THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1920.
LABOR PLANS TO
SUPPORT DEMOS,
LEADERS CLAIM
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Prepare Resolution for A. F. of
v L'. Convention Condemning .
1 Stand Taken by the
' Republicans.
Montreal, June 11. The Ameri
can Federation "of Labor in conven
tion here made preparations tonight
to offer the support of organized
labor to the democratic party in
return for its acceptance of labor'?
platform demands which leaders
declare the republican party has ig
nored. Labor leadtrs announced
tonight the subject would be placed
before the convention tomorrow.
The first step, they" said, would be
a condemnation of the republican
party, to be followed by an appeal
to the democratic party for incor
poration of labor's policy in ltt
' platform.
: Samuel Gompers and other labor
leaders were ii session late today
preparing a placucf action. They
declined to divulge their decision,
but indicated "drastic action against
the republican party would be pro
posed "
Delegates and labor officials
showed considerable sentiment for
the formation of a labor party.
Those close to Mr. Gompers,
however, .asserted tonight that tile
action of the republican convention
would have no effect on -the non
partisan political program and there
vas "not the slightest possibility"
of labor putting- a party in the field
this year.
Push.Labor Resolution.
Pacific coast delegates advocates
of a labor party made use of the
Bituation and pressed their plan to
have the convention authorize a
committee to investigate during the
next year the feasibility of organ
izing a labor party and report at
the 1921 convention. If they get
sufficient support for this proposal,
they are prepared to place it before
the" convention early next week.
The only resolution adopted by
the convention today provided that
"every effort be made by the or
ganized labor movement, to the end
that schools, hospitals, asylums and
other similar public or private in
stitutions, factories as well as other
forms of buildings be given proper
care against the dangers of fire."
Organized labor also was urged
to aid in enforcing legislation tend
ing to "safeguard life, limb and
' property."
To Discuss Irish Question.
Despite the" fact that the conven
tion is being held on British soil,
Xathew Woll, vice president of the
federation, declared tonight the
Irish resolution will be takn tip for
discussion and adoption by the del
egates. James Simpson of Toronto, vice
president of the Canadian 'Trades
and Labor congress, said that if the
federation wants to discuss Ireland
that is their privilege. "A conven
tion is being held in Montreal," he
added, "and there can be no restric
. tions placed on that convention. Be
sides, I doubt very much if this con
vention will go further on the Irish
question than did the British Trades
congress in St Andrews hall, Glas
gow." Several of the Canadian delegates
announced today that they would
not participate in any debate of the
Irish question, but would leave the
matter entirely in the hands of the
American delegates.
Prepare Convention Call.
Chicago, June 11. A call for a
national convention of the labor
farty was being prepared today by
rank J. Esper, secretary, announc
ing the convention will be held here
July 11 to 13. Esper said there
would be at least 3,500 delegates
from various parts of the United
States in attendance.
The party platform committee has
, prepared a statement of policy to be
submitted to the convention, it was
said, and an Illinois state ticket has
been named, he added, by John Fitz
, Patrick, president of the Chicago
Federation of Labor for senator and
John H. Walker, president of the
Illinois Federation of Labor, for
governor.
Other state candidates announced
are Frank J. Esper, for secretary of
... state; Charles Dold, for lieutenant
' governor; John R. Schaefer, auditor
of the United Mine Workers of
America, for state auditor; John B.
Lennon of Bloomington, for state
treasurer, and William Rodridguez
for attorney general. J '
SENATOR BORAH
CLAIMS VICTORY
; . IN CONVENTION
. Declares Will of People Will
Prevail and That Johnson
Will be Next President.
Coliseum, June ll. "The will of
the people is going to prevail in this
convention and the people of the
United States want Hiram W. John
son for their next president." i
This was the victory statement of
fered by Senator Borah today. "
"This convention," Borah con
tinued, "is not fixed. All sorts of
rumors, I know are afloat to the ef
fect that it is, that the machinery is
all oiled to put through a candidate
who has been agreed upon outside
the convention.
"Do not believe that. I do not be
Seve it. .
"This convention Vill not be, can
not be insensible to the expressed
will of the people."
, "You will hear all "Sorts of things,
rumors of overnight conferences and
conclaves, with resulting coalitions
of forces and combinations of
strength," Borah continued.
: "But I tell you the delegates can
not overlook the fact that the peo
ple want Johnson and that they must
have a candidate whom the people
ant if thev are to have , victory
next November.
"Just so surely as we won on the
league of nations planks and other
points for which Senator Johnson
has stood, just so surely .do we ex
pect to win in the fight for the presi
dential nnination on the 'conven
tion, floor.
Women Pleased With' Hat
Decorations from Wood
But Admire Lpwden Family
Great Day for Oratory and Orators After Governor
Allen Pulls Spigot From Barre Stream of Elo
quence Ppurs rorth, Sweet and Treacly, Hypno
tizing, Drowning and Suffocating the Audience.
, By DOROTHY DIX.
' Chicago, June 11. (Special Tele
gran) Those who believe in signs
and portents will see an on;en, of
coming war if a military man is
elected president from the fact that
the dove of peace spread its wings
and simply beat it out of the con
vention hall when Gen. Leonard
Wood was nominated.
No sooner had Governor 1 Allen
finished his speech appointing
Gerf. Wood to save the country and
the cheering began than the Woods
followers, who naturally bi-lieve in
preparedness and had come fixed for
the occasion, unloosed bags of
scarlet aid blue feathers from some
where up in the top of the building.
These disturbed the slumbers of a
white pigeon that makes its home
among the rafters and it fluttered,
dazed and bewildered, over the audi
ence, and then wingedjts way out of,
a window.
Whether these gay feathers, with
Wood's name on them, were de
signed to show which way the po
litical winds "are blowing, I know
not, but anyway it is a pretty and
picturesque stunt to pull off, and the
feathers will come in handy for
trimming our sport hats. And that's
more than most folks will get out
of the convention. .
Orators Have Day.
Taking it by and large it "was a
great day for orators and oratory.
Governor Allen pulled the spigot
out' of the barrel early, sweet and
treacly, hypnotizing, drowning and
suffocating the weary and perspir
ing audience. Once the worm turned
and some loud-voiced sufferer be
sought the speaker to I "cut it out,"
but he wouldn't. He went along
nominating his man in a million
well-chosen words and let the suf
ferers literally stew in their? own
juice. N
I like Governor Allen and his
speech. Both were nice and sub
stantial, without any frills on them.
And I liked Governor Allen's looks.
He is one of the substantial, well
fed looking men, with an intellectual
forehead that runs right down to
the tack of his neck, and' he looks
commensensical and efficient, ' the
sort of a man who tells you not to
jttorry, that he win tix tnings tor
you, and does.
He's one of the potential dark
horses in the political race, and all
the time he was speaking I couldn't
Help feeling like saying with
Candidates Approve 'the
1920 Campaign Platform
Chicago, June 11. Universal
approbation was given the repub
lican party platform today by va
rious presidential candidates, one
of whom will be asked to stand
solidly on it in the 1920 campaign.
Comments were as follows:
-Senator Warren G. Harding of
Ohio It is a good platform. The
commendation of the senate for
its stand on the treaty is particu
larly gratifying to me.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood
Every republican candidate can
whole-heartedly accept the provi
sions of the 1920 platform. It is
a sound, wholesome appeal to the
American- people. The platform
adopted is really more than a plat
form; it is a solidly constructed
foundation upon which to base an
appeal to the intelligence of the
American people. It wrll prove of
immense value not only to the na
tional candidate but to republican
candidates in the various states
who aim to interpret party prin
ciples to the public. Its declara
tions are such that all republican
candidates' can whole-heartedly
accept them.
Senator Poindexter, discussing
the league plank said , it meant
that the "republican party must
and will stand against any sur
Convention
By FREDERICK JASLEY.
Chicago Tribnne-Omsh Bee ImmI Wire.
t Chicago, June 11. William How
ard Taft, former president, arrived
in Chicago this morning en route
from the west to New York. He
remained but a few hours. His mis
sion was not political, it was an
nounced. " N
Demand for tickets to the Coli
seum increased tremendously when
it war announced that balloting
might begin today. The prices
ranged trom to aticKet.
Speaking about convention weath
er Trvin Cnhh recalled that he has
jfrst received a letter from a friend
in Yuma, Am.'' "IVt so hot out
here," it read, "that today I saw a
dog chasing a jack rabbit and they
were both walking."
Mrs. Julius Rosenwald" yesterday
contributed $1,000 to the national
woman's party, with the announce
ment that the oicketers were mak
ing a "brave fight."
One of the wagers on the nominee
recorded today was made by Capt.
Robert Foster of Newark, N. J.,
who wagered $1,000 with L. K. Lig
gett, the drug magnate, that Wood
would be the nominee, Liggett tak
ing the. field. N
Jesse Whaley, formerly 'a, ser
geant with Company K, 31st regi
ment, who was blinded in France in
September, 1918, was an Interested
visitor to the Coliseum today. "This
is one show a man can 'see' with his
ears," he said. '
Three hundred policemen and 425
arrrrsnic-at-arms are reauired to
keep thepeace at the Coliseum, i
$oU .Theodore Roosevelt, jr.," and
Priscilla, "Why don't you speak for
yourself, Henry?"
But the speecli of the dav was
.made by a woman, Mrs. Corrine
JRobinson, the sister of President
Roosevelt. Mrs. Robinson is a tall,
dark, graceful woman. She xwas
dressed in mourning for the brother
she adored, and made a touching
and sympathetic figure. Moreover,
)e has all the. Roosevelt magnet
ism, and gift for public speaking.
she went right at her subject. S
made her points clearly and swiftly,
and she touched with unerring good
taste and effectiveness on her
brother's friendship tor Gen. Wood,
to dignify the relationship between
the two men, not degrade it. '
Governor Lowden was then the
next nominee. He was put into the
running by Congressman Roden
berg of Illinois, in a speech full of
references to Abraham Lincoln and
usual convention nomination- stuff,
you know. Mr. Rodenberg told
about Lowden being a man of the
people and his honesty and efficiency
and executive ability, but he missed
one of the main points m commend
ing his candidate, that Is to women,
and 20,000,000 of them are to vote
this fall. And that is that Governor
Lowden is a good son-in-law, his
mother-in-law is strong for him.
That ought to give him the entire
feminine vote sewed up in a sack.
Family All There.
All of the family were there to
support him, Mrs. Lowden, very
dark and handsome?stwo pretty girls
in blue, the Lowden daughters; Mrs.
Pullman, the mother-in-law, who
likes her son-in-law, and Mrs. John
Logan in a peach of an old-fashioned
bonnet that made her look
too sweet for words.
The Lowden forces had no sucji
novelty to, offer in the way of a
cheer encourager as had the Wood
forces. They "had only brought
along pictures which they wildlj
waved as they -yelled, but a pre'tty
young girl from Oklahoma, dressed
in pTnk and wearing a blue hat
stood on a chair and screamed her
self hoarse for Lowden while she
waved two banners, each bearing
his picture. - In an instant some
body saw the possibilities of the
situation. ' Two men grabbed her
and set her on their shoulders and
bore her about the hall, and so
the Lowden boom got the needed
pep put into it, and the shouting
went "something big," as they say
on the vaudeville circuit.
(Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler Syndl-
cate, Inc.) .
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render of the sovereign powers of
this nation, bought with so much
blood and fraught with so much
blessing for mankind."
"The people are not compromis
ing in matters of principle," he
added.
Discussing the platfdVm, Gov
ernor Sproul said:
"I am in entire accord with the
platform. It expresses the re
publican sentiment of the. country,
is thoroughly American, sanely
constructive, truly patriotic, and
when put" into effect by compre
hensive laws administered with
republican thoroughness it will re
store bur national self-respect and
bring back to us the regard in
which we were formerly held
abroad."
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler de
clared that approval of the league
plank by all tactions In the con
vention insured the "fullest
strength of tHe republican party
in support" of a constructive
policy. . !
"The position of the party is
made even stronger," he added,
"by the defeat of the radical
league of nations plan introduced
as a minority report of the com
mittee on resolutions and which
received only the votes of the La
Follette delegates of Wisconsin."
Sidelights
Samuel Gompers stopped the work
of the platform committee 10 min
utes yesterday to exchange greet
ings. They had not met in many
months. Then Mr. Gompers told
the committee what kind of a plank
labor wanted.
Hot weather brought many hot
arguments in the corridors along
Presidential Row. House detec
tives adopted the "keep ,'em mov
ing" policy to avert fist fighting.
Gossip has it that the plank com
promise was effected at a meeting
in Murray Crane's room at the
Blackstone hotel at 4 a. m. yes
terday. It is said that Senator
Borah and Senator McCormick
threatened to stump the country
and Senator Lodge threatened to
fight the platform from the floor
of the Coliseum unless Crane sur
rendered. Charles Evans Hughes is quoted
as saying he is not a dark horse
and does not seek the nomination,
Four years ago he said the same
thing and refuteed to lift a finger
in his own behalf, but he was nom
inated all the same.
William G. McAdoo got a good
laugh when he went around Presi
dential Row telling people that of
course he was not a candidate.
Among those who are pleased
with the platform are Lowden,
Wood, Johnson, Harding, Butler,
Sproul, Poindexter, Coolidge isnd
most of tht others. r
After sweltering for over two
hours in the Coliseum the delegates
were ready to adopt any platform
their esolutions committee gave
WOOD LEADING
LOWDEN 25 ON
FOURTH BALLOT
.
Convention Adjourps Until 10
A. M. Today and Leaders
Line Up Forces for
Big Battle.
(Continued From First Psje.)
Wood forces, therefore, became con
vinced that the general had about
reached the limit of his strength.
They looked for Wood to begin
to go to pieces on each succeeding
ballot, but as he continued to hold
his ground, it was agreed that a
night 01 negotiations would be nec
essary to create the diversion from
the general, at which they aimed.
Move to Adjourn. .
After the roll had been called for
the third time, the first move for
adjurnment was made, emanating
from the Pennsylvania delegation,
which ws voting solidly for Sproul.
The move to suspend the balloting
for the night was interpreted gen
erally as rejecting the desire of the
Penrose, Knox and Sproul forces to
go into caucus on measures to
eliminate Wood today. This move,
however, was howled down by the
Lowden forces quite as unanimously
as by. Wood supporters. Both camps
were eager for fight, each confident
that success lay in a prolongation
of the balloting.
A rolj call was insisted on by the
proclaimants of adjournment and the
motion was beaten, 273 1-2 to 701 1-2,
with only the Jonnson delegates
supporting Pennsylvania conspicu
ously. J
On the fourth roll call the New
York delegation showed further
signs of breaking' up. and 'when
Lowden captured 32 of the Empire
state delegates, compared with The
20 in the Wood column, there was
a demonstration of enthusiasm
among the followers of the gover
nor.
Little Change on Fourth.
It was evident to those wfin YuA
followed the roll call, however, thati
me cnanges on the tourth ballot
were inconsequential. Both Wood
and Lowden had been expecting vic
tory on the fourth ballot, but the
tabulation showed a net'- gajn over
the third ballot of only 111-2 for
the general and 6 1-2 for the gover
nor. During the time that the vote on
the fourth ballot was being totaled,
Senator Smoot and McCormick and
other leaders got together on the
platform and considered the situa
tion. By that time a considerable
proportion of both the Wood and
Lowden factions had changed their
minds about the desirability of
continuing the' balloting any long
er at that time.
As soon as the result of the bal
lot was announced, Senator Smoot
made his way to the front of the
platform and standing beside Chair
man Lodge, amid the pandemonium
arising from the floor, obtained rec
ognition. Smoot moved 'adjourn
ment to 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. Opposition to adjournment
was volubly evident on all sides.
There was an avalanche of ayes
when Senator Lodge put the ques
tion, followed by an equally impres
sive volume of noes. f f
Many delegations were on their
feet demanding a roll call, but Sen
ator Lodge did not hear them, and
he pronounced the adjournment 'mo
tion carried,-
Many Are Ready to Take
Second Place on Ticket
(Continued Ffom First F,are.)
convention. This will be mostly a
formality for the reason that Sen
ator Lodge will be quite content to
continue as leader of the senate in
stead of acting as its presiding of
ficer. '
There is something of a move
ment under way to give the vice
presidential nomination to a man
from the norhtern tier of the south
states in the hope of making a dent
in the "solid south."
This idea has brought forth talk
f 7Gov. Morrow of Kentucky or
Judge Pritchard of North Carolina.
The Virginians, Col. Henry W. An
derson and Samuel Adams, have
voluntarily offered themselves as
vice-presidential candidates. ' Adams
admits, according to his posters, that
he is qualified for the vice-presidency
bceause of his long line of distin
guished ancestry.
If . the presidential nomination
goes to an easterner, the chances
are that the party will go west for
its vice-president. In this connec
tion there is some suggestion of
picking Senator Miles Poindexter of
Washington, Gov. Henry J. AHen of
Kansas or Senator Kenyon of Iowa
On the other hand, if the presi
dential nominee comes from the
west or the middle-west, the, con
vention probably wil look to the
east for presidential timber. Sen
ator Edge of New Jersey has offered
himself and there is talk of Dr.
Nicholas Murray Buttlr of New
York, Governor Sproul of Pennsyl
vania and Governor Coolidge.
Doctor Butler is experienced in run
ning for vice presidency, having been
Taft's running mate in1912.
Indiana, as usual, is on hand with
a list of offerings for vice president.
Having furnished most of the vice
presidential nominees for 50 years,
it is 'Tiow willing that the choice
should fall upon Governor Goodrich
or Ex-Senator Albert J. Beveridge.
William Grant Webster, the per
ennial candidate for the vice presi
dency, is waiting, as usual, to have
the second place honor thrust upon
khim.'and Marcus Pollasky of Michi
gan has plastered posters about
town stating he is wiling o be the
party's choice. Pollasky has assured
all t he leaders that even if he does
not get the vice presidency, Michi
gan will not bolt.
them and go ahead with the ballot
ing. The prophets are getting chary
with their words now that the time
'approaches when a majority are go
ing to be proved wrong.
The delegates are having a hard
time figuring ctot when their trains
will get home under the daylight
livings ordinance.
THOMPSON - BELDEN & CO.
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Thh Most Delightful
Very Low Prices Saturday on
Really Fine Linens
Irish Linen Cloths and Napkins , (
$15.00 table cloths, Saturday1 for $10.00
- $17.50 table cloths, Saturday for $14.89
$20.00 table cloths, Saturday for $16.89
$25.00 table cloths, Saturday for $18.89
$15.00 napkins for $12.00 a dozen
$20.00 napkins for $16.89- a dozen
Fine Hemstitched Linen Damask Tea Napkins
, $10.00 napkins for $8.00 a dozen
$12.00 napkins for $9.60 a dozen
( All Fancy Linens Have New Low
Prices in This June -Linen Sale
Fine Linen 7
Huck Towels
(Hemstitched)
$2.25 quality, $1.75 each
$3.00 quality, $2.00 each
Linen Crash
Toweling
Heavy Irish linen, 75c
quality for 49c a yard.
Glass Toweling 1
Heavy Irish linen, 60c
qilality for 45c a yard.
- Specials in
Toletr ies
Palm Olive soap is priced
for Saturday, 98c for a
dozen bars.
As-the-Petals talcum may
be had for 17 l-3c a can.
Cocoa butter cream is
priced 75c a jar. 1
Min Floor
Summer Wear
for Kiddies
The gingham dresses, in
sizes two to six years, have,
bloomers to match. The
colorful plaids, stripes and
checks are very cool and
dainty for summer play
time. Prices are $2.25,
$2.35 and $2.75. i
Bungalow aprons of per
cale in pinks and blues
may be had in four to four
teen year sizes for $1.35,
$1.65 and $2.25.
Special Saturday...
A group of colored
bloomers, in sizes two to
six years, regularly 85c,
- are reduced to 59c. (
Second Floor
Children's Summer
Underwear
Comfortable union suits,
knitted or of cross barred
nainsook, have the buttons
and supporter tapes .that
make dressing easier.
For boys, nainsook and
Porosknit suits, cool and
comfortable.
S,eeond Floor
i Organdiescmd
Ghambray gingham frocks that are quite as
fashionable and charming as any silk gown
one pink and-white checked gingham, or
gandy trimmed, has puffy little hip drap
eries, a becoming cowl collar and an old
blue picoted ribbon around the waist the
price is $25.
Sheer, crisp organdies in truly original
styles are also shown, in brown, crimson or
black and white, as well as in the dainty
pastel colorings. You will -find that dis
tinction is to be obtained in our inexpensive
summer frocks as readily as in more elab
orate garments.
and the prices 'are 4 v
$25 9 $29.50 $85
and $39.50
N Apparel Section Third Floor
Linen Weft
Huck Towels
65c towels, 45c 'each
$1.00 towels, 75c each
$1.10 towels, 85c each
Turkish Towels
75c towels,' 50c each
85c towels, 65c'eaih
$1.00 towels, 75c each
Reductions
For Two to
tractive straw hats,
black, white, brown,' and
combinations of various
colors are all greatly re"
duced in price for Satur
day's selling.
A group of black straw hats,
regularly priced $3.50 and
$4.50, are offered
Saturday for
- . $249
Children' We
-Second
WhiteHosiery
Lisle or Silk
Medium weight silk
lisle hose with a spe
cially fashioned toe
and other reinforce
, ments, $1.50 a pair.
A fine sheer quality is
also $1.50.
Fine lisle hose with
double tops for garter
protection and double
soles are priced $2 a
pair. s
White silk boot hose
witlf silk lisle tops and
soles and' a Waynew
foot are priced $2.25 a
pair.
Pure thread silk hose
with lisle garter tops
and soles are $2.50.
White lace hose and
white hose with hand
embroidered clocks in
black or white are very
dainty for summer
wear.
Summer
Ginghams
Saturday a Sale of
Pumps and! Oxfords
Sevefal hundred pairs of Sorosis pumps and
oxfords will be placedtfwale for prices that are
the lowest of the season.
$16 brovm id oxfords, $12.75
$15 brown .oxfords for $11.85
$14 if( lits and pumps, $10.85
$13 kid pumps and oxfords, $9.95
$12 pumps and oxfords, $9.45
$11.50 pumps, Saturday, $8.95
$10 pumps, Saturday, $8.65
And three styles of oxfdrds in patent leather, $12
oxfords for $7.85 a pair.
A Clearance of
Corsets
Many odd numbers which
have accumulated during
the past season will be of
fered in our June clear
away sale for prices that
are surprisingly low. The
range of prices is varied
and all of them are in
vitingly low.'
Cortett Second Floor
on Headwear
Ten Year Olds
Floor
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A Remnant Sale of Silks
Offers Economies Saturday
Hundreds of short ends have accumulated dur
ing the past few weeks and in Saturday's sale
we will offer them to you for about one-half
price, many, of them for less than wholesale
prices.
Omaha women know that sales in the Thomp-son-Belden
Silk Shop are genuine and that the
values offered are important savings. In order
to obtain the best pieces, early shopping is
advised.
A Few Prices Are Quoted Here
Five yards of printed
Georgette, regularly
$4.50 a yard, Saturday's
remnant price $6.95.
Five yards of pink crepe
de chine, regularly $.50
a yard, the remnant ,
price is $9.95.
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Chamois Gloves
Are very smart for street
wear and for driving; they
are washable, and come in
two lengths; the short
gloves are $3.25 a pair, and
the gauntlet style is $4.50;
Commencement
Cards
And other remembrance
cards with a sentiment ap
propriate to eacft occasion
may be had in the
Art Dept. Second Floor
Men's One -Piece
Bathing Suits
A splendid-assortment of
colors in combinations that
are very effective Suits
may be had in all sizes for
prices from $5 to $10 a suit.
In the MEN'S SHOP
To the Left a You Enter
Ginghamsor
Summer Frocks
In the beautifully colored
plaids, stripes and plain
shades that make ging
ham a becoming as well as
a fashionable material for
summer frocks. We have
an excellent 32-inch ging
ham that is priced 75c a
yard. y
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Women's White
Underskirts
White sateen skirts, a
good quality, well made,
are priced $3.50 and $4.
Double panel skirts of
sateen, cambric, and pique
with scalloped hems, are
$2 $2.75 and $2.85.
Cambric and nainsook
ones, embroidery trimmed,
may be had in regular and
extra sizes for prices from
$2 to $3.50.
Second Floor
Two yards of apricot
Dew Kist, $7.50 quality,
remnant price $7.49.
Three yards of lieavy
white La Jerz, regularly
priced $5 a yard, Satur
day's remnant price
$7.49. ,
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