Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1923, Page 16

16 Dopey Dan Talks of Thrills Of Hobnobbing With Firemen BY W. H. CLAGETT. Dear Folks: Speakin’ over at a meetin’ of the Newcomers' Club the other day, orge S. Watson, our cheery-faced unbeatable fire chief, ‘was explainin 1o the membership the barriers en- countered in tryin’ to run a big- town fire department on blsh-league \ppropriations, and after appealin’ to A1l present to use whatever influence they might have with Congress to get the department's budget sweetened, he wound up his talk with a few re- marks about his men! “Friends!” sald the veteran fire- fighter, “The personnel of our fire department hasw't an equal in thej United States No cleaner-minded, healthier or more gentlemanly set of nen can be found throughout the length and breadth of our great city, but they are also human, and 1 would 1sk that you become better aquaint- d with the boys in your neighbor- hood! Slip into the nearest engine »r truck house some time, make your- ves known and say hello to the rowd! Theirs is not an easy lfe, ind nothin’ helps them more to pass he tedious hours than a chat now ind_then with some friendly neigh- That Afn't Askin' Much. Now that ain't askin' much, is it. >lks? The Big Chief didn't flash a ard, pester them present to sign onjy he dotted line and to send in their ubscriptions ev once and so ften—not a bit of it! He made the imple request that the citizens of ‘ur grand old commonwealth show a ree bit of friendliness for the in-| lomitable laddies, who day and night, | 1 all kinds of weather, are ever on ur lives and records will v, have 3 altered wh rlled to face danger! | I'm glad to that Chief Watson w me. for ever since I w tooth “peanut” nothin’ ore pleasure than sti round | ngine houses, hobnobbin' with fire- . and 'way back in the dear dead| i sn't talkin’ to a snaggled- | 'n me | beyond recall T reckon T spent|™ e time up at old Number 1 than ver I did at my own home and board! Buck Private Connor Now Chief. You know Number 1, up on K street ear h! It's still there! Same (ous me funny little cupola, same lidin’ pole, same garden, and, while aces have changed and motors ook the places of “Tom.” * the Black Horse” and ame old spirit that Number 1 boys to every cit ristrict is s imbedded earts of the present-day outfit! folks, it seems like only harlie Boss, the old for wards, engineer, or Bi te Tom Connor, now a batta’ used to shoo us kids out of t too ramhbun . too. it seems but yesterday ien ‘a great, big, raw-boned two- ted, happy-go-lu Irish lad from callin’ himself reported for and tossed a “howdy” to our inge New faces weren't a common oc- «irrence at Number 1 in them days! verybody knew the old crew, the old ew knew all the neighbors and ~oth sides were perfectly satisfied to t well enough alone, so, when a »okie blew in he was dead up against without our O. K.! Denny Passes Muster. JBut somehow this Denny party »nssed muster from the first time he ‘pened_his big smilin’ mouth, and om the minute he spoke us kids :re all for him, and started to fight or his favor! The young giant, for he was nothin’ or'n a kid himself, about twenty, ad built like a Sandow, had only cen in the service six months, sbut e was a fireman from the top of his Jiack curly head to the soles of his all-proportioned feet, and mnothin’ vould dee-light us young rascals nore than to get him reminiscin’ on “ome fires he had fit! The night would be counted lost that I didn't haye at least a ten-min- e ——— BOY’S DEATH ACCIDENTAL. (Coroner Nevitt yesterday afternoon onducted an inquest at the morgue n the case of Leslie Hiltier, eight- ear-old colored boy, who was crus! d to death by a freight elevator he Rochambeau apartment Tuesday fternoon. Miltler and another col- red child were playing about the levator a short time before the for- dead body was found. The ary reached the conclusion that the joy's death was accidental. L GETS BULLET IN HAND. \braham Wallace, colored, thirty- five vears old, 304 W street, received « bullet wound in his right hand last ight while engaged in an alterca- ion at 6th and T streets. He re- ived surgical ald at Freedmen’s lospital, and police’ of the eighth recinct are searching for Ollie Page olored, 404 Bland court, . thank the ‘Lord. |} |its fire department Yho is al- || ute conflab with the big-hearted fire- man out on the little benches in front of the house! Then along came a sizzler in July, 1894, I think’ it was the 24th of the | month! Denny was right in the mid- | dle of a hair-raisin’ tale, when “bang” goes the gong and the big doors flew open! Says He'll Be Back Soon. Like a tiger cat, the brawny athlete sprung for the rear-end of the hose cart as it dashed out on K street, and. | wavin's his hand to me, shouted: “Tll be back pretty soon, kid, and will finish it then!” | Folks, Denny did_come back that | night, but it wasn't & e and I'd gone to the ha: mornin’ he went out a night-he didn’t come next night, nor the ever! With the hose piece in their hands and determination - in' their hearts Denny and the rest of the boys fro Number 1 had obeyed their chief's orders to carry the fight to the fire down to the Knox Express Company, at 1st and B stree when the big walls started n' and word came “‘to jump” 1 hands obeyed again, but this time it was too late! Denny Still Smiles. All through the mornin' hours every fireman in the department near- 1y tore the ms out in their ntic efforts to overturn the tons of wreck- age that pmrades, when at s i reach them the dancin f the eastern shown on the rned faces of sistant Foreman Sam Mastin, Private Michael Reuben Fenton and Dennis O'Donnaghue, umber 1, ther s moush that . but that} ack, nor the next—nor— , too, if you do know any tors up.theré on the Hill, just| word for addit bhro- | Nothin' should be too good | t Capital City, and as at present is in need of apparatus, just keep up tl naggin’ until old Congress comes over! I thank you, DOPEY DAN. does not con- tain the word “overstuffed,” but any one Who Sinl(s back contentedly in a Plitt overstuffed chair or Davenport knows = ex- actly the meaning, val- ue and comfort of lux- urious upholstery at a moderate price. This is | the season for ordering | every sort of upholstcry from 1 Co. Inc. 1525-14th StNW. 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Ave. N.W * Vomen's Store Men's and 1327 F St. N.W. 15> OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS <& . 4 ‘ % ~ LANSBURGH & BROTHER Wu‘hlngion—New York—Paris STORE NEWS for Friday, January 26, 1923 3 > 420-430 Seventh Street Northwest Friday Bargains + January Clearance Economies assured on 'Fine Desirable Silks $1.15 .. A splendid one-day opportunity to buy silks of de- cided quality for underwear, kimonos and robes and shirts. Every piece selected from regulag stocks and offered at this price for Friday only, Choose from:’ . 36-inch Lingerie Jersey, assorted colors. 36-inch Kimono Silks, in assorted figured designs. 33-inch Japanese Pongee, tan only. 40-inch All-siik Crepe de Chine, white only. 32-inch Domestic All-silk Pongee, in tan only. ~—Third Floor. Priced Specially for Friday only, yard. . .. Boudoir Lamps, $3.15 Attractive lamps with metal base and shade, with inside col- ored to match base. Complete,, $3.15. —Sixth Floor, * Corsets and Ferris Waists, SF;I odd lot, i?cludi;m(g several ifferent styles. Re- duced to 790 ———Friday Only!—=—oy Ivory Soap 6 cakes, 27¢c | JYORY | No phone orders, none delivered. Only one or- der to a customer. 2 early spring apparel. braces a good range. 7-Piece Water Sets Closing Out Phonographs (Brumswick Excepted) $55.00 Phonographs, $33.00 $59.00 Phonographs, $34.60 $69.50 Phonographs, $41.70 $79.00 Phonographs, $47.40 $89.50 Phonographs, $53.70 $95.00 Phonographs, $57.00 $99.50 Phonographs, $60.30 $109.50 Phonographs, $65.70 Pay cash for only $5.00 worth of Records. February 1st start aying $5.00 monthly for the honograph. —Balcony Phonograph Shop. Clearance of Discontinued Corsets, $1.49 Some very good models of heavy coutil, in flesh or white. Low bust and long hip, with four strong hose supporters. Bandeaux of fine repp, in flesh only. Fastcnlback models with elastic webbing etic 39¢ —Third Floor. A One-Day Close-Out Price Woolen Dress Goods ; $1.39 yard None of these fabrics have previously reached this low price. They are weaves for immediate and The color assortment em- Choose from— 42-inch All-wool Serge 44-inch All-wool Crepe S4-inch All-wool Tweedl‘ - 54-inch Heavy Coatings Odds and Ends Linens, %2 Price Formerly 50c to $10.00 A final clearance of han- dled and in some cases slightly soiled napkins, art linens, crash, pattern cloths, towels, etc. Laundering will restore them wonderfully. All one- half marked prices. —First Floor. Filet Lace" Scarfs 1/, Price Formerly $3.75 to $7.50 Fine, 18-point Filet lace scarfs with puré linen centers, that will add desirabty to your household linens, are exactly half marked prices to insure “clearance. Light-cut Water and Ice Tea Sets, consisting of 4-pint jug and six tumblers; decorated with floral pattern. —Sixth Floor. Gal. Garbage Pails —First Floor. 10 Yds. Diaper- Cloth, $1.35 Extremely good quality, aseptic, durable and very ab- sorbent cloth; 27 inches wide, in sealed sanitary packages, containing full 10 yards. Spe- cial Friday. Another good one-day spe- cial in this durably made gal- vanized two-gallon garbage pail at a give-away price. th Floor. ~—First Floor. Women’s Strap- Wrist Gloves, $1.44 These were formerly $1.95, but we are reducing them to close in the Pre-inventory Sales. Strap-wrist models oi glace kid, in brown, tan. gray, black and white. Not all sizes in every color.—First Floor. Women’s Kid Gloves, $1.00 The favorite two-clasp gloves of glace kid, that are worth a great deal more. Brown, gray, tan and black. Broken sizes. —First Floor. $1.00 Chamoisette Gauntlets, 49¢c Good quality washable gloves. in mode, gray, pongee and white. Broken sizes. Greatly reduced. —First Floor. 178 Wool Serge, Jersey Dresses- + Girls Turn to Profit By the Clearance Sale N\ and Velvet Greatly Reduced Lot 1—Girls’ $6.95 to $12.95. Dresses—Formerly Reduced to $2.98 Seventy dresses in the group. Regu- lar stock of winter modes, fashioned of fine quality French and Storm Serge, in rich shades of navy; also Wool Jersey Various styles—for immediate Dresses. and early spring wear. 1 smartly trimmed and well made. Sizes 6 to 16 years. Lot 2—Girls’ $9.95 to $14.95. Reduced to $5.00 F‘i%hty-iour youthful dresses of fine Wool Jersey, in light and dark colors ; navy French Serge, as well as a number of Silk ‘Taffeta Dresses. smartly-trimnted. Sizes 6 to 16 years. 17 Misses’ Winter Suits, Formerly $29.50 to $39.50 Y5 Price Styles_suitable for early spring wear. - Good quality wool Velour, Suedine, Bolivia and Tricotine. Navg blue and browns. Plain tai- lored and fur-trimmed styles. Sizes 14 to 17. Choice at % price. tos16 years. Lot 3—Ginls’ esses—F ormerly . $12.95.. Reduced to - $7.50 Twenty-four black Velvet and Velveteen Dresses, in smart styles—some combined with Canton Crepe; embroidered, fancy stitched and wide taffeta girdles. Sizes 6 Every dress Dresses—Formerly Numerous styles, all —Fourth Floor. Strap-wrist gauntlets — Big Savings Sale! New Spring Hats of straw and hairclothat $2.95 Friday’s millinery feature will make only 100 women happy, because the sale is limited to 100 hats—all we could get to sell at this low price. They are all spring models, but quite suitable for immediate wear. The bright colors will top off dark coats. Straw and haircloth trimmed with flowers, ribbon and embroidery. Exceptional values. Only $2.95. —Second Floor. 5 4 White and Colored Wash Goods One-Half Marked Prices - Formerly 15¢ to $1.00 Yd. We have withheld our remnants for several weeks, so that we might come forward with this one important clearance sale. Lvery piece will be sold at one-half its last, marked price, which in many instances was a very special price itself, making the values extraordinary. Ginghams, flannels, white and colored wash goods, imported and domestic weaves—in fact, everything that has been left from the heavy selling of the past weeks Lengths from 1 to 5 yards. —First Floor. Half-Price Sale of Linmg Remnants Formerly 28¢ to $1.75 Yd. Ever, emnant of percaline, sateen, spider silk, A. B. C. silk, seco silk, fancy kimono silk, silk-and-cotton materials, and many useful lining fabrics, is included in this sweeping reduc- tion, because we do not want to take any of them on our in- Some are short pieces and others sufficient lengths for ventory. All at Half Marked Prices. —First Floor. large garments. Hurrying Out a Short Lot of b . Women’s Winter Coats Formerly $20 and $25—To Close Out $14.95 Perhaps you have been waiting for just such a reduction to choose a late winter coat, but our anxiety to clear out every one of these garments before we take our in- ventory has caused us to cut the price even below what you would expect on such clearances. Some of the coats have fur col- lars, some have a simple sports styling, and some are of a me- dium weight that may be worn’ for many months into the spring- time. Soft fabrics, principally in the practical dark colors. Sizes for women and misses. Winter Suits $14.95 Wool velour and suedine, in navy, brown and black. Styles for immediate and early spring wear, some of them being conservatively tailored, and others trim- med with fur. A very lim- ited number. Formerly $25.00 and $29.50. ~—Second Floor. Women’s Dresses $11.95 These are remaining num- bers from our recent sales, new, and a remarkable value at this reduction be- low their already low sale prices. Crepe de chine, taf- feta, canton and tricotine, in many different styles and colors. = Boys’ Suits, Overcoats and Mackinaws Boys’ Two-pants. School Suits, sizes 7 to 16. Formerly $6.75. Boys’ All-wool Blue Serge Suits, sizes 6 to 17. Formerly $6.95. Boys’ Corduroy Suits; sizes 8 to 17. Formerly $6.95. Boys' Heavy Mackinaws, sizes 7 to 10. Formerly $6.75. Boys’ Léng Overcoats, large boys’ sizes. Formerly $6.75. Boys' Juvenile Overcoats, sizes 4 to 8. Formerly $6.95. $4.95 It’s to our interést to reduce our stocks to .a mini- mum for inventory-taking, which comes this week. And we've made it to the interest of parents to’buy all boy needs now, for savings are very large, indeed. Just compare the prices. $1.98 and $2.98 $3.45 Boys’ Raincoat Outfits ‘Boys’ Sweaters $1.69 $2.69 Pull-over style, with big roll Black rubber coats, made of collars,. in brown and buff, one piece of sheet rubber; . navy and orange, maroon and deep collar, slash. pockets, snap fasteners. Sou'wester 0 navy. Big, warm, serviceable sweaters; sizes 6 to 16 years. hat to match. Sizes 6 to 18 " —Fourth Floor. Clearance Sale sends them out at years. Friday Specials in Toilet Goods Short lots, and therefore of- iered at exceptionally low prices. (3) bottles Amber Royal Toilet Water, formerly $2.85 (10) bottles 4711 Toilet Water, violet or lavender. Formerly $1.00.. ceeen (36) boxes Mavis Face Powder, formerly $1.00.... (10) tubes Geriel’s Beauty Cream, formerly 25c....... Twink Soap Dy in flakes. 6 boxes (36) Red Cross Tooth- brushes, formerly 50c. - (9) bottles Glycothymo- line, formerly 45c.... 5 (30) tubes Virandon Vira- mint Tooth Paste, formerly 30c. 2 tubes for . (5) bottles Smelling Salts, boudoir size. Formerly ‘—First Floor. Clearance of Handbags (6) Cotex Shopping Bags, nicely lined. Formerly $1.50, 75¢ (14) Knitted Shopping Bags, formerly 50c 29c (25) Beaded Bags B‘Jd:" k colors. Formerly $1. ..$129 —First Floor. $15.00 Plush Auto Robes, $11.95 Famous Stroock quality, size 62x72. Just three of these fine robes. —Fifth Floor. $10.00 All-Wool Comforts, $7.95 Extra large size, 72x84, coy- ered with good quality cambric, Light and warm. Just eleven to sell. —Fifth Floor. $1.50 Plaid Cotton Blankets, $1.29 Thirty-three in this lot, size 64x76; good quality and pleas- ing color assortment. —Fifth Floor. $6.50 Roman Stripe Blankets, $5.95 These wa good-looking, durable blankets are about 80% wool., \Only three leit—hurry! —Fifth Floor. $3.50 Esmond Blankets, $2.95 Good quality blankets in flow- ered effects, on gray and blue grounds. es 74x76 and just five of them. —Fifth Floor. Odd Lots of Jewelry Specially Priced (3) Flower Lockets with sterling trame. Formerl $3.00 .$1.95 (20) Casque Combs, white stone setting. Formerly . 95 , for- merly $295....c..ccuoeeen. 59¢ (10) Amber and Shell Spanish Combs, formerly $195 . . 79 (10) Dorin and Lipstick Cases on_attached chain. Formerly $1.00... First Floor. Ribbon Novelties Special, $1.00 ) Pincushions, sewing bags, powder puff holders, fancy dolls and other nov- elties, slightly soiled from handiing, and all deeply reduced. - Ribbon Rem- nants, 5¢ Yard Various widths, colors and lengths—a very good assortment, suitable for lingerie and many kinds of fancy work. —First Floor.