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4 BROOKED AGENTS SCARED NO SUNDAY BUSINESS: Exposure in The Tribune Creates Suggestions. The exposure of the methods of fraudulent employment agencies in this city, which was printed yesterday in The Tribune caused a lively stir among: these violaters of the law. They their criminal practices, or nt operated with much more caution. Although the opportunity of doing business on the Sabbath Is limited, the runners for disorderly houses have not infrequently taken of the day, and under the pretext of eon- tins immigrant girls from the boarding house agencies to places of worship, led them into houses of ill repute. F.

L. Keating, the Commissioner of Licenses, spoko with much feeling- last night to a Tribune reporter of the manner in which he 'ays ho la handicapped by the present law re, lating to licenses. He declares that it should bo amended so as to make it fair to all concerned in the agency business. "My Idea of the improvement of the present law." naid the Commissioner, "would be to into sections to cover the different employment agencies, for the present law cannot them ail equitably. For instance, the first group should be the Intelligence offices pure and slir.ple, where servants may be hired; tho should cover the contract labor department, where different receipts and different aies of refunds and fees should be used; the third group might cover the theatrical j.g-pji'-i.-s.

which should not be classed with ither of the others, but should have a separate or law recognizing them; a fourth group f-hould the alleged educational agencies, where governesses, tutors and companions may be obtained." Hi: RECOMMENDS A CLASSIFICATION. The size of the fees, the considered, should govern the distinction, for the fees that a sth-ave. agency was entitled to barge must necessarily be larger than thosa for cheap labor on the East Side, Under the at he said, there was no distinction. overy agency have its own "scale of fees," said he, "but they must be uniform, to the extent 5 hat they must be printed on a card in different languages and be vised by me, and a duplicate the original filed in my office. They should be null and void if this is not done.

In case of disputes the rate of fees charged would be on tho printed cards, and they would have to refund in conformity with the card or be guilty of a misdemeanor." "I have one Important suggestion to make," ontinued Mr. Keating. "There Is nothing In the law that provides for a deputy commissioner. If I am taken HI everything stops. I am the only one authorized to do anything.

Another weakness is the fact that I have not the right to refuse to issue a license except where one has been revoked- The greatest criminal in Chicago, for instance, might come here and. after filing his bond, demand a license to conduct an employment agency, and, although knew him to be a criminal, I should be obliged to grant his request. Again, there Is no provision in the present law for compulsion of attendance of defendants charged with violation of the law, or of witnesses. The commissioner should have the power to issue sub- I'oenas to compel the attendance of such per- 1 sons, without having to wait and get them through the courts." The Commissioner told of a new case that has just been Investigated by him the result or which will be watched with Interest when It comes before the Supreme Court for a decision. The Agency law says that no agent shall aei a fee to put men on board ships.

The statutes permitted him to do so. A man named Ryohe told the Commissioner a ehort time ago that he had paid $30 to a man named Schwartz, who runs the Atlantic Shipping for obtaining for him a position on a ship bound to South Africa, to take care of horses. Ryohe decided before the ehlp sailed that he did not v.ant the job and asked Schwartz for the return of his money. The request was refused. "I Pent for Schwartz," said the Commissioner, "and he admitted having taken the money.

He brought a lawyer named Shicht along, who has always represented these men: under the old law, and won in the Supreme and T'nited States courts. Shicht admitted the facts. Be Bald that Schwartz got no order from the owner of the ship for cattle order rame from Mr. Frlcando, who has a commission to ship cattle to Cape Town. Fricando, It fa said, paid for the privilege of getting the men, and then divided the money with Schwartz, who says be paid some of It out for advertising.

COMMISSIONER KEATINGS "My ruling Is that when Schwartz accepted r.n order from Fricando for men, he was receiving a fee indirectly to supply help to the cattle company which Frlcando represents. They were looking for workers. It made no difference to them that the man wanted to go. The case has now gone before the Supreme Court for Its decision." The effect of The Tribune's exposure of the fraudulent agencies was learned yesterday from' en investigator who visited the East Side and the ittery Place district in search of violations among the employment agents. He said yesterday: I started out late this afternoon and made a tour of the Fraudulent places along Greenwich, Washington and sts.

I was told at several places in tiis Cisirict that no applicants -would be receivt-U and no help secured on Sunday. I loitered about four agencies for a short while and in several I'laees The Tribune exposure was discussed. In one place an old man read a copy of The Tribune with large magnifying jrlass and slowly translated each line in the Slav tongue. When tho translator read the story of the attractive immigrant girl who had bten forced by an employment agent to spend a night on board a tugboat, the proprietor turned to ais wife and said in Polish, "We've got to watch we never A bad aa 1 was not surprised to find that news of the exposure had circulated quickly among the agents for nearly every disreputable agency the proprietor employs as an interpreter a young man American Lorn, v. ho knows the Yiddish.

Polish and Slavic languages Nearly every New-York paper Cart cad forthe agents, that they may know of the immigration news, which includes the accounts of deportations, of steamers and also the employment advertisements. In a lew instances the proprietor himself reads English In some which supply help for mines rail" roads and quarries out of the city a number of wit Of town newspapers are read, 1 visited a place to-day where the atory of The Tribune', exposure was dlscuseod for a hair hour- The conversation, which took place In a sort private office in room; was an llin became excited, and couS be heard by the When hltrh pitches were reached, the tongue changed 5 from Polish to broker. English, so that the immt praats could not understand. I heard one wan" who manager for the saloonkeeper agent. exclaim: "Don't get crazy by it.

Yen plpSrs stop by it nodings can happen yet. I tlnk voi d-r par he says about our card is sure me Ye Been Hit? JVert)es Gone? Quit Coffee and POSTUM show him by to-morrow yee dot nodding like dot Is here done." Tt Is said by a member of the Employment Agenciea' Portectlve Aasooiation that every one of tho ten sections of Chapter 432 la violated. A flourishing fraudulent agency near Battery Place promises immlgranta positions in "West Virginia at a wage of $1 50 a day. The immigrants furnish the price of transportation, and get employment immediately on arrival at their destination. They receive the promised wage for about ten days, and are then put at piece work, at which it is impossible to earn more than 63 cents ii day.

Many Immigrants have been caught in this snare. Laat week two men returned from West Virginia and complained to the Hungarian Ktlief Society, which has taken up their caaea for Investigation. Eugene I. Gottlieb, counsel for the Agencies' Protective Association, when seen at his home last night, paid that the association's detectives were doing goad work in bringing violators of the lsu to account, and that the work was being extended to the other boroughs as fast as possible. President Isidor Herz.

he said, was doing great work in assisting the association. He also wished to thank Captain McKally. of the Ohurch-st. police station, who has recently given valuable help in the Oreenwlch-at. district.

i HAS FRIGID BAPTISM. Invalid Woman of Eighty Immersed Through Hole in Ice. TKLCORJLPH TO THE N. Feb. Pushed in an invalid's chair to the ice a poor, partly paralyzed woman of eighty years, was baptized in a hole cut in the frozen urfare of the Delaware River at the North Cramer Hill shore, above Camden, this afternoon.

The woman was Hosie Bradley, of No. 1,340 Philadelphia. She was taken to tha In a wagon labelled "Church of God, No. 1,625 Philadelphia." Arrived at the shore, the woman wns lifted from the wagon and taken to a little cabin to 1m? dressed for the ceremony. In lightest kind of baptismal robes, she was rolled In the chair to the river, where men had cut a hole about eight feet square through the foot thick ice.

Those who had accompanied her sang hymns, while "Elder" Joseph Crotidy, assisted by "Elder" Caleb Shimer, stood waiting for the party in their bare feet and dressed In flimsy which the wind toased about with abandon. The "elders" gravely stepped into the freezing up to their armpits, the "candidate" was 7 lifted from, the chair and handetl to them, and they immersed her once. The congregation sang more hymns and the aged woman was taken back to the cabin to don dry clothing, while the "elders" still in their bure. feet, stood upon the ice and conducted a brief service. The woman was taken to home, droning some familiar airs on the way.

JA MEMORY OF BALDWIN. His 'Associates Tell of Work for City's Good. Exercises in memory of William H. Baldwin were held In Cooper Union last night, under the auspices of the People's Institute, in co-operation with several associations for civic and social bet terment. Mr.

Baldwin would have been forty-two years old yesterday had he lived. The large hall was crowded. Robert W. De Forest, president of the Charity Organization Society, presided. Addresses were made by George Haven Putnam, on Dr.

David Blausteln. of the Educational Alliance, "A Worker for the the Rev. Thomas R. Slicer, "A Representative American," and Robert C. Ogden, "An Educator of the Uneducated." Thomas M.

Osborne. Mayor of Auburn, a classmate at Harvard of Mr. Baldwin, also spoke. Mr. De Forest referred to Mr.

Baldwin as a man who loved the common people, and one who was himself a common man. "The reason why this assemblage is here to-night is not one of regret," he said. "To us who knew him this meeting serves an inspiration; as a triumph. Our thought is not of the loss which death has brought, but it is the thought of that heritage which we have by the life which he led." George Haven Putman, associated with Mr. Baldwin as a member of the committee of fifteen, told of his efforts as a member of that body to bring about improved conditions in this city.

He said: There was not a. member on that committee who had any more duties as a business man than Mr. Baldwin. The burden of his responsibilities was most complex. Despite this he willingly entered upon the task which confronted this committee and.

realizing his ability, he was chosen as the leader of that body. The dread of criticism did not check him. While engaged in this work it was said that Mr. Baldwin, as an official of a great corporation, was taking too much interest In civic affairs. Threats were made in the hope of getting Mr Baldwin cease his labors in this regard.

Baldwin informed the officials of the company with which he was connected that should they consider that his actions were not proper be would hand In bis resignation at once. The work which Mr. Baldwin accomplished as a member of that committee was not as effective as he would have had It or the other members of the committee would have had it. However the infamous cadet" system and gambling were uprooted, for a time at least. It Is unpleasant to note thut these offences have again became apparent There shouid be and there muHt be other men to take up this grand work whir Baldwin started.

In aevotlng his valuable time for the sake of mankind Mr. Baldwin believed that it was an obligation. need many thousand men like Mr. Baldwin to carry on works of reform. life was an" inspiration for such work in the future.

Dr. Blaustein referred to the work which Mr. Baldwin had accomplished in causing vice to be driven from the lower East Side. DIES FROM ASSAULT INJURIES. Harris Elias, Trustee of Beth Israel Hospital, Attacked in Store.

Harris the wealthy Hebrew, a trustee of the Beth Israel Hospital, -who. as alleged, was assaulted by John O'Grady. a "stove lighter," In his. store. No.

65 East Broadway, on Saturday, died yesterday in the Beth Israel Hospital. Mr. Ellas had been in the clothing business at No. 65 East Broadway for more than thirty-five years He leaves a widow and nine children. RAID ALLEGED CRAP GAMES.

Brooklyn Police Capture a Few Men, Cents, Dice and Things. Spurred by the recent lecture of Inspector to the commanding officers In Brooklyn, Captain White of the Bergen-st. police station raided two alleged crap gomes on the Park Slope at an early hour yesterday morning. A short time after midnight Captain White with four precinct detectives entered the cigar store of Charles Gourlach, at No. 121 oth-ave.

There, be Bays. he found eleven men playing craps on a pool table. They were allowed to go, but Captain White siezed si', which he found on the table, and arrested Gourlach on a of violating the law against permitting gauges Aff hotjr Inter the contain and dowp on atpool.and. Purler 7th-, where twelve men were found engaged In what the declares was a gome of craps Here the only men arrested were Stanley Blausteln and Harmon Goldberg, of No. 348 12lh-st.

The financial proceeds of this road amounted to $1 60 in change and two dice. In the Eastern District CapUin Summers, of Oreenpoint station, became infected with the spasm of activity and raided an alleged gambling place, at No. Eckford-st. Thomas ET Gllklnl son. who is alleged to be the proprietor of tho pace was arrested.

i The names of six men. whS in 'EJfr V.T ere taken and entered i rald book which la a new record started £3 ll Cowling gambling law: The booty aleacd by Captain and his men consisted of 68 cents in cash, three dice four packs of cards and 106 poker chips. SOUTH BY AUTO. Boston, Feb. Globe" received a cable message to-day from Charles J.

Glidden, of this city, who Is making a tour of the world in a motor car. It said he had reached Bluff. New-Zealand, said to be the most southerly point in the world possible to reach in such a vehicle. He had covered 1.145 miles in New-Zealand, making miles travelled in bla world tour. Bluff tR a cable Ktation At the most southerly point of New-Zealand, and the message camu by the FIJI Islands, Honolulu, Bamfleld.

H. and New-York. Mr. GUdden reported that he had do delays. NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBT'NE.

FERRT'AKY fi. KILLS WOMAN IN HOTEL. SAYS SHE RUIXED HIM. Murderer Had Three liraten hi) Witnesses of Crime. Mrs.

Sihroeder was shot and killed instantly in the Hotel Monogram. Sd-ave. and early yesterday, by Ball Bolllnger, who was Injured In a desperate effort to escupe. Bollinger, who is engineer and janitor at the Good Samaritan Dispensary. Kbshx and Broorae had been separated from Ins wife.

He attributed his ruin to the woman hu killed. Bollinger had arranged to meet the woman in a hotel In 3d-avo. -Not finding her there, he went to the Hotel Monogram, whan she was sitting In a back room drinking with two men. At midnight the party went upstairs to the dining room. Hallinger seated himself In another part of the dining room, and for two hours drank und watched the woman and men.

Just before 3 o'clock, when they made ready to go, Bollingf-r went to their table. His Ups moved as though he was saying but no one In the room heard a word. Tnen Uollinger drew a revolver and tired at the woman. The bullet lodged in. her neck, passing through throat.

With a cry. she staggered toward the door. Bollinger tired again, the second bullet piercing her heart. Bollinger threw the revolver into an adjoining room and made a dash for the stairs. Thomas Sullivan, the hotel proprietor, had run upstairs at the first shot fired and reached the top of the stairs when the half dozen men in the room threw, themselves on Bollinger.

His head and body were injured by the blows they rained on him. In trying to go down the stairs leading put of the hotel, ha pitched forward headforemost and landed at the feet of Patrolman Dent, of the East station, who had heard the pistol shots. Unaware of the woman's death, he had a call sent to Presbyterian Hospital for an ambulance to take tho insensible Ballinger to the hospital. When he learned of tho tragedy he had Dr. cook take the woman's body 10 the hospital In the same ambulance.

When Bollinger was searched two more revolvers were found. Patrolman Van Twistern, who guarded Bollinger at the hospital. sai.d that the prisoner told him had known the worn.an intimately for several years and that "ahe had ruined me." Bollinger said ho had given the woman money to go to Denver. lor her health. She returned -and renewed her acquaintance with.

him. The prisoner said "he was formerly a tailor, but that all his money went to. the woman and that ho separated from his wife. Mrs. Bollinger, who lives-.

at 11l West her mother, sufdthut two years ago, on account of her husband's infatuation for the woman she left him. A year 'he went West to buy a farm and left $450 an a deposit there. He sent the woman, whom she knew aa Louisa. Adams for the money. She understood that the woman came back to this city with it.

but refused to give it Bollinger. She declared that the Adams woman served a sentence of six months in connection with an assault made on a fourteen-year-old Kill at a hotel at Long Island City, She was accused of inveigling the girl to the place. Edward Shroeder, of No. Broadway, last night said the woman never had any right to use his name, although at times she claimed to be his wife He denied that he had married her. She had been, he said, an annoyance to him.

for several years. He last saw her home four months ago. Several times she had tried to do him bodily harm. Once she attacked him with a glass and almost severed his upper lip. Last August she went to his home and demanded that hie father and mother recognize her as their daugrhter-in-law.

She had a bottle of carbolic acid and threatened to burn him. CONSUMPTIVE A SUICIDE. Throat on North Brother- Forestalled Disease a Week. Max Muller, a laborer, of No. 109 Brooklyn, cut his throat, with a razor in the consumptive ward of the- Riverside Sanatorium, on North Brother Island, Saturday noon, and died at 7 p.

m. He bad. obtained tho razor to shave, and cut his throat when were not watching him. He had been aj patient on the Island for seven months, and nvould have died within a week, the island physicians say. Yesterday two of Muller's brothers" and several members of the Order of Brith Abraham, of which Muller was a member, visited the island to see him, not knowing he was dead.

The death was not reported to the coroner's office or police until yesterday. Health Commissioner Darlington said that there had been no reason to conical the death of Muller, and that he believed that the reason for the lateness in reporting the case was oversight. He will receive a report on the case from Dr. Watson. SAID HE SAW HEAVEN.

Friend of Monsignor Doane Tells of Latter' Strange Vision. "Did ilonsignpr George H. Doane, who died suddenly two weeks ago, see In a vision before he died, or was it a dream?" is a question that Was being asked yesterday in Newark. Philip Healey. a member of his church, says that Monsignor Doane called at his home on the day preceding the night on which he died, and told him that he wanted to tell him about a strange happening of the night before.

It related to Healey's sixteen-year-old son, who had been burled two day a before, and who had been a great favorite of the monsignor's. According to the story, Monsignor Doane had a vieion the night before, in which he seemed to be in heaven, and had seen the dead son of Healey. Young Healey inquired after his parents when he saw the monsignor, and pleaded with him to stay there. He told the boy he could not remain, and the lad then begged that he return soon. The monsignor saia that he did not know whether it was a dream or a vision, as lie was not sure whether he was asleep or awake.

The story as told by Healey caused a sensation among the parishioners of the cathedral. NOT AGAINST HAY-BOND TREATY. Gloucester Willing to Make Concessions if Interests Are Protected. LBV TELEGRAPH TO THE Gloucester, Feb. lt is now asserted here that Gloucester and the fishing interests are" not disposed to stand In the way of ratification of an equitable reciprocity treaty with Canada, particularly the Hay-Bond treaty, and are willing to make concessions, provided the fishing; interests are duly protected.

Newfoundland Is not so much as Nova Scotia, with her great fleet of fishermen, and Gloucester will Insist on a limited life for a treaty, as well as a provision to prevent transfer of this fleet to Newfoundland registry. MERIDEN TO HOLD CELEBRATION. Merlden, Feb. Extensive arrangements are under way for the celebration of the centennial of this city, from June 10 to 16. 1306.

Committees of nearly four hundred of the prominent citizens have already been appointed and are at work on the general plans. Meriden expects to entertain thousands of visitors each day and to make the attrac- i tions worthy of that attendance. The city is already working for the afSiur, and "the Meriden habit" of working together assures one of the big- gest celebrations the State has ever seen. i WOULD HAVE RAILfNGS IN 3UBWAY. Harry A.

Flagge has sent the Rapid TransftTComv mission a letter in which be says; I feel constrained to call your attention to the danger arising from the unguarded condition of the various subway stations in the city of New- York, as illustrated by the following: At about 1 o'clock Wednesday morning at on the downtown side, 1 was standing in the vicinity of several women and men waiting for a train. At this Juncture an intoxicated man came along, lurched into one of the woman, causing er to stagger to brink of the platform, at which point she would have fallen in front of an approaching train had it not been for the presence of mind of a bystander, who caught her This Is tin Incident of the generally dangerous condition arising from the want of rails on the subway stations, which would be prevented If the precautions were adopted which prevail on some of the elevated stations, notably in such express stations ad 72d-st. The narrowness of the Islands which constitute the platforms makes It a matter of certainty, sooner or later, that, with the surging crowd which conies down on this narrow pecple will be pushed In front of moving tiains and at any tlzno, in case of any rush, a calamity or much extent likely to take place. There are several stations (72d-st. Is one) where upon leaving a train tha passenger Is obliged to pass along a apace between the train and a staircase or other Immovable construction so narrow that the leant unsteadiness or tho least crowdlnir might throw him or her against the train which in tho -I apeak of Is put in motion before the space has been fully traversed.

In view of these conditions 1 urge upon your board the consideration of requiring the establish, ment of ratlines along the various subway aWUoaa. The Month Ahead Sale Of SPRING SILKS Last year we had a tremendously large selling of Silks in February, and tins year wr have prrparr.l to duplicate that occasion. For months we been planning, and gathering the silks for this offering. Today we have ready about 80,000 yards of all sorts of silks, such ,11 fr- denuxM a few week. for Sprin, Summer gowns, waists and linings.

Stepping into the market at a dull season, as we did, we were able to secure. handsome concessions from manufacturer, who were not certain what their sales were going to be; and so roost of the Silk, in this offering arr lew goods, manr never before. Of course. on some of the lines the reductions amount to only about 10 per cent; bat there are other, at 43 per rent and more below the regular prices; all of which are splendid reductions, in face of the fact that raw silk Ls about 23 per cent, higher than a year ago. The offering includes silks for evening wear, shirt-waist suits, wash silk, for Southern wear, as well a.

for for children and girls. The collection of silks for linings, petticoats and foundations is unusuallj large. The most derisive of the Sale are in the staple silks rarely sold under-priee. Dressmakers will probably be more interested in this movement than women wbo with to buy for their own The splendid list of silks is described in detail below: Black Dress and Lining Silks At 50c, worth 19-inch Guaranteed Black Taffeta Silks. At 60c, worth 75c 21-inch Guaranteed Black Taffeta Silks.

At 65c. worth 85c 26-Inch Guaranteed Black Taffeta Silks. At 65c, worth 20-lnch Guaranteed pure-dye Black Dress Taffeta Silks. At $1.25, worth 40-inch Black Crepe de Chines, in two separate and distinct weaves. At 550, worth 19-Inch Black All-silk Messallnes.

Novelty Shirt-waist. Silks At 55c, worth 65c 19-inch Imported fine Checked Taffeta and Black-and-White Plaid Silks. At 65c, worth 83c and yards of and 20-inch" Novelty Shirtwaist Silks, in black-and-white shepherd checks. Taffetas and Louis! -striped taffetas, figured taffetas, spot taffetas, striped Louisines; and an immense lot of regular $1 quality 20-inch Taffetas, in brown, navy blue and green grounds with colored stripes. At 75c, worth 20-inch Checked Shirtwaist Taffeta with jacquard figures; very desirable.

Foulards At 55c. worth 75c and 24-Inch Printed Silk Foulards on twilled and satin every color and design desirable spots and small neat patterns. Some Fine Fur Coats At Low Prices We have just about fifteen very handsome imported Fur Coats for women, which we. offer today at the most radical concessions that have probably ever been made on coats of this character. We almost hesitate to name the values of these garments, because of the loose manner in which valuations are ordinarily used in the fur business.

Sufficient to say that the valuation figures which we do quote are the actual prices which were marked on these garments by us originally, which, were entirely fair, and never contested; and for which many like garments have been sold. A few examples are as follows A fancy Persian lamb Coat with white waistcoat; formerly $300. now $150. A Box Coat of beautiful broadtail, with deep collar and cuffs of clear chinchilla; formerly $750. now $250.

A very beautiful Chinchilla Cape; formerly now $325. A fancy Moire Astrakhan Coat; formerly $210, now $105. A very elegant Ermine Coat; formerly $850, now $275. We also offer a few plain Short Persian lamb Jackets, that were $72.50 and now at $55 each. Also some Persian lamb Blouses, with collar and lapels of real chinchilla and Japanese sable: formerly $175.

now at $115 each. Rotunda Balcony, Second floor. A Threefold Handkerchief Story Women's Handkerchiefs. Dainty and fine, and fresh and perfect. Embroidered or lace-trimmed.

Worth 75c and $1 Price, 50c Each Men's Handkerchiefs. French Novelty Handkerchiefs, colored in smart, tasteful patterns. Some small very small irregularities in the printed designs make this price-difference: Were 50c, 75c. $1 Price, 25c Each Tenth street aisle. Handkerchiefs.

All-linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, full size, carefully made. An excellent quality. So good that children will "try to take care" of them. So inexpensive that they may lose them if they must. At 600 a dozen, Instead of 75c.

Under-Price Store, Basement. Are You Going to Pay $725 For FURNITURE That You Can Buy Now for $483? 31 5 i I Th question that "to by every housekeeper who hat any furnishing to do this Spring: or Snramer. Vu Sgjysi but you chantg th act of lranendoi Hundreds of people may say, "Oh, that's only advertising bosh. No store can sell good furniture that war the Mmc kind of fnrnitur We do know that there is not an unworthy piece of furniture here This to those who don't know us yet JOHN WANAMAKLIL formerly A. T.

Stewart Broadway, fourth Ninth and Tenth Store Closes at 5:30 o'clock- Double-width Evening Silks At 85c, worth yards of 38-' nc I Printed Silk Gazes, on plain white and black grounds, with twelve styles of satin and lace and twenty different colored I to from. Desirable for evening waists, dresses and party wear. Colored Taffeta. Silks Dress and Lining Qualities At 60c, worth 73c One hundred pieces of Lining Taffetas; fast edge; heavy rustling quality: In twenty-live staple street and evening shades, as well as Ivory and cream color. At 50c, worth lmported White and Ivory Taffeta Silks.

At 55c, worth 85t 21-lnch Colored Taffeta Lining Silks, in dark and light shades. At 50c, worth 71-o and 85c 19-inch Colored Taffetas, in lining shades; an Incomplete color-assortment, but many desirable shades in the lot. At 85c, worth 24-lnoh pure dye Chiftoo Dress Taffetas, in trray. tan. myrtle and I two shades each of navy blue and brown tth the guarantee woven in the selvage.

Plain Silks At 65c, worth 2o-inch Peau de Cygnes. i in wfclte, cream, light blue and pink. At 650, worth 19-inch Silk Messalines. in medium aiid street shades. FRENCH LINGERIE At Very Prices This offering includes quite a number of serviceable as well as very beautiful pieces of French Lingerie at lower prices than such goods have ever been sold for in the past Women who appreciate dainty hand- made underwear will be interested in this unusual opportunity.

$1.50 CHEMISES, of percale, embroidered edge: sacque chemise. CHEM'SES, of nainsook; trimmed with embroidery or torchon lace. $3.50 CHEMISES, of nainsook: round or square neck; trimmed with Valenciennes lace i or embroidered edge. CHEMISES, of nainsook; trimmed with Valenciennes lace, insertion and embroidery and ribbon. $7.50 CHEMISES, of nainsook: trimmed with torchon or Valenciennes lace, embroidery and ribbon.

CORSET COVERS, of nainsook: low neck; hand-embroidered; ribbon-trimmed. $3.50 CORSET COVERS, of nainsook: hand-embroidered; others trimmed with lace and ribbon. You Will Profit by Heeding This News Of Lace Curtains and Draperies Housekeepers' Harvest. Lace Curtains of elegance and distinction, rich Couch Cum and line Upholstery and Drapery Stuffs, at slashing reductions from former moderate prices. An offering, fresh and perfect clear through.

It will pay housekeepers who have such purchases in mind for the future, seiie the happy chance. And buy these now: LACE CURTAINS Brussels Soft, white, handsome lace At $20.50 a pair. Instead of $31.50. At 5J3.75 a pair, Insteud of $34.50. At $21.

85 a pair, instead of $33. Point d'Arabe Heavy net-and-lacc, dctp At $6 a pair, instead of $8.75. At $10 a pair, instead of $14.75. At $18 a pair, instead of $24. At $13.50 a pair, instead of $26.50.

At $24 a pair, instead of $31.50. At S2f a pair, instead of $38.50. At $35 a pair, instead of $50. Crete Decorative colored effects At a pair, instead of At $6.50 a pair, instead of $9.50. At $8.35 a pair, instead of $12.

At $12 a pair, instead of $16.50. At $12.75 a pair, instead of $18. At pair, instead of $20. Ruffled At $1.40 a pair, instead of $2. At $1.65 a pair, instead of At $2 a pair, instead of $2.75.

At $3 a pair, instead of $4. At $3 a pair, instead of $4.25. DRAPERIES and FURNITURE COVERINGS Silk Armures At Ssc a yard, from $1.25. At $1.35 a yard, from $1.85. At $1.85 a yard, from $2.50.

Plain Silks At 66c, worth 2o-lneh fine Tricot Drset Silks: evening and street shades. At 660, worth 2o-inch and Irery Novelty Groe de Londree. At Me, worth $1.25 23 -Inch Pean Cymes: an" exceptional value: In white, ivory, cream color; also light and dark hades. Pongee Silks At 50c. worth 75c 26-inch All-silk Domestic Pongees.

At 65c, worth 85c 38-inch Ail-sllk Domestic At 75c, worth $1.25 35- inch extra Domestic Pongees, In natural color and black. At 85c, worth $1.25 26-lnch Pongee Silk Suitings, the smart and correct silk for tailored dresses. Twenty-two shades. Rotunda and Main aisle. At 50e.

worth 65c and 75c 19-inch Shirtwaist Silks, In navy blue-and-whlte checked peau de cygnes, black-and-white Loulsines and brown -and- white, navy blue-and-wbite hair-line striped Loulsines. Wash Silks At 35c, worth 50c 36-Inch White Japanese Wash Silks. At 25c, worth 20-inch White Japanese Wash Silks. At 30c worth 27-inch White Japanese Wash Silks. At 35c, worth tic 11-inch Imported Habatal Wash Silks.

Under-Price Store. Basement. CORSET COVERS, of nainsook: handembroidered and, lace- trimmed. CORSET COVERS, of nainsook, trimmed with Valenciennes lace. Insertion? and embroidery $2.75 DRAWERS, of nainsook: with Valenciennes lace and drawnwork.

DRAWERS, of nainsook: lace-trimmed; others hand-embroidered and ribbontrimmed. $3.50 DRAWERS, of nainsook: embroidered ruffle: others trimmed with Valenciennes lace, beading and ribbon. DRAWERS, of nainsook: hand-embroidered ruffle and fine Valenciennes lace edging: ribbon-trimmed. Second floor. Tenth street.

DHAPERILS and FIINITURt COVERINGS Sili Damask At SI a yard, from At $2 a yard, from i At $2.15 a yard, from At $2.25 a yard, from S3. At $2.75 a yard, from 54.75. At a yard, from 13.75. At $4.50 a yard, from $6.75. Cotton Tapestry At 11.25 a yard, from $2.

At $1.25 a yard, from $2.50. At $2.15 a yard, from $4.25. Jute At 35c yard, from 70c. At 45c a yard, from 70c and 90c COUCH COVERS Imported reversible tapestry. I 103 Inches: extra heavy.

in shades of two-toned reds and blues. Regularly $10.25: to-day at 17.36 each. Imported tapestry covers. In the most desirable size for dining-- room tables two yards square; in floral designs and neutral Gobelin effects. Regularly to-day at $4.75 each.

LOUNGING PILLOWS In excellent variety or tapestry, silk damask and satin coverings, selected from our own stock; all down- filled. Worth 53.5*. $3.75 and to-day at $2.65 each. Third Coor..