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12 Wkal VvLmen Miss Caroline Iz>xow of New York, who has come on to Chicago to induce college women to take an active part in the present campaign for woman suffrage, is absolutely certain of the ultimate triumph of the idea. Since she reached here she has appeared be fore the student bodies of three uni versities. has addressed a meeting of alumnae and has done a deal of per sonal work among the younger wo men. Miss Lexow comes by her political enthusiasm naturally. Her father is Clarence Lexow. who as a member of the legislature, directed the investiga tions of the famous Lexow committee appointed to renovate the city govern ment of New York. He served in the senatp from 1893 to 1898. and intro duced the bill which created the city of Greater New York. Miss l/’xow said last night that her father believ ed women should share with men the privileges of suffrage, but he has not taken to exploiting his views from the platform. Miss Lexow is staying at the home of Mrs. Oliver W. Stewart, 5464 Jef ferson avenue. She talked last night most hopefully of the progress of the movement among college women and seemed assured of the fact that wom en soon will be allowed to indicate their choice of candidates at the polls. She. however, declined to assume the role of a prophetess. “I cannot say that we shall enjoy the vote in a decade," she said, “or indeed in any given period but I feel sure that the time is not far in the future. We shall have to convince at least half of the men that the thing is desirable and we still have work to do among the women who do not seem to realize the importance of voting, but w e are making progress, especial ly among the college women. The movement among them. too. is as wide as the country. You will find the work going forward as vigorously in Wash ington state as in the east.” Miss Lexow was asked how she came to interest herself in votes for women. “I scarcely know,” she replied. “I have been interested in the movement almost ever since I can remember, it may be because I come of a politi cal family that I absorbed political ideas easily.” Miss Lexow was graduated from Co lumbia university in 1904 and since that time has devoted much of her ’nergy and influence to promoting the cause of suffrage. Miss Shigeno Mitobe, Miss Atko. and Miss Take-ko Nagishi. all graduates of the Women's University of Yokohama, have come to America to complete their education. Miss Mitobe is sent by the Women's University for the pur pose of taking a course in English lit erature at the University of Defiance, Ohio. On returing to Yokohama she will become full professor in that branch. Miss G. Wilcox has just been elect ed to the school board at Malden, Mass. This is looked upon as a great triumph by the women of Maiden, as both political parties refused to nomi. nate her, and she was forced to ran independently. Miss Belle D. Curtis was elected in Everett without opposi tion to the same office. In Somer ville the regular Republican candidate defeated Mrs. Mary B. Brewer on the citizens’ ticket, while in Haverhill Miss Anne Wheeler was elected by a’hand some majority over her male compet itors. Miss Mar;' C. Dickinson, instructor in bionomics? at the Leland Stanford University, Cal., has accepted a post in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Miss Mane Heilbron of New York City, has invented a letter opener that will open 400 letters a minute. One of the three memorial windows unveiled the other day at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, showed a group of four distinguished American women, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Lyon .Emma Willard and Catherine Esther Beecher. They are described as the four great educators of Ameri can womanhood. Of the four, perhaps Catherine Beecher is the least widely known. She was the daughter of the Rev. Ly man Beecher the elder sister of Mrs. Stowe. For several years she the head of a large girls' semi nary at Hartford, Conn. Mary Lyon was the founder and first president of Mount Holyoke Seminary, now Mount Holyoke College. The two sisters of Mrs. Humphrey Ward are said to be as ardent in ad vocating votes for women as she is in opposing it. Miss Ethel Arnold, the younger, is now in this country, and has delivered several speeches in fa vor of giving women the ballot. Mrs. Turner, the second of these three gift, ed women, was one of the speakers at the great London meeting, to which Ellen Terry sent a written declara tion of her advocacy of the cause. After persistent efforts the clubwo men of California have succeeded in inducing the state board of health to take the first step in carrying out their plan for a traveling clinic. A railway car furnished by the Southein Pacific company is being fitted as a to illustrate methods of preventing disease. It is to have ex hibits showing how tuberculosis, fevers and other diseases may be prevented. Both the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe railroads have expressed will ingness to transport the car and its managers free over their lines in Cal ifornia. Mrs. Janies P. Cohen. president of the New York City Mothers' club, an nounced at a recent meeting of the club that a site had at last been se lected for the working girls' hotel, which has been so long planned by the New York City Federation of Wo- TAILORED JAP SILK WAISTS AT $3.95 Made of fine white or black Jap silk, tailored style, quarter-inch pleated front and back with long sleeves, cluster tucked. Pleated ruffle lace trimmed down front; and at the special price of only $3-95- Easter Salle of Fane Lingerie Dresses Easter Suits for the Boys The Grandest Collection Ever Offered \\ hen you stop to think what it means to be able to have the first pick of the cream of the manu facturers of boys' suits—hats, shirts and blouses—shoes and otlV r fixings, you will no longer question our assertion that WE CARRY THE GRANDEST COLLECTION OF BOYS’ WEARING APPAREL EVER ASSEMBLED UNDER ANY ONE ROOF AND AT PRICES THAT ARE UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE IN CONSISTENCY WITH QUALITY. We Show Over One Hundred men's club. The site is on South I Washington square, in the heart of the central New York factory and whole sale district Besides having the ad- ; vantage of opening on one of the lar- I gest. public squares in the city, it is conveniently near several car lines. Mrs. Bigson Arnold! of New York j City, is at the head of the recently-In- i corporated Infants' Science academy, I the object of which is to teach incom petent mothers how to care for their infants. According to Mrs. Ar fc oldl the accademy plans to secure the use of a room in each hospital in the city and to provide instruction for mothers in the middle class who cannot afford I Friday, april 2, 1909. THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT Friday, april 2, i»w. Tomorrow ott our second floor, we begin our Easter sale of Fine Lingerie Dresses. They key note of this bargain event will be style, fit and quality at tmcomparable low prices—to begin with the materials are of the newest weaves and of the dependable kind only—the laces and trimmings in the latest patterns and designs and such that will render long service. The styles are reproductions from fashionable Paris models and combining the new graceful lines so much desired. The fit of these dresses is equal to custom-made, especially so when fitted by our experts. WE GUARANTEE TO XIT YOU OR YOUR MONEY BACK. You to be the judge. Now as to the prices —they are remarkably low and the scarcely of these fine materials prompts us to say that we will be unable to duplicate them again this season, at these special prices, so come early—the early picking will be very choice. $7.50 Princess Dresses $4.95 Two stunning models for this sale in white and colors —new empire effect—waist trimmed with lace and me dallions. Skirt trimmed to match a I—s with wide tucked flounce. Sale $7.50 for Princess Dresses . Worth $lO.OO Made of fine white, pink or light blue lingerie cloth— bodice and skirt beautifully trimmed with lace insertion and tucks. Extra deep tucked flounce. —rr All sizes at the sale price " / (I I of z/ o L/ 3 BIG BARGAINS IN WALKING SKIRTS $6 Rep Skirts Special at $4.95 Last Monday we made this same announcement and at noon we were entirely sold out. We expect to have enough of these skirts tomorrow to last the entire day. They are made of the very best grade white rep and linen with rows of large pearl buttons buttoning down the front and on each side of skirt. a Strictly man-tailored and finished to the last stitch, $6 is the regular price IT 3 Have You Shared in Our 95c Waist Sale? If not. come tomorrow. Twenty new styles will await you. No such values to be seen elsewhere. Made of sheer fine lingerie cloth or white lawn. Some have entire fronts, stock and back of fine embroidery—others are lace trimmed—many in plain tailored stvle suitable to wear with Peter Pan Collar. Others have « pin tucked yoke effect. All have the new long sleeves. All sizes from 34 to j ] They would regularly sell up to $2; for tomorrow KHAKI RIDING SKIRTS SPECIAL AT $3.95 Made of best grade khaki very latest patented style, cut very full; strictly man tailored. Styles In Any One Size ♦ In boys’ double and single-breasted models, made with straight or Knickerbocker pants. Wc pride ourselves on this grand collection of boys’ clothing, which are modeled in the height of fashion. THE COATS arc cut full and extra long with fancy cuffs and flaps on pockets, in two or three models with straight or dip front. THE PANTS are cut full, and in most instances arc lined, which insures double wear of trousers, and a watch pocket, too. THE MATERIALS include all the newest velours and Scotch homespuns, serges and tropical worsteds. THE COL<JRINGS are the smartest ever and among the new est shades are to be found ash grays, pearl grays, elephant, green, tan, modes, reseda and blues. See Our $3.75 Boys Woolen Suits—Worth $5 Elsewhere j 5.00 Boys' Woolen Suits with two pairs of trousers. .Suits at $6.50. $7.50, $8.50, $lO.OO and up to $15.00. ’Boys' Wash Suits at $1.25. $1.50, $2.00 and up to $5.00. C< INFIRMATION SUITS of all wool serge at $4.50. $5.00, $7.00. $8.50, $lO.OO and $12.00. to employ first class specialists, and who would not be received at the dis pensaries provided for the poor. The organization will be largely charita ble. Nurses and medicines will bn provided where necessary, but, people who can do so, will pay a nominal fee Miss Margaret Wise, aavance agent for "The Message From Mars," Is just now the only woman press agent in the American theatrical world. Many of her sister scribes have tried to deliver in this capacity, but she has been phenomenally successful in her work for this English play. Miss Wise, who is a former profes sional, and a graduate from tho > American School of Dramatic Art, is a handsome young woman, with ex pressive brown eyes and a person ality that spells success. She Is en dowed with quick wit and an imper onal method of approach. Sjte neither 1 expects nor demands any courtesy ' on account of her sex, but Is accord ! ed the deference due a woman, and | has a high opinion of American cour । tesy, saying there is no hardship about her present work she would , not cheerfully endure because of the Insight it has given the ! character of th ? Americamen and ' women with whten she eiFei Into I contact. I Miss Wise, asked to relhi**>me of $9.95 for Princess Dresses Worth $12.50 Made of sheer fine lingerie cloth in white or colors, long fine front effect of lace beautiful medallion yoke effect—at (1)1 (JHI the sale price of only 3 $14.95 for Lingerie Dresses Worth $18.50 Made of fine lingerie cloth in white and colors—made in the new empire style, trimmed with lace insertion and medallions, tucked flounce skirt— <| a t—s lace trimmed, at the sale price j| j) $7.75 Panama Skirts $4.95 Here is a remarkable skirt bargain of the very bset grade Panama, in black, navy and tan —nine gored style, trim med with strappings and folds around the bottom with self buttons down front. They are the heighth of the man-tailor's art. An accurately hang- j gsJ ing skirt unduplicated elsewhere at $7.75, during this sale IT 3 J' dJz EXTRA SIZES, blaek only, wa list bands 30. 32 and 34. all lengths, at 15.95. Misses’ Peter Thomson Suits Fashion’s Latest Fad We have just received a limited number of these much-wanted Peter Thomson dresses for misses and girls in ages from 14 to 20 years. The less expensive ones are made of linene—the bet ter ones of all pure French linen in all the new and fashionable colorings, such as rose, pink, light blue, natural and white in various contrasting combinations. Most of the styles have Dutch necks —all are made in one piece in the regulation type. Prices begin at $7.75, $12.50, $15.00 and $18.50. . jr ■ • During Easter Week wc invite critical style judges to come and inspect our collection of beautiful linen dresses, two and three piece tailored suits and gowns. We have a wide range of colors specially intended for the fashion wearing day—Easter Sunday. If you want an unusually strong and attractive garment, with a proper fit such as the custom tailor will give von. then von want to shop at Washer's. WE GUARANTEE TO FIT YOU IN EVERY INSTANCE. YOU TO BE THE JUDGE. This applies to an inexpensive garment or one of our very finest. Come tomorrow and see for yourself. You will thank us for the invitation. AmXS’sh.pe Nemo Corsets r. Nemo corsets arc radically different from all other corsets. Their patented special features place her with regard to her tour over th° country, said she had nothin* to -ay of herself. but desired a heirins that she might make known I he virtues if "A Message From Mars.” The capable young press agent is 1 Philadelphia girl, and de cidedly Pennsylvanian in her man ner. She will be in Duluth until Tues day. Ihe guest of friends. Seventeen of the 37 counties in the state of Washington will induct women into office as superintendents of public schools for the two years’ term, beginning January IL as fol lows: Asotin county—Mary Brannan. $12.50 Tailored Sults $9.90 Made of fine linens in tan. pink, light blue, lavender, rose and white, 36-inch coat —plain tailored style trimmed with piping and buttons. (|JI Skirts trimmed to match, at the sale price of t 3 Fancy Linen Suits $18.50 This nobby linen suit has a 36-inch coat beautifully outlined and trimmed with lace insertion and medallions. Skirt is gored effect outlined with insertion to match coat. In natural, pink, ligjit blue, lavender and white. Very special tomorrow at 18.50. them in a class alone. Every NEMO does something for you that no other corset can do. There can be no substitution. Three new special features. FIRST—The flattening back Nos. 318 and 320. A newly patented invention which produces a degree of reduction never before possible for a short or a tall stout figure at $3.00. $4.00 and $5.00. । NEMO back resting corset —it rests your back—gives support where you need it most —relieves back ache like magic. For slender figures they are without an equal. Price $3.50. Our Beautiful La Vida Corsets La Vida Corsets arc equal to the finest imported corsets from Paris. Their great success during the past season is due principally to the graceful new lines so much desired for the prevailing fashions. Every La Vida model I comes in three different hip lengths—short, long ahd medium. Our expert corseticres will fit you free of charge and show you the very newest models, at $5.00. $7.50. $lO.OO and $12.50. PETER PAN LINGERIE WAISTS $2.45 Come tomorrow and see this new Dutch-neck Waist with flat collar and tie made of sheer fine lingerie straight up and down lace trim ming on front and back. Lace trimmed sleeves. Very special at $2.45. An all linen Dutch-neck tailored style waist at $2.95. $15.00 for Net Dresses Worth $18.50 Of fine white net with long line effect of lace down front _ —empire style—lace yoke with "medallion set in front —long sleeves, I . fl I fl I tucked flounce skirt. The sale price JI AJz 3 Lz Lz $18.50 for Dresses Worth 22.50 Made of fine French mulls profusely trimmed with lace insertion and fine medallions—some with lace pannels in pink, light blue and white. Mostlv TA r—r I oJU $7.50 Sicilian Skirts at $4.95 In white or black Sicilian—nice quality, made up in the latest gored style—blacks are button trimmed— whites are trimmed with folds. A perfect fitting skirt strictly man-tailored and regularly j i—j would sell for $7.50; at this price None sent C. O. D. or on approval. We reserve the right to limit guarantee. Asotin. Benton county—Annie Goff, former ly of Calhoun, Mo. Clallam county—'Annette Trum- bull. Cowlitz county—Carrie Burcb- man. Ferry county—Helena R. Smith son, native of Nova Scotia. Franklin county—Mrs. E. C. Nagel, formerly of Carson City, Nev. Garfield county —Elizabeth MoCoy, formerly of Kansas City, Mo. Island county—Albania B. Engle. Ki’tatas county—Mrs. Genevra L. Barkley, born at Fort Wayne. Ind., resident of St. Joseph, Mo.. Greeley, Col., and Salt Lake. I Mason county—Mrs. Mary M. Knight. Pacific county—little Bode. Skamania county—Lillie Miller. Snohomish county—Eva V. Balle*. ! Stevens county—Da'sv L. Hard, native of Michigan. Wahkiakum county—Elvira C. I Marsh. , Walla Walla county—Josephine Preston, Fergus Falls. Minn. Whatcom county—Marv P. Carpen ter. Nine counties voted at the recent election to ccntinuc the terms of their I wemen incumbents, five elcc-tei worn ; en to succeed women, three electa;! men to succeed women and threo 1 elected women to succeed men.