Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1898, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. WHURSDAY...... -March 31, 1889S. CROSBY S. NOYES. yEMING STAR has and permanent Family Circulation much more than the combined cir- eulation of the other Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no eempetitor. 7la order to avoid dceinys, on count of personal absence, letters THE STAR should not be addressed to any indfvidual connected with the office, but simply to THE STAR, or to er Buxiness Depart- the Editorial Steady in the Traces. ‘The view taken of the Cuban question at the time the credit of fifty million dollars was placed to the account of the national defense is still the correct view. The ques- tion is entirely national In scope. There is no domestic politics possible in it for any man or apy party. We are all hitched up together, and if anything is to be accom- plished of lasting goed we must all pull together. Spasmodic plungings in the traces can only serve to tangle the team up and retard progress. The leather is stout, the equipment generally first-class, the driver’s hand is firm and his eye clear, and we shall get there, without a doubt, in good season and in good shape, with 2 continuation of steady behavior. Steady, then, is the word, and it should be heeded. There is not a man in authority in the United States who does not earnestly de- sire peace for Cuba. If some are more restive than others it is largely a matter of temperament. But those who are pa- tient and composed should not be misun- d>rstood or misjudged. Excitement fs not in itself a virtue. The greatest and best re- sults proceed from a careful balancing of all conditions. The patience we have exhibited hitherto imposes an obligation of itself. We have waited months for the crisis. The crisis is at hand, and we are asked to wait only @ few days longer. The request is in every way reasonable, and yesterday's action in both the Senate and House granting it on the part of Congress was in the highest degree w If the President has appeared to be a little slow it must be considered that he has had to deal with a government three thousand miles away and in des- perate straits. He has not been drifting, as the record will show, but moving, if with caution and deliberation, steadfly for- ward. Peace for Cuba, upon the basis of independe: without war if honorabiy pessibie, has been his aim as it has been the general desire. ‘The President is to be judged by the rec- ord—not by a fragment of it, taken out of the context and twisted for the purpose of making a given point, but by the whole record, and that is not yet complete. If war is to come he is to be our leader, and ‘we canmot advance our cause by berating tum or embarrassing him with a display of suspicions and divisions, —___ + es —____ Telephone Profits. The annual meeting of the American Bel! ‘Telephone Company has just been held and the financial statements presented to the directors were most satisfactory to them if ‘The following account of the money condition of the corporation has appeared, well worth local contemplation in view of the situation here with regard to telephones: “The ann come of 3.1 R24 in 1s96. in was $4,169,674; in for 1807 were $3.6: Surplus, 1897, Total surplus, = 21; The balance-sheet of the company ember 31, total assets of 723 in 1896, and a report shows a total fr- 44, as compared with $4,327. The net income 1896, | $3,383, Div idend: plus of #250 Inasmuch as the Bell company owns 55 per cent of the stock of the local company it is to be seen that the telephone subscrib- ers of Washington have contributed ma- terially to the enormous increase in the re- turns of the former concern during th? Fast year, which will long be remembered as the year of the slot machines. Those devices typified the radical measures adopt- ed by the company to squeeze their sub- scrlbers and patrons to the limit. The meas- ured service scheme was characteristic of the growing attitude of tyranny toward the Victims that has marked the course of the Bell Telephore Company and its branches in practically every city in the country curing the past few years. Next year's balance sheet ought to show a decided dif- ference in beth gross and net revenues, and €ven with such a falling off as is demanded by justice and reason there will be a very handsome profit for the stock-holders. +e situation has the effigy in stage, men or boys rig up a dummy figure, label n the name of some person tempor- some sections reached wherein a few disfavor, and hang or burn it. The © excitement. It may be re- 2r-boiling of the pot. Some he formed, which slops over Meanwhile the r2al public sentiment is forming, stern and steady, not giving rise to useless exhibitions of temper, Bor cavilling at minor points of difference, but tending surely toward an unflinching ard patriotic suport ef any policy that wiil to wipe away the blot on the fair me of humanity that Cuba under Spanish je bas become. ——+ = _—___ The Prime Minister, Sagasta, says “peo- ple do not care to submit the affairs of their own households to ar‘itration.” The comparison ts not a happy one. The police court records reveal any number of cases in which the neighbors found themselves compelled to insist upon such a course. +e Cuba is destined to be more important tn the commerce of the western hemisphere thau the Danish West Indies are in mil- {tary matters. ——-——+ +e ---___ Snecring at American Charity. At the eleventh hour Spain has grown fensitive on the subject of outside bounty for-her starving subjects in Cuba. The Madrid press resents the seading of sup- Plies to the island by the American people and the suggestion of a congressional ap- propriation, and sneers at what it char- ecterizes as the mixing of charity and Politics by the United States. This comes late, and most unjustly. The eppeai for ald for the helpless people of Cuba was not made by the President until after Senor de Lome, then in Spain's ser- vice here, had been consulted and it was apparent that Spain herself would do noth- ing. The facts as to how great the suffer- ing was and how widely extended had been communicated to the State Depart- ent by the American consuls in Cuba, and were therefore indisputable. The plainest Gictates of humanity cailed for the taking ©f some action, and as Spain was undis- turbed by the disclosures this government took the matter in hand. Senor de Lome— then in the heyday of a very smooth ca- Yeer—accepted the offer, the President ask- ed for contributions, and the American people responded. Since then the sole re- Nef that has been afforded to the most pathetic objects of charity recent years have known has come from the sympa- thetic people of this country. Spain, through her press, now turns aud mites the hand that is feeding her own. in this fashion. But she makes no provision for feeding them herself. She is still unmoved by their distress2s. She only talks about making an appropriation. She still quotes and distorts the phrase that war is hell. And, the more shame to us, there are a corporal’s guard of people in this country who can see nothing unusual or reprehan- sible in the Weylerian policy of pure fiend- isbness. A lawyer of distinction, who once represented this country at the court of St. James, in a sign2d letter to a metro- politan newspaper likens Weyler in Cuba to Sheridan in the valley of the Shenan- Goah and Sherman on the march south from Atlanta! Bet this man is not in the country’s ser- vice today. He represents no American s2ntiment worthy of the neme. The hearts of the people are not chilled, as his seems to be, by intellectual abstractions, but they respend to the calls of human distress without regard to fine-spun theories about international law. Th> starving people of Cuba will not want for American succor because of Spanish sneers or because of a few stray bits of American disapproval. —____ +e ——___ A Diplomatic Absardity. Weyler’s concentration edict has bten re- voked again, according to late disciosures from the Spanish legation in this city. This is a pericdical performance. For severai months past wherever the Cuban question has approached en acute crisis and Amer- ican intervention has seemed inevitably at band the cruel edict of concentration has been revoked—from the Spanish legation. It used to be one of de Lome’s strongest diplomatic cards to produce a cablegram from the captain general announcing that the process of pacificaticn had progressed so far that the people were being turned back to thcir noimal pursuits. This time the revocation comes at such a juncture that it will not attract much attention, in view of the extreme probability that the entire syste; of Spanish government in the island will be revoked at an early day. ‘The latest announcement is of some inter- est, however, in view of the manner in which the people are being permitted to return to their own methods of sustaining life. The alleged cablegram from Havana states that to aid the re-establishment of the reconcentrados upon their farms the gevernment will grant them the “protec- tien” of the Spanish military forces, aug- mented by local relief committees to look after their immediate needs. Some expla- nation is due to the people of the United States as to why the “protection” of the soldiers is needed, or why it is to be relicd upon. Indeed, it has been this very pro- tection that has caused all the trouble. The people have been protected from their own needs, their own resources. Over two. hundred thousand of them have been pro- tected to the graves, and some have even been left unburied. These people were concentrated, corralled, as a war measure The Weylerian theory was that they were aiding the insurgents, and that their pres- ence at large was a menace to the pros- pects of Spain for success. It was to de- prive the insurgents of supplies and other material aids that the herding process was instituted. Why, then, should these miser- able people, the innocent victims of a cruel wer policy, be protected in the enjoyment of pacific pursuits? The insurgents are ad- mittedly their friends. The insurgents are the only ones from whom pretection is sup- posedly needed. The Spanish soldiers have thus far shown their utter inability to pro- tect themselves from these intrepid fight- ers. But coupied with the announcement that the reconcentrados are to be protectel is the statement that the provinces ip which the edict is to be revoked have been “pacified.” Why should any military meas- ures be required in such places? It is clear that the new Spanish minister has not beea hoppy in his reproduction of the revocation proclamation. He should be more discreet in his use of the odds and ends of diplo- macy left as a legacy by the late unfortu- nate representative of Spain. + “Steadied by Power.”" The London Spectator of March 19, just at hand, contains a review of the Ameri- can-Spanish situation, written from the point of view of that date, which tends to show the pacific turn in affairs then no- ticeable. In the course of the discussion of the case the Spectator uses the following suggestive phrase, in reference to the Pres- ident: “Like all men of Anglo-Saxon race and tradition, he is steadied by power.” Without reference to President McKinley's personal attributes in this crisis or any other situation, it is yet true that there is force in this proposition that men, particu- larly those of the stock from which most Americans came, are “steadied by power.” ‘The sense of direct personal responsibility that accompanies a high office is calculated to give a man a new capacity, that of see- ing in the light of every bearing those matters that tend toward possible disturb- ances of public and private relations. The accountability of executive office leads the incumbent, it would seem, to guard against unjust haste and improvident bravado. Some other races do not posses this valu- able quality. These.of the tropical climes are apt to develop in the direction of reck- lessness and tyranny when they are given power to act independently. The history ot civilization shows this. The American Presid2nts have given many modern in- stances of the tendency toward conserva- tism that springs from an intelligent real- ization of the true value of great power and the dangers that so readily result from its abuse. —o+o—____ If General Blanco is so afraid of the dangerous American correspondents, what would-be his condition if he were to meet the insurgent army? ———>+e—____ Mr. J. ‘Hamilton Lewis 1s allowing some very tempting opportunities to be pictur- esque and original to slip by him. ——__+ ++ ___ Mr. Bailey knows trom personal exper- jence the sorrows which result from a fail- ure to obtair r2cognition. eo ___ When it comes to ward politics Sagasta ean give points to any of our own famed specialists in that line. ——>+>—____ Playing in the Street. A small boy was run over by a wagon and seriously hurt yesterday in this city WFile he was playing in the street. There are so few of such accidents in Washing- ton that they attract more attention than in other cities where the street conditions are very dangerous on account of heavy traf- fle and many swiftly moving cars. But the children should not be permitted so freely to use the open streets for their play- grounds. As summer approaches the as- phalt surfaces are covered with the de- signs of hopping games, rings for marbles, top sports and simflar amusements that appeal strongly to the juvenile heart, Even base ball games are played on some streets, while as the evening falls girls and boys dart back and forth across the streets playing the exciting game of “prisoner’s base.” Ot-fashioned “tag,” with variations, is patronized by some, and indeed the weeks are at hand when the streets become one vast playground for children of all ages. This condition is not favorable either for the safety of the youngsters or the even temper of the other street users. The wide use of bicycles is ecntributing heavily to the dangerous con- dition. It is almost impossible for a wheel- man to ride half a mile through the city without having several narrow escapes frcm running into some heedicss child, springing suddenly from the curb or from behind a tree in play. Parents in too many cases fali to warn their_children to keep out of the streets, or, if they.do give such warnings, they fall tor paitonee. their . THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY,:-MARCH 31, 1898-24 PAGES Woodward *. Lothrop, words. There are many open spaces here for just such games as the youngsters love to play. The parks are practically open to them for their running sports. Authority to set apart spaces in them for certain games has been given. : Few neighborhoods lack large spaces, commons and unim- proved lots, where the sports that are now ecnducted on the asphalt can readily be enjoyed. The smoothness of the fine pave- iaents, however, tempts the average small boy to conduct his marble or top games there, while the little girls prefer that space for their rope-skipping. It is high time for the parents to take such action as will reduce the dangers that are evidently growing serious here. 2 qs e—_—___. The “Fire Proof” Post Office. A revival of interest in the “fire-proot” character of the city post office building is causel by the appearance on the north front of a large quantity of lumber that is being hoisted into one of the upper win- dows, doubtless for permanent incorpora- tion into the structure. It wili be remem- bered that when the roof was bullt the peo- ple and many. members of Congress were. shocked to find that a large amount of the most inflammable material was being put ata point where it might become a serious element of danger at any time after the compleie ocoupancy of the building. Thia “fire-proof” roof became a point of grave issue between the Treasury Department and Congress but certain explanations were advanced and the houses finally accepted the proposition that there was no serious alarm to be felt on account of this cheap process of construction. The Capital Trac- tion power house that went up in flames in short order last autumn was architecturally called “slow burning.” It is not certain whether the post office contains more or less of wocden material than the power house, but it is certain that on the scale the local experience has established if the power house was “slow burning” the post effice, when finished, will be far from being “fire-proof.”” —_~e+__ The patriotic poets have found great ecmfort in the fact that “Spain” rhymes well with “Maine.” - —>+2—__ It will require overwhelming evidence to p2rsuade Spain to abandon its expression of injured innocence. ——++2e—____ Possibly Spain is sending the torpedo boats over in order to find a good market for them. ———»++e—___ Mr. Reed is requested to hang onto the congressional safety-valve for a few days longer. —_—_>ee—___ SHOOTING STARS. Vigilant. “What are you starting afte: that man for?” inquired the bicycle policeman's friend. “He doesn’t ride any faster than the law allows.” “I know it. But maybe I can scare him so that he will.” A Word’s Variations, “Let me see,” ssid the man who had picked up an old volume; “ ‘don’ means ‘to put things on,’ doesn’t it?” “It depends on circumstances,” replied the friend, who was reading a newspaper. “At present tha Don’s sole purpose seems to be to put things off.” An Orator’s Confidence. A fight would be a sinecure, Without a chance of balking, If I could hit the mark as sure in shooting as in talking. Unconcerned. “Are you not at all concerned at the fact that Spain has started a lot of ships across the Atlantic?” “No,” replied the easy-going citizen. “Spain's all at sea, anyhow. I ‘don’t ae why its navy shouldn’t go along with the rest.” Sensitive. % “What made you try to whip Gruffins for the mere general assertion that all the tobbers ought to be in the penitentiary? I didn’t see anything for you to get angry at” “I know you didn’t see anything. know Gruffins’ opinion of me.” But I Spanish Haatear. We listen with approval When you tell your tales of pride. ‘The glory of your former state Can never be denied. ‘Twere vain to contradict you In allusions to the day When your men were bold in council And aggressive in the fray. We grant that the mere mention Of your name brought doubts and fears And humility and cringing Into both the hemispheres. Your warrant for such boasting All must cheerfully allow. Your ancestérs were wonders— But they aren't working now. —————~+-— After Hawali, Nicaragua, From the Chicago Tribune. Much time might have been saved and wholly unnecessary complications avoided by action upon the Hawaiian question four years ago. Lat us not repeat that blunder and furnish occasion for regret to the American people through all future time. And when this question has been settled af- firmatively, let Congress take up the isth- mian canal matt2r and see that that great enterprise, so indispensable to our future safety and prosperity as a nation, has been assured. ————~+e—____ A Canadian View. From the London (Ontario) Advertiser, The announcement made that the United States battle ship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor by a submarine mine, sug- gests the questions, “Who put the mina there?” “When was it put there?” “If es- tablished by the Spanish, why was the Maine captain not told of its presence when ship was anchored, by order of tha Spanish authorities, over the mine?” It is apparent that if the United States commis- sion has reached correct conclusions, a great deal of explaining has yet to be un- Gertaken by Spain. British Sympathy. From the London Mail. ‘The Americans have our full sympathy in @ cause identical with that we have so often fought. And they have it at a time when France, Germany and Russia are backing Spain as fully and almost as open- ly as they are opposing British efforts for freedom of the individual and of foreign trad2 the wide world over. Both sections of our race will remember that. ——__> 0 —____ Developing an Important Industry. From the Philadelphia Record. Over 30,000,000 shad are being annuaily Pianted in the Delaware by the state and feceral fish commissions. This means the development of an important industry and of an important item of food supply. Next to the planting on land, the most import- ant planting work in which the state can ergage is that of sowing food fishes in the rivers. ——_—_o-—_____ An Isthmian Cunal Would Be Handy. From the Cleveland Leader. ‘The battle ship Oregon, one of our best fighters, is on the Pacific coast, and can- not possibly get around to Cuba in less than six weeks. A canal across the isth. mus would come in handy, now. Mexican Advice. — a Gold pouring into the United States treasury and she country is th ) Ws» a wiuisams & 00. Thin Ghildren Need Need Just Such a Food as Our Emulsion ly disguises the unpleasant = pepe and taste of the: pure oj Only 60c: 0c; pint. WILLIAMS’ Temple Driig Store, for. 9th and F Sts. BARES Bartlett : PEARS, 10c. 4°. ——-_ ot Poke cans (not 2-1 ** ” ChiaG&en thrive and grow * * on it* Thin limbs take on ** flesh and increase in pains Roses bloom in * * ch ‘that were hollow * * and pale. It’s a food that sig can readily digest * * an imilate. Our way -* * of preparing this: emulsion : : x of of Coa Liver Oil complete- *** cd remember). —— Extra choice. truit—in extra beavy - —— They've always sold for 20c. can before. ——sTake ali you want-at 0c. 1.10 “But come! ‘They. wou't last long. EF SIPTED PEAS toc. can—$1 down. B. Hoover, 1417 N. Y. Ave. |-th,s,t-14 aSsa= Dry & Fancy Goods AtAuction Two Sales Daily, 11am. and 7 p.m, commencing Friday, April 1. t By order of Salm Behrend we will sell’ at public auction, without reserve, the large stock of Dry'and Fancy Goods, Ladies’ and Men's Furnishings, Hosiery, Underwear, Ribbons, Notions, ‘ete., con- tained in store No. 730 7th st. Also 250 Ladies’ Fine Trimmed Hats and a large stock of Stationery. An exceptional opportunity to buy sea- sonable at your own prices. Brerything isto, be sold without re- serve to the highest bidder. Be among the first comers. 730 7th St. a. G shea Auctioneer. mh31-2t qT Proved a Cure for Grip and Colds. New try Dr. Hemphfeys" Specifies for Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Weaky Stomach; for Rheumatism and Lumbago, TnFant ‘and Female Complaints. Specific apie ito; be foumd at -Druggists, or sent free. Humpa Bac oa New York, . Ww. mh31 = oy * Thats delicious beer ‘for you? 'AS defightinl a, bever-.. age as any one will ask for. 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Watson—$i—“The 20th Cen- .— "The mae of fey oy, “3 by osial, ‘Strong—: «PU IRSELL’S | Keep up the good old English ~ custom and serve Good Friday Buns for breakfast on 418 9 oth st. Krafft’s Bakery, hb Pa ave, mh31-th,s,t-20 ” Toth, 11th and F Sts. N.W. Friday’s Our Remnant Day, Our Special Bargain Day. ‘Remnants are the only we zou to bay business loss tha! The prices we put on them to close them out qi oe ert tome ft ae = prices that’ were current but a few ‘or Remnants of Drcas Goods, | piece are carefully and marked 2s they measire. galled “or crumpled articles of under and outer wear. scral and marred goods, etc., are ticketed a gp arranged that you Pi Thal eg 88s Sort you ‘Thus it is with all remnants, and you buy as are and for what are worth to there'll be nities. Piles of remnants of jer and ‘irt lengths, of goods secured we've made che prices very tow. lots dress ts counted en. pieces Mmavn's brighicet tule ett By Teoathe a Met lengtis, children’s frock expressly for this occasion at a deciled Friday’s Special Bargain in Golf Capes. a A meee Aiearodl (Hail Ones, Sat Reena SPER Beean In SenOes. New spring styles and perfect in every re Third floor. Special Bargain Price, $5.75 Each. Friday’s Special Bargain in Infants’ Dresses. A fot of Infants’ White Cambric and Nainsook neck, Hubbard. yoke, etc., Long Dresses, in various styles—gathered at trimmings of lace and embroidery. Special Bargain Price, 50c. Each. ‘Second floor. Friday’s Special Bargain in Neckwear Dept. 500 yards of All-silk Accordion Piaited Grass Linen, 23 inches wide, very sheer and fine. Espe- desirable for Waists and Vest Fronts. 50c. a Yard. clally First floor, Regular Price, $1.50. Friday’s Special Bargain in Pictures. 200 11x14 White Enamel Reeded Picture Frames, fitted with pictures in various subjects—some fitted with mat only. Special Bargain Price, 25c. Each. Fourth floor. Friday’s Special Bargain in Chinaware. About 140 Odd Pieces of Open Stock Dinner Ware, which we have ma Prices range from 5c. to $1.00. irked down Especial attention 18 called to the Rest China Covered ‘Vegetable Dishes, in six = patterns and various colorings, which we have mari ic. Each. Fifth floor. Regular Prices, $1.35 to $1.95. Friday’s Special Bargain in English Sheetings. 150 yards Crewdson English Sheeting, twilled and plain, 90 inches (2% yards) wide. 50c. a Yard. Second floor, Reduced from 75c. Friday’s Special Bargain in- John S. Brown’s Linens. We offer the following exceptional values in Napkins, made by the famous firm of John S. Brown & Sons, Belfast, Ireland. Also a num- The prices quoted rep- ber of odd Table Cloths of well know: n makes. resent an average reduction of one-third. CLOTHS, 2x2%; yards, $2.00, $2.75. $4 = =e 7.25, $0.50 and $i1-76—2x4 yards, = ene) yards, $3.20, $4.20, $6.00, ‘p00 00, Fitts 1 and 4 $12) $3.50, $3.75, $4.00, $4.25, $4.50 and $5.00—% size, $3.75, $5.00 rds, CU SAPEINS, % size, $2.50, $3.00, ieaat a eats 2x4 yards, Men’s Department. Je Hose, with and without Odd_ styl fee Bicycle, Ho Bec 2 pate , reduced from 75c. and $1.00, to S pein reduced from $200 and $2.50_to BS i irs, reduced from es to SOc. pair; irs, "reduced from $1.50 and $2.90 to $1.00 pair; fro1 $2.75 to $1.50 pair. dark fancy petiora ‘Tocks ‘and Four- jaced 1.00 to 2 ch. tea ‘welght. S each. Shirts, bosoms and cuffs to match. patel ie “yo be worn with white collar. Sco tesa oe: 25. each. ‘Cloak Department. Sizes . Red from $7.50 to $1.50 each. 82, Aitwocl Binck’ Kersey’ Capes, ail si, lined, strap cloth, trimmings. Sizes 38 and 40. edtuced SEs bone, French back. Reduced from $3.00 to $4.75 ea. to $6.75, Lawn Skirts, umbrella style, ra Black Kersey Cape, aw, ee bead e ee all silk lined. Reduced from $25.00 to $7.50. on mt ing, French back. Reduced. from Woe. ‘Third floor. a *sceond fi ‘oor. Suit Department. Glove Department. edyAlimeool Fancy, Cheviot Bieycle Skirts, reduced ‘rom $7.50 to $3.50 each; 2 reduced from $5.00 to} 19 pairs Women's Kid Gloves, tan and $25) ae various sizes. Reduced from $1.00 to 50c, ia GAll-wool Camel's Halr Cheviot Suits, Dlewse |"'5 airs. Women's ‘Kid Gloves, white and lemon = Re- Retced from $1.00 to 50c. style, satin’ trimmed. Bt Bves 50 to $7. Guest ardeome Combination Suit, fancy plald skirt and green velvet Eton braid-triimed jacket. Re- duced from $28.50 to $10.00. ‘Third floor. Waist Department. Ever its, chiffon and rich 4 Handsome Evening Waists, aes luce ai boned, bon and steel 2 Women's Black Jackets, balf silk lined. Size | $29 each. and 1 ‘Second floor. Corset Department. 5 pairs French Corsets, coutil, with’ teal. whalebone, top” Gxiutily ceseees: wah soy 28, 29 and 30. aoe 2 Cashmere Steamer Gowns, tight Joose front, standing collar, trimmed with velvet rib- Reduced from $14.50 to 3. Changeable Taffeta Silk Petticoats, umbrelia style, deep corded ruffle with dust flounce, feather- pairs Women’s Kid a Gioves, | tan and ox. a educed from Kirst floor. BR buttons. Fe Muslin Underwear Dept. back, 00 and $1.25 to 75e. pair. Shoe Department. 16 pairs Misses’ Pebble Goat Tan Button Boots, broad toe, spring heel. and 1% C—13, 13%, 1 Sizes 1 and 1% D. Caifskin Button Shoes. Sizes 4, Reduced from $2.00 to med. brocader, ee one 100. $18.00 and $24.00" to | duced trom $2.09 fo) ws. $10.00 each. aA Pye 7 avening Waists, taffeta, chiffon and | 414, '5 and 534 © and D. 4 Ha a Say ‘and 36. Reduced from $12.50 | 98¢. pair. “a 50 et z ffeta Silk Evening Waists, silk mull bang Tite Reduced from $10.00 to. $6.73 ea. 7 Scoteh Wool Plaid Waists, Sizes 82 and 38. eR No Mihite Dotted § Swiss aa trimmed with lace. om $4.25 to $2.00 nS core Siriped Linen Waists, trimmed with rib- izes 3. and 36. Reduced from $5.90 to RK ts, lace yokes, trimmed with - es ance Reduced from $5.90 to $2.00 each. ‘Third floor. Misses’ Department. 4 Misses’ All-wool Refers. trimmed with braid. 4,6 and 14. Reduced $5.00 to $1.50 ea. | trom $5.00 to $1.00 each. Sive\inaes’ Gretchen. Size 4. Reduced from $0. of. Medallions, Reduced from $1.95 and $2.95 to to $150 SOc. eacl tases’ AIL Cheviot Jackets. Sizes ee Pg aoe et sg. Reduced from $10.00 to $3.00 each. | 4 3 Pitures ante ia git tienes, edad trom 3 Combination Dresses, plain jucket and fancy | 3/55 to $1.00 cach.“ skirt, “Sizes 8 and 10.” Heduced from $9.00 to | */ Engraving, 24x34—Two's Company; Three is $305. oor, None—in gilt frame. Reduced from $16.50 to $5.00. Boys’ Department. All-wool Blue and, Black Astrakhan Recfers metie braided, ‘Sizes 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8. Reduced from $4.50 to $1.00 each. L- its, neath; Si duced es 0c. ee a aad $3.00 Ae§i00 ea; | Fourth oor 15 “Brownie,” “‘Sailor” and Dou! Se s ny L. tily braided. Sizes 3, 4. 2 5 oa See eee te g4.50 and” $78 to Rug Sreartount. .50 each. = ot tee; a PP Mwool Blue and Black from 316.50 to $3.75 cach’ 1, TYs410% feck, reduced Infants’ Department. 1 Children’s White Pigue Cont, de deep cape, med with handsome embroidery and insertion. juced from $8.00 to *F Galldren's Pique. aid Crash Reefert, plain sod empire styles, large collar trimmed fancy bi Reduced from $3.00 and $3.50 to $1.50 each. | a, ik rot ornament. wing. solid cal: frame. Gaced from $22 acd trom wide. ‘Third 6 pairs Boys’ Patent,Leather Button Shoes, round. Sizes 3%), 4 and 4%) C and D. 50 to 9Se. pair. toe, extension soles. educed from $3 pair. 12 pairs Boys’ Russian Goat Oxfords, extension slg coun, toes. Sizes, 4, 5, Sts and 6 © and D. -50 to 98c. pair. Picture Departmen : 52, Medallions. Reduced from 15e. and Ze. to c. each. 1 Photograph from Life in oval frame, with bow- Reduced from $5.00 to $1.50. fog ining Room Pictures In oak frames. “Reduce m $5.00 to $2.00 each. no Medaltion Photographs from Life, Reduced 1 Picture, 2514x3514, in white and Reduced from $15.00 to $5.00. —“Youth of Abraham Lincoin'’—in Reduced from $15.90 to $5.00. 12 Unframed Etchings, 14x28. | Iedutul to Se. ea. 10 Photographs, 11x14, mounted 1 from $26.00 to $15.00. 2 All-wool Reversible India Rugs, 6x9 feet. Re- si” as $15.00 each. Ree from $9.90 to $7.00 each. Best Quality 9 White now gag Reduced fi: oor. 1B. & natural gold finish, fount. to $2.3. t Worse wa Gat Len aioe = burner, with globe. gilt trai ot es 2 oe tt Lamp Department. of B05. $9.00 ound (00; $9.00 ‘and §9.75— heavily boned Re- : ir. f pais 1G. Corsets, Pieach coutil, cut bias, heavily boned with real whalebone, top finished Bith wide lace, | Sizes 16, 19 and 20. Redu from $10.00 to $6.50 pal G pairs. &°G. Corsets, coutll, cut bias, well Ee finished with embroidery. Size 18. Re- with blue and white striped | duced from a 25 to Suc. pair. ced red. Size 1% and 12 A— 11% on cand." Re- Reduced from $6.00 : dnammoth Credit House,* {_ mb3I-754 Bet. HW and I 5 & FE K KKK KK KEK Ke ee Lchahahehshatahdabathmattrhehabababetgt hes habs eh lft kt SALI ALLLAL ALAA BAAS Credit Stands for CASH in our store. It’s just the same to us if you want to pay your bill a little at a time — weekly or monthly. There's no charge for such a privilege. You'll find prices marked in plain figures— prices that are as low as those of cash stores —and we don't add a penny for accommodating you. There are no notes to sign—no interest to p: BABY and MATTINGS are the principal needs at this season of the year We can show you the in the city. best lines Our Carpets are made, laid and Iined free. We measure yonr rooms for Mattings and charge only for what it takes to cover them. : Grogan’s : SORE EEE EE OEE EEO RENEE TERETE nenereet 817-819-821-823 TTH ST. N.W., - % * & r We've mastered the mystery of how to wash colored shirts and fancy shirt waists without fading. If we fade them we'll buy new ones. Now may we have bundle? ’Phone 592. Frazee’s Laundry, your Flant avd 1214 and 1216 D St. 605 13th at. R109 M st. 1822 14th st. eeneeaaes AUM SI 416 7th St. Red Ticket Day. qiightiy solled. Were 30, 15c. x Childress a ‘01 ite Aprons, slightly soiled. ws Se. For Fri- ee ee ae Corset und 30, ‘Were 81.00. For Pridsy Cloaks and Wrappers. wate oe a Suit $2. 98 ‘lied ae sus, weight Reet- Pista oe ee a an area gee Friday. rs. Were 98c. 39c. Black Hone. with double kuee. ‘tieel” @) and toe. Were I5e. For Friday... Ce 27 Infants’ Meri Vest: w 25e. For Friday... a4 " 10c, Ladies’ Neckwear and Handkerchiefs. 77 Colored Bordered Handkerchiegs. For Friday......... and shoppers who are on the look- cumulate from complete assort- sale tomorrow at ASTONISH- Medium-weight Drawers {n mostly all Muslin Underwear, Corsets, &c. Skirts, Drawers. Corset Covers; all 46 High and Low Neck ocr Covers, Howey and Underwear. 38 pairs of Ladies’ and Chi ilaren's Past 31 yards of Biack Dotted Pisin “4 14 Fancy Sik Dress Prents, Friday is a very interesting out for bargains. INGLY LOW PRICES. sizes, and a few Shirts in size 46. 5c. trimmed with lace and embroidery 23 pairs of Ladies’ Plaid Hose. Fiance, Vening, a tee : = green. black, pink, de. For Friday I day throughout the store for The Odds and Ends that ac- ments during each week are on For Men. Regular price, 50e. Por Friday. About 25 garments, fncnding Gowns, Regular price, $1.98. For Frida: Were 29e. ‘For Friday 19¢. 2c. Friday . 12c. yd. in rich Val. wey and Point 146 yards of Plat. de Luse. For Friday. ' 18. yd. 3 wet, Ferd a. "s isa nice Insertings. Bee OS Fa, 118 yards of Cambric and Swiss “Embroidery. W: yard. Friday... ae 1214. Leather G oods and Notions, poBiack an Chatelaine + Bags. ‘Were $125. For Friday.” SOC. $ 72 pairs of Heavy Shell 2 Side 2 or Friday 19¢. pr. 26 i 1 S&S , all sizes. "5 "For Friasy...-. ZAC, ckages of Tollet Payer. 100 Por Briday 300ks at 8c. 1.000 Paper-bound Novels, Mrs. Marlitt's translations from the German: also | I~ for Friday fe. AU M e- 416 7th. 9 $ Duvall Sells te Famous$5 Whisky “ARMY & NAVY” FOR ONLY introduced to the undersigned. cecement SA ages Bis cele trated tus cag ynd notice of Washingtonlans by the eerteg $2 <E tee peice to the te $1 for ful N. H. Duvail, 1923 Pa. Ave. mh29-t,th,s-20 OOo oeroccece Matting News. Not a better selected stock of Mat- th .