Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1927, Page 13

TS 0 7aVirpyire, (/@11 /8 A8\ @i /e "One Day Only OddLotPre-InventorySale; The Cause! The Effect! ‘We must turn our inventory sheets these small nto the office Monday at close of business. While going through our racks and shelves we've found cer- ain small lots that we'd rather not have to explain how they're left over. . 1 So they are listed here at just frac- make it appear undesirable. Such tions of their cost, and they'll surely 1316-1326 Seventh St. N.W. is not the case. Low priced, but| be sold Monday, good One Day Only & One Day Only CLOSE OUT COATS | Dresses Lower Priced 8 Coney Fur Coats, Were $59.50 67 Dresses, Were $22.50 to $32.50 silks, ensembles and novelty beaded Contrast black and tan fur, or Leopard spots, selt B s ha collar and cuffs and Beaverette trim. All are silk brocade 36.98 "WILL GIVE STATUE ~ TO ELKS' LODGE “Bili” Stratton, Former In- dian Fighter, to Present /i | Logan’s Bequest Feb. 9. Fhere is to be a special celebration the evening 8f February 9 at the d initiation of Washington Lodge fo. 15, Benevolent Protective Order of Blks. For mild mannered “Bill” Stratton, loyal lodge member, ex-col- league of Buffalo Bill and himself “a fightin’ plece of material” out of the West in the days when “men were men,” is to be the central figure. On this occasion “Bill" Stratton is to do something he set his heart on doing years and years ago. He is to .. part with one of his prized posses- 4 mlons as a gift to Washington Lod; This particular object of his aff. tions is a bronze statue of two elks, willed to him at the death of Maj. Gen. John A. Logan. A quarter of a century ago when Col. William F. Cody was on one of is visits here, he took Stratton to call on Gen. Logan at his home. Stratton is a dyed-in-the-wool Elk, and when he saw the symbol of his order in bronze, he wanted it badly. But Gen. Logan wouldn't part with it at any price, Stratton persuaded Buffalo Bill to coax the statesman to Jeave ft to him in his will, should Logan die first. And Logan did. | gions. Stratton was not graduated | Stratton said. “I sort of went out of Got Statue Two Years Ago. from Princeton, but left to go to|my head and tore open my ‘jacket’ cash ting the ca i last day of our fiscal year. this gaeds is and seasonable, but the price we’ on it may dresses. Every dress in this lot cost us more wh i ay close-out price. A lined, full length; fur with reinforced staid backs and than this one-day close-out pric full sweep. Sizes 38 to 44. colors and styles for wear now or for Spring. and colors. All sizes. 83 Dresses, Were $14.95 and $19.95 ‘When you see these dresses you'll realize the enorm loss we are taking and the unusual bargains you will get Richly beaded, embroidered or extra quality fabric styles, colors and all sizes. 73 Dresses, Were $9.95 and $12.95 At cost or below, highly desirable frocks, both from the standpoint of value and style. Smart, chic styles of the wanted fabrics in high cla s for wear a 11 Coats, Were $39.75 and $49.50 Stewart’s Bolivia, fine, high luster pin pullm. all $ 98 silk crepe lined and interlined, luxuriously fur trimmed Bill Stratton, with some of his “hardware” and the Elks, once the property of Maj. Gen. John A. Logan, which| [ %oliars: cufrs. tusedo fronts. iabe ete. Al tolors and 28;_ he will present to Washington Lodge, No. 15, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. iy = 75 Coats, Were $29.75 to $39.75 Women Take to Liquor. French women are taking more Two years ago the statuary came into Stratton’s possession and he re- solved to present it to his lodge. The only string tied to the gift is the pro- mise exacted that if the lodge ever decides to part with it, the statuary shall go to the National Elks Home at Bedford, Va. So at the initlation gelebration Stratton is to intrust his Prized possession into the hands of James Cauliflower, exalted ruler of ‘the lodge. “Bill" Stratton is one of the great- est characters that ever came to round out his years in Washington, some- thing he’s been doing now since 1908. Princeton classmate of Woodrow ‘Wilson, ex-cow puncher, Indian fight- er, showman and globe wanderer, he 18 a mixture of all those qualities that g0 to make up a red-blooded man who has lived in the wide ,open spaces, as nuch at home on the rolling deck of a @amp schooner as astraddle a bucking broncho. . As souvenirs of Indian fighting on the frontier of Montana, he has been carrying three .44-caliber bulléts in his left leg for 30 years and a half dozen knife scars on his face, arms and body. it hadn't been for those three bul- s and some cracked ribs, Stratton said he would have joined Roosevelt's Rough Riders for the War with Spain. Sleeps In Small Arsenal. “Bill"” is known to Washingtonians as William I. Stratton and he lives sur- rounded by mementoes of his globe trotting days at 617 Sixth street. day he plies his trade as a carpenter, but at night he sleeps in a virtual arsenal. Indian and bandits’ knives decorate his bedroom walls. Pistols and rifles, all loaded, and each with a little personal history, furnish hair- raising yarns of frontier days. Boxes of ammunition are stored in the cor- ners. To Stratton, it is & room of memories and cherished possessions. JHere is a stray souvenir picked up in China or the South Sea Islands. curved Turkish knife from the Near East, the regalia of some “bad gpan’ from the West and a’pieture of 8}!’6{ ‘Tall Crane. Blackfoot warrior and cat- tle thief, who néarly scalped Stratton in a famous fight years ago in Mon- tana. But one of the prizes is a bit of rope used by Buffalo Bill the first time he ever entered a bull ring. Cody gave the lariat to his friend and asked him to keep it as long as he lives. That was a time when Buffalo Bill met his match. The bull snapped the lariat in two and the plece that Stratton has is hat was left in Cody’s hands. Stratton is 64 years old now, an ac- tive, wiry man who says vehemently that he owes his good health “to out- door life and gold old rye whisky.” “May Pull Stake Again.” To see Stratton now, one would ever suspect that he had ridden the ge in his youthful days, exhibited Cornell University before he completed his course, He was graduated from that university. But the West called again to the trying to keep them from putting me back in my bunk. It was a long while before I got all right after that.” d more to alcohol, while the men are cutting down on their consump- tlon of wines and liquors, Prof. cel Labbe, distinguls A | mixtures, etc., lavishly fur trimmed crepe linings. All colors and slzes. all with silk or Fine quality, high-luster Bolivias, suedes, novelty $1"r.98 for Spring. You never buy t P One-Day price. 72 Dresses, Were to $7.95 young man and he went back to his to the advance of another kind of falo Bill came to Washington with his his stunts with the rifle. Despite his age, Stratton said his eye was as sure as ever. Stratton showed a picture of a stal- wart Indian chief in full regalia of war feathers. “That’s the Indian that kept me from joining Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, back in '98,” he said. “These Blackfeet Indians had been rustling cattle in Montana for a long time and something had to be done about it. So we got together all the boys we could and surprised them on one of their raids. It was a real fight and I had four horses shot from under me, Three of our boys were killed and 28 got pretty badly shot. But we slaughtered a whole pack of redskins.” Was Nearly Scalped. Stratton readily related this mem- orable fight. “I had already gotten clipped in the leg once or twice and was on my fifth horse,” he sald, “when a bullet in the body crumpled me over. Just then, when I was trying to raise myself up from the ground, this Chief Tall Crane came at me with a knife. He slashed my body and head and had just grabbed a lock of hair to scalp me, I reckon, when I managed to reach him with a pistol bullét as some of my pals were coming to my help. That was the last of that Indian.” But it wasn't the last of Stratton. They took him to the ranch shack and put him in a plaster paris cast to keep four or five smashed ribs together. Then they took out two bullets, one from his leg and the other from his groin. Three others they left in his left leg. “When news came that Roosevelt was_calling_on the cowboys to join his Rough Riders,” Stratton related, "I was stretched out in my ‘straight- jacket.’ One of the boys came riding into the shack on his pony, crying that he was ‘going to join Teddy.’ “The thought of those fello leaving me behind was unbearable, With all his wanderings about the cowboy friends, drifting from range to | face of the earth, Strattc range, as the cattle country yielded | ily man. e has been twic As for the plece of civilization. It was during this period | he is to present to the that Stratton joined the Wild West [ Mr. Stratton says it is doubly valu- | thefr noonday cocktail. Port is a show as & performer and for nearly | able because it is the only ome in|favorite. A few years ago there were two years traveled with it in this coun- | existence by the sculptor, A. Waagen, | few women who were heavy drinkers. try and Europe. He recalls with pride [ a Swiss. There was one other, de- [ Now they are increasing in alarming that the last time his old friend Buf- | stroyed by fire in London. o “My heart and soul are wrapped up | drinkers among the men s decreas- show he asked Stratton to do some of | in the EIlks' order,” Stratton said. ing.” Genuine Kryptok Toric Invisible Bifocal Lenses physiclan, is reported “The cocktail has a large share of the blame,” Dr. Labbe said. “It has s a fam- widower. ary which | hacome quite the thing for women, 1ks' lodge, | even the working classes, to have numbers, while the number of heavy This Is Your Opportunity! Fer Just a Limited Time 6.50 This is less than 1/2 regular price Glasses for the relief L o 30 Dr. William Perau with Oppenheimer & Shah 907 F N.W. Beginning Tomorrow—The Family's 5 ) 5110 Girls’ 30 Coats, Were $16.50 to $24.75 Bolivias, suedes, velour and plald mixtures determined that these coats be sold and none satinette lined. All colors and sizes. 26 Coats, Were $14.75 and $16.50 knockabout or business coat. One Day Only Girls’ Coats and Dresses 26 Girls’ $7.95 Coats $4.88 len fabric, warmly lined, with large fur comamer” pocketa’ and silkc’ stliched trinmings. Sizes 7 69c¢ . ¥ 134 Girls $1 Dresses : o 1 nghams and English prints: new Spring Lasteolor_ ginghame and Enclsh prints; tow Soring $1 .§9 Dresses sl 28 arty Dresses, 7 to 10 years: Straightline Dresses, 7 10" 14 yencs: fast color: fine grades: gingham and prints; hand-embroidered SR $1.58 141 Girls’ $1.98 Dresses o P e s grunta. and. brosdclothe; ‘hand: embroidered: sizes 7 to 14 years. 60 Girls* $1.98 98 C Rayon Dresses gl SRR SO R this_low_prl sz-sg Tom Boy Skirts and Coats Skirts of all-wool flannel, new and stylish: coats of AllWOO! fabrice. in assorted sivies sizes % io O years. - $5.58 Boys’ $7 and $8 Heavy all-wool coatings, in blue, gray, tan andzmix- Coats 1-1 ymblem on sleeves: quilted lned: sizes 2 to +* -+ $2.00 Yd.-Wide All-Silk pink or bl Radium Broadcloth, Yd. 98(: Every wanted shade; every yard $19.98 over. All have fur collars, cuffs or fronts, silk and e @ood stylish garments, warm and durable, of all-wool tabrics, suitable for Winter or early Spring wear. All are .98 seasonble models and fabrics and a rare bargain for a 25¢ ‘Rubber Pants, white, nainsook, lace trim or plain. . 50c Flannel Gowns, silk ale will be the == ¢ ning shades in sizes One Day Only Women’s Wearables $7.25 Nemo and La Resista Cor- 44 sets, in four models; all sizes to 36, $4. $1 Satin-Stripe Corselette, 2 elastio GQe gores, 4 garters; sizes 32 to 46 2 25¢c Bandeaux, neatly trimmed, 19 rayon stripe; all sizes............ A c $1 Nemo Circlet, fresh and clean; all GQ¢ sizes in lot. One day only. . $1 Petticoats and Pettibloomers, of good cotton taffeta; *black, green, 29 purple . c 11 Long Flannelette Kimonos, patterns, full cut 86 House Frocks, were $1 and $1. fine prints and ginghams 36 Corduroy and Blanket Robes, were $3.98 and $2.9 faney 28 Sateen Slips, were $1; fancy 5Q, flounces or striped, assorted colors. .. c 74 Broadcloth Dresses, were 5195 Q@ fast colors, assorted patterns; all sizes, 96 Flowered Crepe Bloomers, cut, reinforced seat; very pretty $2 Women’s Rayon Dresses, good $1.38 styles, colors and patterns Y o 50c Crepe Bloomers, neat patterns, 19 colors and styles; reinforced c 5% Women's Gowns, of crepe or 9Q, batiste, shirred front, full cut c $1.98 Lacetop Rayon Slips, n all g, pastel shades; full cut c S0c Polly Prim Aprons, in many 9Q patterns, assorted trimmings......... c One Day Only Infants’ and Tots’ Wear 50c to $1 Caps, corduroy ue, all sizes; pure 150 and all-wool knit, soiled and loc 29c 45x36 Bleached small sizes; only 23 in embroidery, sofled Fine quality silks, all-wool Poirets, French in one and two piece models and extra size s rgains and we'll get the crowds. All colors for & 32 Party Dresses, Were $10 Fine quality all-silk georgettes, made with a slip, tastily and daintily trimmed with fine val N e o embroidered or fancy flowers. All the light desirable eve- 27c 69¢ to $1 Silk Bonnets, only 24 in lot; lace trim or neat 340 | Made of round-thread sheetink; talk of the town because we're for misses and women. : One Day Only Hosiery and Underwear .00 All-Ov 2 g}u?o}{o,e = 59c Perfect quality; all the new shades; silk and |i Rayon twisted. All sizes. 75c Rayon Stripe T A0 Vests l{‘ld Bloomers 49c The vests are builtup shoulders with arm shields; the bloomers are flat lock seamed and full cut. Regular and extra sizes; Winter weight. $1.50 and $2.00 Rayon 9 Silk Underwear Cholce of Teddles, Bloomers, Step-ins, Vests and Panties; all shades and sizes. Broken lots. $1.25 Jumbo Vests 79c and Pants ‘Winter-weight long-sleeve Vests, ankle Pants; perfect quality. $1.00 Silk and Wool 49c Hose Rockford make, knit without a seam; all shades and black. Substandards of 31.00‘qualiiy4 50c Children’s 29c Sport Hose Ribbed to the toe, with fancy Rayon mixed top; all shades. Sizes 6 to 10. ! 75¢c Boys’ Part-Wool 49 clE Golf Hose 5 Fancy plaids in a large selection of patterns and colors. Sizes § to 11%. - One Day Only Sheets, Etc. 15¢ gy Pillowcases 3-inch hems; run of the mill as a crack midrksman and lariat thrower with the Buffalo Bill shows, or tramped four times around the globe. He is mild of expression and manner, but when he talks of frontier fast coler; full plece; perfect. shell stitch edges, white, soft 9Qe | 30c Bloomers, of flannel, % fleece sateen or crepe; broken sizes, 19(: = 7, $1.49 Philippine Dresses, good grades . R sl 49| every stitcn hanamade, em’ 8@ | 5oc Gowns, Siecpers, Peii- LS Sedonem o coats and Combinations, of 30 | Sheets $2.00 40-Inch All-Silk 69c broidered .. “ee days a spark kindles in his blue eyes end the old feeling of wanderlust, he says, comes back to him. “Maybe Tl pull up my stake yet and strike out again where a man can breathe free air,” Stratton said. This son of the western plains, however, is a product of the East. He was born February 16, 1863, at Wrightstown, N. J., on the present e of Camp Dix. Like Theodore loosevelt, whom he loved and knew, the youthful Stratton was a weak and puny lad. Doctors said his heart wouldn't last until he was 21 years old. So he struck out for Rexford, Mont. Col Cody was his cousin by marriage and took a friendly interest in the youngster. Two years of life in the open spaces changed Stratton into a strapping, hard-muscled fellow. For several years, as a youngster, he traveled all over the United States with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Shows. Then in 1881 the sea ‘called to him, HALF-YEARLY learance Sale! Women’s Shoes INCLUDING 7Y/ 78\ /@Y1 78Y 78, Flat Crepe, Yd. Every yard stamped washable; all new Spring shades; heavy weight; pure silk. $2.00 All-Silk sl 29 Changeable Taffeta, Yd." 1° Cholce of six color combinations; yard wide; all pure silk; for street and evening dresses. 69c Amoskeag Sunray Rayons, Yd. 39(: Silk finish; beautiful Spring pat- terns; 50 pleces to choose from. $1.25 40-Inch All-Silk 25¢ Part-Wool Belly Bands, full width and length Silk and Wool Shirts, button _front, broken sizes, fine quality . 39¢ Rayon " tatlormade, perfect; all sizes. . 50c Part-Wool Ruben Shirts, rayon stripe, silk shell edge, all sizes. . - 29¢ Infants’ Shirts, button- front, soft-finish cotton, Win- ter weight 3 $56 Teddy Bear Suits, Sweater, Leggins, and Mitts; all colors. $1.49 Infants’ Bath Robes, white, pink or blue, finish; each boxed $1 and $1.25 Sacques and Sweaters, all wool; pink or blue trim. *Fine qualities. .. $1 All-Wool Caps and stiiped flannel; all sizes in lot. §$1 Panty Dresses, Cinde- rella and others; fine ging- hams and prints; broken sizes Rompers, rs and Panty Dresses, of fast ging- hams, madras, etc.; sizes 1, and $1.50 White Dresses, hand smocked and hand embroidered; only 11; sizes 1, 2 and 3.... 88¢c Union Suits, high neck, long sleeves, ankle; bleached; ribbed, fleeced; sizes to 14... $1 Waist Union Suits, high or low neck, long or short sleeves; sizes 2 to 13 years; perfect . 59¢ Ves! P ), vy weight, fleeced; Cinderella brand; fine quality; ajl sizes. . 25c Crepe Bloomers, pink Full double bed: 3-nch hem; full|S run of the mill. Bedspreads 986 Full double-bed size; choice of rose, 25¢ Yd.-Wide zl/zc Standard brand; free from dress- ity. bleached; made of heavy sheeting: $1.50 Striped Krinkle blue or gold stripes: perfect quality.' Bleached Muslin, Yd. ing; cut from full piece: perfect quak $3.00 Part-Wool . B 50 he shipped on a U. S. revenue $1.95 R gutter. But life aboard the cutter was 100 tame, and ratton dreamed of lands unseen. So one day he shipped on a tramp steamer destined for.anywhere. From ship to ship he made his way into strange and little frequented ports of the world. Four | times he circled the globe, Stratton said, before he got enough of his sea- Aoving life. Then he decided on a college career. ; ® It was at Princeton College in the Jate eighties that Stratton renewsd an acquaintance with a serious young men named Woodrow Wilson, whom he had met some vears before in Vir. | ginia on one of his wanderings about the country. Has Wilson's Letter, | Stratton is a lifelong Democrat and after Wilson's election as President he wrote a letter of congratulations | to his former classmate. He has among _his _posses- 65 . $5.00 to $8.50 Shoes N Toques, big variety; pink or only; perfect; full cut; size 8 Sport Satin, Yd. bite I ovocas 64c|on: 10c | Double-Bed Blankets $3.98 Chinchilla Coats, A pair woven in one; choice of ] i 1 Hvery new. sualls, for streeh SO Lol oniiteg Sified $1.98 |Sults, sotled: broken cizesi 1 | ik, vive, gy, tan or £old; &inch | 400 Pairs That Sold for $5.00 200 Pairs That Sold for $6.50 100 Pairs That Sold for $7.50 200 Pairs That Sold for $8.50 - 78X i o 7 a7 o The Sale Includes 78Xa1 HIS is a Clearance of fine Shoes from our Regular Stocks—they are NOT shoes that have been bought especially for “Sale” purposes! The “Family” dislikes the word “Sale”—and so it seldom appears A complete range of sizes and widths in en- tire lot, but not in every style. Sunday Dinner $1.50 Rico Pures Roastodl Turkey, Spiced Peaches Rean Croquettes Epinach in Cream Cherry Balad Coffee Sponge Cake Chocolate Tce Cream Rolls Please come early for better selections. S |evening dresses, slips and Zancy Pil- | Whita butf .or blue Sy Kbry sateen binding. wide, high luster. A About 60 of these useful garments in plaid|] $3 Novelty Footwear & i 25¢ Cretonnes, yard wide, 4 o white, soft, double fleece. Good serviceable coats, fully lined and made to [&3 High Shoes, Pair, all leather soles and heels. Very durable and serv- S5 Felt ST square yard . Firm fabrics In all the wanted colors and strongly |8 lots Sehalon! 3h . g s and heels. Sizes 4 to 8 ‘tombo ‘AR, T e soles and heels. Women’s sizes 2 to 8. Boys’ sizes 25¢ Yard - Wide Men’s sl n ‘English Men’s $30 Suits and vici kid, All sizes in the lot. Sizes 6 to 11. cloth, high luster, permanent 8 |shoes for dress or school wear. In tan and b Pants 1 lows; washable. 3, DAY & One Day Onl *%* ONE Y d G od 's* y y oncy 1ar 00ds Sateen, yard- 19c 247 Pairs Women’s $2 and $1.95 Lumberjacks wide; full pleces . [} Boyy 34 52988 169 Pairs Boys’ $1.89 15c Amoskeag Fla vercoa Made of a very durable brown upper with | Stvle s Overcoats Children’s Fancy Shoes materialy. For every in our advertising. top in either button or lace, with durable leather sole: Genuine First-quality Rubbers, with durable Satin > Hte." Wronals: serie = crepe, batiste, eto. yard wide, patterns, ma “Marston” Shoes & Oxfords All sizes 9 to 1135, B a very cheap price. In black and tan; some in 31 | O’Coats I 2 ¥ An_honest-to-goodness value in real sturdy - D“""'j lO&c Men’s $3.50 and $4 pskeag Dress . these are some Boys’ h 027 pattern; 1 ot 1 lean-up—suitable P Among these b sene 3 pat! 17‘:# sm'al umm:_darA S hr One Day Only . b Men’s Boys’ 19 ' Yard-Wide Percales, ]()¢ Men 3 and Boys Wear. W, i Girls’ new patterns, miil lengths. .. 5 iy A e Boys’ $2.95 Woolen 15¢ Unbleached Sheeting, closely woven, 36 inches i e patterns, well made, in_sizes 8 to_ B In patent leather and many other wanted styles. Al sizes in the lot, 3 to 8 beautitul pattoms and 121c | Boys’ $4.98 and $5.98 1' sll l“n’x Cunlulm, Dutch wear. _Sizes 3 to 7. B ey ® 15 style, white only, pair to 5 4 Boys’ $9.98 School 35.85 B iceable. Sizes 6 to 2. ing, 2 yards wide, full pleces; e 148 Pairs $1.45 to $1.75 98c $9¢ Silk and Cotton’ Crepe made. _Sizes 10 to 17. and other dress goods, odd Boys’ $1.49 Juvenile 89c B In brown and black. Some with contrasting e A Suits Is double fold, for dresses and Lumberjack blouses, with corduroy and cloth D 8 I - 0 $1 YardWide Costume Co 3‘7'5 Plll"l lgfin'l- go{: and 59c oty f; EANta0 bolorn And Boys’ $6.95 4-Pc. omen’s Storm Rubbers weaves: .. Er Suits £3.95 AN Dvnes Guotny Coat, vest, longie and knicker suits in neat, dark ade for wear: In sizes 7 to 14. 3to 6. Men's sizes 6 to 7%4. . Flan it 362 Pairs $5 & $6 Famous 32.97 e R e Golf Hose A fine assortment of patterns with fancy tops S y_to buy high-price shoes at e Mg s 2 I 432 Pairs $3 & $3.50 Boys’ s1 95 et RS b, 8 a0l A0 A BTouD of clothing that is worth soing’miles tol 8 & Girls’ Shoes & Oxfords - e Bl uskide soles and : e s Fomn e e