Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1926, Page 8

Bl » "THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ., MAY 16, 1926—PART L % On the Night of Monday, April 19th, Fire Seriously Damaged Our Newest and Smartest Shoe Establishment, Our “Women'’s Shop,” 1207 F St—Home of Our Finest Footwear—Stock, Building and Fixtures Damaged to Extent of $125,000. % ZZZ?z % 2% 2% Z We didnst want it-— but Underwritersv insisted~- % Z So, tomorrow we start a s, b s : 5 P -~ — Jr & $150.000 Worth of Our Finest W omens Footwear Salvag’ed from the recent mem et Beve at our F Street Shop e A Every well-posted woman knows the character of 2 2 Z So we are holding a “Fire Sale” on a tremendous scale -mnrking the shoes down as low as possible—to get Most of them much higher-grade than we carry in § rid of them quickly—and get back to our regular business. our other stores. Prices ranged from $5.95 to $25. with § N the average well around $12.50. Please understand, only shoes still entirely desirable TO C’lean up the job in one week will be included in the Sale. All others have been elimi- . Confronted with the necessity of clearin; 2 4 \ S 0 i e sity g away every \\ nated. l‘cb\\. of those flaced on Salc‘ show any sign of or sooner Sale wlll be held pair quickly, we shall offer these fine shoes at $2.90 to §\: damage by smoke or water. But we must dispose of $8.90 pair. “Arch Preserver” and other celebrated makes % N % % every pair. All remaining after this Sale will be sold out included. & . of town or given away. t th F St B ; : a ese lve o res Plecase understand, also, that many shoes from our Understand, also our usual guarantec of service gocs other stores, not in the Fire, have been added to the Sale with each pair. You will not be asked to take any 1 ’ Tt 'f thi I S S “(iamble” on any purchase—no matter how low the price! xtra a espeop e. The reasons for this are obvious: This will be a “different” kind of a Fire Sale, also, in Some of the lots left from the Fire were badly broken - . H . s in sizes, These sizes we have filled in from our other cl ol il s L R stocks. a’nd where broken lots of the same style would be ke mrlimeiiniselectiigaheistylestand sites yputic. iefl nt' our other stores, the entire stocks of these par- sire, and don’t buy anything you do not need just because ticular styles have been added to the Sale. TR ’ So that with over S150000 worth of our very finest shoes to choose from there will never be such an oppor- tunity again! For. please understand—No exchanges—No charges and No goods Delivered during this Sale! % At 7th St. Store Only Several hundreds of pairs of our finer chil- 7t I] - 8 B dren’s, misses’ and growing girls’ low shoes At 7th St. Store Only Several thousand pairs women's $1.45 to §2.50 silk stockings. Were water-soaked, but ‘¢ heen dried out and ironed, and are not discolored. Assorted colors, and must be pur- chased in bundles of 3 pair, all the same size, just as they come. 3 Pairs $1 BEGINNING AT 9 O’CLOCK TOMORRO‘V, MONDAY, MORNING! were in the fire, but not damaged. Some of 414 9th St. 39212-14 14th St_ our regular stocks have been added. 1914-16 Pa.Ave. 233 Pa.Ave.S.E. gwr $1.90 wE $2.90 grades s