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I>ART TWO.
THE NATION'S PROMENADE.
p|.’ % VYIiVA\IA AVEME, WHEKE
STATESMEN ARE SEEN DAILY.
„i„or> of the Great gtreet-Infer-
About Washington's
TborousUfnrea— Congressmen nnd
Scholar. 1“ Attract Attention
ior Their Peculiarities— Other Mat
,f'r of Special Interest.
TVaehington, Jan. 15.—A stranger at
I th ,. national capital need not go around
jning the lions of official life in the
chamber and supreme court room,
| jse executive mansion and cabinet homes
f r a walk along Pennsylvania avenue,
Tnv line day during a session of congress,
. U ow him plenty of them. Especially
V ih' opening and closing hours of
” h day's session, when tne legislators
hie ins themselves capitolward. or
reluming to their haunts in the fashion
able northwest, is this Appian way of
c oumry thronged with pedestrians
°“ d elegant equipages-with the brains
beauty, the social ao well as the
political leaders of Washington. Not
cniv is Pennsylvania avenue at all times
* favorite driveway, but the citizens
r av . : u habit of turning out, en masse.
certain hours and strolling between
ihe while house and the capitol; when at
every step of the historic mile you may
, t ' men and women whose names are
household words—statesmen, multi-mil
lionaires, geniuses of all sorts, shining
ijght. in art, science and literature.
Plr.t a word about this grandest prom
enade in America. The streets of Waali
ingion are of greater width, uniformly,
than those of any other city in the world,
and though there are many cities much
larger than this “of magnificent dis
tances,” not one has so much asphalt
pavement. Washington’s 280 miles of
streets and avenues cover a little more
than 2.566 acres, (about two-thirds, of its
whole area), and are now nearly all pav
ed from end to end with Trinidad as
phalt: never any dust, or mud, or special
crossings to bother about, but smooth as
a house-floor and kept as clean. It is
impossible to crowd them, except on very
rate occasions, and then only two or
three streets will be temporarily con
gested. Pennsylvania athtnue, the great
central thoroughfare, is four and one
half miles long and 160 feet wide. Be
ginning at Rock Creek, in Georgetown—
the oldest part of Washington, which was
once a separate village—it runs past the
state and treasury departments, the
white house and President’s, grounds,
Corcoran art gallery and splendid new
po9toflice; past parks and reservations
with their fountains and statuary,
through the entire length of the best
business quarter; then winds up the
hill surmounted by the capitol, and Us
beautiful grounds and the most magnifi
cent library bui'ding in the world, and
on to its terminus on the banks of the
Anacostla river.
About lOu years ago, shortly after the
seat of the United States government was
removed from Philadelphia to Washing
ion. a road was cut through the alder
bushes, from Georgetown to Capitol Hill,
it was made for the purpose of accom
modating the procession incident to the
laying of the corner-stone of the national
state house, and over it passed George
Washington, Ihe central figure of the oc
casion. in the full paraphernalia of his
llasonidignity, with the other great
men of the lime. This was the beginning
of what is now Pennsylvania avenue,
the meet historical street In the country.
It may well be called the
promenade of statesmen. Over it has
passed to his inauguration every President
sm - Washington. Traditions and mem
ories hover around it of Jefferson and
Jackson, T.iylor, Webster, Clay, Lincoln,
Douglass, and all tile greatest men of the
republic; tlie tramp of armies going to
hatt.e, ami the grandest military review
tin- w rid has ever seen when Grant dis
band'd his victorious troops .after the fall
of the confederacy.
After a time the street was rudely
drain and and provided with a walk on the
north side, made from the clippings of
stones employed in the construction of
he new buildings. During Jefferson's ad
ministration it was laid out in three road
ways from the capitol to the white house,
lisc i'nler den Linden, at Berlin, and he
Personally superintended the planting of
tour rows of Lombardy poplars along
Mch curbstone and equi-distant down the
mtadie. A quarter of a century later the
mtuth side was paved; Imp still- the cen
tral driveway was deep in clouds of dust
1 summer, and in the winter and spring
s full of mud holes, which often bt
cuine axle deep, while the side streets
as almost impassable beds of red clay,
vorkui bv hoofs and wheels into stiff
tar. John Randolph used to call Penn
■'ania avenue "the great Shirbonlan
10 -'. and discant upon the dangers of a
■P over it, in the lumbering old stage
' M a with seats on top, called the "Roy
jeorge,” which coflyfeyed’ the Tegislat
’-s m tie.si days from the capitol to the
,hotel in Georgetown, where most
ic tv o ? ~ut u[) -” 11 is related that Dan
to ' e ‘ lßt ! r ,Lntl a ffiend once undertook
in 8 °,, t0 Georgetown In a hackney coach,
th aU £? < ? 11 llinnf, r party. Three times
u ' l" stuck in the mud on Pennsyl
...l avenue, and the driver was compel
on i,° ? rry his passengers, one by one,
. |S “ a| -k, to the sidewalk, where they
*'■ until the empty carriage could be
Webster was no light weight,
i a „„ h >ears afterward he used to
1.. , about the - Incident and
dr' ,':‘ rs that the driver would
.1 1. Ilm * n ‘he mud and spoil his
vr, i ml ' Abmu 184 J the avenue was
atd and macadamized by Robert E.
Th ' , , a youpg officer in the army.
L 1,,. '"-'l’ l ®,™ wer cut down; elms, ma
st,,', ) , trees .of .heavpij" were.planted
l Ket at intervals. Georgetown
in ' . td ,* e caate In the face of these
■i ~ ,' ln ' the ‘lis'-inguished iaw-musers
i .', . T and fohk rbdnrts over the
ton (I, U h . o,dre <l ‘he great Washing
-1., ‘ van . It remained for Gov. Shop
tw,, Hall *t Kilbourn, during the last
ra , ’* r " orß °. to Inaugurate the radi
•.t.pr..".m,.nts which have made Wash
l’l'; moat beautiful city in America
Tin. ~, hp best in the world.
TANARUS; trul|°^? r ,hl £? r>o ,“ I ' alhrop
It is , , , f the bof,s 18 over it all; but
Us !u!',u t “ r^S Ue "'“ ll und '“’“'ellent in
of 1 iui i -u „ , ey reinovtd whole blocks
n ' i . vt~! * ra<le <S to such an enor
bl'WtiieW T . aorni ’ houses are left
tr, , r rMrrin, °‘ lhe r, " w "feeds, so that
* , hin! y , ,‘w P “ J , UBt ' OUPh ‘he •Je
on stiitv 00k UM ,f standing
" qq.erv olnv a * nd ,Jry on banks
st. , q* n> ’ , t 0 b* 1 reached by long,
J :,, t !ii° unt ,° “t* ladder of
' h ml n?rul'. T ht-y nl "° beau tilled a
1 .111 r . " aml re,,ervß lions large and
1 1". i>i t uAvoei IW ‘ wlo ‘fees—elms, tu
-1 ‘' I Vclru fe tOll wood, U uh. mn
l" under lii'n - ; W 1 “ h -vo flourl.ned
" "0 . . ver dir^M U * C “ r<V ,hat now
"■Mi v oJI ‘L° n you 100k i a long,
e ■ *tretchM\ Ch S and * y tree * on *lther
beyond thu n mt ta 0 f vision.
fhe Utofning Jfaft
Truly we are justified in the pride which
all good Americans feel in their stately
capitol. Evolved from the malarious
bog that borders the Potomac,
as St. Petersburg, the imperial
residence of the autocrat of all the Rus
sias, rose from the morasses of the Neva,
at the will of the Peter the Great, Wash
ington wears distinctly the air of a cap
ital which has risen to the emergency and
fulfilled the expectations of those early
dreamers who, a century before the first
stone was laid, named the little stream
that has since been diverted to the city’s
sewerage, the Tiber, believing that a great
er than Rome would some day adorn its
banks. Washington has this special charm
above all other places in the United States
—that while New York, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, San Francisco, despite their numer
ous points of other than commercial in
terest, are all work-a-day cities, the
“Maiden Capital” as it has been called,
shows a gayer disposition and devotes her
self chiefly to social pleasure. It is the
difference between the "settled” matron
and the flirtatious maiden. To gain quote
Lathrop: "To the outsider the difference
is as between flirtation and friendship.
You may like, you may love, the particu
lar big, local capital where you live and
do business, but you approach Washing
ton with a sense of its being something
piquant and novel, with which you may
trifle and entangle yourself in a make
believe attachment, having all the stimu
lus and none of the draw-backs of a
steady devotion.”
Let us join the moving throng on Penn
sylvania avenue this bright winter after
noon. About 4 p. m., the hour when con
gress is supposed to “let out,” everybody's
face is turned eastward in the promenade
—to meet the legislators on their way
downtown. Though a stranger in the
courts of the nation, you do not need to
be told that the round-faced man, sitting
on the front of the open cable car, though
a cool, stiff breeze Is blowing, is Speaker
Reed. His caricatures in the daily papers
have so hopelessly given him away that he
who runs may read him every time, under
any disguise. And then, nobody but a
man from the Arctic regions of Maine
would choose such a breezy perch on a
mid-winter day. Speaker Reed and Col.
Robert Ingersoll look near enough alike
to be twin brothers—both of the middle
aged-baby type, who would make excel
lent models for cherubs, barring the ab
sence of wings and the presence of legs.
The other night, at a fashionable theater,
Mr. Reed occupied a prominent place in a
proscenium box; but for once his cherubic
countenance was overcast with gloom. It
was all on account of a too zealous laun
dryman and a low-cut vest. Above the
low-cut abomination the shirt-front,
starched stiff as a shingle, bulged like a
balloon, and rode higher and higher, until
one momentarily expected to see the hem
of the garment in evidence. What reader
of the masculine persuslon has not some
time been similarly afflicted, when there
was no chance for the single pull tvhich
would set matters straight? A greater
contrast cannot well be imagined than in
those two southern congressmen walking
side by side—Turner of Georgia and
Wheeler of Alabama. The former is slow,
deliberate, sluggish and heavy, surveying
the world with owl-like mien; the latter
a perfect Jack-in-the-box, worked on
springs Mr. Wheeler is so small in statue
that he Is almost lost In the crowd, and
one Wonders how he ever came to be fam
ous as a great cavalry leader—unless his
very inability to keep quiet forced him
into aotion. He rushes at conclusions
as at everything else, with ner
vous, uncontrollable haste, stroking
hts unkempt beard while urging a knotty
point till ail Is blue. He is au ardent a
silver democrat as his chum, Mr. Turner,
is. in favor of gold, and the two is always
quarreling about it.
•No, the gentleman head, with the smooth
face and Napoleonic cast of countenance
is not the President-elect, as you might
reasonably suppose, but Congressman
Charles N. Fowler, from New Jersey. That
marked resemblance to the French empe
ror, and Maj. McKinley is 'the one trial
of Mr. Fowler’s life. Wherever he goes
now days, office seekers persue him,
cranks gaze at him w f ith speculation in
their eyes and occasionally small boys
cheer him or children him flowers.
Says he: “The other day I was crossing
tho ferry Into. New York. A man who
had been staring at me for some time fin
ally plucked up courage to approach anil
ask in awed tones, 'Are you Maj. Mc-
Kinley?’ 'No indeed,’ I was glad to reply.
‘Well, I thought it was queer, said the
man, ’you are McKinley’s image, but I
couldn't understand how he could g*t
here without his coming being announced
by the newspapers.' ”
Yonder comes an oddly-assorted couple,
Delegate Flynn from Oklahoma and Rep
resentative Grow of Pennsylvania. \lr.
Flynn iq one of the youngest members of
the House, not yet 34, and looks much
younger, while Mr. Grow is one of the oll
ejt, having served in congress some thir
teen years before Flynn was born. Speak
ing of the younger members, the son of
the late ex-Speaker Crisp is the youngest
—about 26, though looking hardly 19. He
Is slim, boyish in manners and extremely
retiring—in marked contrast every way
to his stately, gray-haired colleagues.
When he was sworn in, a fortnight ago,
the roster of congressmen Was complete
for the first time in the history of the
present House—373 members. Among other
popular young congressmen is William A.
Smith, from the Grand Rapids, (Mich.)
district. On the Senate side, Mr. Marian
Butler of North Carolina is called the
"Populist Baby.” He was not quite 32
years of age When he entered that august
body, "where angels fear to tread." Next
to him In point of youthfulnoss comes Mr.
Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania, who will
be about 36 when he takes his seat in the
upper house on the 4tti of March, next.
Senator Cannon, from the new state of
Utah, was born In 1859 and became United
States senator In 1596. Senator Pritchard
of North Carolina was born in 1857. Sen
ator-elect Penrose comes of good old
Quaker stock, from the city of Brotherly
Love, where they care a good deal more
who your great grandfather was than to
know the exact amount of your bank ac
count. He Is a handsome young giant,
six feet tall and unmarried. It is said
that he Is not particularly partial to the
gentler sex. but prefers athletic sports,
or a quiet game of whist with masculine
friends, to any pettlcoatcd divinities that
ever were born. He Is somewhat eccen
trlo jn his drees, wearing a sack coat of
unusual length and a broad-brimmed, belt
crowned silk hat, of a fashion In vogue
before the war. Maybe It Is a “war-loom,"
as a certain rich but ignorant society iady
calls her husband’s swonl. Brigham.
—J. M. Burgess, of Spearflsh, recently
shot and killed the largest deer ever killed
In the Black Hills. It measured ten feet
from the tip of Its nose to Its heels, when
stretched out. and weighed 240 pounds.
—Animals living In absolute darkness
have no eyes whatever. The proteus has
no acting eyes, and Is practically color
less, living in the mud. Some of them
placed "In light for two or three years de
veloped pigment In the ocular region.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY. JANUARY 17, 1897.
THE U. S. M. BLOOMER GIRL.
RICYCLES A\l) COSTUMES FOR ITS
COUNTRY POSTMISTRESSES.
Made Necessary by Special Delivery
Letters—A Thousand Pretty Girls
In Blue Uniforms Speeding: With
the Mnil Bags—Postmistress Locks
Up and Speeds With "Rigrht-of-
W*>.”
New York, Jan. 15.—" We are contem
plating the adoptioif of a uniform.” said
one of the highest officials of the general
postofflee, “for our women postmasters—
our postmlsstresses.
“This is brought about and rendered
necessary by the Introduction of the
’special delivery letter’ which is now a
distinct and important feature of our pos
tal work.
“In the large cities, where there are let
ter-carriers, there is one squad
appointed for the work of the
special letters. These carriers take
the letters as they come in to
the sub-stations and deliver them. They
go on foot, as the routes are short and the
trip is quickly made. But in the smaller
post offices there is no provision made for
the special delivery letter.
“Recently a special letter was mailed to
a remote post office in Virginia. The post
mistress there received the letter, noted
its special delivery stamp, and set about
having it delivered. Its destination was
a country house two miles distant. It lay
along the road where Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson happened to be visiting, and as she
had plenty of mall, one of her servants
was asked to carry it along. The letter
was delivered to him. He took it home,
and after his noonday dinner put it in his
pocket, went for an errand up the road
and finally delivered the letter, some three
hours late. The postmistress explained
that there" was no other way of sending the
letter. If she had trusted It to the uncer
tain mercies of a village boy it might
never have reached Its destination.
“Telegrams, on the other hand, are dif
ferently managed. The telegraph station
is in the railroad depot and the ticket
agent works the machine. Telegrams are
easily sent by some of the hangers-on cf
the depot.
"There are upward of a thousand post
mistresses in the United States. They are
in the smallest of hamlets, where the pos
tal revenue is not worth more than a hun
dred dollars a year, but the letters must
be attended to just as carefully. The mall
is small, not enough to pay a man for at
tending to it, yet very easily managed by
a woman in connection with her house
hold cares. Miss Louise Imogen Gulney
found it easy to be postmistress and a lit
terateur at the same time. But that was
before the special delivery letter became
so common.
“Our solution of the difficulty is to pro
vide the postmistress with means of get
ting around the country rapidly. With a
bicycle she could cover five miles of coun
try in half an hour, if she were even an
ordinary cyclienne, and be back to her post
within an hour from leaving. Most of
the distances are two or three miles, too
long and slow for walking, but very acces
sible with a bicycle.
"Country postofflees can be closed at
any time, so long as not locked at mail
hours or long enough to arouse the impa
tience of the villagers. And the postmis
tress, upon receiving a letter decorated
with the long blue stamp, could lock her
door, mount her wheel and ride away to
deliver the letter. In this way she could
make her postoffice very important and
eventually lead to more business and an
Increase of pay.
"Tlie matter of the bycicle is one easily
arranged. There have been so many
bought by the different departments of
public service that the purchase of the
few needed for the country postmistresses
would be nothing remarkable. But the
complication arises in the matter of dress.
“The postmistresses do not now dress in
uniform. As they need not go outside of
their postofflee there is no necessity for it.
But as soon as they become carriers this is
changed. They need some distinguishing
mark.
“The United States mail is a thing that
cannot be delayed. It takes precedence
over everything except the Are engine, and
perhaps over that. A thorough test case
of the right of way between the United
States mail and the tire department has
never been brought up to the satisfaction
of either party. But the mail has prece
dence over every other branch of truffle
upon the public highways.
“The bicycle postmistresses would And a
uniform very helpful In the delivery of
special letters. Going upon a bicycle
along any road, they would be helped and
not hindered by the weal ing of the blue.
The well-known color, with Its touches of
black braiding, would proclaim the errand
of the rider and all would turn out to
make way before her.
’“ln many localities there Is still a pre
judice against the bicyclist. The cad on
casters takes up too much space. He Is in
the way. His bell and his light frighten
horses; he himself has an unpleasant way
of skirling one's wheels at danger of get
ting caught in its revolutions. Few drivers
make room for the ’cyclist; none turn out
for him . ,
The United States mail, as carried by
the bicycle postmistress, would arouse In
terest and create respect. People would
stand still to see her go by; horses would
pull out for her; the best places
on the road would open to her; paths
would be smoothed In anticipation of her
coming and front gates would unlock as
she approached. The promptness with
which she could deliver the mall would
convince all of the policy In making her
way easy.
“The uniform proposed is a loose bloom
er costume, with straight coat. This could
be made of the material used for letter
carrier suits and decorated In a similar
way. The uniform eotild be provided at a
low price to ail postmistresses.
“The matter of bloomers Is not absolute
ly arbitrary and could be waved In case of
great prejudice against It. But those who
want to ride rapidly favor the bloomer cos
tume, and the postmistress would find her
self ndt at kll tdnsplcuous In It. The fact
that she need not parade In public In the
costume would be a point In Its favor. It
could be used exclusively for the delivery
of the special letters. A small mail-bag
would be strapped across the shoulders.
“The bicycle special delivery was sug
gested to us," said the postal official. “In
a letter written by the postmistress of a
Maine post office. On communicating
with othera we found universal approval.”
Grant Eldredge.
er Cn ** scoun *
BROUGHTON 6, bull sts. Cloaks, Capes and Jackets.
ANNUAL JANUARY CLEARING SALE.
Annual January Sale of New Embroideries and Muslin Underwear
Proven by the throngs of buyers such as never crowded our counters in any such numbers during any previous sales
mo ® t popular sale of lingerie in the city. To-morrow a host of novelties not shown previously will render
added grace to the occasion. 1 J
January Clearing Sale
Silks.
Colored Moire Silks, SiJSSs. VEX 1
ty, positively all si'k. 22Inches wideo'T,,
worth 85c. reduced for this sale to.. . O / C
Akflfiin tollic brocaded oad striped, in
fIISaiKUI Dims, the la test evening shades,
24 inches wide, worth $1.25, reduced®)’ ft.,
for this sale to 4 tIC
Rlflflf tyilt’C extraordinary qualities of nil
Dldlll 01111S, v,ilk Black Gros Grain. Black
Satin. Black Taffeta and black brocaded
Taffeta, worth 75 cents, 85 cents and £ 4k ~
It, at only. _Jv7L
$2.00 Qualities of Black Moire Faconne,
Black Brocaded Silks and Black Moire
Anti mes.in new.stylish patterns a-4 /. 41
worth $2.00, reduced to .itl.'to
January Charancs of
Imported Dress Goods.
Bicycle Suitings, ?^ s woo 36 in
wide, worth 35c. at
fishmcrp? all Wo °u 40 ihohes Wide, in fash
uasuuiLirs, io naUe street colorings,o
extra tine twill, worth 50c. at . ..Out
Rrii'wlHfithe 54 inches wide suitatde for
DlUuUllulUS, tailor made and bicycle*?4k .
suitings, extra finish, worth 50c. at.*^>"x-
Fsnrr Mivllirpc 38 inches wide, in Novelty
laliuj JIIAIUICS, Suitings, a choice‘A .
lot of goods, worth 50c. at O
Satin Faced Cloths
cloths, the choicest lot ever offered,'?’ e ~
worth SI.OO and $1.26. at ... * • uw
Black Storm Serge,
Black Silk Finished Henrietta ;i a a T E *
Serges, all wool, extra high lustre
and finish, 46 inches wide, worth
Black Novcity Jacquard Suitings,
42 inches wide, exclusive tushiona IQ.,
bie fabrics, worth 75c, at "* 'K
Black Royal Cords
fabrics, stylish weaves, worih $1 at 4 Ot
Remnants Black l Price.
January Clearance
Millinery.
Trimmed Rats,
Turbans and Bon
nets. beautifully
trimmed In the lat
est siyles. formerly
s3.ou and at^
Imported Camel’s
Hd'r Sailor H its,
S. ) very stylish, reduc
y ed to
** J SI.OO
Children’s Felt Hats, 29c
\ iolets, pen* bunch h ? S ’. 10c
Secodd Floor.
Clearance of
Boys’ Clothing.
Boys’ Eton Caps, !&Tt bl . uewortl, loc
Boys’ Colt Caps,
Boys’ Shirt Waists, '™ :a
fast colors, pjcaied front and back,.? £
at only DC
Boys' Wool Flannel Shirt Waists,
fancy nnd solid t olors, si is 4 to 11 years
the celebrated Victor mane, worm /i 4 k ,
75c, at
Boys' White Shirt Waists, JS
file, with double belt, at O,*C
RllVS' RfiPtm Chinchilla, doutde breasted,
i .* *' it’ClLia, wnh large braided | 4kw
Bailor collar, sizes 3to 8 years, atqr TJ”
Boys’ Suits and Overcoats, 10
i Price.
bole Agents
New Idea Paper Patterns
All the late styles; perfect
fitting,
10 Cents Each,
None Higher.
Sole Agents FOSTER’S KID CLOVES
WKRTHEIMKK'I
New Ideal Fastener Kid Gloves.
REMEMBER OUR CLOAK, CAPE AND JACKET SALE.
20 Per Cent. Allowance on Present Low Prices, Marked in Plain Figures.
New Embroideries.
i
Another arrival —fresh from the ship’s side —all the
newest effects in Nainsook, Swiss, Cambric and Mull
lodgings, Inserting* and All Overs to match —priced as
never before.
Nainsook and Cambric Embroideries, s! °L,ag£
Cambric, Swiss and Nainsook Kmbroideries,
goo is and patterns, worth 8c and 10c, at OC
Nainsook, Swiss and Cambric Embroideries,
margin effects, worth 12c and !sc, at >jC
Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss Embroideries,
and 180, at W 4&C
Nainsook, Cambric and Swiss Embroideries, S' w e JV? ■ ££ ,nt
worth 20c and 250. at . . IOC
t dglngs, Inserting* and All Over Embroideries, in match sets, exquisite, new. rich, dainty,
exclusive patterns, choicest goods, at cheapest prices.
Muslin Underwear.
That Greatest of All January Sales.
dergarmontsover inaugurated. East week's sales settled the “supremacy” question: la t
week • shopping demonstrated the fact that while other houses displayed splendid undergar
m mts at h gh prices, anti still more inferior ones at low prices, nowliero could Pc soeu such a
charming combination of price, stylo and quality.
§ Ladies’ Night Gowns,
neck and sleeves with either lace or cambric ruffle, C _
only 2 sold to each customer a ifc sfC
Ladies’ Night Gowns,
front, empire stylo, inserting of open work eminoldery,
some finished with embroiderer ruffle-i at neck and
sieeves, 20 different styles to select from at Cr UC
Ladies’ Night Gowns, SS&g
handsome empire effects, new V back and front, new hand
-1 kerchief effects—novelties In tucks and inserting, full length
4 and width, also extra largo size for stout ladles, 25 O _
P different stylos to select fewn, '*> . 9oC
Ladies’ Drawets made of good quality muslin
xxciuiv.9 TttdttvlSi with ruffie of em- Off
broidery and bunch pleats, at .tr *
Ladies’ Draivei's m! *' e of lawn, cambric and
IJI ztVVCt ft, muslin, trimmed with lace
and embroidery, plain and umbrella style. yokcCA
bands It) different styles to select from, at O JJQ
Ladies’ Drawers P m<le of Cambric, lawn or
I>aulw , J GDH,IS, heavy muslin, yoke bands,
some cut 25 inches wide, finished with 7-luch ruffle of open
work embroidery, 20 different styles to select from _
al 9oC
LnHios’ made of good quality muslin, with cambric ruffle and r% e _
xjikuivo Givu its, lace trimmed ruffle, only 3 sold to each customer, at gf tJC
Ladies’ Skirts, piea?s 0 a h i:' a ?. musU,, : wl . t . hcmurj . ,UereJ ., r . ufflea ' , . <1 bunch soc
Ladies’ Skirts, Muculm * ooJquaUtymuslln ' w . lth .•*;’
Ladies’ Corset Covers, ne'ked o^ s“ a t h onV and ~ qu‘ r e 10c
Ladies’ Corset Covers,
Ladies’ Corset Covers <>fcambric, yoke of nnp plates, wan two
*“ -r t v..-> LUisui vui win, rows of insertion, edged with embrold- CT _
ery. at OUC
Children’s Gowns, SDc de .“ f “ usU .l. and ... c . ambr,c, ..* t aHc - 7c 39c
Children’s Short Skirts, .nT^.^fcOc
Extraordi.iary Surprises for a Juuary Cieariig from That Ever Busy
Houssfurnishing Basement-
118 House ltrooms, heavy, well
U| made. 4 strings, fancy han
fll dies. I(Xl dozen of them,
worth 19c, at ICe
JMOwHWA Rat Traps, patent wire,“sure
catch. ’ usually sold at 4 c,
I'l’lfi Mrs. Potts Sad Irons, nickel
WlimWal plated. 3ln s>-t. and stand
sold usually at 98c, reduced
I.ap Boards, lug dy polished,
■HyEunffij’ '*lih yrl me.mure attach
ment, guaranteed not lo
warp, worth 7oc. at 4lie
Table Knives, solid steel, with cocoa bandies,
H dozen for 36c
Tea Spoons, white metal, 6 In package.
only 10c
Plated Tea Spoons, Kogers tipped patter s,
worth 98c the set, only 4 2c
Basting Spoons, extra heavy, H Inch,
only 2c
l.arap Chimneys, decorated, No. 2, Jumbo,
at only
Grand Clearing Sale at 3 c
German Sink Brushes.
Futz Fomnde
Hlx y’a Move Enamel.
German Shoe Blacking.
Carpel Tucks. 6. 8 and 10-ounoe, to 3 ounce
barrels
Machine Oil. 2-ounce bottles.
Baking Fans. tin.
Jellie Cake Pans.
Fie Plates.
Flesh Corks with long handles.
Flat Skimmer*.
Wooden salad Spoons.
Wire Soap Dishes
Bird Cage Springs.
Heavy Coal shovels.
lOH Beaters, “The
Br o o klyn,” No. 10
size.none better made
with round burn
er, worth {4. at.*2 08
Laundry Baskets,
extra heavy, well
made, worth 2ftc,
Lamp Shade
Frames .made of wire,
all shapes and sizes,
Oyster and Tea
Plate., German Chi
na. only 7o
■ Table Tumblers,
IF crystal glass,
Turkey Feather
iNimtitfvl. nil| l 18 Inch Dus
choice at only 25c
Clearing of Odds and Ends an accumulation
of the past season * busincs*. at ij c
Wire Strainer*, Pot Chain*.
Towel lta it. enameled wood, 3 arms.
M ooden i hopping Bowls lu Inch.
Imitation Cut Gin*. Koxo Bowls.
Bon lion Trays Picket Ulshos. Candy I’latcs.
Oo’ lets. Tumbler* I ancy Glas* Horns.
Cream Pitcher* Wire Potato Mashers
Carpenter teel h lte*. Knife Snarpenera.
HI e ng. 9-quart bottles.
Clothe* Line*, rxi-foot.
Special Item*. worth^ScT^aSc^and^Vbir^t
®“‘ y
Muffin Pans 12 rings. Flour Sifter.
Corn Poppers, Buggy Sponges, largo size.
nr? I SioTe'HrulhUi.
<.of§SKS3r
Herring Knives. Plates.
Mincing Knives. Fruit saucers.*
Screw Drivers, Bone Plates.
Pickle litehcs.
Crumb Scrape and Tray, large size.
Pilchers. Meat Dishes.
PAGES 9 TO 16.
January Clearance.
Cotton Goods.
Shirting Percales, S? 10r8, ..
Shirting and Dress Percales, wV ,D £e"
stylish colorings and patterns,' oi.,
stripes and llgures. worth 124 c, at.. 03^
Dress Prints, uy^., oolor ‘T:. be9tqu “ 1 :,5c
Furniture Cretonnes, l'Vn S de w r o a rl e h Z'Z
Bleached Shirting, f° ft BO a £ c T l ;
Sheeting, 1^1220
Pepperell Sheeting, "•vmIS
Pepperell Sheeting, -S” iqi
January Sale^T
Flannats and Blankets.
Plaid Dress Goods, rjcWuioV-
Canton Flannel, 6ic
Blankets, t 'at" rey '. , ,o :‘.s9c
Blankets, SI. 00
Wool Blankets white and alher grey, 10-t
1, uoi iJlullHblh, site,extra heavy it Kxx
and tine, worth 11,50. at Jlit.OU
rnmlnrtc ,ull *l*o- reversable, can be
VVIIIIIIII9, used on either side, worth /{(l,,
SI.OO, at U*7C.
January Clearance.
Men's Furnishings.
sfu Men’s Half Hose,
black and tans, fast
%\ Men’s Half Hose,
! fast black, silk em
broidery Instep, ex
cellent goods. ] Q.
worth 35c, at lov
Men's Merino Half
Hose, extra quality,
worth 35c,
Men’s Merino Underwear, VV?\r<y¥*'
35c, at , i')C
Men’s Merino Undershirts and Drawers,
whlto and grey mtxe l. extra qualltes of
o.ids and ends, accumulated during this
season's business, worth 6c, 750 E.
and SI,OO. reduced to sell at C
Men’s Undershirts and Drawers, Vo”i!
full sfzes. splendidly made, worth 00, J
$1.50, reduced to ooC
Screens Drawers,
ways sold at 81 SBS, for this clear- /flfl
ance sale •
Men’s Sweaters,
January Clearance
Hosiery and Underwear.
Ladies’ Black Cotton Hose,
also a line of black boots with faniy col
ored tops, spliced heels and toes, fast
colors, worth 35c and 40c, for thl, 2§£
Children’s Ribhed Hose,
knees, heels and toes, worth’
Children’s Underwear, e v r e . s V n w d oo?"b w c
remainder of this season's business. <> E ~
worth 50c and 65c, at OOC
Misses’ and Children’s Vests,
ty worth 75 cents and SI.OO, at 5Qc
Ladies’ Ribbed Vests, IL'M c “rS:
chet nock and satin riboon bands, pearl
buttons, worth 65 cents, for this>.2(to
sale dyC
Ladies’ Norfolk and New Brunswick
Underwear, all wool, white and grey mix
ed Vesta and Drawers, worth
tl.soandsL76 reduced for this J-f nn
sule to 4s -l*vrvl
Complete line Dr. Denton’s Health Sleep
ing Garments for Children.
Gloves.
Boys’ Worsted Gloves, S fl X e rt‘~ d :
at >) C
Ladies’ Cashmere Gloves, s ’*
worth 25c at IOC
Ladies’ Kid Gloves,
color, with black stltchthg on back,7 c
worth SI.OO, at I OC
Ladies’ Kid Gloves, *;' vy ii‘X a “tJS
Dress Kid Gloves, extra lineal >JK
quality, at