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Ribbon Dept. Specials

Dresden. light and dark ground, MORE, satin,
faille two-toned effects fancy stripes, etc AZ to
inches wide; all colors and many combinations for
girdIes millinery, etc Friday only, 55c yard.
Fancy stripes and checks; all eOlors and combina-
tions; to 5h inches wide; for children's hair rib
bons, etc. Friday only, 27c yard.
Loop Girdles in all colo0s and combinations, fin
ished with ends. Friday only, CSC each.
Fancy Carriers, in plain and combination coiors;
finished with knotted bows. Friday only, 81 pair.
Picot edge, satin taffeta, fancy stripes and two
tone effects; " to III inches widej many colors and
combinations. Friday only Sc yard.
PaIais ROyal-Main Floor.
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UnbLe0cIaed SIteetils
Frid0y Only, 45c

81 inches wide; medium weight tI,
win soon bleach white. Friday onl,
45c yard. Second Floor.
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Stationery s ecJnL,
Friday Only, &c

35c and soc linen stationery or
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colors. "a sheets and "a envelopes.
Friday only, box, 27c.Main Floor.
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Children s DralOe1s, 25c

OF cambria and muslin; full cut; neatly finished
with hem and tucks; to IL years; also seamless
diaper drawers among the lot. Friday only, 25cs-
Third Floor.
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SIC HackLe Pads and
Leather Quilts, 39c

Fine selection Of these popular trimmings now "a
vogue for felt hats Reduced for Frday Only to Ssc
Second Floor
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300 Ulltrinsl1led Felt
Hats

Beautiful selection Of al
the popular styles and colors
in cute poles and off-the-
face effects. Taken from our
regular stock and reduced
Tor Friday only 70 Sits.
Second Floor.
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lGLot,es, 81 g5 u s.. 90

Regularly So TO $3.50; broken sizes IN elbow
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day only, $l.s6 to S395 paiEs-Ddain Floor.
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Sheeting,
Friday Only, 55c Yard

80 inches wide; bleached heavy
serviceable quality; free from dress
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Floor.
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Ctu7lOis Suede GLOUes
Friday, SI.20 pair

16-button length; two-toned embroidered stitching,
In sand, mode, new gray, covert and pearl; $50
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Children s Hose, 2pnirs 45c

NC FuIl-elIgtH IIUueu moss 4uI DUys anu
girls Black, white. tan and brown. Sizes to 10.
Socks in half and three-quarter lengths, black,
white and brown. Sizes TO 10. Friday only, 2 pair
A5c-Main Floor
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White aprons, Sc

Odd lot Of large sizes Gored or gathered with
without back. Slightly soiled. Formerly $1.25.
day only, 50es-Third Floor.
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Basenent Special Fruit Jars
Atlas strong shouldered Mason. with zinc covers
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Friday, special, Soc dozen.
Quart Size regularly 9Oc dozen. Friday spe-
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LOlq KinlO1Os, 1913

Of serpentine crepe and plain colors or floral
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cred trimming. Several japanese hmonos among
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Children s Rain Capes,
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"Bestyette" rain capes, guaranteed waterproof, IN
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SUogger, Duslsipg
Sports Coats

Fashioned Of deair-
able fabrics: slnartly
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collars and patch
pockets generously
cut: 2-button model:
gray, slate and OK
ford Third Floor.
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Women Isle Hose
Friday Only

Regularly 81 and $3.50.
Imported fuIl-fashioned ner.
cerized hose, with lace In.
steps: Paris clocks and silk
embroidered clocks: ba c k.
brown; mostly all sizes; first
quality; discontinued styles.
Friday only, sc pair.-Main
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Friday Only Basement Store.
Girls Coats
$50
$4.e5 to $685. Other Days

S4.95 TO S5.95 Other Days
Coats of finest velours, some
with fur collars; all full lined /;
styles and sizes for girls of 2 to
10 years. Tomorrow only at
$4.59.-Palais Royal - Basement
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Children 5 Hose, 2pnirs Csc

Regularly S5c and S9c. English ribbed sports no
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Friday only, 2 pair 6sc.-Main Floor.
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SOC Sports Hose, 2puirs rs.

Boys heavy English ribbed black and brown hose
Also lighter weight tWo-toned mercerized, IN brown
TAM gray and beige. English ribbed, three-quarter
length, with toll top. Sizes to TO- First quality
Friday only, 2 pair 75c-Main Floor
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Csc Yard Crepes, I211c

Genuine krinkle crepe-needs no ironing. r
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25c yard value-Friday only 12hc yards-Paia
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SI.25 Athena Suits
Friday Only

Women's. Fine ribbed
union suits, built-up shout ~
der and bodice, tight knee u
and umbrella style. Also
closed, with wide leg. Reg = -
ular and extra sizes. Fri
day only, 95c.-Main Floor.
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Veeknd Bargain Eent circle lasting friends Presenting
selling
list Autumn needs and them at handsome Ne
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S6 Hat Boxes, S4.95

Round and square-covered with waterprooIeu Pc
enamel lined with art cretonne, protected with pa
lock and safety catches.-Basement Stare.
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Mill ends-8,129 yards in
all-outing flannel, Gre
tonnes, calicos, etc. Short
lengths, but many match.
Tomorrow-Basement Store.
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36-inch Scrinl, IOc

About 500 yards curtain scriHn-miH ENDS OF zoe
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GLOUe-silk Hose, SI.29

Women,s. Firsts and seconds of S19s to 81
grades Sheer weight and fine ribbed in black, gr
tan, brown and beige. Most all sizes. Friday on
9l.20 pair.-Main Floor.
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Suggestion

That you select supplies for future as
well as present needs and, if desired,
have them laid aside.
A DEPOSIT SUFFICES
Both dress needs and home needs
win be found listed at very considerable
savings. Multiply your purchases and
your savings tomorrow.-PaIais Royal
Basement Store.
Evening star., 1923-10-14
NJ Of HER OWN MONEY JOHN THAT YOU'D THROW EN- OUT

, TO make an important announcement
on every wire in the country"
To the quick chorus of Whats do
Ing John?" he shook his head and.
walking back to the center Of the
ring. summoned the men from either
corner for their final instructions.
They shook hands and went back to
the ropes, waiting for the bell.
John McArdIe held up his hand for
silence and faced the crowd. His
voice carried into the far corners.
/ Gentlemen" he cried: "this will be
q fifteen-round contest for the mid
dl"weight championship Of the world.
All bets On this match are officially
called off. May the best man win!
Let 'er co.
With the fall OF the referees arm
the bell changed duly, the rival clus-
ters of seconds vanished, and the
challenger stepped briskly forward
to meet the champion. McArdle moved
along the ropes to the right.
From the arena rose the murmur
OF thousands Of men interrogating
one another From mouth to mouth
tho words Of John McArdle were re-
peated until every one in the multi
! tude knew that the referee had ex-
ercised his prerogative, and that all
Evening star., 1923-10-14

The maun do kha' John McArdIe
tells thee, lad" she told him sadly.
Thy mither Gamma help thee"
AYE" he said. and bent to kiss
her. Gle to the big chair now and
dinna WORRY"
AS he was leaving, he looked back
and saw her adjusting her spectacles.
and he understood that until he re-
turned she would sit there with the
Bible turned to the window.
:: !: x x
T<ffT naked bulk OF the huge open
i air arena, plastered with adver-
tising signs. rose from the. National
League ball park. At , o'clock the
newspaper men estimated the crowd
at fifty thousand and the receipts at
close to three hundred thousand dol
lars Rudy Metzker had played in
luck as usual.
The preliminaries went off well, too,
and the crowd was in good humor.
There was the usual list OF messages
and challenges to be read, and long
line Of celebrities to be introduced.
Then the crowd settled down expect
antly. only to get to its feet again,
yelling, as the rival retinue left their
quarters and squirmed path down
the congested aisles.
There is something demoralizing
about the concentrated gaze Of flfty
thousand men marshaled around a
Evening star., 1923-10-14

the match developed the heaviest bet
| ting in years. Canadian sportsmen
were reported to have formed a pool to
back the challenger at the prevailing
odds Of to !. Despite the food of
coin that developed in support of the
Philadelphia Phantom the odds re-
! manned stationary. for in every city
throughout the country Canada Dick
Peters enjoyed a mysterious backing.
Finally the big day came. John
McArdle sat down to an early lunch
at home.
Now. the soil in which the slip is
planted is the soil wherein the tree
holds root. John McArdle turned to
his mother and relapsed into the
speech by which they understood one
another best
"I be verra fasht aboot somethin',
mother. John McArdle is in a vera
bad way. I hae gle TIL word to ref
cree this fecht fairly and to ca a foul
when / sect"
"And what for no. John?''
"I ken the foul will be trick-the
best mon Wilt nae win, mither. The
twa lads hae sold oot TO Janie's faith
er, an l dinna ken what TO do"
He entered into greater detail in an
effort to make her understand, but
she knew only that her BARN was fac
ing a crisis In his life, and that 1T
was entirely q mans problem.
Evening star., 1923-10-14

twenty-foot square OF canvas. Let
through the ropes as John McArdle
did, and then see how many hairs of
moral rectitude he will spit.
When Canada Dick Peters came
into the ring the referee noticed that
the challengers belt was two inches
higher on the waist line than was
customary. The thing would be
staged very cleverly.
Billy Gordon, veteran announcer,
signaled TO McArdie, and the latter
stepped forward to the ropes. facing
the multitude. One hand on the ref
eree's shoulder, the bald-headed mas
ter of ceremonies gave tongue:
Honest John McArdle." he shouted,
will referee this contest"
Looking out at the ocean of up
turned faces and hearing the patter
of thousands of approving hands, the
former middlewcight champion UNDER
stood fully then that referee Is some
thing bigger than a ring arbiter-he
is the representative Of public opinion
and the guarantor Of clean sport and
fair play.
The battery OF sporting writers
seated at their telephone and tele-
graph instruments looked up to find
che referee leaning over the ropes
above them.
Boys" said McArdle. Pm going
Evening star., 1923-10-14
Lister, World! 94 zf;E f;;E=: FSSa;or s

him Of his job as nagger. In a per-
fect world what would he do?
He and his kind have not the cour-
age of the adventurers, the genius of
the inventors, the ambition of the
leaders, the fortitude of the pioneers,
the reckless spirit for self-sacrifice of
the rebels. Under the normal tests
of manliness they are proven "sec-
onds." But a social catyclysm gives
them their opportunity. They cannot
, help, but they can hinder. They can
not bless, but they can bother. And
by that peculiar nature Of his activi-
ties you may know the sour bug
when you meet one.
Is he always prating of the days
that have gone-is he always sneer-
ing at innovation. and condemning
new movements-is he always sus-
pecting, insinuating, rolling a mys-
terious eye and limiting at marvellous
punishments-is he always seeing evil
in everything but himself? Then he's
a sour bug. For everything the sour
bug Is and wants and does is negative.
COCIETY is tremendously in need
. ~ Ol nOHeSl, 1Oydl ScTNlCc. 90 HluCu
| has been destroyed, so little rebuilt.
The viewpoint which men for genera
tions thought trustworthy has failed
them in a pinch. We must evolve
new viewpoints, traditions. ideals.
But the sour bugs will never
evolve them for us. They will only
find fault-they will never create. Be-
ware the sour bug, be he an individual
or an association! Beware the
warped spirit that can do nothing but
rant and prohibit!
And beware the spirit Of the sour
bug within yourself.
1t is So much easier to sneer than
to sympathize or understand-con-
demnation attracts cheap glory far
more quickly than cooperation. But
in the end it doesn't pay, pal. The
sour bug Is a sour bug all his life
Never will he know a moment of free
, and beautiful flight, never will he en-
gage in honest combat, never will he
set forth on noble adventures, never
, will he contribute ahght to the COM
mon wealth. From the darkness he
came, to the darkness he will go, and
his squirminRs in the meantime bear
the certain taint of nildew.
Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1923-10-14

may have resulted in that very
catastrophe which involves mankind.
One does not think logically in time
of war. The neurotic's argument
seems infallible.
* \: !:
WYE look at the good old days and
w long for their return. We look
look at the present debacle and be-
wall our misery. Forthwith we con-
clude that this agitator is right. We
do not call him neurotic. We call
him a prophet, a savior. And instantly
his intolerance, his stupidity and
bigotry, from which we once would
have shrunk, seem divinely inspired
enthusiasm and prudence.
Thus the neurotic comes into
power, profting by the stronger
mans bewilderment and humiliation.
He could never have achieved promi-
nence by his own strength. but he
can fatten on another's weakness as
the sour bug fattens on dead life un-
der the board
In every conceivable department of
life the sour bug detects a lurking
evil. liuuSlA ACc' Shti ShSo,
schools, suffrage laws, immigration
laws, clubs, human associations and
human customs of all sorts are alike
subjected to befouling suspicion.
The little girl who bobs her hair.
pinks her cheeks and strides forth
freely in her shortened skirt is brand
ed with the most shameful of titles.
The wife or mother who seeks work
outside the home is bitterly assailed,
with never a charitable thought for
her possible motives. All members
of different churches. different lodges.
different races are targets for abuse
and persecution.
Anything new, any forward ges-
ture, anything that differs from the
old life under the plank arouses the
sour bug to q frenzy of vituperation.
But the present state of affairs is
terrible" you cry. Surely we need
guidance, constructive criticism, ref
ormation."
You're right. We surely do. But
the sour bug is notsa constructive
critic-he's a destructive crank. He's
not reformer, merely n meddler. He
does not strive to guide, but to pro-
hibit He does not want to see hu-
manfty Saved. for that would deprive
Evening star., 1923-10-14

U n AVE YOU ever turned over an
- old, rotting plank, pal. and
surveyed the mimic world re-
yealed: Stupid white grubs
nosing about clumsily-horrible, Shiny
things that seemed out of place in a
beautiful, sunshiny creation-and null
titudes Of small, gray. flattish, scuttling
creatures which we used to call "sour
bugs" in our home town. A weak. un-
healthy world. that tiny kingdom
of darkness, but nevertheless a few
plank was lifted. .-.
Pal, the plank has been lifted for
all of us. War lifted it. That plank
was the social order of the past gen.
erations. Once IT. was sound and
| useful plank. Beneath it the seeds
of civilization germinated and found
shelter in their infancy. But the
generations passed and the plank be-
gan to rot. Its supports crumbled-
| 1t collapsed upon the free action of
| men--it became a menace rather than
a protection. Foulness spawned be-
meath it and at last bred an up
heaval, which wrecked the plank, so
that all which lay beneath it was
exposed.
AS you are looking at the world
today you are seeing society from
which the covering has been torn
In way, it is well that the plank
has been removed. In time the earth
will be cured of its disease and grow
sweet and fertile once more New
life will spring up unhampered-a
cleaner, sturdier life because it has
1 grown in the open air.
For the future there Is great prom
ise. But in the immediate present
! the prospect is not so happy. Weak
ness and decay lay beneath that rot
ting plank and are now released into
our midst. They scuttle. about, they
! get in our way and spread their
EMBELLISHMENTS over the healthier
life which is trying to spring up
about them. Momentarily by their
| very numbers and insistence they
seem to triumph over nobler crea-
| lures.
! y X s.
| r AM not referring to the criminals
| i that follow in the wake of every
war; Humanity can deal with Grim
Evening star., 1923-10-14

! inals. for their motives are obvious.
! speak rather Of those small minded,
sour -blooded people who assumed a
passing Importance and authority
| during the war period and who. once
| intrenched, are exercising malicious
! influence upon our national life-the
mean little people who live next door
| and make life miserable for all Of US.
| How they prick and nag. meddle
and hinder, And so camouflaged are
I they by righteous pretense that 1t is
| almost impossible for us to under
stand the nature of their actions or
segregate the helpers from the him
derers. Yet, if we are to save civili-
zation in q time of very great peril,
we must learn the truth about this
element.
| Who are these petty tyrants and
| how may we know whether their
deeds are good or evil? Science has
name for such people--it calls them
ineurotics.
| What is neurotic? 1t is human
sour bug" 1t is something that has
lived under plank of repression all
| its life and whose only idea of bliss
lis to coop others under similar or
worse planks.
| Broadly speaking, there are two
types Of human beings-the positive
type and the negative type. The
positive type expresses itself in def
mite action It reaches ahead, not
back. It endeavors to achieve some
thing by its own advancement. But
the negative type attempts to grab
glory, not by its own advancement,
but by the other fellows belittle-
ment. 1t is not capable of construc-
tive action, so it attempts destruc-
tive meddling and hindrance.
When the development of nation
\ is proceeding on it's normal course
such people do not have chance.
(Their malicious squirmings are
| swamped by the larger activities of
normal men. But when society has
tbeen thrown into confusion, as it was
in the late war, and all moral values
twisted, the neurotic has his day.
I He surges to the front loudly
clamoring for the good old days and
! the good old standards" 1t matters
not that the good old standards"
Evening star., 1923-10-14

y ~
4 T the supper table that evening
"A McArdle told his mother that he
had been selected to serve as the third
man in the ring for the big match. She
missed the enthusiasm with which he
had been wont hitherto to discuss such
appointments. As the days passed he
became more taciturn and depressed.
Mrs. McArdle attributed this to some
thing else.
'Ts it the lass, John? What way do
! you no go out wi jamie Of a Soonday .?
Hae ye been fechtin'?"
mo. mother. we're still good friends
only I'm busy"
"Thee had better tell thy mither
what's troublin' thee. lad"
But he shook his head. ."'Tis moth
ing he assured. 81 was just wonder
ing if $4,000 would remodel my place
into a high-class billiard parlor I'm
losing money now
"Whistp' said Mrs. McArdle. "'Tis
eneuch money to buy all E'nbrugh!"
Her son smiled and went out, and for
the next week or so was very busy, Wis
iting the rival training camps, chatting
with the newspaper men and incoming
celebrities and catering to the night
crowds who made his cafe a rendezvous
as the day for the big fight drew near.
To the surprise of sporting writers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-06-21
JURY DEFTES COURT AND T..
REFUSES TO EvICT WIDOW

ATLANTIC CITY, June 15.-Eight
men and three women jurors in Dis
trict Court today refused to obey
Judge Petit when he ordered them
to return an election verdict against
widow-Mrs. Nellie Black of No.
119 South Missouri avenue. One
juror, tailor, agreed to do as COM
manded
Although the judge threatened the
eleven with-fnes >or=imprisonment,
they calmly walked out of the court
room. Some of the spectators
cheered then the hat was passed for
the woman, who hadn't paid her
landlord, Daniel Barry.
Mrs. Black has returned from a
three-months' stay in the City hos
pital. She owed one months rent
and SIS additional. She testified
Barry, in her absence, had changed
the locks on her house and stored
her furniture. .-,---- =
So. far Judae-eB Bettit- has neither
fined nor jailed any of the willful
eleven.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-06-21
OLD METEOR MINE
is REDISCOvERED

PHOENIX, Ariz., June 9.-Efforts
have been resumed to find the lost
meteorite of Meteor mountain, twen-
ty-two miles west of Winslow, Ariz.,
in Coconino county
In the side of the meteor noun
tain is cavity 44OO feet in diam
eter and from 600 to 700 feet in
depth, and somewhere beneath the
surface several thousand tons Of ore
containing platinum, nickel and
other precious metals are believed
to be concealed
Fragments of the meteor found on
the side of the hole and scattered
near it have shown the presence of
these metals when assayed.
Attempts to find the meteor have
been made at intervals for many
years by drilling into the bottom of
the cavity. Recently geologists who
have made study of the place have
expressed the opinion that the me-
teor, believed to be the largest that
ever fell within the state, may have
slipped off to one side after reaching
depth of 600 to 300 feet, due to
some peculiar formation of the
earth's strata.
AS result, the company owning
the mining claim sunk a drill on the
south rim of the crater and. the drill
at 1,2o0 feet became lodged in a
solid substance, and efforts to with
draw it have failed. Plans are now
being made to sink shaft 600 feet
south of the cavity.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-06-21
Culled From me 1Ilss q Ne
P1tkin Miner.

Waunita was advertising cele-
bration for July 4th.
Miss Ella New of Delta, was
guest of Mrs. T. ]. Reed.
Tin Cup was organizing for a big
Fourth of July celebration.
Miss Florence Watson of California,
was guest of Mrs. Theo. Davis.
j. NJ Woodland appointed Jas.
Chrystal and w. H. Eckbert as spe-
cial game wardens
Mr.. and Mrs. R. R.. Williams and
son Ned, arrived home from Denver.
They were accompanied by Miss Ag-
mes Stacey.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Conklin ceIe-
brated their thirteenth wedding an
niversary. Many friends called to
extend congratulations