Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1898, Page 7

= ,THE EVENING STAR. aa WASHINGTON. WHURSDAY...........+..J3uiy 14, 1898. Snosuy s. NOYES. —-— THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent Family Circulation much more than the combined cir- culation of the other Washington Yailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no eempetitor. Im order to avold delays, on ne- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the c, but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpose. Santiago Surrendered. tiago by the ng outcome of the 3s been dragging som2- week. The ultimate ged or assaulted, been doubted, but it is loss of life has now © acceptance Saha warctnder Span- terms. With ctor in the mili- of the cam- outlined. _Perto Rico is i, according to the pur- ment as far as it has The investment of San nably be accompanied by somewhat similar to ago in a n not be different. After San- 1 San Juan ccmes Havana, so far aign in the West Indies 1s con- The campaigning in southea: Cuba and in Porto Rico will give the gov- ficient size to Rope c with Blanco’s forces cooped up in the Cuban capital, if before that time the wisdom of a complete surrender has not out to powers. The shipping to Spain of the soldiers taken at Santiago is unquestionably the course for the government to pur- The cost of their maintenance in the ted States would be far greater than of their shipment home. If permitted to depart unarmed for other parts of the fsland they would either speedily re- armed by the Spanish authorities from the in by events or by be hipping of the whole body to Spain bly the easiest way out of the » guarded and re- work the Cuban w thousand sful. place of as- be suce satisfactorily solves my was ere necessary to iamor having for its belitthng of Acting Ad- —the squadron bulletin is- © New York on July 3, the day the battle, would be sufficient. The New York is the hip, and the bulletin dis- yea on his own deck is to b accepted admiral’s own story. that the New York had boney where a conference een appointed between the acting ad- nd General » and that the h fi was ¢ coming out of the harbor while she was at a distance, the bul at once put about to rejoin. bly sudden, and the uch that close there of forming e after time n this? tever mani- deny credit? miral have al- nots, claims the little boats, “at m chase after the Cristobal Co! most spirited feat of the fight, and Commodore Schiey The acting s the commodore the credit for ng the Spanish cruiser off, as witness: = obal Colon was chased about ixty miles until 1 p.m. The Oregon, the Brock n, Texas, the Vixen and the 9k part in the order named, the last the Brooklyn drew mewhat ahead and finally brought the y, When she was run ashore and Brooklyn first, the New York last, With the Brooklyn receiving the honor of Capture. This is what the enemies of the acting niral have been dwelling on in their efforts « discredit him. The matter nt in dispute. The d the fact the day commotion began terms of Acting Ad- patch announcing the teh ran “The fleet under @y command presents,” and so forth. He Save the credit to the fleet. He claimed hothing for himself but what was a fact. The fleet was under his command, and ght opened was stationed ac- o his orders. He was the only horized to make a report to the Department. The details of the en- = he could never have suppressed r falsified had he so desired. +s —___ Aiphonso cannot be blamed if he sets = all allusions to “happy childhood ys” as rank nonsense. ——-+2—____ It is noteworthy that General Blanco’s fights to the bitter end are never person- ally conducted, —_+ +e —___ The “Endless Chain” at Work Again. An liustration of the dangers of the “end * of letters is afforded by the Fecent and still continuing plans of Miss Schenck of Babylon, Long Island, to swell the id for the maintenance of the Red Gross efforts in the field. This eminently Praiseworthy object appealed so strongly attack on th th Ss cha! to her that she invoked the aid of the sys- tem of iette -writing which the English rally known as the “snowball” hb is sure to bring trouble to the t instigator and the postmaster The plan is to write in the be- to four persons, asking each for a smali sum of money for the spe: t—in this case a dime—and a! r- There is theoretical- process save the limits of y on earth. Practically, of course, there ts a limit, usually bounded by the pa- Hence of the postal officials and of the prin- fipals. Arithmetically the possibilities of fhe plan are stupendously large. In the urse of @ score of progressions from one ries of letter-writers to another the grand tal of persons involved goes beyond the ge of reason, Beginning with four it @vances next to 16, then to Gt and in the ith round it has passed the million mark. course not all those who are thus ad- d in the course of the endless chain pond with dimes or with contributory letters, and any break in the chain inter- feres with the progression upward. Yet the expertence of the Babylon woman shows that when the cause is apparently worthy there is sufficient momentum in the plan to bring in a vast volume of replies and dimes. Some of the letters received contain no money, but instead proffer good advice and often shower abuse on the originator of the scheme. Already the Red Cross fund has been swelled by c nsiderably more than two thousand dollars by this means, and unless there is a check in the process it will soon be entirely sustained in this manner. But the postmaster at Babylon has cried for help.- Miss Schenck is succumbing to the task of opening her ever increasing mail, which numbered 10,000 letters yesterday, and the postal authorities are beginning to worry. Swindlers have often utilized this plan to their own profit and it is now being suggested in some quarters that the time is at hand for the government to adopt meas- ures by legislation or otherwise to prohibit this practice in the future. However worthy the object there are other and safer and better means of raising money for funds, involving less danger of fraud and a disarrangement of the postal facilities. The temptations are strong for the abuse of the “endless chain,” which has been officially cendemred in England as a dangerous de- vice. —-+s____ Local Conditions Favor Reform. It is comforting to reflect that the prob- lem of providing all passengers on street cars with seats is far less difficult locally than it is in such cities as New York, where ths controversy is now merrily rag- ing between citizens, aldermen and ccrpora- tions. The geographical conditions there are peculiarly misadjusted to the comfort of the people in the matt2r of transportation. Brooklyn, Jersey City, Staten Island and miany other poprlous neighboring and sub- urban cities and towns pour their crowds into the larger city periodically in such numbers and at so few points that the con- gestion is apparently irremediable. The companies now operating surface and ele- yated roads claim that they can not pos- sibly increase the number of cars and trains without endangering the passengers from collisions, and yet the increase in the service Is the only manner in which the “no seat no fare’ rule now proposed can be observed. More surface car lines, more elevated roads, more bridges and probably an equipment of subways will have to be provided before the problem of reducing the congestion that makes New York so unpleasant to the tourist as well as the in- habitant can be confidently approached. There is little room for more longitudinal surface lines such as the situation most acutely demands nor is there much more room for additional elevated trunk lines. The building of additional bridges would help in the case by distributing the traffic that causes such serious embarrassment the most crowded portion of the city at rtain hours. The subway plans sv long under consideration have been halted by the influences of both politicians and cor- rations and mernwhile the cry for better ies is urhe ded Locally, however, the conditions ar. far more propitious and the problem is m’ ch less serious. It would be entirely possivle for the companies to provide a sufficient service to grant to each passenger a sea’. without endangering the safety of the people on the score of col- listons. There is room, too, for the addi- tion of*such trunk lines in the urban area as might be required by the city’s growth or by a rigid enforcement of the “no seat no fare’ rule, which modern conditions suggest as both necessary and possible. Indeed the conditions could not more clear- ly favor a satisfactory relationship between the street railways and their patrons. There is a profit possible in the carrying of people on the “no seat no fare” basis, and with such a profit the corporations, prac- tically in free occupation of the streets and free enjoyment of their franchises, ought to be content. ——++s—___ Meddlesome Germany. ce Germany will have to do some very shrewd explaining to satisfy the American people that she has not been trying to edge her way into the Spanish-American Way of the Philippines. Admi- 's latest exploit not only check- mated the German pian, but it sufficed to show that the pret e of the government at Berlin that it was merely seeking to protect German interests in the Philippines is a sham. The circumstances surrounding t occupation of Subig Bay are both an- noying and gratifying. There is little rea- son for apprehension, for it is plain that it Germany were following a present policy of more an mere annoyance she would not have yielded so readily to Dewey's demonstration of force. The Irene was said to be maneuvering and interfering in Su- big Bay in the interests of humanity, to prevent the insurgents from proceeding with their work of subjugation. What possible connection this mission could have with the plan of protecting the German in- terests in Manila is not plain, nor will any attempt probably be made by Germany to associate the two enterprises. It is high time that a note should be sent from Washington to Berlin demanding an ex- planation of the peculiar antics of the German forces in the Philippines. This step will uncover the German game as a whole as surely as Dewey's clever turn at Grande Island exposed the maneuver in Subig Bay. Meanwhile, it is clear that with the reinforcements now at hand and soon to arrive Dewey is in a position to protect and retain the advantages he has already gained and to extend his holdings as occasion arises. ——>e+o—____ ‘The fact that Don Carlos is merely wait- ing for the conclusion of this fight to begin another may have something to do with Sagasta's dilatory methods, —>+2—___ For the benefit of a rhetoric-loving pub- lic, Col. Bryan ought to have a stenog- rapher on hand in case he makzs any speeches to his soldiers. General Miles can, of course, be depended on to push the fight to a speedy termina- tion. Our boys enlisted to fight Spaniards, not fever germs. —_——_+ + >____ If this country continues to expand its boundartes at the present rate, Spanish sples will have serious difficulty in getting out of it. ——_>+>____ The annexation of Hawaii tends to de- stroy Liliuokalan’’s claims to consideration as a distinguished foreigner. a Admiral Dewey will not hesitate to turn the hose on the German emperor’s war paint. ——_—_+++___ Peace and the Volunteers. Genera! Boynton, when asked the other day as to how long the government would be likely to use Chickamauga Park as a camping ground, replied: “The United States government will be obliged to keep a large armed force in the field for a long time, even if peace negotia- tions are entered into right away. Foreign complications might arise, and our relations with other countries will have to be firmly established before the volunteers are mus- tered out. The disbanding and transport- ing home of so large an armed force of men fs no small job of itself, and will re- quire some time. Taking everything into consideration, I would say that a majority of the volunteers who have enlisted up to this time will be allowed to serve out the term of enlistment.’* This is an interesting statement, and, coming from so well-informed a source, Is entitled to attention. It fs not unlikely that many people are of opinion that the vol- unteer army will melt away in a few weeks after the signing of peace and everything will assume its normal aspect again. Gen- eral Boynton takes the opposite view end THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1898-12 PAGES. gives very good reasons in support of it. It may be mentioned that disbandment of the volunteers will not be hurried through any prejudice on the part of the people against the existence of a large armed force in the country. There was such a preju- dice, but it has disappeared as the result of this war with Spain. The people now see that had the land arm of their fighting machine been as carefully looked after as the sea arm the government would have been able to move much more swiftly and successfully than it has done. They have already decreed that there shall be an im- Frovement in this line, and have therefore put aside their former views on the subject. When their representatives in Congress voted to materially increase th> size of the regular army it was notice of an important change of public sentiment. But, of course, this ts not to operate as a lead up to militarism. The people have no thought of filling the land with soldiers and burdening themselves with taxation on any such account. Their purpose is merely to keep themselves in future the better prepared to act as against a foreign enemy, and thereby to insure a greater sense of domestic security and enforce a greater measure of foreign respect. The army must bear some proportion to the navy, and both must measure up to the size and importance of the country and to the spirit that is controlling the world at this day. The American soldier with a gun in his hand or a sword at his side is still an American citizen, with a citizen’s love of country. As long as our army is composed of our own people it will offer no menace to our institutions. ——++e—_____ Spain's effort to persuade this country to drop gunnery and conduct the fight by di- plomacy is ill-timed. ———+ +2 —_____ Texas has reason to be prouder of her battle ship than of some of her statesman- ship. —++2____ General Toral ought to have cut loose from his board of strategy long ago. 2 SHOOTING STARS, Exeu: Him. “I must confess,” said Willie Wishington, “that I often waste time worrying about nothing. “Well,” said Miss Cayenne benignly, “self-preservation is the first law of na- ture.” Up to ate. She looked at picture papers gay, Tre summer girl of yore; Through yellow novels, day by day, She'd languidly explore. Her pose is still the same, mayhap. But if you venture near, You'll find that now she scans a map And reads a gazetteer. Spanish Honor. “Why doesn’t our general surrender?” in- quired one Spanish soidier. “I guess he’s too indolent to bother about arranging the details. He'd rather let us go ahead and be exterminated.” An Echo of La Bourgogne. There was but one point to be settled by the two strategists. “What'll we do with all these Spanish prisoners?” said one. “Of course we can't massacre them.” The young woman who never says any- thing unless it means something looked disappointed. “We'll have to send them back to Spain,” replied the other. “How'll we do it?” And with heartlessness, of which only her sex could be capable, she suggested: “Let's send 'em by a French steamship lire.” Obtrasive. ’Mongst public questions which arise To puzzle weary brains, There's one which, echoing to the skies, Persistently remains. No matter who essays a task, Nor how the preject goes, An interrupted werld must ask, “Herr Wilhelm, was ist los In politics, in war or art, Should any one begin, It’s absolutely sure to start A rumpus at Berlin. And the disturbance, Joud at first, Still more vociferous grows, Till nations beg to know the worst~ “Herr Wilhelm, was ist los?" When Judgment Day arrives at la And Gabriel's trump resounds, No doubt an anxicus eye he'll cast O’er Europe's burying grounds, While the old protest bids him stay Before again he blows ‘To murmur in a patient way, “Herr Wilhelm, was ist los?" —————— 2 0 ___ Germany in the Philippines. From the Philadelphia Press. Admiral Dewey's report confirms the very serious announcement that the German cruiser Irene interfered with military op- erations in Subig bay. These operations were those of the insurgents, and the Irene retired on the appearance of the Raleigh and Concord, but German interference with the ins@rgents will have a most un- fortunate effect on public feeling in this country. The Insurgents are armed by Admiral Dewey. Their commander, Gen- eral Aguinaldo, reached Manila bay'on an American vessel. Their base of operations at Cavite is under the guns of the Ameri- can fleet. While not using the flag of the United States or under the command of its officers, the insurgents are irregular auxiliaries whose character and standing have tacitly but none the less clearly been recognized by this country. If the Irene actually prevented the at- tack on Grande Island in Subig bay her commander took a step whose formal dis- ayowal will be indispensable at Berlin if serious complications are not to ensue. The action of the German commander, who could have taken no such step except under orders from Berlin, looks extremely like a deliberate desire and purpose to provoke a collision with the insurgents which would offer an occasion for an armed action of Germany. It is to be hoped that all that happened was that the insurgents assumed that the Irene would interfere from her position, but that no overt action took place. The plea of “hu- manity” is nonsense. War is in progress in the Philippines, and if the war is not being properly conducted Washington and not Subig bay is the proper field for Ger- man remonstrance. Neither the government nor the people of this country desire any row with Ger- many. At no point do our real interests conflict, and at none can Germany wisely place itself in the path of the United States. But it would be idle to avoid see- ing and saying that German policy at Manila has bred bitter irritation in this country and rendered the policy and posi- tton of our government very difficult. The plain people of this country are coming to feel that there is nothing to be done but to serve emphatic notice on all concerned that the United States will boss its own job at Manila. The administration, which has to consider much and look bez fore and after, is undoubtedly anxious to put the best possible interpretation on all German acts and utterances. This is wise. No one wishes to seek offense. But if the German kaiser really wants to put the government at Washington in @ position where neither concession nor compromise is possible and where no in- » he is taking just th steps to bring this’ about. Week. by week, national feeling is mounting. If no Ger- some one of 1,500 islands we do not want and cannot use would have.struck no one as objectionable. The German fleet has changed that. Now that the Irene has actually interfered at Grande Island there will be another change. This is the most coun- try on earth when ft is fairly treated; but we take no crowdl any signs {1 that direction put us in the middie of the road, and the proves 4 nee (Gs n At the alais (Djoyal. alais {{\\oyal. early early ast HE annual, distribution of Sicher’s surplus stock Ladies’ Summer Undergarments com- menced this morning....At this writing—1o a.m.—the department is thronged with eager purchasers The writer heard and repeats the fol- lowing: “They're as cheap as dirt.’* Such was the ex- Pression cf a bright-looking woman wearing a badge. telling us she came from Chicago. “Your July sale has brought me here year after sear." So said a charming gray-haired lady as sbe piled garment after garment into the arms of the young girl attendant, “This is a treac,"* was the remark of a demon- strative young lady as she dived into the little mountain of snow white garments on the 5c. table. Thus commences this once-a-year distribution. You know the reason —the maker closes his summer sea- son in handing us his surplus at nominal prices. 425 dozen come to us this year, and all are high-class garments that have made Sicher’s name famous as a manufacturer. $1.50 to $2.25 garments for 0) Done. O>French style Gowns, Skirts, Corset Covers, Chemises and Drawers, of filmy lawns, nainsook. cambric and summer-weight muslins. Daintly trimmed with great profusion of lovely laces, embroideries and ribbons, Choice $1.15 to $1.35 garments {Fifty-two styles of Sicher’s Gowns, Skirts, ete. Regular patrons know them and are buying ermsful of them this morning. No won- ( ‘ 67c. 85c to $1 garments for 55 cents, ©7These Empire Gowns ‘and Corset Covers and these Umbrella Skirts and Drawers are the favor- {te $1 garmeats of leading merchants and their pa- trons. ‘The reduced price comes but once a year. , SSC, 68 and 75c garments tor 4 0) cont, Made of sheer muslin and cambric, trimmed with embroideries and laces made for wear. Honest garments these, coming from the washtub as brightly as a pretty Woman's face. eee Fi ibb Ribbons. NOTHER once-a-year sale, when best of high-grade Rib- bons are distributed at once- a-year prices. Program for 1898. OC Nearly 2,000 pieces of Best Double-face Satin Ribbons in thirty-e it shades, including the scarce pinks, blues, yellows, white, cream aud black. 10c instead of 15¢ and 19¢ for 1 and 14-inch widths, instead of 25c yard for 1% inches. 45c instead of 68¢ for 5 inches. And 15c¢ instead of 30c, 3he and 42c yard for 2, 2% and 3-inch widths, 25¢ instead of 49¢ and 58c yard for 314 and 4-inch widths, 35¢ Friday only. HE Saturday half holiday here helps create obliging clerks and appreciative patrons— but it lessens the gathering of dol- lars and cents, so that the effort to make Friday make amends is but natural. The following “specials,” for tomorrow only, should bring the desired result : 98c for $1.35 Wrappers. O3Made of sheer white Indla lfnon, with em- broidery ruffles over shoulder and skirt full 4 yards wide. Sizes 32 to 44. 42c for 50c Gloves. (All sizes tn White, Black, Mode, Tan and Gray Silk Gloves, with the correct four buttons, 79¢ for $1 Waists. (7The White Lawn Shirt Waists, with laun- dered linen collar and cuffs, Sizes 32 to 44. $1.39 for $1.98 Skirts. Go The Pure White, Linen Dress Skirts, with tallor-stitcbed seams, 5-inch hem, ete, 25c for 48c Sets. C7Shirt Waist Sets of Etruscan gold, jewels and enamel. Also superior Army and Navy Sets. Choice for 25 cents. : 29c for 35¢ Hose. GFThe Ingrain-dyei! Blakk Lisle Hose, with white toes and heels. (Tbe fashionable Rembrandt rib. Sizes 8 to 10. Zn 25c for $3 Hats. CF Ridiculously true, choice of $1.48 to $8 Trim- med Hats for only 25:‘eents.- 5c for $f Hats. OAs strangely trife—eholee of 48¢ to $1 Un- trimmed Hats for only 5 cents. 9c for 48c Flowers. _ 7 'The well-known 11, 19, 25, 30 gnd 48c. ers, and the 25¢ Fancy: Wings and Quilis 9 cents for choice. 69c for $1 Bags. >The Leather Club Bag, made in imitation of the bigh-priced alligator: sitchels. GF And cnly $1.65 for full size Trunk looking Uke those retailed at $3.50. G750e for the Te Sereem Doors, and 9c for 15¢ Window Screens. : ‘Palais Royal, * KR HHH * * THE HUGE ELECTRIC SIGN. * You'll be well satisfied * with our way of cleaning * them. We'll send the car- * pets home looking as * fresh and bright as when * they first left the store. * No injury to fabrics by * our dry-air __ process. * Wagons call. STORAGE. * Household effects stored * in absolutely _ fire-proof * rooms. Mattresses re- * made. Furniture uphol- * stered and re-covered. &FThe public cordially invited to * * call and inspect our establishment. Stumph Bedding Co., 7th and K streets, Empire Carpet Cleaning Works. t PA TAA TA! a RN NTN MT} WATCHES —for ladies, 14 and 18-karat gold, plain enameled and jewel- ed, warranted perfect time keep- For men, full size, thin and pocketable, ers, , as low as $25. $35 up. Galt & Bro., JEV ELLERS, SILVERSMITHS AND STATIONERS, Syl4-t 1107 PENN, AVENUE, h,s,tu28 abesorioesoasondoesoniotsenonionsenconsoesonseeonsntsoncenceeiee Bon Marche, 314 to 318 Seventh. Sprang Into Sen egoagoagongordeegengengecgege Popular $ $ & : Favor! : $ Bon Marche “Bargain Ta- $ % bles” have come to stay. The $ % people who sought bargains $ $ today were amply rewarded. = % Loday pl) 3 z They were and are away and ¢ & beyond the ordinary every-day £ % bargains offered elsewhere. % Every item is as staple as a $ $ postage stamp. An odd size or $ $ an odd length consigns it to the ¥ odd length consigns it to the $ $ bargain table—not to remain & % long, though—the prices are $ EOI NLL TOO TEMPT- ¢ NG. BX oe $ eee 3 4 % Bargain Table No. 1. é .25e. | Sterling Silver Button Hooks, Nail Piles—Emeries, Memorandum Books, ~ Shirt Waist Sets—Children’s Leather- < oo ines ee SS Gilt ed ¢ ice Aes 14, § BS 2 Bargain Table No.2. ¢ : Really ,Handsome | Japanese z $c EN ae” OC. F Se te a ees $ Bargain T. £ : gain Table No. 3. S _ Black Atl-silk Drapery Nets (for cover- + & ing dresses)—48 inches Wide—Russian, 4 Sey See? FOc. $ Soon dargam table No. 3 at, C. = 3 (yard 3aa3 ° & $ 3 = 5 % = Bargain Table No. 4, 4 S About 150 CLOTH-BouND 4 ie most popular authors—Doy] 4 Duchess, Cooper, Scott and oth- 4 ers. re. and 25¢e. All on E a a Seeontet Ey | Were 1% bargain table Bargain Table No. 5. 25e. Pure Silk Taffeta Rib- bons — in black only — 3% inches wide. table No. 5, at, yd.. On bargain Ile. Bargain Table No. 6. 25c. Pure Silk Roman Stripe Ribbons— 3% and 4 inches wide — only about 40 pleces left, and they 7c go at, a yard........ tees ° 3 Bargain Table No. 7. Men’ 10c. Full Seamless Fast Sesbeeseegontonteeteesentendentonteeseogeoceateeten Set S Recteac SS pats, sole SC, F ——_—_ ———uwuO__ @ ¢F 2 4 ¢ Bargain Table No.8. ¢ taped neck and arms.. Ladies’ 12%. Fine Rilbed White Cot- ton Ves: faney trimmed and 9c. (3 for 25e.) Bargain Table No. 9, Granite dozen Bargain Table No. 12. Bargain Table No. 13. Children’s Gingham and Madras Dress- es—in plaids and stripes, sizes 1 to 12 years—they and $1.26. aro #100 weg were . be. a to Bon Marche, 314 to 318 Seventh. (Third floor.) Iron Enameled Coffee and Tea Pots — 2-quert size— worth 35c. On bargain table 13¢ at... tee = 10c. Hemstitched 3c. red—on bargain table at Bargain Table No. 11. Lot Pearl Dress Buttons, in smoked, natural and white—bullet’ buttons, in wilt and flat—were i5¢. and On barga: table fai 5c. in (Second floor.) Superior quality Muslin Chemise and Drawers—the latter with deep hem and tucks—well worth and sold 14c. were ones 4 on targain table 57c. lust ‘aippreel- eSordees eto 3 Soitoedentendedegs Bargain Table No. 10. ; Ladies’ Handkerchlefs—white aud color. 3 € AUM’ 416 7th St. FRIDAY’S ATTRACTIVE BARGAINS. 5,000 Copies of ‘QuoVadis’ To be sold tomorrow only At 5c. 3¢. for 25c. and 35c. Flowers. Lawn Yokes and Fronts 4 at Haif Price. = Half price for any of the & Lawn Yokes and Dress Front! A very inexpensive and dress, addition to the summer ward- 53 : i ——$ 10% Off Trunks. S| CROCKER TURNING SHOES INTO MONEY! E have had a most suc- cessful season's busix ness. Many lines of our finest shoes are badly broken in sizes. We start our mid-summer “Reduction” sale earlier than usual this year be- cause we want to clear out every pair in stock. Every pair re- duced except the “Jenness Mil- ler” Shoes. $2.50 & $3 OXFORDS, Only these small sizes left: With AAA—2, 24, 3%, 4 and Width As—2, es, se and 4 os 2% and 3, rete | Golf Hose, Half Price. 25c. for choice of 78 pairs of Fancy ‘@ Golf Hose. that sold at 68c., 89c. and $1.00. ete off any Trunk in stock for Fri- day and Saturday ovly. yard for Flannelettes, suitable for wrappers, not less than 10- 4 yard patterns sold. 25c. Stationery, 15c. for 25e. box of Fine Stationery; contains 1 pound of writing paper and envelopes. for Children’s — 18¢: Pants and Vests, for Boys’ 18c. Double-knee, heel and Toe Fast Black Hose, 15c. Ribbed "B-Size 1, $3 to $4 59¢. Neglige Shirts, 35c. B5c, for Men's 50c. Neglige Shirts; 3 = ° sizes 15%, 16 and 16% only; %% 8 shirts te be worn with white 9 FS collars. - Se Ss Eagar = $7 -68.- 2 *° for-Ladies’ 69c. Crash Skirts. : 2 —— = 29¢. mired ne Stil a good assortment of sizes in z. a . i, enim apd Russet and Black Vici Kig = Sea Oxfords, in a varicty of styles. 3 $1.48 Bicycle Saits; colors, tan and Se oy ray. 9 3 B $. Shoe: < 75¢. for Children's Colored and Oys 2.50 h S; White Mull and Straw Hats, sold for $1.98. 8 $1.48 Per’ Sennen $ ll -98- for Childre nd $ dB lo} £ Se Law Dresses; sii 2 to 6 = pana. spree) eres) 2. Also reduced that grand line of Boys’ 3 are i Beige bit, Hecles — ross Shoes (lke men’s), in rus- 15c. ft tale satis sceatunr?.!" BF $ 1] 98 Straw Hets, all shapes, sold as modified balldog toe, tron. bigh as $1.25. clad back stay, ‘sizes 13 to Big, from $2.55 to oe CROCKER, yard for Remnants of Straw Braids, enough in some of short lengths to make hats; sold as high as 2:8¢. yard. Sonteetonontertoatetonseetort for Ladies’ $1.68 Gowns, ee slightly and | Corset Covers, Shoes Shined Free, is. LS 3/939 Pa. Ave. = AUM’ $ ee St. PRL EAE “ 000-06-0906006000065609000008 $ Mertz’s, $ RUDOLPH, WEST & CO., \ 3 Handling 3 IL :Everything ? )Your oie fee awins. Remedies. It’s velvety, well-kept lawn — and the little attention required by it is @ a pleasure to have a smooth Mertz’s Headache Tublets,sure cure.7e. 4 for Obesity Salt,makes fat people thin,59e. Toilet Requisites. Natural Castile Soap, bar. jolet Orris peas Family size Talcum Powd: as mach as @ sraull box Queen Anne Cologne. Rabuteau’s Skin Food. . Svc. Complexion Brushes : Japanese Tooth Brushes, fine bris- pleasure to give. Need any of the tools—a gurden hose —a mower or something else? See us for them. Special “prices on geod grade goods are the inducements we offer you to buy here. Garden Hose, complete, $1.40. Conplings and brass nozzle in- elena 5c,” ee Largest stock of Hair, A Lawn Tooth and Nail Brushes— Soap Boxes and Sterling Silver Toilet articles in town. Plertz’s Pharmacy :lith&F Sts. it bd PIS OCEBES DHSFOSOCEC COO DSESO LPR “Weil Begun is Half Done% You’reonthe straight road to suc- Mower, $1.95, 12-in. lawn mower, warranted for one year, for $1.95, Cook with Gas. Cheap, cool, clean. 3-burner Gas Stoves.... $1.00 Fire King Gas Ranges. .$11.00 The Two Finest Ice Cream Freezers. Peerless Iceland Freezers ) g ; : | 3 3 VHSIODODOT TC IOPEOOTET 08 00050 00G290 9700000 2-quart.. ecees $1.25 {) ee 3-quart. . = $1.48 all your bread and cake making. 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