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THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning* Edition. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY April 17, 1914 THEODORE W. NOYES Editor The Evening- Star Newspaper Company. 8(i9Tn>'?? Offlco, nth St. an?1 Pennsvtranta A venae N>w York Offlr-p: Tribune Building. Cld^aim nfflci': First National Bank Building. European Otfit-e: 2 Ibgent St., London. Eiig!?nd. T'i?? Fvpnins Star. with the Sunday morning Ml* top. j? <]?nv??-?-d by <-arr!erw within the ? ity ? * 4.1 '*^nts r?'-r month daily only. '?en's p#?r month: Sunday only. 1:0 cent* p?-r month. Order* may ?.?? ti.-nt !?> mail, or t?d**ph>-ne Main 24 40. CoIl?**t:?.n is iua-I?* l>y carrlcr at tLe end of ca<-fa Booth. r.ira; i,-. 'n a-lvan<??-?'>* mall. posrace prepaid: T>"f!.i. Suudnv i: -!ud. d. m?>ntli. dO ?--??nts. Sir da> d. "i;** iii-.n'h, 4<? ?-?nts. Saturday Star. $1 v-ar. Sunday Star. $2.40 year. Entered as ??r..rd Ins* r nil matter at the [>ost > nt Washi i^T?<n. I>. C. ?TIn .rrl'-r to avoid d?dnv? n n arrot'.nt of personnl t>.I-?:*- * tf, THE STAR should not l>*- .nddr"s-.??d ? ar.r itiH ? id'ial fonnctM with the <.??!? imt simply to THE STAR, or to *.??? P>l torlal -r Business Department. a-rordlng to tpcor or purpose. Tampico. and After. T.- t t:o- ? \pt lts ha \ ? t out t. hearts' . ontent Wb t tl ? ax rage An.eri can will s*-?- it! i iv." salutes tired at Tattijiii'd is an apolojjv t< ? ;i wrong done and the a- ? tane?- of the apology. 1 ? *' M. \i- an salute will be t ?? apology. and t ? American salute its ac? * ptan> ??. W shall not l>e the nearer t*? the Huerta gov ernment nor the lluert;< gov?-rw ? nt to i:s for t. ? powde: humed. 'I la- Huerta nmeiit xvil' reman; una'-editable to President W'soii. t t ? ill ident -diotlld ? 1-Ul aj? t *\? niisapr '??tensions win have don*- the f'nited States some ha'n. Somehow the Me\i an federals and ex> soine Americans residing in Me\in' had until now ??t;t? t tained the id*-a t..;:t ? is u??v?-ri;:i.eiit could nol be provoked t?? action against M< ,'o: that we stood ti p; 1!ed b what intervention would mean in til* wax ? blood and treasure and th> length of t: e -Attn i ?< an o ? upation i?f th ciKint1 ? >. and t herefore had no stomat h for the >tep. That idea has been dis pell* d The \Mi? ra an people, while not urging intervention, will, it' tlie step comes neeessary. Indors* it vigorously There can be no longer the slightest ??\ i use for a mistake on that point any v;h. re. In Kurope somehow?and iti some in fluential <iuarters in this country?an Im pr<ssi.?n iias prevailed that We feared to intervene h*? uuse of entanglements else where Japan has been represented as ready to strike us the moment we moved a-:a r:st Mexico. fJreat Britain, it lias been ^nti.r.ated. would in that ease supp*-: t uer .^siati- ally. We siiould thus rind our selves betw?f*ri th* devil, in the shape of ?Ie\icH?. and th?- if* ep blue sea. in tlv* s.iupe of Ureat Britain and Japan. That nii.stake also has been exploded. It is plain now that the American people xxili support the President, without regard t-? dangers or consequences, jn any matter app*aling directly to th*- national pride. Whether this incident will materially ? change the general Mexican situation dis hearten the followers of Ffuerta and hearten those of <*arranza and Villa?can -.o' at the moment he stated. Neither can an> further step of ours l?e now cal culated should Huerta soon collapse and the so-called constitutionalists become the dominating force in the country. I-Vr three years Mexico l a* been paying a ueax y penalty for continuous disorder. And ail foreign interests have suffered along with domestic interests. I'nless !i? s-ome way. under some influence, order is re stored and preserved, war and brigandage will make Mexico a desert. T! is should be prevented. Both civili zation and business rail for the saving of a. rich country from the fat*- that im pends from present conditions and pros pects. Bridge Blockades. bom* correetion of the open draxv de lays during the rush hours of morning and afternoon on the Highway and Kail road bridges over the I'otorhac is per haps promised by a public hearing to be held under authority of the < hief of engi neers. I". S. A., "to consider the advisa niity of modifying the existing rules and i-gulations for opening the draws in the Pennsylvania rahroad and the Highway oiid-^es across the I'otomac river at Washington. L>. C." Serious complaint nu.> ..r.s.-n because of delays to travelers over those bridges during rush hours by the opening of draws for the passage of . ago oats or tugs with tows. The sug gestion has been made, and the hraring -?iii determine the justness of the sug Oestion. that the draws shall not be opened between 7 and o'clock in the tuoinmg and 4 and 6 o'clock in the evtn ing. The controversy between water and land traffic over this question is an oid one. When water traffic was the more important there was no question as to whit h should have the right of way. Now, heeause of the magnitude of land traffh , and the relativ* inconst>iuence of water traffic m tiiat part of the river -panned by the bridges, it would sec in "hat ??- compromise could be reached whereby th** incorniiiK and outgoing roxxds of i?cople in the rush hours of the ?iay ? ould be relieved of the delays that often happen because of the opening of the bridges' draws. The solution of the problem might be found in part by the requirement that tugs have hinged sta-ks, for the draws are frequently open*-d for tugs without tows and in numerous cases for tugs having barges .a tow which could readily pass under the ^ridge^ but for the stacks of the tugs. Some Mexican economist may raise the qu> -tion of whether it would not be cheaper to allow a bombardment to pro ? eed than to consume the powder neces sury to a formal apology. Perhat-s the ideal capital would be one rich enough to pay all the taxes and re ceive th- national government strictly on a "W- ome to Our 1'ity" basis. American battleships may reach Tam pico in time to provide a large and dis tinguisheii audience for the salutes. The unconditional salute is not regarded r>y Huerta as permissible. The Community Walk. In the spring the great outdoors makes a M* ! ? al call and appeal to all human kind It is a call that is heard by every . .nil an appeal that should be re spondec to. There is a project on foot r. Washington to open up the country to thousands of persons who feel the in tiuence of spring and hear the call of the woods and the open fields, but for various reasons hesitate to respond. Washington has a much longer list of nature clubs than other cities of its size because of the great number of bota nists, entomologists, geologists and vota ries of other natural sciences who are employed under the government at Washington. "Nature clubs'* is used for la*-k of a better and exact way of de nominating these associations Outside I of the Audubon Society, which takes a numerous company on its Sunday bird walks, these nature clubs" are small groups of kindred or agreeable spirits drawn together not always by similarity of interests and purposes, but sometimes by the diversity of interests of their members. The only thing in common between the members of some of these outing groups is their fondness for the out-of-doors and their facility or felicity in getting on together. With one of these groups, which humor ously or whimsically calls itself the Al pine Club, originated the idea of inviting everybody in Washington to take a walk with it through the beautiful and inter esting parts of the country around Washington, which its members well know, but which they believe are not familiar to the vast majority of the citi zens. It seems a very wide and free banded invitation, but the men and wom en issuing the invitation believe that if J a person is sufficiently fond of the beau it ies of the country to be willing to walk j to enjoy them no other credent'als should be required. There is a great 'iea 1 of public spirit and the spirit of helpfulness behind the plan. Those per sons who have Hit upon this rather un usual idea, believe ihat there are thou sands of people who want to walk in the country, but find it difficult to make the start, and either loiter around the city or content themselves with a trolley ride. it is this class which the Alpine ?'lub believes it can woo into the coun try and that thousands of men and i women will become interested in trees. | oir-ls and (lowers, and that out of this j number will be made many converts to the walking habit. it is a practical wa> I of urging city people t< learn to walk. The Coxeyites. ! "They're off!" The Coxeyites ate now I in motion headed for this town. That is i t< say, two hundred men. jobless and ' discontented, have just left Massillcn. I < ?hto. for the purpose of laying their I grievances before Congress. They are afoot, of course. j "den." Coxey thinks the army will j gr??w in size as it advan-es. The spirit j of the movement ?vill spread, lie expects \ to be in command of several thousand | men by the time the march is ended. ; This estimate is extremely modest b> , > omparison with one credited to the "gen i eral" some weeks ago. At that time he ? saw himself at the head of half a mil lion men. tilling the streets of Washing ton. and impressing the national law makers by "the majesty of numbers.-' | Twentv years ago neither Washington j nor the e?.unity at large knew anything j about ???'!." Co\. v. Mis purpose caused him to be rated as a crank and a 1 joke. In the eves of those who read about his "movement" he figured as a: fro wsj' and penniless person, giddy - pated and emotional, who really believed j that Congress would respond at once to j the appeal he had planned. lie proved to be a horse of another, color. He was neither frowsy nor pen-; nil ess?was far removed from the hobo in even particular. He had means. He, dressed well. He talked well. Su that; when he came, and saw. and was con quered. the popular notion followed that' he would disappear and be no more, known: that having indulged in a novel; "lark" he would be satisfied with the. personal advertisement. But here he is again, still prosperous.! still well dressed, still talking good Kng- j lish. and still leading the unprosperous I and unhappy on a wild-goose chase. Then is no law against this thing, but j so much common sense against it. one! may well wonder at the man and his1 methods. He must know that Congress, cannot do what he asks. It has not the I time even t?, consider his proposition, i It is pressed for tirn- to transact busi ness already cut out. and much of it: necessary for the carrying on of the gov ernment. Sympathy for the jobless it j doubtless feels, hut its dut> to those! with jobs?who far outnumber the others I ?is plain and commanding. "Gen." Coxey will lead no host into this town. There are many unemployed men here and there, but the great ma jority are not manipulable for spectacu lar effect. Those who have had jobs, and tilled them well, are seeking them again by means that will commend them when business revives and jobs are once more abundant. But the few who may trail ; at his heels will have their blistered j feet for their pains, and in the end be worse off. if possible, than before they came. George Alfred Townsend. The death of George Alfred Tov.nsend, known to two generations of readers as "Gath," induces a sense of sadness to an army of people and a sense of loss to an unusually large number of per sonal friends, for "Gath's' circle of acquaintances was wide, encompassing men and women prominent in every sphere of life. He was prolific and versa tile as a writer of fact and fiction. His style, and this he had, was rich and at times exuberant. In phrase he was deft, tlexible and facile. His memory was en cyclopedic and its archives were so in dexed that he could call forth any of its contents by the merest suggestion. He had unusual graces of language and resources of information which made of him one ol the most acceptable and widely read newspapej correspondents. In addition lo being a trenchant publicist, his con tributions to P? rmanent literature as his torian. novelist and versifier were con siderable. ivrjury charges now being considered indicate that the financial backing of the New York gunmen had not yet been entirely withdrawn up to a recent date. Railways are to clear tables out of dining cars to make room for dancing. This may help some of the directors to forget tiieir troubles. Those Texas rangers who made the quick dash across the border are likely to regard the formalities at Tampico as rather elaborate. Curiosity persists as to what an ear nest and consistent peace advocate like Mr. Bryan ever wanted with the title "colonel." Tiie marine' draftsmen might go to work on plans for an armored water wagon to take the place of the battleship. Noise and Patriotism. Pleas and arguments are frequently made that the American holiday be dig nified. The complaint is made that be ?ause of the manner of its celebration a holiday in commemoration of some momentous event in the life of the re public loses its just significance. I>ament lis often heard that Memorial day has to a large degree become, and as the years progress is becoming in a still larger degree, not a day 01 reverent memories, but a day for play. Through the efforts of wise and patriotic men the character of the observance of the Fourth of July has been greatly changed, though this change was brought about not because the fourth had become a play day, but because the play had taken on such a deadly and generally disturbing form. In Boston the newspapers are criticis ing and condemning the ways of cele brating the anniversaries of Lexington and Bunker Hill. The Boston Transcript say? that "unfortunately these celebra J tions have not escaped that tendency to clutter our tine-weather holidays with the tinsel and noise of the wrong: kind of merrymaking. Three hundred and sixty four days in the year Lexington and Concord are decorous, sober and sedate towns, but on the day which commemo rates their proud place in the nation's history they resemble something be tween a county fair and a circus side | show. Venders of toy balloons, squawk jers. canes with pennants attached (why [anybody should buy them is a mystery, j but they do); strength-testing apparatus, j penny-in-the-slot guess-your-weight ma j chines, rattles and badge?. This noisy [Invasion of nondescript hawkers" wares | has passed for anniversary observance." | The sober-thinking people of Lexington I have met and resolved that this charac ! ter of observance be modified, and on the 130th anniversary of Lexington, | which falls on Sunday, April 19. and w.U I be celebrated Monday, April I'O. the cir ! cus features and inappropriate noise making will be eliminated. ... So resentment is expressed abroad at I the possibility of Uncle Sam's managing ! the canal in so liberal a manner as to suggest ostentatious affluence. Local pride gets the better of abstract courtesy when the standings of ball clubs whose actual rating is the same ! arc put into print. An actor who inherited a fortune now ! desires recognition as one of the mem | bers of nobility. What is wealth with [ out the spotlight? Difficulty may be experienced in secur ! ing Mexican troops sufficiently numer | mis to censor all the newspaper cor j respondents. Coxey's army will move entirely nu ; hindered by any questions of salutes | .-r recognition. SHOOTING STARS BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Ideal Employment. "Those fishermen have a hard life." said the man who was looking at the l pictures. "Oli. I don't know. Think of being able ; to go fishing without quitting work." Sentiment Discouraged. "You are never sentimental as J ou used to be." said Mr. Meekton's wife. "What's the use, Henrietta? I?ist year when 1 said you ought to be queen of the May you said that it was just like a man to offer you a position which car ried neither pecuniary reward nor offi cial authority." Always in Evidence. Base bail presents a curious claim To thought?no one can doubt it. When you're not looking at a gam* You're hearing talk about it Not His Season. "Why aren't you working?" "With tlie base ball season opening and everybody thinking up excuses to take sick leave from the office? There's no chance for im. I'm a life insurance agent." Sometimes Advantageous. "Don't you ever change your mind?" "Of course." replied Miss Cayenne. "It is very desirable to change your mind occasionally in order to call attention to the fact that >ou had any in the first plaee." Annual Ordeal. When sunshine gets the better of the days so chill and raw, Dear father gets a hammer and a chisel and a saw. He says in thoughtful tones that match his stern superior frown. "A lot o' things about this shack are getting all tun down. The bells and lights need fixing and the doors are out of plumb. There's not a lock or hinge that doesn't call for oiling some!" It's then we see a very anxious look on mother's face, As she remarks. "He's starting in to fool around the place'." There arc grease spots on the carpet: there are scratches on the door. There are holes and splintered sections in the polished hardwood floor. If you pause to press a button it will shock you without fail. The plaster drops in bunches where he tried to drive a nail. But no one dares to criticise the work that he has done; So long as father pays the bills, he ought to have his fun. But there's a sense of nervousness that nothing can efface When spring arrives and father starts to fool around the place. And Then What? From the New York World. After Huerta tires his salute to the American flag, then what? It may be. assumed that the dictator will have learned something from the lesson and that he will cease his petty insults; but Huerta's petty insults are the least per plexing part of the problem. Whether the dictator salutes the flag with twenty one guns or with 2,100 guns, the censor ship in Mexico will make sure that no body there knows anything about it and the real situation will remain unchanged. Mexico will still be torn by civil war, Huerta will still be dictator, but power less to re-establish order. The constitu tionalists will still be fighting their way slowly toward the capital. The United States will still persist in its determina tion not to recognize Huerta. There can be no back-tracking on that issue. The question of what we are ultimately going to do will be as far from settlement as ever. Huerta's Second Thought. From the New York Times. Meanwhile, there is no indication that the assembling of our vessels at Tampico will be checked. There will be no haste in this matter, and it is not unlikely that our naval guard in Mexican waters will be larger hereafter than it has been, in view of the increased peril to Ameri can lives and property. Happy Scene. From the Snringflekl Republican. The Easter Monday rolling of eggs on the White House grounds came oft as usual, and Mr. Wilson, like all our Pres idents, enjoyed the spectacle. A Little Backward, But! From tb<- Chicago Inter Ocean We are a little backward sometimes about coming forward, but really when we get around to it we'd rather tight than eat. Always Blighted. From the New York Son. As usual, peaches are to be scarce this year. Like the ice crop, this sensitive product is always blighted by the snows of spring. Tardy Spring. From the Chicago News. Spring is, with the customary reserva tions, here. oodwarb $> Hotbro? New York==WASHINOTON=Paris. STORY TKI.IJNC Til ( [IILDUI X r.v Miss hkttik i:k u \\ Since we inaugurated tlr- feature it the . drcn. M-veral week- a^<>. it iia- |>roven v?-r\ j.. nlar. The hours tomorrow : _?:,?<> t'? 4 o'clock. I"fiirth riayr?H?ni. Spring and Summer Weights in Men's New Pullman Robes and House Gowns. Lounging and House Robes are a most essential part of a man's wardrobe, and they need be comfortable, or they are worse than none at all. It is now time to lay aside the heavier weights of winter and select the light weight robes for summer comfort. When you are ready to make selection it will be to your advantage to see our new Robes of light-weight fab rics. 1 hey are the most comfortable and attractive gar ments we have shown: light in weight, refined in tone, with the quiet elegance that distinguishes the apparel of gentlemen. Mad ras Robes. Blue, gray, tan and lavender grounds, with self fig ure- and white stripes, roll collar: fasten with pearl buttons and girdle. S3.75 each. New Madras Robes. Plain colors, with self figures and stripe.--, other- in plain colors, with contrasting collar, cuffs and finish ing 011 pocket, giving the two-toned effect. S5.00 each. Light-weight Scotch Flannel Robes. 11 ray. tan and blue, with self and colored stripes and figures: also the smart black-and-white shepherd plaid. made with roll collars and fastening with pearl buttons and girdle. Very light, but warm, being part wool, S7.50 each. Robes of Imported Flannel. \ very fine and handsome garment, in blue, gray and lavender, with white and self stripes. $10.00 each. Silk-and-W ool Robes. The finest grade Hlk-and-\\ ool Manuel Robes, in beautiful colored stripes; elegantly made and finished throughout. $12.00 each. Hose for the Golfer, Made by the Scotchmen. < ? ? >If being a Scotch game, naturally they know bet ter how to make apparel suitable for the players. We are just in receipt of some new cotton and wool mixtures and pure wool C lolf Hose, in gray, brown and Scotch heather shades. They have extra spliced heels and toe- and dou ble soles. Si.50, S2.00 and $2.50 pair. Main floor. F st. Our Clothing for Men Exemplifies time Srn&rtes' O TT! V Styles, Highest C'.?.ss ~.e Best Fair:-; raiionitg Skill. Iioose iii tlie comi: TOMORROW?LAST DAY Ready for Tennis. ?Vow that the weather is mod erating so as to permit the dev otees of this delightful outdoor sport ample indulgence, we have prepared assortments from which it will be a pleasure to make se- ; lections. Requisites for making ready the court and rackets and balls of the best quality for the actual i playing of the game. Wright &. Ditson's Tennis Rackets, in ; all weights and styles, priced from $l.5t? i to SS.UO. Tennis Rackets for Children, 50c. 75 j i and $1.00. Tennis Nets, from $1.50 to ?5 0O. Double Court Tapes, $4.00. Single Court Tapes, Dry Court Markers. $l.oo. Tennis Poles, $2.00 to $T?..V>, Wright & Ditson's Championship Ten nis Halls. o3c each; 3 for $1.00; $4.<H) dozen. Wright & Ditson's Club Tennis Balls, 30c each; $3.50 dozen. Wright &? Ditson's Deuce or Practice Balls, 25 c each: $3.00 dozen. Racket Presses, $1.00 each. Wright & Ditson's Racket Cases. 50c, 7.1c and $1.00 each. Fourth floor, center. THEY ARE CLOTHES THAT SATISFY. Any man will make a g 1 choice ? a Suit or Snriiu Overcoat if he makes it from the showing of good clotlu exhibited in the case- of our Men's Clothing Shop. That l- a well established fact, because von cannot cIk ferior things where there i- none, and that tion here. HART SCHAFFXER \ MARX CLOTHES ARE 1 FAIT RE1). I he-e clothes possess unusual features in fashion characteristics that mark them a- d?stincti\c: manv new -tylcs. in the richest foreign and \nieri an weave-, I'.lac'. and white effect-, blue and white pencil, pin and chalkline stripes: grays and tails in many shade-: tartan plaid club and shepherd checks. Our Men's Clothes are priced tr<.ni Si;**, to S40.00. but the values ottered at ?.25,00 should be seen whatever the price yon make up vour mind to pay. Young Men - Suits. Si2.50 up. ?o-ud floor, F st. Men's Correct Footwear In Their Own Shoe Shop. I lie solution 01 the perplexing problem which manv men are now facing -choosing proper Footwear, i promised entire -atisfaction in the manv models we are now showing. Pleasure and privaev will attend tin choosing, too. a- the Men s Shoe Sh<i- arranged foi privacy, and every man is fitted individually, and giver the best service po--ib!e. Prices of our Shoes are S4.00. S5.00 and $6.00, and we cannot emphasize too strongly t'u high character and qualitv of even- pair. The stock i adequate to all demands and wants. Ever}- new style is clearly defined in the model shown. and many of them are exclusive with us. Tar Calfskin. Black Calfskin. Patent Colt-kin. Dongola Kid skin. Black Glazed Kangaroo Skin mav be chosen in models of all descriptions from the popular Kngli-h and semi-English effects down to the comfortable conserva tive types. Priced at $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00 pair. x-ond floor. F st. Footwear for the Young. $5.00 For Men's and Women s Guaranteed Watches, Ten-year cases and y-jeweled one-year move ments. I arious designs in cases and dials; all in the popular thin models. Every Watch Has Been Tested by Us, and Is Guaranteed. Main t1..oi\ ?' Special Value in a Stylish New Glove for Women. Modish eight-button length, so desirable now for both street and dress wear?Si.50. These Gloves are of a splendid qualitv kidskin, soft and pliable, perfectly proportioned in all sizes, and shown in white, tan, mode, gray and navy. Si.50 the pair. Main floor, ceuter. BAREFOOT SANDALS?We now* have on sal#1 our lirst shipment T*. Sandals. Made in the customary high-grade manner, and recognized t>. perts as ideal for growing? feet, affording more ventilation than av i type of footwear: best oak leather soles. Tnfants' sizes. 2 to *?, turn soles, pair 51..;. Children's sizes. Sl-i to l^1-:. welt soles, pair $l.."o Misses' sizes. 11 to 2. welt soles, pair $1.70 SCOUT SHOES?For boys and youths there is no shoe that so strongly ap to their young manhood. Made of soft chrome tanned elk leather, ur.lined and fit perfectly. The soles are especially tanned ami securely faston and wear longer than the ordinary sol". Shown in tan. black and smoke Small boys' sizes. 11 to 2. pair $2.00 Large boys' sizes, 2 1 j? to 5T-j. pair $2.50 "TROT-MOC SHOES are the perfect play shoes for all young folks. ?'h.M?en of all ages will appreciate and glory in the comfort of the "Trot-Moc." the back to nature play shoe. The uppers are of plump tan elk leather, light, unlined and extremely flexible. The sob*s are especially tanned elk k-athe , and retanned by a secret process which renders them damp proof, can become wet repeatedly without danger of hardening. Sizes for small children. G to 8. pair $2.00 Sizes for children. to 101 , pair $2.25 Sizes for misses, 11 to 2. pair $2.50 Sizes for boys, 21 to 5!-j, pair : $3.00 Third floor. Tenth st. Th< \o One Can Resist the Beauty ot Style - v " " P^xpre.ssed in the New Suits tor Misses. Mut- are more dressy than they have been for many years, and ihe beautv i- revealed in so many and such charming ways that they are distinctly individual. In our showing each new mode is por trayed in its most pleasing form. Fashion's fondness for variety i.- certainly one of the most delight ful changes. And it is variety that is not governed by any set standard: one suit may have ruffles and frills, another plain and fancy materials in beautiful combinations; skirts in one, two and three tunics or draped: new bouffant effects: fanciful creations tliey are. and truly beautiful. Silk Poplins. Novelty Crepes. Fine Serges. Shepherd Checks and prettv combinations of silks and crepes have been employed, with a master touch of designing skill in producing the exceptionally at tractive display of suits here. Priced! from $17.5? to $35 THE NEW GIRDLES. Third floor. Eleventh St. New Coats for Girls From 6 to 16 Years of Age. Coats are of particular importance just at this time with girls from 6 to 16 years of age, and we have fortified our assortments to such an extent that positive satisfaction will be the result. The models have been selected for their practicalness?generally serviceable and appropriate for any wear, and at particularly mod erate prices. In former seasons qualities such as we now offer have been much higher in price. Reefer styles predominate, in blue serge or black and white checks, plain models lined with mohair, at $5-75 More dressy Coats, with collar, cuffs and wide belt of bengaline silk, in red, blue or black, at $8.75. Double-breasted Coats, some plain, others trimmed with con trasting colors, in new light materials, $5.00 to $10.00 each. Third floor. Eleventh st. The new Girdles have respond ed with one accord to fashion's demand for tunics, and many at tractive features are noted that are becoming to any garment. Black taffeta or satin is generally acceded to be the most popular of materials for girdles with attach ed tunics, as it can be worn with almost any color and lends a con trasting touch that is extremely pretty. A new model, illustrated, with three short ruffles, slightly longer in back than in front, is priced at $4.00. A wide girdle, with tiny sell' frill at top, and wider ruf fle over the hips is attractively finished with sash of self. It can be worn at side, front or back with equal satisfaction. This is priced at $4.2T?. The third style is of satin, in blue, pink, black and gold?a wide girdle with double bow sash having a long silk tassel end. at $3.00. Main floor. Eleventh st. Norfolks, the Spring Suits of Style for Every Boy. The smartest spring styles in Norfolk Suits for Boys have been selected by us. The display is complete, and its entirety is unusual. There are more than twenty distinctly different stvles. and if von jwant to count the many individual features, such as difference^ [ pockets, lapels, plaits or buttons, the number will be greatlv m |creased. Our Norfolks (and the whole stock is in thi style) are true to the best designs; they are Nor folks that are correctly styled, and perfectlv made and finished. They have to be to give the tine ap pearance and fit that is a noticeable feature of everv garment, and the absence of which spoils many an otherwise good suit. At Eactm Price No Better Varae Cars Be ?Maimer $7.50 and $10.00; Two Popular Our S5.00 and $6.00 Suits An Medium Prices. A*1I the best styles, and the values are extreme. The selection in fabrics con sists of the choicest wool weaves in plain blue serges, fancy striped blues; also grays, tans, browns and greens in mix tures, checks, stripes, plaids and every wanted combination. Unusual. We believe we are safe in sayintr th they have never been as good as th> are this year. In suits at these !<?* prices it is unusual to see such excel lence of make and careful attention r* selection of patterns; very strong and durable. Maoy New Style Ideas tit Boys' Wasih Suits. Middy. Sailor. Russian, French Blouse. Oliver Twist and \ folks, in linen, chambray, gingham, madras, percale; plain, striped and combination materials: trousers in knickerbocker or straight cut Norfolks. sizes 7 to iS: other styles, size- j'_. t" 10. Price? from 3L?0 to S6.M each. | BOYS SHOULD Sill. Till" NKU HKill SCHOOL liELT i regulation leather belt with buckle in the new frame stvlo <-ncIo ' name plate of the \\ a-hington high schools, ;<x~ each. Second floor, F st. Very Exceptional Values in NEW DRESS HATS For Misses and Children. We have accomplished the unusual in values in Misses' and Children's Dress Hats just received, priced from $2.50 to $4.00. At these moderate prices a higher standard of quality, tasteful styling and trimming has never been shown, and seldom can they be found so good. Mushroom and little roll shapes that are so becoming to girls, and of hemp and lace, simply but effectively trimmed with flowers, ribbons and neat plaitings and ribbons. Each model shows the latest thought in style, and is exceptional in value. Priced from $2.5? to $4.0? each. Third floor, P st. The Correctness of Treco Corsets Is Being Demonstrated Daily. \s the season advances the popularity of Treco Corsets in creases. Corsets of this material have proven their merit, and they are being extensively used as the fashionable corset this year. Treco is a material ideally suited to the present modes; it is daintv in appearance, light and flexible, but supports the figure per fectly, and allows it the suavity and grace of carriage which must mark the woman of fashion. Some of the newest models are quite a departure from the corsets as generally understood and seen; they are but little Our Treco models are very low in bust and of large waist line, some with the combination of elastic material at waist or through the hip and thigh, affording an unrestricted freedom of the body, and with comfort and healthful effect to fa vor it. more than a girdle: cut up in the front and long over the hip and back. These are excellent for dancing, riding and the general forms of athletic activity. Treco Corsets in all of our better makes, in a preat variety of models, priced from S2.S0 "to ?1160S? Treco Ilip Confiners, with no bones or lacing, for a loungirg or neglige corset, priced at Efficient Toilet Articles for the Spring Season. alo* In our Perfumery and Toilet Article Section extending ;i the entire G street building, main floor, we have assembled an ex ceptionally extensive stock of the best preparations and all tn.e toilet and' bath accessories. Hygienic, sanitary, absolutely reliable and efficient. TOILET AND BATH Best Qoaiiity Pyre Foe Many at Specsa] Price?. Quality is Pure Foods our first consideration in pr?.\ r ?'?r our patrons' us?\ and cer* .' there Is nothing .if greater iiii|???rt.iii?*e. }.-. ,1'T us is fresh, clean, pure an, best: ?.r itc kind. o>ir prj.vs ar- no higher f Them lower, due to larg? REQUISITES. Lambert's Listerine, 15c and 60c bottle. , ! Michelsen's Bay Ram, 3nc, 50c and 92c bottle. 4711 Cologne, 33c. 60c and $1.-0 bottle. W. & I>. Chloris Violet Water, f?c and $1.00. Vantine's Toilet Water, assorted odors, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50. Roger & Oallet's Toilet Water. 75c to $1.25 bottle. HAIR TONICS. W. & Li. Quinine Hair Tonic, 25c and 50c. Aver's Scalpinol, 50c and $1.00. Pinaud's Eau de Quinine, 40c and 80c. Wanous' Shampoo Bags, 10c each. 3 for 25c. MOTH PREVENTIVES. Oriental Moth Crystals, 18c Pkg. Red Cedar Moth Compound, 10c each; $1.00 dozen. Furine. double strength fur com pound, 25c each; $2.75 dozen. Packing Compound, 18c each; $2.00 dozen. Xapthaline Moth Balls, oe each: 60c dozen. Moth Crystalline. 10c each: $1.00 dozen. Xapthaline and "Lavender. 10c each: \ $1.10 dozen. Ta Na Moth Tablets, 25c each; $2,75 1 dozen. 1 Paste and Powder, TOOTH PASTE AND POWDERS. Sanitol Tooth 13c. Calox Tooth Powder. l!?r. Lyon's Tooth Powder, 1 ?_? Colgate's Tooth Powder, lfu Sozodont Tooth Wash. 1 Sc. Pebeco Tooth Paste. 33c. thing . sr <?; liuary. many liases and ?jui<*ke Hfidal Jirand Tiny Stringless String Beans . ind tender bean, regularly a few cases t?? !??? ?-!osed out :t IXv can. ?! for $l.oi*. P.rand traded White S.-Iect.-l ; ?r?-d. and * tr;? small $-.2.1 dozen: Kx posit ion paragus: exceptionally t'uw fla tender: a regular n??c quality. Special price. cans for $1.00. Kvaporated }'. ( ! . <, selected and w.-;i c! usuaily at l."?c i:., ??. 11c H,.; 5 Spe.-ial rl. for 50-^. cl<-.'( r eiiol. new shij.nn n: of Colonial <Jrape Juice 1 at-sol ut eh- pcre; presse.i from Pint Quar I" <""one size. L'lV size, pw ?r?i ^JrajM's $1'..'?0 dozen. $4.oO d??z?*n. rich, the FACE CREAMS. Hinds' Honey and Almond Cream. 31c. W. Ac L. Benzoin and Almond Cream, 25c. Daegett & Ramsdell's Cold t ream. ISc. 2?>c and 3Sc. . r . ... ? , _ Aver's T^uxuria Cream. 25c and 50c. ! . r-a SMjviiiaua I?rami Queen Olives: only Sullivan's Quince Lotion. 35c. A small .uiantity of Ilohfn H.k?1 Pure I'-uit and Sugar .lams, guarantcetl to contain no a-tri vial '-oloring or pres.-r\at!\es. Kiavors of srr I U. rry, Ma- klH-rrv. r.-.l . i.-rry ai.d pineapple. IT. jar: $1.75 dozen. ? d??z? n size. 10c; 3 for : SOAPS. Genuine Hungarian Soaps. may flower, violet and rose, -?"?? bar. Daggett & Ramsdell's ''old Cream Soap. 25<- cake: 3 for Society Hygenieque Soap, 21c and 40c cake. Spanish Castile Soap, 5-lb. bar. $1.50. Conti Castile Soap. 4-lb. bar. SOc. Carmel Castile Soap, 10c rake; 3 for 25 c. Armour's Much a Soap, 25c cake. BRUSHES. Imported Nail Brushes, 1 "<? Bath Brushes, with and handle. 50c to $1.25. Imported Hair Brushes. ?-l cherry backs, with good 50c each. Imported Tooth Brushes, loe each. ft: regular Special pric< j Poinpeian o'.ive oil: a pure Italian Olive * I the tirst pr?^slug: pure and wholesome. kj-pint can i>?, Pint car! n'? l^.iarr .-an GT.. ]2 gallon can <ia!ion - an t Federal Granulated Sugar, li5-i?ouud .. $1.'?0. without ?ny and I bristles, i B.i sack. SjH'Cial price, $1.10 sack. Lord Calvert <V#ffet\ a blend 'hat pleases ' most exacting: sie.-i ,-nr. medium ground; ?!? . clous in flavor and aroma. Special price. 35c j-?und. A >{KN-ial ?'Santo.-'" blend of levering * of:. which we recommend to he of excellent ?|uality. Sp?-eiat price, L's.- IS. ; INs. for $l.oT*. Colonial Ginger Ale: an extra line ale. -oi, ? < ing tli?- !??->* Afrii-i cmuud ging?-r. $1 do/ell . >1.'.??? - a-.-. 1 \.?ry S?ap. toilei size. ??? cak* . ia<ii:u:> oi e. J Sc cake. I 1 "ifth rtiwr. F ?t.