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e e F The knack of serving an appetizing “snack” lies in the choice of - LOFFLER’S Special -Frankfurters P 4 THE® BVENING .50 CENTS AND-MANY PERQUISITES, AVERAGE RUSSIAN MONTHLY WAGE By a Staff Correspondent of Associated Press. | MOSCQW, November 7.—The 'Rus- sian wage scale under present condi- tions is more puzsling than a fever chart. Bvery ‘workman iells a if- ferent tale. Apparently the standard wage for an_average workman at the present time is about. 50,000 rubles & month, which, at the time of writing, is roughly equivalént to 50 cents. That is the wage of.a workman employed by the government. But in addjtion there is a great variety of perquisites, wood, drive cabs and tuke.real es- tate commissions. 3 fans of high and '1ow degree Lave undoubtedly acquired a great deal keener money sense under the bolshevist regime and the avidity with which they are taking to trade indicates that they will be less thrift- Jess than in old.times. -Children, pars ticularly, are showing themsolves to he sharp traders. —_— BOMBING PLOT IN JAPAN. Life of Prince- Saionji- in -Danger by Explosion. ! | ! | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 2—On long winter nights when the family sathers round the fireplace in some isolated, snow-bound farm< house, the members need not lack cntertainment, for the air is full of musie, short stories and gossi free to every one prepared to v ceive it. Thousands of amateur wireless operators, experts say, are listen- ing nightly to grand opera, bed- time stories, phonograph and band STAR;, WASHINGTON, D.. C., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2 MUSIC, SHORT STORIES AND GOSSIP . BY WIRELESS TO ISOLATED HOMES | 1921. operating the “station inaintains three other broadcasting plants, one tEsburgh, Pa., cne at Newark, N. ., and one at Spring- field, Mass.® The program of the Pitteburih piant is typlcal of the others. Early in the evening a bodtime is read by the sending or. The stories generally ume about. fifteen minutes’ . Next the weather and crop reports are announced, followed by a phonograp! This is the w On Sunday nigh Iy pre- pared church sermon is sent. stations operate on s, the amateur re- orchfstra and singers, but the | clanking of the chains as Lucien Muratore, as Samson, paced his prison cell, and the storms of plause that marked each cu noints spreading musgie throughout the room. Sras tariind Dt | Di 1 the idn't Grasp the Subject, MayBe. call. The sounds weré so cle: tooms Magazine. | that amplifying devices were un- . She—in blewu 1 took the part { necessary, ordinary receivers ly- {of Opportu ing on the table at the receiving He—Did one embrage you? 1 For the informal ‘“bite,” serve {1t ho gets them. R 2 concerts, crop and weather re- % i “I am supposed to get m pound o ; ot i ports and aerial gossip. Any these delectable veal-and-pork | | brend s Gab? riao) trog car Hides be- |Special Cable (0 Tho Star and the cuicaso| ROTES 307, 07l sy, Any turning smoked sausages, steaming hot tween 8 and 10.0'clock in the morn- | «mor out additional equipment, pick up s . o 2 buttered sliced rolls. {ing and 4 and 7 in _the afternoon. 1| TOKIO, Japan, December the radiophone messages and con- ECcpels ot tween utte slicy rolls. {am_ aleo supposed to get a clothing |police are investigating a natio cert the apdience Served any way, they carry a | {and shoe allowance. but I get the |hombing plot. In front of the Tokio Witk the j begins gathering at the Auditor- | |orders for these things and find that | | the supply is exhausted,” ome work- ‘man !who ‘is. employed with the, i | American Relief Administration ex- | | plained tc the Associated Press cors £ ndent. Oh. yes. 1 get some free theater nd_concert tickets, t00,” he added. g was the. explosio When pressed to tell whether that | 56 W25 dong by tne. o oo, | was the entire amount of his income, | the Osaka mansion of Raron {1he man admitted that he held two |tome, a millionaire banker, an obs .under the government and some- | dent of the Besshi copper { times got bread at two places. e |works. The bomb was exploded by |knew cf men who held three jobs.|stumbinig carthorse ten minutes and managed, to keep themselves on|fore the baron’s arrival from his Ky three .~ governmeént payrolls. That | oto villa, Wwhere he had been livin, was the only way it was potsible to |in retirement since last Octdber, whe: .set ehough to live on. {he received a number of threale . 77 1t is apparently very easy to hold a ! letters from d | government : position ~without giving | Boris Grey wmany hcurs to the service, and con- cquently, the positions are held to | a contiderable extent for the pur- post, .of - getting rations. Governme: | employes engage in all other sorts They run shops, seH their be- i in the mark in less grand op: director-genera Opera_Compan tertainment nights a week. Telephone the ments arc tested . Afew the | announces the opera for | the principal sing -then gives of the first act, railway station, where Premier Hara was assassinated, a bomb was ex- ploded 2 few minutes before Frinc Saionji boarded a train for his Oki residence, just after the regency nouncement had been made. Chicago three hours’ en- turnisiied fi “Bayer” on Genuine Aspirin—say “Bayer” Ask Your Meat Man Unless you louk for the 1 “Baye on package or on ta {may not get genuine scribed by physicians jor tw rears and proved safe by i {Take Aspirin only as told th {Bayer package for Colds, Headache, : Kibeumatisia, Earache name Neuralgis # Lumbago and for Pa:n Toothachic, OMAN g wireless station on the roof of kyrcraper several blocks aw and from there nt out broa 10 any one with the proper equip- ment to ive it. The comy Another of the LOFFLER 36 Pure Pork Products— COUNTRY SAUSAGE t In the fi and Delilah” stations ha 'Samson < )g, amateur not only hedrd the i ! i taste thrill! ! i LOEFFLER Pravision Ce., I iovernment Supervision. Made by A th distributing sov: funds in Japan. has not been but an unofficial invest gation ceedin; Wy pro- N [N Jordan’s Christmas Club Enables You to Buy a Magnificent Player- Piano and Take THREE Years to Make Your Payments Are you one of the many: who say “what a wonderfnl. Christmas this would be if we could only:afford to have a plsyer-piarfo " For folks like you, our Christmas Club pre- sents a real opportunity. It enables you to have your player-piano and still feel no hard- ship in paying for it. Under our Chrisimas Club Plan, it is necessary for you to pay o_nl_v Two Dollars to join the Club and be eligible for all the advantages we offer in'it. “You'- then can ‘select your piano-any time before Christmas; and make‘your gw terms about the ent. Then you have three full years in which to pay’véur balance, in small weekly or monthly paymients, that you will not féel at all. These are only a few of the advantages we offer through this Christ- mas Club.; Note the balance in the list below. Give the Family a Phonograph! | No expenditure you could make will bring the same degree of pleasure and satisfaction on Christinas Day as a fine new phonograph. \We are featuring a special ~model at a very low price, with a very small down pay- ment, and on the balance unusually g __Easy Credit Terms Sewing Cabinets, $6.95 huagine g popular Priscil Bridge Lamps, $9.95 A number of new de- signs to show in the: very- popular style lamps. Ad extra spe- cial for tomorrow’s selling at $9.95. This Smoking Stand, y Porcelain Top Kitchen Cabinets, $34.75 Lis modern Kitchen Cahinat porcelain adjustable table p and all latest improvements. Top interior i8 of white enamel. in L, won oup of differ in fl fuliy i hogany at price. Special for to- morrow only. You Have Choice of These Following Well Known Makes Chickering, Behning, Lyon & Healy, Marshall & Wendell, Francis Bacon, Cable Nelson and Meldorf Player-Pianos Your Home Shoul‘d; de_ssess Music You Owe it to Your Entire Family No one can afford to underestimate the power of music. There is no greater “influence for good” known. It is an educational, refining, recreational, restful influence that is almost as import- ant to your family as shelter.; Compare the home with music, to one witheut it. There is a difference. Why not bring music into your home of the best possible kind, through one of the mdérgil Francis .Bacon Player Pianos offered through this Christmas Club Plan? Each instrument is a player piano, second to rione and absolutely guaranteed for workmanship, durability and satisfaction. Here is a department of our busi- ness that we operate practically with- out profit each Christmas as a con- venience for our customers. It's the greatest money saving toy department in town, and cverything in it is specialiy priced. Shop early for best selections. Bed Davenport Set ~ Tomoriow y furnish vour liviu | room at the pi 3 for the davenport alon oak frames, upholstered in a very fine grade of imitation leather, with coil spring seal specially priced complete, on conveyient credit, term: at N is 3ll it costs to be- It is to'your Advantage to Buy 2e Vel;:;de, Doll Baby | Masuells come a member of Thréugh this . Christmas Club A Cedar Chest for S Ste onivig displas | Horse Car like = Christmas! For boys of 2 1o pictured. Very Here is one of the most de- 5 years, strongly our Christmas Chub we can Wea " are strong and” dur- By buying in large quantity for In largs quirdd i ristmas Club i ; ighttul gifts vou could v ; this Cb / buy pianos and by selling them in large D e ror mwainp. daaeh: made of Iron, with | noed Curriag ablel Larpe size. O numbers, as through this Plah, we are enabled to offer you a real ter, and we offor you a chance to et ot tomorrow ut a very low price, 'm‘ e pandls -seat. noods. o8c. il e 3 starting A X All-ste <. TIII‘Q Yem tor saving in price and extend to yvgthmm of this Red Rider . Christmas Club. But, to “get-in” this Club, you will 5 have to act immediataly. Thrifty are quickly taking up Automobile, Pay flle Balance the membership. Make up your now. Join today. Call at = rss‘o ,?f' = handseme. Made aur store and sign your application blank. Or, Phone or Write and we will send it to you. * \VArthu'r Jordan Plano Co ; AR L S Sl R A e e Maxwell Flivver r | THITERNTH AND G STREETS - piery. duratle a3 . ‘mu 'o '’ o, e, Lav't zasm N i é Witheut any obligation on my part, please send ful with improved f Jknuckle joints. steering pear and rubber-tired ..‘2}’_‘,; : &\ 3 L3 American Made, 98¢ Hummer Engine, car and coal car, four picces of track just as pictured. Well made and durable, Uphelstered fn exeellent qoal- ity - imitation leather; spring back and spring seat; finished in antique brown mahogan; 2quipped with disappearing I rest and push button which. p . Has very heav wood wheels’ rubber tires. No m, chanical ~ parts Auto Garage, .. €9c 10 G Street at Thirteenth " HOMER L. KITT rtie : Kk or wear out. mjts adjustment of back to any T W o Mechanlcal piticalars Mah- apolication Manky of ygur .Chrismis demons | ied posttion ting at | Autos and'a G g ; Il tor ave. I Plager-Piano Club. $1.50 Friction Afito, 89c Friction Auto- mobile. very strong_and dura- ble. No mechani- cal parts; doesn’t get out.of order or break. Runt entirely by fric- tion, SPe. - . Runs. forward and. back- ward, Specialowence:iraeepes