Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1900, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. FRIDAY....--------++ March 30, 1900. «++-Edltor. = = = = THE EVENING STAR has a reguiar and permanent Family Circulation much more the combined cir- eulation of the other Washington ilies. As News and Advertising Medium it has no competitor. CROSBY S$. NOYES.. 7m order to avoid delays, on ac- count of per: abacnee, letters to THE STAR should not be maasconee office, but simply to THE STAR. or to the Editorial or Business Depart- ments, necording to tenor or purpose. As the Cane Stands. As matters seem to be shaping themselves in this Porto Rican case, the Senate is to make the same appeal to the House that the House, when it sent the tariff bill over. the Sena The House in effect his fs our bill. Never mind about not changed his mind on ver mind about the influ- ences that prevai'ed to induce the change of mind. and that put the bill through. Ne d about the protests in the press oF e. The bill is our bill. It rep- the majority controlling the yu Tust stand up for us. Take i ern eowhe resents 1 Hi the and p lf the republicans pass their bill they will say in effect to the House: “We did not like your bill. In fact, it was with great difficulty that we could handle it all. AS a separate proposition it was impossible. kened at last to your appeals for harmony and for upholding your majority control, and so have made your bill a part of a bil! of our own for civil government in Porto Rico. Now you stand by us. It has re- quired a hard puli and a pull altogether to turn this trick, and it must remain as turned. or failure all round will be the result.” This may be described, in the lingo of the street, as “‘hoss and hoss.”" Will the House yield to the Senate? Will the republicans in that body who voted for the tariff, but who favor free trade and are now advised that their constituents do also, yote a sec- ond time against their avowed convictions? Is public sentiment, as expressed through well accredited channels, to be defled in support of a blunder as against what the President has described as “a plain duty?” If this bill passes Congress, the President will feel bimself obliged to sign it. And then the republican party will be saddled with ful! responsibility for a measure which the people in the middle west and through- out the northwest have In particular con- demned. Their newspapers could not If they would and would not if they could change front on this question. So that if the Oxnard leadership is to prevail, the republican @ and many of the republican orators In the territory where this year's battle is to be fought will be silenced on this most Important campaign topic by quotations from their own honest deliverances. Is the prospect pleasing to anybody who de- es sound money and protection success November? ——__ += —_____ ‘The Sound Money League. J. Sierling Morton having resigned the idency of the Sound Money League, e discussion has arisen as to whether that organization should be maintained t h the coming campaign. Why should should not sound money dem- this year according to their -and so as to realize upon their strength? Why should this half-way house be longer sup- ported to shelter men who want ta see free silver kept under, but who hesitate about co-operating directly with the only pledged specitically to that end and of accomplishing i situation Ist far a: y democrats are concerned is uation of today. The adoption of the © platform was a stunning blow to many men who had never voted any but a democratic ticket, and faced suddenly for the firs ime the ious suggestion that democratic success at the polls would mean injury to the credit of the country. They looked skanc at the republican ticket, but sheep conceded that in the cir- cumstances it ought te win; and so they flocked together, to Mr. Bryan's injury, and made up a little party of their own. Some em before election day rolled around up courage enough to go squarely Over to the republicans and to vote the republican ticket year, so far as the money issue Is there wil be no surprises in presiden: candidates nominat- platforms adopted. is far in advance of either na- tional convention, may with entire safety make up their minds as to where their in- terests and duty will lie in goirg to the polis. The party of sound money is well defined, and the party of free silver can be picked out by a blind man. One or the other of these two parties {s bound to win. Why should any man who appre- clates the great importance of the money issue hesitate, therefore, about choosing between them? If he favors sound money his duty is plain; and equally plain is it if he favor free silver. Why, parttculariy if he favors sound mone should he mere- ly enter a protest by voting for some can- didate who has no chance of success what- ever? This last national campaign of the cen- tury promises to be the most stirring we have ever had. Why any guerrilla parties? Why any tenderfeet? Why any side is- sues, or small issues? Why should not everybody come out into the open, and fight under the flag ne reaily in his heart of hearts wants to see successful? ————_~~ «+ —____ The President's advisers, in connection with the Porto Rican tariff, should bear in tind the fallacy of counselling a man never to believe what he sees in the newspapers unless it {s complimentary. ———< e = —_____ The Boers bestow on the British the flat- tery of Imitation in refusing to know when they have been whipped. ————— The War Cloud in the Far East. A dispatch has been recetyad In London from Kobe, Japan, stating that Russia has demande@ from Korea the right to land troops near Manaspho and that Korea wants the powers to interfere to prevent. Tf accurate, this announcement !s signifi- cant, for it indicates that Russla has not given up the hope of controlling the Korean peninsula, a project which she has cher- shed for several years. Korea 1s, of course, In no position to oppose the Russian encroachments and naturally looks to Japan to stzm the Russian tide. It is be- Meved by many European observers that Japan and Russia are maneuvering for ad- vantage in Korea. But it is hardly to be believed that Japan would willingly throw down the glove to Russia save on the issue of Japanes» security. The Russian occupa- tion of Korea ts naturally regarded as a possible menace to Japan, but even with the St. Petersburg government reaching forth to grasp the peninsula It would be very hazardous for Japan to risk a war with so strong and resouresful a power as Russia. The little empire has plenty of as- surance, but lacks in means. The war with China was a heavy drain. The country fs by no megns so prosperous that it could stand the far heavier demands of a cam- paign against the almost limitless resources of Russia, whose chief Asiatic war agency, the Trans-Siberian rallroad, is now very ‘mear completion. Some war critics of Eu- rope assert that Japan would prove more than a match for Russia in a suddenly pre- cipitated campaign, press2d with snap and determination to a quick ‘ftttsh; the Jap- anese navy being now syfficiently large to inflict great damage upon the Russian ports in Asia. But It is extremely doubtful whether Russia could easily be caught nap- ping by a program of surpris} afd’ sharp warfare. There are many thousands of Russian troops now in eastern Asia and heavy reserves are readily available within a few days’ travel. Againsf the possible success of Japan on the sea must b> offset the possibility of an invasion of Japan by hordes of Russian troops through some weak spot in the Japanese armor. Ail these speculations as to the chanc>s of a possible conflict grow out of the conviction which has apparently settled itself abroad that these two powers are jealously watching each other for a possible opening. Korea may supply such an opening. Yet this event is to be questioned, in view of the fact that Japan's leading statesmen today are conservatively urging against war and striving for a prolongation of peace and the upbnilding of the domestic industries and the development of foreign commerce. Ko- rea’s appeal for intervention, if uttered, may therefore fall on deaf ears in Japan unless there are strong >vidences of a Rus- slan plan to use the peninsula as the ‘base for future operations against the island ém- pire. —____ ¢=____ The Special Pension BIN Burden. Thegevils of the special pension legislation system were aptly illustrated Wednesday through a short speech by Senator Gal- linger in explanation of a request for addi- tional clerical help in the committee on pensions, as follows: “I have managed to get along with the Present clerical force in the committee on pensions until it has become impossible to Properly consider bills that have been pre- sented unless some relief is granted. There are before our committee about 1,700 Senate bills of a special nature and some fifty gen- eral pension bills, and there are before the House hundreds and hundreds of bills that will come. over here for consideration. As an illustration, one senator three days ago handed me forty-seven bills, which he said he would like to have looked up. That means that we shall send to the pension bureau for forty-seven bundles of papers, each one of which will take any clerk several hours to properly examine, and with the present help it {s an absolute physical im- Possibility to do what senators are asking the committee to do.” *The great pension bureau, with {ts hun- dreds of trained clerks and {ts corps of physicians and experts in the law and spe- clal examiners, annually rejects a certain percentage of pension claims. A large part of those rejected claims soon afterward ap- pear in the form of special bills, in one house or the other, or both. The claimant urges his bill on the ground of political friendship, occasionally on the ground of urgent necessity. Some of these claims are meritorious, having been rejected through technicalities which do not reflect upon the absolute worth of the claimant or his righteous appeal to the country for help. Very many of them are petitions for in- creases over the pensions allowed by the bureau. Some of them are sheer frauds. Practically all of them are barred by the laws or by the lack of evidence. It would naturally seem that these cases, having been winnowed out of the mass by a most exhaustive process, in which appeals are amply allowed and the claimant Is of- fered a wide opportunity for proof, repre- sent the most difficult and intricate of all those presented and passed upon. Yet the houses of Congress, with a force wretch- edly inadequate for even a cursory exam- ination of the papers, continue to attempt to adjudicate these claims, in the hurry of the session, in the press of other business and in the face of the knowledge that the claimants appear with a prejudice against them by reason of their former rejection. It ts asking too much of Congress, too much of the chairmen of the penston com- mittees. Yet the system has become firmly established and ts hard to abandon. It would have been more to the point had Senator Gallinger, one of the most consci- entious workers in the upper house, asked the Senate to relieve him and his colleagues of this work and pass a law revising the process of enacting special legislation for rejected claimants by utilizing the great pension bureau's machinery and special ap- pliances. —____- + 2 —_____ Porto Rico's Vanishing Export Trade. Statistics prepared by the War Depart- ment relative to the exportations from Porto Rico during the months of February, 1899 and 1900, printed elsewhere today, are startling in their appeal for immediate ac- tion by Congress along the line of the “plain duty” of the United States. They show that the goods shipped from the island during last February reached in value only 378,212, as against $279,004 in the same month last year, a loss of over 72 per cent. But even more convincing {s the further showing that whereas In 1899 of the total exporta- tions 8 per cent came to the United States, in 1900 only 1 per cent came here. To show that the Porto Ricans were desperate this February it is but necessary to disclose through these figures how eagerly they sought the nearest and yet the least inviting market, that of Cuba. In last February 27 per cent of the total exportations went to Cuba, while this February 88 per cent went there. Thus, while the American market diminished to the vanishing point, the Cu- ban market was increased, through a wretched necessity, to an abnormal total average. A glance at the decreases in the exports of particular articles from Porto Rico is suggestive. Coffee fell off from $206,840 to 7,716; leaf tobacco from $21,005 to $504; refined sugar from $16,510 to nothing. In other words, in these three staple commod- ities Porto Rico's export trade virtually shrunk out of existence, and all because of the uncertainty of the political future, the imposition of present tariffs, the fear of capitalists to invest thelr money In a ques- Uonable macket. The reverse should have been the case. Instead of a shrinkage of 72 per cent, there should have been an in- crease of at least 50 per cent in the Insular output. Instead of doubt and distress, there should have been enterprise and prosper- ity. These figures ought to be pasted in the hat of every senator and representative in Congress. They are certain to be spread from one end of the country to the other during the coming months unless the Sen- ate next Tuesday corrects the error of the proposed legislation and kills the tariff fea- tures of the Porto Rico bill. —!>--___ If Governor Taylor were to be arrested the question of where the pardoning power rests In Kentucky would be more compll- cated and interesting than ever. —_>+2—____ General Roberts has started a newspaper at Bloemfontein, and expects to have some big victory news for it very soon. ——__~es___ The Delagoa Bay Award. After many months of delay the Delagoa Bay award has been announced. It proves to be very disappointing to the claimants individually and to the British government for political reasons. It is virtually in fa- vor of Portugal, although that government is assessed a total of $3,202,800, with inter- est to date. It was confidently believed that on the merits of the claims Portugal would be taxed fully $10,000,000 for her in- terference with the Delagoa Bay railroad concessions, a sum which she is by no means able to pay. The British journals are already hinting at continental Influences which served to hammer down the award, just as a we'l-defined suspicion has existed in England for many months that these same influences were at work to postpone the final announcement in the interests of -the Boers. Thus the whole arbitration is a disappointment, both in the amountsaward- ed and in the diiatory manner in which the TRE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MARCH : 30, :1900—16.: PAGES. commission proceeded with its task The claimants have been put to enormous éx- penses, covering a period of fully ten years. The chief claimant, McMurdo, an Ameriean, has died, and his widow finds her share of the settlement reduced to a comparatively peltry sum. There is, of course, no re- course against the award, which is unani- mous and final. There {s as yet no talk of the deciston involving the Portuguese gov-" ernment in the necessity to sell or lease Delagoa bay to secure the payment. In- deed in the face of the small sum named such a conclusion is highly improbable, for it is altogether unlikely that Portugal will not find ways and means to scrape to- gether three and a half millions in order to save a property which has lately grown enormously valuable and which is certain to grow in value in the years to come. She can doubtless find a rich friend on the con- tinent to advance the money on good do- mestic security, or none at all, indeed, when the pinch comes. There are at least two Powers, perhaps three, that would eagerly give Portugal the necessary trifle to pre- vent England from securing a further lien upon Delagoa bay. Meanwhile it is to be regretted that the award has for a time at least brought the arbitration system into disfavor, at least in England and perhaps in this country as well. : ——ee_____ >. It would be a convenience if the new Persian minister, Mofakham Ed Dowleh, would permit thé Iberty of dropping the other syllables and calling him “Ed,” for short. : —————_s +o Mr. Beveridge has at least satisfied his conscience to the extent of not disappoint- ing the people who were anxious to hear him make a speech. ——_—_-+_____ The Transvaal’s diplomatic correspond- ence would indicate that the burghers some time ago ceased to hope that Mr. Webster Davis’ visit had any official significance, —_+ +2 ____ There has been a gentle optimism in the remarks of the weather bureau which would indicate that it has been unduly In- fluenced by the spring poem. ———_~+. Oom Paul has made a showing with “the farmer in politics” far beyond anything our own populists ever contemplated. ——> +> ___. The Porto Ricans are fortunate in not being required to depend upon the Atkinson output for their sympathy. ———~+.__ ___ SHOOTING STARS. Business. “The way to succeed in this life is to at- tend strictly to your business,” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum, ‘but first you want to organize a trust so that nothing can happen that isn't some of your business."” Spring. ‘Tis spring when you are sneezing And coughing all day long: ‘Tis spring when you are wheezing And feeling far from strong. ‘Tis spring when you are dragging Thrdugh existence like a log; When your lungs are limp and sagging And your joints are full of fog. Too Consistent. “I thought you sald this was a change- able climate,” said the man with a cold. “Well,” was the apologetic answer, “it used to be changeable. I have never be- fore known It to make up Its mind to be so consistently soggy.” Mere Nonsense. “I think these jokes about Easter bon- nets are downright stupid,” sald Mr. Meek- ton. “Indeed!” “Yes. The idea of a woman's asking her husband for money to get a bonnet with! Just as if she didn’t have !t all the time and wasn’t thinking herself pretty generous if she gave him 25 cents to buy lunch with!” Not a Complete Substitute. “They say the automobile is going to su- persed3 the horse,” remarked the livery stable man. “Well, don’t you believe it. I don’t be- Neve the day will ever come when we'll hang over a rail and risk our financial fu- tures on an automobile racs. And I know ‘for certain that when meat gets scarce we'll never eat them.” The Philosopher. Oh, his face is very solemn As he looks along the column Where the sconomic theories are spread. And he says we must be careful, Likewise erudite and pray’rful, If we aren't—well, we might as well be dead. And the coal is getting lowar And the clock is ticking slower And the lawyer's written threatening a call. He ts poor as any peasant, Some would say !t was unpleasant, But it doesn’t seem to worry him at all. His researches sclentific Ar2 with doubts and fears prolific; He says the earth will shrivel up and freeze, And we won't have any fuel To confront the winter crus!— H2 is much disturbed o'er matters such as these. His bank account is tiny And his sleeves are short and shiny, And a creditor is waiting in the hall. It is scarce the situation For a man of education, But It doesn’t seem to worry him at all. —~>+2____ A Triumph of American Diplomacy, From the Chicago Times-Herald. When we consider that recent develop- ments have made the Pacific ocean almost an American sea, it is impossible to over- estimate the far-reaching value of the so- called ‘open door’ negotiations successfully concluded by Secretary of State Hay. ——> += —____ Thanks to Secretary Hay. From the Chicago Tribune, The “open door’ will do more for the United States than for any other nation. Hence thanks are due to the Secretary of State for his part in securing that “open dcor.” ————_~++2—____ Hay’s Great Stroke. From the New York Evening Post. With the publication of the official corre- spondence covering Secretary Hay’s Chinese negotiation, we are enabled to see on what boldly original lines {t was conceived, and with what complete success it was carried out. When the London Times recognizes the event as a “signal success of American diplomacy,” Americans ought not to be be- hindhand in thetr praise of a great achieve- ment by their Department of State. —_+ += ___ The Shallow and Trivial Macrum. From the Philadelphia Record. Consul Macrum as @n accuser of the ad- ministration ruinéd his case beforo he left Pretoria. He failed to communicate to the State Department the tampering with his mail by British agents. His examination before the congressional committee shows that he was unfitted for the position he held in Pretoria, but it failed to develop any sufficient reason for his desertion of his post. He keeps that to himself. The fellow is evidently a shallow and trivial personage who will serve to fill a page in the yellow newspapers for a day or two and then pass out of the public remem- brance. Secretary Hay’s “Open Door” Triumph From the Cleveland Leader. ‘The publication of the full text oi correspondence between the oa State and the American ambassadors and ministers who have made known to inter- ested powers. the wishes of the United States respecting the “open door’ in the Chinese empire, places before the people of this republic and before the world proof of @ great diplomatic triumph. The ifting und of the intrigues and rivalry of Buropean in eastern ‘Swellest’ Styles| Spring Fdbtv —both high an here—in evef of leather ti and kind ill be fashion- able this season—at from soc. to $1.00 LESS than elsewhere on F street. a E7S8HORS KEPT POLISHED GRATIS. Robt. Cohen & Son, EL14 F St, Sate racater : ¢ ETA ATTRA The Letter Carrier The Latter’ Carrfer cat be “more regular In de- | livering your matt tim —we- ats” mm weniling you Sage you say—any quan, 8 ibe, $1. 4 butter each week. Any tity. Sf. boxes, $1.60; D. WM: OYSTER, ” Center Market, "phone 1285: Western Market, 2ist Hod Market, 22d and P. maso-fm 20 = : (We'll Fix” 4 our Fixtures =A hundred: per cent {i factional cost —w Fixtures refinished, iisprovement at a have your Gas ert Ges Fintures Into electric or. ures. s SHEI 432 9th St. mb30.244 2Plambing, Tioning, Heating. Gas Fixtures. HELPFUL HINTS: FOR Sunday Dinner. Potomac Roe Shad— Reast Beef—Phlla. other substantials ‘and delica —— Jou may be sure we have them. Everything ——_ "EF DISSE PARTIES a Specialty. Cottage Market, 818 r4th St. mh30-f,m,w.20 Does the Good. It’s the Cod Liver Of1 that strengthens ighs—and nrakes’ fles! only part oll. OUR CO! all oll. It's the finest Norws ted front the Iaifoden Tal [=4 atable as Cod, be. Bi £W. S. Thompson,; Pharmacist, 703 15th St.y PAAR AA yon - awa one ° Drtes Erhpks oF | Protection to Trunks, $8 up. : the skirts, being Jong enough to hold them without folding. Hand riveted throughout, cloth Mned, sheet- steel bound. Contains tray for hats and-an extra one for skirts or dresses. Strong and durable. 36-in, sine, $8 up. Small size, $6.75 up. BECKER’S, mh30-28d ah SP lifornia Black Olives At Bryan’s. Something new and very fine. Fully ripe. ‘A delicious relish for Luncheon and Din- 1413 New York Avenue. and Table Luxuries. TRAN TREE ARNT Finest Gi mb30-f,m, w-28- ACHING CORNS ¢¢¢ —stop aching w! . CORN Xt broidery. Each. rou apply “‘S. & 8.’ it ‘quart FOUNTAIN. ; 2-quart HOT WATER BOTTLES, 75¢. Stevens’ Pharmac COR. 9TH AND PA. AVE. A treat for lovers of fine candy. This week we are celebrating our 10th aniversary by presenting each purchaser of a pound or more of our famons 25c., 40c. or G0c. candies with an elegant capitol Souvenir spoon free. Open evenings. ‘SYRINGES, 50c. 1223 Pa. Av. trimmed. Patr........ OOFING PAPER, $1.25 roll. Roofing Felt makeg‘a durable and cheap “covering for roots. Sply Paper (with fasteners), $1.50 roll, J.T. WALKER 80) Branch Store at Tae Seave, Crown and Bridgework Specialists. tient $5 per tooth Dental o Ass'n, Cor. 7th and D Sts. Over Franc & Sons. E. O. PIGEON, D. D. S. mb30-420 ‘Wateh Crystals, 10c. Seta cat taeian Ikan, 005 FS U.S —TCSEg PAR OAR OLLI BN Dp ant 7 FESP | ¢ R ARAB RRA WMloodward & Lothrop 1oth, 11th-and F Sts. N. W. . ‘Easter Cards and Leaflets—First Floor. Boys’ Spring Clothing. The new spring stock is now complete. Best kinds and qualities are here for your choosing. A most comprehensive assortment, com- prising all the staple styles and fabrics, and an unusually attractive col- lection of novelties in more or less elaborate effects. Good values, all of them. We are showing a choice line of our famous “Re- ciprocity"’ Suits, in all the newest weaves anil latest colors. Gray predominates, -being the mont stylish color for beys" wear this spring. We are also showing a nice assortment of tans, browns and navy blues. The Reciprocity sult is the best-wear- ing, best-made, most desirable suit that can be, ob- tained forthe . money. $5.00 Each, for All Sizes. All-wool: Navy Blee. Serge and ‘Worsted Double- breasted Suits, fine and dressy, well made and per- fect fitting; sizes 8 to 16. Special Value, $5.00. Doabie-breasted Cheviot and Cassimere Satts, in Pretty and stylish brown and gray mixtures; also a Ught summer-weight serge. These suits are all wool and most of them are worth $5.00; sizes 8 to 16. Special Value, $3.75. Blouse Sellor Suits are the most popular style for Well-dressed boys this season. We are showing = very extensive line, including navy blues, browns, grays and many pretty fancy mixtures; im fact, any color and design that one could wish for is well rep- resented; sizes 3 to 12 years. $2.95 to $12.50 Each. ‘Third floor. xedo, Brownie and Vestie Snits, in plain bine aod a great variety of fancy mixtures. All new and beautiful goods and pretty effects; sizes 3 to 12. $4.25 to $10.00. Alot of Boys’ rate Pants, all wool and part Wool; sizes 3 to Ie Good value. 48c. a Pair. €Mother’s’ Friend” Shirt Waists aré the best and most serviceable waists for boys’ wear; have the patent detachable buttons that cannot be torn off in wearing or washing. Uniaundered Shirt Waists, In mage A patterns and jar, sizes 7 good washable colors: shirt col to 14; round collar, sizes 4 to 8. 39c. Each. Laundered Shirt Watsts with shirt collar, at- tached or detached, sizes 7 to 13; round collar, at- tached, sizes 4 to 7. 50c. Each. Unlaundered Shirt Waists, light and dark washable lar; a large variety of neat patterns; 50c. Each. Girls’ Spring Reefers and Jackets. Girls’ Spring-weight Reefers and Jackets are well represented in our unusually complete stock of Misses’ Clothing; and the desirable half- tight backs and French backs are very much in evidence. The following items are especially worthy of consideration: Girls’ All-wool Reefers, in royal and navy blue, brown, cardinal and gray; all sizes. $2.95 Each. A splendid collection of Misses’ Reefers, In lght- weight cheviots and covert cloths, including tans and dark blue; all sizes. $5.00 Each. All-wool Cheviot Reefers, made with loose back, three box plaits and neatly trimmed with rows of braid; sizes 4, 6, 8 and 10. $7.50 Each. Very stylish All-wool Jackets, in royal and navy blue cloths, le with French back; collars and Teveres finished with stitched taffeta; ‘all sizes. $7.50 Each. ‘Third floor. Children’s Young Folks’ Millinery. Spring Shoes. Careful attention is being given to Children’s Millinery, and we are showing particularly choice and be- coming effects in Trimmed Hats; also Untrimmed Hats and materials for trimming, in- vast variety. Tomorrow, Saturday, * Special Sale of | Chifdren’s Trimmed Hats, At $2.75 Each. Pretty,-becoming: styles, trimmed effectively with flowers and hand- some ribbons. Also special values-in Children's Untrimmed Hats, mixed straws, at 50¢c., 75c. and $1.00 each. Also special ‘values in Flowers, comprising daisies, forget-me-nots, fleld flowers and various other small flowers, at . 25c. to $1.00 a bunch. ‘Second floor. Infants’ Department. Infants’ and Little Children’s Spring and Summer Clothing, in pretty baby styles, including dainty Pique and Cloth Reefers, Pique Coats and Dresses, Gingham, Per- cale and India Linon Dresses, Guimpes, etc. Also a complete line of the Arnold Knit Goods. Children's Navy Blue Cloth Reefera, large collat, tehammed With white bead Backes $2.50 Calliren’s Pique Reefers, large satlor col- lar, trimmed with insertion. “eek or $2.50 Children's Pique Coats, trimmed with em- $4 o9 Bors’ Pique Dresies, box-plalted waist and skirt; lene collar, telnusea "with eeabralders: $2.25 Boys" Gingham and Pereale Dresses, trim- med with embroidery and braid. Each..... 79C* Children’s India Linon Gutmpe Dresses, collar trimmed with “Remstitched tucks, walst- gy 75 band of insertion. Fach... 75 Children’s India Linon Guimpes, yoke of tucks and embroidery on neck sete 75c- sleeves. Each....... ‘Second floor. Nainsook Undergarments. Attention is called to a number of excellent values we are now offering in Nainsook Undergarments. They are carefully made, tastefully trim- med with dainty laces and embroid- eries and are priced no higher than the ordinary cotton garments, Women's Nalnsook Drawers, three styles, hem tucks, tucked ruffles, or embroidery 50c. Women’s Nainsook Drawers, two styles, umbrella- shape flounce, with em OF trimmed with blind embroidery.” Pat’. .2° 75C- Women’s Natinsook Corset Corers, blouse style, don and lace edge. Each.. Women's Nainsook Short ‘Skirts, umbrella shape flounce, with tucked ruffle. Each....- 75C- ‘Women’s Nainsook Gowns, of fine hemstitch- ed tucks, finished ther bea with feat id and $1.00 Beck back and finished with embroidered edge. Ha. 1-50 Women’s Nainsook Chemises, round neck, trimmed ‘with embroidery and ribbon. Ea. 75> Women's Nainsook round neck, trimmed with Ince and ribbon. Each..... 1-00 ‘Second floor, Our stock of Shoes for young peo- ple comprises the best and most rep- utable goods manufactured. All the latest and most improved shapes are represented, and both service and appearance were considered in their sélection. We are.also showing the Low Shoes for misses and children, in welt and turn sole, patent leather, vici kid and Russia calf; and the Vici Kid Spring Heel Shoes with patent tips, in extra sizes (2% to 514). At- tention is also called to our lines. of Infants’ Cacks and Soft Sole Shoes, in black, tans and other colors. $1.50 to $2.50 $1.50 to $3.00 $1.50 to $3.00 $1.25 to $2.00 $1.00 to $1.75 50c. to $1.25 Mises’ Oxfords; sizes 11 to 2, Pair.... $1-85 Mimee! Spring-heel Oxfords, extra sizes, $5 05 2% to 5%. Pair...... 2... . see = wt $1.50 Infants’ Oxfords; sizes 6 to 8. Pair... $1-35 Third floor. Corset Department. A perfect corset is one which makes the average figure closely ap- proach the modiste’s ideal without causing the slightest discomfort. We keep no corset that isn’t reliable, and we recommend the following, which $1.00 * $1.50 pit Par oe eee teas eel Sr oe L ©. Corsets, French sateen, heavily $2.50 boned. Pair........... errr rey sraguentigen aay oe oe $6.50 Peed ae ee straight front. $7.50 Saturday’s Pure Food List. Roe's Centennial Peas, can. + 10e. Shriver's Gold Label Peas, 2 cans for. + Be. Joe. Shriver's A No. I Peas, can.. 19. New York State Corn, can. Te. Maine Sugar Cora, can... Oxford Baked Beans, can.... = New World White Cling Peaches, can... Bahama Pineapple, can. We Are Agents for the “Standard” Patterns. Pattern Department—First floor. We Sell Roberts’ Germ-Proof Water Filters. Fifth floor. The Woodward&Lothrop Sewing Machines, $18 to $36. Seconi r. i Women’s and Children’s Shoes—Third Floor. New Shipment of Lipton’s Ceylon Teas. These teas were awarded the highest honots at the World’s Fair: They are put up by the grower in air-tight tin canisters and are con- sidered the best teas in the world. Prices, soc., 6c. and 70c. a pound. Pifth’ Sor. Woodward & Lothrop. - | | Suit Day Saturday. : Wwe 5 tng. ‘Dide'e really: Koow how wel we were buying until we com- meee seme Saree rier in Anish—-supertor tafioring— Superior In every way to suite that = well the same money anywhere in Washington. Ladies’ All-wool Serge, Chev- iot or Venetian Cloth Suits; tight-fitting; single or double- breasted; jackets taffeta lined; box-pleated skirts. In black. brown and navy; all sizes. Reg- ular $15 to $17.50 Suits. Satur- % day special. treeesenee $ID Ladies’ Broadcloth Suits, taf- feta silk lined; Venctian collar, handsomely appliqued; box- pleated skirts; all sizes. In black, castor and silver gray. Regular $20 suits. Saturday special. . -$17.50 Ladies’ Jackets. Ladies’ Double-breasted Eton Jackets, of Venetian cloth; taf- feta silk lined ; in black and cas- ee = plain or Venetian col- ars; sizes. Regularly $10. Saturday special... . -$7.50 3 Black All-wool Cheviot Jack- % ets, Eton effect, fly front; all sizes. Regularly $6.98. Spe- cial Saturday....... = > $5 Ladies’ Skirts. We show a variety of Dress Skirts at $4.98 that’s peerless. % Skirts in Broadcloth, Serge, & Cheviot, Homespun and Vene- % tian—all wool; made up in the % latest styles. Would sell else- where for $6.50 to $7.50. Our price... +++- $4,908 A special purchase of Bicycle, § Golf and Rainy-day Skirts, of % double-face cloth; all colors # and ene ces stylishly made. Worth $7.50. Our 2 $4.98 PHCOs sc 505 est $Q. Teeth, S This is all you pay here for the very best teeth— extracting ts Included. N.Y pa 1211 &- (Over Hoover & Snyder’ DR. A. THOMAS UTZ, MANAGER, mh1-3m-28 & > upplies for ¢lceCream Dealers: Ice Cream Dealers who contemplate buying new freezers this year should stop in and examine the cel- ebrated “White Mountain” Tce Cream Freezers—and the famous “Mills” Freezer $, —30 and 40 quarts—fitted with gearing for hand,steam and electric power. Packing Tubs and Cans. Ice Breakers and Crush- ers. Ice Cream Molds, etc. We handle only those goods that we can guarantee to give complete satisfac- tton. For such grades, our prices are always lowest. Dulin & Martin Co., SUCCESSORS TO M. W. BEVERIDGR, CHINA, GLASS, SILVER, ete. 1215 F St. & 1214 G St. it TURKISH BATH, 1329 G Street N. W, SEPARATE BATHS FOR LADIES. Elimination of the damaged ts the es sential thing. and this can be best of all by opening the iocked-up pores of the skin. “For thie no remedy ts ‘our opinion, to the Turkish apd Russian Beths. It is the safest, most effi clent and perfect means of clesring out the mil- akin—tubes lions of tubes that t whose function Is these waste products; and it ‘A trial w wee yom, rl con; Lai . to 6 p.m.; Fridays till 8 p.m. Gente? ain. till 12° at might. mh30-30d RARABAAAR AAR AAPR AR AAAS. te Housefu: i € x Ed Don’t let the house run down. Furniture and Carpets are bound to wear out, and unless you make it a point to keep re- newing something every year, your house will soon get to look shabby. Our stock always con- tains new and pretty styles, and we are ever ready to assist you in buying, by arranging the terms to suit you without extra cost. Don't any order for Mat- stock. "We cam quote exceptionally "House & Herrmann, 901-903 Seventh St., - Corner of I (Eye) St. PRAIA AAA AACA AA IE ae eee Ae i ae NN “tee