Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1930, Page 21

DA R DELEGATES T0 CATHER HERE Representatives From All! Corners of Globe to Con- vene April 14. | | | Delegates from every corner of the lobe are heading toward Washington or the thirty-ninth Continental Con- gress of the National Society of Daugh- ' ters of the American Revolution. which ‘will open here Monday. April 14. ‘Word has just been received here that a new chapter of the ™. A R.| has been organized in Rome, Italy. | From the farthest outpost, Shanghai, | China, delegates are reported en route | to Washington and others are cowaing | from Alaska, Hawalil, the Panama Canal | Zone, Cuba, France and England. The organization of the new chapter in Rome has attracted widespread in- terest, since the movement Was sponsor- ed under the patronage of Mrs. John W. Garrett of Baltimore, wife of the American Ambassador to TItaly. Its regent is Miss Jessie A. Morgan. From the 48 States of the American Union, approximately 4,000 official dele- gates will attend the forthcoming con- gress, which, more than ever before, will have reasons to sponsor urgent measures for the support and main- tenance of the Constitution and Amer- ican institutions, since the sessions of the congress will be held for the first time in the new temple of theD.A.R. dedicated to the Constitution. Record Attendance Expected. ‘The thirty-ninth congress, lacking as it does the interest aroused in a national D. A. R. presidential election, nevertheless promises to be the largest in attendance ever held. There are now 2.377 local chapters in the Na- tional Society. with an active member- ship of 170,929, and it is anticipated that at the meeting of the national board of management to be held pre- ceding next week's congress, there will a dozen additional chapters ad- mitted. Aside from the ever-present issues of national defense. the Constitution and means of combating the forces of Communism seeking to undermine it, politics within the ranks of the dele- gates will command attention in the election of honorary and active vice presidents general, with a dozen or more candidates already in the field. This i8 an “off year” politically in the D. A. R. sense, as there is no general elec- tion of administrative officers. Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president gen- eral, has two more years. Since last ear's election, Miss Anne Margaret ng, reporter general to the Smith- sonian Institution, resigned on account of ill health. The national board of management elected Mrs. Lyman B. Stookey of Los Angeles, Calif., and her name will be submitted to the con- gress for ratification. Nine Offices to Be Filled. One honorary vice president general and eight vice presidents general will be elected. The former is elected for life and the latter for terms of three years. There are 13 honorary vice presidents general who are elected for life as vacancies occur. There is now one vacancy and the States of Tennessee and Washington have brought out candidates for the office. Mrs. Charles B. Bryan, the Tennes- gee aspirant. has been unanimously in- dorsed by the Tennessee State confer- ence D. A. R. Mrs. Eliza Ferry Leery of Seattle is being put forward by her State dele- gation District Has Candidate. ‘The District of Columbia has put forward as a candidate for vice presi- dent general Mrs. David D. Caldwell, retiring State regent. ~-*~* interest naturally centers on gw .ididacy of President Herbert ver's sister-in-law, Mrs. Theodore Jesse Hoover of California. The other candidates who have an- nounced are Mrs. Charles Herbert Car- roll of New Hampshire, Mrs. Newton D. Chapman of New York, Mrs. Benjamin Leslie Hart of Missouri, Mrs. Grant E. Lilly of Kentucky, Mrs. James Charles Peabody of Massachusetts, Mrs. Martin L. Sigmon of Arkansas and Mrs. Francis Cushman Wilson of New Mexico. There was disappointment here when #t was announced that Mrs. Matthew Brewster of New Orleans, La., chaplain general, had declined to run after hav- :lil[ been indorsed by her State delega- on. Preparations for the congress are going forward rapidly. Mrs. G. Wallace W. Hanger of Washington is entrusted with these responsibilities as chairman of the program committee. Hoover to Address Conference. ‘There are to be several changes from the usual procedure in this congress and at least one of them has given rise to considerable speculation. It has been the custom for the President of the United States, when he addresses the D. A. R., to speak on the opening program. President Hoover, the first President to wddress the congress in two or more years, will speak the eve- ning of Friday, April 18. This date was chosen by the President himself, since it is understood he has a particular message which will be broadcast to the American people which he is desirous of sending out through the D. A. R. ‘The President and Mrs. Hoover will reczive the D. A. R. at the White House on Wednesday, April 16, at 4 pm. On ‘Thursday afternoon the director-gen- eral of the Pan-American Union, Dr. L. S. Rowe, will hold a reception for the congress. The annual pilgrimage to Mount Vernon will be made Tuesday afternoon, when Mrs. Hobart will place wreaths on the tomb of George and Martha Washington. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery will be the scene of cere- monies Friday afternoon. In the arrangements for the program. the annual banquet of the National Officers’ Club has been omitted. This ‘was done out of deference to the death of Mrs. Rhett Goode of Alabama, presi- dent of the club, which occurred De- cember 19, last. It is usually customary to hold the memorial services at 11 o'clock on Sun- day morning during the congress. But since this day will fall on Palm Sun- day, the memorial service will be held Good Friday. Vesper services will b held at « o'clock Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Dr. Albert Joseph McCartney conducting them. ‘The delegates and alternates will be- gin registering Friday and the State regents round table conferences also wi'" e held on that day. The Con- (3 “n Hall committee will meet at 8 pm. Registration will continue Saturday and at 8 o'clock in the evening the United States Marine Band will give a concert in Memorial Continental Hall. This will be followed by a lecture on Pueblo Bonito, the prehistoric “metropo- lis” of the Southwest, by Neil M. Judd, its discoverer. and curator of American logy of the National Museum. ‘The lecture is being given through courtesy of the National Geographic Society. deagengide o Alfonso Returns to Madrid. MADRID, April 5 (#).—After a stay of a day in San Sebastian, King Alfonso returned today to Madrid. He was received at the station by Premier Berenguer and the local authorities. Mellon 0. K.s Narcotic Bureau. Secretary Mellon has approved the Porter bill to create a separate Bureau of Narcotics in the Treasury Depart- ment. The measure has been reported | maiden name or the date she was mar- | ‘aj. Ed: to the House favorably by the ways and means committee. 1 PRESIDENT’S NEW OFFICES 'NEARLY READY President Hoover’s executive offices, ravaged by fire on Christmas eve, have undergone a thorough overhauling and refinishing, which have erased all traces of the flames. The President soon will move from his temporary offices in the State and War Building back into these newly furnished offices in the White House grounds. —Associated Press Photo. SCORES HERE ASK MILITARY TRAINING {District’s Quota of 307 Ex- pected to Be Passed Early This Year. Headquarters of the Organized Re- serves have received scores of applica- tions from Washington boys desiring to attend the Citizens’ Military Training Camps in nearby Virginia and Mary- land this Summer, and indications are that the quota of the District of Colum- hill. set at 307, will be passed in record time. Enrollment books were opened several days ago and the response has been so hearty that the procurement committee, with headquarters at the Oxford Hotel, is seeking arrangements whereby the District quota might be increased. Fearing, however, that such arrange- ments cannot be made, Maj. Charles Demonet, Ordnance Reserve Corps and airman of the procurement committee, has urged that young men desiring to enroll communicate their intention im- mediately to insure their approval by the War Department. Camps in this corps area which the District boys will attend are Fort Howard, Md.; Fort Eustis, Va. Hoyle, Md.; Fort Monroe, Va Myer, Va., and Fort Monmouth, N. J. Four courses, namely, the basic, red, white and blue, are given at the camps and the instruction covers a period of 30 days. The basic course provides pre- liminary physical, mental and moral training, including bodily development, athletics, drill, rifle marksmanship, first aid. camp sanitation, personal hygiene, military courtesy, discipline and studies in citizenship. The red course provides training in the various branches of the Army, such as Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, Coast Artillery and Signal Corps. Advanced instruction is also given in subjects begun in the basic course. The special object of the white course is to qualify the candidate as a non-commissioned officer caps of training recruits and leading them. Graduates of this course may become non-commissioned officers in the en- listed Reserve. The blue course trains selected citizens in actual leadership. Graduates may spend one year in the enlisted Reserve, National Guard or Regular Army and upon successful com- pletion of a prescribed course of study become entitled to a commission the Officers’ Reserve Corps. CLIFTON MAN TAKEN IN BROTHER'S BEATING Emmett Edwards Arrested in Shel- | ter Erected in Woods Near Town. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLIFTON, Va., April 4.—Deputy Sheriff Henry Magarity yesterday ar- rested Emmett Edwards of Clifton, charged with assaulting his brother, Taylor Edwards, Thursday night, fol- lowing an altercation over a missing pocketbook. Edwards was discovered in the woods back of the town in a shelter hidden by boughs of trees and leayes. The po- lice had searched for him ever since Thursday night. Sheriff Kirby states that Edwards stopped a boy going chrough the woods and asked for food. The boy informed authorities, and when he returned Magarity followed him Edwards is now in jail at Fairfax. The condition of his brother, in Alexandria Hospital, shows no improvement. MINNESOTA FIGHTS RAILWAY MERGER Governor Asks Attorney General to Move to Block Proposed Unification. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn,, April 5.—Acting on the suggestions of the Minnesota dele- gation in C'ongress, Gov. Theodore Christianson oday set the State's lega) machinery in motion in an attempt to block the proposed merger of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific Railways. Requesting Attorney General Henry N. Benson to study possible grounds for an injunction against the proposed merger, Gov. Christianson also invited States which already have gone on rec- ord as opposed to the consolidation to join in the movement to prevent its consummation. Gov. Christianson conferred with the attorney general and the railroad and warehouse commission. He announced that three representatives of the State would leave' April 12 for Washington to consult with other representatives of interested States to decide on what action should be taken. ¥ It was suggested at the governor’s conference that a temporary restraining order might be sought in Federal Court on the ground that the Interstate Com- merce Commission, in approving the proposed _combination, misinterpreted the intention of the railway act. e LGRS Editor Sentenced in India. NEW DELHI, India, April 5 (®.— The editor of the newspaper Arjun, e monthe: risotous imprisonment. {or J us ;‘ed:t:‘::n Indra also is president of the Youth League here. Forgets Her Maiden Name. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 5 (#).—The United States census has revealed that a woman ir El Paso County is unable to remember her ried, Frank A. Perkins, district census supervisor, announced today. It seemed to Desert Charlie, where the solitudes gave a man a chance to think, that the universe had been put together along fantastic but logical lines. There was the burning breadth of the Majave sands, distorted by upheavals n‘{ rock inexplicable to the casual tra eler. There were the serrated rims of dead volcanoes, tossed up by forces no man could explain. Yet all these illogical aspects of th desert appeared logical to Charlie, wh back e 0 sand and who had lived most of his days under the eye of the uncovered sun. All Seemed Simple. Charlie came to understand, from | drinking water spilt between the hands |and from wandering the tortured hill- | sides with his head exposed to the sun | It all seemed simple, as Desert Char- lie explained. There were fires under the earth, consuming fires which would not be put down. Sometimes, in ages past, they belched forth. The fires, Charlle said, were fed by subterranean coal oil, brimstone and asphalt. Now and then, the wanderer explained, sulphur must have burned, since the broken rock of the desert sometimes showed a yellow stain. Charlie, who had comprehended these things. ‘could no longer rest content upon the sand, eking out an existence | by begging beyond the rim of the desert {only to return and sleep in the sandy hollows. That's for the Old Men! | ‘These things, Charlie averred, were | for the 250 old men who could not live apart from the desert, and who could | not long survive its exactments. | They, Charlie sald, knew nothing of had slept most of his nights upon the | the great riddle of the universe. It' DESERT CHARLIE HEAVES A SIGH AND TO COLD EAST, SAYS GOOD-BY Lecture Tour of Western Wanderer Comes to Naught as He Finds People Haven't Time to Hear. was for Charlie to explain things, and this he set out to do. Last April, a year ago, Charlie pro- cured four burros—no one could explain how he saved so much money—and two | days later he had packed his worldly goods upon their backs, tied them to- gether in the best desert fashion and set out for the East. Charlie, as he told every one, was fairly embarked on a lecture tour, and he felt that he could benefit both him- | self and the Easterners once he got to | their great citfes. It was not for Charlie, who had learned fortitude and reticence in his 69 years, to complain of the hardships which beset him on the long trek to New York City. | _If the burros’ hoofs split on the un- accustomed asphalt, it was Charlie's | business, the populace along the Ve as slow about paying to hear lecture, that also was Charlie's and i yside Charlie’s I business. Last month, about a year after his | departure, Charlie drove his four burros | into the city of his destination—New | York. The traffic, as Charlie said, was | heavy and few had time to wait for his pack train. Few to Hear Lectures. | Later Charlie learned that few had time to hear him explain things in his lectures. Yesterday Charlie and his four burros me through Washington on their w. back to the desert. | " “Since we've been over her sald, with a generous gesture which in- cluded all the burros, “reporters stop us every time we start through a city. | “Now, it's a long ways back to Cali- |fornia_and I'm in a powerful hurry, |50 if you want to interview me, do it | now, because T don't aim to be when I leave here going' West. ca " Charlie = ERRORS PREVENTED FFECIVE BREAK Yeggmen Had Gas Bottles Partly Filled, While Safe Contained No Cash. Although they planned and executed A/ getaway with painstaking skill, the quartet of yeggmen who attempted to burn open a strong box at the Sears, Roebuck Co. store early yesterday made several major errors during the ‘sev- eral months” in which they are believed to have plotted the robbery. Perhaps the greatest was when they stole two cumbersome “bottles” of acety- lene gas, which, at the time of thelr disappearance from a welder's shop at 47715 C street southwest. were filled only to one-third capacity. Tested yesterday afternoon following the attempted robbery, in the course of which two night watchmen were bound and chloroformed, the gas ‘“bottles” were found to be completely exhausted. Police say the yeggmen's torch prob- ably flickered out on them about the time they cut through the outer metal shell of the safe and ascertained that it guarded an inner strong box equally as_formidable. ‘The four men abandcned their torch and accessories about 3 o'clock- yester- day morning, making an escape through a rear exit a few minutes before a score to clean up Treatment of Watchmen. The two watchmen, Raymond Mans- fleld of 915 Third street and Joseph L. Waters of 1415 G street southeast, were disarmed, trussed together with ad- hesive tape and rope and made to lie on a pile of rugs while the robbers, all of whom were masked, administered chloroform to them through handker- chief blindfolds. k. precautions, however, would have availed nothing of much value, even had the robbers forced the safe. Police were informed by employes yes- terday afternoon that the store’s cash on the evening previous to the robbery. Only a small amount of money was in the safe at the time. and a quantity of jewelry lodged in the strong box could not have been valued at more Front row, left to iward P. Van Hise. Back row, left to Riemer and Maj. Hot of colored porters came into the store | on hand was banked at the closing hour | I | than several hundred dollars, the in- vestigating officers said. An exhaustive search, on the othe: | hand, failed to disclose any importart [ The medal will be presented by Dexter clue to the identity of the intruders. They were masked and wore gloves \Eying on the second floor of the estab- escape. Neither watchman heard or | learned of them after they left the building. Reach Pocket Knife. Mansfleld, although suffering from the effects of the drug, succeeded in working one hand free and producing & pocket knife, with which he cut his own bonds and those of his companion This occurred about two hours after the appearance of the robbers, who | “covered” Mansfleld as he stopped in the basem:nt engine room to punch his clock, and then waited until Waters reported to relieve Mansfield and over. powered him. The robbery attempt was reported to police about 3 o'clock yesterday morning and headquarters detectives and police of No. 9 precinct were detailed to the investigation. During the course of their conversa- tion with the watchmen, the robbers admitted they had planned for “several months” to rob the store and had been watching the place throughout most of that time. A check-up of the stock at the store revealed that the intruders took nothing while inside the building, although they “borrowed” several drills and couple of crowbars for use while work: ing on the safe. YOUTH, 14, IS ACCUSED OF SLAYING NEPHEW, 8 By the Associated Pre STURGIS, S. Dak., April 5.—The sheriff’s office here was conducting an investigation today of the slaying of 8-year-old Robert Hess of Sturgis, after dueover{ of the body last night and the confession of Willlam Stratemeyer, his 14-year-old uncle, that he had shot the boy and thrown the body into a water hole. ‘The shooting, as reported by Deputy Coroner Fred Neuner of Sturgis, oc- curred at the Stratemeyer home. . After shooting the boy with a rifle, Strate- meyer dragged the body about half a mile to the water hole. The two boys were playing in the yard at the time of the shooting and no motive is known. Search for the boy was started when he failed to return home. The body was found about 8 o'clock. | | ENGINEER SESSIONS OPEN TOMORROW Society to Hold Meetings Here in Observance of Its 50 Years of Active Service. ‘The Washington sessions in connec- tion with the fiftietn anniversary of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, celebration of which began yesterday in New York, will open to- morrow morning at 11 o'clock in the United States Chamber of Commerce Bullding. Addresses of welcome will be made by the president of the society, Charles Plez, and the heads of various nation- al engineering and mining organiza- tions, and after the conclusion of the afternoon session the visiting engineers will be received at the White House by President Hoover, who will speak at the anniversary dinner Tuesday night. Palmer C. Ricketts, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will speak on behalf of American engineer- ing educational institutions. Maj. Gen. George O. Squler, National Academy of Letters, and Willlam Butterworth, pres- ident of the United States Chamber of Commerce, also will deliver ad- dresses. Greetings From Abroad. ing organizations and educational in- stitutions from 22 countries will be on exhibition in the Chinese room at the Mayflower Hotel. Addresses of welcome on behalf of American engineering groups will be given by John F. Coleman, president of the American Society of Civil En- | gineers; Willlam H. Bassett, president of the American Institute of Mining | and Metallurigical Engineers, and Harold B. Smith, president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Ralph E. Flanders, vice president of the American Society of Mechanical En- gineers, will preside. In the afternoon there will be a session on “The Influence of Engineer- ing Upon Civilization,” when 7 of the 16 national papers covering the human- istic aspects of engineering will be summarized by their authors. The second part of this session will be held Tuesday morning, when the nine remaining papers will be read. There will also be an address summar- izing “Pifty Years of Mechanical En- gineering in the United States,” by Dr. Fred R, Low. At the Founders’ luncheon at 12:30 o'clock at the May- | flower Hotel the honorary chairman will be Ambrose Swasey, founder, hon- orary member and past president of the soclet; John R. Freeman, past presi- dent, will be the ?l’esldln[ officer. The roll call of living founders in- cludes John W. Cloud of London, John |S. Coon of Atlanta, G Robert P. Grimshaw of New York, Francis H. Richards of New York, E. H. Robbins of Pittsfleld, Mass, and Mr. Swasey, who is from Cleveland, Ohio. Medals to Be Presented. Robert L. Daugherty, vice president of the society, will present the special medal to the living founders. Tuesday afternoon the fiftieth anni- versary medals will be presented by Contad N. Lauer, vice president, to the 16 _men who will read the national papers, and four other medals of par- ticular interest also will be presented: The Daniel Guggenheim medal to Or- ville Wright; the Gantt medal to Fred | J. Miller, the society’s own medal to Willlam Le Roy Emmet, and the Melville medal to Joseph Wickham Roe. The announcement of the first award of the Hoover gold medal will be made leaving no tell-tale fingerprints. Both |make the response and principal ad- vatchmen were securely bound and | dress of the evening. lishment when the four made their !speakers at the anniversary dinner in- at the anniversary dinner Tuesday eve- ing at 7 o'clock, in the Mayflower. 8. Kimball on behalf of the Hoover | Medal Board. President Hoover will | Besides President Hoover, other clude Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secre- tary of the Interior; Robert A. Millikan, past president, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and President Plez of the society. Vice The engrossed greetings of engineer- [ Wi HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 6, 1930—PART ONE HIGHWAY TO PASS NEAR LEAR HOME Mount Vernon Memorial Road Near Residence of Wash- ington’s Secretary. . The Mount Vernon Memorial High- way, now under construction, will pass Wellington Villa, Va., near the restored homestead of Tobias Lear, for years secretary to Gen. Washington and from whose pen came some of the most Hlmew read anecdotes of Washington's e. Since Washington's day the old house has been enlarged and is now a hand- some modern residence, although it still preserves the general aspect of former days. Les native of Portsmouth, N. H., rd graduate, began his duties in the Washington household as tutor to the general's adopted grand- children, Nellile and John Washington Parke Custis. A letter dated February 6, 1786, from Washington to a friend defined the duties of the position which Lear later was chosen to fill. ‘Terms of Position. | “Mr. Lear or any other who may come into my family in the blended characters of preceptor to the children and clerk or private secretary to me,” gton wrote, “will sit at my table, will live as I live, will mix with the company who resort to the house, and will be treated in every respect with | civility and proper attention. He will have his washing done in the family and may have his linen and stockings mended by the maids of it. Lear arrived at Mount Vernon that same year and began his duties at a His second wife was the widow of A. Washington and a niece of Mrs. Washington. Her maiden name was Fanny Bassett. The third wife was Frances Dandridge Henley, a grand- niece of Mrs. Washington. Died in Washington. Lear was the last man to whom the general spoke on his deathbed. The secretary then retired to his farm, Well- ington, a part of the Mount Vernon estate willed to him by Washington. He later was appointed by President Jefferson to negotiate the peace treaty with the Barbadoes in 1803. He died in Washington during 1816 and was burled in Congressional Cemetery. Construction work on the Memorial Highway is going forward near the Lear homestea put in operation several days ago and where workmen have begun transplant- ing trees to permanent sites along the right of way and removing others. PARTY DRYS PLAN DRIVE ON RASKOB Wholesale Bolt in South If Democratic Chairman Holds On, Likely. where a steam shovel was ! WOMAN USES GAS TO END SUFFERING Had Planned to Leave To- morrow to Consult Specia!- ist in Germany. Tired of suffering ceused by frequent heart attacks, Miss Emdrea Andersen, 41, of 1608 Twenty-third street south- | east ended her life yesterday when she closed the windows of her room, stuffed a quiit in the cracks in the door and opened the gas jet. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt issued a certificate of suicide. Mrs. Mia Scharbau, her sister, dis- covered Miss Andersen’s body after de- tecting the odor of gas escaping from the bedroom. Mrs. Scharbau said her sister had planned to leave tomorfow for her native country, Germany, to visit a famous heart specialist. She obtained a passport several days ago, it is said. Members of the fire rescue squad worked for an hour to revive the wom- an, but their efforts were futile, in Washington and its association with Democratic leaders. Any remaining doubt as to the stand Mr. Daniels will take was removed A fight to the finish by the militant drys of the Democratic party to oust John J. Raskob as national chairman, with another wholesale bolt in the South as the alternative, appears in- evitable following his admission that he contributed $64,500 to elect wet members to Congress, regardless of their political affiliations. The opening gun is expected to be alary of $200 annually. While Wash- ington was President, Lear lived with | him in the Executive Mansion in Phila- delphia, serving as his secretary. Lear was three times married, his first | wife, who died of yellow fever, heing a | childhood acquaintance, Miss Mary following: President William F. Durand will be m—’m mx::x'frhn. chie ts of e enginee; achievements of President Hoover were acknowledged by the engineers in 1929, when he was awarded the John Pritz gold medal CHICAGO GROUP HELD ON CHARGES OF FRAUD | Twenty-five Election Judges and Clerks Indicted on Evidence of Registration Irregularities. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, April 5.—Twenty-five in- dietments against Cook County election judges and clerks were returned yes- terday by the March grand jury, which was then discharged. The April grand jury, to be sworn in Monday, will con- tinue to hear evidence p-riaining to registration frauds, the pr scutors an- nounced. As the grand jury was reporting it | became known that Charles Center Case. many times special prosecutor in vote cases, had resigned as the attor- ney for the board of election commis- sioners. Mr. Case's resignation followed disputes with board members over the policy of prosecuting registration fraud cases, it was unders Francis X. Busch, former corporation counsel, will take Mr. Cases place, the board an- nounced. Besides considering registration day fraud evidence, the outgoing grand jury heard testimony concerning alleged padding of City Hall pay rolls, and jury pay roll grafts, but returned no indictments. 'Gators to Add to Stadium. 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Every One of These Suites of FURNITURE Still Marked in Their Former Prices Simply Cut the Price in Half $239.00 3.PC. SUITE, covered all unique design, hardwood frame and spring - filled reversible seat Fully guar- anteed. % $298.00 LARGE. MASSIVE BOW- FRONT 3-PC. SUITE, with cover- contrasting colors of rose and blue, triple deck seat spring construc- ° for a life- time., % over with finest mogquette of cushio ing of finest ratine tapestry in tion Good e 91499 $275.00 CARVED RAIL TOP SUITE, of finest taupe mohair, apartment size 2-cushion settee, club chair and high - back chair with finest queie reverse $137-50 quette reverse on seat cush- ions. 14 price. '49.00 ONE_ OF OUR FINEST LAWSON 3-PC. SUITES, kiln dried hardwood frame and cov- ered all over with best quality tapestry. Feather - weight spring cons truction s 1 84'50 in seat cush- ions. 14 price. $295.00 MAGNIFICENT 10 - PC. DINING ROOM SUITE, made from selected burl walnut veneers. Your choice $147.50 of two period styles. !4 price $129.00 3-PC. LIVING . ROOM SUITE, hardwood frame, in rubbed mahogany finish and covering of 3-tone jacquard velour. Reversible spring-filled seat $645 0 cushions. Fully guaranteed. 1g price . §325.00 BEAUTIFUL LAWSON 3- PC. LIVING ROOM SUITE, cov- ered with figured denfm, finest featherweight _spring cushion ¢ on s truction $162.50 throughout. 4 price $159.00 WALNUT VENEER 6-PC. DINETTE SUITE, handsome buf- fet, pedestal base table and set of chairs with $79‘50 upholstered seats. $495.00 ELEGANT 10-PC. DINING ROOM SUITE, Adam period siyle. Built of selected red mahog- any veneers, hand-rubbed polished : 3247.50 mohair seats on chairs, Rare bargain. 189.00 HANDSOME 10-PC. DIN- ING ROOM SUITE, built of fine woods and genuine selected wal- n u t veneers. $94.50 Fully guaranteed. 1 price . STORES Main Store, 827-829 7th St. N.W. Store No. 2, 1213 Good Hope R@d S.E.