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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE J OTJBNAL FBID AY EVENING JANUARY 1, 1909. 9 Sale Saturda v ,11 J ! ! V Though the calendar year begins January tirst, it is on the nrst aay oi reDruary tnat our business year has its beginning. Before that day we must see our stocks lightened of as much winter merchandise as low pricing can possibly sell m a month. So tomorrow we start a vigorous clearance in all departments. You will find it greatly to your advantage to do as much of your buying as you can on this first day of the sale for a good part of the merchandise offered is in odd lots that will soon be exhausted at the prices we are making. We give a partial list of the items. You may discover among the unpublished bargains some that will be even more important to you. January Begins Odd Lots of Corsets Most women will buy, not one, but several of these good Corsets at the low prices we have made to clear the odd lot quickly. You should come early for best selections in sizes. W. B. MODELS in various styles mostly large sizes corsets priced regularly from Ul D -$1.00 to $3.00 Saturday for 11311 iTlCC GOSSARD CORSETS Quite remarkable the chance to buy corsets as popular as the Gossard under price. Those we offer are remainders of some good $5.00 to $8.50 lines just a few dJO f( priced Saturday at pJ.Vvr "H Jb H CORSETS Broken lots in styles for most figures many persons who have been buying this make of corset here will be glad to know of these scvings: $2.00 Corsets for $1.39. $ 1 .50 Corsets for 98c. $1.00 Corsets for 65c. FERRIS' WAISTS for women and chil dren regular 50c to $1.00 kinds. Saturday BLACK CORSETS One lot of good Cor sets to close out for much less than value 39c 19c Continuing the Skirt Sale The skirts remaining; in this week's special sale lot are as good as any that were sold. There's a good variety of styles at nearly all tee special prices originally advertised so we revive the sale for the benefit of those who were prevented from coming earlier in the week. For example, you can Buy a $5.00 Skirt for $3.75 and Save $1.25 Buy a $7.50 Skirt sor $5.65 and Save $1.85 Buy a $10.00 Skirt for $7.50 and Save $2.50 Proportionate savings on prices in between and up to $20.00 skirts for $15.00. JFlJf CVjV10W imPortent re- w lU lj ductions in prices. As all our fur coats are made from exceptionally good skins, the advantage of buying now at under prices will be readily seen. Liberal Reductions On All Furs A few items will give you an idea of the reductions that prevail throughout our fur stock. Do not conclude that the weather for the remainder of " the' season will warrant your going without furs buy them now for less than value, and be ready for real winter when it comes. ' , $10.00 Brook Mink Scarf, with double tabs', and tails, for $7.50. $8.50 Brook Mink Muff large irfze, Ti lth heads and tails, for $6.50. $8.75 Blended Squirrel Collar for $7.50. Misses $2.50 Blended Coney Set composed of Saddle muff with heads, and scarf with heads and tails set for $1.50. long $15.00 Xutrta Throw for $10.0O. $15.00 Persian Paw Muffs for $9.00. $18.50 Blended Japanese Mink Throws, $12.50. $25.00 Kaliiiskl Scarfs made from, the entire skin of the animal for $15.00. $50.00 Genuine Mink Sets long throw, and large rug mufifor $40.0O. - Genuine Kastern Mink neck pieces, reduced as follows: S20.00 for $35.00 pieces; $35.00 for $45.00 pieces; $42.50 for $50.00 pieces; $43.00 for large 963.00 collar. . - $5.00 Round Muffs for $1.00 We have a number of these staple shaped muffs in Krimmer, Nutria and. Imitation Stone Marten to sell Saturday at $1.00. Sale of One-Piece Wool Dresses All Item This Season Twenty of these dresses mostly of the "Wooltex" make -broadcloths and serges, in sage, taupe, navy, elephant grey, garnet, and Edison blue. S40.00 Dresses for $35.00 35.00 Dresses for . . . 25.00 27.50 Dresses for ...... . 20.00 25.00 Dresses for 20.00 $6.00 to $8.50 Net Waists-in White Reduced to $5.00 Kimonos Reduced $3.50 Ixmg Kimonos of fleeced cloth shirred at the waist for $2.75. $2.50 Empire Kimonos Of Persian cloth $1.98. $1.50 Japanese Kimonos Fleeced cloth $1.19. 50c Dressimt Sacques of fleeced cotton belt and close sleeves 39c $ l.OO and $1.25 Japanese Short Kimonos for 75c. 6.00 Ixrtig SUk Kimonos for $4.85. Babies and Children's Wear Babies Dresses and Skirts soiled and mussed from showing regular prices from 85c to $5.00 nowHalf Price. Bonnets for Infants and Children felt, bearcioth, broadcloth, velvet, and chinchilla, blues, browns and other colors.Half Price. Half Price Sale of Dress Hats Saturday you can select from all of our beautiful dress hats, ex cept those with ostrich plumes, at Half Price. The opportunity is an unusual one, and comes just when an extra dress hat will do you the most good. Street HatsSpecial $2.00 About two dozen of these remain to be closed Saturday. The styles were all so good in the beginning that only desirable hats are left now $2.00 is the lowest price to which such millinery could be reduced. Sleeve and Yoke Lengths of Net in some enough to make sleeves and neck trim mings. In others Just enough for a yoke 18 to 45 Inch nets that sold up from $I!f. p." $1.00 a yard Saturday at llS.il rilCc Ten Lace Robes Reduced To Half Price Beautiful robes cut out and trimmed, all ready to be seamed up. Nearly all different. 2 Simple Wbite Robes that were $7.50, now $3.75. 3 White I-ai e Trimmed Robes one was $15.00, now $7.30. One was $18.00. now $9.00. One was $20.00, now $10. IK). I Ecru Robe was $7.50. now $3.75. I Light Blue Robe was $8.25, now $4.13 1 Black Xet Embroidered Robe was $35.00, now $17.50. I Black Spangled Robe was $45.00, now $22.50. 1 Black Brussels Xet Embroidered Robe, was $50.00, now $25.00. Sale of Colored Wool Goods Three low priced lots of good cloths in very desirable colorings, and patterns, good assortment in the line at 68c. An especially 25C or cnecked and plaid wool cloths in quiet col orings make good skirts or dresses for children. 50c regu lariy, now 25c. 50 C kittle enough to pay cloths that were 75c and $1. More fancy fabrics than plain but all in quit colorings. AS A well assorted line of uo $1 and $1.25 suiting fab rics in dark colorings, novelty and other weaves, for suits and skirts. Clearing Embroidery Stocks of Odd Lots ' Allover Valenciennes Laces regularly priced from $1.25 to $2.50 for ...Half Pr.ce Muslin Under Garments at a Fraction of Their Valves All So'led and RumpTed garments in the finer quali- ties will be shown together on a large table with every price cut down to the lowest pos sible figures. We're sustaining a considerable loss in selling these muslins for so little, but we want to start the first of the year with stocks entirely cleared of all those garments that have lost their freshness from much handling. In this lot are gowns, skirts, corset covers, drawers and chemise. 100 Women's and Misses' Coats Regularly $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00, on Sale Saturday at $10.00 Last Saturday we sold seventy-five Suits, so it seems reasonable to expect that this Saturday we shall sell that we're putting- out at . . this season all the best regular prices have been er than the qualities and these Coats are certainly all of the one hundred Coats for that day. All were new styles are represented. The remarked upon as being low fashions warrranted. At $10 unexampled values. Among them a few satin Coats that were $2d the others are of broadcloth, kersey and mixed cloakings in black and all suitable colorings. y AD Remnants-J embro!e edges, and in sertionsa good lot of choice bits in all sorts of lengths if n Saturday Hair rnce Up to 10c value$-m; and insertions; the edges in widths to 5 inches insertions 1 to 2-in- jj che3 wide, buy Saturday, yd....OC Corset Cover Edges inches wide, with heavy work and gocd edges variety of pretty pat terns, all spotlessly fresh and clean. Much more than usual g values at OC Ail enes regularly priced irora f . er L25 to $5 yd Saturday tot4 Oil 0v4r ne swss' nainsock Underwear and Hosiery 3c for Children's muslin drawers, waists and skirts, most'y small sizes, 3c OA. for 75c Drawers of muslin. flounce. 32c with embroidery trimmed for 50c Garments as follows: Drawers with hemstitched tucks in the ruffle, or lace trimming. Corset Covers in various styles, tucked, and embroidery or lace trimmed. Long Skirts haing tucked . flounce with lace or embroidery. jq Tor $1.00 High Neck Muslin 07G Gowiu with tucks and hemstitched ruffles. 95 yC SPECIAL One Ixt of Slip. over Gowns with lace edge. Extra quitlity at the price. for $1.50 long Skirts em- broiderv trimmed. ni nlain tucked. $1.25 high neck musline gowns with embroidery yoke. $1'25 corset covers with em broidery and tucks, tl for $2.0O Lonir Skirts, deeply flounced and trimmed with several rows of lace insertion, and edge; or with tucked and embroidery flounce. One Lot 25c Sample Neckwear at 10c All sorts of pretty neck fixings in this lot, tailored stocks and others of lace and fancy silk. The price is so trifling compared with the pretty styles, and the quality of the materials that the lot will sell out quickly tomorrow. To Lighten the Domestic Stocks Women's Wool Vests Grey or white, sample vests in SI. 50 and $2.00 qualities, sizes 5 and 6, Satur day 75c Women's Wool Vests In grey or white samples. showing good $1.00 and $1.25 qualities, sizes 5 and S Saturday 50c Women's Union Salts Cotton fleeced, buttoned across chest or down front. Grey or white. All sizes In the 50c quality Satur day 35c Women's Separate Garments Vests and pants of fleeced cotton in ecru only. In sizes 4 and 5. 25c quality Saturday 15c Women's Fleeced pants of white cotton, sizes 4 to 8. 50c quality Saturday 39c Cliildren's Separate Garments 50 to 75c wool vests and drawers In odd sizes Saturday 35c. Women's 25c Black Cotton Hose of medium weight, with whits soles, Saturday 19c Men's Tan Hose of medium weight cotton an odd lot of good hose to clear at 3 pairs for 25c Boys' Heavy Cotton Hose of the 25c quality, in large sizes only, 12 Children's Heavy Cotton Hose in black. All sizes in the 25c qual ity 21c Bargains in Blanket One pair of a kind to close out at special prices ranging from $2.50 to $5.00. One table ailed with these ppecial blankets. Cotton Blankets Double fold, grey or tan especially grand values at the prices we're ' making to close surplus stock 50x72 wide blankets for 50e 55x72 wide blankets for 65c. ( Saturday Only ) 5e LOtS oton challies, tennis flannels, 36-inch bleached muslin, 36 inch brown muslin, double fold suitings, Ameri- pfe can prints. Bargains in Comforts Size 72x76 inches one side floured challie. the other plain special 95c. Heavier than the -above both sides figured, size 74x78 inches special $1.45. SHEETIXG SALE. Substantial values here in. sheetings of standard qualities. 9- 4 Bleached, good weight, yd. 24c. 10- 4 Brown Sheeting, yd. 21c. 9-4 Brown Sheeting, yd. 20c. 8-4 Brown Sheeting, yd. 19c. Notions and Toilet Goods Hair Pins superior finish 10c card of 7 for 5c Kid Curlers large size special 10c dozen. White Tapes 24-yard rolls in different sizes 9c. King's Cotton Thread 200 yard spools 2c i,ox Safety Pins all tlzes dozen 7c Pad Hose Supporters 4 strap wide heavy elastic. In all colors special 19c Creme of Marsh ma How and Lilac hand whitener 25o bottle 19c - Cutlcura Soap Cake 21c E. L. Grave's Tooth. Powder 50c can for 25C Hair Brushes Good 50e brushes with genuine bristles, rosewood finished back, 25c All Fancy Back Combs will be priced one-foorth on Saturday. Japanese Handkerchief and Glove Boxes for Half Price. Sale of Mussed Handkerchiefs Handkerchiefs that lost their freshness from much showing during the Holiday season. Among the finest and prettiest we had at 25c and 15c Satur day we shall clear them from stock 25 c Handkerchiefs for 15c 15c Handkerchiefs for 10c X'p to 35c qualities, heavy cotton and part wool, doub le fold suitings, yd. 15c. $5.00 Wool Blankets guaranteed all pure vool double blankets by actual measurement 60x76 inches black and whit plaids Saturday $3.95. Cotton Mohair finished suitings neat figured and striped patterns, yd. 10c. Linens at Clearance Prices Room-Si je PugsBargains A little forethought will save you a considerable sum on your next spring's furnishings. Find rugs for several rooms among these : Two 516.SO Tapestry Brussels Bugs, size 9x12 feet, at $10.00. Two $16.50 Tapestry Brussels Rugs, size 9x12 feet, at $11.50. One $22.50 Tapestry Brussels Rug, size 11-3x12 feet, for $15.00. Six $25. OO Velvet Rugs, size 9x12 feet, at $19.75. Eight $27-50 A -mils tor Rugs, size, 9x12 feet, at $21.25. Odd Lot of Ribbons Wide Fancy Ribbons 6 to 14 inches wide $1.25 to $3.50 for Half Price. Taffetas in plain colors no 9. for 3c yd. no. 12 for 4c yd. nos. 16 and 22 for 6c yd. nos. 40 to 60 for 8c yd. No. 5, 7, 9 and 12 Satin Gros Grain Ribbons 2c yd. One lot 25c to 45c Fancies at 19c yard. Towels and Toweling s Buy your supply of household towels from these low priced assortments. They are collected from some of the extra good lines that we thought so well of when we bought them that we over-stocked. Xow you get the benefit of the clearance prices. 18x36 inch Heavy Cotton red bordered towels dozen for $1.00 17x32 inch size dozen for 85c. 17x33 inch heavy Half linen towels, each ioc 18x38 inch heavy Hajf linen towels, each 15c 1Cx33 inch soft all linen towels each 18c doz. for $2 Turk! h Towels 17x36 inch bleached fringed towels of the 12 qual ity 3 for 25c. 17x36 inch bleached fringed towels of the 15c quality 2or 2oO size-23x45 inch 30c quality each 25c. Toweling 12 tic all linen bleached or unbleached crash 18 inches wide yd. 10c. 15c and ISc extra heavy and extra wide roller towel ing yd. 12 He. 5c Wash Cloths With Hangers 3c each 2 for 5c Half Dojens of Napkins Many lines of our most desirable all linen Xapkins have been sold down to half-a-dozen of a pattern. These we have reduced to very low prices for quick selling. 18-inch Xapklns half dozen for 50c 22-inch $2.50 quality half dozen for $1.00 22-inch J2.75 quality half dozen for $1.13 17-inch Cotton Xapkins, hemmed, by the dozen or half doztn 15c doz. Unbleached Table Damask 4 pieces 70 inch 50c quality, yard 40c 4 pieces 72 inch $1.00 quality, yard 75c 3 pieces 72 inch $1.25 and $1.35 quality, yard $1.00 Bleached Tab e Damask 5 pieces 66 and 70 inch all linen special, yard 50c 4 pieces 70 inch heavy all linen 89c quality yard....75o 3 pieces 70 inch heavy all linen $1.00 quality yard. .89o 4 pieces 70 inch heavy all linen $1.50 quality yard.. $1.25 Leather Hand Bags at Half Odd lots sorted out from lines priced regular ly from $1.00 to $5.00. All good selections, in various shapes and styles. This lot will be shown on a table in the North Aisle at half price, for Saturday. Pattern Cloths Lace Curtains Odd Lots A few to sell at a dollar to two-fifty less on a pair. 2 Pairs $6.50 Brussels Xet Curtains, pair $4.75. 2 Pairs $5.50 Brussels Xet Curtains, pair $4.00. 2 Pairs $7.50 Irish Point Curtains, pair $5.00. 2 Pairs $6.00 Irish Point Curtains, pair $4.25. 2 Pairs $4.50 Irish Point Curtains, pair $3.25. 7 Pairs $6.50 and $6.00 Cable Xet Curtains, pair $4.00. and 15 Odd Pattern Cloths 2 yds. square, worth $2.00 $2.25 Each $1.85. 8 Pattern Cloths 2 yds. square. $2.50 quality.' Each $2.65 22-iiich Xapkins to matcli $3.25 qualities for $2.85. Two-and-a-ha f pair lets of Ihttinehams 3 Patterns of $3.00 Xottingham Curtains, 2,i pairs of each pattern pair $2.00. 3 Patterns of $3.75 Nottingham Curatlns, 24 pairs of each pattern pair $2.50. We cannot separate the 2 hi pair lots ot the came pattern. THE MILLS COMPANY Out-of-Town Customers Who come to this store in January will be benefited by the least prices made this season on' winter merchandise. In addition to this, we refund Railroad fare according to the amount of your purchase.