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THE PITTSBTIRG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1891
BIG DAY FOR FIRES,
The Greatest One, Occurring in Syra
cuse, Causes a Loss of at
Least $1,000,000.
HASY BUSINESS BLOCKS BURNED.
.y A Branch Store of the Big Pittsbnrc Steel
Firm of Farks Brothers Among
; the Heavy Losers.
AJf ASYLUM I10REOE KEAE KASHV1LLE
Chicago Fngbtnicd ij t Dugtnu ut Ccstlj Situ
Keu a Hotel ltd TieiUr.
SYRAtusE, March 14. Syracuse neTer
opened its eyes on such a spectacular drama
as roused her from her morning slumber to
day. Hardly were the early risers astir
when the whole population was suddenly
roused by cries of "Fire! The Hogan block
is going, and all Fayette street is going!"
The first show of fire was at 6.30 o'clock,
and in less than half an hour the splendid
sew Hogan block was only a ghost of its
former self.
The fire soon spread to the north side of
"West Favette street, and Chief Eeilly
quickly saw that the threatened destruction
was too great for his apparatus to fight. He
wired Oswego and Rome to send aid, and he
had hardly done so when the danger was
suddenly doubled. Fire and smoke burst
without warning from the top of Boscoe
Brothers' five-story block in East Washing
ton street, four blocks away.
A Second Conflagration Started.
A flying brand from "West Fayette street
had caused it, and before the overworked
firemen could send relief this second fire
also was beyond control, with only a single
stream playing upon it.
At 8:30 o'clock a fierce conflagration was
raging in two upper floors of the Yates
block, alone the entire Genesee street front,
and was rapidly making its wav around the
Montgomery street corner. A moment or
two later theie was a tremendous crash, and
an immense volume of smoke was thrown
out from the burning building, while the
flames rose high above the ruins below.
A cry of horror went up from the crowd
and everybody felt that a man was lost.
The wall for about the distance from the
Montgomery street corner to the Koscoe
building had fallen in, crushing the floors
below and bringing them with it to the
ground. "When the smoke cleared, an ay, as
it it did in a moment or two under the
bwcepinc action of the flames, the man was
seen in the act of raising a window, which
he immediately closed and as quickly raised
ogain.
A Man Perishes In tlio names.
The fire was raging all about him, and
the feeling was that he was doomed beyond
nil possibility of escape. He was not seen
to eincrce from'any other part'of the build
ing, and it is thought that he perished in
the flames.
About 9 o'clock the Oswego relief came
by special tram, havincr made the run lrom
Xamsons, 19 miles, in 17 minutes. Half an
hour later the Utica engine, with a hose
fart and company, came in and began play
ing on the Washington street fire.
The flames, urged on by the gal,, were
hardly checked by the firemen, and two
locomotive fire engines lrom the Centrai
chops were sent to the Vanderbilt House cor
ner. They probablvsaved the hotel.The whole
loss is estimated at S1,000,000, and at 11 A.
ii. the fires were under control.
In the "West Fayette street fiiv the Hogaa
,i block, a six-story stone front building, was
rst destroyed. The center store1 was occu
pied by Hier & Lighton, cisrar manufact
urers, and the next by M. P. Walsh, hard
ware dealer. T. P. Hogan's loss on the
i block is 550,000. with 525,000 insurance.
Hier & Lighton lose 518,000, with 512,000
'insurance. Walsh bai $10,000 insurance,
and his loss exceeds tnis.
The Losses In Other Blocks.
The four-story building next, east, was
burned. It was also owned hv Hoan, was
, Valued at S9.000, and the insurance is $G,000.
The furnace company loses $10,000, nearly
covered by insurance. Chryst & Sehl have
$20,000 insurance, and claim that their loss
will exceed that. Justin Zubert's cigar
factory was damaged by water. Hi stock
was valued at $100,000, with $75,080 insur
ance. John H. Link, dealer in wholesale
liquors, sufferert some damages. The United
States Hotel, which nas burned, was owned
bv Daniel O'Keefe, and his loss is put at
$10,000.
On the north side of Fayette street the
Van Eennsacler block, owned by William
Avers, first burned, and the Seneca House
next, east, also burned. The los, on build
ings is $C0,000; insurance, $22,000. Several
tenants lost small amounts. David Davis
owned the next building eat, and the loss is
put at $20,000. John Kauffman owned the
three-story brick .block next. His loss is
$15,000. J. L. Davis, broker, lost $6,000,
with $1,500 insurance, and W. C. Tucker,
furniture, lost $10,000.
One rittihurs Firm a Loser.
The brownstone Fay block also went. The
block was vahied at $5,000, partly insured.
The Syracuse Supplv Company had a stock
of $35,000, insured for $25,000 The branch
of Park Brothers, ot Pittsburg, had a stock
of $12,000, insurance $4,000. Other losses
here amount to $50,000.
In the Montsomery street fire the blocks
burned were the Journal, the Boscoe, the
Yates and Montgomery flats, and a part ot
the Candee House. Among the individual
losses are that of Kinnev & Doohttle, li
quors, 15,000 to $20,000; insurance, $10,000.
The heaviest loss in the East Washington
street fire is on the Montgomery. "The
buildings were owned by the Yates estate,
and the loss is put at $300,000, with insnr
atice of $100,000. The 100 tenants lose $50,
000, partly insured. The Journal Company's
loss is $50,000; insurance, 'two-thirds. The
loss on the Christian CooK blocK is $40,000,
partly insured; It. W. Boscoe, wholesale
iruits, loses $20,000, partly insnred. Other
losses by this fire are about $65,000.
A HOTEL AND A THEATEB IMPEEILED.
fanlc Caused in the Sherman House in Chi
cago by n S100.000 Blaze.
Chicago, March 14. Panic reigned for
b time in a portion of the Sherman House
early this moraine. The fire which dis
turbed the slumbers of the hundreds of
guests had its ongm in the wholesale drug
house of Humiston, Keeling & Co. The
fire caused an explosion, which blew out the
iron shutters and sent the flames to the roof
and basement. Myriads of burning embers
fell in the court over the great glas. skylight
about the office, falling like a rain of fire
past the windows of the inside rooms. All
the. guests occupying rooms on the side of
the notel near the fire were soon aroused and
moved out of their rooms to other quarters.
Hooley's Theater caught fire several times,
nnd the flames were with difficulty ex
tinguished. The loss to the theater by
f moke, which poured through the windows,
May be considerable. As it was, the streams
of two engines were continually directed
against the smoking and blazing'rear halls
of the play house. For a time it was feared
that both the Sherman House and theater
would go. The loss will aggregate $100,000.
FIRE Iff A C0TN2Y JAIL.
It Does hat Little Damage, but Prisoners
Suffer From Suffocation.
Lowell. Mass., March 14. A fire broke
out in the Basement of the Middlesex county
jail bailding, where 200 bales of cotton are
stored. There were several hundred prison
ers in the jail.
The fire was brought under control about
12 o'clock, with not" very creat damage to
the building, in which all the prisoners re
mained, many ofthem suffering considerably
from the suffocating smoke.
AN ASYLUM IN FLAMES.
SIX POOS INMATES MEET THEIS DEATH
AND 25 ESCAPE.
All the Violent Fatients Safe in a Distant
Wine The 400 Unfortunates In the In
stitution Thrown Into Wild Confusion
Aid Arrives From Nashville.
Nashville, Tejtn-., March 14. The Cen
tral Insane Asylum, situated seven miles
from this city, is almost a mass of ruins.
Beneath it are the charred bodies of half a
dozen of the unfortunate inmates.
At 10:45 last night Watchman Fitzhugh
discovered a tongue of flame breaking
through the western main wing ot the
building. It reached from the ground
through the second and third stories and
cut off the few rooms that were behind it.
In a moment the alarm was given, and the
400 inmates of the institution were thrown
into wild commotion. There were 28 in the
wing when the fire was discovered, and 22
ot tnem were quickly removed to the mam
hall, the other six being left to their fates
behind the impassible wall of flames.
The following are the names of
the patients, all males and white,
who perished in the flames: J.
S. Johns, of Sutlierford county; J. Bert
Dexter, of Wilson; Blue Preston, of Cannon;
John Kelly, of Wayne; W. H. Beastry, of
Hickman; B. F. Hollowel, of Davidson.
When the fire was discovered the city was
telephoned to lor aid, but before the engines
arrived the west wing collapsed, and the in
mates, made frantic by their danger, were
beginning to break from the guard aud run
like frightened animals over the surround
ing country. The engines arrived on the J
scene at 2:15 o clock, and in a few moments
water was playing on the main building.
At 3:15 o'clock the inmates who had been
huddled for several hours in the yard in
front of the main building were returned to
the east wing. About 25 had escaped, the
majority of whom were harmless. At that
hour the west wing was entirely demolished
and about one-half of the main building.
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1-i.uc unu;ciuua juuuuca ncru Kepi loc&eu ail
the time in the east wing, and none of them
were subjected to exposure or danger during
the progress of the flames. The fire was
fully under control at 3:30 o'clock and the
inmates were comfortably housed and all
was quiet. It is impossible as yet to give
any estimate of the loss, though it will be
heavy. The building was fully insured.
A Brewery Burned.
Buffalo. March 14 Weyand's brew
ery, on Washington street, above Goodell,
was bnrned about 4 o'clock this afternoon.
The loss will reach $60,000.
$6 jackets reduced to $2.
Joiix P. Kxable Co., 35 Fifth ave.
Latvrenceville, Bloomfield, Sharps
burg, Etna, Millvale residents read ou.
"ad" in to-day's Dispatch regarding dry
coods and carpets. Our branch stores arj at
403S, 4100 Butler street Same prices.
J. H. KuifKEL & Blto.
$10 New-markets reduced to $2.
John P. Knable Co., 35 Fifth avi.
Ladles' Cloth Keelo.-;
In tan, navy, French, grev or hlack, $5,
$5 45, $6, $7 50, $9, $10 45, $11 75, $13 50
$15, at Bosenbaum & Co.'t.
$4 BLACK and colored Jerevi, fire goods,
reduced to $2. John P. Knablk Co.,
35 Fifth avenue.
We will call on you with samples and
furnish estimates on furniture reupholstery.
Haugh & Keenan, 33 Water street.
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$10 Newmarkets reduced to $2; un
equaled bargain.
John P. Kkable Co., 35 Filth ave.
Special Sale of Clocks and Bronzes
Now going on at August Loch's, Jeweler
and Optician, 145 Federal street, tufsu
Bead Edward Groetzinger's advertise
ment on second page.
Diamonds, Diamonds, Diamonds.
Special low prices this week on all dia
mond jewelrv; nothing but first-class goods
in stock at Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth avenue.
WFSU
Special ingrain carpet and lace curtain
sale continued this week. Bead "local"
elsewhere. J. H. Kcnkel & Bro.
Bead Edward Groetzinger's advertise
ment on second page.
Children's umbrellas reduced to 25c.
55 John P. Knable Co., 35 Fifth av.
Special Bargain In Ladies' Reefers.
No. 1, $4 50: No. 2, $5; No. 3, $5 50; No.
4, $0; d black cheviots and plain cloth
at Bosenbaum & Co.'s. Tusu
A DELIGHT TO LADIES!
A clear, lovely complexion! IIow to obtain
It? Why! ue Madame A. Kuppert's World
Renowned Face Bleach. It will positively do
all that i claimed, will remove all blemishes,
moth freckles, discoloration or anv skin dis
ease. It w harmless for external use, is not a
cosmetic, but a skin tonic, leave the skin soft,
smooth and white. Call or send 4 cents in
stamps for sealed particulars. Price. f2 per
bottle, three bottles for 55, the usual amount
required.
MME, A. RTJPPERT,
Room 203 and 204 Hamilton Building, 93
Fifth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
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ESTABLISHED 1851.
.Eyes Examined Free.
Artificial Eyas Inserted.
J. DIAMOND,
OPTICIAN,
i 22 SIXTH ST.
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JPHICK BROS.,
21 SIXTH ST.
Surgioal Instrument
establishment.
Specialties: scientific fitting
nf TRUSSES, aupliancp'. for
DEFORMITY and ARTIFICIAL
LIMBS. Largest stock of surgi
cal instruments in Western
Penn. Large illustrated cata
logue free to physicians,
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' Who Ever Heard of It Before ?
We still have on band a big line of those
boys' cassimere suits marked $1 25 each,
sizes 4 to 14, neat, tasty patterns, pleated or
plain. It cost more than $1 25 for the mere
making of them..
P. C, O. C, Pittsburg Combination
Clothinq Company, corner Grant and
Diamond streets.opposite the Court House.
August Loch, Jeweler and Optician,
145 Federal street, lias secured the services
of Prof. J. F. Dodge, Optician, who is here
permanently. Call and we will advise with
you about your sight. tufsu
Good school umbrellas reduced to 25c.
John P. Knable Co., 35 Fifth av.
Bead Edward Groetzinger's advertise
ment on secopd page.
SINGERS AID ACTORS,
All World Benown Artists, Join
in the Praise of the Soden
Mineral Pastilles.
Mra Sembrioh says :
I recommend the Soden Mineral Pas
tilles for the use of Sincere and others
against any indisposition of the Voice.
They also act well on me constitution
ally, and I use them all the time.
Pepi Zampa :
Daring a tcell of hoarseness I used
the Soden Mineral Pastilles, and I am
pleased to say that they have relieved
me at once. I would not go on the stage
without having them with me.
Heinrioh Botel :
I am usinc the Soden Mineral Pastilles
a little over a ear. and iu my calling as
an Opera Singer I conld hardly do
without them. They clear my voice.
relieve it from soreness, and prevent
colds or catarrh. I heartily endorse the
use of the same to all my brethren and
the public.
Albert Stritt:
I recommend the use of the Soden
Mineral Pastilles to any one who suffers
from catarrh or any catarrhal inflamma
tion, sore throat or colds. I use them
all the time and find them convenient,
active and pleasant.
The Soden', Mineral Pastilles (Troches), pro
duced from the Soden Springs (Germany) by
evaporation, are particularly serviceable in
Catarrhal Inflammation, Sore Throat, Coughs,
Bronchitis and Lung Troubles.
The genuine Soden Mineral Pastilles must
have the testimonial and signature of Sir
Mokrell Mackenzie around each box.
Price 50c
Depot, 6 Barclay St, New York.
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The Soft Glow of The
TEA ROSE
Is Acquired by Ladies Who Uss
MEDICATED
TRY IT,
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KAUFMNS'
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Muslin
Underwear Dept
Business here is always brisk.
It doesn't take the Ladies long
to find the house that offers the
best bargains.
Fine Muslin Skirts, wide ruffle
of embroidery or torchon lace,
with cluster of tucks above, at
only 98c Extra fine Muslin
Skirts, with xo-inch embroi
dered ruffle or wide torchon or
Valencienne lace ruffle, at only
1 1 39. Fine Muslin Gowns,
trimmed with lace or embroi
dery, at 74c Fine Gowns, with
tucked yokes, trimmed with
embroidery or laces and in
serting, at 98c. A large stock
of Gown?, Skjrts, Chemises and
Drawers, in Muslin, Cambric
and Silk, $i to $15.
'An-elegant variety of Ladies'
Jersey Ribbed Vests, from 15c
up.
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THE GLORIES OF THE GRAND OPENING OF OUR NEW MILLINERY DEPARTMENT
Are still fresh in the memories of the Ladies of Pittsburg and Allegheny. Our beautiful exhibition of Patterns Bonnets, Feathers, Flowers, Ribbons, etc., exceeded
all expectations, and, above all, our very reasonable prices came in for no end of favorable comment. Ladies who have not yet visited our new Millinerv Department
are CORDIALLY INVITED to do so this week. THE SIGHT WILL BE A TREAT FOR THEM.
KAUPMANNS
HKff ADVERTISEMENTS.
CRHND
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OF
ROSEN BAUM& CO.,
TAKES
On Thursday and Friday,
MARCH 19 AND 20.
The mere announcement of the fact is of itself sufficient to crowd
these stores with the fashionable ladies of the two cities during the days
named. Suffice it to say that the very latest styles in SPRING MIL
LINERY will be shown, among them many novelties not to be found
elsewhere. Our establishment has long been recognized as the home and
headquarters of everything new in the way of fashionable headwear.
Special preparations have been made for this occasion, and we promise
friends and patrons an unusually attractive display.
We might particularize to the extent of columns, but believe
the true meaning of the term, "Art in Millinery," can only be fully ap
preciated by those who make a personal inspection of this department
and the many choice things it contains.
Ladies who read this card will please consider it an invitation to at
tend our grand EASTER OPENING. We know they'll be agreeably
surprised when the veil is lifted from the veritable bower of beauty now
being arranged by the deft fingers of the best artists that money can
command. Respectfully,
510-514 MARKET STREET.'
The Electrical Construction and
Maintenance Company,
Electrical Engineers and Contractors. Electric
Bells, Burglar Alarms, Annunciators, etc, In
candescent .Light and Bell Wiriug a specialty.
Sole agents for the Jenney motors.
125 FIFTH AVENUE, Pittsburg, Pa.
Telephone 1771 ocl2-113-Siu
KAUFIVI MS'
MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S
JACKETS and BLAZERS.
1 24 for plain blue, cloth
Reefers, with gold anchors and
buttons. $2 24 for very fine
Reefers, plain or plaids and
checks, gold buttons or buttons
to match, at $2 24. Fifty dif
ferent styles of Imported
Blazers and Reefers, 3 49
and $5.
MISSES' Al CHILDREN'S SUITS.
Plain All-wool Cloth Dresses,
sizes 4 to 14, neatly trimmed, at
$2 98. Beautiful plain Cloth
Dresses, trimmed with plaid
combination, sizes 4 to 14, at
$2 49. Finer Dresses, 5 up
to $15.
Opening.
PLACE
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TROUSERINGS
AND SUITINGS.
Medium-weights. Exclusive specialties in
patterns and fabrics. Latest correct styles.
H. & O. F. AHLBES,
JUEKCHANT TAILORS,
420'Smithfield street. Telephone 1339,
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ACKET.
If our claim to your custom is
qualities, handsome styles and
ours.
$ 1 49 buys a stylish Jersey Cloth Blazer, with cord and
tassel, and gold corcl on edge; $3 49 buys a fine, plain
cloth Blazer, in tan, gray, blue and black, collar faced
with heavy corded silk and fastened with silk cord and
tassel;, $3 74 buys a fine all-wool cheviot reeier, with
shawl or notched collar; $5 98 buys an all-wool cheviot
vest front Jacket, can also be worn as Blazer (the vest
being detachable.) $8 98 buys your choice from a fine
and fashionable line of- over 50 new spring styles of
Vest Fronts, Reefers and Blazers, in tan, gray, blue and
black, collars embroidered or faced with silk or cloth.
FIFTHAVE.
smithfIld ST.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A PRONOUNCED HIT
Has Been Made By
RUBEN
With too Two New Spring Styles,
THIS
The Schenley. Union Square
PRICES.
81 90, $2 40, 82 90, 83 40.
The above cuts represent the two'
neatest, handsomest and dressiest
bats ever introduced to the stylish
dressers of Pittsburg. They are
winners from .the word "go," and
will knock all others clean "out of
sight"
RUBEN,
The Hatter and Furnisher,
421 and 423 Smithfield St.
V, B. Mail Orders Promptly Filled.
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WM. GKABOWSKY, FASHIONABLE
Hat and Bonnet Bleacher and Artistic
Feather Dyer.
Our Spring Fashion Plato is ready. All the
leading styles lor Ladles' and Children's Straw
Hats are made up and ready for inspection.
The styles shown trill meet the demands of our
many friends. Onrold establishment, with in
creased facilities' for turning out good work
only, will gain many customers the coming
season.
We will dye and renovate your old-fashioned
bat to any of onr new Spring shapes by our new
electric process, rendering the hats as good as
new in every respect. Bring your fiat or bon
net now. Don't wait till half thneason is gone.
Winter hats are ont of style now.
The style this spring is black bats,trimmed in
pinnies or tips.
We are practical Ostrich Feather dyers and
do the wort correct. Bring your Plumes and
your Hat to us and in a few days you have a
new spring outfit at slight cost
WM. GRABOWSKY,
707 Penn av., opp. Penn Building.
Orders by mail promply filled. wsa
TRAVEL TO EUROPE WILL BE UN
USUALLY heavy this s ason, and accom
mo ations should be secured early. We repre
sent tho most popular steamship lines, sell
drafts, foreign coin, etc MAX SCHAMBERG'
4 CO.. 527 Smithfield St, Pittsburg. Pa. Es
ijblished 1S6S. fell-wsu
to be based on dependable
low prices, your trde is
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WE'RE M TO 1ET YOC
TO SHOW THE FOLLOWING ATTRACTIVE BARGAOS.
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723 AND 725
Cor. Eighth, Head of Wood St
$?-OThirty Dollars. $30"
$10 Down. $10
$1 per week for balance.
40c Forty Cents. 40c
We have only 6 for
each customer.
8
-CARPETS FROM 15c PER YARD UPWARD,
everything to furnish your home on easy payments, as
like them.
and
you
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MOLD BIT MPffl
723 AND 725
Cor. Eighth,
PITTSBURG'S LEADING
KAUFIYIANNS'
Ladies' Suit Parlors,
All-wool Cashmere Suits, tan,
navy, gray, brown, heliotrope
and black, waist and skirt
trimmed with 6 rows of nar
row silk ribbon, at $10.
Stylish Dresses, in a handsome
variety of plaids, trimmed with
velvet, at only $4 49.
Tailor-made, AH-W.00I Gloth
Dresses, all new shades, waist
with shawl revere, English
skirt, 4 rows of stitching, at
only $12 08. Neat black Cash
mere Suits, $6 to 35. Black
and colored Silk Suits, $25 to
$6$. Rich India Silk Suits, 25
to $65. Fine Imported Cloth,
Serge and Camel's Hair Suits,
$20 up to $50.
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LIBERTY STREET,
$24 Twenty-Four $24.
$8 Down. $8.
$2 per week for balance.
$10 Ten Dollars. $10.
$4 Down $4.
$1 per week for balance.
LIBERTY STREET,
Head of Wood St
INSTALLMENT HOUSE.
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KAUFIYIANNS'
Corset Department
Is replete with all the celebrated
makes, and rock-bottom prices
rule everywhere.
Swiss gore Corsets, plain and
fancy colors, also fast black, at
49c. Ten styles of heavy-boned
Sateen and Coutile Corsets at
74c. A complete line of the
celebrated Thomson's Glove
Fitting, R. & G., P. D., C. P.,
L C, Prima Donna, Ball's
Health, Dr. Warner's, Madame
Warren, H. C, H. & S., P. &
N., etc., etc., from i up to'.$6.
Ladies' Sill; Waists.
Hundreds of new Spring styles
in black and colored Surah and
India Silk, $5, $7, $g and $r2.
Exquisite tucked or shirred
Wash Silk Waists, alL colors
and patterns, $6 to $g.
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