Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1898, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1898-12 PAGES THE | EVENIN .G ‘STAR. Ww. AS SH IN¢ MOADAY rON. cRosByY s. THE EVENING yoY STAR has a regular and permanent Family Circulation ‘ch more than the combined cir- culation of the other Wxshington dailies. As a News and A Medium it has no eempet iP. fd delays, on ne- letters to a 7 In order count of perso: THE STAR to any individual conneci-d with office, but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Depart- to tenor or parposc. Spaim Must Answer. A London newspaper hes advices from Madrid that “Senor Sagasta’s response to the official note, presented Saturday by Gen. Woodiord, the United Stites minis- ter, complains of filibustering expeditions, and declares that Spain cannot entertain the suggestion for fixing a date for her mpletion of the pacification of Cuba.” This leaves the matter about where it was before. Spain has been complaining of filibustering expeditions from the out- set. She has repeated the charge so often she may have come at last to believe it. But if she fs deceived on the subject, we are not. Ours are the better facilities for gathering the truth about the matter. We know fairly well the amount of aid the have received from sympa- thizers in this country. It is inconsidera- ble when ail things are duly weighed. The desire to send assistance has been strong. That need net be denied. The insurgent caus- is popular with the people of the United States. But our neutrality laws being binding have been executed with en- tire good faith; and the record sustains the assertion. We have. as a nation, sup- pressed our sentiment and observed the conditions of a hard duty. It is absolutely useless therefore for Spain to hope to hide her failure in Cuba behind any such flimsy accusation. If Spain refuses to indicate a time when she hopes to have her authority restored in Cuba she but invites a repetition of our polite demand that she do so. Matters are in that shape now which call for a definite statement of some kind on that point. We kuow, if Spain does aot, just how deplora- ble affairs are in Cuba, and how necessary it has hecome in the interests of humanity that the war be brought to a close. Every day adds to the growth of the distresses of the people, and to the general difficulties of the situation. Spain, with a large army en the ground and her picked generals ta command, ts floundering in every quarter. She can neither conquer nor bribe the in- surgents, nor even feed the thousands of starving people who drag themselves about begging crumbs in all the cities of the island. Those who support and those who oppose Spain are more restless than ever before. Gossip, about the Spanish war fleet encourages the one side, ard, equally so, gessip about the American war fleet en- courages the other. Both sides believe that a crisis is near at hand, and this of itself has « tendency to force a crisis. Spain must answer. The United States cannot afford to put up much longer with evasions, or the stilted trumpery of diplo- matie procedure. If it Is our business to the question it Is our business to insist n a satisfactory reply. +e. ___ Say the Sound Money Ment Phe announcement that all the friends of silver are to work together in this year's Congress campaigns ought to receive im- mediate and very careful attention at the hands of the sound meney men. There are @ great many silver men in the country, and so distributed as to make a united effort on their part formidable in the mat- as w ter of the next House. If they succeed, the winning will be fraught with tre- mendous consequences. For one thing, American credit abroad will suffer im- mediately and severely; and, for another thing. the campaign of 1900 will at once be Inaugurated vnder conditions favorable to the election of an advocate of free coin- age to succeed Mr. McKinley in the White House. othing is to be gained by shutting "s eyes to the actual situation. The Iver men are not only united, but ag- gressive. They are going into this year's campaign confident of their ability to win. Enthusiasm counts heavily in politics. Mr. McKinley has just said that a half-hearted «flort won a battie. There is no lalf-heartedness about the silver men. They are dead in earnest. and they are staking ail on their cause. What of the opposition? The truth is that the sound money men are not today never in any sort of c nm for this year's fight. They are divided into wavering groups. more bent on pummeling one an- other than on sighting and engaging the common enemy. They have struck a dozen biows against one another to one against free coinage at 16 to 1. There is time enough for «a change, but not too much time. The sooner the change takes place, if a change is possible, the better. The republican party alone cannot de- feat free coinage. The republican party alone could net have placed Mr. McKinley in the President's chair. The financial question was a greater than a party ques- tion in 1896, and it is a greater than a party question to If sound money is te win again the old combination must again be invoked. The majority of the people of this country are in favor of sound money. But it is no ordinary task to unite men for effective work at the polls on one question who are divided on other questi In union alone is strength. Union must again be effected. ——- wee Mr. Leiter points with pride to the decla- ration that he ts holding merchandise and waiting for a natural rise in values. This is I that the coal trust does. see Spain's hesitation about fixing a definite date for the pacification at least indicates @n increasing respect for accuracy. —__ ++ ___ ‘The Economy of Night Opening. Although the people of Washington are eagerly awaiting the night opening of the Congressional Library, the reasons for that action are by no means based upon their claims or needs. They are but incidental contributors to the general cutcry for the full utilization of the great national book collection. The question is broader than the boundartes of the District of Columbia. It fs beyond any local limitations, for it involves a vital principle affecting the value of the library as an investment. Night opening is merely a logical step in the de- velopment of this institution as a great national reference Mbrary, without regard to the people of the city wherein it chances to be located. The matter has its econom- fea! side, that cannot be disregarded unless the millions that have been expended in this enterprise are to be regarded as mere- ly an extravagance. It is impossible to as- certain the full money value of the books in the library. THey are without price col- lectively. Their valuation ascends in a geo: metrical ratio as their numbers increase. Let it be assumed for the purpose of dis- cussion that they are two million dollars as a minimum estimate. The building in which they are now housed cost the gov- ernment eight mititon dollars. It is there- fere safe to consider the collection as it stands as worth at the very least ten mil- Hon dollars. This money should be consid- ered as an investment, and the returns from it as income. No commercial concern would complacently witness the idleness of this great sum of money. The desire would be for its treatment so as to increase its earning power to the utmost, the highest percentage. In the case of the library, the | income is to be represented in the amount of benefit the people of the nation derive from the use of the books. There is no es- timating that benefit in dollars and cents. It can only be measured by the breadth of the opportunity afforded to the people to avail themselves of the library privileges. With the library open twenty-four hours @aily—that is, continuously—the maximum of convenience and access would be afford- ed in its character as a reference library, which is all that need be considered in this connection at present. With the lbrary open, however, from 9 o'clock in the morn- ing until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, seven hours a day, the usefulness of the collec- tion is reduced to a minimum, especially as during that period the least number of peo- ple can visit the library. The proposition is to open the collection to readers at night, during hours when access is possible to thousands who now are barred from the use of the books. This night opening will serve to Increase the income from the great investment practically to a maxi- mum. The night opening project is a na- tional proposition, an economical sugges- tion. Until it has been accomplished the H- brary will stand as a splendid bit of gov- ernmental extravagance. When it has been brought about thfs beautiful book home and the wonderful collection that it houses will become immediately one of the government’s very best investments. ———_+ +e ____ Telephonic Espionage. On that side of the local telephone prob- lem which affects the business relations between the telephone user and the com- pany there arises a serious question as to the right of the compary to conduct ar espionage over its subscribers to prevent what it characterizes as an improper usc of the service. That such an espionage ts maintained seems demonstrated by the fact that subscribers tave been noilfied by the company that they are using thelr ‘phones for illegitimate purposes and the slot machine has been prescribed as a rem- edy for this so-called ill. The spying seems to be done by the operators at the central office, where unhindered access is to be had ta any telephonic conversation under way on any wire. The operators are unquestion- ably acting unde: the orders of their supe- riors and are not perscnally to be held ac- countable for this breach of good taste, geod manners and business rights. The subscriber to a telephone service pays not only for the use of the instrument and the ability to talk to any other sub- seriber or user, but also for the privacy that any persen has a right to expect when cecnducting a conversation. This privacy is Pert of the valuable consideration offered by the telephone cumpany in exchange for the rental exacted. There can be ro dis- crimination between the privacy of the con- versation as regards the general public and that as regards the operators of the telephone company. Legally it would seem that the privacy that the ‘phone user buys must be as absolute as he desires and as his surroundings permit. Privacy may become a very valuable commodity in business affairs. There is no estimate safely to be placed upon the ex- tent to which it enters as a factor in the successful operation of business and com- mercial transactions. It would ve difficult to capitalize it under any circumstances, but it is easily to be understood bow the betrayal of a secret might utterly destroy all chances ef success in a deal in many kinds of commodities. It is not to be charged that the local telephone company has ever misused the information to which it has given itself access, but it is patent that it has instructed its agents to main- tain over certain conversations—presuma- bly of subscribers suspected of wrongly using their ‘phones—an espionage that opens the docrs to counter suspicions against the company and its operators, This point should be carefully tested in ecurt in the conduct of the pending case or its successors. If it can be established that the subseriber buys with his annual rental money the right to absolute secrecy it is plain that the company cannot legatiy con- duct such a spy system as now enables it to threaten certain of its patrons with the terrors of its displeasure. The German Agrarian Sentiment. The real animus of the fruit exclusion business in Germany is demonstrated by a single line in a dispatch from Beriin to those London and thence to this country saying ihe that the Hamburger Nachrichten, gan of the Agrarian League, regret that all American fruit, fected or not, was not pro agrarian influence is strong and at times the gove pressure frem this class to the point of yielding. It has undoubtedly sought to pla- cate the agrarian sentiment in this in- stance, but has found the contract too heavy to carry and has sought to compro- mise. Now comes the growl that shows that the pretense about the San Jose scale and other alleged afflictions of the fruit from this side is but a thin one and that it covers a spirit of protest on commercial rather than pomological lines. With this protection sentiment the people of America have ample sympathy but they object to the peremptory manner of its assertion by the German government. or- its whether in- ited. The Germany in pment has felt the —_—_ + «= Yale and Princeton have as a topic for de- bate, “Resolved, That national party lines should be disregarded in the choice of the councils and administrative officials of American cities.” Mr. Croker will doubt- less lend attentive ears to an occasion where so much is to be learned in connec- tion with his chosen occupation. ———_ + ee —___ Possibly this country might have better luck by applying to the Cubans for infor- mation as to when the war is likely to ter- minate. — +0 Mr. Gladstone is a refreshing assurance that the tumult and nervous strain of a political career do not necessarily shorten life. ———++s+—__ The discovery of the solar plexus blow has opened up almost as fertile a source of fatality as “appendicitis” revealed. 30 Mr. Bryan does not believe in swapping ratios between elections. ——— + «+ -___ Inter-City Electric Condalts. The recent storm did not confine its de- structive attentions to the overhead wires in the cities, but crippled many miles of railroad tracks by bearing down the wires alongside the lines, necessary for the dis- patching of trains and the consequent safety of passengers. Boston's isolation the other day was largely due to this con- dition. The steam roads were as helpless from this cause as were the trolley lines in the city. The outery against overhead electric wires is at present confined to the cities, mainly because there is no damage or menace to property or to human safety in the maintenance of such wires in inter- city stretches, but it is becoming plain that the railroad managers will some day real- ize the value of conduits alongside their tracks, even on long stretches of country area. In such a storm as that which has just passed buried wires would not suffer in the least, and though the tracks might be- come blocked with snow, there would never be the slightest interruption of communica- tion between points of interest. The telp- graph companies lose heavily each year from the breaking of wires and poles due to the elements, and it would surely seem'to be a good investment to put the money annual- ly spent on this item into a permanent leet nt of inter-city condults, Especially in cast, where the cities are practically continuous, would such a service be of great value. It might be questioned wheth- er it would pay in the long stretches of the unsettled western country to lower the wires, but there can be no doubt as to thé wisdom of such a course at least along the Aflantic coast, where the storms annually do great damage to the electrical equip- ments in the air. Conduit construction in the country alongside of railroad tracks would cost comparatively little. ——_+ = ____ It is not likely that Zola will permit him- self to be hindered in his present enter- prise by adverse criticism. If he had de- pended on complimentary notices his career would have been cut short long ago. —+e—____. “Col.” Perry Carson is joining his efforts to those of brokers and trust magnates to im- Press the public with the idea that Wash- ington’s jail is a colossal pleasantry. ———_++e—__—_ SHOOTING STARS. Looking Forward. “There is one thing about your letter that I don't exactly understand,” remarked the methodical citizen. “I took especial pains to make myself clear,” answered Mr. Happigo. “What part left you in doubt?” “The date. You wrote ‘1899 at the top.” “Oh, you may as well expect that. It took me so long to get over writing ‘ ‘97’ instead of ‘’98' that I thought I'd enjoy the luxury of being absolutely certain for one year of my life. So I'm getting into prac- tice for 1899.” Recognized No Limit. “Mother,” said Miss Dollie Cumrox, “can't father afford a seat in the Senate?” “A seat!’ echoed the good lady, scornful- ly. “I'd have you understand that he is rich enough to have a whole sofa, If he de- sires it.” A World for All Men. If all the questions here below Were settled smooth and straight. What would be left for those who know No pleasure save debate? A Sticking Point. “How are you getting on with your study of English?” inquired Li Hung Chang of the Chinese emperor; “have you learned your aa b, c's?” was the reply. “I haven't gotten that far along. I'm ‘Rot out of my ‘I, O, U's’ yeto Am Important Detail. “Did the man who was hurt in the recent street scrimmage sympathize with Spain or Cuba?” inqutred the official. “I didn’t inquire. Does it make much difference?’* “Certainly. I wish to know whether to give it out to the press as another example of low treachery or as a case of righteous retribution.” Next Summer. Of course the flowers will bloom again And bird-songs sweetly sound, And on the bleachers, as of yore, The rooter will be found. And yet the scene which fancy paints Is tinged with doubt and care. ‘The good old game won't be the same. “Pop” Anson won't be there. The colts will frolic light and free; ‘The orioles will sing. The Senators all patiently To hope deferred will cling. But though the revelry be high And all the world seem fai A faint regret will linger yet. “Pop” Anson won’t be there. —————~++e—____ Retaliation. Frem the New York Journal of Commerce. But Germany attacks the charact>r of our products. She seeks not only to in- jure our trade with her people, but to in- jure our trade with others by damaging the reputation of our goods. The reason for this is that the reichstag contains many low tariff m2n; the representatives of cities and manufacturing centers stren ucusly oppose legislation calculated to in- crease the price of food. But by alleging that the food is del>terious the desired ex- clusion can be effected by ministerial de- cree, and the police can be substituted for th> custom house. Microbes were found in our wheat. Our pork was declared to be trichinous; it is not nearly so open to this charge as German pork is, and all the cases of poisoning from trichinae were traced to the eating of raw meat, and we beli2ve all of them to the eating of domestic meat; but the charge of trichinae was sufficient to bar American pork, wholly or in part, from Germany. German chemists in the >mploy of the police found traces of zine in Anierican dried apples, whereupon their ale in several places was stopped, though German chemists not in the employ of the police found our dried apples whol>some. No sooner did American horses begin to be imported into Germany than the agricul- tural landowners demanded that the gov- ernment should find diseases in them and exclude them from the country to protect native horses from exposure to American contagion. American beef and cattle have ben under strong suspicion. The agricul- ttral landowners have been representing for some time that our apples were poison- ed by insects, or by the spraying of trees. We certainly hav2 a right to object strongly to this sort of attack upon our products. This paper does not regard re- taliation with much favor, but it is time to consider whether we ought not, in self- protection, to exclude German wines and many other things on the ground that they are adulterated or unwnolesome. There is plenty of German testimony to the sophis- tication of Rhine wines, and both France and Germany have be2n doing all they can to damage the reputation of our food pro- ducts, and it is about time that we resorted to some new measures of defense. —__++e —___. ‘Tarn the Stream Countryward. From the Detrolt Free Press. If the stream of foreigners coming into our Atlantic ports from every European land can be diverted from the large cittes and distributed throughout the thinly set- tled west and the rapidly developing south, their illiteracy will soon be overcome in the intense light of American civilization, thelr Lrawny muscle will find profitable employ- ment on the farms, in the forests and mines and factories, and if not themselves, at least their children will become genuine Americans. ——_seo———_— Now is the Time. From the Atlanta Constitution. Our claims against Spain for outrages committed upon American citizens from time to time now amount far up into the higher numerals, and since she professes to have successfully established autonomy in Cuba, there is no reason why our gov- ernment should not take advantage of this opportunity and proceed at once to .prose- cute its claims against Spain with vigor. From the New York Herald. The Broadway squad, once the pride of New York, will blossom into life again at half-past eight o'clock this morning, when its seventy-four members will go on duty. The tallest of these policemen is six feet six inches high, and none is less than six feet one and three-fourths inches. Here's to the Broadway squad! May ft never grow shorter! = —_—___ +++ —___. An Unesplained Vigil. From the New York Journal. Those timid lawmakers who regard Presi- Gent Dole's presence at Washington as un- becoming are not attempting to explain Mrs. Dominis’ constant vigil at the national capital. eh Embargo on Ideas, From the Brooklyn Eagle. And Japan is also to send a fleet to Chi- nese waters. By and by they will have a regular conion of war ships off th e Chinese coast, so that even a tug cannot get through. Nor a moral idea, either. ———_e-____ No Date. Senotor Mason has resumed business at ‘the old stand, and it is only a of oe reasonable to oe |courss, it wi un ask the senator to set @ date, PVD S DS OL Over ees nats ae f 2 Fair ‘ e ° 4 > With ‘ | Yourself! @ Don't pay full prices for furnifure fand carpets when }4 we wea odeing you all of the 4 part of the COST. ? Don't cramp yourself by pay- | ing all cash when you can ° buy of us—even at these sac- Fe Tifice prices— 4 OURCREDIT! * Don't let any one charge } you for the making, laying and lining of a carpet—when we do this work absolutely ,, FREE. Don't let anybody } talk you into paying for the two or three yards that are wasted in matching figures— when we only charge you for ~ the actual number of yards required to cover your floor. All Payments arranged to suit YOU. 1 Grog -an’s i ae Credit House,}{ 4 tez-754 Tod et HE and 7TH ST. N.W.. ad 5D OD +P? O¢+ D7 D+ OD? O>-OrOr4 re eee ap = Decorations ae Teas:™ Receptions. Inthe parlors and dining. room DE. by 2 and * SHADES are greatly preferved. to * gas or lamps. — They shed such a soft, pretty light—make the rooms look* 80 much handsomer—and are themselves 40 dai C7 We have colors and sizes in CANDLES—all the new shapes and tints in FANCY SHADES. Jno. H. Magruder, Cor. Conn. Ave. and M St. mW, f-28 te’ We Fit Glasses that give absolute comfort to the eyes. ] ODoDo SoS” 12 PSOE SADEDS VS DHS HOPS SHOPS STIS HSH OHSD ikea b Senet 4 Lansburgh & Bro. Lunch Here | ‘ X We Inaugurate Pariors —daintily served, | Only 19¢ QI Tomorrow —for Hairdressing, ‘aily, at all hours, | —for 50 cards re- 1Q a Special Sale Facial Massage and_ with compliments printed from your i x : STS of Messrs. Armour | card plate. +10) of Housekeeping Linens. | EF Apprentice wanted. = re | CIxX | =e i ampere | & Co. of Chicago. poeta ES + () _ To this we cordially invite all | poe tm eener Same: onal Son Saat. | cnnaily given tox tbe x > Housekeepers, whether bent on $$ = | 01 buying or not, as it will give us +1 the opportunity to show you G U d S ] 11) our new stock of these goods, reatest Underwear Sale {|: sios.cKo ees ¢ | © off and placed on sale On aries 100 doz. of size TOX38 extra heavy quality Hemmed Huck doz. of size 18x36 fine yeaa Hemstitched — German Huck Towels. 18¢., $2 doz. 50 doz. of size 23x46 extra asta knotted fringed German Damask Towels 2ilc. 100 doz. of size 19x38 extra fine quality Hemstitched Ger- man Huck Towels 25c. 50 doz. of extra fine quality Hemstitched German Huck BOWES: os ocen chante sss ee 50 doz. of extra fine quality knotted fringed German Satin Damask Towels 25c. : : ‘THE PALAIS ROYAL: A. Lisner. toc Saow -G and 1th streets SISK Greatest quantities of special lots ever bought at one time; greatest values ever offered at any time--in the last twenty years. This is not an exaggeration. |( The distribution has already commenced; the third floor, at this writing--10 a. m.--is swarming with eager purchasers,- whose actions speak louder than words. The stock consists of 2,411 dozen pieces of Muslin, Cambric and Nainsook Undergarments, worth up to $2.25 a Ease being aie in }() cheat Rane Hise Tarkcs four gigantic lots at 25c, 39c, 49¢ and 62c for choice. The following let- |/) Towels... . as i 12'4c. ter explains: : (i se doz. plain white extra y, quality Turkish Towels I214c, = oe see — \) 100 doz. large, extra quality () D E SICHER & CO (, Full-bleached = Turkish ~Tow- ear! = ROG. Cee lass pa $5 -25c. \’ Makers of Ladies’ Undergarments, () 100 doz. § full Selvedge ( 105, 167, 109, 111 and 113 Wooster St., ( leached Scotch Damask Nap Newsvinrncces Ee a 5 --$1.00 doz. MR. A. LISNER, Washington, D. C. {) 100 doz. § full Selvedge Sil- We have accepted the offer made by your buyer, () xe Bleached German Damask Miss Wallingsford, for the 2411 dozen pieces. is % Napkins. .......$1.00 doz. in consideration of a strictly cash transaction and _ (6) 50 doz. 22-in. full Selvedge prompt delivery, as we have to vacate .our building in © Bleached FE. “iy Heavy Scotch Scranton within two days. Special arrangements have 0 Damask Napkins $1.50doz. been made with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company | ( to ship the goods direct from the factory. You will ) _ 50 doz. 2 extra fine quality probably receive them Saturday, Feb. 5. Please 0) full bleached Scotch Satin Dam- make preparations to receive them. In advertising we | J ask Napkins. ....§2.00 doz. think you might well make these points:—The gar- | r6} 63-inch extra quality full ments are of latest designs and our newest productions, | » bleached Scotch Table Linen. made amid healthy surroundings. You can ask prices | ) 50c. yd. | less than the cost of manufacture. Would it not be ad- | > ) 66-inch extra fine quality full visable to do so? Very truly, | z > bleached Scotch Satin Damask. om a4 STALEF: makes pleasing photos— pleasing likenesses, pleasing poses and pleasing in the dainty way in which they are finished. You'll like the photos that Stalee makes for you. W. H. Stalee, 1107 F St, ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHER. neb. AML medium, *. ieties order, FINGER 3 toothsome style. x - TF LOW PRIC delicionsness of eve pare, 3 F ussell’s, ax well as th rthing we pr make our prodticts popular. 1427 N. Y. Ave. A Butter ‘Bargain. Selb. (LNs ters sd ° } special to [Bhest boxes, | crear | CREAN 9 | ter. 5-1 $140 is a | regular bargain price—the lowest $1 40. that’s quoted for really the . ‘© | butter, D. Wm. OYSTER, 349 CENTER MARKET—75 WESTERN MARKET. feT-m,w.f-20 S are some of our delicacies that are especially svited to teas and recep- tions. ©F We have dozeus of others—all reasonable in price. ( Russian Figs, ( Bar-le-duc Jellies, ; 9 | at BRYAN’S. . conserves! and Mandarin Ginger— . saree Pranes and Dates—Sugured ih 1413 New York Avenue. Fancy Groceries. Wis Groceries, Wines, pes, ete. fe Our Ability ‘To cure your Eye Troubles snd st In be- re Stittia of var ators amen eae ‘onserved Cherries in Maras- chino — Indian River Oranges Gal, Olives—Salted Almonds, Pecans and Leese, an exp:tt refractionist, examine your eyes free‘ of charge. ‘We have 4 few * Peanuts—Rillettes, trouffied and plain the. mendes Lat id Gold Spectacles left fron p stock. $5. ‘Their price, $5. 81.25. Fine Nickel- wee cay faa Gaees, Lense, $1.00. The Gppénheimer Co., OPRITANK. Si4 OTH ST. N.Ww. ‘Take Pure Cod Liver Oil it iw. ‘ter than = oe sa i i nea ie Coin LAV st ott. tomes dineet on pai reah, ONLY boot PINT W. 8. Thompson, eis, 703 15th st. SiS 000555000 4 D. E. SICHER & CO. | scene gine anor See Re 79c. yd. 64-inch extra heavy quality half bleached German Damask. 50c. yd. 7o-inch extra quality half bleached German Damask. 50c. yd. We call the attention of \ Housekeepers to our Special Sale of Bedwear. All we need add is that the entire stock will be now found on third floor of the Palais Royal, and that latest style Empire Gowns, Chemises and Corset Covers, with Umbrella Skirts and Drawers, are offered in four grand lots, as follows: | Lot 1 62¢! Lot 3 rontains $1.25 . made 8, Fcaatiie and Neinsé 500 doz. Pillow Slips, 42x36, ; have vou with exan e embroidery and ribbon J expect to find these better. hemstitched, at... . 12'%4c. mings. sary — : z corr ea aE = eee 5 00 doz. Pillow Slips, 45x36, O = = = ££ : PS, 45%: t 2 Se st eS 49¢ () hemstitched, at 15c. O os = ay Think of French-fitting Corset Covers and Un: 5 5 - 15c. In this lot are the garments made to re at | ella Drawers of superior Cambrie- for only 2he. oh Sie Wad hac Kean Sic nt ‘The arrangement of the lace The clevators will be crowded tomorrow, Be pa 7-4 Single Bed Sheets, 63x90, aia Droilery trimmings is unusually artistic. 8-4 Single Bed Sheets, 7. 2x0, Corsets and Wrappers. |)" -40c. & 45c. 9-4 extra quality, 83x90, at— NOTHER triumph for our “buyer”—these “Seconds” of Corsets 49c. from the “P. D.” agents, and this stock of Wrappers. Miss Wal- 10-4 special make, goxyo, lingsford returned from New York only this morning, and is now SRS Wee .55c. She says of the wrappers: “Please fix the adver- rstand that they are not inferior, cheap wrap- at the writer's elbow. tisement so people will unde A good qual of Brown | L Sheeting, 9-4, at...... pers, but superior wrappers cheap. 8. 9-4 12%. | <tra. good oe +4; The Wrappers. The Corsets. Bleached Cotton. . -614c. 1.19 and $2.39 for choice of three grand —‘‘Seconds,"" but a dropped stitch, a to- a 69c, fa ‘The least desirable is better than 59c Ue-looked-for fault of finish, makes “sec- | All good —- &e. Ging- ) the best $1 wrapper you ever saw, while those at | onds’ of these Best Corsets. Sizes 18 to 30 In one hamis at. é ; - 6c. $2.39 are Parts-like creations usually sold at fancy | style or another. Black, drab and white. Distri- Ai ‘ A prices, Sizes 34 to 44 are here. Third floor for | bution to commence tomorrow at $ o'cld™k, on We have just received 250 them, | third floor, pieces of new Spring Per- cales, open for your inspec- tion—the prettiest line ever put on our counters. DOK Kn Dress Goods = Trimmings. HE new Black Silk Grenadines have just arrived, in charming Bayadere, Brocade, Polka Dot, Stripe and Plaid Effects, 45 inches wide, $1.68 to $2 a yard....Only 89c and $1 for those in colors, in pretty Brocades and Stripes....Second floor. — a BRO, 420, 422, 424, 426 7th St. nw oo Oo Findings. Warren's Fexstherbone at wholesale and retail: Gros Grain covered at I2¢ yard or $1.35 box. Cot- ton covere] at 16¢ yerd or sate box. Twill covered at Sc yard or 75c box. 16c for King’s 20-yard spools Machine Cotton....19¢ dozen for “Reral” Sewing Silk, Guaranteed. AlL-silk Whalebon= Casing—I5e a plece or $1 per box of 12 pieces. Aesorted colors If you w' 14 yt tr Hock and Eye Tape. $1.50 for 12-yard pleces....29¢ plece or $1.50 per half doxen for Silk Dress Belting. 1,500 pairs best Summer Weight Dress Shields, 1c pair, or $1 a doven. Garnitures. 2, and 98¢ for new lots of Jetted Yokes. In 75¢ bright and dull effects. Positively wortit up to $2.25 for $1 to $2.25 Bolercs, In Jets and braids, 49c Previously advertised; the last hundrsd here tomorrow moraing—gone before night. Ribbons. yard ‘for Plain Color Taffeta and Moire UBC irons. iu all the newest shades; als> pney Plaids and Stripes, worth up to Oe yard Hurry for these and the companion largain: Py ‘inch Black Sesh Ribbons at 49c¢ capa of $1. (See above for “Findings.” AIS RKROYOS DODODOD ODO Spring Lamb —received fresh every day —very eet and juley—the sume kind we ha been handling for years. FRESH MI for sance also. G7 Every delicacy in season, for DAN NER PARTIES, is bere—of best quality LOWEST PRICES consistent with quality. Cottage ae 14th St. mA a Housefurnishings Cheap. ai k rr ASEMENT floor for the most important sale of the season, Mr. ‘MOV DI: ‘ Lage Cavanaugh returns from New York after concluding a } chase, of which he says: “I have beem ‘buyer’ for the Wens enae teks our pw tats. ais \ leading Ror ork houses i in my twenty-threé years of experience, but = a3 = lots of a en) this is my greatest triumph.” ed m a separate table end marked ridicalon \ ly low! Everything else im the new #1 Js epie-span new! Schmidt, s16'stn, ‘She Dranghtsman’s Stationer, B0l8-3m,24 19¢ instead of 39¢ for 14-quart Garbage Palla, with cover....3¥e Instead of Sie for Cov- ered Ash Sifters. Qc instead of Soe for strongly made Step Lad- ders....50¢ Instead of 88 for Full Siz Willow Clothes Hampers, with cover. instead of SOc for the famous ‘Henis" 19 Frit Pree. Nothing better for mashing potatocs....Amd- Iie instead of Soc for Heavy Tin Wash Bollers, with cover. = L4c. tmtead of 5c. for, Ham, Boers wie | =. 25e ‘instead of 50c for Bread Raisers, retinaed and W Sheer )