Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1900, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1900-14 PAGES THE EVENING STAR. WASHI Nta Pon, MONDAY. ~.---April 9, 1900. CROSBY 5. NOL: THE EVENING S: it han a reguin and permanent Famity Cireala much more than (he combined clr- enlation of ¢ other Washington da: Aw a News and Advertising Medium it bx mpetitor. (Jim order to ayoid delays. on ne- count of personal absence. letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any Individual connected with the office, but ximpiy to ¥ STAR, or to or Business Depart- x to tenor or purpose / The Lecturer's Debut. The effort to turn the pro-Bo at the Grand Opera House last night against the administration was not a suc- Resolutions to that end were offered, and aft ried, but the protest was strong and instructive. And yet the ¢ rely ‘ogi . What is all about except to supply cam rial for Mr. Bryan's meeting uses in this mpaign? It is plain enough that this government will not inter- ne matter of the South African t the slightest intention of commanding Great Britain to stay her hand. It will continue to mind its own bust- a as will the great powers of Europe continue to mind theirs. But th who are engineering t meetings want it to appear that im taking that attitude this government fs eant to its duty. They want the President rebuked for what they characterize as his subserviency to Great Britain. This is where Webster Davis comes in. ‘These men present Mr. Davis as the in- carnation of conscience as opposed to the incarnation of cowardice in this business. He had a snug job under the administra- tion, and might have continued to hold It, but after journeying to the fie'd of con- flict and investigating the whole contro- versy, he found it impossible longer to re- main officially associated with those who were deaf to the cause of liberty. So he rebukes the administration himself by send- ing In his resignation, and takes the lecture platform to help whoop up a general re- buke. Mr. Davis, as an ex-official of the administration, has a supposed value to the cause. Mr. Davis as an individual is mere!y one of ten thousand flighty and theatrical windjammers who can entertain a crowd on nearly any subject. If this crusade therefore is to achieve anything beyond and above making a lec- ture tour remunerative, and bringing in bus!- iness to those who puff and coddie it, the real object of it must be stated and kept “steadily to the front. In a public sense, it is nothing if not a political card played in Mr. Bryan’s behalf. It is a sort of dec- laration that if the Nebraskan were in the White House, Johnny Bull would be brought up with a round turn, and for a time an American protectorate be established over the whole Transvaal country. The Boer agents need not be afraid of putting mat- ters too strongly for their leading attrac- tion. Mr. Davis has burned his bridges. He understands. He will stay with them— if for no other reason than that now he has nowhere ¢ ‘The Memorial Bridge Design. The Memorial bridge project is materially advanced by the submission to Congress of report of on recently designated by of War to choose between the plans submitted in com- petition for that proposed structure. The board selects a composite design, combin- ing the bridge structure proposed by Prof. Burr with the ornamental towers of his al- ternative design. The combination is in the interests of a simpler and yet more origi- nal treatment of the memorial geature of the bridge. As to the artistic merits or de- merits of the structure under such condi. tions it Is too early to venture expression, for the effect of the whole cannot be judged accurately by a view of the disjointed parts. Yet enough is plain from the de- signs. reproduced in today’s Star, to indi- cate clearly that the bridge. if constructed along Prof. Burr's lines, will prove a not- able item in the city’s adornments and a fitting expression of the Memorial bridge which has animated the people of Washington for several years. There is a danger in such enterp: ding a structure with obje jornment. There is at the same time © danger of too severe a sim- acting from the monumental work. The thought in project is to provide a structure at practical and commemorative, beauti- ful and strong. typical of the services to the nz of those who have fallen in its 1 patriotism. To line the structure with statues, or to aemble all the elements of commemoration in an allegorical group would offend many It seems better to seek to please age thought by presenting the ef- fect of endurance, usefulness and conserva- tive beauty, with sufficient ornamentation to give relief to an otherwise severe outline The accepted design calls In the estimates for an expenditure of about $4,860,000, which doubtless means approximately $5,- 00,000 in practical execution. This is an average price when the various estimates submitted in the competition are considered, running from $2,084,500 to $16,434,230. Par- stmony should have no place in such an enterprise. An expenditure of $5,000,000, if productive of a beautiful, substantial bridge, is by no means extravagant. The highest possible ideal of solidity and per- manence is to be held in mind. The bridge should be built to last as long as the re- public itself, as enduring as the great white shaft close to its city approach. Congress cannot well haggle over petty considera- tions of economy when this project fs un- dertaken. It showed its wisdom in provid- ing liberally for the Congressional Library, and doubtless not one of the members of either house now regrets the policy pur- sued in that case. A similar spirit is there- fore to be expected in the furtherance of the Memorial bridge work, which is now advanced to the point of legislation to in- sure results. ———_+e+____ Lord Dunraven has gone to South Africa to fight the Boers. Complaints that the Boers do not mind the rules may now be looked for with more frequency than ever. 0] Admiral Dewey will pause to coal up with &@ few opinions before giving another inter- view. plici character of the thi: fo —_+ ++ —____ Mr. Cleveland's Understudy. The morning after the announcement of Admiral Dewey's candidacy for the presi- dency, the New York Herald printed what purported to be an interview with Mr. Cleveland on the subject. It read persua- sively, and was widely quoted. To the re- porter himself Mr. Cleveland was repre- sented as saying: “Look at his record in the Philippines. Such diplomacy was after my own heart, cool, solid, firm, unchangeable. Long ago I became convinced that he was a great statesman. I knew that once a man of his personality, firm and far-sighted, took the reins in his hands, the democratic party would no longer be honeycombed with the Tottenness of Bryanism, but would again become the great compact organization of Jefferson's days.” ‘This was strikingly in Mr. Cleveland's manner of eulogy. To say that a thing had been done after his own idea—after his own “heart’—was to give it the highest praise. It seemed natural, too, that he should dwell particularly on Admiral Dewey's diplomacy at Manila. Diplomacy is Mr. Cleveland's own strong suit, as ex- hibited in the case of Hawali, when he tried to restore Mrs. Dominis to the throne. The second paragraph of the reporter's story, however, was quite as Interesting. This was represented as a statement which Mr. Cleveland had made about the politi- cal situation in general to a fishing chum on a recent excursion, and it ran as fol- lows: “Party issues, no matter how vigorously prociaimed and notwithstanding the bril- liancy of the man who proclaims them, cannot stand the pressure exercised upon them by the constant agitation of the more normal, less heated, but more effective views of narty policy advocated by men who have in a party's life been esteemed as its worthy representatives, but who have been cast aside by the chance conditions which often belch forth in political life. A party may be degraded in a short space of time, but a strong man who is the incarna- tion of principles which the people believe in can at a favorable moment stem the tide and the disrupted party can begin a new chapter. The old issues would be forgotten forever if the right candidate appears, and in the wisdom of our party's new issues nothing would ever be thought of the old. I would be in favor of any man who would be a stepping stone to this larger and higher mount of privileged existehce on which I hope to see the revivified demo- cratic party work within a short time.” Note both the style and the substance of the above. Note the reference to “a strong man who is the incarnation of pri or and name him, as Mr. Cleveland himself would have no difficulty in doing. Note the sentences, and how closely they follow the Buffalonian Johnsonese with which the country has become familiar. When the attention of Mr. Cleveland was called to this interview he repudiated it with some emphasis. He had not, he said, expressed himself at all on the subject to anybod In putting out his disclaimer it is to be hoped that he noted with appre- ciation, as others did, the talents of the writer of the article. That individual is either an ardent admirer of Mr. Cleveland, who has made a close and devoted study of Mr. Cleveland's style of expression, or else he possesses unusual gifts for “taking off” greatness on very short acquaintance. ——_~ +> —___ The Garrote. A great to-do is being made just now over the fact that a condemned prisoner was executed the other day at Ponce after the old Spanish fashion by being garroted. Seme sentimentalists are howling against this “barbarity” with an abundance of ex- pletives intended to express a horror at the heartlessness of the government. A little reflection should sati a fair observer that there ts no cruelty in garroting beyond the inevitable cruelty of inflicting a death stroke to a healthy person. It has its points to commend it, indeed, to the ap- proval of the humane. The process is sup- posed—of course the point cannot be proved or disproved by experience—to be less pain- ful than hanging and quite as painless as decapitation. Death is believed to be i stantaneous. The neck i: roken ine ably, thus instantly ending all sensation, whereas It is known as a fact that hanging often causes intense suffering on the part of the condemned, as the neck is not broken even in a majority of cases. All methods of taking life are barbarous. Not one has ever been devised which com- mends itself to the refined sentiments of humanity. But as long as the state Is au- thorized by law to take life in expiation of crime the search should be for the least disfiguring, the least painful and the least demoralizing method. Electrocutien is be- leved by some to be the ideal process, yet some of the scenes enacted in the execu- tion chambers in New York state have brought doubt on this point. Decapitation, as by the guillotine. has never been ap- proved in this country, perhaps because of a dreadful a ation of thought with that instrument, which is held in view as the symbol of the Reign of Terror in France. Yet, aside from the mutilation of the bod. the severing of the head by a swift, sure stroke 1s infinitely preferable to the often bungling work of the hangman, with the large chance of horrid spectacles. In this matter the difficulty is one of association of ideas. The garrote, really a humane method of inflicting death, is coupled with the idea of Spanish cruelty, and hence it is condemned irrespective of its merits as an instrument of the law's last decree. ——— += —___ Hooks and Spurs in Thievery. There is no end to the ingenuity of thieve: and swindiers. Particularly in that branch of the pilfering art known as shoplifting are there constant improvements designed to outwit watchful clerks and floor-walkers. The race between the two opposing ele- ments is much like that between armor and guns in naval warfare. As fast as*the shoplifter devises a scheme to fool the clerk the latter thinks out a plan to check-mate the thief. Just now the floor-walkers are somewhat puzzled by a discovery in New York. Two women and a man were arres ed there the other day and found to be well laden with stolen goods. The women had none of the old-fashioned pockets and con- cealed bags, but were equipped instead with a formidable array of hooks fastened to the inside of the skirts, while on their heels they bore small but effective steel spurs. The method of working is simple and clever. One of the operators brushes some article from the counter to the flodr and in the crowd the Woman thief steps over it and under the cover of her skirt picks it up with her spur and by a deft movement transfers it to one of the hooks. Had it not been for an accident the game might have gone on undetected for a long time. One of these spurred operators chanced in a brush to become tangled in the hooks and was forced to disengage herself in a manner that brought upon her the lynx-eyed scrutiny of a floor-waiker, who caused her and her companions to be spotted, with consequent arrest and a revelation of the outfit. It is easy to see that with practice this trick of picking up a small cloth object with a spur could become an effective method of trans- ferring property. This evil of shop-lifting is one of the most serious difficulties against which the shop-keepers of today have to contend. As the great establish- ments grow in size the opportunities for pifering Increase until it has become a seri- ous study with the proprietors to protect thelr property. The spurred thief will now become an object of keen interest to the merchant. Possibly the coinage of a half cent would be a convenience in furnishing a simile when some gentlemen are trying to tell what they feel like after the conventions have made nominations. ———_+++____ The sultan has been taking so much in- terest In European politics that he has not had the time to massacre any Christians or drown any wives in a long time. ——_ + es - The uncertainties in Kentucky have not as yet developed any requests for John G. Carlisle to come out and make some speeches. . —____~»«— Astronomers are busily searching for an- other world. And yet this one seems to be more than people can readily handle. ——_+-2—____ The Cruel Beating of Horses. A correspondent wrote to The Star the other day protesting against the cruel beat- ing of horses in this city by some drivers. Later appeared a letter from one who writes on behalf of the Humane Society, announc- ing that this organization affords an agency whereby these cruel practices may be pun- ished and prevented. The fact should be brought to the attention of all citizens who love horses and other dumb animals and are anxtous to add their mite to the work of checking cruelty. Often an observer notes a case of deplorable inhumanity and, if vested with the authority to effect arrest and secure prosecution, would carry the ease to court. But lacking such authority he allows the matter to pass, leaving only a train of indignant thoughts in his mind. If he were to resort at once to this organiza- tion as a medium of prosecution his exper- fence might be put at once to immediate use for the enforcement of the law and the teaching of a practical lesson in gentleness. It may be that this exchange of communi- cations will enlarge the scope of the Hu- mane Society. It is most desirable that the useless beating of horses should be reduced to a minimum. There are but few occa- sions for the angry lashing of a horse. Yet it is to be feared that some drivers are en- couraged in the vicious practice by owners who admire sprightliness in a horse, with- out thought of the suffering entailed or the means employed to produce this condition. An occasional prosecution would probably convince the majority of these owners and drivers that public opinion will not toler- ate such cruelty and stands ready to con- demn it in all forms and from all hands. —_~+=—__—_ Admiral Dewey has never voted In a na- tional election, but has always been a demo- crat. The District democracy should be ready to open the arms of fellowship to a man in his position. ———_o + _____ The Boers do not hesitate to reciprocate and declare ‘that the British soldiers have shown great bravery on numerous occa- sions. ——_+ ++ —____ New York will now go to sleep calm in the conviction that it has tried the only play which could possibly deserve to be suppressed. —_- + + —_____ SHOOTING STARS. Her Solicitude. “Charley, dear,” said young Mrs. Tor- kins, “I want you to be more careful about the use of firearms.” he proceeded with sweet n't try to deceive me. I heard you telling yesterday about how you fel down on a long shot. If you must go in for such things, please get a gun that won't kick.” Various Routes to Glory. Some men succeed in that they pause To drink at wisdom’s fount so clear; And some grow famous just because Their whiskers !ook so very queer. Depending on Circumstances. “It's easy enough to tell a 16 to 1 man,” remarked the man who boasts that he is a student of human nature. “Not if you are trying to tell him any- thing except 16 to 1,” answered the man of cynicisms. A Tribute. “I want to stop in front of this window,” id Mr. Blykins. Why, it’s full of millinery!” exclaimed his wife. “I didn’t know you admired such things. “I not only admire; I marvel. I take off my hat to genius, and the people who can get $20 apiece for a lot of bunches of odds and ends like those are qualified to give lessons to a Napoleon of finance." Dangerous. “He openly boasts that no great corpora- tion has ever dared to approach him,” said the acquaintance. “He ought to be careful about how he "answered Senator Sorghum. ‘Phe thing he knows people will think he hasn't any influence worth buying.” Inconsistency. A man will wear a gaudy vest All broidered like the flowering mead; His hat, it fs a turbaned cres With colors flaunting fine indeed; His shoes with leathern trickery Are trimmed, They haw a splendid sheen, Whiie on his ho: Blazoned in dainty silk is seen. With striped wear his chest ts gay; His necktie puts to blush the bloom Which glorifies a summer's day. His aspect dissipates all gloom, And yet this man will show distress And utter maxims sadly pat, And vow his wife is fond of dress Because she wan’ ster te ——~++-____ Sixty Millions for the Navy. From the New York Sun. The report of the naval committee of the 4 of Representatives, made on Thurs- als for not less’ than $61 116, No one who has studied intelligently’ the needs of our navy, together with the calls made and to be made upon it, and the tendencies of the time, will say’ that this appropriation, large though it be, is too large or be: s necessary, The posi States among the larger naval powers of the world is not fixed yet. ie 's are made to the navy that position will be in the future even less certain than now. In well n all other matters, life ynstruction, and existence means change. ————__~+ = —_____ Mand Gonne at It Again. From the New York Tribune. Miss Gonne, who was recently much in evidence in ‘Anglophobe society in the United States, is reported to have written, or at least to have signed, an article in a Dublin paper which is described as “coarse and inso‘ent” and such as “no gentleman could attempt to defend.” That is pretty rough on Miss Gonne. Yet if we remember aright she made in this country some re- marks about rotten-egging the queen which sounded very much like the famous “don't nai! his ears to the pump.” On the face of it, to call Victoria “the famine queen” {s a lamentable perversion of fact by sugges- tion, for, whatever else may or may not be sald of the Victorian reign in India, it cer- tainly 1s to be credited with more effective labors for the alleviation and abolition of famine than all the ages that preceded it, —__ + 2 The Land of the Free. From the Kansas City Star. In the st three months of 1899 more than 74,000 immigrants arrived at the port of New York alone. A recent dispatch from Winnipeg, Manitoba, announces twen- ains of immigrants on the Canadian s headed for that point. The United States is drawing steadily upon the population of Europe and the British pos- sessions are now a formidable competitor. Good government, toleration, liberty, cheap land and cheap bread form a combination to which Europe can offer no counter at- traction. North America will eventually become the continent to live in and Europe to look at. contin} > ee Smoot, Coffer & McCalley, 1216 F Stre@. ’Phone 725. THIN’ GOODS. A most compflete and compre- hensive lime of new Thin Goods! It embracés evéry material and every pretty pattern made by Lupin and Priestley. Such beauty is indescribable and must be seen to be appreciated. Grenadines. Grenadines of every description— ribbon, chenille, stripes and plaids, ajour “meshes, ‘crepon effects, bro- cades and jron-frame Grenadines in a variety of meshes. Vain, La Tosca sind Brossels Nets and Fish Nets, from 50c. to $4 yard. Swiisses. Colored Swisses, embroidered, dot: ted, striped* and figured effects many were Imported direetly_to us, in exclusive, scarce styles— to $1 yard. Mousseline de Soie. Dainty Monsseline de Soie, in black, white, cream, pink, » lilac, "gray, ‘maize per * 50c. White Goods. India Linons, Persian Lawns, Ba- tistes, French and English Nain- sooks, Long Cloth, Linen Lawns, Cambrics, Swisses and Organdy— sheer, fine qualities, at popular prices. Laces. Pt. Venise, Renaissance, Arable, Russian, C1 Guipure and Pt. rr All-overs, in exquis- ite new patterns. ings to match. Embroideries. Swiss, Cambrie and Nainssok Em- broideries, In a great ty of Bands and Edg- styles, representing our own importa- tion from St. Gall, Swi nd. A complete Iine of Revertugs and Puttings. SMOOT, COFFER & M*CALLEY, 1216 F Street. CURTICE BROS.’ FAMOUS “Blue Label” Soups, 10c. 22 EVENTEEN varletles of Curtice Celebrated “Blue Label"? in half pint cans, only are making this low price to Induce every one to try these delicious soups. Send in your order—17 different varieties. JOHN H. MAGRUDER, Fine Groce: ©OR. CONN. 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From the Boston Herald, Next to New York’s $35,000,000 tunnel, the biggest municipal undertaking now on the tapis ds Philadeiphia’s scheme to filtrate its water supply, for which the magnificent sum of $12,000,000 has been appropriated and placed in the hands of the mayor for prompt work. No doubt it will be worth the money if It accomplishes the purpose aimed at, and relieves a great and wealthy metropolis of the perils that always go with impure drinking water. Famine Figures, From the Portland Oregorian. There is no abatement of the famine in India, and in the nature of things there cannot be until rain falls over a wide area. that has long been parched with drought. ‘This area contains a population of 60,000,000 people, 5,000,000 of whom are now receiving daily relief from the government. The very magnitude of these figures blunts the per- cepuon and thus deprives the fact which they present of something of its horror. ———+-=____ > jot in Their C1 From the St. Louls Globe-Demoerat, Agonelllo offers some remarks on the traditions of Washington and Jefferson. ‘The Tagal emissary has an idea these men may possibly have been the equal of Bry- an, Atkinson and Billy Mason. Voicing a Suspicion. From the Minoeapolis Times. Is John R. McLean booked for second place on the family ticket? Frem the Buffalo Commercial, If there is a fouler, more disgusting pollt- ical pool than that which is being stirred up in Kentucky, decent men would pot know where to find it. PROB 90 SD 5 Lenten Dainties , and Substantials ; At Bryan’s y 5 § Delicious dishes for Eastertide meals. § petit#. You are not hampered tn sour choosing by secant variety here. “Our display embraces eversthing from river, Inke and sea that is seasonable in Lent. Q Lowest prices. (7 FRE: 6) Finest Groceries and ‘Table Luxuries. ap9-m, w,f,28 —— —with us—in cold storage—tt you want if you let us have them before the moth Mey Reasonable prices, Estimates tur- Seas Hin ee B. H.STINEMETZ & SON, HATTERS AND FURRIERS, 1237 Pa, ave. ap9-m,w,f,20 Lots of good things for breakfast, CH OLIVE OIL, $1 at. them preserved against the ravages of the Fixing Maybe +f you dlan't Fixtures. know that - your Gas Fix- tures could be re finished or even ;con- verted into electric or com- bination fixtures at ttle cost. We do. ther works) Doing lots) of it. Get am estimate. $ SHEDD 5<. 432 9th St. gaan Tinie. apo-24d Syringes, 50c. —— equart FOUNTAIN SYRINGES. Byery == one fully guaranteed. We handle no “sec. Only the best quality 1s good enough fot lest HOT WATER ROTTLES—1 quart, —— 65c.—2 quarts, 75c.—3 quarts, 85c. STEVENS’ PHARMACY, COR, 9TH AND PA, AVE. ow TO PAINT for . a can of our Ready- Paint—any color—and apd-14a Oc 20° up. Buy mixed bi rush. ‘Then you're ready for spring paint jobs. Paint and Q terproof by a patent process. Softer Woodward & Lothrop 1oth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. Easter Cards and Leaflets—First floor. Our Vast Assortments of Easter Wear and Gift Things Are particularly choice, and can but please and delight every visitor. Rich Silks and Dress Stuffs, Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats and Bon- nets, Parasols, Silk Waists, Independent Skirts, Capes, Jackets, Gloves, Shoes, Neck Fixings, etc.; also Easter Cards, Leaflets, Bibles, Prayer Books and Hymnals and Toys and many other appropriate articles of our direct importation, in myriad forms, emblematic ot Eastertide. Our Special Easter Display of Hats, Bonnets and Toques Will help you to the choosing of an Easter Hat or Bonnet. All the new Styles, all the fresh fashions, all the richest of the old and new world’s millinery ideas are on view. Hosts of Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats and Bonnets at prices which we are pleased to place in comparison with any other. Our Millinery Department contains the fine and medium classes of goods—equaling in style the best produced—and upon these desirable lines we quote always the lowest prices. For the children a large and most delightful assortment. Your Easter order should be given without further delay. Millinery Parlors—Second floor. We Are Also Exhibiting Elegant Silk Petticoats for Easter, Consisting of rare and exquisite novelties; some with the daintiest of laces appliqued on in beautiful designs; others with rgffles, flounces, accordion plaited, tucked and lace trimmed. Cerise, red, green, blue, old rose and other bright shades; also the mast desirable effects in black and white for street and evening wear. Second floor. A Unique Display of Kid Skins, Of various tannage, and in black, tan and colors, may be seen in Shoe Department, third floor. The patent calfskins are the sorts we are using in our Patent Calf Boots and Oxfords. The Patent Ideal Kid, the Russia Calf, the Box Calf, the Vitalic Calf and the White Oak Sole Leathers are variously used in the construction of our “W. & L. Peerless” Boots and Oxfords and other lines of spring and summer footwear. We Are Also Displaying. for Easter, Our Hand-Made Black Kid Oxfords For women, comprising all the latest and best styles of heels and toes. The toes you will notice are not as wide as heretofore and are more wo- man-like in appearance. The heels are a little higher, just enough, how- ever, to give that graceful carriage which so becomes a woman. These styles are exclusive in every particular and are made of the very best of leathers and are particularly adaptable for wear with light and dainty spring and summer dresses. Women’s and children’s shoes polished free. Third floor. Easter Handkerchiefs. Always replete with the staple sorts of Handkerchiefs, we also show everything new as soon as produced. All silk or all linen—no substitutes. Just now some unusually pretty and dainty effects are being offered for Easter, among which are the follow- ing excellent values: Women's All-linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, with elther narrow or wilde hema: also with. parrow Jeweled. $1.00 and $1.25 Valenciennes lace edge: also unlaundered, with neat -plat Belt Pin ‘tare = hand-embroldered Initial, Excellent values for the | acne nd amethoat eee Each . 12'4c. each. dinen Hemstitched Handkerchiets, embroidered In various new and pretty designs: also edged with dainty and fluffy Valenciennes lace. Scores of beautiful effects, 25c. each Women’s All-inen Handkerc stitched and embroidered, some allop, some teimmed with dain Mechlin laces, and others with colored edges in pretty shades. A very choice assortment of fine and beautiful handkerehlefs, representing the best yulues procurable at the price. Gift Things For Easter In hundreds of novel and unique forms—appropriately designed ar- ticles that can be bought for a trifle. An Easter influence through and around them all. White and Purple Book Marks, sterling silver mountings. Each... Gold-plated Shirt Walst 25¢. to 75¢. settings. 75¢. and $1.00 Sterling Silver Nethersole Bracelets. Hach 5OC. Good Luck Rabbit's Foot Charms, ster- ling silver mounted. Each + fs, some hem-| Dressing Combs, ster! vith embroldered | plated mountings, Each Valenciennes or | Feney Jeweled Hat Pins, Each Pmplre Fans, assorted colors. Each.. 25¢. 50c. each, irilley_ Belts, ‘seal and. patent leather, coc, oe floor. Due ee spaniel, Esch. een ere 204 $4.00 Colored Shirts Combination Pocket Books, Morocco and Flade to Order seal. Each......... and $1.25, ° Hand - embroidered Center- 5 ath sti See eee .00 to $45.00 Negligee style or with stiff bosom; | Piss oma taorea’ Sorviciten. = ss sie collar and cuffs attached or separate, | Fach 34 Hand-embrotdered Pin Wheels. Each... 91-25 Hand-embroldered Money and Jewel $y 9¢ Bags. Each Hand-embroidered Silk Books. Each.... $1.00 as you may fancy. Especially appro- priate for negligee wear early in the season are shirts made of Scotch cheviot, with narrow cuffs attached. Renaissance Lace Center- We need about a couple of weeks to | Pirees., ach..-----.-.--- $1.00 to $7.00 make them. A little later we will not | ciotns. "Each. .7* $5.00 to $25.00 be able to make them so quickly. A very handsome line of patterns is displayed. $3.00 and Upward. A perfect fit guaranteed. We are showing a new line of Ten’s Rain Coats, In English Raglan style. Made wa- Easter Pictures . And Frames. Numerous suggestions in Sheet and Framed Pictures for the Easter- tide. Moldings for made-to-order frames, in great variety and at prices fully a third less than those current. Foarth floor. than rubber-coated material and fit better. Being free from rubber they are odorless. $17.00 and $18.00 each. Men's Store—First floor. Tomorrow, Tuesday, a Sale of Choice and Rare Books From the Private Library of the Late Augustin Daly, Which Were Sold by Auction in New York, March 20th to 29th. The assortment comprises very rare and choice books, notably in the matter of contents, as Mr. Daly was one of the world’s famous col- lectors. Many of these books are exquisite in binding, having been bound by Riviere of Paris, Bumpus of Oxford, Zaehnsdorf of London, Blackwell of New York and others. THERE ARE NO DUPLICATES, and many of them are rare “First Editions,” and could be duplicated only with great difficulty and expense. A specially engraved plate in each volume certifies that the book came from Mr. Daly’s library. This occasion affords a most ex- cellent opportunity for lovers of good books. On sale tomorrow, Tuesday, in Book Department. Basement. “The Angel Delivering Daniel,” Burbank’s famous water color, Is one of the greatest marvels of modern art. Although sixty years ks as bright #3 new, and it is believed it will remain bright through many centuries, “It ie Ces ‘admired iy old and young.. Having no gloomy associations, it inspires the beholder with t conception of the poetic and sublime. the Hebe ipition daily th our Gallery from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, ‘The public is invited. We Are Agents for the ‘‘Standard’’ Patterns. Strictly up to date, perfect fitting and so simple that the least experi- enced can understand them. The May number of “Standard Fashions” is ready and is free for the asking. Pattera Department—First floor. Woodward & Lothrop Sewing Machines, $18 to $36. Second floor. Our Holland Rose Bushes Have Arrived. 15c., 2 for25c. Fifth floor. Woodward & Lothrop. Easter Thoughts. ‘of a bmn. neds teday bern doing to effect a saving Tell von what you and sttil give you the Worthful things you can buy. Trimmed Hats. Without exaggeration there are hundreds and hundreds of different st of Trimmed Hats that can't be matched un- der $7.50 and $10 in our assort- ment at.............. $4.08 Nobby Turbans, in all colors, trimmed with taffeta silk and straw braid, very effective. ; $ i W a) $3. Our price. -$1.99 Children’s Hats, . trimmed with rosettes and finished with buckles, narrow velvet strips around crown. Very jaunty... $1.49 Suits & Skirts. Ladies’ Suits, in Venetians, Cheviot and Broadcloths, tight fitting, single and double- breasted Eton jackets, taffeta lined, all the desirable colors: skirts box pleated with flare bottom. A regular value ‘ $1 7.50 All-silk Crepon Dress Skirts, with knife pleated taffeta silk bottom, box pleated back. All sizes... $15 Rainy Day, Golf, and Bicycle Skirts of double-face cloth, in black, blue, brown and gray, all lengths, trimmed with straps on sides, finished with rows of stitching at bottom. Regular $7-50 values..........$5, 98 Mayer Bros. & Co. , 237-939 F St. LOOPS ERO OSE hee Look To Us For Everything For Dinner Parties There"ll not be a seasonable substan or delicacy on the menu—that $22.50 eeee eens that's obtainable in ity—the finest-finds a prices always lowest &7Send in your order. Cottage Market, 818 14th St. ap9-m,w,f,20 Only one qual. place here. “And » Make Your 3 Ed ; Lungs Strong 3 : —cure yourself of ad painful, dan- 3 € SORWBGLAN cop Ur ER OWL, It's € wine.” IT'S ALL OlLend tt 2 € the oll that does the gual. We tm- 3 PEt git freer trom "the Latoden SS ia ¢— ob tt om Me SOC. 5 om «W. S. Thompson,: «Pharmacist, 703 15th St.x apo-23a Peery “Strictly One Price.” Best Plates Only $8. Some dentists charge a patient exorbitant Prices simply because they belteve they cam wet It. We have strictly one price to all, and we charge no more whether the patient is able to pay more or not. We make U S Dental oWo Ass'n, Cor. 7th and D Sts. Over Franc & Sons E. O. PIGEON, D. D. S. ape-42d — Chas R. Edmonston. EASTER VASES. For Easter we are showing a beautiful line of Decorated Austrian Press and Cut Glass Vases of various shapes and sizes, including those delicate and sym- metrical styles for long-stemmed flowers. Our showing also embraces an elab- orate display of Oxidized Glass Vases, most exquisitely designed and presenting the appearance of artistic bammered metal. They are shown in a great variety of shapes for buds and violets, and range in price from 25c. up. Chas. R. Edmonston, China, Glass and Housefurnishings, 1205 Pa. Avenue. ap9-m,w.f-50 E-a-s-t-e-r C-a-n-d-i-e-s-. Fez with any assortment de- die." Delicions ameoctateal “&f Shoes: a 3 Ze., 4c. and 6c. Ib., for Easter trade. Candy packed for shipment. . 2 g21 F St. 1223 Pa. Ave. 29-200. VARNIS THE FLOORS! snd effective preparation. Qt., . Gal. $2. Chas. BE. Hodgkin, 42°55 or ine gAPASESE “FLOOR je new and ex-