Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1924, Page 24

CHARGE MERE BABIES ARE FORCED TO WORK New York Tnvestigators Say Chil- dren of 2 to 4 Years Make Dolls for Sale. PARENTS' Youngsters Severely Beaten for Refusal, Board Is Told. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Janua~y 11.—Greed for money and not actual necessity causes a great many cases of child labor in tenement houses where chil- dren four years old and younger are cmployed, Mrs. Dorothy Knote and Mrs. Margaret Roarty, visiting teach- ers of the board of education, test'- fied at vesterday's session of public hearings of the New York child wel- iare commission. They corroborated earlier testimony of Mrs. Jean Herr of the national <hild labor committee, that children as young as two years old were em- ployed Child laborers, they said, were easily detected by the marks on thelir hands and by the fact that they often tell gsleep at school. Many of them, it was said, were forced to work and were severely punished if they retused to obey the parents, who, it was declared, were, for the most part, motivated by greed. Make Toys at Home. I have many of the children mak- ing dolls and to Mrs. Knote sald. At tecess they g0 to their homes and work, grabbing a plece of bread to cat on the street on thelr way back 1o _school.” A. Hall, executive secre- the commission, asserted a survey showed that widows formed but 10 per cent of the mothers who forced their children to work. “Any proposed regulation is a sham A to Z," Mrs. Florence Kelley, of the National Consumers’ om retur: GREED BLAMED TO PACIFIC COAST CITIES Famous Playing Her Tragic Roles t8 Twice a Week. By the Associated Press. NEW York, January 11. — Mme. Eleariora Duse, famous Italian trage- dienne, will prolong her tour of America and extend it to the Pacific coast, later going to Havana for a rope, it was announced Mme. Duse has passed from the management of Morris Gest to & joint combination of the Selwyns and For- tuna Gallo, operatic impresairio. Rep- rescntatives of her new managers left for Chicago last night. Because of her age Mme. | unable to withstand Duse is |and she will give performances only twice a week, as she did when in New York. She will rest for two weeks in Chicago and then open in New Or- leans and follow the “warm weather route” to the Pacific coast, which she wisited on her first American tour twenty-five years ago. Operation ci woman Done With Local Anesthetics. MERIDIAN, Conn., January 11.—Mrs. Henry Lange, seventy-five, has been discharged as cured from the Meriden Hospital_after watching the surgeons remove half her stomach and cut a large growth from her Intestines while she was under the influence of local anesthetics only. The opcration took two Do during which Mrs. Lange conversed with the surgeons. League, testified. “All that is being heard about the question being sim- Iply a choice of starvation is pure sop stuff. This home work doesn’t sup- port anybody. “All the industries employing such methods are subsidized in that they get their work done cheaper than ! those not following the practice. “Nothing Is being realized in the productiveness of the children, since they are later returned to soclety as juvenile delinquents or suffering ease. N MEN’S Semi-Annual Clearance Sale Of all Winter Suits and Overcoats still offers a very attractive selection, but we suggest your early inspection. All $40 Suits & O All $80 Overcoats All $85 Overcoats All $96 Overcoats All $95 Overcoats .. .. All $160 Overcoats . ...Now $75.00 (DRESS OLOTHES EXOEPTED) All Fancy Shirts Reduced! All Pajamas Reduced! SIDNEY WEST (INCORPORATED) 14th and DUNLAP HATS All $35 Suits & O’coats. . Now $26.75 All $45 Suits & O’coats. . Now $33.75 All $50 Suits & O’coats .. Now $37.50 All $55 Suits & O’coats. .Now $41.25 All 360 Suits & O’coats.Now $45.00 Al1$65 Suits & O’coats. .Now $48.75 All$70 Suits & O’coats. .Now $52.50 All 875 Suits & O’coats. .Now $56.25 WEAR "coats. Now $30.00 .Now $60.00 . .Now $63.75 .Now $67.50 .New $71.25 G Streets By the Associated Press. Eugene Schrieber of Macon, short season before returning to Eu- the effect of ||} constantly repeating her tragic roles || SEES STOMACH REMOVED. || from tuberculosis or some other dis- || Smoke is a Curse satisfaction and no approach the Bryant awgilable in an udl Sold by Your Gas. Company Gas is Smokeless Afford Maximum Satisfaction with Minimum Attention No fuel will compare with gas in all 'round heating device can even “Boifer in efficiency, in convenience, in cleanliness or in the small amount of attention required Fundamentally , cotrect in _principle. and limited range of sizes, the Bryant Boiler is adaptable to the hot water, steam or vapor heating of buildings of all types and sizes, as well as to the pr . of hot water or steam for various other uses. uction and by All - #... Heating Contractors The BRYANT HeATER & MFG.COMPANY Baltimore Office Lexington Bldg. [ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1924. DUSE EXTENDS U. S. TOUR |GEORGIA GIVES FLOGGING VICTIM TO BAY STATE Italian Actress Limits|Dr. Schrieber, Charged With Wife | wife desertion. Havtnf‘ fought extradition, the delivered into the ‘custody of & Massa- chusetts executive, in Desertion, to Fight Transter at New York. Juntary ATLANTA. Ga., ‘whose domestic troubles light several monthu ecessor, them {n 1919, 1L.—Dr. | dence of ti Iglllllt him. Dr. 8Schrieber, who has claimed In!la e in_ the lime- use of masked men in Macon te, en rou ont co physician was tated &t his offcs todky, that hls prec X ', thal = Gov. Hardwick, had denied as not setting forth evi- charge f | Massachusetts, it _was stated all the proceedings incident to his case that rather than his deserting his wife she had deserted him. plans to make & last stand against ina;ln‘ ere, Counsel in New York has been en- d, it was stated, to try to effect s release there through habeas corpus proceedings. Dr. Schrieber’s mistreatment at the hands of masked men in Macon was the first of similar treatment given several men in that city before the w! STEPSON SAVES BODY. Unknown Mother-in-Eaw From Potter’s Field. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, January 11— Mrs. June Diamond Brown, & beauty of another day, whose unclaimed body has been lying in a New York morgue since Christmas, will be saved from.burial in a potter's field by a stepson in Minne- Xeeps apolis, who saw her only once, and then at & distance. The stepson, Raymond R. Brown, yes- terday wired officials in New York to place the body in & vault until he could Brown's mother or get word to his father, Dudley P. Brown. ‘'was divorced from Mrs. Brown about fifteen years ago, is Beach, & suburb of New Sunday promised to bury So far, however, he has fail- locate Mrs. ‘The father, who living In Lcns York city, an: the body. ed to redeem the ‘pledge. . POWER PLANT BOUGHT. KANSAS CITY, Mo., January 11 The C. S. Eaton interests of Cleve- land, owners of the Continental Ga3 and Electric Corporation, have pur- chased stock control of the Kansay City Power and Light Company, Jo seph F. Porter, president of the Kan- sas City company, announced today, The property is valued at approx mately 385,060,000 whilo the stock equity above bonded indebte i1 about $10,000,000. btadness) Boys’ $1.39 to $1.50 191 Wash Suit. from'3 to 10 years of age and Oliver Twist styles, also khaki flapper suits. 2 Yards Yard-wide, sheer quality White Cur- tain Marquisette, c cut from full bolts. 39c Felt-Base Runner 223 -inch Felt Base Runner, for halls and ) 25 center with neat key | c border. 39¢ Grass Rugs ble-warp Grass Rugs, green, blue and brown stenciled de- (First Floor—Bargain Table.) 39¢ India Linon 40-inch White In- . dia Linon, fine, sheer ! y 4dC bleached. 39¢ Dotted Swiss ted Swiss, fine, sheer quality,~with white 25¢ Marquisette anvy " auantity stairs; plain green 18x36 heavy dou- ' i 25¢ signs. 2 quality; snow-white 2-inch White Dot- ) ( 25¢ woven dots. / Suits or the little fellows ; Middy $1.50 Crepe de Chine 40 inches wide, all silk; rich, lustrous quality, in all wanted street and evening shades, also black. Are you among the thrifty ones who realize the money-savitlg possibilities in our Saturday 25¢, 50c and $1 sale and profit by the values? It’s a day when the purchasing power of your dollar and fractions thereof is magnified. Every item at a saving—that’s the iron-clad rule of these Saturday sales—and it is the rea- son for the crowds that always attend this once-a-week bargain event. We cannot fill phone Peaches, 2 Cans Regina Brand Yel- } 25c low Cling Peach one-pound two-oun: cans. . Tomatoes, 3 Cans ‘Three cans of No. 2 | 25 size Tomatoes. § C Table Tumblers, 6 for Set of six Thin Ta- ble Tumblers, sold C regularly at 45c set. Dotted Mesh Veiling Chenille Dot Mesh ) Veilings; also fancy 25c meshes, in combina- | tion and plain colors. One-yard lengths. $1.25 to $1.98 Neckwear Lot of Women’s Imported Lace Vestees, with Peter Pan or Tuxedo collars, with and without cuffs, cream and ecru colors; also lot sleeves. 39¢ Batiste 36 = inch Shadow Check Batiste, fine mercerized quality: 25c white and colored grounds with blue birds. 39¢ White Voile 40 - inch White ) Voile, 'fine, sheer | 25c quality, with wide § taped edge. 35¢ Indian Head 38-inch White In- ian Head, linen-fin- ! Zsc ish quality lengths | from 2 to 10 yards. 39¢ Dimity 46 - inch Dimity, ' white grounds with 25c colored woven | stripes. 39¢ Shaker Flannel 36-inch Bleached ) Shaker Flannel, ex- tra heavy, double- | fleeced quality. 35¢ Printed Flannels S6-inch Printed ) Fleecedown Flannels, [ printed designs and colors. ‘ 35c¢ Shirting Madras 38-inch Shirting Madras, white ) grounds with neat | c printed stripes and | checks; close-woven grade. 35¢ Crepe S0-inch Serpentine Crepe, in a good ®s- ! sortment of styles { and colors. 7 39c¢ Stamped Goods Stamped Scarfs and Centers; natural } color art crash; neat | c « patterns. Each, 25e. / 25¢ Vanity Sets, 2 for Stamped Vanity | ; three pieces in pretty pat- ) c 2 for Hemmed Crash ) Kitchen Towels; 25c “neat blue side stripe. | * 35¢ Towels Double Th ad Turkish Towel 18x36 inche bleached. Children’s Pants White Fleeced Cot~ ton Pants; length; 3% values. First Floor—~Underwear Section.) Women’s 39¢ Vests Gauze Cotton Vests, . bodice style, with ribbon shoulder straps; regular sizes only. Apron Ginghams 2 Yards § 25¢ Standard Apron Ginghams; bl and brown checks; war- ranted fast colors. | i of Net Guimpes with three-quarter-length 1 J all colors. Men’s 40c¢ Garters double-grip Pad Gar- ters; fine lisle web- bing Men’s 39¢ Hose “Onyx"” mercerized Cotton Half Hose: | Zsc toe and sole: perfect ' quality; black and colors; mostly Water Pail and Soap One ten-quart trade ) Water Pail, with two 25c full size cakes of 48c¢ Cretonnes Yard-wide Wash- l and dark floral, bird ’ Zsc and follage designs; 10c Handkerchiefs Four for Men's chiefs, plain white, with hemstitched borders; perfect Paris or Brighton ) : ' 25¢ Palr, 25e. full reinforced heel, all sizes. size Galvanized-iron Fels-Naphtha Soap. Both for 25e. able Cretonnes, light any quantity cut from full bolts. Handker- }25 Quality. or mail orders. Men’s $1.50 and $2 Caps Plain color and fancy styles, mostly lined; all regular sizes in the lot, but not in each style. 1Qc Handkerchiefs Four for Women's Handker- } 25c chiefs, plain color: with 3%-inch he full size. $1.69 Crib Blankets 36x50 Cortex Crib Blankets, blue or pink nursery designs ; overlock scalloped edge. soft mercerized fi ish; perfect quality Toothbrushes Toothbrushes, bone and celluloid ' han- }Zsc shapes and styles. Pin Sets Beauty or Sweater thres on card: gold } 250 filled; some with imi- tation pearl settings. Five-quarter Table Oilcloth, seconds of the standard c tiling effects. 35¢ Pillowcases 45%36 Bleached Pil- ) lty; hand torn 25 Tomato Soup 3 Cans for Campbell's Con- }25c full size cans. Children's Hand- and Purses, of lesther, silk and }25c ‘beaded a Each, 38e. 35¢ and 50¢ dles; many popular Pin Sets, two and 50c Oilcloth Q ity: white, fancy an lowcases; perfect densed Tomato Soup, 50c Handbags “ond cororings. 10c¢ and 15¢ Ribbons, 3 Yards Plain and Novelty ) Ribbons, one to two Women’s Cotton Hose H ther Cott Ho-::.hrnwn and ] 25c gresn; mostly all | sl seconds of 3%¢ ° = values. 65¢ Bunny Silk 85-inch Bunny Silk, a silk und cotton ! weave, with rich, lus- ( trous finish; all want- ed street and evening shades. $1.50 Table Covers Ollcloth Table Cov- ers, size 48x54 inches; ) hand - stenciled on 50c sanitas oflcloth; | slightly imperfect. (Domestic Dept.—First Floor . Boys’ 81 Caps All-wool Knit “Pro- tecto” Caps, that pull ) down over the ears; | c At all head sizes. 79¢ Knee Pants Boys’ Corduroy ) Knee Pants, wide s ee ) e styles: in sizes 4 to 9y 'S, 39c Blankets, 3 for 27% x37% Crib Blankets, soft fleece | finish: white with C blue or pink stripes. / 69c¢ Pillowcases 45x36 Hemstitched _ Pillowcases, with lace ) edge; extra fine SOC bieached _plllowease | cotton. eh, S0c. 69c Turkish Towels Fancy Stripe Turk- ) ish Towels, athletic c weave. ) 75¢ Stamped Gowns St ped Night- gowns, soft - finish | white nainsook; neat | c designs. 69¢ Gingham Dresses Children’s Gingham Yoke Dresses, as- - sorted checked ef- | fects and trimmed | IC yokes; sizes 2 and 3 vears only. 81 and $1.25 Neckwear Sample lot-of | Women's Neckwear, including ~ Bert] ( 50c panel collars, sep rate collars, net vestees com- bined with lace, linen and organdy vestees and colored novelty collar and cuff sets. Each, 50e. 69¢ Hall Runner 27-inch Hall or Stait Runner, close- % 5 woven. reversible, "c stenciled designs. | Yard, 80e. $1 Colored Linen 36-in. Handkerchlef Linen, pure_ linen ) quality, in Nile. pink, copen and lav- § ender. $1 Crepe de Chine 36 - inch Printed Crepe de Chine, silk | and cotton fabric. in c beautiful styles and | colors. 65¢ Wash Satin 36-inch Wash Sat- in, high-grade varn ) mercerized cotton c fabric, in all wanted ) lingerie shades. 25¢ Cotton, 3 Yards 39-inch Unbleached Sheeting, heavy round } 50c thread quality. 25¢ Percales, 3 Yards 36-inch Percales, nt grounds with | printed checks, dots, I stripes and figures; close-woven, soft-finish grade. Men’s Half Hose Thread 811k Hslt Hose, nigh spliced } 50c Boeraa solle and 1067 biack with white | or colored clocks '.::oondn of $1.00 values. Men’s $1 and $1.50 Neckwear Silk Knit and Silk and Fiber Four-in- | Hand Neckwear, ( mostly in cross-stripe ) effects, 69c Creepers Kiddies' Chambray . Creepers, pink, blue, ) tan and green; round c neck and long s'eeve models; sizes 1, 2 and 3 years. Children’s 65¢ Underwear Separate Garments, shirts with Dutch ) neck and*short 5 c ;luv\'e?:' xl;‘kle ll;fl ) Each gurment, $pe o+ U —_ 2 - Children’s $1.25 Cotton-and-wool and sizes. Women’s Fiber Hose Fiver Silk Hose, fn ) black, cordovan and ! castor; seamed back; all sizes; sec- 89¢ values. mostly onds of 5 . Women’s. Blgomers ers, with elastic walst and knee; white and flesh: seconds of 79%c (First Floor—Upderwear Section.) 5 Women’s 85¢ and $1 Slippers, Felt Comfort Slippers, | with padded solesand ( lot from 3 to 7; slightly iled. Pair, 5)06 5 & = $1 Lingerie Clasps Clasps, dainty de- sigas i plain or en- graved patterns. 60c¢ and 75¢ Ribbons Brocade, Moire qa wanted slludes.‘ Children’s 29¢ and Heavy and Medium Weight Ribbed Cot- | \lon Hose, Buster ( c Brown and Gordon J makes; black only. Some subject to elight imperfections. 3x5.9-ft. Perfect Quality Opaque Cloth ) Window Shades, ‘ strong spring rollers; / e white, ecru and green; complete with ring and fixtures. 27x54 Double-warp - Grass Rugs, green, | blue and brown ori- 5 c designs. (First Floor—Bargain Table.) Pink Bandeaux Pink Bandeaux, fas- ten-back model, with elastic insert; sizes 59c¢ and 69¢ Bloomers ‘Women's Flannel- ette Bloomers, regu- | 50c white, pink and ariped effects; full-cut sizes. Cotton Xnit Bloom- i {50c values. s Pair, 30e. % Satin Boudoir and 50c pompon; slzes in the Solid Gold Lingerie - (50c Pair, obe. 35¢ Hose, 3 Pairs 69c Window Shades 95¢ Grass Rugs ental and medallion Fancy Brocaded ) { 50c 32 to 42. At Boe. i ; lar and extra sizes; , Cretonnette 45x36 Cretonnette Pillowcases, with scal- loped edges; close woven pillowcase cotton; pink, corn and blue; warranted fast colors; L2 All-wool Sport Hose, three-quarter length, in assorted colors, with fancy turn-over cuffs; broken Boys $1.50 to $2 Hais, Choice of our entire stock of Winter Hats, ) selling at $1.50 to $2.00; | 1 all styles for boys from 2 to 8 years of age. - 3 $1.50 Lace Curtains Scotch or Nottingham Panel Lace Curtains, 2% | vards long; white or ecru ( colors; some fringed bot- tom. Each, $1. 9 Boys’ $1.39 Tl Z Union Suits Jueger color Union Suits, high neck and | long sleeves; ankle- | length pants with dou- ble cuffs: sizes 2 to 12 vears; per- fect quality. and $1.50 Hose Ribbed I $ 1 Women’s Umbrellas edge American (cotton) taffeta covers; guar- and rainproof; parsgon frames; good assortment of handles. $x6-ft. Double-warp Grass Rugs, oriental and | $1 green, blue and brown colorings. 25¢ Nainsook, 6 Yds. sook, close-woven, soft- finish*grade. 20c¢ Longcloth, 8 Yds. 30-inch Longecloth ) fine, close-woven, soft- ( 1 Comfort Covering 86-inch Comfort Cov- erings; good assortment of printed designs. Good quality taped ( 1 anteed fast color black ) $ $1.50 Grass Rugs medallion design s; ‘ 26-inch White Nain- 1 $1 ! finish quality. - Seven Yards ’ Women’s $1.50 Silk Hose Sheer Chiffon Silk Hose, with three-seam ! back: in black, gun ( African / Jjot of a heavie weight, in black and color: - eral well known brands, S sealed packages. $1.50 Girdles Jet Girdles, for new winter frocks; pretty cut | jet beads, in assorted de- ( signs. $1.50 Wallets Genuine Morocco Leather Bill Folds or | Wallets, some with dou- ( ble pass case: neatly made and finished. $1.49 Cooking Kettles Aluminum Covered Cooking Kettles, 8-quart ) trade size; guaranteed ( quality. Cups and Saucers Six for Sets of six each Japa- n and | meat | decord- ( $1.50 Tricolette 56-inch Tubular Tri- | [ colette, extra fine heavy quality, in plain and ( neat jacquard effects; for lingerie. $1.29 Princess Slips Sateen Princess Slips, in black and navy blue: | soft-finish q o i | plain or striped ots; hemstitched yok all sizes. $1.25 Nightgowns vokes of tucks. also « med neck and sleeves. medium bust and long 20c Muslin, 7 Yards Women's Tonz-cleeve ?$1 tucks and embroidery $1.29 Corsets hip models; guaranteed boning: heavy hose sup- 26-inch Bleached Mus- ) lin, close woven, soft- ‘ l Muslin Nightgowns, insertion combined; neatly trim- Whits Coutil Corsets, $1 porfers; sizes 23 to 30. finish grade. $1.25 and $1.50 Aprons Light colored Percale Bungalow Aprons, others of cotton pongee, prettily trimmed; assprted sizes. Brushed Wool Reefers, ) $1 or bordered styles. ) a popular dress fabric, Women’s 69¢ Vests jow neck and sleeve- ‘Wool and Cotton Rib- ) $1 silic olock; also fine rib- ) camel's hair, plain ox- $1.25 Novelty Checks in tan and gray checked 2 for . ) less; sizes 7, 8 and 9. { Twe for $1. ] bed Hose, heather mix- tures, with two-tone bed Sport Hose, in blue and brown, without clocks; perfect Men’s $1.50 Reefers ford gray and striped 54-inch Novelty Checks, ) ($1 effects. Fleeced Cotton Vests, Women’s $1.50 Hose quality., Onyx and Esco makes. sold regularly at $1.25 pair. At $1. 69¢ to $1 Hats and Caps Boys' School Caps, ) ’ neat dark suiting mixtures; also Chin- ‘ chilla Polo Caps, that pull down over the ears; for boye of all ages. 79¢ Brooms . 85¢ Wash Tubs - Galvanised - iron }S0¢ ‘Wash Tubs, 20-inch size; drop handlos. Pillowcases- Pl e 1 $1 pocket; assorted sizes. 0 $1.29 Bloomers Whtle: iny Dk and 33.19 to $1.39 Pants chool Pants, of cor- r and straight )sl knee styles; fully lined; ’ sizes Women’s Aprons side; finished with large Extra Size Sateen . $1 ment; full cut sizes, § Boys’ duroy and cloth; knick- to 16 years. “ ble ($1 Fancy Brocaded Cor- sets, elastic hip model; ers; sizes 21 to 28 $1.50 Satin Messaline Black Satin ’$1 Messaline, all pure silk Serge rich satin-face quality 35%inch $1.39 All-Wool 0-inch All-wool Serge, close woven quality, in black only. Children’s $2.25 Shoes Leather Shoes, button stvle; McKay sewed: sizes in the lot from 6 to 7 Pair at $1. Dull (91 \ $1.50 Pillows 21x27 Bed Pillow N filled with curled fea ! ers, covered with heavy- ( $1 weight A. C. A. stripe ) OF art ticking. Men’s $1.50 Slippers Yelt House Slippers, . with padded soles; gray | and wine; sizes 7 to 10. \’ $1 Pair at 81, ) $1.39 Table Damask 73-inch Extra Fine Quality Mercerized Ta- | Damask, neat, $$1 pretty patterns. Yard, $1.50 and $2 Table Covers Imported Washable Table Covers, 47 inches square. Only a limited } $1 quantity. Handkerchiefs, 5 for Men's Linen-Handker- chiefs, plain white, hem- stitched borders; perfect } $1 quality,