Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1927, Page 43

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, OCTOBER 9. 1927—PART T. SEES CITY STREETS BETTER LIGHTED Electrical Engineer Reports Aggregate Candlepower In- creased 53 Per Cent. KANNS 34th ANNIVERSARY Ancther Lot $125 and $150 Karnak, and Buckingham Worsted Wilton Rugs Reg. $77.50 Worsted Wilton Rugs at $58.95 —W. & J. Sloane Rugs, in rich col- ors and attractive patter Your chance to buy a good-looking dura- ble rug at a low price. Sizes 9x12 and 874x1074 ft. Reg. $40 and $45 Seamless Axminster Rugs $33.00 —9x12 and 814x1074 {t. rugs, the Stephen Sanford make — closely woven and with a nice high pile. Rugs that are noted for their long wear, pretty colors and attractive patterns. $39.95 Axminster and Velvet Rugs at $23.95 : —W. & J. Sloane and Hodges’ Rugs, —One hundred rugs have just arrived and enter the sale tomorrow at this lamps in certain sections. It also has all seamiess, perfect and in good col- big reduction. It is only because the manufacturers were willing to co- the highest ‘ecolr{orenic‘;'\': 0&:!?;::2;}[';; g g & ors and patterns. Sizes 9x12 and operate with us in making our Anmvel:sary Sale an outstanding success lx;;;g.s“_:‘ge ti‘;:lnll)?g Jous ce ] T —— g 4 14x1074 ft. from which to choose. that we could get t]\cge additional rugs,'so we advise that you'make your selection tomorrow. The rugs are made by the foremost American makers Close Out! Reg. $6 Size Continued modernization of the Dis- trict’s street lighting system during the last fiscal year, ending June 3, dncreased the aggregate candlepower about 53 per cent, according to the anaual r ot of Warren B. Hadley, | electrical engineer, submitted yester- day to the Engineer Commissioner, | Col. William B. Ladue. | The improved lighting system, how- evor, Mr. Hadley pointed out, has been Umited in general to the main traflic arteries and to streets being repaved. *The ra#ulting improvement of visi bility,” he said, “is a certain comfort to those using the streets at night, and 1 believe has contributed to de- hazard to life, limb and prop- : - Hand-Embroidered 5 w installations certainly J K ibute to the beautification of th» y, L 4 O Lighting Project Outlined. ] g 9 A,‘ The keynote of the new lighting | e ; 3 proj Mr. Hadley explained, is lavger | g 2 u her mounted, which have re- | B E ’ sulted in greater improvement of visi- | bility and making practicable the use | of glassware having a much higher | value of light transmission. “New de- signs of posts, or rather, taller mem- bers of the family of ‘Millet’ posts, de- signed for Washington in 1911 he d on the more impor- ares, having mounting —Christmas shoppers will welcome this sale with delight, for it offers an opportunity to get things that any wol will be pleased to receive, at a fraction of what they are r y worth. Every piece is beautifully embroidered by hand, many of them attractively trimmed with lace, and made of excellent quality cotton and linen. Included in the assortment are centerpieces, scarfs, buffet and vanity sets, pillowcases, luncheon sets, bed- room sets, dining room sets and 54-inch table covers. All in perfect condition. Kann's—Fourth Floor. Offers $5 to $15 Pieces at heights of to 20 feet, and all | old posts displaced are placed else- | where after being supplied with an sion plece of 19 or 22 inches, in- asing the length to mounting Rheights of 12% to 14 feet, and fitting | with the new Washington type glass- | ware.” The report also yointed out there has been an increase of $6 in the num- Der of 6.6-ampere megneto arc lamps to 517 and a decrease of 72 in the number of 4-ampere magneto arc lamps to 389, a net increase of 14 in the total number of arc lamps to 906. “The project.” it said, “contemplates eventual displacing of all the less effi- cient 4-ampere lamps. New Lamps Strikingly Effective. “The new type 6.-ampere lamps with the Washington type glass is strikingly effective, and the color value of its light, contrasting with that of ow windows, gives a better general effect, both esthetically and practi- eally, than the incandescent street Sizes 9x12 and 8-3x10-6, Anniver- sary Priced No Extra Charge. $1.50 Linen Damask $1.00 Yd. —Imported Irish Linen Ta- ble Damask, 70 inches wide and a full bleached, good sturdy wearing Gold Seal Congoleum, Neponset and Pabcolin Bordered Felt Base Rugs $7.85 —Three popular brands, in _sizes 9x12 and 9x10%5 ft. and 18 different patterns from which you may make ), your selections. There are only pretty colors and attractive 500 of these rugs, so early shopping border designs. 1,000 yards is advisable. il Kann's—Third Floor. e $2.00 Wool Hall and Stair Carpet, at $1.75 Yd. —227 and 27 inches wide, in A Sale of Fine Hemstitched SHEETS And Pillowcases! —This sale is the result of a special purchase FLOWER SHOW HELD BY LEESBURG CLUB Mrs. Edwin Rust Wins Silver Cup in House Decorations Class at Exhibit. Beautiful oate Buffet Mirrors Special in the Anniversary at $7.95 | $4.95 $9.95 and $10.95 Values Regular $6.95 Values —Every home has need for a mirror, for they not only add a great deal of beauty, but are necessary as well. And in this sale we are offering an unusually attractive assortment at the two low prices above. They are made of fine plate glass, in three-panel style, etched or mitred at the two ends. Those at $7.95 are framed in 15%4x50-inch gold mouldings with polychrome ornamental top. And those at $4.95 are 14x50 inches in size, in various colored mouldings. —14x26-in. Console Mirrors, also at $4.95. ner Snider, Leesburg; second, Mrs. Fairfax Harrison; third, Miss Nannie . Best collection of three un- mamed dahlias—First, Mrs. Turley, Teesburg; second, Miss Nannie Fred. Best collection of named roses, Mrs. . Best single named Tose—] . Plerce; second, Mrs. Fairfax Harrison; third, Mrs. Turley. Best collection of named garden flowers—First, Mrs. Thomns Fendall; M. N. Lyon, Purcellville; third, Miss Nannie Fred. Best exhibit vAnnias—First, Miss_ Virts; second, Miss Ruth Dibrell, Leesburs; third, Mrs. Peyton Craighill, Leesburg. Best 1able decoration—First, Mre. Fairfax Harrison, The Plains; second, Mrs. Robert Walker, Leeshur; ¥award Chamberlin ‘Waterford. Be: house decoration—] Mrs. Edwin @, Rust, Leesburg; : pfli; third, Mrs. Robert McDonald, | Leesburg. Best potted plant, bloom- 18— Mrs. Gordon Thomas, geshurs; second, Miss Bessie Davis, ecsbury: third, Mrs. Randolph Jack- ron, Leeshurg. t collection of named wild flowers a Boh Lvon, Sue Hastings Marionettes Will Entertain the Little People of Washington With Plays, Songs, Dances —“A Trip to the Moon,” Pets of the Circus Ring, Buster and His Dog, Daisy, Fifi and Her Gi- raffe, the Charleston Dancer, Katinka from the Chauve Souris. on B street from Fifth to Thirteenth . ugs : ‘ streets, Eleventh street from Penu- of Worsted Wiltons; are in rich harmonious colorings and attractive new from Twenty-seventh to Thirty-sixth : patterns. Every rug is perfect and you save from $30.00 to $55.00 on every streets and on Wisconsin avenue from 27x54-In. Axminster Rugs 7 h ber of incandescent lamps i eddeq during the vear coupled with $3.95 Use Our Convenient Club Plan. ed, made a net increase of 2,462, while there was a net decrease of 907 in the g ] i 5 : Ja ervice. There $4.50 Linen Napkins $2.25 Embroidered only, and the well known Stephen Special' 50 W’ & J SloaneQS Sea less al was a net increase . ' . ° |Il Pumber of designation lamps added $3.59 Doz. Sets Sanford De Luxe Axminster grade. More Fire Alarm Boxes Needed. = —Porto Ri Saraemproli Mr. Hadley recommended rapid ex- Napkins, 21 inches in size, = g beng g and a good weight damask in stressed especially the need of boxes R s oo iinen fwp in the suburbs. “There appears to kins, Embroidered in pretty revalence of telephone connection i Pemders more liberal distribution of el $4.50 Damask Sets 99¢ Bath, Tovels (] adding $2.95 2 clared. “Experience here and _else- & Where does not sustain the position. 95¢ Yd. 3 for 95¢ —9x12 and 8%4x10% ft. rugs Jating messages from persons natural- . 14 wide colored borders. 54x70- Towels, in large colored block 1y excited, it frequently happens that e et et inch cloth and six napkins to DAREris. A ool Meavy. All perfect, durable rugs, of- Mr. Hadley also called attention to £ i f8icd atla minhty lovaprice the inadequacy of the present equip: 59¢ and 69¢ Linen Huck Face Towels—Size 17x34, at 49c ea. ghty p! further comsideration is being given Kann's—Street Floor. to & proposal to utilize radio for this Regular jal Dispatch to The Star. V l alues rowd attended the Leesburg t the Thomas on our part of 4,000 sheets and cases. They are o i Fabrary 4 ¥ made of lovely quality material, with hemstitched afternoon. The show was held under : ‘ the auspices of the Leesburg Garden ' find it a most opportune time to buy. Priced TOMORROW as follows—all sizes before hemming— house decorations was won by Mrs. ° Edwin Rust of Leesburg. Plains was a large winner. Fourth Floor ! and 72299 Summary of classes: Best collection ) . i 1 —An Anniversary Special that will enable you Reg. $1.50 ea. Harrison, The Plains; second, Miss P Nannie Fred, Middleburg, Va. Best to get an unusually fine card table at a greatly i mahogany-finished frames, strongly braced, nesga,ng,zs R,é?"%’{,ss Reg.l ';91.69 Reg, 40c smooth green fabrikoid tops that will not hold the dust, and are equipped with silencers on 25 Satin-C ed ! Kann’s—Fourth Floor. $ atln overe . Comforts Ready-Made and Embroid- —There are only 50 of these lovely comforts. Some are sylvania avenue to G street, M street M street to Volta place. S - rug you purchase. 4 o afomtmcs, tho report explaie AIlIll versary Linen \ alues —Scatter size rugs, in taupe color Pumber of gas lamps in.service. There during the vear. & tmporid Belgan_ Linen it Velvet Rugs—In Room Sizes—Now tension of the fire alarm system and Sidze Bets, with 3¢nch neat patterns. Do a tendency to assume that the i b ey $1.25 Table fire alarm boxes unnecessary,” he de- —Pure Linen Table Sets, with 3 4 T e wiis afhral —Quilted Table Padding. 54 caaEM Inen JRArtih DAt in choice patterns and colors. a telephone call is not competent.” T Ui, o ettty 2 1a that g ment signal_system, and sa Kann’s—Third Floor. ‘purpose. A Special Sale of $2.50 Va., October 8—A ial Library Thursday innin, i one " Th Beginning hems, ‘and any housekeeper. needing sheets will Club. ‘The silver cup awarded in $l 4 4 ° . Mrs. Fairfax Harrison of The Sizes 81x90 I 9 of namea dahlias—First, Mrs. Fairfax I ° I single named dahlia—First, Mrs, War- reduced price. They are sturdily made, with Size Sizo i Cases xi and bound at the corners with metal—have 95¢ | $1.10 | $1.29 | 29¢ legs and sides of tables. ered Card Table Covers $ 1 9 9 5 . covered with plain-colored satin Special $1.39 —All linen covers, nicely made and attractive- ly embroidered in appropriate designs. Very specially priced in the Anniversary Sale. Kann’s—Fourth Floor. —alike on both sides, others with contrasting colors on re- verse side. Stitched in fancy all-over stitching and finished with silk cord edge. Size 72x80 in pretty boudoir colors. Kann's—Street Floor. The Time: —Every day at 11, 2 and 4:30 o’clock. Reg. $5 Plate-Glass Console Mirrors Anniversary Priced $3.45 —For any one who needs a smaller mirror, these at this low price are un- usually attractive. They are 10x24 ry child— Purcellville; second, Dolly H roilection of vegetables— Mrs. pirfax Harrison; second, Rufus renn; third, Mrs. Harry Alexander. PREY OF SCHEMERS. Berman Promoters Believe Ameri- cans Are “Made of Money.” wsoclated Press ns are popularly d here to be “made of money,” t H. Mainzer of New York, | Reg. $6.95 Rayon Bedspreads . $4.79 . —81x108-inch Bedspreads, in handsome woven jacquard de- signs, and finished with deep $9.00 All-Wool 150 Prs. Part-Wool $6.95 Pr. ~Double-bed Blankets, woven of fine quality virgin wool, in The Placs: —A Special Children’s Theater in Toyland, Fourth Floor. The Program: —Several di t vi Several different acts will be s BIRRLEt throse Preside deputy chief of the fire depart- who_visited here recently, has d the usual flood of letters 1 all sorts of financial propo- never had such a bunch of offers to buy pig farms, chicken farms, factory sites and commercial under- takings in my life,” Mr. Mainzer said fo an Associated Press correspondent. “A Be householder whose furni- gure had been damaged by smoke and water in a fire I attended wrote me ke good the damage, because I hap- Ened to have been looking at it,” Mr. # polite letter suggesting.that I should | I ainzer added laughingly. e —— = given at each daily perform- ance—every one a supreme achievement of artistry. Bring the Children! block plaids of rose and white, blue and white, tan and white, gray and white, and orchid and white. All with colored sateen binding. Kann's—Streét Floor. blue, gold, lavender, gray, tan and green with white. They are finished with colored sateen binding and all are double-bed size blankets. Kann’s—Street Floor. scalloped edges. 150 only in rose, blue, gold and orchid col- orings.: ‘Buy now for -Christ- mas, and save money. Kann’s—Street Floor. inches in size, in shaded old gold mountings, with ornamental top and fine plate glass .mirror, . attractively etched. ' o, Kann's—Street Floot.