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14 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 24.—Wear- Ing a great bandage beneath the dress of a Florentine general, Lucien Muratore, noted tenor of the Chicago Opera Company, appeared last night at the Manhattan Opera House in “Monna Vanna” as Prinslvalle—the first role he has assumed since re- cently undergoing an operation for appendicitis Singing Clothes requires much skill and ex- tensive plant equip- ment. Our Dyeing Department is mod- ern and operated under the direct supervision of an cxpert. Send your Spring garments to us and have them returned to you as lustrous and beautiful as when purchased. Call Main 4724 ance with him since their tiff, in which he indorsed her as a diva, but criticized her as a director. It also was their last appearance here to- gether this season. 5 Both received a tremendous recep- tion, appearing before the curtai nearly a dozen times after the sec act, which brought their first du Handclapping was followed by bravo then canme flowers. “Carmen,” after which he ken. He and Miss Garden w str have appeared together the foilo: ing Monday night in “Monna Van but, instead, the tenor went to a ho pital, where he was operated on thi Rich black sateen Pante¢ dresses $].95 Liule Miss Muffet can sit on a tuffet or play almeost any- where without her dress show- ing seil. And if the sateen is soft and silk looking she will look sur- prisingly fresh and whole- some. . Dresses are brightened, of course, with gay colors, such as orange, vellaw, rose, blue, tan. And collar and cuffs are fur- ther enlivened with a stitching and piping Pantee also has cuffs of con- trasting colored sateen. Sizes 2to7 Kiltie velour skirts, $3 These wool velours rank among the finest of the Kiltie skirt fashions. Richly colorful in medium, large and small checks in blue, black and brown. ‘The shoulder straps are fitted with shiny nickel buckles. Ages 8 to 14. i Pre-Easter millinery for the pretty miss A miniature Paris exposition of chnrmin%wstylu that embrace plain tailored Milan hats, with long gros- grain ribbon streamers to colorful confections of taffeta and braid with flower and ribbon trimmings. Fo irls of 8 to 16 years. Prices $239 to 3195, (The Heedt Co., third foor.) If he begins spring with a two-knicker suit He will go thru the season safely, for the extra pair doubles the wear $9.85 Gives him choice of all-wool tweeds, cheviots and cassimeres. —in the new sport models, with patch pockets or fancy-pleated coats. All coats are lined with alpaca (not cotton), and both pairs of knickers are also full-lined. Gray, brown and olive mixtures, in stripe and plain effects. Sizes 8 to 17 years. Spring golf caps, $1.25 Gay tweeds and dressy cassimeres, with silk lined and gen- uine leather sweat bands. Popular pleated band style. Head -sizes 6 3-8 10 7 1-8. h Boys’ Pongee blouses, $1 A silky-looking blouse, with all the service of a stanchly- woven cotton. Polo collar that buttons down; double French cuffs; faced sleeves and double yoke. Natural shade that doeen’t show soil, and, of course, Pongee takes to water like a fish. Ages 4 to 16; sizes 4 to 8; with Eton collar. (The Hecht Co.~Thtrd floor.) Joe Judge will help you boys get ready Joe Judge, Washington’s star' first baseman, will be here for a few more days to help equip boys with uniforms, bats, gloves, ete. Joe Judge will personally autograph every base ball you buy Complete equipment here of Thomas Wil oon’s base ball needs. Also the famous Louisville slugger bats ction of the style used by some famous base with his sutograph. (Sport shop—Maln floer, sou® annex.) TWELVE RECALLS IN OPERA TRIUMPH pposite him was Mary | s Garden, making her second appear- | ; been cut off by THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, MARY GARDEN AND MURATORE GET [HIS FAILURE TO READ NEWSPAPER GETS MAN INTO PECK OF TROUBLE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 24.—Ed- mund Clerotzhi, for three years had not read a newspaper, accord- ing to his own statement. Conse- quently, he's in jall. Cierotzhl boarded a street car today, took a front seat and puffed lustily on e cigar. The conductor couldn’t stop him—neither could a patrolman. “It wasn't against the law to smoke on the, cars the last time I rode on one.” Cferotzhi told the police court judge. “When was that?" asked the Judge. ““Three years ago.” “Do vou know tkere 15 also a prohibition law now,” queried the Judge. “Why mo,” “I never heard of it. next day, and another opera was sub- stituted. Although he does not make his ap- pearance in_Fevrigr's opera until the second act, he, left his dressing room early and tooK his place in the wings, euger to try his voice before the crowded house. The audience ap- plauded at great length when the curtain parted on Prinzivalle's tent and disclosed Muratore seated at his desk. There was another burst of applause when Miss Garden, as Gio- entered his headquarters to fice herself to his desires in order her starving people of Piza might t the supplies from which they had besieging Floren- and which_Prinsivalle had pro- d in return for her visit. uratore appeared not to have ared himself during this act and at the end showed no ill effects. He was in fine voice. Miss Garden's voice seemed to lack its usual vigor, and her friends attributed this to a colé from which she has been suffering d which last night brought a slight ure. idiculous to deny. ment that ofli would make on reports that den was to retire as gener: t the termination of t New York season Saturday tin mi: answered Cierotzhi, But I don't care. I get my liquor from & friend who makes it.” Cierotzhi now is held on a charge of violating the prohibition laws as well as smoking on the etreet was the of the No changes have been made, added, in the tour of the country h the company had planned and which both Miss Garden and Mura- ore are expected to appear. . house of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1922, WRIST-SLAPPING GHOST MYSTERY PUT TO SCIENCE FOR SOLUTION combustible materials in his home. ! So seriously was the tale taken by i the countryside that the Halifax Herald and the provincial police sent representatives to stay three nights and days in the “haunted house.” ;They returned a week ago with shaken nerves, indorsing the farmer's story and adding to it, saying that they had been awakened in the night by slaps from unseen hands. Thus baffled, the Canadians have called_upon American science to rout the Antigonish ghost. LANDRU GAINS TIME. PARIS, February 23.—Henri Landru, the “Blucbeard of Gambais,” who was to have been guillotined this week for the murder of ten women and a boy, has been given an additional few davs of grace. This was brought about by M. Moro-Giafferl, his chief counsel dur- By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 24.—Po- lice and press having failed to solve the mystery of the haunted ‘whose now famous ghost has roused the entire Canadian prov- ince, science has been asked to solve the mystery. The Halifax Herald, which re- cently sent a reporter to Anti- gonish_valley, oniy to have him slapped on the wrist by unseen hands, wired Dr. Walter Franklin Plerce, director of the American Institute for Scientific Research, requesting that body to undertake an investigation. 'Dr. Pierce is reserving decision. The “haunted house,” as a good portion of Canada has now come to know it, is the old homestead of Alexander MacDonald, 100 miles as the crow flies’ from Halifax. In the dead of winter ilr. MacDonald, his wife and adopted daughter fled the h ., ing ndru's trial, who presented to terrorized by unseen “things” that Pre ut Millerand further arguments, had chased his horses to a lather, which the lent is considering. the farmer said, braided the tails | The nt prom to render a| on the appeal sentence. decision n a few d; of his cattle and started mysteri- p for commutaton of Land ous fires of ordinarily not high 7.th at FTh@ H@(’h# (TO. 7th at F. DR. ADOLF LORENZ ' SPEAKS ATNEMO CORSET INSTITUTE Discusses Hygien_e Advantages of Correct Corsetry g Dr. Adolf Lorenz, the famous Viennese specialist, now in this country, delivered quite an interesting lecture recently in New York on Nemo corsets. Among other things he said: “I do not mean to say that young girls should wear corsets unless un- der treatment for scoliosis. But Erown-up women, especially mothers, can only profit by tha he great extent of their ah-, dominal walls requires a support The old anatomists had a verv sig- nificant saving in this regard: ‘In viro pectus. in femina, abdomen praevalet® that means, ‘in men is the chest, in women the abdomen the most ‘conspicuous part.’ “By those few words the prineipal difference between the anatomy of men and women {is characterized. Translated in plain words of today’s language, these Latin words mean ‘Men do not want a corset, but ;vomen «do,’ and this will always e so. Nature Demands Its Rights, “There is another Latin sayins. ‘Naturem espellas furca, tamen usque recurret’: ‘You cannot expel nature, even with a fork: it comes back’, demanding its rights. One of these rights is the corset, may it be reducad to a belt or a ceinture, as the French say. The female abdo- men wants the corset.” same; wears long. and homespun. All gre smartly tailored in mannish lines mow eo i for street and sports wear. Co: re silk or satin lined. Solid eolors and high shades and the pepper and salt tweed mixtures. desiral A Nemo corset, $5 —illustrates what Dr. Lorenz says above. A self-reducing model, with low bust and long hips. Rubber in- serts, self.reducing straps. Four hoseisupporters. A;l Nemo corsetier —a _graduate of the Nemo Hygenic Inatitute, is here to fit corsets iflbe cornect Nemo way. (The Hecht Cv., second floor.) Misses'newlow shoes, *4 The 2strap buckle pump sketched may be had in patent leather or nut brown leather. . An ox- ford also in patent or brown leather. All with the desired perforations and Goodyear rubber heels. Sizes for girls 11 to 16 years in sizes 2% to 7. (The Heeht Co., third floor. three shopping days. Women’s silk and wool sport hose; clocked! Light-weight wool, with the sheen of silk, to match the popular tweed suits and to harmonize witl sport skirts. < ‘ Jade, orchid, gold, ]SJ;riwinlde. gray, navy and rose, smartly clocked in contrasting shades, $2.50. Phoenix silk hose, §1.20 to $2.50. z (The Hecht Co., first floor.) More frock aprons 500 more of those fine aprons that created such a stir last week. Made—and well made— of ginghams, chambrays, linenes, reps, novelties. Full cut and finely finished; not skimped in the making. Black and white checks; plain colors; neat figured patterns and stripes; and the desired plain blue aprons. All sizes 36 to 50 Get yoursell a summerful at 85c. (The Hecht O, second floor.) { 3 A coats $ suits Wool tweed suits, $15 First in fashion, and deservedly so. Tweed will not crush or wrinkle; tweed looks well and Included, also, are herringbones Last 3 days of the 10% to 40% discount furniture sale! You know what this sale means—unre- stricted choice of our entire stocks at dis- counts of 10%, to 40%. The sale ends with the month—absolutely. So please don’t come a day or two later and ex- pect to buy at a discount. For after next Tues- day all prices go back to regular—to stay. ) If your house is not ready or you cannot get located —you can secure the furniture you wish now by pay- ing a slight deposit, and the furniture will be stored for you a reasonable time. This permits ybu to share in the discounts. But you must act within the next (The Hecht Co., furniture, fourth fioor.) A presentation and sale! " Women’'s spring fashions capes dresses 15 New modes in worthy materials, with distinctive style features that look far above the $15 price Lovely new dresses, $15 If there is a new fashion missing it will be hard to say which itis. For here are New ideas in beading, fagoting, stitching, leather and metal girdles on cloth dresees, sashes and silk girdles on cilks. Paisley trimmings. French knots and colorful combinations of geor- gette with silk or satin. —Canton crepes —Tricotine —Taffeta —Crepe de chines —Charmeusc —Porret twills Navy, black, copen, tan, henna, mohawk and some high spring ebades. Sizes 14 to 44. Coats & Capes at $15 Silk-lined coats—Double-faced capes Most of the coats have the new raglan shoulder—mannish in line—but draping with casual grace. Capes have rather a cavalier air about them—to go gayly dashing down the wind or to draw about one in haughty reserve. Some of the smartest have a‘con-, trasting facing—tan with blue, etc. (The Hecht Co., second floor.) HANAN shoes Are for women with an appreciation for long-wearing, shape-retaining shoes. The Oxford sketched may be had in patent or black kid. Medium vamp and toes; walking heel. (The Hecht Co., first floor.) Women’s blouses More new ones at $5 The pride of the Blouse Shop is its §5 Blouses—always. For we have the best in Washington at $5, and offer daily scores of new models in proof. Prominent among the late-comers are: Krepe Knit, Crepe de Chine and Georgette Crepe Blouses In new sport, tailored and lacetrimmed models, that achieve the ulti- mate in newness and beanty at $5. A sale of blouses at $1.55 , New Cotton Blouses of domestic and imported French voiles, trimmed with Val, Venice and real FILET laces. - Round, square or “V” necks; roll or Peter Pan collars; long or short sleeves. All sizes 36 to 46. (The Hecht Co., third fioor.) lmpormnt-! To women who wear gloves in sizes 534, 6 and 64 imported kiso gloves 95¢ Don’t come unless you can wear the above size, but if you can, come by all means. For these are real imported kid gloves, all first quality; of fine skins, and finely made. .2 and 3 clasp atyles, in and white, ; 3 s/ (The Huckt Ov., frat floend) R 0 I Z 7 N ORDERED TO HOSPITAL. Capt. Arthur C. Hawkins, ordnance department, at Watertown, Mass., and | 1 First Lieut. service, at Langley Field, Va., been ordered to Walter Reed General Hospital, this city, and trea 7 7 ) Bad Teeth Invariably Mean Bad your mouth unattended when you can have the service of our wellN\\| known, reliable experts gt the most moderate cost? frame, pedals with rubber inserts, bicycle stand and spring seat. Red baked enamel frames, with good hair-line trimming. # Bicycle cnmpfi:lc with these extras, $35. - 1 (The Hecht Co., main floor—south enmex.) = . S 2 = k4 Phonograph records | . £ 10-inch, double disc—Two selections on each ' “LATEST HITS” o : Why pay $1 or 75c when identical selec- : -tions are here at 49c. Here are a few: i All That I Need Is You Blue Danube Blues { Dapper Dan Wabash Blues Kalua My Sunny Tennessee i The Sheik Arkansas Blues { When Francis Dances With Me Ten Little Fingers and Ten ; Leave Me With a Smile #Litti- Toes The Sun Will Soon Be Shining Second Hand Rose ) April Showers 1 Wonder If You Still Care I Want My Mammy For Me 4 When Buddha Smiles Weép No More My Mammy 1 Song of India Kitten on the Keys : Tuck Me To Sleep 1 % | TAX MAN GETS PROFITEER. | CHICAGY), February 24.—A Chicag R rd who =aecquired the habit o ing the rent so often that L. e money every year tha: t has reccived a dose @ lax incre against b Gerald E. air have Grimes, [ of his own of 347 per ¢ for observation | tm Why permit decaycd, broken or unsightly teeth to remain in| Come in Now for Free Examination DR. SMITH DENTISIS, (Inc.) 434 7th St. N.\W.—Cor. 7th & E Sts. Phone F. 2547—Over Kresge 5-10c Store P - Other Work Is Done. sale of 1.500 new 32 shirts $1.29 woven madras and high-count percales Sturdily woven, staunch wearing, full cut and finely fashioned, new percale and madras shirts; giving men everything they could look for in $2 shirts Plus our guarantee of a new shirt free for any that fades or that fails to give satisfaction Fresh, wholesome styles, alive, vibrant with spring newness, in colorful stripes and neat figured designs. All sizes 14 to 17. $1.29—four shirts, $5 $ ( gives you unrestricted choice of entire stock Overcoats with your money back and 67, added interest if you want it The sale includes the reserve stock of three of our best makers plus every overcoat we had on our own floors selling up to $55. You can look ahead as we did: save as we saved: pay out one dollar now and save two on it later, for these Overcoats were made to eell at $35 to $55, and E duplicates will sell for these higher prices next sea- son. Get yours now at $25. The least you can make on this sale is 6% on $25 for about seven months. Because if you do not wear the overcoat and decide between mow and October 1. that you are not money to the good, we’ll refund you $25 and pay you 6% interest besides. (The Hecht Co., first floor.) Many EXTRAS go with these Rover bicycles 535 . Extra features are coaster brake, mud guards, Fisk thorn- proof tires, aotorcycle handle bars, extra bar through center | (The Hecht Co., accond Soor.)