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STHE WITS OFTHE BAR.
A Brilliant Banquet at the
Hotel Schlosser.
feiFEAST OFTIANDS AND FUN
"With Some Serious Suggestions on
Law, Politics and Press.
DID SOT GO HOME TILL MORNING
The second annual banquet of the Alle
gheny County Bar Association was held at
the Hotel Schlosser, last evening, and
proved a brilliant success. In point of ele
gance it was one of the finest dinners ever
given in this city. Such a symposium of
intellect, wit and humor really was a sur
prise even to those who expected most
The opinion handed down per curiam was
that it will never be effaced from the pages
of the social records in this county.
About 175 lawyers and a fair sprinkling
of judges sat down to the feast The dinner
-was put on the trial list for 7 o'clock, but it
was half an hour later before the Court con
vened. When everything was in readiness,
Captain E. Y. Breck, Secretary of the
Association, announced the fact, and headed
the procession from the reception nail into
the dining room. Judge Collier said grace,
and at the conclusion of the touching gem
of supplication, the company sat down to
the feast.
The dining rood was
A XABVEXt OP BBXIAIAXCT
and neatness. Under the skillful direction
of Host Schlosser, the old dining room ot
the Albemarle has been remodeled into a
chamber fit for kings. Everything was
.new. The paints, fancy work on the ceil
ing, mirrors, curtains, etc, were everything
that could please the eye. The table ap
pointments were superb. New and spotless
linen, rich china and class, and soft, mellow-lighted
candelabra. At the ends
of each table were a large cluster of potted
plants, ferns, palms, etc.
There were six tables set across the room
running parallel with Sixth street. At the
north end of the room was the speakers table
which was atrightangles with the others. This
gave everybody in the room an opportunity
ot looking straight at the orators, while the
latter were delivering their addresses. In
the center of the table of honor and facing
the battery of eyes and giant intellects, sat
the president of fhe association, W. B. Neg
ley. On either side of him were seated the
men who were to entertain the company.
That they did so in a manner worthy of
their profession and an honor to themselves
was abundantly shown as the evening wore
on-
After spending two hours and a half dis
cussing the choice vianas of over a dozen
courses, the barristers were ready to flavor
the dinner with the choice bits of wisdom,
wit and humor as they rolled from the lips
of the sneakers. At the conclusion of the
last course, cigars were lighted and chairs
tipped back. As the incense irom the rich
Havannas floated ceilingward, there was a
look of contentment with the world, and ex
pectancy on the face of everyone present.
The toast master of the evening was S. A.
McClung, and a better selection could not
be made. As he announced each speaker
he made a satirical hit upon those present
which set his auditors in a roar of laughter.
Among other things, he referred to the
judges present saying, that they had the six
Common Pleas justices and "the two Or
phans. "The two orphans" appreciated the
joke, but they did not look as if they were
in need of their parents at the time.
THE GUESTS OF THE EVENING.
M- W. Acheson, Thomas B. Alcorn, S. A.
Amnion, W. C. Anderson, T. W. Bakewell. F.
X. Barr. T. S. Bigelow, W. R. Blair. William
Blakeley, E. X. Breck, James liredin. Joseph
Breil, W. J. Brennen, A. M, Brown, J. O.
Brown, Marshall Brown, T. S. Brown, H. B.
Brunot, J. G. Bryant, J. T. Buchanan,
G. C. Burgwin. Clarence Burleigh, T. D. Carna
Han, G. H. Christy, A. H. Clarke. A. G. Coch
ran, Josiah Cohen, J. W. Collins. Hon. J. F.
Collier, C. E. Cornelius, E. S. Craig, H. S.
Craig, C. 8. Crawford, R. "V. Cummins, W. J.
Curran, Dahlineer. H. A. Dais, L. L.
Bavi. C. C. Dickey, E. P.WDouelass,
A. W. Duff, J. B. Duff, J. K. P. Duff. Levi B.
Duff. R. C. Duncan. G. "W. Elphinstone, W. C.
ErsUne, D. 0 Ewing. H. R. Ewinc, Hon.
Thomas Ewine, C. A. Fagan. E. U. Ferguson,
James Fitzsiromons, Joseph Forsyth, K. 8.
Frazer, K. T. Friend. H. D. Gamble, Alex.
uuuiian, J. Ji. uoennng. u. a. uoraon. u. f.
Graner, J. H. Gray.G. P. Hamilton, House, J.
H. Hampton, J. H. Harrison, E. G. Hartje. J. C.
Haymaker, Harvey Henderson. Havikins,
Abraham Israel, w. K. Jennings, R. H. Johns
ton, S. A. Johnston, Lawrence Johnston, T. J
Jveenan, Arthur Kennedy, R. A. Kennedy, C
B. Kenney, A. J. Klrschner, J. S. LambiF, G.R.
Lawrence. Thomas CLazear, W. A. Lewis.
Walter Lyon, McFarland, Hon. C
Magee, John Matron, Thomas M. Mar"
shall, D. H. Martin, Thomas Mel
lon. R. V. Messier. Henry Meyer.
F. C. Miller. H. A. Miller. J. H. Miller, J. J.
Miller, Charles Mitchell. A. H. Moeser, George
N. Munro. W. C Morcland, A. P. Morrison, J.
H. Mueller, S. C. McCandless, Samuel McCloy,
McCreery, William McClelland, S. A. Mc-
Clnnc W. H. McClong, W. F McCook, J. L.
McCutcheon, W. J. McDonald, Alex Mc
Farland. T. M. McFarland. W. M. McGilL
F.CMcGlrr. C.H. McKee. J. E. McKelvy,
Lewis McMulIen. W. B. Neglev. J. C. New
mvcr, C A. O'Brien, J. E. O'Donnell, E. M.
O'Neill, C. P. Orr. F. C. Osburn, Hon. J. W.
Over, J.N. Patterson, Thomas Patterson. R.
B. Petty, W. S. Pier, L. M. Plumer,
J. H. Porte, E. L. Porter, W. D. Porter,
O. S. Richardson, G. D. Riddle. J. M.
S. Robb. W. B. Rodcers, R. B. hcandrett, W.
P. Schell, Jr., Sol Schoyer, Jr., William Scott,
C. W. Scovel. W. R. Sewell, J. D.Shafer, Noah
W. Sharer. G.E. Shaw, J. JL Shields, George
Sbiras. HL. W. K. Shiras, J. a Shoemaker. J.
J. Siebeneck. J. C. Slack, Hon. J. F. SlaglcHon.
tdwlo H. Stowe. E. J. Smails. A. Y. hmitb,
E. W. Smith. E. Z. Smith. F. W. Smtth. Joseph
Stadfcld, G- H. Stengel, J. R. Sterrett. R. E.
Stewart, W. A. Stone, J. M. Swearingen. J. E.
Spcer, O. D. Thompson; S. H.Thompson, W.W.
Ttompson, C. M. Thorp, S.U.Trent. A. McLeod
Watson. D. T. Watson, A. V. D. Watterson, J.
Harvey White. W. W. Whitesell. A. D.AVUkin,
R. D. Wilson. M. A Woodward and James
Scott Young. a
PBESIDENT NEGLET'S OPENING SPEECH.
The first speaker was "William B. Kegley,
the President, who responded to "The Year
1889." He began by referring to the quota
tion printed under his subject, "Enteuthen
exelannei dodeka parasa (n) ggas," taken
from Xenophon's Anabasis, which literally
translated would read "Thence he marched
12 parasangs." He said that a parasang
was a Persian measure of length equal to 30
stadia; therefore, a liberal translation of the
quotation would be "Then (from Januarv
1, 1889) he marched 12 months each month
being equal to 30 days." He then expa
triated on the quotation, and, after covering
considerably ground, said:
"Our last banquet was at the year 1888.
Then I gave yqp briefly the history of our
association from its incipiency, its lethargy
till 1884, when new life being ininscd into it
its growth has been steady and rapid, and
to-day we have enrolled 289 members as
proof of healthy growth.
"When we read of the forward
inarches of Cyrus indicated by onr
quotation we find that he otten accom
plished nothing apparently but distance;
yet that distance brought him nearer to the
goal. So we not able to boast of many
"victories during our 12 parasangs just passed
are conscious of progress towards the end
and aim for which we are marching. We
have, by the kindness of the County Com
missioners, been placed in possession of our
new quarters rooms well furnished and
equipped with telephone and messenger, and
open for our use during business hours, and
by the kindnessof one of our comrades have
ready to decorate its walls portraits of
three prominent Pennsylvania lawyers
that of the late C. J. Sharswood, and the
others of our iellows, Marshall and Stowe
upplauie, who are with oa to-night and
whom wc delicht to honor. Of those who
v nre.coue we desire the portraits of such men
' as "Greer. Shaler, Hampton, 'Williams. Hc-
i : Can d less, Biddle, Darragb, Metcalf, Loouis
J:and G. P. Hamilton. Of those living we
tdesire Agnew, Mellon, Ewing, Collier,
Hawkins and a host of others too numerous
to mention.
"The best regulated army must and will
have its discouragements. Xet,in compari
son of late we have had but few. True,
some ot our comrades are in ward, and some
have fallen by the way Palmer, Koch,
JloCullough, and "Wilson. They sleep their
last sleep; they have fought their last bat
tle; no sound can wake them to glory again.
"I have said that we are marching for the
goal, and here again another question
arises. What is the goal so much desired
by us? No grander science exists than that
ot the law. No nobler profession can be
adopted than that which we have espoused.
Men, where left to themselves, will follow
the bent of their minds and hearts for evil
or good, bnt when ranked and filed shoulder
to shoulder and marching to the music of a
better profession, the lower will be lifted to
the higher plane. Hence our association;
the objects are pure and elevating. "Wel
come, one and all the jndges with the
rank and file to join us in our noble pur
pose. "We desire, I say, the elevation of the
profession. Six stadia of the first parasang
of this year's march have been past; to ac
complish our object let us all strive to be
kind and courteous to each other 'in honor
preferring one another;' the Judges can help
the practitioners, and they in turn the
Court. Examaples are numerous. You
can recall them at will.
"And now with a parting word: Let me
use the language of another: 'The great
wheel of time revolves with unceasing regu
larity; the older we become the more rapidly
the years appear to slip away; behind us is
the dawn; before us is the sitting sun. Time
bears us on through fair winds and foul;
little by little, day by day, we near our
journey's end.'
"Little by little the time goes oy, snort it
you sing through it, long if you sigh.
Little by little an hour, a -day, gone' with
the years that have vanished away.
The next speech was by Judge Stowe "'On
the Courts." It was a learned address, and
elicited hearty applause. The speech is
given below in full, and was as follows:
JUDGE
S SPEECH.
Gentlemen If there is any one thing that
I particularly enjoy it is to make a speech, es
pecially after an elaborate and hearty dinner.
In such a case a man's whole system fsso
charged with intellectual electricity that be
has only to open his lips and tropes and meta-
fihors and "winced words" come leapine out
ike Minerva from the head of Jupiter, or
Venus from the foam of the sea full of life
and beauty.
So, I must "declare and aver" on the present
occasion that nothing has delighted me so
much for a long time, as to have the opportu
nity to "speechify" this evening. But before I
commence. I wish it distinctly understood by
all present that what I may say will be no care
fully studied oration, written and conned over
in my library, but simply the expression of an
overflowing brain and lull stomach, unpremed
itated and unprepared, or as the ghost in Ham
let has it "disappointed." If I bad known for
the last six months that I was expected to
speak to you to-night, I might have prepared
something that would have been entertaining
and instructive to you. and an honor to myself,
but as it has only been abont one-half that
number of weeks that time since your Secre
tary gave me notice that I must "orate" to
night, I at onca made up my mind, owing to
shortness of time, of course, and inasmuch as
true eloquence must be the breath of the occa
sion, that what 1 said should be entirely im
promptu, born of opportunity comine from
above and around and without any premedi
tation or "malice aforethought, express or im
plied." Therefore, as is the custom of all our
great extemporaneous after-dinner orators, I
have carefully prepare.! and written ont at
length a few remarks for this evening, which
for fear that I should forget them if I
tried to commit them to memory (as
I most certainly would) and because I
was afraid to attempt to read them
Irom my own abominable manuscript, I bave
had carefully printed by a typewriter, so that
they may serve for present as well as future
reference, and be preserved for the enlighten
ment of coming generations of well-fed law
yers "in consimili casu." But I thought I
heard someone say a few minutes since: "The
courts Was't ever in court, sbepherdT No
truly! Then thou art damned. Thou art in a
parlous state, shepherd."
'TWAS NOT HIS EXPEEIENCE.
I wish to say just here that this idea does
not exactly conform to my own experience.
I should have been more inclined to think
that the fellow that had been in court, very
often at least (of coarse I mean as a suitor),
was the one who was in the "parlous state"
and not the other, but as you have given me
my text, and I must take it as I find it, I have
to say that It will strike most persons as some
what curious that tbey should stand in so dan
gerous a condition as suggested because they
bad never been in court. And if any of you
had been present and heard the conversation
just Quoted by your "toastmaster" he would
have been likely to snspect that some lawyer
not, of course, belonging to this Bar Associa
tionbut some other lawyer, had hired Touch
stone to sednce the poor shepherd into some
speculative lawsuit; such, fot example, as
bringing an action on the shares aeainstsome
rascally railroad company for killinc one of
his sheep, which had, by bis negligence, been
permitted to stray upon the "track," and, as
the ghost hereinbefore mentioned, would say,
"unhouseU'd and unanered," made mutton of.
Bnt when be bad beard him further say, "Why,
if thou never wast in court, thou never saw'st
good manners," he would more likely oe con
vinced that some practical but stupid hoax
was sought to be imposed upon the unsopbis-
ncatea granger, for, according to my ooserv
ation, if the "devil must be shamed and
the truth told," the strict decorum and "good
manners" which so distinguished the courts
of "ye olden time" seem to have gone into the
grave of the feudal system and special plead
ings, and now like tbem only whisper sadly to
heaven "with a still small voice" against the
deep "damnation of their taking off." If any
of you, gentlemen, bave any serious misgivings
on the subject, just come up to court some
Saturday morning with an important petition
that you are anxious the Court shall under
stand and try to read it so that you can be
heard, and you will soon see how it is yourself.
A COURT DEFINED.
But, going back to the subject of our text:
What is a court? If we take the definition of
Blackstone. and answer that it is "a place
where justice is judicially administered," many
would think that it was some "terra incognita."
some fabled island of the sea, on which mortal
foot had never trod. But if we define it to be
a place where judges sit and lawyers congre
gate and talk and wrangle, and occasionally
abnse the newspayers and each other, or, as
Bbirell puts it, call its' An organized body with
defined powers, meeting at certain times and
places for the bearing of causes and other mat
ters brought before it. aided by attorneys and
connsel to present and manage the business,"
both the untutored kind and the philosophic
dreamer, who thinks jnstice a mere abstrac
tion, and a name, knows what we mean.
History tells us that before William L had
completed bis subjugation of England, he es
tablished a grand central tribunal for the
whole realm, which was to be not only a court
ot appeal, but a court where all cases of im
portance Bhonld originate and be finally de
cided. This was called Curia Regis, and some
times Aula Regis, because it assembled in the
King's palace. The great officers of the
State, the Marescbal, the Constable, the
Seneschal, the Chamberlain and the Treas
urer were the Jndges, and over tbem
presided the Grand Judiciary. Upon substan
tially the same footing the administration of
justice continued for some 200 years, although
'lor greaterconvenience causes were committed
to different committees of tbe Aula Regis, to
which it is said may be traced tbe Court of
King's Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer and
the Court of Chancery. At length Edward L
sometimes called the "English Justinian."
systematized and reformed .the principles of
English jurisprudence, and finally framed the
courts for the administration ot justice as tbey
remained for six centuries, so that Blackstone
says: "In Edward's time the law did receive so
sadden a perfection that SirMathew Hale does
not scrnple to affirm that more was done in the
first 13 years ot bis reign to settle and estab
lish tbe distributive justice of the kingdom
than in all the ages since put together."
Upon these foundations our s stem of juris
prudence Is built to-day, and you, gentlemen,
are now studying the same general principles
and seeking to enforce the same general rules
of law and equity in tbe various courts of this
country that took their rise in the days of
Edward. Since then they have been growing,
lengthening and widening as time passed on,
and the necessities of civilization increased,
and tbe fountain then opened has grown to be
a mighty river of human justice, which not
only fructifies England bnt fertilizes America
andcarrlesits civilizing Influences throughout
tbe world.
Courts are tbe outgrowth of liberty and edu
cation; tbey are tbe product of peace and in
dustry; tbey are the mainstays' of freedom.
Without them neither llfe,Uberty cor property
can be assured. But there can be no courts,
such as deserve tbe name, at least, without
lawyers.
A XjAWYEE DELINEATED.
As the courts are established to enforce tbe
law, it follows that a special class, who make
tbe law its study, mut exist for the purpose of
assisting tbem in correctly determining what
the law is in such cases as come before them
for consideration. And thus we find that the
lawyer Is not simply a hanger onto, bnt be is
an essential constituent of courts of justice.
He is recoenized by law as an officer of tbe
courts. His duty is to assist tbem by his1earn
ing and arguments In arriving at a just and'
THE
legal conclusion. His oath requires him not
only to behave himself In the office of attor
ney according to the best of his learning and
ability, but he must do so with all good .fidelity
to the court, as to his client, and, as our Supreme
Court has emphatically declared, he violates
bis oath of office when be attempts to mislead
or consciously presses for an unjust judgment.
But this is neither the time nor place to dis
cuss this matter inrther. Enough has been
already said to lead us to infer, at least that
courts and counsel must go band in band,
marching with equal step to a common end, in
amity and good will, so that it may be literally
true in practice as well as theory, as declared
by our grsat commentator, that courts are
places where justice is judicially administered.
It has been said, and I believe it to be true,
that the character of the berch will depend
very much upon the character of the bar, and
that a careless, ignorant or unpunctual bar is
calculated to engender a like carelessness, ig
norance and want of promptness and energy on
the part of tbe bench. And if it were possible
to conceive of such a thing as a generally dis
honest and faithless bar. it would Inevitably
have a demoralizing effect upon the bench.
The lawyer is tbe embryo judge, and you can
no more make an honest ana learned jndge out
of a dishonest and ignorant lawyer than you
can make the flowers ot the tropics thrive and
bloom upon the ice-clad mountains of Green
land. Men do not gather grapes from thorns,
nor figs from thistles.
A PALPABLE MOEAL DBAWN.
The moral of all this then Is that both bench
and bar should strive to so demean themselves
that the public will learn to have confidence in
their honesty and ability, and so that the con
verse of tbe words ot Touchstone may become
literally true, and so that it might be earnestly
and truly said: "It thou was't ever in court
thou saws't good manners."
And now, gentlemen. I suppose I ought to
stop and give somebody else a chance, but I
have filled myself so full (literally) and wound
myself up so tight (figuratively) that 1 do not
feel as if I was more than half run down, and
like some preacher who has got to fit teentbly,
I have Just begun to be warmed up to the oc
casion. Bnt, sad as it makes me to let you off
so easily, I suppoe I must stop or you will be
gin to think that I am very much like a fellow
I once knew who used to play the mouth organ
and make vou feel like resorting to tbe same
means of getting rid of me as we were occasion
ly compelled to use toward him. He was rather
averse to playing for anybody except jnst when
be happened to be in the mood. It was indeed
very difficult to persuade him to play at all:
but when you once got him started
the only way to stop him was by
kicking him downstairs. But I will say a few
more words at all ..azards. Some years ago I
had tbe honor to sit next to General Grant at a
banquet given him in this city. He was ex
pected to make a soeecb on the occasion, and,
filro rnvsnlf. was much oleasedwith the chance.
he so" delighted to make speeches. His re
marks were, of course, neither so long nor so
entertaining as mine have been. But that was
not bis fault only his misfortune. He did
the best he could. One cannot be expected to
be great in everything. Horace says: "Dnius
otnnes artis consequi nemo vrotest." I once
read that though Grant might not be a great
orator, be wrote with his sword. How conla
you expect such a speech as this to be "wrote
with a swordT" It can't be done I The only
successful way Is with a typewriter. But now,
mark where the real point comes in. When he
had got through his little piece and too his
seat, he threw himself back in his chair, and
with a look of tbe greatest satisfaction said to
me as 1 say to you: "Now that I am done, I
will take tbe greatest pleasnre in enjoying the
misery of the other speakers."
Robert U. Wilson, a young attorney,
made one of the most brilliant speeches of
the evening. He replied to the toast,
"Overruled, Criticised, Distinguished and
Explained." His address was a burlesque
ou a decision of the Supreme Court at Phil
adelphia yesterday, in which he lost his
first case belore that body. The case was
argued before Judge Slagle some months
ago, and was an action for damages against
the Pennsylvania Railroad for killing
a mule. The lower court held
that it was not negligence
on the part of the company that
killed the mule. One of the arguments
used by the defendant's counsel was that
the mule should have stopped at the cross
ing, looked and listened for the danger sig
nal from the engineer. The sides of the
wise judges present ached as they roared at
the voung barrister's satirical arguments.
John D. Shaler replied.to the toast "Leg
islation." He reviewed and criticised tbe
acts of the Legislature. The speech was
listened to with great interest.
THE NESTOR OF THE BAB.
Toastmaster HcClung now called upon
the "Nestor of the Bar;" Thomas M. Mar
shall, Esq., to respond to the toast of "The
Public Press." Mr. HcClung humorously
suggested that it was Mr. Marshall's well
known regard for the newspapers which
prompted the selection", as an ironical sally
which brought down the house. Mr.
Marshall, on arising, received an ovation.
He spoke with more than his accustomed
fervor, giving, however, as was expected,
hard knocks to the press as he went alone.
The newspapers of the time, he said, did not
come np to his ideal. Horace Greeley's
paper was, in the days of Mr. Greeley, one
which met the standard. ITewspapers "gen
erally were too much given to sen
sationalism, and too littlo to in
dependent and capable discussion
of public topics free from the trammels of
party and from the influence of party lead
ers. " Mr. Marshall dwelt at great length oh
what he regarded as the offenses of omission
and commission by the press. Its tendency,
he held, was too much toward aggression
upon private rights in the publication of
mere private matters which did not properly
belong to the public, and in consequence of
which" individuals were damaged without
benefit to the community; and too much
again in the line of silent submis
sion to the dictates of party man
agers. The seeming acquiescence of
the press in Senator Quay's dictation of the
nomination of Delainater for Governor 'of
Pennsylvania was cited by way of instance.
Mr. Marshall enlivened his speech with
local and personal illustrations of a humor
ous turn .which set tire audience in roars of
laughter. He said he had friends as well
as enemies connected with the press, and in
timated that the severity of his criticisms
was intended to be useful for reproof and
correction rather than the outgrowth of any
fundamental antagonism to an institntion
whose possibilities for good he was willing
to admit he had seen efficiently illustrated
in some cases.
TVOODWAED AND EWING WIND-UP.
It was 12 o'clock before Mr. Marshall
finished. Next came Marcus A. Woodward,
Esq., who spoke on "The Lawyer and His
Relation to Politics." Mr. Woodward
urged independence of thought and action
by tbe members of the Bar ou political
issues. He said the Bar Association of
Allegheny County had already made its
power felt in the improvement of the laws
and in the selection of fit men for Officers of
tbe Courts.
The lateness of the hour prevents a fuller
report of Mr. Woodward's remarks, as well
as the closing address,- which was by
Judge Ewing, being a review of
the dinner and of the meats, physi
cal and metaphorical, which, had
been provided. Judge Ewing was received
by the audience standing, and though the
hour for the last trains' had come he was
heard to the close. The audience then arose
and sang "Auld Lang Syne," after which it
dispersed in a state ot great enthusiasm
over the success of the occasion.
Captain Breck, Mr. Dickey, Toastmaster
McClung and their colleagues on the com
mittee of arrangements, were tendered no
end of congratulations on the manner in
which the event passed off.
WHAT PEOPLE APtE DOING.
Some Who Travel, homo Who Do Not, and
Others Who Talk.
Hon. Russell Errett has never fully re
covered from the severe illness contracted
while at Frankfort-on-the-Main last summer.
He nearly always attends services at the First
Christian Church in Mansfield Valley, but bis
family say he is still a very sick man. Mr.
Errett is nearly 72 years of age.
The fast line went out last night in two
sections, tbe first being mainly occupied by
school girls returning from vacation, Tbe ad
ditional cars were put on at tbe depot to ac
commodate the scholars, and quite a number
of tbelr friends and relatives were present to
see them off.
John G. Gray, who, up to the time of its
burning, was associated with the Monongahela
Hotel, went East last night He will stop at
Philadelphia for Savannah and Southern ports,
and spend a brief holiday previous to returning
to Pittsburg.
Colonel "W. D. Moore went to Phila
delphia last evening to take part In the funeral
obsequies of tbe late Dr. Harper, who was an
old classmate of bis.
PITTSBURG DISPATCH, '
Ididnotkeconsidejl
The Allegheny City Property Com
mittee Wants to Have Control
OP THE CAENEGIE EREE LIBRARY.
The Board of School Control Sot Given
cpre?entatioD.
A BREEZY MEETING LAST SIGHT
Contrary to the general expectation and
to Mr. Andrew Carnegie's expressed wish
to have the library of the new free library
building, which he recently built opposite
the City Hall in Allegheny, managed by a
committee of Councils in conjunction with
a committee of substantial citizens, whose
terms of office should exceed the usual
councilmanio term, the City Property Com
mittee of the Allegheny Councils refused
last evening to reconsider the ordinance
which it recommended at its last meeting,
and also refused to allow the Board of School
Control to have a voice in the management
of the library proper.
When the committees met last evening
Messrs. Ammon, Lahurh, Lare, Cochrane,
Arthur Kennedy, Ernstein, Buente, Dah
linger, Millard.'McAnley, PappertT J. B.
Smith, and Thomas were present.
AN APPEOPEIATIOS' HEEDED.
When the usual bills had been passed
the clerk stated that an appropriation was
needed to buy books and provide for main
taining Carnegie Library for the next .year.
Chairman Ammon stated that $15,000 would
probably be sufficient and this brought up
the question of allowing the Board of School
Control to have a say in the management of
tbe affairs.
Mr. Kennedy made a motion to reconsider
the action of the committee at its last meet
ing when it approved an ordinance barring
the Board of School Control or any of its
members having anything to say in the mat
ter. Mr. Dahlinger seconded the motion, and
then ensued a scene whlbh, although excru
ciatingly polite, was very painful to the
participants.
Mr. Kennedy said he made the motion at
the suggestion of the Chairman, Mr. Am
mon. This was denied by that gentleman,
who excused himself by saying that he had
been misunderstood.
Then Mr. Dahlinger read an ordinance
which he said he had prepared at the in
stance of Mr? Ammon, In which a commit
tee from the City Property Committee, to
consist of five members, ana a committee
from the Board of School Control, to con-.
sist of an equal number of members, should
TiavB phurtfB of the library. Mr. Ammon
again denied that he had sanctioned the con
struction of such an ordinance, although he
said he knew that Mr. Kennedy and Mr.
Dahlinger were in favor of it.
INTERFERENCE RESENTED.
Mr. Lare then took the floor in opposition
to the motion to reconsider the action of the
committee and made a few remarks:
What Is the use of letting anybody else have
a hand In running this thing except ourselves.
We can manage that library all right, and
when the time comes that we can't we'll call in
outsiders. We can manage it all right, and
don't need the assistance of no board of school
control.
Mr. Hunter, President of the Common
Council, who was present at the meeting,
and who had been using his breath in an
effort to have some letters read, finally
gained the ear of Chairman Ammon, who
ordered the Clerk to make known the con
tents of the missives. That functionary then
read letters from the librarians of libraries
in Boston, New York, Baltimore, Chicago
and St. Louis. There was nothing of im
portance in the letters, and alter they had
been read Mr. Hunter apologized, stating
that he expected they would have imparted
more information to the committee than
they did.
AN INTERESTING CONTROVERSY.
For a few minutes the controversy was.
Terj interesting as Messrs. Kennedy and
Dahlinger clung firmly to their oars, and
although the opposition did tbe same the
two gentlemen who wished to have the
school board represented in the management
of the library were voted down.
In fact they were the only ones who voted
to reconsider the action of the committee.
Mr. Ammon said that although he had
been severely criticised for his action at the
previous meeting he was prepared tb hold
up his end of the fight.
Mr. Kennedy asserted that as the library
was an educational institution, and as the
Board of School Control had charge of all
affairs which related to the education of the
masses it should have a voice in the man
agement of tbe library and art gallery.
That as the School Board had the right to
levy taxes, if only from a business point of
view, it snouia De represented on me .tsonra
fcf Managers. "
Although his arguments were most con)
cise, pertinent and convincing the commit
tee refused to reconsider its previous -action.
$20,000 PXNAIiIiY VOTED FOR.
Tbe next question which came up was the
amouut which should be appropriated for
the purchase of books and the incidental
expenses of the bnilding.
Mr. Ammon again proposed $15,000, but
Messrs. Kennedy and Dahlinger thought
this amount too little and asked for $25,000.
A compromise was finally made on $20,000.
It was stated that there were 100 citizens
of Allegheny who would give $500 each to
stock the library and place pictures in the
art gallery.
Then came the question of an appropria
tion for remodeling the City Hall building.
Joseph Auglin, the architect, was present
and had prepared five sketches, showing as
many proposed changes. The committee
looked them all over and discussed the mat
ter fully, when they concluded to ask an
appropriation of $40,000 lor the purpose.
Mr. Auglin suggested that the entire
front of the bnilding be extended 25 feet to
ward Federal street, which would leave 12
feet of space inside the sidewalk line for a
stoop extending the entire length of the
building. A wing in the rear, tdward West
Diamond street, could be put up, and that
part used for the Mayor's office and the
lockup, the latter above ground.
TO BAVE A DETAILED FLAN.
He was instructed to prepare a detailed'
plan of the changes and submit them to the
committee.
The principal reason for the proposed
chance is to allow sufficient room for Coun
cils, their quarters at present being entirely
inadequate. They will be still more so when
the borough of Bcllvue is annexed to
tbe city, which will be done in a
'few months at farthest. Then the
room ocenpied by the postoffice is not large
enough, and as the citizens generally want
that office to remain in the building it can
be provided for when the alterations are
made, occupying the same relative position
it docs now, and that at a good rental to the
city. The new portion will be of brick with
stone trimmings and will conform to the
beauty of the library across the way, with
towers and other ornamental worsr, and an
elevator to reach the roof.
A HEW DEPOT F0K MANSFIELD.
Tbo Panhandle People Abont to Lnr Down
New Hide Tracks and Tracks.
The managers of the Panhandle Division
of the Pennsylvania Railroad are at length
taking steps to provide facilities for the
accommodation1 of its patrons, as well as for
its general traffic A gang of 200 men were
yesterday pnt to work at cntting down a
hill at West Mansfield, at a point near the
residence of ex-Burgess Hoosack.
This work will occupy several weeks. It
is generally believed that the Steubenville
shops will be moved up to Mansfield, and
that a handsome depot will be built at
North Mansfield. New tracks and side
tracks will be laid down and provisions will
be made for the increased traffic which the
company expects to handle during the year.
TUESDAY JJTCTAB? 7,
JfOMIES TO HUSTLE.
Mrs. H. C. Campbell Describes the Latest
Phones of the Secession- Mrs. Wlllnrd's
strange Aultndr.
With the last-hope shattered of a possible
reunion of forces, the non-partisan faction
of the W. C. T. XT. are working as actively
as possible preparing for the Philadelphia
Convention.
Their movement is developing a strength
that was not even anticipated when they
withdrew from the parent organization.
Letters are being received from all parts of
the country from ministersphysicians nnd
lawyers, and from a countless number of
women who hitherto refused to join the W.
C. T. U. because of its party affiliations,
and others who dropped outon the same
grounds. The papers of the country are
growing in sympathy with the movement.
The Chicago tribune took its stand last
week in a lengthy editorial supporting the
non-partisans.
While no definite programme has been
prepared for the Philadelphia convention,
as that wonld no doubt prevent a free ex
change of opinions and discussions as to
methods and plans and a harmonions re
sult, it is thought the order of exercises will
be about as follows: On the morning of
Thursday, January 16, a temporary organi
zation will be effected and a committee on
name and constitution appointed. At the
afternoon session the report of this com
mittee will be heard and considered, and in
the evening a general public meeting will
be held, at which some prominent male
lecturer will deliver an address. The fol
lowing day permanent officers will be
elected, and committees and department
superintendents will be elected.
The circular published exclusively in
yesterday's Dispatch: has created consid
erable renewed interest in the matter. Mrs.
H. C. Campbell, of Allegheny, was seen
last night and asked for a reply to some of
the statements made by Mr. J. A. McCon
nell. In regard to his statement that politi
cal prejudices are causing the dissensions
Bbe said: "If I have any political preju
dices they are in favor of the Prohibition
party. Tbe minutes of the National Con
vention of 1884 will show whether the W. O.
T. IT. is pledged to support the Prohibition
party. The idea that the parent organiza
tion is non-partisan is absnrd. Tbe fallacy
is apparent, because the National organiza
tion cannot do one thing and the States an
other any more than State Legislatures
could enact laws conflicting with the acts
of Congress. The national organization is
partisan because it indorses the Prohibition
party."
In support of this' last statement Mrs.
Campbell submitted to the reporter the fol
lowing extracts from a temperance publica
tion: At Washington, in 1861, 1 first urged tbe ad
vantage to onr common cause of an alliance
between the W.C. T. U. and the Prohibition
party, which bad then polled but 10,000 votes as
its maximum after a struggle of ten years' du
ration. Steadily we have moved
iorward in tnese years, until, as jniei j nstice
wane sam oi proninition, so we can say oi our
oneness in purpose with the Prohibition party,
"That it is no longer an open question in this
court." Mizs WdlaTcFs Addrets, Jfew York,
This society has never been either sectarian
or partisan, thongh its partisan enemies, out
side the organization, have long tried to fix
upon it the stigma of these two designations.
Miss WillarcCi Crutade Campflre, Decem
ber. 18S9.
The convention to be held in Philadelphia
is regarded with great significance. The
attendance will be large. The women of
both sides, entertaining partisan as well as
non-partisan views, will be allowed the
freedom of the convention. Mrs. Camp
bell said last night that there were three
things practically settled now. . A per cap
ita tax not to exceed 65 cents per annum,
a strictly non-partisan platform, and an ab
solute ignoring of women's suffrage ideas.
LONG fc CO. MILL SALE.
Ex-Assignee RIcKelvey Present as a Mjs
lerions Bidder What A. M. Bjers
Thinks of (he $83,000 Bid.
The sale of Long & Co.'s property was
opened in the Sheriff's salesrooms yesterday
morning, when the bids reached $83,000,
and1 the sale was again adjourned until
Friday.
There was a large crowd present, among
others being Joseph D. Long, representing
the firmj George W. Guthrie, for the plain
tiff, and Willis McCook, who looked after
the interests of the Lawrence Bank, When
the property was put up for sale, it was an
nounced that there was a claim against it for
$8,000 due employes for wages. George Guth
rie was the first bidder. He offered $500. J.B.
McKelvy, late assignee of the Lawrence
Bank, was in the crowd taking matters
quietly and coolly. He jumped into the
breach and tbe bidding between himself and
Mr. Guthrie, by which the price was raised
$5,000 at a time, Was decidedly interesting.
When the bid had reached $83,000 Mr.
Guthrie asked for an adjournment, which
Was granted. It was a mystery to everyone
why Mr. McKelvy was present. When
asked whom he represented he replied in
the same qniet manner, which characterized
his bidding, that he could not tell.
It was rumored last night that a combina
tion had been formed by certain parties to
endeavor to obtain the property at as cheap
a bid as would possibly be accepted, or even
less, as the sale by the Sheriff is supposed
to be obligatory. Mr. A. M. Byers, one of
the principal creditors, was seen at his
home in Allegheny last iiight, but he de
nied knowing of any such a combination.
He said there were some mysterious things
about the sale. He could not understand
why Mr. McKelvy should be one ot the
foremost bidders.
'llon't you think the property is worth con
siderably more money than ft is likely to
bnngt"
"I certainly do. That property ordinarily
would bring at least $550,000. There are eight
or nine acres of ground that if entirely bare
should bring more than Is now off ered for tbe
gronnd and plant. It Is accessible property,
and is certainly worth lu,000pcr acre. It is a
better property than Brnnot's Island, which 1
understand has just been purchased at tbe
rate of 1,300 per acre. Tbe creditors are anx
ious to see the property bring all it possibly
can."
The property, aside from the nine acres
on which the mill and other buildings are
located, includes:
Nineteen puddling furnaces 1 large scrap fur
nace, 3 Krneratlve heating furnaces, 1 18-inch
muck train and squeezer, l ls-lnch bar mill, 1
9-lnch guide mill, 1 underground saw, 1 roll lathe,
1 ore breaker, 1 ore crusner, 1 large common pump
and water tank, 10 Z-flue boilers, Llx2S feet each,
5 beating furnaces In forge, 1 large 4-ton upright
hammer, 1 2,500-poundbelye hammer, 1 1, 600-pound
helve hammer, 1 large roll lathe, 1 SOO-ponnd
upright hammer, 2 axle cut-ofl lathes, 1 boring
machine, 2 planers, englue lathe, 1 Htudevant
blower, 4 blacksmith Arcs, 4 sets of shears, I clean
ing barrel, 7 steam engines, 1 large hydraulic
pump and accumulator, 2 upsetting machines, 1
faO-ton track tcale, 1 12-ton wagon scale, steam ap
pliances, tools, cinder haggles, ball buggies, nat
ural gas line and other machinery and appliances.
UNION EX-PBISONEKS OF WAR.
A Meeting at Which Offlcers Were Elected
for the Ennalnc Tear.
The Ex-Prisoners of War held a meeting
last night at which the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, James B. Hutchinson; Vice-President,
H. O. Shay; Secretary, F. M. Fleming:.
Treasurer, B. A. A. Patterson: Chaplain, A
11. Jones: Executive Committee: J. B. Hutch
inson, F. M. Fleming, James B. Cole, F.L.
Blair, A H. Jones.
Accident to nn Old Imdr.
Mrs. Margaret M. McCarroll, of Canons
burg, fell out of her chair yesterday and
broke her thigh. The fact of the lady hav
ing reached the advanced age of 70 years
may militate against her recovery.
Silk handkerchiefs 19 cents, 19 cents.
Knable & Shtjsteb, 35 Fifth ave.
HIT
Great Excitement In Allegheny
Over the closing out by Arthur, Schondel
myer & Co. oi their entire stock of fine dry
goods. Go early to 68 and 70 Ohio st.
, Button Reduced,
Trimmings reduced, linings all reduced.
Enable & Bhustes, 80 Fifth aye.
, arrx
1890.'
PEEPARING TO FIGHT
The Builders' Exchange Joins the
National Association
TO KILL OUTSIDE COMPETITION.
The St. Panl Convention to Devote a Day
to Discussing Eight Hours.
THE OFFICERS FOE THE TEAE ELECTJSD
The Builders' Exchange of Pittsburg has
not heretofore being affiliated with the
National Association of Builders, but at its
meeting yesterday it decided to take this
step, with the object ot being better able to
withstand and cope with the demands of the
workingmen for an eight-hour day, when
the demand shall be made.
Prom the interviews and expres
sions of opinion from the master
builders of the city, which
have already appeared in these columns, it
will have been seen that tbe disposition,
general among them, is to fight the eight
hour movement; and they hope by joining
the national body of their trade to find
strength ween the tussle comes.
FOB THE TUG OP "WAB.
It is more than probable that Pittsburg
will see the hardest fighting, for the double
reason that contractors have more to fear
from outside competition here than in cities
of similar magnitude and because it
is the greatest stronghold of organ
ized labor in the country. Master
builders have for long suffered from the en
croachments of their fellows from nearby
cities and towns who successfully compete
with them on the score of cheaper labor and
material. Lately house furnishings in the
shape of finished doors, and sashes frame
work and joinery work, ready smoothed
and primed, have been delivered here at
prices at which similar material could be
obtained in this city, but owing to the long
er hours and lesser wages paid at the point
of manufacture, contractors have been able
to make a larger profit by buying from the
outside source.
BUBAL ADVANTAGES.
A strong reason why the local master,
builders have joined the National Associa
tion is with the view of fighting the outside
towns. As far as they are concerned the
issue is narrowed down to a ficht between
towns such as Butler, which pays $2 per
day for ten hours work in planing mills, for
example, and Pittsburg, which pays $3 75
for nine hours work.
It is estimated that the country has an
advantage over the city eqnal to 10 per cent
in labor and 15 per cent in time, and when
insurance, taxes, etc., are reckoned that the
country has the best of the city by fully 30
per cent at the existing rates ot time work,
and that should eight hours be introduced,
that it will amount to 40 per cent.
LABOR LV SMALL CITIES.
It has before this been found that labor
organizations of any strength cannot be suc
cessfully established in small localities, and
with this fact again the Pittsburg contrac
tor is obliged to count from having to com
pete against the smaller wages and longer
hours which follows on the (act.
The officers; for the Builders' Exchange for
the year are: W. B. Lufton, President; H.
B. Barnes, First, and A. Alston, Second
Vice 'Presidents; E. A. Knox, Secretary; T.
J. Hamilton, Treasurer.
The old Board of Directors were re
elected. PITTSBT7BO DELEGATES TO GO.
The National Association will meet in
St. Paul, Minn., on the 27th, 28ih, 29th
instant. At least one day will be devoted
to the discussion of the eight-hour question.
All the principal cities in the Union are in
the association, and 80 per cent of the build
ing trades will be represented, beside tbe 50
recognized Exchanges. Pittsburg will send
three -members, who will be selected
from the following: Beece Lindsay, T. J.
Hamilton, A. Basner, Samuel Francis and
H. B. Barnes. Each member of the Ex
change contributed $2 to the national body,
so that the affiliation will cost local build
ers abont (300.
It was said yesterday that as a counter
move to the first eight-hour movement of
the Federation 'of Labor the master
builders wonld cease all building work, not
obligatory or then under contract, by the 1st
of April.
H. 30NN enbebg, photographer, 35 Fifth
avenue, Pittsburg. Use elevator; and 52
Federal street, Allegheny. Cabinet pho
tos at reduced rates. Life size crayon por
traits a specialty. "liThs
i MusLnr underwear sales begin to-day.
Bead "ad," this paper.
Jos. Hobne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Cabinet photos $1 per dozen, prompt de
livery. Crayons, etc., at low prices.
Lies' Galles?,
TTSn 10 and 12 Sixth st.
Decided t Last.
After very careful consideration we have
decided to close out our entire drygoods de
partment to make room for wall paper and
carpets. Cost is utterly ignored. Come
soon.
ABTHUB, SCHONDELMTEB & CO.,
63 and 70 Ohio st, Allegheny.
Gents' underwear marked down; gents'
neckwear to close.
Jos. Hobne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Soiled embroideries half price, half
price. Knable & Shusteb,
mtt 35 Fifth ave.
B. & B.
Simplicity and elegance is what yon get
in an evening dress if made from the new un
importation. 45-inch striped silk crepes, at
$1 50 and $2 50; creams and pure white.
Boggs & Buhl.
t Printed India bilk.
Entire line to eo at 48 cents. A great
bargain. Knable & Shusteb,
mtt 35 Fifth ave.
Angostura Bitteks, indorsed by phy
sicians and "chemists for purity and whole
someness. Embrolderr Sale.
Soiled embroideries less than cost. See
our line. Knable & Shusteb,
mtt 35 Fifth ave.
Members of Iron Molders' Union No. 46
are requested to meet at their hall, corner of
Second avenue and Grant street (to-night),
Tuesday, January 7, as business of impor
tance will be transacted.
By order of President.
Owing to delayed trains Anderson's
ginghams will not arrive in time for
opening to-day.
Jos. Hobne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
B. &B.
Embroideries Another large lot fine and
medium edges; also fine Nainsook edges
and medium widths and fine Nainsook and
Cambiic insertinci-go on the bargain tables
this morning. Boggs & Buhl,
Janndrr Snle.
60-cent surahs tor 35 cents, $1 25 black
silk for ?1. Knable & Shusteb,
mtt 35 Fifth ave.
ANT desiring to buy a desirable home in
Allegheny should attend the Orphans'
Court sale to-day at 2:30 o'clock P. M., on
the premises, No. 73 Lincoln avenue, which
will be sold to settle the estate of Ohas. L.
Caldwell, dneucd.
A HUMAN BRUTE CASED.
Robert Richmond In Jail Without Ball far
Irjorlng a Child of Seven Tear.
One of the most flagrant coses of abuse of
children which has ever been recorded in
this county comes from McKeesport. Yes
terday morning two citizens passing a shed
heard the screams of a child within, and
Adding the door fastened kicked it in, and
found Kobert A. Bichmond ill-treating the
7-year-old daughter of Mrs. Mary Hastings.
The man was captured and token before
Squire Samuel Shields, who, after hearing
the evidence in the case, committed Bich
mond to jail without bail on complaint of
the child's mother.
Tbe little girl is at her home and Is de
clared by the physicians to be in a most pre
carious condition, the question of life or
death being only one of very few hours.
When Bichmond left the big borough in
charge of a constable, an excited crowd
gathered around the station and loud threats
of lynching were heard. He arrived at the
jail about 4 P. si., yesterday, and last night
appeared to enjoy the safety of his seclusion.
B. & E.
JANUARY MABK.DOWN
Annuel ClEnrancE Sale.
BARQAIN8 FOR TOU.
PROFITS, and in many Instances C08T,
lost sight of.
One object in view to convert our large and
atttractive stock rapidly into cash.
Snecial inducements offered in our Cloak
and Suit Department.
Long Garments Newmarkets at 2 50 to (20;
many of tbem about bait price.
All FINEK GARMENTS, Including
NOVELTIES, marked to figures that will
interest you.
On account of mild weather we have marked
all onr medium and fine Trades of Seal Plush
and Alaska Seal Garments to prices that will
please the most prudent buyer.
Hundreds of Jaunty Jackets in English,
Cheviot, Diagonals, Mixtures. Jersey Weaves,
eta, for Ladles and Misses to go at low prices.
All Fur Goods, including Seal Jackets, to eo
at a price that will lead you to anticipate cold
weather later on.
EXTRA GRADES
Df
SEAL JACKETS I
One Hundred Dollars for Eighty.
EXTRA GRADES
IN
SEAL WALKING COATS I
J125 Garments for 10d.
DEEP CUT
IN SLIGHTLY SOILED GOODS
From window and lines, such as Handker
chiefs, Laces, Collars, etc, to go at a price to
suit you.
DRESS GOODS
All reduced to force their sale. French Pat
tern Dresses marked from
0 to $30, (ou to $25,
J25 to f li SIS to $10.
SILKS AND VELVETS
AT SLAUGHTER PRICE B
BIBER & EASTON,
505 and 507 MARKET STREET.
Ja5-TTSSu
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.
JDS. HDRNE k QL'B
PENN AVENUE STORES.
Pittsbubg, Tuesday, January 7, 1SS0.
O-DAY
WE
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Annonncethe Grand Opening Sale of
Ladles' Muslin Underwear.
Pittsburg and Allegheny buyers, and
thousands of out-of-town friends, are
now invited to inspect the most com
plete stock of Underwear ever shown in
tb ese cities. New goods arriving daily,
and will be told ot from time to time in
these columns. Enough here now to
warrant this universal invitation. Later
arrivals will be really only to replenish
tbe lines as tbey are depleted by the
enormous sales that these beautiful
goods and extremely low prices will un
donbtedly make.
Tbe bargains offered this season have
never before been equaled.
GOWNS:
Good Quality Muslin, Plain Sacqua
Shape Gowns, with tucks down front,
ruffled neck and sleeves, 50c.
Mother Hubbard Gowns, trimmed
with Blind Embroideries and clusters of
tucks, 85c
Mother Hubbard Gowns, with two
rows ot Inserting and nretty cluster
tucks, 95c
Better quality, better finished
Mother Hubbard Gowns, with, four
rows of inserting and cluster tucks, $1.
Finer quality and fancier Muslin
Gowns at f 1 25 and tl CO.
CORSET COVERS:
Plain high-neck Corset Cover, with 13
tucks down front, good material, well
made, 25c
Plain low-neck Corset Covers, fancy
tucked frost, well made, choice mate
rial, also, 23c
Fins Cambric;Corset Covers, low-neck,
triBuned with goo4 Hamburg adg os
? OF52
VJ .f 1 r.
)T
JtKW ADTEKTISEME2JT.
JOS. HOBKB fc CO. Continued.
neck and sleeves and clusters of tncks
down front. 50c
Fine Cambric Cover, finished with
fancy edge and IS tucks down front, 60c
"V" shaped Corset Cover, fine cam
bric, trimmed with wide embroidery,
65c
Finer and fancier Corset Covers, 75s,
85c and SL
CHEMISES:
Plain Chemises, with corded band, 60a
Plain Chemises, with fancy embroid
ery trimmed band, 50c
Fancy Chemises, fancy embroidered
front, 75c
Fancy Chemises, with wide embroid
ery on front, SL
These represent many different styles
and patterns, with shades of differences
to suit all tastes and notions.
SKIRTS:
'Fancy muslin Skirts, with hem and
tucks, 50c
Fancy Tucked Skirts, with cambrio
ruffle, 75c
Fancy Skirts, with hemstitched ruf
fle, tl.
Fine Skirts, with embroidered ruffle,
(1 and SI 25.
Fine hand-mada and lacs trimmed
Skirts, 82 to Jli
DRAWERS:
Good Muslin Drawers, with hem and
tucks. 25c
Good Muslin Drawers, with emDroid-
ered ruffle and tucks, 50c
Better qualities and big lots at 65c 75c
85candSL
Reduced to 13c:
A lot of largo sizes. Corset Covers,
both high and low neck: ajreat bargain.
Reduced to 75c and SI:
Two lots large sizes Dressing Sacqaes.
FRENCH HAND MADE UN
DERWEAR: We are now prepared to afford wearers ot
tnese elegant goods an
opportunity to select
, an outfit as though
they were dealing at
the toppiest Parisian
Bazaar. -For richness
and beanty tbeseParls
garments are not
equaled. Prices well,
yon pay a little for
"Paris," but not a
cent that doesn't mean
real value. You'll bo
astonished at how lit
tle, too.
GOWNS:
French Hand Made Gown with em
broidered ruffle around neck land down
front, with brier stitching and tucks,
2 25.
Mother Hnbbard Gowns, two tows
inserting, brier stitching and tucks,
J2 75.
Best quality French Percale Gowns,
42 tucks, with hemstitching between
clusters of turks, embroidered ruffle
neck and down front. S3 75 and H.
Flno French Nainsook Hand Made
Gown, dainty Inserting, brier stitching
and fine tucks, hand embroidered collars
and cuffs, to and $6.
Fine French Nainsook, with revering
and tucks, finished with Valenciennes
lace edge, S6. I
Circular Yoke Gowns, dainty tucks,
trimmed with Valenciennes lace, and
hand embroidery and ribbons, (17.
Fine French Cambric Gown, yoka
back apd front trimmed with torchon
lace and embroidery, 30 tucks, and fin
ished with torchon lace j and ribbons,
S3 5a
Fine French Cambric Gown, trimmed
with Torchon Lace and hand-made em
broidery on yoke, edge collars and cuffs
and down the front.
Fine French Nainsook Gown, hand
somely trimmed wjtb hand-made drawn- ,-:
work, very rich, $13 60.
CHEMISES:
Fine French Muslin Hand-made,
Sacque-sbaped Chemises, hand-embroidered.
75c
French Muslin Hand-made Chemises,
0 tucks, brier stitching and hand-embroidered.
SI. 1
French Muslin Chemises. 50 tucks and
brier stitching, fancy band-embroidery
around band and sleeves, SI 25.
Sacqua Chemises, three rows brier
stitching around edge, embroidered
scallop. SI 35.
Other beautiful garments that bad
description in their prettiness at SI 75,
E 23 and $3 73.
SKIRTS:
'Hand-made Skirts, deep scalloped
ruffle, SI 00 and SI 85.
Hand-embroidered ruffle, hand-mads
Bklrt, SI 75.
Elaborate design, embroidered ruffle,
S3 25.
Fancy block, hand-embroidered ruffle,
S3 00.
And fine to finest, fancy to fanciest
Skirts, H, $7 and up to S35,
DRAWERS:
French Unmade Drawers, 5 tucks,
hand-made, scalloped edge, 90c
Finer quality, 5 tucks, eyelet scallops,
SI 00.
Fancy scalloped ruffle, 5 tucks, 91 15.
Finest Muslin, 5 tucks, eyelet scallop
ruffle, 51 60.
Muslin and Percale Drawers up to Si.
The French Fad Silk Underwear A
gathering hero to see how you like
them, and to make this greatnnderwear
department complete in every respect.
You win be surprised at how little this
is of the real story. The rest of It you
will find in the goods. Begin to-day,
these sales.
JOB. HDRNE k CDr; '
609-621 PENN AVE. STORES.
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French, Kendrick I En.,
FIRST ANNUAL ODD SALE
THQWtxX,
ODD PLATES.
ODD CUPS and SAUCERS,
ODD CRACKER JARS,
ODD CHOCOLATE JUGS,
ODD BRIC-A-BRAC,
ODD STANDS,
AND OTHER REMNANTS,
Will be sold prior to Stock-taking at trssmf
one-half to two-thirds price.
SIS SMtTHFlELD STREET,
Opposite City HsU. X "
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