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Hart ?Official WMlkr D. J. Kaufman, Inc. 10*6 Pa. A tt. ?1? 17th *t. BIG EXPLOSION STILL MYSTERY Police Unable to Find Cause of Blast That Shook City Yesterday. After a police investigation last-' ing many hours the cause of the, explosion that shook the city early I yesterday and wrecked the porch steps and a large sign board in the j rear of 2324 I street northwest, re- j mains a mystery. One theory advanced was that a, sewer had been blown up by a col- j lection of pas that could find no means of escape. This suggestion "was not considered by police be cause the sewer mains in that sec tion of the city are of recent con Mtrurtion and built to conform to improved specifications. An officer of the Third precinct said tha' in his opinion a stick < f dynamite was exploded accidentally in the yard, as the damage caused indicated that criant powder had be*n set off Man Slain in Hotel Is Identified Tvice New York Aug. Ifc.? It is believed that the man slain in the Hotel Mc Alpin is either Cecil E. I.andon. of Portland. Oregon, or Darby A Dent, a New York policeman attached to the District Attorney's office. Friends of both men made what the\ allege to be positive identifica tions of the body yesterday. Dent bos l?een absent front hi* home since Monday night. His fath er identified the body as that of hi* son. according to Carey, captain of the Homicide Bureau. The elder Oenr could not be located last night. A? th? Hotel McAlpin. where the body was found, the vi -ttic.'s shoes | i? v. U?. name of the store m ;he ??lerk who identifi*-'' ih? wt* ?tiitt of l.-mdon works. Aft?-r in is seemincr positive Tirtc.it ion Maj. Albert Vos. who re turn. d with l.andon from Prance. August S. ealb-d at the morgue, and alter vit-wing the body said that it was that of his friends. An autopsy established that death resulted from a fractured skull in flicted by a heavy instrument. which body iden - Whisky - Beer --Wine Complete formula# and instn* tions for making at home rye whi?k>. rt?al b^ers. and choice wine*. ;b*.h. Sing Toak'.n^ and operating bocoe aUlL ? i>y ujcu i nact > in uie*iog ? iiii.g fciia?nese Ki-al tfouOs. no Mitouiutes; rub* f<>ruiuU* may be lawfully *ent il:r :|l.t mail*. S??nt on receipt of 50c- check, rncr*? order. rash. ??r ?fan:ps. Art qmck. Bill in \?, r?*T>hihit v? *? of liiiu.* recipes. DA1.TIHORK FORMl l. i COMI'AJST, 1.113 Ml. Royal. BALTIMORE, MD. LOANS ? HOMING ?. scenes, batches, Jewelry South Ejid of Highway Bridge Uuilata Transacted kiclualvely T^ere. Takr ran a* l-tb street and IPeonarlvanli ivraut for aentk nd of HIxkw j Mridxr. Para S? i ich way. Why Not Buy That Electric Fan Now? All Sizes All Prices Reduced IMUDD1MANI 1204 G St 616 12th St TOOTH ACHE Stopped In One Minute By Columbia Dentists. (Inc.) NO PAW Examinations. Consultation*, and Extractions?No Charge. I Prices: Gold Crowns. $5.00, fC.OO, $7.00?Fillings. $1.00 Up. Cohimlxa Dentists, (Inc.) *?3 9th St N. W. Mrnad Theater FIGURES SHOW I SOARING PRICESi Labor Department Report I Says Increases Contm- i ued After War. How the cost of living rose by leaps and bounds during the period , from December. 1914, to December,! 1918. and how prices have not i ceased to soar, despite the close of j the war. is shown by a report issued j yesterday by the United States Bu- ? reau of Labor Statistics, covering j eighteen cities, which are the ship- ! building cento*-* of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pa? . ('oasts and on the ? Great Lakes. The report takes the prices for j 1914 as a base, and shows the per- i centage of increase in each of the j ensuing periods up to June. 1919, in j prices of items of living entering ! into the usual family budget. The total percentage of increases, averaged all Items listed range , from 65 per cent In Los Angeles, to' 87 per cent in Norfolk. Va. But in dividual items ran much higher. Thus the maximum food per cent increase was 91 per cent in Balti more. Md. Male clothing ran up to 153.8 per cent increase in Savannah. Ga.. and the percentage increase In female clothing reached 164.2 per j cent in Chicago, and 162.1 per cent i in New York. Percentages of cost In housing decreased 3.4 per eent In San Fran cisco and Oakland, but ran up in i I all the other cities, reaching a max- | j imum of 51.4 in Seattle, with Nor- j folk second, at 46.5 per cent. Fuel j | costs reached the high percentage; j of 69.6 in Norfolk. In New York the fuel percentaKol increase was 45.4; in Boston. 54.9; in, Chicago, 35.6. Cost of furniture and furnishings J Iran over 110 per cent increase in' [every onp of eighteen cities report-j |ed. with a maximum of 139.9 in! ! Jaeksonvillc. Ela. The relative position of the vari ous cities reported in order of the. percentages of increase in the cost of living follows: Norfolk. 87.0: Detroit. 84.3; Buf- j ifalo. 84.2: Baltimore. 83.9: Houston. 80.2: Savannah. 79.7: New York. 79.2:1 Jacksonville. 77.4: Cleveland. 77.2: Mobile. 76.6: Philadelphia. 76.2; Chi rago. 71.7: Portland. Me.. 74.2; Seat tle. 74.0; Boston. 72.7; Portland. Oreg.. 69.1: San Franctsco and Oak land. 65.5: Los Angeles. 65.0. Taken by the large the report shows that the prices of the articles listed as making tip the family bud get increased rapidly from Decem ber. 1914. to December. 191*. With the exception of food. the prices continued to increase from Decem ber. 1918. to June. 1919. In a number of cities there was a >lic:ht decrease in the percentages I on food from December. 1*18. to June. 1918. The cities where such decreases are reported are; Boston. Portland. Me.; New York. Baltimore. Savannah, Houston. Portland. Orec.; Chicago. Buffalo. Tx?s Angeles and I San Francisco, and Oakland. Cal. The increases are. however, relative ly slight and mean little when con sidered with the original base on which the percentages are reckoned. One of the outstanding features of the report Is the fact that the increase in the cost of clothing was far greater than the Increase in the ; cost of food. In many cases the in crease in clothing cost was double that of food cost. Aviator Learns Machine Killed Three. From Paper n Lieut. David R. Stinson. of the Kichty-eighth Air Squadron, whose airplane crashed into a crowd of spectators at Patterson Park. Balti ? more, killing three children. Thurs day afternoon. waa ignorant of the disaster his machine had wrought until he was discharged from the Fort McHenry Hospital yesterday and read the newspaper accounts of the tragedy. Although not physically injured. Lieut. Stinson broke down from the nervous strain and was removed to the hospital, where the news of the i three deaths was concealed from him. Air service officials, in a recent statement, said that Stinson was not to blame for the accident, but that a board of four air officers 1s mak ing a thorough investigation in the matter. Lieut. Stinson's wrecked machine is at Boiling Field. K. of C. Relief Acconntiiig. During the year ending June 30. the Knights of Columbus spent $5,468,060.79 for its war relief work in the United States. 19.550.082.62 for work overseas, and H**).616.76 for administrative pur poses. it was announced yesterday at I the organization's headquarters in i New York. Of the Knights of Co lumbus expenditures J7.000.000 was for free creature comforts for the men. Job for Photofrapher. Barry. Eng. ? Here's an opening ' that'll bring all the photographers in ; England running. It comes because two shameless women want bathing j in the children's pool unclad. An offl ; cial remonstrated when he found ! them. One told him she would smack him when she came out of the water to dress if he didn't go away. He ! didn't go?and she kept her promise. Now the beach inspector is to be a cameraman and snapshot the im ' modest to shame them. WEATHER CONDITIONS. PORRnAPTPR FY>* TODAY ANT> TOMORSOW mStrict of OobtrnhK, Miry}and and Virginia Ijncml showers and thtindenrtorms today and prob acy Monday: not much change in '?fnperatnre; jrentle variable wind*. LOCAL TEMPERATTRE Midnight. 72; 2 a. m., 70; 4 a. m., 70; 8 a. m.. 69; 8 a. m., 63; 10 a. m.. 77; 12 noon, 83; 2 p. m.. ' S5; 4 p. m., 87; 6 p. m., 85; 8 p. m., 91; 10 p. m., j 73. H lghest. 87; lowest. 68. ; Relative humidity?9 a. m.. 91; 2 pi ra., ?; i P. m.. fi5. Rainfall (8 p. m. to 8 p. m.), 0; I honrs of sunshine, 10.6; per cent of possible snn j shine. 77 DEPARTURES. Accumulated exewss of temperature since Jan t uary 1. 1919. *422; deficiency of temperature linee | August 19T9. ? 43; accumulated excess of pre cipitation since January 1, 1919. +1.39; deficiency of precipitation since August 1. 1919. ?0.75. Temperature same date last year?Highest, 96; lowest, 63. OTHER TEMPERA TUREB. Lowest Highest, previous Rain today. night. Sd.dl fall. . Artiesills. N. O ... 80 62 74 ; Atlantic Pity. W. J f4 64 70 0.14 i Boston. Mats 76 60 72 ? ! ? tucago. Ill 85 T1 94 i.01 . Cleveland. Ohio. 84 71 ? 0.48 Dsorer. Oolo 84 54 82 i H Paso. 1*a 98 74 98 I Los Angalea. CM M 80 80 | Memphis. TVca. 86 76 86 0.01 ; Miami, Fla 90 76 SI ? j New Orleans. La....... 90 76 88 New Yort. N. Y 7? ? ? 1.3B i Omaha, Nebr............ 86 62 84 ? Philadelphia. Pa ? 64 74 t Pittsburgh. Pa 88 ?8 68 O.W j Portland Oreg ?... 92 KB 9? ? ! Mt La*e CKy. Utah 92 64 M l St. Louis. Mo 88 66 86 O.li THREE WASHINGTON WOMEN DECORATED BY SERBS l.eft to Hjthf?Mlm (ifrtnidr rhnpman. St. I.oiiIm; I.I. I'mil Ivaalrhrvltrh, \lcc. rrnnrc; MInm HrUii V liny. rnlrrnth nnd Church Mrerlii. \Vn*l? i n?c ton j MnJ. Ilosfr IVrklw*. Cleveland! MIhr Vidn Mnlhrkon, W nnhinuton; l.t. Wnrrrn J. Vinton. Drtrnll) MImm lli-'t-n I!. Kins?. U n?hlnu(on; Col. I'.dmir K. Ilium-. Krnnk forl. Ky.| Cupl. I.ouin Inane JafYe, Hlrhmoml. \ n., nnd Cnpt. Hornee llnh-h, Krw York. Mystery of Store Closed Nine Years, f xplained Detroit. Mich.. Aug. nin* years on one of the busiest streets in IVtroit a lockod building has shel tered the moldering stock of merchan dise of n little store that -whs closed because a son refused to allow an other to handle what bad been his mother's Those who have wondered for years at the mystery of the locked door discovered the reason re cently ujx?n the denfh of George K. Park. ?n years old. Park nursed bis mother through six years' illness and when she died his [grief was so meat that for a time I he was seriously ill. After his recov i erv he refused to allow the store they I owned to be opened. He lived a!on*? 1 in the apartment they had occupied together, refusing to allow his tenants to help him with his domestic work. I The curtains of the little apartment were never raised. i Every day h<? visited the little stor" often several times a day. always closing and locking the door behind him. His secret was never revealed until his death. ARMY BLANKET MIX-UP GROWS Twenty Sold to One Buyer And Location of Sale Brings Criticism. S'tV of army blankets to the public will l?e resumed tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at th" quartermaster ware house. Twelfth and E streets south west. acainst the will of virtually all intopo^ted in obtaining them. Hun dreds of complaints have followed the openincr sale on Friday, when pur chasers flocked from all sections of the city and from outlying districts to benefit by the bargains, and for .the most part were disappointed. Selling the blankets as many as twenty to one person has brought complaint from many. It is argued that few households can actually use that many and the charge is brought that some of the purchasers acquired the blankets for resale. What a majority desire is a system j for distritHiting the blankets whereby more people would be benefitted. "Miss ; Cecil B Norton, general secretary of j the Washington community centers, declared last night the sixteen com munity organizations stand ready and williner to distribute the blankets at ! little inconvenience to the purchasers ( and with assurance of a wider dis i tribution. 1 In place of standing in line for hours | to get the army "covers,** after having traveled to an out-of-the-way place to , buy them. Miss Norton pointed out it j is possible to distribute the blankets i by the community system. All that would be necessary would be for the j housewife to place her order at the j ' center" and within a short time re ceive the goods, she said j It was understood generally that the blankets and oth-T surplus army sup plies would be distributed by parcels post, as ordered by Secretary of War Raker and Postmaster General Burle son. PURELY PERSONAL. ! James A. Archer, assistant United j States Attorney for the District, has j gone on an automobile tour of the j western shore of Maryland. | Edwin S. McKee. assistant clerk of I the District Supreme Court, has gone to Canaan, N. H.. tc spend his vaca I tion. ! Miss Ethel W. KdeMn. of the Treas j ury Depa rtm?nt, has returned from a mor.th's stay at Asburv Park. N. J. James C. Rowe. of the Department of Labor, left last night on a business trip to Portland, Me. Norman J. Burrot ghs. of Bluemont. Va, is visiting friends at the Coy wood 1 Apartments. ' Miss Bertha T. ScheafTer of the Gen ( eral Land Office, has returned from a visit to Wheeling. West Va. I Mrs. Cleland C. McDevitt will return j to the city today after spending ten days at Ocean View, Va. | Col. John H. Hughes, infantry, has I been ordered to this city for duty In the office of the Inspector General of the Army. Col. Joseph C. Brady. Quartermaster Corps, and Lieut. Col. Charles t*. I Rogan, retired, have been ordered to Walter Reed General Hospital, this city, for observation and treatment. j Lieut. Col. Alfred M Wilson, Quar termaster Corps, has been transferred from this city to Chicago for duty. j Col. Charles F. Stodter. infantry, has been ordered to this city for duty J in the office of the Adjutant General of the Army. Rex Neil Collier. 115 New York av enue, northwest, has returned to the city after a vacation of two weeks at Atlantic Ciy. C. F. Creswell. of the Bureau of Markets, Department of Agriculture, left Washington on a five-week business trip through the West on an investigation of Uie vegetable 0U Industry. Received Legion of Honor For His Work With A. E. F. I AflIT twenty-one month,, oversea* .ieut^ Col. \v Kirby has returned to Washington and is awaiting hisl jdlucharK.- from liio service. During ; his serv "broad he carried the com j mendution of his siiner,,,,- ?i:i?.ro rm I.IKIT. CO I.. W. w. K1RHV. hrs untiring efforts and skillful serv 1 ice and -was d. ooraled w ith the L*. Blon ol Honor mednl by the French I government. j Entering the army early in ]!>IT Col. ?,'-rbv s"" l>ance Octobers. ? and Placed in charge of the re production work of the intelligence section. Later with the rank of lleu ,,7'Vii C"lorKl he Wa* made director I of the Ra.se Printing shop of the , American l-ix petitionary Porcc. which he retained until \,? home. ' "nt" h,s rc,urT> I Kirby was '">"1 in Washington lof' .his fe<! i" ,hc publ,c schools of this city. After leaving school he was connected with the Geologic.u J Survey and later the Coast and Ce<> 'd? tic SJu rvey. I During his sen-ice with the govern ment Col. Kirby mve demonstration of map makin... In the field in the Washington Barracks for experiment a' Purpose* in the army. His work was remembered by army olHcJals when the United States entered the war and his services were asked for bv the War Department Police Ne ws A Home Stolen. horse valued at JSO was stolen ... v?.t> sioien I from First and N streets southeast, yesterday. The horse Was the prop erty of Charles W Tlbbs. 133S South I Capitol street, who reported the theft. rhlef Stole Shoes. ' By forcing the front door. a thief I yrslrrday sained entry to the home I Of Morris Riley, Fifty-firth street, j Dean wood. D. c . and stole a pair of shoes valued at $5. Highwayman Get* *1.50. While on Canal road, east of Con j duit road. O. R. Thompson. R. F. D. | No. B. was held up at the point of | a revolver early yesterday morning land robbed of Jl.r.n by two colored ! men. Storr Mrrnkrr Thwarted. ^,0re owned bv Sol Mininskv at I <fl,! Horlda avenue northeast w entered last night, but nothing was I ? Policeman Taylor, a special | officer, saw the man in the act of entering the store and fired at him I several times. The thief escaped. Womnn Held for .Vary. A coroner's Jury yesterday held 1 ?qV,e^ ?ver th* rpmains of Mar I shall T)wyer, who died from a gun |shot wound sustained while in an i?l Mary Hal1- colored. '\f?. ii ,Fn'?? co,,rT southwest. iMar> Hall is held for the action or jthe grand jury. Demand Courtmartial for High Italian Army Officers 1 k, Aur ,6-?The sensation caused rmimiti ""Port of the Parliamentary fn^Jhletf ?n ? Caporetto disaster. l?^C?rto?P?;,S,bni,y was P'aced on j <*en. Cadorna. former commander-ln j houriy ? srfnera-ls. is growing I cw"at?r, Praa;atl has joined in the chorus demanding a high court be I iv!? try Ca'lorTla and other re j sponsible persons. Swimmeri Tumble Into Water. atAtnhe? T,^Cr^dPd <"VinB n"at ?'an" at the Tidal Basin Bathing Beach. throwing a score of swimmers into the water during the swimming meet yesterday afternoon. One end suddenly submerged, causing the contestants to be given an uncere monious ducking, and despite the efforts of the life guards and swim mers. could not he raised to the surface. The distance plunge event waa postponed. COSTA RICANS SET UP A NEW GOVERNMENT ! Juan Bautlste Quiros assumed the j duties of acting president of Costji Rica August 12, according to dis patcher received here yesterday, j Quiros was chosen vice president by I Tinoco, who recently obtained a leave I of absence and is reported to have I left r*osta Rica. His return is not ; expected. i Quiros namod the following cabinet: (iuillermo Vargas, minister of for | eign affairs, grace, justice. religion and charity; Alejandro J. Aqutllar, minister of gohernacion. police and Interior: Manubvi Angliforra, minis ter of hacienda and commerce; Fan nastio C'amacho, minister of public instruction, and Victor Manuel Ren I dos. minister of war and marine. MARKET PRICES TAKE A TUMBLE Housewives Fill Baskets as j Dealers Offer Green Stuffs at Reduction. Strong competition among some of the vegetable dealer* at the l>ouis lana avenue market brought the prices of staple vegetables tumbling down yesterday. Many of the stands had barkers" aloncr the street calling the attention of the housewives ?o their reduced prices. Signs and placards v*?re dis | played everywhere. "Well, just look at those water ; melons for J' eents." said Mrs. H. W Crockett, of K street northwest. "It looks like old times asain."* Mrs. A. Weinhold. of G07 Alabama avenue, made many purchases and found a considerable difference in prices. "I knew the prices would come down sotn? time." she said, and j proceeded io till up her market bag "It seems as though the impossible j lias happened," said Mrs. A. A. Kins:, ol ?/*? A street southeast. "It cer tainly would be great if it kept up I this way. * i The following list of prices was compiled, showing reductions: Present Former Price I*rice Potatoes. u. . .130 peck .W Potatoes, a... .r?0 peck ..V? i Oranges, s. .. .3'dozen Oranges. I. . .35 dozen V Sugar corn. s. /JO doz? n . Sugar corn. I . "?<> dozen Tomatoes, lb... 1<? ; Wmelon, s... .'Ja each , W'melon. 1 30 each ,v. ? lemons, dozen . ! Apples, c'kinu .15 J*?pk I Apples, eating '^pk J Onions, Vz peck 4? ; Peaches. Va pk i Strir^r beans V?pk .!>? ? L^ettuce, head .<*'? .!?? 'Cabbage, lb... .08 ,1? | Cucumbers . per lu per 3 Carrots, Va Pk j Kgg plant, 1" each .U |(*anteloupe each ' Beets, bunch. 0r? .?* I Lima beans 35 quart to ?Squash 3 for.. <6 Of. each D.C. WOMEN WIN WAR DECORATION Serbs Honor American Red Cross Workers for Services. Belgrade, Aug. 16.?Three women from Washington, D. C., who have | been serving m Serbia with the Amer ican Red Cross, have been decorated I by the Serbian government in recogni tion of their work. They are Miss Carolyn B. Mountain, Miss Helen King and Miss Vide Matheson. Miss Mountain's best work was done i at Monastir. The city was largely | destroyed by shells ana bombs during the war and her work there has been carried on under the greatest difficul ! ties. Miss Mountain was in charge of | the clothing department and she has had the satisfaction of distributing ; American clothing to a large percent age of the refugee population of the city. Miss King and Miss Matheson. after serving for nearly a year with the Red Cross in FVance, volunteered for service in Serbia. They were sent to Vranje. ono of the largest towns of Central Serbia, which suffered heavily during the war. Wiihout any mascu J line aid. they established a complete relief station, operated a soup kitchen, opened an orphanage for 200 war or phans, and distributed several tons of food and clothing to the refugee? of the district. The decoration which has been con ferred in recognition of the work of these three women is the "Croes of Mercy." a medal of unusual beauty The Preparation of Booqoeta j for all occasions is a specialty with | us. Consult (Jude. 1214 F.?Adv. BIRTH COVIE CAUSE OF INJUNCTION SUIT George E. Stone, originator of the film production, "How Life Begin*." j isked the District Supreme ourt yes terday to prevent Samuel Cummin*. "controller" of the film production. "The Beginning and Mysteries of Ufa" from displaying the Latter on the ground of alleged infringement on "How Life Begins " Stone complains that his origins 1 film baa been "quilted" in with dis- . orderly house scenes and other ef-1 fects which, he declares, are injurious to his reputation as a producer of ? strictly scientific and educational films. By agreement, the case has gone over until next Thursday. Col. John G Capers appeared for Mr. Stone Indian Folklore Study Reveals Much Culture That a study of American Indian literature can lay the foundation for a science of mythology which will throw light on many beginnings ot Aryan and Semitic thought now lost to us. is the opinion of Mr J. N. B. Hewitt, expressed in the introduction to a collection of myths and legends of the Seneca Indians collected by Jeremiah Curt in. which accompanies the thirty-second annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, of the Smithsonian Institution, recently issued. "Indian tales reveal to us a whole system of religion, pfitloeophy, and social polity." says Mr Hewitt, "the whole mental and social life of the race to which they belong is evident in them." GoTernmeat to Buy Rail*. -.i Director Hines yesterday said sealed bids on lOO.OuO tons of steel rails will be opened early next we* Voliner Ladies' Relief ? Excursion Tomorrow The Voliner Ladies Relief Fund So ciety will hold its annual excuraiot tomorrow at Chesapeake Beach lion than 3.000 persons are expected to at tend. An athletic program and other unique features have been arranged The society is composed of 132 Jev 1ah women, banded together to render aid to needy families whether Jew* or Gentiles. More than 1.000 person have been helped since the society wa? formed in May. 1916 The committee In charge of arrang* merits for the excursion is compos* d of Mrs. Dora SchifTmar. chairman Mrs. E. Brill. Mrs. Rose Uchtenberic and Mrs. Lina 8chook Civic Forum Resumes Cost of Living Study Trinity Civic Forum will resume discussion on "How to Reduce th?c High Cost of Living." st *30 to * night, at Third and C street* north west. William Mather Lewis. direr tor of savings. Treasury Depart ment. Just returned from a tour of the larger cities of the l'nit?>ri States, will speak on "A Saturnalia of American Kxtravaganee." Fa - fax Naulty. secretary of the form-, will speak on "An Acid T? st of R?al ltles" Prominent speakers during th# week will be Secretary of Connem Redfleld. Attorney (kteraJ Talme and Thomas E Wiisoi thr packet DANCING. D-A-N-C-I-N-G ta; kt Psot. CaR A*ncs,? trwmam Harare Uss tsr. "** Mn H. L. Halt ase Ui'b ?aa jam ems bs isngj.: TWtan? all the ur? 4ar Ow-scp. ?fcltt E*rhl??*.y at ? ,? R|(iim?AT WHOOL OF IMN( |\?. 121S NEW YORK IT. (Near I3tk si ? Only op ley Am' ? Dsorinc Aradrn? mrtu- t New York. 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I Am Compelled to Advance My Price After Sept. 1st The manlier in w-hich labor and woolens are advanc ing' makes it impossible for me to tailor a suit or overcoat for $ J 5.00 after the 1st of September. But for the few re maining days of the present month I w ill take your order for a regular $40 to $45 suit or overcoat at this price?S-?5.o<>? which means a positive saving of $20 and over. I am onl\ doing this so as to keep my expert force of tailor>. cutters and designers going. You can choose from hundreds of patterns of newest fall materials, and my work will please you even to tlie very smallest detail. Don't miss this opportunity to save by securing a stylishly tailored? Made-to Measure FALL SUIT or % OVERCOAT at . . THE TAILOR 611 Seventh Street (Remember the Address)