Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1930, Page 5

DEPRESSION HELD AT DARKEST HOUR Private Agencies Now Ready to Face Facts and Lift Nation’s Load. BY WILLIAM HARD. A lot of A-1 economic sharps here this week end are of the expressed opinion that in the matter of unemployment and the business depression the country is now on the brink of the good old “dark- est hour before the dawn.” They based this opinion on a proposition which is largely psychological. They note that the depression of 1920 and 1921 did not end till the country got tired of cuss- ing the Government for its troubles and also got tired of thinking that its troubles were bubbles which the Gov- ernment could blow away. Therefore, it did not end until lae in 1921, the country itself got busy and rolled up its . sleeves and started manufacturing odd- Jobs of any and every possible sort for [ P€T all of the needy in every State and county and city and village and from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Canadian line to the Mexican border. Everybody Faces Facts Frankly. For the first time in the course of this eurrent business depression & _similar awakenment, both pessimistic and ulti- mately optimistic, i noted now. Pes- simism Is that now just about everybody, from the President down, faces the full facts frankly and realizes thoroughly that we are undergoing not the simple aftermath of a mere New York stock By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. PHILADELPHIA, October 25.—After one_short week of experimenting with a “Buy-Now-for-Prosperity” Campaign, merchants of Philadelphia appear to b: satisfled that they have finally found & potent tonic for stimulating business and combating the ogre of depression that gripped the mercantile establish- ments and the manufacturing plants. The slogan has worked like a charm The people are buying again; money has returned to circulation, and jobs are actually more numerous. Like a giant snowball, the slogan has rolled throughout the Unitad States and Canada, and in Philadelphia the business leaders who started the ball rolling say they already see & loosening of the purse strings of the Natlon that portends & return to the days of pros- ity “before the crash. Washington, D. C.. was one of the first cities to follow in the footsteps of Philadelphia. Even before the cam- palgn began to show tangible resuts, the Washington Chamber of Commerce started @ back - to - prosperity drive, adopting as lts_slogan “Buy Now for Better Business.” Attacked From Two Angles. e business men who started Phila- m?;;xx- buying met about two weeks ago to diagnose the ailment that had left the business pulse of the city low and weak; that had the factories about market crash, but the major final crisis of world-wide business unset consequent upon the great war. The best economic Jjudgment here now classifies the de- pression of 1920 and 1921 and the cur- rent depression as follows: ‘The first one was the post-war “dis- location cris ‘The present one is the x:t eadjustment crisis.” The t one was a cramp. The present one is worse than a cramp and also better. It is a great big growing pain, after which the patlent is expected to bound out of his post-war cradle pretty well really grown up. That is the dominant interpretation here today and it goes along with the wllcy which has recalled Col. Arthur ‘0oods to Washington to repeat the un- employment rellef measures which he forwarded in 1921 with country-wide success. Col. Woods states to this writer that his methods now will be substantially the same as his methods were then. That being so, this writer states as his own deduction, drawn out of his recollections of Col Wood's :Ih:% ol;:' “fi, u;u drawn out of his el al of present tendencies in Washington, that the following things are going to happen: 1. Much less will be heard of Federal “public works” as a solution of unem- pluyment. Public Works to Leave Spotlight. 2. Much less will be heard even of te and local “public works” as a so- llll'nn‘ of unemployment. “Puhlic works” will continue to be pressed with all possible vigor as a factor in the so- lution of ‘the problem, but they will re- cede from the center of the spotlight. oyment rel be furnished thym it ons of separate private con- suming houscholds in the country's lllllflludbh::u }‘O(‘ll communities. igures here obtainabls (collected by the Hoover and Bhl: Changess show that e eoss e w t in recent - perous times the Y ant United States was running up above :?I“Imhon dollars a year, :ot pmrlnon, It is realized that no feasible expan- sion of “public works” can efl:cuvely flll the deep dent made by a major S, St P e gL S real , will have commodities and of services of the private citizens of the country. This is in timely harmony with the sudden emergence of local committees of private citizens throughout the coun- try for the finding and giving of jobs from and to their own neighbors. it is an emergence partly spontaneous, and &a.ruy stimulated from Washington. It & belated but emphatic response, in some cases consciously, and in other cases unwittingly, to the request for the organization of such committees made many months ago by the Federal Gov- ernment. The reliance which Presi- dent Hoover places upon such commit- tees in the execution of the task which he has delegated to Col. Woods may be seen condensed into one fact. Croxton to Be Summoned. Just about the first man summoned to Wasl n to convey current in- formation about unemployment_ relief | to Col. Woods 1s, or will be, C. Croxton of Ohio. He has been execu- tive secretary, or the like, of the Ohio State Committee on Unem . The President has regarded mittee as one of the best examples in this country today of civic effort in con- tribution to current public needs. lake, director of the Ohio State Department of Indus- trial Relations. Its ex) ce is likely to be widely stu and imitated throughout the country within the next few weeks. Mr. Croxton, after he has conferred with Col. Woods, will prob: ably travel from State to State com- municating the methods and the results, in some details disappointing and in other details enormously encouraging. of the Ohio emergency endeavor. The essence of that endeavor would seem to lie in the application of two out- standine principles 1. Coilaboration of private business agencies on & State-wide scale. 2. Extension of the collective ener- gles of those agencies down into the smallest organizable local units of the State ‘The private business agencies which took part in the organization of the Ohio State Committee on Unemploy- ment were the State Bankers' Associa- tion, the State Building Association League, the State Chamber of Com- merce, the State Manufacturers’ As- sociation, the State Council of Retail Merchants, the State Newspaper Asso- clation, the State Federation of Labor, the State Farm Bureau Federation and the State Grange. Each of these nine agencies thereupon appointed & rep- Tesentative in each of the State’s 88 eounties. The nine different repre- sentatives thus selected in each county thereupon formed a county commit- tee. Thus the ensuing endeavor was State wide and local deep simultane- ously and concertedly. The general ies have been formulated in some @egree in & uniform manner at the top, and the active immediate work has been done by nelghbors among nigh: bors at the bottom. Assistance Offers Pour In. It is precisely toward this getting right down to the bottom that Col ity gasping like fish out of water, e it had the people With money piling it oose a single dollar. ,“Tlhty ll.uckgd the problem from two angles. They debated whether they would urge the factories to reopen and put their uction on full time, thus solving unemployment _ problem, putting money into the people’s pockets to spend with the merchants, or whether they would urge those ‘who are making and banking their money to spend it, stimulate wholesale buying and give the factories orders upon which they could step up the production of their plants and return the idle workers to their | The ided on the latter course ‘when ’tmd;caucovewd that the savings and checki deposits of the banks stood at the hest levels in history— when they discovered that the trouble with this country 1!‘ not t:fl:hlhe fac- ries are not turning out the 5 {?fll it is the fact that the people of the country have been the victims of the psychological effect of the stock market crash of a year ago and have started hoard| their money and keeping it out of the channels of trade. It was last Monday that the City of Philadelphai received the first big blast of the "guy Now for Prosperity” of the city's Chamber of Commerce. Placarded Over City. The city woke up last Monday morn- / "Buy pNow for Prosperity” plastered on sll its street ca bein| blared at them over the radio, pl on the bills they received in their morn- ing mail, on the caps of the babies’ milk bottles, drummed at them from the end | of every motion picture in town, hurled at them from the store window of every merchant in the city, shouted at them from the head of every luncheon meet- ing table, glaring down at them from every street car, subway and elevated seat, plastered all over every raliroad station, blazing forth from the first page of every morning and afternoon- newspaper in the city, spread all over eve available sign board in the city— fn short, put where every man, woman and child in the ::ly could see it hun- dreds of times & day. “Buy Now for Prosperity” was dinned | at l.hehcl(y Al)l( Philadelphia from every ble al . po;'.l:dly n‘ueol'l! ‘W. Elliott, execu- tive secretary of the Phlhdelpm to have you done it?” “We were doctoring our own prob- lem here in Philadelphia,” he said, “but it seems to go for the entire Nation, for Canada, too—for the Nation is accept- ing our diagnosis and adopting our treatment.” For three weeks, at least, that slogan will be dinned at the people of Phila- delphia just as steadily as when it was first started last Monday, and by that time, Elliott believes, a flood of good, hard American dollars will be coursing through the arteries of American com- merce, giving the life blood to business that has been its only need in the hour of its iliness. Treatment Was Simple. “The trestment was simple,” Elliott declared today. “Once he had di- agnosed the ailment and adopted Lhe‘ medicine, we called in all the organ-| izations of business men in the city and put the problem squarely up to them They came across with lumcfl'l?huenn“l,"'::‘ finance the campalj ind thing we knew we fld the co-opera- tion of the entire business interest of | the city and the ball was rolling and athering in size and momentum every minute, “We found in that first conference” he continued, “that the need of l.ndu!-i try and of the city merchant was the | dollars to make the wheels go around and get the stocks moved from the merchants’ counters. Reports of the | Federal Reserve System show that the | deposits of the member banks in these days of depression have increased 1,494,000, :nd recent reports indicate a gain | of $700,000,000 in the savings deposits | of banks shroughout the country— enough money to lubricate the wheels of commerce and send them rolling A'.}l a record clip. “The Phllldg:Rllll Chamber of Com- merce came to the conclusion that there is no scarcity of dollars, but that through fear these dollars are being hoarded. A dollar that is idle through fear stops the wheels of industry, re- duces retail relling by reduced con- sumption and increases unemployment. | “The chamber decided this cycle| must be broken down—that this false psychology that has stagnated industry, Teduced buying and caused increased | unemployment must be dissipated. | ‘This false psychology we termed ‘en- | thusiastic pessimism’ and it was at this state of mind that we directed out at- tention, with the result our ‘Buy Now for Prosperity’ campaign. Dollar Much Bigger. “There is an added incentive to this spending. Government statistics show that the dollar buys more goods today | than at any time since 1913. Prices are low, and the dollar that is being hoarded in the checking and savings accounts in the banks of the Nation is a bigger dollar than it has been in many years. It ought not to be in those accounts. It ought to be moving from pocket to pocket, from till to till | —ecirculating in the terms of manufac- | tured goods, profits for the retailer and | wholesaler, anc wages for the un- Woods' work during the mnext few months will be primarily directed. It has already elicited a great outpouring of offers of assistance out of the whole country from among Col. Woods' old eolllmhw-u:.!-d of 1921. - s} of the approaching ending o{m post-war “dislocation crisis” nine years ago. Hard-headed, old-time eco- nomic specialists here believe that the similar shift now from “public works” end other governmentalism to private works and ordinary American individ- ualism foretell a similarly :g; proaching ending this Winter of it post- “ crisis.” presen! read justment 'rmmm‘l;'m that we then will : to be fairly sure that the war aually over. may employed. | 'gnue’y officials of the Philadelphia | Chamber of Commerce believe four | weeks' intensive campaigning will be enough to open wide the purse strings of the people of that city and start them into & normal state of buying for through the season. The campaign has received the in- dorsement of prectically every civic and business organization in the city. Several fl:am d‘:xbd' 'h,lo\'e pled(edml,helr members per mont per ughl: more mn unnl‘hh Winter, i T o o s 5 ,000 women , T high into the banks, afraid to e |and that new projecs under the $16. 000 in the last six months, | 1V | ic Roads, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, “BUY NOW" CAMPAIGN FCUND SUCCESSFUL IN PHILADELPHIA Movement Sponsored by Chamber of Com-| merce Meets With Ready Response in Short Time. and is urging the women of the city, who do a large portion of the family buying, to looser up with their dollars and buy the things they need at the bargain prices they are being offered for today. Ministers Help Drive. The district business men's organiza- tions have been tied in with the cen- tral organization for the duration of the campaign. The ministers of the city in their pulpits today are dinning the slogan “Buy now for prosperity” into 1s0 | the ears of the members of their con- gregations, and everywhere that the message can be sent home to the ulti- mate consumer with money in the bank the Chamber of Commerce has endeavored to get the idea across. Elliott is adjuring the business men of every city which inquires of his Chamber of Commerce the details of the campaign, to get right at the pes- simistic attitude of the buying public, to replace this “enthusiastic pessimism with & smile of optimism and—most important of all—with a free and easy hand on the purse strings. WO00DS RECRUITS AIDES IN NATIONAL JOBLESS CAMPAIGN: (Continued From First Page) 000,000 hospitalization program author- ized by Congress last Spring would be begun &s soon as possible. These would provide employment for 4500 men, he “Not only will these projects provide employment for laborers during the construction period,” he said, “but when they are completed they will necessitate employment of professional men, nurses and hospital attendants. In addition, the communities in which they are located will be stimulated by the business of furnishing supplies for the hospitals.” Veterans’ Bureau Employs 450, As a result of the recent enactment of & veterans' pension bill, Col. fjams | said, the Veterans’ Bureau had employed 450 additional helpers in the clerical division. He added these would be retained until after the crisis, even if the work of handling the thousands of pension claims was completed before it ended. Early ge of & naval construction | bill at the next Congress and appropria- tiens following immediately afterward s0 work on the ships may begin to re- lieve unemployment and depression was advocated today by Senator Glenn, Re- publican, Illinofs. Assistant Commissioner _J. Henry Seaitergood of the Indimu Service sent out an order last night to superinten- dents of Indian reservations instructing them to take steps to provide able- bodied Indians with work on roads and other reservation activities to prevent suffering during the Winter. Family Men to Get Work. Under a plan adopted by one super- intendent, and which was sent to all with the suggestion that it be adopted wherever practicable, only men who have families would be allowed to do the work. All the men who work on the road | Jobs would be required to agree to take one-half of the amount they earn at the end of each week while they are working, with the balance to be re- tained by the superintendent and paid them after the first of January. DYSON BURIAL RITE SET FOR TUESDAY Rear Admiral to Be Buried in Arlington With Full Military Honors. Funeral services for Rear Admiral Charles W. Dyson, U. S. N., who died yesterday at the Naval Hospital, will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Washington Cathedral. Following the s:rvices, the body will be interred in Arlington Cemetery with full military honors. Admiral Dyson, who was 68 years old, was last year awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by President Hoover for designing_the propellers of the aircraft carricrs Saratoga and Lexington. He was considered one of the world's fore- most authorities on propeller designing. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillie Dyson, 1840 Lamont street. 11 STATES ASK FEDERAL ROAD FUNDS TO AID IDLE Highway Officials Would Have Government Release $125,000,000 During Winter. By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, October 25.—Re- guest for the release of $125,000,000 in Pederal aid road funds to provide em- ployment _during the Winter in the 11 Western States has been made by Henry Blood, president of the Western BANKERS APPROVE BUYON CANPAGH Savings Pile Up That Could Be Put Into Channels of Commerce. The “buy-now-for-better-business” campaign of the Washington Chamber of Commerce yesterday received the whole-hearted support of leading bank- ers of the city, who declared that the tills of the local banks are piled high with both savings and checking ac- counts, that treed into the channels of wholesale and retail trade will go a long way toward relieving business de- pression in this section and reducing unemployment to the minimum. There are in the banks here, they sald, ample funds for any expansion in the purchase of merchandise advocated by the Chamber of Commerce—funds that fear of the depression caused de- positors to pile up in the banks to un- usually high levels. Intensive Drive Planned. ‘The buy-now-for-better-business cam- paign will get an impetus from &n in- tensive drive on November 2 through the churches and news.ipeu of the city. George A. G. Wood, president of the Washington Gas Light Co., who first proposed the plan to the chamber, is chalrman of the Campaign Com- mittee. Four other members of the chamber are included on the com- mittee, which it is proposed to expand to inciude members of the clergy and of the press. ‘The recent call of the controller of | the currency, John W. Pole, showed that the Washington banks had added more than $10,000.000 to their deposits since the New York Stock Market crash late last year. The local banks gained more than $3500,000 between the controller’s calls of June 30, 1930, and September 24, according to an official tabulation. In answer to the last cendition call, the 22 savings banks in Washington reported total deposits of $41,748,583.63, & gain of $569,407 over the figures of June 30. The national banks reported a gain of $3,260.221 over the June state- ment, and as all these banks have sav- ings departments, indications are also evident here of some sharp gains in savings. Tiust company figures were not so good, but these banks report a broad interest in thrift and a steady growth in savings. Christmas Fund Large. ‘The Christmas Savings Clubs, which are maintained by nearly all the banks in Washington, will pay out some $7,000,000 in December. It is estimated by bankers that more than 50 per cent of this sum should go into trade chan- nels, the rest into permanent bank sav- ings and payment of bills. Ellot H. Thomson, & local banker. has compiled statistics which show that Washington's half-million citizens have an average “spending income” of $1,328, compared with $1,280 for New York, $1,102 for Chicago and $862 for Philadelphla. He also calls attention to the purchasing power of the 1930 dollar, which will go farther than the 1929 dollar on account of lower prices, Lanier P. McLachlen, president of the District Bankers' Association, deelared yesterday that wise spending is vital to thrift and prosperity. “The situation in Washington is economically sound,” he said. “Business will proceed along & normal course, unemployment prob- ably will gradually diminish, and pros- perity will replace depression just as soon as fear eliminated from the public consciousness and pocketbooks are opened with less reluctance. There is real thrift in wise spending,” he d. That buying is already improving in ‘Washington is revealed in the latest monthly repoit of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, covering the fifth Federal Reserve district. This report states that sales in the whole district were 20 per cent ahead of August, this year, and 9 per cent under September. 1929. Sales in Washington department stores were only 4.2 per cent below Sep- tember a year ago and for the first nine months of this year were only 1.8 ?erlggran below the corresponding period n . ADVOCATES U. S. LOANS FOR MUNICIPAL WORKS N. C, Mayor Wires Recommendation to Hoover Un- Burlington, employment Relief Group. By the Associated Press BURLINGTON, N. C., October 25.— Loans at a low rate of interest from the National Treasury to municipalities for construction work were suggested today by Earl B. Horner, mayor of Burlington, as a means of unemployment relief. His suggestion was forwarded to Presi- dent . Hoover's Unemployment Relief Committee. He said the credit should be extended only to cities and towns constructing revenue-producing_utilities. “By the time these loans should be retired,” he said, “such an arrangement would see these utilities at their peak in production. “It would reduce taxes, both na- tionally and locally. McADOO IN ATLANTA Pinishes First Leg of Man” Hop Across Nation. ATLANTA, Ga., October 25 (#).—For- “Business Association of Highway Officials and mer Secretary of the Treasury Willlam chairman of the Utah State Road Com- mission. i In & telegram yesterday to Tl MacDonald, chief of the Bureau 3 Pub- in_Washington, Mr. Blood asked that official to assist in gaining the advance for the Western States. The fund was allotted by the Government for 1932 Federal aic road work. R ARTS CLUB TO PRESENT NATIONAL PARK LECTURE Dr. Harold C. Bryant to Discu Scenic Beauties of Public Playgrounds. ‘The Arts Club will feature an illus- trated lecture Tuesday evening on the national parks of the Eastern United ; State by Dr. Harold C. Bryant, recently appointed assistant director of the N: tional Parks Serv- ice, in charge of its ' new branch of edu- cation, Dr. Bryant, who . w beauties of Acadia | and Great Smokies National Parks and Bankruptcy Petition Is Filed. Joseph M. Parker, jr.. a clerk in the District Building, residing at 312 Second street southeast, has filed 8 tion to be adjudged bankrupt. He ists his debts at $2,715.11 with no assets. He is represented by Attorney G. McAdoo landed at Candler Pield at 245 pm. central standard time, to- as H. ' day, successfully completing the first leg of his transcontinental ‘“business ;n-n" fight from New York to Cali- ornia. GET RID OF THE ASH CAN FOREVER! by installing a STINNIEN VRN OIL BURNER The Cheapest Fully Awtomatic Heat D. C, OCTOBER 26, 1930—PART ONE. PLAN OPEN HOUSE FOR ANNIVERSARY Friends and Neighbors Are Invited to Settlement Celebration. Neighborhocd House will hold “open house” on November 5 in honor of its twenty-ninth anniversary. Friends and neighbors have been in- vited to join in the program at the set- tlement house, 470 N street southwes and exhibits will show how the settle- ment has been a real “neighbor” to hundreds of men and women and thou- sands of children in its 29 years of work. Boasts Fine Traditions. Neighborhood House boasts of some fine traditions. It was founded in 1901 by Mrs. Charles Weller, whose husband was the first general secretary of the Associated Charities. Their home at 456 N street southwest became the neighborhood social center. There were no salaries, no volunteers, no Finance Committee. The people simply liked the Wellers and came visiting. That built up the center. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. 8. Nelight, the lat- ter head resident of the settlement, took charge in 1906. Mrs. Alice F. Barney had just bought the house at 468 N rented house vacated by the Wellers, | using the two houses for settlement work. In 1911 Mrs. Barney bought the i house at 470 N street, merging the two into one building and placing the set- | tlement under one roof. In 1913 Miss Ellen A. Vincent purchased the two | houses at 466 and 466!, N street south- west, enlarging the ‘quarters to their | present_size. Organization. of the first Summer Outings Committee took place at Neigh- borhood House. The first public play- ground in America was established at Neighborhood House. The Playground Association of America, which has since grown to such vast proportions, was or- | ganized there. The first milk station and the first infants' and children’s clinic outside # hospital was formed at the settlement house. Today the settlement has an average visiting list of 200 persons, adults and children, daily. On November § the new nursery will be on display: the junior kindergarten will give a demonstration: the boys club, in new togs. will be on hand: the | girls’ club will bake and sew and weave: | the Neighbors' Club will serve linch: :thl Woman's Club will serve dinner; | the music department will give a pro- | gram: the art department will have an information and guides. The cel<bration will bé an all-day at- fair. \W. C. T. U. WILL PRESENT | PLAY HERE NEXT MONDAY | | “Protection,” & play by O. G. Christ- | (gau, will be presented by citizens of | Washington, under the auspices of the | Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, | |next Monday evening at the Calvary | Baptist Church. | O. G. Christgau, the story's luthor.J | will play a leading.role in the pres- | entation, while all other parts will be played by Washingtonians. |of the cast are Irvin N. Members | Day, W. H.| Parker, Byron Kyle, Mrs. Arthur Adel- |man, Oliver Banks, Rev. Thomas Da- vis, Charles Grandfield, Myrta Lewis, Mrs. O. Bell, Mrs. R. Hoage, Mrs. Rich- |ard Boss, Mary Benhoff, Alvin Day, Charles Mendel, A. C. Proctor, Mrs.| William Rich, Bart Pigman, Mrs. W.H. | ‘Wadleigh and Russell Benhoff. | exhibition; and the office will mmum; | * A-—S Y. M. C. A. Leader DR. HUBER W. HURT. WILL WATCH BICYCLI;TS Police Receive of Numerous Ordinance Violations. An order notifying precinct captains to instruct members of their command to enforce regulations governing the Complaints street southwest for an Arts and Crafts Wadleigh, E. B. Dunford, Ben Spence, |operation of bicycles was issued yoster- Building and the Nelighs moved into the | Charles Windle, W. B. Beilin, Dan |day afternoon by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police Numerous complaints have been made to police about bicyclists riding at night without lights, failing to observe stop signs at street intersections and_disre- garding virtually all other regulations made for the prot-ction of pedestrians, according to Maj. Pratt {SCOUT LEADERS OPEN | ANNUAL CONFERENCE |Dr. H. W. Hurt to Speak at To- | day's Session on “The Re- l sponses of the Boy.” “The Resources of the Boy" will be the subject of an addresse delivered by | Dr. Huber W. Hurt of New York City, |at the third annual conference of Boy | Scout leaders at the Y. M. C. A. Build- ing, opening this afternoon and continu- ing tomorrow. Other addresses and special features will constitute the pro- kram. Several hundred Scout leaders from the District and nearby Virginis and Maryland troops are expected to attend. Edwin L. Maschmeyer, 411 Peabody street. Scoutmaster of Troop 79, will be awarded the Scoutmaster's Key., in recognition of five years' effective lead- ership. Reserve Commission Given. | | Commissionos in the Reserve Cor |of the Army have been issued by | War Department to Joachim Thode, 534 Twentieth street, as a lieutenant | colonel of Infantry. and to Ernest A. Graves. 4135 New Hampshire avenue, |as & first lleutenant of Infantry. FOR RENT 2 Rooms, Kitchen, Bath and Reception Room Electric Refrigeration Reasonable Rental The Argonne 16th and Columbia Road N. W. ' ew FURNITURE adds New CHARM to the BEDROOM E have taken the three groups and the several single pieces named below because they are representative of the charm, the fine design, the excellent workmanship and the moderate price you will find in the furni- ture on our floors. A Four Poster Colonial Bed in mahogany 33" or 4 A Co]Oflid/ suite of seven picces in mahogany with full size"bed is ’350 T}Jf DirfftOifQ-an 8 piece group in beechwaod with twin beds is '475 Jacobean in design is this 8 piece group in chestnut with twin beds at ’675 Boudoir Chairs in covers of chintz, damask or brocatelle are from Louis XV Powder Table of Freach walnut is e ’75 CO[oflidl Fowder FAbIeHmsmaliogings ‘s oo v e s wiaihis o 350 Sa/em Chest in mahoga;ly with four full size drawers,is . . . . ’115 A B/OCé Front chest in maple has four full width drawers and is ‘125 6" wide is An Edr/}/ American Four Poster Bed in mahogany is ., . ’45 Aflfltbfl' Eflfl)’ American Four Poser in cherry and maple is ’60 e W. & J. SLOANE 709 TWELFTH STREET, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C % -