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Crystal Stemware
Reduced to 25c each

800 pieces Crystal Stemware in goblets, sherbets,
beverage glass and footed tumbler styles.
Beverage coored glass decanter, six glasses and
chromium holder. Was $12
Colored Glass Tantaus Set. Was $12 Now---.----S6
/ Crystal Glass Tanalus Set. Was S12. NoW-..-----$6
Crystal Glass Decanters with rock crystal cutting Were
SO ------------- S3. rs
Decorated Glass Bridge Sets, IA pieces Were $l95.
Now Observation-Disclosures ---------------S 81
20 Decorated Beverage Glasses. Were ST. Now----50c
Crystal Decorated Beverage Glasses Were ST. Now
Beverage Sets with decanter and glasses
Were S4
72 Crystal Glass Decorated Tumbers, 12-ounce Re-
Crystal Engraved Glass Salad Plates. Were sl4
Now 75c
Crystal Engraved Bread and Butter Plates Were ST.
Now .-------.--- SOC
Odds and Ends of Table Glassware, greatly reduced
to $l5o
GLASSWARE, FIFTH FLOOR.
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Knee-Hi Hose
Special, 5 poirs ST.

400 pairs children's Isle
knee-hi hose in sizes 6
to 10.
CHILDREN's HOSE, AISLE II,
FIRST FLOOR.
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Brassieres. ST

Is brassieres, Maiden Form,
HERNIA, Model, and A. P.
makes, of lace and broad
cloth. Sizes 80, "a and 36.
CoRsETs, THIRD FLOOR.
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Formal Room Dinner and
Evening Gowns Reduced


moires Wine black, fuchsa and pastel shades In the
group Sizes IA Is
q Sl395.
T. were Sl3 95 to S29.75 Now--------------.--$9.
g. were $1695 to $19.75 Now-----------------S12.25
g. were $1975 to S49.75.
3. were $2975 to $4975
Shorter Women's Gowns in lace and silk chifons. In
black, fuchsia pastels. Sizes 1872 to 2212.
g. were sl695 to s2975. Now------------------$9.7
Larger Women's Gowns in lace and silk chifons. In
black, violet or dusty blue. Sizes 4612 to 4812:
Womens Gowns in pastel satins With capes or jackets
Sizes "a to AZ:
g. were s29.75 to STATS. Now----------------$l65o
FORMAL ROOM, THIRD FLOOR.
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Women's Shoes, s5'35

We're y9 TO yI3.5O
$50 pairs, including oxfords, strap pumps,
Step-inS and sandals. Some MatriX shoes
in the group. Sports, street and evening
styles
IS pairs Bath Scuffs, in sizes g. 4, and 8. Were
woMEN's SHOES, THIRD FLOOR.
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Carriers Pantie
GirdIes, $I.95

We're $3.50
20 pantie girdles of light
weight, two-way stretch, in
tearoSe and white. Sizes
"a to 80.
IL Foundations in Standard,
Bien Jolie. Warner and Flexee
makes, one-piece styles of ba-
tiste, plain and figured, lace
tops. some with inner belts.
Sizes So to 46. Were $3.50.
Now SASS
CoRsETs, THIRD FLOOR.
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Pigs Is Pork.

The great hog slaughter in the Fall
of 1888 and the Winter and Spring Of
1894, when about 100000 pigs and
piggies were destroyed to prevent q
drop in pork prices, might have been
condoned generally as an experiment in
national economic planning. But the
slaughter of the pigs was followed by
the drought of 1884. One of the first
whispering campaigns" with which the
administration had to deal was the
story that the drought represented
innocent pigs. And there was the fact,
of course, that pigs were being killed
and thrown away while men and women
were asking for food.
That might have been survived. too.
But the man-nade shortage of pork was
increased by the drought, which affected
the feed crops. And today, in Chicago,
there are fewer pigs coming to market
than any time during the past half
century. The price has scared to $12
a hundredweight. the highest since the
boom days of 1929. But, in addition to
the $12, the processing tax of $2.25
must be added. and the price of pork
has gone higher than even in the days
of the boom, while people have less to
spend-even on pork-than in the days
of the boom.
Pigs is pork. And pork is the "a.
vored meat of millions OF families in
the lower income brackets And when
the angry housewives of the Nation
begin to strike" at pork prices, as they
have done sporadically in a number
of cities, it will not take them long to
add A. A. A. pig slaughter to A. A. A.
processing taxes and arrive at a sum
of bitterness against the A. A. A. and
all its works that may not be Offset by
the cheers from the farmers.
Mr.. Jackson, the astute counsel of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue, has
deplored the shift of the tax burden
from ability to pay to consumers. But
the administration is going to have to
do more than deplore before it gets
through explaining why pork and meat
have gone so high. And every housewife
who is asked to pay fifty cents a pound
for pork chops is going to see visions of
slaughtered little pigs. Of processing
taxes and of the A. A. A. And she will
raise what is politely referred to as the
Dickens.
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nificance. After receiving from Him
final instructions and the promise of
power He was parted from them, leav-
ing them beWildered and amazed by
the strange happenings and in state
of ecstatic expectancy. They had come
to what seemed a great crisis, with
new consciousness of power they were
for the time incapable of comprehending
or making practical use of. 1t mus
have been a rude awakening when they
were called from their contemplation
of the great events of this pregnant
hour by voice that said to them: "Ye
men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up
into Heaven? This same Jesus, which is
taken up from you into Heaven, shall
so come in like manner as We have seen
him 90 into Heaven" Then followed
the significant words: "Then returned
they unto Jerusalem from the mount
called Olivet."'
From worship and reverent contem-
plation their inevitable course was back
to the city and to the application of
what they had received to the COM
monplace things of everyday life. The
revelation of power that had been given
them was to find its practical service in
JlIc NOIlu vi dCJlOIl Ill WHICH Jfley llNeQ.
To linger on the mount of vision, to
feel the mighty impulses that proceeded
from their Master was of infinite value
to them, but to translate this experience
in terms Of life by a practical demon
stration Of it was TO apprehend its pur-
pose and meaning We cannot have
the evidence of the value of our devo-
tional life, of our beliefs and our wor-
ship until we make them serviceable to
ourselves and to those with whom we
live from day to day. Churchianity is
an expression of Christianity, but it is
only partial and incomplete. We live
In a, world Of real problems and stirring
incidents. It is world that demands
proofs OF the value of that which we
profess. The church and its ministry
have their essential place in the scheme
of life, but the city, with its testing and
trials, calls us to action, and it is in the
world of daily service that we demon
strate the indispensableness of our
Olivet experience. From contemplation
and reverent worship to clamorous,
urgent, practical world, this Is our COM
mon experience. Does otr contempla-
tion, our worship fit lis to meet courage
ously lifes cares and tasks and in the
renewed strength we have received to
carry on and know the satisfactions
that accrue to consistent living?
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and comprehended- it. 1t summarizes
basic principle-the universal law of
eventual, If tardy, justice.
But there must be occasions when the
people of q land misled and misman-
aged are discouraged momentarily by the
slow tempo of the march Of retribution.
Social progress and political correction.
II accomplished peacefully and without
violence, require years-freduently long
decades-for development. No leader
can wave q magic wand over the land
scape and by that gesture solve the
problems Of all the inhabitants thereof;
no party can work miracles of victory
over national circumstance. The dreams
Of men like MuSSolini and Hitler never
come true in their entirety-at best only
in fractional part are they successful.
History brims with the names Of reform
ers, good and bad, who have failed. And
yet In an orderly state 1t Is difficult for
the masses to rid themselves Of the die
tation Of masters entrenched in power.
Justinian misgoverned the Roman East
for more than an entire generation-and
died In tranquility, still wrapped in i'm
perial purple. Caesar had to be assas-
sinated, with civil war the inevitable
concomitant OF his elimination. All
Europe was obliged to organize against
Napoleon. On the other hand the fate
of Rienzi, Savonarola, Cromwell. Robes
pierre, Danton and Simon Bolivar and
their respective ideals OF revolutionary
change constitutes one single argument
against the impracticability Of haste.
The philosopher, pondering over the
tragic chronicle, realizes that the only
growth worth while is the slow, often
sadly tedious but always substantial, ex-
pansion OF natural advance.
Optimism and deep faith in the
processes Of institutional freedom are
needed constantly. A people impatient
Of Its own resources Is apt to pay a
heavy price for Its peevishness Even
in America, 1t has happened. more than
once, that the electorate has 1eaped out
OF the frying pan into the fire. Indeed
1t is q protection to the Nation that
there is constitutional prohibition
against too sudden elections, against too
adventurous discipline and against the
untrammeled exercise of the passions of
disappointment and anger. The mills
of representative government purpose
fully are slow. They were built that
way, lest they run wild. But they are
undeniably efflcient; they do grind ex-
ceeding small
Evening star., 1935-08-11
Slowly.

One of the most frequently quoted of
all the common axioms which 60 to
compose the philosophy Of a democratic
nation Is that ancient but eternally
meaningfu1 proverb: "The mills Of the
gods grind slowly, but they grind ex-
ceeding small" The idea thus epito-
mized appears to be as old as the race
itself. 1t was known to the early
Greeks; Euripides and Plutarch quoted
or paraphrased 1t again and again. The
Romans had it through Horace and
Tibullus. It came into modern literature
by way of the great scholastics and their
contemporaries, the troubadors and
minstrels of the Middle Ages Erasmus
and John Locke, the encyclopedias Of
France, and Thomas Paine and. Ben
jamin Franklin in America appreciated
Evening star., 1935-08-11
Not a Gift or Grant.

During debate on the Walsh bill, i'm
posing N. R. A. wages and hours and
former code requirements on Govern
ment contractors, Senator King raised
the point that the District of Columbia
should be exempt from provisions of the
act unless the District is spending money
borrowed from the Federal Government.
He argued that there is no more reason
to include the District than to include
the government of State.
The people of the District of Column
bia pay taxes to the District of Columbia,
the same as the taxpayers of the State
of Massachusetts pay taxes to the treas
lrer of that State for the operation of
the government of that State, he said.
In view of the fact that the Govern
ment of the United States has with
drawn from taxation so much of the
land within the District of Columbia
for public purposes, it has been felt that
the Government of the United States
should make a contribution annually to
the District for the purpose of carrying
on the operations of the District of
Columbia. 1t is not loan; it is not a
gift; it is not a grant
Well spoken, Senator King! The Fed
eral lump sum is not loan, it is not
q gift it is not a grant" Well, what
is it? 1t is an obligation that arises in
part as Senator King suggests, from the
Withdrawal of a great amount of prop
erty from local taxation. But If con-
sidered in that light alone, the current
lump sum does not represent the Federal
obligation. Assessor Richards has esti-
mated that taX-exempt Federal land
and Improvements are valued at
S556148.6O6 IF the Federal lump sum
were based on the mythical taxation
of this land at. the prevailing rate, the
lump sum would be S8.342229. The pre-
vaiIing lump sum is $5,7OOOOO.
And this figure of S5,7OO,OOO bears no
remote relation to the Federal Govern
ments direct obligation to support its
Capital. That obligation springs in part,
from the amount Of Federal taX-eXempt
property, but should be based, in addi-
ton to other considerations. on the
fact that this is the National Capital
exclusively governed by the Nation.
The equitable method of computing
the obligation is by fixed ratio. 1t should
bear definite relation to the amount
raised in local taxes. The lump sum now
is based on no such considerations, but
is dependent on the whims of few
influential members of the House OF
Representatives.
Evening star., 1935-08-11
RELIGION AND LIFE
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES FREEMAN D. D, IL d, d. c. L,
BISHOP WASHINGTON

In the main we think of religion and
worship as that which is quite separate
and apart from 1ife's daily occupation.
Just as we set apart one day in the
week for church and worship, so we
think of our faith and devotional habit
as being unrelated to our more common
daily experiences. The churches that
stand on the highways of our cities
represent largely interests that, while
they are important and have their def
mite place, are restricted in their use
and suggest that there is little in COM
mon between the secular and the sacred
Worship to many of us is an abnormal
and unusual indulgence that appeals
largely to our esthetic tastes and fan
cieS. 1t is form of diversion that be-
longs in the category of interests that
lie quite outside the more practical con-
Germs and practices of our more COM
mOnplace, everyday habit. Even our
dress and demeanor as we approach the
church, as well as our estimate OF its
function, imply that it has place in
our conception of it that puts it on the
periphery rather than at the center of
our life. The same thing applies TO
the esteem in which we hold the clergy.
Their Office does not relate them to the
problems and duties that constitute "the
daily round, the common task" When
they presume to engage in matters that
are utterly practical and that have to do
with more consistent and equitable
conditions in industry and social prac-
tice they are invading a field that Is
wholly alien to them. Their area of
occupation and their specific duties are
defined and fixed, sthe cloiStered walls
of the church constitute the metes and
bounds Of their prescribed office.
This whole attitude is at variance
with the mind of the Master and is
foreign to His teaching. 1t renders the
church and our profession of religious
conyictions valueless and impotent. 1t
makes worship artificial and unreal and
our devotional habit an Indulgence that
lends little of worth to ease the burden
and stress of life.
There is an incident recorded in the
closing hours of Christ's fellowship with
His followers that is suggestive of the
real purpose of religion in the scheme
of life. It was the last contact He had
with them, as recorded in the first chap
ter of the Acts of the Apostles. They were
met to receive from Him final instruc-
tions before He should be withdrawn
from them. 1t was a critical moment
and one weighted with momentous sig
Evening star., 1935-08-11
Underground
Railroads.

labor Is militantly in line to battle Tor
what gains it thinks it has achieved IN
the last two years. Those two groups
have had many of the benefits appor-
toned by the New Deal
Mr.. RooSevelts strategy is to hold to-
gether those groups and to bring the
West and South together into po-
litical union for the protection OF farm
ing interests. That means playing ball
with Senators La Eollette, Norris and
Nye and with the left-wing element IN
the Middle West and Northwest.
4 +
Another point getting attention is the
fact that the loudest Outcries against
the Presidents policies, coming from
business groups. have been accompanied
by evidence that the industries that pre-
sumably were being ruined actually were
enjoying relative prosperity.
Business has been improving in the
midst of shouts against Mr.. Roosevelts
plans. One company after another has
been declaring extra dividends or IN
creasing regular dividend payments.
Earnings reports of industrial concerns
for the first six months Of this year
with Congress in session - were more
favorable than at any time since 1881.
In fact, corporate earnings of group
of 260 concerns, tabulated by the Ma
tional City Bank Of New York, were
about 10 per cent above a year ago.
Under the circumstances, the Presi-
dent is expecting that business Inn
provement over the next year will afford
another factor to influence voters in
November, 1885.
But In the meantime the whole New
Deal Is being geared to politics.
lcepyxishk 192S.)
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A bad Bow

William H. Houghton was considered
bad boy" At least, it is a matter
of record that he was dismissed from
Brooklyn Public School No. on the
theory that he was too bad" to be
allowed to remain a pupil there. His
teacher, indeed, prophesied that he
'always would be" incorrigible. And it
Is not at all unlikely that the neigh
borhood agreed in the doctrine of his
unmitigated and irredeemable perversity
Perhaps even his parents did not dare
to hope for his reform There is no
evidence that any ot@ had any faith
in his capacity to change for the better
Rather, it appears to have been expected
that he would go from bad to worse and
end in the hands of a hangman. His
future was black, his destiny ominous.
But that was forty years ago. Today,
If one has important business with the
United States Secret Service Office in
New York, the man one must see is
that same William H. Houghton, the
erstwhile bad boy of the Bedford sec
tion of Brooklyn. He is the new chief
of the Treasury Department crime-in-
vestigating organization in the metro
politan area. A Federal operative since
1912, he prepared for his present post
by serving as chief of the Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia branches and won
especial fame for his successful pursuit
of counterfeiters and international spies.
The "sins" of his youth would have
been forgotten had he not chosen to
confess them to incredulous reporters.
1t may be, of course, that "the boy
is the father of the man" and that
many professional rascals "get their
start" in mischief as children. But it
also seems clear that youngster occa-
Evening star., 1935-08-11
Who Gets Soaked?

AS the Senate committee proceeds In
it's unwelcome labors of drafting a soak
the-rich tax bill it gets further and
further away from the Presidents rough
outline of what such bill should be.
The President suggested. indirectly,
starting the soaking at million dollar
incomes. The House was forced to start
at $4,000 incomes to make a showing.
The Senate committee, through adopt
ing Senator La Follette's amendments,
has gone far lower. BY reducing ex-
emptions for married persons from s2,500
to $4,000 and for single persons from
$1,000 to $500, and applying the surtax
on $4,000 instead of $4,000 incomes, the
Senators are getting into the revenue
producing field. But they are not soak
ing the rich. They are soaking the
middle class of salaried workers, who
represent some ninety per cent of the
income taxpayers.
The President suggested, pointedly,
that an inheritance tax be added to
the estate tax. The House experimental
with the theory to the extent Of demon
strating that the proposed double burden
of death taxes would mean virtual con-
fiscation of large estates and yield
possible $86,00000O additional revenue.
The Senate committee has dropped the
inheritance tax like hot cake, but has
increased the estate tax-already the
highest in the world-to the point
where it would take 10 per cent of estates
in excess of s10,OOo,OOo instead of the
prevailing go per cent in the same
bracket, with other boosts all down the
line.
Other changes in capital stock tax
rates and excess profit tax rates have
been made and the House rates on
corporation incomes are left the same.
The result is that the bill is beginning
to assume the proportions of revenue
raising measure, not by soaking the rich,
but by soaking everybody. And the haste
with which it is being thrown together
promises few safeguards against unwise
and harmful taxation.
Evening star., 1935-08-11

sionally is ff1isjudged and that the nom
conformity of juveniles is sometimes not
absolute and final proof of irreformable
depravity. Those citizens who are
tempted to be discouraged about the
efficiency of leniency toward young
offenders may find renewed confidence
in Mr.. Houghtons story. He does not
explain what the methods or processes
of his salvation were, but probably it
does not matter. The important fact is
that bad boy" has made good" And
that is something basically and funda-
mentally important in the experience Of
race none of whose members is
perfect.
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON.
Incarnation.

Incarnation.
A new and most mysterious word
Midst incarnation now is heard.
"Boondoggle'; does it mean a BOOM"
That by Relief is offered soon.
Is it the echo of a song
That runs "Boondossle, get along?
Is it some gadget known to all
That we in fear a fetish call?
Or is 1t an example mild
OF an old alphabet gone wild9
What shall the future student say
When he observes "P. w. Az"
Will he join scholarships "rah, rah"
And call it "Pwa" to rhyme with "blah"?
"Boondogslel" you way direct
For our expanding intellect,
And show for work that must be done,
Three syllables instead of one.
Evening star., 1935-08-11
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Adlai E. Stevenson. Second Assistant
Postmaster General in the first Cleve-
land administration. was
Democratic known as the heads
ul. man" because OF the
AAeou'iii"H' speed with which he re-
moved poStmasters appointed under pre-
vious Republican administrations and re-
placed them with Democrats. The Star
of August 5, 1885, says:
"The rapidity with which Assistant
Postmaster General Stevenson is remov-
ing Republican postmasters and filling
the vacancies with Democrats is causing
some anxiety among the MugwumpS.
But it is not reasonable to expect the
Democratic party to let the 5O0OO post
offices of the country remain in Repub-
lican hands. These Offices are not COW
cred by the civil service rules and 1t has
been announced that the administration
will not extend the scope of the rules
at this time. Theorists who go to eX-
tremes NAV denounce a policy that looks
like compromising with spoils', but great
reforms move slowly and they can only
move at all when sustained by public
sentiment If it appears that the classl-
fed civil service has survived change
of party and is established on basis
that lifts it above the mutations OF
politics, that will be an immense stride
forward.
But whatever may be the ultimate
policv of the administration toward the
small post Offices, 1t ought not to surprise
ANYBODY that the cases to attract speedy
attention are those of party character.
L. nft
have been divided with some fairness
between the parties the department VIII
adopt a more conservative policy. But
reasonable men will not criticize the ad-
ministration harshly for seeking to estab-
lish something like an equilibrium IN this
matter"
Mr.. Stevenson was afterward Vice
President of the United States, having
been elected to that Office on the Cleve-
land ticket of 1892.
"Underground railroads" says The
Star of August 7, 1885, ARE destined to
become feature in all
Underground the great and crowded
p.;1ua, cities. The elevated
nallloauS' railroad idea has much
to recommend it, but its noise and in
trusiveness are ir1superable objections.
Paris is now moving, to have an under
ground system, much like that OF Lon
don, and it is only a matter OF time
when New York will follow suit. The
chief drawback to subterranean lines
Is the bad air of the tunnels, but this
objection bids fair to be obviated by
the use of electricity as motor. or by
other improved means of locomotion.
One incidental benefit of the tunnel sys-
tenn is that it furnishes an easy solution
of the question of how best to bury the
telegraph wires"
Evening star., 1935-08-11

The proverbial proximity of the sub
lime to the ridiculous is shown by the
manner in which man regarded by one
generation as a clown obtains some fol-
lowing before the next as leader in
economic experiment.
Evening star., 1935-08-11

Early days of warfare were frequently
distinguished by fights by individual
champions. When Mussolini's airplane
arrives at the Ethiopian border it would
be in accordance with tradition for the
King of Kings to meet him with per-
sonally conducted bombing ship and
hope for as much luck as David had with
Goliath.