Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-01
SAxs AND COMPANY.

iNGS. SICh S"GErANo COTS OCCUx BUI Sell
DOM. BUT WHEN THEY DO OCCUR THE coMMU-
NIFTY SOON GETS WIND OF II. THE PEOPLE
QUICKLY DECIDE BETWEEN BOGUS MARK.
DOWN AND BONA F7DE cLEAR1Na.UP SALE
SUCH AS THIS OF OURS NO HOUSE CAN
AFFORD TO TRIFI.E WITH THE PEOPLES con-
FIDENCE-A THE TEMPORARY GAIN DERIVED
FROM SUCH COURSE OF ACTION SOON VAN
IsHEs AND THE TRIPLES ARE SHOWED
UNDER BY THE FORCE OF PUBLIC OPINION.
sAKs AND COMPANY.
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THIS CUT PRICE,
MID-sEAsoN CLEARINo-UP SALE OF OURS If
YOU AREA DoUBTER, A sKEPT1c. COME HERE
AND BE CONVINCED. THE GOODS ARE HERE
AT THE PRICES NAMED FIFTY-DoILAR OVER
COATS MARKED DOWN TO s35; NOT ONE LINE
OF $50 ovERCOATs. BUT EVERY ovERcoAT IN
OUR HOUSE THAT SOLD OR WAS MARKED TO
SELL AT $50. INCLUDING MoNTAaNAc. FUR
ELYsIAN AND CH1NCHILLA BEAVERS. THE
FINEST GARMENTS 1T IS POSSIBLE TO PRO-
DUCE OF WOVEN FABRICS.
SANS AND COMPANY
WE REGARD THE PEOPLES CONFIDENCE THE
SAME Az OUR WORTHY PRESIDENT DOES PUB
LILO OFFICE-L E. AS A SACRED TRUsT-KNow-
ING THE PEOPLE CoNFIDE IN OUR STATE
MENTs AND RESPECTING THEIR CONFIDENCE.
WE TELL YOU NOW THAT WE NAME FIFTEEN
DOLLARS FOR THE CHOICE OF ALL THOSE
FINEST CAsSIMEREs SUITS (oF EVERY STYLE
FOR MEN AND YOUTHS. THAT WE HAVE BEEN
SELLING AT SEQ zee AND s25 A SUIT. NO
CASHMERE SUIT RESERVED THEY ALL co
NOW AT FIFTEEN DOLLARS FOR THE CHOICE
sAKs AND COMPANY
THE CROWDS THAT DAILY THRoNG THE DIFF
FERENT DEPARTMENTS OF OUR HOUSE THIS
WEEKS INITsELF THE BEST PROOF POSSIBLE
OF THE POPULARITY OF THIS. OUR GREATEST
CUT-PRICE SALE. THE REDUCTIONS WE HAVE
MADE ON OUR SUPERB AND PEERLESS STOCK
OF MEMS AND BOYS BELONGINGS FINDS NO
PARALLEL IN THE COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF
THIS COUNTRY. JUST FANCY. WE ARE SELL
ING OUR $40 OvERcOATs FOR s29. OUR s35
OvERCoATs FOR s25. OUR $50 OvERcoATs
FOR $50. OUR s25 ovRRcoATs FOR els. AND
DUB $50 AND sls ovERCoATs ARE NOW GOING
AT THIRTEEN sEvENTY-FIvE tsl3.75) EACH.
sAKs AND COMPANY
HERE IS WHAT MAY BE TO MANY THE MOST
POPULAR ITEM OF THIS ADvERTIsEMENT. BE-
CAUSE 1T PLACES WITHIN THE REACH OF THE
MAN OF LIMITED MEANS SUIT OF CLOTHES
FIT FOR A MILLIONAIRE TO WEAR. WE NAME
THE SUM OF TEN DOLLARS tsl0, FOR THE
CHOICE OF ALL THOSE MOST EXCELLENT
SUITS FOR MEN AND YOUTHS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN SELLING AT SIS sle. cit AND els A
SUIT. THE GREAT VARIETY EMBRACES CAS-
sIMEREs, TwEEDs. AND CHEvIoTs. IN PLAIN
AND FANCY CoLoRINas; PLAIDs. STRIPES. AND
HEATHER MIXTURES. TAILoR-MADE BODY
FITTING GARMENTS, IN BOTH SACK AND CUT
AWAY STYLES. TEN DOLLARS FOR THE
CHOICE.
NOW COMES THE POOR MANS SNAP. THIS
is CRUEL WEATHER FOR THE MAN WHO HAS
NO OvERCOAT. OR WHOSE OvRRCUAT Q NOT
HEAVY AND WARM TO PLACE GOOD. WARM
sERvICEABLE AND DLCENr LOOKING OVER
COAT WITHIN THE REACH OF EVERY NAN WE
HAVE MARKED OUR s12 ovERcoArs DOWN TO
So. OUR $40 OvERCoATs TO 90. AND OUR %
ovERCoArs TO Is. THE VARIETY EMBRACED
IN THESE CHEAPER GRADES INCLUDE FUR
BEAVERS CHINCHILLAs PETERsHAMs BLACK
AND BLUE BEAVERS. AT THE ORIGINAL
PRICES THEY WERE THE BEST VALUES TO BE
FOUND HEREABoUrs. AT THE NOW REDUCED
PRICES YOU CAN I'M ACME WHAT DOWNRIGHT
SNAPS" THEY ARE.
sAKs AND COMPANY
NO DOUBT THE QUESTION WHY DO WE DO
THIss" WHY DO WE SELL GOODS BELOW
THE ACTUAL COST OF PRODUCTION" HAS
SUGGESTED ITSELF TO YOU. IT'S ONLY
REASONABLE THAT IT SHOULD. NO ONE HAS
EVER ACCUSED US OF BEING PHrLANTHRo-
PIsTs. AND WE DON'T CLAIM TO BE, BUT WE
DO CLAIM TO BE BUSINESS MEN WHO HAVE
THE NERVE TO FACE THE INEVITABLE, TO
MEET A LOSS. WHEN IT MUST BE MET. ON OUR
OWN GROUND AND ON OUR TERMS FIRST
LOSS IS BEST LOSS" OUR REASONS ARE
PLAIN AND EASY OF EXPLANATION. WE
SOLD A QUARTER OF A MILLION MORE LAST
YEAR THAN WE jDID IN 1885. TO
MEET THIS VAST INCREASE WE WERE OBLIGED
TO CARRY STOCK OF ONE HUNDRED THOU
SAND DOLLARS MORE THAN We DID THE YEAR
BEFORE. GOOD. WE HAVE JUST FINISHED TAX.
ING ACCOUNT OF STOCK AND WE FIND WE
HAVE MORE GOODS ON HAND THAN WE EVER
HAD AT THIS TIME OF YEAR BEFORE. WE HAVE
CONCLUDED THAT IT WILL PROVE BETTER IN
THE END TosAcRIF1CE THIS STOCK NOW THAN
ToCARRY IT oyER-A DEAD wEIGHT-FoR AN.
OTHER YEAR. BESIDES WE PROPOSE TO BEGIN
EACH SEASON WITH STOCK ENTIRELY NEW.
AND SO THIS CLEARING. UP SALE OF FINE AND
FASHIONABLE GOODS AT PRICES HERETOFORE
UNHEARD OF IN CONNECTION WITH GOODS OF
EQUAL MERIT
sAKS AND COMPANY
WE DO NOT coEF1NE THIS GREAT CUT IN
PRICES TO OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT; NOT
AT ALL. EVERY DEPARTMENT IN OUR HOUSE
SHARES A COMMON FATE. OUR SHOE DRpART
MLNr IS CHocK FULL OF EXCEPTIONAL
VALUES IN LADIES' SHOES AND SLIPPERS
EVERY PAIR POEM IN SHAPE AND BEAUTY: