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						UNITED STATES
				SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
					Washington, D.C. 20549

						SCHEDULE 13D

			  Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
						(Amendment No. *)

				   The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp.
						(Name of Issuer)

						 Common Stock
					(Title of Class of Securities)

						   284470101
						(CUSIP Number)

				      Neil J. Koren, Esq.
				   Shartsis Friese & Ginsburg LLP
				 One Maritime Plaza, 18th Floor
				     San Francisco, CA 94111
						(415) 421-6500
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications)

						September 8, 1999
		(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G
to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D,
and is filing this schedule because of Sections 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-
1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box / X /.

Note:  Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original
and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits.  See Section
240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class
of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information
which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all
other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 284470101						Page 2 of 10 Pages

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
	SS OR IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
	Snyder Capital Management, L.P.
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2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*	(a)	/XX/
											(b)	/ /
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3	SEC USE ONLY
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4	SOURCE OF FUNDS*
	AF and WC
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5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
	PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)				/ /
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6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Delaware
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		NUMBER OF		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
		SHARES			0
		BENEFICIALLY	---------------------------------------
		OWNED BY		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
		EACH				2,786,600
		REPORTING		---------------------------------------
		PERSON		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
		WITH				0
					---------------------------------------
					10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
						3,150,650
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11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	3,150,650
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12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
	CERTAIN SHARES*  							/ /
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13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	19.6%
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14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
	PN and IA
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
(INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.


SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 284470101						Page 3 of 10 Pages

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
	SS OR IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
	Snyder Capital Management, Inc.
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2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*	(a)	/XX/
											(b)	/ /
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3	SEC USE ONLY
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4	SOURCE OF FUNDS*
	AF
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5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
	PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)				/ /
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6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Delaware
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		NUMBER OF		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
		SHARES			0
		BENEFICIALLY	---------------------------------------
		OWNED BY		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
		EACH				2,786,600
		REPORTING		---------------------------------------
		PERSON		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
		WITH				0
					---------------------------------------
					10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
						3,150,650
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11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	3,150,650
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12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
	CERTAIN SHARES*				/ /
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13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	19.6%
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14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
	CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
(INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.


SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 284470101						Page 4 of 10 Pages

ITEM 1.	SECURITY AND ISSUER.

This statement relates to shares of Common Stock (the "Stock") of The
Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. (the "Issuer").  The principal executive
office of the Issuer is located at 3155 Elbee Road, Dayton, Ohio
45439.

ITEM 2.	IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

The persons filing this statement and the persons enumerated in
Instruction C of Schedule 13D and, where applicable, their respective
places of organization, general partners, directors, executive
officers and controlling persons, and the information regarding them,
are as follows:

	(a)	The names of the persons filing this statement are Snyder
Capital Management, L.P. ("SCMLP") and Snyder Capital Management, Inc.
("SCMI") (collectively, the "Filers").  Persons enumerated in
Instruction C of Schedule 13D are  Alan Barry Snyder ("Snyder"),
Walter Niemasik, Jr. ("Niemasik"), Margot Thorington Murtaugh
("Murtaugh"), Robert John Stanton ("Stanton"), Steven James Block
("Block"), Peter Stuart Voss ("Voss"), Susan Roberta Katz-Snyder
("Katz-Snyder") and Sherry Ann Umberfield ("Umberfield")
(collectively, with the Filers, the "Named Persons").

	SCMI is the sole general partner of SCMLP.  Both SCMLP and SCMI
are wholly owned by Nvest Companies, L.P. ("Nvest Companies"), a
limited partnership affiliated with Nvest, L.P., a publicly traded
limited partnership.  The general partner of Nvest, L.P. and the
managing general partner of Nvest Companies is an indirect, wholly
owned subsidiary of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife").
As of June 30, 1998, MetLife beneficially owned all of the general
partner interests in Nvest Companies and Nvest, L.P. and, in the
aggregate, general partner and limited partner interests of Nvest
Companies and Nvest, L.P. representing approximately 47% of the
economic interests in the business of Nvest Companies.

	SCMI and Nvest Companies operate under an understanding that all
investment and voting decisions regarding advisory accounts managed by
SCMLP are to be made by SCMI and SCMLP and not by Nvest Companies or
any entity controlling Nvest Companies.  Accordingly, SCMI and SCMLP
do not consider Nvest Companies or any entity controlling Nvest
Companies to have any direct or indirect control over the securities
held in managed accounts.

	(b)	The business address of SCMLP, SCMI, Snyder, Niemasik,
Murtaugh, Stanton, Block and Katz-Snyder is 350 California Street, San
Francisco, CA 94104.  The business address of Voss, Umberfield, Nvest
Companies and Nvest, L.P. is 399 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116.
The business address of MetLife is One Madison Avenue, New York, New
York 10010.


SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 284470101						Page 5 of 10 Pages


	(c)	SCMLP is an investment adviser registered under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  SCMI is the sole general partner of
SCMLP.  Snyder is the President of SCMI.  Niemasik, Murtaugh, Stanton
and Block are the Vice Presidents of SCMI.  Snyder, Niemasik, Voss,
Katz-Snyder and Umberfield are the directors of SCMI.  Voss and
Umberfield are also the President and Executive Vice President,
respectively, of Nvest Companies.

	(d)	During the last five years, none of the Named Persons has
been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations
or similar misdemeanors).

	(e)	During the last five years, none of the Named Persons was a
party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of
competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is
subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future
violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to,
federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect
to such laws.

	(f)	SCMLP is a Delaware limited partnership.  SCMI is a Delaware
corporation.  Snyder, Niemasik, Murtaugh, Stanton, Block, Voss, Katz-
Snyder and Umberfield are all citizens of the United States of
America.


ITEM 3.	SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

The source and amount of funds used in purchasing the Stock were as
follows:

Purchaser		Source of Funds			Amount


SCMLP		Funds Under Management	$1,938,125,000


ITEM 4.	PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.

SCMLP acquired the Stock on behalf of its advisory clients for the
purpose of investment.  None of the Filers has any present plans or
intentions to acquire or dispose of any securities of the Issuer other
than on behalf of SCMLP's advisory clients for the purpose of
investment.


SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 284470101						Page 6 of 10 Pages

On September 9, 1999, Murtaugh, a Vice President of SCMI, sent a
letter to Mr. Fred Mershad, the Issuer's Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Issuer's Board of Directors.  That letter, a copy of
which is attached as Exhibit A hereto and incorporated herein by
reference, expressed SCMLP's views on the following:  (1) Mr. Mershad
continuing to serve as the Issuer's Chief Executive Officer and as
Chairman of the Issuer's Board of Directors, (2) replacing at least
two members of the Issuer's Board of Directors, and (3) amending the
Issuer's Articles of Incorporation and Code of Regulations to reduce
from a super majority to a simple majority the vote required with
respect to (a) amendments to the Articles of Incorporation or Code of
Regulations relating to the staggered terms of members of the Issuer's
Board of Directors and (b) the removal of a member of the Issuer's
Board of Directors.

SCMLP has communicated, and intends to communicate, with the Issuer's
Chief Executive Officer, Board of Directors and other stockholders to
discuss these issues.  In addition, SCMLP may discuss these issues
with its legal and other advisers.

SCMLP may purchase at any time or times on behalf of its advisory
clients additional shares of the Stock or other securities of the
Issuer.   SCMLP may at any time or times cause its advisory clients to
dispose of any or all securities of the Issuer in any lawful manner.
SCMLP's advisory clients reserve all of their rights as stockholders
of the Issuer and may exercise those rights in any manner that they or
SCMLP consider to be in the interests of such clients.

Other than as described above, none of the Filers has any present
plans or proposals that relate to, or would result in, any of the
transactions or events described in Item 4 of Schedule 13D.

ITEM 5.	INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

To the knowledge of the Filers, the beneficial ownership of the Stock
by the Filers is reflected on the cover pages of each Filer and the
other Named Persons do not beneficially own any Stock.

The persons filing this statement effected the following transactions
in the Stock on the dates indicated, and such transactions are the
only transactions by the persons filing this statement in the Stock
since July 9, 1999:

		Purchase			   Number			  Price
Name		or Sale	Date		  of Shares		Per Share

SCMLP	P	07-15-99	12,000	$7.31
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	4,500	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	20,000	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	10,000	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	11,000	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	21,000	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	20,000	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	15,000	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	1,400	$6.50


SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 284470101						Page 7 of 10 Pages

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SCMLP	P	07-27-99	18,000	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	2,800	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	16,500	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	6,700	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	6,300	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	15,000	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	5,000	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	3,300	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-27-99	6,700	$6.50
SCMLP	P	07-29-99	17,000	$6.50
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	8,100	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	1,100	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	1,100	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	16,700	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	11,400	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	8,200	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	4,000	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	5,500	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	10,300	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	10,000	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	26,400	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	8,300	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	86,700	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	1,800	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	8,000	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	2,000	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	4,700	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	3,000	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	8,000	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	2,300	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	1,500	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	19,500	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-05-99	1,400	$5.25
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	3,300	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	8,000	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	5,200	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	1,000	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	5,000	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	1,300	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	4,000	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	3,500	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	3,800	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	4,400	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	9,300	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	3,600	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	17,000	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	12,000	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	17,200	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	3,800	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	3,000	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	8,800	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	4,600	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	35,700	$5.50


SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 284470101						Page 8 of 10 Pages

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SCMLP	P	08-10-99	10,000	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	3,700	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	2,800	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	15,000	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	18,300	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	15,400	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-10-99	30,500	$5.50
SCMLP	P	08-12-99	5,000	$5.56
SCMLP	P	08-12-99	15,000	$5.56
SCMLP	P	08-12-99	4,500	$5.56
SCMLP	P	08-12-99	8,900	$5.56
SCMLP	P	08-12-99	9,000	$5.56
SCMLP	S	08-24-99	5,000	$8.12
SCMLP	S	08-31-99	8,000	$7.17
SCMLP	P	08-31-99	8,000	$7.20

All transactions were executed through the Nasdaq National Market.

SCMLP is a registered investment adviser whose clients have the right
to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or
the proceeds from the sale of, the Stock.  No individual client's
holdings of the Stock are more than five percent of the class.



SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 284470101						Page 9 of 10 Pages

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ITEM. 6.	CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS
WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

SCMLP is a registered investment adviser.  SCMLP's clients have the
right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from,
or the proceeds from the sale of, the various securities in which
their assets are invested, including the Stock.  Depending on SCMLP's
agreement with each advisory client, the client may have no right, a
shared right or an exclusive right to direct the voting of the Stock.


ITEM 7.	MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

Exhibit A - Letter from Margot Murtaugh to Fred Mershad, the Chief
Executive Officer of the Issuer and the Chairman of the Issuer's Board
of Directors dated September 9, 1999.

SIGNATURES

	After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.

DATED:	September __, 1999

SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.

By:	Snyder Capital Management, Inc.
	General Partner

	By:	/s/ Margot Murtaugh
		Margot Murtaugh
		Vice President


SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.


By:	/s/ Margot Murtaugh
	Margot Murtaugh
	Vice President



SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 284470101						Page 10 of 10 Pages
											Exhibit A

September 9, 1999

Fred Mershad
The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp.
3155 Elbee Road
Dayton, OH 45439

Dear Fred:

Thank you very much for our meeting last Wednesday.  I appreciated
your candor in discussing the problems of the past and the solutions
that you are implementing, as well as your vision for the future.  We
want to reiterate that we are supportive of management.  We believe
that while some mistakes have been made, you have addressed them
swiftly and decisively, and that patience is required before the
benefits will be seen.

After reflecting on the situation, we support two of PPM's
suggestions, but disagree with their first proposal.  We believe that
you should continue in the Chairman and C.E.O. roles, but that you
should consider replacing at least two board members.  The current
board is largely composed of people with experience in restructuring
companies.  We think that Elder Beerman would benefit in having a
fresh perspective from directors who have more experience in guiding
ongoing public enterprises.  We have several ideas on appropriate
candidates, and would appreciate input in this process.

Finally, we would like the provisions in the articles of incorporation
and the code of regulations requiring a supermajority vote on such
matters as the staggered board and removal of directors to be changed
to a simple majority requirement.

We hope that you give serious consideration to these two proposals and
we look forward to hearing your thoughts in the next few weeks.

Sincerely,


/s/ Margot Murtaugh
Margot Murtaugh

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