Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1898, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR, T ISDAY, APRIL THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. TUESDAY... CROSBY S. NOYES. THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent Family Circulation much more than the combined cir- culation of the other Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no eempetitor. ©7Im order to avoid dcinys, en ne- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed y individual connected with the ce, but simply to THE STAR, or to or Business Depart- ing to tenor or purpose. Peace and Independence for Cuba: 4 ow is the accepted time. The case of Cuba is with Congress. It is fully and cmpletely made up. The country demands ‘tion. The situation justifies action. But course is open, if we are to keep our and seeure peace for Cuba. Spain must lower her flag in the island quickly and forever. For what have we been making such hurried, and expensive, and warlike prepa- rations? For what have we been search- ing tne ship yards of Europe in quest of additional cruisers and torpedo boats? For what have our warships been collected into fleets, tugging at their anchors and stripped for battle? For what has the martial spirit of the country been ‘used to a degree never surpassed for <piring unity? For what have we met and replied to the powers of Europe on the subjeet of Cuba? To confer with Spain about autonomy for her colony? To make oursely her further ally against the in- surgents? To help her along in her effort to trap her people a second time, to their misery and sorrow? To stand by and see her re-establish her baleful power in the island by stealth and humbug? Is that, or any part of it, the meaning, or to be the end, of all that we have done? Of course not. The country stands com- mitted to independence for Cuba. Every step so far has been taken with that end in view. The people have applauded every step—the putting of the army and navy in a condition for action, and all that has followed of a nature to show that if war should Lecome necessary to enforce the Ane an yosition war should come. We have hed the point now where we must red2em our promises to ourselves or stand the humiliating consequences. Our great- est duty is to ourselves. But in discharg- ing that—so finely linked are all the pro- faith-keeping and resoluteness— we shail discharge our duty to Cuba in the interests of good government, to her starv- ing thousands In the interests of humanity and to the whole civilized world, which in its heart abhors the brutality of Spain. The President stands ready to execute the decree of Congress. It ought to be prompt. comprehensive and distinctly to the point. Pzace for Cuba based upon in- dependence is the American shibboleth. The Metric System. The matric system is gradually finding its way into the laws of the nations as the most rational and convenient method of measurement. During the past session of ment an act was passed legalizing system for British use. An effort has repeatedly been made in this country to se- eure the adoption of the system for na- tional purposes, in the hope that the com- mercial interests would gradually come to recognize its advantages. Thus far, how- ever, the project has not overcome the nat- ural disinclination of people to abandon their familiar standards of value and meas- urement in favor of another, however supe- rior that other may b2. It is by no means assured, of course, that the enactment of the metric system as a legal method in Great Britain will result in its general adoption, but it cannot b2 ignored that the evident advantages of the decimal scheme ate steadily being recognized by the peo- ples of the world. The system in vogue nd elsewhere among English-speak- »mmunities is arbitrary and irrational, upon nothing but custom and even in places to variations according to 1 conditions. The American monetary system is decimal, according to the funda- ental theory of the metric system. In this vr to that of England, which is perplex- ingly arbitrary. Any method of measure- ment, whether of space, distance or money, that is based upon a regular progression is to be preferred to an unequal, irregular ad- vancement, and hence it is to be hoped that some day the American continents may be united in a recognition of this fact. Na- tional prejudices should not entzr into the Matter in the least, for the French, in adopting and urging the metric system, have merely taken advantage of a mathe- matical principle to which any community is equally >ntitled. The present tendency of the world is to destroy all barriers to the full and free interchange of intelligence, and in view of the wonderful facility for transportation of people and commodities from land to land it is to be 2xpected that In 4 comparatively brief period there will be a fairly general agreement upon this sys- tem of measurement. ————_ ++ ____ The destruction of the Maine may not be a recognized and assignable casus belli in the Present state of-the proof concerning that trageiy. But the incident is of a character tu render firm as steel the American deter- mination that ths government whose crim- inal negligence permitted the disaster or Whose cruel treachery committed the crime shall depart at once from this hemisphere. —————ree—___- If there is a Delphic dubiousness in any portion of the President's Cuban message, there is nothing to prevent Congress from construing the utterance in the manner which the national sentiment and the na- tional interests demand, and from acting on that construction. ——_~+e—___ It remains to be seen whether members of Congress can agree among themselves #5 promptly as they agreed with the Presi- dent when the bill to appropriate $50,000,000 was passed. ———>++e—___. Dangerous Speeds. The deplorable accident in Georgetown Saturday, in which a wheelman lost his Efe, seems to have been due largely, if not wholly, to the fact that on some of the streets of the city the pavements are so poor that the bicycle riders are tempted to use the smooth spaces between the rails @nd tracks of the street car lines. This is @ dangerous practice, as this tragedy and previous accidents amply prove. But asid¢ from the circumstances of this affair, the testimony given at the coroner’s inquest varied sufficiently on the point of the speed of the electric train that struck the wheel- man to calt pointed attention to this mat- ter of the rate at which the rapid transit The accident happered on the slope of a hill and the car that struck the man w: going down grade. It is fair to ass: that it was going pretty fast. Cars do not fun at the pace of a snail under such cir- ctmstances, and it appears, from the facts, that the car was going faster than the Wheelman, and it is likewise well known that bicyclists do not loiter while traveling dcwn grade on smooth pavements. A pas- nger on the west-bound car testified" that he car that hit Weinecke was going, in is judgment, from four to five miles an hovr. The motorman of the west-bound train thought the other train was moving frcz five to six miles an hour. An Wituess estimated that the cast-bound abt 3 SMP gh 2 TAREE GE EET Tg EER en a a ee ETE a I I lle abd tol ah al was moving seven or eight miles an hour, while the motorman of that train placed his rate of speed at from eight to ten miles. Thus, in the judgment of four dif- ferent persons, no two of whom agreed, there was a range of from four,fo ten miles an hour in the speed of this train. In all probability, judging the case from every-day experience, the ttaim was actual- ly moving taster than the legal limit of twelve miles. Few of the electric cars are steadily kept within this limit. The cars ncw running on Pennsylvania avenue are “raced” at all hours of the day, to the peril of pedestrians, wheelmen and the drivers of other vehicles, the impairment of the track and the destruction of the car wheels, which are “flatting’” frequently, {f ‘the noises producea by passing cars are to be Considered as evidence. The people of Washington are glad indeed to have rapid- transit facilities; but they do not want them to be accompanied by the grave dan- gers that unlimited speed and reckless propulsion produce. The testimony before the coroner's jury shows that no reliance whatever can be placed in the judgment of even the men at the controllers, who are supposed to know exactly the rates of speed at which they are permitting their dangerous charges to progress. The warn- ing contained in this accident should sug- gest prompt remedial action. No Delay. Every consideration connected with the case calls for prompt action by Congress in dealing with Cuba. Delay can but add to the difficulties. They are already great enough. Why not move at ence, and put an end to all caviling, to all official kow- towing and particularly to all Spanish du- plicity? The conditions in Cuba are thoroughly well known to us.. We have brought the strongest possible indictment against Spain by withdrawing our consuls from th: island. That of itself testifies to the barbarism of the Spanish rule. And having withdrawn them, for the reasors well understood, wé cannot send them back while Spanish rule continues. Imagine Gen2ral Lee returning to Havana to resume his duties, with Gen- eral Blanco still in authority there! Or im- agin> the other consuls returning to their duties after their official r2ports have been published, filled as they are with accounts of Spanish horrors, with the Spaniards still on deck and masters of the situation! Consider, then, the reconcentrados. They are left 2ntirely to the mercy of the Span- jards. Does anybody suppose that those helpless people will be fed now that the Americans have left? Is it likely that Gen- eral Blanco and his staff will busy them- szlves with acts of gentle humanity toward the despised Cubans? But even were they so inclined, with what could they operate? They have not enough with which to feed their own troops. Is it likely that whil> rations are short for the soldiers anything will be divided among the wretched objects of Spanish nate and oppression? Not, therefore, until the United States in som? effective way resumes its official connection with the island will anything further of consequence he done for thos» who have become a charge upon the American bounty. Wey parley about autonomy? If Spain’s scheme were the best ever devised its effi- cacy could not be proved in Cuba at this. tim, or at any time in the near future. The people for whose benefit it is proposed reject it. Autonomy cannot be forced upon a people at the muzzle of a gun. If force is necessary to establish it force will be nec- essary to maintain it. —>roe—___. The Battle of Hong Kong. Rows between sailors on shore leave are frequent in ports where men-of-war are customarily anchored, and it is no rare thing for international friction to be en- gendered because of the instinctive ten- dency of the “Jackies” to fight whenever they see the uniform of a foreigner. To- day's news columns contain an interesting account of such a row in Hong Kong re- cently that has happily brought no com- Plicating results to embarrass the govern- ments of the five nations involved. Four hundred Russian, French and German sail- ors massed themselves in the street and defied a squad of British and American sailors, about 150 in number, to break through their ranks. The English-speaking tars accepted the challenge and in a trice had split the ranks of the allies wide open and were pounding the continentals un- mercifully. The victors marched to the fray singing ‘Hail Columbia” and “God Save the Queen.” The episode shows that there is something in race ties after all. British and American seamen will fight each other upon the slightest provocation, but when they face a common foe they for- get their own small differences. Incidental- ly the blood of both Englishmen and Amer- ieans will pulse a bit faster when it is con- sidered that in the battle of Hong Kong, just fought, the European allies outnum- bered the British and American tars more than two to one. It was a strong combina-* tion that won the day. ———_+ + > ___ The Torpedo Piant. The Spanish minister of marine charac- terizes as absurd the story told in London that mines were bought there by the Span- ish government for the protection of Ha- vana. He says the torpedoes sent to Cuba were not planted in Havana harbor. Wher- ever they were planted, they seemed té have fructified in that harbor surely enough on the night of February 15. No matter where or when the planting was done, the crop arrived on time. —_—___«-o+______ The charges that Li Hung Chang ac- cepted Russian money are calculated to cast gloom over the people who were citing him as one of the few “grand old men” actually engaged in politics, —_>r+e—____ ‘The present Spanish minister seems to be a man of prudence and self-control and is doubtices alive to the danger of writing private tetters, whose publication would embarrass him. . ———_+ 02 —_____ Considering the difficulties this country has In trying to be a mediator it seems scarcely reasonable to invite other govern- ments in to complicate matters. —_—__++-2—____ Spain is not in a position to summon its own board of inquiry to give opinions whether the charges in the first part of the President's message are true. —___-+ + _____ ‘Those who insist that parts of the Presi- dent's message need further interpretation will see to it that Mr. Grosvenor does not enjoy a sinecure. ——___ +++ A few more trials of Zola will convince the French Academy that it let a great deal of prestige slip when it black-balled him. 2 If the worst come, it is devotedly to be heped that it will not take as long to end the war as it did to start It. —~+s__— Senor Polo can rest assured that Madrid will not be alarmed by news of rioting.in the streets of Washington. ———__ 20 ____— Perhaps Havana will soon be added to the list of cities which are eager to give Fitzhugh Lee an ovation. $ ron M. Zola did not need another trial to give him the distinction of being the best-known wan in France. fh aA a el enc nce SS ation.” himself late for a train, ran to catch it: SHOOTING STARS. A Demornlized Country. “Hasn't the story about his accepting a big bribe hurt that official?’ asked one Chinese citizen. “Not much,” answered another. “It seems to me he is treated with more re- spect than ever. The fact that he could get so much money for his influence shows what a lot of it he must have.” A Spring Reflection. She paid for the bell = And improvements they sell— Too many to mention by name. “The bonnet and bike,” Quoth she, “are alike; The trimmings cost more than the frame.” A Warning. “I do not hesitate,” said the excitable citizen, “to lift up my voice. T feel that it is my duty to keep up with the times and sound the alarm.” “It's very good of you, I’m sure,” an- swered the more deliberate friend; “‘but you ought to bear in mind this fact: An alarm clock is practically worthless when it gets into the nabit of raising a racket too soon.” Innuendo, “Did that man directly assail my credit?” asked the indignant caller at the bank. “Not directly,” replied the bookkeeper. “But he said. that it would be a great deal more appropriate if that promissory. note you gave him had been written in Span- ish.” An Example. “Mike,” said Plodding Pete, “I've heard people talk about gettin’ too much of a good thing. Do ye*reckon dere’s any way of it's really happenin’?’ “Yes,” was the thoughtful answer. “I reckon ye. might say so. I come purty near bein’ run over by a loaded brewery wagon yesterday.” Theory and Practice. “Tis time for something to be done,” The fluent statesman thought. “The moments as they, hurry are With greatest value fraught. “Ai last the instant has arrived When history must be made; Action is what the country needs; it cannot be delayed. “Each second more important grows. We haven't cne to waste. I'll warn my brave compatriots Of this great need for haste!” His valiant oratory then Got finely under way. He took the floor and made a speech Which lasted half a day. —___ ++ ___—_ Contraband of War. Frem the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. ‘There is much talk of Spanish piracy and of the chances of American cargoes in foreign vessels. The law is that as the neutral is bound to abstain from giving aid to either side, his ships are prohibited from carrying contraband of war, and in order to ascertain that fact either bel- ligerent 1s at liberty to search the vessel that carries a neutral flag. What is con- traband of war seems to be pretty well settled, although some questions may arise by reason of the developments of .steam navigation. Arms, munitions of war and the like are, of course, within the prohib- ited relation. How far_coal may be con- sidered a contraband, depends to a great extent upon circumstances, and.it may or may not be classed in that category, — 0 A Poiater for Spain. From the London Mail. ‘The United States have accepted the re- port on the Maine disaster with the same quiet dignity that marked their recepiion of the news of the disaster itself. In one sense the question of peace or war is not affected—that is, Mr. McKinley will take no action on the finding. On the other the certainty that the Maine was yed by some one who must have been a Spanish sympathizer will confirm alt good Americans in their determination e Cuba out of the wood. And with the United States in that temper Spain may anticipate what she sces is inevitable, and strike while her position is most ad- vantageous. /_ —_++2——___ Forehandecdness. From the Springfield Republican. They appear to be actually considering the matter of increased taxation at Wash- ington. It is even said that increased taxes will precede any war loans. This is re- markable. At the outset of every war so far waged by the government, congress- men have declaimed eloquently and suc- cessfuily against permitting it to weigh upon the people in the form of “odious tax- Their idea was to borrow every- thing, and leave the future to settle the bills. ———__ e+ ____ Good Advice. From the London (Ont.) Advertiser. Our telegrams today contain the news that a man living near Toronto, Herd le had no sooner been seated than he dropped dead from heart disease. There are alto- gether too many deaths of this description. Is it worth while for any man to run the risk of killing himself merely to save a short time by catching a car? Every day men and women take this risk. Let it be understood, especially by all corpulent and aged wersons, that undue excitement or ex- ertion is always attended by danger. —_—__-+-____. One Benefit From the War Scare. From the Buffalo Express. A great falling off in the patronage of At- lantic steamers is reported as a. conse- quence of the prospect of war. This is not an unmixed mi$fortune, for tourists take a large amount of gold abroad each year. If their number is greatly reduced this season, the inflow of the metal will be still further augmented, to the benefit of the financial stability of the country-during the war. If hostilities do not take place, there will be a rush of travelers later on. ——— Spain’s Creditor Patriots. From the Kansas City Star. The Spanish soldiers: are over eight months in arrearage, and are now asked to give one.day’s pay all around as a contzibu- tion to the government. They can well afford to do so, provided the eight months’ arrearages are made good. Possibly they might be willing to contribute the eight months if the one day is promptly paid. SSS ee War and Business. Frem the National Architect and Builder. Present indications tend to show that the agitation of the war question ts enjoying the right of way. Several important pro- jects are being “held up” until the ques- tion is settled, and no matter what the verdict then is, they will go ahead. The average citizen prefers to talk about the political situation rather than to attend to business. : —— Marksmanship... From the Norwich (Conv. Bulletin. The gunner of the Indiana can put two projectiles through ‘the same _] will not waste projectiles in an to show his a in Hees making holes there o1 them. = $e The Disinterested Powers. From the St. Louis Republic.’ It is natural, of in powers, through rashington, should be urging upon Uncle Sam. It. that was blown up. engagement He will be shooting at Hy Ne Time to Think About Felitics, jer in controversy.” Both sul general, coinage views | hole, but he course, that the Euro-' ‘wasn’t their warship Lansburgh & Bro. Redugtions in. Néw. Spring {Dress Goods. If you have not as yet pu ‘lyour spring dress dO riot delay, as the assortment is still com- plete; ‘but at these prices there is no telling how long it will last. Zz All-wool “Checks for waists and children’s wear......... 25c. yd. All-wool Storm and_ Iniperial Serge, 40c. grade..,....29c. yd. Beautiful Mixtures, in new spring colors, some worth 45c. All at 29c. yd. A new line of new colors in Silk- finished Henriettas, worth 69c.’ 55c. yd. 50 colors and black in 54-inch Twilled-back Broadcloth, all wool, $1.00 value.............75¢. yd. 25 new colors‘in Silk Warp Lans- downe. We guarantee every yard 40 inches wide........$1.15 yd. We've selected a lot of Dress , Consisting of 50 pieces Co- verts, Tweeds, Melanges, Mixtures and Checks, alt this spring’s goods and materials that have sold as high as one dollar. Choice... 49c.. yd. Navy Blue Sicilian and Brillian- tine, 46 inches wide, 89c. quality, POR omicdns caches cos ciec PECs yd. Lansburgh & Bro., 420, 422, 424, 426 7th St. f aT Our Huge r ° ° Electric Sign will keep you constantly .Teminded that we upholster and . regover Furniture— remake Hair Mattresses— and clean Carpets. Very finest work—at very rea- onable prices. STORAGE. Our building is absolute- ly fireproof from cellar to roof. Goods stored here are safe from fire. Low rates. Sfumgh Bedding Co., l Cor. 7th and Mass. Ave. HHH HH KH REN HH HX, a a ee eH Won't Trouble You if you'll use & 8." CORN CURE. It takes out beth and soft corns withont the least pain. Only 5c. (7 Birney’s Catarrh Pow- ders, 39¢. Vin Mariana, 89¢. Stevens’ Pharmacy, COR, 9TH AND PA. AVE. apl2-4d » GT ONLY $1 FOR 24 BOTTLES. € Fa ee een, ;‘Champagne’t ‘Corns € EY € 3 € iLAGER. | ¥ _____ An ideal beer for the © cd ——— table and for all social 3 5 ——— uses. Clear and _bril- € liant—as sparkling as ¢ —— Champagne __itself-— ¢ — light—and simply fault- ¢ less in flavor. € E724 bottles—sent in unletterea {€ wagous—only $1. Write or telephone. @ Washingtum Brewery Co.€ ¥ 4th & F Sts. N.E. ’Phone 2154 © apl2-t,th,s-38 ~ Don't 66 On succumb Stock” blood. Only TO-KALON api2-208 x eRR ERE SEE EE SERVER SEO ee : Japanese Rugs. reer at _ once. Our “Old Stock” Port is a reliable tonic. It will restore the system to perfect “ condition and the veins with new, h ° . e Closing out certain patterns of Japa- ° nese Rugs—just a few of a kind. It e means much to you. = $ 4 Jap. Rugs, 9xi2 ft. Reduced ° ¢ from $16 tvs ceeereevees ease x * * 4 Jap. Rogs,-Pitt:'@ in. x10 ft: 6 3 : Reduced fromy $8.50 to.......... ‘ . . . A Matting, Special—30 and 35e. $ Cotton Warps se2j-csceeceessere 17 ithe Houghton, ..6°? sé Seeeeccoccoos AP RSet Sh ME ESS ARS Po RASA We make good our: gurantee to wash colored afticles without fading by paying.for all we fade. We_are-doing the best laundry work in the city, and we-are willing and able t more than all’ the other laundfies‘together. |, _ '- Pra: » Laundry, Pant see. 1214 and 1216 D St. Hie BEN ee, ac 3} 42, 1698-14 PAGES. Woodward *«. Lothrop,| WHITE & Toth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. Early Spring Special Offerings in Chinaware and Kitchen Furnishings. Every Washington housekeeper should visit our Fifth Floor De- ‘partments and examine the unusually complete assortments of the new- est and best makes of China, Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Kitchen Outfittings, Baskets, &c. Our ten thousand square feet of selling space is filled with an expo- sition of the finest workmanship of the best foreign and domestic man- ufacturers. Prices never were so low for same qualities as now. And we offer only standard, best-wearing qualities, even though the prices are low. Modern department store buying enables us to offer from week to week special values which would be impossible under old style meth- ods. A number-of interesting offerings for the present week, including in part the following: Open Stock Dinner Sets. Many of our customers are now availing of our offering of seventeen distinct styles Open Stock Dinner Sets, from which they can select just the proper assortment of pieces for their family and only pay for the pieces wanted. Complete open-stock Dinner Seta of 115 pieces, including three platters, 4 dozen plates, soup tureen, ete., at the low price of $11.00 for Complete Set. Less number of pieces if you desire at propor- tionately little prices. Toilet Set Attraction. 12-plece Toflet Sets in seven different designs and Wash-Day Outfits. One Electric-hoop Cedar Wash Tub, one best 25c. Washboard, one fifty-foot Brafded Clothes- live, five dozen’ Clothespins, two pieces Handled Ironing Wax and one Inflammable Iron Holder. 94c. for Complete Outfit. More Incandescent Gas Burners. We offer for tomorrow another lot of our best American Incandescent Gas Burners, complete with chimney, u.antle and fluted shade, and send an experienced man to put them on, for 75c. Complete, put up in your house. Save gas and give more light. Bwery Hotel. Boarding House and Home should be equipped — our Incandescent Gas Burners, which are the is More Ostrich sek ee complete with large doubte-handied | Feather Dusters. jop jar. aoe $5.00 for CompleteSet. | main Sin etn eas tes Feather Dusters, including the long-handled Dust- ers (6-foot), at 10c. Each. Folding Cutting Tables. Our Folding Cutting Tables are the best to be had. The metal folding braces make them the strongest, most easily closed and most durable table ever made. We offer them in full size, with yard measure at edge, for 85c. Each. Saucepan Special. ‘Oue case of heavy, seamless Tin Saucepans with cover, in four-quart size and choice flat shape, for More 2c. Tumblers. Another 200 dozen Clear Pressed Glass Table Tumblers, with or without imitation cut bottom effects and with bands near top, in five patterns. 2c. Each. Formerly higher priced. Sweeping-Day Outfits. ‘One best quality 25c. Broom in heavy or light weight, one half-covered Japanned Dustpan, one wire-drawn Dust Brush and one Ostrich Feather Duster, 49c. for Complete Outfit. | mer an 21o Bach: Fifth floor. Special Sale of Cloth=-Bound Books. Fiction, Romance, History and Books for Boys--Two Thousand Velumes. 20c. Each. 3 for 50c. We have gone through our immense stock of Standard Books and selected such as we wish to dispose of at once, and have placed them on separate counters, so arranged as to give best access, and have marked them at the Uniform Price of 20c., or 3 for 50c. These Books Were Originally Published at 50 and 75c. a Volume. Printed in good type and bound in cloth. are fncluded, but mention a few: For Boys—Mark Seawarth, by W. H. H. Kingston; Peter the Whaler, Ran Away to Sea, by Mayne Reld; Red Erie, by R. M. Ballantyne; Roanoke Island to Murfreesboro’, by W. M. Thayer; Young Folks’ Story of Germany, by C. M. Longe; Young Folks’ Scottish Tales, by W. and R. Chambers; Yorng Folks’ Popular Tales, by W. and R. Chambers, and hundreds of other titles by the same ard other good writers. Fiction—Ninety different titles, embracing Bachelor's Blunder, by W. E. Norris; Captain of Pole - star, by A. Conan Dosle; Chandos, by Ouida; Children of Gideon, by W. Besant; Good Luck, by E. Werner; June, by Mrs. Forester; Kit and Kitty, by R. D. Blackmore; Michael Strogoff, by Jules Verne; Monsleur Lecoq, by E. Gaborlau, and many others, = Book Department—Basement. We do not give a complete. list, as so many titles Clothing for Little Boys. Attention is called to our assort- ment of Suits and Top Coats and Reefers, etc., for the little fellows, Many novelties are shown in very at- tractive and becoming effects. ~ Little Boys’ Covert Cloth Top Coats—pretty and stylish—nicely made, of all-wool materials. Sizes 3 to 8 $4.00 each. Other good values in Spring-weight Reefers and ‘Top Coats for small and large boys—all new goods and the latest styles. $3.50 to $10.00 each. Little Boys’ Suits, in all the prettiest and most stylish effects; every new idea in trimming rep- resented; Brownles, Sailors, Stanleys and Etons. $2.68 to $12.00 each, floor. Custom Tailoring. It is our aim to make our Custom Tailoring Department the best of its kind, and add to our selections. fresh things from day to day, ‘as they are created. We shall give our patrons correct styles and materials at the lowest prices consistent with reputa- ble work. Our guarantee goes with every garment. If not perfectly sat- isfactory we don’t want you to take it. All the latest cloths, foreign and domestic, are in stock. Trousers to Order, $4.00 up. Suits to Order, $13.50 up. Overcoats to Order, $12.00 up. First floor. ae aa Mattings. With pr month: of April comes housecleaning, and the need of new floor coverings for the Spring and Summer months. Our new Matting Department of- fers unusually attractive designs in the best makes of Chinese and Jap- anese Mattings at very reasonable | prices. We quote three speciaily good values. oe Mattings, in medium and large checks— ty. $3.60 Roll of 40 yards. Mattings, in small and large checks ESilting we ean recommend. * 20c. yard. $7.00 Roll of 40 yards. Extra He 25c. yard. $9.00 Roll of 40 yards. Leather Dressing is made by Robt. Foerderer, the in- ventor and manufacturer of the fa- mous “Vici Kid.” The Vici Dressings are absolutely fast and will not rub off. Can be used on women’s and children’s REDDING, Philadelphia Store, 811 Pa. Ave. CLEARING ° SALE OF © Ladies’ Silk, Crepon, Mohair and Cloth SKIRTS. We have too many——hence to ° quantity. we cut the ‘pric pese prices rely cover the cost of materi Handsome Figured Skirts Very Dresmy Sik Brocade | Skirte—tinel with percaline and velvet bound Bilerss —graceful shape Reduced from S4 50 96.50 to. Elegant Black Sctin Dachess Skirt —per. velvet bound. $5.50 caline lined and Cloth Skirts, in new and Reduced from $7.50 to... Beautiful Lizard handsome designs $6.50 quality, $3.98. $8.50 quality, $5.95. Dainty Black Crepon Skirt. very 7 ;. at; and rich-looking, percaline lined and. vel- $9 quality, $5.25. $12 quality, $7.25. Handsomely Figured Brocade Silk Skirt— lined with Lest quality percaline See. bound. Rateced $6.98 to thadame — sk silk—satin dust garment and superbly oft rs y Dress Goods “in the Some of them already 25 to per cent less than regular mar- cen, h black satin throughont with an elegant and fuisbed. 0 | B13 | ket pri o—_____ 75c. Wrappers, 59c. $1 Wrappers, 84c. —inade of fine percales, in light spring pat- mely ——— | terns—separable body "lining — handso1 [rimmed with Ursid—new sleeves—perfect ing. New Shirt Waists. ¥ tterns are exclu- fally selected—and you'll find no handsomer in Washington. The bias plaids and stripes are particularly dressy. ‘We have them in fine madras, percales nad ginghams, at Te., 8Gc., We., $1.25, $1.59 up to $3—and in plain black eateens at $1 end $1.39. A new shipment of those popular Seer- sucker Petticoats, 5c. and T5c. White&Redding,81 IPa.Av. oe LANGLOIS. The Feelings °f Your Feet Are subjects for particular consideration with the ap- proach of warm weather. Chocolate Boots are the |] Shoes of the season. They're | not ruined by the dust from the goncrete. They don’t look shabby after you've walked a few squares. They're | light—and are soft and flexible and soothing to the || soles of your feet. PRICES? Three great specials here now. High-grade shoes, whose stocks are limited: Fine Dark Chocolate Boots — whose price was” $3.50 for... ee... € h ocolate Foot Form lens dium and ~ full round toes —$5 heretofore, ‘These while these stocks last. These prices last only as long as the Stocks hold out. ¥! F St., Cor. 13th. satel Peaches, 1 Oc.= W. B. Hoover, 1417 N. Y. Ave. apl2-t.th,s-14