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TIfE EVENING STAR
WASHINGTON.
TUESDAY April 1, 1902.
CHOSBY S. NOYES Editor.
f 'IK E\ EJII^fG STAR has a rcprnlnr
and Permanent Family Circulation
much more than the combined cir
culation of the other WmhlnKton
dailies. Aa n Sfwi and Advertising
Medium It ha* no competitor.
In order to avoid delay* on ac
count of personal absence. letters to
THE STAR should not be addressed
<o any Individual connected with the
"?Mce. but simply to THE STAR, or to
the Editorial or Business Depart
ment*. according: to tenor or purpose.
The District and the Capital.
If Chairman Canr.on's view controls In
the House and the House dominates the
legislative situation, the prospect of an
e,.rly appreciable start on the development
of Washington under the park commis
si. .n's plans 's dubious indeed. For Mr.
< 'annon has virtually locked the project
1- hind a door of financial impossibility.
Air. * :nnon s theory of the proper proce
dure is that the government should pay
'?rlv half of the cost of the improvements
and should pay that half only as rapidly
- as tht District is willing and able to pay
an e.|ual share. The total cost of the
. emission's project, according to Mr.
Cannon's statement in the House yester
day is estimated at **#>.000.000. It Is
barely possible that the District, being
srieexed to the core In taxation, and
skimping on all legitimate municipal ex
p-r.^-s. depriving Itself in part of schools
mid policemen and firemen and other ne
cessities Of civic life, and neglecting its
sewerage, grade crossing and water sup
ply ne..1s. might save a million a year out
>>f Its revenues which it could apply to
the capital improvement fund. This is a
l;.gh estimate of what the community can
.!?>. Even with that exaction it Is mathe
matically plain that the project wiM cover
?i century in execution.
i ' fore going further in this consideration,
fact should not be forgotten that the
!?? -pie of the District are. despite their lack
?l iff rage, citizens of the United States,
a- well as residents of the capital. They
pi . national taxes, internal revenue fees
at:.! customs. They contribute their own
?-! .re. equally with the people of Wisconsin,
.Missouri and Illinois, to the half which the
government pays for the maintenance of
tue abbreviated ten miles square. So the
Washingtonians are in fact expected to pay
more than half the total. They contribute
oa l>oth sides of the account.
i; would be grossly unjust to impose on
the District one-half the cost of a great
national improvement. While the people
of the District will benefit incidentally
from the extension of the park system, and
enjoy the esthetic betterments provided
under the commission's plans for the im
piovement of the public grounds, the prop
erty of the United States, yet those Hems
of governmental adornment are logically,
fc\ no legitimate process of reasoning, to
be placed upon the half-and-half basis.
Still, this proposition, unjust as it is, is
r ' s" serious as the revelation yesterday
of the total misconception of the duty of
Congress as the legislature of the District.
Here is a community set apart for the
specific purpose, above all others, of af
i Tiling a seat of government. Its Indus
tries ire subordinated to the government's
needs. Its law? are framed exclusively by
th- government. The government owns
half it-s territory and pays no taxes there
on. The government owns and controls
all of its streets and insists that those
streets shall be expensively broad. The
exigencies of government necessarily nar
? "?? the opportunity of the people to en
igt? iii private enterprises.
ll.'Ving crippled the independent resources
< the federal district, for which it is mor
? : and legally accountable. Congress now
Lt" ws signs in the House of forcing it to
take on half of a load which rightfully be
1-: gs wholly to the nation and which has
h retofore been treated as exclusively na
tt 'iial. The United States Is too big and
P ?w-rful and progressive to stand for such
a iiolicv of capital making. It is beginning
i ? understand the real meaning of the Dis
ti ii-t s history, replete with sacrifices by the
citizens of Washington for the sake of the
capital. It has approved the park commis
S r, s plans, eve.i if Chairman Cannon has
not. and it is demanding their execution,
n o after the lapse of centuries, but with
a s'.i.i-tantiai beginning today.
I lie Americans of this generation are not
i "luMit to lay the foundations merely of a
Washington which in the dim future shall
rise to a commanding height above the cap
it::!.' of the world. Xor are they willing, if
t." truth can be learned, to put upon the
-of District people half the cost of
t! at stupendous undertaking. Xor will thev
<?-ray the development of the public grounds
of the nation's city by limiting the national
advance by the contributing capacity of the
handful of local taxpayers. There has been
a deplorable misconception somewhere of
the true relations of the House to the people
and of the people to the seat of government.
! he objection by Bulgaria to the United
States' diplomatic agent who was active in
the i ase of Miss Stone Indicates a disposi
tion to protect brigandage as a home in
dustry.
"Tax-Dodging" Washington.
11 would be Important to discover just
what element It is in the atmosphere of the
lions.- of Representatives that causes mem
bers ,,f that body to imagine that the Dis
trict of Columbia is an undertaxed com
munity. Perennially the idea crops out.
n .w in one form, again in another, the
chief assertion being as a rule that the resi
dents of the capital are tax-dodgers, that
this city Is the haven of refuge of the tax
dodg- rs of Other places, and ultimately that
the people ef Washington bask in the ex
ceptional favor of the nation, which bears
a greater part of its expense than it should.
V sterday in the course of the remarkable
<l '>ate arising under the sundry civil bill.
Air. Benton of Missouri, with others, per
petuated the thought that this city escapes
its just share of taxation. In answer to a
<Hie?tion put to him he declared that "the
l>est estimate" he could make was that
riVi.iMMM) of property in the District es
capes taxation.
Unfortunately the statistics of the latest
census are not yet available wherewith to
utterly refute Mr. Benton's dogmatic esti
mate. That they would stamp it as absurd
as well as unjust Is not to be doubted for a
moment in the light of the showing afTorded
for \\ ashington in comparison with other
cities by the census figures of iSSiO. In that
year. Washington's assessed valuation of
property was J113.110.219. which was for
mally stated in the census bulletin as ap
proximately equal to the real value. The
capital then had less than one-fifth the
population of Chicago, which had only one
and one-third as much assessed valuation
as thu city. If the total property of the
capital, including the government's exempt
ed half, were assessed, the whole would,
on the basis of the census figures of 181*1,
amount to l?tt.OOO,OUO more than that of all
Chicago.
In lrtm the assessed valuation of Wash
ington exceeded by more than one miliiop
the combined assessments of Detroit and
Omaha, those cities having a total popula
tion more than 130.000 larger than the capi
tal. Comparing Washington with large
commercial cities, those figures showed that
tfce valuation of its assessed half was more
than two-thirds of the whole of rich Chi
cago 11* per cent of that of Detroit, 140
per cent of that of New Orleans. 143 per
cent of that of Milwaukee and 100 per cent
of that of Cleveland, all of which cities had
then a larger population.
Since 1890 Washington's assessed valua
tion has increased, according to the as
sessor's latest report, to $198,488,413, an ad
vance of more than GO per cent. In the ab
sence of the official returns on this point
from the twelfth census, a direct compari
son cannot immediately be made In the
matter of increases. Washington's show
ing is, moreover, certain to be materially
advanced when the new assessment, Just
approaching completion. Is announced. The
total assessed values will undoubtedly leap
far beyond the $200,000,000 mark. If now
there are evasions of taxation in this Dis
trict aggregating $250,000,000. as Repre
sentative Benton asserts, it is evident that
Washington Is today one of the richest of
American cities. For if there be such a
wholesale dodging of taxes here now, it Is
fair to assume that there was a proportion
ate if not an equal dodging In 1890. In
such event, supposing that the proper esti
mate of the dodging in that year on the
Benton basis is approximately $227,000,000,
the total valuation of the capital's property
in 1890 should have been *400.000,000 in
stead of the paltry $12:{,110,219, with which
the Washington made such a remarkable
showing in contrast with other, larger,
more commercial and obviously richer
cities.
But, It may be argued, there was tax
dodging there also, and therefore the Wash
ington contrast would not, on the basis of
a strict estimate of the properties, be so
favorable to the capital. Very well. Wash
irgton wants no monopoly of the reputation
of tax dodging. It has indeed claimed
throughout this long controversy that It
dodges taxes far less than other large
cities. Whereas in 1800 its assessed valua
tion was so near to the real valuation that
the census officials stated the two as equal,
it was notorious that Chicago's assessment
was appallingly below the figure of real
values, being only $170,554,117 out of an
estimated $1,250,000,000, or even, according
to the estimate of W. T. Stead. $2,000,000,
000. According to those same figures, only
one-sixth of the real values of Omalm were
assessed, one-half of those of Indianapolis
and one-fourth of those of Cleveland.
Accepting the Benton estimate for the
purposes of argument, and adding $250,000,
000 to the probable latest assessment,
Washington, with a total taxable property
of approximately $500,000,000. should possess
not only a large resident population of
wealthy men owning property?the "tax
dodgers" of the House's imagination?but
enormous industries, subject to taxation.
Where are the latter? The largest local in
dustrial establishments are those of the
government, exempt from taxation. The
District, according to the latest bulletin of
the twelfth census, ranks now only thirty
fifth out of a total of fifty-three states and
territories, whereas it ranked thirty-second
out of fifty-two ten years ago in the total
of the products of local manufactures. If
Mr. Benton will specify wjiere the values
lie which aggregate this $250,000,000 of
exempt property, he will confer a favor
upon the citizens of the capital, who are
as anxious ts even the members of the
House to equalize the tax burden and to
raise a sufficient and proper sum for all
legitimate expenses
Justice for Cuba.
The ways and means committee has f
last discharged its duty with regard to
Cuba. The bill reported to the House is not
as generous In its provisions as the friends
of reciprocity urged, biy. it follows the lines
both of sound business principles and th.:
national obligations, and in that respect the
tilumph !s considerable. Siime changes may
be made In the Stnate, and later a con
ftrence committee may impress Itself upon
the subject. Twenty per cent is a small re
duction wh*-n we consider the necessities of
Cuba, and our opportunities for increased
exports to the island. Everything, how
ever. in good time. The right start is the
main thing, and that now is assured. As
the arrangement justifies itself, changes in
the direction of better terms will recom
mtnd themselves to both of tlie parties in
interest.
The contest has been stubliorn and prog
ress slow. There have been several bad
quarters of an hour for those who thought
tho case so clearly made out that opposi
t.on was without excuse. Still, when a!l
things are considered, the republican lead
era who labored for peace within the parti
ranks, and for a teport by a majority re
publican vote, probably put the right con
struction on what the occasion called for.
Democratic votes were always obtainable,
but the responsibility was republican. T>
have appealed for help to the opposition
therefore would have been attended with
some peril to party organization and pres
tige In the matter of other measures. There
are 8om? important questions to follow
Cuba.
The President's part in this business has
been well performed, and has disappointed
his enemies. He has been tactful where
it was expected he would be tactless. He
has listened and argued where it was ex
pected he would attempt to threaten and to
drive. Though advised in some quarters to
take Mr. Cleveland for his model, and copy
the methods employed by the latter in the
matter of the repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act, he pursued a
far wiser course and kept constantly in
touch with his own people. The beet sugar
representatives nave always been welcome
at the White Honse, and have been in
vited there for conferences, and are still
welcome th?'re. The President iias sought
to drive nobody. H. has threatened nobody.
He has employ#d no wiles but those of
sound argument and a candid explanation
of what he thought the situation demanded.
Cuba will thus be able to start in busi
ness on her own account with everything
necessary to success. If she succeeds,- the
l*nlled States will rejoice, if she fails, the
1.'r.ited States will justly bear none of the
reproach. The experiment will be watched
with interest, and with all the more com
placency for the fact that under no circum
stances can Cuba ever become the base of
a movement inimical to the welfare of this
rt public.
King Edward very probably looks for
ward to the coronation as a hard day's
work. But he should reflect that he is get
ting pretty liberally paid for it.
??<*i
The man who violates speed regulations
with an automobile is usually so rich that
it may not seem worth while to fine him.
The mine explosion has succeeded In
pushing the tunnel disaster very close as a
homicidal institution.
Another Life Sacrificed.
James Creek Canal claimed another hu
man victim last night. The accident, which
Is described in the news columns today,
differs only In details from the scores which
have preceded it at this death trap. Given
badly lighted streets and an unguarded open
water-course, and the result is assured.
For many years this combination has ex
isted within the city limits, and the death
roll Is long. Appeals have been made again
and again for funds for at least the tem
porary lnclosure of the open sewer by rail
ings. but no response has ever been heard.
The only hope held out has been that In the
course of even4s this canal would be cov
ered. and in defauk of such a complete"
remedy for the evil the eofrimunKy has auf-'
fered for lack of even a makeshift means
of protection.
A fence .?long the sides of the canal
would not cost many huudreds of dollars.
But even ff it cost thousands the Item
should he regarded as of the first impor
tance in the annual requisitions. The city
oannot forever maintain this deadly nui
sance, menacing the health and the lives
of the people. This latest proof of the risk
the community runs ought to be utilized to
the utmost by the Commissioners to secure
a sufficient emergency appropriation at this
session to enable them to Inclose the canal
so that there will be no danger that men
may walk or drive Into the death trap when
darkness falls.
? ? ?
Minister Wu has been credited with ask
ing a great many personal questions of
people whom he has met In a social way.
He will find It safer, on the whole, than
getting into discussions about Chinese ex
clusion.
? > ?
J. Pierpont Morgan occasionally gives
away an art gallery or a library, but he
has not yet found time to follow the exam
ple of Mr. Carnegie and settle down to
philanthropy as an exclusive occupation.
Many Washington officials have declared
at the outset of their careers that they did
not expect to entertain socially. But the
wives and daughters usually exert some in
fluence on that point.
1
The kaiser is greatly pleased with his
new yacht, the Meteor. Germany should be
assured that American meats are as trust
worthy as American boats.
If Cuba can administer justice as
promptly and effectually as it was admin
istered In the Neely case, It will have a
pretty good government.
General Otis has announced that he will
not write books or lecture. This absti
nence will serve to conspicuously distin
guish him.
?
Richard Croker is to supply milk to steam
ships. It is hoped that he will be more
scrupulous as a milk man than he was as a
politician.
:
The New York police are still provoking
so much censure that there is a temptation
to set them down as hopelessly incorrigible.
SHOOTING STABS.
The Parental Opinion.
"Did you speak to father about our mar
riage?" asked- Maybelle.
"I did," answered Count Fucash.
"Did he give his consent."
"Yes. After a fashion. He said that if
you had no more sense than to be willing
to marry me, you didn't deserve any better
fate."
Cynical.
"I have always wondered," said the stu
dent, "just how the Spartans exposed their
children In order that only the strongest
should survive."
"I don't know," answered Miss Cayenne;
"perhaps they took them insufficiently clad
to roll eggs on a raw Easter Monday."
Swift Variety.
The gay weather man should be thankful,
I vow.
His troubles are tiny and few.
Though the weather he called for Is not
with us now.
It will come in a minute or two.
As Time Passes.
"Before we were married," said the
mournful looking little woman," my hus
band was a perfect cavalier."
"Yes," answered Mrs. Ironjaw. 4'and now
he's a perfect caviller."
A Complaint.
"He's a mighty hard man to get along
with," said the practical politician sadly.
"Mighty hard."
"He seems thoroughly honest."
"Of course, he is. That's what makes
him so erratic and unsatisfactory. Every
orce In awhile he insists on doing some
thing simply because he thinks it is right,
without waiting to figure out what Its effect
on his political prospects Is liable to be."
A Spring Scepticism.
People tell us that it's spring.
That the flowers soon will smile;
That the birds' gay carolling
All our sorrows will beguile.
But the branches on the tree
Shiver like they's mighty cool;
When they -tell such things to me?
Kind o' sounds like April fool.
Roses will arrive ere long,
An' the truant butterfly
Will be Idling 'mongst the throng
Of the bees a-buzzln' by.
Fleecy clouds above will float
Mirrored In the lilied pool? '
Bring me out my overcoat;
Kind o' sounds like April fool.
Doubts.
Fnra tlio Philadelphia Ledger.
There appears to be much doubt whether
Captain Christmas was a "bunco sharp" or
a "come-on."
Not in His Class.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Colonel Bryan will have to go and get a
reputation for being elected President once
In a while before he can expect Grover
Cleveland to pay any attention to him.
i
Exeunt Friars!
From the Toledo Blade.
The extinguishment of the title of the
friars will be followed by their withdrawal
from the Islands, and thus the one chronic
scurce of trouble to the. inhabitants will be
removed. Spain would not have had an In
surrection In the years preceding the war
with the United States had she dealt hon
estly with the natives, and gotten rid of the
friars. It will be recalled that the uprising
ot Filipinos was not for independence, but
foi the redress of grievances of which the
friars and their conduct constituted the
chief Item.
Horsemen, Have Mercy!
From the New York Tribune.
Even in March and April the racing of
young, undeveloped two-year-olds Is car
ried on in this country to an injurious ex
cess. It ought to be checked by law. In
France the running of the baby colts and
fillies is not permitted until August. In
that matter our Gallic friends are wiser
and more meroiful than the impatient Yan
kees.
Confirms Their Judgment.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
What has occurred in Havana doubtless
makes the late partners of Oberlln M. Car
ter very certain that they used excellent
Judgment In the promptness with which
they made themselves denizens of Canada.
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Feminine Silliness.
From the Providence Journal.
Siyy women will do almost anything in
their enthusiasm for a male performer, and
the fifty who rushed at Kubelik In Brook
lyn, after a performance, and endeavored
to kiss him, are unfortunately not the only
examples of suuh hysterical adulation
among their sex. Poor Captain Hobeon
was made ridiculous before the whole
country by Just such nonsense. Of course
the man In such a case is taken at a tre
mendous disadvantage. He can neither ac
cede nor lcfuse with dignity. It is. said
that some of the Brooklyn women taunted
Kubelik with being a coward. But there
are many otherwise brave men who would
shrink from such an onslaught; and there
are women whom It would require no small
bravery to kiss.
? .
Never Shy.
From the Chicago Record-Herald.
The country is iull of people who are
willing to be the first minister to Cuba.
Havana as a Health Resort.
From the Pittsburg Times.
Havana is getting to be such a healthy
place under military government that there
is likely to aoon arise a demand from the
cities at home to be placed under the juris
diction of the army.
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it
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Orders by mall or 'phone.
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3c. a loaf, dellrered.
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E carry a complete stock of all the
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B. G. I. Socket Clubs. $2.50?
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Balls, only $2.60 dozen.
C7"SPECIAI."- Ordinanr Spliced Clubs RE
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med with hand-embroidered rutfle, tucks
and featherstitchins. Pair
$4-50
$-'.50
$r-75
Freneh I>rawem. of fine nainsook; trim
mod with wide hand embr<>td**red ruffle
and beading. 1'alr
French Drawer*, of fine nainsook: wide
ruffle trimmed w ith lat e. French knots,
beading aud riblnm. Pair
French Petticoat*, of percale; de??p
ruffle scalloped with dots, lji^h
French Petticoats, of go.?<l qnality per
cale; deep flounce embroidered In fleur
de-lis desigu. Ka< h
French Petticoats, of fln<? lawn: um
brella style; tucked ruffle trimmed with
wide Valenciennes laee. F.a< h
Showing New Models in French Corsets,
Recently Arrived from Paris, for Spring Wear.
Very Elegant Creations of Silk, Satin, French Coutifl, Plain, Brocaded, Em
broidered, Hand Painted.
The Parame, $3.50 to $18.00. The Sapphire, $7.50 to $18.50. The Lilly of
France, $5.50 to $25.00.
Second floor- Tenth st.
Spring Upholstery
(Second Floor.)
We desire to call attention to our excellent facilities for the manu
facture, under our personal superv ision, of
Slip Covers, Window Shades, Awnings, Win
dow and Door Screens, Mattresses, etc.,
And, at the same time, suggest the advisability of having this work done
while our workshops are not overcrowded. We will execute your orders
now and hold for delivery when required.
NOTE?Our recent success in obtaining the order from the Washington Barracks and the V. 8.
General Hospital for screens and cabinet work, based on the superiority of workmanship and ma
terials, should be h guarantee to those contemplating having such work done that our produc
tions are unexcelled.
Lace Curtains, Draperies, Blankets, Spreads, Oriental Rugs, Carpets,
etc., cleansed and stored for the summer at reasonable prices.
Special tplues in Ruffle Lace Bed Sets, consist
ing of spread, pillow and bolster shams; hand
some Renaissance centers and Insertions. The
spreads have a new deep flounce with drapery de
sign, particularly adaptable for use with brass and
enameled beds.
$7.50, $10.00. $12.00, $13.50, $18.00
and $20.00.
Dentelle Arabian Lace Bed Sets, in exquisite de
signs?true copies of real hand-made Arabian laces.
$12.00, $18.00 and $20.00.
English Ruffled Bobbinette Curtains, in a variety
of effects with dainty lace Insertion and edge ?
twenty-five styles.
$1.75, $2.50, $3.75, $5.00 and $8.00.
Colored Cress-stripe Summer Curtains, in a vari
ety of novel color combinations. Special price,
$1.00 a pair.
20x20-inoh Sofa
pretty patterns.
Pillows, Trlth 3'i-lnch ruffle?
60c. each.
Four-fold Black and Gold Japanese Screens;
feet higj. Special price,
$3-5? each
36-inch Slip Cover Material, extra heavy quality,
in linen and jacquard designs; fast colors. Spe
cial value.
18c. a vard.
Holland Window Shades, 3x0 /eet. mounted on
guaranteed spring rollers, complete with fixtures,
ready to hang.
35c. each.
Opaque Window Shades, 3xtf feet, mounted on
good spring rollers, complete with fixtures, ready
to hang.
19c. each.
Furniture Slip Covers,
For 5-piece suites, from excellent
quality of materials, made up in
best manner?fit and workmanship
guaranteed.
^ $7.50 and upwards.
Colored Enameled Beds, in apple green, rose,
canary and old ivory, with brass trimmings - beau
tifully decorated.
$16.00, $20.00, $22.00, $25.00 and
$27.00.
Second floor.
Enameled Beds, in empire green,
trimmings- very pretty designs.
$6.00 each.
with brass
Twentieth Century Felt Mattresses, made in our
own factory by special process always *oft, elastic
and very durable made in two pai'ts.
3 feet, $7.00; 3Vi feet, $8.00; 4 feet.
$10.00; 4.V2 feet, $11.00.
Black Curled Hair Mattresses, made in our own
factory- ?u excellent assortment of ti. kings to
Select from.
$6.00. Value, $9.00.
40-lb. South American Black Ilorse Hair Mat
tresses. made lu one or two parts?choice of fancy
tickings.
$13.50. Value, $18.00.
All-wool Smyrna Uurs. in a choice assortment of
oriental and medallion patterns, in rich shades of
red, blue and grveu.
18x34 inch.
21x45 inch.
26x54 inch.
30x60 inch.
36x72 inch.
Each, 75c.
Each, $1.25.
Each, $1.50.
Each, $1.85.
Each, $2.75.
Heavy Joiutless i'hina Matting, in the most de
sirable patterns and colorings?new, fresh goods.
17c. a yard.
Extra Quality Jointless China Matting; the close
weave aud short straw variety in an excelleut
assortment of patterns.
20c. a vard.
Finest Hi<?-warp Jointless China Matting, in very
choice patterns aud colorings; also plain white.
30c. a yard.
Extra Quality Japanese Mattinir, iu an excellent
assortment of patterns, suitable for almost any
room.
27c. a yard.
Prairie Grass Matting, the m?>st durable summer
covering for halls an<l rooms. New patterns and
colorings.
40c. a yard.
Clearance Sale off
Table Cloths and Napkins.
It is our custom at the beginning of a new season to close out the
designs remaining in stock in order to present the newest and latest ef
fects as they appear. The old designs may be quite as good as the new
?it's simply a matter of taste?the qualities are identically the same.
We have selected
219 Table Clotlhs,
104 Dozen Napkins,
All desirable and guaranteed in every way, and offer same at
A Reduction of 20 Per Cent.
107 Double Damask Table Cloths?
2x2 yards?$3.00. 2x4 yards?$6.00.
2x2% yards?$3.75. 2%x2% yards?$4.50.
2x3 yards?$4.50. 2^x3 yards?$5.40.
2x3% yards?$5.25. 2%x4% yards?$9.00.
2%x5 yards?$10.00.
Napkins to Match?
^?$3.00 dozen. 34?$4.00. ^?$6.00.
1112 Double Satin Damask Table Cloths?
2x2% yards?$4.50.
2x3 yards?$5.40.
2x3% yards?$6.30.
2x4 yards?$7.20.
2%x2% yards?$6.50.
Napkins
22x22~inch, $4.50 doz.
30x30=inch,
2%x3 yards? $7.50.
2%x3% yards? $8.75.
2%x4 yards?$ 10.00.
2%x4% yards?$12.50.
2%x5 yards?$15.00.
to Match?
25x25-inch, $6.00 doz.
$7.00 a dozen.
St*-ODd floor.
Woodward & Lothrop.
Pretty Novel-ties
in Sterling SiEver.
We are constantly receiving some*
thing odd and pretty in this line, and
call attention to the following spe
cial values now ready:
Stirling Silver llut Pin*, in 1*11 and pear shape#
and In luight or silver gray finish; plain and fanef
iesigiis.
25c. to $1.25.
Sterling S'lver Belt B nek lea. In the lateat de?
signs aud new gray flnlwh?< 'lipid*, the Gibaoft
lilrl. Bust*. Heada, Scroll and other effect*.
$1 .00 to $6.00.
A special lot of Belt Duckies,
Cupid and scroll designs, in French
gilt, black enamel and silver gray.
50c.
Jewvlry First
Genuine English
Ping=Pong or Gossima'.
Just received, through the cusV
toni house, a shipment of the only^
genuine English Ting-Pong or (jus
sima. manufactured by J. Jacques &
Son, Limited, and Hamley Bros.,
102 Hatton (iarden, London.
Price, $4.00.
The usual price is $5.00.
Each game 1* accompanied l?v an official Edition
of the Revised Ijiw* of PI tig-Pong nod the Rules
i?f the P. P. Ass<k*1;itlull.
Toy Dept. ? Fourth
Guaranteed
Sewing Machines.
With the coming of spring the
housekeeper has sewing to do, and
naturally needs a good m<>~!.ine. We
invite you to come in and see our full
line of the very latest improved Sew
ing Machines, ranging in price from
$10.50 to $40.00. The $10.50 is a
hand machine.
Special attention is directed to our
Disappearing Head
Sewing Machine.
It is made of Flemish oak, piano
finish, with disappearing head, and is
a complete and ornamental piece of
furniture. Especially desirable for
families living in rooms or flats, as it
can be used for table.
With "Automatic lift,"
Trice is $30.00.
Swell front, without "Automatia
lift,"
Trice is $25.00.
Seooul floor.
Holland
Rose Bushes.
Our annual sale of strong, hardy
Holland Rose Bushes began yester
lav, and we are offering choice
lealthy Rose Bushes from one of the
best Holland growers.
We can buy poorer kinds and sell
:hem for less, but prefer to handle
:hese first quality plants imported
trom the same grower we have found
50 satisfactory for the past three
fears.
We have just received our first
importation through the custom
house, and it includes the following
choice varieties |
Barmen RotbacbLld.
Madame Oabriel-Lulaet,
General Jacqueminot,
Madaiue Charles Wood,
Madame PtaaUer,
Migua Chart*,
Perle dea Blanrbea,
Mr*. John Lang.
T"lrlcb B runner,
I'aeoala.
15c. Each; 2 for 25c*
!th iuor. d