St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 16, 1913

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i. as ie = NEP eg sh prt: Meee TR - Debs eee oe ", \F - r H Fae cre, Heese ae eH 2 : t é > - im - cs he % ui ¢ ieaeet > aS ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1913. ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. ] > a | “ ; , fire cracker in the muzzle. When the] —r— | : | oe | ey ee : dla f it exploded an old ———S 1 OES Oa — oe | - — | and his brother firecracker went of N OF EVI ; oe Lawrence, . The shot entered . - _ found thetr father’s o} 4 charge in the gun shotgun and to| Lawrence's side, and he died in a few | vale it mora rentstic struc struck a lighte | minutes. | $1.50 Vacuum Bottles, 89c 7 | .. Simplex hot and cold Vacuum | | Hottles; American made; enam- | 124, Toweling, 8140 Yd. ¢ 4 —_ -" s Best Last Minute Opera Week Service. | All the New Books on Publication ye ‘ ae 2 ‘ - “oe i ee ee ae aed re : ° ? ¥ aL) £34 a : erere ¢. os * Y Va) (G00) ed ZO : ‘a . el ‘ \ iy Vv, Pf ) jal Bo » Mm) at pr iH 1 / KANSAS CITY PLAN canine, nickel to. "xeen 28; | 1) OWT APR FRILL ER I OGRANI hours, (Main Floor.) (? se i , WY JOKAS = as . Block— J ton, Seventh and Lucas A S ‘ Municipal Farm Is Improvement Pure linen Kitchen Towel- ort A BMY th quay = —_ = pecial, Great on Workhouse. Speaker Tell ing; brown with white bor- : se . ; pea er 1 @11S der; 17 inches wide; 12%°¢ _ 9 4 k ; WAIST SALE St. Louis Civic League sui, peta aces, || LOme-Makers’ Week Sales Continue All Weel $1 Dress Linens. 50c Yard Whe do not know of but one or two events on our entire sale calendar which permit us to be of greater service Kansas City, impersonated by Jacob Is scheduled for tomorrow—Thursday. We purchased the Billikopf, came to St. Louis, represented Two yards wide; every thread to a greater number than the Home-Makers’ Week Sales. sa Spring surplus and overstock fro a large waist maker who by th Tuesday night and pure linen, for waists, dresses, : ' Seopa > : , m g y the Civic League, Tuesday nig skirts and sheets, A limit of 5 Just imagine how vast an event this is, for participating 1s Savings of an extraordinary na.are prevail throughout these stocks, and it is a splendid opportunity for the oat mete housekeeper . - was anxious to clear tart in on prelim- offered this city some suggestions in inary Fall work. On tacts cg peek to A at sociological yards to a customer, and n0 the Furniture store, the entire Fifth Floor Housewares store, the great Ww, cy committee of the league already has mail or phone orders; Bde yar: | oe Tech — and Household Table Linen stores, and many others. wishes to supply an extra piece of furniture or other few things. : : : : | : ; - : a - » ky i an ail Ore mmm ee ee mr ree Ae rE imentation which a : Caper . Rug store, the Curtain store, the Picture store, the Piano store, the Fancy | who has an entire outfit to supply, or for the (Second Floor. . Less I han Half Price “aes tee ag sea of stature, is $2.44 Waxing Outfits m J a Z man in Kansas City, where he is . 4 bed © A thousand new, high-class Voile, | 98 a sae fe re pean of Public Wel- at $1.60 $30 Circassian Walnut Dressers, Special, $19.75 ‘es Lingerie and Silk Blouses; on sale sare. It ‘was apont the work of the Consisting of Waxing This, indeed, is a very liberal price concession, and it is on Furniture which has been in our Thursday; $3.00 and $4.00 values | aS a eee eae board that Billikopf came to talk at Brush, with good bristles; 15-1b. weight and one pound possession less than sixty days. ~ the thirteenth annual dinner of the Civic League at the City Club, where nearly 500 men and women heard his te N LO). Om Speech with close attention. ¥ Fo : y f: That there is something new under 4 ‘ES mn) oa ~~ the sun in society’s treatment of its un- 4 ola) | ; B fortunates, and that Kansas City has oe , _ ; originated this something new, was the : outstanding fact of Billikopf’s address. He told what Kansas City has done for its submerged and semi-submerged citizens in the four years’ existence of the Board of Public Welfare, the only municipal body of its kind in the United States. Evils Are Transformed. The_Board of Public Welfare touches and transforms the Police Court, the Workhouse, the loan shark, the pawn- shop, by supplying substitutes for these evils and ostensible correctors of evils. Foremost in the board’s affections, It would appear from Billikopf’s address. is the municipal farm. This is located 10 miles from Kansas City. It comprises Every style, Over 50 im all, depict the very newest advance 150 acres. In effect it is Kansas City’s Workhouse, being an open-air substi- style tendencies; many are models: all th : ] y perfect Copies of late imported tute for the old, unsanitary, demoral-’' ] ’ he tne aa neck ; Robespierre, Cubist and nov- izing city prison where petty offenders elty collar effects; color and Bulgarian trimmings are used were huddled together. in the clever new trimming ideas, as well as fine laces, em- This municipal farm usually pccom- broideries, ete. modates about 300 prisoners. They work in God’s great outdoors, says Choice Tomorrow. Without Reserve, $1.98 Billikopf, where they find moral, ° spiritual and physical uplift. They are || Of Butcher’s Wax. Separ- Being unable to match these Dressers with Chiffoniers, it is necessary for us to drop the pattern = vould cont Pape Com- at once. Cireassian Walnut Dressers of roomy size, plain in style and very serviceably finished. Ca ae Size of base 22x42 inches, and size of mirror 22x28 inches—choice, $19.75. th Floor.) ldo Porcelain Ware, 50 $21.50 Brass Beds, $16.75 Sample Brass Bed Specials Roman Stools, 59c Bnstish P oe ih her Two-inch continuous post style, $9.45 for $13.50 Brass Beds. Come in imitation mahogany fin- Br me ° : “a Sal 4 Plates. | With plain, straight filling rods $12.75 for $18.50 Brass Beds. ish; suitable for sofa cushions and fone gee enn ' | and satin finish; size 3 feet and 6 $20 for $29.50 Brass Beds. macy Steae up Coupes, Oatmeal Bowls | j, ches $29.75 for $33.50 Brass Beds. Oak Book Trouchs 95 and Bread and Butter Plates $26.75 for $37.50 Brass Beds. “ oughs, $2. (no mail or telephone orders); | $24.75 Brass Beds, $18.75 $8.75 for $48.75 Brass Beds. Strongly built of oak;. Guished tn be each. (Fifth Floor.) ‘ ‘ ; fumed or Early English; 24 inches — ' oieeies pm ey wim catre Say Oak Costumers at 69c wide and 28 inches high. ‘ ost mounts, while the Iden English or $2.50 Framed Pictures filling rods are set close and are Fe agen er atted a metal Folding Card Tables, $1.85 at 95c of good size. ci & ?, —_ a Cline Rapper top; y ° size 30x nches; d compactly. Pictures in a large variety Brass Beds at $24.75 Dining Tables at $18.75 $17.50 Fireside Chairs $13.75 of subjects and beautifully Extra heavy massive Brass Beds, Base of-extra size; top 54 inches Over-stuffed and covered with framed; usually $2.50, $3 with 2%-inch corner posts; large and extending 6 feet. Built of thor- green denim; deep and roomy; and $3.50; choice Thursday, spun bases and mountings; choice oughly seasoned oak and finished wing sides and high back. ; 95c. (Fourth Floor.) of polet or satin finish. golden. (sixth Ploor.) 4.50 Renais Covers, : ? : ’ Sponial 92.98 seh Home-Makers’ Curtain Sale (‘This store is conceded to be headquarters for Table Covers, 45 and 54 inches $3 Pair for Lace Curtains Usually $4 to $5 “) : tiental Rugs in diameter; also Piano Covers, . . . . : ao an an po ; aaa se d in close | Handmade Marie Antoinette, Swiss Tambour, Irish Point, patterns; centers with Japanese | P@!ge Point Milan, Marquisette and Scrim Curtains are in- nce il work; regular $4.50 | cluded in this splendid group, at the very special price, $3 pr. And During Home-Makers’ Week We Are Featur- pieces; special, $2.98. $5 Pair for Lace Curtains Usually $6 to $7.50 ing the Most Beautiful Specimens of Persian Handmade Arabian, French handmade Marie Antoinette, Weave in Room and Smaller Sizes at $13.50 Brussels Rugs fine Irish Point, Beige Point Milan and many other popular the Usual Cost to Import at $9.25 makes, suitable for the library, living room, dining room and . Beautiful, bright fresh de- | | parlor windows , Royal Saruk | Beloochistan Rugs. Typical Persian weaves. A Ideal Rugs for halls, landings signs; Oriental and floral F “ effects; extra heavy, and in $7.50 Pair for Lace Curtains Usually $10 to $12 great richness and diversity of | and doorways. Three or four of size 9x12 ft.; special Thurs- Lace Curtains, in most beautiful designs, including such makes as floral designs surrounding ir- | them will artistically furnish a regular medallions are the chief | smal] library or den. Sizes day, $9.25. (Fourth .Floor.) French handmade Marie Antoinette, fine Duchesse, handmade Arabian and French Point Lace Curtains. characteristics of these beauti- | range from 3x5 to 3 ft. 6 in. by ful Rugs, in which blue, red, | 5 4 in.; usually $25 to $30; “ employed at farming and building roads and farmhouses. ns . % l 50 New Robespierre Billikopf mentioned in the first National ( Prison Congress, at Cincinnati in 1871, Collar Shirts et ae Sot Tees Se ee where for the first time the fact that A new lot of Shirts, with the popular Robespierre ordinary penal punishment intensifies collar; materials are fine linene, in white, natural emphasized. Out of that and subse- linen and white with contrasting collar and cuffs, and madras in quent ae Tolley and practical experi- neat stripe effects; button and laced fronts; special, while this lot ments has grown the parole system, Rigen in ba tank dan fae Mercerized Sunfast Madras, in Printed Venetian Drapery ing shades; average size is 3x5 effects; extra heavy weight; 60c pretty designs, in greens, browns, | Scrims; alike on both sides; some feet; usually $65 to $72; special Persian Hall Runners quality; 89¢ square yard. blues and rose; guaranteed un- | in beautiful color combinations at $52.50, A very fine collection; every ‘ (Fourth Floor.) | fadable when hung at the window. | and patterns. (Fourth Floor.) Iran Rugs piece practically perfect, straight $14 Electric Sh H h ld H 1 o Soft and silky; in deep, rich | and er epee Berg ny es - ectric owers colors; carefully clipped lus- | T@2se trom y at $8.95 ouseno ec p S at savings trous pile; suitable ‘ioe small | 10 in. to 12 ft. 7 in. by 8 ft. 10 — With 14-inch ornamented The Home-Makers’ Week ae racmnee Moraes, reception | in.; priced from $80 to $55, . : : alls an ens; sizes range ioe at ee Cie LES Sales are responsible for num- |} trom 2'ft. 6-in by 6 ft to 6s? | gingieey as Det Sas ane x iin erous special offers through- \ tect; priced, $82.50 to $65. (Fourth Floor.) et covers; glassware and controlling switch; ready to out the Housewares Store— hang; $8.95. (Fifth Floor.) : e V2) \\ every one of which is quoted “oy — a/2 t a saving. Those desiri Vie, F urchase compl 7 - ae wee abla wegpl wes p piete out- | Thursday we offer at this spe- fits for the home may : cial price, a lot of 300 O’Cedar " ) Polish Oil Mops, which can be atts ail themselves of ( used for sweeping, dusting var- most liberal terms of . Lf nished woodwork or wherever dust collects; usually 85c, but no payment. ually 85e, Dut The Credit Depart- “ ene Ags phone or " ed at 49¢ ment, Fourth Floor, will | 25c Furniture Polish, 19¢ | 98c Curtain Stretchers, 69c explain details. Rosenthal’s Furniture Cream Made of seasoned woods; size for cleaning and polishing pianos | 6x12 feet; steel pins; nickel lasts, 69c. now a leading feature of the Kansas City Welfare Board’s work. In four — THOMAS W.GARLAND ©" 409-11-13 BROADWAY years 6500 prisoners have been paroled, and 8 per cent have made good, — Drunkard Is Reformed. | The speaker read a letter from a

a “a PG! ee oe " ‘te Sees the Basement Store, and priced at $1, $1.25 and $1.45, “." Clematis, rs ages Bo purple, Honey! —100 dozen ‘‘Good ong eee iculatta: nent ere Cap). $1.50 garments, { : cach roots ( Basement.) , ty hire. peer ae Pow ag tg ot fs ge FP te Core

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