Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1926, Page 25

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1926. L Kresge Department Store, Inc. ROYAL 5 Welephone Orders Given Prompt Attention An Ideal Gift. for the Motorist! Fringed Robes | $9.95 « Extra fine imported quality—100%, thick, soft wool. Beautiful Scotch plaids in light, medium or dark colors. Useful the year around, for they are used in Summer camps, at foot ball games and on the sleeping porch as well as in the automobile. ) Thick, Down Filled Comfortables . $14.89 Soft, puffy comfortables noted for their beauty . and warmth! Covered with excellent quality sateen specially woven for down comfortables, Floral centers bordered in plain colors of rose, blue or gold. PALAIS ROYAIL—Bedding—Second Floor F Sale! Pictures, $2.29 flo charm at gift time—to enjoy for years to come! 9%x151;; popular subjects with blue and gold or blue and silver frames. Pictures in Gold Burnished Frames, §1 d of the Trail, Blue Boy, Music Master, Lone Wolf and many other famous subjects, 14x16, Oilettes, $1 {1%x15%—octagon or oblong shapes. Inexpensive Feproductions of the works of old masters. & PALAIS ROYAL—Stationery—Main Floor .-~ Hemstitched table cloth and 6 nap- kins. white centers and fancy colored border. E Fancy Turkish Towels 39c and 49c [hick, attractive towels in two desirable sizes. Various color combinations. '} Boxed Turkish Towel Sets $1.98 Set Reduced for quick clearance at less than cost! Two fancy turkish towels and a wash cloth in every set. W White Damask Linen Cloths, $1.98 54x54, cloth of fine lustrous linen, woven in various pat- K3 £ <4 Main 87 $1.95 Boudoir Lamps Sase wichimen SEODT shade, lined in rose, blue or old gold silks. 5-Pc. Console Set Attractive satin-fin- ish in colored glass, $1.39 in pleasing colors of blue, green, amethyst and amber. Four candlesticks and bowl. Beverage Set 8.piece set, 6 tum- $1 98 blers, tray and me- dium size decanter; choice of green or amber. fl | | | | Q | fl PALAIS ROYAIL—Housefurnishing—Fourth 6l———lalc———oj]————|alc———]ol———|o|——|0j Gift Linens ¢ Satin Damask Linen Sets Fine quality linen, made with Linen and Lace Scarfs 49¢ to §1.98 Lovely scarfs—some all-linen with lace trim- mings, others are all-over lace! Madeira Linen Scarfs 18x36, $1.95 Regularly $3.50 18x45, $2.95 Regularly $4.50 Snowy Irish linen embroidered by hand with, terns. Finished with h(»m-.,’e“‘h‘""“te Madeira patterns. stitching. . RN e r Sale! ¥ Polychrome Framed Tapestries Mahogany-Finish Smoking Cabinet $12.75 Give him a He'll like this tobaceo jar, smoking natch ne, all fitted w holder, und handles at either side. PALAIS ROYAIL—Linens—Second Floor A Special Sale of Cogswell Walnut Veneer Tea Wagon, $25 Delightful gift for any She will find the removhble glass tray and larger drop leaves very Rubber-tired wheels, hostess. cabinet. h useful. $15.00 23-Pc. Tea Sets, $9.95 Imported China Tea Sets in two-tone luster combination—tan with mother- of-pearl, rose and tan or blue and tan combinations. Casserole, $3.39 Embossed nickel-plated frame with guaranteed Casserole with cut cover, $3.95 i R £ @ Gift Booths on the Second and v Third Floors—Near the Elevators offer moderately priced gifts for every person on your gift list. The num- ber of articles offered in these attractively arranged booths makes it easy for the last minute shopper to secure just the gift she wants. o %&&&&:x&&&m&&m&wz&mwmm&mm i i = le——lal———la|———)a]c———|o|——=al—x220 Sterling Silv?r Mayonnaise Dish and Ladle, $4.49 Distinctively finished with etched border. Boxed for gift giving. Well and Tree Platters, $5.95 Silver plated, hammered designs. holiday or everyday use. PALAIS ROYAL Bird, Cage and Stand $10 Polychrome finish metal standards, with half-circle, square or round white enameled- finish Bird Cage, and with Hartz Mountain Singing Canary. AL, I Practical size for Silverware—Main Floor Pyrex glass Wear-Ever Aluminum Double Roasters Oblong Style 8.Lb. Size 12.Lb. Size 16-Lb. Size $3.95 $4.95 . $5.95 Other styles of Roasters, 69¢ to $1.98 $5.96 Special Sale of Rugs Small Rugs Heavy Oval-plaited Rag Rugs in various sizes. Size 30x54 inches $4.98 Size 27x48 . inchies inches $3.59 $1.00 Beautiful Chenille Rugs \2;1:;;_‘:?[:).'\.:“\6 borders. Size $3.45 $7.95 Size 23x35 inches $1.49 Size 18x30 3-Pc. Sugar and Cream Sets, $1.19 Something new in Sugar and Cream sets with handled tray, choice of blue,” green, @mber and rose colored gla: Trofel Oval Rugs With the figures crocheted in the body of the rug. .Size 27x40 at Bok-Lay Oval Rugs A machine-hooked rug of very beautiful de- sign and color. Size 24x36. Very $4 95 . special at PALAIS ROYAL—Rugs—Fourth Floor Metal stand: chrome fin adjust- able arm, complete with dec ed parchment or silk shades. il ol ol ———lal—— ol —Slal——— o] ———=u] Floor 0 . Sale! Pre $3.95 Changeable Taffeta Sofa Cushions, trimmed with handsome silk or nietal lace flowers and touches of metal lace. "Fwo-toned combina- tions of rose, blue, gold“and green, orchid and blue. Round, oval and oblong shapes. Scarfs and Mats! 89c to $21.50 Vg ¥ stand. Vast assortment of styles! Of 4P velours, damask and various other drapery materials. Small mats as well as the large piano and table sizes. PALAIS ROYAL—Upholstery—Second Flaor Sofa Cushions! $4.95 Two-tone Velour Sofa Cushions in combina- tions of rose and blue, blue and gold, rese and green, etc. All filled with Kapock, with but- ton centers. In round and oblong shapes. e e e (" &) Chairs ' + $59.50 Its deep-seated comfort and beauty will make this chair a fa- vorite in any home! Covered all over with genuine mohair. Re- versible down cushions. Excep- tional value. Decorated ; Smoking Stand ~ $9.50 Well made stand, dec rated in green Fitted with ash teay a &lass humidor. PALAIS ROYAl—Furniture—Fourth Flogr Again the Christmas Angels Sang. T all times—and above all times at the Christmas season —Mrs. Wyatt had but one thought, one interest in life— her two very dear and very spoilt grandchildren. And this year, when Betty Ann, 6 years old, and Buster “going on 4" had become such big little people, with correspondingly big desires, she had spent so much money buying expensive toys demanded in the chil- dren’s letters to Santa Claus that when she was asked to contribute toward the Sunday school Christmas tree, the municipal Christmas cele- bration, the Salvation Army Christ- mas dinner, she declared it im- possible for her to give to any out- side object. But in preparation for her darlings’ mother age for one's own bed, Mrs, herself to buying expensive ready- made toys; she created. For weeks before her room at the hotel was an abandon of bright-colored disorder. And as she sewed doll clothes, ruined her best scissors cutting card- board, “stickied” everything up past- ing colorful sheets of tissue paper, she blissfully daydreamed of her Christ- mas visit to the house of the children. For although it was a risk, for Judy’s house was not steam-heated, in spite of one’s predilection at the grand- mother age for one’s own bed Mrs. Wyatt always went to her daughter’s the day before Christmas and stayed until the day after, that she might share the fun of decorating the Christ- mas stockings and take part in the ex- citement of the children’s awakening on Christmas morning. The morning of the day before Christmas had come when out of the bright sky of her happy expectations the thunderbolt fell. Judy broke the news to her over the telephone. Betty Ann had diphtheria. It was a light case. The doctor assured them there was no cause for alarm. Every one hoped that the antitoxin would prevent Buster getting it. But, of course, they were in quarantine, and the children’s Christmas would have to be indefinitely postponed. Christmas without the children; Christmas without Judy; Christmas without Peter—until then her quite unimportant son-in-law — Christmas spent alone in her room at a hotel; could anything be more desolate? She had her breakfast sent up, but scarcely touched it. In utter dejec- tion she sat at the window and looked aimlessly out. It was crisp and blustery, with a drizzle of rain. A most depressing, un- Christmas day! Sunddenly her vacant gaze focussed upon a shabby, stoop-shouldered little old man standing out in the wind and rain. He was the flagman who, at the approach of electric trains that passed every 20 minutes, came out of a wee shelter house to hold up a warning signal at the opposite cross- ing. What a life to lead! What a way spend Christmas! lo\'Vl;:h the first animation she had shown since the dire telephone mes- sage, Mrs. Wyatt began to make up a little Christmas package for the poor old soul—a knitted scarf no longer needed now she had her new Christ- mas furs from Judy and Peter; a book of short stories just long enough to read between trains; an orange, a box of candy, a bright silver dollar that had been intended for the toe of Bus- ter's Christmas stocking. She took it down to the lobby and tipped a bellboy as her Santa Claus messenger. Having notHing better to do, she stood at the front window awaiting his return. But instead of coming directly back after delivering her package she saw the boy dart into an open toy shop opposite. “What in_the world have you got?" asked Mrs. Wyatt when he finally ap- peared breathless. “It's for the kid who lives across the hall from us,” he grinned, hold- ing out the unwrapt doll in his hand. “Her folks are awful poor, and she's cryin’ her eyes out because she didn't get the doll she'd set her heart on. So T blew in the money you gave me and bought her one.” en are you going to take it to her “I get off at 2 o'clock. “If you will let me have the doTl till then,"” eagerly proposed Mrs. Wyatt, “I'll ' make her some pretty clothes.” “‘Sure, Mike!” beamed the boy. Mrs. Wyatt went thoughtfully upstairs. A pretty fine boy that! Precious few youngsters would have spent their Christmas tip to make a little neighbor “kid” happy. = She would not give him anything now. That would spoil the whole thing. Be like paying him for his generous impulse. But she would make it up to_him later. She had plenty of material left from Betty Ann's doll. Her fingers were skillful from long practice and all morning she sewed like a house afire. By half past 1 the cheap doll in tawdry finery had been transtormed into & vision of loveliness. As Mrs. Wyatt entered the dining Comfort are light, 25 THE EVENING STORY room for her belated luncheon she heard a crash of china in the kitchen and forgot all about it until she had nearly finished eating, when the volces of two waltresses talking in low tones behind her caught her ear. “It was because I was so mervous and shaky,” the red-headed girl who was waiting on Mrs. Wyatt sald. “Mother had a heart attack and I was up with her most the night. She's lots better this morning, but I hate to leave her alone when she ain’t well and get all upset over it.” “Was it much of a smash?” “A whole trayful,” sighed the first speaker. “The thing that hurts my feelings most,” she added disconso- lately, “is that I'd_planned to buy mother a cyclamen I saw in a florist window. She’s daffy over flowers. And this had a lot of buds she could watch open. But nothing doing now!” Upon entering the elevator as she came out of the dining room Mrs. ‘Wyatt found the young woman on duty who was always “nice to the children” whenever they came to the hotel and at once poured out her tale of woe about Betty Ann. The elevator operator was all sym- pathy. “I know just how bad you feel” she concluded as she stopped the cage at Mrs. Wyatt's floor, “for my little girl is sick abed this Christmas, too.” “With diphtheria?” “No; spinal trouble. She's been in weeks, poor the Mercy Hospital six lamb.” The mother's eyes filled with tears. “The child’s golng to be so disappointed. I promised to come and read to her this afternoon, but I find I can’t get off until too late for the visiting hour. When she’s read to Lo- retta is perfectly happy; but, of course, the nurses are too busy. Back In her room, Mrs, Wyatt found z:‘nomer Christmas present awalting er. It was a beautiful cyolamen witlé a number of buds that would open. Absent-mindedly she smoothed a crumpled edge of the crinkled green paper that sheathed the pot; absent- mindedly straightened its rich, red rib- ‘bon bow. She was thinking of Betty Ann, of course—the darling had not once been out of her mind. But she was thinking of another sick child as well—a sick child, without its mother, lying in a hospital ward, wait- ing and watching. Was thinking, too, of a frail, elderly woman spending Christmas alone and forlorn at horae— one who was “daffy” over flowers. And suddeply something stirred within her like the pulsing beat of wings. A new-awakened sympathy nd understanding; a new-awakened yearning to bring happiness and cheer into others’ lives. 1In the silent, secret places of a woman’s heart dawned the true meaning of Christmas. Again the Christmas angels sang of love and good will among men. “This is Mrs. Wyatt speaking,” a moment later she was talking with the office over the phone. “Please order me a taxi. And I want you to find out from the head waliter where the red-headed girl who waited on me at lunch today lives. Thank you.” She hung up and hurriedly turned to the telephone directory. She was not quite sure whether the Mercy Hospital was on Pine or Maple stree * (The End.) (Covyright. 1026.) AGRICULTURE OFFICE PLANS WAR TABLET Details for Memorial to Be Laid Before Fine Arts Com- miss on. Plans for a memorial tablet to em- ployes of the Department of Agricul- ture who gave their lives in the World ‘War, to be placed in the main building of the department, will be lald before the Commission of Fine Arts at its meeting January 6. Other important matters, including details of the loca- tion of some of the Government build- ings in the trlangle between Pennsyl- vania avenue, B street, Fifteenth street and the Capitol, will also come before the commission. The memorial tablet, according to plans, will be approximately 10 feet long by six feet wide and will be made of pink Tennessee marble, carved in rellef with the names of the depart- ment war dead. ‘The commission also will have be- fore it details of the treatment of the approaches to the Arlington Memorial Bridge in connection with the projec Mount Vernon boulevard, which it is hoped to complete by 1932, when the bi-centennial of the birth of George ‘Washington will be celebrated. 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