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STORE CLOSES DAILY AT 6:30; SATURDAY, 11:00 P. HI.
Genuine Williams
Shaving Soap.
Everywhere I Oc,
OUR PRICE 5c BAR.
Grand August Clearance Sale.
SWEEPING REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
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We will begin to-morrow morning a Grand Clearance Sale that will be of interest to all mankind. We have cat
prices on all Summer Goods in many instances TO HALF, AND EVEN ONE-THIRD of FORMER PRICES.
We shall make a sweeping clearance of all small lots, and of lots that should be small at this time, in utter disregard
of cost or value.
SHREWD SHOPPERS WILL NEED NO URGING TO BUY HERE.
Wash Goods
At Prices Seldom Offered.
2,000 yards Fast Color Lawns, Light and Dark I J
Grounds, regular 5c quality; not more than l^r
12 yards to one customer
5,000 yards Printed India Lawn, sheer and |"
dainty, light and dark grounds, always sold *11;
for UU
32-inch fast color Percales, stripes, figures 9 9 _
and dots, 10c quality Jg C
Remnants of Lawns, Dimities, Foulardines,
French Organdies, worth up to 25c a yard. C^3C
Hosiery and Underwear.
100 dozen Ladies’ Pure White Cotton Ribbed _
Vests, low neck, sleeveless, taped necks and P
armholes —strictly first quality and well
worth 12>aC. On sale at
65 dozen Ladies’ Swiss and Richelieu Ribbed Vests,
some Lisle, and others Lisle and Cotton mixed,
finished with silk cross bar, others lace in | A J _
yoke and armholes, sold regularly at 19c, I J
25c and 35c. On sale on the Bargain Tables at.. W
Children’s Fast Black Hose, double soles, heel,
toe and knee, stainless, well worth 18c. On II | s
sale at (a pair) I wO
Ladies’ Genuine Lisle Thread Hose, plain
and drop stitch, black and fancies, beautiful AA
assortment of patterns, never sold less than KJy
39c and 50c, On sale at (a pair) WfcU
Refrigerators Reduced.
Hardly Expect It, Do Yoa ?
Such hot weather, too! But our stock must be re
duced, so we reduce the price. The best guaranteed
goods, some cork filled.
Length. Depth. Height. Ice Capacity. Value. Price.
24 inches 17 inches 39 inches 35 lbs. $ 9.00 $ 6.40
2< inches 18 inches 41 inches 45 lb3. 11.00 8.50
30 inches 19 inches 43 inches 75 lbs. 13.50 9.50
33 inches 21 inches 45 inches 100 lbs. 15.00 12.50
Third Floor.
Corsets.
P. N. Batiste Corsets, straight front, OO
cork shield, just right for summer wear
One odd lot broken sizes ventilating and sum
mer weight Corsets, were up to $2.00. See "FCa
if your size is among the lot. I "111
To close quick at ■
Mattings Reduced.
You Can’t Boy Good Matting for as Little Prices
Anywhere.
Closely woven CHINA MATTING, five different patterns to select
; it is our regular 25c matting, reducedto|2c PER YARD
bis week only.
too rolls FANCY CHINA MATTING, 40 yards each; ten beautiful
patterns, some extremely small; all colors; sold regularly for $8.50,
Special for 5495.
Extra heavy Corea JOINTLESS CHINA MATTING, new patterns
and latest colorings, sold everywhere for 50c a yard,
Our Price 32Xc.
JAPANESE LINEN WARP MATTING in endless variety of
newest designs and up-to-date colorings, ranging in the followihg as
tonishingly low prices:
20c, 25c and 30c per yard.
jiataititah itUnniuq Hctos.
Leopold Adler,
Broughton and Bull Streets.
White Goods.
Beautiful Fabrics at Little Prices.
30-inch White India Lawn, (Tfi3
at IJ4C
40 -inch White Victoria Lawn,
Always sold for 10c
Long Cloth Special C t •
12 yards in piece, regular price $1.75
White Organdie, 63 inches wide,
Our 60c quality,
Dress Skirts and Petticoats
At Bargains Never Before Offered.
Well Tailored Walking Skirts, plain colors and
mixtures, all seams strapped and stitched; An rtO
deep hem with several rows of stitching. jV MX
$6.50 kinds, marked here
Some Entirely New Styles of Taffeta Silk
Skirts* very deep flounce, finished with several rows
of ribbon rose quillings; upper part of skirt prettily
tucked in clusters; $15.00 is the usual price, Q|Q CO
Marked for this sale Wl/i j(J
One Lot Misses* Linen Skirts, Ladies’ Pique Cfln
and Denim Skirts. Were $1.50 JUu
One lot Ladies’ white Pique, white and black DU’k QQfi
Skirts, trimmed flounce. Were $2.50 jQ(j
Ladies’ White Pique and Linen Suits, AQ Cfl
were $12.50 and $15.00. uOiuU
Ladies’Mercerized Linen, Lawn and Air fin
real linen costumes. Were $29,50, OldiUU
Ladies’ White Flannel, and Marine Brillian- A7 AQ
tine Dress Skirts, flounce trimmed and V f MX
tucked; unlined, for summer Wear; were $12.50 V"
Shirt Waists.
Priced Now at Quick Selling.
Nearly 1,100 ij the lot—two-thirds white and one-third colored; all new,
fresh and In good styles. We expect to sejl thousands of waists yet, though
prices on these are greatly reduced.
One lot of Percale and Lawn Waists—parts of lots all grouped together;
some are of Chambray; regular 50c and $1.25 values; to go at
25c and 50c.
600 Shirt Waists of Chambray, plain and mercerized; Madras, plain and
Persian stripe; Imported Ginghams, Lawns, sailor collar, Waists,
98 cents.
$1.95 for $3.00 to $3.50 Waists.
100 Shirt Waists of Chambray, plain and imported Madras, Pineapple Tis
sues, silk Gingham and silk Mull with dots.
Your choice of all our White and Colored Lawn Wrappers and Gelshers,
were $2.00 and $2.50; all sizes, 32 to 44; special bargain at
$1.50
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY. AUGUST 4. 1901.
Toilet Articles.
At These prices This Week Only.
BRADLEY’S WOODLAND VIO-
LET TALCUM POWDER, regular
price 25c; on sale at
15c.
PACKER’S TAR SOAP, standard
price 25c; on sale at
17c cake.
PERFUMED AMMONIA, regular
15c quality, a bottle
Sc
4711 WHITE ROSE GLYCERINE
SOAP, drug store price 25c; our
price
13c.
VIOLET TOILET SOAP, regular
price 16c; 3 cakes In a box,
i*C.
AMOLIN DEODORANT POWDER,
regular 25c article, a box,
14c.
BEST QUALITY BAY RUM, every
where 25c; large bottle
19c.
STRONG’S ARNICA TOOTH
SOAP, regular price 25c; on sale at
17c box.
Millinery.
Final Reductions in All Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats.
Trimmed Hats at Halt Price.
We are offering to-day all this season’s productions
of charming Parisan and New York Models—as well as
our own designs. There is a very good variety to
choose from, Hats to suit every lady, whether you
want plain or elaborate.
Now Is Your Opportunity.
Odds and ends of Women’s Fancy Straw Shapes
—fane quality and good desirable shapes, sold IQa
up to $1.50. Reduced to lu(j
Children’s Trimmed Hats, in a variety of styles,
pretty light shades, OQfl
Reduced from $1.48 to £ Jh
Ready-to-Wear Huts, in a big assortment of
shapes, all this season’s styles and extra good *7Cn
$2.00 value. On sale to close at | j(j
Small Lot of F’lowers of all kinds, fine qual- |A_
ity and entirely fresh, worth 40c and 50c, ! I! ?
On sale at
SHOES.
These Offerings Will Appeal Strongly to You. Cheap
Prices Don’t Mean Cheap Shoes.
LADIES’ DONGOLA KID TOP
OXFORDS, turn soles, worth $1 50,
0*
5,80
LADIES' VICI KID TIP OX
FORDS, the newest shapes, lasts and
heels, worth $2.00,
$1.48
Laces and Embroidery.
CAMBRIC AND NAINSOOK EDG
ES AND INSERTING, 3 to 5 inches
wide,
5c per yard.
SWISS NAINSOOK AND CAM
BRIC EDGES AND INSERTING,
5 to 10 inches wide,
10c per yard.
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.
We Are Selling MUSLIN UNDERWEAR Now Very
Cheap.
Ladies' Gowns, Drawers, n A
Skirts, Corset Covers, II
etfc.—Good quality mus- II |
lin gowns—full lengths
and widths; trimmed | I
with lace and embroid- 111 ]
ery. Worth 75c. Sale \J \J
price
Drawers —open or closed. rv
Regularly 75c; manufac- Uc
turers’ sale price
Long White Skirts—um- a p*
brella ruffle; extra dust I I I />
ruffle; trimmed with I w 11
lace, embroidery and v A I
hemstitching. Worth 111
$1.75; manufacturers’ I I 111
sale price.. \t \J \J
NOTIONS.
Feather Weight Collar Forms, all
sizes; price 15c: sale price.... ®c
Dress Shields, white and black..K*c
Finishing Braid. 6 yards to piece,
white and colors, price 15c, sale
price ,w c
3 for 25c.
Infonts’ Wear.
Small lot of SHORT DRESSES of Gingham, White Cambric and CQn
Nainsook, dainty edge at neck and sleeves or ruffles to form y jfl.
yoke; former price $1.00; to close at w
Special lot of broken sizes in CHILDREN’S WHITE LAWN -g ft p
DRESSES, Inserting yoke and sailor suits with stitched bands. I F
4to 12 years; never sold for less than $1.75 and $2.50; on sale IkhdfJ
at
CHILDREN'S QUIMPES, of India Lawn, tucks and hemstitch
ed yoke; sizes 4to 12; former price 60c and 66c; on sale at.. <->7O
Now Is Your Time to Buy
HAMMOCKS,
Reduced from $3.25 and $3.50 to
$2.25.
Now hurry and get one, they aid immensely to com
fort and enjoyment. We sold them at a Bargain
at first price. Very large size, steel rods.
Pillows and heavy Frinches,
assorted colors.
BOYS’ EASY WALKING black
and tan, heavy soles, worth 60c,
29c
INFANTS’ KID MOCCASINS, all
colors, sizes 1 to 3,
25c
NAINSOOK AND SWISS EDGES
AND INSERTING, 6 to 12 Inches
wide,
15c per yard.
Val. Lace
25c dozen yards.
Corset Covers—sizes 32 to
44. Regularly 20c. Sale
price
Corset Covers at 29c— A A
Cambric; V and round |l|
neck; trimmed with 11.
neat embroidery; pearl i
buttons L U U
Corset Covers at 60c— r
Nainsook and Cam- I ft
brie; square and round L
neck; trimmed with
wide fine embroidery, I I
- ribbon and bead- f
ing VI \J V
Ladles’ and Children’s Hose Sup
porters, white and black, all
sizes (pair) Bc
Ladles' Fancy Garters, with sil
ver buckles (pair) *°c
worth 25c.
PAGES 13 TO 24.
JAMES LANE ALLEN.
Written for the Philadelphia Times
Saturday Book Review by Albert
Elmer Hancock, Author of
“Henry Bourland."
A great many of us, nowadays, are
getting somewhat muddled in oar Ideas
about books. So many geniuses have
appeared lately, so many great Ameri
can novels have been written, and so
many persons high In authority have
been pressed into service to proclaim
their greatness that we have lost our
critical bearings; and we stand, be
wildered, like the poor fellow In the
adage who couldn't see the forest for
the multitude of the trees. Amid all
our perplexity, however, one thing Is
unpleasantly certain: we have, in large
measure, shifted our standard of Judg
ment from that of excellence to that of
big sales. The proof of It is that we all
rush to buy the record-breaking books
—at least, the publishers say we do.
And things have actually come to such
a pass that sales, real or Inflated, make
the reputation of a book Just as, in
some social circles, money makes a
man.
This lapse of all sound critical Judg
ment is demoralizing to author, pub
lisher, and reader. It is, therefore,
wholesome and Invigorating to find,
now-and-then, a writer absolutely un
affected by this clamor of anarchy In
the modern book-world. And such a
man is James Lane Allen.
On every page of his work one sees
the unmistakable marks of the gentle
man—and the gentleman of high
thought as well as high tone. He Is
gifted, moreover, with a rare artistic
conscience; and he listens to Its voice
and prompting with Puritanic devo
tion, and obeys It with Puritanic obe
dience. You feel, when you read his
books, that here is a writer who will
not compromise the Integrity of his
own Ideal of art, and whose mind Is
clean of all the temptations of sordid
rewards. Every self-respecting author
owes to him a certain measure of grati
tude; for, In these times, when writ
ers of cheap Action are swarming like
so many Brownies, and are bringing
the profession of bookmaking down to
the plane of levity, he stands fast by
his own ideal, and maintains the dig
nity of authorship.
He is, primarily, an Interpreter of
the moods of Nature. Though his me
dium is prose, he invariably attains the
effects of poetry. Whether he writes
of the primitive, pathless forests of
Kentucky or the cultivated hemp fields
of a later day, he never fails to trans
late his impression Into a poet's
phrases of sensuous beauty, or to In
duce that dreadful yet exalting vague
ness which, as a great critic declared,
Is the essence of real poetry.
Yet, for all this excellence, he has a
deeper and richer vein of imagination.
Nature, after all, is only a garnishing
to human life. Mr. Allen's greatest
merit Is not as a poet of the external
beauty of Nature, but as the clairvoy
ant of the spiritual beauty of charac
ter. His form of conception and expres
sion is peculiarly his own. He Is an
idealist. The baser realities—the petty
details, like the inaccuracies of collo
quial speech, which disenchant: for
these he has no interest. He is a gold
smith of human character; he refines
the alloy of weakness, and extracts the
pure gold of strength. His chief figures
are soldiers of the spirit—men who
seem to be set apart from the world
for especial missions; who have, like
the prophets, a divine belief Jn them
selves; but who, withal, are divinely
vested in humility.
The idealism of Mr. Allen's vision
would be dangerous for a lessen man.
Ideal men in books so easily degen
erate into prigs. But the genius of Mr.
Allen saves his characters from any
such fate. They are not mere portraits
of painted goodness; they are the mili
tant survivors of spiritual battles that
leave scars with their victories, and a
zest for the greater things still to do.
The righteousness that comes as the
spoils of warfare Is not the mark of
the prig, but of the real hero.
But, even above these merits, Mr. Al
len's work Is significant for the per
fection of Its art. He attains a sub
tler harmony of style than any other
living American author. The youthful
and Inexperienced writers of the <lay
strike out for terrific effects. They con
jure the epithet from afar; they strain
the adjective; they exhaust all the col
ors of the paint pots; and they do get
effects—but not the effects of endur
ing art! Mr. Allen knows the limita
tions of the pen, and of written speech.
Like the great painters, all of whom
shun the gaudy flashings of brilliancy,
he prefers the low tones—the browns,
the grays and the restful greens, with
only occasional patches of brilliance.
In some aspects, his work Is akin to
that of Corot —an artist who takes a
vista of landscape, transfuses it with
pearl and the somber tints of cloud of
twilight, and then adds the glamour of
transforming beauty. And, because
these two men, painter and author,
yielding the desire to do the terrific,
resign themselves to less ambUious
things, they attain the highest goal of
the artist—the harmony of perfect art.
They never tire; they never offend the
taste; they give a restful sense of ease.
Such harmony Is not without its dis
advantages, of course; and there are
drawbacks In his work. His charac
ters run too much to the same type;
and he reveals them too often by the
same method. As they say In paint
ing. he has a distinct manner. He re
veals by reflection rather than by the
more dramatic method of action. There
Is not enough variety of Incident and
scene—not enough stirring of the blood
and exertion of muscle to keep awake
the reader who will not think; a/id,
often, even the thoughtful and intelli
gent man regrets the lack of a swifter
movement and vigor of narrative. But
for these faults he possesses a virtue
to outwelght them all—that virtue
which has made the French the lucid
expositors of the world's thought; the
tact of knowing what not to say. It
takes courage to throw away good
ideas and material; but the true artist
does it mercilessly—and Mr. Allen has
that courage. He gives the reader only
the choice pickings of thought and
phrase; and the result Is unparalleled
simplicity and clearness, and a further
proof of his artistic conscience.
The result of this patient devotion to
his Ideal of work is that Mr. Allen
holds to-day the most enviable po
sition among American writers. Ha
has gained a constituency of the Intel
ligent—of the most Intelligent; and
among them he has the reputation of
real distinction. Not long ago, a
gentleman said to him: “Mr. Allen,
there are a hundred thousand people
in America who will buy any book you
write.” A rare compliment, that, to
the author and to the reader, and one
which may serve as a fitting reward to
the man who Is, perhaps, the most dis
tinguished American writer of fiction
since the death of Hawthorne.
Albert Elmer Hancock.