit to al, passed by the holly and mistle- “Hyah’'s yo’ Christmas greens, in bunch- es.” A zmile went up from the marketers, and the rently there have been thousands of bunnies slaughtered to make a Wash- ington holiday dinner. A fat woman this morning had bought one of the rabbits and was moving grandly down the expanse of the sidewalk leaving frailer wrecks in her wake. Her hands were full of all sorts of bundles and pack- ages, and it was a wonder that the body of the ratbit managed to stick there as long as it did. Suddenly it shot downward and the lady of avoirdupois nearly had an apo- plectic fit. A sympathetic passerby stooped and picked up the rabbit for her. “Oh! My goodness,” she said, her face shining with gratitude and thankfulness, “I thought that fool rabbit had come to life again. It gave me such a shock.” Do Their Own Shopping. It is a well-known fact that some of the most prominent people in Washington so- cial and official circles do their own shop- ping. Ladies who are noted for their hos- pitality and for the excellence of their table viands, can be seen in the markets select- ing and buying their store of provisions for the Christmas dinner. An aristocratic- looking old lady, with a face as clean cut as the profile of a cameo, was seen this morning, in one of the markets, examining the stock of vegetables with a critical eye. She rubbed elbows with a dowdy-looking old woman, with red face and a shaw! over her shoulders, but did not seem to fear contamination. She was buying some poul- try, when the old Irish woman, who had been watching her, put a hand on the lady’s arm. “Excoose me, loldy,” she said, “but if yez won't tink I'm introodin’, let' me show yez how to pick out a foine burrd. 1 used to raise fowls meself, an’ I know what is best wid them.” ‘Then she carefully explained how to tell whether a fowl is young or not, and gave other points cf no little value.’ This was received by the aristocratic-looking lady with not a trace of amusement. “I thank you very much,” she said, “for taking the trouble to give me such valu- able information. I’m sure it will help me greatly hereafter.” She smiled sweetly and said “good-bye” in a manner that made the other declare to the bystanders, after the object of her in- terest had walked away: “An’ it’s the foine loidy she 1s, indade, and that’s no mishtake. Ske is wan of the quality, she is, an’ it’s meself that knows 1025 The high-bred lady was undoubtedly semebody of consequence, for she had a@ footman, dressed in most stylish livery, accompanying her and taking care of her purchases. Speaking Countenances. The expectaticn and interest depicted on the countenance of an old colored man who had spied a fat ’pcssum lying on a table, with a half bushel of sweet potatoes near by, by a strange coincidence was equaled by ancther sight. It was that of a fat boy, who had evidently planned a trip through the market for the soie idea of feasting his eyes on the trophies of the gardener and hunter displayed in the stalls. His eyes were stretched to the utmost, and his lips were already puckered with the thought of how he would enjoy the Christmas dinner prepared from the stuff he saw there. While the markets may not be, strictly speaking, Santa Claus’ headquarters, they certainly form the chief annex. (Se Wellman Bua: Boat for the Arctic. A dispatch from Christiania says Walter Wellman, who is well known in Washing- ton as a newspaper correspondent and an arctic explorer, has bought at Tromso the sealer Laura, a vessel of 153 tons, for the expediton which he will lead to Frans Josef Land in June. Nine men, chiefly Norweg- fans,“will accompany him, ——= == For a description of a charming hotel—the Hotel Empire, New York, appears op page 14, i 2 ia i] | = = = [= s 2 ae AP a < that shall be ing bargains await your pleasure, such enor- mous values at trifling prices! To celebrate the occasion we will make a Christmas present of an day. ‘SPLENOI MAS FINALE Only one more day now till Christmas, and Eiderdown . Dressing Sacque absolutely free to every purchaser of a coat tomorrow. Our house will be closed all day Christmas to allow our employes full enjoyment of the holi- a remarkable one. Such flash- Black Kersey Coats, well made, fly front, "flap pock- ets, high storm collar, piped velvet seams—an $8 value. HES" $540 Saltz's Fine Silk Plush Capes, full 30 inches—full sweep, lined with satin, well made, collar and front edged with thibet for— $18 value. $1298 CHALLENGE SALI PRICE— Astrakhan Collaret tes, lined throughout with fancy silk, full sweep, storm col- lar—$9 value. z Fine Tan Coat, Inish | Frieze high storm collar, flap pockets, fly front, with Piped bound velvet seams— a $12 value. Saltz's Plush Capes, full sweep, well lined, high storm collar—front edged with thibet fur—a $5 value. Fine Electric Seal Mufts— made in the latest shape lined — throughout with heavy satin. Regular $2.90 O8c, CHALLENGE SALE PRICR— Ladies’ Black Brilliantine and Sicillun Cloth Waists— full front—yoke back—lined throughout ntly made, Regular $2.00 quality. ~ $1.98 One rack full of Fig- ured Brilliantine Skirts— full 4 yards wide—lined throughout with percaline, All-siik Umbrellas—in all shades — paragon frame— fancy handles—$3.50 value. $1.98 Black and Tan Sponged Kersey Coats—made in the latest style — lined with fancy satin—roll ccllar— flap pockets—stitched CHALLENGE SALE PRICE— CHALL + SALE P suitegall 12.59 | Velvet bound, in various irae ok tara patterns. Regular $2 quality. CR EENCE $ 1 (() CHALLENGE $1 28 CE— SALE mers PRICE ° Heavy Taffeta Silk Un- lectric Seal Collarettes— high storm collar — full its, in all the latest sweep — lined throughout jes—black and two-tone : y silk. Rey effects — elegantly made— ee, im Regular # with 7 corded Spanish ruf- F fles. Regular $8 quality. CHALLENGE SALE PRICE- $5.98 New York Clothing Bouse, 31 Seventh 311 Bro., h December 22, 1897. 9 Owing to the great rush of business prior to + Christmas, we are absolutely forced to discon- }: tinue the redeeming of Trading Stamps until }. | the week beginning December 27. 4 { Open Until 10:30 Tonight. by i =, 4 ral Our store is filled with sensible and practical merchan- ie i dise for holiday presentation. Our people will suggest ¥ 4 things to you if you are in a quandary what to buy. We io iy have things suitable for man, woman or child. We box all Ke i articles intended for holiday presentation. Do not charge Ps) ry for stamping pocket books, bill books or satchels which be 4 sell for $1.00 or more. We gratuitously engrave initials on pe 3 jewelry and umbrellas. ie id Our salespeople have positive instructions not to bore 6 +4 you. The freedom of the store is yours, to come and look ie +4 around. If anything strikes your fancy, buy it. be A New Line A Fine Line ie +4 Of Ladies’ Liberty Silk and 53 Spe as a3 Iai 4 Chiffon Boas, just in today. Of Ladies’ Silk Underskirts ha N $2.68 From $5 Up. i i Satteen Skirts... - 98c. fF 4 Buys the choice of | Worsted Skirts.. -$1.48 |, one of these. Pea Gownsse.lxc..0e5 $1.98 ?* . Be Handkerchiefs We have the plain ones, we ?! z In have the embroidered ones. We Re Silk and have the initial ones for men, he Linen. women and children. I oO p) 9| —i4 and 18k. = latest styles,’ Diamond Rings, real brilliants, $5—Brogches, $10—Pendants, | Gal 420, and upward—for men, as low s $20, respective! Ls s $10 ahd upward. de th, 8, t 2 Gold Watches —for ladies, $25 t& Bro., 1107 Penn. Avenue. 422, 424, 426 7th St. | We Have Every - Dainty You Wish for Xmas. « 8lbs. New Mixed Nuts,$1 = nds of Select Table Nuts—Shelled uts—Saited Almonds and Peanuts—Prin- cess Paper Shell Almonds. Mixed Candies, $1 Whitman's, Lowney’s and Huy- ous Confections. “All kinds of Choice Fruits. Apples, ‘Tangerine Oranges, Pitted full size, as $35. Lady OWAAAAALTAVAAR J eSAKS AAA Rare Bargains. For Buyers of Think of all our exquisite READY- UCED way be- ‘Think what chence to buy royal Xmas gifts for very ttle money. €7Many Handsome Collarettes, Mutfs, carfs. Capes, etc. still here. FUR CO., Cor. 13th and G Streets. MADE FURS being Ri low their real worth. de23-th,s,t,28 WSS ee Se CEE CREE E Raisins, Cleaned Currants, Citron, Indian River Oranges, Malaga Grapes, Figs, Dates, ete, 7 Fruit Cake, Etc. Best Home-made Fruit Cake—Mince Meat —and Plum Puddings. The kind you've been looking for—for Xmas dessert. Delicacies and Wines. Bar-le-Due Jellies —Calf's Foot Jeyy — Maraschino Cherries—Brandy Peaches” and % Pears—Staffed Prunes—Cheese Straws—Va- nilla Wafers—Ginger Wafers. ©All kinds of rare old Wines, Brandies, Cordials, Champagnes and Whiskies at low- “5 dst reselved 150 barrels of Bry: just receiv ran’ Famous “PRIDE” FLOUR. ks C.C. BRYAN, 1413. NY. Ave. amse RANT CRITE TDN CR ALCAZTACA CAAA AA AAA CMM MEME FCR ANY CASE OF NERVOUSNESS, SLEEP. Carter's Little Nerve Pills." Rollct ree only herve medicine for the price in market. io Meat ‘ HUMORS OF ALL KINDS sure. The without Dottie of DR. BEGETS AXGORTGES Cared by i Soap 804, the skin made wat Cuticura Soap BITTERS, the world renowned ‘of ex. | pure White. All druggists, quisite favor. Boware of imitations, mbl6-m, Welly ~ The Busy Corner, 8th and Market Space. S. Kann, Sons&Co The LAST Chance will be tomorrow for you to buy your Holi day Wares and for us to close them out. A mutual transaction which is bound to benefit us both. It took ou buyers several hours last night to mark down such goods that wer doomed to go in this Christmas push. And the last day shoppers wi! have things very much their own way. Christmas Furs For Ladies, Misses and Chiidren. All our Misses’ and Children’s Fur Sets, such as Beaver, Opossum, Ermine and White Lamb, = a which were $2.50, $1.98 and $1.48 s< were C is a LASS GOODS AND WARRANTED PERFECT. AOC. Ladies’ Fine Mackintoshes, in Blue and Tan Cloth, with either plaid or check backs—single or double capes, with or without velvet collars Were $7.50 and $5.00. $D.98 AND $4.98 Silk Tea Gowns and Robes. Our entire line of Fine Silk Tea Ladies’ Electric Seal Muffs, which $2.50 and $1.98......... THESE ARE STRICTLY FI Children’s Rain Coats, ages 3 to 14 years— are perfect goods. Were $1.00 Gowns, elaborate, $ 1 0.0 in evening shades. Specially reduced to.... Toys! Toys!! Every Toy in the house has been marked down to half price—Ir Toys, Mechanical Toys—Paper-Mache Toys—Tin Toys—Wooden Toy —everything that comes under the name of Toy has been cut to half. Fine Silk Dress and Skirt Patterns Have also received an extra cut in prices. They make very appropriat presents—all prices—put up in single boxes. ll OOO Satin Covered Pin Cushions, in all D1 9 Cc shapes and colors, including the Sales Gres: sock cep e bens kceee Fine All-silk Satin and Gros Grain Brocade Dress Skirts—the most elaborate patterns seen this season, lined throughout with the finest qual- ity taffeta silk, deep rufiles of the same, perfect fitting. If you invested $25 you could not get better value. $12 9* Special §3055025 wane nla BOOKS & BOOKLETS. Whatever we have left on hand are to go. The prices are made— and yet we'll allow an extra discount to schools and Sunday schools. All clean and instructive works for the folks. Sterling silver ware, fine jewelry and leather goods. Go where you please and look where you may, yo not find the assortment we are showing. EVERYTHING YOU BUY IN THESE DEPTS. WILL BE ENGRAVED FREE, Dolls. We told you of our Doll stock yesterday—how pretty and cheap they were. We never exaggerated a single word. Everybody said we are giving the best values in town, We continue the same prices for to- morrow. Smoking Jackets and Hand-knit Cardigans—the most appropriate present any wife could buy. We are still selling $5.50 and $7.00 Men’s Smoking Jackets, in all colors, at $3.98 & $4.76. Men’s Fine Hand-knit Cardigan Jackets at $1.19, $1.39, $1.98 & $2.50. —Every one worth double. HANOKERCHIEFS. No matter how cheap or how expensive, we can supply you. Our stock at this writing represents more than 2,000 dozens—sc., 7¢., 10C., 12}c., 19c¢. and 25c. ones seem to have the lead—the 39c. and 50c. grade are good seconds—the still finer qualities are selling better than v° * ever seen them sell. HOSHERY. COTTON HOSE, LISLE HO! MEN AND WOMEN. any SILK PLAITED HOSE AND PURE SILK HOSE, FOR BOTH: COME IN PLAIN BLACK LOOT PATTERNS, STRIPES AND PLAIDS— 25c., 39c. & 49c. ARE VERY POPULAR PRICES FOR NICE SHOWY GOODS. $1.50, $1.98 A 50 A PAIR, WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE. Perfumes. This is the most fragrant spot in our house—it couldn't be other- wise. The line of delicate French Extracts we keep diffuses the most de- lightful odors. Our special line of Holiday Extracts, in fancy Bottle: Atomizers, Hand Glasses, Comb and Brush Sets, Fancy Soaps and ger eral Druggists’ Sundries keep us on the go. This department is like good old wines, improving with age. Aprons And Fancy Worsted Hand-knit Slippers, with lamb’s wool soles. The stock is so large in these two lines that we were compelled to make two departments—one ‘on the first floor—near the elevator—and the other in our Ladies’ Muslin Underwear department, 2d floor. Aprons for 10c., 15¢., 25¢., 39c., 49c. and from that up to 98c. Umbrellas. Don’t forget your Umbrellas. We have made special preparations and haye some of the best plums still left—no matter what price um brella you buy, the engraving will cost you nothing. YOU WILL FIND US OPEN UNTIL 11 O'CLOCK TONIGHT. THEREFORE THESE BAR- GAINS TAKE EFFECT AFTER THE ISSUE OF THIS PAPER THIS EVENING, _S. KANN, SONS & CO., 3 8th St. and Market Space. — Seventh St. Entrance, Family Shoe Store. : CLOSED ALL DAY ON CHRISTMAS, OUR VERY FINEST GRADES ARE AS MANY PAIRS AS YOU WISH, PUT IN SINGLE BOXES