Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1922, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR. With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY.........June 13, 1922 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Basiness Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 150 Nassau 8t. Chicago Ofice: Firat Natiaal Hank Bullding. Earopean Uffice: 3 Regent St., London, England. The Evening Ster, with the Sunday moraing #dition, 1s delivered by carrlers within the city &t 80 Cents per month ; daily only, 45 cents month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. ders may be sent by mall, or telephone 1s 8000. ~Collection fs made by carriers at the ad of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sunday..1 yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ Daily only .1 yr.., $6.00; 1 mo., 50c L 1'yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20c All Other States. Dally and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ Dally only. yr., $7.00; 1 mo., 60c Sunday only 1yr., $3.00; 1 mo., 25¢ itk = The New School Buildings. A report made by Assistant En- gineer Commissioner Brown In regurd to the state of the mew school build- ings now under construction or in im- mediate contemplation is an encour- egement. Seven new buildings will be ready for occupancy in September, he states. The new Eastern High School, which has been greatly delayed dur- ing several years by disagreements over site and detalls of design, should be ready for use in February. Two Junior high schools and another grade school are also scheduled to be com- pleted during the next school year. It this program is carrled through eleven new buildings will have been added to the school equipment within the next twelve months. It the present state of old buildings is taken into account and replace- ments are ordered as they are re- quired, to permit the scrapping of structures that have been outgrown and outworn and are now badly lo- cated, it would not be too much to add annually for the next five years in equal terms to the school plant. The only way to give the District its proper outfit is to proceed systemati- cally with constructions in excess of the annual increase of school popula- tion, not spasmodically, but in ordered sequence in accordance with a definite plan. Such a program, it is hoped, ‘will be urged by the joint select com- mittee on schools, which has been for some months engaged in a survey of the public education system of the District. As an {llustration of the growth of the local school system it may be noted that according to board of edu- cation figures 1,583 students will graduate this year from the high schools, while 1,623 will be promoted from the grades to the high schools. Probably the latter number will be increased by the coming of students to this city from outside before the opening of the schools in September. The congestlon in the high schools ‘will be Increased and, until the East- ern High School is finished, there will be no increase of facilities. Accompanying this high school in- crease will be an increase in the grades due to the normal advance of the local population. The new build- ings that will be added to the equip- ment in September and later in the school year will serve to lessen the congestion, but not to the point of giving room enough In all of the divi- sions and all the grades to permit ef- fective teaching and to Insure the physical welfare of the pupils. ‘Washington's school equipment has never been adequate. Many bulldings are now in use that from poor original designing, bad location and the natu- ral deterioration of years are actually & disgrace to the capital. Their re- placement should be a primary fea- ture of the school enlargement pro- gram. To Keep Closer Track of Us. A New York dispatch says: ‘With the purpose of interpreting American life and thought to the peo- le of France, the newspaper igaro of Paris will henceforth de- vote weekly a measurable proportion of its space to American affairs. Bpecial attention, it is stated, will be given to “matters in which both countries are Interested, as well as descriptive stories of American life, and financial, industrial and political articles.” America is prominently in the pic- ture now, not only in France but throughout Europe. Light is desired on all that we are, and, as a nation, have in hand and in purpose. ‘Well, let there be light—as much as is necessary to enable the European Teading world to appraise us fully and speak us fairly. Let the excellent example of this Parisian dally be copled In France and elsewhere on the continent, and in that way the people be advised of what is going on In the leading country of the western hemi- sphere. ‘While we shall not become en- tangled in the politics bf Europe, or in the politics of any other part of the outside world, our plans for increas- ing our trade with the outside world will necessarily bring us into closer relations there than have heretofore existed. Hence the advisability of in- creasing the supply and the diversifi- cation of American news matter in foreign publications, and the supply and diversification of European news matter in American publications. On this side the water, however, foreign news has always been spaced liberally in the press, daily and week- 1y, and the public kept informed about ‘events of all kinds. A hurricane at least shoulders all responsibility for disaster and does not call in the services of a jury. More Grade-Crossing Deaths. Two more dead and two hurt in a gradecrossing accident, which oc- curred at Devils Den, near Sterling, + Conn., on the main line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford road. ‘The driver perhaps had never seen the posters calling for *‘safety first” ¥on the roads in the neighborhood of raflroad tracks. Possibly he had seen them and regarded them as of no mo- ment. Perhaps he thought that he was too smart ‘to get caught. Maybe he 4id not see the train or hear it and It eame upon him unawares. Perhaps not see it owing to obstruc- coming and took @ chance on getting across in time. No one will ever know what he thought or what he knew or did not know, for he is dead, and the | only survivors of the accident are two little children too young to testify. This is a typleal case of grade- crossing reckiessness and disaster. It . may happen anywhere any time. There '13 no assurance for any person who uses the road. Motor passengers are especially in danger because they do not control the machines. They may have seen the posters and may be fully aware of the need of cautlon, in | but the man at the wheel is the one who takes the chances. It is inconceivable that there is any living person who does not know that it is dangerous to cross a rallroad track in any circumstances, and es- pecially dangerous to cross it without first stopping and looking and listen- ing, as the old rule of safety requires. A motor driver would not intentional- ly run across a stick of dynamite ly- ing In the road, knowing it to be such and taking a chance on its not ex- ploding. Yet he does just as reckless a thing when he drives across a rail- road track without first assuring him- self that there is no train within sight or range. A High-Pressure Lesson. On the 6th of June, 1872, just a lit- tle more than fifty years ggo, an in- cendiary fire occurred on 13% street, Just below Pennsylvania avenue, in a frame building. It would have been a simple matter to extinguish it with the apparatus of the Franklin Engine Company, located in D street between 12th and 13th, but for the fact that there was no water to be had from the mains. The supply had been cut off the evening before to permit the making of a new connection at the Rock Creck aqueduct. Fortunately, it was possible to run a hose line down to the canal, two blocks distant, and with water thus obtained the fire was finally extinguished. This incident of half a century ago has its lesson today. It is indeed to be considered as a convincing argu- ment for the earliest possible estab- lishment of a high-pressure down- town firefighting system. What hap- pened in 1872 may happen In Wash- ington at any time if the conduit breaks or the service is interrupted in order to make repairs or connec- tions. The high-pressure plan proposed contemplates taking water from the Potomac river—the canal has long since been filled—and running it through a series of special mains into the business district, with a powerful pump at the waterside to give pres- sure. Such a system will be always in readiness whatever the stage of the water in the reservoirs and what- ever the demands of the community for water in the hottest weather. There will be always water enough in the river to extinguish the greatest fire, but it must be piped and pumped, and the means for doing so consti- tutes the so-called high-pressure sys- tem. ‘Whether the cost of this system is $500,000 or $800,000, as the estimates vary, it will be a good investment in community insurance. The dangers of a large fire are much greater now than in 1872. Had the building then involved been destroyed and the flames spread over the block the de- struction would have been only a few thousands of dollars. But a fire could not start now and spread for lack of water without costing many millions. The downtown firefighting system should be entirely independent of the regular water supply. It should have no connection whatever with the ordi- nary mains. It should not depend upon the filtration plant. These facts are clearly understood in other cities and have been expressed in terms of efficient high-pressure services. They are recognized now by the trade or- ‘ganizations of Washington that are planning to give their full support to the Commissioners’ proposal to ohtain 2 high-pressure system for Washing- ton. —_——————— The remark by Mr. Gompers that |the disarmament conference had ac- complished but little, compared to so much that needs to be done, calls at- !tentfon to a condition which arises { with many conferences, even some of those held by the A. F. of L. ——————— * Prominent Mexican leaders are now in New York city. The case of Trotsky 13 not the only one in which a sojourn in New York is preliminary to politi- cal prominence elsewhere. ———— An administration could esk no greater good fortune than to be criti- cised for nothing more serfous than its daylight-saving policies. Honor Francis Scott Key! Tomorrow at Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, will be dedicated a me- morial to Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star Spangled Banner.” The day is chosen for this ceremony be- cause it is Flag day, set apart throughout the United States for do- ing honor to the national colors. The President will participate and the oc- casion will be made notable by speeches in the presence of others high in national life. This occasion serves to suggest that opportunity is at hand for the United States to pay a lasting tribute to Francis Scott Key here in Washing- ton, which was his®home for many years and the scene of his profes- sional activities. For a long time Mr. Key, a practicing attorney, one time district attorney for the District, lived in Georgetown, in a house on what is now M street, then Bridge street. That house was maintained in its orig- inal form for & long period, and an effort was made some years ago preserve it permanently through its purchase with the, subscriptions of citizens. That effort failed, and the house has passed Into commercial uses and has been altered in appear- ance beyond recognition. This is a misfortune, for, standing on way to Arlington, it was within the vision of multitudes of people and a tangi- ble reminder of a service rendered by its former occupant. Now a great bridge has been thrown across the river, with its District abutment standing closs to the old Key house. r since this bri been proposed to I call it the “Key bridge,” in honor of Francls Scott Key. It has never been officially so designated. It has, in fact, no name. It i8 now proposed formally to give to it the name of the author of “The Star Spangled Banner,” in recognition of the fact that he lived in @ house within the shadow of this structure. It would be & graceful and eloquent act if Congress were tomorrow, on the occasion of the dedication of the memorial at Fort McHenry, to adopt a resolution giving the name of Key to this bridge, and thus perpetuating it in the region of his residence. Small-Town Speed Laws. Just why motorists, ‘who m thelr home citles recognize the necessity of trafic regulations and speed limits and expect to observe them, should become possessed with a mania for “burning up the road” when passing through country towns, and should re- sent efforts of small-town officials to interfere with them, is difficult to un- derstand. They want rural communi- tles to construct good roads for their pleasure and benefit, but they dis- courage such construction by their lack of consideration and disregard of law. It may give a motorist a sense of exhilaration to astonish the natives by dashing through their town at sixty miles an hour, but it certainly is a poor contribution to the move- ment for better highways. Laying aside the question of damage to the roads, dwellers in small places have children whose lives are as precious to them as are the lives of city chil- dren, and if they are forced to make choice between good roads and safety for their children they are very likely to choose the lesser of two evils and | trace streaks let the roads go to pot. Of the many thousands of Wash- ington residents who own cars and use them to drive into the surround- ing country it is probable that the heedless and reckless are in a very small minority, but the law-abiding and considerate majority are made to suffer for the misdeeds of the few. Residents of Virginia and Maryland know that If they came to Washing- ton and “hit it up” through the streets they would very promptly and very properly be arrested and fined, and naturally they resent the attitude of motorists from Washington who seem to think traffic regulations in these small communities are a joke, and that it is “smart” to disregard them. —_——————— Lenin’s condition is reported from soviet headquarters as improving. Only a man with an iron constitution could have held up so long under the stress of his position. His chance of recovery is enhanced by the natural vitality with which he is so exceptionally pro- vided. —_————— The investigation of war-time ir- regularities will not be conducted on sensational lines. No {investigation can hope to be as Interesting as the impressions which led up to it. The District can offer to Congress no more convincing argument on be- it of adequate appropriation for building inspection than a request to read the newspaper files. ————e——————— In addition to foreign capital Rus- sia needs the services of a few intelli- gent and responsible business doctors. } There is never any complaint of apathy in connection with an election in Ireland. = i SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Moderation. A little bit o' rainin’ Brings a sense of grateful mirth, But there's reason for complainin’ When a freshet hits the earth. A little bit o' blowin” Makes a welcome summer breeze, But a hurricane is showin’ Mighty little that can please. So, son, take observation. ‘What generally brings Our greatest aggravation Is just ‘overdoin’ things. Retirement. “Since that man was defeated fqr office he has talked loudly and irre- sponsibly on all kinds of subjects.” “Yes,” rejoined Senator Sorghum. “He is under no official restraint. It would be a reliet if he could be retired to public life.” Jud Tunkins says he doesn't belleve in strikes. There’s only one excuse for stoppin’ work, and that's & circus. Musings of a Motor Cop. When motor troubles threaten grim, Upon a man she calls. She'll wear the knickerbockers trim. But never overalls. The Day’s Catch. “Where's your pa?” asked the man with the brand-new outing clothes. “Gone fishin’,” replied the smail boy. ‘What does he expect to catch?” “Nothin' while he’s fishin’. But maw’ told him he'd catch the dickens if he didn’t clear out while she was house cleanin’. “Think befo’ you speak,” said Uncle Eben; “but don’ think too long, else you's gineter lose yoh turn.” ——————————— But will the longer skirts put the “quit” in mosquitoes?—Toronto Star. . —_— Don't_treat your husband liké a dog. Dog days are coming.—Nash- ville Tennessean. L — It 1s bétter to do your best and ex- th|pect the worst than do your worst and expect the best.—Charlotte Ob- server. . — & Many people believe in a hell be- cause it is the most fitting place to which they can wish_their eénemies consigned.—Nashville Banner. After all, you can’'t blame Ruth for desiring to swat spectators. He ap- pearg to have lost the knack of swat- un‘xnnhlnt else.—Baltimore Sun. When a girl ahnounces emphatically that a given young man is nothing to her the neighbor women redouble their vigilance.—Ohio State Journal. — cause unskilled workers such road laborers ‘h: the Capital Made Political Center ~ By Holding of Congress on Joh| NDER the big white dome on Capitol Hill and be- neath the roofs of the near- by Senate and House office buildings many important political conferences go on these days as ‘Washington continues to be, with ever growing importance, the politi- cal center of the United States. Senators and representatives, ehain- ed to their posts of duty here and confronted by disturbed political conditions “back home,” find it con- venient to have their centurions come down, talk over affairs, glve suggestions and recelve instruc- tions. Thus it falls out that the Na- tional Capital, lacking ‘the right of suffrage, is the scene of the live- liest political activity. It is a com- mon saying that just now the Con- gress and the administration “eat, breathe and sleep politics.” * ok X X “Why should there be so much ‘buncombe’ in politics?” the plain, wayfaring citizen and citizeness may ask. The citizeness Is more likely to be querulous in the ques- tioning than the male, since the feminine mind is said to instinctive- ly draw a finer distinction between the true and the false. By “bun- combe” is meant the setting forth of distorted allegations and the drawing of erroneous conclusions. Well, the only answer is that it seems to be a part of the game, “the na- tur’ of the beast.” The public must be admonished to be on the alert to separate the gold from the dross— and there be some gold in politics after all. In the loftiest discussions of politics, and affairs of state as well, the discerning mind can often of buncombe;, while with the ordinary or common garden variety of politiclans it sometimes furnishes the whole web and woof. Good-natured acceptance of the prevalence of buncombe seems to be the rule, as acquiescence of a neces- sary evil, or s It that it is expected that every one is supposed to recog- nize buncombe at sight 'and sound and discard it? There is buncombe and buncombe; there is the adroit and subtle kind which registers by implication, disguised under the robes of speciousness, and there is the buncombe which stalks hatless, coatless, collarless and unashamed, with truculent and braggadocio air. Campalgn committees indulge In it profusely, cart-tail and soapbox speakers revel in it, “orators” do not at times disdain to resort to it. * * ¥ % There 1s a great deal of misrepre- sentation golng on now about the use of money In campaigns, party and personal. It would not be so preva- lent If the public’s attention had not been called to some flagrant instances of the undue use of cash In political campaigns for nomination and elec- tion. That there have been evils is unquestionable. ' The misuse of money in the great body of the American electorate Is unbellevable. That the rank and flle of the voters are venal is unthinkable, and to say that a considerable proportion of candi- dates are blind to morals and ethics is preposterous. The general public probably has no conception of the legitimate costs in- volved in political campaigning by parties and by individuals. The ex- pense has grown enormously in re- cent years, with the ordinary “high cost of living” and with the growth of the primary system as an impor- tant factor. Campaigns of education are frequently necessary nowadays. B ‘The first example of a campaign of' education on a large scale was set {n 1896, when the republican party, which espoused the gold standard, found it necessary to undertake propaganda upon an enormous scale to offset in a few weeks the effects of the doctrine of free coinage of sil- ver at a ratio of 16 to 1, which had been iInsidiously instilled into the minds of the people by preaching and writing for years prior. As the people now contemplate the soundest financial system in the world, with every dollar worth a dol- lar, will it be sald that the momey expended in that campaign of educa- tion was misused, since it brought the electorate to an understanding of the right fiscal policy for this government and nation? * K k% It is quite evident, however, that the people are very suspicious and watchful of contemplated campaign expenses at the present time and looking forward to the fall campaign for Senate, House and state offices. It is also in evidence that a great deal of money will have to be used, In legitimate ways, and the public will have to use its judgment in discern- ing between the use and misuse of campaign contributions. On this point is recalled an observa- tion made the other day by a candl- date for a Senate seat, before a gath- ering of eminently “practical” poll- ticians, the republican state commit- tee of Pennsylvania. He was Maj. Reed, candidate for the seat made vacant by the death of Senator Knox. He pointed out that money had, to | come from three sources: First, it might be contributed by wealthy can- didates for office, which was contrary to all ethics and ideals. Second, it | might be contributed by “interests” or by wealthy men who expected to receive favors at the hands of oMce- holders or legisiative bodies after election—which was unthinkable. Finally, it might be contributed by the mass of the people. He had the courage to declare that there was no reason why an officehiolder should not contribute to the success of his party, if the action were voluntary. Enforc- ed contribution, or assessment, he held to be unspeakable. 1 * k kX There 1s considerable comment upon { the assembling in this city a few days ago of a group of wealthy republi- cans from various sections of the {country to devise ways and means for financing the republican natjonal j committee for the approaching cam- paign. Because they were men of large wealth, the attempt was made in some quarters to attach the in- ference that there was something wrong in contemplation. The re- publican leaders who called the meet- ing made no effort to surround it with secrecy, but gave all the detail the objective and the personnel. Re crence to financial guides and di- rectories of directorates, of course, could easily identify the men with large interests. But the argument was made, if { money is needed for a specified legiti- mate purpose, why go elsewhere than to sources where money 18 found: That s a_thought that the public will have to consider and take into ac- count and then watch for the appli- cation of the funds raised. * X % * Clear thinking, good judgment and the use of reason would seem to the “lose observer of political affairs to be as necessary In this campalgn as ever before. Old politicians declare that the people were never more aroused than now and never was there more independence of thought, with promised independence of politi- cal action in November. EDITORIAL DIGEST Wage Cut of Railway Workers Subject of General Discussion. ‘While the men affected are voting on acceptance of the wage cut or- dered by the Rallroad Labor Board, and the brotherhood leaders are con- sidering future moves, the public Is expressing Its attitude through the press and the motion to adopt seems carried overwhelmingly. Eut there is in newspaper opinion, as there was in the board itself, a minority that protests against a reduction wages of a class of raikoad workers who are poorly paid at best. To this latter position, however, the New York Evening World replies that the reduction of pay of malinte- nance of way men “must be consid- ered as only a part of a larger read- justment of rallroad wages to take ef- fect July 1,” and from this point of view it Is welcomed generally by the press as part, as the St. Louis Globe Democrat puts it, “of the painful process of getting vack to normal standards.” The Railroad Labor Board “has act- ed under an Iimperative. economic pressure and necessity,” says the Flint (Mich.) Journal, and the New- ark News adds it “has no intent of dealing unfairly with the workers. Having stepped rallroad wages up, it now thinks it time to step them down again.” Coming just at this time, the action of the board is, In-the opinion of the Hartford Times, “a desirable, even a necessary, concomitant of the recently announced reduction In freight rates.” _But it is in its relation to the re- duction in rates that many editors protest against the wage cut. The Pittsburgh Press *‘cannot help doubt- ing the wisdom of the new wage cuts before the effect of freight and pas- senger rate reductions has been tried,” for “there is good reason to believe that the rate reductions would 50 increase the earnings of the rodds per unit by means of the larger traffic handled as to make the wage cuts unnecessary.” And If, as is freely predicted, the present order “will be followed In a few days by other de- cisions which will make reduction in wages of about 500,000 skilled shop workers and about 200,000 clerks. tolegraphers, station employes and other small classes” the Omaha. World-Herald concludes that “labor will not only stand the full cost of treight reduction but will contribute an_ additional $100,000,000 for gooc and overflowing measure to make sure that, whatever else may be Te- duced, rallroad dividends will not be.” -Indeed, ““the rule referred to in Scripture of depriving him who has little of even his poor possessions’ seems to the New York Globe “to have been in vogue” in determining the revised wage rates. YAt no time in the history of transportation,” says the Globe, have the wages of mainte- nance of way laborers “sufficed to maintain familles at any decent standard of living,” and “the new rates continue the: old tradition of In- sufficiency.” The Raleigh (N. C) Times, at any rate, cannot recall “having met anybody who got rich working as a section hand.” Since as the New York Call contends “wages recelved before this reduc- tion were insufficient to: enable the men and their families to iive in de- cency and comfort! manifestly, thc ‘Waterbury Republican says, the new weekly wage of $11.04 “is too small an income upon which to maintain & very high standard of living.” It would require “frugal living” for an individual, the Decatur (Ill.) Herald observes, while “for the support of a family it is fmpossible.” But The blow of wage readjustment has been “gllowed to fall upon the particular élass of workeérs already in sorest straits,” the Herald continues, be- as rail or in the! and their places are easily filled,” while admittedly “it is casler to the under dog,” that does “not justify |that policy” being pursued by a gov ernmental agency. Nevertheless, “what has been done,” the Manchester Unlon states, “is to fixe the wages of maintenance of Way men at about the level of pay for similar work in_other branches of industry,” and the Baltimore News adds “unless we are to believe that all mechanics in similar lines of work outside the railroad business have been subjected to long periods of semi-starvation,” the figures pre- sented by the minority are “simply meaningless.” and_are, in fact, the Richmond Times-Dispatch suggests, “based rather on a determination to maintain the lofty scales of wages born In the exigencies of war than on sound economic reasoning.” In view of all the factors entering into the decision, the Cloveland Plain Dealer finds it “surprising not that a wage reduction was ordered, but that the reduction was not heavier.” The most important and immediate effect of the wage cut, in the opinion of many writers, is that, as the Nor- folk Ledger-Dispatch puts it, it “will probably give work to a larger num- ber of men” The Boston Transcript explains that ‘“the rallroads have been deferring much construction and maintenance work because at the costs which have prevailed they did not feel justified in undertaking it.” Now with these costs reduced, .the Allentown (Pa.) Call thinks it “very likely that the roads will try to catch up with their repair programs by employing more men,” and should this prove true the Indianapolis Nows belleves that “the general benefits accruing both to the men themselves and the country should much more than offset the decrease made In their pay.” Sixes and Sevens. Is there nothing new under the sun? Archeologists now tell us that In- dian cliff dwellers gambled with dice before Christopher Columbus discov- ered America. Thelr statement is based on the finding of figures show- ing the gamblers in agitated atti- tudes around the board: Maybe so. But no aborigine couid ever have found in the rolling cubes that unalloyed joy that comes to the negro who fondles the ivories in the palm of his black hand and admon- ishes and pleads with them as he tosses them %icross the cloth of green. Imagine, if you can, a bronze-faced warrior rattling the bones and as he releases them shouting: “Smile at papa, you seben-leben, for papoosec heeds a pair of moccasins”; “Roll on, ol' box cars, an' jump the track, for ten's my point an’ Big Dick from Boston is on his way up”; “I hears lyou' callin’, Little Joe, an' two deuces is goin’ to look right up at me"; “Git >ut o' my reach, five, for Fever in the Mountain ain’t never gwin Quinine when I needs mine side, 'Jimmy Hicks, 'cause six 'is jest in my way when I needs eight, an' Adah _from Decatur done wired me she's headed dis way”; or “Doggone. ol' Snake Eyes, whyfo' yo' two ones turn up when I'se after a natural.” The clift dwellers may have played with dice, but_never, never did they shoot craps. We might be convinced the Druids played poker or that the savages of South Ses islands wear dress sults and gamble at baccarat but never will we belleve that any race, except the Africans, in any clime, at any stage, ever did or could shoot craps. It is the birthright.of the southern negro, and could no more be wrested from him than could bananas be grown in the Arctie eir- cle—Memphis Commercial-Appeal, While he {s on the subject, will Sir 'A. Conan Doyle inform us if there are aeny. income tax collections ‘in heaven?—Columbia (8. C.) Record. ther thing we have objected to, rankly without much effect, iz hachelor ut;;n‘n{fl’n tth'a J'l‘; 3¢ 3“838:2888832833333838388383838888883838388828 (33330230220 0223 080300022 eI e R adTd et dd B I R A T T T I T 3 T L T TR T I TR I I AT IR R R bR R T I s 33T aTaTaeesdaecazecszaacaizaciy Inquire About Our Deferred Payment Plan Established 1861 W. B, Yoses& Sons Furnitare Carpets “Eleventh and F Sts. Linens Upholstery Preparing for Inventory Upon examination of our stock we find several odd and dis- continued lots of merchandise from all departments. Rather than carry this stock over we have marked it at prices that maice certain its sale before July 1st. Summer Prices Cypress Lawn ,LTable, in white 'enamel. Regular $38. Spe- elalil s e e 325.00 Cypress Side Chair in white enamel. Regular $22. - Special.... $14-50 Cypress Lawn Table in white enamel. Regular $22. Spe- CEL 5 a0a0 s 315-00 Special Large Cedar Chair..... $29.50 : sizipg:a‘a\;rlan,:vt;]an“ $ 7.50 _ Fiber Porch Rockers, nat- ural color. Reg- ular $14. Special $8-50 Large Jumbo Porch Rocker of “solid -maple, high back, double woven cane seat and back. Regular $16. Special.... 310-50 Oak Porch Swing, fine double cane seat and back. Regular price, ! $29. Special.... 819-50 0Old Hickory Table. Regular price $17.50. Spe- cial $12.00 Old Hickory Table. Regular price $20. Spe- Old Hickory Table. Regular price $26. Spe- Gial «ooanrnnnn. $15.00 Special Porch or Lawn Hammock with felt mattress, reclining head. Equipped with chains $14.50 Odd Brown Fiber Settee, spring seats, cretonne uphol- stering. Regular $40. Special. ... 332.50 Odd Blue Red Armchair in blue cretonne. Regular $32. Spe- ciaig‘ $22 -50 Odd Three-piece Old Ivory Fiber Sun Parlor Suite, con- sisting of large Davenport Armchair and Arm Rocker to match. Spe- 867-00 cial s nisasnoe Lamp and Shade Dept. Choice of any Lamp or Shade in stock, Three-piece Fiber Sun Par- lor Set, brown, frosted and * ivory color. Suite consists of Settee and two Arm Rockers. Special Joolsoeie $45.00 Folding Lawn Bench. Reg- ular price $4.50. Special o.ommens $3-50 Refrigerators Special apartment-size Re- frigerator, white interior. Price... $21 50 Large Three-Door Refrig- erator, seamless porcelain in- terior. Spe- Large Three-Door Refrig- erator, opalite interior. Reg- ular $104.50. Spe- cial $89.50 Special Size Refrigerator, ice capacity, 135 Ibs. Price...... $39.50 Bedroom Oak Dresser, natural wax finish or French $25-00 ETEY . cnncnermen , Chifforobe to match with three sliding trays and two large drawers. $25.00 Price) cooscoepies Natural Oak Chiffonier. Price $15.50 Four-piece Old Ivory Bed- room Suite consisting of Dresser, Chiffonier, Toilet Ta- ble and full-size Bed. Price of SHIte ..ennope- $125.00 Special Four-piece Ameri- can Walnut or Mahogany Bedroom Suite consisting of Dresser, Chifforobe, Toilet Ta- ble and full-size Bed. Price of suite ... $200«00 American Walnut Dresser. Regular $65. Spe- cial N $49.50 Four-piece Old Ivory Dec- orated Bedroom Suite consist- ing of Dresser, Chifforobe, Toilet Table and full-size Bed Price of suite.. 3179.50 25% off " The Linen Shop Genuine Peter Pan Dress Ging- hams. The real Zephyr Gingham, 36 inches wide. 75¢ Colored stripes. .For— 49c yard soc Plain Colors and Black. For— 40c yard 75¢ Fancy Plaids and Checks. For— 59c yard 35c Hemstitched Huckaback Towels for— 25¢ each Size 18x36 inches, figured damask borders. Drapery Dept. 36-inch Figured Scrim, white or cream ground with dots or figures of various col- ors; also many dark colorings. Regularly 35c. Special— 22c yard 30-inch Cretonne, mostly _dark colorings, copies of im- ported fabrics. Regularly 75c. Special— 49c yard Tar Bags, for packing away rments, etc., in three sizes, 4x40, 26x55, 28x60. Choice. Special— : 75c each Rolls of Tar Paper, each containing 12 sheets 40x48 v inches. - Special— 65c roll \ $2.50 White Crochet Bed Spreads for— $1.75 eac Marseilles patterns. Size 78x88 inches. 75c White Turkish Bath Towels Joe= 47c each Size 26x49 ins., double loops, heavyweight. 95¢ Fine White Mercerized Cot- ton Damask for— §5¢ yard Excellent grade for summer homes, 64 inches wide. 175 Fine White Mercerized Cot- ton Napkins for— Hemmed ready $1 15 dozen for use. 18-in.. Grass and Fiber Rugs Three good sizes—ox12, 8x10, 8.3x10.6 and all excellent quality. Special— $7.75 Small Rugs—Grass and Fiber A large assortment of colors and all specially priced. $1.15 27x54 and 30x60. ... T 2ererarernernenees S 1.45 Carpet Ends 'Will make excellent throw rugs for summer use. lo!llg}.'.a.r.q....................... 95c lo}l?)ard!... $1-65 Linoleum Remnants Six feet wide and from 2 to 10 yards long. $1.35 to $3 qualities. Special price per square yard....... - 85(: No remnants will be cut. 1333433233332223222233 302222222287 82222302322232828222222222232802223288223382022322222328222232723322238322223322222222322325222%1 4. *e $3002833333333800033300 0880880008 4 *e >4 ad 12322222 228282832323 2322