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Wyal Pageant Portrays Past Two Centuries in Mississippi History. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 28.—Rex, King of the 1922 Carnival, was offi- cially welcomed to New Orleans to- day when he halted his pageant, por- " traying the last two hundred years of history of the Mississippi River Val- ley, before the City Hall. Here he ‘wa handed the keys of the city by Mary Bruns, five-year-old daughter of Police Commissioner Bruns, and’ re- ceived a welcome from Mayor Mc- Shane on behalf of his loyal subjects » The royal parade consisted of twenty gorgeous floats, depicting “Ro- ‘mances of the River and Valle: ‘was followed by the Druid seventeen floats entitled In addition the Heaven." e were nu- mrous smaller parades of carnival or- ganizations. To-day was declared a holid it was estimated 20,000 visi at- | tended the celebration, which opened Jast night. | —— ‘OUST 36 EMPLOYEES OF CITY IN RICHMOND and Engineering Department Force Cut) More Than 50 Per Cent.— Political Spite Charged. | Thirty-six employees of the engi- ffeering department of the Borough of Richmond were notified to-day | when they reported for duty at Bor- ough Hall, St. George, that begin- Ming at 4 o'clock this afternoon their services would no longer be required. ‘This notice, signed ting Com- issioner of Public Work ley, cut the force mor percent, The me @eclared that thi than 50) reinstated, as they are a employees, some of them served as long as twenty years: having They sald also that there is picnt to be done in the borou appropriation for their services was in the budget last October, The claim ‘is made by them that they have been @ismissed for political spite on the part of Borough President Matthew J. Cahill. eg MAYOR AND COMPTROLLER LY ALBANY OV CITY FE Mayor Hylan and Corp: O'Brien are in Albany to: purpose of attending jou bills affecting this city. of work and that x left 0 attend Gov hegring on the bill placing charges upon the cliy us a wiolt is the measute which Mayor signed late yesterday. | It Governor's signature. bet effective. * The lunch hour won’t seem so far away if you keep Dromepary DaTEs in your desk. 10c in the personal package; 25c in the family package. ON SALE NOW Again packed in attractive Tin Canisters as before the war in Manhattan and Bronx THE 0. AreOfficial Stations {othe Sale of GLOBE FISH ALL GRADE A QUALITY Deal Direct with . Mehutasturer RANDALLS BABY CARRIAGES mie olden factory in U. 8 .A.—81 years. High class repairing done quickly. All parts in stock. Extraordinary Reductions. 593 THIRD AVENUB Near asth Sireet, Phone Murray Hill 2590. i Mi THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, FEB ’ A Treasury Department representative, at the Information Bureau, will assist our customers in making out Income Tax returns. —— Downstairs Store —— Many shoe sales have happened here in years gone by, but— Seldom a Shoe Sale like this In which 3,200 pairs of Pumps, Oxfords, and High Shoes, from the hest maker of women's shoes in America (we think) are offered at a price like this— $11_to $20 rades today— (Not last year) will go at $3.85 Sizes 1 to 9—widths AAA to B. Sizes 114 to 714—widths AAA toC 40 styles High and low shoes. se Most of them bear tre imprint of the makers—a naine you will recognize as soon as you see it. We guarantee that every pair of shoes in this sale is the prod- uct of the factory in question— the best, in our opinion, in the United States in the manufac- ture of women’s footwear, a ee The Sizes Sizes 1 to 9—widths are AAA to B. Sizes 1% to 744—widths are AAA to C. ty es The variety Black kids’ in Fancy brocades White kidskin White calfskin Tan calfskin Black satin Paten' leather White buck Silver cloth —and many unusual and attractive combinations— Mostly pumps and oxfords—with high, low or medium heeis, Downstairs Store, New Bullding A companion sale to the Big Shoe Sale. . 8,400 Pairs of— “ARISTO” Hosiery (Samples—All First Grades—for Women) At prices that sound almost impossible Salesmen’s samples—first qualities—every one per- fect. everywhere. The celebrated “Aristo” hosiery that is known All-silk stockings; silk and artificial silk combined; silk and wool combined; plain stockings; fancy stockings; lace effects; embroidered clockings; some imported from France. three sale lots— to $15 grades $2.65 to $4.75 grades $1.50 to $2.50 grades. to $1.50 grades.......... three pairs for $1. Entire Main Aisle, Discount Nickel and Copper Ware Copper Ware Refrigerators .. Aluminum Ware.20 t 1-3 Tinware ....- +115 toe 25 % Woodenware . Cutlery, Scales . Coffee Mills .. Hand Washing Machines ...15 % Bathroom Furnishings ....15 to 33 1 Sewing Machines An ++20 to 25 % +20 to 25 % which the best choice is in sizes 9 and 914. 1,200 pairs of the regular 3,600 pairs of the regular 1,200 pairs of the regular A wogderful variety, in To go in | $2.95 | $1.95 | 95¢ ALSO—cotton and lisle stockings—samples—6ic 45c pair MEN’S fancy socks—50c and 75¢ grades — 35¢, Downstairs Store, New Bullding In the HOUSEWARES Sale Discount Dress Forms .. Enamelware .. Brooms and Bruske: Ironware ...... -10 to 33 1-3 % Andirons eee 20 % Fire Sets sees +20 % Percolators and Casseroles..20 % Feather Dusters .. fo Electric Iron: Trunks ... oe +20 % Baskets and Hampers .....20 % Wire Goods . -20 % Seventh Gallery, New Buliding VARY 28, 1922. Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co. Broadway at Ninth, New York Store Hours—9 to 5.30. Telephone—Stuyvesant 4700 |, gentle issues.” for, and t! giving each one a fair chance? $3.85 yard—for our $4 * $3.50 $2.25 $1.85 * $1.75 cut. * | * * 2 Se Knickerbocker Hardwater Soap A clean, pure soap, made of the highest grade in- gredients—a famous Wan- amaker product — selling regularly for $1.50 a dozen cakes. Par seery During March—60c doz. eee You may have it unscented, or in any of these fragrances —violet, verbena, or #'mond. eee It may be had boxed. ss 6 6 cakes—30c 12 cakes—60c | 24 cakes—$1.20 100 cakes—3° 1 gross—$7.20 eee Mail or telephore orders given prompt attentior.. Street Floor, Old Buliding © Yes! It Was Dear George Eliot Who Said This: “In the man wh»se childhood has there is always a fibre of memory that can be touched to One Parecaw, finds what they set their min! to seek ere are not a few of us who have, in a ‘ong time, proved that in mankind there is more good than evil. Why should we meet each other with prejudive-. without (Signed) * Quality of first importance. * % * * Get a year’s supely | at the March price February 28, 1922. “A Sale of BLACK Silk 85 Satin Canton, 40 in. * yard—for our $4.50 Canton Crepe, 40 in. * * * yard—for our $3.50 Satin Crepe, 40 in. * * * yard—for our $2.50 Satin Charmeuse, 40 in, * yard—for our $2.25 Crepe de Chine, 40 in. coe e $1.50 yard—for our $1.95 Taffeta, 36 in. * * * Wanted black silks for immediate and spring wear— from our regular stocks. “ * TRUE black. Street Floor, Old Building 763 Pairs Men’s Shoes Were $7 to $10 pair.,} $0030 | ' Our own stocks, reduced, Stout shoes—especially good for rainy Spring days. Sizes are broken—¥'to 91%, in the lot, but not in each style. ee * Calfskin, plain and Scotch grain, tan and black, lace shoes, oxford and high Some are mi ied brogues. 2,400 Men’s NEW Shirts have in atect 0893, $1680 | WOVEN madras—every one. Cut full. Made well. Pleasing variety of stripe effects and colorings. A lot of the much-wanted white corded madras. * Some satin stripes. And some fibre silk stripes. * Sizes 14 to 17; three lengths of sleeves. Street Floor, New Building Cc Blu-Mottle Laundry Soap China, Glas Blu-Mottle, we think, is | the finest laundry soap made. It is all pure soap. Contains no rosin or “filling.” Blues as it cleanses. Does not melt or get soft. eee _ Makes a full creamy lather in the hardest of water. Is suitable for heaviest taun- dry work, and fine enough for the most delicate garments. $4.8 Get it for summer homes, camping, for all household and general use—5e cake, sold in cartons of 10, 25, 50 or 100 cakes, see Delivered free anywhere with- in our delivery zone. Orders taken at Soap Sale Bureau, Subway Entrance, Downstairs Store, New Building and Housewares Section, Seventh Gallery, New Building. Including seis made up from more than a hundred open stock patterns. Fancy china in great variety a ee ae 8 s, Artwares, Lamps The Great March Sale Starts Wednesday Nearly 1,500 complete dinner sets, 20 to 50 per cent. less. t 25 to 50 per cent. less. P Glass and Artwares, Bronzes and Marbles, 20 to 50 per cent. less. * * Kitchen earthenware of the staple kind, 20 to 50 per cent. less. *_ * & Lamps and shades of all kinds, 25 to 50 per cent. less. * * * And ten gift tables of china, apes and pottery—each replete with. sug- al gestive gifts—at one-third to one-h $5, $7.50, $10, $12, $15 and $20. e 4 3 f less in price—$1.50, $1.75. $2.50, $3.50, Plainly it is a great sale. Perhaps our greatest, so far. The quality of the lo wares is better than it has been since the war. The prices are much iwer— since our last ose a sale we have put into effect reductions averaging 20 per cent.; now we lower French Dinner Sets Some examples of en- crusted gold sets, 106 or 107 pieces: Theodore Haviland: $195 for $270 set. $250 for $325 set. $275 for $365 set. Ceramique l'Union: | $180 for $250 set. | $225 for $300 set. $275 for $350 set. es | French china, in border | designs with matt gold | handles; 100, 107 and 108 pieces: William Guerin: $52.50 and $55 for $80 set. Redon: $55 for $75 set. $60 for $100 set. Bernardaud: $60 for $80 set. $67.50 for $90 set. | Ceramique l'Union: | $67.50 for $87.50 set. | $75 for $95 set. | * | | * * English Dinner Sets Wedgewood & Co.; semi- porcelain; four rich border designs, traced gold han- dles; 107 pieces: $40 for $60 sets. | $44 for $55 sets. $50 for $75 sets. English cottage sets, 100 pieces; $25 for $50 sets. . * 8 | Bavarian China | Dinner Sets Encrusted gold border | design; matt gold handles; | 100 pieces; $140 for $200 sets. Twelve designs, includ- ing gold, blue bands and conventional borders; traced and matt gold han- dles; 100 and 107 pieces: | $40 for $50 sety. $52.50 for $65 sets $55 for $90 wets. $80 for $125 sets Nippon China Dinner Sets Four border designs, gold handles: $22.50 for 52-piece $20 set. $45 for 100-piece $60 set. $50 for 100-piece $65 set. Nippon China 17-piece tea sets, paste gold design—teapot, sugar, cream, 6 cups and saucers —$4.50 for the $6.50 set. _ Also another very attrac- tive decoration. T-piece Cake Set $8 for the $14 grade. T-piece Berry Set $8 for the $14 grade. 8-piece Syrup and Plate $2.25 for the $4 grade. T-piece Nut Set $10 for the $16 grace. Large assortment of tea cups and saucers at half | price. } American Dinner Sets Warwick china: Coin gold band and line, coin ‘old handles, 107 pieces; $60 for * $100 sets. American semi-porcelain from the famous factories of Knowles, Taylor & Know- les, National China, W. S. George, Crooksville, Mercer Pottery and Canonsburg Pottery: 52-piece sets: $7.50 and $8,50 for $11.50 sets, $16 for $20 sets. $20 for $23.75 sets 100 and 107 pieces: $13.50 and $15 for $20 sets, $30 for $40 and $42.50 sets, $35 for $47.50 sets. $37.50 for $47.50 sets, $44 for $55 sets. $47.50 for $60 sets. on 8 Fancy China Richly decorated service, entree and bread and butter plates one-third less. eee Individual breakfast sets one-fourth less Wicker, mahogany and polychrome trays, one-fifth to one-half less Two-tone lustre tea sets of 28 pieces—teapot, sugar, cream, 6 cups and saucers, 6 plates—$25 for the $35 and. $36 sets. A large assortment ot richly decorated tea sets, chocolate sets and mocha sets, one-fifth less. are Art Wares Hundreds of pieces of art pottery, vases, comport sets, lily bowls, fruit bowls, candlesticks, etc., one-fifth less. Marble and bronze statu- ary at half price. Morble pedestals, white and green, reduced 20%. the prices for this sale another 20 to 50 per cent. Cut Clits, Panes Glass and Stemware Heavy cut glass, includ- ing vases, bowls, comports, celery trays, ‘bon bons, etc., at just half price. ‘i For instance: A 12-inch cut glass vase, $5 for the $10 grade. se * Fancy decorated glass, including covered comports, vases, candlesticks, flower bowls, fruit baskets, jugs, ete.; also at half price. P5 Pa Goblets, saucer glasses, sherbets and finger bowls, in light cut and etchings, 50c each. Water tumblers, 10¢ and 25¢e each. Kitchen Earthenware Green and white lined teapots. Size. Price. Grade. 30c euch. $80 i = mati f 200 2,000 cereal sets, 15 pieces, 12 attractive Jecorations-=$¥ for $6.50 set $25,000 of Lamps and Shades One Fourth to One Half Less Floor, table, boudo'r, bridge and chair lamps; in mahogany finish, solid mahoganv, wrought iron and polychrome. English pottery vase lamps in cobalt blue, powder blue, rose, red and canary yellow, mounted with 18-in. pleated silk shades, trimmedewith moss or silk braid, $35 for the $60 grade. Odd lots of pottery vase lamps at half price; $10 t» $65 for lamps that were $20 to $130. Wrought iron Bridge lamps, can be adjusted to any height or angle, complete with a decorated parchment paper shade, $6.75 for $9.00 grade. Wrought iron console table lamps with perchment cylinder shaped shade, $7.50 for $12 grad le. Mahogany finished candle- sticks with large plain candle; for console tables or mantles, $4 for $6 grade. Mahogany finished floor lamps, two lights and silk snade, $18 tor $25 grade. Solid mahogany flour lamps with 24-in. silk shado, $22 for $35 grade. Assorted Jot of plain and carved solid mahogany floor lamps; shades extra; $12 to $24 for lamps that were $J8 to $36. Assorted lot of mabogany table lamps; shades extra; $6.50 to $24 for lamps that were $10 to 2. “Solid mahogany carved floor lamps in period designs: shades extra; $75, were $125, Boudoir lamps; shaces extra; $3 to $5, were $6 to $10, Bridge lamps in different fin- ishes; shades extra: $13.00 to $82.50; were $30 to $125, Metal table portable lamps; shades extra; $12 to $62.50, were 25 to $125, Metal polychrome ard bridge lamps; shades extra; $12.25 to $26.50, were $18.50 to $40. ina owl candle night lamps, $2.50, were $3.50, Silk Shades, $13.50 to $90 for the $18 to $120 grades, Wicker shades, silk lined, 8-in., 9-in., 12-in., 14-in., in, 18-in, and 20-in., for the Tbe to $5 grades, Second Gallery, New Building