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Evening star., 1917-03-11
Smart Things i'm Ribbons

Among the newest things shown in the Ribbon Depart
in lingerie and for baby caps: in six widths from
the Il inch ~ inch; white pink and blue also some
lovely Ribbon with pico edge for chdrens hair rib
bon very large assortment of velours Dresdens Per
slams and Roman stripes for the fashionable handbags
which being shown than before to match CIR
dies and hats
large assortment of Ribbons, including Roman
stripes pcot edges and fancy stripes l5c to z9c yard
New assortment of Persian and Dresden effects, on
satin grounds with light and dark designs 6sc yard.
Lot No: Contains long lengths Of Velours dark and
light Dresden, Roman stripes and plain coors; to =
inches wide; only piece of each color used for chill
dren's hair ribbon grdles and fancy bags Sl5o 6OC
Lot No. 2-Contains Dresden plain taffetas more and
plaid check effects; 5 to inches wide; many 2OC
New Velour Ribbons, to inches wide, in all the
wanted coors of gold, golden brown violet
for bags grdes and yoke effects SOC to SS9
yard.
large variety of Hat Bands, including polka dots,
stripes and Persian effects plain satn with
fancy edges and gosgran with embroidered worsted de-
signs. 25c to CSC yard
New Plads, including picot edges checks and fancy
stripes, for hair ribbons 39c to 7sr ward
Palas Royal-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1917-03-11
White Pearls

We have just received large as
sortment of La. Royal, Rival, ORR
entail and French Pearl Necklaces; !;
all of these have solid gold or ster-
ling silver clasps.
The Royal Pearls, which are guar
anteed, are of a very rich color.
These are about II inches in length
and are graduated. S7.9S.
The Rival Pearls are heavily
filled and of rich color; variety of
styles and lengths. 1898 up to $40.
Oriental Pearls are admired by
every one; graduated; from 10
inches to 80 inches in length. some
having solid gold clasp, with gen
uine diamond in center. S17.98 to
$500.
The French Pearls are heavily
filled and of all lengths, short, opera
and long; solid gold clasps. From
SI.00 to S6.9S.
Evening star., 1917-03-11
Pyralin Ivory
Toilet
Articles,

for springtime and
every time of year, at
spring opening prices.
Hand Mirror, with me-
dunn size handles, S1.59 to
$500.
Hairbrushes, guaranteed,
SI.50 to S3.25.
Nail Files, 25c to 75c.
Cuticle Knives, z5c to
75c.
Nail Polishers, with at
tachable chamois, 29c to
$l.25.
Hairpin Holders. with
four compartments for
assorted size hairpins, soc
each.
Hair Receivers, SOC to
S1.75.
Puff Boxes. s1.25 to s1.75.
Dressing Combs, Csc to
89c.
Comb and Brush Trays,
SOC to $500 each.
Palais Royal-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1917-03-11

other members of the board of direc-
tors. Mrs. Gilbert II. Grosvenor. MIS-
Robert s. Chew. Mrs Henry W. Fitch,
Mrs Archibald Hopkins. Mrs James
Mcdonald. Mrs. George Hewitt Myers.
Mrs Richard Wainwright The guests
will be shown through the clinic rooms
by members of the staff.
Evening star., 1917-03-11
In the Upholstery. Store

Prepare your home early for the spring seass
Slip Covers and Window Shades. made to order; Fur
ture reupholstered; make of Readymade WI
dow Awnings at the reasonable prices, attached
your windows.
Evening star., 1917-03-11
New Gloves

NY wv NUV W
For Spring
Every new style feature is shown in the
Paais Royal Gloves. The best products of the
most reputable American and foreign makers
are here for your consideration. In spite Of a
decided scarcity in the markets our patrons will
not be disappointed.
Handsome Gloves at $1.75
A 2-clasp overseam glace, in white with black, s.
embroidery; tan paris point and self-stitching;
black self paris point 8button best quality in black
glace 2clasp full PIX; tan white, black with self and
contrast stitching.
new shade Of bateshp gray, ivory putty white. pearl
tan and mode, with two-tone and sef-embroidery
back; 2button best quality white washable doeskn.
SI75.
2-clasp fine quality French kid; white, tan mode,
gray brown, black with paris point and 3-row en-
broidery self and contrast also best quality washable
full PIX. coffee tan, mode, pearl white, gray, putty
and champagne. $500.
Lightweight, 2-pearl clasp, finest quality French
kid; washable; white only. S2.z5.
12-button white glace Szz5.
16-button white glace, $3.50, $500 and S3.75.
20-button white gace, $3.50 and S4.75.
2-casp Silk Gloves, white and black paris point
stitch, SOC.
2-casp white chamoisettes, SOC.
Palais Roya-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1917-03-11
The Oriental Is Everywhere
Seen in the New Seasons
Trimmings

A large and attractive as
sortment of the various en-
broideries for the spring sea-
son; among the newest and
most desirable is the Chinese
and oriental colored Flouncings,
45 inches, in voile; S1.2s, S1.5o,
$500 yard.
Fine French Wolfe Flouncings.
heavily embroidered in floral
and other attractive designs;
As inches wide; $1.75, $500 yard.
Fine Sheer Swiss Embroider-
ed Flouncings, in neat blind and
eyelet effects, suitable for chill
dren's dresses; u inches wide;
soc yard.
14-inch Fine Sheer Swiss En-
broidered Flouncings, in a
choice assortment of fancy
openwork and blind effects. Soc
values 35c and 39c yard.
PaIais Royal-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1917-03-11

In the Stationery
Department
A complete assortment
of Artificial Flowers for
decorative purposes; as
an opening special we are
pricing
2 Flower Sprays of
Jonquil, Usually
lOc Each
Special at 2 for 15c
or 85c per Dozen
Ne ew shipmen of
Cranes" Berkshire Lin
en-, at 75c lb.
Envelopes to match at
&c package.
Also Cranes Chartered
Oak Finish Eatonia Linen
and Linen Lawn, soc box
of "a sheets and "a en-
velopes.
We are now exhibiting
a complete line of Easter
Cards and Booklets, priced
from 1c to 35c.
Religious Goods for
Easter Gifts--such as Rosa
ries, Prayer Books, Prayer
Book Marks, etc.
Pa1al0 ROya-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1917-03-11
$500 Velour Checks, $1.45 Yd.

81 inches wide; the popular spring fab
ric for sport coats and separate skirts, in
light and dark color combination checks
and plaids.
Evening star., 1917-03-11
Popular Millinery
TriH1n1ers

Beaded Ornaments, Jet Buckles and Or
namentS.
Tassels and Chinese Money
Flat Flowers with Shaded Satin Petals.
Fruit and Berries in bright colors.
Burnt Peacock and Ostrich in curled and
straight effects.
Evening star., 1917-03-11
Ss,* se",e a'< q; Opening Day
75c Natural Pongee, 49c Yd.

75c Natural Pongee, 49c Yd.
32-inch-wide Imported Hand-woven
Pongee; an ideal summer dress fabric; IN
natural color only; limited quantity.
$1.1o Chiffon Poplin, soc Yd.
SO inches wide; p~rfect, even weave; !;
rich. lustrous silk finish; a very popular
fabric for spring suits, dresses, etc, in the
scarce and wanted sport colors.
$I.35 Dress Taffeta, $1.OO Yd.
Yard-wide, Soft Chiffon Finish, Dress
weight Taffeta, in handsome range of
light and dark colors, for street and even
ing wear, including white, ivory, cream,
black and several shades of navy blue.
$1.35 Black Silks, Special, csc Yd.
Yard-wide Black Taffeta and Black
Satin Duchess; your choice of either of
these popular weaves; for suits, dresses,
waists or trimmings; in rich black only.
Palais Royal-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1917-03-11
S1.25 Storm Serge, S5c Yd.

44-inch-wide Hard-twisted, Double
Warp, Sponged and Shrunk Storm Serge,
for suits, dresses and skirts; in the new
est spring shades, including navy blues and
black
Evening star., 1917-03-11
$1.25 Shepherd Checks, S5c Yd.

50 inches wide good serviceable quality
for suits, dresses and separate skirts, in
an assortment of different style checks of
black and white.
Evening star., 1917-03-11

Rear Admiral Walter Mclean. L. 5 N,
and Mrs. Mclean have had visiting them
at the commandant's house at Norfolk the
latter's brother, DR.. Bourne Jarvis. who
sailed last week for Panama. Judge
Donald Mclean is now visiting Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Mclean.
Evening star., 1917-03-11

Miss Wilmer. daughter o Passed AS
sistant Engineer Joseph K. Wilmer.
L. 5. n. has entered the corps of
nurses at the Emergency Hospital at
Annapolis.
Evening star., 1917-03-11

Miss Wilmer spent last week at
Washington as the guest of Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Frank Clark and
the Misses Clark.
Evening star., 1917-03-11

Mrs. Carolyn Nash. daughter of Medi-
cal Director Francis $. Nash. L, :. N,
has returned home after visit to the
Misses Sanders at Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1917-03-11

Ensign Robert Darrow, L. s. n, and
Mrs. Darrow have been entertaining at
their quarters at the Norfolk navy yard
the latter's mother. Mrs. NJ. A. Winter
who before returning to Washington will
visit friends at Newport News. Va.
Evening star., 1917-03-11

kayser Jersey Silks, $z.25 Yd.
Yardwide: elegant quality; good
wearing; for sport suits and
skirts: new spring shades.
Crepe Taffeta, $500 Yd.
40 inches wide: elegant wearing
crepe. weave dress taffeta, in a
good range of colors and black.
Evening star., 1917-03-11
Poiret Twill, Sz.75 Yd.
75c French Serge, soc Yd.

Yard-wide, All-wooi, Fine Twill Dress
Weight Serge, in the new spring shades,
including several shades of navy blue and
black.
Evening star., 1917-03-11

Mrs. Henry Bertrand Price. wife Of
Capt. Price. /. :. n, after a visit to
Washington, has gone to Chicago. CAN'T.
Price is at present attached to the
L. :. 5. Melville.
Evening star., 1917-03-11

81 to 40 inches wide: wash
satins and stripes for ladies'
waists and mems shirts; will
launder perfectly
Evening star., 1917-03-11

Mrs. William L. Pryor, wife of Lieut..
Commander Pryor. L. $. N. made a
in order to be with her father, Rear
Admiral knight, L. s. N, who stopped
here on his way to sail for the Asiatic
station.
Miss Katherine Knight, who was i'll
for several weeks, was able to accom-
pany her father to the orient.
Evening star., 1917-03-11

The District of Columbia division,
Daughters of the Confederacy. will
give card party at the Confederate
Memorial Home. 1922 Vermont avenue,
March IL o'ClnCk.
Evening star., 1917-03-11

40 inch, 1917 spring styles;
foreign and domestic make: in
a beautiful assortment of pat
terms, light and dark grounds.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-04

the Chaf1tes, that OF the West to the Han
iscites, and that of the South to the
Malekites To reach the court from the
adjoining streets one must pass through
one of the twenty-nine great doors that
open under the peristyle.
The "Kaaba" itself is only fifteen feet
high and covers a space of thirty square
yards in the midst of this court.
It is built of stones of irregular shape
and Is draped from top to bottom with
black silk bearing in gold this inscrip-
ton:
There is no God but Allah, and Mo-
manned is His prophet"
In the interior of the sanctuary, near
the door, is fixed in the wall the famous
black stone brought by the Angel Gabriel
1t Is covered with a framework of silver
having in the centre only small space,
which the pilgrim can kiss.
According to the Mohammedans this
stone was formerly clear and brilliant
like diamond instead of being black
and Opaque as it is to-day. They say it
was the impure touch of women that
changed it.
From the crowd in the court chant
goes up; 81 am here. o, Allah! am here.
This is Thy kingdom and am here"
Then a deep silence falls. After that
the pilgrims pray in low voice, with
their two hands opened like book, at
signal from the high religious digni-
tary, who presides at the ceremony. All
are barefooted, according to the COM
mands of the Koran.
For half an hour they pray thus Then
the Great Imam rises and he commands
believers to accomplish exactly in the
course of their pilgrimage everything
that the sacred book prescribes. He
reads to them the lines applying to the
circumstances. Many of them shed tears
as he does SO.
The second act of the pilgrimage is to
drink the water at the famous holy we'll
of Fem Fem, which. according to tradi-
ton, gushed forth under the footsteps
of Hagar and her son Ishmael, ancestor
of the Arabs.
This we'll, covered with marble tab
lets engraved with inscriptions. is to-day
protected by railing to prevent fanati-
ical Mohammedans from drowning
themselves in it and spelling Ii for 9TH
ers, as they formerly used to do. They
are now permitted by the authorities to
take moderate drink of its supposedly
miraculous and healing waters Many
traders sell TASKS of the water, which
the pilgrims carry home to their families.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-04

two years ago, the gift of a curtain and
the pilgrimage have beel repeated once
year by each succeeding ruler of Egypt.
The holy carpet is really a finely woven
curtain 1t is made In Cairo under the
eyes of the Governor, and its tremen-
dous cost is betrayed by rich Moslems
of Egypt. When it is finished, and proved
by rigid inspection to be quite fiawless,
1t is sent to Mecca by the pilgrimage pre-
viously described
After the curtain reaches Mecca the
old curtain which has hing there for a
year is taken down and the new one is
put up and becomes the veil hiding the
mysteries of the "Kaaba."
Tradition gays that the small sanctu-
airy called the "Kaaba," around which
the ceremonies of the pilgrimage cen
ire, was founded by Abraham, father of
lshmael, from whom the family of Mo-
manned descended. The famous black
stone inserted in the wall of the "Kaaba,"
is said to have been brought there by
. the Angel Gabriel, who visited Moham-
med and sent him forth on his prosely-
tizing mission.
The Koran says:
Make pilgrimages to Mecca and visit
the sacred places To make
the pilgrimage is the duty of every one
who is able to do So"
AS many as 10000 pilgrims at a time
have been known to gather on Mount Ara
fat, while the total during the pilgrim.
age season is enormous. They come
from many distant parts of the world,
including Egypt, India, Algeria, Tunis,
Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria. Java, Malta,
China, Persia, Somaliland, the Soudan
and Abyssinia.
Most of the pilgrims have hitherto
come by the port of Jeddah on the Red
Sea- From there the caravan starts, a host
Copyright. 1917. by the Star Com
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-04

Mecca, the city where he was born,
where his youth had been passed and
from which he had set forth on the con
quest of large part of the world.
Mohammed therefore set out accom-
panied by 10000 of the faithful on this
supreme pilgrimage. A hundred richly
caparisoned camels marched at the head
of the caravan to be offered in holo-
caust or sacrifice on Mount Arafat Thus
was initiated the pilgrimage to Mecca
which has been observed ever since.
The zeal of the Mohammedan pilgrims
can best be illustrated by one circum-
stance. After completing the pilgrimage,
many of the pilgrims destroy their sight
by gazing at white hot bricks, which are
supplied near the Kaaba by the numer-
GUS traders who live on the pilgrims.
Somewhere in the Arabian desert,
skirting the Red Sea, long caravan of
cames, guarded by convoy of British
troops, has been slowly pushing through
the sands headed for Mecca Among the
camels is one which is fairly hidden I'M
der trappings of silk, with a myriad tas-
sells OF golden thread and tiny pendant
bells shimmering and tinkling Beneath
those gorgeous silken covers is folded
upon the camers back "holy carpet"
which seventy OF the most expert weav-
ers and embroiderers in the world have
been at work on for upward of a year.
Ihe like of that sacred rug has never
been seen in America. and II one could be
brought here ID would sell for fortune.
IN the thirteenth century the Queen Of
Egypt, Shargaret ELLIOTT, made pilgrim
age to Mecca, and set of rich trappings
was made for the camel she rode. She
also had made, and took with her, a
richly embroidered curtain With which
TO cover the "Kaaba," the Moslem Holy of
Holes in Mecca. And from that day. until
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-04

81 IdudIlCdl, ranging ITOIH Tie "HuSoL
savages to the purest ascetics.
81 In one caravan you will see 10000
q persons, with $4,000 beasts of burden
-camels, horses and mules. Four
hundred tents are required to cover
this host, which advances to the
sound of prayers and hymns, and the
tinkling of bells over the burning
desert sands.
The camels bear many sacred car
pets, which are unrolled from time
to time. Wandering Bedouins watch
the pilgrims and seize the oppor-
tunity to attack and plumber if they
are unguarded.
At last the walls and minarets of the
sacred city are sighted This is the joy
promised to those beloved of Allah and
the prophet, and their transports are
indescribable
Mecca is a strange place to the West
ern eye 1t is situated at the bottom OF
narrow valley surrounded by barren,
rocky hills. A street twenty feet wide
runs the whole length of the city, from
which crooked. narrow alleys full of mys-
terry branch off. The houses are OF err
ratio construction, dark and overhang-
ing, three or four stories high. From
the windows refuse Is thrown into the
street and sometimes carried away in the
morning
The pilgrims usually camp in the open
spaces about the city. Their first duty
is to go to the "Kaaba" for worship.
The pilgrim enters first into the court
of ablutions. Piously he purifies himself
according to the ritual before crossing
the sacred threshold
Then chanting hymn he turns to the
Gate of Salvation. chiseled bronze door
covered with lines from the Koran in
raised Arabic characters. The i'm
mense space around the "Kaaba" is filed
with thousands of the faithful who ut
ter prayers to Allah as they gaze at the
hottest of sights.
The "Kaaba" is in the centre of the
town. The square court which surrounds
1t is formed by arcaded galleries sur
rounded by 240 columns of marble and.
/ bronze surmounted by ninety-two cupo-
las. The whole court has an area of $50
square yards. In the four corners of the
court are four kiosks, having an open
air platform in the upper part Each
one belongs to one of the four divisions
of true believers"-that of the North
to the Hanibalites. that of the East to
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-04
The Supremacy Fanatical
Act of the Mohamme-
dan DeYOtee.

TOW MOot DCFOul NOSlCIh AIu0
at Mecca Blind Their Eyes with White
Hot Bricks After Touching the Sacred
Stone in the Kaaba, in Order That
They May Never See Profane OBJ
ject Again-Sketched by the English
Traveller r. Cation Woodville.
The rich can obtain the privilege Of
soaking sheet in the sacred waters,
and this they think will make shroud
that will preserve their bodies from de-
composition till the Judgment day.
It can easily be understood that with
all this promiscuous drinking and steep.
ing, the well becomes a centre Of dis
ease infection. It is believed that 1t has
been more responsible for the spread of
cholera than any other agency.
After this, believing themselves thor
oughly purified, the faithful may return
to the "Kaaba," and this time they are
Many are almost crushed to death in their
mad fanatical zeal to reach the goal
They wait in dense crowds before
dawn In front of the door, which Is only
opened for three days during the season
of pilgrimage. They rush toward the mar
row doorway. needless of the warnings
of the guardians, who make use of sticks
to check them. They pay no attention
to their comrades who fall and are
trampled under their feet.
The most fanatic jump over the shouF-
ders and over the heads of the others
and reach the "Kaaba" in this way. Sam
culinary fights often take place between
the maddened mystics.
Sick men and cripples are carried into
the court, scarcely hoping to touch the
sacred stone, but happy to be near IL
and willing to die, because death ON
this holy spot would assuredly secure
fhair aptry inhn Hpayan
After he has touched the stone the pill
grim must pass seven times around the
"Kaaba," part of the time walking
and part running, as Hagar did when.
after being banished by Abraham, she
sought water in the desert for her SON
Ishmael This is called the "touaf"
Perfumes, such as aloes, burning con-
air, and the walls are sprinkled with
essence of roses. In the evening the
courtyard is lighted with lamps, which
shine on interminable professions.
In the mosque within the Enclosure
an imam, beneath vaults of mosaic and
enamel mounts a pulpit and delivers
sermon.
Seven days are thus passed in prayer
and other ceremonies. On the eighth
Nina, mile from the city. This is the
beginning Of the final ceremony called
the Kurban Bairam. They spend the
night in this barren valley and next
morning start for Mount Arafat, where
Mohammed went to mediate. There is
the spot, according to tradition, where
Adam and Eve met one another again
after being separated at their expulsion
from Paradise. An obelisk marks the
spot where this meeting took place, and
near 1t is mosque sacred to Abraham.
At daybreak two cannon and the
voice of muezzin call every pilgrim to
prayer. At o'clock in the afternoon.
after the great ablutions, comes the in
vocation to Allah by the imams of
Mecca, to which the people as one cry:
"Labeika Alahoun! Labeika!" I'VE be-
long to thee! Allah! we belong to theei"
Only pilgrims who have performed this
supreme act of faith have a right to the
title of "hadji."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-20

One of the best recent devices
for tightening mans labors about
the home is a self-emptying re-
frigerator pan invented by Prof.
Gazump of the household arts de-
partment of the leading American
coeducational school, and now in
process of manufacture.
A plunger within the pan, when
pushed to within one inch of the
top by the rising water, operate
an alarm clock mechanism, ring
ing a warning bell and releasing
catch. A spring thus released
pushes the pan from beneath the
refrigerator along track, i'm
bedded even with the floor, to the
kitchen sink.
There the pan snaps into place
in metal hoist, releasing another
spring which carries the pan to
the level of the sink and tips 1t.
The empty pan, travelling down
the hoist, again coils the spring,
leaving 1t ready for another oper-
alton, and is kicked back along
the track to its position under the
refrigerator, automatically coiling
the spring there.
The plunger, falling to the bot
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-20
WHAT is GOING
ON in GERMANY
AS Disclosed by TRANSACTIONS of the Leading Teutonc
and Neutral Papers.

kaiser politics"
Prof. Max Weber, of Heidelberg
university, was author of the ar
ticals against which the govern
ment objected. The climax came
with publication of the third in "A
series on German Parliamen-
tarism, Past ami Future Prof.
Weber holly assailed what he
called secret officialism," which
he blames for Germany's plight.
Prof. Weber's article featured
the kaiser's fondness for making
flambouyant speeches, which, he
declared, were translated into gov
eminent policy by servile govern
ments.
The kaiser is accused of having
conducted himself in such a way
as to make a >,ostile combination
of powers against Germany inevi-
table.
Prof. Weber begins with the
Kruger telegram and traces the
record down thru such out
bursts as the high flown speeches
in honor of Abdul Hamid at Dd
mascus and the Tangier incident,
when the kaiser proclaimed him
self protector of the sovereignty
of the sultan of Morocco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-20
Sammies Praised By
Pershing and Petain

biles. Then came the formal re-
ception at camp headquarters and
the inspection.
The two generals passed be-
tween long rows of the American
troops, Gen. Petain being partieu-
larly interested in the sharp
shooter and craftsmanship med
ais won by numerous American
fighters. lie stopped to exam
inc them and to talk to the men
thus decorated
petain and his staff wore the
French horizon-blue uniform, con-
trasting wildly with the dull
colored 20. D." of the troops
they were inspecting.
French villagers, clothed in
their Sunday best" watched the
whole proceeding with awed in
terest, tagging along behind.
At one point in The inspec-
ton tour u little red-haired
girl from the village came
to the official party and pre-
scented Gen. Pctain with
bouquet. The French COM
mander stopped and kissed
the girl on both checks. Gen.
Pershing hesitated, and then
did likewise.