Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1926, Page 13

WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1926. " Woodward &Wothrop DOWN STAIRS STORE Friday Remnant Day Remnant Day Merchandise is not returnable or exchangeable; not sent C. O. D. or on approval; Phone or Mail Orders not accepted. Frocks, Half Price and Less Silk and Jersey Frocks, $5 Were $10 and $15. 5 Flat Crepe and Jersev Frocks, in tan, blue and cocoa. es 36, 38, 40 Silk Pongee Frock;: $5.95 2-Piece Jersey Frock, $5 SPECIAL. 35, in znractivt new one and two piece mndek her short or long sleeves. andoied Rote: Sried8 DOWN STAIRS STORE Georgette Frocks, $795 White Crepe Skirts, 595 15, in manufacturer’s closeout. Navy SPECTAL. 6 Pleated White Crepe Skirt Gieorgette. with navy slips. Trimmed with sizes for women and misses. "Very spe- taffeta. Very specially priced for Friday cially priced for clearance Friday. Pur- only. Sizes 16 to 20 and 36 to 42. chase one for sports or dress wear. DOWN STAIRS STORE 3 passed the stage of fingnelal catas- trophe. In each country the economic and financial problem ig essentlally differ- ent, beside which the relations of creditor to debtor, mixing up these people’s resources, prevent the prob- lem being solved by a universal remedy. How could the resources of these peoples be pooled? Thus the European perspective re- mains dark and the disarmament conference sitting at Geneva will not yet bring the palm of deliverance, The United States can do nothing else but correct excesses by appro- priate financial pressure; 1t must await patiently the issue of FEurope's fermentation. Relgium (© ilties than France. | icient 1 of Deputies Premier Briand will try | when & is agreement ne nation, the recov: is it possible 1 countries delicate currency American Oii Trade Forcing Coliieries to Gradual Extinction. pyright. 1926.) ~Krench opinic confused and discouraged happening at home and Russia has four commercial line: Sale of Rosebushes Leapley grown—will bloom this summer. Hardy one year sash-grown rosebushes. every one guaranteed to grow and bloom this summer. Pink Cochet LEAPLEY’S USUAL LOW PRICES F.F. LEAPLEY Pink Radiance Templer 3 for $l 905 G St. N.W. now slightly damaged Bllts (s the Associated P } Measures for Red Radiance White Cochet Wreaths, Made of Lasting Flowers, $2 Up : | How could it be possible to obtain the Catholic | concessions from such an embirrassed who was | creditor? conference At the same time, the franc, at the various | taeiced Wall Street and by the the 1abor | Jralians, was threatened with collapse. conventic ded that | Chancellor of the Exchequer Churchill the provisions of the peave treaties | ynderstood that It was impossible to { touching labor should be modified to | sattla. anything In. such o storm. ballot. If he is successful the cabi- Magazine. Herc the wrestlers from the East and West of Japan struggle for supremacy. The championship et Pnada ; h houts, which are always picturesque, T el s St X d in Marmme wresiler has n stage name, like our among citizens of the s idols in this country. could agree to effect such den of Briand Cabinet. tinues until one man is thrown. The e conl stute clared by leading oil authorities in the | ships of the world, which sin On the eve of the reopening of the .\H" | main factor in this development. 1t that Iinance Minister Peret's trip a5 60 max that theretwoil M. Peret arrived in London at a on All Shl[).u time when Great Britain had just The worst of it, from .J¢ The coal miners’ conflict was at 3.000,000 gross tonnage of the strikers exceeded 1,500,000, of “the International La- twenty and one-half millions in 1925 nds SIONTN o _.THE EVENING STAR, T : : T Wrestling Bouts in Japan. Every year the Japanese wrestling championship is decided at the Koku- ! 3 . net will be able to try to make a real and complete financial readjustment. sometimes last 10 days or more. Lo The matches begin early in the morn- Under these conditions, . 5 - mne e ey are-he horoes | FailUre of Peret’s Debt Mis- | it inaiensiie. o o e Japanese flappers, some of ery of prosperity, how The wrestlers all use the “catch-as. s simultaneous catei-can” method. Each » {man who wins the championship be- | e — affect G o Great Britain’s conl crisis, which | comes a nn[\ulnrflnlnmul hero. is in greater difi United ates to bhe prin ity due to the steadily increasing competition nl' ; i instead so tremendous an of | | ment has undertaken to effect the | oil lh;l'r the British colliery 1du i recovery of the franc under the most | is dislocated and der alizes Oil | difticult circumn nees. has become the favored bunker fuel | for vessila in “.',';1"{“."1" ?\v.,.‘»s. for. | [Worild “lsalior SCONRIENGEI = v niin s sonssiidate die (mebt p So owed England would have the effect have been no coal cri there at all] the wholesale .\\|I\>n|l)l!ullv lost 000.000, and when the treas. ury had j ent 006 on account standpoint, is that the mos ward oil and away fron its height, causing the nation to lose » across | daily production of hundreds of thou registered at Lloyds a S burning ofl rose from one R re e Stlotiiod ot Concessions Found Difficult. Meanwhile the corresponding figure Diries afend for coal-burning ships feil from 44,000, = the [NGI-ANU lS lnslNG deavorinz to " electoral gikwan in Tokio, s the Pathfinder ing and last until late at night. Each so difficult to obtain an them being as popular as matinee| §jOn to London Adds to Bur- | that three or four Euroy natch con- | shows no s s of ending. is now de A A Italy has not su mmm»toly by events oil with coal as “bunker ‘h abroad. from California wells is said to be the | The government had hoped at first of ASks 'nsljectors Be Placed of stopping the fall of the franc. But fuel. of the general strike. vancing. ther than re ' sands tons of coal. The number of’| 2t the open- quarter millions befor: Nolens. nd ¢ 000 to 42.000.000 tons .+ ton party in elected deplo governments Your Florist Main 7672 of oil-burning hui throughout the world at the 1»enm ning of 1926 almost equaled 1 burning tonnage under construc Had Big Pacific Trade. Only a few years ago one of the tmportant features of the British ! coal trade was the distribution of coal to the great bunkering center all over the Pucific littoral. There 15 very littie ¢ and less good marine coal. produced around the Pacific, €0 the Welsh mines built up a great business in sending coal out | 1o those distant maritime centers. | Then came the use of oil under ma- rine boilers. It spread amazingl 0!l was much easier of transporta- tlon and utilization than coal. and | the tendency to its increased use in distant seas developed rapidly California oil, which began to he produced about the beginning of tt century, has steadily and heen crowding out British shippin; st Htla of California oil wei lition. the ates Navy 5, u heavy increase over purchased by the fleet sel ofl from the Pacific shipped in large and im- of the | Mexico, | where it | Ocean 1 America was sold to through he canal, ¢ of the world) cuador, NE i he Philiy elsewhere. Same Conditions Elsewhere. While the Pacific area is the one in which British coal has been most spectaculariy crowded out, the same thing has been going on everywhere from Colombia, Trin- and ‘nl]u' ol Lurope. % . much of which course. "y a few ) 10 would taken on sh navy ©doubtedly the greatest single patron of the B coal industry. Now the British navy is chiefly an old-bur b- lishment. ‘The truth i Britain is graduali what has_ be mental industr ernization of oil industry o chief cause of th cause this_countr Sifuces some- thing like 70 por cent of the world's oid and by the lurzest part of the ofl that goes into the 0il Use Increasing. In 1913 the quantity of fuel oil used in the British Isles for all purposes probably did not exceed 500,000 tons In 1924 the amount supplied to ves sels engaged in foreign trade alone was over 1,000,000 tons. Every ton of oil bought tor bunker use displaced a corresponding amount of coal. Last vear more than twice as much bunker | coal as bunker oil was sold in Greai Eritain. But oil -is gaining on coal by leaps and bounds. i America herself is resorting to pil fuel in evergrowinz degree. Petro- leum s already displacing between 75,000,000 and 100,000,000 tons of coal | annually. Ol is goilig into the bunl crs of United States ships enzaged in | the foreign trade at the rate of about | 10 times the amount of ¢ ed in that traffic. _Statistics ilable for last month. In April, toreign trade vessels took on 4,060,587 tons of | fuel ofl and only 400,633 tons of fuel| coal. F. W. W. | Cnnvrllhl 1026 Why He Did It. Player—Did you see my ball hit that tres, caddie? Middle-Aged Caddie—No, hain’t got but one eye an’ prime. “Well, trea?"” ".\'o, sir. T be a bit 'ard of ‘earin”. “Then what the deuce are you doing | carryi ing clubs 1 Aell, sir, they told me as ‘ow would be good for my fits.’ Shields Baby From Sun. The dark-skinned mother of the southern Sudan has a unique method | of protecting her baby from the direct rays of the sum: First the baby is strapped in a straddling position on her back, the &traps going over her shoulders. Nexst the youngster's head and shoulders are covered with a drumlike contraption made from the half of a_huge calabi PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION PAYS 5% Compounded Semi-Annually Commencing January 1, 1926 Assets Over $12,000,000 Surplus, $1,000,000 Cor. 11th & E Sts. N.W. Temporary location during construe- of our new bldg., 1004 E St. N.W. sir, 1 that ain't| did you hear it strike thel ‘increase the chance of obt: | vention calls for the presence of one | ence ! imperiling the ithe Cape Argus. ! their journeys, | without variation or harmonic method. ning uni- form international labor le ion. The conference is interested in the protection of emizrants aboard ships, with particular reference to the posi- tion of women. A preliminary con inspector on every ship and the pres- of a_ woman nurse whenever there are 15 women ahoard Albert Thomas, director of the labor office of the conference, urged the adoption of international economic and financial agreements to prevent one nation or a group of nations from Premier the fin: Briand, nce minister. precipitate retreat, distracted, reecalled To conceal this the experts and sperity of all others. He also stated that the economic ills of Europe were greatly aggravated by the poliey of excessive protectionism by various countries. Kafir's Crave for Music. The chief musical instrument of the tribal Kafirs in Africa is the igubu, says W. A in The igubu is a long stick, bent by a string into the form of a bow and attached to a hollow gourd. Placed with the opening pressing on the plaver's hreast, this gourd serves as a sounding board. By striking the string with a light stick or a reed the player produced a tremulous treble | note, without relation to any fixed | tune. For hours on end, especially on the kafirs will draw from the igubu a succession of notes | madden a kafir de- than in would tribal rhythm This monotony European. but the lights far more in melody . To Haul Sea Water. he unusual desire for no less than | 1.000.000 gallons of sea water is being expressed by municipal representatives from Chicago Investigating the qual- ity of the brine near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The water s wanted a new $2.000,000 aquarium and cannot be “manu tured.” Tt can be | itied by an aeration process. how- re u*\N\(«xH\(\; of the Bank of France } London a day or two Meanwhile, Benjamin Strong, gov. ernor of the Kederal Reserve Bank of New York, arrived in Parls, where he had the opportunity of neeting the chief personalities of the political and financial world. His opinion soon was quoted in well informed circles briefly as follows: Holds Nation Presperous “France's position perate, as the country's omy still is prospero French must agree tozsther about the hest way to recoevr the c try's cred seeking help. Perhaps they should ¢ an understanding with their s to undertake united actior o tell the truth, lack of unity among the French is the sole reason for the franc's fall. For the last two vears they have been wanting in that admirable loyalty which permitted the British to restore the pound to parity despite the anxiety of the gen eral ‘strike. The government has made so v serious mistakes since the war, such as the Ruhr expedition ever, once it is hauled. It would re- | quire 125 tank cars, making a train a mile long, to haul it. Creeron 614 12th St. N.W Around the Corner From Mizh Prices The Large Hat of the Hour! $5.00 The large Milan Hat is so much in vogue that it is hard to fill the de- mand. Rich in their simplicity of trim of grosgrain or velvet rib- bon band and bow. Four good styles to choose from. FINE ITALIAN MILANS Tailored—Untrimmed $10 to $16.50 For the woman that appreciates the better . quality Milans we offer a choice selection in many smart models. Bangkoks & Balibuntls $5 & $7.50 Regular $10 to $15 Values A large assortment of the season’s best styles and colors. 100 Trimmed Hats Large and Small Head Sizes Reduced to $3.00 Value to $7.50 150 Trimmed and JAMES BERRY, President JOSHUA W. CARR, Sec'y Tailored Hats, $1.00 and fiscal terrorism, tion has lost confidence. France has lacked modern financiers, or when they have been in power political quarrels have driven them out too soon. that the popula- statesmen and At the reopening of the Chamber A Shirt— fit the occasion mE NEWwar- N v”; ;‘ it's diiierent ! a soft attached collar ‘which cannot lose its shape— it will always stand up without starch Mode Tropical Worsteds—two- iecce—plain colors § piece—p 2!) and stripes Two-piece Flannels.. 2 popular Grays and l\nv P Palm Beaches........$§] =.00 alm Beaches 1 5 Seersuckers. ... that combine cool com- fort and smart dressiness Suits from Fashion Park— and the Mode’s own. You needn’t worry abhout the shape- liness, it’s tailored into them— and no amount of wear can take it out— Par-Kool Park Tropical the* favorite the —~is the Fashion Worsted that is country over— $ Coat and Trousers—Oxford Gray and the other favored lines. Silk Mohairs . Fancy Silk Mohairs White English Linen $7 5.00 Striped Linen ......318,00 Glenkirk Tweed Suits A combination of feather-weight and smart fash- Choice of many pat- ion. Made the Mode w terns. Coat and Trousers. ... Sports Coats nglish Blazers in a variety of striking combinations— $15 and $20 Blue Flannel Coats—Single and Double-breasted. . 320,00 i L erarate Trousers Flannels—Gray, Tan and’ Striped Flannel.. -$15 White Serge and Gray Stripes ....... slz English rnrkol Cln(h 316,50 White and $3.75 ‘Linen Knickers. Fancy. Up from..... No matter what size you require—you’ll find it—tailored to hold its shape. The Mode—TF at Eleventh $ olain ors, 14 Voile Dresses, $2.25 Beautifully made Frocks, in navy blue and tan shades. Sheer, cool and summery frocks. All sizes 36 to 42. All new fresh frocks. DOWN STAIRS STORE 300 Yards Tub Silks, 88c¢ Printed Pongee, Striped Tub Silks, Plain Radiums, Printed Rayon and Cotton Crepes and Novelty Silks. Good colors, 88c yard. Friday only. Taffeta, very special, $1.35 yard. Popular pastel shades. DOWN STAIRS STORE New Large Milans and Mannish Felt Hats, Special, $2.95 25—Large Black Milan and Felts with vagabond mannish chic. 50 Hats Reduced, $1 materials, 0 Some slightly soiled. Good in hats. Flowers, reduced to 10c, for boutonnieres and hat trimmings. Many kinds. DOWN STAIRS STORE wanted colors and youthful and matronly styles Women’s Linen Handkerchiefs Special, 10c 200 All-white Linen Hand- kerchiefs, with attractive col- ored borders. Very special. Men's Satin-striped Handker= chiefs, special, 10c. 200, in white only. Full cut size DOWN STAIRS STORE 35 Iron Bridge Lamps’ 51.95 Complete with parchment paper shade. At this special price Friday only. Mirrors, special, $1. 25 in 12x18-inch _ size. Poly- chrome-finish frames, some mitered. Table Lamp Shades, special, §295.° 15 hand-painted Parchmentized Shades in inch size. Bulb fixture style. Subdued colos DOWN STAIRS STORE Women’s White Canvas Pumps, §2.50 Very Specially Priced 100 pairs Women's White Canvas Pumps. Sizes 3 to 7. Very special for Friday only White Pumps and Oxfords, $1 150 pairs Women's and Misses” W hite Canvas Sports Pumps and Oxfords, leather trimmed. zes 2%; to 7. Sheets, Towels, Yard Goods 81x90 and 72x90 Sheets, special, S1. 100, mill runs, that would scll at a far higher price if perfect. Seamless and bleached. Pillowcases, special, 3 for $1. 100, of fine quality, free from dress- ing. Turkish Towels, special, 6 for $I. 100, in plain and colored border styles. Tea Towels, special, 6 for $1. 100, in blue and red stripes or checks. Rayon Scrlma. 45¢ yard; were 65c. Kimono Crepes, 25¢ )lrd' were 35¢. yards, in good colors. Japanese Crepe, 5 vards, §1. Turkish Towels, 35c; were 50c. 100, heavy-weight, absorbent quality. Slightly soiled from display. Turkish Towels, 25c¢; were 35c. 100 all white, fine quality Turk- ish Towels, slightly soiled. DOWN STAIRS STORE Gloria Umbrellas Special, 52-65 25 in 10 and 16 rib styles. Amber- tone tips and ferrules. Ambertone and carved wood hafdles. Red, green, navy and black. Gloria Umbrellas, $1.95 Very special. Gloria (silk and cot- ton) Umbrellas with silk cover. Carved wood handles. DOWN STAIRS STORE Men’s Imported English Broadcloth Shirts, $1.25 42, collar-attached in white and tan. Striped Broadcloths in Plain white neckband shirts, also. fast cofors. lot, 14 to 17. Knit Ties, 50c; were $1. 26 in new patterns and colors. IRREGULARS, $250 to $350 grades. 28 Pajamas, $135. in sizes B, C, and D (37 to 46). Summer Union Suits, 95c, vi broadcloth and madras. trousers. No alterations. 6, 8, 12, 14 and 16 years. DOWN STAIRS STORE ery special. 116 samples higher- priced lines. Soisette, handkerchief linen, pure Irish linen, Sizes in lot 32 to 48, Men’s Suits, $18; were $29.50 and $33. Some with two pairs Sizes 34, 35, 36, 38 and 40. Boys’ Union Suits, 58c; were 75c. Checked nainsook. Sizes in one-strap and step-in styles. Medium-height heels. Tan Calf 'Pumps, Now, $3.75. Were $5. 36 pairs, for women and misses. Reduced for clearance from our regular stock. Step-ins and one-strap styles. DOWN STAIRS STORE Silk and Silk-Mixed Hose 35¢; 3peis $1 100 of silk and Rayon Pericct Hose. 100 pairs Ik Hose, IRREGULARS OF OUR REGULAR $1 200 pairs Thread GRADES. Shades of mauve, laupe, peach, dove-gray, thrush, black. Sizes 8!% to 10. Full-Fashioned Granite Lisle Hose, 50c IRREGULARS OF $1 GRADE. 150 pairs in tan, gray and black. All regular and out sizes. DOWN STAIRS STORE Muslin and Voile Underwear Reduced to 40c Bloomers—Costume Slips—Gowns and Petticoats. of sateen, muslin and voile. Broken sizes. and pastel shades. Silk_Underthings, $1.50; were $2.95. 16 garments, Chine Step-in Drawers and Chemise. handling. Rayon S(ePll!l. $1, special. Sizes 36 to 42. nude and Petticoats Garments in white ! Crepe de Slightly soiled from 36, in flesh. ofchid and peach. DOWN STAIRS STORE Children’s Canvas Pumps, $1 100 s. White Canvas Pumps, slightly soiled. Priced for immediate clearance. Sizes 9, 9%%, 10 and 10%. Children’s Tan Calf Oxfords, 5 Girls’ Wash Dresses, $2.95. $1.95; were $2.95. Sizes Were $9.95 and $4.95. Silk 8% to 2. and woolens. » Gfil'll s" m‘c“b s‘ 75 35 pieces Girls’ and Infants® were $8.95 and $10 Clothing, 28c garment. 3 Little Tots’ Coats, $3.95; ‘Were 49 to $L. were $8.95. : 15 Girls’ Wash Dresses, 68c 50 Children’s Knit Pants, now each. Were much more. 8¢; e 25¢. DOWN STAIRS. STOR! Rice Straw Rugs 18x36, 5 for $1 27x54, special, 65¢ Imported Japanese Rice Straw Rugs, with fine double cotton warp. GOLD SEAL CONGOLUM RUGS, discontinued patterns. Carpet designs—desirable colors. 6x9, $5.45 9x9, $8.95 9x10.6, $9.95 6x9 FELT-BASE RUGS, special, $220. Art Rugs with no bor- Sizes in ders. DOWN STAIRS STORE O ——