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ART EMPORIUM, Telephone SOO. 7 Ars longa, vita brevis Art is too “loan" to toe fitted to the bargain counter., is too “short” to ask for art in job lots It? fitting- up our new place at 24 West Washing-ton Street we will endeavor to show our patrons and the public generally the choicest display of paintings, pictures, statuary and other art goods, all carefully selected, ever shown in the West. Our Removal to this new building, specially arranged for our purpose, will take place about the middle of April. THE H. LIEBER a)., AT PRESENT 33 South Meridian Street* THE LONG ROLL BEATS A CALL TO ALL —IN— Monday’s Bargain Sale 3,000 rolls Paper, 3 cents a roll. Borders to match, 10 cents a roll. 2,000 rolls Paper, 6 cents a roll. Borders to match, 18 cents a roll. 2,500 rolls of Paper, 22-inch gilt, 10 cents a roll. Borders to match, 40 cents a roll. It’a a paper picnic. —Be there! Albert Gall Carpets, Draperies, Wall Paper. 17 and 10 West Washington Street. ... Are You Invited eddlug to aM g aster Wedding? Presents ~ . . • If so, you are doubtless mmmmKmmmmmmmm anxtoUS to acquit yourself ... ... with credit in the matter Wedding of a gift. We make a Presents specialty of w-eddlng presents—not the expensive kind only, but fn a variety that assures an eaaing , acceptable selection for Presents whatever sum one may feel disposed to pay. J/ - * CIIDp Importer of • M DIAMONDS Room 4, 18*4 North Meridian St. INDIANAPOLIS.

Upholstering Goods This | Lounge and Divan Coverings. 10 per Week cent, discount on Wall Papers Bought of us this week that we do not hang. This in addition to our usual low prices. SCHLEICHER# MARTENS Cos 18 and 20 North Meridian St.

$2.00 Silk Vesting Top, Ladies’ Shoes. $3.00 Gents’ Fine Russia Tan Welt Shoes. High grade 1898 styles. O. FRIEDGBN, 21 North Pennsylvania Street. MILLINERY Our new location gives us the opportunity of showing the best selections of millinery ever shown. Our styles are conceded by all the best iu the city. Sailor hats, trimmed, from 36c up. OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS M. 42 Monument Place Before buying don't fail to see tlia Jewett Pianos They are standard and thoroughly reliable. Established in IS6O and vivo you more and better value for the money than any Plano sold by other dealers. Prices Right and Terms Reasonable Wtilschner 6c Son 128 & 130 North Pennsylvania St We do the best piano tuning promptly. Telephone 886. H Hough Cos. PEMBROKE ARCADE, Offer you the right aort of cameras—the right sort of plates, the right sort of developers—for doing the right sort of photographing. And they are glad to show you the right way to use them. Methodist W. H. M. Society. The annual district convention of the Woman s Home Missionary Society of the Indianapolis district of the Indiana Conference will be held at Roberts Park Church Wednesday. The officers are: President, Mrs. J. L. P. Steeg; vice president, Mrs. E. a Hun; corresponding secretary, Mrs. B. P. Brown; recording secretary. Mrs M. B. irasher, and treasurer, Mrs. W. C. Whiteiu.nA. There will be two-sessions, one at t nd one at l:*. 1 o'clock. Rev. C. E. Bacon will make the welcome address. An inter-

THIS DOG ALMOST HUMAN LADY NORWOOD UNDERSTANDS HER MAFTER'S LANGUAGE. * Owned by J. R. Francis, of This City •—Carries Notes to Different People—Does Marketing. Probably one of the most intelligent dogs in the land is owned in this city by J. R. Francis. It is a beautiful, rough-coated St. Bernard named L?dy Norwood, and was presented to Mr. Francis recently by Dr. W. A. Heckard. The dog is now five years old and has, it is claimed, a vocabulary of forty-five words, which she understands as well as a human being. That she knows the words, rather than the tone or Inflection of the voice, is demonstrated by daily instances where she shows that she understands strangers, as well as those with whom she has come in contact often. With most trained dogs it is the gesture employed or the manner of speaking that indicates to the dog what is required of it. A command to close a door is accompanied by a wave of the hand in that direction. The tricks accomplished by trained dogs exhibited in public are done by rote, and the cue is given them, usually, by some gesture or the emphasis of expression. With Rady Norwood It is quite different. If her master desires her to close a door he need not so much as look at either the dog or the door. He may be reading a paper, and without taking his eyes from it will say: “Lady, close the door,” and the intelligent animal will do as bidden. She also understands the difference between the grocery store and the butcher, and will go to either place as commanded, carry a basket and return with whatever may have been ordered In the note she is given. In the same way she will carry notes to different people whose names she remembers. Lady Norwood was raised in Columbus by Dr. Heckarc, and the most of the commands she learned there. She could be intrusted with notas for any one of a half dozen persons and would always deliver them right. “Take this to Mrs. Johnson” she would be told, and there was never any fear that Mrs. Perkins or Mrs. Brown would get the note. In the summer months Dr. Heckard left the house open and the scresa doors hooked. Lady Ncrwcod had a place Indoors to sleep and she was a careful guardian. But she never made any of the noises common to her kind, such as barking or growling. If any person came to the house at night she would go quietly into her master's room and pull at his arm until she atvakened him. OBEYED NEW COMMANDS. Lady Norwood seems to have a good memory and also to be a great thinker. If several articles, such as a shoe, a hat, a brush and a book be placed together on the floor she will obey any command given her regarding any one of the articles designated. "Bring me the book,” and she will pick up the book. On one occasion she went with her master to the home of a lady in whose house she had never before been. She remained near by during the time that dinner was being served. The lady of the house tossed her a biscuit, which she greedily devoured, a biscuit being a favorite morsel with her. However, she will not eat other bread. The lady tossed Lady Norwood a piece of bread and at the same time threw another piece into the fireplace. Lady Norwood picked up the piece thrown to her and threw it into the fireplace also. To see what she would do with it the lady threw her another piece of bread and she started with it for the fireplace, but on being told “don’t” she stopped. She was then commanded to lie down and eat it. She lay down and took the bread in her mouth and pretended to swallow it. The lady, seeing that the dog would not eat the bread, told her in a low tone to “throw it into the grate,” and she did so. Lady Norwood had never been taught to do this and she had never heard the lady’s voice before. The average trained dog will bark and run to a door or gate as a sign that it w'ould like to have it opened. Ladv Norwood goes much further than this. She can open some doors and is independent in this line. On an occasion when she was thirsty she brought an empty pail to her master. Since she has found anew master Lady Norwood spends considerable time about J. N. Hurty’s drug store, where Mr. Francis is employed. She has learned considerable in this time. Anything that is lying about the floor she will pick up and throw into the waste basket or carry out to a trash box on being told. HOW SHE GETS BREAKFAST.

She has learned to go to a neighboring restaurant for her morning meal. A young man in the store will tell her to get her basket, and she w ill go into a rear room and get a two-handled split market basket and carry' It to the restaurant. She never stops cn her w ay, but brings the basket containing her breakfast to the store and eats what is given her from it. One morning recently the handles of the basket were turned down at the ends and she could not loosen them. She carried the basket into the store and looked for the young man. lie had gone out, and she set the basket at the feet of a stranger w-ho happened to be in the store. He released the handles, and Lady Norwood went for her breakfast. One morning Lady Norwood failed to get the command to get her basket, and she went without breakfast. About 1 o’clock she became so hungry that she went to the restaurant without the basket. . The clerk sent her back, telling her she could not get anything without the basket. She returned live minutes later with the basket and was rewarded. Lady Norwood is very particular as to what she eats. One day she was given a small pail of beef broth. She did not like it, and carried it into the yard and emptied it and brought the pail back. A short time after that she was caring for seven little puppies, and her master again offered her beef broth, telling her that it would be good for her and the pups. She partook of it and continued to do so daily until the pups were weaned. Since then she has refused to touch it. Lady Norwood has a pedigree as long as some of the proudest Britons. She W’as bom at the Norwood Kennels, Norwood. 0., May 1. 1893. She was sired by Duke of Norwood and her mother was Katie Kellogg. Hc-r ancestors were originally from the Alps, and she can trace her lineage directly to a number of famous life savers. One of her ancestors. Champion Barry, had a record of saving fifty-seven people from perishing in the snow- of the A’ps. Lady Norwood was bred when she was two years .old to the famous Little Rock St. Bernard. Belvidere, a picture of whom ornaments the lobby of the Grand Hotel. Belvidere died a little over a year ago, and hts death was reported by the Associated Press and given more space than some men of national reputation would have received. LEADING LIVING POETS. An Estimate That Put* Aldrich and Riley at the Head of the Long List. Though Mr. Meredith Nicholson has done the unusual thing, for a young man, of abandoning newspaper work to take up another calling—the peculiar fascination of the journalistic life commonly holding its votaries against all temptations to desert it—he has by no means lost his interest in al! that pertains to his old profession. He still keeps in touch with its literary side, to which his work more especially belonged, and his leanings are easily discovered by the readiness with which he responds to inquiries concerning the writers’ guild. He has lately returned from a trip to Boston and New York, and In a conversation suggested by an allusion to the Scribner edition of Riley’s works he was asked his estimate of the relative rank of living American poets. In reply he related the substance of an interesting conversation with his own comments, as given below: “I met several acquaintances one night in a New York club frequented by artists, writers and musicians. Someone brought up the subject of our American writers, and after considerable talk about novelists and critics we took up poetry. The principal figures in American poetry were commented ot No one seemed to be very enthusiastic about Stedman, who has never enjoyed popularity. Stoddard is old. but he. too, .has written for tine few. Mr, GUdcr

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and Mr. Johnson, at the Century office, are doing better things all the time, and they have a growing constituency. But after we had named all the leading figures in the little circle of Ame/ican pcets the consensus of opinion was that Aldrich and Riley stand at the fore of all Americans now writing verse. Mr. Aldrich is now sixty, or thereabouts, and his heart Is evidently as young as ever. His longer poems, particularly "Friar Jerome’s Beautiful Book,’ are deserving of a general reading that they may now be receiving: and his lyrics are charming and are known familiarly wherever English verse is read. “Mr. Riley sounded anew note in American poetry. We spoke in the talk I have referred to of his technical skill. He has not only gone to the heart of the common people, and written with marvelous Insight of children, but in all his poems he has from the first shown rare skill in handling his material. He and Aldrich are alike in that they never drop the reader. Their poems are artistically rounded and end always on what critics call the inevitable word. And then —they always have something to say!” PYTHIANS IN WAR. Hontlltle* May Reduce Number at Indianapolis Encampment. The Trurk Line Association, east of Buffalo, has c-mourn ed a rat'.- of one and one-third fare for the Knights of Pythias encampment, which will be held here next August. This rate is only a little bit more than the tiyo-cent rate granted by the Central Passenger Association, as the regular rate of the Trunk Line Association is 2 cents a mile. The executive committee has asked Chairman Lazarus, of the transportation committee, to request the local passenger association to agree to attach coupons to tickets sold during the week of the encampment after Aug. 23. This will only apply to the local roads in the State which nm daily excursions. The coujions will include the admission to the drill ground and be a source of revenue to the committee. After Aug. 23 the special two-cent rate willl not stand, and other rates will be put into effect for local points. The executive committee has sold the privilege for the souvenir programme which will be used during the week, and it will be the only official publication authorized by the committee. The souvenir badge privilege will probably be sold this week. The war feeling throughout the country has caused the members of the executive committee to go slowly until something definite is known. A war would draw heavily from the members of the Uniform Rank, and while it would not interfere materially with the attendance at the encampment, it w'ould reduce the number of knights who expect to camp during the week. The Uniform Rank is made up largely of men who have been connected with the military, and many of them are waiting for the opportunity to go to war. This would have little or no effect on the subordinate lodges throughout the country, and by far the larger attendance at the encampment will come from them. General Carnahan is in New York. He has written Secretary Bowers that he finds the situation in the East excellent, and big delegations are promised from several of the Eastern cities. He will not return for a week, and expects to do much towards advertising the encampment while away. General Ross was out of the city three days last week in the interest of the encampment, and George Powell returned yesterday morning from a trip in the northern part of the State. He says that while all of the lodges are taking an active interest In the encampment, lie finds the war feeling among the men general in all of the towns which he visited, much stronger than it is here in Indianapolis, The sentiment in the northern part of the State is decidedly for war, and while many of the men are anxious that it should come, they nearly all approve of the position taken by President McKinley throughout the entire difficulty. The crowds at the railroad stations are eager for war news, and the newsboys on the trains are doing a thriving business. The feeling that this country must maintain its standing at any cost is just as strong among the farmers, and many of them are ready to start to the front as soon as a call is made.

Stealing Cool from the 1. fc V. Bond. Willie Johnson and Thomas Phillips were fined in Police Court yesterday and sent to the workhouse on the charge of stealing coal from the I. & V. Railroad. It was claimed the men would board trains as they arrived at the Belt and throw off coal into a wagon. The fuel was then hauled away and sold. Dunlap’s Celebrated Huts And all the new spring styles, at “SEATON'S HAT STORE.” AVn* McKinley Too Slow? The action of the Spanish government in ordering $600,003 to be used in relieving the suffering and distress in Cuba has compelled McKinley to change his tactics, and the destruction of the battle ship Maine may now be used as sufficient caus£ for a declaration of war by Congress. To this Spain will appeal to foreign powers for arbitration, as it will be shown that according to the report rendered by the Spanish board of inquiry the Maine was blown up from an internal explosion. This will give Spain another opportunity to gain time and eventually retain its flag over the island of Cuba. It is a clear case of want of executive ability on the part of our President. It takes a great leader with a clear head to govern successfully a great republic. It is very humiliating to Americans to be euchered by a set of bullfighters. When Mr. McKinley was nominated he refused to express ms views on the money question, saying that he would stand on any platform his partymade, that the party' was greater than he. If he truly believed this, why did he not let his party in Congress declare for the independence of Cuba? The leaders, of the Democrats deserted their party ties and voted with the Republicans to put $50,000,000 at the disposition of the President. Here is where they made their mistake, voting, as they did. without a guarantee that he would declare for the independence of Cuba. Mr. McKinley and his Cabinet had better take some of Haag’s Liver Pills to clear their heads, as they are the best medicine on earth to clear the head, cure sick headache, indigestion, biliousness and kidney troubles. Where persons have a bad cold. grip, malaria or fever they should take Haag’s Cold and Fever Capsules in connection with the pills, as they give relief in half an hour and often cure a bad cold in a day. Beautifying tlie Hands and Feet. Manicuring and chiropody have been recently' added to the ladies’ department in the “Bates” barber shop. Patrons of this branch of the “Bates” can now go through a complete course of having their hair dressed in the latest style, scalp treated and at the same time have their feet and hands carefully and skillfully treated by adepts. The manicure and chiropodist branch Is in charge of a thoroughly competent lady operator. and lady patrons can depend upon receiving the most delicate and painless treatment for sore corns and for shaping and beautifying the nails of hands and feet. ‘•Tle Cherry Picker*’* Is a great attraction, but one of the splendid spring suits of Gust. Rosberg, the merchant tailor at 20 North Pennsylvania street, is full of attractiveness, and you can enjoy it for a year or more. Mr. Rosberg last week received several very' handsome new ideas in imported and domestic suitings. Frenney Bros., Plumber*, Removed to 118 and 130 East Court street, first building east of Pennsylvania, street, Telephone 1217. Insure with German Fire Insurance of Indiana, General offices, 29 South Delaware street. Fire, tornado and explosion. Feed your horse JANES’S Dustless Oats. The President’* Policy. It is the almost universal sentiment of the American people that he declare war with Spain. War upon high prices for i>oor or mediocre service has waged and been won. What has won hundreds for its cleanliness, “goodness” and dainty service is that famous 15c lunch at Burnett’s Case, 136 West Washington street. A Thousand Women Will be attracted by our elaborate line of wall paper and our prices. CUNNINGHAM, 21 Indiana avenue. Telephone 4 on 1975. Don’t go to Europe to get your champagne when you can get Cook’s Imperial Hjctra Dry—a better wine—at home. Kimball Pianos. Carlin & Lennox. 9 E. Market st. "diamond rings Fancy Mountings Princess Rings Combinations of all colors of stones. Engagement Rings, Wedding Rings. We carry a stock of 22kt Plain Rings. Julius e. w&ii^, 4 & Sou. INDIANA’S LEADING JEWELERS.

SPRING MILLINERY WHAT IS NOW TO BE SEEN AT THE STORES. Very Small Hat* and Very Bl One* —The Shepherdess and ToqueColor* and Trimmings. The new hats are not startling in their variation from last year, but are sufficiently characteristic in style to make the average woman think her old hat much out of date. The shapes that are small appear to be very small, and the big ones very big. The shepherdess hat Is shown in all the stores as the newest thing in a big hat. It starts up from the eides as the hats of last summer did, but comes down again in the back in an unexpected manner. At L. S. Ayres & Co.’s one may see many elegant creations in this style. One that was noticeable was made of white rough straw with an undertone of black. The crown was covered with hand-made lace, and around it w'as loosely tufted chiffon put on full and secured with a rhinestone buckle at the front, while from the side branched out two large Amazon plumes. Another shepherdess hat was of green silk straw braid faced in white and completely covered with lilies of the valley. The back was trimmed with w’hite chiffon lace embroidered with black, and it had a bow underneath of black velvet and white satin. The Toque In Many Forms. The toque, in many different forms, will be worn by those desiring a small hat. One In the berrie shape had a cap-like crown, and was trimmed in turquoise blue meline net, covered with a coarse black net and finished with steel buckles, turquoise blue and white ribbon and black spangled aigrettes. Easter Hats at Ayres'. The popular shades in hats, as well as in dress goods, are turquoise blue, burnt orange, heliotrope, with all the capician or nasturtium shades. The spangled quills are something new here, and tvill be seen on the most pretentious as well as on the most simple hats. Anything in the iridescent effect, with spangles or jewels, is fashionable, whether in trimmings, dress goods or veils, as well as in the millinery lino. Walking hats will invariably be worn well over the face, as will also many of the large dress hats. It will be a relief to many to know that the flaming red hat is to be relegated to the past. The leading flowers are small. The forget-me-not,dead for years,has been revived, as is also the Scotch heather. Roses, grasses, feathers and birds are stock decorations which hold their owh from season to season. Miss Massey, of L. S. Ayres & Co.’s, reports the millinery department unusually busy, and suggests that orders for Easter hats should be given early in the week.

(MHOS A Pleasing Variety Dress goods have seldom been more pleasing in variety, qualify or shades than this spring. The French gray, the butcher s blue, the jockey club and hussar blues are the new shades, and with them is the Yale blue from last season. L. S. Ayres & Cos. report a great popularity of plain mixed worsted tailorings. The demand for plain color poplins, also, remains unabated. Their 75c Vigeroux, which come in forty-two different shadings, is one of the most desirable me-dium-priced fabrics on the market. It is an imported German-made material and is 4-4 inches wide. Many of the new novelties follow the grenadine idea and are extremely pretty over silk linings. Some Late Arrivals A lot of French all-wool mixed poplin, 4l£ inches wide and of excellent texture, are offered in all colors at 81 a yard. Anew cycle suiting in five favorite mixtures is guaranteed fast color and shrunk; the price is 85c a yard. •■ Fine plain finished Venetians, in extra heavy weight for tailored costumes are unusually attractive. This material is double warp, 48 inches wide, and is cheap at 8!2 a yard. The tailor whipcords of L. S. Ayres & Cos. have made many friends of leading dressmakers. The weight and firmness is commendable. Two qualities are offered in 4G-inch width. Prices are 81-50 ami sl-25 a yard. Challies attd Javattaise Considerable doubt was felt early In the season as to the desirability of these much-talked-of fabrics. European fashion makers predicted an extensive use of them, but their popularity in America was not assured until the introduction of ruffles, the Spanish flounce and the Pacquln skirt. Now, dress goods counters everywhere are strewn with them in all the richness of many-shaded color combinations. Almost fifty new pieces were added last week to Ayres’s already large collection. Prices remain the same, SOc a yard for French Challl and 85c a yard for the J&vanaise. Judging by the present demand, however, either the present choice variety will soon be depleted or customers will be asked to pay advanced prices for later importations. An Economical Suit The most extravagant of us are always attracted by a specially low price- Here is one that attracts by its price, rivets the attention by its good style and charms one by the excellence of Its material. The material is all-wool., beige color Cheviot, made with gored skirt and fly-front jacket It may be had in all sizes from 34 to 44 bust measure. The jackets are silk lined and the price for the suit is but 810. L. S. Ayres & Cos.

CLOVES FOR EASTER PLAIN STITCHED BACKS THE RULE— A NEW IDEA INTRODUCED IN SNAP FASTENERS. A Wide Selection of Colors is Characterised by a Prevalence of Light Mode and Yellow Tints—Many New Bines and Greens are Also Shown. L. S. Ayres & Cos. have always taken great pride in the superior brands of gloves which they represent, and this season is no exception. Their exclusive agencies include the Foster glove, the Princess, the Cluze patent thumb and Reynier’s French kids. Some Interesting Prices Are revealed in the selections enumerated below: At }f* 1 a pair every fashionable color is shown in the Cluze patent thumb and Foster's popular lace glove. At $1.25 a pair a splendid glove is offered. It is the well-known Princess, made of select French kid, well shaped and very pliable. The variety of colors is remarkable. At $1.50 a pair three favorite makes vie for supremacy—the well-known Dent, with snap fasteners; the Reynier, with four buttons, and the Foster, with its famous lace. In securing the Dent glove at sl-50 a pair Indianapolis ladies are particularly favored, as this glove is selling in almost every other city at sl-75-20-Buttou Lengths. Quite a demand is manifest for extra lengths in glace kids. This demand is supplied here by twenty-button lengths in Reynier's gloves. All favorite shades are shown, including pinks, yellows and black.

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ABOUTTHE NEW SILKS If there is one department mors than another of which we are particularly proud just now it is this one of silks. We expected compliments on the styles; we felt we merited praise for values we knew to be exceptional. But we have achieved more. Indianapolis women have given us a most substantial indorsement. Our March silk sales are the largest ever in the history of the store, and we credit the fact to your appreciation of values like the following: Waist Silks Hard to place a favorite. The demand is divided about, equally among plaids, novelty taffetas and plain satin rhadame. Plaids and Checks Are more than abundant, the stock is bright with the beauty and variety of their many color combinations. Prices are, a yard, #3-50. #2-50. #l2, #l-50, #1.225. #1 and 05c Satin Rhadame Black, of course, and then twentytwo other favorite colors in pure silk; the price, a yard 70c Loussane Fancy Checks New style and of excellent service for waists. These are a regular dollar quality at, a yard 75c Shaded Stripe Taffetas An extremely attractive design developed in the new’est shades; three shades of turquoise with white; three shades of cerise with white, and the same effect in green, brown and marine blue; 2i 1-inch silk, a yard #1125 Foulard Silks A most comprehensive assortment, including all the designs shown in Hollander’s collection the past week? ali in best twilled 24-inch silk, a yard #l-00 Satin Striped Taffetas Some are plain line stripes with satin overwork, others are barred, a few have woven satin figures; all are new this season and will cost you, a yard, #1.50 and #l-25 A Blue Suit that Is much admired is made of marine blue Poule Serge. The jacket is lined with black taffeta and the whole suit is trimmed in bands of black satin. Nothing so pretty has been recently at so small a price. Sizes range upward from 32 bust. It sells at #l4-75.

“Her Majesty’s” Corsets Are Unbreakable The test of time has convinced us that what the manufacturer!! long ago claimed is absolutely true—’’Her Majesty’s” Corset will not break. Most Corsets give way just over the hips. Some women never wear out a Corset, but they break one probably once a month. Wearers of ‘‘Her Majesty’s” Corset are saved this annoyance. They can put it on feeling that It is there to do service while the materials last In the matter of general wear, no Corset will outlive ‘ Her Majesty’s,” and because of the properly-shaped ancl carefullytempered steels which enter into its make-up, breaking at the hips is an utter impossibility. Every pair we sell is fully guaranteed.

NEWNESSINPARASOLS THE DETACHABLE HANDLE—A TENDENCY TOWARD PLAINER EFFECTS. A Few of the New Favorite* that Are Now Offered a* a Temptation to Lover* of Briffht and Beautiful. With the first bloom of the crocus, even before the thrifty florist has coaxed the lily to open its‘petals, these candidates for feminine approval have found their way into the stores. L. S. Ayres & Cos. made a special display of almost five hundred at their spring opening, and since that time have added quite as many more. The most interesting feature for the summer tourist lies in the detachable handle, which is now offered on almost every style. This arrangement makes it possible to pack the parasol away in a trunk or even a traveling bag. How They Are Designated The Gainsborough is among the handsomest. Quite a number in this style have ihe popular Bayadere tucks. The American beauty is most elaborate of all. Many are a mass of ruffled mousseline in dainty colors. The Driveway and the Tailor Maid are attractive in their simplicity of design. The braided effect introduced in the Tailor Maid is quite new. Other styles are numerous, and the manufacturers of the Princess of Wales umbrella have used its popular handle In the development of anew parasol by the same name. Considering the elegance, prices arc very modest, $2 to sls being the limits. Quite a lot of tiny parasols for tiny . maids are shown at $l5O. $2 and $2-50- They are beauties, too.

BABY’S BOWER Ask any Indianapolis lady as to the best authority on children’s garments and she will probably answer, Mrs. Alexander. During the past three years, while in business for herself, Mrs. Alexander designed more dresses and costumes for the coming generation than any other person in the city. We take a great deal of pleasure in announcing that she has taken charge of “Baby’s Bower,” a department on our second floor that is to be devoted to infants’ and children’s garments exclusively. There is “bitter with the sweet,'” however. She says many of the little dresses now in stock are not according to her ideas of correct style. They MUST GO, and we have marked the prices so they WILL. GO QUICKLY. At Just Half Price More than 200 White Dresses for the babies of the household. Dainty Lawn, Swiss and Cambric Frocks for one, two and three-year-old lassies, and many choice infants’ dresses. Original prices were 50c, sl, $1.25. sl-50, $2. $2-50, $3 and upward to $7-50 each. YOUR CHOICE MONDAY AT JUST ONE-HALF THE MARKED PRICE. Infant Flannel Skirts Most of them are handsomely silk embroidered. They were formerly priced from $J{ to SO. Just 22 of them, and you take YOUR PICK MONDAY, sl. A Costume For Everybody A black clay diagonal costume which has made many friends for L. S. Ayres & Co.’s suit etock is a marvel of good value. Both skirt and jacket are lined with, a particularly heavy taffeta silk, and its stylish welt seams have three rows of stitching. It is scarcely possible that a ladies’ tailor would produce its equal for less than SSO, but half that price pays the bill. The limit of the stock is probably the only bar to its becoming "everybody’s spring costume.” A $lO Silk Skirt from the same stock is of newest style Bayadere striped moire velour. It is cut in the newest form and the stripes match perfectly at every seam.

DRAPERY NEWS A CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT OF L. 9. AYRES A CO.’S DRAPERY DEPARTMENT. yfr. Louis F. Smith, Formerly of Eastman, Schleicher A Lee, and More Recently of Bndger’s, Engaged for This Popular Department, Recent Additions to Stock. Mr. Smith, who was engaged a few weeks ago, has returned from an Eastern trip that has proved a wonder worker in brightening up this ever-interesting department. Many rugs have been added, including Smyrnas, velvets, Axminsters, Wiltons and some choice Oriental specimens. , 81 Portieres of unusual /f beauty and a choice 1 2 selection of new and J artistic fabrics and draperies are proving interesting. Some of S these new tapestry fs portieres are as low in price as $2 25 a Sofa pillows have come in for quite a good deal of attention. * Grass piHows are offered at SI.OB each. Avery choice novelty is shown in sofa pillow's covered with the eut skirts of Turkish women. These are curiously and elaborately embroidered. Prices range between $5-50 and $7-50. Bedroom decoration becomes quite an economical matter In the light of present prices of chintz, cretonne, Madras art muslins and the like. Some very pretty work is offered at 15c, 18c, 25c and 38c a yard. Curtains, too, have dropped a notch in price under the new regime. Ruffled Swiss curtains are priced at sl-48, $1.(18 and sl-75 a pair. Swiss muslins for summer curtains are attractive at 12c, 15c, 18c and 25c a yard. BRASS AND IRON BEDS Fourteen Brass and Enameled Iron Beds to Be Closed Out from L. S. Ayres A Co.’s Drapery Department. There are two brass beds, one canopy top, two swell-front brass-trimmed iron beds and nine enameled iron beds that will be sold at cost to make room for new draperies and rugs. Furniture is not sold by this store, and these few beds, which were bought primarily to display bedropm draperies, will be closed out for good. One solid brass bed that was S3O is now offered at $24-50-Two swell-front brass-trimmed beds that were sl2-50 each will be priced at $9-50-One canopy top bed that was sl7-50 will be sold at sll- - $4 enameled iron beds will be offered at $2-48 each.

WARD’S ART STORE ITS RECENT PURCHASE BY L. S. AYRES AND CO. Os Great Interest to the Home Makers of Indianapolis. The Sale of Its Wealth of Art Goods Will Probably Be Delayed Several Days Yet. H The purchase of this store by L. S. Ayres & Cos., which was recently mentioned in these columns, lias put the ladies of Indianapolis on the qui vive. Ward’s has long been recognized as a store that only carried high-class goods, and the probability of getting the many choice bits of bric-a-brac and statuary and the fine pictures, mirrors, moldings, etc., at the low prices promised has enlisted their interest to the extreme. The stock and fixtures have all been removed to the third floor of L. S. Ayres & Co.’s remodeled huildlng, and a force working both night and day is busy arranging and remarking the wilderness of art novelties which will be ready in a few days. A Bevy of Paper Girls They have come to court your favor in our west window—correctly gowned, of course, for they come direct from the Standard Pattern Company, and their paper costumes are cut by some of the latest improved standard patterns. The lady in buff with the auburn hair wears a costume with the new double circle skirt, cut by Pattern 4199. The waist is fashioned by Pattern 4179. Both are on sale at our Standard Pattern Department. The tall brunette in the pink tea gown had her stylish house dress cut by pattern No. 4099The blonde with the braid-trimmed brown bell skirt owes her stylish outfit to advance May Patterns 4113 and 4212Both are now in stock. The brunette with the red waist wears one of the Standard’s latest creations— Eton suit No. 4170. The little maid owes her pretty red dress to a design published as pattern No. 4155. We have it for ail ages between 2 and 9 years. As well as may be disclosed in paper these tissue garments show the style obtainable from these splendid patterns—their excellence of fit is already widely recognized throughout the country. Muslin Underwear SA Bargain Special For Monday Three hundred Muslin and Cambric garments of Ladies’ lingerie— Gowns, Skirts and Drawers. Former prices ranged from 7oc to $2 a garment. Choice Monday only LS. Ayres & Cos.