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II Is apparent that the successes OF
the prohibition movement In widely
separated States cannot be adequately
accounted for on the ground of local
conditions. While the Southern States
were Outlawing the saloon Ii was
easy to point to the negro and my
that his weakness must he guarded
against. But Missouri defeated pro-
hibitIon at the last election, while
Michigan, Montana. Nebraska and
South Dakota adopted 1t. BOntOrfs
Vino and Spirit Circular does not 1T
tempt to conceal the uneasiness in
telligent men in the liquor industry
feel over the outlook
ut is well known that prohibition laws
are ineffective and create conditions In
many instances far worse than even
badly conducted saloons. and we hold no
brief for the indecent drinking empo-
RUINS but something is radically wrong
and we are searching for the cause. be-
cause We believe that the liquor indus
try OF the United States Is facing a
crisis which may not prove fatal II the
proper remedies are applied without
delay.
I'VE have lost much ground. We must
not lose any more or We shall be dan.
Eerously near national prohibition, and
that means the destruction Of our vast
Industry In all Of its branches. II means
confiscat!on OF capital and property. II
means paupcrism for hundreds of thou
sands OF men and women who now make
their livelihood out Of the employment
given them by the liquor industry.
'All these arguments have been used
with no avail. The people continue &c
outlaw our business in one State aftel
another"
This authority believes the whole
trade should organize. not merely Il
prosecute its defence In the way |
has been conducted heretofore, but t
examine the record, disclose the error,
that have been made and adopt new
methods for protection. 1t believe
the industry may save itself, hut
recognizes that 1t must work hard 4
order to do it.
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THE AVIATION SERVICE.
Yours Men Want Better Terms Than
the Government Offers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-St: In an
article entitled Volunteers for Aerial
Reserve Corps Wanted the Aerial Age
for Noa 'ember 81. 1915. says:
The ISOLATION section Of the army 10 AMI
ious TO HAY" more applications from men
who hsse had the equivalent Of college
educatiou. . Tho course Of training
and oth-a expenses will he paid by the Gov
m those who qualify have
a good @ pportunity Of remaining perma-
nent,y ecu ncctei with the air service.
Young men have lost confidence in
what the Government aviation officials
say. Mere words and no deeds. They
say one thing and do another. The Gov
Secs not encourage enterprise,
II empha'5 cally ~discourages II. as was
shown by Henry Woodhouse and Alan
Hawley IN. their discussion with Major
Williams. ssis,ant to L.ieu,enant-Colo-
mel Squier. OF course this is ancient
history ,NOvember. 1870.
Resides, hNe Government aviation divi-
sion IL not the place for the young col.
lege man W no has had military train
ing and who has dependents, II Is only
for the rich ) mi man.
II the Co :ernment will guarantee a
future where by the young single man
can support liis family and also in case
Of accident lyis dependents can bc cared
for. then thu young college men with
military training will flock TO the beck
oning Of the Government Otherwise
they will stay in private non-Govcrn
ment enterprises. In plain words, NOR.
deeds and less red tape.
YorSG MAN.
New YORK. December ..
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Congress.

II Congress could devote the entire
short session which opens to-day to
the problems springing from the de-
maud Of the four brotherhOods for an
eight hour day. 1t would not have
sufficient time to study them as they
deserve. Already organized labor has
declared against the legislation ndvO-
catcd by the President. and his recon-
mendations will preclpitate a bitter
struggle. Moreover, they cannot be
intelligently acted on without con-
federation Of the adverse conditions
which have crippled the transportation
corporations In the rnst, the evil ef-
fects Of which on trade and commerce
are more apparent now than ever be
fore. The distribution Of fOOdstuffs
and the maintenance Of reasonable
prices therefor are involved In this ia
an extent commonly overlooked. and
this factor must receive attention.
But Congress cannot give all Its time
to these subjects. important though
they nre. The appropriation bills mus,
be passed; the routine activities oil
the Government must he provided for
and the naval and military measures
adopted at the first session must bt
Overhnuled and strengthened. Much
may be accomplished In committee. bu,
neither House nor Senate will be ex
pecied to accept committee proposals
without at least a slight pretence o.
examination.
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LET US HAVE PEACE.
Plea Of a New Yorker who Wants the
street Cars 10 Run.

To THE EpIroG. OF THE SuN-Sir; II
is now reported that In the EFFORT 10
work up sympathy for Fitzgerald and
his car strikers Mayor Mitchell and Pres
ident Wilson Voc I'D help. A shame in
deed II this came TO pass.
We are now at least enjoying peace. so
that once more Ac can ride on our cars
without being flSd on and why in the
name OF sense should this thing be
stirred up again?
our managers of the different street
car systems are Nllly competent to run
the business wi,h,yu, any aid from Fitz-
gerald, Mahon o. Gompers. They arc
no doubt willing to take back II OF
the strikers as in dividuals who are not
mixed up with tie dynamiting of sub
ways or any 9th sr mischief.
Let us have peace. g. +. cox.
NEW YORK. Dec ambcr !?
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The ZOua'Ne Uniform.

To THE EDIToR or THE SrS-SW! Re-
ferring to the letter OF T.. - Dun
ming in THE SuN OF November 81 asking
where "A uniform as used by Duryee's
Zouaves may he fouiAl or a colored plate
Of same. | would say h a in Edward
Eggleston's Household History of the
United states and it2' People" opposite
page 3O7 there Is n colored plate en-
titled United States Uniforms in the
Civil War; and in ths group are shown
two types OF the zo,rive uniform. As
to the uniform itself, II Is likely "A
copy of 1t may be Sc an In the corridor
OF the War Department.. Washington.
d. c., but | am not entirely sure Of
this. HoRArSo c.. CozzENs.
NEW YORK, Decembes =,
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Twenty-four acres Of swamp in Van
Cortlandt Park are to be reclaimed
and turned into a playground. with
tennis courts. swimming pool. gym
nasium. basketball and handball courts
gridiron and running track. and a
grand stand with 10000 seats. New
Workers play as hard as they work
and the new acquisition will be well
come and well used. But why was
nature so niggardly in laying out this
swamp? 1t might so easily have been
made ten times as big.
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WAR PROFITS.
They Spell Suffering to n Large \nn
her Of American Citizens,

To THE EDITOR on THE SuN-S
II not true that the aVerag" N1'- %
the wage Garner, is worse off thd" h. "a
before the outbreak OF the War'
Statesmen, clerks, truck drivers
feurs and unskilled workmeu - ~
barring laborers, are worhin- 90
old rate 81 pay, and the dollt' ~.
ce.ve has only GO per cent. - go '
chasing power NJ the dollar Vo u..
fore the war began.
Hasn't the foreign wal g..
an expenditure OF over a hlln.
for preparedness"
II seems 10 me that tho r" '.'e
favored set have been ftttcnrd
those Of the multitude have h
tened. 'uAEitS l,N" q.
NEW foRK, December =
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THE BELGIAN PROTEST.
An Existing Instrument III f"r ~
pressing II.

To THE EplroR az THE -
those among your curI"spu.d' .' N
are inauiripg what can y" ln'' go
Of protest against G"imtu>.. '
Belgium | would be clad To- Sod, W.
through the courtesy of your ~"
The American Rights lcHrl" W.
Fort fifth street, with a ..-
distinguished men at it, N''. wv.
formed for just such II pulp"s"
public sentiment to 4 head
writing Ia tn" above addrs.-
obtain furiher iufnrmatiN Il
to protest. u j Ni'.s"
SurLEy, y, j., December
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JONAH AND THE WHALE.
Bahalsm, Too. Has nm Interpretation
Of the Great Adventure.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Si: In
THE SUN recently there was an inter-
probation Of the story of Jonah and the
whale. Here is another given by the
great Eastern sage. Abdul BAHIA, as fol-
lows: Jonah represents the human spirit
sent into the world. or the whale, in which
It remains three days or periods OF dark
ness. symbolizing evolution. When the
spirit reaches the fourth station then
Jonah Is cast forth into freedom or
enlightenment. The tests and trials of
the journey are symbolized by the winds
and storms incident to this life,
NJ. A. WATSON.
WARRINGTON, II. c., December ?
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The Federal Trade Commission re-
ports that doubt and fear as to legal
restrictions prevent Americans from
developing trade organizations for
overseas business as effective as those
set up in other nations, and the prin-
cipal sufferers from this are the
smaller concerns. As long as the
chief sufferers from meddlesome enact
ments and unnecessary prosecutions
were the large corporations commonly
known ~ trusts Government oppo-
sition to commercial enterprise was
popularity regarded as a blessing. Now
that its fun effects are apparent to
everybody. We may hope for a rational
revision Of the national attitude to-
ward business,
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Shifting the Jitney.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
Ave cent piece Is a jitney. A two and
"A half cent piece is half a jitney. as
two and n half cents is half OF Ave
cents. Half of 'jitney'' is "jit." "Jit'
IL the name for the new com.
WILLIAM DEl.ARocHE ANDERSON.
PIAINFIELp. y. j., December .,
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The Danes have voted against the
sale to the United States of the West
Indian islands for which We offered
s25. 900. 900. They probably believe
IL the islands r now worth
to this country Ave times what they
were ten years ago, II will not hurt
Denmark TO hold them a few years
longer.
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am informed that instead Of the
comparatively modest sun accounted
for in the official report. the Republi-
rams actually spent about $40. 900 goo in
the campaign,-Sendtor THOMAS +. GORE
OF oklahoma.
The expenditure reported by the Re-
publican National Committee was about
81. 800. 900. Senator GORE furnishes an
interesting index Of the effect Of pros
, peri,y on the Oklahoma mind.
The sun., 1916-12-04

To THE EDITOR on THE SuN-Sir: !
believe President Wilson has ample
precedents for sending Colonel House
abroad without the consent OF the Sem
ate. During the civil war President
Lincoln commissioned Thurlow Weed
and Bishop MacIlvainc Of Ohio to 20
TO England and Archbishop John Hughes
to France I'm a much similar capacity
to prevail upon England and France
not to recognize the Confederacy.
also understand that In lsi1, he
fore the outbreak OF the Mexican war.
President Polk. through James Buchan-
an, the Secretary OF state, requested
Archbishop Hughes TO go to Mexico, but
az the President would not designate
him as the American Minister the Arch
bishop declined to go. J.. w.
THE BRoNN. December 2.
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Mush.

To THE EDITOR NJ THE SrN-Su, AZ
whom or what Is Champ clarS's adyo-
cacy OF mush really aimed D.
STAMFORD, Conn. December :,
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Speaker CLARK asks too much. He
may be able to get Congress to sur
render its holiday recess, but he will
not be able to impose truthfulness on
the Congressional Record.
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roor On Ponce de Leon.


From The NJ NtOnsTIhe Krrofd,
This sign Is to notify tho public that !
own the grounds and all personal properly
known AS the Fountain of Youth and Srp
tune Park, From this day On ! viii not
allow any trespassIng hy the nelghbcrs'
children or their horses, cattle, hogs Of
chickens.
The sun., 1916-12-04

There Is no comparison IN tho ''
tions Of the buildings now and MIA 'H.
were six months ago. They are ~
better now. They did not sun tNe T.
six months ago as often as they DO poo
Sometimes they went Tor two 1r o.
months without heing summed. We '''
had any hedbugs in there, SIX mou.
ago I have known men to 60 hung
The men were not properly fed The ~
was not good, The bread VAS uH-
and half cooked. have made r'w'.N
myself about the quality Of the fo'l
about being hungry. AZ that TIM Il
had on the table to eat about 'Nc .t.
things that We have now. hut e '
p"orly cooked aud We didn't &C. o. "a
~ II. We had beans and corn brood H'
meat, and had coffee night and ""lr~'
! don't know whether or hot uv sl-
or coffee or anything else ever N..
Of the commissary 10 other iar''"'
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colonel rufinharGer was here FRIDAY
Colonel rurfnhargrr says he l., confident
that a fine flow Of high grade oil vii he
found on the Henshsw farm,
The sun., 1916-12-04

The accounts OF Sing Sing prison
are said to be badly tangled. The
Mutual Welfare League ought to be
able 10 produce an expert capable Of
Strengthening them out.
The sun., 1916-12-04

10 raE Enron ~ THu SrN-NW Did
simon T.. Reason Of S,sarthmore bet on
Harvard7 YALE, Ia
NEW HAVEN. Coma, December 2.
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THE A BEAR.


HoRSADAy WALLACE:
The black bear IL The black bear Ia
a timid animal and ,imid and always
always runs when runs when observed
observed by man. II by man: in a rough
Ia a good climber and tumble fight II
runs quite swiftly bawls. roars and
when pursued. but In coughs.
a rough and tumble
hght 1; bawls, roars
and coughs.
II is noticeable that the rear studied
by Commissioner Wallace must have
| uttered its noises in the same sequence
as Mr.. Hornaday's bear. Let US nov
view the master Of the prophetic
shadow.
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The purpose Of the unofficial mis-
sions Of Archbishop Hughes and the
other eminent citizens was to exert
their personal influence and social tact
for the benefit OF the national
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THE RACCOON.


The %rRccoon, placed The raccoon Is
next to the bears. Ii plantiGrade In its
also plantigrade In manner OF walking.
it, manner of walk . . Il Ii cheerful
ing. 1t is a cheer in disposition and
fully persistent anil very persistent. and
mai and no amount hunting does not dis
OF hunting discour- courage II or drive
ages II or drives II 1t from Its favorite
away from Its favor localities. II makes
lite haun;s. Its IA its home In a hollow
vorite dwelling place tree and its annual
IL a hollow tree and family consists OF fve
its yearly family con- or six young. This
sisis OF five or six animal Is as omniv-
young. In It's appe- orous as a bear In
lite 4, IL as omniv- It's appetite and will
orousasany bear and eat anything from
eats everything that green corn UP to live
II can chew--from rabbits, hsh. hesh or
live rabbits down to fowl II Ia particu-
green corn-fsh. nesh lar about only one
or fowl. The only point regarding Its
point on which the food-that IL. II must
raccoon Is particular be soaked In water
regarding its food Is before being eaten.
In soaking II in wa
ter before eating It.
You see the difference. Hornaday
believed that the coon ate anything
from rabbits down to corn. but Wal
lace. being on the ground. knows that
II eats from corn up to rabbits. There
fore II is we'll to pass or to another
beastie:
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BRrAN's portrait On v!ew.-Neuspuper
headline.
A speaking likeness?
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Sometimes we leave our work about
shutdown and sometimes later. When we
are actually engaged in the work they
hurry up the ones that are behind, They
make us keep IN with the squad, They
have not placed any tasks on US since
I have been here. The beds we sleep on
are just a common shuck mattress, They
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|HOW THE STATE OF TEXAS WORKS ITs
|. CONVNCTS AT FARMING ON SHARES


From q Report Of ne Pen"entny r.ve'aosMo Committee Of ns rcra.L eg.a,r, dat.
The sun., 1916-12-04

The sunshine never reaches the hed>
They sur the beds every ten days or So.
They change the sheets on our beds every
week. Our mattresses are mada =
shucks and are placed on boards. Our
fare Is common but substantial. and has
been cooked very we'll for the last NOR; y
or six weeks. We get plenty to eat al
The time. There are -four men who hs,s
died In this farm since 7 have been here.
one died from typhoid fever and one mas
killed by lightning. and two others tina.
were sick when they came here died AZ.
terward. One man. they said. had hter
down with typhoid fever for three months
when they brought him here. and 10
came in on Sunday and died tho rs,i
Monday, In the summer Of 1905 the {
was three or four cases Of fever, hut th.y
came through all right. They kept 'hc''
men in the hospital "a the right NJ 'h'
main building. During the time that t'c'
had fever the building WAS kent pref
clean, They do not run us On the 'ur'
row. They do not push US in our No
now, but they did when | FIRST came her.
The sun., 1916-12-04

The ants got on this man when a..
put him In the tree. The old stump VI.
infested with ants. and they came ou'
and got on him. The stump was two or
three feet high. ! was working with tie
squad at that time. I cant say tina,
know Of anything else TO toll the con.
mittee to enable them In their work
The sun., 1916-12-04

We have plenty Of clothes. They :
nish us underwear. They 10 moi 'ur'"
underwear all the year only IN the y
ter. We didn't wear socks AL tNo 80
They didn't furnish as socks. TN!s
has given us socks since he can. .''
Last winter they gave me only i've Ya
~ socks. He gives us a pair - g"
every Sunday.
The sun., 1916-12-04

/ was punished twice by a sergeant.
lie put me TO driving oxen. and I had a
bull that was not cut. and he was fight
ing me. and the captain came down and
said that was the "a he wanted me to
drive these oxen. and began cursing them
for everything he could think Of. and
two or three days afterward he came
down. and l was cursing them and talk
ing to them the way he told me to and
he punished me for cursing.
The sun., 1916-12-04

1900. """
are pretty rough when a fellow i, u...
to better. Our sheets and pillow c.,..
are made Of ducking. We get mea, thru.
times a day and biscuits once and co.'s
bread twice. We get all We wan, TO a.,
now. When another man was in cbar,.
here they had preaching once a mon,s
for a while. They held the services ia.
side the BUILDINGS. They have no scboo,
taught here where we can see il. Tbs,.
Is no one to teach the convic,s II ,h.y
wanted to study. I came here I'm Fsh.
ruayy. We bathed up there at the bath.
house. The house is pretty open. ".
sir there are cracks all over IL. II "a.
pretty old bathing. The water We us.A
a. not warm 1t came right on, o, N.
well. They furnished us underwear l,,,
winter. l got n pair Of socks las, win.
ter. When they were gone ! had two
pair that I brought with me. and wh.,
they wore out I went without. This az.
geant has given us W pairs Of sock,
Some Of the men have worn theirs Oh,
already and he has given them more
I have been In prison since the i8d AZ
December. 1906. During that time hay.
been at Rusk. Huntsville, Midway And
here. I saw n man whipped. don,
know how many ticks he was given. The,
whipped him three or -four times a d.,
The guards did the whipping. The ser.
geant-yes. sir, he knew Of the guard,
whipping him. ] said I didn't coun, The
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ANIMALS.


A copy has come to THE SuN Of the
fifth biennial report Of the Department
Of Game and Fish Of the State OF Ala
bama. addressed to his Excellency the
Hon. Charles Henderson, Governor. by
John II. Wallace. Jr.. State Game and
Fish Commissioner. and dated october
26. 1916. Early in the book OF 232
pages 1t is announced that the de-
partment has undertaken. after q
most exhaustive investigation and ref
erence. to publish for the first time a
list Of the wild quadrupeds, wild birds
and fish found in Alabama. Every ef-
fort has been made to make this list
both accurate and complete
Particular mention OF the opossum.
the raccoon and the bear al the anil
mails priced by Alabams sportsmen led
to a peek at the chapters on these
quadrupeds. Perhaps Commissioner
Wallace had discovered something
about the possum that had evaded
other students Of u only marsupial
mammal. What We read seemed
reminiscent and. side by side with the
Wallace report, we laid Volume ii.
Of THE American Natural History"
(Scribner's, 1910. by William T.
Hornaday. director Of the New York
Geological Park:
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II OPOSsUNI

HOhkApAr: WALLA'Es
The virginia opos- The opossum Is a
sum Is a typical mar typical marsupiai.
supial. but differs but diners widely
widely from all the from all the Austria
Australian members liam member OF that
OF that order. Seem order. Seemingly II
ingly u IL n dull IL a dull witted,
witted. slow moving slow moving creature
creature. 80 Give 80 Give II a Ilighi
It a tap on the head knock on the MEAD
or back and II or back and II falls
stratches out limp, over limp and mo.
motionless and SEEM ~tionless. Its breath
ingly quite dead. Its IL so short that this
breath Ia so short fur conceals tht
and feeble the thick slight movement.
fur almost conceals
the chest movement.
Except for two or three words, Com
missioner Wallace seems to agree
verbatim with DR.. Hornaday in re-
gard to the wiles Of the opossum. Now
for the coon:
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cut wood ast winter over across the
river. Biggest part of the time We waded
the river. The water was from knee
deep to waist deep. When I waded the
river I pulled my shoes and pants of.
were coming In TO battle and change
clothes. they didn't pull of their clothes.
Yes. sir. they wade the river In cold
weather. I didn't wade it when 1t was
freezing weather. but 1t was very cold.
The sun., 1916-12-04

The inspector said "he was out to pro
tect the captain as much as he could
The leather Is here II has not been re
moved. am going to give orders for al
many lickinss as the captain calls for
II twenty ticks won't do III give orders
for $780,"
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When the inspector came around he
men to see II they had been whipped.
The inspector told the men %tconvicts) he
would give orders for twenty ticks. and
" that didn't do he would give orders for
1870, and II that didn't do he would give
orders for 1920: he'd keep on giving
them the leather until he got them all
right.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-05-10

Solicit the trade Of the people Newark and tf
FRSIWe believe and
SECOND-We pdy
satisfactorily
lHKD sell Dependable Goods LESS
money-than buy the goods for elsewhere.
H. NOm Us Be R All we ask Therefore,
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-05-10
Special Mention

White and colored Dress Lin
ems, including the Peter Thomp-
son" linen.
New styles in narrow Roman
Ribbons for the neck.
$50 pieces Of wide all-silk
Sash Ribbons at 800 a yard.
Special values in Envelope
Chemise at $l.25 each.
Compile showing Of Wells, Veil
ing, kid and fabric Gloves and
Silk Hosiery.
Visit our Corset department
to secure best service. Private
fitting room for your convenience.
Excellent lines Of Silk and
Muslin Underwear.
Special value in Silk Petit
coats at $3.50 each.
62l-623 MARKET STREET
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-05-10
Kennard& Co.
Good News From
the Garment
Section

HilioIlS Tic NeIllS llldt are par
ticularly good just now in our
garment section are the follow
ing:
New line Of silk lined Wool
Poplin Goats. 500 each,
Sport Goats Of Chinchilla and
other desirable fabrics, $1,000
each and upwards.
Homespun Top Goats, SIS
each,
Complete line Of Silk Dresses,
suitable for every occasion, SIS
each and upwards.
Cotton Dresses, made Of Wolfe,
Batiste and Net, $3.50, $40,
$l2, SIS, $l8, $40, $25 each.
A number Of new models in
Cotton Waists shown for the
first time; ruffled front effects in
the showing.
Separate Skirts in a wide
range Of summer fabrics, includ-
ing Palm Beach" Cloth.
Two-piece Suits Of Serge,
Tafeta, Checks, Mixtures, Golf
lex and Palm Beach" Cloth
at SIS each and upwards,
Many Norfolk effects are shown.