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EL PASO HERALD 8 A "Week-End Edition, March 6 -7, 1915 s , . Special! Our Regular 10c Full Pound Cans of Oriental Talcum Powder, life illus tration "' Readjustment Sale Special 5c Basement Store The Boss Oil Mop and one quart can of oil never sold for Jess than $1.00. Both A for OiC Basement Store Begins Here Monday, March 8th , A ND while it is true that the policy of this store' is opposed to Sales, the unexpected occasion-- ally happens, and as in this instance, makes necessary the readjusting of ideas Mr. J. U. Northman, who, since the formation of this Corporation, has been its president and actively associated in the management, retires. Mr. Northman's interests have been acquired by the remaining stockholders. This change necessitates a readjustment of merchandise stocks as well as corporate stocks. And as we have demonstrated in the comparatively short time we have been before the El Paso public that when we have anything to do, we eta it, and you will find it so now Special! Silver plated three bot tle salt and pepper caster, life illustration our special at 25c Readjustment Sale 19c a Set Mah Floer 9 3G JWWJfX Ribbons in the Readjustment Sale 100 pieces very choice quality Ribbon, worth in a. regular way 25c 35c and 50c per yarct grouped in oe lot at "J Q choice per yard JL 7 V rns s H M i his oaie ivi of 20 to 25 on Merchandise eans a oaving And Embraces Oar Entire Stock Upwards of $300,000. It's an Opportunity Not to' be Overlooked Toilet Article Specials 25c Hair Brushes . .15 $1.00 Hair Bnnhei.GOd $1.00 Pond's Extract 69d 51.00 Herpidde....69 25c Ivoroid 'Corahs. 15' 50c Sanitary napkins 29 25c Castife Soap...l9r 50c Cold Cream 35 50c Elcaya Cream. .35 c 59c Violet Cerate. .29 Ricks ecker's 25c Soaps 2 for25r $1.00 To-Jet Waters 69 The Rug, Drapery and Curtain Section Of oar second floor contributes to this sale some of its newest and choicest merchandise at a greatly reduced price. $35.00 Saxony Axmiaster Bugs in 9 patterns size J r QC 3x12 feet.- JJLO.OO Couch Covers. 54 and 60 in.'wide and 3 yds. long, tapestry (t -I Qp Damask, aU values up ift $5.00. Special tpAttO So.&O to $7.50 Couek Covers, ,tO QC Special .'Pi&70 Portieres from oar own work room 50 inches wide 3 yards long Figured kepps. Tapestry, band borders; our own fcO QC regular $850 grade. Special ftttjQ Curtains Are Specially Priced Dainty White Xet, Cluoy, Marquisette, Scrim and Swiss Plain Bobinett with Barmen Scrim Curtains in ecru 'or "white, Ctuny lace edge in whiteor eeru ""r W-W aBl ?-W value, em- our $850 values $3.95 "j? deBS-".V $2-M Xottinghaia and Arabian et Cur WhHe Swiss Curtains, our regu- tains, our regular $2.0 and $25 lar ?l-25 value, are special at 65e valoes, special $1.15 Twenty pieces of Casement Cloth and Dotted Swisses, q our regular 15c grade. Special at yard 17 C Evening and Street Dresses lat were marked as high asin Q C marked $Itt7j Enter the Readjustment Sale At Remarkable Reductions One group of Evening Dresses that sold as high as $19.75 in only one or two of a kind, are specially priced d J f r for quick disposal at tj) 5 3 Another group that were marked as high as 5V.3 are now A lot of white satin dresses with wide satin girdles that are now marked $12.75, are priced for ( a e j-j Monday at P fr. j 3 14 Street Dresses in 1 or 2 of a Kind, Formerly sold as high as $14.50, are $3.50 Serge Street Dresses, very suitable for present wear Just 12 in the lot that were marked to sell as high as (J F P $25.00, are choice now at j)3oi3 I A MONG the millinery lines most af- fecled by our Readjustment sale are Vogue Hats Since e are to $eep this department exclusive. Vogue Hats have no longer a place there. 57 of the Seasons ncwal and smartest Vogue hats are offered for loniorrorp at exactly half price or 50 off the marked selling prices. $15.00 Large black satin picture hat. over covering of maline JUST HALF $7.50 $15.00 Large white faille silk semi-tailored hat, blue hemp facing JUST HALF $7.50 $1230 Small white and gold brocaded tailored hat, flower and ribbon trimmed JUST HALF $6.25 $17.50 Small black Milan straw hat, trimmed with beautiful shaded grapes JUST HALF.. $8.75 $15.00 Rocky Mountain Blue Bonnet of soft fancy braid, sash of sand ribbon JUST HALF $7.50 $10.00 Green silk Cordey hat, trimming of hand made silk fruit JUST HALF $5.00 $12.50 Oval Sailor of sand, trimmed in feathers and ribbon JUST HALF $6.25 $15.00 Small navy blue Milan tailored hat. trimmed with flowers and foilage JUST HALF $7.50 Some Marked Savings will be noted during the readjustment sale, in the Second Floor Undermuslin Sections particularly on the finer grades and a careful reference to the fol lowing reductions is recommended: $1.75 gowns reduced U $1-35 $1.95 gowns reduced to $1.65 $225 gowns reduced to $1.85 SZ50 gowns reduced to , . .$1.95 $125 gowas reduced to 95c $125 gowns reduced to $1.10 $1.50 gowns reduced to $125 $130 gowns reduced to $1.19 $1.25 MUSLIN PETTICOATS 95e $2.48 MUSLIN PETTICOATS $1.95 $1.95 MUSLIN PETTICOATS $1.50 $1.25 MUSLIN COMBINATIONS 756 $6.95 CREPE DE CHINE COMBINATIONS. .. .$4.95 $4.95 CREPE DE CHINE PETTICOATS $3.95 $3.95 CREPE DE CHINE PETTICOATS $2.95 $3.00 Silk Petticoats $2.19 $250 Silk Petticoats $1.25 $225 Silk Petticoat $1.25 $1.95 Silk Petticoats 95c $4X0 Silk Petticoats $295 $3.50 Silk Petticoats $245 Notion Special To Be Sold in Grouped Lots Oaly and Only 1 Lot to a Customer. 1 Lingerie Band 25c 1 Spool Holder 10c 1 Card Color Stays... 5c 1 Waist Bek 5c 1 Card 3 Hat Pins.... 5c 1 Scarf Holder 5c 1 Card 2 drawer sap. 5c 1 Pr. Cuff Holders . . .5c 1 Card 2 steel bodkins 5c 1 Card Waist Pias ,...5c Total regular price 75c ALL FOR 19c Fresh Shipments of Women's Spring Suits and Dresses Have Been Arriving All Week We're Specializing in Suits At $24.50 OR this sale we are including the daily new arrivals that in an ordinary way would be priced as high as $39.75. A trip to see them is worth your while. Third Floor rHE New Spring Dresses thai are just coming in are a feature of the Readjustment Sale and are shown in many pew ideas and models in one of a kind that insures you exclusioeness. The prices range mod erately upwards from $15.00. F fl ? iN?l White Goods, Wash Goods & Linens 20c Batistes, plain round thread Voiles, striped dimities, 1 etc, all 38 and 40 indies wide. 20c White Eponge. 30 inchest wide, excellent for spring) dresses. I White Crepe Plisse for under- wear, gowns, etc are all Marked for stock readjust' meat. a JYard 12'2C White Flazon, a dainty sheer quality, a limited supply a yd. Plain and Cross Bar Plaxons in a large range of patterns, regular price 25c -i q Special IOC Dainty Sheer Voiles, lace eloth, Kno -j o voiles, etc, regular 25c ;ow JL O C Colored Wash Materials Colored Soisettes and Poplins, good -I ( wasfcable colors, values to 20c, Xow . . iUC Fancy Mercerized Poplins, plaid Crepes -f Q taffetas, etc, all 25c values a yard. . JL 3 C 32 hu Shirting Madras; fast color -t g stripes, regular at 25e a yd. Now JL O C Costume Crepes in dainty figured effects fold ordinarily 25c a yardJ i a Very Special now .". JL4C 27 in. White Cheeked Dimities dainty ry i sheer quality, a yard 'jZC Dainty Striped Voiles in Hack aad n white and colors. Special a yard 1 U C Crash Toweling and Towels 17 inch Cotton Crash Toweling, worth Tc a yard, now 5C Extra Good Grade 12c Crash Toweling, a yard 9C 17 inch Cotton Hack Toweling for Fancy Work, Regularly 10c, now 6c 00 Large Size Turkish Bath Towels worth i f Ot to 15e each are only IUC CQ- 171-2 Turkish Towel, good 1 O r JU qualitv and laree si 4, I Z.lIZC. Barber or Absorbent Towels that sell regularly at 50c a doz. now doz... Medium Size Huck Towels, regular 75c a doz. grade. Xow marked doz. . quality and large size each. Basement Ready-to-Wear School Dresses Of Novelty Suiting. Our former Basement price $1.48, are now $2.95 Wool Serge Dresses for school girls. in neat patterns, are now. 79c $1.25 $1.00 Waists SOc White and colored waists of rice cloth, batiste, Ff f voiles, lawns, worth to $1.00. HALF PRICE now OU C Women's Afternoon Dresses of lawn, batiste, crepe, poplin, linon, etc., in extra sizes only, are rf - r p Just 30 Suits left, uroaacioui, oerges Have been reduced to Choice sizes 14 to 38 in and Mixtures. $5.00 The Basement Store Offers Wonderfu Opportunities to Save Daring the Readjustment Sale Our entire reserve stocks of Muslins, Domestics, Sheeting, Pillow Cases, Cambric, Etc, have been brought forward for this sale. And in many cases the prices quoted are so much below vake that WE WILL NOT CUT THE PIECES. Muslins 3-4 width Eagle Brand Bleach Muslin sold by the bolt A only 50 to SO yds.' at per yard ft C Yard wide Manilla Bleached Mcslb. sold in full bolts p7f. only, regular 10c giade, now per yard C Yard wide Hand hi Hand Cambric Muslin; sold only r by the bolt of 50 to 60 yards at a yard ' DC Fruit of the Loom and Lonsdale Bleached Mnslins in boits p of 40 to 50 yds. regular 12 l-2e grade. A yd. now 5C Yard wide Jelico Cambric regular lOe yard, sold only in full pieces at a yard Xo. 60 Berkley Cambric full yard wide, tdb regular for 15c, sold only by the boK per yard Lonsdale Cambric regular 13c yard in full pieces only at yard 3 to 10 yard pieces of Longeloths and Saiaaoofci worth 10c a yard and up. Xow a yard .' Red Seal and Toildnnord Ginghems in a large range of patterns, regular 121-2c valnes, per yard Good quality standard apron check l.intuuns, regular 7 l-2c grade at a yard Cotton Blankets SmaN size cotton blankets reduced from 59c to 39c Single Bed or Cot blankets reduced from 75c to 59c Large size cotton blankets, reduced from $1.25 to 69c Large size heavy cotton blankets reduced from $1.50 to. .98c 81x108 and 90x108 Defender Sheets, values to $1.25 at 79c 81x90 Seamless Sheets, regular at 75c, now ,50c 7'2C 10c 10c 5c 7c 5c Silks and Dress Goods r HERE'S wonderful values to be had here in SiUs and Dress Goods during the Readjustment Sale. 75c Brocaded Crystal Crepe full yard wide, over 25 pattens and shades, Qr per yard aiJ7C Yard wide SHk .Sfcjrtmgs in white 3Q -. ground with fast colored stripes a yd. -J 5 50c Brocaded aad Stripe Silk Crep-s 1ft 27 in. wide a yard , 4. . iOC Jl5 Satin Messaliae. 36 m. iue extra weight with high lustre Q at per yard DJC Cheney's Satin Stripe Faille doth in $1.25 quality, all the new ealors iyn per yard I jC 50e and 75e Silk and Satin Foulards, over 50 different sondes and patterns OQ at a yard MtC $2.00 and $250 BroatkktJ!, 54 jaches wide, thoroughly sponged and shrank i and warranted spot-proof, in aM the wanted shades, per yard $1.00 $2.50 Brocaded Satin Charmer?, ir. black only 14 inches wide, good heavy (5 - AC quality. Per yard J JL .ftO Yard wide all silk Back Mar-jui-eette, $1.50 grade, a yard Yard wide Black Sift Habntai. heavy nQ quality, with emb. coin dots itjC 75c Awning Stripe .Pebble Crepe 36 inches wide at a yard 39c 50t Cheney's spot-proof Foulards, 35c quality, 50 different designs for scleeti . A Q a yard 57C $230 Silk Moire. 36 in. wide in black and colors . a vard $1.39 S1.25 yard wide, pure silk satin stripe QC Shirting, 25 colors, a yard O C 23c Sees Silks ia plain aad Bsmerous patterns at yard only 10c Wide Tent and Awning Duck Fix your sleepirg porch now for the Summer. 48 in 10 or. Duck, yard 39e 54 in., 10 oz. Duck, yard 45s4 SAVING S. &. H. STAMPS JS LIKE GETTING INTEREST ON THE MONEY YOU SPEND Silk and Silk and Wool Underwear We have decided that our own. and the interests of our Customers can be best served by condensing the Kites of representative silk underwear carried, and are offering for stock adjustment: $3.95 SILK COMBINATIONS $2.25 $2.95 SILK BLOOMERS S1.95 $1.95 SILK VESTS $1.25 $2.75 SILK AND WOOL UNION SUITS $1.75 $1.95 WOOL UNION SUITS S1.00 $1.25 VESTS AND PANTS SOc Main Floor, West B