Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1921, Page 14

BY WILL P. KENNEDY. In his younger days, when lecturing, Lee’s army during the entire war, w{ to a class in the University of Wis-|Gen. Lee. 5y ! consin, Dr. Henry C. Taylor, chiefl g ..o wwinis and Senator Pome- | of the office of farm management,,rene of Ohio and Job Hedges of New United States Department of Agri- Yol:k wer‘e the prlnc;plé':[‘aen;u"!et;‘ uge, “red |2 banquet of the Ohio e Society. cultuge, happened to mention WOl yijlic made one of his characteris- top” as one of the pasture g tically picturesque and enthusiastic of America. Dr. Taylor has a shock|talks. Pomerene delivered & thought- of red hair. He told the class that|ful address in which he explained, the botanical name of “red top” was agrostis alba.”” From that time on the red-headed professor, now one of Uncle Sam's best hiredimen, has been forced to answer to the nickname of “Agrostis.” The university jollifica- tors composed a song of fourteen stanzas in his honor, of which the re- frain was: % We'lt & for old Agrostis, Agrostis in the red. We'n lld Agrostis in our coffins when And when to heaven, we'll sing for Reddy there, For we never can forget him and his sunny auburn hair. - Away back to an old Mosaic law some 3,000 years ago traveled the Supreme Court of the United States in its search for props to hold up the prohibition enforcement act. The court, in effect, held that an automo- bile dealer who retains part owner- ehip in a car by virtue of having sold it on the installment plan can be de- prived of his interest in the machine through court confiscation if the pur- chaser. even though unknown to the sales agents, uses it for illegal trans- portation of liquor. The court recited that an old Mo- saic law held that if an ox gored a man to death the ox should be stoned and his flesh not eaten, the owner of the ox thus losing his property right because of its offense. Justice McKenna pointed out that the an- * alogy to the case under consideration was that the automobile assumes a sort of personal status under the law and that if it violates the statute by carrying liquor illegally it shall meet the fate of confiscation, and the own- ers, just as the owners of the ox, lose their property right. An anomoly—one of many in Wash- ington—was pointed out to the House District committee the other day. by Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian of the Public Library. He said that the city police patrol _the sstreets surrounding the public park in which the library stands, but_that the park is under the care of the federal police force, as distinct from the District police force. Some mem- bers of Congress are discussing a way to make the poliee sevice more practical under the propgsed reor- ganization of the federal sérvice. =t Minority Leader Champ Clark re- cently called the attention of the House to a “remarkable ikeness of countenance’ which he noticed in the visage of “Uncle Joe” Canpon to Lin- coln. At the same time he called the attention of his colleagues to the pronounced resemblance of Repre- sentative Charlex M. Stedman of North Carolina, who served with Shoes Prices Cannot Possibly Go! or sought to explain, what the demo- cratic party had done and how some of the party's best work had been misunderstood. He quoted from. Deuteronomy to give force to his argument. Then Job Hedges re-!| sponded to the plaudits. He said he! didn’'t blame Pomerene or the demo- | crats for trying to prove an alibi.| but he couldnt see why they went to, Deuteronomy for a quotation when they might more aptly quoté Exodus. ' When the matter of counting the | the House Representative Warren | Gard of Ohio, democrat, asked “Has! this the approval of the minority members of the committee?” House Leader Mondell explained the entire situation. Then Representative Blanton of Texas injected the com- ment: “May I suggest the minority could not lose any right by it, anyway?” It there is one man in the entire American Congress whose picture is familiar to every ome in the country it ought to be “Uncle Joe” Cannon. because he always ran a close second | to the late Col. Roosevelt as the| most pho‘oeraphed and most \vri'-" ten about man on this continent. And vat onlv reesntlv. when the former| Speaker established a new decord | for lonzevity in Consress. one of the | big newspaners printed a cut of former Senator Frank Cannon. a Mor- mon, with a caption under it which read, “Uncle Joe” Cannon. Such things are often happening to “Tncle Joe” and his friends make sure that he does not miss seeing them. For example, a much-read newspaper in upper Michigan. on Jan- uary 8, printed a picture of an at-1 tractive young woman in lingerie and boudoir robe under which the amazed reader found this caption: “Still wears em—Uncle Joe Canmon, the grand old man of the republican party and one of Illinois’ representatives in the House. rising to speak at a dinner in Chicago.” ‘The mystery was explained when elsewhere in the paper was found a picture of Mr. Cannon, having doffed his vest and standing forth in suspenders. umder Iwhlch was the comment: “Boudoir robe -with oriental touch—from the jeast comes the imargination for this wonderful boudoir rohe of panne vel- vet and silver metal cloth.” Some one had switched the captions. | “Uncle Joe” Cannon has just re- ceived a_ photograph of a calendar on which his wel)-known éounte- nance. decorated with a hiz cigar. stands out but his shoulders are adorned with epaulets and his breast with many medals and decorations. A letter accompanying the photo- graph explains: “An_Allentown (Pa.) news dealer issued a souvenir calendar bearing a picture of King George of England. One of the men in the Bethlehem steel works hung one of these cal- endars over his desk. Another man. considering this too much like Eng- lish propaganda. vested the head from a cartoon of Uncle Joe over the king’s head. with the realistic effect shown in the photograph. Since then there has ‘been considerable contro- versy as to where Uncle Joe got all the medals.” He is in the government service in 3 humble capacity as a messenger, but his “boss,” S. M. Gaines, superin- tendent of the mails and files division of the Treasury Department, in ask- ing_Congress to increase his salary, said: “My messenger boy, who will be eighteen his next birthday, gets $360, and does the work of a man every day, and is just as faithful as he can be. I want to increase him to $600. He works on Sundays, too. He is as faithful and competent as if he were a full-grown man. I have never had such a boy as he working for me, and I have had hundreds during my twenty-seven years in the division.” | ‘Bore'l a son some mother is proud of. and a number of others —For most of the Shoes in this Sale were sold to us at less than the manufacturers could make them for. Wholesale prices have “stiffened” quite a bit since then. So this is a chance to save quite a “piece of change,” men! electoral votes was brought up in:}{ THE EVENING STAF, FRIDKY, JANUARY 2%, 191 $10.98 Ahgora Scarfs _ All-wool in various colors and combinations. 72 inches long, 27 inches wide, with 2 pockets and belt to match. 5698 8th & Penn. Ave. N.W. $2.98 Silk Underwear Wash Satin Camisoles, Crepe de Chine Skirts Crepe de Chine Envelope Chemise, also Satin Bloomers. L { 4 “Making Good” Our Promise || - Again Tomorrow Another-3-Hour Sale of New Voile Waists--9:30 to 12:30 Time to Cheer Up Your Wardrobe With a New. Spring Suit Reproduction of Ney’s Special Wool Jersey Spring Suit at '10= This new and refreshingly dif- ferent Sport-style Suit is devel- oped of wool jersey, in brown, green and blue heather tones. Pleated back, pockets, belt, etc. Get yours tomorrow, by all means. Made to retail at $20.00. 0 - New Spring Suits at Refreshingly different models of navy blue serge, with figured silk lining, effectively trimmed with fancy braid and buttons. Introductory price. New Spring Suits at Developed of tricotine, men's wear serge; ripple and plaited backs, novelty belted effects—flare models, bell sleeves. One model of sand-colored tricotine has bell sleeves and is fashionably trimmed with braid. Introductory price, New Spring Suits at Stunning, styles of light-weight silvertone fabric fn Nankin blue, brawn and reindeer; velour de laine, tricotine and’ serges in navy. Braid and button- : novelty belted effects; pleated and ripple coat styles. % 29 359 ‘ msmfiuUphmM 254 isit the Third Floor for i Skirt Valnes 33 98 —For All-Wool Skirts of silvertone and tweeds; suitable for spring wear, in rich heather tones 36.98 with novelty pockets .and button trimmings. Regular $6.93 values. —For $15 Skirts of faille silk, satin, men’s wear serge, poplins and miixtures. Regular and extra sizes. ‘Black, plaids and colors. —For All-wool Velours and Serges, in knife and box-pleated styles. All rich novelty plaid de- signs, with pockets, buttons, etc. - = Plenty of Extra Sizes Thank You The Overwhelming Response —To our Huge 1-Cent Blouse Sale last Saturday demonstrated the public’s appreciation of our con- centrated effort to set a new pace for “Value-Giving.” Another Blcuse Sale just as sensational is now being planned and Wwill be held as scon as the second ship- ment arrives. Watch Announcement (From The Star of January 27) The expected shipment of new voile waists arrived in time to make good our promise (see clipping reproduced above). more varied and beautiful than before. This time the styles are even The regular sale price of these charming waists is one dollar—for three hours tomorrow we give you the opportunity of buying one of them for ONE CENT, provided you purchase the first waist at its regular price, $1.00. One Waist *12—-Two Waists ‘12 COLLARS.............. cesees coats in Velour, Mixtures, etc. Nicely button trimmed, .*Some :: Fur lined, belted and pleated backs. Trimmed......c.cieeeee . Hiitisthe.. Cloth and Plush Coats Velour coats, heather mixtures and silvertones, with Bay Seat and Kit Coney Far Collars; silk lined. Plush coats with large self collars and cuffs and handsome silk limings. Values up to $35.00..... Stylish Wrappy Coats mixtures; silk lined. Button trimng% some with pockets; large braid-trimmec s -98 cape collars. All colors.and sizes. Up to’ — Coats That Were $29.50 - A splendid assortment of large collars, Velour and Bolivia cloth; . Lisle Hose Sheer mercerized quality,” all perfect. and toe, and 10. Double heel sizes 8%, 9, 79c quality. Here Saturday, pair S8 e Lyl COAT CLEARANCE Coats That Were $25.00 Including, smart styles of Polo Cloth, Velours and Oxfords, with large collars of self materials; button trimmings. SOME . WITH KIT , CONEY FUR New Spring " Faille Hats, Gros de Londre, s the-face and all the newest ef- 10 “comfy” 119 stunning Pétticoats ; Jersey Bloomers Cotton Jersey Bloomers, in white and pink. Limit two to a customer. 25¢ —of sateen with flowered flounce and elastic waist- band. Special Saturday Pn DRESSES $19.98 Dresses at - Velvets, blue serges, in var- g ‘Wool Velour Frocks in the $ 1 .00 popular shades. Taffetas in- " Velours; serges, " tricotines 3 ~! and velvets, with moire silk $ 1 4 98 L] with beading and silk girdle. : Beautiful $29.98 Dresses at with heavy silk embroidery; tricotines, with wool em- satins and fine silvertones, beaded and chenille trimming. $3.98 to $4.98 Waists Georgette, pongee and crepe stripes, some venetian lace trimmed. Flesh, white and es. "Way Down ARE 'Way Down! ious new and charming styles; cluded. Our $24.98 Dresses at trimming; accordion-pleated; Taffetas, tricolette, velours, broidery, georgettes, velvets, $ l 9.98 ' de chine in plain colors and honey dew. All siz $1.00 Millinery Cheer up your winter attire with a beautiful new Spring Hat. Every conceiv- " able touch has been applied to these lovely topmost essentials to make them becom- ing and in good taste. And inexpensive! The prices speak for themselves. Taffeta Hats, Visca Straw, Georgette and Crepe The season’s newest shapes and colors take for trimmings georgette scarfs, tassels, em- s .98 broidery, ribbon, clusters of flow- — ers and pretty ornaments. Spe- cially priced at S tunning Hats of Straw and 15 exd ly Jow pric -models for the miss and matron. ‘with._ facings of light-colored - Straw Combinations quriehe ok e Thein. - Beautiful Millinery ., .Braids of the finest quality silks. Sailor, poke, turban, off- 310.00 ‘fects are here in all the llov of