Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1897, Page 6

CSAS ot THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER. 25; 1897-94 PAGEs, THE “EVENING 2 STAR.| ee ae corporations themscites WASHINGTON. SATURDAY... «-December 25, 1897. . -Editor. CROSBY S. NOYES... fies. As n News and Advertising Medium it has no competitor. In order to avoid delays, om nc- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed vidual connected with the ly to THE STAR, or to or Rusiness Depart- Once more the Christian world celebrates its chief religicus festival. Each of the occasions generally observed by the ‘ican people has a special sig- nifican Washington's birthday is a sea- son of patristic pride in the career of the ene man to whom the republic owes so much of its stability. Memori# day is set apart for acts and words that bear witness the gratitude the nation owes to its defenders. Independence day is a celebra- tion of the emergence of the land from the ecnfining influence of mcnarchism. Thanks- giving is a day of praise for the blessings bestowed by an all-wise Providence upon humanity. Christmas appeals to the re- Hgious sentiments by marking the anni- versary of Him whose life and words and acts gave the world a standard of living, a plane of thought and a system of doctrines that will survive all the artificial institu- tons of man. ‘The spirit of the day is one of gladsome rejoicing. an up-lifting of the soul in grati- tude for the beneficent influences of religion in shaping the destinies of a people. From this spirit has grown the more material sense of donation, in itself intended as an expression of the fervent feeling of thank- fulness and happiness that characterizes the season. The manifestations of this spirit are manifold. They are marked by charity and generosity. Charity calls for sacrifice It should become a part of the Christmas demonstration of every person who truly feels the significance of the day. The generosity that suggests the exchange of presents may have lost through exces- sive development on commercial lines the most worthy motives of the occasion, but the institution of gift-making that forms such a prominent feature of the day is in iself worthy of perpetuation. With every Christmas present there should be experi- enced a sense of happiness in the mere act of bestowal. Many customs have grown around this great festival, Most of them are whole- scme while a very few are deplorable. The tendency of the occasion is one of merry- making. There is a curious mixture of Christianity and paganism in many of the ebservances, but there will probably never be any material dulling of the sense of re- ligious significance that the great majority the people feel on this day. Christmas of 1897 finds America prosperous, happy and in the main contented, at peace with the world and fearing no encroachments by other nations less observant of the strict rvies of International equity. Washington erjoys a beautiful day, which lacks only a white covering for the ground to give an ideal Christmas. The Star extends a hearty Christmas srecting to its great family. It hopes that in every heart will echo the all-pervading sentiment of the festival greeting that rang out from the skies elghteen hundred and nminety-seven years ago, sending the un- dying message of peace and gocd-will to all the dwellers upon earth. —__+ ++ ___ Blanco’s Mistake. A large measure of credit is to be given to Mr. Pepper, The Star's correspondent in , for bringing about the change of sentiment on the part of the Spanish ad- ministration as to the need of relief from the United States fcr the suffering Cubans. Shortly after Mr. Pepper began his present series of letters from Havana he pointed cut that the common people in the island were suffering terribly through the lack of food und other necessities. He likewise mstrated ihat the government was dcing practically nothing to relieve this distress and that General Blanco had de- cared that no help was necessary from the United States or elsewhere beyond Cuba itself. Mr. Pepper also called attention to the fact that no force had been given to the promised remission of customs duties on goeds it into Cuba for the relief of the people, and he presented a strong arraigrment of the administration at Havana on the score of indifference to the real reeds of the starving Cubans. The Spanish minister at this capital had not been opposed to the acceptance of aid from the United States on behalf of the people of Cuba, but the captain general had in- sisted that such aid was not wanted. The proglamation issued yesterday by the Sec- retary of State is clear evidence that Mr. Pepper and Minister De Lome were right and General Blanco was wrong in the esti- mate of the situaticn and Its demands. It testifies, too, to the usefulness of The Star’s correspondence, conducted by such a capable and trustworthy writer as Mr. Pepper, in revealing the true state of things in the isiand and as a result in bringi about the institution of appropriate re measures. ——_++e_____ When the European architects get through with the work of remodelling Asia, the emperor of Corea will find him- self reduced to the limits of a hall bed- rvom on the top floor. ——ro Young Mr. Leiter is too mature to hang up his stocking. He merely telis Santa Claus the combination of the safe so that he can open it and leave something worth while. to ———+ +e —____ General Blanco might do well to fortify his autonomy suggestions with a few iron- clad New Year resolutions. —————~2o_____ A Pertinent Echo From 1892. ‘The grade crossing situation tn this city is the same today as it was years ago. ‘The changes that have taken place in the seneral relationship of the people and the railroad corporations entering Washington are trivial. Each year brings its confer- ences between railroad officials and public authorities, its output of suggestions that the pending or forthcoming session of Con- egress will attack the subject and evolve 4 solution of the everlasting problem of what to do with the surface tracks. Just now there is a pointed significance in the attitude of the managers of the roads that enter the city on the south side and plans are In preparation that outline a combina- tion system of elevated and depressed tracks, and there ts promise of action if the corporations and the community can agree vpon equitable terms. In view of this state of affairs The Star teday reprints in its news columns an sr- ticle published nearly six years ago in the course of editorial correspondence to this paper from Europe. The purpose of that publication was to demonstrate how suc- cessfully the nations of the old world had wrought out the problem of eliminat- ing grade crossings, here apparently so un- solvable. The suggesticns afforded by the roads of Berlin were especially valuable as indicating methods that might profitably be bodily transplanted. The details of this survey of the foreign situation are pecu- arly applicable in almost every respect to the state of affzirs at present. It is a teproach on Congress—and, of course, more rate and are being provided with modern —that this should be true. It is such an ignoring of the rights and comforts of the citizens as would doubtless be keeniy re- sented in other lands and perhaps in other cities of the United States. Washington Is rapidly being isolated tn this respect. Other American cities are being freed from the dangers of the grade crossings at a rapli terminal facilities while the nation’s cap- ital remains enthralled, a victim to cor- perate indifference and cupidity and con- gressional procrastination. A tardy Christmas gift to the District, warming the hearts of its citizens more than they have been warmed for many years, would be the early enactment by Congress after its reassembling of satisfac- tory legislation concerning grade cross- ings. The people are not divided as to the method that should be pur- sued in thus clearing the streets of ob- structive and deadly tracks. In the opinion of practically all Washington these tracks should be brought into the city on elevated structures, preferably of masonry, after the fashion of the greut railroad system of Berlin, as described in the reprinted ar- ticle. The chief point, however, in the minds of the citizens is the clearing of the streets some method or any method which will not throw an unjust burden of cost upon the municipality. —____ + ee ____ Starvation in Cuba. ‘The appeal to the country in behalf of the starving Cubans will meet, there is easy reason to believe, with a most generous response. Timed on this Christmas day, it carries an added force.. The people of the United States in their sympathy for the suffering have repeatedly shown that they know neither creed, nor race, nor locality in well doing. Wherever the ery of dis- tress has been heard they have done what they could to relieve it. They will do what they can now to mitigate the horrors which war ard bad government have inflicted on @ near neighbor. Controversy about this point or that con- nected with the Cuban situation may ap- propriately be suspended for the moment, but it is not improper to call attention to the fact that Spain accepts this proffer of assistance for her subjects who are in such dire straits. The neighhborliness of the United States 1s recognized and appre- ciated. The right of our people to interest themselves in the welfare of Cuba is at last conceded. The United States has at no time sought to go beyond this in prin- ciple. Her sole desire has been to see af- fairs take such shape in the island as would ccntribute to the peace and prosperity of the inhabitants. Her interest has been grossly misrepresented, but it has always been justified by the facts. These cries for bread from Cuba have been preceded by other cries quite as piercing and at times tore agonized. The soul of a people may be starved as well as its stomach. _ But the question for the moment is the cendition of the reconcentradoes. General Blanco’s order of release carried humanity only in the letter. It is not in his power to execute the spirit of it. He has inherited a waste, and he can only turn the people out into a waste. There is neither food, shel- ter, nor clothing for them. They are -vith- out fault in themselves. Feeble old men, delicate women and helpless children make up the almost ghostly company crouching in diseased camps and on the wayside for whom assistance now is asked. It ought to come In abundance, and promptly. There ig no reason to fear that it will be misap- plied. The name of General Lee alone is gvaranty sufficient that whatever passes through his hands destined for those for whom he has shown such warm concern will reach them. ——r+-2e—___ Whist. The game of whist has taken a wonderful hold on the peopie in these days. An evi- dence of this fact appears in the arrival in Waslington of a set of duplicate whist boards that are now on tour throughout the United States, having been started frem Texas with the design of traveling through practically every important city where whist is largely played. The hanis were ckosen by an acknowledged authori-y and are preserved intact as the boards pass from club to club, a record being accurately kept of all the plays in order that when these “tramp boards’ have ccmpleted their travels next March it wi!l be possible to secure a survey of the com- Pperative abilities of thousands of players in all sections of the country under pre- cisely similar condiuoins. The hands, too, are chesen with reference to the develop- ment of certain interesting whist situations and the elucidation of some intricate prob- lems. This enterprise illustrates the widespread following of the game. It is estimated that there are at least five thousand steady whist players in this city, most of them belonging to the school of so-called scien- tific whist. The central organization, the American Whist League, contains over a hundred thousand men and women, and the annual sessions of the body are at- tended by upward of a thousand persons. These figures discicse the great army of wisters in the United States, probably a larger number than the patrons of any other form of in-door amateur amusemeut. The game of today fs on a high plane. It is utterly free from the taint of gambling and is susceptible of rare development. The literature of the game is increasing year by year, the shelves of the experts beirg already well filled with manuals, treatises and guides of all sorts. Though in its essentials a most simple game, prob- ably the simplest game of cards in vogue, the intricacies of reasoning, the bearing of situation upon situation, the play of judg- ment in novel positions all tend to de- velop interesting possivilities of skill of a high order. The popularity of the game may wane, and this particular combina- tion of card plays may give way to sume otker form of quiet indoor amusement, but the time now seems far distant when the people will turn from whist. ——__ + +2 ____ Mr. Quincy states that he is glad he was elected on a platform which pledges him to keep out of national poiitics. There are many people who will readily join him in this jubilance. ——_~+0o—_—___ Considering the amount of want and suf- fering to be found in his immediate vicinity, Uncle Sam can not be blamed for some delay in philanthropic manifestations toward China. ————>++e—____ The objection by customs officials to kissing on the piers may have been due to an impression that there is something in the Dingley bill to prevent the smuggling of bacterta. ——>+2e____. Jackson’s Day at Chicago. The William Jennings Bryan League of Chicago announces that it will have as its guest of honor at a banquet to be given on the 8th of January the distinguished gentle- man whose name it bears. Mr. Bryan is expected to return from Mexico in time, and to deliver the principal speech of the evening. The arrangements promise an eceasion of much interest. The combination, it is readily to be seen, is designed to attract wide attention. The speaker, with tis gifts and authority as the party leader, the city, where he sprang into fame, and the anniversary, dear to all democratic hearts, will appeal strongly to the imagination of all who take instruction from the Orator of the Platte. It may be difficult—and really it is difficult—for an outsider to associate General Jackson with the free coinage propaganda of this day, but it fs not.difficult for Mr. Bryan to do so. He has trumped up a very close rela- tionship between the Jacksonian idea of finance and his own, end he exploits it with as much ease and eloquent assurance as he does any other matter to which he address- es himself. So that at Chicago, on Jackson day next, he may be expected to appear in the striking role of the reincarnation of Old Hickory, battling for the people’s rights brought up to date. But maybe the occasion will be made of greater interest still by reason of the fact that it will be Mr. Bryan’s first appearance in public after his return from Mexieo: The company will want some account of his journey—what he saw, how it impressed him, and the deductions ‘he has reached. And he ought to oblige them. The country, as well, will feel some curiosity about the matter. How does the silver standard strike him upon close acquaintance? If he will enlarge upon that point he may be sure of attention for every word he utters. Usually, speeches at 2 banquet are short. But this grows out of the fact that places on the card are made for a number of per- sons. The Chicago banquet will be no ordinary banquet. Who will care to con- sume time which might be employed by Mr. Bryan? Why rot, therefore, turn the tunction at the proper moment into a sort of lecture, with Mr. Bryan in his old role, and handling his old theme with his latest illustrations? He ought to be allotted two Rours at lexst, and he ought to consume all of the tim: ——_+-2____ The insolvency of the safe trust may enable J. Plerpont Morgan to get at a bar- gain some necessary receptacles for his new bundles of collaterals. ———+ +e —____. Richard Croker has given David B. Hill fair warning that there are some sour oranges and loaded cigars on the Greater New York Christmas tree. —————_++2____ Mr. Croker owes his success mainly to himself, and believes that a man ought to stand by a friend. —_++s____ Spain should not be flattered into the be- lief that it holds 2 copyright on the phrase “exigencies of war” as an apology for de- plorable occurrences. ————>++e—___. It looks very much as if somebody had tied hard knots in Senator Gorman's Christ- mas stockings this year. —————++e—____ Mr. Hanna has a great deal of faith in a man’s ability to be his own Santa Claus. —ore—___. SHOOTING STARS. The Utilitarian, Choose, if you will, the luster shed By holly-berries’ gloss; The cranberry is quite as red, And makes much better sauce. “Mos” allus,” said Uncle Eben, “de man dat kain’t inj’y hisse’f on a holiday is de same one dat ’sists on trying’ ter hab good times when he orter be wuckin’.” Discrepancy. “Of course,” he said, refiectively, “I am not making any complaint about it. All I desire to say is that I can’t understand it.” “You can’t understand what?” inquired his wife. “Why you can put gilded spheres and gaudy fabrics all over a Christmas tree six feet high and four thick for seventy- five cents, when it costs at least eighteen dollars to trim a bonnet four inches in diameter.”” Mementos. “Did yoh hab a merry Christmas?” asked Mr. Erastus Pinkly’s friend. “Well, I has’n much recollection o’ what happened aftuh I lef’ you all at de pahlor social; but I reckons I mus’ of had some injoyment. I fin’s foh nicks in my razzer,’”* Precaution. “There,” said the prudent housewife, as she looked over the Christmas decorations, “I think that will do very nicely. Only we must not forget to take the mistletoe from the chandeller and move it to different Tarts of the room during the day.” ‘What fs that for?” asked her husband. don’t wish to wear the carpet out all one spot.” i 5 Imperishable. The Christmas bells will silent be, The Christmas lights grow dim. The brightuess faded from the tree May leave it gaunt and grim. But Christmas cheer was never s0; Its echo lingers on, ‘With memories of long ago And hope of joys to dawn, So, o’er all time its might extends And ready homage wins; As one glad Chrisimas season ends Another straight begins. —\>r+e—___ Trahs-Prairie Transit in Chicago. From Electricity, A Chicago newspaper states that a few rights ago several trolley cars filled with passengers were blocked on one of the street railway lines in that clty and the passengers were obliged in consequence to pess the night on the prairie. This was too bad, but it is the result of extending the mits of the city su far into the country that passengers on the cars are unable to walk to even the nearest habitation if they happen to be caught in this way. It would seem that where travelers are likely to have to pass the night on a prairie in the heart of the city under such circumstances the authorities should provide some means of relief for them—houses of refuge, for in- stance, at fixed distances. The genuine Chicagoans, if we are to believe what 1s said of them in St. Louls, are too heavily constructed in the feet for a long-distance walk. ——_s +oa___—_ Something Was Saved. From the Loutsville Courier Journal. “Gen. Weyler,” says a dispatch from Madrid, “is preparing to protest against President Mckinley’s message to Congress.” Weyler seems to have at least saved his typewriter. Sehuylkill Water. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. It has long been understood that the average councilman is not affected by the unfitness of the Schuylkill water for drink- ing purposes, but what about Dr. Robin- son's declaration that typhold fever is in- duced by merely bathing in it? Is the average councilman immune in that respect also? —EEE—————— The Merit System Will Remain, From the Hartford Courant. In all the recent news from Washington there is nothing to disquiet the believers in a reformed civil service. The President stands unshakenly by his convictions and pledges. The heads of the great executive departments—with, possibly, one not very important exception—are as sound in the faith as their chief. The merit system has come to stay, as William McKinley re- marked in 1890. Let the heathen rage. ‘There’s no harm done. ee A Swap. rom the Springfield Republican. The revelation by Senator Wolcott that Canada would like to swap some northwest wilderness for the si of Maine and a slice of New Hampshire and Vermont is quite the joke of the day. If Canada would give us all of her Pacific coast and the gold-bearing regions of the Klondike, the entire stretch of virgin and tilled wheat flelds in Manitoba clear up to Hudson's bay, beside the lower part of the of Ontario, we might be induced to consider the proposition to give her a small slice of condition + E are anxious foryourlaun- dry to pay us the first visit. After that you'll be anxious to send it to us each week. Send postal or ’phone 592 for us to call. Frazee’s Laundry, 5128th St. 1322 14th St. 605 13th St. 3109 M St. de2=-40 a AT TATE TT TAT w May Your Christ- mas be a merry one and the New Year bring you all sorts of happiness. Kneessi, de25-28d_ Tao © | 425 7th street. “Turn over a new leaf.” If you are a printer, or a manufacturer of any kind, and Rave been employing the old- fashioned steam turn over a new leaf and start the new year of 1898 right by substituting electric power, which is not only better, but cheaper than steam. We'll supply the current. -Co., 20a TTT TTT U.S. Electric Lighting 213 14th st. n.w. ‘Pheng 77. de2s-; nN (7 CASE OF 2% BOTTLES—ONLY §1. LET US SEND: YOU A CASE OF OUR ‘Ruby’ Lager FOR TONIGHT. IT’S THE BEER THAT ALL YOUR FRIENDS ENJOY. T7Case of 24 bottles—delivered in unlet- tered wagons—only $1. Write or telephone. Washington Brewery Co. 4TH AND F STS. N.E. ;?PHONE 2161. de25-s,t,th-38 , REIS GF Poplar prices at STEVENS’. Cures Ghapped Hands and Lips. A few applicatiang will’ take away all.red- —— ness and roughness—leave the skin soft and —— white. You ougnt to have a bottle always handy, such weather as this. Only 25c. —— O78. & 8.” Cor Cure—never fails—15e. STEVENS’ Pharmacy,cor.9th& Pa.Av. de25-28d. : : ‘After Xmas’ Sale: € ¢* Furniture! : 10 *° 30 2 off: cent. eN Going to inaugurate an ‘‘After- Xmas" Sale of ull the Gift Fur- * uniture in stock. Beautiful Wicker * Rockers, Mabogany-finish Rockers, * Parlor Suites, Tables, ets., are in- * cluded {fo this sale. All to go at . . . en eeeee from 10 to 30 per cent less than regular prices. Grand chance to judiciously invest some of your * Xmas “gift money! oe The Houghton ©. f 1214 F St. eat “One Dollar’? —for best English Steel Carvers. Will give you $1 for them any time if they do not turn out exactly as represented. John B. Espey, de25-15d 3 Mince and Pumpkin Pies 20c. 2nd 2 5c, cach: Krafft’s Bakery, $&% 37% st AND PA, AVE. de25-8,t,th-20 Drop a Postal Or Telephone 934 : TENA caine or oe, “bar- ins” we are al offerin; woceri« Goods, ‘Tablé Delicacies, Wines ete: We'll all your order just. as ‘carefully-aa Promptly—as though you delivered it in per- i tes = ez only #1 for pxibe. New Nuta, “Private J. D: Donnelly, 14th & L "Pho ‘Fromptly, one 934. Orders filled -20 i 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 x : s i » rj 3 y ) 5 3s Hardware, 1010 Pa. ave. ° 225-8, t, we'MOVE ANYTHING, E make mo charge for moving; Household Ef- fectsfrom other storage | warerooms >-jHERE. Our rates are just ‘about 4 what first-class accomfnodations cost —elsewhere—too. MERCHANT'S FAtcr So. 929-931 D St. ’Phone 659. |B 1898 Calendars The Busy Corner, 8th and Market Space. ee ee ep |S. Kann,Sons&Co. EVERYTHING Has an ending—expectations are realized—and then they pass into ob- livion. The grand-preparations which we made for Yuletide is a thing of the past. We accomplished our errand. We made more homes happy with our special holiday bargains than any other concern in the District of Columbia. We continue to sacrifice the balance of winter stock in such manner that it will cause busy buying at the Busy Corner This Entire Week. ° We start this grand sale with ‘4 Black &Colored Dress Goods 42-INCH COLORED WOOL STORM SERGE— GREAT VALUB AT 2vc. Clearing Price, 19c. 38-INCH WIDE-WALE SERGE, IN ALL COL- CRS—GREAT VALI 1 c. Ciearing Price, 19c. HT ALL-WOOL CLOTH MIXTURES — A GREAT BARGAIN AT 2c. = Clearing Price, 19c. VY E-TWIisT 45-INCIE ALL-WOOL _N. G: E. AT 3¥e. Price, 25c. SERGE—A GREAT BARGAIN 45-INCH ALL-WOOL NAVY IMPERIAL SERGE Clearing —A GREAT BARGAIN AT 2¥c. Clearing Price, 29c. SILK-STRIPED PLAIDS-A GREAT AT Sie. Clearing Price, 39c. 45-INCH SILK-FINISHED HENRIETTA IN ALL COLORS—A GREAT BARGAIN AT 69c. Clearing Price, 49c. 40. BARG. ALL-WOOL IMPORTED CAN IN COLORS—A GREAT BARG A) Clearing Price, 69c. 45-INCH IMPORTED COLORED POPLI A GREAT BARGAIN AT 88¢. Clearing Price, 69c. E FRENCH DRAP D'ETE IN COL- AT BARGAIN AT $1. Clearing Price, 79c. 50-INCH IMPORTED ILLUMINATED CAMELS HAIR SUITING—A GREAT BARGAIN AT $1.25. Clearing Price, 89c. FRENCH BROADCLOTII — A 50-INCH AS WEAVES, aT 98. 45-INCH F ORS—A GR GREAT BARGAIN AT $1.25. Clearing Price, 98c. NCH IMPORTED SILK WOOL VE- PLAIDS—A GREAT BARGAIN AT $1.25. Clearing Price, 89c. Black Goods. 40-inch All-wool Imperial Serge . 45-inch All-wool Imperial Serge ~. 45-inch All-wool Storm Serge. . 45-inch All-wool Storm Serge. .... 46-inch Ali-wool Ladies’ Cloth..... ». 50-inch All-wool Granite Weaves 50-inch Canvas Weaves........ 45-inch All-wool Scotch Cheviot 45-inch All-wool Fine French Drap de Ete 38-inch Wide Wale Serge. 42-inch Wool Storm Serge. 40-inch All-wool Henrietta... ...... cosesseee+ -2QC. weceresee-25¢. Value 39¢. -29c. Value 49c. -25c. Value 39c. seme ce Value 4gc. Value 69c. Value 69c. 558 Value $1.00 3334555 Value 75¢. Value $1.00 Value 29¢. 1gc. Value 29¢. Value 39¢. Silk and Velvets. All-silk BJack Satin Duchesse. Worth 75c. Clearing Price, 49c. Black Satin and Gros Grain Brocades, exquisite patterns. Worth 8gc. Clearing Price, 59c. 27-inch Corduroy, in all colors, for waists or suits. Worth 75c. Clearing Price, 50c. Our entire line of $1.25 Fine Silk Velvets, in all the leading shades. Clearing Price, 89c. Domestics. to cases Yard-wide Rival Bleach- ed Muslin (better than Fruit of the WOON) is ce seine ieee ee ae 5 bales Appleton Extra Heavy Yard-wide Unbleached Muslin (bet- ter than Laurel D.)..-..........4%c. 50-inch Dallas Bleached Pillow Case Sheeting, 12}c... See acs 9-4 Mohawk Valley Bleached Sheeting: ...5<.2<55ic.<.00025- cA 29C. 10-4 New York Mills Bleached Sheeting ...........--.--.---17%c. Best quality Indigoes, 25 choice Amoskeag and Lonsdale Apron Gingham <i... sscecces se e~ > Sac PLAN Io pieces White Embroidered Flannel, hemstitched, choice de- signs, 50c.. 9c. All-wool French Flannel, plain and figured, soc... «++ -39C. All-wool Flannel Skirt Patterns, All-wool Swansdown Skirt Pat- terns, $1.19... - 20. seccccwes se GUC. Satine Prints, stripes and dots.3jc. Best Shirtings,in short lengths.2jc. 45x36 Ready-made Mohawk Val- ley Bleached Pillow Cases... ...g}c. 54x90 Ready-made Mohawk Val- ley Bleached Sheets...........25¢. 81x90 Ready-made Mohawk Val- ley Bleached Sheets............36c. 200 pieces yard-wide Per-= cale--neat styles--suitable for Wrappers, Shirt Waists and Shirts--slightly soiled on edge==12c. 6x#e, NIELS, Domet Skirt Patterns, 25c¢...19¢. All-wool Red Twill Flannel, 16c . 5 5 Yard-wide Eiderdown, all colors, soc. . 3 cases XXL Extra : Heavy Blankets at Slaughter Prices. 200 PAIR 10-4 WHITE OR GRAY OOT- TON BLANKETS FOR.. $1.39 ve 91.98 $1.50 DUCED $2.00 11-4 WHITE BLANKETS. DUCED ‘TO. 50 11-4 CALIFCRNIA GRAY, REDUCED TO.. $3.50 11-4 BLUE-GRAY BLANKETS. 6) 3 BLA! REDUCED TO..... aon = ALL-WOOL Kis REDUCED TO..-..25-+ “$2. ‘> . 4 ALL-WOOL MEDICATED $f, nip BLaNkers. REDUCED TO. $4.49 $5.00 1: w PER CENT WOOL............ 1-4 WHITE WOOL BLA: LAS: $3.98 SERA! 2b TOe Oia. WitnehgS. 49 oR STEHT SOMBRE OBC, $2.50 SILKOLINE-COVERED Ti! COMFORTS, PICKED WHITE COT 70S, $1. 49 LARGB SIZR. et neeseeeeeeeecseeee ° $4.00 FRENCH SATEEN-COVERED CCMFORTS, EXTRA SIZE, hesteee. ¥ 49 BRICKED COTTON, FOR. 2 oftsP PR Re EN $4.08 100 CLARENDON 12-4 908c B: SPREADS, FOR.. Specials in Lace Curtains and Portieres. Nottingham Lace Curtains, white. Regular $1.00 value. yards long, full width, ecru or and 3 $ becial Price, 69c. Pair. Nottingham Lace Curtains, 34 yards long, 50 and 60 inches wide, white or ecru. Regular $1.50 value. Special Price, 98c. Pair. 200 pairs Nottingham Lace Curtains, 33 yards long, 60 inches wide, all the Test fish net and Brussels effects. Worth $2.00. 75 pairs All Chenille Portieres, dado. full length, hea Special Price, $1.49 Pair. fringe and double Special Price, $1.98 Pair. 50 pairs Chenille Portieres, 50 inches wide and full length, all the latest effects, heavy imperial fringe, dado top and bottom. $4.00 value. R Special Price, $2.98. 5-foot Curtain Pole and Fixtures complete, 9c. each. $8.88 Cloak Department. *in ALL ‘HE FINEST ENGLISH AND Po ‘ED CHEVIOT AND BEST DMPORT AND IMPORTED PERSIAN AND SHE ARD SATIN, EVERY GARMENT IS gor AS TO. DESIGN AND FINISH. AND ALSO Fi STYLE, WE GIVE YOU OF THE WORLD. EVERY G. MEST BOUCLE GLUEH. JACKETS. “IN ARMENT 18 Lit LINED WITH THE VERY BEST STRICTLY MAN-TAILORED. EVERY GARMENT 18 EVERY iD LIGHT TAN, NAVY COMBINATION THE BEST Buys any Ladies’ Jacket in our hoitse that form- erly sold at $12.50, We shall make this $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00. the banner week in our IC KERSEYS AND MELTONS. ALI, OF THE BEST ALL 0} A OCOLGR ONE MAY WISH TO SEE—BLACK BLUE. CADET BLUE. NEW 4 rf BLUE. BLUE. OLIVE BROWN AND a IDEAS OF THE BEST JACKED SAKERS ° ° Linings. goc. quality Genuine Imported 22-in. French Haircloth for. ..33c, 3oc. quality Genuine 16-inch Herringbone Haircloth for. . 17e. 36c. Best Quality French Silk-finished Percaline, in guaranteed fast 18c. quality All-inen and WHHL oss ncccecmecs ca on sbeGnteeathewesercontecy Extra Stiff Quality Canvas, in black, gray ‘4c. Extra quality Silesia, in black and colors. Worth 13c. yard.....6¢. ioc. quality Fast Black 36-inch Moire Rustle Lining, soft finish 6c, 8. KANN, $ NS & CO., cream and + -39¢. I2$e. Canton Flannel...............8}c. 1 case Household Canton Flan- 1898 at the ~- Palais Royal. LREADY prepared for A the New Wane, as re- gards requisites for evening wear. On Monda our introductory sale, witht special prices. Evening Gloves. $3 For $3.50 Quality. We refer to the 20-button length White and Black Suede Mousque- taires. None better produced at any price. $2.25 for $2.75 Gloves. These are the 16-button length. White Suede Mousquetaires, re- liable in every respect; warranted; tried on at our risk. Evening Silks. Bengaline Silks are to be au fait for 1898. Special values at only $1 and $1.25 a yard, in all the correct evening shades. Satin Duchesse, in every wanted shade is here at &5c, $1, $1.35, $1.50 and $2 a yard. Special value in white at 85c to $3.50 a yard. _A grand bargain ‘in the Moire Velour Silks, in evening shades, at 68c, instead of $1.25 a yard. Another bargain—soc a yard for 27-inch Figured Silk Crepes. 44¢, instead of 50c a yard for Jap- anese Silks, in forty shades. 44c, 50c and 59c for White Habutai Silks, 24, 27 and 36 inches wide. Wool Fabrics. 50c a yard for 40 and 45-inch Al- batross Nun’s Veiling and Henrietta, in white, cream, nile, lavender, pink yellow, red. Draperies. _75¢_ instead of $1 yard for 45-inch Tinsel Gauze, with lace insertion, Newly beautiful. $1.35 to $5 a yard for Embroider- ed Silk Chiffons, 22 inches wide. Black, white and all colors. Neckwear. 68c for the $1 Neck Pieces, in lat- est jabot and bow effects. Nearly a half hundred styles to select from, Jewelry. 98c to $3.50 for Rhinestone Pom- padour Combs and Hair Ornaments, on spiral springs. $2.50 to $5.98 for the Pearl Neck- laces, 3 to 9 strands, with Rhinestone clasps. 75¢ to $3.98 for the Imported Jew- eled Belts. Same as generally re- tailed up to $5 each. Perfumery. Sole Washington agents for the De Veaux White House Perfumes Violet—the odor being now asked for by society’s elite. 1898 Calendars. 33 per cent discount—one-third off the price of those here—and the largest and best collection in Wash- ington, is at this G street corner. Goods suitable for New Year pres- ents among those left over from the Christmas collection. 33 per cent off marked prices on all Aluminum Toilet Sets marked variously from $1.19 to $6 set.... One-third off all Celluloid Toilet Sets marked $1.98 to $12....Third off any Doll marked $1.50 or more.... One-quarter off the price marked on any Leather- Writing Tablet, Port- folio, Collar or Cuff Box here from 49c to $5....One-third off the little prices marked on the expensive Art Cups, Saucers and Plates. Bargain Tables. 10c, 25c and 48c for choice of a thousand and one fancy articles sold until now at various prices up to $1 each. Look for these bargaia tables on all five floors. Best Toys. Hobby Horses at less than whole- sale prices: $6 for the $9 Horses, 63c for the $1.25 Horses, and reduced prices for those at various prices between these extremes....$1.98 for the $3.25 Buckboards complete to the brake ----$2.48 for the $3.50 Printing Presses, with two drawers containing type, ink, cards, etc. . . .$1.88 for the $2.75 Oak Writing Desks of solid oak on four legs, with drawers, pig- eon holes, etc——$1.48 for the $2.50 Velocipedes for boys 10 years of age ++. .§0c. for the $1 Shoo-Fly Horses. 79c. for $1 Dolls. 79¢ for any $1 Doll in the house ....39¢ for any 50c Doll. ...18c for any 25¢ Doll. Ta ngsctnaakiraed [sepa ¢ more expensive you select here Monday. Palais Royal, A. LISNER, G and 11th Streets.