Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1926, Page 19

THE SUNDAY MAY FAIL TO BREAK COUNGIL DEADLOGK Commission’s Work Geneva May End Without Action on Spain and Brazil. 1 15.--Owing to the nd of Spain and F 1 iy ~ Berkey & Gay and Associated Companies Dining Furniture Priced to Close Out You Have No Idea of the Unusual Values— The Prices Do Not Tell Their Real Worth | council, and that efforts will be con- at: the | would be convinced that it was not useful to_collaborate longer with the league. This renewed threat to quit the league unless her aspirations are satisfied is causing considerable worri- ment among the powers, and the league crisis will continue until the problem of permanent seats has been solved. cerning future composition of centrated through the regular diplo- matic nnels to induce the govern- ments at Madrid and Rio de Janeiro to abandon their claims in the inter- est of preserving the future useful FLORDA ENBARCD EADS AT MONIAT Decision Reached Due 1o Vast Improvement in Rail Situation. ness of the league. Farm Yields Oysters. A bed of living oysters, 20 feet below the surface of the ground, was found by workmen excavating for a scheme for an increase of [ subway under the Santa Fe Railroad a g0od | yrack at Chanute, Kans., a few days ago, according to the Topeka Capital. There were about a bushel of the bi- | valves. They were in a gravel and |gy tne Associated Press. sandstone formation, evidently porous| “rpe State-wi : 1| enough to admit sufficient molsture o | otte tr povian, et oeromea Tao Im sustain life. lifted at midnight tonight, it was an- ISR nounced yvesterday by the car service The punches used by conductors on | division of the American Railway As- railway trains are made in . nearly | sociation. i twenty thousand different designs. The embargo has been modified non-per- n be increased to nine, without, ] augmenting the | ! permanent st aind these two coun- | tries will be urged in a spirit of com- promise to accept the probability that becoming virtually nent members through constant re election, Both Argentina and Uruguay have in effect repudiated ¥ should repre: ‘manent me e C il £ > notified the | sic ¥ that unless she was accorded a permanent seat, Spuin [fll‘im} T URNITURE 15 Discontinued Patterns This Week the Suites “The Concord Suite.” W alnut, mahogany and selected gum- wood suite, round-end buffet, double pedes- tal table, cane back chairs; ample drawer space, inch buffet, 20 PICEBE oiesvcinnininien “T h e Terrytown Suite” A Duncan Phyfe suite in walnut and gumwood ; double pedestal table, drop Teaf server; especially graceful chairs, hair- cloth seats; 10 pieces. “The Zadini Suite." Is a beautifully fin- ished group in wal- nut and gumwood with heary scroll ped- estals and carved stretchers, tapestry back and seat chairs, 10 pieces .. “The M ans field Suite.” A massive English suite with 72 inch buffet and large closed silver cabinet and closed linen chest, tapestry seat chairs; 10 pieces “The Sherwood Suite” One of the finest Queen Anne suites — 76-inch buf- fet with earved rope edgeas; elaborately o arved stretchers; beautifully 8 h a ped chairs, walnut and gumwood; 10 pieces. “The Quincy Suite.” A grocefully turned pattern with durl panels; & large chest with drawer end an ample silver chest, haircloth eeat chairs walnut and gumwood, 10 pieces c.eoee-.n And Others Here Are Some of $495 $550 $595 $495 $395 For quick close-out, these fine Grand Rapids-made suites go at prices 'way below their real value. Every suite a good-looking, desir- able pattern—every price made with the thought of prompt clear- ance. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Three Reasons for Such Prices 1—New Berkey & Gay Suites are arriving in big quanti- ties and we need the room to accommodate them. 2—There is only one suite of a kind in most instances and not over two of a kind in any case. 3—The display on our floors must change. These dis- continued suites will be re- placed with different de- signs. A Few Suités—Not Berkey & Gay—Included Included in the special close-out are the following suites—not Berkey & Gay—but very unusual values in Lifetime Furniture. A wonderful French suite of all walnut with 74-inch buffet, a marvelous server and silver chest, and mohair back and seat chairs with fringe, 10 pleces— Burl walnut and gumwood din- ing suite with 72-inch buffet, drawer in silver cabinet and com- modious silver chest, 10 pieces— $350 $495 Very large suite in walnut and gumwood Wwith especlally heavy trimmings and scroll stretchers, tapestry seat chairs, commode server, 10 pieces— 8-plece dining group for apart- ment dining room of small propor- tions in walnut with table, cabi- net and 6 chairs— $295 $475 Lifetime Furniture Is More Than a Name MAYER & CO. Seventh Street Between D é’s’ E Uiy eRt Ty C. MAY 1 several times since it originally be- came operative. The car service divi- sion sald that the decision to cancel it entirely was ‘‘due to the vast im- provement in the railroad transporta- tion situation by reason of the active co-operation between the railroads and the public through the Florida divi- sion of the Southeast Shippers’ Reg- ional Advisory Board.” “As a result of the congestion that existed last Fall on all Florida rail- roads and particularly at Jackson- ville,” the announcement continued, “it was necessary to place an em- bargo on freight shipments except where permits were. issued enabling shippers to bring certain commodities into the State. As the general situa- tion has improved, however, modifica- tions have been made in the embargo, the last one having been on April 15, this year, when It was made to in clude only lumber and cement.. “Extensive improvements have been made in recent months by the various raflroads in Florida, as well as by re- cefvers of freight, which have enabled 1926— PART 1. ! them to handle more expeditiously the | increased freight shipments. The extent to which this 'increase has taken place is indicated by the fact that carload traffic to Florida for the first three months this year showed | an Increase of 102.9 per cent over the | | same period in 1924, and 8.5 per cent { over the same period in 1926. “The railroads were meeting the | transportation situation in Florida | more satisfactorily than they have at | | any time since last Summer. Demands | particularly for road bullding ma- | terials have increased enormously in the past vear and are increasing dally.” SIPSER 5 | Thirty-seven countries were. repre | sented”in the 3,000 exhibits at the recent Spring fair at Lyon, France, |and_so great was the demand for | goods that many exhibitors closed | thefr order hooks ahead of time with | | their production capacity booked for | months ahead. b o O [EEE: T <URNIT d | can Tris Society., will be held at the |jan, list of patronesses Noyes, Miss Emily Montgomery, nal therapy Miss Laura Carter, wife of the late Mrs. Frank R Mathews, Miss A superintendent o t Walter Reed Mrs. W DAHLIA AND IRIS SHOW ! TO BE HELD MAY 25.26 Organization Here to Co-operate With American Iris Society for Exhibition, Mrs, Thomas Bradley and ) ence Harding. | The exhibition committee i I . D. Blackistone, chairm: Mrs. George Rutley, Mr: therine Loomj: Simpson, W. Adams and L. The first annual exhibition of the [oh Gational Capital Dahlia and Iris So.|F ety, in co-operation with the Ameri- Ad-| Prof. W. { University {burg. Va “Stokes.” Mayflower Hotel, May 25 and ? mission will be free The exhibition on the opening day will be from 2 to 10 p.m. and the sec ond day, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The judg. | JudEes ing w e place the opening day | at 11 am, Mrs. Jardine, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, will lead the following Ballard of Marylan Thomas Fendall S and Mrs. F. W, | Aldie, Va.. will . er in the orchestra of I his time merely in tir ‘s the Office Boy Many a pl life spen ing up. s: T A 15 Discontinued Patterns Berkey & Gay and Associated Companies Bedroom Furniture Priced to Close Out This Week You Have No Idea of the Unusual Values— The Prices Do Not Suggest Their Real Worth 35 Single Pieces and Part Suites Specially Priced Included in the close-out pricing are these unusual values in pieces and portions of suites. Berkey & Gay dress- er, chest, vanity, in satinwood with zebra wood trimmings . ... Berkey & Gay dress- er, chest, bed, chair and rocker, 5 pieces in walnut and gum- Berkey & Gay black enamel and decorated dresser, twin beds, chair and rocker, 5 Berkey & Gay made- up suite, pedestal vanity, separate glase dresser, double bed and chair, burl wal- nut, decorated and Walnut and pumwoo_d vanity dresser; solid mahogany large glasses Berkey & Gay fins old mahogany dresser, co- lonial style, with double size bow-bed and chair Walnut and gumwood bedreom chair, cane seat, Grand Rapids made; very good look- ing .. Large dresser only, walnut and yurnwpad. solid mahogany inte- riors, sliding _jewel tray, plush lined Toilet table bench, straight line type, cane seat; Berkey & Gay bed- room rocker, cane seat, mahogany a3 gumwood, strai, line type Berkey & Gay burean, walnut and selected gumwood, solid ma- hogany interiors, carved decoration ... Berkey & Gay chest of drawers, walnut and gumwood, satinwood fronts with three small drawers at top and three large drawers. .. Berkey & Gay vanity dresser in walnut, gum- wood, satinwood and zebrawood, with four small drawers ..... ... Boudoir chair from Grand Rapids, uphol- stered in good look- ing cretonne, graceful Conte’ A $16.50 Rapids md’Grund $9-75 For quick close--out, these fins Grand Rapids-made suites go at prices 'way below their real value. Every suite a good-looking, desir- a very single $295 $350 $295 $350 $175 $150 “The Lombai carved with istic manner, $125 pilasters ornamented in character- dresser; 6 pieces ble pattern—every price made with the thought of prompt clear- Three Réasons for Such Prices 1—New Berkey & Gay Suites are arriving in big quanti- ties and we need the room to accommodate them. 2—There is only one suite of a kind in most instances and not over two of a kind in any case. 3—The display on our floors must change. These dis- continued suites must be replaced with differeat de- signs. Finely designed carved suite with attached glass dresser., new style, double pedestal vanity and separate glass for chest, burl wal- rdy Suite,” richly tremendously heavy 54-inch $695 $95 $85 | ::;':u and cm!m-$29‘75 | SRR F L “The Lombardy Twin Bed Suite” is here also with 8 pieces in walnut and selected American e gumwood with 54-inch $790 dresser “The Lonsdale Suite,” straight line, yet richly decorated with rare and choice woods: large dresser, twin beds, vanity chest, chair, =4 rocker and bench. ... :. $39£) “The Carmago Suite.' nicely de- signed modern suite in walnut with decorative panels of rare woods; amply proportioned and bow-bed; 6 pieces $325 Twin Bed Suite in walnut and gum- wood, finely designed and highly carved with delightful $550 ornamentation; 8 pieces nut and gumwood: & pleces vous “The Boylston Suite" is a charming Queen Anne pattern with all the grace and beauty of this style en- hanced by fine old wal- $3— 50 nut burl; 6 pleces.... magnif- “The Arlington Suite,” icently constructed of walnut and gumwood with ornamental panels of burl walnut and 9' maple; 6 pieces $3 ) “The Regent Suite,” straight lines, in walnut and gumwood, richly or- namented with carving and over- lays of burl walnut; 8 $475 . pleces with twin beds. . delicate “The Wellesley. Suite,” pale green enamel with dainty reed- ed ‘spindles and floral $575 decorations; 8 pieces. .. Lifetime Furmiture Is il[or(' Than a Name Seventh Street MAYER & CO. TR, .;..mllIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIImlllIIIIIIII|HIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllillfllIIIIillIIIIIIIIIIIII a [ Between D & E . A