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THE EVENING TIMES, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, FJEBBUAJRY 6, 1900.
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flPlECIEB ON LUZON
The Adventures of the Survivors
of the Watenvitcli.
An KiiKlinliituiu Tells lli Story of
Hi ISMirrienci AVIille n I'rlwincr
in tin HnnilM of the IiiNiirKoiitH.
Scutoiivfil t Dentil An Attempt to
Kncniif Conlineil In the StoeUn.
Copies of newspapers published in
Manila which have just been received here
contain an interesting story told by C.
I'enrs. an Englishman, one of the sur
vivors, of the Waterw'itch. which was
wrecked off the coast of Luzon. He was
among the prisoners rescued by Captain
Mcltae's paity of the Third Infantry from
the Insurgents. Mr. Pears' story follows:
The Wateruitch was the private enter
prise of Mr. Crocker and myself. She was
only a small sailing vessel and we built
her ourselves at Canton in China. We
sailed from Hongkong on August 11, 1S09,
bound for Manila with a cargo consisting
of a small quantity of kerosene oil and a
supply of bovril which we expected to dis
pose of to the troops at Manila.
"No, we were not on a filibustering ex
pedition, and, our ships having an Ameri
can register, the American Consul came
aboard while we were taking water, rnd
inspected the craft. Our crew was Ameri
can and English, and comprised eight men,
besides ourselves and two Chinese cooks.
"After we had been out some time we
ran short of provisions and encountered
bad weather, as this was the typhoon sea
son. We looked on the chart and finding
our location, determined to put into San
Fernando, as the Consul had told us we
could enter any of the island ports. We
tried to make San Fernando, but saw no
light, and we sot as. far in shore as possi
ble On ii Con! IU'of.
"In the night the wind dropped nnd a
strong curient carried us down the Coast.
At 10 a. m. the following day. August 22,
we were met by the Concord which told
us that San Fornando had been blockaded
with the other ports, and that we could
not go in, but they sold us provisions and
gave us fresh water, as ours had gone bad.
We then left the coast and after meeting
the Couconl again on August 24. we struck
the Scarboro shoal at 2 a. m. on September
5. nine days later. Captain Crocker and
I were in the cabin at the time, but we
rushed on deck and let go all sails and
halyards, as ,we found the ship to be well
up on a coral reef, and spent the rest of
the day in trying to back off with the sails
and haul off with the auchors. but it was
no go, as the cable chains all snapped on
the corals, the ship being too firmly
wedged.
"We had cleared the boats when the
vessel first struck, and as the tide in its
rise and fall was breaking the back, of
the vessel, we decided to abandon her.
Xobody sdept that night, and all set to
on the second day cutting up spars,
booms and gaffs into lengths, with the
topmatj, and lashing these together we
nailed the planks from the cabin top
acrosb thus forming a raft in nhich we
placed a case of bovril. water, one-half
tin of biscuit and some flour.
"Finding the ship wasn't breaking as
rapidly as we thought, we then proceeded
to build a boat not trusting the raft for
safety. We did this by sawing the jibboom
in half for a keel, lashing the hatch bars
to this for a stem and stern, and making
the whole solid with frames of wood. We
took the foresail and covered the rough
frame, sewing it fore and aft, and knotting
the reef points to prevent leaking we cov
ered the structure with three coats of
paint. We had already jettisoned the
greater part of the cargo and launched the
ship's boats. Two men were in her try
ing to place provisions when the storm
upset her, staving in her side on the reef.
A IMIii With Sliiirko.
"The men were in the water and a num
ber of sharks were swimming in plain
sight causing the men to cry out in fear,
m the captain and I used our rifles to keep
them off. They finally managed to right
the boat, and after signaling with their
bands, during which they drifted further
out. we cut the raft loose and they man
aged to catch hold of it. We now had
nothing left but the canvas boat which
was anchored astern, away from the break
ers, so a sailor swam out to it. while we
kept the sharks off with out rifles, and a
line was passed.
"We .then passed in a small keg and
drum of water, some bovril, biscuits, and
a little flour; the navigation books, instru
ments, etc. The raft signaled not to mind
them, and with paddles of our manufac
ture we struck out. There were eight of
us in this shaky canvas boat and we had
to stand on the frames for fear of going
through the canvas. The last we saw of
the raft was before dark and we saw noth
ing of them afterward.
"For eight days we paddled this way
dividing the watches and doling the ra
tions, and it was fortunate the weather I
was fine and the sea calm or our shell
could not have lasted. During the journey
we could not prevent the Chinamen from
drinking sea 'water, but contrary to all
traditions they didn't go raving mad.
"On the sixth day we sighted a distant
mountain peak, and as we drew nearer
we sighted land. It was then we did our
hardest paddling though progress seemed
terribly slow. Then a slight squall blew
off land filling our boat with water 'and
driving us further out, but with a favora
ble wind the following day we reached
land by 0 p. m.
CnntitiMMl 1j- IIoIm'Im.
"On shore we came across a native vil
lage named Magalawa where we were met
by people armed with bows and arrows and
bolos. We surrendered our rifles the cap
tain and I had one apiece and the first
thing they did was to fill them with sand
to spoil them for use. After taking us to
the village and feeding us they paddled us
in canoes to a town named Palawig, hand
ing us over to the local President, who
sent vus the following day to Iba where
the Governor received us kindly and cloth
ed and fed us. Luckily we bad destroyed
the ship's papers, except the articles, so
there -was nothing to show we were from
an American ship. We sent a declaration
to Aguinaldo of tiow we had come ashore,
and the people promised to inform the
uritish Consul for us.
"After being marched back and forth be
tween the two towns an order came sud
denly from Aguinaldo stating that we were
suspected of being American spies, and we
were senarated and1 taken to different
towns. Contain Crocker, two Americans,
and one Chinaman were taken north, and
I and two Englishmen, and a Chinaman
were sent south. I was taken to San Mar
celino and kept a close prisoner.
"One day an order came from some
where to execute me. and after some red
tape proceedings, they told me how they
were going to kill me, and cut off my ears,
and few other tasty details. Tha night I
attempted to escape, but was discovered.
and the alarm Ming sounded
a big
drum. I was recaptured.
In the Stock.
It was after this that the two sbldieis
broke a rifle stock across my shins, and
broke my ribs. Then they put me in the
stocks, and as they were huilt for Filipi
nos, thjy were "too small to enclose jny
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ankles, so Ihey sat on them In order to
close them. I was kept this way Jor five
days, with very little water, during which j
they did several nice little things, and my
ankles are only just healing from the ter
ribly ulcerated sores which were caued by
this treatment.
"When the natives have an execution
they cut up the victim and send the dif
ferent parts on a bamboo pole through the
different towns, and on one occasion 1
saw a Chanlman's head -pass through Yba.
"After the stocks Borne of the better na
tives intervened with the chiefs, and I was
better treated, the idea of execution being
given up.
"On December 15 Captain McRae passed
through the town twice, and on his re
turn, having learned of my whereabouts,
he demanded that I be given up, and this
was reluctantly done. Efforts were made
to find the other prisoners, but they proved
futile, though afterward I went to Subig
and managed to locate the mate of the
Waterwitch at Castillcjos, and he
turned over, after threats."
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SAVED BY A GIRL.
A Wmilil-lle Suicide Pre eu ted From
I'IuiikIiik to Dentil.
WIXSTED, Conn., F.eb. 6. Suspended in
mid-air from a third-story window for
five minutes, yesterday, with nothing to
prevent her plunging to death but the un
certain strength of Mary White, a fragile
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gin, is years om, .Mrs. w imam i-oiey
struggled to take her own life. Miss
White clung to the other woman and Evans and Helen Heinier both do cxcel
screamed for help. Two men heard her I Jent work. The remainder of a cast that
culls and hurried to the house, arriving
just in time to rescue the two women from
their perilous position. When Miss White
saw that her friend was safe, she, woman
like, fainted.
Mrs. Foley is a widow and lives in a
three-story tenement on the bank of M,d
River. The stream Hows directly beneath
the windows of the woman's apartments.
For some time she. has been despondent
and told Miss White, who lives with her,
that some day she would throw herself
into the water. Miss White entered the
rear room of the apartment .yesterday aft
ernoon just in time to see Mrs. Foley
plunge out of the window The girl caught
her by one hand and was almost pulled
out Into the swift waters below, but she
caught the window frame and held on.
BLOCKED BY A MAIL POUCH.
KliMiittMl ItiiilruucJ Trnlllr In mv
orli Iiiti'rfeVt'il AVIlh.
XEW YORK. Feb. C By the breaking
of a cord on a mail sack the Sixth Avenue
"L" road was tied up for more than twen
ty minutes last night. A postofllce em
ploye at the Park Place station was hold
ing the pouch by the rope when it broke )
ana allowed the sack to fall directly in
ftont pi an approaching locomotive.
The pouch became wedged between the
wheels, and for twenty minutes the engi
neer, guards and mall man tried to re
lease It, using a, pinchbar.
Finally an angry passenger demanded
to know why the engineer didn't run over
the bag. He hadn't thought of it. He
jerked open the lever, the locomotive
moved ahead, the pouch dropped from the
rail and a line of blockaded trains that
reached to the Battery again got in
motion.
A GIFT OF PATRIOTISM.
Newfoundland UitvniN FKIi ln I'rlv
Uokvn to A lit KiiKTlancl.
ST. JOHN'S. N. R. Feb. 6 Newfound
land's contribution toward asssisting the
British Empire in the present crisis takes
the shape of an agreement to renew for
the present year by a unanimous vote of
the Legislature tiie French shore modus
Vivendi, thus relieving England of all fear
of trouble with France over the fishing
relations on the Newfoundland coasL Sat
urday's mail brought a despatch from the
Colonial Office thanking the Government
for the offer to renew the measure and
expressing appreciation of the colony's
patriotism, which is especially gratifying
to Queen Victoria. The despatch conclud
ed with a suggestion' that the Legislature
meet without delay and pass the neces
sary bill so that French fishermen may
make no trouble about wisiting Newfound
land without an understanding as to what
protection is ruarauteed them there.
Accordingly Premier Winter communi
cated with the opposition leader, and they
have agreed to co-operate fully in the pas
sage of the measure. A special session is
called for February 10.
A MURDER SUSPECTED.
An Iiiijiieot niieiih lililenee of FunI
TARMEL. X J.. Feb. C Coroner Mc
rherson has held an inquest In the case
of Oliver Fisher, the thirteen-year-old col
ored boy. who was fatally shof on Satur
day in Pressman's coat factory. The jury
returned a verdict that death was caused
by a gunshot wound at the hands of TTper
son unknown.
It was at first given out that the shoot
ing was accidental, and was caused by
Fisher carelessly handling a revolver.
County Physician Diament and Coroner
McPherscn finding some mystery sur
rounding ie case, decided to "bold" an in
quest, with the result stated. An fnVT!s-
tig.mon is now being conducted.
A TV ii- ear-Old Hunter Killeil.
DUBOIS. Pa.. Feb. 6. Johnnie Williams,
the son of a woodsman living in the moun
tains, sixteen miles east of this place, vas
instantly killed yesterday by the acci
dental discharge of a gun. He was out
hunting, and stopped to look iu a hollow
log. The gun, which he trailed behind him,
was discharged and the load tore through
his body. He was only ten years old.
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AT THE THEATRES.
Columbia ".Mr. .Smooth."
The old question, as to whether most
credit Is deserved by hrickmaker or archi
tect, is brought up again this week at the
Columbia, where Willie Collier appeared
last night in an original farce, entitled
"Mr. Smooth." Fiom a series of conven
tional characters nml nlmnct onnvoniinnni
nifnntinns Air llllor l. ....... i.. t ,
manufacture a nlav which nrhfotna ths
, only end attempted, in that it Is Iauglfab e
j from the-Iifting of the fitst curtain to the
lowering of the last. The dialogue is
I trisp and bright, the Incidents not infre
j qucntly are Ingenious and alwajs are
, mirth-nrovoking, the construction binds
j together seemingly irrelevant matter in a
Iinpsterly fashion, 'and the theme is entirely
consistent. Despite its lack of novelty,
and a very weak'climax to the second act
tne piece easily Ms the most enjoyable of ' 4
Its kind that ith&Hocal season has b:ought
forth. Mr. Collier is as quiet and natural j 1
In "Mr. Smooth", as he was in "The Mfn ' X
from Mexico: as. droll as in the davs of i
"Little Christopher." He speaks his lines
. .. .... uai'u.J UUI1IU1 , U1IU, UllUUlUCr,
! nrnvp tilmunlf tho f.nnr.i.i.v -.n .t.-.
' IV'ltlt fl4llf Alfa itn.r.. n wl 1 . 1
&":,"?". , CaPKaDle ell0w, .thai
i uashingtonians always have deemed him
M ., u..u-.. Ku; LU IUU1C lUliUW L11HL
Johu R Ward ft gtar hmse f ,s aQ
I unctuous foil fotMr. Collier, while Thoiias
includes Alfred Hickman, is mnA'-.niT
adequate. "Mr. Smooth" Is set In a f..i.
ion rare with .farce.
I. a fa ye He "Ho'tv Sinllli .Met Jones."
"A high-class comedy," entitled "How
Smith Met Jones," was done last night at
the Lafayette Square. A fair-sized audi
ence witnessed the first act. The piece
proved an thing but "high class;" indeed,
it is difficult, to see why it should be
termed a "comedy." The performance.
( summed up, is tho worst of the occasional
ana unavoidable misfortunes to which
Manager Painter has lately been doomed.
(rami 'aiilevllle.
The "beautifur human fly," of whom
Harry B. Smith wrote in "The Wizard of
the Nile," was seen in the flesh twice yes
terday at the Grand, where Mile. Aimee,
one of the Ariel Austins, lived up to the
account of her exploits embodied in the
next line br "walking on the ceiling."
The Austins have a really remarkable
"turn, "in which they repeat and repeat
the ever-hazardous feat that, on circus
posters, used to be knowrf as "the leap for
life." With Fiison and Erroli the two
share the honors of the current bill an
excellent one. by the way. Fiison and Er
roli present a most amusing sketch, enti
tled "A Tip on the Derby." and present
it well. George Wilson has a dull mono
logue in which he says "you know" pre
cisely sixty-seven times; Patrice offers
an acrobatic skit, dubbed "Edna's Ghost,"
Manning and Weston provide an enjoyable
miscellaneous specialty; Master Lavender
Richardson, a six-year-old "mental mar
vel," in answer to questions, recites a
long list of dates and places, and the Bi
ograph is retained. A feature of the per
formance is the admirable fashion in
which, during an intermission. Director
Ackley and his orchestra give selections
from "The Singing Girl."
Ivor iinn' The Tniiimniiy TIkith."
Two amusing burlesques and an olio
containing two strong features drew two
large audiences to the two performances
given yesterday at Kernan's Lyceum The
atre by the' "Tammany Tigers." The bur
lesques "Sassy" and "The King of the Ho
bo Ring." proved really enjoyable and
were well acted. The features mentioned,
Mile. Paula and the movinc pictures of the
Dixon-McGovern fight, also interested.
The remainder of the bill introduced Kitty
Bingham, serio-comic; Emerson and
Onieaga. sketchists, Valmore and Dane,
socbrettes: Hines and Alton, grotesque
acrobats; Kelly and Adams, singers and
dancers, and J. W. Bingham, ventriloquist.
The "New York Stars" next.
To Ntjiv I'luyrlKhtK.
Although neither ever has attempted a
play before, thet knowing profess to ex
pect a great deal from the work of Harri
ett Ford and Mrs. Henry C De Milie,
Kuril nml Sirs.
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whose "The Greatest Thiug in the World"
will be done by Mrs. Sarah Coweli Le
Moyne next week at the Columbia. Miss
Ford has studied the drama arduously for
many years, and Mrs. De Mille, the widow
of David Belasco's celebrated collaborator,
was her husband's chief critic and adviser.
The faith which Liebler & Co. put in the
initial effort of the pair is shown by the
fact that they have provided that effort
with an investiture and with an interest
ing company that, besides Mrs. Le Moyne.
includes Frederick De Belleville, Thomas
Edeson. Henry Jewett, Hope Ross, and
Katherine Grey.
Life iu Chicago.
(From the Chicac" Chronicle.)
Tlice tliinss were observed in downtown Chi
cago in a single diy not long ago:
A woman Manum in the middle of the street.
seemingly oblhious of the rush of trallie around
her, the indignant crowds in the way ot uhoee
progress .he stood, of anything and even thine
but tbe man whom she was tearfully reproaching
with the hainsr committed almost even- sin and
crime included in humanitj'i? catalogue."
A young theological student, in the high vest,
budding clerical state of development, apparently
obliviously rehearsing the conclusion of the all
important first sermon soon to be delivered.
A pretty joung woman softly humming over
scales, trills, and other vocal excreie.s as she
stood waiting for a Xorth CUrk Street car.
A dear old Southern darky "mammy" gajlr
"footing it" in a fort o( modified plantation daqee
while bearing a load of bundles from one side of
the pavement to the oilier.
A young man writing a letter or other document
upon the large sheet of note paper which he held
in his hand, and etanding, meanwhile, right in the
middle of the rushing tide of La Salle Street.
A group of merry fcchool children calmly placing
"bean bag" as they trudged over the West Madi
son Street bridge.
An old man arid woman quietly folding torn
pieces of the newspapers they carried into neat
"spills" as they waited for some one at the
entrance of a State Street store.
And these arc only a few of the queer tlilngq
which Chicago i people do while upon the streets
continually. Tr locking out for joursclf for a
day or two and wc how many other queer prac
tices you can discover. Chicago is too big. too
young to 1m? air) thing like conventional and the
people who traYerti' and do business upon the
downtown streets seem to oe tuny aware ot this
fact.
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(From .lie Xcw York Sun.)
"John Stuart Mill read Latin at the age of
four." gxracuf Joqrnab
Not a marvelous instance of precocity. The
lion. Joe ilailey wds lwrn with a copy of tlie
Constitution to' hi Tight hand; and it was all
Greek to linn then and has been ever since.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.-
The Admiral of the ' Xavy and Mrs.
Dewey left yesterday for New York to at
tend the enurtainment to be given at
Carnegie Hall tonight for the benefit of
the Xavy Arch fund.
Senator Kean's guests at the dinner giv
en last night in honor of Speaker and Mrs.
Henderson included Senator and Mrs.
Hawley, Sentor and Mrs. Chandler, the
"Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Mrs.
Allen, Representative and Mrs. Dalzell,
Mrs. Hobson, Miss Kean, Miss Elizabeth
Kean, Mr. Adams, and Mr. Ferguson.
Tbe ladles of the National Hotel
give a tea this afternoon from 4 to '
will
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Root
entertained at dinner last night, when their
guests were Brig. Gen. and Mrs. J. C
Breckinridge, Brig Gen. and Mrs. M. I.
Ludington, Col. and Mrs. J. F. Weston,
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. G. M. Sternberg, Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. A. E. Bates, Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. J. M. Wilson, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. A. W. Greely, Brig. Gen. H. C.
Corbin, and Brigadier General Buffington.
Mr. and Mrs. Westinghouse gave the
first of a series cf Monday dinners last
night. Their guests were the Austrian
Minister and Baroness Hengelmuller. the
Belgian Minister and Countess de Lichter
velde. Senator and Mrs. Burrows, Sena
tor and Mrs. McCoraas, the Assistant Sec
retary of State and Mrs. Hill, Colonel and
Mra. Andrews, Colonel and Mrs. Bing
ham, Re. T. De Witt Talmage, D. D., and
Mrs. Talmage, Mrs. Matthews, Miss Dawes.
Miss Aiken, tho Hon. R. Clere Parsons,
Mr. W. C. Benson, and Dr. William A.
Stewart. The floral decorations and table
appointments were of glowing crimson.
Red candles burned under red shades,
while the table covering and gauze rib
bons that rippled gracefully about the J
chandelier, were of the same rich color.
Mr. and Mrs. Westinghouse have dinner
invitations out for next Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. M. Curry gave a din
ner last night. The notable company gath
ered about the flower-decked table were
the Russian Ambassador, the Secretary of
State and Mrs. Hay, Admiral and Mrs.
Ludlow. Representative and Mrs. Hitt,
Mrs. Frederick Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Weight
man, Mr. and .Mrs. Henderson, Mr. and
Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs. Audenried, Mrs. Wal
lach. Senator Perkins, and Mr. Richmond
Pearson.
The Countess Esterhazy held her first
at home of the season yesterday afternoon
from 4 to 7. Her attractive apartments at
the Everett, fragrant wjth cut flowers and
rich in ancestral portraits, and many in
teresting curios which she has gathered
Trom all parts of Europe, was filled" with
people prominent in official and social cir
cles. Of special Interest among the coun
tess' treasures are the dining room chairs,
which used to belong to Henry Ciay. Mrs
Audenried and Mrs. Sanger assisted in the
hospitalities of the afternoon.
Miss Allen, daughter of Representative
Allen of Maine, was one of the most at
tractive hostesses of yesterday afternoon
The hostess, in a dainty combination ot
blue and white silk, received with her
aunt, Mrs. Lewis, who wore a toilet of
black and blue silk and a scarf of tulle.
Mrs. Marshal Tilden and Mrs. Stevens as
sisted in entertaining the large number of
guests, while Mrs. Johnson presided at the
tea table, which was decorated with red
and white carnations.
The ladies ofthe Congressional families
at the Metropolitan will not receive today.
A seven-handed euchre club for ladies
has lately been organized, with the follow
ing members: Mrs. Bambridge HofT, Mrs.
Postlethwaite, Mrs. Hoy, Countess Ester
hazy. Mrs. Clarke, and Mrs. Rhea. The
first meeting was held Saturday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Hoff, and the second
will take place on the 16th at Mrs.
Clarke's, 122S Connecticut Avenue. Each
hostess invites two additional guests,
which makes the seven hands for the
games and leaves one to keep the score.
The Misses Patten entertained a distin
guished company at dinner last night.
Last night Mr. and Mrs. William Stone
Abert gave the second of their series of
dinners in honor of their debutante daugh
ter. Miss Jane Stone Abert.
Tho German Ambassador and Senator
and Mrs. Elkins will be among those who
will entertain at dinner this evening.
Among the social, honors In store for
Miss Susan B. Anthony on her coming
birthday. February 14, will be an after
noon reception in the Lafayette Opera
House and another at night in the Corco
ran Gallery of Art. The committee having
charge of both affairs is made up of Mrs.
Carrie Catt of New York, Mrs. Rachel
Foster Avery, the Rev. Dr. Anna B. Shaw,
WALTHAM
The best: and most
made in this country or in anv other.
The "Riverside" (trademark)
throughout with rubies
For sale by jtll
At Hecht's Greater Stores Wednesday.
The Colossal Reduction Sale
Increases in Interest!
No fear of the interest abating as Jong as c can furnish you
with nearly two dollars' worth of goods for every dollar invested.
That is what we are doing-, and that is why you are buying so
briskly. Kindly remember that we are always cheerfully willing
to "charge" purchases.
Ladies1 $20 Spring Suits, S7.50.
Ladles' Suits of Broadcloth and
pebbled and camel's hair Cheviots, in
.black, tan, blue mode brown, etc.
Made In newest styles. Nicely lined.
Worth up to $20, reduced ?7 CA
White Shirt Waists, 98c.
The selling In these lovely Shirt Waists has been lively indeed. We are
maintaining the interest by adding new styles and greater values. So even
though you bought here a few uays since, you will now find other waists to in
terest you. The present line includes Shirt Waists of fine India linon and rrksh
linen. They are very handsomely tucked in at least ten styles. Some QQC
have Insertions of fine Swiss embroidery.
Percale Wrappers, 59c.
We offer for your inspection hundreds
of well made Percale Wrappers. They
are In ail styles and many colors and
patterns. Some are made plain; oth
ers have flounces. The colors are
mainly medium and dark. These wrap
pers arc the perfect fitting kind. We
have every size in stock. Choice CQC
for Wednesday JJ
75c, SI, and $1.25 Silk Rem-
nants at 59c.
We have placed on centre Silk Bar-
'gain Table a very handsome lot of Silk
Remnants, embracing 27-inch, all-silk
Foulards; 22-Inch and 21-Inch, all-silk
figured and striped, and corded and
plain Taffetas; all -si Ik black Satin Du
chesse; black. Gros Grain; all-silk
black Pekin in stripes and brocades;
and black Taffeta.1. They are in suit
able lengths for costumes, fancy
waists, skirts, etc The values are up
to $1.25, but in order to clear them
out quickly we mark them at CQC
the uniform price of .J J
HECHT AND COMPANY,
5I35r5 Seventh Street.
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The Past Week
syilTlie Most Successful Week
-OF OUR-
PIANO
REMOVAL
SALE!
"v'e Intend to make this week even more so To anyone who is in
terested in the purchase of a Piano this Removal Sale offers an oppcr'u
nity of rare Interest.
We have all kinds of Pianos, Square Ptaos. Uprtgkt Pianos. Grand
Pianos; Pianos for $25 and Pianos for $2,306. Piaaes Hi soh ery person
and every person's purse. Xot alone are the prke attractive, but tk
terms are eqally so. There's no excuse for anyone new keig wUhoirt a
Piano. Make your selection today, ami if ywi de nt wub tb Ptow. de
livered just now. we will hold it a reasonable period tor -yea.
Remember, not one of our present Pianos gees io ear sew .-ware-rooms.
Your be-t opportunity for Piand buying wlH be tMs meriting
first thing
WM. KNABE &
!422 Pennsylvania Ave.
a
ROYAL Baking gowder.
Highest of ail in leavening
Strength. U. S. Government Report.
Doh't Let Those Old
Diseased Teeth
remain in your mouth and
rein your health. Just let us
lake them out WITHOCT
PAIJf and replace them with
a good, h'althy, naturaT
looking set at lowest possible
price $5 to $3.
THE EX3 DENTAL PARLOHS.
Established 1SSO. 1209 F Street X. Vf.
Uranch Office, 307 7th Street X. VT.
Regent
Shoes.
AH tae cewert wi
most attractive ttyles ia
men' j ihoes. Blackj,
Una, pitett ltatafr.
Equal to any
tn,,a?e...:!,$2.50
Pennsylvania. Avenue.
"Nee Will Trusi You.'
rcrniture. Carpet. Crockery, Uedcltag. Kv
P J NEE. 7th & II SU.
UNEEDA BISCUIT,
and Miss Lucy Anthony, of Philadelphia; j
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren,
Ohio; Mrs. May Wright Sewall of Indian- '
apolis, Mrs. Mary B. Clay of Kentucky, I
Mrs. S. E. Gross of Chicago, Jirs. Bur-
rows, the "wife of Senator Burrows of
Michigan: Mrs. Frances E. Warren, the
wife of Senator Warren of Cheyenne.
Wyo., and Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch of
London.
Capt. and Mrs.? Charles D. Srgsbee have
taken a new residence, 1614 S Street.
WATCHES
reliable timekeepers
movement is jeweled
and samphires. . j
jewelers.
$4.98 Skirts, $2.49.
- We cluster a large number of skirts
into one lot. They are of Homespun,
Cheviot Serge; Novelty Wool, and Silk,
etc. They are all nicely made, and
sold regularly at ?4.?S. Re- V) JO
duced to 'fc.'tJ
98c
All sizes. Choice for
A Petticoat Bargain.
We huve taken a splendid line of fine
Satine Pettieoats and have marked
them at about half their normal value.
Some have narrow, others have wide
corded flounees. Some are plain; eth-
I ers striped. Some have heavy tlnnnel-
I ette lining. Not one worth less than
j $1.50. Some worth ?2.0O go nOC
I Wednesday at....... . 0
39c Plaids, 25c.
freah arrival of SS pleet of New
Plaid Dress Goods goes or sale Wed
nesday morning. They are double
width, of excellent quality awl are in
new and superb aombinatioBs includ
ing grey and white, cardinal asd green,
green and white, navy ami white
brown and white, black and cerise
1 black and automobile. Wrtl OC
i worth 30c go at
50c Black Serges, 39c.
All-wool reversible Blak
Very fine weave and ex- ellenr
Just the thing for tailor-made
costume or skirt Worth 'X' ar
'Ages.
finish.
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SHEET MUSIC
Droop's Music House,
925 Pa. Avenue.
o
ALWAYS Abk
FOR MOTHERS'
Una I It ' e ' iji' j?ikIIy b"4(b-r it k
the niiw pip' tj treal Our wag..n- supplv
roui groter wit . ' MOTHFK s BHK VD" tbr.
time's a clav.' Take c c- ln id. Lwlc
Lr the sfamr All grctTj si i ir
Corby's
Modern
Bakery.
o PURE AS MOTHER MADE IT
s
k-i
ss CORBY'S
Warm Rooms for
We've got a Gas Heater
far JL2f that throws off
$1.25
as much heat aj ons of .
nearly double its size.
Will warm. & ball room as i
thoroughly as you could
expect and absolutely
safe and substantial. The
greatest line of stoves
and heaters In tbe city.
Rest values, too.
C. A. riuddiman & Co,
616 I2th. 1204 G.
ii
rs ransm
THE MODERN GKOCESX.
'Phone, 1953-
COFFEE Cboice Jafra and Jloeha. 33c. per lh.
Have von purchased from anyose who sells at 33c.
33c., and 3Sc per lb?
KICHAKD H. GASXTNS, ,
Twelfth and O St. S. W. t
JalT lrao.em ,