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| Artor JORDAN e i®.e-e- g e~ Baby ”G_rqnd Piano Week Whatever Our Means Give the Children a Good Start Furnish Them Music, Give Them Every Means to Cultivate Music in Their Home. - A Baby Grand Piano will make a house a home. It is an instrument to love and cherish arld dive with through many generations—and it's easy to buy, because the price is not high and liberal credit accommodations are easily arranged. Come and view the large display now on exhibit G Street at 13ta NW. -r‘B.c?'Q'&...dec.%flm A Sweet Incentive— —to say, “Come soon again,” accompanies the caller who pre- sents his hostess the remowned assortment of Italian chocolates, nuts, creams, caramels and nougats in Cornwell’s Bungalow Box “5-Room Sweets” A Pound and a Quarter $1.55 . Sunday Paper Nougats—95¢ Lb. © “Cibivat " ‘confictions . of French honey mallow— pearly white and firme—en- riokhed with toasted hazel nuts and clmonds. CORNWELLS Cande- 1413 H Sireed Vain phone 875 Mg__eting the Issue EN are in no more mood for - throwing money away than , -~ they were before. We know that PRICE is an issue again—and we’ve mét it squarely in Spring Clothes. We’ve searched all over for the best $25 and-$30 suits to be had— and we got them! We have $20 . suits for those who won’t “go” any higher—and we’ve placed $49 as the limit for Rochester-Tailored Clothes—the finest we have—which means the finest to be had! 'We have a wonderful line of two-trousers suits as low as $24.50. Topcoats galore—in all the new Tweeds, Camels Hair, Gabardines, etc., as low as $22.50—and $37.50 for the best of them?! And a special word for the model we made a byword in Washington —the BROOKS model! g The Tashion Shop ROCHESTER TAILORED CLOTHES 9th MANHATTAN SHIRTS—STETSON 'HATS—INTERWOVEN HOSE (VONANDSCSSES TRAVELERSAD i{Mrs. Van Riper Telis of Homeless Girl and Run- i away Boy. Problems surrounding the homeless 3) | 8Ir1 and runaway boy were subjects of discussion by Mrs. F. M. Van Riper, executive secretary of the Travelers' Ald Soclety, this week in addresses to members of the Ohlo State Society ind of the Housekeepers' Club of the . W. C. A, who told of the work of the society in these directidns at the Union station. Mrs. Van Riper also included the aged and ble men and women coming to hington who might be in need of ald. Thers are 171 branches of the Trav- elers’ Ald Soclety in the United States, and all are maintained by the vol- B|untary contributions of the citizens in the cities in which located, with the exception of Norfolk, Va. In the southern city the city council con- tributes toward its support, as do the railroads entering the city, and as does the state leginlature by means of a special appropriation. 1f thero t is contr@puted ngt: The soclety i 10,000 with which ork. Arthur C. ecretary, and John carry on its ses, executive Larner, treas- to M oontributions are not being made a feature of the solicitation—a few dol- lars from each person would mean the life of the organization, and pro- vide the means for giving material aid to those in need who come-into the city by way of the Union station. | Mr. Larner reports thé following re- ) cent contributions: Harrfett B. Newberry, Mra. S. B. | Elkins, Mrs. Barrett Bcowning, Judge R| and Mrs. Walter L McCoy, Annle K. Warren, George David, Frank A. Mil- § | ligan. Frederick A. Delano, William Curtis White, Sally Long Ellis and A. B. Warren. —_— GUESTS OF SOCIETY. @ | Vice President to Attend Meeting (O Company § of Massachusetts Body. Three more ameatings befors hot weather sets in are on the calendar of Massachusetts Soclety of Washington. The first two will be P iheld in the Thomson School April 4 and May 2, with the usual entertain- diment and dancing after each meet- ing, and the third will be held in the large ballroom of the New Willard Hotel Wednesday evening..May 31, at o'clock.: This m ng will be ‘guest’ of honor nigl ind will con- sist of a reception, entertainment and ball. The guests of honor for_ the oc- casion will include: Vice President Coolidge, Speaker Frederick H. Gillett of the House, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis of the Supreme Court, Sec- retary of War John W. Weeks, Gov. Channing H. Cox of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts congressional dele- gation, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Eliot Wadsworth, Charles S. Hamlin, member of the Federal Re- serve Board; President Joseph W. Powell of the Emergency Fleet Cor- poration, Herbert Putnam, librarian of Congress: Chairman Thom C. Marvin of the Tariff Comm Col. Charles R. Forbes, director of the Veterans' Bureau, and Superin- tendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou. DIPLOMAS FOR TWELVE. Midyear Commencepqt,’lonight at Columbia University School. Midyear commencement exercises of the Columbia University School will be held at the institution. 806% I street, this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Diplomas will be presented to twelve graduates. i Dr. W. Thomas Shepherd. president of the university, will preside. Diplo- mas will be presented by Drs. Hamil- ton and Estrella, prinoipals; Director Hart and Prof. Marti Addresses will be made by Viotor V. Martin and Clara L. Kellar. Lillte Kaminsky and the glee club will furnish a musical program. The exercises will be followed by a meeting of the alumni association and the board of trustees and a social. A banquet will be held in the Hotel Raleigh tomorrow at § o'clock. The graduates are: High school de- partment, Edward J. Goupee, Walter E. Baker, R. Orville Metcalf, J. War- ren Girvin, Charles Perry Beckley and Sidney Hardy Burgess; junior college departnient, Anthony Francis Vitale and Felix Barre; music de- partment, Lillie Kaminsky, Ellen Le- nore Hemmick and Carl Louis Welk; public speaking department, Clara L. Kellar. —_— CLOTHING REDUCED 10c. "|Mail Carriers’ Uniforms Cheaper Than Last Year. i Clothing has decreased all of 10 cents in price since last spring, if one can judge from prices of letter car- rier suits. Contracts awarded by the Wash- ington city post office today for com- plete letter carrier sults gave the fig- ure at $24.60. Last year's prices were $24.70. Every carrier saves 10 cents. SUES FOR COMMISSION. The American Bureau of Trade Ex- tension is named as defendant in a suit filed in the District Supreme Court by Paul P. Brewington and Harry L. Stewart to recover $9,000 said to be due them under an agree- ment for the sale of the company" stock. They say they secured pur- chasers for stock worth $30,000 and ‘were to receive 30 per cent commi slon, which, it 1z sal now refuses to p. Morris Wampler plaintiffs. —_— Miss Maud Earl, an English artist, has painted the portraits of all principal dogs of Great Britain, i cluding the s of the royal fami PERPETUAL | BUILDING | | ASSOCIATION | Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in or 83 months. It % Pays 4 Per Cent, on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity.” ° Assets More Than $7,000,000 i 1 The $3,000-a-Year College Professor Reads a News Hem. —By WEBSTER. r DESERVE S VT THitW<. 3 ST % WEBLL MOW, Thay THE Yours- et Len010] #75,000 . 1 YEARS " °"',l ol - g;;:eecrmmq 1S PROFESSIOM. QA | 1 SUPPOSE FOR MANy SEASONS ';E.MD To GET Aloridrord 1570R 20,00 MBER HOW PROUD Acw PPY BOARD INCREASED My STIASND FROM 2800 > $3,000 . WHY, THE WORLO WAS oo SMALL o' WLO ME ¢ " 1 oW TUST How THE Youna- MAn R6ME A BALL RLAYER WOULD MAVE B Vo' 600D, EFFECTIVE WORK W IS \igoME WAS LIMITED ™ 25 0R 30,000 A YEAR . ” INE. MO PATIENCE \WITH THE PEORLE WHO THiIM TUSTCE AND EQUITY ARE DEAD! \NE ARE GETTING ALLTHATIS | Comimo-To uS! 1T'S A LovELy WoRLO: (0] “THAT 12 YEAR OLD MOVIE QUEENS ARE PAID SOMEWHERE NEAR WHAY THEY ARE REALLY WORTH . A LITTLE GIRL SCRIMPING ALoMG On $2500 AwEEK WHEN SHE 1S EnTiTLeD To¥5000 15 Too PISTRESS NG To OwELL uPo™ ” 7 3 BARS OF SILVER BULLION; $4,000 AWARD TO THRéE. 44 WORTH ABOUT $4,000, |waiters Get a Verdict Against Cap-|91d; sccording to” a"réport “of ‘her . Sherman avenue, since BUFFALO, March 17.—The police | Linwood A. Walters was awarded a|March 8. When last seen the child and the sherift’s office today, were |Yerdict for $1,000 damages by a jury wore a green coat and blue velvet hat. trying to solve the problem of how | {in Circult Division 3 before Justice bar silver worth between $3,500 /rs COLORED GIRL MISSING. Louise Turner, colored. eleven years old, according to a report of her WOMAN VOTERS TO MEET. League. Will Hold Luncheon at Grace Dodge Hotel. The first annual 'meeting of the District of Tolumbia League of Wom- an Voters will be hel the Grace Dodge Hotel on Baturday, March 25. ‘There will & luncheon at 1 o'clock to which members may in- yite thelr friends. Tickets will be $1 and reservations must be made not later than 6 p.m. on Friday, the 24th. Write or telophone to the cor- responding secretary, Arthur Powel Davis, 3212 ist north- ‘west, telephone North 8i Following the luncheon, at 3:30 the business meeting will be held in the Hut, adjoining the hotel, when of- ficers will be chosen for the coming year. 5 —_— Dr. Margaret Patterson, Toronto's woman police magistrate, was for- merly a medical misslonary in India. | Ease of handling and | control are emphasized | in the new Type 61 i Cadillac by an absence fl of things which dis. l| ‘tract and annoy. The Washington Cadillac Company Rudolph Jose, President 1138-1140 Comnacticat Avewne L Telephones Frank. $250 To Invest? The first real estate mortgage is divided into notes of small denominations—from $250 to $1,000. Thus the small investor is given opportunity that once belonged only to the large investor—absolute first mortgage security and full 7% interest. Put your savings and your surplus cash at work, and they will earn an income so attractive that you will become —as s0 many others have become—a regular purchaser of these sterling investments. Notes $250—$500—$1,000 ALLAN E. WALKER & CO,, Inc. 813 15th St. N.W. Swor : B emstitching, Picot Edging, 10c. Yd 1219-1221 G Street N.W. Store Hours, 8:30 to 6 A Big Purchase and Sale of 900 Pairs Women’s THOMPSON’S SAMPLE SHOES In sizes 3'%, 4 and 4% only. Hoehling against the Capital Traction Company for injuries received when | and $4,000 came to be burfed on the farm of Lewis Salmon, on the east bank of lbe Niagara river near Lasalle. Salmon called on a Buffalo jew- eler yesterday with a sample of the metal, which he had turned up with a spade. Learning that it was real bullion, Salmon reporetd his find to the police, and, accompanied by an officer, returned to the farm. They dug up forty-four bars, each six inches long, three inches wide and half an inch thick. The soil showed no sign that the bul- lion had been recently buried. The bars were found at varying depths from one to four feet below the surface of the ground. an automobile driven by him was struck by a car of the company. at 26th street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest September 14, 1919. His wife was given a verdict for $1,000. and his son, Robert W. Wal ters, $2,000 for the injuries receiv by them. The automobile was over- turned and Walters and his wife and child injured. Attorneys Wiltori J. Lambert and Rudolph H. Yeatman appeared for the plaintiff, while Attorney Frank J. Hogan represented the company. 4 P’:r Cent Money Offer 7 per cent on realty loans Invest tors in our oon- 3 Ibe for $1.00 or 12 Ibs. for $3. Parcel Post. Satisfac teed L. K Hostetier, Toraien t} uraish you estimates on Paiat- ing for Protection. We have sold the same identical values this season as high as $10. These Shoes are ALL Quality Shoes, finely fash- ioned and finished of the very best leathers and materials throughout. Included are Walking Oxfords of tan and black, New Smoked Horse Oxfords, in white and black and tan and brown; one, two and three strap Oxfords, White Oxfords and Strap Pumps. ALSO—We have included about 300 pairs Oxfords and by pay when we loan at 41 tract get big returns. Circular free. ATLANTIC DISCOUNT CORPORATION Munsey Building Tel. Main 5419 FIT IS SERVICE YOU WANT —we are upescelled at Painting, Paperhangiog and Upholstering. Let —— DEFENDS HISTORY. Superintendent’s Report Said to Be l on Favor of Book. Agitation of the Piney Branch Citi- zens’ Association for the withdrawal from use in the high schools of “Muz- zey's American History” was discussed by the board of education at an us estimate. executive conference Wednesday aft- ernoon. Action on the question, it was said, may be taken at the next meeting of the board, April 5. Geo. Plitt Co., Inc., has made a thorough investigation of all the charges made against the history by the association. It is un- derstood that the superintendent's report defends the use of the book in ‘the high schools. WILL HONOR GREAT MEN. Longfellow and Calhoun Day Plan- ned at “Old Brick Capitol.” Longtellow, the roeL and Calhoun, the statesman, will be honored at exercises to be held at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of March 24, in the studio of Miss Byrd Mock, at the “Old Brick Capitol.” The occasion will mark the fortieth anniversary of the death of Longfellow, and the seventy- second anniversay of the death of Calhoun. Francis Doyle of =~ = FERGUSON NG, 1114 9th St. N.W. Pk N. 331-333. PAINTING DEPARTMENT 1336 14th St. Main 4224-5 Atlantic City BEGINNING MARCH 18 All Rail Delaware River Bridge Route EVERY SATURDAY Leave Washington. 2 Baltimore. Coaches Returning train leaves A City every Sanday B8 P "2HE £¥This train will run every week day frem Washiagton and daily from Atlantie City beginning May 1, leaviag Atlantic City week days about 2110 P.M. Pennsylvania System The Route of-the Broadway Limited Rev. Xavier G town University, will speak on n - the post, and Senator Nathaniel Big Chicken and Waffle Din B. % Disi of ‘South Carolina will speak [ Ner Sunday, March 19, at the Calhoun, Relatives of the latter o O T aitand. Calhoun diea | Sunshine Waffle House, 929 E in the building in 1860. Street N. We talk confidently of our ° Z ‘ ko ’ ¢ z Suits—because we've made them And that’s only one of the adva"ntages. The other is our control of the price. Combined, you get the ideals of Mode service. L= We are just putting into stock a group of Suits that are exceptional values . gk y . =535 Tweeds, Homespuns, Hetringbones, Serges, Wor- steds—so that, no matter how extreme your notion, or how conservative, there'are many Suits here to meet it. Modeled in Single.and Double Breasted designs—2, '3 and 4 button—and distinctive Sports models—in four- piece Suits—meaning there’s an extra pair of “knickers.” Other grades from h30 to $60. : The Mode—F at Eleventh Strap Pumps, g stock, in a full run of sizes. The entire, combined to go at— right out of ; = < =.'"i "\'/’A‘ S §‘“,"° > Lropod] SFi 7 NS AN We ST E [ AN f_-‘l 2 Y have made every effort to as- semble the widest as- sortment of TWEED and HOMESPUNS— WE THI NK WE HAVE SUCCEEDED. Suits $30 to $45 '8 and 4 pisce domestic and imports Top Coats $27.50 to $35 Domestic and imported materials The Newest “Plain Backs” as well as Man-Tailored Sport and Norfolk.