The Washington times., 1913-09-29
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Great Dead Letter Sale to Be
Opened by Auctioneer Wed
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Step right up. ladies and gentlemen
We are now about to open the great
dead letter sale We offer you almost
anything from shoes to hats, from phon-
agraph records to a; set of dolls (toy
dolls). - 1.lg - lsiSDLi. zsa;fE-a
That's what Uncle Sam is placing on
display At Sloan's auction rooms On F
street In preparation for his annual
berEain clearance sale Wednesday. rhe
plAcs ID loaded with almost everything
under the s,In. except q house and lot
Here. ladies and gentlemen-or rather.
just ladies--we offer you wonderful
opportunity to lay In lot of fine er-er.
hngerie-lace and embroidery trimmed,
made Of muslin and nainsook. to say
nothing about cotton lingerie. twenty
two woman's aviation caps, twenty five
pairs OF corSets. and-er-er sixty-three
iooks for the lady's Lisle Thread Bank.
Uncle Sam, y'undergtand, can't make
any use o( such articles as those men,
sioued above. and q whole lot more too
numerous to mention-Uncle Sam being
sober-minded bachelor with no fiighty
tendenctes. * ~ ~
0wan, Give Yer Bid Fer It.
New, what am / offered for the lot?
One dollar q piece. one dollar. What.
only dollar! Why I'd rather give 'em
ewSy. Do hear the sl.2s? Thank you.
One and quarter
TsHs gets .'em excited.
: esld for three dollars.
yNsxt. ladies and gentlemen. Uncle
Sammy presents for your consideration
something for the baby. It'n make
nee warm present for him for Christ,
mas. Here's thirty-e,ght crocheted and
knitted Sephyr sacks and some nice
e1derdown sacks, and twelve classy little
kimonos. and seyenty-six bibs and union
quits. and Q lot Of more things that
any baby'd like to have.
3ust getting started now. Don't leave
yet, for II you do you Nill miss some
Of the greatest bargains ever offered
3 the Washington public by Uncle
!so tines customer prepares to show
@othes and shoes, but the strangest
Shing In this section Of the sale is one
eetr Of dainty Chinese slippers that
probably were intended to delight the
test OF some Oriental-but your Uncle
sammy couldn't read Chinese. 3d. ladies
4nd gentlemen. we are offering you these
Chaneee slippers in this big sale.
Get In, Gents.
s.And now gentlemen, here's your
ehAnce.
We have here some fine armbands. to-
ubcco pouches, cigar cases, bill books,
n pairs OF suypendeFs, any quantity Of
hAndkerchiefs, good, bad. and tndiffer-
ent, q whole lot of socks and neckties
and union suits and caps and pajamas.
Embroidered goods. art pillows, linen
deakies. Battenberg work. pocket
knivea, handbags. centerpieces are also
% our list today, says Uncle Sammy. so
Just step right up. ladies and gentle
men, and take your pick. We must
ssl iem all out and they're going
And II you don't want any of these
thingB you sporting gentlemen whom
- before me, why just look a-here.
Eighteen baseball gloves, six crab nets,
een boxes OF hsh hooks, six golf balls,
tpelve baseballs, and some. punching
49,. And. II You shave yourself, why
nere.s . great chance to cop on
eafety hoe. or straight razor, and
cuple dozen shaving brushes.
And U you don't shave yourself but do
IKE good smoke, here's a chance Of a
nfetime TO take your pick Of l13 mis-
cei!aneous pipes. forty-eight calabashes,
ana nffy-seven Of the good old-fashioned
- Missouri meerchaums.
n2nt BACK, LADIES'
But we're getting this sale too one
SIDED. 50 wen come back to the ladies
4gAan- We are offering you fifteen man
cure sets and forty-four vanity boxes.
- say nothing Of six Jewel bags, four
teen toilet cases and bags. and forty
enc chamois powder cloths-sreat thing
II you have q shiny nose-and some mir
rprs and tooth brushes and hair brushes
ana-watt . minute. till get my breath
-thtrty-seven miscellaneous toilet arti-
cies and twenty-five metal Jewel boxes
-and that'u be about enough just now
Next We win offer for your consid-
eration twenty-seven phonograph rec
ords-should be In every homeland sew
en- Jews hafps and II, 100 talking ma
chine needles-enough to drive your
next-door neighbor crazy-and here's a
real bargain: G. 90 picture .post cards.
Buy 'em and give to some dippy COL
lector, and you'll never have to send
ton.
Whew, some job
Guess thst'll be about all for now,
but just drop in and look 'em over,
There are 13 different cIassihcations,
ana II you're thinking of getting mar
ned ana going to housekeeping or want
20 buy something for some other un-
fortunate. or would like q supply of
Anae g1fts-why. just step right up,
aoies ana gentlemen, Uncle Sammy's