Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1926, Page 25

THE EVEN Al Ldnsburgh & Bro. Showers Sa Full - Fashioned KINGS so vnusual that p buy a;year’s supply Pr. hosiery are making themselves ossible; for you to buy two pairs ittle more than you'd expect to shadles to choose from—sunset, uit, blonde, nasturtium, orchid and » evenly knit and with a lustrous t destroy. Fine lisle tops and soles. SBURGH & BRO. For the June Bride or - Graduate Richly Embroidered Spanish Shawls That We’ve Never Before Sold for $25.00! Less Tomorrow Than *18.95 With an Old World glamour and a 1926 chic! Made of heavy silk crepe, with handsome 18-inch, two- knot fringe and elaborate embroidery in brilliant colors. In pink, white, peach and maize with embroidery of the same color, or white, pink, peach, light blue and black with contrasting embroidery. STREET FLOOR. LANSBURGH & BRO. ‘White shoes ! \ black kid.as Your Furs Are Cleaned —when they go into our cold storage vaults. Every garment we take for storage is thoroughly cleaned, n styles in your 0. ARY SELLING! Jnion SUits -Made of Fine Quality Nainsook wt the Price Is Only— 19c e length-—cool! And the soft, smooth jinsook is very pleasing to the touch. the sort of union suit that makes vour bind anywhere, for it is generously cut espite the fact that the price is so unim- flosed crotch will add to its comfort— ‘and reinforcement at the neck will add ENTRANCE TO MEN'S SHOP OFF 1TR dry, dustproof vaults. send for your furs. without extra charge, before it is put in these cold, Call Franklin 7400 and let us SECOND FLOOR, LANSBURGH & BRO. A Fresh, New Shipment—Just Unpacked! Smart Summer Hats Here is a charming greup of the newest hats— a group’so complete in its smart choice that you are' sure to find “just the right hat’—at this one “just. right” price. ‘ Felts Milans Leghorns All the Season’s Favorites! The dainty hair hat. becomingly trimmed with soft velvet. wide ribbon, or lovely flowers, and as cool as it looky! The crisp leghorn hat, large of brim. or small, and simply banded, or fes- tively trimmed—as you like! effective grosgrain The trim, azure braid hat, weight, comfortable and chic! All of these are included: The large, gracefully brimmed milan, with the new satin or velvet crown—or with merely an light band. vings.’ The crushable featherweight felt—so ideal for sports or travel—so adaptable to your type! SECOND FLOOR, LANSBURGH & RRO. Still Time to Take Advantage of Our Annual June Sale of ash Suits Boysq Usual $1.65 to $2.95 Values—In a Host of Popular Styles! Every color-you could want—and they are guaran- teed fast colors, too—in pure linen, poplin, crash, Everfast Suiting, Golden Cloth, pongee, broadcloth, devonshire and and other fabrics that mothers know are sturdy and neat. Every popular style for young 2 to 9 year olds; in- cluding sport flapper, middy, Oliver Twist, lumberjack, Balkan, long pants sailor and college sport suits, in plain 'GHEBRO. SINCE 1860—Franklin 7400. flers’ Association, Inc. shades or combinations. BOY’S SHOP, STREET FLOOR Cool Coats You Can Wear All Summer Light-Weight Flannels, Crepe Jeanette and Georgette Crepe Georgette, sheer and cool looking. as well as comfortable! Crepe Jeanette, a glistening silk fabric of + intricate weave! Unlined white flannel coats in the smartest and coolest kind of styles. The silk coats are trimmed with bits of cut ribbon, and many of the crepe Jeanette models have white White—natural—black—rose— orchid—maize—green—blue—red a lovely array of colors. fur collars. The flannel coats are simply, smartlyv tai- lored. SECOND FLOOR > Well Equipped to Serve You---Economically! Savings On the Fifth Fl Only 200 of These Smart Week-End Cases VERY SPECIAL $2.95 Convenient week “end cases of heavy black cobra-grained fabrikoid, with side locks, swinging handles and sewed hinges; neat sateen lining and several handy pockets. 6x24 inches. $19.75 Beautifully finished inside with artificial leather: mothproof : washable and will not fade; 3-ply con- struction, hard fiber covering: flat open top: stamped steel brace, spring block, draw bolts and hinge;: 8 hangers and laundry bag. Black, brown and blue. [} | | { | | ! | | Extra—1,000 Folding Card TABLES $2.50 Grade $1.55 Strongly bullt braced with metal cor- ners. Top is covered with dark green imita- tion leather. Large 2816x281;-inch size. A bargain too good to miss. and | | ruffie Marquisette Curtains Usually $1.39 Pr. 95¢ Made of a very fine grade of marquisette, trimmed, sheer and cool looking. Com- plete with tie backs to match—an alluring valu oor 1,600 Bar Harbor Chair Cushions and Back Pads Usually $2.50 Set $1.79 Well stitched: excel- lent grade of cretonne used for the covering: bright, _colorful pat- terns. Backs have tie strings. A one-day value irresistible. The Br.ide of 1926 Demands a Home Electrically Equipped —and today, the 174th birthday of electricity. she finds many ingenious ap- pliances to take the drudgery out of her housework! It’s a far cry from ““Poor Richard's” key and kite experiment to these modern devices. 6-Lb. Electric Iron, $2.98 —Would have inspired Poor Richard to invent a very pertinent epigram about saving labor and saving money —for besides being priceless as a saving in drudgery, it is the best value we've ever known at this price— and UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED for one : Electric Percolator Set, $12.95 Fragrant, golden brown coffee, cooked right at the table with this percolator set, is another new-fashioned idea that the thrifty Richard would have appreved of —for this percolator is another remarkably low-priced _and efficient article. With cord and plug. Electric Flip-Flop Toaster. $2.95 —Would g¢onvince the discoverer of electricity that “she that riseth late hath lost no time,” when she has such splendid equipment for her household tasks. Hot,’ crisp, delicious toast in an instant, and the sim- plest movement turns it to brown the other side. General Electric Fans (Universal motor), $5.00 Hoover Vacuum Sweepers, easy terms, $6.25 down Electric Stoves, 2-burner, $4.95; 1-burner, $1.49 Electric Waffle Irons, nickel finish, $5.95 1900 Whirlpool Washing Machine, convenient terms. SIXTH FLOOR, LANSBURGH & BRO. QUEBECS LQUER - SALES SE0000000 {Five Years of New System Have Netted Province $25 000,000 Profit. By Consolidated Press. i MONTREAL, June 15 400,000 worth the dispemsaries Over $90 | the five vears under which the {controlled &vstem has been in oper: | tion. according to offi {the four i ending May 1. 1 and a carefully prepared estin from official ronrces for the last 12 months It was on Quebec govern disastrous attemy thronzh doctors’ experiment to the world, I large a to exceed the most i ine expectations of those who advocated this liquor. Recent Receipts Lower e of operation. the lightly over $15 he n vear they jumpeds 10 more thar and’ nearly reached the lowinz there w wlight sinmp due 1 to the 1 by liquor commisafon ftself in pushing the sales of wines in preference to harder fare The volume of the trade was just as | great. but less pionev was charged ‘hfl wines, Consequently the eceipte fell from $19.81 S8 the veur inet closed the s receipte will he hetween 19 and 20 mil lions. thus brinzing the aggregate for the five vea operation 1o ap proximately §! 000, The net operating profit has been DT ely £19.000,000, and to this must be added the revenue obtained om the issuing of permits, from the zed goods and from cther nounts to another a total profit of 000,000 for the period. If the United States were operating under the Quebec liguor sy |idea_of the sible profits of the might _he res. With per_cent i States Treas ch vear, based on an aver nnual consumption of $800,000 'th of liguor in the vears fust | prior to the adoption of the eighteenth | amendment. Profit Division Unknown. How have Quebec's profits been di vided? There is no definite informa tion available with rezard to th that is known is that nearly € 000 has been turned vine the Out of the total operating revenue the Federal Government takes a large ce of excise duties, the levy am ing to about 35 per cent of the s revenue or approximately $25.000.00 each year. 'This is a substantial sum which has helped the dominion ma terially 10 tide over the lean years { of industrial depression. The value of the stocks of liguor kept on hand at anv one time in the rious stores of the liquor commis slon varies considerably. but ix sel dom under $3.000.000. The number of stores mn operation is #1 and the | staffs at these stores, exciuding man agers, total 473 persons. The highest nount taken in at any one store was received m one of the most popular branches in the city of Montreal, | which had gross receipts of $1 in the course of one year. v | others received more than $750,000 in | trade over -the counter. particularly those near the horder points like Vil leytield, 8herbrooke and Hull. Has Office in Parls. v addition to its warehouses, it exectitive offices. its apecial stores for the sale of industrial alcohol and for | communion wine, the liquor commis | mission operates . Fhe total amount of beer produced was over 27,000,000 gal lonk fox the past vear. GETS JOB ON MERIT. monstrated in dent has dir appointment of Champlai puty collector and inspee the Customs Service of the | Treasury Department, “without re gard to the examination requirements of the civil service rules.” The ance of the order was made on the recommendation of the | Secretary ‘of the Treasn v, who suid hat Mr. McCrea's temporary v |lce for the past three years under | temporary appointment s |\-¢|1\' satisfactory in the difficnlt and dangerous dnties to which he has | been assizned and that he appears to | nossess in a rare degree the pecuiinr | qualitications essential for thelr suc cessful performance.” - - ”» ] Free Wisdom | B2 - — T used to hand out good advice to| any who would hear: I thought the same bevond all price. the while 1 made it clear. Tt is a pleasant thing | to ply a wide and trenchant jiw, ex | plaining to the passers-by. the { prophets and the law. It is a pleasant | thing to spring the wisdom you have | stored, to guide aright the wandering, |and comfort to afford. It's good to gains the heights, have gone astr: o those whose feet and found unpleas- ant plights. I ranked among the heavyweights, among the sages strong: but he who counsels fellow skates is sure to get in wrong. When one has plaved a losing game, his impulse is to seek some fellow it fs safe fo blame, and cuss him for a told that he is full of tripe and should the fool's cap wear. “I prospered once,” says Hiram Horn, “on that | tall farm of mine: each year I raised & crop of corn and fed it to the swine. And when my hogs were good and fat 1 hauled them off to town, and came home like a plutocrat, with money loaded down. One day vou met me in the street and said 1 was in- sane for raising corn instead of wheat. and so I changed my grain. The | sheriff came along today and put his large red seal upon my shack and stack of hay, and eke my spinning wheel. ' Had fou not given me advice, | had I but stuck to corn, I'd be on| top, 1'd have the price, this dark | and bitter morn. So now behold me, seeing red, I've come to tweak your nose, and pull your ears and punch lquor was sold by | operated by the | Quebee provncial government during | method of handling | point the proper way, the path that | week. And then the man whose counsel ripe was given free as air is | your head, and tramp upon your toes.” It happened thus, not once or thrice. but every week or three, 80 now I hand oyt no advice beneat my greehwood tres. (Conyzight) » WALT -MASQN. Tuningingoo! radio dealers A good is, it tunes in the stztion you want t | hear and funes out interfering stations. ‘There ought to be an apparatus hich selects radio dealers with equal readiness. But there isn't. Selecting a radio dealer will always be a matter of applying 2ze-old chiaracter and business tests. A year ago the Radio Corporation of Ameriea published an advertisemert entitled “Where shall I buy a radio set:™ It described a simple method whereby a prospective radio buyer could tune in to good dealers, These few principles. were recor mended for securing good-dealer sele tivity: Willingness to sell you, without arg: ment, a quality product of known re tation. Customers dealing with him in su " rumbers that he obviously has the co: fidence of his community. No substitution—no attempt to use a quality product as a lure to sell some- thing else on which more profit is made. Rendering to the customer such ser- vice as may be needed after the sale is made, e s . ‘The Radio Corporationof America i« < itself applied this method in building i a responsible retail organisation i now embraces thousands of good r« dealers conveniently distributed «:er the country. Many of thesedealers lia long enjoyed the patronage of the pul- lie. Their selection by the Radio Cor- poration of America is but a reflection of public approval. PR Maximum good-dealer select: secured by a sign—the RCA A 1! Dealer’s sign. If a dealer dicpla sign it may be assumed that lis I.2 qualifications laid d RCA message—that for your interests and no own—that he has succescfully p: selective tests. The sign means that the Fai ¢ poration of America pins its faith that dealer and that he pins his faith on the Radin Corporation of America. Ty be sure, he eells Radiolas, Radiotrons and RCA Loudspeakers—considers them the acknowledged leaders of radio, i fact. But he sells what he pleases his trade demands. The Radio ¢ . tion does not dictate wiat e - in stock, Tt acke only that he < by these fundamental sound retailing: Render bonest service and satisfy |1+ customers, Believe in the products that he sells. Build up a trade of a tize and charac- ter that proves he has the confidence of the public and the business ability that warrants the extension of eredit. is one test applied i ing maximum good-dealer selectivity. The RCA Authorized Dealer has a rec- ord a< A business-builder. Once in a line of busineee he stavs in it. ‘The public it interested only in deal- ers who believe in radio, who take a pride in the businese that they are build- ing up, and who realize what that much- abused word *‘service” means. Dealers who daplay the RCA sign are dealers of that stable type. s s s e Look for the RCA Authorized Deal- er's sign. When you see it you have tuned in automatically to a stable, fi- nancially responsible, trustworthy radio dealer—no matter what radio product vou may think of buying. P When one of these RCA Authorized Dealers assures you that a Radiola or an RCA Loudspeaker of a given price and model meets your carefully specified re- quirements you may bank on hisaord. And you can buy it with full confidence right now, for the present models of RC 4 Radiolas and Loudspeakers will not be superseded this year. \ Ask any RCA Authorized Dealer 1o tell you about the following Radiolas | and to demonstrate them: Radiola 80, Super-Heterodyne Price $575 (complete) Radiola 28, Super-Heterodyne Price 8260 (with Radiotrons) Radiola 26, Portable Super-Heterodyne Price $225 (with Radiotrons) Radiola 25, Super-Heterodyne Price $165 (with Radiotron:) Radiola 20, Price 8115 (with Radiotrons) RCA Radiola