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Women's Stylish Silk Dresses,
Worth up to $10.00,
$3.98
These Beautiful One-piece
Dresses are made of elegant
messaline silk, plain colors,
dots and stripes, in black,
blue and brown; neck and
sleeves are lace trimmed.
White Net or Marquisette
Dresses; prettily trimmed in
imitation Irish lace; some
of all-over embroidery, silk
drop lining, in white and
colors. Worth up $4.98
to $12.50.
Ladies' and Misses' Dress- '
es: materials, voiles, ratine,
linens, rep. Worth
tip to $6.98 and $2.98
? EXTENSION DINING TABLES
ALL OUR FLOOR SAMPLES AND DUPLICATE STOCK
MUST BE CLOSED OUT DURING THIS SALE.
These reductions will do it:
Regular price $12.50 $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 $35.00 $45.00 $50.00
Clean Sweep Sale. $7.50 $9.75 $12.50 $16.50 $25.00 $31.00.$35.00
Highly polished tops; claw feet or colonial bases; 6 and 8
foot extension.
The greatest bargains ever shown. They'll cost much more
later on. Buy now. We will hold any goods purchased during
this sale and deliver when you want.
Dining Chairs at Factory Priccs
50 sets to be sold at actual cost. Elegant Quartered Oak
Chairs; cane seats; strongly constructed. Regular $1.59
selling price. $2.50. Each ^
$1.25 Ordinary Cane Seat Chairs; 5-spindle back;
2 coats of varnish; large and comfortable w
All 4 and 6 piece D ning Room Sets at actual cost during
Clean Sweep Sale. Armchairs to match each style.
Elegant Quartered Oa; Buffets
At Factory Prices. Buy Now
Regular prices,
$25, $35, $40, $50, $60, $75, $100.
Clean Sweep,
$18, $25, $32, $3?, $44, $50, $68.
China Closets to match these buf
fets at even greater reductions.
Close Fridays at 1 P.M.?=Open Saturdays Until 9 P.M.
' Young: Men's
SUITS
| At the Inventory
Price
These suits cost considerably more?the manufacturer closed them out to us at a great loss,
and we are anxious to sell them before stock-taking; also at a loss. You can't help but."win."
Don't let anything keep you away. Come in Saturday and let us fit you in a stylish Summer
Suit at about Yz or of their original prices.
The former retail prices were $20.00, $25.00 and $30.00. Sizes 32 to 44.
Materials?.Finest serges and worsteds, in plain navy blue and dark mixtures; light gray
worsteds and light gray Scotch suitings.
Latest and most up-to-date models of 1913?Norfolk, English and conservative styles. Coats
are full alpaca lined or skeleton lined.
A Shoe Sale Extraordinary
Our shoe buyer just closed a deal whereby we can offer fine seasonable Footwear at 50c
and less on the dollar. Two of the largest shoe factories, whose names we cannot mention,
just closed out their entire stock of Summer Footwear at one
half the actual cost to produce hence the sale.
In order to make this sale as convenient as possible?for you
will want two or more pairs when you see them?we have di
vided the lots and will sell them on numbered tables.
All Sideboards Are Being Closed
Out at Exactly Half Price.
Just think, you can buy a
$50.00 Sideboard $25.00
*17.50
Why, you'd expect to pay
more if you were looking for
one in a second-hand shop.
TABLE NO. i.
Women's $2.50 and $3 Low
Shoes and Strap Pumps, Sailor
Ties and No-strap Pumps, made
of patent kid, patent colt,
brown, suede and kid leathers.
Black and tan. Sizes <fc1 QQ
2 to 7. Sale price... ** *
TABLE NO. 2.
Women's $3.00 and $3.50 Low
Shoes, Pumps and Oxfords;
black and tan; sizes
2 to 7. Sale price, $1.45
pair ^
TABLE NO. 3.
Women's $3.50 to $6.00 Hand
made Low Shoes; any low
shoes in the house; all stand
ard makes, Russia calf, tan
kid, patent kid, patent colt, silk
velvet, black suede, white nu
buck, white canvas; made in
every style worn this season;
every size, every width; no
restriction; out they <t1 QC
go, pair ^ #
TABLE NO. 4.
Misses' and Children's Low
Shoes and Strap Pumps; black
and tan, gun metal, patent colt
and Russia calf leathers; made
with one and two straps; all
made by the Goodyear process;
any low shoe in the house; sizes
8^2 to 2. Values, $2.00, $2.50
and $3.00. Sale price, 1 "1Q
pair
TABLE NO. 5.
Infants' and Children's Strap
Pumps and Low Shoes; made
of best quality patent kid, gun
metal, tan calf and kid leathers.
Values, $1.50 and $1.25.
Sizes 3 to 11. Sale Q
price, pair vH/W
TABLE NO. 6.
Men's $2.50, $3.00 and $3150
Low Shoes and Oxford Ties;
made of good quality gun metal,
tan calf, patent colt and vici
kid leathers; best Goodyear
and English welts; sizes 5 to
10. Sale price,
pair
$1.50
TABLE NO. 7.
Misses' and Children's 75c
and $1.00 Barefoot Sandals;
made of best quality tan leath
ers and leather soles;
sizes 5 to 2. Sale price, ^?Qr?
pair
BRASS BEDS
At Next to Give-Away Prices During This Sale
100 Rolls of the Very Best 116
Warp China Matting,
15c Yd.
Just think, 116-WARP CHINA MATTING
at this low price, and guaranteed perfect quality.
116-warp Matting does not need any description;
every good housekeeper is acquainted with the
wearing qualities. Sold in rolls of 40 yards only.
Hundreds of Chiffoniers
and Dressers
Don't delay?come in and pick yours out
now and save about hall.
Everv Brass Bed we sell is guaranteed by
SIMMONS MFG. CO. and OURSELVES.
Every $18.00 Brass Bed is nnw $10.98
Every $25.00 Brass Bed is now $18.98
Every $35.00 Brass Bed is now $23.75
Every S40.00 or $50.00 Brass Bed is now .$29.00
Every $60.00 or $75.00 Brass Bed is now.. .$45.00
Polet, satin or bright finish; bakelite lacquer.
Every White Enameled Iron Bed
Is included in the Clean Sweep Sale. Every bed
has been reduced. Note the following reductions:
^4*9^ Iron Beds are now ................ $3*7o
$6.q8 Iron I>cds are now................ $-3..9^
$10.00 Iron Beds are now $5 93
$12.50 Iron Beds are now $S.g3
$15.00 Iron Beds are now $10.93
White Enameled Iron Cribs
Only two or three of a style. Can't be dupli
cated anv more this year for twice the amount
we are ask ng during the Clean Sweep Sale.
{! 94.0S Iron Cribs are now, ln<*|a<Unsr *pr!i?s $2.0?
4 Iron CriJ^s are now. ini''?d'n^ ,?prinR *1*0
8?910.00 Iron Cr.b* are now. iiK'Ind'ii? spr as 90-0S
3 91o.no Iron Crib* are n?>W. InHuilin'.? *pr:i?JC
Every Crib has either detachable or drop sides.
?The price of every Chiffonier and Dresser
has been cut in a good many cases to actual half
price. Never have we been so determined to
make this Clean Sweep Sale as thorough a* thi
time especially in the following pieces:
*s.oo
*12 so
?ir..on
*20 oo
?a oo
*:<r..oo
*40.00
Chiffonier* *1 OS
Chiffoniers..
Chiffoniers..
Chiffoniers.,
Chiffoniers. .
Chiffoniers.
Chiffoniers.
. *7.ns
. *!l .">0
.9 12.-0
fio.r.o
022.00
. ?-*"..0'l
fir.00 Dressers 9 !(????
S2lMMi Dresser* .91.1 "?'?
92.*.OO Dressers *!:>n
9.1*00 Dressers
fm.OO Dre*?era *.:T
9'oon DrcNsrrs ?
900.00 Ureters s "'1 ?
f
A good many of the above piece- are ma;
pieces, golden oak mahogany, bird's-eye r\.
or Circassian walnut.
Men's Furnishing-s
Another Shipment and the last one of the season of jfcQf
100 doz. Vindex and Chesterfield Soft Summer Shirts
Regular sel
Beautiful patterns in fine pongee
Men's Pure Silk Half Hose;
black, tan, blue and gray. \ H r*
Sold for 25c
3 pairs for 50c.
All 25c and 35c Underwear?
balbriggan, lisle or nainsook?
all size shirts and drawers?will
be sold tomorrow, gar- |
ment ^
ling prices everywhere. $1.00 and Si.50.
and soft mercer zed materials: soft French cuffs. Sizes 14 to 18.
50c Balbriggan, Lisle and
Genuine Porosknit Underwear;
shirts and drawers; all
sizes. Garment
Genuine Pepperel Jean Draw
ers; elastic seams and ankles;
all sizes, 30 to 44 waist;
50c everywhere
Genuine B. V. D. Athletic
Underwear; fine nain
sook shirts and drawers
50c Silk Knit Ties,
plain colors and fancy
stripes
Iron Sox, the best hosiery
made; medium weight; | 1 ~
black and tan. Pair... * " ^
Alpaca Office Coats Finally Reduced
50c Coats now
$1.00 and $1.25 Coats now 69c
$1.98 and $2.50 Coats now $1.29
$2.98 Coats now $i.g3
Fifteen Boy Scouts are scheduled to go
to Camp Archiba d Buttt tomorrow morn
ing, and a like number who have been
at the camp during the past two weeks
will return to their homes.
The newcomers will be accompanied to
camp by Dr. W. H. Leonard, field secre
tary and camp physician, and Dr. Arthur
L. Murray of the District health de
partment, who is to conduct a number of
examinations for merit badges in personal
and public health. Dr. Murray also will
inspect the sanitary condition of the
camp. A number of the boys who are to
return home tomorrow are to take the
examinations. In order to do so they
will not be able to return on the noon
train, but will have to wait until the
?> o'clock train in the evening.
The boys who are to go to the camp are
Clarence Cross, Lawrence E. Brandon,
August Friedrichs. Raymond N. Peak,
Albert Altemus, Clyde Elmer Keilogg,
Jean Robert Veditz, John li. Dodge, Paul
Allison, Charles Stevenson. Lalx>lrl
?Kransnoff. Walter Jex. Philip Barton,
?*uv Emerson Robert* and Edward Col
burn.
The past week has been an interesting
one for the boys at camp. There "nave
been hikes, base bail names, athletic
games and tests in scout activities. Scout
master T. R. Pirtle has been serving as
assistant camp director. Assistant Scout
master Carpenter of Troop No. 1?? has
been at the camp, as well as \V. J. E.
Brown, father of Louis Brown, one of the
boys at camp. l?r. 1-fonard visited camp
Thursday.
The sea nettles have Iwen quite numt-r.
ous, and for that reason the bathing
has not been quite so enjoyable as here
tofore. Not a single case of sickness vva*
reported during the past week, and the
hospital tent has been used for sleeping
purposes.
Accompanied by "Skipi*>r," five of the
bo>s went on an extensive "sea hike"
Thursday afternoon. It was necessary
to take the motor boat Boy Scout to
Herring bay. a distance of about tifteen
miles from the camp, in order to change
pr<joinailers, and the camp director select
ed five of the boys to go along to hein in
the work. Only boys who had a good
camp record were permitted to go
The Boy Scout left the camp Thurs
day afternoon and reached Herring bay
that evening. The boys set up a shelter
tent on the beach and cooked their sup
per with their regulation mess outiits.
Bright and early the next morning they
were up arid about and soon had noated
the boat onto a marine railway, by aid
of which it was hauled out. The pro
peller was then removed and a larger
one substituted. The change was made
in order to slow down the speed of the
engine and thereby decrease its vibra
tion. The larger wheel will slightly in
crease the sjH.*cd of the boat. also.
Several hours were required to com
plete the task and the boat was then
dropped back into the water The re
turn to camp was made Friday after
noon. The scouts who made the trip
were Norrls Gaddess, "Den" Eggleston,
Alvin Biggs, Howard Derrick and M.
Shoemaker.
During the past week four of the boy a
At the camp have "made Are" with fire
bows fashioned from material gathered
!n the woods. This is one of the re
quirements which is demanded of all can
didates for the scoutcraft merit badge.
Ths first boy to accomplish the task
I
was Otis Biggs, first class scout of
Troop No. 37.
The wood for the bows, fire sticks and
blocks was cut from fallen timber found
In the woods with the use of the scout
hatchets. The whittling necessary to
put them into shape was done with the
heavy scout knives.
..fter having prepared the several parts
of the set the boys prepared some tine
tree bark with which to "catch the
spark." They had no difficulty in "get
ting Are" after having practiced with
their bows. The four boys were the
first of the local scouts to "make fire"
with outfits made entirely of ma4erial
cut in the woods.
Tent No. 7 set the record during the
week In athletics, several of the boys
assigned to this tent having been win
ners in the various contests.
"Den" Bggleston has been mail orderly
during the pa*t week. While the motor
boat was at Herring hay the mall or
derly and his assistants were required to
hike to Chesapoake Reach and back.
William <ler and Benjamin I*andy gave
a show Wednesday night. According to
reports received from the boys it was
"some show." Tent No. 7 did the enter
taining Friday night. A marehmallow
roa*t was held Saturday night.
Theodore Forbes of Tent No. 2 led
the 140-pound class last week in athletics.
Ills r?*c<>:d for the running broad jump
was fifteen feet and for "push ups"
twenty-six times.
Since the return from camp of Tom
Nik rt of Troop No. 10, Scoutmaster
; Pirtle has handled the wireless apparatus.
; Gacli day the tlm?* signals are received
from the station at Arlington, Va.
"D. n" Eggleston has successfully pass
ed the ??xaininations in machinery, ath
letics and personal and public health.
Quite an extensive store is jiow being
orerated at the camp by Howard Der
rick. His list of goods includes cakea,
candy, pears and peaches and chewing
gum. The articles are sold to the boys
at about cost.
In the athletic meet held Thursday Nor
ris Gaddt-ss lead in the 90-pound class
and "Den" Bggleston In the 110-pound
class.
i Ben Landy, known to all the boys at
camp as "Izzy," still continues to be the
chief funinaker. The boys have dubbed
him with the title of Camp Philosopher.
Why the name, no one knows. "Izzy"
plans to remain at camp until the close
of the season. When camp breaks up he
should be presented with a merit badge
"for excellence in making fun and keep
ing everybody in continual laughter."
Patrol leader "Den" Eggleston has
completed the requirements for the
award of a camp medal,, being the first
scout to win a medal this season. During
the three weeks he has been at camp
he has not received a single demerit.
He worked for two days almost con
' tlnuously to make fire without the um
of matches before he finally succeeded.
"Den" was mall orderly during th?
past week. While the rtiotor boat waf
at Herring bay, "Den" and his assist
' ants were required to hike to Chesapeake
j Beach for the mail.
During the past week all records for
- enrollment at the camp were broken.
Besides the officers there were sixty
i scouts la camp. Several of the boys
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had to be quartered on the floor of the
hospital tent.
Tent No. 4 was the "banner tent"
practically all of the past week. The
boys quartered in this tent are Frank
Watson. George Sheriff, Raymond B ggs,
Fred Appel, Milton Probey, Louis Brown,
John McLaughlin and Paul Seltzer. W.
J. E. Brown, father of one of the boys,
also has been quartered In this tent.
of boys have signified their intention of
making' the trip.
Demonstrations of Boy Scout activities
are to be given at several places. The
trip will be in the nature of an educa
tional tour, and the boys will be taught
the history and geography of the lands
they visit. They will pay their own ex
penses.
m
At the reauest of Scout Commissioner
Scout Commissioner Martin received
i letter from national headquarters
late yesterday afternoon, in which ap
proval is given the proposed trip to be
taken this winter by a party of Boy
Scouts to Cuba, Jamaica and Panama.
The making of such a trip was suggest
ed by Mr. Martin, who is to have charge
of the twenty-five or more boys who are
to go along.
The scouts plan to leave Washington
about December 7 and after making
short visits to Cuba and Jamaica, will
sail for Panama. They will return about
January 1. The expenses will be about
$100 for each boy. Already a number
Martin, Scoutmaster J. V. Hyde went to
Orange, Va.. Friday, to organize a Boy
Scout council, under the auspices of the
Citizens' Association of Orange. Rev. B.
F. Staples was selected as scoutmaster.
Mr. Hyde explained the purpose of the
scout movement and gave suggestions as
to the organization of a troop.
During the meeting at which the council
was formed one man said he was not in
favor of the project.
"I don't want to see such a thing
started here because I don't believe we
oan make It go," he told other citizens
present. They overruled his objection,
i however, and selected a council of
twenty-five members.
Yesterday morning as Mr. Hyde was
about to board the train to start home
the man who had objected to the forming
of a troop approached him.
"Say mister scoutmaster, how do you
tie this bow-line knot they tf)l about in
the scout book you showed us?"
Mr. Hyde showed him how the knot is
tied and explained the tying of other
knots.
"By the time I left Orange I knew that
that man had changed his mind about
Boy Scouts," remarked Mr. Hyde upon
his arrival in this city. "He was one of
the most enthusiastic boosters I ever
saw. The explanation of some of the
activities of Boy Scouts and the meaning
of the motto "be prepared" had completely
won him over."
Headquarters announces the organiza
tion of a new Boy Scout Troop. It is to
be known as Troop No. 23, and H L.
Bowles has been selected as its scout
master. Mr. Bowles has had much ex
perience along lines which should make
him well fitted to instruct Boy Scouts.
He is a native of Australia and has spent
much time in the west. He is an expert
at imitating the calls of wild birds. This
morning Scoutmaster Bowles started on
hike to Bluemont, Va.
"I never saw so many crabs in my life
as I did one morning shortly after my
arrival at Camp Archibald Butt," said
Earle Anderson, scribe of Troop Xo. 1G,
who returned last week from a two-week
stay at the camp.
"During the night there was a heavy
windstorm and when we went to take
our dip thf following morning we found
the beach covered with fine big crabs.
The waves were quite high and each big
one would wash up four or five crabs on
to the sand. The water was so filled
w ith crabs that none of us dared go in
swimming.
"We procured a barrel from the cook
and soon had it filled with crabs. Two
WITH THE BOY SCOUTS AT CAMP ARCHIBALD BUTT.
I pper, left?Prep?rtM* the double-decked sleeping rotn for their dally airing.
Upper, right?IUfelTl?K ? time signal by. wlreles* the (tatloa at Arliutoa, \a.
Lower, left?Starting a iwlmmlog race from the ? St*
Uwcr, rlsht?Th? mot arhont Boy Scout, which to u?od to tnuport visitor* aai ftovtotou to th? ct*P
large meal sacks also were filled. Some
of the toys caught the crabs with nets,
but since there were not enough to go
around the others had to pick them up
w.th their fingers. By holding the crabs
last with sticks we could catch hold of
them in such a way as to avoid their
claws.
"The cook boiled the crabs for us in a
tub and later in the day we had a crab
feast that I Will long remember. We
ate so many crabs that we felt more like
chawling than walking."
Headquarters has received the follow
ing letter from Scoutmaster James G.
Graham concerning the activities of
Troop No. 27:
"Troop No. 27 has been preparing for
several weeks past for a lon^-distance
hike it hopes to take some time in the
near future. On Saturday evening, July
12, the members of the troop tramped to
a point near the Anglers' Club House,
about three miles above Cabin John
bridge, and camped there over night. In
the morning all were up by 4:30 o'clock,
and after a refreshing swim and break
fast thn hike was continued to Great
Falls, where the boys were allowed a
half hour sightseeing. 'On the return
trip they hiked to the District line, where
they boarded the car for home.
"i-just Saturday evening they hiked to
the Chain bridge, camped in the open |
over night on the Virginia shore of the
river and returned to town early the f<H
1 owing morning.
"We have as yet no tents, and are
using the waterproof sleeping bags as
suggested at a recent meeting of the
Scoutmasters' Club. We find them very
satisfactory, as tin y are extremely light
and yet give good protection against the J
weather.
"Wednesday evening, Jtilv 2:. Maj. W.
I. Simpson, scoutmaster of Troop No. 17,
visited lis and gave the boys an intensely
interesting talk.'"
At a meeting of Troop No. 21 of
Takoma Park Friday night announce
ment was made tiiat a government ex
pert has promised to instruct the boys in ,
the use of wireless ami o?.her telegraphic i
apparatus. Two new members were I
elected. Several of the boys who had ;
I recently returned front the scout camp
[ told of their experiences while there.
The aims of scoutcraft are explained in
the most recent i . of Scouting as
follows:
I "Scouthcraft, in {! <? <?' st and ? road -
I est sense of the v?'<?rd. lia" three otives
| that make it a splen-'id and permanent
I institution. First, it r.ims to lead the boy
I to a fu ? and wiiole ome enjoyment of
i outdoor life in a manner that will develop
him on a:l side:. Sec ondly, it seeks to
teach him to do t:-.?*ful and helpful things
i to alleviate suffering and give happiness '
to others. V irdly, the scoutmaster J
who keeps t!i ?;>* two aims before him
is not only fceitin.; a greater amount of
solid happiness out of life, but is a tre
mendously important factor in making
himself nobler and in upbuilding the
nation's resources.
LIGHTNING PLAYS HAVOC.
Hits House Five Times and Knocks
Two Persons Unconscious.
FORT SMITH, Ark. July 20.?In an
electrical storm today the home of J. W.
Baxter of Fayetteville, of the state legis
lature, was struck 1 by lightning five
times within an hour.
The first bolt knocked off a chimney
The second entered through a telephone
and knocked Baxter unconscious. He
had hardly been revived before the third
knocked his wife senseless. The fourth
stunned his mother and the fifth knock
ed the house from its foundation.
Cuban Congress Acts on Murder.
The Cuban congress In special session
has granted the necessary permission for
proceedings against Arias and Morales,
members of the lower and upper houses,
respectively, Implicated in the reoent
PMU-der of Gen. Riva in Havana.
CONVICTS GO TO SCHOOL
IN MANY U. S. PRISONS
Humanitarian Influences Are
Becoming More Marked
Than Ever.
That even prison life is yielding to
modern humanitarian impulses is indi
cated in the number of prisons that
are maintaining schools for the benelit
of prisoners. Out of fifty-five prisons
in the United States aw Canada re
parting to the United States bureau of
education, forty-four have schools. In
thirty-three of these a civilian head
teacher is in charge. Altogether there
are twenty-seven evening schoo.s, nine
teen day schools and ei^ht correspond
ence schools. Both academic and trade
subjects are taught.
In arguing for schools in prisons. Dr.
A. C. Hilt of the New York state edu
cation department, who has prepared ;l
bulletin on ihe subject for the 1'nited
States bureau of education, point* out
that there are ihree ways of handling
a nidi! w hom the courts have pronounced
uiiiit to remain in society: "First, he
may he put to death at once; second. h?
may be .slowly killed in a destructive
environment; third, he may be placed in
a favorable environment and restored
to normal health, if possible."
Object of Prison Schools.
>'ns< it schools represent an attempt
to apply the iHst of these methods, ac
cording to Dr. Hill.
"Schools in prisons are the expression
of the highest conception jet formed
of the proper way to deal with men
and women segregated from society for
violating its laws," he says. "They are
an outgrowth of the belief that the door
or hope must never be closed to any
human being. They stand for oppor
tunity. They are humanity's offer of
help t<> overcome the inertia and despair
that settle down upon a man disgraced
and deprived of his liberty."
Prison libraries form an important
educational factor, and special attention
is given to them In the bureau's bul
letin. l?r. Hill notes that there Is usu
ally plenty of books, but that the qual
ity of the reading matter is seldom
satisfact< rv. He cites the opinion of
H. H. Hart of the Kussell Sage Founda
tion that '"not <>ne prison in ten has
a suitable selection of l?ooks. Most of
them are composed of one-third un
readable lK>oks and one-third trash."
Better Methods Needed.
in his conclusion Dr. Hill urges tiiat
better methods and greater efficiency
in character building are needed all
along the line, back to the school and
the home. He lwlieves that "public ef
fort should be directed more fully to
providing the right kind of education
for the thousands of neglected children
whose environment is such as to make
the development of bad and dangerous
characters almost Inevitable.
"The hopeful sign of the times is an
aroused public sentiment that is de
manding a full knowledge of the facts
and a vigorous use of the best means
of checking moral degeneracy at its
source."
Thomas Perkin* of Richmond. Va.;
John Hopkins of Philadelphia and John
Thomas of Cumberland. Md., all colored,
were struck and killed by a passenger
train just west of Doegully tunnel, thirtjr
seven miles east of Cumberland. Friday
afternoon.