Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1924, Page 15

irai 1911 79117g%1 \uig\: RIPPLIN RUB A Thrilling Mystery Story By J. S. FLETCHER Copyright. 1924, by G (Conttnued from Yesterday's Star.) The tow, shed-like erection and its piles of old iron, colls of rope, heaps of rubbish 1 took in at a glance; hete was nothing much there to In- erest me. But the taller building at the side had more of interest. It tarned omt to be a high, gloom-filled Pplace, not unlike the interior of a ohurch tower, and just about as badly lighted Whatever purpose it had served T could not make out; its floor was littered with more rubbish, or ‘what scemed o to me. and its walls Were thick with dust and great fes- tooms of cobwebs. Around them, be- Zinning in one corner and going in flights ~ and landings across and around the others, was a_narro rickety stair, which wound far away into the thick gloom at the extreme top. Why any stair should be there at all I could not make out; there were no doorways in the three or four landings and no signs that there had once been floorings between the pavement on which I stood and the anceilinged roof so high above me. But when, after some time. my sight had grown accustomed to the gloom. 1 made out that right away at the head of the stair, just beneath the head of the rough wall and the beginning of the tiles, there was a door, or, at any rate, an opening— 2 black, "cavernous-looking place. And I was wondering what lay behind it, and whence it might lead, ‘Wwhen I heard somebody come into the shop and. after beAting on the floor, eall loudly for its proprietor CHAPTER IL The Chinaman. . This was the first customer T had Aced—a man who wanted some old Jrom, and had a small cart outside whercon to carry it away. He helped himself what he wanted when I had explained matters to him, and re- marking that his name was Toller, &nd that Mr. Holllment knew him well enough, carrfed out his stuff, @nd went away with it. This broke to the jce—other folk began to drop in. They all scemed to know their way wbout. and were all ready to mention their names: what puzzied me about tever they meant to do them was w *«ith the thi they picked out and took away Nobody seemed at all surprised to find Holliment out; nobody paid any particular attention to me as his Tepresentative. 1 came to the con- lusion that this was a queer sort of iness. But during the afternoon 1 dld some trade in coal: one man came in and ordered a truckload; an- other wanted four tons; before the dusk came on I had written down memoranda_concerning coal delivery which * represented u considerable amount of money. So the time passed, and at walked the friendly potm with vet another tray. A capa ot of tea this time. piping hot, flanked by another tin dish, wherein was 2 mountain of but- tered Onece more 1 was con- vinced Holliment knew how to make | f comfortable. The po rried away the dinner things; he informed me, while he put the mtosether, that he came from the them together.’ that he came from the . and asked if 1 was going to be where M was when tomorrow came, because, if 8o, there was going to he roast heef on tab, and he would see that I had a good helping. I told him that, as far as I was aware, Mr. Holliment would shortly be back and my tem- porary engazement over, but, I added, if T was still in Portsmouth at noon next day 1 would take care to visit the Admiral Hawke and dine there, if that was possible. He answered that ft was quite possible: there was a half-crown ordinary there at 1 o'clock, whereat they did people far better than at any of the hotels where the nobs went He went off then with his jingling tray and tins, and I drank tea and ate hot buttered toast in great content- ment. And just after that it began tn grow first dusk and then dark, and rhrough the open double-door of the ghop 1 saw lights begin to shine out across the street, and through a vista hetween the opposite houses, where there was a glimpse of the harbor .+ and of the Gosport shore in the dis- . *indeed. that for the tance, 1 caught the gleam of other lghts, red and green and vellow, that came out on the spars of passing ships. Why, I do not exactly know., but the sight of those lights somehow made me begin to wish that Holli- ment would return, give me the re- ward of my vigil, and let me go about my busines There was 2 lamp on the rough desk in the bit of an office, and as soon as 1 had finished the tea and toast 1 lighted it—the darkness was cetting @ bit too marked. The draught from the door on the street caused the lamp to smoke. 1 went over to shut it. Just then a lad came rlong shouting the 5 o'clock cdition of the newspaper: 1 bought a copy and went back to the office, and as I had mo tobacco of my own I helped myself to another of Holliment's cigars, and sat down in a rickety el- bow chair to read and smoke. Perhaps ten or, fifteen minutes went by in this fashion—and then, chanc- ing to look over the top of the news- paper, and in the direction of the dirty window-panes which gave on the street, | saw, close-pressed against the glass, the flat nose and slant eyes of & yeliow-checked Chinaman. This unholy and discomforting ~igion faded out of sight as suddenly as it had come into it—so suddenly, instant 1 won- dered if the whole thing was not hal- Jucination. But on the next I was out of that ofiice and at the door of The shop, staring at the place where the Chinaman ought to have been. He was not there; there was no ong there “the street at that point was dmpty. 1 dia not see even the whisk of a gar- ‘ment disappearing round the corner of the narrow alley into which Holli- ment had slunk a few hours before | and Al T saw was the lights, feeble obseure, along the squalid street, and he passing of other lights, green and red, across a bit of dark water. T 'went back to the office and the friendliness of its lamp, consciods that my heart was beating at a faster rate than it should have done. I was Irightened. It would have been odd it T had not been frightened—star- iled, at any rate. What was that parchment-faced Chink after? Why 4id he peep in there, through a cor- Ser of the window, instead of enter- Ing the shop? The mere sensation of heing overlooked was unpleasant enough, but there had been that in the dark, slanting eves which m:g: ertain that their owner ing. Why? Thom did he want? ‘ Holllment, of course. I wished heart- ily that Holliment would come. To e left there, in that gloomy hole of A place, with evil-faced Basterns Jooking in upon me, was what I had not bargained for. And, careless about possible customers, 1 presently went Pack to the street doof and, after ex- amining its fastenings. drew a big holt into place. Holllment ecould knoek when he came; until then. I wae determined that no foot should croes the dirty threshold. There was a blind above the win- Aow through which the Chinaman had Jooked. and when I went back to the office 1 took hold of its cord to draw Tt down. The whole thing came away in my hand, rotten with age and ST going to have no more WA taren at’ the window, &nd finding some tacks and a hammer, I got up on Holliment's desk ahd nailed the &lira to the casement, shutting out ‘he darkness and the spits of light :gemQ opposite houses. That done, 1 attempted to read the paper again. T had not read many lines when T | heard a sound—gentle, but palpable— outside the door which T had just harred. At that I stole across the £nd Hstened. All was still at first, but -y - | he oor | soft, cat-foot movements. And then the handle of the door was turned, auletly, slowly; T saw the brass knob within moving. But whoever it was that had his hand on the outer knob soon realized that the place was now secured against him, and presently I heard the stealthy footsteps move off. “The Chinaman again, without a doubt. I was by that time fully disposed to go away, leaving this sort of thing to go on ‘without me; I had had enough of it. But I did not like to go before handing over the place to its owner; also, I saw no way of locking the street door from the outside— if there was a key, Holllment evi- dently had It in his pocket. It would scarcely do to leave the place unpro- tected;” moreover, 1 particularly wanted my soverelgn. And, after all, the man had said that he would be back that evening, and it was aiready well past 6 o'clock T sat down agai , and again tried to read. That was poor work; the minutes dragged. But, at last, I heard seven striking' from ‘the neighboring clocks, and almost im- mediately afterward I heard some- thing else—a sound of slow, stealthy movement in the tower-like building at the side of the shop. Even as I caught it, it ceased; a minute or two went by,' I heard It again—again it ceased, 'That there were fats in that place T had no doubt, but something in that muffled sound made me cer- tain that it came from a human being N Rather than sit there, listening and wonderlng, 1 picked up the lamp and went into the place. The lamp was about as effective as a single match lighted in a cavern: it showed a small area at my feet, and kept the rest of the high space above me in darkness. Of course, I heard and saw nothing. But I was absolutely certain that there was something or somebody there. And when 1 went back to the office I had made up my mind if Holliment had not Lome back when the town clocks next struck 1 was going. The events of the last two or three days—the anxiety consequent upon being stranded, the uncertainty of my prospects—these things had not improved the state of my nerves, and I felt that if 1 stopped much longer in that place, imagining a Chinaman prowling around, T should become a od deal more of a wreck than T ted to be. It was not worth the solereign which T should probably lose going I was unless Holliment turned up suddenly. by going away—nevertheless. I heard no more of the movements in the big building, and the time went on slowly until the first stroke of eight broke the prevalent silence. 1 got out of my chalr at that, flung the newspaper, and seized a pencil and a scrap of paper; I was going to leave a note on the d telling Holliment that I could not re main longer. 1 was utterly indiffer- aw ent by that time as to whether he found the note that mnight or next morning; indifferent, too, to my T wanted 'to_get out and eathe free air. But before T had bled two lines 1 heard a low, ant _signal, and jumping round as if T had been shot, saw the man 1 was writing to standing in the gloom of the &hop, six yards away, outside the office door, beckoning. How he had got there without my being aware of his entrance T did not stop to think, but I was un- feignedly glad to see him, and stepped almost joyfully in his direc - put up his hand, unmis- warning. Pull that blind down whispered. “Light down so can_see int” down,” 1 answered. down since 6 o'clock.” “Well, turn that lamp down, too," And bar that door on vereign in there! that no one “It s “Been That's been barred since 6 o'clock, too,” 1 sald, laying a finger on the regulator of the lamp. “It's safe enough.” He waited until the light had gone down to a pale gleam, just clear enough to let us see each other's faces, and then, keeping himself in the shadow, he came across the floor and into a corner of the office, giving me a narrow, searching glance “Anybody been?’ he asked, sig- nificantly i T pointed to the menforanda which ad prepared and laid on the desk. 11" down there/” 1 answered. “That's the business part of it." There was a purposeful signifi On Saturday, June 28th, Articles “THERMAX” Irons “SIMPLEX” Irons Western Electric Vibra- tor Sewing Machines “UNIVERSAL” Copper Urns “FRANKLIN” Household Irons “MASTER” Violet Ray Machines “LYDIG” Toasters “ESTATE” Toasters “STAR” Waffle Irons 607 14th Street emoval Sale doors of our branch store at 607 14th St. N.W. Up to that date we are offering unprecedented price reductions on the following lines of merchandise. Special bargains in certain Electric Ranges. Some of these Ranges may be seen at our C St. Store All Other Star Products 509, Off All Emeralite Desk Lamps One-Half Price All Portable Lamps, 50 Per Cent Off Potomac Electric Appliance Co. Branch Store, Washington Railway and Electric Building 14th and C Streets Northwest THE EVENING ST WEALTHY PUBLISHER™S BODY FOUND IN SWAIP C. D. Sheldon of New York, Mias- ing Ten Days—Coroner Gives Accident Verdict. By the Amociated Press. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 24.— The body of Clarence D. Sheldon, eighty-four, wealthy New York pub- lisher, was found Sunday in a swamp about five miles from his sum- mer home at Verbank. Sheldon dis- appeared about ten days ago. The condition of the body indicated that it had been in the swamp for several days. The discovery of more than $300 in cash, and a watch in Sheldon’s coat and 'vest, which were found about cance in my reply, and he was quick to_see it. “And—what else? he said, anxious- 1y, “Anything—not business?" 1 don’t know whether it's business or not, Mr. Holliment” 1 replied, “but after It got dark, and before I'd fastened up that blind, I chanced to look at the window there, and I saw, his ugly face pressed close against it, a Chinaman.” I was watching him. For the sec- ond time that day I saw his face go pasty-white—only, as far as I could make out in that dim light, this time it was whiter than before—and he caught his breath in something like a sob. “A—a Chinaman!” “You're—certain? “Never more certain of anything,” I retorted. “Dead certain!” “Well?" he asked, with an obvious effort. “After that—when 1'd drawn this blind and bolted the outer door—I heard stealthy footsteps outside, and saw some one try the handle,” I con- tinued. nce then—some time ago —I heard queer sounds in that tower place of yours, and I went in and saw nothing. Queer doings, Mr. Hol- liment!” 3 He had his hands in front of him, clasped across his chest, and I noticed that his fingers were working one within the other. If my nerves had been touched a bit, his were undoubt- SIMONIZING Cars Left at Night Delivered by Noon Following Day AAA Service Station Sheridan Garage, Inc. 2516 Que St. N.W. Que St. Bridge Telephone West 2442 he whispered. When you prepare a Picnic Lunch remember to put in a bottle of Lea & Perrins’ Sauce. It adds a de]i;hdfl‘:l, h‘e: t to sandwicl m";ld meats. Get the famous ' LEASPERRINS SAUCE_ 666 | is a Preacription for Colds, Grippe, Dengue Fever, Constipation, Bilious Head- aches and Malarial Fever. at 1 P.M., we will close the List Price $4-50 Sale Price $2.50 3675 $375. S50 53250 40% Off 5700 5350 - 50% Off S50 5425 58.00 34.00 SQ0 5450 Phone Main 955 twenty feet from the body, gaused county officials to diseard theories of foul play. Coromer John A. Card asserted death had been accidentlal and caused by exposere. It is belleved that Sheldon wan- dered into the march a weck ago last Thursday, when he disappeared from his home at Verbank. The underbrush \pear where the body was found indi- cated he apparently bad struggled to extricate himself ‘from the swamp, but had become exhausted. 1216 F St. N.W. Tovely styles Misses Rebuilding Sales for Larger Women! Thin Frocks v $16.75 421,461 2V Sizes Handdrawn linen—the type of frock so cool and smart look- ing! Beautifully made of soft materials, in sammer colorings. Maize, orchid, tan, blue. Trimmed in lace or_organdy in surplice, effects with panel and pleatings. e Some are very dressy in ) others tailored; fashioned of Nor- mandy Voiles, Embroidered Voiles. Printed Silks, Dotted Swiss, In white and black polka dots, black and dots and flowered patterns: orchid, nile, tan, peach and maize. —Second Floor. Umbrellas! Rain or Sun - Heretofore $10.50 Rebuilding sends them out at 3$6.65 Gray and enameled hand-paimed malacca asd amber combinations., or all amber and peari handies, on these remaikable quality silk um- brellas, Tivey are the popular French clubby styles of coiored silks, Aancy and gros-grain borders. When you sse what they are, you wiil wosder:® how even a Re- buiding Sale could enduce us to sacrifice them for this money. $12.50 Umbrellas $8.65 Want to see therm before the buliders come in! High-grade silk, with wide gros- mln." and faney borilers; pearl, S oo e ] o = aiso Catorel “transparent hamdies, with colore! braided leather loop sii'e straps. and silk cords; ferrules anid tips to match. Long Silk Gloves! Another Rebuilding Eictral Glove , department loses its stockroom soon—hence this,and many other big reductions, in gloves! Heavy Milanese Silk, Heretofore $250 ! $1.95 ! Black, White, Silver, Pongees hese are long, 16-button extra heavy Milanese Silk Gloves, of tive famous FOWNES make, with their usual splendid finish, . PEEING, June 21. American missionaries who have beén | Rev. and Mrs. Bailey and Miss Sent- under siege at Kweilin, center of the fighting between the armies of nort) and south China, are safe and well, according to a report received Misses’ $75 to $95 Afternoon & Evening Frocks— $49.50, $59.50, $69.50 Beautiful materials and stunning styles. ’ Voile and Crepe Frocks Also Smart Tailored Linens $8.75 and $10.75 Regularly $10.75 to $16.50 Two big rebuilding groups that will sell fast these warm days All-over embroideries, lace trimmings, button trimmings and all-over stitchings—white, maize, green, tan, powder blue and corai—straightlines, tlers, tunics, apron fronts—indeed nearly a score of pretty misses' styles for Rebuilding purchasers to select from.—Misses’ Shop—Third Floor. h The Builders Cause $22.50 * Sport Coats to Go at $13.75 These are women's coats—just the sort one must have for vacation—plaids and plain color tan or cocoa—34 swagger style, raglan sleeves—smartly stitched with cable stitching.—Second floor. _ WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 24 1924 MISSIONARIES RELEASED FROM SIEGE IN KWEILIN | turned to Yungchow atter making an Peking from Rev. Mr. Wilson, an American missionary who has re- investigation. Mr. Wilson brought back with him Mrs. Cunningham, By Osble to The Btar and Oblcago DALY | wigow of one of the American mis- News. Copyright, 1924. The British and | #1onaries killed during the fighting a fortnight ago; Rev. and Mrs. Bland, ler. All the other members of the n | missionary colony are reported to be safe, although the city remains under siege. All the returned missionaries in | except Mrs. Cunningham are English. pleted next September. More added cach day! $16.50 $23.75 $29.50 $37.50 lored and lac adorned with —but we would rather send it home to $2 Glove Silk Vests—$1.35 $5 The Vests remaining In this great re- doction are in flesh only. Taiored top and shoulder straps, beautiful quality glove silk. $4 Silk Vests and Step-Ins $2.95 Vests of radium silk and heavy quality crepe de chine with step-ins to match, each $2.95. These are the thin cool qual ity you want for this time of year. Vests have hemstitched and embroidered yoke: self-straps with picot edges in Flesh, Orchid, Peach and White. 480 Overblouses . 480 Overblouses Go Into the Re-building Sales Tomorrow at WHITE $1.79 FRENCH BLUE ORCHID TAN models of sheer volle, dimity and broadcioth, with Peter correct for wear with sweaters or separate skirts. Long sleeves with French or turn-back cuffs; short or cap sleeves; tiny frills around coNar and sieeves. $2.95 to $3.95 Overblouses, $2.15 THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE BUSY TABLES! Sheer French_ Voiles, Fine English Broadcloth, Imported Dimity, Imported Pongee, Crepe de Chine in Maize, Rose, Green, French Blue, Tan and White. V.shaped necks, Peter Pans, Boyish Collars, Collarfess, Long Sleeves, Short Sleeves, Cap Sleeves, No Sieeves. Many have dainty French Vai. Real Filet 6F Irish Lace, with tiny tucks and pockets and frifls. Sizes o New Costume Blouses, $4.95 ] Heretofore $6.95 to $8.95 Going fast—but more is being added to this popular table. High quality materials and superior tailoring dis- tinguish these models. Heavyl quality crepe de chine net and flannel In every new style/ feature, every trimming, every oolor. Fashion Proclaims White Skirts! Rebuilding Proclaims $10.75 and $12.50 White Skirts for $8.75 ‘The builders thus force out the most desirable skirts of ' the season. * Light-weight wool cantons; flat crepes; crepe de chines; wash- able rhapsodie; shark skin; brocaded crepes; in all the loveliest lot of skirts in pure white for hot weather wear. Every style of pleated effect existing, and wrap-around styles Chiffon Silk Stockings Sold Formerly for $5 and $6 BLACK GUN METAAL, SILVER, NUDE, WHITE, GRAY Imagine buying such beautiful chiffon hose—the finest, sheerest qual- ity—every pair perfect—for this greatly reduced price. There are all' Pure Thread Silk Stockings Perfect Goods—first quality—Full- These are superb Hose of pure thread silk—of a quality any woman may be proud to wear with her summer costumes. We want you to Share soles and toes. Colors: Pelo Gray, Peanl Gray, Beige, Cinnamon, Peach, Amper, Nude, 'Lb| Cabin, Dawn and Tan Bark. sizes in each color. fashioned pure thread silk stockings, sl ‘29 in these DIg Rebuflding Spacials. All have fine mercerized tops, heels, Jellefr’s Rebuilding Sale—Strest Floor. N8 Women’s $29.50 to $45 Silk Street and Afternoon Dresses, s| Brown, Black, Beige, Navy, White Gray, Green Lovely materials, sand smart new styles, these greatly-reduced-in-price Satin, crepe de chine and sport crepes, tai- or with embroidery, and tucks; every fashion irresistable.! Women'’s Silk Daytime and Dinner Frocks Re-Marked for Rebuilding Sale Heretofore $45 to $59.50 Only one or two of a kind in these marvelous dresses. Nothing but an event like the Rebuilding Sale could offer them at this figure. Satins, crepes, georgettes and crepe de chine, softly draped, or tailored with beadings and embroideries. One-Of-A-Kind Models Women’s Afternoon and Dinner Gowns Remarked foe Rebuilding Sale. Heretofore $49.50 to $65.. Navy, Black, Peach, Cocoa Powder Blue These are exclusive modeis, smartly fash. ioned, beautifully made and finished. Crepe Elizabeth, georgette, crepe de chine. satine Some are embroidered all over, insets, or harmonizing laces and embroideries. Underwear Soon MovesUpstairs! ou, hence these prices! Flesh, tver, Navy, black. “SOROSIS” Creates a Sensation * sizes and widths, Lightning Destroys Barn. Speeial Dispateh to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va.. June 24 —A barn, containing thirty-five tons of baled hay, one the farm of L. R. Colbert, in Spotsylvania county, was fired by lightning and destroyed dur- ing the heavy storm Saturday after- noon. A group of workmen who had sought shelter at the dwelling tried in vain to ve the structure. Do not delay longer aboat storing your FURS and your Cloth Coats—Moths are about. Storage is not expensive—and absolute protection is guaranteed. We believe you will be proud of this store when oar building operations are com- We are planning to make it the best that can be. ebuilding Upsets Bring Upsets in Price! We must vacate the rear portion of our building next Saturday night! Tearing it down begins soon after, yet today we are still pretty well crowded with merchandise in most departments. 3 portions of our stocks are necessary if we are going to vacate on time! The rebuilding sales started Monday are, however, gaining momentum each day. People are responding hugely to the opportunity to buy our sort of merchan- dise at so greatly reduced prices! ' 500 Misses’ Silk Dresses Entire Stocks Marked Down for the Rebuilding Sale 500 dresses, all in 14, 16 and 18 year sizes—and youthful styles Street, afternaon, dinner and dance frocks are included. Misses’ $25 & $30 Street & Afternoon Dresse Flat crepes, georgette crepes and satin cantons. .. Misses’ $45 to $55 Street & Afternoon Dresses— Printed crepe, satin Canton, georgette and flat crepes 0 Misses’ $55 & $59.50 Afternoon & Evening Dresses— Cachmere crepe, chiffon, georgette and printed crepe Misses’ $65 to $69.50 Afternoon & Evening Frocks— chifrons. georgette crepe and cashmere crepe—very So you can easily see that forced sales of large in their buying the past two days. White Lettuce Green buttonholes. $16.50 $21 builders ruffings, frocks. attractive ts shades—p! beading, pl Lovely building $69.50 to $38 Dinner designs; st represent the small dium Silk Slips—$3.95 Just Think of It! There never has been a sale like this, of such beautiful slips for $3.95. quality radium silk Memstitched top and taliored straps with 20-inch shadow hem: ity radium silk and beautiful workman- ship; in petal pink, orchid, peach and other damty summer colors. lovely qual- whits, orchid, maize, fawn, —by offering our entire stocks of fine footwear for summer at re- duced prices. Moving a shoe de- partment up three floors is no joke. We would rather sell at cut prices. Choice—Sorosis $10 to$12 Kid Pumps Kid Pumps in our restrictions. All AAA and up. Fleld Mouse, Brown, Dark Brown, Light Brown, Champagne, Gray, Black and Patent Leather. High and low heels; short and medium Some of these 57.85 Women’s stock—without vamps. shoes have been in our stock less than a week. Cholce Sorosis ful Sorosis $10 to $12 Strap and Gore Pumps A quick clearing expected here— Brown Suede Gore Pumps, Span- h Dress Heel. Brown _ Susde Strap Pumps, Spanish Dress Heel. heel pump. Black Kid 2-strap Pumps, Cuban Dark brown kid one-strap Cuban Dress Heel. heel pump. —Jelleff’s Rebuilding Sale, Sorosis Footwear Shop, Street Floor. Rebuilding Brings Down Prices on Women’s Cool Frocks! Good luck for careful shoppers! have certainly shown their appreciation of economy opportunities ‘Women’s $10.75 to $12.75 Tailored Linen Dresses— Orchid Maize Biscuit Most beautiful of tailored linen dresses you could hope to see. Made in straightiine and coat models, with hemstitching, fagotting and embroidery; or with Irish lace edgings. .Perfectly finished; hand.done Lovely Voile Dresses Go before the Voiles which are 30 cool for Summer— hand embroidered of lace trimmed—pleated narrow beits or soft crush girdles—all of the white dotted voiles. All at $14.75. Powder Blue Black Maize others with laces, and embroidered in beads. AH are the very latest In the ultra-mode and sport pumps. Oxfords, $3.85 Hundreds of odd pairs— Both pumps and oxfords. style but nearly all sizes In the lot. o Alarge variety of ieathers and styles. Black, brown or gray. SIDNEY SEARS IS SLAIN. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 24—Lieut. Sidney E. Sears, fifty-seven, nation- ally known revolver expert and crack shot of the St. Louis police depart- ment, was shot four times and killed Sunday as he eat in a police auto- mobile in front of a negro tenement house, where he ana two other ei- ficers were investigating an alleged negro fight. Women of Washington More to come! $8.75 Powder Blue and $19.50 Regularly— $14.75 at.. surplice or straightline models— styles—big assortment of newest lenty in white; also black and $31.50 Gowns, reduced for Re- Clearaway. and Evening Gowns, in individual ome trimmed with ostrich feathers, quality and worth not covered by clearance price. Lace and Net Guimpes For Rebuilding $1.95 Out these go from the Neckwear Shop before the builders come in— Six Different Styles! LONG SLEEVES, SHORT SLEEVES, SLEEVELESS Charmingly dainty patterns these needed accessories, you will say this is the best you have seen. Choice—Sorosis $9 to $12 Suede Any Suede Pump in our stock —without restrictions— ANl sizes and widths, X AAA and up Gray suede, low heel, strap, sport pumps. Gray suede, Cuban heel, strap, dress pumps. Gray suede, Spanish heel, strap, dress pumps. Brown suede, low heel, Pumps strap, Brown suede, Cuban heel, strap, dress pumps. Brown suede, Spanish heel, strap, dress pumps. Brown suede, Spanish heel, gore, dress pumps. $9 to $12 Pumps and Wonder- Not all sizes in any one values! Sorosis $9 and $10 Strap Pumps $4.85 SURELY WORTH SEEING! All sizes, but not in each style. Patent leather one-strap Cuban - MADAME X Reducing GIRDLES $0.85 — $11.85 Every one seems to be wearing them.