Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1921 — Page 3

The First Australians

KThe p.’.ir lia•! met and fallen In love al . * h preat festival gathering, and the lov dU*’- , letter was a token of their engagement.' The practice among the blackfellow: 1 : '* - ■ of nuirrlflTf* !iv iM-trcfhal hv elontvneiit

L Top (left to right)—An Australian blackfellow spearing fish. Aboriginal Ktomen coyly consent to sit for picture. I Renter (right)—Aboriginal mothers nnd children. Bottom (left to right)—An aboriginal of New South Wales. Educated aborigines of South Australia. The one on the right, Iluvld l nipon, is the inventor of an improved sheep-shearing machine and is an accomplished musician. He speaks English fluently and recently gave an address in Adelaide and Melbourne on tke subject of evolution that attracted much attention.

By W. D. BOYCE. SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.—It takes the steamer four days to come from Wellington, New Zealand, to Sydney, only 1,250 miles —and they call it a ferry! Australia and New Zealand can hardly be termed close neighbors, and they are uulike in many respects, as we shall see. This great island-continent, whose area is larger than that of the United States, has many features all its own. Long isolated from the rest of the world, its trees, plants, animals, birds and native people are of a bygone ape. Most iatereatinp of these are the aboriginals who for unknown centuries were the only human beings on the continent, roaming in tribes. living by hunting and flsning. with no cattle or fields and uo houses other than crude huts. When discovered by the white men. they had not risen to the use of metals. They are ■•onsidered the lowest in intelligence of ■~all humans and many scientists believe them to be the most primitive of the world’s inhabitants. Although they are called blackfellows, they are more brown than black, and are unlike 'the negro in that their hair is not wooily, their noses not bo flat and their lips do not turn "Utward. Only in late years has accurate and scientific knowledge been obtained concerning the life of these strafige people and their curious tribal customs. FAT.XX CONTACT WITH WHITES. It was a sad day for the Australian blackfellows when they followed the example of the white men and fell into ways for which all-wise Nature had never fitted them, for it marked the first process In their gradual extinction as a race. They started to imitate the whites with whom they came in contact by wearing clothes, which were wholly foreign to them. With the same ease they fell Into the rices of the white man; and before long they were victims of the same old ills to which the white is heir to. Rheumatism and dread pulmonary diseases, if they were not wholly new complaints among these wild children of the buau. were greatly aggravated by their contact with white* and the changed habits to which that contact gave rise. Even worse conditions came upon them. Today, the Australian aboriginals as a race is dying out; its epitaph before many Jftß ■ will be written. Since the days when sturdy Brit’ahers first set their faces toward thfs land of pror. ise, the blackfellows have found themselves gradually swept lack by the insistent demands of cirllixation. and old hostilities and feuds between blacks and whites show that it was not always ■ a peaceful penetration. There are black aboriginals, however, out on the fringes of the great continent, who even today have not seen a white man—a good thing, perhaps, for while there are many instances of the moat humane treatment of the aboriginal by farmers and ranchers aud their employes, certain types of other white*, getting in among the blacks, hare been a baneful influence in their lives From the “far out-back.” or wild districts of Australia, there o'-ca- i sionally comes the story of a tragedy in which a black fellow is one of the central figures. More often than not. a ! woman is in the case. A white has thrust his attentions upon a of a tribe and retaliation has followed These tragedies, however, are becom’ng i fewer, with the establishment of close res- | ervations and with government boards and missions to watch over and care for the blacks. _ That the at original* can he helped by the proper civilising influences, if taken in hand when they are young, i* evident from the suceets of missionary effort. There 1* an authentic story which is a! most incredible when we think that they have siTrung from a race so low in the •cal* of eiviliiation. of aboriginal chil-

dren attending a native school in Victoria. who. for three consecutive years, ranked h ghest in examination results of all the State schools in tbe colony, as I Victoria was before it attained to the | dignity of a State of Australia. ! CANNIBALISM STILL PRACTICED. Cannibalism is not a thing wholly of the past among the wilder tribes. Not long ago, 120 miles from Thursday Island an aboriginal woman was killed and : eaten by an old blackfellow sixty years of age. on the ground that she was t nuisance. These orgies are seldom heard j of nowadays, but that they still exist Is clear There is also one grisly tribal cus tom still in practice among the wild tribes. It takes tbe form of eating por tions of dead aboriginals who have gon' to their fathers in the natural course j This repulsive practice is not prompted j by savagery; it is regarded by those who indulge it as a mark of respect for the dead. A leg or an arm if a dead aborigi- 1 nal who was physically strong is. for example. eaten In tbe strange belief that the strength of the limb is transferred to tin j one who consumes It. It has been a recognised practice among some tribes to flay the corpse of one of its members and *-at certain portions of the fiesh, parts' of tbe body being- preserved and carried about as relics or charms. Asa charm, and as an instrument of sorcery, which has been largely responsible for some of these barbarous customs, the hand of a dead aboriginal would be worn around the neck Mothers would carry the dead bodies of tbeir children, even in a putrefying state, in their wanderings, a kind of penalty Inflicted upon younr mothers for causing their baby's death by carelessness THEIR ORIGIN IS SIIROI'DED IN PAST. As the name aboriginals indicates, it is j commonly believed that the blackfellows were the first people who lived in Australia although there is one noted scientist who has questioned the theory. Not long after the British settlement there were writer* who regarded the biackfellows as of mixed Papuan and Malay blood. It would take more space than is available even to trace briefly all the theories which have been advanced in scientific studies of the Austra lan aborigines, In answer to the question, "Who are they?" That a relationship exists between them and the ancient Brav'.dians j of India is the contention of several in- i vestigators. What is regarded as one ; connecting link between the two is the picture of a red right hand daubed on : roefcs in various parts of Australia, the j red hand being the symbol of oiwa, the ) “avenger” or “destroyer” mentioned in ! Hindoo lore. Even thia is not regarded by some as evidence that people came to Australia from India in prehistoric times. Might not the red hand have ben introduced into Australia not by the Indian race direct bnt by a Malay people, “who,” saya one scientist, “have certainly carried hither sure tokens of Hiudoo mythological inf uence.” The controversy is almost endless. Perhaps, whpn the aboriginals have ail melted away, ope of their wlae spirits will rise and say precisely what the history of the race is. Because of impaired constitutions, the i result of unhealthy lives arising from changed habits since their contact with i the whites, it is regarded as probable that in the older states of Australia there wi’i not be a full-blooded aboriginal surviving a few years hence. Thne has done away with many old customs, but the use of lore letters Is as readily understood today as it was by at least one of the native tribes ot ; Australia, whose gallantries were expressed in the form of a bit of twig, i about an inch and a half long, and ■ marked with three small notehea—one ] representing the "dhomka.” or postman. 1 and the other two the lovers. CARRIED LOVE LETTER FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. The story of one who has seen these "letters" in course of transmission Is 1 worth the telling: “A black boy fished J It out from the lining of his hat. where | he had sewed it up. He carried it In I this receptacle for several months until j he had an opportunity of delivering it j to the girl for whom it was intended.

The pair had met and fallen in love at a great festival gathering, and the love letter was a token of their engagement." The practice among the blackfeliows of marriage by betrothal, by elopement, by forcible abduction, by straight-out capture from another hostile tribe, aud by mutual consent, appears to have varied with different tribal communities. The reg 'rd which the blackfellows have shown for the observance of the traditions which have come down to them, has been shown in many ways. Marriage between members of the same class—the classes vary In number and are designated mainly by the names of animals, such as the kangaroo—has been Judd to be pros ly criminal. The avoidance of marriage within families has i beeu commonly observed by those who 1 have made a study of the wild aborigt- ! r.ais. Contrasted with such evidence of i moral principles are many barbarlt. “t whose origin has been long swallow, 1 j up in the black night of ages. For instance, there U tho amputation of one | or more joints of the little finger of one hand in tbe case of a young woman !r, some tribes; or the knocking out of , front teeth, the number of teeth-vary-ing with the tribe; or, as an act of lamentation for the dead, the lacernion of their bodies from heed to foot by the women of certain tribes, tne blood being allowed to dry upon the skin. Out in the Kimberleys, in western Australia, on the occasion of a blaekfeilow’s death, his wive* have been fatally c!nt-‘ *d, amid much pomp and ceremony by the old married men of the tribe. “MAN MAKING" BECAME A GREAT CEREMONY. In all the tribes, the initiation of youths into man's estate—railed “man making"— was conducted with much ceremony, if | it is not in practice even today, the cere- j mony varying with the tribe, and taking place in a sacred circle within which ! very oftec gigantic human figure w-as sketched on 'he ground. A spectator thus tells of tie orde.il of one young black- ; fellow: “H was sometimes obliged to fast. • * • A great smoke was raised by- burning green leaves, and the novitiates were permitted to view women at a distance through the smoke. • • • The young men were tempted to break the fasts by offers of food, to lose their gravity by comic representations, to exhibit fear by being subjected to treatment which would naturally excite fear. The severest punishment was threatened; for failure to undergo the tests. After the ordeal had been successfully submitted to, the youth was eligible for marriage. He was a full blown, responsible man. but only after he had passed several stages of Initiation, the ceremonies or ordeals, corresponding, it is said, with practices in the South Sea Islands, including the plucking out of the hair in handfuls, fire-treading and sitting upon green leaves heaped upon a smoldering fire." Lamentations for the dead, sounding like the hideous wailings of wild dogs, and including ceremonies aimed at evil j spirits, are followed by such disposals of the dead as bundling the bones into a hollow tree, or stretching the corps on an elevated platform of boughs, or dou bling the legs so that the knees will come under the chin, the hands being then tied and the corpse placed in a grave in this sitting posture, head upward. Perhaps the manner in which murder has often been avenged makes one of the strangest stories of this strange race. It is a case of “an eye for an eye.” Atnoug the wild blackfellows there" is great dread of brutal vengeance, for in the bunt for the murdered an innocent man has often been slain, simply to accommodate the spite of a sorcerer. Among some tribes it has been the practice to ask questions of the m.urdcred man, the responses being obtained byspells. Among one tribe the process of tracing the murderer is something like this: An old shinbone relic, wrapped in greasy- matter, is held under a fire, and when it tizzies it is believed to point In the direction of the guilty party. Sometimes the first blackfellow of another tribe who is met is slain in cold blood to meet the ends of aboriginal justice. Aboriginal rock paintings, sketches stil! preserved of animals and of men and weapons, cut out ou trees or in rocks, are clear evidence that the aborigines are not ignorant of art iu a crude form. In fact, these specimens of art are more Intelligible than the art of some of the cubist or other schools which have sprung up iu late years. The kangaroo, for instance, or the emu. or the boomerang. is drawn in the primitive sketches with lifelike fidelity. THE. CORROBOREE INTERESTING CUSTOM. Among the interesting customs of the Australian xbo ,-iginals are their corrobo-

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rees, exhibitions of which are at rare in- | terval* given in big cities or towns on j some special occasion. The corroborees, 1 exhibitions of which are an Idea of enjoyment, and closes with a weird crash of echoing yells. The fnales are usually j the sole performers, the women sitting in front by great fires and beating time by ; striking sticks together or clapping their hands. The dancers, smeared in colors, ' and their limbs sometimes decked out with sprigs, engage in a wild wriggling 1 of the body. The folklore of t%bea has revealed those 'children of the great Austrian bush ns I possessors of great imagination and a | vela of humor. They are not degraded savages, as the outside world has thought ; I but only a primitive people, creatures of a period and of conditions unknown to us, a dying race. Mr. Boyce’c article In next week’s Times will be on New South Wales, the mother state of Australia, which is larger than Texas, with a population only half as great. Is the wool growing center of the world and, with Its diversified climate, produces all the fruits of cold, temperate and tropical lands. RICHARD DAMPIER GIVEN A SIOO JOLT City Court Fine on Blind Tiger Charge Is Stayed by Louie Brown. n Richard Danipier, 815 East Teuth street, brother of John Lumpier, 1208 Gimber street, who is known as a “political power” in the southeast part of the city, and convicted "fence'’ for stolen automobiles, arrested Tuesday n'ght on a charge of operating a blind tiger, *wus found guilty and was fined SIOO and costs by Judge Walter Pritchard in city court yesterday- afternoon. Dampler’* t fine was stayed by Louie Brown, well ; known about police headquarters as a | political power of the west side, j Lieutenant Cox and Sergeant Cliff ! Richter and squad, who arrested Richard \ Dampler, said they found twenty two quarts of home-made beer aud ninety-five pints in a closet In his home. John Dampier, who was arrested Saturday by Lieutenant Woollen and squad when sixteen quurters and twelve pints of home-made beer were found in a barn in the rear of his home, is scheduled to have a hearing on a llind tiger charge July 12 in the city court. John Dampler was convicted In Criminal Court some . time ago for receiving stolen automobiles. The case was appealed to the ! 'Supreme Court, where It is still pending, f Leroy Puckett. 1137 South Pershing avenue, arrested Tuesday night by Lieutenant Houston and squad on blind tiger i charges, was fined SSO and costs and senI tenced to ten days in jail by Judge Pritchard. The officers said they found I two half pint bottles of “white mule" j whisky in Puckett's home. ! APARTMENTS TO BECOME OFFICES Two Buildings to Be Remodeled for New Use. j Following the consummation of two sales yesterday. It is announced the i Knickerbocker apartment'. 215 217 East j New York street, and the Schrader aparti ments. 319 North Pennsylvania street, soon will be remodeled Into office buildings. The Knickerbocker apartments were purchased by Charles S. Drake, James M : Drake and William S. Taylor, officer* of j the Empire Health and Accident Imur ; anop Company, who will in turn sell the building to the insurance company which Is being reorganized. It is expected the Insurance company will oc cupy the main floor and basement and the remaining two floors will be fitted up for physicians' and dentists’ office' The Schrader apartments were leased by Hugh J. Baker, president of the i Hngh J. Baker Engineering Company, i for a period of twenty years Considers tion in the Knickerbocker building deal ; was $70,000 and for the Schrader apart meats, $135,000. Library Notes ! New fiction books at the Centra! Li i brary Include: “Seed of tho Sun." by jW. A. Irwin; “Man Who Did tho Right Thing." by Kir H. H. Johnston; An ; Ocean Tramp,” by William Me Fee; “Bar-J 20 Three,” by C. E. Mulford New non-fiction books at the Central Library Includo: "American Bankers and Brokers Telegraphic Code,” by American Code Company; "Flower Lore and Legend.” by Mrs. K. Beals; “Thing* That Have Interested Me,” by ArnoM Bennett; “Our Family Affairs, 1807-189.1.'' by E. F. Benson; 'Fairs and Fet-s,” by Mro C. F. Burrell; “Empress Eugenie In Exile," by Agnes Carey , "True Ghost j Stories." by Hereward Carrington ; ■ How Shall I Tell My Child?" by Mrs. it. W. Chapman; “Guide to the Mushrooms," by E. L. T. Cole; “Water-lilies and How to Grow Them." by H. S. Conord; ' Great English Novelists,” edited by W. J. Dawson ; “Mary Stuart, a Play," by John Drlnkwater; “Beggar's Opera,” by John Gay; “Finger Prints Simplified," by J. U. Holt; "What Really Happened ;. t Paris," edited by E. M. House; "Teaching so Citizenship." by E. H. Hhghes; "Story of the Woman's Party,” by Mrs. I. Irwin; “New I’oetns," by D. 11. Lawrence; "Great-Hearted Women," by M. A. | Murphy; “Practical Bank Operation;" t "Provincetown Plays," “Chrysanthe- '< mums," by I. L. Powell; “Edgar Allen Poe; How to Know Him,'' by C. A. Smith; "Queen Victoria,” by I.ytton Strachey; "What an Advertiser Should j Know,’’ by 11. C. Taylor, and "New Stone Age in Northern Europe,” by J. M. Tyler. New children's books at the Central Library are: “Children of the Palm Lands, by A. E. Allen; “Adventures of Paddy the Beaver," by T. W. Burgess ; - Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack," ; by T. W. Burgess; “Mother West Mind I Where Stories," by T. W. Burgess; j “Three Mulla-Mulgars," by W. J. De La Mare; "Piece* for Every Day the Schools | Celebrate,” complied by N. H. Dealing;; and “Hopl, the Cliff-Dweller,” by Martha j Jewett. New books at the Teachers’ Special ! Library are: “Junior High School," l>y ! L. V. Koos, and “Educational Toys,” by I L. C. Peterson. MAN APPOINTED UNDER PROTEST Governor Overruled by Live i Stock Sanitary Board. Declaring that he had no discretion in j the matter under the law, Governor War- ; ren T. McCray, in a statement Issued j late yesterday, affirmed the appointment; of Dr. R. C. Julten of Delphi as sec- ; rotary of the State livestock sanitary boarc. The action of the Governor followed a meeting of the board in which it reaffirmed its previous selection of Dr. Jullen which had been opposed by the Governor. Governor McCray’s statement follows: "In tbe matter of the appointment of j a State veterinarian, 1 find that the worn- j ing of the law places the authority as to j the selection of the secretary entirely in j the hands of the livestock sanitary board. The Governor has nothing to do with the appointment, his approval being 1 necessary only as to the amount of sal- | ary to be paid to such official. “In view of this fact I will ratify the ; appointment of any selection made by the] board, having faith in Us judgment in ! the final determination of this matter.” ] The board did not insist on the ap- ; pointment of Dr. W. B. Craig of Indian- ( spoils as assistant secretary, but decided j to employ him part of the time for ape- j cial work. The Governor asked Dan Heed of Attica, a member of the board, who an nouncod his intention to resign as a result of the controversy over the Jullen i appointment, to reconsider, his decision, I lie promised to “think the matter over." I

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Record Albums Two $1.50 10-inch albums, 91.50. Two sl-75 12-inch Albums. $1.75. —Petti* Ylctrolas, fifth floor. Boys’ 89c and 98c Hats, 49c Sizes 3 to 10. Plain and fancy patterns, in straw or wash fabrics. —Petti* box*' clothing. third floor. Boys' 25c and 35c Bathing Trunks, Each, 11c Sizes 5 to 15 years. Colors black or blue only. —Petti* boy*' clothing, third floor. Boys' 89c Sports Blouses, €9c Sizes 6 to 18 years. Good percales in neat patterns. —Pettis boys’ clothing, third floor. Youths’ $1.25 Bib Overalls, 89c Sizes 26 to 32 waist (all lengths). Good weight denim. (Our guaranteed make.) —Petti* boys’ clothing, third floor. Men’s $1.50 White Overalls, 96c Also Jackets. Sizes 38 to 44 only. A good weight and juality. —Petti* men’* wear, third floor. $3.00 Pink Lady Candy, $1.50 Two-pound box choice assorted chocolates. Dilling’s best. —Petti* confectionery, basement. 50c Steel Cut Coffee, Lb,, 35c Choice of one-pound tins Ross tVeir, Monarch and Bright’s Best. —Petti# coffee, basement. Four Loaves Bread, 24c Best pan loaf in the city. Special price for Friday. —Petti* bakery, basementsl.2s Benjamin Two-Way Plugs, 83c Permits the use of electric appliance and light bulb 'at the same time. —Petti* electrleal, bawmrot. New Beginners Dinner Sets, $1.98 Four Dinner Plates, 4 Fruit Saucers, 4 Cups and Saucers, one Meat Dish and one Vegetable Dish, in best grade white semi-porcelain v —l’etti* dinnerware, basement. 25c Glass Butter Dishes, 18c Oblong shape to hold one pound of butter. —Pettis glassware, basement. Checked Dress Percales, Yard, 17c Yard wide, best size. Shepherd Check in blue, yellow, green, red and black. —Petti* imh rood*, street floor, went uU>. Cotton Challis, Yard 15c Yard wide, new lot of new designs and colorings. Por house dresses draperies, quilt, etc. ( —Petti* wash jroods, street floor, we*t ”ir;!e. New Lot Choice Dress Gingham, Yard, 15c In small patterns, best styles and colorings, excellent dres3 quality. —Petti* wanh rood*, street floor, west aisle. All-Silk Georgette Crepe, Yard, 95c In good light and dark colorings. —Petti* wash goods, street floor, west aisle. Silk Dress Poplin, Yard, 79c Yard wide, plain and changeable effects. Plenty of white, navy blue and black. Excellent for draperies. —Petti* wa*h (roods, street floor, west pjle. Black Satin Messaline, Yard, $1.25 Yard wide, yarn dye, colored edge Dress Satin; black only. —Petti* wash irood*, street floor, west oliic. $2.25 All-Wool Serge, Yard, $1.45 Full twill Dress Serges, 50 Inches wide; navy blue, brown, gray and wine. —Pettis dre** floods, street floor, west aisle. $4.50 and $6.00 Englishmen’s Wear, $3.00 Tweeds, the finest all wool, good 58-inch w-ide material iu gray and brown mixtures. —Pettis dress goods, street floor, west aisle. Cotton Dress Foulard, Yard, 25c 32 inches wide. A clearance lot at a very low price. Some dots, stripes and figures. —Pettis dre>ss good*, street floor, west aisle. $3.98 Hand Bags, $2.00 Real Leather Hand Bags, good size, in pinseal grain, silk lined. Colors are navy and gray. • —Petti* bond ba:, street floor, aUle four.

$3.00 Silk Gloves, 79c Above the elbow length, heavy quality Silk Gloves. In black and all colors. Manufacturer’s samples, —-Pettis gloves, street floor, aisle four. $4.50 Pearl Beads, $1.59 French Filled Pearl Beads, graduated styles, 27 inches long. —Pettis Jewelry, street floor, aisle four. Rogers’ Silverware Sets, $4.98 26 Pieces—6 Knives, 6 Forks, 6 Tablespoons, 6 Teaspoons, 1 Butter Knife, 1 Sugar Shell. Only 14 sets left. —Petti* nibrerware, *tr*et floor, (iinle four. Brocade Corsets, $1.98 Special purchase of beautiful flesh colored corsets, elastic top, for the slender type figure. —Pettis corsets, second floor. Hat Trimmings, 24c to 37c Fine flowers and fruits for milinery trimming, formerly priced at 59c to 98c. —Second floor. Flower Wreaths, 44c, 79c, 97c These attractive trimmings, formerly priced at 98c to $3.98. —Second floor. Wool Sweaters, $2.98 Tuxedo style, plenty of navy blue; formerly $3.95 to $6.95. —Srcontl floor. Smocks, $3.98 Up to $6.95 values, Japanese crepe voile and linene—all colors —embroidered. —Second floor. Scarfs or Sashes, $2.75 Fiber silk—in attractive colors; formerly $3.95. • —Second floor. Crepe Kimonos, $2.97 Japanese Crepe Kimonos — hand embroidered; formerly $3.95. —Second floor. House Dresses, $1.79 Extra size—Percale Dresses — in light patterns; formerly $2.50. —Second floor. Angora Yarn, 29c Regular 49c size; for knitting and embroidery; in white only. —Fifth floor. Lunch Sets, 49c 13-plece Lunch Sets, stamped in two pretty designs; formerly 79c. —Fifth floor. 25c Djer-Kiss Talcum, 16c Limit two cans to a customer. —Street floor. 17c Certified Complexion Soap, 10c Limit three bars to a customer. —Street floor. 35c Senreco Tooth Paste, 15c Limit two tubes to a customer. —Street floor. 29c Composition Ivory Combs, 9c —Street floor. Bloomer Elastic, 12 Yards, 36c wide, white. —Street floor. Snap Fasteners, 3 Dozens, 9c —Street floor. Hair Nets, y 2 Doz., 64c 15c National Hair Nets. —Street floor. Women’s Handkerchiefs, Each, 4c Barred striped and plain Handkerchiefs; good grade of lawn with rolled edge; white and colors. —Street floor. Men’s Handkerchiefs, Each, 10c " Long embroidered initial; good grade of cambric, hemstitched. —Street floor. $5.95 and $6.95 Morning Dresses, $4.25 Made of fine gingham with pique, organdy and braid trimming. —Seccud floor. Little Tots’ Dresses, $2.89 Plain white, figured lawn, checked voile and colored organdie Dresses. Many pretty styles, hemstitched collars and cuffs, also sash. Lace and embroidery trimmed. Slightly counter tossed. Regularly $4.95 to $6.95. —Second floor. Children’s Pajamas, $1.19 White cambric and pink batiste. One-piece hemstitched neck, short sleeve and pocket. Gathered at the bottom. Regularly $1.25 to $1.75. —Second floor. Women’s Athletic Union Suits, 79c In nainsook and flesh color, formerly priced at $1.49. Very cool and comfortable for the hot weather. —Second floor.

Crepe Bloomers, 39c In flesh with ruffled knee, lovely material and well made. —Second floor. Satin Camisoles, $2.98 Trimmed in many beautiful designs; formerly priced at $4.93 and $3.95. —Street floor. Art Goods, % Off All Sanitas Luncheon’ Cloths, Scarfs, Tray Cloths and 13-Piece Luncheon Sets, 25% off. —Fifth floor. Men’s $1.39 Bathing Suits, SI.OO Sizes 34 to 48. Black rib weave w-ith scarlet trimming. —Pettis men’s clothlnn. ' third floor. Boys’ 79c Blouses, 2 for SI.OO Sizes 6 to 18 years. Made of good quality percales. —Pettis boys’ clothing, third floor. Mosquito Net, Bolt, $1 Black and white; 58 inches wide. —Pettis netting, street floor, aisle two. 30c Outing Flannel, Yard, 17c Heavy quality; one yard wide; blue and pink stripes. —Petti* outings, street floor, ai*le two. $1.69 Saucepan Sets, SI.OO Extra heavy quality; guaranteed pure aluminum. Set of three pieces. —Pettis basement. Auto Baskets, SI.OO Selected elm splint, strong and very durable. —Pettis basement. Voile Flouncing, Yard, 59c 40 inches wide; lovely quality voile; heavily embroidered in a variety of patterns. \ —Street floor. Venise Lace, Yard, 49c Collar widths; cream and white; lovely patterns. —Street floor. Lace Vestees, Each, 49c A fine grade of net, tucked and ruffles for daintiness; roll or Dutch collar. —Street floor. Organdie Plaiting, Yard, 59c Plain and escalloped; various widths; formerly 89c yard. —Street floor. Neckwear, Each, 29c Collar and Sets of organdie, lace and Georgette crepe; slightly soiled and mussed; formerly 59c. —Street floor. Ribbon Sashes, Each, $2.98 Plain colors and pretty combinations; finished with fringe; 6 to 9 inches wide; formerly $5.00. —Street floor. Ribbons, Yard, 19c Odd pieces in taffeta moire and warp prints. —Street floor. Girls’ Smocks at $1.39 In crepe, Pickwick and voile, with tucks, embroidery and fancy pockets. Not every size in all the styles—formerly priced at $3.95 and $5.95. —Second floor. Women’s Smocks, 69c The popular sleeveless Smock, in lavender, rose and tan, trimmed with pearl buttons and Vnecks; formerly $1.98. —Second floor. Tub Skirts, $1.65 Pre-shrunk, fine grade of gabardine; fully tailored —pockets and buttons. Formerly $3.95 and $4.95. —Seeond floor. Women’s White Oxfords, $1.95 White Canvas Lace Oxfords; Cuban heel —a neat model. —Street floor. Kid Oxfords, $2.95 Brown and black kid and many styles; regularly $5.00 $6.00‘. —Street floor. Children’s Sandals, $1.45 Tan calfskin barefoot sandals; sizes 8 to 2. —Street floor. “Indian Head’’ Linen, Yard, 20c 33 inches wide; genuine Indian Head cloth. —Street floor. Tablecloths, $2.98 Imported mercerized Cotton Damask, 2x2 ;ards. Beautiful designs; formerly $5.00. —Street floor. Aluminum Covered Kettles, $1.19 Pure aluminum covered; $- quart size; formerly $1,69. —Basement. Clotheslines, 29c Well made; 50-foot length; 500 grade. —Basement. Shopping Baskets, 98c Fine willow Baskets for marketing or a jpicnic; formerly $1.39. i —Basement. \ Rubber Gloves, 39c For the house worker, formerly 59c. —Basement.

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