Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1898, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR, F RIDAY, Pies 4, 1898—14 PAGES. THE EVEN WASHIN NG STAR. .GTON,. CROSBY S. NOYES... the other W =. An a News and Advertising Medium it has no ceempetitor. Im order to avoid delays, on ne- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed te any individual connectsd with the office, bi y to THE STAR, or to © Business Depart- Congress Should Take a Hand. Congress as our local legislature should take up and settle definitely the question of the railroad extensions in the north- western suburbs in such mannef as will give to the residents of that section the tramsit facilities they need and furnish convenient access to the park region with- out further and unnecessary delay. The ideal solution of the problem would be to mark out a route connecting tie Columbia road and 18th street termina- tion of the Metropolitan line and the 9th and Florida avenue termination and re- quire the Metropolitan Railroad Company, in view of the value of the franchise con- ferred, to complete the line at once, doing all grading or bridging at its own expense. At the same time the Capital Traction Company could be given its extension through Mount Pleasant, doing away with its stub end on Mth street. Both these companies enjoy immensely valuable fran- chises, and they should be compelled to take the lean with the fat. It is fully apparent a$ conditions now are that unless Congress takes a radical position no railroad extension whatever will be made. The Capital Traction Company, inasmuch as it at present gets all the business from Mount Pleasant and its vicinity, would prefer to go without any extension itself Yather than share this traffic with the Metropolitan, and the Metropolitan com- pany would be amply satisfied to allow present conditions to be maintained until either 17th street or 18th street is opened up, allowing it to connect its two lines without expense for grading. It is the wise policy of Congress to fur- nish suburban rapid transit facilities and access to the parks through the extension of existing trunk lines, and not by the chartering of new companies. But if Con- gress will not permit competitors in this service the direct responsibility falls upon it of requiring the city lines for whose ex- clusive benefit this field is reserved to Proceed at once to occupy it and to begin to make some return to the public for the monopolistic privileges gratuitously con- ferred upon them. —>+e—___ ‘The Dog-in-the-Manger Policy. Senator White of California has revived the old dog-in-the-manger proposition re- specting Hawaii in the following joint res- olution: “That of right ft belongs wholly to the people of the Hawaiian Islands to estab- lish and maintain their own form of gov- ernment and domestic policy; that the United States ought in nowise to interfere therewith, and that any intervention in the pe cal affairs of these islands by any other government wMl be regarded as an act unfriendly to the United States.” The people of the Hawatian Islands—the people who represent civilization in the islands—have exercised the right here de- clared for. They have established, and are maintaining, a responsible form of gov- ernment, under which the islands have prospered. In their judgment, however, the interests of the islands would best be subserved by annexation to the United States. They desire that policy pursued. ‘There has been no interference on the part of the United States with the government of Hawaii whatever. We have received the Hawaiian overtures for annexation, have negotiated a treaty to that end, and the treaty is now before the Senate for ratification. But if that treaty should be rejected, what right will the United States then have to concern itself further with the affairs of the Hawaiian Islands? Could there be greater interference than a form- al declaration to the other powers of the world that they must not interfere with the Hawaiian government? We are not invited to protect, but to annex, the is- lands. If we decline to annex them there will be nothing pending between the two governments. The Hawaiian government will rightfully and properly feel itself able and at liberty to make such friends as it pleases and for such purposes as will best advance its own interests. It will be none of the business of this government to put its oar in there, no matter what may be on the cards. The truth is that by the very act of warning off other powers we confess our interest in the Hawaiian Islands and their importance to us as territory. And as they are important—as we can see that in league with or under the dominion of some great power other than ourselves they might become prejudicial to our wel- fare—we owe it to them and to ourselves to meet the question fairly and squarely. We must either annex the islands, or take the plain consequences. We have no right 32 pfopose to hold them under a sort of vassalage. —_>+e—____ Cost of the Cuban War. Two years of “administration” in Cuba have cost Spain the neat sum of $240,- 900,000. Spain has never acknowledged by direct official admission that a state of war exists in the island, but this appalling total will serve in Heu of such an admission. The American people require no confirma- tion by Spanish authorities of the proposi- tion that a very large part of the inhab- itants of Cuba are In revolt, so seriously as to invest them with the dignity of con- ducting warfare, and entitled in a large measure to the consideration that belongs to belligerants. But the case has come to fuch a point now that the Madrid treasury can no longer conceal the emptiness caused by this devastating condition in the largest of Spain's colonial passessions. ———~< An Ohio legislator desires to prevent peo- ble who are not in good health from marry- ing. The impossible has no terrors for the Uhio legislature. Free Unlimited Water Supply. Times have changed wonderfully at the national capital with regard to tne use of drinking water. Whereas now it requires @ fight to keep the people from having the water doled out to them In driblets, and to create a sentiment in Congress favorable to the unmistakable and adequate increase of the supply and its purification, the citizens of at least one section of the District forty years ago enjoyed practically free and un- limited water supply. This ideal condition is well described in the following extract from the Natiofal Intelligencer of May 9, 1850: “One hundred free public drinking foun- tains or service hydrants have been provid- ed, of which nine only had been set up when the cold weather arrested this work, ‘The remainder will be set up in the spring, one at every corner in the city. Thus the thirsty and the poor will tind water flowing free of charge at every corner. How mutch this will tend to the promotion of temper- ance and the comfort of the ee it is not necessary to point out. The poor even more than the rich of Georgetown will = a lasting debt of gratitude to t! have so quickly, pair in favor of the Teller resolution is merely a political play, and a very poor play at that. Even if the resolution is adopted it will add nothing to the repub- protection, next November's result ought to tell the tale. Both issues, and the for- mer very prominently, will be before the people, But this badgering of a senator about this vote or that vote, and this calling on him ‘to resign his office and come home, do not comport with either the dignity or nature of the senatorial office. A senator is never able to escape responsibility for his actions, and there is an appointed time for calling him to account. work are provided by a tax of sixty cents} per front foot, on both sides of every street in which the water board may decide to lay the pipes. The board has consulted the interests of the property holders by omit- ting those portions of the streets in which there is no present necessity for the pipes, but has exercised its authority by laying them wherever a judicious arrangement of the distribution required them. The tax being payable in four annual installments of fifteen cents each, at the end of four years there will be no further tax needed, and all the people will have water free of annual rent forever. On a thirty-feet front house in the middle of a block the annual water rent is $4.50 for four years, and thenceforward free. *** The cost has been thus far $30,602. 4here remains to be paid $3,334.65, making the total cost of the com- pleted work $33,936.65. The total ex] is equivalent to a tax of $3.77 per head of the population, and, as it is payable in four annual installments, a yearly tax of 94 cents per head for four years only. The tax of 60 cents per front foot, after deduct- ing for street crossings, pays this and leaves a small surplus. The supply of wa- ter is from the Washington aqueduct, and when that is completed it will be practically unlimited, being all that the people can use of the seventy millions of gallons a day. After the completion of the distributing reservoir, of the Washington aqueduct the water will always be perfectly clear. *** We congratulate the people of Georgetown upon the completion of this work, and that in a few weeks Georgetown will have fhe distinction of being the only city in the world in which water will flow free of cost at every corner for all who need it.” The incorporation of Georgetown into the city of Washington and the alteration of the original basis of water supply to the citizens changed all this. Georgetown no longer enjoys the proud distinction of which the Intelligencer boasted nearly forty years ago. —__2-+ = —-___ Senator Murphy Under Fire. The proposed censure of Senator Mur- phy by the New York legislature for his lican campaign in the state next fall. Mr. Murphy will go before his constituents then upon his whole record as senator. The voters of the state will pass upon it as a whole. He is not at all likely to be Ye-elected or defeated on the strength of one particular feature of that record, and so this flurry about his attitude toward the Teller resolution seems to be at least premature. Why did not the legislature censure Mr. Murphy for his vote in favor of the Gor- man-Wilson tariff bill? It is true that he secured terms slightly favorable to a sin- gle industry in Troy in that bill, but the bill as a whole was regarded as inimical to the interests of New York. The voters of the state at the next Congress elec- tions sent an increased republican repre- sentation to the House to assist in repeal- ing the act and substituting for it a sound- er and more logical measure. Mr. Mur- phy, however, was not formally censured for his vote for the defective measure. There was no reason why he should be. There is no good reason now why he should be censured for his vote. Mr. Mur- phy was elected to serve the state for six years, and during that time to give to all public questions coming before the Senate the benefit of his best judgment. His votes declare what that judgment is. He must stand, in the end, by the record made. If that record shows that as senator he has acted against the interests of his people it is safe to assume that those people will not re-commission him. If he can success- fully defend his record it is equally safe to assume that if he cares for a second term he will get it. If New York is, as is asserted, in favor of sound money and —>+e—___ Annexation Apparently Assured. Hawatlian annexation now seems assured by a good margin of votes in the Senate. The main question appears to be whether the surplus over the requisite sixty votes will be two, three or even more. No longer do the friends of the treaty count noses with apprehension. The treaty will be rati- fied before adjournment, and in practically the form in which it now stands before the Senate. The opposition has fired its largest guns and the bulwarks of union are un- harmed. The course of international events trends unmistakably to the strength- ening of the proposition that annexation is a vital necessity. None but the wilfully blind can fail to observe the moral of the momentous events in the far east, where old lines are being broken down and new ones are forming. The possibilities of this rearrangement in the way of influencing the commerce of this country are such as to give the demand for the acquisition of the Hawaii Islands, while that group is to be had for the asking, an irresistible force. —_r+-___ Great Britain points a nice diplomatic distinction between a “suggestion” and a “demand.” ‘The size of the other nations who have interests involved may have some slight influence in the choice of terms. ——_>+e—____ Possibly Spain will try to evade her prom- ise to end the struggle by February by sending over another general, and claiming that this is a brand new war. —sr+o—____ Mr. J. Hamilton Lewis is no doubt anx- jously waiting to hear whether Senator Mason has formulated any reliable plan for hurrying up a deliberative body. : —— +e __ Spain is an undeniably improvident na- tion. It declares that it has spet 3240,- 000,000 in Cuba without getting any real war for its money. —_———~+=>___ Mr. John J. Ingalls sees no reason why 4 man with the facile imagination of a pol- itician should not become a poet if he tries. ———++2+—___, Mr. Simpson will now be watched with suspicion whenzver he approaches a hat- rack, _ OOo A Tragic Reminder. A man lost his life yesterday at one cf the grade croesings in this city. He alone was responsible, as the case stands now, because he sought to cross the tracks while the gates were down. The community,‘ however, never feels quite like acquitting the railroad corporation of a large meas- ure of responsibility even when the victims grow reckless and practically tempt death in this manner. The railroad company continues to maintain within the city a series of death traps that cannot be made safe by any device now in use. The bar- riers it provides are frail amd are in a large measure merely warnings of the ex- istence of danger instead of safeguards against it. The people have been brought to a state of seriovs impatience with the sttuation, because of the persistent neglect of their rights by the railroads, that fla- grantly violate the regulations at every opportvnity and blockade the streets wita passirg and shifting trains until pedes- trians are practically forced to take grave rieks in order to go on their way. . However the victim of yesterday's acci- dent may have disregarded the rules of caution and safety, it is not to be forgot- ten that the prime cause of the disaster is always the company that refuses cr neglects to eliminate the dangerous condi- tions. A grade crossing is an intolerable menace in any city. The railroad on whose lice yesterday’s death occurred. is tte be fore the authorities with plans for the abatement of the nuisance it has created. The progression toward an agreement is slow and needs stimulation now and again to insure any results of the least import- ance. It is sincerely to be hoped that the death of the man who yesterday lost his life in an effort to avoid a long delay at the crossing will serve as a warning that time is precious in this matter, even though years have been already wasted in fruitless negotiations and procrastinatory maneuvers. An Iowa lady while advocating woman suffrage declared that every drop of her blood boiled because women are not free. “Boll2d blood” is a horrible possibility that escaped even Mr. Waite’s mighty imagina- tion. ———__++2—____ It is said that marriage takes a great deal of the nonsense out of a man. Per- haps Ignatius Donnelly will presently mod- erate his cipher thzorles. Owing to extraordinary crop conditions, Germany will probably think a long time before irrevocably excluding American wheat. ——— se SHOOTING STARS. A Generous Wish. “Yes,” said the proud father, “I have no doubt that that baby -will grow up and have footprints on the sands of time.” “I hope so,” replied the bachelor uncle. “No one wishes him more success than 1 do. I hope he'll leave footprints on the sands of time as easily and copiously as he leaves finger marks on my collar and cuffs.” Content. | “Yes,” sald the man who knows so much that he makes people -uncomfortable, “that’s a very profound suggestion. But it isn’t the original with that author. Plato said it thousands of years ago.” “Well,” replied the easy-going friend, “I am much obliged to this author, just the same. You see, Plato’s dead, and even it he weren't, I probably wouldn't have a chance to meet him. And if I did meet him, I wouldn’t understand what he said.” Domestic Woes. This world is full of care and doubt, When household broils begin; The coal will presently give out, And the hired girl won't give in. One of the Few. Some impressive boasts had passed, and the quiet young man remarked, “I think that I may say I have a record as a bi- cyclist.” “Did you ever do,a century?” “No. But I have been riding in Wash- ington “ever since we have had bicycle policemen and never got arrested.’ Varying Circumstances. “Did you ever go to school?” inquired the lady of the old colored man who was up- plying for employment. “Not much, ma’am.” “How high can you count?” “Hit all depen’s, ma‘am. Ef its chiidern, I kin count "leven; but ef its dollars, I mos’ giner’ly has ter stick right down ter frac- tions.” A Momentous Topic. @fr. Simpson discovers a London label in Mr. Dingley’s head-wear.) ’Tis quite the thing to estimate The man by his attire. My hoseless feet, oh, lucky fate, First made the crowd admire. But though a contrast great it be, I've just discovered that To judge a man I want to see The iabel in his hat. * Away with button-hole bouquets, Likewise Hyperion hair. For all such whims have had their days; No more they make us stare. The coat, the trousers and the vest Don’t count. I tell you that There’s only one important test; The label in the hat. What though there's business to be done; What though the public hopes For some glad glow of reason’s sun In darkness where it gropes? Let Congress with attention pause While we in phrases pat Discuss, mid humorous applause The label in the hat. —_—_ero The Mischievous Overhead Wire. From the New York Tribune. Although th2 storm which swept over the northeastern part of the country this week was one of exceptional severity, there is occasion for surprise in the amount of damage which it wrought, directly and in- directly, by the prostration of overh2ad wires. It is apparent that the overhead trolley wires proved inadequate in many places. This is a serious matter, because, aside from the consequent paralysis of travel, these wires carry high voltag2s, and the escaping current seems to have done more or less injury to horses, if not to human beings. It is fair to conclude that if the method of using electricity for traction purposes which is in vogu: in the borough of Manhattan had been employed a great deal of trouble would have been averted. On the other hand, it should be noted tha: Ecston’s new subway dev2loped no defects during this week’s ordeal. New York and other large cities will here find a fresh il- Ivstration of the virtues of an underground reilway. ‘The most dangerous of ajl overhead wires, however, belong to arc light cir- cuits, The currents thus carried are more powerful than those used in the operation of stre2t railroads. When these wires are broken they are liable to fall across other- wise harmless ones, and thus open commu- nication with places in which suitable pro- vision has not been made for such emer- gencies. Insulation which is ad2quate for a telephone wire or an electric time ser- vice will often give way under a current of from_two thousand to five thousand volts. Nc end of destructive fires have been started in dwellings and office build- ings in this manner, and dozens of deaths have resulted from the same cause. Great advances hav> been made in the arrange- ment and kind of insulating material used in interiors nowadays, largely through the action of the, insurance companies, and public opinion,’ embodied in legislation, has brought about the burial of a large pro- portion of all overhead wires in large citi>s within the last few years. But it is evi- dent from the story which comes from Boston that a great deal yet remains to be done in both of these dirsctions before fire hazards from electricity can be reduced to a proper minimum. ————rsree—____ Italy in Chi From the Philadelphia Ledger. Italy contributes a note to the concert on Chian, which, if weak, is not insignifi- cant. She sends one of her few but power- ful fighting ships to the far east to make a demonstration in England’s favor, be- cause England is contending for trade ex- pansion, and therefore in the interest of Italy. The saime is true of the rest of the commercial world, and the amount- of moral sentiment that is pili up behind England must soon convince Germany and Russia that they cannot bottle up trade, while it puts the Salisbury ministry in the Most popular position it has occupied since it came into power. A Seathing Rebuke. Rabbi Hirsch. Some one has said recently that anti- Semitism would speedily exhaust itself if Christendom Rage! really Christian. There is truth in — : Everything fine and the finest of ing at Cornwell's. SOUP, 10c.G€AN. Pia cases og prec Con- passd Beef Steak! ll (@) mato Soup. Pet, IC = a only..... 0.5 $1.10 for a Deaaen cans! It s practically an estract! To one can of soup add 1% pints water and heat and the soup is ready for the table! Has a delictous flavor! ~ Breakfast Foods! What to have for breakfast is no longer a perplexing question. While the average grmcer shows bat three or four different varieties of break- fast foods, we carry more than thirty. | 1 Pettijohn’s, 12c. pkg. Quaker Oats, 10c. Cream of Wheat, 18c. Ralston’s Breakfast Ralston’s Pan Cake Food, 15e. Flour, 15¢. Cereline, 18¢. +(. Farinose, 18¢. Granoge Flakes, 15¢. Granola, 15¢. Germia, 15¢. Granula, 15¢. Grits, 15¢. Samp, 15¢. Wheatena, 25¢. Wheat Germ Meal, 15¢. A. B.C. Wht. Wheat, 15e. Hi. O. Oats, 1c. Coarse Oatmeal, 5c. Ib. 5 Ibs. Irish Oatmeal, 60c. Rolled Oats, 5e. Ib, Wheatlet, 15¢. A. B. G. Oats, 15c. Pillsbury’s Vitos, 12%e. Cracked Wheat,5e. Ib. Imp. Scotch Oat Meal, 15e. Gluten, 25¢ _pekg. Rice Flakes, 15c. Shredded Wheat Bis- Domestic Scotch Oats, cuits, 12%c. 0c. Only the purest and best foods al- lowed entrance into this store. ‘Tis due to our large buying and selling that permits us to sell s0 low! a:Cornwell ,~, oe 1418 Pa. Ave ) it We Are [akin Better PHOTO Now than we've ever made since we've been in business. This time next year we expect to be making -better photos than now. Each day's work teaches us something new. We sen and learn. That's why our photos arc “ce We know you'll be well pleased with our work. Let us make some e's ‘t. you. W. Hi. Stalee, 1107 F S ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHER. CocCOCfO OO OO Da ¢ Orders For Ice Cream For Sufiday —should reach -us~ ay’ closing time on Saturday<\when possible. We are open until 2 p.m. on Sunday TO DELIVER Creams and Ices. We take orders om Sundays, but we can- not premise every flavor—or as prompt delivery. CF America® Creams, $1.20 gallon. American Ices, $1 gallon. Molded in novel forins, $1 doz.—$8 huadred. Fussell’s,x%. N.Y. Ave: DI9999 Toilet Red ul ced! = pretty ‘Toilet Set adde \ matetially to the beauty of the bed room. Here’s an opportunity to secure a beautiful-one cheap! Jnst 5 of these Toilet Sets to be closed out—new $7 iy styles—formerly sold for $10 Wilmarth & Kaiser, 1114 F Reduce’ to. fet-14d oe > ee eeeeeeee Tae Se eT ; All the | Trouble | —of glasses falling off or a pinching your nose is ob- viated when you buy of us. All our frames are fitted to give the greatest comfort. M°Allister« Feast peers eh) 1” Fst. Green Peas and Fresh Asparagus, Boston Lettuce, String Beans, Celery and Hothguse Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Mush- Tooms wre some of the late arrivals in the choice Vegetables. €7Chesapedke "Diamond-baek Terrapin and Canvas-back Ducks received daily. An kinds of Game, Sea Food and Fresh Fish ‘The finest, only, here. Cottage Market,818 14th St. sess hate iFursToGo Ca out our winter stock of Furs ridiculously low, Scan every item care- ly: $125 30-in. Beaver Cape. Now. .00 150 22-1. Chinchilla Cape. 0.00 Ermine Cape, long end $325.00 » 16-In, Black Marten Cape. $250 Sealskin Jacke $200 30-ip. Mink Cape. Black Marten and Mi with 12 tails. Now. 13.50 Hulf Sheared Coney Capes. Now.. $14.00 B. H. Stinemetz & Son, EHiaters, 1237 Pa. Ave. fe4-28d a Na 10.00 150.00 td eal nee Zeh, Down. Town. BY get into closer font with our steadily increasing down town patrons we have ed our malnidaice se 08 11th ‘st.. just Eas ‘and weveece ae a ngest * + Cleanest ot ent, and an west <5 alone ees always a. cule ee tomer Let us paged oy Wm. Zeh, 7 768 Lith. Ja31-1m-14 Maillard’s. Double Hie ‘New York Avenue. ‘Wines, ete. fet-t,1 Woodward “na Lothrop, roth, r1th and F Sts. N. W. Until further notice, store will close at 5:30. x Valentines and Valentine Favors—First Floor. Saturday is Children’s Day, With special offerings in Boys’, Girls’ and Little Chil- dren’s Clothing. Much of the stock is marked at end-of-season prices--all of it is very much below the usual, All perfect goods and highly desirable styles, and the saving is well worth considering. Girls’ Reefers or Walking Jackets « At Half Regular Prices. We have received and placed on sale a manufacturer’s remaining stock of Girls’ High-class Reefers or Walking Jackets. These goods are of the very finest make, in box and blouse front styles, and richly trimmed with braids, plain cloths and handsome furs. Sizes 4 to 12 years. They are marked, without reserve, at 50 per cent off regular prices, and are decidedly the best values ever offered.. We have divided them into five lots as follows: Lot 1--Marked to close at $2.25. Lot 2--Marked to close at $3.50. Lot 3--Marked to close at $4.25. Lot 4-=[larked to close at $5.00. Lot 5--Iarked to close at $6.00. When it is remembered that these are all new goods of this season’s manufacture and of the most desirable styles, the importance of this offer- ing will be the better appreciated. Third floor, Boys’ Winter Clothing At Clearing Prices. The new Spring Shirt Waists, Blouses, etc., are be- ginning to arrive, and just now we are offering some excellent values in Winter Clothing at end-of-the- season clearing prices. Boys’ All-wool Double-breasted Suits, in fancy Scotch mixtures, checks and plaids; well made, perfect fitting, nicely lined. Sizes 4 to 16. $3.75. Were $5.00. Roys’_All-wool Heavy-weight Navy Blue Cheviot Sailor Suits. handsomely braided with 8 rows of white silk soutache braid. Sizes 3 to 11. $4.00. Were $5.00. Boys’ All-wool ‘‘Brownle” Suits, 3. pleces—coat, pants and vestie; handsomely trimmed and braided, Very stylish and pretty. Sizes 3 to 8. $4.00. _Were $5.00. Boys’ All-wool - Navy Blue Cheviot Double-breasted Suits, fine quality, guaranteed fast color, sewed throughout with silk. Sizes 8 to 15. "$5.50. Were $7.00. Boys’ Very Fine n” Reefers, blue and black, peat buttons, braided. sailor qculiar, nicely Mined ‘with Italian cloth. Sizes 8 to 8 $2.48. Were $4.50. ‘Third floor. All Reefers and Top Coats reduced as follows— $5.00 Coats now $4.25, 36.00 Coats now. $5.00. $7.50 Coats new. $6.00. $10.00 Coats now $7.50. $12.50 Coats now $10.00. Boys’ All-wool Pants, fancy mixtures, for rough wear. Sizes 2 to 16. 48c. Worth 75c. Boys’ Very Fine Laundered Shirt Waists, the “King” brand, best quality and as good as any made. Sizes 4 to 14. 75c. Were $1.00. Boys’ All-wool Flannel Blouses, sailor or roll collar, blue, red, brown and green. Sizes 8 to 14. 75c. Were $1.00. Infants’ Department Abounds with dainty and comfort- able wear things—Coats, Capes, Leggins, Mitts, Sacques, Bootees, etc.—and they are inexpensive, too. Cream’ Bedford Cord Long Cloaks, Infants’ joaks, cape and Kirt richly embroidered in silky and rows of baby a fined thtoughcut.Each.. 3-00 Children’s Cream Embroidered Silk Caps, with pompon of lace, broad ties. Each... 50C. Children's Worsted Drawer or Knee Leg- gins. 25¢. Worsted Silk-and-wool Mittens. Per 550 pair. - 25¢. Outing Flannel Wrappers, pink sna Fs striped, divided: collar, finished with silk ties. Each Hand-crocheted Worsted Sac white or with pink or blue border. Hand-cracheted Worsted Sacques, plain and yoke catfes, all Each. 39C- styles, all white or with pink or borders. Eacn........ Se : 50e- Hand-crocheted Worsted Sacques, yoke style, pink and blue, yoke finished with ao $1.00 bon, 0 Sees Hand-crocheted Worsted Bootees, all. white or with pink or blue trimmings. | Per occ, Hand-crochet ors - ished with slik. Per pair. 25¢. and. knit | Worsted | Bootecs, all_ white or Pe pink or pair... Second floor. Muslin Underwear. The garments are like the home- made — full, generous, carefully sewed, neatly trimmed. Much of it costs you no more than the ma- terials alone would if you bought them. Special atterftion is called to the folowing garments at Soc. each. own per ‘sonal use. Fiat Can. They are intrinsically the best that can be offered at the price: Cambric or Lewn Skirts, umbrella style, trim- med with aoe Valenciennes lace, French back. Eacl ves §0C. Cambric Drawers, _ umbrell with) embroidery," yoke band. Ber “med pair... 50c. Muslin Chemises, yoke of insertion rion ‘and tucks, armb on heck gmbroide nd ane al 5oc. Muslin Gowne, Hubbard style, high neck, double rutile "= yoke in back, yoke in front of tucks, on neck and’sleeves. Each... tt 50c. Cambric Corset Covers, trimmed with in- sertion and embroidery.’ Each........... Soc. Kit Underskirts, wide fancy border, ero- chet edge at bottom. ago eees Spee Colored Lawn Skirts, “ambrela style, ruffle put French tape ‘at 50c. Department. We are showing the latest novel- ties in Paris Corsets, including the Girdle, the Empire, the Parme; also the newest and most desirable ef- fects in domestic corsets. Those with the short, straight front and sudden hips. have quickly gained favor. We've all the best Sorts. R. & G. Corsets, cut — eof extra coutil, heavily jaiiy ri Her Majesty Corsets, ey $2.75 and $3.23 C. C. Corsets, well boned, two shde Seale. "Per par $2.89 W. .B. Corsets, heavily ‘boned, t and embroidery. Serviettes. Per dos. . 60C., 75¢. and Boc. Saturday’s Pure Food List. We only sell standard makes. Even though we quote low prices we do not offer anything but the best quality possible to buy at the price. The careful housekeeper is here enabled to save many a penny for her Seber ee see rola Slipon These Gloves” of com- — coven —That reminds us, we're adding just lote of new friends to our Ui every day through that combina. thon—the price and quality com- bination. New people are Jearn- ing that nothing too cheap to be good ie bere, but that everything is sold, as it can be I CHILDREN’S BLACK WOOLEN MITTS—THAT WON'T STAIN.......... LADIES’ BEST BLACK WOOLEN MITTS— LADIES’ BLACK SILK MITTENS—- FAMOUS KAYSER KIND—CHEAP the : low a MEN'S ASTRAKHAN GLOVES—FOR ONLY... DIES’ WARM aocua GLOVES — BLACK, BED, Eaown ar. GRA — sacl MayerBros&(Co. 937-939 F St. ‘Soft shoes for tender feet.’ Complete Clearanc Winter Shoes Must Go. Not a pair of cold weather shoes has been reserved. We will make a complete clearance. Even the famous “Ladies’ Soft Shoes for ten- der feet” have had to submit to the general reduction. D200 Will buy any pair of our LADIES’ VICI KID and Box Calf Lace or Button Shoes—all sizes—all styles— that have been selling at $3.50 and 9.00 Will buy any pair of our MEN’S PATENT LEATHER Calf and Box Calf that have been selling for $4.00 and $5.00. Cork soles—calf lined—double extension soles—the newest styles. Havenner’sghe 928 F Street N.W. ATLANTIC BUILDING. ?Norwegian Cod Liver Oil. Just received from Nor- way. Pure, clean and sweet. Freshly bottled. * Soc. pint. ©7Physicians all agree that the pure ofl should be used in prefer- ence to an emulsion whenever the * stomach will tolerate it. W. S. Thompson, Pharmacist, 703 r5th st. fet-f.m,w-28 * x * * * * * 7 Finest C7 Finest quelity— lowest —towest prices. Delicious Raspberries. Pn Priced rcasoaably. nt Magruder, 5 Conn. Ave. and M St. fet-f,m,w-28 —— $e, fruit. I jar. Very — y wax CANDIES and, FANCY = so the parlor, dining hall and boudote. All the very ; i at Ete iB Ks olllill® 5 i |