Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1898, Page 8

8 * MOSES F st., cor. 11th. Mattress Factory, Ist and D. Furniture Factory. 12th & B. Storage, 224 & M. —————— Rug Department. Sale Prices Effect Rugs —wWe can undersell anybody in this part of the country on Rugs, and when sale times come around the Prices we quote are really equal to a double reduction. . —This big Rug. Department is teeming with bargains now we've been picking around culling out till cut prices prevail nearly through- out the whole stock. —Here’s a list for your considera- tion: Smyrna Rugs. ® by 14 tt. Russian Rugs. 18 by 36 in 27 by 64 tn 36 by 72 In Royal Axminster Mats. $8.00 Reduced Te. 18 by Japanese 28 by 7: ® by Japanese 18 by 3 26 by 7: Yeddo Rugs. 30 by 60 in 26 by 72 In Kelim Rugs. 20 by GO in 36 by Sakai Rugs. Smyrna Jute.. 36 by 72 in Fur Rugs. 4 pores Fur as that as $3.75 ad > bows. $1.25 Bath Room Rug: by 54 in Mottled Mats. Reduced ‘0, 18 by Ble, & SONS. The Popular Bakery ** * is known by the bread it sells. Cur cake and pastry are just as good as any that ever came out of an oven—but we want to “beom' our bread especially. Let us con- vinee you that our bread is the best that * the best flour and long experfence can make. * © Whole Wheat Bread, Se. loaf. Krafft’s Bakery, COR. 18TH ST. AND PA. AVE. je20-s,1.th.20 BARGAINS! Think of buying Furniture, House Fur- nisbings, Crockery, Glassware, e@tc., at 25 | per cent off regular marked prices. We {| | bought the business of 8. K. Brown & Son, | and will close out the three big floors full of stock now on hand at sweeping reduc- tious. Bargains galore for house furnishers. W. H. Kaiser, 20th & Ave. essor to S, K. Brown & Son), 820 20th st. 2,20 Delightful Coffee coffee that will make a success of avy breakfast—coffee that the most fastidious cof- fee drinkers will eae ‘s our de- Ueiows Old Java and Mocha Coffee, the finest that comes to this country. Tr Only ssc. pound. Excelient Coffee for 25e. and 30c. pound. W. B. Hoover, 1417 N. Y. Ave. $a29-s,1,th-14 Run No Risk + —of injuring your health by drinking the & Potomac Water in ite present muddy, an- = healthy state. Buy a Filter and purify every drop a @rinking or culinary purposes. Splendid Natural Ston rs for $2.75. $8.50 id $4—priced within easy reach of ali! Wilmarth & Kaiser, 1114 F Jamia If you once try Carter's Little Liver for sick headache, Dillousness or constipation, you will ever be without them. The; rely vegeta- smal! and easy to take. ‘Dou't Kxget this. if your complaint is want of tite, try half a Hirrens balf an wine glass of ANGOSTURA Beware of counterfeits. ask ts W. B. MO hour before dinner. genuine article, manufactured by Dr. i. B. Stegert & Sons. SALE OF A RAILROAD. Decision of Court in Affairs of Co- lumbia @ Maryland. Judge Wickes of the circuit court, Balti- more, yesterday ordered the sale of the Columbia and Maryland ratiroad, and will sign a decree to that effect. The decision came after full argument of the consoll- dated cases of the Baltimore Security and ‘Trading Company against the Columbia and Maryland, in which Nicholas P. Bond was appointed receiver and William L. Mar- bury trustee, against the Columbia and Maryland, and followed the dismissal by the court of the petitions filed by certain stockholders and dissenting bondholders. Mr. Bond is to be continued as receiver, while the sale will be made by Mr. Mar- bury, #8 trustee, under the first and second ortgages. The several properties which up the Columbia and Maryland, will, it Is understood, be first offered at sale separately, and then as a whole, as being the more advantageous for the general corporation. These properties are the Maryland and Washington railroad, a controlling Interest in the Belt railroad, and the Eckington and Soidiers’ Home rati- way. all in Washington, the stock and bonds of the Catonsville Short Line rail- read, the Edmondson avenue, Catonsville and Ellicott City railroad, and the partly constructed road from the District line to near Laurel, Md., partly completed power houses, material, etc. The Baltimore Se- curity and Trading Company has, It is un- derstood, Hens on the properties amounting to about $2,500,000, and on that account is likely to be a prominent factor in the sale. OPERA BOUFFE WAR|THE SOCIAL WORLD (Continued from First Page.) (Continued from Seventh Page.) ‘@s accessories of the crime of rebellion, not- withstanding whatever other offense the publication of the articles may constitute. Article 4—The juriediction of war shall be the only one competent to take cognizance of all the offenses which may be commit- ted through the medium of the printing press. Article 5—Whatever laws and decrees are ecntrary to this decree are hereby re- peeled. RAMON BLANCO. Havana, January 14, 1896. Extent of the Censorship. From the decree it will be seen that the regulation applies not only to papers pub- lished in the island. It reaffirms the cen- scrship over foreign publications. The gen- eral staff must first read them and be sat- isfled they contain nothing injurious to the army, to Spain or to autonomy. The Span- ish papers were frequently confiscated be- fore the issue of this decree. The demon- stration which the army officers and the volunteers made against autonomy was certain to be fully reported in the Amert- can newspapers though the accounts were necessarily belated. The people of Ha- vana knew what had been happening and understood its significance better than the people of the United States could possibly understand. Nevertheless, the American Papers were forbidden circulation. After ten days the threat to have Spain disci- plined for violating the provisions of the International Postal Union caused a change in the order as applied to American news- papers. They are row permitted circula- tion. Possibly the ridicule with which the decree is treated and also the protests may cause a temporary loosening of the gag on the Havana press. But there will be no real change becavse the government doves not dare permit publication of the news and unlicensed comment on it. At any heur the palace and the autonomist cabi- net are likely to be thrown into a panic and take stronger measures than ever to protect themselves from their own shadows. However, the internal phases of Spanish government in Cuba under autonomy are not of overwhelming weight. The people have been used.to tragedy. They can get along with the opera bouffe. If they refuse to take things seriously it is their own affair. If they laugh over the official re- ports of victories in the field and of in- surgents’ presentations, they know why they laugh. Both Spaniards and Cubans seem to be serious-minded people. When they do make merry it must be over some- thing that appeals deeply to their instincts of humor. They may be left to enjoy it while I explain a feature of the press cen- sorship, which is of more interest in the United States. Thie, too, has its humorous side. The incidents would make a first- class comedy for the stage. But the Ameri- can people may want something more than this. With a realization of what may hap- pen within a few weeks, they would prob- ably like trustworthy information from day to day of what is going on in Cuba. They will have to be content with the un- biased news twice a week. Here is the reason: De Lome and the Cable. The Spanish authorities control the cable. The censorship of what goes out Is even more absolute than of what comes in or of what is printed within. Twice a week the newspaper correspondents are enabled to establish ccmmunication with their home offices by means of Key West and Tampa. Occasionally there is a chance between in- tervals, but ft is rare. I am sorry to say the government takes unfair advantage of its ¢pportunities. It is important just now that un impression be made in Spain and in the United States, that the corpse of autonomy has a little ‘vitality left. Blanco is in the field, and some results must be shown on paper. So five nights out of seven news of Spanish victories and of insurgent presentations may be expect- ed. Blanco’s campaign with arma may not be-a s, but the nalace and the gen- eral staff will conduct a brilliant news campaign through their control of the ble. Whenever symptoms of action by Congress or by the administration become strong, the operations in the field, as re. ported officially over the cable, may be- come a sweening series of successes. If Le first Series docs not achieve its pur- oe, a second one c: c d pose: aise me can be counted on with The authorities in Havana do no! tircly on themselves. They leaxernenats the judgment of Minister de Lome in Wash. ington. Here, too, the advantage over the newspapers is an unfair one. The minister may be sald to edit the entire Spanish cor. le from Cuba. The legation at > national capital is the clearing house for news as the government needs to have it presented to the American people, officials here are not always sure cf them. selves, but with the minirter’s annotations they have no misgivings that the intelli- ence will be presented favorably. Tt must be said that Mr. de Lome, in the midst of other pressing duties, | does not t . ne- Biect this branch of his mission. Nor is the minister lacking in other details. American newspape times have occasion to communicate with their representatives in Havana by cable. Often the measeges ure of a confidential character; frequently they are of slight consequence, but no matter what ther irnportance, ‘if the police authorities take the notion, they are at the disposal of the Spanish minister in Washington before they are delivered in Havana. I have in mind a particularly flagrant instance of this kind when it was desirable to neu- tralize the effect of Gomez's declarations rejecting autonomy. What luck the min- ister had in neutralizing those declarations I do not know, but the use of confidential Messages between a newspaper and {ts cor- respondents certainly gave him a fair start in his efforts to influence public opinion in the United States. This incident. was in no way personal to myself, so I feel free to write of it in illustrating the gigantic task thet the Spanish government has un- dertaken in seeking to end the insurrec tion in Cuba by controlling the sources through which news is spread. Don’t Suppress Everything. It should not te said that the authori- ties suppress everything. During the riots Captain General Blanco and Secretary Gen- eral Congosto both turned themselves into news agencies. When the mob was quiet- ed they were profuse in volunteering in- formation to the outside world that every- thing was tranquil in Havana. This was literally true, and it was important. But they forgot to add something the omission of which wouid have caused their discharge from any newspaper office. They omitted to state that the tranquillity was due to the presence of eight thousand regular troops that had been brought in from the country. Omissions of this sort caused an effort to be made by some of the news- Paper correspondents to supplement the offictal news. I believe cne or two of them Whose papers were supposed to be of pro- Spanish lean'ngs were zealous enough to emphasize the tranquillity, and succeed- red in having very brief dispatches censur- ed. Either that or something about the Weather being mild and pleasant. Some Kind of word apparently came back the following day which led the general staff to think it had been fooled. So the palace that night would not permit a word to be cabled. The same thing is likely to happen again. These matters are understood in news- Paper offices, but they are seemingly not fully comprehended by newspaper readers, who are confused by what appears to be conflicting intelligence from Cuba. I write of them now because it is the beginning of a period in which what ha) here may be of vital consequence. do not under- take to say the crisis has come, for the Spanish crisis is like the Spanish “tomor- row.” It may be a long way off. Yet th desperate need of Gen. Blanco to make a show of doing something, possibly to save the Sagasta ministry, possibly to stave off American intervention, makes it desirable to indicate what degree of credibility should be given the official reports. Under Weyler the atrocities were denied until they had to be admitted. Under Weyler the horrors of the concentration system were denied until 300,000 country people were crowded into a single procession for ‘the grave, and the truth had to be known. During that time the Spanish minister in Weshington was the mouthpiece- of the Spanish authorities in Cuba in denying what those authorities knew at the time to be true. Weyler is gone, but Blanco has adopted his methods of seek! to control the news of what happens in Cuba. With these facts in mind, and a little patien e on the part of newspaper readers, they may be able to form an intelligent idea of what actually takes place. CHARLES M. PEPPER. eet Frank Williams, colored, escaped from the chain gang yesterday. The police re- port that he lives at 1372 C street south- east, only a from the work- house. ner, Mrs. Brown and at 102 B street northeast, eesieted by Mrs. John 8. Barbour end Mra. Robt. N. Har- per. Mrs. Robert N. Harper will not be at home Monday, but will recetve Mondays, February 7 and 21, trom 4 to 9. Mrs. J. Hardy Crawford of 33 B street northwest will be at home Monday. Miss Ida Brahler celebrated her seven- teenth birthday Tuesday evening at her home, 655 Maryland avenue northeast. Piano selections were given by Miss A. Schneider and the Messrs. F. Hoy of Alex- andria, Holmes, C. Vierbuchen, B. ‘ rett, L. Demontreville, and several. vocal soloa by Mr. B. Garrett. The evening was made enjoyable with music and games, after which refreshments were served. Those present were: Misses A. Schneider, B. Meacham, J. Meacham, I. Grisby, M. Brahler, A. Lochboeler, M. Lukei, E. ‘Young, O. Borger, K. Borger, B. Brenner, A. Coughlin, R. Hick, J. Ward, M. Hartig, N. Boss, Messrs. J. Muldoon, B. Garrett, A. Robertson, L. Mills, G. Brahler, E. Hugu- nahan, J. West, F. Rowley, V. R. Eaton, C. Vierbuchen, W. Holmes, H. Meyers, 8. Frank, H. Stein; Mr. Evans, E. Berry, L. Demontreville. ~The marfiage of Miss. Meta Kiages ta Mr. Carl Kien! tt the residence of George Klenk, 2122 L street northwest, took place Wednesday. Miss Johanna Klages was bridesmaid, the groomsman Mr. Fred Schrumpf. Mr. and Mrs. George Klenk and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Kienk, Mrs. J. F. Vogt, Pastor Menzel and wife, Mrs. Geo. L. Botsch, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Botsch, Mrs. C. Schaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Blumem- berg, Mrs. McNamara, Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz, Mrs. John Schaffer, Mrs. J. Schaffer, Mrs. John Breck, Mr. and = = Mrs. L. Birkle, Mrs. Fritz Herzog, Mrs. Fursis, Mrs. A. Meinberg, Mrs. Geshile, the Misses Rosa Vogt, Min- nie Rick, Katie Schwartzhaupt of Balti- more, Gesina Klages, Martha Knight, Jo- hanna Bahlman, Annie Schmidt, Annie Barva, Josephine Bahiman, Agnes Bennett, Annie Scheck, Annie Bahiman, M. Wenzel, M. Brockhouse, Celia Fursis, B. Naw, Messrs. Wm. Viilers and daughter, B. Bir- kle, Wm. Botsch, Karl Birkle, C. Herzog, A. Muller, J. McCoughlin, F. Englert, Wm. Taliaferro, A. Schlag were present. Mr. and Mrs. Klenk left for Niagara Falls later. Miss Ethel Fish invited her progressive euchre club to meet her guest, Miss Grace Ely of Frederick, Md., Friday evening. Those present were Miss Mary Cushman, Miss Nona Phelps, Miss May Crown, Miss Anna Walker, Miss Mary Walker and Mrs. Ross Grey and Mrs. Albert Walker, Mr. enry Polkinborn, Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Ros- well Fish, jr., Mr. Albert Walker, Mr. M. J. Colbert, Capt. J. Satterlee Phelps and Dr. Tyrus Christman. The prizes were won by Mrs. Katie Grey, Miss Crown, Miss Mary Walker, Dr. Christman, Mr. Lindsay and Mr. Colbert. / Mrs. Walcott and Miss Walcott will be at home Saturdays from 8 to 11 o'clock curing the sezson, assisted by Mrs. L. W. Boody and Mrs. J. B. Aird of Alabama, at 1017 14th street northwest. Mrs. David H. Mercer, wife of Represen- tative Mercer of Nebraska, will receive the last three Tuesdays in February, 1303 Roanoke street northwest. Mrs. Clarence E. Dawson will be at home on Thursdays, February 3 and 10, at 1821 Phelps place, Washington Heights. Mrs. R. D. Jackson and Miss R. T. Tay- lor are at Haddon Hall, Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Moses Cohen of ‘this city announce the engagement of their daugh- ter Florence to Mr. Harry Panitz of Bal- timore, Md. At home Sunday, January 30, 1180 Sth street northwest. A pleasant musicale was given on Wed- nesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Handy, No. 133 N street northwest. Those present were Mr. Wm. H. Handy of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Seouard Nachi- man and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Nachi- man and daughter, Mrs. Philip Nicholson and son, Messrs. L. and H. Handy, Mr. and Mrs. R. Birch, son and daughter, Mrs. Watson, Mr. Kirby, Miss G. Watson, Mrs. J. Scunk of Stilton, Pa. and Mrs. Wm. J. Hughes. Mrs. M. 8S. Gist will receive at her resi- dence, 1506 P street, on Tuesdays, Febru- ary 1 and 15. Mrs. Fuller will not receive on next Monday afternoon. Mrs. William Burton Green and Mrs. Charles B. Beall will be at home informally Thursdays in February at 1616 15th street. Miss Cropley and her guest, Miss Young oz Poolesville, Md., will be at home Febru- ary 8 and 17, at 3066 Q street, from 3 to 6, and will have with them Miss Mamie Light- foot, Miss Manning, the Misses Jackson, Miss Huntington and Miss Lammond. Mrs. Walter I. Rich will be at home Mon- days at 1209 Massachusetts avenue south- east. Mrs. J. Wesley Bovee will be at home, 1404 H street, Mondays in February. Mrs. George W. Cissel and daughter, Mrs. John H. Roche, will be at home at “Oak Crest,” 1645 8let street, Monday, January 81, and Mondays in February. A pleasant euchfe party was given at the residence of Mrs. J. E. Ratcliffe, No. 316 North Carolina avenue southeast, last evening. A club was temporarily organised al this meeting, and at the next one a suit- able name will be selected. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Griffith, Mr: and Mrs. McCaffrey, Mr. and Mrs. Greenwell, Misses Jchnson, Greenwell, Blackstone and Mrs. Ratcliffe, Messrs. Blackstone, Ratcliffe, Kehoe and Chas. Griffith, Mr. and Mrs. Greenwell and Mr. and Mrs, Griffith were the prize winners. The next meeting will be held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Griffith, 74 G street northeast, Friday, February 11. —_>—_—_ FREE LANDS FOR SETTLERS, Reported Favorably to Open Twenty Million Acres. The free homestead bill, giving over 20,000,000 acres of public lands as free: homes for settlers, was ordered favorably reperted to the House yesterday by the public lands committee. The vote was 16 to 2. The item extending the provisions of the bill to military reservations which have been opened to settlement was stricken cut, while the item including lands which the government sells for the Indians, col- lects the purchase price and pays the money over to the Indians, was retained. Chairman Lacey of the committee opposed both of these important items, and will make a minority report, based on the In- dien trust land feature and commenting on_the other. The committee made favorable reports to the House on the bills for the compulsory attendance of witnesses in contests be- fore receivers and registere of the local lamd offices and for the grant of 25,000 acres each to the Tuskogee negro industrial school in Alabama and to the white girls’ industrial school in northern Alabama. Work of the ¥'s. ‘The headquarters, Y. W. C. T. U., held ita regular monthly meeting at 910 F strest northwest Wednesday evening. The pres- ident, Mrs. Clayton Emig, occupied the chair, and Mrs. Clinton Smith, the District superintendent of Y work, conducted ds- votional services. The secretary’s report showed that among the most interesting items of work accomplished during the last quarter wers the distribution 11,382 Pages of good literature, 194 magazines, 160 bouquets, 500 large Scripture cards deo- crated with autumn leaves, and 150 gar- ments to the poor and the inmates of va- rious hospitals. A kindergarten has ben opened in a poor settlement of the south- east. The society is furnishing the cloth- ing for an infant at the a g rv ‘there has been placed in all the grocery stores & Bew preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most Gelicate stomach recelves,it without and ‘Dut few it from coffee. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1898-24 PAGES. Card Engraving. ‘The ccet of this newspaper to friends and patrons that the is now located in the har SS dressingrparion of the Palate to these temporarily reduced Royal. 7 : Mra. » in charge of tbe mafeure p , requests a visit during the less busy cards from plate already en- morning bourd. graved. THE PALAIS ROYAL “OPENING” Winter - - - Midwinter - - - Spring PRING goods are no longer a surmise, they are manufactured reali- ties, already in the possession of the go-ahead merchant. The “Opening” here may occur in midwinter, but is the interest any the less? And can those securing first choice at the complimentary prices made as a souvenir of the “Opening” be termed unwise? 1893 Wash Shirt Waists. HE new style Waists are unlike last season’s in various respects— gauzy materials give way to those more substantial; the large, showy patterns and gaudy colors are changed for neater effects. Thus we have Waists of Chambrays, Ginghams, Percales and Madras, in small checks, stripes and plain modish colors: Blouse style, belted in when desired. The sleeves small, the collar fastening at the back. “Opening” prices for best:—g8c, $1.25, $1.68, $1.98. ZO EE them—and you'll say the making alone is worth more than 25 cents. Those of White Cambric have daintily plaited and embroi- dered yokes. Those of Ginghams, Percales and Lawns are. in charming designs and colors, with white beading forming yoke. Sizes, 6 months to 3 years. ©25¢ for choice. New Underwear for 1898. AVE already introduced the regular stock of cotton and cambric garments—but here’s a stock of High-grade Underwear that comes here, to us and you, instead of to a New York merchant and his patrons. Never mind the reason, but learn the result—84c for choice of Chic Paris Gowns, Skirts, Chemises, Drawers and Corset Cov- ers, intended to retail at $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2 and $2.25. Medium Weight Latest Stockings. Maco Yarn Ribbed Underwear. Little Children’s Pretty Dresses, “Opening” price less than cost. Improved glove- | Riack, nearly six inches longer than the ordinary, fitting vests; pants with yoke band, fastening at side, Best of Soe. garments, “Openiug” “DR. | Nth elastic ribbed tops and extra double ye 6 price ....6.-0 5 soles. Best 85c Hose for eS . Spring Suitings for 1898. HE to-be-fashionable fabrics are not unlike those used in the Eng- lishman’s ,touring costume—of medium weight, but wirey materials, in light colors, apparently frail, but really wear-resisting and dust- defying. 44c instead of 50c. $1 instead of $1.25. 50-inch =Spring-wei¢ht Broadcloths, sponged. Soltings, as described above, of pare Wool Che¥- | pearl, to be much in demand and scarce; grays, fots in mixtures; checks and plaids, plain and | tang, reseda, old blue, violet, golden brown, nay, fancy; silk and wool mixtures, plain eud fancy. | garnet, black. ALC. E don’t point so much to Monday’s price opportunity—but to the advantages of a selection from a virgin stock and to remind you that the prettiest effects are always scarce later. Logically so— because carried off by those securing first choice early in the season. 1898 Wash Silks. | Best Linings. BA vert for the Bxten Quallty Wash Silke, | 2 9 6 yard Monday for 2c French Hatr Cloth... © guaranteed worth 40¢ a — ane 19¢ yd. for 25¢ Fast Black fancies....12¢ ts colors, sieipeesty all este ss aS ace goods and | for 16c quality....8¢ yd. for 12c Percaline, in fast sarees RE eae | black and colors. 89c yd. for New $1 Silks. T is the ambition of every leading merchant to offer the best possible Silks at $1 a yard. We will not indulge in vulgar self-congratula- tions, but respectfully ask your opinion of our efforts for 1898. The correct colors for street and evening wear are now here, in Bayadere effects, Plaids, Fancy Checks and Stripes. 89c yard for Monday only. 68c instead of 75c. Velutina for 1898. The reduction in price would mean very Uttle | Nothing new other than the colors. Every new if quoted for old or undesirable Silke—but these | o.446 for street and evening wear is here. Mon- Taffetas, in plain and elace ef- recta peat setae : day's ‘Opening’ price is G8c instead of 75e a yard, Dress Trimmings for 1898. ACES, Embroideries and Ribbons are to be very much in evi- dence. The subject needs a separate announcement with ample space. Here we will but point to the bargain spots dotting our newly great gathering: 1898 Laces. 5c wr8 for the Exquisitely Embroidered Mous- © ‘claine de Bole, 22 inches wide. To wrl the value is $1.50 @ yard is to invite doubt. But it's as trae as the shining of the sun. yard for the Silk Tulle, 2 yards wide. French Organdies, Figured Grenadines, Imported Dimities, All 1898 designs, Only 21c yard, on Monday only. Embroideries. A8c 1 Byard strips,—somples from the lead- ing maker of St. Gall, Switzerland. Choice of beautiful effects in Swiss and Cambric Em- broidertes, 4 to 7 inches wide, worth 12c to 20¢ yard. Any five-yard strip for only 48¢. for the atrips containing 5 yards of Em- GBC Fic, wate Lertli-ten earns tes oo T5C irosderiee 7 to 10 teches wide, worth 280 colors. $1 yard the actual value. to 40c yard. ‘Think of it,—$1.25 to §2 worth for 10¢ 7 for Point de Paris, Cluny and Age only 7c, Shh eporn ees soe ee = Bc "4 tor best Mmbroldery Edges, 2 to 4 wo Inches wide. These are the best ‘fast’? edges, guaranteed not to ‘pull’? in washing or frcning. Artistically beautiful patterns, so unlike ‘the showily vulgar styles the price usually brings, yard for Torchon and Point de Paris Lace 5c Edges and Insertions, 2 to 8 inches wide. Some are worth 10c¢ yard. Double Face Satin Ribbons. Bra qualtty produced, at 40 per cent less than regular prices, be- cause manufacturer’s “seconds.” This doesn’t mean remnants, but whole pigtes of ten yards, A tiny spot or other blemish makes “seconds” of the whole piece. We have 1,211 pieces, that your eyes will tell you are. practically as good as perfect ribbons. The-Prices. More Bargains. eee 2%-inch, usually 85e and 48¢ yard for the Roman Stripe and Plaid Rib- 25c 2 See or aie usually 160 fee eu cae cue aes 4Bc and Se yard, for 4 and 6-inch, ueuatly | yard. All the correct effects and colors for dress Bec and @0c yard. ite, cream, pinks, blues, | and hat trimmings. Ample quantity and all per- yellows and othér light: shades. feet. Spool Cotton, 24c. Dozen. ING'S Famous Machine Cotton, 200 each 1 containi: yards, This is an introductory sale of the 1898 Improved Soft-finish Cot- ton, all numbers in black and white. not more than one dozen to each purchaser. for 10-yard pieces of Fancy Silk Belting. A No. 1, the kind sold generally at nearly 1zc a dozen spools, but rT spool for the well-krown “Royal” Sewing G Machine Silk. All numbers, but black only. Not more than a doren spools, please. instesa of ce yard for the new “Brush” GC Stare Binding, which will last as long as the garment it 1s used on. for Byard pleces of “Select” Velveteen 14C Sxise ‘Binaing,-2 inches wide. 200. the 6c os prevailing price. ie nee . | for No, # size, 12¢ for No. Ae oF F7aT8 Ploces Biack Sink Prmasia Bind- = ‘Whalebone Casing. Palais Royal 2lc paper for Taylor's tere ABTISTIO PHOTOGRAPHER. Ladies’ $2, $2.50 & $3 shoes reduced to g | AG) Stock-taking revealed several odd lots of ladies’ shoes, which we shall put on sale Monday mofning at the lowest price shoes of reliable quality have ever been sold for. The several lots have been placed together—consisting of ladies’ shoes of Geneva kid, Bordeaux, calf and kangaroo, in button and lace styles—all the latest shapes, such as Lenox, King Charles, London and cadet— with extension or close-trimmed soles, opera toes with straight patent-leather tips, or round and also coin toes with tips of same. All are finished in the best. manner. Our guarantee goes with every pai ot a single pair of shoes in this lot is worth less than $2.00, and most are regul: . ic ‘mien he see are regular $2.50 and $3.00 values. Choice, Big domestic values. The unusually good bargain values offered in Domestics should make this department exceptionally busy all day Monday. After- stock-taking prices have been marked on the domestics—like this: 1.950 pillow cases— 45236 ae ye 2-inch hem: =i peeeiene Z Ready: =-made sheets. jonday—each—ai 5c. 2 45x86 hemstitched pillow cases—made goa cotton wil Se Totered 8 << y for. colors We. yd. — —— wil go Monday for, fe 64c. S490, Mohawk | rendy-made Prk 200 pes. new light colored shirting prints offered Mouday for. i, —in fast colors—will go Monday, per yard, for. : Cc. sects will be offered Momlay tor BOC. 90x90 New York Mille sheets Will be offered Monday for. 50c. ‘Bargain values in new silks.; The advance guard of the season’s silks are here—and Monday we shall offer them at special bargain prices. 30 pieces of fine black taffetas, 25 pieces of extra fine quality changeable taffe- tas, the heavy rustling that is ‘so desira- Fine brocaded change- able stlk, made of the finest spun silk, fully re. — brocaded Ere dots both In this assort: ee eter | all the latest blend- versible, in moby spring combinat fects.— ings, including water- shades—new blue, cerine, non-crushable, reversible melon piuk abd green, green, garnet aud navy kind. A very superior fetache and white, eflects. Worth every uality; satin damask ef- rench blue and tan and ay fects ‘throughout. Of- hers. "re actually cont oc. a yard. 69 ae SOC ir bot Cc. eee . Most ¥4 price for new Big lining specials. 7 Yard-wide Leavy twiiled silesia, in Mack spring dress ginghams. aust at crear eepulne Te Be 2.600 yds. of 22-inch fine zephyr ging- quality, Mcaday for...........0.. OC. ham, in neat checks, plaids and stripes— atiful Fing taffeta rustle skirt Muing, in Weck and colors. Regalar 0c. qual-" 4) Monday, per yard, for. ce yiath rege ee Sy price 2I4c. : Mousselaine de soie. + all-silk wousselaine d’soie, Natural ftber chamote, doub Everybody Enows the. regular price. Will go Monday at in Nabian fast Wack and colored French cream, white apd biack—so much in de- orci rl . percalive, including all the new mand” now-and which — is ro We umsatls sald for aoe. a sa AOC or emery | will go Monday for. ° Fxtra_beavy all-linen canvas, in_ Dlock . only. The regular 15c. quallt; English long cloth. Sionday fou 9c. ee ee ee Roman stripe silk percaline, tn “‘opal- containing 12. yi O8c cyeont tase.” a entirely “new DRC ae ° effect, Monday, per yard, for... * eee ial J6-1nch Seamtne French, hetretoth Baek a: gray, best quality jon - Big notion specials. aay. pe yaa, to... AAC. Clark’s darning cotton, 1g¢. ball. nasa a All size nickel-plated hair curlers— All-wool moreen, in Mack, and worth 10c.—-for Bc. brown, very heavy quality—the 48e. que! Me, Kileinert’s dress sbields for Te. ay all over town, Monday 35c. pair. for - All-silk seam binding—the regular 12c, on quality—in all colors—for Se. plece. Fancy figured black-back waist luing. 16c. quality best English fall count pins in new potterns—the best 12%. 8 Cc. —for 5c. paper. Mping. Monday for... abe 7 200 yds. best quality linen thread—for Ge, spool, 4-yard piece of velveteen skirt hinding Dexter's white ball kuitting cotton—all Black and all colors.” “Monday 8c Nos.—for 4c. ball, ~—ares 3 % restos White & S$ 4.50 Brass Bed, still, White and Brass Beds and will coptinue to be, Their beauty— Cleanliness —lighthess—aied extreme duraiilits strongly recommend them. Grand White Brae Beds all sizes for $4.60. Comfortable Mattress for §4.50. for $1 to fit the above bed. Tre Houghton co, 1214 F St. Reo CORO ~s (ipa washing soaps “eat up” your linen! We use the purest}. and finest laundry soaps money | % 2034 can purchase! But one of the many reasons why you should drop postal or ’phone 592 for us to call tor your laundry! FRAZEE’S LAUNDRY, Pisat and y214 & 1216 D St. Gas Heating Stoves give out the hot tent kind of heat at a ; Wash’n Gas Co., 413 10th St. N. W. ° ° ° . . ° . ° erccccecs A “STAR” HAM IN THE HOUSE Is always convenient, 1s made by Armour Or GAS APPLIANCE BX., 1424 N. ¥. ave. eeeccees eee Se aa a «& Company; is an extra select, sugar-cured ham. Ask your dealer for @ fourteen-pound bam G05 18th st. 3100 M st. Jost the right size, most economical and finest 1322 14th hone 592. ja20-208 flavor. SHEETZ’S SPECIALTIES. | Armour Products are World Staples, Snowdrift ARMOUR & COMPANY. (Delicious and Delica’ -#,tu.th-2m 60c. os oe a ———— SSS Salted Almonds, - SS —= ES $6c. ‘per ib. (Old Gold CREAM MINTS AND WINTERGRE! Any color made = Tuncheons H and Silver Call and try a sample of our Suowdrift, free. | |F 5 | —taken in exchange at full ,SHEETZ, 10th and F. 2 value for articles of latest 2 designs. Reo OO. fi SE Fon ou grcona foor (take elevator) To Architects = {ij salen Sar aa. and Builders! }\| Galt & Bro., W Ad cancer eS ean, = 4 5 JEWELLERS.SILVERSMITHS&STATIONERS, tries and Technical Works on Art le 1107 PENNA. AVENUE. and Arebitecture! Architects can =, ja27-th.s,t,28 secure many bright ideas, and perbaps ¢ Stiain « brilliant reputation from such study la 0 SS a ee DS erhoff’s, 1217 Je28-204 ‘Stalee’s Photos are famous for their unique xcellent likenesses— and the dainty style in which they are finished. They will please you. - W. H. Stalee, 1107 F St., 228-164 Go to Siccardi’s ~-