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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MAT 9, 1904.
SYSTEM ALL WRONG
Superintendent Ackerman
Criticises Schools.
BUILT FROM THE ROOF DOWN
He TellB Grangers That Rural Teach
ers Should Give Practical Teach
ing in Agriculture and Sub
jects for Children's Needs.
J. H. Ackerman. State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, delivered a lecture
on the "Public School"" System and Its
Betterments." before a large audience
Saturday afternoon in 2Iultnomah Hall,
under the auspices of Evening Star
Grange, No. 27, Patrons it Husbandry.
Mr. Ackerman thanked the Grange for
the opportunity of talking to the farm
ers, and he remarked that he desired to
elicit the interest of the Grangers in the
state in the betterment of the rural
schools, as the organization has become
a force In the state.
The Superintendent sketched rapidly the
origin and development of the public
school system, remarking that in the
United States alone $200,000,000 was ex
pended for public education, that there
are 400,000 teachers and 15,000,000 pupils,
and rare was the community that did
not recognize free public education Pass
ing on, Mr. Ackerman then asked the
questions:
"Areour educational forces, those engaged
In our elementary and secondary schools.
In our normal and agricultural schools,
and in our colleges and universities, work
ing harmoniously and effectively along-the
lines that promise the maximum efficiency
in the attainment of the highest results?
Are they In conformity to and In har
mony with local conditions and environ
ments, and endeavoring with reasonable
promise of success to meet the demands
made upon public education by the home,
the business community, the church and
the state? Or are they bound and fet
tered by conditions and working to con
form to conditions that have passed away
and to meet demands that are no longer
ielt?
Built From Top Down.
"These questions are peculiarly perti
nent at this dividing point between the
two centuries: for their consideration
forces upon us conclusions that educa
tionally we are at the parting of the ways,
indicated by the interrogations them
selves. The most noticeable defects in our
educational methods are due to the order
of growth and development of our system
and the potency of the traditions and
usages that have been handed down to
us from a time In which the social forces
In effect were altogether different from
those operated at present Historically,
our educational system has developed
from the top down. Instead of beginning
by establishing common schools for the
training of the masses along lines that
bore somewhat on their future work, and
then establishing high schools and acad
emies as needed to continue the work
begun in the common school, and lastly
found the colleges to complete and
round out the work of the elementary and
secondary schools, we began by founding
colleges and then founding preparatory
schools to flt boys for colleges, before we
had establlsned a common school system
for the education of the masses; and most
of the complaints that are and have been
urged against our common schools have
resulted from this order of growth."
Proceeding. Mr. Ackerman said that col
leges were founded to prepare young men
for the professions, for the ministry, for
law, for medicine, and later for the pro
motion of the arts, literature and states
manship, but primarily for the ministry,
and academies were to prepare for these
colleges; that free high schools super
ceded academies, but continued to work
under bondage to the college" system. The
professors and students in colleges and
secondary schools had lived In different
atmospheres from that of the people, were
ignorant of their fellows engaged In clear
ing forests, building ships, extending trade
and commerce. Mr. Ackerman said that
these colleges and schools had done well
and the teachers coming from them had
done well, and had high and lofty ideals,
but these could not be realized on the
farm, In the workshop or in a business or
Industrial career. He continued:
Make Teaching More Practical.
"Thus it has happened that our high
schools have been organized and our high
school courses formulated by men who,
from semi-isolation and devotion to a sin
gle purpose, have been ignorant of local
'conditions and local demands and needs
of high school pupils; by men inexperi
enced in trade and commerce and with
out definite knowledge of the methods
and processes of the local industrial pur
suits of the patrons of their schools. Our
rural school teachers hae in great part
come from academics and high schools,
and have gone to their field of labor In
more or less ignorance of the needs and
alms of their patrons and pupils, but
possessed of high ideals. It is not strange
that defects are found in our educational
systems and methods; that patrons living
la cities feel disappointed In the results
of the schooling their children receive;
that It has not afforded the skill required
in their business; that It has made them
discontented and restless In the pursuits
and vocations of their fathers. It Is not
strange then that children In rural schools
lack Interest In all agricultural pursuits;
that in consequence of their training, the
bright, aspiring ouths have been leav
ing the farm and seeking to live bv their
wits in the cities. Do not these circum
stances point unmistakably to the fact
that public education in the rural dis
tricts has failed In adapting Itself to ex
isting conditions, and to meet the demands
made upon It?
Wrong Kind of Teachers.
There were enrolled last ear in the
schools of Oregon S9.409 boys and girls in
structed by 3742 teachers, who for ' the
most part were ioung girls and women
bred in our cities and educated In our
graded schools. These young women car
ried with them into their fields the culture
and refinement of cities: and jet they
knew little about the home environments
of the children they teach. If the farm
boys and girl" could not learn the scien
tific basis upon which successful results
In agriculture depend. It Is because the
teachers In our rural schools do not know
that basis. The children in our rural
school should learn to experiment and
to record the results of experimentation
and observation in horticulture and in
othtr tranches of agriculture. They should
bs encouraged to experiment in feeding
stock, budding, grafting and transplant
ing trees; they should learn to cross and
fertilize plants and crop ilelds and to
propagate new species, and have other
exercises, leading to a knowledge of those
things upon which successful results in
agriculture depend. Yet their teachers
can do none of these things. A knowledge
Of agricultural and rural life can be taught
in the common schools without In the least
flighting the essentials that are now
taught; but to do so we must throw out
the nonessentials and substitute for the
eo-called Nature work, most of which
joints to nothing definite and leads to
no Important results, the real study of
Nature as manifested in the daily expe
rience of children on the farm. TUo out
look at this, the beginning of the 20th
century, is hopeful and full of promise.
"The needs of -society and a business
world are better understood by educators
than they have ever been before, and we
may confidently expect a more ready com
pliance with conditions and greater efforts
to supply and meet the demands of so
ciety and state. Our schools In future will
have direct relations to the work that
children will be called to do on leaving
school. "We shall have rural schools con
ducted more with reference to the voca
tional needs of the children who are to
work out their missions In agricultural
pursuits, schools In which shall be taught
the elements of the sciences upon which
successful results in agriculture depends,
schools in which the farm shall be made
more attractive for boys and girls. Our
ruraf schools will bring not only pupils
In the country, but their parents. Into
closer touch with our state agricultural
schools, and the drift from the country
to the cities will be stayed, because Ideals,
aims and purposes will be fostered which
can be realized on the farm as well as in
the city. But It is to the normal and ag
ricultural schools and colleges that the
rural schools will have to look more large
ly than they have In the past for quail
fled teachers, and when our normal
schools shall recognize this need of spe
cially trained teachers In agricultural dis
tricts and shall set about to meet and sup
ply ,ihe fdemand. then will the normal
school problem be effectually solved, and
the normal schools will have found their
true mission
Work for Better Schools.
"Our schools will never be much below
what the people demand, but even If we
had archangels for superintendents and
teachers, and angels for school directors,
the schools would never be much better
than the people want. Hence our great
est problem Is public opinion. "When we go
from this meeting, let the work here out
lined blossom Into school advancement.
Preach the doctrine that Oregon must
line up with other states. I nave In my
mind two districts, one In which the di
rectors put their hands In their pockets
and added $5 per month to secure better
teachers. In the other they crowded wages
to the lowest point at which they could
get any one to teach. Today there are
coming from the one bojs who are glad
to earn 51.25 per day. From the other have
come more boys than I can count on my
fingers twice over who are earning from
$1000 to $10,000 a year. "Was that extra $5 a
month well Invested In better teachers?"
Mr. Ackerman closed his talk by touch
ing on the difficulties the rural teacher
must meet in the way of low salaries,
physical discomforts, short terms, un
certain tenure, and asked the Grange to
work to Improve there conditions. He also
said that the home must do its part. In
speaking of the consolidation of country
schools, he said It was a move that would
give the country boys and girls a strong
high school, and pointed out that every
community could and should work to Im
prove the schools and make them as
strong and practical as possible.
Mr. Ackerman received the thanks of
the Grange for his lecture, and also hearty
indorsement of his ideas.
iFRTJITGEOWERS TTNITE.
Organization Completed at Russell
ville to Deal With Canners.
At a rousing meeting of fruitgrowers
of the Itussehille district and otner
parts of Multnomah County, held last
evening In the Russelvllle schoolhouse, a
strong organization was perfected, which
will be known as the Portland Fruit
growers' Association. H. J. MIchelson,
elected chairman at a former meeting,
presided, and rules were adopted. These
provided for appointment of a board of
five directors, to be appointed by the
president, whose duty shall be to make
contracts and advise the officers as to
the management of the association.
In making contracts with canneries
for the delivery of fruit, the rules re
quire that the grower shall give collateral
notes or approved bonds that he will de
liver the berries contracted for in good
faith. This was passed unanimously and
without discussion, as it was considered
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that on this point hinges the success of
the association. The collaterals must
be approved by the board of directors.
The following officers were elected:
President, H. J. MIchelson; vice-president,
James January; secretary, Edward
Gill; treasurer. W. E. Lewis. President
MIchelson was given until next Saturday
night, when another meeting w 111 be held,
to appoint the board of directors.
No propositions were received from the
canneries, except a verbal statement from
R. J. Holmes, of the Portland Canning
Company, through P. J. Henniman, of
Mllwaukle, advising the fruitgrowers to
proceed with their organization and stat
ing that he would negotiate with it.
James January was appointed a special
committee to negotiate with the managers
of the Oregon Canning Company to se
cure harmonious co-operation.
It was estimated that 200 acres of ber
ries were represented, which represents
an output of 30 tons of strawberries,
raspberries and blackberries. Growers
were present from Gresham. Mllwaukle,
South Mount Tabor and other sections.
REPEATWH1GHWAY?
Question Which Worries John
Manning
AS TO PORTLAND CLUB VOTES
Grant Denies He Is Colonizing and
Questions Sincerity of Manning's
Attack on Repeaters
Manning on Fence.
John Manning, District Attorney, pro
claims that the Portland Club is harbor
ing a colony of repeaters for the elec
tions, June 6. Peter Grant, a proprietor of
the club, retorts that Mr Manning Is mis
taken, or doesn't know what he is talk
ing about. The District Attorney persists
that his assertion Is true. Mr. Grant in
sists that it is false. The District At
torney threatens the club with dire pun
ishment should the repeaters vote. Mr.
Grant replies that the club ifot only has
no repeaters, but will keep out of the
pending political contest.
"We have nothing of that sort in view,"
announced Grant, when asked yesterday
about repeaters. "Colonize repeaters? "We
are doing nothing of the kind and will
not. But If we were, and If Mr. Manning
were sure the repeaters would bo voted
for himself, he would be more charitable."
Manning has vainly tried to "line up"
the club. Perhaps that's what Grant was
thinking of when he made the foregoing
remark. But he would not reveal what
persuasion Manning had employed. It is
persistently reported, however, that the
District Attorney tried to convince the
club that It would better "be good." "When
pressed for information on this point,
Grant simply said:
""We are not fighting Manning. "We are
not participating in politics at all. "We
shall stay out of politics altogether."
Democratic leaders are much perplexed
to know what is the best policy for Man
ning to pursue. If he should play for the
reform vote, they fear that that element
will ask why. If his promises are sin
cere, has he not suppressed gambling dur
ing his term of office, which is soon to ex
pire. Besides, if he should take such a
stand, he would alienate the gambling
vote.
"It's a difficult problem," said one of
the Democratic managers several days
ago, "and I don't yet see what we are go
ing to do about it."
Whether the reform element will nomi
nate an independent candidate for Dis
trict Attorney seems not yet to have been
finally decided, though not so much talk
of that procedure Is heard as some days
ago. Two weeks remain for the nomina
tion of Independents by petition. The lat
est time allowed by law for filing peti
tions of nomination is 15 days before the
election.
AUTHOR 0E FAMOUS EPIGEAM
It Was a Washington Half-Breed
That Astonished the Japanese.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. May 8. As a result of the effort
of Senator Foster, of Washington, to ob
tain some traces of a young man ship
wrecked on the coast of Japan some years
ago, it has been made clear, through the
aid of the newspapers In the State of
Washington, that the man In question
was a half-breed Indian by the name of
Ranald McDonald, the son of Archibald
McDonald, doctor and chief factor for
the Hudson Bay Company.
The case originally was brought to
Senator Foster's attention by Dr. Edward
Everett Hale, Chaplain of the Senate, who
was Interested by reason of a remark
which McDonald was reported to have
said when questioned by the Japanese as
to who was greater than the President of
the United States, his reply being: "The
people are greater than the President."
Senator ' Foster has received a large
number of letters from various persons
In the State of Washington, one of them
being from the son of the grand nephew
of Archibald McDonald, the father of the
man held prisoner by the Japanese. Ac
cording to this letter Ranald McDonald
deserted from a whale ship when near
the coast of Japan and swam ashore. Here
he was taken prisoner and put under a
close guard. After a short time, however,
he was released and hired by the Japanese
Governor to teach English. He kept up
this sort of life for some eleven months,
when he managed to Induce some of his
attendants to send a letter for him to his
father at Montreal, Canada.
Upon receipt of this letter, the elder
McDonald applied to the United States
Government to secure the release of his
son, who was born In Washington Terri
tory, and, therefore, a citizen of this
country- Not only was McDonald held a
prisoner In Japan, but, according to the
man's statement In the letter to his fa
ther, there weie 11 other citizens of this
country undergoing the same unhappy
fate.
Under the circumstances the Govern
ment must have thought It a case for jus
tifiable Intervention for a sloop of war
was sent to Japan with a demand that
the prisoners be released. This demand
was backed up by a threat to bombard
the place if the men were not forthcoming,
and the request was granted without fur
ther parley.
One of the students taught by Ranald
McDonald afterwards was sent here to
Washington, D. C. as an Ambassador of
the Japanese government, and McDonald
claimed that he was the first one to teach
the English In the Mikado's kingdom.
Hot Wave at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. Today was
the hottest of the season, the Weather
Bureau's thermometer registering 86 de
grees In the middle of the afternoon. So
far as the coast was concerned, the hot
wave was not a wide one. San Francisco
had to bear the brunt of It, the cities
both north and south getting off with
several degrees less.
Visitors to Portland
Should not miss the delightful trips up
and down the Columbia River. Particu
lars at O. B, & N. city ticket office. Third
and Washington.
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1 231 WASHINGTON
STREET
TfaeJime Delineator on Sale at the Pattern Counters, Price 15c Per Copy
The Bntterick
Patterns
PrmcipalAg'cy
The Meier Frank Store
'Vndor' Porch
Shades
on Third Floor
"Willamette" Sewing Machines at $15 to $35 are Superior to Agency Machines Yon Are Asked $35.00 to $75,00for
frlmks. Traveling Bags, Snit Cases, Telescopes Every good style and size and all prices On the Third Floor
Great Sale of Hand Em
stitched Linens
Inclnding Doilies, Tray Cloths, Tea
cloths, Lunch Cloths, Table Sets, all
new designs, the largest and finest
collection ever shown in Portland
and at unusually low prices this week
Round hand embroidered Dollies, scalloped
edges, beautiful pieces at exceptionally low prices.
6 Inch at. each ISc i 9 Inch at, each 32c
12 Inch at, each.. f... 44c I 18 Inch at, each 67c
24 inch at, each $k0 Rare bargains
Hand embroidered Linen Tea Cloths, 36x36 Inches.
All S2.25 grades $1.87 I All $3.00 grades $2.53
All $1.00 grades... ,..$3.35 Better grades reduced.
Hemstitched satin damask Tray Cloths.
25c kind ISc I 75c kind 5Sc
GOc Kinu 46c
Hemstitched satin damask Tea and Lunch Cloths, handsomest styles, all
sizes greatly reduced In price. V
$1.00 grades, now, each S4c I $1.25 grades, now, each 94c
$1.50 grades, now, each $1.22 $3.00 grades, now, each.. $2.40
Hemstitched satin damask Table Sets, beautiful designs, magnificent setsat
low prices.
$6 0 sets reduced to $4.90 $7.00 sets for $5 00
$10.00 sets reduced to $8.20 $12.50 sets for $10.20
John S. Brown &. Sons' Table Linens
Damasks, napkins, cloths, sets. Superior to any other In. wearing qualities.
Beautiful new designs,, all grades. Insist upon having John S. Brown & Sons'
Table Linens.
BigWashGoods Bargains
25c figured Dimities, all colors and very best stylesthe entire
line for your choosing this week only at the low price g
of, yard . : i C
35c tan Linens for waists andsuiting, mercerized stripe effects,
very desirable for summer costumes ; this sale only at, o
the extraordinary low price of I OC
45e, 50c, 60e colored Linen Etamines and" Crashes, best styles and
colorings for shirtwaist suits; the most popular ma- f
aterials for hot weather suits; "May, Sale" price is w C
3000 yards of 25c and 35c Ginghams, Oxfords, Zephyrs, etc; new
est patterns and colorings, extraordinary value for q
this sale only at, yard OC
25c and 30c "White "W,aistings, best styles, yard 2l
Great special lot of Veilings, plain and fancy meshes, also A
dotted, black and colors; regular 25c-35c values for, yd. .
Women's $3.00 Oxfords at
$1.98 Per Pair
A great one-day sale of "Women's Low Shoes all the newest and
best styles, patent colt, Blucher Oxfords, heavy or light sole,
vici kid Oxfords and Bluchers, heavy and light soles; patent
kid Oxfords, heavy or light soles; every pair this season's man
ufacture ; all sizes and widths ; the best $3 values money can
buy, will be sold here today only at the low price of. . .1.95
LADIES' VESTS AT 38c
Ladies ribbed Lisle Vests. Val. lace
trimmed yoke and arms. All sizes.
The best 50-cent styles, aQ
for this sale at Oot
65c VESTS 4?c EACH
Ladles fine Lisle Vests. Hand cro
cheted yoke, silk tape. All sizes.
The best 65c values, for Aln
this sale, each xiw
35c RIBBONS 25c YARD
fancy plaid, all silk Ribbons
big variety of colorings. The
25c
3-in
in s
35c values, this
weeK, yard
25c RIBBONS l?c YARD
4-inch all silk taffeta Ribbons in
white, cream, red, blue, pink. Royal
Turco, old rose, black, 1n
mais; 25c value, yard
The Petticoat Factory in Operation
Come and see how petticoats are made, sewed and finished complete in six mimitesBy
special arrangement with Greenwold Bros, of New York and Philadelphia, we will have a
I miniature model of a modern skirt factory in operation in our cloak department every day this week, commencing at 3
P. M. todav Four of the latest improved electric machines, rimnincr 3F00 stitches a minute, will he operated bv
four experts One of the operators seams the garment, the next puts the facing on, the next shapes the top, the fourth I
puts on the ruffles It's all done as ouickly as you can sharpen a lead pencil The Petticoats are perfect to the last stitch
3 and we are going to sell them at manufacturing cost Come see them.
?8c
3000 of Greenwold Bros.' Black Sateen Petticoats, three ruffles, with
fagoting stitching or strapped, all splendidly made, good material
and perfect fitting, petticoats worth $1.50 each; during his great
demonstration 98
(Second Floor)
Skirts While You Wait
At 98 each. Choice of any of the handsome Petticoats made by
the expert operators, for 88. The values are extraordinary;
everybody is invited to view this demonstration of modern meth
ods and machinery .
Great "May Sale" of Petticoats
To make the occasion profitable as well as interesting to you,
we have organized a great "My Sale" of Skirts the 'greatest Pet
ticoat sale we have ever held six lots of new, up-to-date petticoats
at decided reductions from the regular selling prices. You can sup
ply your Petticoat needs here this week at a big saving.
Sateen Petticoats at $1.18 II Sateen Petticoats at $1.32
100 dozen Black Sateen Petti
coats, deep flounce,, tucked
and stitched bands, well made
great special value this
week at, each $1.18
50 dozen Black Sateen Petti
coats, deep accordion pleated
flounce or three ruffles or Van
Dj'ke points, wonderful value
for this week at $1.32
Silk Petticoats at special low prices during "Petticoat Week"
Sateen Petticoats at $1.98 Moreen Petticoats at $2.78
Fine quality Black Sateen Pet
ticoats, deep flounce pleating,
stitched bands or tucked
styles wonderful values for
this week only at $1.98
Black Moreen Petticoats, cord
ed alpaca flounce, grays,
black and tan, han'dsome
skirts great special value at,
each $2.78
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This will be a "Gala Week" for Economical Housekeepers
Our Big Basement Store is celebrating in old-time fashion
Almost giving goods away Come and get your share
14-qt. galvanized Slop-pall 3Sc
Asbestos Irons, set 51.49
6-foot Step-Ladders 9Sc
12-ln. Turkey Dusters 16c
40c Washboards 2Sc
Scrub Brushes, each 16c
Jap Pot Brushes, each lc
Clothes pins, dozen lc
Asbestos Stove Mats, each 4c
1Sx33 Window Screens 19c
24x334 Window Screens 22c
24x37U Window Screens 24c
30x37V Window Screens 30c
30x4214 Window Screens 36c
Lawri""Mowers and Garden Hoseat
the lowest prices.
J6 50 Ice Chests, each $4 93
$7.00 Ice Chests, each $5 63
$12.00 Gurney Refrigerators, Ice ca
pacity 67 lbs. Hardwood, (Tn Q"7
golden oak finish, dimen- M (Si
lions 19x13x16 P.UI
4-hook Coat and Hat racks 5c
5-hook Coat and Hat racks 6c
6-hook Coat and Hat racks 7c
Willow " Clothes Basket 83c
2-Uhrner Oil Stove 78c
75 feet wire Clothes Line 16c
Dover Egg Beaters 5c
Wire Meat Safes $1.19
2-qt. nickel Coffee Pot 53c
Flour Sifters, each lie
ENAMEL WARE REDUCED BASEMENT
50c Sauce Pans for
60c Sauce Pans for
75c Sauce Pans for
90c Sauce Pans for
$1.00 S?uce Pans for
40c Kettles, reduced to...
50c Kettles, reduced to...
60c Kettles, reduced to...
63c Kettles, reduced to...
75c Kettles, reduced to...
E5c Kettles, reduced to...
$L00 Kettles, reduced to.
34c
43c
52c
59c
70c
2Cc
33c
3Sc
44c
53c
5Sc
65c
$1.00 Tea Kettles, for 69c
$1.23 Tea Kettles, for 77c
50c Coffee Pots, for. 33c
60c Coffee Pots, for 43c
63c Coffee Pots, for 47c
Sterling top Salt and Peppers, for
each 14c
6 sliver plated Teaspoons 19c
6 silver plated Tablespoons 39c
Cut glass at very low prices. Basement.
Tooth Powder Sale All Kinds
Rublfoam bottle 15c Sozodont (small) 16c
Cherry Tooth Paste, large jars for.... 29c Sozodont (large) , 57c
Oriental Tooth Paste 32c Listerated Tooth Powder, large 25c
Dr. Graves' Tooth Powder Sc bottle for 17c
Colgate's Dental Powder 19c Dr. Sheffield's cream Dentifrice, in
Satin Tooth Ponder 23c jars , 29c
Lambert's LIsterine. bottle Lc In tubes 14c
Lyons' Tooth Powder 14c Pasteurine, bottle loc
Face Creams, Powders, Etc., at Less Than Cost
Hind's Almond Cream 29c Mennen's Talcum Powder 12c
Malvina Lotion 29c Dr. Graves' Talcum Powder 7c
Robertine 29c 75c Military Brushes 29c
Cameline 29c Imported Rubber Sponges, 90c size,
Violet Cold Cream He 69c; 30c size 39c
Notions: Sewing Requisites
Stockinet Shields 2, 3, 4 sizes at, pair. 9c
Scented Shields, all sizes, pair :. 25c
Alpha fluted ventilating Shields, all
sizes. 25c value, pair 15c
35c adjustable Shields, nalr 25c
I Brush Braid, colors only, yard.." 3c
ottahook Garment Fasteners, on
tape, double yard 39c
Linen Thread. 100 yds. spool 3c
Kerns Lustre Thread. 300-yd. spools.
black and white 9c
Binding Ribbon, colors only, piece.... 'Sc
Invisible Hair Pins, box 3c
Assorted Wire Hair pins in boxes, box 6c
Belt Pins on card, card 3c
Dressmakers' Pins, Vc lb 20c
Pleaters. each 19c and 63c
Large Cube Pins, assorted colors.... Sc
Kern Hose Supporters. 2 to 12-year
sizes, white only, pair 21c
Finon nose supporters, an colors at.
pair 21c
Safety Hook and Eye, card 2c
Snapper fasteners, dozen Sc
Rubber Sleeve Protectors, pair 21c
6 Bone Hair Pins 10c
Five Hundred Handsome Dress Suits
$ 1 .25 Siik Suitings 65c yd
Great special purchase of new, up-to-date Shirtwaist Silks, in
checks, dots and figure neat, rich effects in a great assort
ment of color combinations; all new, attractive goods, reg
ular $1.25 values, for this week only at the Sr
low price of O JC
New, popular Dress Fabrics, greatly reduced in price for this
week voiles, etamines, fancy alpacas and mixed suitings
big variety of the leading styles great bargains at 39 yd.,
63 yd., 73p yd., 87 yd., $1.09 yd., $1.33 yd.,
$1.53 yd. Buy your dress materials this week.
In broadcloth, alpacas, etamines, cheviots, novelty mixtures,
poplins and voiles, blouses and etons, with or without silk
dropskirts, fancy braid, fancy button or gimp trimmed
blues, tans, grays, blacks, browns, champagnes, black and
white checks, all this season's high-class suits, beautifully
made and a perfect fit guaranteed. Grandest values ever
offered at the following low prices:
$48 Dress Suits for $36.00 $50 Dress Suits for $38.00
$52 Dress Suits for $39.00 $55 Dress Suits for $40.00
$58 Dress Suits for $42.00 $60 Dress Suits for $42.50
$65 Dress Suits for $48.00 $70 Dress Suits for $49.50
500 Walking and Dress Suits
500 Ladies' Walking and Dress Suits, in cassimeres, fancy
tweeds, cheviots, etamines, Panama cloths and broadcloths,
light and dark mixtures, jackets, etons and blouse styles, in
browns, blacks, blues and grays; all are this season's leading
styles, handsomely made and trimmed; both walking and
dress suits in all grades
$16-$18 Suits for $ 9.95 $20-$22 Suits for $14.85
$26-$28 Suits for $19.65 $42-$44 Suits for $31.55
$32-$34 Suits for $24.45 Best Bargains of the Season.'
100 Japanese Silk "Waists, trimmed in lace, wide or narrow
tucks, black or white, all new, attractive waists, ri w y g
in all sizes, exceptional value for this jsale at. . . .P3
Best qualty Japanese Silk Waists, trimmed in lace and silk me
dallions, wide and pin tucking, round or pointed
yoke, $8 and $8.50 values, only
1000 Dressing Sacques and Kimonas, in white
pretty stj'les, of good material, best patterns,
all sizes; great value at, each
$6.45
and colors,
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