^REDUCTIONS!
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HATS
THE GAGE AND SIMON HATS
New item^ of special interest are the new tai
lored models of Lisere in black and navy, combined
with white and sand. New Hindoo turbans and
close-fitting hats in navy, brown, black, cerise, tan
and Pekin blue.
20 PER CENT. OFF
ON ALL THESE NEW HATS
WAISTS
Special discounts on all our new waists received
on this boat. Georgette crepe, crepe de chine, wash
satins, pastel shades, also the new combination ef
fects.
All beautiful designs, smartly tailored. Others
in fancy effects, with touches of lace and pin tucks,
mother of pearl buttons and finished in the new long
pointed collar.
DRESSES
New frocks in the favorite summer colorings
and fabrics of tan, beige, gray, rose, rocky, French
blue and combination effects.
20 PER CENT. OFF
On the present closely-marked price will make these
garments of unusual value that you can hardly af
ford to overlook.
MIDDY BLOUSES
All sizes, in gaberdines, Galateas, white and
with black and white trimmings.
$2.40 Values for - $1.95
15 PER CENT. OFF
On All Silks and Dress
Materials
THIS SALE Also Includes All New Stock Just Arrived
ROME, May 2 (by mail).—The Ital
ians are doing in Albania exactly what
the Americans did in the Philippines,
in helping and uplifting a population
in need of guidance and encourage
ment. This was the remark of Gen.
C eorge Srriven, military attache at
the American embassy, to the Asso
ciated Press correspondent, upon his
return from a journey of five weeks
through that part of Albania which
has been occupied by the Italians.
“Had it not been for the work of
the Italians there the poor Albanians
would have starved,” General Scriven
said “The Italians have given these
people food, employment, education
and security. Wheat, corn and rice
have been imported into the country,
and the foodstuffs have been distrib
uted free to the indigent and sold at
reasonable prices to those who could
afford to pay for it. Experimental
farms have been opened, schools have
been instituted, and, most important
of all, courts of justice, which hitherto
had been non-existent in the country,
have been established, and Albanian
judges placed at their heads when
ever possible.
“Although the Italians are fighting
the Bulgarians and the Austrians on
the frontiers, the work there is not a
work of war, but one of civilization,
and the ground there is most favor
able to such work, for the reason that
the Albanian is an honest man of good
character, possessing the primitive
virtues of courage, truthfulness and
activity. He has the highest respect
for women, who can travel from one
end of Albania to the other alone
without being molested.
“Brigandage has virtually disap
peared from Albania, and the Alba
nians welcome the Italians as bene
factors and friends. Several hundred
miles of beautiful, durable roads have
been built; tunnels, bridges and rail
ways have been constructed. Nine
piers have been erected in Valona
harbor, and eight in Santa Quaranta.
Barracks and hospitals containing
4,000 beds have been established
jn order to have the practice
oi burying tne dead in tne center ot
cue villages discontinued, cemeteries
have been created in the outskirts oi
villages and towns. Teiegrapnic, tel
ephonic and wireless stations have
been established, and the Italians are
now engaging in reclaiming the
marshy zone surrounding Valona and
comprising about 6,000 acres.
“Tne Albanians are great admirers
of America, ’ added General Scriven,
“although only recently have they be
gun to emigrate there ”
In this connection General Scriven
quoted one of the leading Albanians, a
man who has been to America, as say
ing to him:
"The invasion of Albania by the
Balkan states, accompanied by har
rowing atrocities on the unarmed pop
ulation, thousands of shepherds and
farmers being slaughtered, towns and
villages destroyed, farms burned, the
flocks devastated and stolen, and hun
dreds of thousands of refugees flock
ing into Valona half starved and per
ishing from hunger and exposure, have
caused the beginning of emigration to
the United States. The average
American is probably unaware that at
least 60,000 have gone to the United
States since the beginning of the
war.”
Concluding, General Scriven said:
‘‘The occupation of Albania by Ital
ian troops has proved the salvation
of the remaining Albanians and the
revival of the Albanian nation.”
ENGLISH COURT RULES
THAT TEA IS NOT II FOOD
t
LONDON, June 7.—Tea is not a
food within the meaning of the Brit
ish food controller’s order against
hoarding, according to a decision
handed down by the king’s bench di
vision of the high court of justice.
The case under review -was that of
a woman who had been fined $250 for
accumulating 122 pounds of England’s
favorite beverage. The controller’s
anti-hoarding order reads: “For the
purpose of this order the expression
‘article of food’ shall Include every
article which is used for food by man,
or which ordinarily enters into the
composition or preparation of human
food.”
The court said: "Unless tea could
he got within the word ’food’ It could
not come within the prohibition. The I
appellant acquired dry tea leaves.
Nobody eats tea leaves. So what she
ate was something different from
what she bought. If she had acquired
a drink there would have been no
prosecution. It would have been strain
ing the order to say that the|
word ‘food’ includes tea leaves.”
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Your eyes fitted. Compound and
astigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
born*.
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Food will win the war. Wheat Is
the test.
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Would You Help?
Time is Precious
War has a way of driving on with
out regard to the desires or
conveniences of the
individual.
....This is no time for hesitation....
If you are going to do your part to bring
victory nearer, you must get started.
The Government wants what your
money will buy—and wants it before it
is too late to be of use in this war.
Join a War Savings Society. Decide now
to cut down the unnecessary things and
lend what you save to the Government.
YWS.S.I Do Your WS^l
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
ISSUED BY THE / ft F #, ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
government government
SHOES
Three different makes to choose from:
WALK-OVER
HAMILTON-BROWN
BUCKINGHAM-HECK
$12.50 Values for.
8.00 Values for....
5.00 Values for.
All the Latest Shades and Lasts, both in the
Dress and Walking Shoe.
SUITS
Judged from every standpoint, these are excel
lent values at the prices they have been selling for,
and with our additional DISCOUNT OF 25 PER
CENT, make these suits an especial bargain.
The materials and colorings are those most gen
erally desired for present wear—tricotine, serge,
poiret, twill and gaberdine, in navy blue, black, sand,
taupe, olive drab and gray. Eton vestee, pony belt
ed and braided, emphasizing simplicity in treatment
which is the keynote of the season’s better fashions.