Reading Times from Reading, Pennsylvania • Page 8

THE READING TIMES AND DISPATCH, EEADDTG, PENXA. POMEROY OUR IWAR6H TRADE WONDERS READ! We'll Commence Disposing Bargains Today SERIES OF FREE LECTURES Commencing Today in Basement. The Home and it's Requirements. A most interesting subject to housekeepers, will be the theme of MRS. S.

B. TOBEY, OF BOSTON. who has been engaged to deliver these lectures at at 10.30 A. M. and 3.30 P.

M. every day until Saturday, March 17th, inclusive. Each day Mrs. Tobey will speak on a new topic. Seats provided for all who attend.

Just betwixt seasons. Winter must soon give way to a new, brighter and more delightful season. We find the condition of our stocks in many lines are just what they should not be heavy. And for good business reasons, thousands of dollars worth of merchandise must be turned into cash this month of March. Then, too, we don't allow goods to grow old; that is another reason for making these trade winning prices.

We can't risk the possibility of having much that is i staying over this month. Come quickly. 8 EWAR Linen Department Muslin Corset Covers Second floor Kear Crochet Spreads Marseilles pattern, hemmed 87c 72 in. Damask 76c yd. 20x40 Huck Towels, hemmed 153c 3 4 Bleached Napkins JpX.JSD doz 8 4 Green and Red Cover Wash Goods Jean Corset in white and drab, all sizes, long and short waists Jean Corset in white and drab, embroidered top.

long and short waist 50c It's well worth your time to stop in and look at these new weaves: Satin Striped Dimities. Satin Striped Ginghams. Dimities. Embroidered Swisses. Lawns.

Silk Ginghams. Linen Ginghams. Zephyrs. We sav, and very emphatically, too, that the choicest line of Tuckings in the city of Re iding are her. 37c to $3.50.

UNDERMUSLINS Balcony plain, hih neck 7c 4 for 25c. Only 4 to a customer. Muslin Drawers with wide ruffle. Only two to a customer 10c Women's vVhite Aprons with, wide hem and insertion, 25c value 19c Woiurn's Short Skirts made of cambric, 75c quality at 50c Children's lreMes made of Outinsr Flannel, sc quality at 39c Children's Skirts made of' Outing Flannel, 25c quality at 19c CORSETS 50c 75c Cou title Sateen Corset in white and drab, all sizes, long, medium and short waist, 1 00 High Bust Corsets, Abdominal Corsets, Self Reducing Corsets, Nursing Corsets and Women's, Misses' and Children's Corset 'Waists that are ahead in quality and less iu price than you'll find elsewhere FOR MEN Handkerchiefs the uual 8c quality attack ssi Tan Half Hose 3 pair for 26c Fancy Half Hom Floor. Alato.

6c 12 17c, 25c and 50c 10c 25c, Zltfc. 50c Shirts Ou ing Cloth or Percale 25c Tieekwewr Band and Shield Bkws 25c CTT Second Floor OllllVO Centre Aisle Matin DuchaM 20 inches wide, fuil line of colors, the 85c kind at 50c Satin Mervelleux Lyons finish, pastel shades, all colorings, 1.25 quality at l.OO Foulards These very rich weaves, worth 1.37, are now reduced to l.lO Chl a 811k. regularly sold at 85c, are now cut to 65c Black Tafleta Silk. 22 inches wide, the usual 1.00 kind at 85c Elack Taffeta Worth 1.25, at a price representing a big saving l.OO Knitted Underwear saas Women's ribbed fleeced Vests and Pants 12Jc Women's extra heavy ribbed Egyptian and gray ribbed Vests (seconds of the better grades), also a lot of Union Suits 17c Misses and Children's 17c to 30c white and natural merino Underwear at 12yc Infants' Vests wrapper style, worth i2c 5c Boys' Shirts and Drawers extra heavy fleeced, worth 37ic 25c Men's Shirts and Drawers white merino, also canton Drawers, value 25c 17c COAT ROOM Third Floor Front Children's Reefers have met with a severe reduc tion 50c SS Satin Waists and Black Tafleta Waists, regular value 3 98 2 98 1M Black Flannel Waists we sold many at 1.25, nsw are 75c 11 Newmarket Coats the kind for which we as'ted 12.00, are now .4 98 9 Golf Capes the regular 10.00 quality, in this sale at 4.98 Honsefnrnishipgs Wash Boilers No. 6, heavy tin Whole Willow Clothes Baskets Parlor 1 45c 35c tinted and decorated, globes to match lift out fount, centre draft burner.

Regular price 3 98, now 1.98 Toilet Re's, 12 pieces, decorated and gold stippled, including jar 6.98 ckel Plated lamp, with shade 98c JEWELRY HOSIERY PRINTS Main Floor Centre Aisle Belt Buckles 25c kind now 50c kiad now Bat Fins 50c kind now Kin sterling silver, 39c kind, now Sterling Silver Brjeelets with heart pendants for children, 1.00 kind at Sterling Silver Knameled Hearts for bracelets, 50c kind now 39c kind at Baby Pin Sets with chains, 1.00 kind at 75c kind at I. Ink Can Battens solid gold, 2.50 kind at Main floor West aisle Women's Black Hose maco feet, i24c kind Second Floor. Aisle lOc 25c 23c lOc 75c 35c 25c 76c 50c 1.50 lOc Worn en's Hose lit avy black Hose, 17c kind 12 2 Hygienic Fleeced Hose the proper stocking for changeable weather 1254c Children's Hose black narrow ribbed, value 1 Oc Children's Bicycle Hose black ribbed fleeced, all sizes 124c Boys' and Girls' heavy black corduroy rib Hose, best to be had for the money 17c Indigo Blue Prints the very kind that will interest you at 3jc Shirting P. Ints none better anywhere at 3c Chambray Ginghams that lean toward your advantageous buying 5j4c Percales yard wide. We're sure to sell a big lot at this price 6 Jc Apron Ginghams Nice goods for so small a price 5c Printed Flannelettes Should be at least a third more 5c WomeB's Handkerchiefs Corded H.

Handkerchiefs, were 5c, now 3c Cnlerod H. S. Union Linen Handkerchiefs, 1 2 Jc quality, for this sale 6c Initial Handkerchiefs script letters, look like I2c kind 6c Neckwear Velvet Stock Cellars best shades 5c Collars Soft turn over collars, 1 5 to 25 styles 9c Colored Dress Goods ss as. Plaid Backs in four shades. A bargain surely at this price 98c Herringbones in six shades, 50 inches wide.

75c grade at 69c Plaids 6 colorings, regularly sold at 1.00. Your choice now 75c Homespuns 56 inches, grays and browns. The usual 1.25 quality at 76c Striped Chariots in 4 shades, 50 inches wide. Worth all of 1.25 75c Imported Camel's Hair Only three shades left, former price 2.50, now 1.25 LININGS Pecond floor West aisle Silk Perrale dress lining, 32 inches wide, I2jc quality, at 10c Waist Lining two faced maillot 10c Skirt Stiffening Hairette and Tuxedo take the lead Nubian Percaline fast black, for W3ist and skirt lining lOc to 30c Satin Antique fc moire finish, 30c quality at 16c Brocade Mercerised Italian Cloth for Petticoats and lining, 50c quality at 25c BLACK GOODS Fancy Ribbons RIBBONS Second Floor. Kast Aisle Black Cheviot 40 inches wide, sponged and shrunk, 65c quality at 60c Homespuns a popular 1.25 quality at the special price of l.OO Camel's Hair Cheviot you can't help but see these are cheap, 1.50 kind at 1.20 Jacquaids Sold piles of them at 75c, now down to 59c Gianlte Cloth Generally considered very low in price at 75c, now only 59c Main Floor Centre Aisle No.

2 and 4 lc yd Fancy and Plain Ribbon, No. 2 to 5 3c yd atla and G. Q. Ribbons, No 9 6c yd Taffeta and Fancy Ribbon, No. 12 to 40 7c yd Satin a.

a. and Tafleta Ribbon 9c Taffeta Ribbons, No. 210 to 60 11c DIVES, POMEROY STEWART. AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

This evening Ltncon J. Carter's patriotic drama. "Remember the Maine' will be presented. Sigsbee and Dewey are characters in the play. The dramatist has grouped the events of the late war to give an Idea of the achievements of our army and navy.

The Intrigue bcfflnn in Havana, where the Spanish plot to blow up the Maine is disclosed. Figuring in the act are also General Lee and his ward, a Miss Walters, with whom a young officer of the British navy Is in love. The entertainment closes with a display of pictures of Lincoln, MeKinley. Dewey and the Maine illuminated. It Is said of "Way Down East," the famous New York success, that will be seen on Thursday, Friday and Sat urday evenings and Saturday afternoon, that it possesses more heart and more naturalness in its portrayal of New England rustic simplicity than any play of the kind ever written.

It is the story of the woman who has been wronged and who is made to suffer, but who Anally attains happiness and peace, GRAND OPERA HOUSE. "Heart of the Mountain" was the at traction at the Grand Opera House last evening, with Laurence McGill as Ed. Dwyer, a mountaineer, and Gertrude Shipman, as Daisy, supported by a gooa company. Good specialties were introduced during the evening by good specialty artists. This afternoon "The Mystery of Woodlawn" and this even Ing, "From Sire to Son.

RECKLESS DRIVING CHARGED. Charged with reckless driving and assault and battery on Clara A. Went sel. James Kershner, of Bern station, waa arrested on Alderman Yocom's warrant and held in $300 ball for a hearing. The allegations are that while the prosecutrix was returning home from church Wentsel came along with a team and run her down in the public highway.

She alleges that the horse trod on her. In the excitement the animal moved and the wheel of the vehicle rested on her body. SCRATCHING ABOVE READING. In parts of Reading and along the main line of the P. A R.

road north of the city many people are suffering with an itching scab In the face. Some call It a "water scab while others, and among them physicians, say it Is a form of itch. The disease usually disappears Inside of a month. It Is something like "barber's itch," and Is said to be contagious by direct contact or by the use of the aaflic towel..