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Pillows Reduced

so StenciIIed Crash Pillows.
Special. each ............ .95c
90 Cretonne Pillows; assorted
colors. Special. each. -. .75c
90 Glazed ChintZ Pillows.
Special, each .............75 .75c
Is Poster Pillows. Special,
each NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .I0c
50 Hand-embrOidered Pillow
Cases. Were $2.25 each.
Now .S1.25
80 Hand-embrOidered Tea
Towels. Were 75c each.
Now soc
ART EMBROIDERY SECTION
SEVENTH FLOOR. 3
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Women's Broadc1oth Vests, $1.95 yss

II Womens Broadcoh Vests longsleeve double breasted
style in TAM and blue sizes "a to 40 in the
Printed Silk Overblouses: white, NO
A; green and white, sizes "a, SO 40 Were $575
Novelty Figured Cotton Vestees high-neck
stye sizes "a to 40 in the lot Were $3.50. $19
Peated Crepe de Chine Skirts, bodices size 49,
flesh sizes 36, SO and 40 Were SIS. S3.75
Rajah Silk OverbOuses; hghlow style, in green
sizes AZ and 44 blue size 46 $575
Suit BlOuses: de chine size
de chine maize radum, A. $575. .$395
WOmens Striped Silk Overbouses, in sizes 81 36
Were $40. NOW 1885
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Boys Apiece Wool Suits
Special S10.75

A very fortunate purchase en-.
ables us to offer these so Boys
Fall-Winter Wool Suits (coat,
vest and 2 pairs of golf knick-
ers) at this exceptionally low
price. Sizes z to Is; a variety
of attractive shades.
BOYS SECTION, FOURTH FLOOR.
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Mems Umbrellas, $4.85

90 Mems Tape-edge, Piece
dyed Umbrellas of a mixture
of silk k-and-cotton, with as
sorted wood handles, trimmed
with sterling silver. in the
popular Prince of Wales
shape.
UMBRELLA SECTION
FIRST FLOOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
Spread the News.

st. Louis Learns of Voteless City"
ran the headline over a recent story in
The Star describing the vigorous plea
on behalf of voteless Washington
made by Frederic William Vile.
member of the District Of Columbia
National Representation Committee,
before a large audience in the Mound
City.
The remarkable fact il that while
the plight of the residents of the Ma
tional Capital is known to some pro
portion of any gathering of this sort.
to really surprising proportion
thereof the situation az regards fran
chise here is genuine news. Mr.. Vile
himself. who travels great deal goes
so far as to state that the political dis
abilities under which Washingtonians
suffer are practically unknown"
The time of year when more Dis
trict men and women go forth into
other political divisions of the United
States than at any other is approach
ing. The suggestion Is made that each
one of these personally try out the al
legation. Certainly, so far as many
points in the eastern portion of this
country are concerned, the percentage
of those who look or Washingtonians
as having all the rights and privileges
which they themselves enjoy is start
lingly large one. Doubtless beyond
the Mississippi it is even larger.
Some day you citizens will be asked
through your State Legislatures to
ratify Constitution amendment
granting national suffrage rights to
the disfranchised District" Mr.. Vile
told his hearers. The more persons
apprised of this fact at an early date,
the sooner will that amendment be
submitted and be ratified.
Not every one is in ignorance of the
situation, even in localities and walks
Of life where the opposite might De
expected, and knowledge thereof seems
often to result in mingled feelings OF
establishment and pity. Some years
ago a canal boat was moving inch by
inch down the Delaware and Raritan
Canal in rural New Jersey. AT lock
two or three college students out Tor
a Spring stroll waited to observe the
maneuvers of the plodding craft ard
fell into conversation with grizzled
ancient whose acquaintance with canal
life must have dated back to the cry
of Low Bridge" lie asked the boys
where each one lived and when the
last one replied that his home was In
Washington, d. c., the old follower OF
the towpath shook his head pityingiy'
expectorated thoughtfully, and ejac'
ulated. Poor boy--a man without a.
country"
Let item number one on every vaca-
tion list be the resolution TO bring up
at every opportunity the political I'M
notence of the many thousands or
those who help make Washington the
great capital of the greatest OF ma
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

Christian. A young Scotsman who
served a term as assistant pastor OF
| big Washington church visited the
| islands few years since in the course
of an extended tour and returned with
the dictum that the Fijians. with the
| missionary influence superimposed
| upon their natural virtues-for these
they undoubtedly had--had become a
highly admirable people.
The Fijians' inherent disregard Of
the value of human life and of the
Importance of bodily suffering has
been sublimated by the Gospel into
| something very fine, something rem
iniscent of the earliest Christians. the
and generosity form such inspiring
reading today. AS in other Pacific
island groups, the ravages of certain
diseases. simple but heretofore I'M
known to them. have resulted in a
marked and regrettable decline in the
native population. There are, how
ever, still nearly 100000 alive and in
good health today. and likely to re-.
main for many centuries not only as
an anthropological treasure trove, due
to their intense conservatism. but an
outstanding example of what the
right sort Of missionaries can accom-
plish in the most unpromising Of
fields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
The Pendulum of the Press.

Any one who yearns for the news.
paper of "the good old days" ought to
have nothing else to read for month
which would either kill or cure him.
This Is the statement made in connec-
ton with the announcement of re-
cent change In management of the
Evanston News Index, the only daily
paper published in that community
and read not only by residents OF that
large suburb. but also by those of
several adjacent and considerable set
ments. The new man at the helm is
Allen ID. Albert, formerly a Washing
ton newspaper man. who got his start
on The Star. On the first page of his
publication he says:
From this day the News Index will
be edited to meet this one teSt-that
you who support it will be proud to
have it on your library table" Long
experience has taught Editor Albert
that it is not needful to compromise
with everything fine in human nature
to make a daily paper pay on it's gen
eral merits. He believes that, other
things being anywhere near equal, the
cleaner a newspaper is, the more pros.
porous it will be in the end, and cites
prominent examples of that PROPOSE
ton which will occur readily TO every
one. These, however, he points out,
cannot enjoy quite the freedom which
smaller paper like that of the
North Chicago area can take to itself.
The newspaper Of the seventies en-
joyed similar freedom, but that does
not mean that it was excellent product,
declares the new editor. 1t was not.
1t was an organ Of unabashed private
interest and prejudice, coloring the
news to suit its policies. The pendu-
lum of American journalism, he
thinks, has swung to its furthest
point through the arc Of spice of
spite, of partianship, of inaccurary. of
deliberate Misrepresentation, and of
Discrimination to print anything that
will compel the reader to think. I'VE
hope" says Editor Albert, that we
are catching the return swing at the
very start of a new movement" May
his hopes both as to the swing and to
the position of his own publication be
more than justified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
Says Democracy Has
Hard Task i'm China
From the Spokane Spokesman Review.

From the Spokane SpoKesman-heVieW
An ingenious person, it is said,
challenged the long accepted saying
that you can't make whistle out
of pigs tall and did it. If that
story is veracious and the man is yet
alive, his services should be enlisted
in the more difficult undertaking of
transforming China into republic.
Democracy is put to an impossible
task in that ancient kingdom. China
is as unSuited for republican form
of government or the adoption of
democracy as the Imagination could
conceive Even under the ancient
kingdom the country was loose
coalition of provinces ruled by local
war lords and eXacting tax collectors.
The national spirit is lacking, as also
the capacity for broad cooperation.
Provinces with many millions of pop
ulation are isolated by mountain or
river barriers and the lack of pas
sable highways. Dialectic differences
make it impossible for Chinese from
one region to understand the language
of Chinese from other regions.
Official and high ideals of public
service are so rare as to be almost
non-eXiStent.
With that background of fact and
history, one can better understand
LIE picSSIlt~IlOoi IiStStl uCtWCcn OPP
posing armies, the desertion of gen
erals from one cause to the other and
the re-enlistment of thousands of
fugitive and defeated soldiers in the
temporarily victorious army that they
were fighting yesterday.
President Coolidge and Secretary of
State Kellogg are meeting the Chinese
crisis with timely and proper action.
They are not taking sides with either
of the opposing forces and are avoid
ing entangling alliances with other
powers that have sent warships and
fighting forces to China for the de-
Tense of their nationals.
They are pursuing what appears to
be the correct middle course between
the extreme action, on one hand, of
conducting an aggressive campaign
on Chinese soil, and the opposing ex-
treme, proposed by Senator Borah, of
ordering all American interests out
of China, with utter abandonment of
trade relations of Importance and
especial bearing on industries of the
Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain
States.
Trade relations with China are es-
sential to the grain growers of the
Pacific Northwest, and abandonment
of trade in China would be detri-
mental to our dairy producers. the
orchard industry, the timber workers
and the mining interests of this
region.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

ury notes. in accordance with an oner
made by the Treasury only one week
before.
This tremendous debt-paying and
refunding has been accomplished
without disturbing the money market
or the economic progress of the coun'
try. On the contrary, tax rates have
been steadily reduced with constant
ly increasing return of revenue.
Another huge saving to the Govern
nient-and really &c the taxpayers
comes with the reduction OF the In
terest amount on the bonds from 4A
per cent, as carried by the second
Liberty loan, to 31a per cent, as car
ried by the new Treasury notes. In
order to give other holders of the sec
ond Liberty loan An per cent bonds
an opportunity to avail themselves OF
the exchange offer Secretary Mellon
has announced that the books Will be
kept open until the close of business
on Tuesday. March %.
The Treasury will call the entire
issue in November according to pres
ent plans, thus terminating the higher
wartime rate of interest on this issue.
1t made private capital available for
the Nations need in the crucial days
of the war. 1t gave the individual
substantial interest on an investment
backed by the honor Of the Govern
ment. 1t is now time to get back to
normally" by retiring this heavy In
terest-bearing issue, and the Treasury
has done it in a gratifying way with
out any economic disturbance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

| Dickens may or may not nave
treated the solemn young gentleman
| 1t makes no difference. This type goes
| on forever, and Is as prevalent In 1877
as 1t was in 1S47 The solemn young
| man is seen-although seldom heard
| everywhere.
Every business knows one or two oil
him. He Is as omnipresent as the
messenger boy, and only bit less ON
cious. His owlish countenance glares
at visitors from behind desks, peering
at them with inquiring eyes.
The worst point about the solemn
| young man Is that you are never sure
of him. He Is so absurdly solemn that
no man can tell what he Is thinking
Just as Caesar feared lean men. SO
many men today have the solemn
blues"
Let us have men about us who
laugh, who enjoy life as they so along.
| who know the latest stories and
also how to tell them. The fellow
| with the abnormally severe mien gives
us the wiggles.
What Is It, after all. we dislike In
the chap? Surely it can be nothing
but the ancient fear of the unknown
He never shows his hand. He seems
forever to have cards UP his sleeve
He is, we are convinced, owlish for q
purpose.
This is taking him rather seriously
of course. Mostly the solemn man Is
simply putting up bluff. Perhaps he
is aping an executive, or following out
the dictates of a business course.
which advised that the young business
man be serious"
Success, however, ought not to be
bought at such price.
The normally solemn young man
has a right to be naturally lugu
brious. This cannot be gainsaid. 1t
is a part of his disposition. as much
so as his nose, or his ears. If the
latter stand out from the side of his
head, no one can legitimately say
anything; no more, then, can we quar-
rel with such mans solemnity.
Seriousness is to be praised; we
speak only of the unnatural solemnity
which many assume 1t is easy to
tell when it is put on" There is
something extremely unnatural in it
sort of pose that Ill BELTS the wearer
a cloak of disguise that does not hang
true.
Take young Jenkins. This young
fellow has never been known to smile
| manly VI IAio IL nc
sire to give him "swift kick" as
they say, but they refrain, because
1t might hurt his feelings.
All the normal upturnings of the
mouth, popularity called a smile, are
lacking in Jenkins. AS a child he
may have grinned, once or twice, but
when he became a man he put away
childish things. his smiles along with
them, and very few persons have been
fortunate enough to see one on his
face since.
The trouble with Jenkins. according
to some, is that he takes himself too
seriously; reminds one, they de-
clare, of some members of almost ex-
tinct sects. who honestly believe that
their small handful of the faithful is
all that is going to be saved. The
saving grace of a sense of humor
might better further their prospects
OF immortal bliss.
Jenkins Is like that To watch him
sitting at his desk is better than see
ing the trained bear in the vaudeville.
Trained bears, now and then, play at
wrestling, and seem to enjoy them
selves.
Woe perpetually bespangles the
brow of Mr.. Jenkins. His face looms
sad over the paper at his typewriter.
Niobe, posed so, would lament her
children no more properly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Q. What is the first lightship seen
when approaching New York City
from Europe?-G. j. X.
A. The Nantucket Is the first light
ship sighted when coming into the
New York Harbor from Europe.
Others sighted are the Fire Island
Lightship and the Ambrose Lightship.
Q. How many clergymen are ar
rested in a year? How does the num-
Der compare with other professions
c. +.
A. We find no data for the country
at large. In the city of Chicago In
1925, there were SO clergymen arrest
ed. 1,049 physicians, 208 dentists, Az
attorneys. 201 artists and 707
musicians.
Q. Where is Cape Prince of
Wales?-A N f.
A. 1t is promontory on Bering
Sea and forms the most northwest
point of North America. 1t terminates
In a peaked mountain presenting a
bold face to the sea and is dangerous
on account of shoal which stretches
to the northeast.
@. Would adding 40 pounds of
weight to each wheel of an automobile
be noticeable in the power of a carr
j. G. N.
A. Adding 40 pounds to each wheel
will decrease the hill-climbing ability
by about the same amount as carry
ing one additional passenger. The
effect on the accelerating ability Will
be greater than the effect produced by
an extra passenger, the amount de
pending on whether the weight Is
added near the center or near the
circumference of the wheel. Weight
added near the circumference Will
have the greatest effect on accelera'
ton.
O. Why did Amundsen make an
expedition to the South Pole instead of
the North in 1910, when he planned
the Northern trip?-A. b.
A. In 1909 Amundsen planned an
expedition to the North Polar Sea in
the Fran, but Peary's discovery OF
the North Pole caused change IN
his plan, and instead Amundsen
started August 8, 1910, for the South
Pole.
O. Please list the chiefs of staff OF
the Army.-E. &. G..
A. The office of the chief of staff
was not established until August
1903. The list is as follows in the
order of service: Samuel b. M
Young, Adna r. Chaffee, John G.
Bates, J.. Franklin Bell. Leonard
Wood, William w. Wotherspoon
Hugh l.. Scott, Tasker III. Bliss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
Paying OFF the War Debt.

The United States Treasury has
made a remarkable record in gradual
~ paying off the mammoth World
War debt and in refunding the re-
naming bonded Indebtedness.
At its peak this debt stood at $780,
$50 900 900 on August 81. 1919, and it
is now less than $40 900 900 900. There
has actually been paid off more than
% per cent of the total.
Coincident with this the Treasury
Department announced Tuesday that
at the close OF business on March Is
more than ST. 900 600 900 of the second
Liberty loan Az per cent bonds, or
more than one-third of those outstand-
ing, had been presented for CONVEX
sAn into five.year a12 per cent Treas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

Peyton C. March, John j. Pershing.
John l.. Hines. Charles p. SummeraIl.
Q. Who selects the pictures that
are put on bank notes?-R. F..
A. The designs of United States
reau of Engraving and Printing and
are submitted for approval to the
Secretary of the Treasury. IL the de-
sign bears portrait it must be a por-
trait of a deceased person.
| q. Please name some yellow, white,
red and pink roses that can be sue
| cessfully grown. a.
| A. A few of them are: Yellow, lisa
bella Sprunt and Mrs. A. X. Waddel.
| white, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
| White Killarney and White Cochet.
| red. Gruss and Teplitz. Red Letter
| Day and Red Radiance: pink, Xii.
| larney Queen. La TOsca, Maman
Cochet. Mrs. Wakefield Christie Mil
| Ter and Radiance.
Q. How long has "Sun-kist" been
used as a trade-marked name?-W. 4.
| A. Trademark use of "Sun-kist."
which Is identical in suggestiveness
| sound, etc, with Sun kissed" is re-
| ferred to in records conveniently ac-
l CeSSlDie 10 us as dating back as fdr
as the year 1907. We find mention
of its use in connection with citrus
fruits (which, of course. include
| orangesl since October 10. 1907, and
| specific mention of its use in cOnneC.
| ton with lemons since May 10. 1908.
| We find mention of it's use in conneC-
| ton with fresh vegetables (presum
ably including tomatoes) since May
| II. 1916. Also. mention of it's use
since April %. 1915, in connection with
| fresh "Sun-kist" table grapes of itsuse
in connection with canned and dried
fruits since September %. 1907, and
with numerous other articles of food.
condiments, etc. since correspondingly
| early dates.
Q. Where is the center of pOpula-
ton of foreigners in the United
| States?-H. +.
| A. According to the 1920 census, it
was near Fort Wayne. Ind.
Hare ne had the pleasure OF SerU-
ing you through our Washington In
| formation BureduP Can't ace be Of
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lemsP Our business is to furnish yOu
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
F;iians Firm in the Faith.

The tourney of the Duke ana
Dnchess of York to Australia was
broken recently by a short stop-over
in the Fiji Islands, British possessions
Seated upon a dais the youthful scion
of ROYALTY and his bride received
Fijian dienitaries who included mem
hers of the legislative council or the
archipelago and one of the grandsons
IF the last king of the islands. he,
in order to lend impressiveness to the
scene. contrasted a feathered Kilt
weird couture and other accessories
70 the cool white ducks Of the duke
and the garden party costume of the
duchess.
The current upsets in China have
brought foreign missions into the
limelight and caused number OF
more or less amicable arguments be-
tween proponents and opponents of
the foreign mission idea. If there be
any spot on the globe to which mis-
sionaries and their hackers can point
with pride it Is the group of some
aishsv inhabited Pacific isles, often
called by oldtimers-and with rea-
son-the "Cannibal Islands"
The memory of persons still alive
goes back to a time when the crush
ing weight of the great war canoe of
a Fiiian dignitary was trundled from
its matched boathouse to the water s
edge over the living bodies of his de-
voted subjects. These gladly obeyed
| the order. or custom, which made
| them so PROSTATE themselves and
furnish rollers of a quality common
surate with the merits of the great
man and of his boat.
Even few generations ago
the islanders were notorious can
nibals. A whaleman stranded on
those shores was as good as
doomed; he knew it and often
| took his own life in preference to be
ing fattened, butchered. roasted and
eaten. In 1896 the first missionaries
intrepid souls. gained a foothold. To
day practically every native Is 9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

dicates a disposition among the un-
Informed to confuse Uncle Sam with
irresponsible realty spectators. Like
"a little knowledge" "a little money"
may prove a dangerous thing, inviting
dangerous experiment in preference
TO conservative security.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
Sporting Spectators.

THE United States Senate grows
more interesting each year"
II expect to see the time" said Sen
ator Sorghum, when seat in the
gallery will command e. larger price
than a seat at the ringside of a regu-
lar fight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

A million dollar libel suit might be
easily settled by Henry Ford, except
for his ideas of matter of principle.
He could easily afford to ignore the
case and say, Keep the change"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

income tax returns will be so large
as to promise a Treasury surplus. An
enterprising and alert Government
will have no fear of facing the prob
lem presented by idle capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
Rate by Mail-Payable I'm Advance.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

From the Springfield Daily Republican.
The hung jury continues to demon
strate the advantage of the unanimous
verdict reQuirement--to the defendant
whose case Is desperately weak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
An Altered Estate.

From the Lynchburg News.
Matrimony, once more or less per-
manent state, is fast becoming merely
q. prelude to alimony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
A New Incentive.

From the Oakland Tribune.
If it be true that an American sci
enlist can extract products valued at
$3.50 from a ton of burned straw. just
watch the straw-vote industry grow!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
Reciprocity.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Thoseswho hear sermon broadcast
over the radio really ought to broad
cast a little something back for the
collection plate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

People are living to be older thar
thav lived in times gone by. Inc
human race improves. The germ de
teriorateS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

Haiti evidently has no idea at all Of
senatorial courtesy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

Observer has come to rank high
among diplomatic titles.