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THE SUNDAY - STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER 14, 1924—PART 1. J0DAY DIVORGES : » . EASY IN YU[}MAN ANNOUNCING---Phillip Levy’s Special Values During Mexican Province Sets Out| to Beat Reno and Paris “for U. S. “Trade.” . / TRabelais, poor old dear, would have i chuckled over this story. But he E wouldn't have chuckled half as hard | 3 as do te members of a slender pro- il E 3 4 ' i cession winding its way from Gre, g i wich Village 3 s cer- | 1 Europe to improve their souls? N | they. They are bound for Yucatan, Mexico, to see chts ana get | ) divorced. An trip—one ofl| i the eight 3 ' being spent in Havana, || thirty days among the Maya ruins or ||} the congenial spirits of Yucatan. and eight days back. A divorce in a month and -a half -all told. And || cheap! Iven an. improvised artist .9 finefurnilure exhibils ~ special values co which produces hemp and jokes among the radicals. Yuca- tan, in its quiet way, has put over || aulte a few jokes on the rest of the "= Washington is invited to Phillip Levy’s tomorrow to view the new Fall displays of fine Furniture at the fairest prices world. It has bloomed redder than c o ~ . . SAmericanineanty MINOU atltiing Washington has ever seen. Every one whose heart is in a Home—who wants for that Home beautiful, good Furniture—will profit by a visit to these has received. Another of the joke Fall exhibits. Comparing prices, every visitor will learn why Phillip Levy’s is fast becoming Washington's foremost Furniture store. \Visitors are e omoe e which Mexlcans invited to ask without obligation about Phillip Levy’s plan for accepting your used Furniture as part payment on the new things you buy. . epithet “Rabelaisian Frankly Tourist Bait. Those thirty-day divorces frankly tourist I something of an attraction than mere wet goods. They are articularly to tl 4 icans, in their quietly humorous = (] ion, want to offer the tourist t 13 = best. 1-“1., other errlru(rI\ provin Wi thisiti 1 t sell “f 99 3 £ nearer the center o hing: Y i S = ’ st e 5 2 len you move 1S time do not se or a song 9=/’ Wfi]["’l‘*fl’u‘l‘?fi'} ~ aijerceiliviatilshtall o SR the old furniture that doesn’t ““fit” in your new home. { M e z 1 the underground wira Mexico, CItY." where the L = You can trade in your old furniture as part pay- thing to do while STe bt prenimaric : i ment on new at Phillip Levy’s, and get the actual re- thirty days of ruins are to expect of the divo : | ) i sale value out of it for this reason— traveler, agree the considerate The natives themselves rar . We placed on sale in our basement (entirely separate diForeed buctheylogk wih oulaln| i e from new stocks) all used goods taken in exchange on new. Welcome to ask about this plan. Welcome to credit if you n spectacle of the Mexican eagle | cutting the gordian knot of matri- | mony amuses them and fills their| purses at the same time. { SR e . 3-Piece Overstuffed Suite—Table, Lamp, Rug— And painless se ng of the © mgseiies el ncatninas IR enn | ; : The complete living room outfit at this sensationally low. price consists of a 3-piece beaten by a mile." Divorces are aiy | fer illip L a i e N\ overstuffed living room suite upholstered in velour, with spring-filled, loose cushions— pensed while you wait, like rubber | quarters—you'll find a_ complete_ as- 3 E av able i N 2 A cha S - = Healstor abe Mibensas Lhes fars son T e e o a beautiful davenport table in mahogany finish—a silk shade table lamp and a room size over the same counter marriag S ! 5 i i (5 - ; licenses, ept that they are less that will cook and £ new departure rug. difficult to obtain. Thirty davs res bake in a way that you have a right - I j - 2 Terms $4.50 every 1st and 15th ce a fee varying from $1 to_expect - p e I are the only requirements. Your old cook stove or range taken , judges, lawyers are deiight- in as part payment on a new Cast cuuse need not | d Iron Range. We take your old stove e n o down and set up your new one. s for the party of the secon part Stove pipe free with every range. i she dows not even need to do Ranges Priced Up From Piece Breakfast Suites Gateleg Tables ays am the ruins. The P T'se it as a console table when s e does not ;m\l.— w‘]w[ o- $ 50 Sturdy square-carnered drop leai table and 4 folded and as a dining table when S S 2 3 straight top-chairs to match—ready $ 75 open. Many sizes to s 50 to the last. for refinishing are now offered at . choose from in these o Neither are there any rules against this low price of Ges ipit repeaters. One Greenwich Village | Terms, $1 Weekly prices up from...... artist has had five Yucatan divorces | Terms, $1 Weekly * Terms, $1 Weekly and is »ing soon for his sixth, It i, as every one admits, a delightful | |8 boat trip to Yucatan, and what could | b s more appropriate climax than | divorce? i Press Agent Ix Buxy. | credit for framing law left New | York just a few day ; i Roberto Habermann, 3 S \ "l i ¢ nounces himself, among other thing 2 . A 5 i : i i . . Rt e : - Special—10-Piece Walnut Bedroom Outfit ican labor movement and the Ame; dentally, he was the mouthpicce for | b i } Gen. Platarco Blias Calles, Incomint From our large showing of Outfit is now offered you at a saving. Included is a dresser, chifforette, semi- President of Mexico, on the latter's]| | I 5 golden oak buffets vanity dressing table, bow-end bed, spring, mattress, 2 pillows, boudoir lamp recent visit here. B\ \\/ 6x9 High - grade Seamless Velvet $l7 50 e O-,;rzzngmi:xong $24 75 and chair, complete for only..... 4 o\ " o size— . Habermann bewailed the fact that i \ Rugs, newest patterns. Prices start at... g the Brocession of divorce seckers 1o | 5 e L in solid oak for Terms, $4.00 Every 1st and 15th Yucatan is still so slender. It was, | 3 g 6x9 Alexander Smith’s Seamless $19 75 he said, a good thing going to waste. Axminster Rugs.for as low as. ......... . “Here this thing has been going on | = % 5L = for two years, and some of my i = 6x9 Heavy-grade Seamless Tapestry $l6 50 friends are married yet,” he said. Rugs for only o But all this will be remedied soon. | | 6x9 Seamless Velvet Rugs priced Yucatan is going after publicity. Mr. ‘76 S s EShD $19.50 Habermann writes, talks and popu- aSRIOW s 2 larizes the thirty- divorce. He 83x10.6 Seamless Tapestry Brussels $18 75 . ay soon open a bureau in New York || Ca R k Rugs, pleasin, atterns, for only........ expedite travel to Yucatan, he | § ne hoc er! gsspmfi flp e iamiin o says. Cards extolling the Yucatan Hore B ratls anetana i XR .6 £ c]xan er Smith’s Seamless $24 50 divorce mecca an opportunity to mahogany rocker thut Will £iv Velvet Rugs only . visit the prehistoric Mava ruins, the 83x106 Beautiful Axminster. Rugs ] n amous > world.” [ vou vears of comfort and se 35106 Beautiful Axminster Rugs $28 50 most famous in the world” and get SaEs 00 Comiott e e : i i e e e e S Special Ladder Stool ing through the village. | balanced ana wil not -t ox12 Sloane’s Seamless Tapestrs €33 70 e Bl - back too far. Very popular, too. . e = things on the top shelf—may also Made Law to Aid Friends. | because they are o light and Rugs in variety of pattern, for only. . beiniedias s Kitchentotaaly One Mr. Habermann wrote the Yucatan may be carried 9x12 Seamless Velvet Rugs priced as 528 95 to a custom divorce law partly to help his friends from one room to $ 85 low as e o Letween 9 and and partly to help travel to Mexico. | fl another without of ox12 Al d e But there is a note of sobriety in ali ||} effort. Very spe- SHlexanccp i $29 75 this—just enough to give Rabelais, cial at Rugs for only . Thoanad convictionsRordlsRonnranl Your Charge Account Is Welcome. “I did it to prove a point,” he said, “which is that laws don't make much || difference. You can't force people to ||f| et divorced by making divorce easy. || In fact, the easier it is the less they sl e N > S G A B 2N 3-Piece Velour Bed Davenette Suite—Silk Shade Floor Lamp— d le from the States. £ ; LR a S s i e g % y @ > Library Table and Rug— treme labor laws in the world—even ¥ = = s more extreme than in Russia. You |/} | ! 1 7 y \ Included in this outfit is a velour upholstered bed davenette, chair and rocker 3179 50 . ican labor_ movement and the Amer- 17 : el P i _— Oak Buffets From the many beautiful new bedroom suites this Queen Anne Period $149 50 . b e L R e | | 7 B 0 \i with frames in brown mahogany finish. A silk shade electric floor lamp and your e R el ; ) =L Choice of either a library table or davenport table in mahogany finish. A room si “However,” Mr. Habermann went !’ rug is also included at this low price of on, “I like to help my friends. In ? ] e 4 DA Yucatan you can get married in the [|f} g 3 )= Terms, $4.50 Every 1st and 15th morning and divorced at noon. And || it is casier to get divorced than to|| ; get married, for you have to publish | ‘ the banns and everything, and by the | (}| time it's over you will be a grand- |/} Baby Walker father and vour eldest daughter will [/}l - i : Ue cloping with someone, Double Duty In this Fall Opening Week we ey o e o have not forgotten .the little tots. t 1l divorces in the five and ten |/} 3 < ] 1 of Al tores, just as they do the ||l Insurance Da-Bed A well built baby walker with suspended s pring s 75 classics now ‘ ; 5 - I i During our Fall opening week The Da-Bed offered is both seat and front tray l. > ! Insure .your costly clothes you will find a large display of comfortable and attractive in ap- now specially price 2 | against the pesky moth by get- ini tabl 10" Hearance as = dxvenport. The. At .o lainEe ELECTOR LISTS DECRIED. ||l {75 cedar chest now. A won 5oiieh (rom, “Your old dining beetemse founcing on’né ends derful gift. All sizes—in table accepted as Dart payment and side conceal Y me Misused in ||}l natural cedar or s Round pedestal s 5 all bed fixtures. 5 Tg; Fomstoed Ine . in_walnut finish. W5 Tomimlan T Sold on terms of .50 ‘Washington, Says Manager. Priced up from.. picture, now $1 weekly for this CHICAGOU, September 13.—aA tele- |} priced at price of...c...en 30_60_90 Days ram from John E. Ballaine, La Fol- frtte campaign manager at Seattle, Just Charge It Terms, $1 Weekly Terms, $1 Weekly Wash., announcing that he had taken s C h up with Attorney General Stone the ame as a‘ attempts of opponents to fiI‘P‘ lists of f candidates for electors in Vashing- ; 2 ton State using the name of Senator Those who wish to pur- l.a Follette, was received today by || Sn e John M. Nelson, national La Follette prices may pay their account ll.Piece Period D . D- . Room O tfit—— campaign manager. legal fight against such | . . mz;]):::isawo:ld dlévohmg was an- |8 o ® out on or before December : ; P nounced vesterday when telegraphic - 15th and still get the cash Those who are planning to furnish or refurnish their dining room this Fall will welcome advices from Mr. Ballaine informed 2 the low price on the walnut dining room outfit offered here. Included is a SRR e L e A = discount. Welcome to use semi-inclosed china_cabinet, inclosed server, oblong extension table, buffet § 50 Tiots steh lists knawn as “La Fol. ||l our prices as basis for com- of pleasing proportions, six leather-seated dining chairs, a floor torchier—all A4 lette Independent Progressive Party,”} = . of which is now offered at this low price....... e and “La Follette Independent Party.” 735 Seventh Sth.w "BetWeenG & H parison. The La Follette list of electors was - 3 . s, $2 a Week accepted by the Secretary of State . § ‘ rm of Washington September 9. —_————— Tromn will not rust in water free from air.