The Topeka state journal. [volume], January 21, 1906, EDITION FOR SUNDAY, Page 15, Image 15

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Hisses' Suits, for $1.00
Eight suits for ages 12 to 14 years - formerly
piiceJ at S3. 00, ?G.OO and $7.50.
Uov to Sell at J 1.00
Thirty - Seven of This Season's
Suits at Half Price Jor
Quick Selling
Vomen's and Children's Cloaks, $1.00
All Are Carried Over Garments
In Women's Cloaks there are 14 formerly priced at $5.00, $7.50 and $10.00
In Misses' Cloaks there are 18, formerly priced at $3.00 to $5.00
In Children's Cloaks there are 27, formerly priced from $3.00 to $5.00
Select Yours How for $1.00
lie $5.00 Suit Sale
21 Ladies' Suits that were carried over.
Four Suits that were S25.03
Four Suits that were $20.00
Three Suits that were S1&75
Five Suits that were $15.00
Five Suits that were S10.00
Choose from the Lot tit $5.00
Half -Price for
Dress Trim
mings j Muttons
Yet more and mora of our
elegant garnitures, in ap
pliques, wood f.bre?, etc., to
go into the final clean up of
odd lota. There's something
for almost every trimming pur
pose and all grades, all col
ors from the handsomest
pieces in the stock down to
the lea-t expensive. There's
almost no price at all to pay
for many of these trimmings,
when the original price is cut
in half.
There are Black Ap
pliques and other trim
mings from 15c to $8.50,
for Half Price.
"White Appliques and
Wood Fibres from 15c to
C3.50, for Half Price.
Colored Appliques from
75c to 3 follalf Price.
The Button Sale
Buy 50c buttons for
Half Price, 25c and
smaller sizes to match,
were 23c, for Half Price,
1214c.
Fur Lined
Coats At
Great
Reductions
48 Inch Cloaks of fine
black cloth, lined with
fine furs, all have broad
fur collars.
$30 Cloaks for 20.00
45 Cloaks for 025.00
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styles --Reduced to $15.00
We have twenty-two of the smartest, best-made $25.00 Suits of the Fall season
all received very late, and consequently made from the newest models all to go at
once for little money.
The $25.00 Suits for $ 1 5.00 are of Gray mixed
Cloth, Strapped Eton Jacket with epaulettes
and metal button trimmings. Also of fine cloth
in plum, brown and black, made in same style
as above.
There are $25 Suits for S20.00 Handsome
brown mixture with Eton jacket, having nar
row vest, of Persian trimming, stole collar with
buttons velv.et and braid pleated skirt.
And again, S30.00 Suits for $20.00-
-Fine
broadcloth in brown and blue, with Persian
vesting, collar trimming of velvet and buttons
front and back tucked, pleated skirt.
$30.00 Suits for S20.C0 Dark green broad
cloth, with Persian vest, velvet-trimmed stole
collar, with handsome metal buttons tucked
sleeves, pleated skirt.
$1.00 Sale of
Flannelette
Wrappers
Such prices as these
make extravagance of the
failure to buy while these
savings are offered.
gl for $2.00 Wrappers
Si for $1.75 Wrappers
$1 for $1.50 Wrappers
$1 for $1.25 Wrappers
Also $1.50 Flannelette
Kimonos for SI.
Sale cf QutiTig Gowns
and Pajamas
"W All white, and
J r colored stripes
v- in the gowns
fine, heavily fleeced out
ings made well and fin
ished prettily with fancy
stitching, and buttonhole
work in colored embroid
ery silks.
The pajamas in solid
colors regular prices be
ing $1.25, $1.50, and $1.75.
Some rurther Reductions in Curtains Odd Lots
C 1 For $2.00 Portieres 3 pairs
r only Roman striped denim,
fringed on both ends. Big bargains
for those who get here first.
S0C Fr 75c Drapery Si'k-
- pieces only to close out
-A few
it before
inventory as very (special bargains.
Elfif For 75c Imported Scrim
iJJs Cream only, in striped effect.
Just one piece, and that extra value.
J? Zs For $1.35 French Crete This
-J exquisite foreign fabric is the
most beautiful material of its kind.
Only two pieces to sell thus.
Gs For 50c Colored Madras
Rich, solid colors greens and
reds also some mixed colors in this
special lot.
IQf For 30c Fish Net In white,
a very pretty weave. Buy liberally.
SI 5 Z For $1.75 Cross Striped
Silk Two pieces of this
rich material at a reduction rarely
made on a fabric of such value.
:6.00 piece for 03.00 a yard
and serviceable quality of fish net, in
REMNANTS OF SILK L0C A TELLES AT GREAT REDUCTIONS
S4.50 piece for $1.50 a yard S3.50 piece for ..... $1.00 ayard 82.50 piece for $1.00 a yard
If You Live
Out of Town
Remember that when you come to the
Mid-Winter Exposition January 22 to Feb
ruary 3 our Railroad Rebate offer vill
help you out considerably. Write for in
formation, if this is new to you. It's worth
while.
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Big
Savings
On Upholstery goods part
bolts of some valuable and
beautiful Tapesteries go
for a trifle.
S2.50 Silk Tapestry. SI. 25
S2 00 Mercerized Tapetrv, gl.OQ
ail. 25 French Tapestry 85c
82.25 Cotton Tapestry, SI .29
70c Cotton Tapestry, 35c
Pre - Inventory
Sales
Are in full force all over
this busy store, from the
big Domestic division in
the Daylight basement up
through all the depart
ments to the third floor,
and over into the Largest
Furniture store in Ilan
sas, in our Jackson street
building.
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ROOSTERS.
The Poor Filipinos Have One
in Every Manila Household.
Chicken Fighting the Universal
Passion, Says Howe.
SUNDAY ALL AT PITS.
The Catholic Church a dreat
Help to the Natives.
Mosquitoes Remind Him of a
Thousand Cat Fights.
Saturday, December 9.
The Delmonico hotel, where we are
stopping in Manila, was a nobleman's !
palace during- the old Spanish days. '
My room is on a corner of the street!
iioor, and was formerly used as the !
nooiemau s ornce. toin the iarge win
dows arc barred like a prison. The
floor is of tile, and there is no carpet.
The room is thirty by forty feet, with
very high paneled ceiling. Around
the ceiling- runs an elaborate border,
with patriotic and religious emblems
and pictures.
The hotel has an interior court and
garden, in the old Spanish style, and
banana trees are growing in the gar
den. The front entrance to the hotel
is large enough to admit a carriage
which was probably the rule at one
time, for the entire court is paved
with heavy flag stones, and extends en
tirely through the building to admit
light and air. Opening on this court is
the garden. The dining room is reach
ed by an elaborate stairway, and the
present dining room was probably at
one time the great reception hafl of
the palace. Some of the upper rooms
are very elaborate, with private baths,
and royalty may have been entertain
ed here in the old days.
In the street opposite my room is an
electric railway, and crowded cars go
by at frequent intervals. Across the
narrow street on the other side of my
room is an American beer saloon, anil
every time a sale is made, I can hear
the cash register ring. This street is
paved with stone blocks, and last
night a team of horses stalled within
fcix feet of my window, and threshed
around as contrary horses do. The
driver clucked to the horses exactly as
a.i American might have done 'hi
didn't swear; indeed, he didn't say
anything: he backed and turned the
horses, and clucked at them, until he
tinally got away.
There is no wire mosquito screen at
the windows of my room, but over the
bed is a frame, and this frame is cov
ered with white mosquito netting. The
windows being open, mosquitoes are
very numerous. and last night they
made a noise about my bed which re
minded me. in a subdued wav, of a
thousand cat fights going on ' at the
same time.
When I arrived at. the Delmonieo. I
was met by a Filipino hoy. He didn't
understand what I wanted, and sent
far another boy. The second boy
couldn't understand me, either, and
sent for a man. The man sent for his
wife, and she understood that I de
sired to register. The Delmonieo
seems to be patronized by America!
army and navy officers who have
families; the bachelors go to the Army
and Xavy club, a big affair which fur
nishes rooms and meals. When 1 went
there last night, to inquire after Cap
tain Harry Smith, an army orchestra
was playing in the dining room, dur
ing dinner. The Filipino steward in
formed me that the "Sherman," car
rying the Fifteenth infantry, arrived
several days ago, and departed within
a few hours for one of the army sta
tions in the southern part of the
islands.
Yesterday afternoon, while driving
about the city with Mr. Hillis, we vis
ited a section of the native quarter,
and went into several of the houses.
The native houses are built four or
live feet from the ground, on posts, to
get as much air as possible. They are
almost universally built of bamboo and
thatch; that is, in the poorer sections,
and are about as big as our chicken
houses. Usually there are two rooms;
a little room in front, where the cook
ing is done by means of a small char
coal stove. Adjoining this room is a
larger one, where members of the
tamily sleep. The floor of this room
is made of split bamboo, and resem
bles an old split bottom chair, very
coarsely made. The floor is self-cleaning,
the dirt falling to the ground for
the chickens to wallow in. When
members of the family are ready to re
tire or go to bed: whichever they do
here they roll over on this floor, and
in the morning there are no beds to
make. The weather is always warm,
ami no covering is needed.
In front of every house in the poorer
quarter you find a game cock tied, and
when the man of the house comes
riome, nf. fondles and trains his pet
tighter, getting him in condition for!
the day when he will bet that his!
rooster can whip any other rooster in
his section of town; or possibly in Ma
nna. These fighting chickens are
groomed and trained as race horses
are groomed and trained, but I do
not know the process. Chicken fight
ing is a universal passion among the
Filipinos, and some of the cock pits
here will seat two thousand spectators.
The great day for cock fighting is Sun
day. The fighting begins immediately
after early mass, and continues all day.
A great number of fights are puiied off
In each cock nit every Sunday, as a
tight will last only a few minutes. The
roosters are fitted with murderous
steel gaffs, and when one of the com
batants gets in a good stroke, that con
test is over: one of the roosters is dea-d.
Then two fresh roosters are placed in
the pit, and this continues all day.
Spectators pay a small admission
charge, and remain as long as they
choose. The Americans tried to break
up cock fighting, but the natives
wouldn't stand for it. and there was so
much indignation that it is now toler
ated. I drove through one section of
the poorer quarter at about 5:30 p. m.,
when the men were at home, and it
seemed to me that in front of every
house I saw a man or boy fondling a
game rooster.
Practically all of the Filipino women
of the lower class smoke cigarettes and
cigars, and many of them chew tobac
co. Native families live on the small
boats seen on the water front, as they
do in China and Japan, and the women
smoke as they work. In many respects,
the Fiiipiros resemble the Japanese; in
many respects the Philippine islands,
400 in number, resemble the Japanese
islands; from the two extreme points
in the Philippine islands, the distance
is about 1,000 miles. The Philippine is
lands are larger than Japan, but, being
located in the tropics, the Filipinos are
not so industrious as the Japs, and
the population is only seven or eight
millions, although it is stated that the
population of the Philippine islands was
once three times what it is now. A
great plague reduced the population to
its piresent proportions. The native Fil
ipinos, of course, where they have not
been much under Spanish or American
influence, do net compare in thrift, en
ergy and intelligence with the Japanese.
The tropics produce few great men, and
no great races. Cold weather seems to
be necessary to keep men active and
progressive.
In our drive about the city, we passed
the First Methodist church of Manila,
a, little frame structure not so preten
tious as Trinity chapel in West Atchi
son. But there are plenty of big churches
here. From the water front, when a
stranger asks what certain notable
buildings are, he is told that they are
Catholic churches, cathedrals, monas
teries, etc. It is said that three-fourths
of the natives belong to the Catholic
church. There are . several different
Catholic orders here, which differ in
doctrine about as much as Methodists,
Presbyterians, and Baptists. (This
statement is made on the authority of
a Protestant minister; I do not know
anything about it, myself). The differ
ent Catholic orders are rich: the land
on which one Catholic church in Ma
rila Is located, is said to be worth two
million dollars. Most of the Catholic
churches are expensively and elaborate
ly build and contain art works of con
siderable merit. This. of course is
Spanish, and net Filipino. In the early
dav:-.. the Catholic orders were given
certain public lands by the Spanish gov
ernment, and these lands were worked
hv the natives, on "shares:" a Filioino
always prefers to avoid responsibility,
and work for wages, or on "shares.
The "Friar lands," of which you
hear so much, thus originated. And
it is said by Protestants over here
that the friars charged the natives
less rent than the present American
land rent in the Philippines amounts
to. The Catholic monasteries over
here, as elsewhere, have done much
for education; the most important
weather station in the islands is a
Catholic affair, and the weather re
ports from this station are accepted
as final authority. A wonderful con
trivance known as a typhoon barom
eter was invented by a monk and is
now on use on nearly every ship, as
it gives long advance notice of the
approach of a typhoon, but pays no
attention to other weather conditions.
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m&&i&Bs& faoou B&rumns in rumrmre
specially built for the' purpose.
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"HELD I I'" A GIRL,. j .gv , P, fj
Last night I saw one of the Cath
olic churches brilliantly illuminated
by means of little tumblers filled with
cocoanut oil. These were lighted
and suspended by the thousand from
the front of the church. The yard
in front was also brilliantly lighted,
and packed with people. There were
dozens of gambling games, and hun
dreds of women selling all sorts of
ices, confections, etc. It was a sort
of church fair. A very good Filipino
band played in the yard, and the bass
drummer was the leader. The in
strument that was exploited was the
E flat clarinet, a squeaker; the E flat
clarinet played a selection from "Nor
ma." which finally ended with the fa
mous duet, a B fiat clarinet taking the
other part. The professor who played
the bass drum and led the band was
a very important looking little man,
and seemed to be all right, for his
organization was an excellent one.
The players played all evening with
out music, a characteristic of Filipino
bands. The Filipinos are very fond
of music; in the great church pro
cessions here, as many as fifty bands
Two Wichita Tramps Commit Rob
bery in Daylight.
Wichita, Kan., Jan. 20. Two men in
broad daylight "held up" Miss Elsie
Pickley in the afternoon in East Thir
teenth street, between the Rock Island
and the Santa Fe railroad tracks. The
men secured $8.50, which she had col-,
lected during the afternoon.
Miss Pickley was selling tickets for a
piano contest and was going east on
Thirteenth street when two men sprang
upon her and grapped her pocketbook
from her hands. She screamed loudly
for help. A farm wagon approached
near the spot and the two robbers threw
the pocketbook on the ground and ran
up the track before they had examine'
it carefully. They thusmissed two $5
bills, which were in a separate pocket
from the silver.
Miss Pickley was so frightened that
she could not give a complete descrip
tion of her assailants, but she is confi
dent they were not negroes. She said
from their dress and appearance that
she should judge they were tramps,
who were in the need of money.
A GENUINE SPANISH VILLA.
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Steel Folding Couch
One of the Features of a Suburb in
Manhattan.
Manhattan. Kan., Jan. 20. Manhattan
will soon add a genuine Spanish villa
to its many beautiful suburban homes.
Mr. Casement, of Mentor, Ohio, who
owns a large bottom farm three miles
north of the city, is making prepara
tions to build a residence there that will
be one of the finest and most unique
in the state. It will be one story high
and enclose a large open square into
which carriages may drive through an
open arch. On one of the outsides there
will be a large porch. The villa will
contain eight bedrooms, a large parlor,
a large dining room, a billiard room, a
kitchen, several pantries, half a dozen
bathrooms, and a number of dens and
closets. Nearly every room will have a
fire-place. The ceilings will rest on
heavy beams of hardwood and the ex
terior will imitate the Spanish mission
style which has been so successful in
southern California. The drawings for
teh villa were made by Architect Gar
field, of Mentor, a son of the late president.
Are You for a Square Deal.
Are you in favor of the trusts, or do
you favor antimonopoly and the inde
pendent control of Kansas products?
If you are a Kansas citizen and in
favor of Kansas interest, then order
your grocer to furnish you with the
Kansas product, the best oil and gaso
line ever offered for sale in the state.,
Be sure and get the Pure Kansas
Antimonopoly oil, mads by the Uncle
Sam Oil company, and refuse the trust
Perfection, or Standard oil and gaso
line under any other name.
If your grocer does not handle it, he
can get same by calling independent
phone 5193.
R. A. RIGHTMIRE, Distributor.
Is an absurdly small price to pay. when you sret so much
good solid worth in exchange for it. Note that tnis couch has two drops, one
front, and one back you can wake a wide bed of it, or close it and have a
comfortable couch. Special this week, 3.89.
This Rocker
$1.89
A mere trifle this special
price to pay for a good,
strong, comfortable, well
built rocker, in golden finish
chair style of cut, except that
it has wood instead of cobbler
seat. Get yours tomorrow
we have only a few. See
Rocker "A"
Handsome Rocker
See Rocker "B"
New style "Lyre back"
very finely finished and artistic
chair wonderfully comfort
able a3 well all solid golden
quartered oak and one of the
greatest of this week's bar
gain values, at
$3.19 sPecMI
1.29
Buys Good Iron Bed
Why pay more next week,
when we offer you substantial
savings to buy today? These
beds are good, strong, full
size, well enameled in white,
and of neat design. Just this
week at SI. 29.
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Special List of Reduced China Cabinets
Because we have not before today published this list of specials, .we've
not cleared the odd pieces quite so radidiy as we wished to, before the final
reckoning day of inventory. Bat now that we've told you of the savings,
we expect to close out these fine cabinets very swiftly.
$20.00 Oak Cabinet. ..16.50 $40.00 Oak Cabinet. . -S25.00
$50.00 Oak Cabinet. .'.$25.00 $32.50 Oak Cabinet... $27.50
$65.00 Mahogany Cabinet $40.GO
Rocker "A"
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This Dresser $.25
Bargain of great merit golden finish
ed dresser, well built throughout,
and furnished with beveled French
plate mirror size 14x23 in. Top of
dresser 17x38 in. The best value in
a dresser that $6.25 ever bought.
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