Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1900, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1900-14 PAGES. ||¢ SERRE ee ee tt : ililiiaidialad plalaiaiai® { Bi GEN! { awni IX mitti awning The orders for awnings are Rehanging the old awnings HOOK? ing the heat to escape—adding strength and long life to the The ventilated top awning may be had exclusively of us. dom in placing the order TOD: s a feature of the Moses-made ngs—the ventilated top—per- ng a free passage of air—allow- being taken now—there’s wis- SY. at a small charge. BAA LAA LARA LEE EE DEED EID Chin chests in several siz manner. May first should see the wint the appearance of moth. We are showing them befe Have you scen the new camphorwood ch —our own make—and made in the best Camphorwood and Cedar Chests. s from Canton, zes. The cedar in a number o| er woolens safely stored away, Lace curtains properly cleaned and renewed. & SONS, nd Ohlo Ave. enn. Ave. foe Rooks Joona rdeoderferede fe borperge Roaheoleeogererferonde Delicious Quality Dainty Flavors. Surpassing Purity Chocolate Bon Bons. tonal capt. 100 kinds hen: The « tal_t. io nd WAGONS Feit of CARRIAGESa In abundance 3 uns ‘Th ures © Repairing in all its bre: tee, Rooting Papers. Bi Piteh, Paving Pitches, Coal (or Oils of val Tar, Asphalt, Japan Black Varnish, { Deecdorant, Creosote | ?“°" |At 15c. Disinfectant, Oil, i Germicide, jper gal. Slag for Roofing, Nails, Tin Caps, etc. E. B. Warren & Co., MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS, 2ith and H ats. nw. "Phone 2256. apl2-2mf Steamer «< Trunks and..’ Rugs. Steamer Rugs, $7 and $10. LUTZ & CO., 497 PA. AVE. 20a Go to Siccardi’s FOR BARGAINS IN HUMAN BAIR. ‘We are also selling a lot of All Long Human Bair Switches at great bargains. 00 Switch reduced to $1.50. OD Swit reduced to $2.50. 00 Swit: reduced to $5.00. Gray avd White Hair reduced in same proportion. Mme. Siccardi, TIL Lith at., next to Palais Royal. Private rooms for’ hairdressing, shampooing and 900 styles. yet lighter. Also a band- some Une of Rich Ja20-16tt ALL on Georges & Son ff your feet 7 be instantly “relieved. you Won’ if onr offic & SON, 1115 Pa. ave, 8 to 6 pm; Sundays, ¥ to 12, Great Reduction in Hair Goods. -$250—formerly $5.00 186.00—formerly $10.60 “$3 00—formerly 35.00 Gray Switches. ...$4. So—formerly $6.50 Bairdressing. Stampoolng, ete. Hair Dyeing and a hing # svecialty. mperial Hair Regenerator for re- storing gtay hair. Natural color, $1.25. S. HELLER’ cents up. Pictures Framed, cents up. Will call with samples. Goods delivered. Venable & Beale, 610 gth St, Two Stores, 1224 7th St. mb10-tu.th.s.39t,10 Be sure and see our fine display of Vehicles and Hamess. Largest of stock, lowest of prices. Jas. K. Probey, 1230 32d St. N. W. Open 7:30 to 6:30; every Thursday ev: # o'clock fit sou with 1 pair for beth rending and | IT IS A NUISANCE distance for $1.5 O To take off your glasses { $5 >) A. KAHN —KODAKER The most Witching Pastime. Every style and size of KODAKS AND CAMERAS. # FREE DARK ROOMS. SHEETZ & BISHOP, Tetephor 43 (ap2l-t4tt) 614 12th now. $20 SET OF TEETH, $5. Gold Fillings, $1 up. Amaigam, 50c. Crowns, $2.50. ALL WORK DONE BY ELECTRICITY PhiladelphiaDental Parlors 1303 F ST. N.W. Open Sundays from 16 to 12. arz1m.t5 aa Get Your Boy - One of those Fine $2 Sax- ony Wool Sweaters of, Striped Jerseys’ we're _ selling 6. ~ —~ for 3 days onl Oe en ee EERTT RTA EE EEE F SE. COR. 1TH. A 2 a+ ° <> WHY CORBY’S “PIOTHER’S BREAD” IS BEST! We use flour rich in gluti- nous properties. We develop the gluten by our modern method of mix- ing. Our bakery is a model of cleanliness and convenience. “MOTHER'S BREAD” is kneaded by a huge patented kneading machine. It is baked in modern ovens, which are kept at a uniform heat. “MOTHER’S BREAD” is delivered fresh to grocers three times a dav. All grocers sell “MOTH- ER’S BREAD.” — Refuse substitutes. CORBY’S Modern Bakery, 2335 Brightwoed Ave. e ¢ ap2t-Sud SS SESS 2b sh theese LALARID EEE Dd - SOSH BOSH-4H-O 9-25 D449 44-44 OP 45 -OF-20-46-40-34 6 -24-00-8: Storage Warehouse, 22d and M Sts. re So 44 46-4 An Excellent Combination. - The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well-known remedy, SYRUP OF FIGS, man- ufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO., Mlustrate the value of obtaining the Mquid lax- ative principles of plants known to be medicinally Jaxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing te the taste and acceptable to the sys tem. It fa the one perfect strengthening laxativ. cleansing the system effectually, dispelling cold: headaches and fevers gently yet promptly, apd en- abling one to overcome babitual constipation per- manently. Its perfect freedom from every objec- tionable quality and substance, and its acting oD the kidneys, liver and bowels, withont weakening or irritating them, make It the {deal laxative. In the process of manufacturing figs are used they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants, by a method known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO, only. In order to get Its beneficial effecis and to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N. ¥. For sale by all Druggists.—Price, 50c. per bottle. fe20-tu, ths, 1384 Es ‘The oaly complete housefurnishers In Wash- ingt i ° Carriages. At once the largest and prettiest selection of Baby | Carriages and Go-Carts in the city, at prices that you }) cannot beat. ° Mattings. We carry the largest num- ber of patterns to be found anywhere, and, importing our own, can save you from 10% to 15%. Refrigerators. | The line we carry has proved itself to be the most economical and satisfactory, || and the prices are very mod- erate. | House & Herrmann, \| got-903 Seventh St., | Corner of I (Eye) Street. 2B | I PODE LEIS AE LEGER LAL PM ADAM Ly ODO DI DOOM HO HUG mt ds St 53 $ rs $ Sold z msenegs Springs at AR LITHIA, Shenandoah Valley, Va. Those Who Suffer With é z £ et ‘a ‘Rheumatism $ —Gout. Dyspepsia, Kid- z ney, Bladder, Urinary and % Stomach troubles will find % this water the most effect- = ive of all remedies z As a PALATABLE ¢ TABI WATER “Bear z Lithia” is celebrated. It’s & far superior toany imported % — water—and blends perfect- ly with wines and liquors. EF Cal at CUR DEPOT and taste 8 Tost fameus of all table waters world, Ask for FREE BOOK- ‘T relative to the springs, ete. Bear Lithia WaterCo., 423 FSt. It (No Branch.) PEOEEEOEEOEE IS Sete Snpeedetteetedgetnteted Seg eteterend bdttetedednfnetetetetetnd oaleenoeseetesieete Seoetestoetente Ss TELESCOPES 50c.—60¢.—70c. LEATHER-BOUND, $1.40 to $200. re ’ bo ) TOPHAM’S, it 1231-1283 Py \N. AVE. « Vermont: 4 ‘MAPLE 4 < iSUGA ‘ ° We have just received direct { from Vermont a shipment of 4 Pure Maple Sugar—from first 4 run of sap. It is pure, light and 4 fine grained. Per lb -r: Cc. C. Auerbach, 7 ® H. i Do! ESTIC SEWING MACHINES. 71 Little & Page, 1210 F Street. 4 au24-tu,th&s-28 Pe cada oN we we we we we TRAVEL. | | ‘Up the Copje of “SUCCESS” —“Our New South” Flour is » making its way i ON MERIT? : alone. Those who | NEW | try it not only & order again, but tell their friends and neighbors of a its goodness. CF Have YOU tried it yet? YOUR GROCER SELLS IT. W. H. Tenney & Sons, CAPITAL MIL tu,the40 ° aie | me sfonde Gas Stoves for Summer. Gas Ranges. Hot Plates. Water Heaters. Ovens. sonnet aSessessendontnetesseasentedientneteatentertonteateateetoeted secs te eeSeete Sete Set s Soe Se Bs te Gas Cookers. Family Gas Stoves. Best Table Stoves. 3 Florence Oil Stoves.: as Blue Flame Oil Stoves: Muddiman Sodoazenzeegoater & Co., 53 616 12th. 1204 G. te BE OF Chleago Jewel Gan Range. Serres eetenteteeeeetetptete Wanted-- Jewelry Salesman. Tust be able to fur- nish bond. Com- pany bond. Apply bet. 8 and 10a.m.to Castelberg’s. ap24-6t,25_ Kit Carson Post's Campfire. ~- Kit Carson Post, No. 2, G. A. R., will have ar interesting campfire tomorrow evening at its hall. Among other attractive fea- tures will be a speech by Representati T, M. Mahon of Pennsylvania, és 3 yee GAVE THE OFFICER A RACE JAMES WILLIAMS UTTERS CHAL- LENGE AND RUNS AWAY. Overtaken, Arrested, Locked Up and Fined—The Proce ee Judge Scott’ “Catch me if you can,” said James Wil- ams, colored, to Policeman Hanley, last night, when the latter started in pursuit of him in Ball's alley. Willams was captured after the officer had pursued him several squares, and the officer informed him that the laugh was turned. “The prisoner was in a house drinking beer with several women,” the policeman told Judge Scott, this morning, ‘and they made so.much noise that I had to order them to keep quiet. Finally the disorder became so great that I went to arrest Wil- liams.”” “What was the character of his lan- guage?” the court inquired. “He was Very profane,” was the officer's response. “I don't curse,” Wilifams told the judge. ithe ladies had the trouble and I wasn’t In “The officer tells an entirely different story,” Judge Scott informed him, ‘and L would suggest that you visit Jadies who will not get you into’ trouble. A penalty of $5 fine or fifteen days on the farm was imposed. “Guilty,” was the plea of Henry Wilson, a little man whose apparel proclaimed him a countryman. As soon as he had entered his plea he turned and started back to the cell, but was halted by the bailiff and de- tained until the court could hear the testi- mony, “He was begging from door to door,” was all that the policeman could say about hi One month on the farm was the cou sentence. Drinks, But Not a Vagrant. “I drinks a glass ef beer sometimes, as for being a vagrant, I ain't guilty,” Cora Brown, colored, when arraigned. “Cora’s an old landmark on Rhode Island asenue,”” Precinct Detective Howard in- fermed the court. = to be seen there with a growler in her hand at almost any I don't rush. the growler all th uid ma hard workir and I'm respectable.” She was fined $10, and will serve thirty mn the farm in case she fails to pay. ling to the testimony of Policeman rt. George Matthews, colored, is fond hing the growler.” ° jored men have been in the habit of cons ting on M s' sending for cans ‘of beer,’ ‘ and they have become a public nui+ atthews claimed he was a hard work- man and denied that he was a member ucket brigade. man offered me some beer uid th¢ prisoner, “and I dn’t drink it because It was flat.” att fined him $5, with two weeks : farm as the equivalent. A small colored boy named Owen Butler Int toi because he broke William ow windgw. Jackson ‘that the money,” you, know, I'd pay him said the boy's boys will throw She paid Mr. Jackson $1.25 for the win- dow and the court;released her boy. Disrobed i Public Place. Frank Clements, a young clored man. was in the procession on a eharge of indulging In disorderly conduct. “He was a: in an alley in rear of F street southwest last ‘night,"" Policeman Lake said. He had remo d most of his clothing be he was drunk and {m- agined he was at home Because the officer’ arowsed him he be- came profane and was willing to fight. ‘The penalty was $10 fine or thirty days in the workhouse. 6 | (a — ete ih SCHOOL STATISTICS. Information as to the Relative Use of Powell and Franklin Readers. ‘To the Editor of ‘The Evening Star: On the 2d of March the District Commis- stoners were directed to report to the United States Senate the following: “The whole number of pupils enrolled and the average dally attendance of pupils in the public schools of the District of Co- lumbia, and the total expenditures on ac- count of the same for each of the fiscal years from the year ending June 20, 1885, to the year ending June 36, and the percentage of increase or decrease in each of the items for each year of the lod named. Also, the total number of rhool readers normal series Iso in the Franklin and the of each, and the total amount ex- pended for Powell's normal readers and the total amount expended for Franklin read- © since the introduction of free text books public schools of the District of of cach’ grade in the Powell and al 230 of the same month the Com- sioners in response transmitted to the tement made by Superintend- skillfully arranged so as not ent to give the total amount expended for the Powell, Pow 1} readers and the total amount for the Franklin readers during the last eight years. Had he made the statement in the form called for it would have been seen at a glance that $28,171.23 had been paid for the Powell readers, or $0,054.62 more than had been paid for the Franklin readers. Nevertheless in the printed report (Senat document 240, Fifty-sixth Congress, the above facts can be read- ascertained, The Franklin readers are a well known standard series made up on the logg and generally approved literary base and widely used throughout the country. The Powell readers are made up on a so- called seclentific base to teach botany, en- tomology, zoology, biology, geology. ‘phy- stology, ethnoloi physlography and phy- sics, and have a limited use outside of the District of Columbia. nited States commissioner of education made a report on the schools of the District in 1802 he made the following comments on the Powell system of teach- ding, and he gave still more em te this view in his recent testimony before the Senate committee investigating the schools “In reading it ts possible to say that in some schools there is a neglect of literary pieces for pieces of a scientific character. A book on hygiene comes in for a reading book, and is useful in its way, but does not answer at all as a substitute for the great prose and poetic selections from standard authors. One is reminded of Goethe's de- scription of such scraps of scientific infor- mation: “They are like baked bread, good and sufficient for-‘the day, but seed corn Must not be grow gine mill.” Literature contains the Key: unlock the aspira- tion of the youth; nothing else has this quickening power., ,A,#ook like Rousseau's ‘Contract Soctal’, Gould make a French revolution. Homers Iliad’ could make Alexander the Great sdbvert the old despo- tisms of Asia and establish in their pldces Greek art and science and free individual- ity; a speech of Daniel Webster, a poem of Longfellow or Tennyson may prove the im- pulse to a great career.” There is a very fnteresting episode in this connection. Befoge the Senate passed the resolution calling for this thformation a supervising principal making request for some Franklin readers was informed that there were none on hand and that no more would be purchased. Since the recent expose that one of the series of readers (the Franklin), adopted by the board of trysteg®, was gradually be- ing spirited out and@$superseded by , the other (the Powell), Sperintendent Powell has ordered the purchase of more than 6,000 Franklin readers. Queries, If the Franklin readers were obsolete before the Senate resolution was passed, how. have they become so Important now? , What can be the necessity for the purchase of. more. than 6,000 readers just at-the. close ofthe school year? Are they like Kerl’s gram- mars, to ornament thé ghelves?.- And, by the way, why the order gone out to spell, spell, spell, spell early and spell late, in all grades of the schools? Even in the High in, which -for- merly there was no wirement-or neces- sity for formal drill ILospelling, they- are now drilling daily by that horrible: antedi- luvian system of lists Of words in no con- text, as the Powellites. designated it to the Senate committee. What becomes of their pedagogical theory thet ‘spelling comes by observation? From the same report we learn that from e 1886 to 1899 the increase in the average at- tendance in the public schools was 40.06 per cent. To show this increase, however, it was necessary to include the pupils in the night schools, although they attend school but a few nights in the year, and the expense for their instruction is only about $2.75 per capita. The whole numbef of these night pupils for the last fiscal year Was reported to be 2,520. During the same period the increase in the expenditures for the schools was 113.20 per cent, which is not stated directly, but can be figured out from the report. These two statements should be in juxta- Position: Increase in average attendance, 40.06 per cent; increase in expenditures, 113.29 per cent. ‘The amount expended for public schools for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899, was $1,164,734.10. The amount appropriated by the House bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, is $1,503,741. Making an increase of $339,006.90, or 29.19 per cent per annum in two years, while it is safe to say that the increase of the average attendance in the schools will be only about 6 per cent. In addition to the $1,503,741, appropriated in the House bill for the al year ending June 30, 1901, as stated above, the bill au- thorizes contracts to be made for an addi- tional sum of $219,500, making a grand total of $1,723,241. The Commissioners estimate the District revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, at $3,628,451.49, and while these reve- nues may not come up to the estimate it is certain that the expenditures for schools will not fall short of the appropriations. Appropriations for the schools, therefore, already absorb about one-half of the entire revenues of the District, and it Is very evi- dent that the new system of education, if allowed to run on, will within ten years absorb the entire revenues of the District, leaving the United States to support all the other departments of the District govern- ment. T. EDW. CLARK, 1100 Florida avenue northeast. —_—_._—_ THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE DESI A Criticism of the Baxcale Towers and Arches of the Acepted Plan. To the Editor of The Evening Star: A friend in Washington, knowing that I have taken a lively Interest in the pro- posed memorial bridge across the Potomac, has sent me a copy of The Evening Star, containing a description and fliustration of the accepted design for this bridge. May I be permitted to make a few remarks on the design recommended by the board of engi- nm and architects and indorsed by the Secretary of War? ‘The result of the competition from an ar- tistic standpoint 1s disappointing, for it scems a grave mistake in the design to place the most {mportant and purely monu- mental feature of the composition where it cannot be fairly studied. The view, as shown in the illustration, of the triumphal arches spanning the roadway can only be had from a boat in the river or from a fly- ing machine of the future, but never by one approaching it from either end of the bridge. The memorial arches can only be seen from the front as you approach the center of the bridge after you have walked nearly a third of a mile across the bridge in order to get a good view. If you stop in front of the arches to study the memorial it 1s at the risk of being jostled by the passing crowd on the narrow sidewalk, or run over by ve- hicles, trolley cars, automobiles, &c., if you step Into the roadway, so that you are not in just the proper frame of mind to appre- clate the beauties of architecture while look- ing out for your own safety. Then, it is unfortunate to combine so util- itarian a device as a bascule draw-span with what should only embody a purely monu- mental idea. If the top of the great prya- mid or the capstone of the Washington mon- ument could be contrived, by a clever bas- cule or other engineering device, so as to open and shut Ike the ld of an inkstand, the monumental character would be de- stroyed; for the impression of stability, which is the first requisite of a monument, would be entirely lost. The fact is that the two memorial arches are only devices to conceal the working of the bascule draw- span; they look like two accomplices, with their backs to the public, endeavoring to hide what they are ashamed to frankly ac- Knowledge. The bascule tower bridge re- cently built across the Thames in London, which evidently suggested this one, was de- signed with more regard for the eternal fit- ness of things, for It frankly acknowledges its purpose, and does not attempt to make pseudo triumphal arches do duty as screens for an engineering device. When these semi-arches are opened to permit a vessel to pass through a shower of mud, dust and ordure would be thrown by the wind over the delicate carving and sculpture of the memorials, thus depreciating the work of the artists. If Washington fs bent on having a memo- rial arch embodied in the design of the bridge, why not do as the Romans did, and roll the two Insignificant arches into one noble one, and place it at the approach to the bridge on the Washington side in the center of a wide plaza or esplanade. so that there would be verge and scope enough to fairly view its towering dignity? But why should a great thoroughfare, as this fs destined in time to become. be encumbered with a memorial arch? Two great piers, decorated with sculpture, mark the entrance to the Alexander II] bridge across the Seine at Paris, which is intended to commemorate the Russian alliance. As to the design of the bridge itself, it lacks simplicity; the arches are of ‘all widths, from 60 feet to 192 feet; and all shapes—semt-circular, segmental, and a steel imitation segmental arch for the bas- cule or draw n. Although the adopted design is the joint work of an engineer and an architect, it is evident that architecture has been the servant, instead of the mis- tress, of engineering. Had the Secretary of War invited four architects, as well as four engineers, to sub- mit designs, according them the privilege of associating an engineer with each architect, in the same manner-as the engineers who were invited called in architects to assist them, I am confident that the result would have been more of an artistic success, and would not be wanting in engineering ‘skill. As the matter stands now the wrong note has been struck in this composition. GEORGE KELLER. Hartford, Conn. —_-.__ The Cabin John Arrents. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Respecting the unfortunate occurrence at Cabin John bridge recently and the death of a most estimable young man in conse- avence thereof, it appears very forcibly to my mind that the Washington police depart- ment have a very queer method of trans- acting business In connection with the ap- prehension and arrest of persons suspected of murder and those who confess responsi- bility for the death of a fellow-being. In connection with the case in point sey- eral suspects were arrested and locked up in the police stations, with no evidence whatever in possession of the police to war- rant their action. The persons actually re- sponsible for the death of the unfortunate individual who lost his life at Cabin John confessed to the chief of police of our city, after a delay of one week, and only when the guilty persons had been informed that the police had obtained positive evidence against them. During this time they per- mitted innocent persons to be locked up without uttering a word in their defense. After the confession we find that the ma- jor of police advised the guilty young men to surrender themselves and volunteered the information that he could not compel the boys to surrender without a warrant. If this construction of the law be correct in the case of confessed criminals, what au- thority did our police department have in arresting and imprisoning the innocent per- sons whom they detained in several of their station houses? Is it possible that favoritism, regardless of conditions, is practiced by our police de- partment and the confessed criminal treat- ed with greater consideration than the in- necent suspect? JAMES ROACHE. = Cure for Piles. Dr. Rice’s Wonderful Home Treat- ment That Cures and Avoids All Operation, &c. HE SENDS A FREE TRIAL TO EVERY SUF- FERER AND IT WILL CURE WORST CASES. By sending your name and address to Dr. W. S. Rice, 488 P. 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It’s an extraordinary _underselling feat to be able to offer them thus early in the season at 39 cents for choice. 2 big offerings of ladies’ shirt waists. With the first warm days of S We are ready on hand with two very special values tomor- —that should create the liveli tation won last season for value-gi pring comes the need for Shirt st selling. You know the repu- ving—well, we shall more than Waists worth up to $1.39--for 98c. Chotce of bundreds of the Waists, in scores of styles, | White India Linon W fronts, exact most ex. pensive creat: White India Linone with tucking and embroidery in front, seme hemstitched effects, some with mew soft enffe and others with Then there are fine Co With 4 rows of of tucking In fro of the choicest patterns and where else they're selling at $1 $1.39. Choice for $8 cents. Ladies’ Ric s-ritbed Vests, S ss. and low neck with wi in whit pink and black. Silk trip ied and well finished. Regula EH We. qualities for adie’ Glove-fit Some special underwear [PERSE | sme 3 ca :Crowds are flocking to this: : mich : It tsn't Seehestees the values are the greatest You can n impossible Rargain Tables, ‘am Swiss Ed id ees $c ns and styles. Will get best e of them. $ e k Embroideries, Cambrie, Swi 1 up to 4 Edgings and inches wide a Hety of the & mest fetching choose from & ber yard, oni ty embroidery sa ow but teal fine of prompt respon: = AAC. le eet seats lit slabarate off P gene It will be n double present. 4 + ! ambric, Swiss and Nain = ertings to mateh—widths ranging x tiad < o oes sebenseite ? Matting prices that will send you here tomorro 100 rolls of extra hea China Mattings, In a fine newest effects, ‘1 Ings. NH : » foi rT a which 50 rolls of Seamless C1 quality and tine, close wo sortment of the a effects. Almost y Bton 19. for them-—und some even Ye Our price is to be only snperto 100 rells of the heay China Matting, in a fine colorings and dcx on. Including the bright . ‘These are double ¢ closest straw woven. Ac and 29c, qualltios—go fi 150 rolls of genuine Linen-warp Martings, the 180 warp quulity fondle Pe ao as te as te ae te te he ha a pWest carpet weavings designs. Guarant. values—for.... Little things called 2 pieces of Non-twist Tape for. 10c. Oak Handle Curling Irons 2 papers Good Quality Needles for. Se. White P. K. Dress Trimming. American Pins, full count.... Ctions” at little prices. S5e. Black or White Wide Taffeta Applique Trimming........ 2 dozen Federhaken Hooks and Eyes. Se. Black Hercules Draid doz. Agate Buttons for Se. Whalebones, all lengt Box of Mourning Pins Hat trimmings worth as high as $1.69 for 49 cents. fon Squares, half a yard square, in black and all colors, many of which are worth up to $1.69, for’ 49¢. Fancy straw braids worth as high as 50c., 15 cents Choice of an immense assertment Straw Braids, 15 tuches fo nd trimmings—in a great var worth up to 50c., for Le Ae te te to a to te te te he te te te te i : Se iteteteetetntntete? Ga a Sa ae a Its Worth to Find Out! If you have been in the habit of paying cash for furniture and housefurnishings—believing this course to be the mist economical—you have been making a MISTAKE. worth your while to visit this big credit house and make some comparisons as to price and quality. You will find our prices marked in plain figures—and in every instance as low as similar qualities can be had for in any cash store. As to qualities, they are personally guaranteed by us to be thoroughly reliable and satisfactory in every respect. We tack all matting down FREE —and you are charged only with the actual number of yards SosLondeodontondenteetectectets See Your Time It is well | : | : : , necessary to cover your floor. A beautiful variety of Baby Carriages at $10 and $12. Refrigerators and Ice Boxes—all sizes—all prices. Mammoth GROGAN’S creaitiecs, 817-8 19-82 1-823 7th Street N. W. Between H and I sts. The Indecent Posters. To the Edttor of The Evening Star: _ If there be any justification for a dra- matic censor, in the interest of public morals in Washington—and those who have seen some of the plays. lately produced here can scarcely doubt it—there is abso- lute and immediate need of official super- vision In the matter of theatrical and other billboard and “dodger” advertising, as ex- emplified on our streets just now. In the one case only the comparatively small num- ber who go to theaters, and these mostly adults, are shocked. And they can stay away if they want to. In the other case the sensibilities of the whole community— men, women and children—everybody, in fact, necessarily using our public thorough- fares—are outraged. There is no help for them. If they go out at all these offensive representations stare them in the face from every side. —~ A glaring case in point is the colored illus- trated billboard poster of one of the minor places of amusement, which disfigureg the streets of Washington in advertising the “attractions” of the place for the’ current week. In itself it is vul to an extreme degree and mead indecent = its ae gestiveness. at any property owne! would permit a vacant lot to be disgraced by such exhibitions of lewdness seems in- credible; but the desire to secure an 1 come } otherwise unproductive~ prep- erty appears to be irresistible in some na- tures. The public authorities ought, there- fore, to step in and that character, if they we the power, and een displays of if they have not then Congress should con- fer it upon Aegon But doubtless such nui- sances can be suppressed without farth. legislation if the authorities are so posed. The theory that “a man may as he pleases with his own” ho’ only so long as its use does not with the rights of others or operat public morals, and certainly the case under notice is of a character that ought to be suppressed now and prevented in future. April 23, 1900, CITIZEN, —_.—__ Welcome Extended. A number of friends met last night welcome Mrs. Fannie Church Parsons, who is visiting Mrs. S.S.Daish, 1609 19th street. Mrs. Parsons has @ wide circle of friends in Washington, having been often a visitor to the city, at one time spending several years here. Original piano compositions were rendered by, Miss Maedel, and the company was further entertained by a num- ber of musical selections and recitations. Mrs. Parsons gave an interesting talk, after which refreshments were served. Sa Guilty of Larceny. A verdict of guilty has been reported in Criminal Court No. 2 in the case of Jobn Butler, colored, tried under an indictiient alleging larceny from the person. It was. charged that he snatched a purse from Lizzie B. Bates last ye Drise oner was remanded to await the furthep da lds good interfere ¢ against to action of the court,