Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1924, Page 11

‘ONE CENT FOR EACH AMERICAN IS FUND PLAN FOR D. C. PARKS| -Senate Bill Fav;irdbly Reported, Designed to Raise $1,000,000 Yearly for Extension of System. Commission Aroused over the failure of Con- “gress to make. proper provision for - the development of an adequate park 1 System for the Natlonal Capital, the Senate District committee hay report- ed favorably-a Bill providing for such development and for the emtab- lishment of & commiseion which shall be charged with recommending the land to be developed as parks. The committee in its report to the Senate makes many specific recom- mendations for the development of the park system here. - It calls atten- _tion of the fact that the Park Com- misston of 1901, composed of Daniel M. Burnham, Frederick Law Olm- stead, jr., Charles F. McKim and Au- gustun St Gaudens, recommended the acquisition of fifty-three additional tracts within the District for the Proper extension of the park system. “Out of this number.” says the committes In its report, “only six have been ncquired. ‘Many of the most beautiful and important of these tracts have been destroyed. Several \&re now in the process of destruc- tion. Eftective Plan “Imperative.” “It seems imperative to adopt at once some effective method of Sys- tomatic park development for the National Capital. *In recent years and specially dur- | ing the past few months, many forest- covered tracts in the outskirts of the city, including valleys and streams of great natural beauty, admirably local ed for park extension and of ines timable value for thut purpose, have been destroyed, the trees cut dow the hills and valleys [eveled. The di- version into sewers of th springs and rainfall of the valleys tributary to Rock Creek must be stopped or the beauty of the sream will be destroyed. ‘Washington has already fallen far behind many other American cltles in the matter of outer parks and park- Ways. These are urgently needed if the city were never to incresse its present population. They are essen- :tial to provide for its certain and rapid growth. Lack Sport Areas. The plan of the Federal City pro- ¥ided by the marvelous foresight of Washington, Jefferson and L'Enfant was bounded by the Potomue and An acostia rivers and on the what is now Florida avenue, including only a iittle less than one-ifth of the District of Columbia. Besides generous grou: for the Capital and the President's house and the broad expanse of the Mail con- necting them, the L'Enfant plan re- served for parking at intersections of avenues and streets a considerable number of squate, circular and tri- angular spaces. Thess beautiful res- ervations are so conspicuously located in the central nortions of the old eity that the casual visitor may get the im- Dression that the Capital Is well pro- vided with parks, However, not one of the parks reserved in the L'Enfant plan except the Mall is large enough for athletic_flelds or recreation pur- Doses, now demanded as essential fea- tures of a park system. Gradual recla- mation of marshes of the Potomac and ~Anacostia rivers will in time provide for outdoor aports for those who can reach the river areas. but many ex- tensive stretches of the old city, en- tirely occupied by buildings ' and densely populated, are wholly without playgrounds for children or adults. The outer areas, as we shall are sadly lacking in park development. “The L'Enfant plan, prepared 1791, provided for the city's growth of almost 100 years. Bince 1890 the city has overfeaped the old limits and is growing today more rapidly than ever. The present population 48 nearly 500,000, GovePnment activi- tios, including the Nawal Observatory, the Burcau of Standards, Walter Reed Hospital, Mount Alto _ Hospital, United States Soldlers’ Home, S Flizabeth's Hospital for Insane, Boll- ng Aviation Field, Fort Myer, Arling- ton radio station, etc., are spreading far outside the old boundary. Table of Park Lands. *“Tthe lands acquired for park exten- sion and their cost during the entire history of the Capital City are shown in the following tabie: From L'Enfant's tim to 1890 ... 5 1In 1890, Zoological Par! acres’ ... In 1890, R 1,640 acres . In 1896, Potom: s RAAIHON ..yvovaveosonspess In 1907, Piney Branch Park- WaY, 22 ACTeR..eu.rss.vess In 18i0,” Montrose Park, 16 In 1910, Meridian Hill Park, 10 acres .. 1In 1913, Fort Davis and Fort Dupont, 41 acres. . In 1913, Rock Créek and Po- tomac connecting parkway, 159 acres, suthorized cost nearly ail appropriated)..1,300, From 1913 to 1a5s e 00000 whatever, except very small triangles or points of intersection of streets... 185,000 Total cost... _Total acres, 2,056, SR Chicago Figures Cfted. . “As compared with this, Chica ‘besides a wonderfully extensive ';:-’ t8m of city parks and connecting boulevards, has acquired forest re- n?el:rpitggodrme: outside the city eding to nc%'mmort- 2 g acquire 10,000 icago had at one time temue of $30.000,000 Tor Dark “exten. sion. San Francisco had expended before 1912, §7,500,000 on Golden Gate Park alone, and it had thirty-three other parks. Boston spent over $21,000,000 on extension of its park system between 1393 and 1920. St. Louis has recently authorized the ex- penditure of 387,000,008, & consider- :.lble part of which is for park exten- on. ““The following table gives the value ot park properties in all the eities of the United States exceeding 300,- 990 (n population in 1916 and of the Bame citles in 1919, a8 stated in the United States census bureau publica- tions, General Statistics of Citles, 1916r on page 87, and Financial Btatistics of Cities of 1919, on page 291, (Last available statistics.) Vatns of park Valae of parkc b1 4 675 $287,402,447 E«fla 0,462,161 . $200,000 21,200,000 ts 26,684 76, 980 470,000 21,334 usss B3zt 3 85 #3323 s ~BEE, £ i i3 g @inclanati . Newark ....0 New Orleans. Yimneapolis . 8! attle ... 9728141 ashingion, D. 8108477 Wamhington at Bettbm. “According to these figures, Wash- Ington 1s at the bottom of the list, both in 1916 and 1919. i, ‘“The value of park properties of New York as given is over $637,008, 900, a sum far greater than in any other city, but omitting New York, the average value in all glehtoen cities 1s just about 00,000, while the park prope! Washington is valued at $5,166,477, less than one-fourth of the sverage. “Tt is unquéstionably true tha National Capital as to outer has falinn very .far Dbeh more, Fhiladelphia, New York, Bos- honiflovelud. Chicago, Minneapolis, t. Louis, Kansas City, San ¥rancisco, Beattlo and nation of 6 reports of the commissioners of “those cities show this to be a fact. The following (IS ome, of_the steps ugfi,nrnn _needed for paj reservations inside the District line: tension pian of 0L s in the ex lon pl 2 “3. ASGRITing. fhe. Pt 7561515 altl- north by ! 1 73, Development o 1 inidown the Potomac, on the Vir 110,000 i Is Provided. valleys and the springs tributary to Rock®creek, to protect the cxeek from pollution and preserve the flow of water, already reduced one-haV. Propose Fort Boulevard. 3. Eatablishing & fort boule®yrd followlng the hills encircling the chy and connecting the civil war forta. Many of these are still well preserved, with long lines of breastworks still uncouthed. ! "3 Widening Piney Branch park- !way from Rock creek to 16th street, S0 'AS to preserve the forest to the hilltops, embracing and preserving the Indian quarry there located. This is described by Dr. Holmes of the Smithsonian Inatitution as ‘the great- ost aboriginal bowlder quarry known.* 4. Extending the Piney Branch parkway under and northeast from the Tigér bridge. Unless this is done the bridge will ‘shortly be rendered, useless by complete filling of the east side of the arch, compelling a grade crossing of the heavy trafic of 16th street. It would immensely relieve trafiic conditions to divert passenger traffic down the valleys of Piney branch and Rock Creek to Potomac rark, passing under nine bridges and wholly avolding the grade crossings. 5. "Acquiring the Klingle Ford valley, 4 natural entrance to the park from the west, and a necessary con- nection between the upper and lower Rock Creek vailey. Aequire Hardwood Forest. “6. Acquiring the beautiful hard-{ *wood forest of the Patterson tract, 'lying within 1% miles of the Capitol ‘wuilding, &t an elevation ninety-five feet higher than the Capitol and over- looking the entire city and rivers and hills beyond. H Transforming the Anacostia iriver marshes above Benning bridge into @ water park and the adjacent Mount Hamilton into & national dr- boretum. [ 8. Acquiring tracts in the out- skirts_at proper intervals for parks jund pMygrounds before they ure bullt up and the cost increased. U P Acquisition of &l the lands tronting on the Capitol grounds not already In government ownership and of all the property on lower Pennsyl- ivania avenue near the Capitol, now occupled by unsightly buildings, and improying by proper park develop- ment all of such property not re- !quired tor government buildings. This lis essentinl to prevent objectionable istructures fronung on the Capitol Park and for the improvement of ipresent unfortunate conditions on his- jtoric Pennsylvania avenue. Expunded Into Marylasd. “The Capital city has already ex- pandad into Maryiand and Virginia, and that expansion must continue in- definitely. g “For proper extension of the Na- tional Capital park system the fol- Jowing lands should be acquired, sub- ject to the action snd co-operation of the state governments of Maryland and Virgini; "1, The valley of Rock Creek north- ward from the District line prac- tically to its sources, together with its feoders and branches, certainly 20 far as covered with forest. This is essontial to prevent contamiration of the stream and to preserve the flow of water which is already re- duced to half its former volume, 3, Botk banks of the Potomac from Washington to Great Falls, to pre- serve the forests, the very remark- able natuial scenery, and stop deface- ment by QUATTY operations, this park extension not to interfese with future developments for water supply and power piant. 1 ¢ parkiboulevards nia side to Mount Vernon, on the Mary- land_side to Fort Washingten, along the bluffs overlooking the 1iver. s Acquisition of at least portions of the beautitul §ligo vafley just be- yond Takoma. Provision fer Parkways. 5. Acquisition of the forest ardgs ust outside the District, near t Sorin ond o 16th strest, with pro vision for parkways centering at tha oint, a5 suggested by Mr. Greenlea Pandseape architect of the Commie- sion of Fine Arts. g, Co-operation with Maryland and Baltimore_city for two park boule- vards to Baltimore, one along Rock Creek valley to its head waters east of Rockville, thence northeastward, the other from the north terminus cf 16th street, utilizing the forested valleys and tributaries of the north- west branch and Paint branch of the Anacostia river, the big Patuxent, Little Patuxent and middle Patuxent and_the Patapsco forest reserve ai- ready established. “7. Acquiring several of e civil war forts occupying the heights on the Virginia side of the Petomac, overlooking the Capital city. “3, Development of _three park houlevards from the Virginia® ter- minus of the proposed memorial bridge, one dirsctly to Arlington cemetery, one up the Potomac, coh- necting with the Lee highway and with the projected park bouh'l.nfi to Great Falls, and ona down the river connecting with the projected riverside boulevard to Mount Vernon. Extension of System. “There is no existing law provid- ing for extension of the park system or authorising budget estimatss for acquiring any additional park areas. “There {s no department, bureau,, commission, or official, either of the l 28830 onet | Bad the ‘control the existing P.fk-l ¥ missioner the the | taxes will pay & Arks ibly-others. Rxami- | federal or Disttict government, au-. thorized to sstudy or work out & sys- tematic park pisn. 5 “There is no official legally directed or invited to submit recommendations or estimates for acquiring additional park areas. “The present method of passing a bill authorizing acquisition of a speci- | fled tract and a subsequent appropri- ‘@tion to provide payment for it is & failure. With the rapld brouenmgi of federal legidlation it is a physical | impossibility for committees to make the detailed, comprehensive and con- study necessary to seieet the ' lands most suitable and most rieeded as the city expands. Hending Off Destruction. “When tracts essential to the park system are threaténed with destruc- tion, as has occurred many times, it is imposgible to secure passage of a bill thfough committees and through both ouses, and tO SECUrd NEOEASAry propriations in time to prevent the destruction. It is essential that some board or commission be authorized to take immediate action in such cases. “The pracgical sojution seems to be to sstablish & permanent commissfo to authorize ssuch commission to we- lect and acquire the lands within the District of Columbla needed for park extension; to authorize such commi sion to formulate agreements with oficials of Marylsnd and Virginia, 1 when such officials ‘re properly depu- tized by the leglilatures of those states, for the acquisition ang of the lands for park and parkway ex- tension of the National Capitol s; control 0| tem, outside the District, such agr: 'ments to be subject to approval b, President; and to mn"rutuhr’ :::I nual appropriations of funds to be used by the commission for the pur- poees “This _bfll, with the améendment proposed, establishes such & commis- sion, which facludes the chief of en- gineers of the Army and the officer .charge of dings _and srounds, wha for many years have and administration of the enginedr Com- District of Colum- h‘rhl.i people u';ho.e e of the total expenditure; the director of national park servics -flhu:e whose bia, reprusentiag obvi the committees on_public bufldings and gflunfl: of the and House of presentitives, whereby each house of Congress will be directly in lz\:ch 'd‘th tl:'n wa'r.l: 'nln commis- sion and par n ¢ selection of the'lands nf'x: aequired. “No additional compensation fs pald the members of age il amiact of n { and. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, e e e e She ix shown with an armfull ' the gorgeous blooms that are on display at the Department of Agriculture Srecnhouses, the show having opened yesterday. in charge of public buildings and grounds, who 1s made the executing officer, has now an operating elerical and technical force. The expense of administration will be negligible. ““The bill authorizes a regular an- nual appropriation of a sum not ex- ceeding 1 cent for cach inhabitant of the continental United States, as determined by the last preceding de- cennial census. If the maximum amount were appropriated, this would amount, under the last census, to al- most exactly $1,000,000 per year. Provides for $750,000. “The bill provides that three- fourths of this sum, approximately $750,000, shall be pald out of the revenues of the District of Colum- bia and the general funds of the Treasury, in the same proportion as other expenses of the District of Co- lumbi. “Estimating the present annual ap- propriations for the government of the District of Columbia ut $25,000,- 000, this provides that practically 3 per cent of the total annual District appropriations shall be devoted to extension of the park system. surely not an unreasonable proportion. Of this $750,000 per year, under the pres- ent arrangement for division of the cost, 60 per cent ($450.000) would be pidd by taxation of the residents of the District. “The remaining one-fourth of the total annual appropriation, or $250. 000. would be used to acquire lands outside the District of Columbia and would be entirely paid from the gen- eral funds of the Treasury. Per Capita Charge “The totul charge on the federal funds, therefore, would be this_$250.- 900, plus 40 per cent of $750,008 ($300,000) : total, $550,000. “This $550,000 annual charge upon the federal Treasury amounts to a trifle over one-half of 1 cent per year for each inhabitant of the continental ‘United States. “Of course, Congress will deter- m\ne each year whether the maximum anwunt authorized shall be appro- pristed or a less sum. 1fa less sum, each~of the foregoing fisures will be reduced accordingly. “Acuiring land for park purposes should .ot be regarded as an ex- penditury. It is an investment. It is changixg capital from money into t \s the most permanecnt of all investments. A park is igde- structible; A. constantly and surely increases ‘in \value; it is for the en- joyment of aQ future generations. At present ghere is no law author- izing any extewsion of the park sys- 10,000 2-Year-Old ROSEBUSHES DORMENT FIELD-GROWN 5,000 Hardy Ornamental Shrubs POPULAR VARIETIES tem. The budget bureau cannot even submit estimates for -any extension not authorized by law. We are at & standstlll. The devastation goes o Progress Will Be Slow. “If this bill is enacted the progress will Je slow and gradual, for the amourh authorized to be appropriated h vear will acquire only a small portion. of the wreas very urgently needed he co nmission cstablished by the Bill will presumably acquire first the areas imna nently threatened with de- truction aa'd those which can be pro- cured at mwst reasonable prices. It has an exish ng working plap in the park commisa ion plan of 1301, “The amoum! appropriated by Con- gress from yeir to year will Seter- mine how rapid progress can be made. {If the maximuin amount authorized by the bill is agppropriated, the aver- he residents of the a bia will be $1 per eragy cost to all Ameri- outsige of the District 1 cent per year. It is confidently sserted that the overwhelming senti@ent of our citi- ens wil favor this wxpenditure, to ke and keep ours @' finest of all capitals, + N ““The bill will permlt continuous ana systematic extension and we be- it provides for a practical, eco- nomical and permanent solution of the problem of park development for the National Capital. el SUBCOMMITTEE TO #KEET. | Report Likely Tomorrow on ‘Work- i men's Compensation Bill. The subgommittes of the District committee which has been considering the Fitsgerald and Un- @erhill workmer's compensation bills. after extensive hearings, was umable |'to meet yesterday, but will meet tomorrow.~ Representative Roy G. Fitzgerald of Ohio, who is chairman of the subcommittee, -said yesterday that he expects tomorrow to be able to report the bill so that it can be brought up before the full District committee on Wednesday., . Commission Two Officers. Francis S. Key-Smith, Insurance tuilding, has been commissioned a major and_quartermaster, and Rufus C. Hall, 1736 G street, a captain ot engineers, both in the Organized Re- serve Corps of the Army. Three - for $1.00 Three for $1.00 - 35¢ 20,000 California Privet ' 60c Dozen; $4.00 for 100 These rosebushes, shrubs, privet, grapevines and peonies were grown by Burr Bros,’ nursery and guaranteed to be per- fect when sold. None delivered at above prices. treet NW THE EVENING YOUR FLORIST { STAR COUPON “THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT” “The Bosk Ther Skows Uscle Sam At Werk L Thls {8 the book that is generally conceded to be the most authorita- tive and understandable account of he working side of the Federal \Government that has ever been written. : House iAHAHYLlIS SHOW DOORS OPEN TODAY Annual Event of Department of Agriculture .to. Continue for Entire Week. - SHOWN Display Said to Exceed Those of Other Years. The annual amarylis show of the Department of Agriculture opens to- a8y, + It is free to the public. Doors open from 9 am. to 9 p.m., daily for one week | Place—Department greenhouses, 14th and B streets, northwest. This (s the eleventh annual show and according to botanical experts and the several hundred soclally prominent people, headed by Mrs, Cal- {vin Coolldge 'and the women of the |cabinet, who were guests of Mrs. Henry C. Wallace, wife of the Scre- jtary at a private showing yesterday, 1t fs much better than evecr before. Diplomats Invited. The official representatives of the South American republics and their {familles will be in the throng that visit the show today. The people of all the embassies and legations have been extended & special invitation by Secretary and Mrs. Wallace. There are more than 1,000 bulbs and approximately 10,000 blooms in the show this year, all produced in the department greenhouses. The va- riety of coloring is a special feature, the department experts having striven persistently for ten years to produce | RADIO SECOND TOPIC | GERMAN ACTOR CO N LECTURE SERIES: Walter 8. Rogers, Internationally: Known Expert, to Speak Be- fore Washington Study. Walter §. Rogers, intergationally- known expert on communications, will deliver the second of a series of lectures by prominent men om cur- rent topics before Washington Stady at Rauscher’s tomorrow afternoon at 4:45 o'clock. He will speak on radig. Mr. Rogers has represented the United States government several times in matters relating to com- munications. He was an American delegate to the international commu- nications conference here in 1920, and served as an advisor to the American delegation to the Paris peace confer- ence, and in a like capacity at the Iimifation of armaments conference. His talk tomorrow will deal largely with the new {nternational problems of communication brought about by the rapid development in radio. - Sdretary of Labor Jamsa J. Davis will address Washington Study next Monday afternoon at the same hour and place, his subject belng “Immi- gration and Labor.” Federal Judge Succumbs. SHREVEPORT, La, March 15— George Whitfleld Jack, federal judge for the northern district of Louisiana, died at his home here late this eve- ning. lighter shades and with cminent suc- cess. Flower lovers, who are taking a particular interest jn the amaryllis blooms, are attracted especially by the white flowers that have been de- ‘Max - -Montor, - Remarkable -for Memory, Plans D. C. Recital. Max Montor, German actor and di- rector of the Stadt Theater In Ham- burg, who has appeared at both Yale and Cofnell, demonstrating a memory characterized as remarkable, with his dramatic power, will give a re- cital at Elks Hall, 919 H street north- ‘weat, Thursday- evening at 8 o'clock, under the auspices of the German Literary Circle of Washington, in aid of the fund for. the starving children .ot .Germany and Austria. ame Tuesday evening will include “Die Kraniche des. Ibikus" (Schiller), “Deutschland” (W. Isen- berg), “Der Gott und die Bajadere" (Goethe), “Die Bruecke am Tay” (Fontane), Scene from Don Carlos” (8chiller), “Welihnachtsein Kaeufe, from the Cyclus 8natole” (Schnitzler) and “Aut der Bruecke, Lustsplel in One Aact (Felix Salten). o AR OPERETTA TO BE GIVEN. “Trial by Jury” at Western High School Friday. “Trial By Jury,” a comic operetta, will be presented in the auditorium of Western High School by the boys' and girls' glee clubs Friday night. The following will fill the principal roles: James McLain, judge; Mar- Jorie Smith, bride; Margaret Wilson, counsel; Roswell Waldo, defendant; Helen Ault, flower girl; Lois Hedrick, mald of honor; Jack Poole, foreman of the jury; Tyler.Page, usher, and Eleanor Hulburt, accompanist. Brig. Gen. Pratt Dies. SAN FRANCISBCO, March 15.—Brig. Gen. Richard Henry Pratt, United States Army (retired), founder and organizer of the Industrial School for Indians at Cuarlisle, Pa., and its superintendent for a quarter of a century, died here today. His pro MING. [LAMPERT PREPARES REVISED RENT- LAW = Measure to Embody Decision gf Subcommittee—Favorable Re-» port Wednesday Seen. = 3 TO 1926 e Would Boost Commissioners’ Pay to $6,000 Yearly. PLAN EXTENSION = In preparation for a favorable re port Wednesday to the House Dis- trict committee on the bill to extena the life of the District rent commig- slon, Chairman Lampert of the spg- clal subcommittee, which conducted hearings on this legislation intrm- duced a revised bill yesterday em- bodying the subcommittee's decision. This new bill would not include hotel and business property within the commission’s jurisdiction. . It would extend the life of the commission to August 1, 1926. - It would increase the salaries of the commissioners to $6,000. It would provide for a field gineer at a salary of $3,500. 1t incorporates all of the rent laws. This bill has the support of four members of the special subcommittse. It 1= opposed by Representative Thomas L. Blanton, democrat of Texas, who says that ‘no evidence was presented at the hearings show that a rent commission is any longer needed. Bogus Officer Sentenced. MOBILE, Ala, March 15.—Danig! Perri, alias “Sergt.” Joseph Mascrelir!, of Philadelphia, today was sentencesd to two years.and one month In the federal prison when he pleaded guilty to impersonating a government officer. eni- Longcloth 10 yds., $1.49 Worth §2. | ‘ors; in s ments, in Wash RS B RB s A Glos and Cotton Pongee, Tissues, Two-tone Ratipe, Satin Stripe Satinette, Raised Dot Voile, ST I Rajah Yongee, and puyverns. 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This price holds good for tomorrow's sale Buy your ivquirements at this great saviag! 50c Gilted Compact, 25¢ Fancy round metal com- chamols and all calers. §5¢c Heavy Page Pillowcase, 35¢ S EETES KacFMAN: 1316 to 1326 7th St. N.W. A Small Profit, Large Volume Sale of 300 New Spring DRESSES and COA Q98 izes 16 to 44. sizes 16 to 54. .See Them in All the Regular 58¢ Spring Fabrics - 48¢ Nuponge Homespun, Golo Stripe Suiting. A wide variety of colors A beautiful showing for spring and summer wear. 59c Monday Special Sale Spring Oxfords & Pumps | 2.85 Choice of n dosea different styles in Women's Lace Oxfords, Tan and “Black, Biack and Brown, Satin-strap Pumps, Patent Snedes and Velvet-strap Pumps, including Patent Puritan Colonial Buckie Pumps, Tan Flappers, Military and Cuban beels. Sises 8. box, - mifror powder. Choice the or apet. We possible to sell ome. ' Size and ‘2 wonderful plece, perfict, woven on _se 10 yards to purchase: this price and . we think we've succeeded. 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IN THE DRESSES you may select from 25 models, and c¢hoose from the gay spring col- plaids, plain colors and braid trimmed and fancy stitched gar- f Sale of 100 Dozen Smart Gingham Dresses Note: of $1.50 Every Pair Perfect Pure Gilk Hose, made with i 19 Sizes 38 to 54 de_of smch Bme ginghams s Amios- Universal apd Kalbarnie, showing besutiful checks, new overplaids and Jacquard designs: in 28 charming styles; seif-trimmed, contrast trimmed, organdy collars, cuffs or sash, popiin trimmed, ete. Truly remartable vaives for Monday's pale oaly? CONTINUING TO DO THE GREATEST CLOTHING BUSINESS IN OUR HISTORY HUNDREDS OF MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS AT Great values at unheand of prices is what we have heard on all sidea Our answer is, that we are giving values and getting real volume of business. A great assortment of suits for wea: now as weil as spring, in light, medium and dark shades, in every desirable fabric for the young man and oonservative dresser, and a big Variety of overcoats in all models and colors. Sizes 32 to 48 and no charge for alterations. $20.00 Suits and Overcoats, $10.00 $35.00 Suits and Overcoats, $17.50 $25.00 Suits and Overcoats, $12.50 $40.00 Suits and Overcoats, $20.00 $30.00 Suits and Overcoats, $15.00 $50.00 Suits and Overcoats, $25.00 2 50 Doz. Full-Fashioned | Bargain Section Pure Silk Hose Specials 25¢ Men’s Lisle Socks, 124c Mercerized lisle, in black mercerised lisle tops, wide garter hems, and in all the mew’ shades. HOSE Brery piir perfect: | S mized; liple teps; In biack, nude, beige aod_gray. SILK HOSE 18-inch Boot BITk (glos) fomed back; bisck beige. nude, An Opening Sale for Spring From Our Enlarged Boys’ Dept. 250 Boys’ 2-Pants Suits We concentrated every effort in getting eatest values : 38.95 pairs of S m Sixhose e ‘mock-fash- sray, etc. C and_silk White, green or ecru, com- plete_with fixtures; siightly mrerfect_grade. S0 Ft Gass Rugs, $4.45 Fine-grade Impérted Sten- ciled Grass = Rugs, beund cdges: assorted_patierns. $1 and $1.25 Voile Blouses, 64c A fine assortment of Voile, Batiste and Ligene Blouses. neatly trimmed: ail sises. 69c Boys’ Blouses, 39¢ Boys' Fine-grade Percale, Linese and Chambray Coliar atiaches Neat Nottingham patterns, plain_or fancy center, neat d!‘liin borders: full size. Sheeting, 11c Good_weight, perfect quali ty_Maslin. for sheets, pillow- cases and domestic uses.