Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1930, Page 20

MENCKEN CLAIMS HE'S WISER PATENI UFHCE AS WEDDING DAY APPROACHES HAS I@R_fl YEAR Prospective Benedwt Says Plans Are “Indefinite,” but Expects Quiet Ceremony. Applications Exceed Old : th s and E Sta-FAM SINCE 3 Mark by 4,000—119,000 7th, 8th an S, OUS FOR QUALITY 'CE 1860—National 9800 Await Action. Critic of Tender Passion Has Little to Say Following ‘With the ding f the fiscal Yo fhe Patent Office clased the Announcement. June 30, the Patent Office closed the A Clearance—Summer Dresses Best Summer Styles and Materials! Dresses That Were $16.50 to $25.00 ' *10 We're making room for new Fall merchandise! Every Summer frock and ensemble must go—regardless of how recently it arrived or how desirable! Many can be worz straight through the Fall. There are navy georgette, printed bertson, wmmmloner OIS 40| o hacciaten Prom. - I‘lfllo talk last ni rts of clmin. ihops and factoriss | BALTIMORE, Md., August 4.—] & nned ln deter the inventor, as the | Mencken, prospective ben:dict Aner number of p‘knt applications last year | Writing gibes at the tender passion for exceeded the number for the previous | two decades, had but one comment 'o- year by 4,000, while 6,000 more patents | day on the announcement of his e ‘Were granted. gagement to Miss Sara Powell Hurat Commissioner Robertson rted | Writer for magazines. that 420,000 patents have been grmud “I formerly was not as wise as I am during the past 10 years, more than for | now.” he said. the century following Washington's in- | Mencken, editor and critic, said plans auguration. for the ceremony were “very indefinite.” t year also was the best from a | ©On one point he is consistent. The financial standpoint, Robertson said, as | man who wrote that “being married $4,000,000 was taken in dunng the | with all your friends about you is as period, or $300,000 more than the pre- | private and discriminating as eating in ‘ceding year, the previous “peak” year. |the window of a restaurant,” said his Seven and & half million of .printed -wedding will be very quiet. copies of patents were sold at 10 cents |. It will be very refined,” he sald with | each, or appromixatemly 25,000 per a.y & laugh. while nearly a million photostats w s WOMAN LEAPS TO DEATH | Office work,” said Rol from rust and corrosion. N et now has | Eludes Guardians for 18-Story | MEtro. 0151 rrears, of on hand 119,000 -ppnuuom awaiting Jump Following Breakdown. = 'AGO, August*4 () —! Mrs Mnr | - offial action; some of the examiners are 10 month: Dbehind, the average,bein; Jjor fle Gllben 36, wife of an offi B NSional Lock Gy, of Reckiord. o 607-609 C St Phone for Color Card into coats with the new fittea seven mont] ALIEN BAR TO ‘|’|GHTEN zg?ficflflx her death from the eight- bmrdxy f H lines. Black, Boag, Kaffa and of an apartment building Mexico Plans Fines and Prison Miz. Be zsie Beach, & half sister, told Sandalwood h it police Mrs. Gilbert recently suffered a andalwood are the new colors ~ b 3 Terms for Illegal Entry. crepes, plain and printed chiffons and w: pes— —see them at Lansburgh's— pesnp P ashable cre, nervous breakdown and had been under restraint. She eluded guardians yester- B - . . . . and buy them on our budget with new silhouette lines, boleros, dainty lingerie touches plan. and jackets. Ty AEust & 2o | day morning and leaped from the apart- $99.50 to $295 order to x:‘tfa“fi"‘i' mexall entry of for- et ey eigners exico a clause probably Harold S, Gilbert, the woman's hus- I B i trmn w0 Tou peson | band, was in Delevan, Wis, When noti- The model sketched is smartly fitted and has Paquin’s popular shawl collar. $195. Fur Shop—Second Floor Fur Coat Fashions Caracul : ‘A Fashion-Favorite Garage Pamt Fur for 1930-31 Protect your metal garage The luxurious trend of the 1930-31 Winter mode demands just such a fur as caracul. It is sleek and beautifully moired, and pliable enough to fashion Good News for Hay Fever Victims ilpeloonment and from $508 %0 42 %500 | fied of her death. : ’ e for eacl egal entrant. ——— e heowaraun i by the | & Torest Fires Are Controlled. And Asthma Sufferers American sufferers from Asthma, Hay Thy department of interior and will be pro- mulgma by the President probably late IA, B. C., August 4 (#).— ||| pever and other evers are Halling onth under the exr.rlordinlry - po-m grlnted him by the last Con- gress. e present is no punl.uhment !or 1llegal entnnu ex- cept deportation. Sizes for Misses’ and Women Of course, the style ranges are broken, but you will find every size in the lot. Misses’ sizes 14 to 20, women’s sizes 36 to 46, little women’s sizes 161/ to 241/; and extra sizes 381/ to 4614. Misses’ and Women's Dresses—Second Floor ore: bia_have been brought under con- trol. Eighty-eight fires were reported . till burning, 167 huvmz been ex- worth of raw silk | inguished during the week. —— Nel.rlv $2,500,000 shipped from Milan, Italy, in the - three months of this ym five Pire engines with hose pipes were fimel that of the corresponding period | used at the great fire in Southwark, of 1 England, in May, 1676. ney ba THE SIANLUS COMPANY, 355 Riverside, Covington, Kentuck: Now Is the Time to Buy Shoes 500 Pairs for Misses and Women Reduced From $6.50 to $10.00 $3.75 and $4.75 Summer’s smartest footwear fashions—including classic pumps, individual one-straps and the always popular oxford ties! They're of all-white kid, white buckskin, white linen, beige kid, blonde kid and parchment kid. Just the styles that will finish out this Summer and start smartly off next Summer. And best of all, we have a very good size range, Shoss—Second Floor Cotton Dresses Reduced, Too .Very Fashionable Right Now—Voiles, Dimities Batistes, Pongees, Piques 159 You'll know the minute you see them. they were higher-priced NoOW IN PROGRESS Midsummer Reductions Most Unusual Savings of the Year on Fine Furniture Does Your Perfume Harmonize With Your Individuality? There is a great satisfaction in knowing there is no one else exactly like you. You are an individual with fascinating possibilities. You'll never realize how many until you talk SOFAS with Helen Pentzing now in our Toilet Goods Section. CHAIRS TABLES SECRETARIES DESKS, Ete. SUITES AND ODD PIECES OF TRUE DISTINCTION Miss Pentzing —has a keen understanding of women, and will diagnose your individuality, and suggest just lhe right Corday per- fume for you. Not only suggest, but give you a trial size of one of the foll odors—Toujours Moi (always me), Orchidee Bleue (b! ;ue orchid), Femme du Jour (woman of the day), L’'Heure Romantique (the romantic hour). #Tellet T no time of the year are Dulin & Martin’s prices anything Goods—Street Floor but modest. Now that numerous selections from our dis- plays are less by 10% to 40%, we believe you will fiud many genuine surprises here during the midsummer sale. LET OUR DECORATORS HELP YOU PLAN YOUR HOME —7"i#T || DuULIN @& MARTIN Connecticut-Ave. anadl” SERVING WASHINGTON FOR OVER THREE.QUARTERS OF A CENTURY || Boys’ $1.00 Coveralls 79c¢ Coveralls are almost a back- yard uniform these days. They are cool, for they eliminate underwear, and they save laundry. Chambrays, pin Cushion Spring Maftress Made- From Your Old One Thousands now prefer the new Cushion Spring Mat- tresses. Resilient springs cushioned in felt or hair yield to every curve of the body. Sleep is more comfortable than ever before. Many Washington people” are having us make these mattresses from their old ones. First we sterilize the mattress in an electric oven —then the inside is thor- oughly cleaned and used to cushion the springs. A new ticking is put on. You have a new mattress. By using the material in your old one you can have this new type for $12.50 to $22.50 instead of paying $29.75 to $39.75. Phone for our representative to call with book of charming tick- ings from which to select the style that you prefer, Mattress & Box Spring Co. 903 E St. N.W. NATIONAL 9411 checks, and khaki with sport dresses! They're such dainty affairs with fully flared or pleated skirts, collars. All colors, but not in every size! 2 Blue, Grey, Khaki, Gray and White. Sizes 3 to 8 Boys’ Shop—Street Floor Originally $7.50 to $15 $5.95 A choice lot of wup-uround girdles, all-elastic slep—ml. and corset- lettes, some with a firm inner belt. Satin and brocade, in flesh and peach; broken sizes—the reason for this drastic reduction—put you will find all sizes in the lot! C-B Rubber Reducing Girdles, $5 A figuré:moulding garment of pure rubber, that effectively reduces excess flesh. Back-lacing style, reinforced throughout; 4 hose supporters, Corset Bhop—Third Ficor short sleeves or without any sleeves at all. Some have capelet collars—others have dress- maker details that make them smartly different and individual. Plain and prlntd—lllhl and dark eolon. Sizes for women and misses. Daviime Frosks—Third Floor Clearance Corsets and Corsetlettes Sale of Wash Fabrics 25¢ »d. 38c to 59c Grades ' Sheer, cool fabrics in lovely summery designs— florals, spray and leaf patterns on white and pastel grounds. Voile, dimity, lawn and batiste— 36 and 38 in. wide. 49c¢ yd. Regularly 79c Yd. A wide assortment of rayon chiffons that make such cool, attractive dress- up frocks for Summer. White, pastel and dark grounds with airy pat- terns; 36 in. wide. Wash Fabrics—Third Floor