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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29
DRY GOODS.
DRY GOODS.
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Lansburgh & Bro,
washingtOn's FayOrite Store.
Business Hours s A. NJ. to IS P. NJ
Open Saturdays till 9 o'clock
GREAT SAVINGS ON
DRESS GOODS.

All summer dress goods are listed for
quick clearance. These items should
command your quick attention
Blue Mix, Brown Mix and Green Mix
Cheviot. These have the new crash effect
and are very desirable for knOckabout wear
There's probably twr,hundred yards Worth
fully 6Oc They go at less than half, Doc
or at, per yard........................
Too many Cream Bedfords on hand. True,
we could carry them and get full price. But
that's not our way. SO you can buy 800 yds.
good Cream Bedford Cord for one day AZ
soc value at only, per yard......".... Wv
Navy Blue, Marine Blue, Gray, and Cream
Fine Mohair. Useless to tell you how ex.
tremely popular mohairs are. Yet to keep
business enlivened we've decided to sac
rifce our SOC number for one day, at, 3Zc
per yard .........
Ivory White Wolfe Imported goods.
Only so yards. You'll have to come early in
order not to meet with disappointment. First
quality and all wool. This 75c Wolfe enc
is reduced to, per ydrd................... wv
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29
CLEARANCE Sale
OF BRASS AND IRON
BEDSTEADS.

To effect quick clearance of all to.be-dis-
continued patterns in Brass and Iron Beds We
offer same at reduction of one-third from
regular prices. These beds are in every way
desirable, and the designs probably quite as
good as those coming in for fall, but we prefer
to close them out now.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29

Persons leaving the city for the sum-
mer or for any length Of time can have
the Gazette mailed to them for ten cents
a week
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29

CIWEATHER PRoBABILIuEs.-For this Sec
ton, showers tonight and Thursday; cooler
Thur day fresh southerly winds becoming
westerly,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29
LOCAL NEWS.

HSun rises tomorrow at sos a. m. and sets
7:20 p. m. High water at llO2 a. IN. ana
11.2S m mn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29
FRESH FRUITS.

Special Fruit sold this week. Just arrived;
| carload Of Bananas and Watermelons, and
all kinds Of California fruits, all select and
strictly fresh from steamer. bananas nom %
cents bunch up. Very fine fruit. 10 bunch
lots 20 cents cheaper. Don't miss the sale.
Ain come 70 the GREEK STORES, S26, COZ
and 702 King street. and lO5 north Royal
street, Alexandria, Va. JeZs'4l,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29
Monetary and Commercial.

New York, July 2s.-The stock market
opened strong with a confident tone, but the
dealings were not well distributed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29

75c Covert Cloth Skirts reduced to-. soc
$1.00 Covert Cloth Skirts, reduced to 75c
$100Blueand black Duck Skirts with
white dots, reduced to-. ................... 75c
$l.25 White Duck Skirts with black
dots, reduced to......... ................... csc
$3.50 Blue Danish Cloth Skirts, re-
duced to...... .............. ...,,..,....... csc
$500 Blue and Black Mohair Skirts,
reduced .... $2.19
Small lot SOC Crash Skirts, reduced to 25c
Small lot Soc Crash Skirts, reduced TO SOC
S1.00 Wash sKimonas, reduced to,,,,.,. 59c
$50 Silkaline Kimonas. reduced to- CSC
50c Seersucker Underskirts, reduced
SOC
5sc Seersucker Underskirts, reduced
to..... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 29c
$1.00 Mercerized Bingham Under
skirts, reduced tO........ .................- 600
Sl.OO Lawn Wrappers, reduced to-. S5c
5Oc Colored Wash Waists. reduced to 39c
Small lot Soc Colored Wash Waists.
soiled and mussed, reduced to............. 25c
Small lot plain White UnderskirtG,
reduced from 50c to :. -. ...,..,.........- Soc
Fine 12lc Lawns, reduced tO......... &c
Fine Toe Lawns, reduced to. .........~~ TIC
Fine Sc Lawns, reduced to.......,,.,.,,. Sc
Three pieces pretty fancy Pique, re-
duced from $50 yard to................. ..... Csc
Small lot $l.OO Linen Waists, re,
uuceu Vo'''' ,,,,, 69c
Small lot fine White Waists, soiled
and mussed, reduced to .................... Acc
Choice Of i24c Light Dress Bingham,
yard ............ ...... &c
zoe Mercerized Dress Ginghams, re.
duced to yard ......".......,,,r.. .......~. 12lc
One piece White figured Madras, re-
duced from zoe to..................... ...... 15c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29
Swan Bros.
424-4 40 KING STREET.
MIDSUMMER CLEARANCE SALE.

Our annual Midsummer at hand Prices a cut l
summer goods just at the time they mostly oppouni
and should be taken advantage promptly secure the best b
gains of the Everything will be found exactly advertised and v
would suggest that you bring this list with you comparison
BEGINS MONDAY MORNING JULYao
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29
flosquito Canopies
At Clearance Prices

Dixie Canopies, full bed size, with cord and
frame, $3.50. Were $3.50
Daisy Canopies, full bed size, with cord and
frame, 500. Were $500.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29


Ono piece White Mercerised Madras
Cheyiot, reduced to.............. 10
Fine White Satin Damask. reduced
from 29c yard to.............. Ole
Lot Colored Satin Ribbon worth nm
TO 3Oc yard, reduced to........ toto
One piece fine White and Checked
Dimity, one yard wide, reduced from
'-2V Vo''''''''. '.'.. ............ 90
Ten pieces Ofthe popular black and
white Checked Calico, all size checks,
special price q,
loo Tan and white Dublin reps, re-
duced to-" '''".......... .................. lOlc
40 dozen Children's Colored Border
handkerchiefs, each..................... 1c
One bale Heavy quality Unbleacbcd
Cotton, good and heavy, special price Al.
Lot of Ladies' black and tan 100
Hose, reduced to, pair. ......... 10
;, One lot ladies' 25c black Ribbed
Hose, reduced to-. -. ............... 10
Lot Of Ladies' 25c Balbriggan Hose.
size only, reduced TO, pair, =. ......... 15c
One lot Children's Toe black rib
Hose, size 60 only, reduced TO- pair. -. &c
Small lot Ladies' lac Tan Hose, re.
uueeu TO- palr,...., ................... ...... Re
g.. Two dozen only, Misses White Drop
Stitch Hose, size u, reduced to, pair. Sc
One lot Ladies White Waists. stitch.
ed with black, reduced from 100 to-. Tie
Small lot Ladies' Summer Ribbed
Union Suits, reduced from SOC suit to-. Soc
25c Linen Window Shades, with
pictures, .............................. Zoe
Toe Felt Window Shades. with fix
lures eacn'''''''''''' e ........"......... 74c
Ladies SOC Colored Wash Stocks.
reduced to, each.. ........... oac
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29
CLEARANCE SALE OF
RUGS

Odd Rugs, to-be-disccntinued patterns, one
of-a-kind sorts, offered at an average reduction
of onethird from regular prices.
As all classes Of Rugs have advanced in price
for the coming season, the new prices we have
put on our present stock make them excep-
tional values. Designs and qualities are the
best.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29
Slip Cover Special.

We will make to order Slip Covers for s.
piece suite of furniture from the best quality
German Stripe Slip Covering and guarantee a
perfect fit at the special price $500 the spite.
We now offer at Clearance Prices all Cross
Stripe Summer Curtains. To close them out
we have marked them $500 pair. Were
$3.50 TO $500.
Second Floor-New bldg.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15
Equal
TO the Occasion.
Ruse of a Young Husband Who
Was Not Afraid of His Mat
rimonial Achievement.

After the last old shoe had fallen on top
of their carriage the bride looked up ten
DERBY into the proud young mans eyes
and said:
IT feel awfully nervous and silly.
cit will be so l,orrid to have everybody
staring at US and whispering that we are
just married.
Lets act as il we had been married a
long, long time. SO they won't suspect"
"But I'm proud of it." he said. slipping
an arm around her and drawing her low
ingly close TO him.
"I'd like to stand on a housetop COME
where. darling. and shout so that all the
world could hear it that you are mine
my very own-my sweet. adorable. beau
tiful. superb wife. 1t won't do any good
to try to mis;ead them.
They'll all know 1t the minute they see
US. 1 couldn't keep from looking happy.
no matter how hard I tried. But leave It
to me. III fix it so they won't stare at
US or whisper about U.s."
After the train hid started Arthur
looked up the conductor and had q short
conference with him.
Then the proud groom returned to his
wife. and the official. standing at one end
of the car. said. waving . hand toward
the happy couple:
Ladies and gentlemen. I am requested
to announce that they have just been
married.
They are anxious to have It understood
that they are not at all ashamed of them
selves. and they don't propose to pretend
hat they are old stagers. 1 thank you, one
and all. for your kind attention."
Then their fellow-travelers all stepped
Forward and congratulated them.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15

I Ny friends say 1 am as graceful as !
was ten years ago, when I was 20. r.
Grandma-Let me thank you for the
wrinkle cure. My face looked like PATCH
ment. -,
took the burrows out of my forehead
that had been there for forty years..
They t9ll me that my cheeks bloom Ike
d peach &c
G.. D.. C.. Mary I'll would be a pretty
girl if my hair would curl. -.
But my forehead is high and my hair
hangs as straight as a piece of thread.
You can make your hair curl by wash
ing 1t well to get the oil out.
Now take and do it up in metal curl
ers. let remain up over night. In the
morning press with a hot iron.
H. G.-Please give me a curline.
A good curling fluid can be made By
boiling ounce seed and adding a little
Of the strip to warm water. ~
Moisten the hair with 1t. but do noto use
too much. or there will be a white scaiy
! look to your hair. which is not pretty
Miss VI like to wear a stin curtin
the middle of my forehead.
How can keep it in shape?
You might wet it with giycerin and wa
ter.
This will often keep a curl in shape
whsn nothing else in the world Will do SO
Grace VI want a good cream forsths
skin. H.
A skin food would be the best.
There is no skin food any better than
this that ] know: Take an egg shellful OF
pure mutton ta,iow.
Try 1t out yourself and measure ttgin
an emnty shell. Add to this an equal
amount of spermaoctu-
Melt in a double boiler. scent 1t with oil
of rose seranium and add enough pure
almond oil to make a thick creamy mass.
This will make a large quantity. ana you
will not need any more for several. weeks.
Miss T.-How shall / use the skin food
TO keep my skin nice:
Massage 1t gently into the face before
going out. Use very little. ra
Dust powder lightly over it.
Miss F. P.-I thank you more than l
can tell for your advice regarding super
fuous hair. / haye followed 1t faithfully
and with the best of results. Both my
sister and 1 were afflicted with 1t. but
both have been cured.
T. CHOW can / I'LL up the open pores
in my face? .
They are most unsightly.
Battle the face with very hot water.
puttiug 1t on with a hot towel. Do not
rouahen 1t. but merely steam 1t with the
water.
when it is very hot, wash it with soap
s,ds Rinse In many waters until free
from soap.
Battle now in tepid water. with few
drops of benzoin in the water.
H.. X. P.-Do you sdvlse salt water itor
-. 5000 .lH
This is a difficult question to answer.
as salt and water AFFECT dinerent nHlnS
In many cases it utterly banishes wrin-
! kles.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15

the head. and open and shut the hands
as many times as rapidly as possible.
Do not forget that 1t is an exercise which
Is beneficial not only to the hands. but
to the wrists and the whole arms and
to the chest.
Open and shut the hands. and stretch
the arms at the same time. 1t Is gorgeous
exercise.
The arms should taper and there should
be dimples In tbem; but how many DIM
pied arms. tapering to pretty. round
wrists. do you see
II you want a nice pair OF tapering
arms YOU can get them, but 1t will be by
hard effort, for the tendency of the arms
Is to taper at the wrong place., and to
bulge out in sausage fashion. just when
they should begin TO grow a little smaller.
There is nothing for this but the most
energetic of physical culture movements,
and the girl who would have nice arms
must begin soon, for the development of
the arms Is much slower than the de-
velopment of the hands, which are very
quickly treated.
Arms that are too fat must be reduced
by diet, for they are very susceptible to
foods.
Fat will settle on the arms and around
the shoulders very soon in the gain Of
adipose tissue, and the woman who wants
nice tapering shoulders will nave nothing
but fleshy cushions.
The arm exercises are very simple, being
merely a lifting and lowering of the arms,
but they should be practiced half an hour
| every day and q great deal longer If pos
sible.
| LETTERS FROM ANXIOUS READERS.
Mrs. CT wrote to ask you how to
| enlarge the size of my bust. 1 Am far too
thin 10 be pretty.
Do not despair.
Bones are fashionable.
Still. you can increase the bust by rub
bling COCOA butter into it.
Heavy Reader-1 weigh entirely too
much.
IL there any way OF reducing without
dieting?
Yes. il you will exercise enough. Golf
players neverare fat.
They run on the golf links for hours
at a time, and it takes the flesh off them
very rapidly.
Walk and run. II yougeta chance, in
the open air.
1t will do you a world of good.
Miss TT am unmarried and very
very heavy. and you know that it makes
me look old. Is there any way of looking
| younger by getting thinner?
You can diet and you can exercise. Ex-
| ercise will reduce you very quickly. But
will have to do a great deal of It.
Do not drink water while exercising,
but try to get Into the country for a
month of outdoor life.
Faithful Reader-You do not tell me
Just how to take the superfiuous hair of
my upper lip.
Get an electric needle and try electro
losis.
1t Is not on difficult thing to perform at
home. If you puncture the skin you will
be all right as far as killing the hair is
concerned.
D. H.-How can I use the electric nee
| die on my own facef
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15
BY MARION


WRITTEN FOR TIE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The girl who wants to ply pat-a-cake
these w!atsr esc,irgs. or Who enjoys a
game of peas porridee hi, must have
pretty hands.
Ugly hands are disagreeaie TO gaze up
on, thrice disaeresable 10 ;oach and many
times more disagreeaole to pssess.
They are ugly to the eye. ,lammy to the
feel and a source of discomfort ali around.
HANDS that are not clamny are some
times too dry. and they hav, a hot feeling
which makes one uncomfortable.
Such hands are apt to raS mble patch-
ment In being crink. ed and out of all sem
blance to flesh and blood.
Hands that are neither too moist nor
too dry. hands that are pink and white.
hands that show the proper tones of flesh
color. and which are of the right shape
should be the undisputed portion of every
woman.
When they are not such. it is cure to
be the fault of the wCmau1 herself. for
there is nothing in the wGrld as easy to
control as the hands and their shape.
Young girls usually have pretty hands.
This is before they have had tir.e TO
spoil them with the %cuticle knife. with
tight sleeves, with too much soap and not
enough water. and with the wrong kind
of care.
But by the time the young girl is 20
years old she has injured the skin of her
hands and has twisted and spotted the
nails. so that her hands are no longer
things of grace and beauty.
At so a change begins to come over the
hands that Is not all the fault of the
woman who owns them.
For some reason not known the hands
begin TO age at 90 years. and a gradual.
almost imperceptible, transformation
takes place. q.
The flesh begins to shrink and the shape
of the bones and the knuckleS begins to
show.
SHAPE OF THE HANDS.
The hands of a woman of 40 have begun
10 grow knotty.
The knuckles are larger than they should
be and the fingers no longer taper. but
ARE biggest at the knuckle bones.
When the flesh has really shrI1nk off
the hands and has wholly disappeared.
then the fingers grow very ugly and the
hands which We're such a pride and orna-
ment become unsightly,
Physlca! culture will keep the hands
nice and will prevent them from growing
out Of shape.
Give your hands physical culture treat
ment every day. and at the end of a
month you will notice the change.
They Will have begun to plump out a
itue. and you VIII notice that the skin
which was yellow is now bleached white:
the nails have changed from their brittle
estate and no longer crack.
You will see that the veins are disap-
pearing under a padding OF flesh, and the
hands are pretty again.
Even at the age of 20 a great deal can
be done for the hands: though it is advised
that a woman begin long before she II 70
years old to make her hands attractive.
II she will start out while she u young
Int will keep them pretty. she will be
sure to have them nice when she grows
old.
Hands are particularly susceptible to
good treatment.
The skin yields readily to applications
that whiten them and such a thing as a
pair of red hands should be unknown.
The nails. too. are very easily managed
and can be shaped to suit the taste OF the
person who owns Stem.
gheS are victims OF bad treatment or Of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15
Biz Game Shooting
i'm a Singapore Hotel.
Tigers and Wild Bears Frequent
Nv Invade Premises Of Orient
tai HOstelries. n

Singapore is possibly the most humid
place on earth. 81
The atmosphere is almost always
'sticky" from the combination OF heat and
@-'H
rain. 81
Animals and reptiles Of all kinds abound
in the Malay Peninsula. as they do in IN
dia and other tropical countries.
AT Singapore Rafies's Hotel is the gath
eriug place at night of all the foreign rel
dents looking for a chance friend from
home on one of the many incoming steam
ers. ,r
Wide piazzas run the entire length OF
the house on each floor and overlook
pretty flower gardens n well-kept
grounds.
One day in the early part Of last wfnter
one can imagine the amazement OF The
assembled patrons on behoIding a huge
python serenely crawling about the lower
piazza of the hotel ~
This reptile, which measured about Il
feet in length and was as large in body
as a mans arm. is now on exhibition in
the small ZOO connected with the Boz
tanicaI Gardens in Singapore.
1t quite gives one inc SnAsefS 10 tAiuh
that one might have been walked up SOM
morning and found this formidable foe in
ones bedroom.
Shortly after the advent Of the python
players in the billiard-room one evening
were startled to see a young tiger moving
quietly about the room. o
There was a shrek and 1 suddendd dis
appearance Of billiard players. but exeht-
ually the beast was captured. 49,
Whether it came from its native jungle
or escaped from some native who had 1t
In captivity-thcy frequently do have them
as pets-was never known. but his tiger
ship was also sent to swell the collcctisa
ct the ZOO"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15
James ]. Hill's "COllege"
is His Railroad.
Presidents and General Managers
Who Began Their Careers
With Him.

The character Of no captain of industry
Is clearer than that of James J. Hill.
His road is one Of quick promotion and
great mortality
1t has been called the college for rail-
road presidents w. II. Newman. presi-
dent Of the New York Central: j. D. Far
reIl, president Of the Great. Northern
Steamship Company: c. II. Warren. first
vice president of the Rock Island. and
scores of other prominent railroad Off
Gals are Nil Hill graduates
Charles s. Mellen. who has just resigned
the presidency OF the Northern Pacific to
become president of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford. will probably be
succeeded by a Hill man"
Hill is quite capable of promoting a
brakeman to be a traffic manager in five
years.
Both he and the men who have made
the Great Northern are typically of the
West.
In the early lays of the road. when adj
%venturous youngsters came from the East,
it was no criterion of their capacity that
they had to accept humble positions at the
start. Their migration itself was a tribute
to their ambition.
Hill knew this. They were willing to
work hard. and he worked them hard.
As he has grown older his fondness for
young men has not abated.
No more has his fondness for detail. Not
long ago he stopped his special train on
the Cascade Division Of the Great North
ern in order to tell an engineer a better
method of putting a derailed locomotive
on the track than the one he was employ
Ing.
incidentally. he showed the incompetent
foreman of a section gang how to lamp
the dirt under a tie properly
He would never have thought OF this
as waste of time.
It Is a part of his system which enables
him to pick out the ambitious and grow
ing men for quick promotion and also
to inculcate the tireIess industry which
keeps up the "mortality."-Collier's
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15

clipped nail. the nail that Is so shor that
only a little white rim is visible.
But there are others that like the very
long nail, the fashionable nail, and who
think the longer the nail thebetter.
French women. who are noted for the
beauty and taperlng qualities of the hands,
excel In keeping the nails long.
They say that the beauty of the hands
depends upon the color, the quality of
the skin and the length of the nails.
They wear them so long that they curve
beyond the finger tips.
To keep the nails long is one of the
finest of the fine arts of physical culture.
You must not only let the nail grow,
but you must know how to taper it.
1t must point. yet 1t must not have a
sharp tip. and never under any condition
must 1t be sharp enough to scratch.
THE GOLF GIRLS HANDS.
The business woman and the sporting
girl alike are inclined 10 favor the round
nail. Particularly is this true of the golf
girl. who cannot play with very long nails.
She cuts them rounding and rather short
yet long enough to support the finger
tips.
Fingers that are too fat on the ends are
almost always made so by some fault or
eccentricity of the owner.
Perhaps the habit of biting or fussing
with the finger tips has become inherent
and ann be broken.
Perhaps there is the habit of clipping
the nails at the corners. which causes the
finger to fall and makes the finger tip
very pudgy.
The nails should be allowed. to grow at
the corners. and it is not desirable TO
touch them with the scissors until they
are long enough to support the finger tips.
The white marks upon the nails are
gears caused by the use of the flesh knife
or by pressure of the orangewood STICK.
Stop using the knife and the stick, and
they will disappear.
The best manicures press back the flesh
with a soft towel. after soaking the finger
tips. but they do not use the stick or
the knife.
II a good manicure were to develop a
white spot Upon a finger nail of one of
her patients she would consider herself
disqualified from caring for that patient
any longer.
Yet you will see women with the nails
marked in great white curves, and all be-
cause some one has pressed upon the cuti-
Gle with a sharp instrument.
The arms and the hands are associated
closely together and must be treated to-
gether.
The hands should be opened wide and
then gripped tightly. n then opened
again and then gripped again, to make a
series Of strengthening exercises.
KEEPING THE HANDS SUPPLE
The hands Of those who have passed 30
are very rarely supple. Middle-aged wom-
en- do not exercise enough with the fingers
and the result Is a stiffness that Is very
un~attractive.
Often the hands will no longer be ca
pablo of opening wide. but only half wide.
In a tense. 1eXed sort of way.
To remedy this the hands should be fire.
quently opened and closed again.
TO DO this. bare the arms, lift them. over