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D. C. HEALTH OFFICER e T, + RENEWS SMOKE WAR| } Clear Skyline Aim of Inspectors, Who Watch Chimneys | Over City. ! | DEMAND LAW COMPLIANCE'N Warning Given, However, Before Steps for Prosecution. Tn the effort to keep Washington's slcy-line clear, Health Officer Fowler will renew his attention on enforce- ment of the anti-smoke law. Commissioner Oyster announced last night that he had conferred with Dr. Fowler, and that the health officer would take steps to insure com- pllance with the law. The smoke inspector is a hard man to get away from. Unlike the pro- hibition agent or the detective, he does not have to worm his way into the by-ways of the eity, hiding be- lind false whiskers, to ferret out violators. Checks Smoke By Watch. He has but to take his watch in hand, perch himself in some window gh above the ground and scan the rizon like the lookouts of old, vitching for the fire of the enemy's eamp. AS long as the smoke is not too dense and ack n_the ks the length of time it continues. The policy of the I is to notify th building and be corrected L tions, Mrs. Antonius to Sveak on Trip to Holy City. Mrs. Catherine Kennedy Antonius, traveler and lecturer, will give an illustrated travelogue on “A Trip to the Holy City” tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in Sacred Heart Hall, 16th street and Park road northw Mrs. Antonius, who is a mnative of Marfon, Ohio, is the wife of Michel Jean Antonius, = descendant of Ma has made several v Land, and with the en in the last few y. many historic pla pa, Jerusalem, Bet Jericho and the Riv Under the direction Carroll, a quartet fr of the Sacred Heart ¢ of Miss Hazel Arth, ) Mabel C. Latimer, Lawrence K. Downey and Warren Terry, will give a musical rogram. Miss Mary Sullivan will e_organist. Tickets are procurable at Mount Carmel Retreat House, street northeast. They may obtalned before the lecture at Sac Heart Hall. Proceeds will go toward the work of the Franciscan Sisters ©f Atonement. MRS. JUST IS BURIED. Funeral Is Held From Residence Washington. ervices for Mrs. Mabelle wife of Charles Just of dicd Tuesday following illness. took place yes- ts to the Holy d of slides tak- rs_will describe including Jop- Bethiehem, e Shrine psence of Highland Church, Hev. Bernard Bi ciated. Besides her h 7 Just is survived by two children, Catherine and Carl WOMEN SEEK RIGHTS. _ Party Will Hold Conference Here Early in March. With the object of securing the same rights for women ed by men in’the gove 1 , which they with the suffrage parade tal March 3, 1914, the government ‘workers will make March 3 of this year & epecial anniversary celebration. Miss Jessie Dell will be chairman of the committee on arrangements. ITALIAN CLUB TO MEET. ©Officers to Be Elected at Session Wednesday. The Young Italians’ Club, recently ovganized in Washington, will meet ‘Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in Immaculate Conception Hall, 8th and | N streets northwest, The quarterly Teport will be up for discussion and the semi-annual eclection of officers will be held. | The club gave its first dance Thurs- | day night at Pythian Templa, which brought out a majority of young Itallans in the District. Applications for membership will be received by Salvatore Lombardl, recording secre- tary, at 1017 E street southwest. the Capi- A Mid-City Branch Star Office —is located in the Asso- ciated Drug Store at 7th and O Streets N.W. You'll find it handier if you are in that vicin- ity to take your (lassi- fied Ads for tbe Star into the Associated than to bring it ‘'way down town. You can be sure of good service—with- out fee. Only regular rates are charged. The Star prints MORE Classified Ads every day than all the other papers here combined. “Around the Corner” is 25c Toweling, 18c Yard _All-linen Heavy Unbleached Crash Toweling, 18c Toweling, 1214¢c Yard Excellent Quality Bleached Ab- sorbent Cotton Crash Toweling. Hemmed Napkins . 59¢ Dozen Mercerized _Bleached Cotton Damask Napkins, hemmed ready for use. Bath Mats, 69c Small Lot of Slightly Soiled White Turkish Bath Mats, re- duced from $1.50, Bed Comforts, $1.98 $3.00 Comforts, in size for three- quarter beds. Covered with fancy cambric and filled with iwhite sheet cotton. Turknit Wash Cloths 3 for 10c Bed Pillows, 79¢ Each $1.25 17x24 Feather Pillows, cov- ered with strong ticking. 25¢ Domet Flannel 19¢ Yard Heavy White Domet Flannel, with tick fleece on both sides. ‘Umbrellas, $1.00 Men's, Women's and Children's Umbrellas, guaranteed for one vear. Many popular handles. Boxed Stationery, 29¢ 24 Sheets of Paper and 24 Enve- lopes. Assorted shades. Toilet Paper 3 Rolls for 19¢ Ecalos Quality Toilet Tissue. Wax Paper 6 Packages for 19¢ Toilet Goods Babcock’s Corylopsis Talcum Powder, 3 for 50c; each, 17c. Hind's Honey and Almond Cream, 38c. 25c Listerine, 19¢c. Holmes’ Frostilla. 3 for 50c; each, 17c. Boys’ Suits, $3.98 Corduroy Suits, with one pair pants 10 to 14; also 2-pants cloth 'suits, sizes 6 to 10, Boys’ Corduroy Pants $1.00 Sizes 4 to 10 in Corduroy Knick- ers and Straight Pants. Boys’ Sweaters, $1.25 Heavy Gray Coat Sweaters, with shawl collars. Sizes 26 to 34. Boys’ Flannelette Pajamas, 98¢ Sizes 4 to 12 in One-piece Pa- jamas, with silk frogs. Boys’ Wool Caps, 49¢ Knitted Wool Caps in solid colors and combinations. Mens’ Work Shirts, 69¢ Golden Rule Blue Chambray Shirts, with collar and pocket. Men’s Sweaters, $1.49 Heavy Gray Coat Sweaters with shawl collar or V neck. Men’s Socks, 19¢ Seconds of 35¢ Black Mercerized Lisle Socks and Heather Mixed Socks. Men’s Silk Socks, 35¢ Seconds o 75c Black Thread Silk Socks. 3 pairs for $1.00. Men's Night Shirts, $1.25 Heavy Flannelette Night Shirts, ith roll collar or military neck. s 15 to 20. Infants’ Shirts, 25¢ Straight and Ruben’s styles Women'’s Union Suits, 69c $125 Fleece-lined Union Suits; high ueck. long sleeves, ankle Iength. ‘Women’s Bloomers, 15¢ Pink Knit Bloomers, with clas- tic top and knees. Children’s Hose, 15¢ Plain Ribbed and Derby Ribbed Hose, in black; slight irregulars. Children’s Part-Wool Hose, 29¢ Part-wool Sport Hose, with fancy cuff tops; irregulars. Children’s Wool-Mixed Hose, 50c In white and black Infants’ Part-Wool Hose, 35¢ _In white and black. irregulars. 3 pairs for $1.00. Infants’ Hose, 18¢c Perfect Cotton Hose, in white, black and brown; also irregulars of white cashmerette hose. 3 pairs for 50c. Silk-and-Fiber Hose, 59¢ New shipment; black and popu- colors; in 'seconds of $1.25 quality. Women’s Hose, 15¢ Black and Brown Cotton Hose, slight seconds. Women’s Burson Hose, 35¢ Heavy Black Cotton Hose and Heather Hose; slight seconds. 3 pairs for $1.00. Men’s Gloves, 25¢ Heavy Wool Gloves for outdoor workers. Men’s Fleeced Gloves, 50c Heavy Jersey Gloves lined with warm fleece; black and brown. Men’s Cape Gloves, $1.69 Dressy Fleece-lined Cape Gloves, in brown, tan and black; also fleece-lined auto gauntlets with soft cuffs. Women’s Gloves, 25¢ Slight black. Kayser Knit Gloves, 39¢ . Excellent Quality Wool Gloves, in black and colors. Many worth 75c and more. Women’s Vests and Pants 65c Each Fleece - lined Vi Extra size;n:re 02“ znd‘ i Children’s Union Suits, 95¢ Forest Mills 'Waist Attachment UnxorhSultsssizes 2 to 12. ay Stockings, 29¢ Children’s White Fay Stockings in all sizes; seconds of 69¢ quality, € TN Fleeced Cashmerette Gloves, in Home of BUTTERICK PATTERNS —With the Wonderful Deltor System Firat Floor—Near Elev New Purchase -- 25c¢ Sheeting Cotton 19¢ Yard 39-inch and 36-inch Heavy, Firmly-woven Un- bleached Sheeting Cotton that soon washes white. Ideal quality for making bedwear. Satisfaction First Since 1859 V6s PALACE 810-818 Seventh Street New Styles -- 1,500 New Purchase—$2.00 and $2.50 Handbags $1.59 Migh-grade Leather Bags in smart pouch shapes, lined with silk, Fitted with purse and mir- ror. Many with pannier handles and filigree frames. Table Oilcloth 29¢ Yard Second® of 40c White and Fancy Table Olicloth on sale at a bargain price. —Second Floor. Dresses A New Version of An Old Story That Never Grows Qld! Another Wonderful Five-Dollar Sale to Thrill All Washington! Perpetual performance! At least, the continuous and ever-increasing response to the Monday dress sales makes it seem so! Last Monday marked the high-water mark of the series. Tomorrow new fashions and new values are scheduled to break even that astounding record. Our latest purchase includes entirely new and differ- ent models in quality dresses—so many distinctive modes that all the advertisements in today’s paper could not do the variety justice. $6.00 66x80 Heavy Blankets In Block Plaids of 2 $3 98 L] Lavender, Blue. Pink, Gray and Tan.. Thriity housekeepers will hasten here tomor- row to buy these warm blankets at less their worth. Thick, soft, fluffy quality that answers every re- quirement of warmth and service. Also in the lot are double-thick plaid blankets at $3.98 each. $8.00 Part-Wool Blankets; $6.95 Pair 70x80 Blankets—note the extra size. Of exceptional warming and wearing qual- ities. Soisctte binding. In the popular plaids. $12.50 All-W ool Blankets, $9.95 Pair 70x80 All-wool Blankets— both warp and filling pure wool. In a range of block plaids. $16.50 All-Wool Blankets $14.75 Pair Hamilton Woolen Mills High- grade_All-wool Blankets, in 72x80 size. Noted for superior quallty. 35¢ Pillowcases, 25¢ Each 42x36 Pillowcases, of perfect qual- ity, made of strong even-thread bleached cotton with wide hems. 39c Pillowcases, 29c Each 45x36 Plllowcases speclally priced for Monday's Sale at a saving of 10c on each one. Every case is per-’ fect. Made of reliable quality bleached cotton and deeply hemmed. Sale—Marseilles Bedspreads $9.00 MARSEILLES SETS, consisting of s 00 double-bed spread and bolster cover to match. . In broken pink stripes. $5.00. — 80x90 WHITE MARSEILLES, BEDSPREADS, $5 00 hemmed style: slightly soiled. Double-bed size... . 80x90 SCALLOPED CUT-CORNER MA SEILLES BEDSPREADS, in double-bed siz $5 00 slightly soiled . 72x90 WHITE MARSEILLES BEDSPREADS of $5 00 superb quality- in the size for twin.beds . -$1.25 Imported Gray Blankets, Each Single-cut Blankets in_single-bed size. Thick, warm and _serviceable. These superior imported blankets weigh nearly two pounds. In the popular gray, with deep borders of combination colors. 65c and 75¢ Pillowcases in Extra Sizes, Each Consisting of Fruit of the Loom and Anchor Brands Buy extra size cases of supetior quality for much less than you would ordinarily pay—because they are «'h?, least bit soiled. Note that the price doesn't miss the “hali-price” mark very far! Here are the extra sizes: 54x36, 50x36, 45x38, 45x36. CertéinteedFll?lgor Covering elt-Base ~ In a Monday Sale At,-Square Yard Buy this dependable and altogether superior floor covering at a most attractive low price—a January Sale feature that ought to be of intense interest to hundreds of housekeepers. Choice:of a number of tile, figured and floral patterns. « Regular Sizes 16 to 44 In All Materials Extra Sizes 46 to 52 In Tricoknit, Wool Serge and French Serge New Purchase of the Fashionable Silk Spanish Laces $1.00 Yard 36 inches Wide—In a Host of Beautiful New Patterns When were such Beautiful Spanish Flouncings and All-Overs ever offered at such an advantageous price? These come in a range of large and medium patterns. Black, navy, brown, champagne, gray and white. Georgette Crepe $1.69 Yard 40-inch A Georgette Crepe, in black and street and evening shades. $2.00 value Metaline Cloth $1.19 Yard $1.39 36-inch Metaline Cloth, in’ the height of favor as a good, firm lining for lace and other materials. Fur Trimmings Y% Off 6-inch Fur Trimmings for coat collars—choice of opos- sum, cara moufflon, _fox, &c. Brown, gray and black. A CLOSE-OUT—7 BEADED TUNICS, $1298 value, in black and black 55;3:’2"” with $7.98 Lace Sale, 5¢ Yard Lot of the most popular trimming Laces—consisting of clunys, torchons and crochet laces in white and ecru. Men’s Handkerchiefs 12Y%¢ Each « _Excellent Quality Handker- chiefs, with the soft finish that makes them immediately usable. In plain white and with colored-striped borders. Reduced for Clearance— - $2.00 Nottingham - Lace Curtains Dress up the home with artistic lace curtains of reliable quality at a saving. 55 January Clearance brings a bargain sure ° to appeal to thrifty housekeepers. In the assortment are 2%; and 3 yard Pair Nottingham Curtains of regulation width, in a wealth of attractive patterns to appeal to every taste. $8.00 Portieres, $5.00 Pair Richly Mercerized Tapestry Portieres, in old rose, bluc, green and brown. Hemmed or fringed. Kitchen Curtains, 59¢ Pair $1.00 "Brisbee Kitchen Curtains, regular size sash cur- tains, looped ready to hang. Hall Runners, 49c Yard 75c Jute Hall Runners, in red and green combination patterns you are sure to admire. Factory Purchase $5.00 ag’d $6.00 R & G Corsets $2.99 New, Perfect—of Beautiful 3 Quality . Two Popular Styles Are Represented: No. 01.02—Of heavy pink brocade, with rubber inserts at top. Graduated clasp; long skirt; four hose support- ers. ; Sizes 23 to 32. No. C-34—R & G Clasp-on Girdle, of heavy pink brocade, with broad elastic band at each side; double boned. Sizes 26 to 36. Six hose sup- porters. . ~ . v High-grade fabrics—including beauti- iul weaves of Poiret Twill Puckerette Spanish Lace Tricoknit French Serge Wool Jersey Canton Crepe Heavy Satin Charmeuse Striped Prunella Wool Crepe Panama Cloth Diagonal Cheviot Mignonette Fashions to please every fancy as well as they please every purse! Rows of braid are extensively employed—as also are bead- ed noveltieg, elaborate applications of em- broidery, Persian bands, rosettes, orna- ments, loose panels, accordion pleatings and practically every other idea in adornment that women want for midwinter and early Spring wear. Long, three-quarter and short sleeves SEE WINDOW DISPLAY Purchase of Newest MILLINERY $5.00 Hats in Advance’ Spring Styles $2.95 Newest of the new—beautiful and beautifully trimmed models, includ- ing chic models for the younger set and just as many for their elders. The new ostrich-trimmed hats are most prominent and most conspicuous for their beauty and novelty. Besides, there are no end of smart effects in Visca haircloth, timbo, faille silk, satin, brocade and combinations. A Saving Sale of Notions and Art Goods Discontinued number Package Sooamaund:y Stamped Goods at. 1 Price Bags 4c Roval Soclety and 6- 5¢ strand Floss. 3 for .. 10c Wire Pot Cleaners Dexter Pearl Cotton Half Price 10c balls, 5e 25c balls, 3 for 25¢ 59c Aunt Hannah Lined 4gc Lisle > Yard . R%‘;‘“fid?:g;‘l 10¢ Feumnredgek Braid size. Package . - for trimming, 3 pke: Ladies' Stamped Gowns; 19c H o s e Supporters, JQ¢ orehid color children’s ...... Half_pric Nets; guaranteed. 24 for 5G¢ Clark's 0. N. T. Spool Cotton. 1 dozen 27¢ Special Clegrance price, a ball ns . - widths Dressmaker's Belting; black and white, = 2 . Yard e (P 3 for..... e 10c white, 3 for. Reduced for Quick Selling Alexander Smith & Sons’ Seamless Axminster Rugs 15 Off Closing out our entire stock of these superior rugs—known and esteemed for quality everywhere that rugs are used. You will find the patterns as admirable as the quality. 6x9 SEAMLESS XMINSTER Were Now ..... 9x12 SEAMLESS AXMINSTER RUGS, Were $49.75, Now 25 $3.29