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Made to Order
Furniture

Apropos of upholstery,
one may buy upholstered
furniture, covered with
denim and ready to be up
holstered according to
ones choice in the Wanna
maker Upholstery Section.
We tell you unreservedly
that it is the best furniture
money can buy. The Wana.
maker guarantee goes with
every piece. The best wood, the
finest steel springs. selected hair
and down are used in the max
ing of this furniture. Divans,
chaise tongues. great armchairs,
side chairs and other pieces may
be had.
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The Wanantaker
Upholstery Section

just stays awake and
thinks of all the draperies,
hangings and upholsteries
one could ever possibly
yearn for in any large and
well-appointed home of any
sort. There is really moth
ing that has been neglected
or forgotten.
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To begin With
CretonneS

Inc american designers
and manufacturers are so
clever nowadays that they
have reproduced all those
wonderful English and
French cretonnes that we
have always wanted and
could never be had unless
they were imported. The
same color, the same eX-
quisite quality of design
and texture of fabric.
Those great splashy
floral designs on effective
black backgrounds, conven-
tional designs, tapestry eff
fects, Directoire designs,
and Chinoiserie, are all
now to be had in domestic
cretonnes.
And there is also a new
fabric - a linenized Gre
tonne that has all the ap-
pearance of a finely woven
linen and takes color with
the same soft effect.
These domestic cretonnes
are from 45c to $l.75 a
yard.
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LGcet Arabian
Curtains
that we have always in
ported from France OF
Belgium are now hand
made in Japan on EngIlsn
nets, and beautifully MADE
at much less than we pala
for them formerly at 500
to $50 a pair.
Scotch Madras
Those dainty curtains
that give a bedroom OF
nursery such a fresh ICoA
are made in all ivory color
or in ivory color WITH
friezes of designs in Lovely
dainty color. From S5'2o
to 1878.
Fourth floor, New Bldg
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The tinge of Autumn
is clear and distinct

nowadays along the Hudson
River.
Loosened leaves are begin
ming to fall over the driveways.
The robins have left for their
Southern haunts and the black
birds have flown away to make
bluebird weather along the
Carolina coasts for the wild
duck sportsmen.
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Tapestries

Tapestries
The modern designers
and manufacturers have
now produced copies Of
museum tapestries, repro
duced their soft old color
and beautiful design.
Very closely woven fine
tapestries in Flemish "ver-
dure" effects are SO inches
wide, at 81, $7.25 and
$3.50 a yard.
An interesting Jacobean
design of castles and ami
mails and winding ribbon
roads; $3.50.
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Neu plaid
skirts for
young UOnlen

Among the Paris photo
graphs which arrived on
S. S. Lorraine was one of
a stunning suit by Premet
which was worn at Long
champs. The knife-pleat-
ed skirt of.the suit was of
plaid worsted and the coat
was of plain color.
AS we realized the i'm
portance of knife pleated
skirt we were positive
that it would be a leading
fashion this autumn - we
now have this smart skirt
in numerous rich, bright
colored plaids at $3.50.
Very good looking when
worn with the coat of ones blue
or brown tailored suit.
Then, too, a number of other
models-box and side-pleated,
also plain good and circular-in
plaid skirts at $19.75 to $29.50.
Also a
Special collection of
skirts at $3.50
Pleated-box and side
a very smart model. Illus
trated. Atwood worsteds
in small and large plaids.
Leatherette coats
-guaranteed-S2o.75
Second floor. Old Building.
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Merchants to Welcome Mercier

Cardinal MERCER Of Belgium is to be
the guest OF the Chamber OF Commerce
OF the State Of New York at its first
autumn session, Thursday. October 3, II
was announced yesterday.
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Arn,ures for the Library

The great chairs and
divans that make the Ii
brary the most inviting and
comfortable place in the
house as all libraries
have a sort of poetic license
to be-must be covered
with some attractive, dig
nified and at the same time
very serviceable material.
The finely woven and softly
covered drmures are partic-
ularly good for this pur-
pose. The designs are
small and "all-over" and
developed in soft dark
greens, browns and the silk
"woodsey" colors that are
so becoming to libraries
with their softly shaded
reading lamps, and many
colored bindings of books.
The material of this fabric
is cotton, but mercerized
and woven so that it has
the effect Of a heavy silk;
1925 to So a yard.
Upholstery VelUets
Used so much for furni-
ture covering and heavy
over-curtains is always the
fitting complement of dig
nitied furniture of the
heavier type and is salts
factory because of its
splendid wearing qualities.
We have it in three quail
tiles, at 81, SIS and $3.50.
In both velours and velvet.
In many beautiful and rich
colors-blue, faisan brown,
green, mulberry and others.
Silk VelUets
At 50 and $40 a yard in
many fascinating shades of
the soft subtle blues,
greens, tanS and reds.
antique" velvet that gains
its old effect by having the warp
show through, Sl2.75 a yard.
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This last week of
September in fact

introduces the Autumn, and our
big task is to bring on the
things wanted for Winter.
This Store, upon which so
many people depend, must be
ready to show the latest fash
ions and fullest assortments of
new things for Fall and Winter.
We are glad that our patrons
will not be disappointed when
they see what we have.
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Mountains of Silk
Cushions

In every lovely color, shade
and shape imaginable. In
tapestry, damask, velvet and
satin. From 1925 to $40 each
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
MAY USE MILK TO
CHRISTEN NEW SHIP

Mrs. Frank B. Lord, wife of the
assistant to Chairman Edward n.
Hurley, of the Shipping Board, left
Washington yesterday to christeD the
Few 5,50O-ton freighter Asabeth, just
completed at the yards Of the Sub
marine Boat Corporation on Newark
Bay.
The launching and christening of
the vessel was scheduled to take
place at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Mrs. Lord. before leaving this city,
was greatly worried over a great
problem" She didn't know what she
was to christen the vessel with, and
she couldn't make up her mind just
what to wear.
The authorities at the shipyard
have not decided whether to use milk
crude oil, or spring water, for the
christening.
During the launching OF the good
ship Tulsa" at Hog Island a few
days ago crude oil was used with dire
results to the sponsors gown.
IF it's plain spring water it won't
be so bad" said Mrs Lord, but if
it is to be crude oil or milk l want
protection"
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
ITS Per Cent" Hosiery
Long as Split Second,
MiIady's Very Latest

NEW YORK, Aug. Half
hose for women are passe.
They're wearing 2.T5 hose now.
An ,enterprising reporter braved
the shopping district to find out
just how popular half hose were.
He discovered he was several
days too late.
DO the girls wear them much ?"
echoed one salesgirl to his query
regarding the new 275 hose. MY
goodness, yes, look"
The reporter blushed and ad-
mitted they did.
whats the excuse for them?"
They're so nice and cool. And
well-they have other advan-
tages."
"Er-er how are they kept in
placer"
The salesgirl picked up a pair
OF shimmery blue silk things,
about as long as a split second,
and said:
''They turn down the edges like
this, and put a rubber band under
the roll.
They're so popular" she added,
that we rather expect a demand
for them even next winter"
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
SON Of CORNELL'S
EAN,SAYSACCUSED

NEW YORK, Aug. An indict-
ment charging him with forgery in
the second degree has been filed
against Donald Hammond, who claims
to be a son of Prof. W. A Hammond.
dean of Cornell University.
The indictment alleges that on July
. Hammond stole an envelope ad-
dressed to Bradford Norman, jr., from
the Harvard Club containing a check
for $1,000. 1t is alleged that Ham
mond forged Mr.. Norman's indorse-
ment and cashed the check at the
Hartman National Bank. Numerous
complaints have been received against
Hammond since he has been a prison
er in the Tombs, according to Assist
ant District Attorney Charles PLAT
sky.
According to District Attorney
Swami, Hammond enlisted in the
British army in September, 1914, and
sailed with the first Canadian contln-
gent He was wounded in the battle
OF Ypres by machine-gun bullets.
After being released from the hos
pital, he ignored official orders, said
Mr.. Swami, and returned to this coun-
try without discharge papers from the
British army officials. He remained
here few months and then returned
to England.
There, the district attorney said, he
entered the air forces of the British
navy, was commissioned a lieutenant,
and was sent to France on aero pa
trol duty. Hammond, said the dis
trict attorney, returned to the United
States in 1918. and since that time,
and until his arrest, had been living
at expensive hotels. He owes large
sums at the Waldorf-Astoria, Man
haitian, Aston, Vanderbilt. and other
hotels, Mr.. Swami alleged.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
NAWARE
AND So THEY'RE SAD

BALTIMORE. Aug. There was
a listless gang of stevedores on the
piers of the Atlantic Transport. Com
pany at Canton when they learned
that they had loaded nearly 10000
gallons Of high-grade whiskey on
ship bound to Ireland. Without
knowing they were sending out of
Baltimore 517 barrels of the crit
ter" to be enjoyed by Sim Feiners
and Ulster men, the stevedores loaded
the Lord line steamer Lord Antrim,
which Strengthened out Wednesday
and steamed away to Belfast. She
passed out the Capes yesterday with
her precious cargo to make others
happy and leave a streak of thirst in
Baltimore.
The whiskey, it is understood. was
taken out of bond and will not have
70 pay the tax prescribed by pro-
hibition laws.
The stevedores who loaded the val
liable liquid on the Lord Antrim say
it was sneaked on board under anoth-
er name.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
i. S. TO SELL 100
LAKE STEAMERS

The sale of 100 steamships built on
the Great Lakes during the war to the
Anderson Overseas Shipping Corpora
ton, of New York. for a price of
$4,000 900, has just been announced
by the Shipping Board. This is the
largest ship sale on record. The ships
will eventually pass to French and
italian ownership, the board stated.
The ships range from $500 to 5000
lightweight ton draft.
Delivery of the vessels will begin
August 10 and proceed at the rate of
six or more a week until completed.
AS the purchase of the vessels was
made on the partial payment plan,
the Shipping Board will retain a
measure of control to assure provision
Of insurance, protection and freedom
from liens.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
WANTSACHON,N NOT
TALK, IN FOOD QUIZ

Demand for action instead of talk
IN meeting the high cost of living
crisis was made today by Senator
Kenyon, Iowa, in an interview.
Flooded with nearly fifty resolu-
tions and bills seeking relief from
high prices, Congress is stalled, and
plans no immediate action on any of
the measures, he pointed out
Kenyon declared Congress could
pass one or more of these pending
measures and obtain partial relief. In
face Of this situation. the House plans
to take months vacation beginning
tomorrow.
Out of the mass Of resolutions and
bills only one aimed direct at the
high cost Of living has passed-the
resolution requiring the Secretary Of
War to sell surplus army food at
once, ii was emphasized.
I'VE have had enough investigation
and talk" Kenyon said.
'It is time for action. This question
Of the high cost Of living is more i'm
portant right now than the League Of
Nations"
Pending bills would prohibit ex-
portation of certain foodstuffs, in
Guiding sugar, halt stock speculation,
abolish the Government guarantee on
wheat in hope of lower prices, at
tempt to reduce the amount of cur
rency in circulation. prevent excessive
prices of fuel. prohibit cold storage
houses to hold food more than ten
months.
Resolutions introduced would in
vestigate proposed price increases in
shoes, sugar, clothing, and coffee, as
certain why flour prices have in
creased, and ask President Wilson to
tell Congress what additional powers
he needs to bring down prices.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
POSSES STILL HUNT
BAND OF KIDNAPERS

BLUEFIELD, W. Va. Aug. 1.-Lo-
cal officials have about given up hope
OF rescuing the fourteen-year-old
daughter Of Kenna Abshire, of this
place, who Is held prisoner by gang
of outlaws in the Flat Top mountains.
near here. The girl was abducted by
Vaudeville Farley. alleged leader Of
the gang, and locally it is believed
any effort to rescue the girl will be
a failure.
Efforts are being made to have the
Federal Government take a hand in
the rescue. sending troops from Camp
Lee to the mountain regions in search
OF Farley. A request for troops has
been made to the Government through
the local recruiting officer.
Farley, alleged army deserter, Is
the leader Of a gang of a dozen out
laws, said to be composed mostly Of
draft evaders and deserters from
Camp Lee. Posses are still trailing
the outlaws-
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
NEED PASSPORTS
TOFLY TO CUBA

When the next crew OF an air
plane leaves the United States for
Cuba or other foreign countries, the
members must be provided with pass
ports, issued by the State Depart
ment. The ruling was issued in or
ders which came from the War De-
partment yesterday, and no incident
was disclosed which led the officials
to make the requirement.
1t was recalled, however, that Maj
Gen. Enoch H. Crowder. Judge ad-
vocate general OF the army, has made
two trips to Cuba lately, and 1t is
said the general did not have a
passport with him.
The resources of the Bureau of
Citizenship. which issues passports,
is not expected to be overtaxed in
making out such passports. however.
for some years to come.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
PRESIDENT GETS
FAMOUS OLD DISH

a dish from a dinner set presented
to Martha Washington by General
Lafayette and his brother officers at
the close of the revolutionary war.
was given yesterday to the White
House collection Of Presidential
china by Mrs. Kate Upshur Moore
head, of Washington, D. C., a third
great-granddaughte in direct descent
Of Martha Washington.
The gift was made In memory OF her
only son, Capt. John Upshur Moore
head. who died last March, and who.
during the first year OF the war,
crossed the ocean six times as con-
hdential courier between the War De-
psrtment and General Pershing.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01

Strong pressure is being brought
to bear on the Senate to pass the
Sterling-LehIbach civil service retire
ment bill for Federal employees while
the House in in recess this month.
Senators are being urged to give
consideration to the measure in or
der that its early passage in the SEN
ate may be insured, thereby giving
the House an opportunity to pass it
in September when it will meet again
after its midsummer recess.
r. H. Alcorn, chairman OF the JOINT
Conference on Retirement for the
Civil Service, has addressed a letter
to each of the ninety-six Senators,
setting forth reasons why the Gov
eminent and the country at large
would benefit through the pensionin6
of superannuated Federal employees.
The bill is now before the Senate, but
owing to the fact that discussion of
the peace treaty and the League of
Nations has kept much domestic leg
islation in the background, Senator
Sterling has been unable to obtain
consideration for il.
Facts In the Case.
Mr.. AIcorn draws attention to these
facts:
"A civil service. without a retire
ment system defeats the purpose of
the merit system to maintain a civil
service of the highest efficiency,
through the retention of thousands of
employees incapacitated by old age
and other disabilities.
The present system of retaining
in the service those incspacitated
workers is extravagantly expensive
and an unnecessary burden on the pay
rolls of the Government.
Large corporations interested in
maintaining the highest efficiency
have adopted liberal retirement sys-
TENS in the interest of larger divi-
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
Move in Senate to Pass
Pension Bill While House
Is In Midsummer Recess

dends. A great number of these cor
po-ations pay the entire cost.
I'm these days of reconstruction
and reorganization. the presence of 50
large q n..pber of superannuates as
exists at present in the civil service
prevents the most efficient admin
istration of the nations business.
Cost Borne Jointly.
1.-THE cost OF the Sterling bill will
be borne jointly by the Government
and the employees. Any other plan
will only serve to defeat legislation
along this line at this time.
THE retirement annuity of S72O
per annum would be much cheaper
than the present plan of retaining
opportunities in the service at full
salary.
Civil service retirement has been
Endorsed by state legislatures, city
councils, boards OF trade, and organ
izations of all kinds representing pub
lie sentiment in the interest of hu-
manity throughout the country. The
Sterling bill has been favorably re-
ported to the Senate by the Commit
tee on Civil Service and Retrench-
ment. 1t has the Endorsement of or
ganized labor including all of the
organizations representing the en-
ployes in the Civil Service of the
United States.
Retirement is an unredeemed
pledge of both major political parties
1t was a plank in the platforms in
1912 and 1915. Hundreds of thousands
of Federal workers and their friends
in the labor movement as well as
other walks of life are looking for
ward to the redemption of this
pledge.
THE consensus of opinion of the
best qualified experts throughout the
world unanimously indorses the I'M
derlying principles Of the Sterling
bill"
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
UNCLE SAM TO USE
HEALTHY STAMPS NOW

The pale. washed out and saIlow
looking little postage stamp, which
came into being when Uncle Sam was
cutting down every possible expense
during the war. has gone Hereafter
only the best stamps Will be printed
by the Government print shop, and
VIII contain their full measure OF
coloring.
James L. Wllmeth, director of the
Bureau OF printing and Engraving.
stated now that the Government has
caught up with itself' in .he issu-
ance Of new bonus, revenue stamps
and money, made necessary by the
var, the cheap stamps will no longer
be made.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
FRANcE GIVES IrALY COAL.

ROME. Aug. France has agreed
to supply Italy's immediate urgent
needs by forwarding 1900 tons Of
coal per day from the Saar basin.
This is a repetition of the arrange
ment made in the critical days OF
1917 and 1918. and will relieve the
anxiety of Italy to some extent, ac-
cording to a copyrighted dispatch
to the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Meanwhile drastic reductions in the
train service are announced. among
the trains to disappear being the IA
nous Rome-Paris de lux express.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
Sandwich Meats

Curtice Potted Ham. .:5e
Curtice Potted Tongue. CSC
Curtice Potted Chicken. soc
Curtice Potted Turkey. .3Oe
Curtice Boned Chicken. .5Se
Curtice Boned Turkey. 5Se
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
THIRD DRINK BRINGS CAsKEr.

MILFORD. Del. Aug. DAIRY far
mers are rejoicing that whiskey is
S12 per. quart. "Silo juice" at So
cents a drink is the reason. One
drink brings unholy JOY. two a ply
stefan, three a casket.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
Ban DEATH DURING srRIKE-

NEW YORK, Aug. Persons in
Long Island City were urged today to
postpone their demise during a
strike OF grave diggers. who want 81
a day.
, 1919-01-02
TOP SPEED HARD
ON AUTOMOBILES
Rushing Car Over Rough Roads
Means More Than lncon-
venience Of Occupants.
SOME EXAMPLES ARE CITED
Rubber-shod Wheels Absorb Small
Shocks and Deaden Larger Ones
sIedoe-Hammer Blows
Are Most Destructive.

Hammering a car at top speed over
rough roads involves more than in
convenience to the occupants. There
is a law of physics which reads that
the energy of a moving body varies
as the square of Its velocity. Just
what this means in relation to the
rough handling of an automobile can
best be explained by a few examples
cited by a we1l-known engineer.
Examples of Velocity.
Double the speed of a p~rojectile
and its capacity for delivering a blow
is multiplied by four. Triple the
speed and the energy is increased nine
times. If one bullet has twice the
speed of another bullet Of similar
shape and weight it will penetrate a
target four times as deep. If you
drop a weight out Of a first-story win
dow 1t will develop a certain velocity
In Its fall, but you will have to carry
1t up three more stories and drop 1t
out Of the fourth-story window in or
der to give 1t twice the velocity at the
time 1t strikes the ground. If an OBJ
ject falls from a ninth-story window
1t will be travelling when 1t strikes
the ground at a rate of speed only
three times as great DIS If 1t fell from
the first story; but the blow will be
nine times as violent. And, similarly.
II the speed of o car is increased from
ten to thirty miles an hour. each ir-
regularity in the road will strike a
blow nine times as violent as before.
Reckon Increased Velocity.
Engineering problems. which are
simple when low speed is involved, be-
come enormously difficult when an In
creased velocity must be reckoned
with. This is the reason railroad
trains running eighty or ninety miles
an hour have not proved a practical
success
While the automobile has the adj
vantage over the locomotive in that
its wheels are shod with rubber which
absorbs small shocks and deadens
larger ones. IL is at a much greater
disadvantage with respect to the sur
face over which it travels. In com
| parison with the steel rails. the a
erage road Ii literally a series Of hills
and valleys.
, 1919-01-02
psad in War Total s,sas,5o4.

London.-with the issue Of the Off
cial figures Of, the French losses In
the war It IL possible to arrive at the
approximate estimate Of the appalling
toll Of life. The dead. SO far. number
5,99e,B04. The individual national
losses In dead are: British. 706,726;
French, 1,071,s00; American, bs,47S;
Russian, 100000; Austrian. 800. 900;
German, 100000. The total German
casualties are given by the Berlin vor-
waerts as e.sso.oo0. and the Austrian,
100000.
, 1919-01-02


The advent of women into the in
dustrial world marks another phase of
the changed conditions which the
United States and the whole world is
undergoing.
At a big plant in Indiana women
have been employed for the last six
or seven years in the trim-shop and
similar departments. They may now
be found in many parts of the factory,
assembling small parts, operating drill
and punch presses, keeping stock rec
ords and serving In countless ways on
the lighter work.
: Women Are Competent.
To see these hundreds of women for
the first time, attired in their neat
~drab-colored bloomer garments; seri-
ously and competently handling their
, 1919-01-02

tasks in the Industrial world, is a reve-
lation.
The workaday clothes worn by the
women are businesslike, trim and mod
est in every way. The upper part is a
blouse, with the sleeves b~uttoning
tightly around the wrists to serve as a
protection against oil. Similarly, the
boomers are gathered around the
ankles as a safeguard against being
caught in moving machinery. These
clothes are made of tough material.
Workers Are Happy.
All of the woman operatives seem
happy and contented in this newer
sphere of work. The most satisfactory
part of the proposition is the thorough
ness and competence with which wom-
en- are handling the work.
, 1919-01-02
EXTRA COMPARTMENT
PUT IN AUTOMOBILE
Ingenious Method of Slowing
Away Luncheon Equipment.
Table Is Handy Feature and When
Eating In Car Insects and Other
Annoyances Arc Avoided
Place for Other Materials.

An ingenious method Of construc-
tion and manner Of slowing a folding
table, and other details OF luncheon
equipment, is used by the owner Of a
light five~-passenger car. The table
consists of two nearly square boards.
secured together by two strap hinges
on the under side. Two metal slides
and two screw hooks are provided for
setting 1t up in the real of the car, as
shown, writes G.. A. Luers Of Washing
ton. D.. O., in Popular Mechanics. At
the rea of the upper edge of the front
, 1919-01-02
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
COMING EVEN

COMING EVENTS.
Jan. 9-11-Annual meeting of Wyo-
ming Woolgrowers Association at
Lander.