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Evening star., 1915-02-04
Friday Clearance in
Silk DEPARTMENT.

Friday Clearance in
Silk Department.
295 yards 20-in. Striped Taffetas,
55c yard. Formerly 85c and $1.O0.
A variety of colorings and de-
signs, suitable for waists. skirts,
Innings and trimmings.
81 yards 24-inch Corded Silks,
55c yard. Formerly $l.00.
Corded Silks, in a variety
Of colors, for skirts, trimmings
and other purposes.
81 yards 36.in. Black Charmeuse,
SSc yard.
Suitable for waists, etc.
Second door, G street.
Evening star., 1915-02-04

Some DAY WIZ surely get fall.
That's just as true as truth. Danny
Meadow Mouse thought he knew it all.
That is, he thought he knew all about
the people who wear white coats IN
winter. He never had seen any one on
tho meadows with white coat except
Jumper the Hare He knew that
Shadow the Weasel wears a white coat
in winter. but Shadow has black tail
to give him away. So, never having
seen or heard of any one else with a
white coat, Danny had been sure that
there was no one else, and had boldly
tried to play a trick on some one he
supposed to be Jumper.
s Danny shivered every time he thought
Of the two fierce. hungry-looking eyes
that had suddenly stared down into
his own. Lucky it had been for him
Evening star., 1915-02-04
Women's Dresses Greatly Reduced.
S8.75 choice.

which these dresses marked far below their
made in the styles which have been
popular past fashioned of fabrics of finest
qualities.
&c. but those who be fitted will be able
purchase most attractive dress at great savings.
Dresses In black sizes and s. Were up to
$875 D a ns blue and black sizes 3d. s and 3d.
& biSe aa hs M snb
IS each @ Dedsss hie nnd aae ssd White for
$875 eachGrspe de Chine and SIX IS and and Noo Dresses @ suitable for
Evening star., 1915-02-04
Glove Department.

IA pairs Women's s-button Length Kid Gloves,
In gray and tan; sizes 81 and 6sz. 75c pair.
Were 1.25.
II pairs women's 2-clasp Black KID Gloves;
sizes 5A and 8. SOC pair. Were $l.o0.
Main floor, Center.
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2Sc each. Were Soc.
And the following.

A1fS1 tfHS EOIIO w NIX
2 Children's White Fur Hats mushroom shape
Sc. So
10 ChiIdren's worsted Tooues. with pompon Oh
TOP: navy blue color. i5c each. Were Soc
Hapd-crocheted Worsted Auto Hoods, navy
blue and red. soc each. Were 81 so.
!! pairs Hand knit White SILK Mittens. Joc
pair Were $125
4 pairs Worsted Mtteus. 1Oc pair Were a5c
Third floor, Eleventh street.
Evening star., 1915-02-04
Umbrella Department.

o Mems 2s-inch Black Silk Umbrellas. finished
with sterling silver trimmed natural and hard
wood handles. $3.3J each. Were $500.
Evening star., 1915-02-04
Friday Clearance of
Girls Muslin Skirts.

A small assortment of Girls
Good Quality White Muslin
Skirts. with tucked ruffles; sizes
6 to II years.
Evening star., 1915-02-04
Friday Special in
Couch Covers and Window

A lot of Fine Imported and
Domestic Tapestry and Moquette
Couch Covers, OF best quality fab
ries and artistic patterns and col
ors. These were selected from
our own stock, and are exceed
ingly good values.
Tapestry Couch Covers,
$3.75, $500 and $500 each.
Values, S., Sc, $3.50 and So.
Tapestry and Moquette Couch
Covers, $3.50 each.
Were $1,000 to $l2.00.
Moquette Couch Covers, 50 each.
Were $3.50.
Evening star., 1915-02-04
Friday Special in
Women's Gowns & Combinations.

Two special assortments that
far surpass usual values.
Gowns of fine nainsook, in XII
mono style, prettily finished with
pink or blue piping.
Soc each. Value, $l.W.
Nainsook Combinations lcorset
cover and drawers), some in the
new envelope style, trimmed with
lace, embroidery, beading and
ribbon.
Special price, Soc each.
And the following:
5 Plaid Messaline Silk Petticoats.. with fancy
plated nounce; $50 each; Regularly 300.
accordion plated messaline nounce, $1.5o each
Regularly $500.
8 s.KIosit'' Jersey SILK Pctticoats. with mes
saline founce, S395 each. Were $500.
Third floor street,
Evening star., 1915-02-04
Friday Special in
Women's Cotton Vests.

50 dozen Imported Swiss Rib
bed Cotton Vests. low neck and
sleeveless style; good weight for
spring wear.
3sc each; ; for s1.oo.
Regular Soc quality.
And the following:
q women's Jersey and Swiss Rihhed Iisle
Thread pants. lace trimmed. button On side: size
70 wcmen's Jersey Ribbed Natural Wool
Pant. .nt. .n, si.e v.st, .ss pa,t h,., We.
short sleeves: size 10: slightly imperfect. Sc
Zach. Were Enc.
Main door @ street.
Evening star., 1915-02-04

hcW MtCh L hNOW, SAID HE.
that one of his many little round door
ways had been right close at hand. It
had been one of the narrowest escapes
of Danny's whole life and he knew it.
But who had he escaped from? In his
fright ne had seen very little but those
dreadful eyes. and he didn't have the
least idea whose eyes they were. He
kept thinking about 1t and thinking
about it.
When Nanny Meadow Mouse teased
him a little about not knowing as much
as he thought he did he owned up that
this was true.
I'll never boast again about how
much ] know" said he. 'I guess no.
body knows everything. Anyway, !
know more now than I did know
that there Is some one besides Jumper
the Hare who wears a white coat, but
who II Is can't even guess
He was studying and studying 1t owe
in his mind late one afternoon as
and Nanny sat on the snow crust clos
by one of their little round doorways
They never went far from one OF thes
Evening star., 1915-02-04
Mems Suits and Overcoats,
$14.75 each. Were up to $50.

All Fancy Suits and Overcoats
that have been selling up to $50
are now marked at the one low
price of Sl4.75. This reduction is
made owing to the unusually
brisk buying this season, which
has reduced the stock quicker
than ordinarily, obliging us to
combine the lots i'll order to make
the size range complete. Desir-
able models and fine wool fabrics
in good patterns and colorings.
SUITS, SIZES 80 to 48, IN
REGULARS, STOUTS AND
LONG STOUTS.
OVERCOATS, IN SIZES
80 TO AZ.
$14.75 each. Were up to $50.
Evening star., 1915-02-04
Little Storle,
10 Bedtime
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1915, by J. G. Lloyd)
Danny Learns What Fright.
ened Him.

Learn a little every day:
You'll find that 1t will always pay.
Who says and thinks he knows 1t ali
Some day viii surely get fall.
Evening star., 1915-02-04
Skirt Department.

Third noor. G street.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
HER FIFTH DIVORCE CASE
Mrs. Woodson Is only Twenty-Three
and Has an Unusual Collection Of
Matrimonial Experiences.

Kansas City, Mo.-A divorce hear
ing in a suit brought by Henry N.
Woodson, an employee in the cash
ier's office of the Kansas City Gas
company, against Lana V. Woodson,
twenty-three years old, five times mar
ried since 1910 and four times di-
vorced, was begun a few days ago in
Judge Guthrie's division of the cir
cult court.
Woodson charges that Mrs. Wood
son went to dances without his con
sem and that she never had told him
of her former matrimonial ventures.
All of this, however, Mrs. Woodson
denied on the stand. She says she
told him everything of her past.
Mrs. Woodson got a divorce from
her former husband, she said, n
month before she married Woodson.
She was married the first time in
March, 1910, and. divorced the same
year. In 1910 married again. In 1911
she had obtained a second divorce
and married a third time, and two
years later took a fourth husband.
having obtained a third divorce. In
February, 1914, according to the evil
dence, she and the man she married
in 1913 we're divorced and a month
later she married.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

The Frenchman sprang to the top Of
the load.
yes" he called from the inside. put
on the head and hammer 1t in we'll
Hurry"
German cavalry overlook the dray
500 yards from the frontier.
Stopl" ordered the sergeant jim com
mand. Whats in that load?"
Empty casks" answered the
Dutchman, pulling up his two horses.
The cavalry surrounded the dray.
They inspected the drivers pass, and
found 1t in good order.
There's nothing in those barrels? ?"
the sergeant asked, as he pounded
Justify on the very one where the
fugitive was curled.
The barrel doomed a hollow reply. II
the sergeant had pounded another bar
rel he would have noticed a difference
in the tone. But he didn't. Instead,
he turned his horse and the party gal
loped back the way they had come.
Ten minutes later the French officer
stood on Dutch soil, a free man. In
his pocket and in his mind went
some sketches of the German defenses
of Belgium.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
THOSE THAT ARE BORN TIRED
World Has Different Ways of Looking
at Them, According to Their
Station in Life.

Out Of the words of some modern
thinkers those who are born tired
may find consolation. They are the
victims of a malady as incurable as
birth itself.
Like many other ailments. and like
certain crimes, 1t bears different
names in different circles OF society.
He of low degree is the "incorrigible
idler" of the police courts, the Weary
Willy" of the comic papers.
More fortunate lotus eaters escape
with an epithet; they pass for
dreamy" or "thoughtfulP among their
fellowship delicious phrase temper.
amental languor," was recently coined
anent an eminent specimen-and they
acquire actual kudos instead of a
weeks hard labor for their lounging.
They are commonly great readers,
long sitters in armchairs under the
Hight of graen-shaded lamps, when IL
as assumed that they are revolving
mighty matters.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

ceeded in securing a pass for Wal
worth Doty and wife 1t is your last
chance, Within forty-eight hours &C.
cess to the whole frontier will be i'm
possible. The lady and yourself must
go on horseback. You will lead a pack
horse with a heavy load. It's to be
delivered at the end of your journey.
The fact that you are to thus act for
us is the excuse for your safe con-
duct. You will follow t. the letter
the route marked out"
But the young lady-has she a
knowledge of this awkward rrang
ment?"
81 will confess that she has reluc.
family agreed to it," replied Worst.
She is proud, angered at the treat.
ment she has received in the war zone
and half distracted with the fear that
her parents have persisted. | need not
ask you to be courteous. Be more
indulgent. She seems never to have
before experienced the rigors of depri.
walton, nor the horrors of the scenes
through which she has been forced to
60"
The restriction that l should de.
liver the pack horse and the heavy bur.
den the animal carried had something
mysterious about it. Now that the
nature of that burden was made clear
to me in one ominous, almost terrify.
ing word, / shrank and thrilled. For
a moment it dazed me. Then l said
Very well. l will carry out your
instructions to the letter"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
As the Lights Dim.

Last words are a mirror to life.
They reflect all spiritual endeavor.
faith. courage, aspiration. greatness Of
motive, beauty Of temperament. When
the Lusitania sank, the miracle of
heroism was enacted. Charles Froh-
mans last known words we're: why
fear death? 1t is the most beautiful
adventure that life gives u.s." and AL
fred Vanderbilt, speaking to Denyer.
his valet, exhorted him to help Find
all the Riddles" These expressions
are typical. They are true to the tenn
per Of the race IN time of disaster.
They are a cleaning screen to that
Immortality nations aspire to attain
Corpus Christi Caller.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
Antique Maine China,

Auburn. Me.-Mrs. Mary B. Emery
of Auburn, s~eventy.nine, has a rare
collection of antique china which be-
longed to her mother. A few plates.
a cup, saucer bowl and potato dish, OF
a set over seventy years old, of white
china, with light green borders and
dark brown scenery in the centers.
showing figures OF men and women.
swans, trees, urns, etc. A bowl-like
cup and saucer of white china deco
rated with blue and red, is seventy
five years old, and the Oldest piece of
china is a tiny yellow teacup made
without a handle. This cup belonged
to Mrs. Emery's great-aunt and is over
m hundred and fifty years old.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
they knew. The hatred of the Ma.
murrois for the German is extreme.
Next Seen in Lleae.

they knew. The hatred of the Ma.
murrois for the German is extreme.
Next Seen in Llege.
h next hat the clever German of
hcer saw of Georges Bezon was at
Liege. He had gone over to visit a
friend, an officer in the artillery. The
friend was conducting him about the
town one evening. They entered a
cafe. At the first table, slipping a glass
OF bitter wine, dressed as a well-to-do
bourgeois. sat the man who had
worked on the ~fortiications in Namur.
"Catch that man." the German cried
to some soldiers, and he himself
rushed upon his enemy. But the well
dressed mar had seen the German as
quickly as he was seen. In a flash he
was out of the cafe, around the first
corner and had disappeared.
The garrison of Liege was all upset
and a hunt was begun in earnest. The
inhabitants were disturbed, guards
were posted, German cavalry secured
the country, descriptions of Georges
Bezon were ~telephoned broadcast. But
when evening cam and the cavalry
bands returned lone of them had the
desired prisoner, though they had
plenty of others who were magnani.
mously released as soon as they
proved their innocence.
Were Close to Capture.
But the Germans had come closer
than they knew to catching their man.
From Liege to the Dutch frontier at
Esden is about twelve miles. Sentries
are posted on the outskirts of the town
and again at the frontier. But enter
prising Dutchmen drive a Furnishing
trade by loading drays with beer in
Holland and driving to Liege and sell
ing their refreshments. Whether legal
or not, the trade seems to be allowed
by both na~tionalities.
On the day of the man hunt a Dutch.
man was returning from Liege to the
frontier with a drayload of empty
casks. He was passing through the
ruined village of Wise, when from the
wreck of a house a man rose and
called to him to stop.
Let me go with you into Holland"
said the man, who wore the clothes of
a workingman.
Il can't, friend" replied the Dutch.
a MY pass is good only for one
Who are your"
For answer the other made the wide
French salute with the palm forward
and the fling of the arm as it returns
to the side.
"Oh-h-h-h-h!" said the driver.
will you help me or not?" went on
the other. Make up your mind quick
ly. The cavalry are after me. 1t won't
be long before they're here. You know
what that means, a spy?",
The sympathies of those Dutch who
live along the Belgian border are not
doubtful. The carter was risking his
life, but he did not stop to think of
consequences.
Can you get into that cask?" he
asked, pointing to n on top.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
WEALTHY NEGRO EXPLAINS
His Man "Frldsy" Arrested, He Pays
Fine Because Of Mans Expert
ness as Driver.

Sacramento, Cal. - Unadulterated
s%elfshness and not pity prompted N.
c. Owens of Los Angeles, reputed as
being the only negro millionaire in
California, to pay a $40 fine for his
chauffeur Friday" arrested recently
for violating the state vehicle laws.
In making out the receipt and a
short abstract of the proceedings, Jus
tice of the Peace c. P. Carter OF Ell
sinor reported the remarks of the
wealthy negro.
de intention of nah soul guaran.
tees nah putting up dis equiblent in
order to keep yo' out of the lookup.
IF yo' wasn't de bes' driver / eber
had, l wouldn't put up dis equiblent to
save yo' black skin"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
THROUGH The LINES


"Whlsperl"
Jan Worst. burgomaster, leaned
over, seized ny ear-for he was
pudgy and short-pulled himself up
and myself down and murmured an
Ominous word.
| thrilled. l started, too, and ten
feet distant the beautiful lady who
was perforce my prospective com
panion for a long and dangerous jour
ney. regarded us both with close at
tention, almost suspiciously.
What Jan Worst had told me an
swered a question l had asked. 1t
related to a patient, ~plodding pack
horse, standing beside the n where
Lady Disdain" sat, superb and statu-
esque, in the saddle of a more mettled
steed. Why l called her so was, first,
because l did not know her real name;
next, because when she was not Sc
cretly weeping over the great anxiety
and surprise that filed her mind she
was cold as ice in her manner. She
suggested the lofty disdain of a per-
son forced into an unpleasant and dis
turbing situation and submissive only
because circumstances compelled it.
This much only l knew concerning
her-she was a lady of high breeding
and the daughter of an afluent Amer
lean family. Separated, they had been
caught in the battle zone. 1t might be
that her parents were dead, for she
had not heard from them. Stranded
in the city where l myself had been
halted in my art labors by the prog
ress of the war, an acquaintance, a
native college professor, had become
interested in getting her past the dis
puted frontier.
|, too, was anxious to leave the war
center of peril. l had a good friend
in Beirne-the burgomaster, Worst.
In fact, he was a relative by marriage
of my brother-in-law. Few and select
ed were those who were allowed to
leave Beirne, and they practically
struggled out. Honest, helpful Jan
came to me one day.
My friend" he said, q have Sc
cured a passport. or rather a safe
conduct through the Belgian home
lines for yourself and your wife,
but have no wife!" l exclaimed.
You must imagine that you have,
them he returned. "A friend is in
terested in getting a charming and de-
serving young lady through the lines.
| have a limited influence. l have sue
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

desired, fire Miss Stehle and save her
salary and. to boot. sell the cloak
oom privileges" for $3.50 a month
But the mere fact that 1t has an
employee who actually spurns tips
has proved such an advertisement
that the hotel can't afford to let Miss
stehle go II 1t wanted to-which II
doesn't.
The travelling public cannot believe
its ears when II hears Miss Stehle
refuses tips. Thank YOU" she says
with a gracious SMILE" but l do not
take tips"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

The Instrument is a small house
o the observatory grounds. 1t resembles a water tank standing O end but
is ornamented with scientific paraphernah. -H #
Contrary to the commonly accepted belief the pole does not keep point-
ing in the same direction. It's axis is moving about constantly in a spiral
and describes a path which varies 1t least 60 miles from its true station.
Its farthest point will gain 80 miles ne side and the same rate IN the other.
but it has not yet been known to make any wider swing out II. its standard
position.
Its variations arr in periods extending over seven years The pole
spends about three and onehaf years in swinging outwards, then the same
time in retractng its steps. AT the present the pole is going N its outward
voyage and will take more than a year to complete the trip.
One remarkable feature is that these variations of the pole especiauy
when the variations are eTattc in character, are generally characterized by
earthquakes. The theory has been advanced that this changing of the pole
from its fixed tilt in the heavens is in reality the cause Of many seismic
upheavals. Be that a 1t may there is n chance now that any of the polar
eccentriciies will ever elude the eagle eye of the star sharps at the naval
observatory.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

ment that he would distribute a hun
dred to the boys of TIL county, taking
their personal unindorsed notes, pay
able out of the net profits from the
pigs.
Before the newspaper was off the
press the printers devil made an APP
plication for a hog. After that the
applications piled In on Mr.. Poe until
he was fairly swamped.
Mr.. Poe says that the deposits in
his bank have increased 100000 with
in ninety days, or coincident with
the hog distribution.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

Often, indeed, they experience the
exquisite pleasure of being begged to
stop working now" for their eyes or
health's sake, and Melanchthon him
self, after days and nights of intense
study, new rose from his bench more
crampedly than they. for they are
really tired.
The world holds no such hero as he
who, thus afflicted, conquers his very
nature and works.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
lSlLK WORMS

itself a cocoon composed of a single thread from 800 to 700 yards in length.
Inc time consumed or spinning is usually from two to five days.
A case of preserved specimens shows the cycle OIL life Oft this industrious
little animal The egg of the silk moth is about the size of the head of a
small pin, and matches in about ten days into a tiny worm. Its growth from
this minute form takes about a month. during which time it develops into a
very respectable worms about three and onehaf inches long and onefourth
Of a inch in thickness. Upon reaching its maturity, the worms stops feeding,
and begins to crawl about in search of a place in which to spin its cocoon.
within n finished cocoon the slkworm sheds its skin, and passes into
ne pupa, or chrysahs, stage. If the cocoon is not put through a stoving or
sitting process, which kills the chrysalis inside, it will become a grayish-
whtem oth in about two weeks more, and break its way out of ne end of
the cocoon Such procedure, however. is allowed only when silk moths are
needed fol breeding purposes, since in breaking it's way out the moth pushes
through every layer of the hhament, thus making the cocoon useless for
Keeling, and of value only for spun silk.
In order to relt the cocoons, they are first immersed in boiling water,
I'M brushed to rid them If the loose outer laments. The true thread Is
men unwound almost to the chrysahs, but the inner lining is TAR too fine to
be reeled' and is used with the outer waste in the manufacture of spun silk
A single cocoon strand is too fine for commercial use.a and is therefore,
combined with several others to make a single thread of reeled silk Ono
pound of sixply reeled silk will reach a distance Of about $50 miles.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
BANKER STARTS HOG BOOM
Gets Texas County Worked Up and
His Bank Deposits Increase
Amazingly.

Temple, Tex.-During a recent cam
paign for diyersihcation Of crops in
this tBell) county 1t developed that,
Notwithstanding it's unusual advan-
tages for hog raising the county last
year sent away s613.167 for meat.
Forthwith H. c. Poe, president Of the
Temple State bank, communicated
with breeders OF fine hogs and then
announced in a newspaper advertise
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
His Reasoning.

81 believe I'll go to the city. The
city offers more opportunities than a
country town"
What can the city offer you more
than P%lunkville? You do nothing but
loaf"
Maybe so. And here l loaf on a
fence rail. In the city I can have a
park charlottesville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

ments. The object of this new work
is to find just what are the variations
of the pole. OF course, to a layman
1t seems strange to hear any re1ec-
ton cast upon the upright conduct Of
the North pole, which was supposed
to remain always an example of I'M
%fiinching. ~steadfast devotion to keep
ing its position. Yet, as even a Jove
may nod, so one must accustom ones
self to the sad realization that the
pole actually "wobbles."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
0 N CAN'T BE TIPPED"
Head OF Hotel Cloak Room Could
Make $500 Extra, But
Turns II Down.

Seattle, Wash.-May Stehle, in
charge of the cloak room at the Hotel
Washington here, is untippable.
II she would take tips she could
make $4,000 a year in addition to her
salary. But" she says, Il would lose
my self-respect."
The hotel management could. II it