Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1922, Page 6

e , THE EVENING STAR, of the tentative draft of an agreement submitted. That article reada: *“When With Sunday Morning Editlom. |4 100 mes apparent that any wone or « |&roup of the associated organivations. WASHIKGTON, D. C. is made the victim of unwarranbed at- THURSDAY. . .February 23, 1838 | tacks or its integrity is jeopmadized it will become the duty of the repre- sentatives of each of the assdciated organizations to assemble to consider the situation. Ways and means may then be considered and applied to bast meet the emergéncy. Action takan under this section is subject to ap- t e oIy, Sn, s e oty vy | oroval by ench organiaation repre at 60 cents per month: daily only, 45 cents per | sented. ; Sunday only, 20 th. Or- w e e e e mggfl:,fi*fi, Mur; | Here appears to be another “bloc™ 5000.. Collection is made by at the end of each month. THEODORE W. NOYES......Editor e e (e e e W I Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. culation—transportation and fuel. At times efforts to compress one or the other -have been made without suc- cess. If a tourniquet can be created to be applied simultaneously to both the result is appalling to contemplate. One of the organizations represented S s in the meeting at which yesterday's Continuing the Ball Act. action was taken is reported to be Proposal to extend the Ball rent act | ihe Brotherhood of Railway Mail for two years, if carried out, should | Clerks, whose members are employes be attended by one primary considera- | o¢ the United States. The Interna- tion—that the rent commission should | tjona] Association of Longshoremen's not be constituted as a drumhead | nresence projects the shadow to for- court-martial for the summary punish- eign-bound trade and transportation. ment of landlords, but should be a|yngeed, the ramifications of the activi- board of justice in fact for the deter:|4jos and potentialities of the seven- mination of equities between 1andlords | teen associations extend into manifold and tenants. industries of the land. When the Ball rent law was orig- inally enacted it was under the pres- iff Mak sure of a real emergency situation Tarift ers Stumped. arlsing out of the war. Unquestion-| Business interests of the country ably it served to ameliorate and obvi. | cannot help but be dismayed by dis- ate conditions which would otherwise | closure of how seriously republican have borne heavily upon the tenants, | leadership in Congress is divided on and might well have impaired the ef- | the tariff question. It soon will be a ficlency of the nation's business of [¥ear since the republicans took over warmaking so far as it was conducted | cOmplete control of the government, at the capital. Equally beyond ques-|DMledsed to a revision of the tariff tion is the fact that it was utilized by | 810ng the lines of adequate protection in the course of formation—a bloc:| Zor effecting an end, not through lexlb, lation, but by direct action against the main arteries of the natlon’s cir-|* some tenants to the oppression of property owners. It is proposed now to enlarge the commission to five members for the expedition of the great volume of busi- ness expected to be presented in the contentions over rates and possession between landlords and tenants. Legal counsel for the commission will be doubled. The tribunal is changed in character from a war instrumentality to assure the adequate housing of war workers to a peace-time fair- rentals-fixing court, a court of equity, 0 do even-handed justice without fear or favor between landlords and ten- ants. When the purpose of the law was, in view of Uncle Sam’s war ne- cessities, to compel the housing of war workers at reasonable rates, it was. recegnized that this war-necessity related only to dwellings, and business property was finally excepted from the application of the law. Now that the tribunal is becoming a general peace- time rent-fixing court it is pointed out that rentals of busiwess property may as properly be handled by the court as the rentals of dwellings, since neither has any reiation now to war necessitie This extension for two years of the Ball act is really the enactment of a new law, founded on a different basic principle. And the wording of the Ball act should be closely scrutinized. so that all its vital provisions, like that relating to application to business property, may be altered to conform to the ehange in the spirit and pur- pose of the law. The new court is to be a falr-rentals-fixing court. like any other price-fixing tribunal, and is only to be tolerated if it refrains from func- tioning as a class-promoting tribunal and becomes a real court of equity, dispensing impartial justice to all the litigants before it. The Roma Inquiry. The investigation into the cause of the Roma tragedy proceeds, the Army board assembled for that purpose hav- ing promptly met and settled down to its appointed task. The fall of the giant airship has thus far, on the testimony of survivors, heen attributed to failure of the elevating rudder and to failure of the “control” by which the movement of the rudder is regu- lated. In such a disaster., where all material entering into the construction has been destroyed or smashed and deformed almost beyond recognition, it is difficult to determine what part of the mechanism went wrong first! It may be that such defects as developed in this ship may be avoided in build- ing other airships if the motor-balloon s to keep the air. There is a current of belief that the heavier-than-air ma- chine—the motor-driven plane—will displace aircraft of the Roma type, but there is a contrary opinion among ex- perts, for many of them hold that the * metor-balloon has a useful destiny and that it will keep its place in the sky. It is a question on which time only will render final judgment. ————— The inspection of dirigibles to safe- guard human life has not become near- ly as effectual as the public has a right to expect. —_—————— The real residents of Alexandria have for the most part known little or nothing about the numerous di- vorces In their city. ———— A few European statesmen appar- ently figure that there is real economy in making a debt so large that its payment may be declared impossible. Rail and Mine Combination. TImportant in the highest degree to the welfare of the nation’s industries and of the entire population was the vreliminary step taken in Chicago yesterday looking to a proposed com- bination of seventeen union labor crganizations concerned In mining and transportation, for future united action in & common purpose in case of dis- putes arising over wages and employ- ment conditions. Assurance given by John L. Lewis of the miners’ union that no attempt will be made to ef- fectuate the contemplated assoeciation for joint action in the threatened miners’ strike April 1 relieves imme- diate apprehension of the operation of such a combination. The fact that the agreement entered into vesterday must be submitted for approval to each of the seventeen units of union labor represented promises careful de- liberation by the unions and will give the country time to estimate the pos- sibllitics of the proposed amalgama- tign. . , fis purposs i disciosed tn articlo 3 to American industry. That they have not done sn is not because of any lack of desire, nor is it because c_ lack of agreement as to what is desirable. The republican leaders in Congress know what they want to accomplish. They want to give American industry the measure of protection which was af- forded it by the Payne-Aldrich bill. But world conditions and world values are so upset that ft seems impossible to tell whether a given rate of duty would be protective or prohibitive or ineffective. balance in. values abroad, the deprecia- tion in world currencies and the in- stability of exchange that the House passed a tariff bill with rates based upon American valuations. After’ wrestling with the problem for months, trying to adjust rates to the House scheme of valuation, the Senate finance committee gave up in despair, and has annouriced its intention to re- i write the bill on a basis of foreign valuations. To this, Chairman Ford- ney serves notice, the House never will agree; so apparently tariff legisla- tion is back to the point it set out from nearly a year ago. In the meantime business of all kinds is handicapped, and in some i lines is demoralized, by lack of knowl- edge as to what the tariff rates are to be. It is impossible for business men to plan for the future, and they must live a hand-to-mouth existernce. That some improvement has been noted lately is evidence only of the fact that stocks were so thoroughly depleted that they had to be replenished. Busi- ness is not going ahead with the con- fidence it would have were it known that for a given time, if only for a year, tariff rates would remain un- changed. This being the situation—a situation for which Congress certainly is not to blames~—the President and the re- sponsible leaders in the House and Senate may be tempted to consider the advisability of abandoning for the present any effort to write a perma- nent tariff bill. Apparently, so long as world conditions remain as they are, it will be impossible to frame a scientific tariff. with due regard for protection and revenues. The most serious inequities of the TUnderwood act were remedied by the emergency tariff law, passed primarily for the re- | lief of agriculture. The remaining dis- {advantages of the Underwood act are Pknown and have been discounted so { far as may be. It is possible the busi- ness interests of the country as a whole would prefer to endure the ills they have rather than remain longer in uncertainty or to fly to ills they know not. ————————— The definition of the word rights is taken up at some length in the res- ervation offered by Senator Johnson of California. The dictionary would be much more voluminous than it is if it required as much space for defi- |, nitions as a treaty does. ———— (To make the triumph of the Langley theory complete, the heavier-than-air principle in seronautics has proved itself safer than the ballooning princi- ple. ———— Science could discover the usefulness of helium gas, but was not able to cover the practical detail of making a supply available at the critical i moment. ————————— Great Britain is now contemplating with respectful interest the activities of the Irish people in settling a few questions among themselves. B — . The Genoa conference is expected to work fast, after the slow preliminary of fixing a date has been attended to. —————————— ‘The bootlegger becomes especially | objectionable when he begins to take on the airs of the new rich. ———— Ambassador Herrick’s Guests. At the American embassy in Paris yesterday Ambassador Herrick enter- tained at dinner the diplomatic repre- sentatives of the Latin American na- tions stationed there, and his guests, fifteen in number, united in the fol lowing cablegram to President Hard- ing: ~ The representatives of the Latin American nations, gathered together in the American embassy at the in- vitation of the distinguished ambas- sador to_celebrate the anniversary of George Washington's birthday, send their greetings to his excellency the President of the United States, and express. their most ardent wishes for his personal happiness and for the elfare " ity of the Tation for Amstican &4nos It was because of the utter lack ofy] THE, EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. o cordial and unalterable Hvery now and then something or other intradiices the subject, and we are asked to belleve that the people of Latin Amaerica distrust and disiike the people of North America; that they resent the Monroe doctrine: that they suspect us af an imperialistic spirit and of harboring imperialistic pur- poses, and ‘that our overtures for larger trade 'arrangements with them are unwelcome and in the end will fail. This cablegram is in an altogether different key, end breathes a spirit ‘which we may all accept as authentic. The signers are picked men, familiar, we may ail be sure, with home senti- yment on the subject mentioned. ‘Washington is understood and ap- Hreciated Jn Latin America as the sdurce of Bolivar’s inspiration, and Bulivar is winderstood and appreciated dn North America because of the cor- xedt appraiBement he showed in his work for hils own people of the work ‘Washington. had done for us. Each mens name is held in the highest reverenca in the other’s country be- caupd of the 1fkeness of the two men in their epprecistion of true democ- racy. ——tee—— The tontempt in which servile flat- tery is held by judicious minds is a valuable influence in keeping truth from belng pormanently crushed to earth. Cleorge 'Washington never gave his sanction tb the cherry tree story, regarding it, phsstbly, as too trivial for notice. Neverftheless, it has compelled him to figure, incidentally, as the man ‘who made Parson Weems famous. The episode alsb points the moral that in- sincere audadity may be depended on for lasting ndtoriety, even if it cannot confer the Rignity of fame. ! The pesort; to tar and feathers in & small Texas town to get rid of an un- desired citizdn perpetuates an ancient custom whidh clvilization ought long since to havle outgrown. It is a cruel and dangerolas method of punishment, despite the ludicrous eppearance of the victim. It would be more humane to revive the stocks and pillory or even the whipping post. { The questionnaire submitted by Mr. Edison to the bankers may not have the anxioas consideration accorded previous interrogatories from this dis- tinguished .source. Most of the bank- ers do not care a great déal whether they are ejigible to positions in the electrie wirard's laboratories or not. I New Yorlk’s Bohemian section known as Greenwich Village complains that it is being shaken to pieces by fas driven trucks. Cublist effects are inte esting in pfctures, but they are not considered desirable in living condi- tions. l His service on the bench has enabled Judge Landis to bring many pictur- esque uttemances to the attention of an appreciative public. The exacting base ball duties that now require all his time may cause him to be less fa- mous though not less useful. 1 Efforts to divert public attention to discussions of the so-called Darwinian theory will at least afford some mo- mentary diversion while problems, of far more practical and immediate. im- portance are being considered. ! The Japanese say that they under- stand this country as they never did before. The promotion of an intel- ligent understanding among nations is thedreally great achievement of the ‘Washington conference. f In addition to the immigrants who are smuggled Into this country there is to be considered the amount of con- traband goods they bring in with them. ! French statesmanship develops the kind assurance that the fact that their country questions its ability to pay a debt will not make any difference in its friendly sentiments. ( Prohibitionists are depending on pru- dent citizenship to eo-operate in law enforcement before bootleggers come into possession of too much of the nation’s wealth. l It may be decided hereafter to de- tain a dirigible on the solid earth long enough to permit a series of extensive and searching tests. It is confidently pointed out that Timely Move to Acquire Land Essential for Public Parks. EALIZATION that three tracts of land needed for the park system of the District of Co- lumbia as well as to provide much needed playgrounds for public recreation were about to be cut up for commercial purposes, and for- ever pass beyond the possibility of use as government parks, brought prompt action by the Senate in pass- ing the Ball bill providing for the acquisition of the Klingle Ford val- ley and Piney Branch valley' tracts and the so-called Patterson tracts Efforts to have Congress consider favorably the purchase of these tracts have been made for vears, but not until recently, when steam shovels and home builders began edging their way into the property, did congressmen and others realize that action was imperative. Prompt inspections were made by Senator Ball and others and the leg! was pushed. It was a Sena resentatives. * % % The most important of the tracts and also the largest is the Patterson land, known better now as old Camp Meigs. It lles in the northeast sec- tion ofthe city, on the north side of Florida avenue and just west of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf. The upper half of the tract is ele- vated, overlooking the city and river, and is almost entirely covered by original forest land, constituting the largest tract of forest land within this distance of the Capitol. About the center of the tract is a cement swimming pool, constructed while the land was occupied as Camp Meigs, which the Senate committee and others favoring the site say will be of great value In connection with the athletics and playgrounds for which the lower portion of the tract is admirably adapted. The southern half of this tract is almost level, and is very urgently needed by the pupils of the high schools and other schools of the northeast section for playgrounds, base ball diamonds, athletic sports and military drills. This phase was one of the most important consid- erations given by the Senate com- mittee. In fact, it called to the at- tention of the Senate the fact that it is on a direct car line connec-} tion with the Business and Technical bigh schools, neither of which has any playground or drill space. - These | schools now have to use the public strects in the vicinity of their re- spective buildings. This park is an essential part of the park and wla)‘-] ground system, and it was pointed out in a forceful manner that if it were not acquired now it would either be tumsA® Intol commerclaliuses o ithie n- cost of its acquisition greatly ereased. The fotal amount allowed for the purchase of these properties was in the neighborhood of $1,000,000, but it is significant that even at this| time when there ch a cry for economy, leaders who watch every dollar carried in any measure favor- ed this one. pointing out that one of the troubles in many cities was the failure to provide adequately public parks and playgrounds. for * ¥ ¥ X Aside from providing a parkway for a beautiful drive, the Piney Branch valley property, also dan- gerously near being lost, due to the inroads of homebuilders, would fur- nish a connecting link in the park system which would relieve much of the traffic congestion on feeders from the north. When purchased and im- proved it will be possible for the peo- ple of that general section to drive EDITORIAL DIGE:S The Consent of the Senate. President Harding’s capacity for | is, teamwork and the frank, friendly| way in which he sought the Senate's co-operation have won the fight for | ratification of the conference treaties, | in the opinion of most American papers. The Harrisburg Patriot (democratic) pictures the President as “cringing before the Senate” in his personal appeal to that body for ratification, and, in milder phrase, the New York Times (independent demo- eratic) represents him as beseeching the senators to behave, and “not to be so unreasonable, so captious, so partisan as they Wwere two Years ago.” The Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele- graph (republican), however, ex- presses a more widespread estimate of ‘the President's address when it says that it had in it neither suppli- cation nor dictation, that it was in |fact “the personification of one {branch of the federal government speaking to another posscssing equal authority in a spirit of the utmost friendliness and confldence and in- viting co-operation in a noble and necessary work." There is much recalling of another scene in which an American Presi- dent presented a treaty for the ap- proval of an American Senate, but a strong contrast Is noted by many writers, especlally, of course, among republican papers. Mr. Harding's ap- treaf roach is in striking contrast o Mr. ties do not all look alike to the | 050N " ays the New Haven Jour: Cnited Bistew Senste. nal-Courler (independent), the former “geeks ratification,” the latter “de- manded it In the Presidents ad; TIN ARS dress “there is no order to sign here. SHOOTING STARS and more important, to both the . Manchester Union _(independent re- BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. publican) and the Boston Transcript . (independent republican), because { the treatics as they go to the Senate Winter. » are accompanied by all the official There are leicles now documents helm;:ng‘_on them; there is “no steel box. 90 the bending Housh A wever, in presonting {hem Mr. Where the bloss Harding used_some “very - One:t :1111010,"‘! koo Frantse the New York World (demo- N oratic) thinks, to support “very good treaites,” or, as the Christian Science There are frowns and a tear Monitor (independent) lexpreue:m:::: earth’ same idea, “the Jreaties are (v?:mq, :; s :;1““’ more admirable than the argument he Snew e Atvanced In pleading for favorable I am sure will smile. action on them.” The arguments thus called into_auestion are those in h the President emphas: The Livieg Freacn:. N urance that nothing in any of “Your name,” exclaimed the admir-{ these treaties comml:- the kl]):;t:.: & States, or any power, to any ing constituent, "will echo down the | % i, (. e tanglement or involve- corridors of time.” 4 “I don’t demand that much,” said Senator Sorghum, much affected. “All I ask is that my services may be considered sufficliently worthy to keep my name mentioned in the various po- litical conventions.” Jud Tunkins says Philadelphia’s sud- den objection to jokes about her bein’ @ slow town sounds like the good old city was just bdeginnin’ to get the gossip. Right of Way. Johnny has a kiddy car. Hits a hill; and there you are! There is not a traffic cop ‘Who would try to make him stop. Leavings. “T understand your cook has left.” “Yes," answered the housewife, who ‘was taking account of broken china; “but not much.” “If ypu wants to succeed, son,” said Uncle Eben, “you gotter learn to git jes’ as busy an' enthusiastic over reg'lar work as you does over & - R b B ment,” and that there is “no surren- der of soverelgntyX That is “pure makebelieve,” declares the Newark News (independent); pells and in- cantations,” the World adds, to secure votes. “If we take the words of the President to mean what they mean in everyday English” the Charlotte News (democratic) thinks we must ar- | rive at the conclusion that “the en-j tanglements of the Versailles treaty were not more intricate and involving in any deta’l than is this pact,” since, on the President's own testimony,: “it makes the United States answera- | ble in any enterprise,” growing out of{ an effort to & signatory. In fact, the Winston-Salem Journal (demo- cratic), interprets the new treaties as; involving “more numerous and more; definite surrenders” than those ne- cessitated by the leage of mnations. But the New York Herald (inde- pendent), and the Philadelphia Bulle- tin (independent republican) insist, in the words of the former, that each nation is “left as free from entangling glliances and as sovereign in its Powers as on the opening day of the conferenc However, as the Nash- ville Tennessee (independent demo- eratic) sees it, “there mhould be no attempt to deny that some sovereign- ty is surrendered;” that would haller! be admitted, but it “should not oper- ate to defeat the agreement that has been reached,” for, the Rocky Moun- taln News (Denver, independent) maintains, “entangling alliances” as & political warcry has been. worked protiy. hard el late, and it does not. | dependent democratic) downtown to work in the mdrning through a beautiful park, and thus avoid the many street crossings with fifty chances of an accident wiped out, due to precluding the necessity of crossing that many streets. To permit this property to pass to commercial uses, members of the Senate committee sald, would be nothing less than a calamity. This tract of land starts on the east side of the Tiger bridge on 16th street and runs in a northeasterly direction to 14th and Varnum streets, where it | connects with District property on| which is located the Tuberculosis Hospital. If the government does not purchase this tract it will be possible for _the present owners of the land to fill in the ravine right up to the spans of the bridge. There is noth- Ing to prevent the owners of the land from destroying the beautiful trees now growing on this property. Even within the last few weeks very extensive dumping has occurred on the west side of the tract near the bridge, which threatens the proposed driveway. Contractors are entering upon building projects on the east side of the tract that will result in a 11l thirty feet high extending directly across the line of the proposed road- way. Purchase of this track would provide parks for a section now without them. When the projected park drive connecting the civil war forts, encircling the city at the sec- ond row of hills, is completed this Piney branch parkway will intersect it and thus form one of the essentlal features of the completed park sys- tem. * k ok k ° The Klingle Ford valley project lies to the west of the Zoological gardens. It is a beautiful ravine, covered with natural forest on both sides and will provide a park roadway of gradual descent. It is very greatly needed as an approach to the park for the great population lying west of Rock Creek valley. It is also urgently needed to form a parkway connection between the upper and lower Rock Creek parks. The Rock Creek and Potomac parkway, the south boundary of the Zoological Park to the Potomac river along the valley of Rock creek, is rapidly being acquired and will be open for trveel in the near future. The road along Rock creek in the Zoological Park is closed at nightfall and is also closed whenever the Rock creek is so high as to make the ford dangerous. There is urgent need, therefore, for a park driveway connecting the lower Rock Creek. Park_and Potomac Park with the upper Rock Creek Park. This should be supplied by a park drive- way west of Zoological Park. The southern half of this encircling park roadway is already owned by the government, the tract known as the Normanstone drive having been al- ready acquired to a point just about halfway around Zoological Park. The valley of Klingle ford supplies the northern half of this connecting park roadway and should be acquired without further delay. The park com- mission plan of 1901 included the Klingle ford valley as part of the: park system. Lands constituting an essential part of the upper end of | this parkway have recently been ac- | quired by two contractors and build- | ers who were commencing extensive | building operations that would have | destroyed the park connection. How- | ever, these have been deferred pends ing action by the present Congress looking to the purchase of the land. The bill, as passed by the Senate, merely authorizes the purchase and paves the way for an appropriation in the District appropriation bill. which now is before the Senate sub- committee on appropriations for con- sideration. The maximum amounts fixed in the bill for the purchase of the several properties are: Klingle Road Valley ,Park, $186,600; Piney Branch Valley Park, $237,700, and the Patterson tract, $600,000. eoxtending from (independent) forth with an “America first” stand- ard, which declares that “the Amer-! incan Senate should be the first” to! act. - The Portsmouth (Va.) Star (in- adds that if| the party whose titular head spon-| sored this latest effort shall again repudiate the leadership of the Pres- ident of the republic, there can be no question but that “we shall discredit the influence of the republic, render future efforts futile and urlikely and write discouragement where today the world {s ready to acclaim new hope. ‘While the Florida Metropolls (Jack- sonville, democratic) considers outcome of the fight for ratification | doubtful,” the Geneva (N. Y.) Times (republican) finds it “hard cefvable that there will be another butchery like that of the last big foreign treaty” because condit! L politically and psychologically very different.” Some internation: agreement must come, asserts the Elmira Star-Gazette “ndenendenl}l becauss “the people of the world are insisting, and will not be satisfied untll they get it Now the Ether Cop. Every important invention brings 1ts new problems just as the automo- bile its traffic complications, and now the radio hus caused a mix-up which has brought it to the attention of Congre: hen almost any enter- prising _ youngster in a big radio center can make or buy himself a set for a few dollars and, cut in on the wireless “chatter” of ths most im- portant government or business agency It is evident that some sort of traffic policeman will have to be evolved to clear away the ether and distribute times and wave lengths. Herbert Hoover, who has volun- teered to protect the boys of the na- tion at the big wireless conference which is to occur in Washington next week, says that the world is right on the brink of “the greatest revolution in the means of circulating informa- tion the world has ever known.” Of course the wireless telephone wiil not seriously affect the business of the cozy and confidential home wire. All the world can listen in on the wire- less party line. But all the world isn't supposed to get in the way. The Kansas City Star reports one lotter received by Mr. Hoover as fol- re al lows: “Can't the government do something —oout that ether hog over next to Baltimore somewhere? Every night he starts a phonograph and sends out a concert all evening long until bedtime. He monopolizes our wave lengths with his concert and we get anything else. We're tired Evidgntly the amateur is a.big problem, but the 25.000 boys who now | have radio sets will be a tremendous factor in the development of the sclence, just as their self-traintd amateur predecessors made up Uncile Sam’s radio army in the war. The boy sclentist mustn't be thwarted when the ether is cleared and zoned. Grand Rapids Press (independent). The last war is about over and the next will be about what it was over. —Greenville Piedmont. ! ] There is this much to be said for long engagements: they stall off the divorce court just that much.—Ore- gon Journal. “A man does his best work after| Afty.” Our observation is that he does his best work after a million.— Rochester Times-Union. London doctors claim that it is bad for the health to jump out of bed as soon as you wake up. Most of us are very careful of our health.—Nashville Tennessean. George Harvey will wear black silk knee breeches and silk stockings— unrolled—at the wedding of Princess Mary. The line for tickets forms at the r'llahtl}"c.;llnc:rn men keep back; Vi =z ure concessie already been 0., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1922 Go i Men’s Overcoats— Small lots of popular models in broken sizes from 35 to 40. B Men’s Suits— * Values up to $35.00. Boys’ Mackinaws-- Smart plaids; Double-breasted; belt ail around. Sizes 8, 16 and 17 only. Boys’ Overcoats-- School sizes from 11 to 17 years. Double- breasted ; belt all around. Actual Values up to $8.75. . v 315 Actual Values up to $40.00.,......... Fauncy patterns; both yéung men’s and conservative models—broken sizes. Actual . 53 53 That's the order back of these small lots remaining of the present season’s stock. It's the “wind-up of the clean-up”—and you can see we've shut our eyes to the loss involved. 79 Boys’ Novelty Overcoats-- Blue, Brown and Gray Mixtures. Sizes $3 95 3 to 8 years. Actual Values up to $7.50. .. ... . Boys’ 2-Pants Suits— Fancy Cheviots and Cassimeres. Belted models. Sizes 7 to 15 years. Actual Values up to $13.50. Boys’ Wash Suits— Middy, Junior Norfolk and Button-on styles. Sizes 3 to 10 years. $7.75 - 95¢ 105 Boys’ Blouses-- Stripe-patterns, in light colorings; collars .attached. Sizes 6 to 16 years. Actual Value, 89c. 50c 150 Men’s Silk Shirts-— White Jersey Silk ; of very excellent make. Sizes 14 to 16 $2.95 233 Men’s Neglige Shirts-- Russian Cords, Satin-stripe Madras, Woven Madras and Novelty Cloths (with and without laundered collars to match). 5 5 Actual Values, $2.50 and $3.00 . 315 Men’s Union Suits Athletic cut; self-striped and checked Madras; Silk and Linen; white and tints. Broken sizes 34 to 50. Actual Values, $2.50 and $3.00...... $1.35 108 Men’s Soft Hats-— Velour and Felt; imported and domestic makes. Broken sizes. Actual Values, $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00. $2.85 443 Pairs Ladies’ Low Shoes— Oxfords, Pumps, Strap Slippers ana Novelty styles—including Sport Oxfords— Dance Oxfords and 2-strap Black Satin and Beaded Slippers. Actuan;ruesuptosw.OO.......... $4.95 - 115 Pairs Boys’ Shoes- School and Scout wear: Brown Elk Uppers. "Most all sizes 10t0 2.....ccuuen.nn Actual Value, $3.00................ $1.69 196 Pairs Boys’ Shoes— Sizes 10 to 13%4 and 1 to 6—for school ond dress wear. Mahogany Brown leather. $9.75 210 Pairs Girls’ Shoes— Sizes 1174 to 2. Gun Metal; Lace and Button. $1.49 And On the Economy Floor-- 35 Men’s Overcoats--- Sizes 33 to 36 only. Good models— , ung Men'’s and Conservative. . $ 75 75 Men’s Suits— Small lots and broken sizes of Young Men’s and Censervative models. Pennsylvania Avenue $9.75 Saks & @fimp‘ang Seventh Street