Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1922, Page 10

Choice of Any Waist :'After-Xma\s Cl ¢ Coats and Dresses Come Tuesday expecting big bargains—for welve cut values almost to half price. Coats | Coats Values up to $30 Values up to $35 5187 | $22°50 All wool Velours, plain livias, etc—With fur col- and fur-trimmed; wrappy lars and ml!m and cuffs; models and deep pile Plushes, of proper length and full sweep. Coats Values up to $49 —big Wrappy models; and high-grade Plushes —with real fur collars. All Sizes, including Extra Sizes ° $6 Striped Prunella Cloth Skirts— $9.95 Sport plaits . ... Sport Hose, wool and silk; in the want- ed colors; all sl,oo SI1ZES .ccecccencan “\":lues up to $30 $14.75 Dresses Values up to $20 311.75 Crepe de Chine, Satin, Velvet, Poiret Twill—for street and afternoon wear —exclusive designs. Dresses Values up to $15 $7 95 Silk and Tricotine—ef- fective new models that are very popular, ABNER - -DRURY Lot of Velour Sport Coats; strap seams; smart model. Values .90 up to $20...... $12 Heavy Fiber Silk Sweaters, the 37.95 mlll models. Lot of Tuxedo Sweat- models—all colors ......... 53-98 Dresses Values up to $29.75 $1 6.50 Crepe de Chine, Canton Crepe, Satin, Velvet, Tri- cotine—in original de- signs and artistic embel- lLishments. Is There a Santa Claus? Twenty-fi little Virginia O’Hanlon, m‘:'n "r‘c.cn ago rginia the New York Sum: my little friends say thers is mo Santa Please tell me the it Thum’ilsdflorn; “I am 8 years ol ome 0] Claus. is there a Santa Claus?” The following editorial published in The Sun in 1897, swered for all time and Virginia, your little friends are the scepticism of a sceptical age. They think that nothing can be little minds. All minds, Virginia, are little. In this great e in his intellect, as compared with one of the finest flli:fll n our litera ture, an- this old, old wrong. They have been affected by They do not believe except they see. which is not comprehensible by their whether they be men’s or children’s, universe of ours man is a mere insect, sn ant, the boundless world about Lim, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth end knewledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and give to your life its highest beauty would be the world if there were no Santa as if there were no Virginia. poetrymj. no romance :ohmke : no ent, excep sense an childho‘zim fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! fairies! You might get your papa chimneys on Christmas eve to not see Senta Claus coming down, and catch Santa Claus, devotion exists, and you know that they abound and Alas! how dreary Clausi It would be as dreary There would be no childlike faith then, no tolerable this existence. We should have sight. The eternal light with which Y ight as well not believe in ?oll!llilge men to watch in all the but even if they did what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that Did you ever see fairies dancing on no thepwondm that are unseen and unseenable You tear apart the baby’s vr:fitle and faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can GINGERC i neither children nor men can see. the lawn? Of course not, but that’s roof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all in the world. wve:'lu;ae flfht flllu; e unseen Worl nor even the united strength of lived could tear apart. Only . aside that cur- the and glory be- VMN thl?wrld there is i RS SR %25 St il THE EVENING STAR, For Fascis Experienced Advertiser§~ Prefer \T‘hé: Star |71 FUND COMPLETE 11$1,000,000 Foundation En- dowment to Be Reported to ex-President Thursday. NEW YORK, December 25.—Trus- tees of the Woodrow Wilson Foun- dation will meet at & luncheon here next Wednesday to celebrate the suc- Il |cess of the foundation’s efforts to obtain an endowment, which, it Is expocted, will reach $1,000,008 on Mr. ‘Wilson's birthday, next Thursday. A delegation will go to Washing- ton Thursday to extend greetings to the former President and advise him of the completion of the foundation’s endowment. . Celebration Is Planned. Tentatlve plans for a celebration Thursday at the home of former President Wilson have been discussed by Robert W. Woolley and Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams, chairmen of the District and the local women’s _com- mittee for the Woodrow Wilson Foun- dation, but the program is mot yet re(n(tlly for announcement, Mrs. Abrams sald. Final arrangements necessarily await conferences with the New York natforal committee, it was explained, but prospects are that some an- nouncement will be ready within a day or so. Wil Take Form of Pligrimage. The celebration, it is understood, will take the form of a pllgrimage to the Wilson home by delegates from the foundation and may develop into a popular demonstration, in which the: public may take part, outside the home, at least. While the local chairmen said they had not yet conferred with the for- mef President concerning the occa- sioh, it is understood the work of the foundation has evoked sufficient in- terest from Mr. Wilson to assure some_ personal response of a nature that later may be given to the public. —_— CONTEST UTAH OFFICES. Every County Position in Salt Lake City Is Under Fire. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, December 25—The seat of every county offi- cer-elect, including that of sheriff, in which there has been exceptional lo- cal interest, was contested late Sat- urday afternoon. An injunction is sought in connec- tion with the sherift's position on the ground that the election for that of- fice was invalid. One contest for a legislative posi- tion, that of state senator, also was i filed. Ernhest Bamberger, unsuccessful re- publican candidate opposing William H. King, democrat, for election to the United States Senate, has not yet filed proceedings in any state court, and the common belief is that if a con- test is finally filed it will be in Wash- ington. He has yet two weeks to file in Utah, under an interpretation of the law. —_—— DRY AGENT KILLED. Atha Carter Was Shot in Fight ‘With Moonshiners. RENO, Nev. December 25.—Atha Carter, a prohibition officer, who was wounded last Thursday in a fight with alleged moonshiners near Pali- sades, Nev., died here yesderday. His death was due to exposure as much as to his wound, his physician said. After Carter was shot he laid in the snow eight hours while fellow officers went for assistance. Two ranchmen are being held in connection with the shooting. ASTOR SCION ARRESTED. Robert W, Chanler Under Bond as Dry Law Violator. NEW YORK, December 25.—Robert Winthon Chanler, divorced husband of Lina Cavallerl and grandson of John Jacob Astor, was arrested in a Broadway cafe on a charge of vio- lation of the state prohlbition law. When arraigned before a police mag- istrate he was released in $500 balil, as was John Kennedy, manager of the cafe in which Mr. Chanler is alleged to have violated the dry law. SHE IS 111 TODAY. 79-Year-Old Son Will Help Mother in Ohio Celebrate Birthday. CHICAGO, December 25.—Mrs, Mary Vermett, who will celebrate her 111th birthday today on & farm near Wood- stock, IIL, is believed to be the oldest Christmas baby in Illinols. Her son Richard, seventy-nine years old, will help in the celebration. She has an- other son who is three years older. — e ———— ASSASSIN’S TRIAL SET. Slayer of Polish President to Face Judge December 30. WARSAW, December 25.—The trial of Niewadowski for the assassination of President Narutowscz has been set for December 30. The maximum pun- fshment that can be meted out to Niewadowskl is life imprisonment, as the polish law inflicts capital punish- ment only under martial law. Mrs. Edward James, an ordalned minister of the Baptist church, is seeking appointment as chaplain of the Missouri house of representatives. — e EXCEPTIONAL VALUES —in Furnitore, Lamps and Shades. You'll find the most attractiye assort- ment to select from and the prices are extremely reasonable. CORNELL WALL PAPER CO. 714 13th N.W. Main 5373-5374 i i For Genuine : Satisfaction £ —we, of course, rec- ommend NEW Steam £ or Hot-water Plants S of Colbert installa-Z tion, but that doesn’t = mean thtat we're “not = " with efficientEl ' | 0O 2 = =] 3> 71T REPAIR SERVICE. £ 2% Whatever Ir heatin, e, L s out g : - 8 : 8 ascinating E; Mlked:eUleofMufh’Gal y Habie. P e % 3000 0 Soldby Al Deuggiecs. URINE: & 'WASHINGTON, T. ©. | WODDROW WILSON “BOYS OVER 90” TO BE GUESTS O Y MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1922. |PRESIDENT SENDS NOTE . TO PASTEUR MEMORIAL AT ODD DINNER |one Hundreath Anniversary of From the New York Herald. An invitation for all young men over inety years of age living in this city to attend a dinner to be given Friday ina Childs restaurant has been extended by Esra Meeker, ninety-two, globe trot- ter, Oregon trall blaser, lecturer and great friend of the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt. “I want all the boys over ninety ‘t come to my dlnner."ysald l(l'f‘I ;Ileeeykel":‘ “The youngsters should get together, 80 I am taking this opportunity to en- gage In this general round-up. 1f pos- sible these men should bring along birth certificates, as I don’t want anybody as my guest who is not of the uired k:& o;l‘h#e'lh;uld be a great air— ‘ear s Come on, boys, unm Tour The whole thing is on me . —omes: me." CLUE T0 MISSING AVIATORS FADES Indian Who Brought First Report Fails to Locate Thelr Bodies. TUCSON, Aris., Degember 25—Hopes of finding the bodies of Col. Francis Marshall and Lieut. Charles Webber, missing aviators, In the Covered Wells district, seventy-five miles west of here, vanished when Roy R. Stew- art returned to Tucson with John Blane, the Indian who first brought report of the discovery. They said that after a search of the country around Covered Wells and th mountains ' they’ had. found that tay report was unfounded. Blane and Stewart talked with the two Indians who had told Blane last Monday that they had seen the plane, 2nd both men this time denied having sayin; €] di;‘m"my € they only heard of its 'wo Army officers who left Tucso a¢ noon Friday to €0 to the Covered untry not re Nogales last night. it . MRS. CONNESS DIES. Was Widow of Former Senator From California. BABYLON, N. Y., December 25— Mrs. Mary R. Conness, seventy-seven years old, widow of former United States Senator John Conness of Cali- | fornia, a pallbearer at Lincoln's fune- ral, died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. C. Haakonson. She was a sister-in-law of Capt. Charles E. Clark, who took the bat- tleship Oregon on the famous cruise around Cape Horn in the Spanish war. —_— -Japanese in the United States now outnumber the Chinese nearly two to one. Scientist’s Birth to Be Celebrated. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., December 25. —President Harding has sent a mes- sage to the Philadelphia Pasteur centenary celebration committee to be read at the exercises in the Academy of Music next Wednesday which will mark the one hundredth anniversary of the bi of Louls Pasteur, French sclentist, whose dis- covery and development of the germ theory 1is considered by physjcians and sclentists as one of the world's greatest benefactions. . The exercises will include a public meeting In the afternoon and a din- ner at night. Eminent physicians, sclentists and public officials from al parts of the country are on tie pro- gram for sidresser = Dr. Eticnne urnet, special delegate to the Phila- delphia celebralion, who is director of the Pasteur Institute in ‘Tunis, and the French ambassador, Jules Jusser- and, will represent the French gov- ernment. Both will deliver adressés. Messages from Woodrow Wilson and Chief Justice Taft also will be KILLS WOMAN AND SELF. Ohio Youth Said He Was Infat- uated With Another’s Wife. GREENFIELD, Ohlo, December 25.— Martins Owens, twenty-three years old,| yesterday afternoon shot and killed Mrs. Harley Brewer and then fired a bullet Into his brain, dying instantly. A mote left by Owens expressed his infatuation for Mrs. Brewer, who Is PARLEY DATE UNCHANGED. SANTIAGO, Chile, December 25.—A rumor in circulation that the date for the meeting in March of the Pan- American Congress had been changed :i‘ gecl.red to be utterly without foun- ation. Wishing All A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Vermont Ave. and Th: 50 $20.00 survived by her husband and seven- year-old son. Banquets, $2.50 to $5 Comimencing Tuesday Morning A VERY EXTRAORDINARY SALE of SUITS—SEPARATE COATS AND WRAPS for s Women and Misses In our Women's Departments—Third and Fourth Fioors. T is well known that we never advertise a sale unless the values are extraordinary, and in this sale that starts Tuesday morning we have labored earnesfly to dive you the greatest values that we have ever offered. THESE goods are not samples nor odd garments, but they are styles that will be good next winter, as ey were madc from advnnced imported models by the best tailors in the world after their rush season, at prices that enable us to offer them to you at less than the cost would ordimrily be to us. This sale is most unusualsdnd, as many of the assortments are not large, we jnvite your immediate inspection. Sizes: 16, 18, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 Ftree?, Comer Thirleenils — gette and Twills. Extra Tie LOUVRE 1115 1117 F STREET Up to $45.00—now $]. 9'50 U 435500 _sow Up to $69.50—now Up 1o 58500_now $4.9.50 X Up to $52.50—now Up to $79.50—now Up to $34.56—now ! $20.50 $30.50 $34.50 $14-50 Half-Yearly Sale of Dresses—-Suits—Coats | According to custom, we go straight to the work of clearance immediately after Christ- mas—and according to precedent, you'll find we are making very radical reductions—of which you are urged to take the fullest advantage. d ; Every Street and Afternoon Dress of the present season’s stock is reduced. i Every Fall Suit is reduced. Every Fall and Winter Coat is reduced. Featuring Four Groups of Dresses Handsome models—Chiffon Velvet, Brocade Satin, Canton Crepe, Crepe Renee, Lace, Geor- —PFeaturing Four Groups of— | | Suits In the fine weaves—Lustrosa. Veldyne, Velour de Laine, Twills, and fur trimmed—and silk lined. Up to 545-00——an $ l 9'50 Up to $59.50—now $29.50 Up to $65.00—now 339.50 Up to $75.00—now $49o50 —Featuring Four Groups of Coats- Included are the Dressy Models—the Sport Models and the Motor Coats—fur trimmed and plain tailored. Up to $98.50—now $54'50 Upto 5130.60—now $94'50 Special-Two Small Lots Sportand Utility Coats 1115 1117 F STREET r.r:wuvn:j Etc.—plain tailored $74.50 $24.50