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Evening journal., 1916-02-04

5b-nch guaranteed Iaifeta, in black navy and
subterrean green .................S S1.75
Checks seem to be the leading thing for
spring You will find a full line of them in
our department. SO to 54 inches wide, SOC up to
$l.50.
45-nch Storm Serge, sponged and shrunk
full line of shades and plenty of black . ,75c
36-inch Wool Crepe with white chalk stripes,
black, green, grey and Alice blue ........ .39c
56nch Corduroy in old rose, ian, grey and
navy; special ....................... .75c
36-inch Checked Taffeta in black and white,
with harline stripe of blue and green; spe-
cial Observation-Disclosures. S1.OO yard
Evening journal., 1916-02-04

Hosiery
We offer for tomorrow few specials in
Hosiery.
womens Silk Hose with slight imperfectons;
regular SOC and 75c values, for. ..... 25c
Childrens guaranteed fast black Hose
12Ilc and 15c
women's black Lisle Hose with linen heel
and toe ....................... .l2Kc
Evening journal., 1916-02-04

snellenburg's great February half
price sale mems shirts. underwear,
etc, now going on. Snellenburg's, 7th
and Market Streets.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1916-02-04

36-nch Lining Satin in a full line of colors
and black; regular ST 25 value for .$1.O0 yard
36-nch Faile Silk III two shades of navy, bot
tie green, reseda, old rose, grey and black,
Sl.50 yard
32-nch Mercerized Satin de Luxe in back
ground of black and navy with pretty printed
designs ...................... 25c yard
27-nch Cluster Wolfe, all the newest and pret-
tiest designs all line of coors; regular 25c
value for Observation-Disclosures. lie
27-inch cotton mercerized Poplin in a full
line of colors; plenty of black ... 25c yard
40nch Cotton Voile in full assortment of
beautiful designs ..................2 25c yard
Evening journal., 1916-02-04

Sale of Georgette Crepe
We will place on sale tomorrow another lot
of Georgette Crepe. This will be one of the
popular fabrics for spring wear in either Waists
or Dresses. Just now when colors are so very
scarce this will be an unusual value. Eleven
shades for your selection for Saturday o.
'only; special sale price ............. OOC
Evening journal., 1916-02-04

Wash Goods
We are showing an extensive line of Wash
Goods and, owing TO the scarcity of Wash Goods
at this time, these we are sure will appeal TO
you.
Bates Zephyr Dress Gingham in large va
riety of patterns ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .12hc
Dress Ginghams in all the newest effects. .1Oc
32-inch Shifting Madras in all the wanted
patterns ......'.....'...'''. ''.'''''..'.' &c
Best French Percales, all the latest de-
signs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .l2kc
kindergarten and Galatea Cloth; 25c value
Best Apron Gingham; variety of patterns, Sc
Evening journal., 1916-02-04
Silks and Dress Goods

This department showing the the
o recate lei beauty
The sun., 1916-11-05

Is just above the Winter Garden.
More music came sitting through tho
closed doors. One OF the doors swung
open half an inch to permit the man
aCer 10 see whether the visitor should
be admitted within the sacred portals
or left to co,l heels outside. Decision
favorable.
Within long v!stas ~ misty gray
hemming a shimmery surface at icc.
Shadows II rose across tho gray and
soft lights. Along tho sides ~uyerhang-
ing balconies of white like snowdrifts.
and far YER IN one secluded corner n
great fireplace where hickory logs
craCklc and send out pungcnt odors to
awake. memories of woudsy days.
In the centre Of the shimmory sur
face Il fleet ice witch with gold IN her
hair spun Ike "A top and strcakcd
across the floor straight int" the arms
~ a man who tossed her h.Eh in tho
air. There she poised for a space Ike
n butterfly. then bounded "a her feet
and IN" twn vent gliding away to-
Cethcr to tho tune 81 q waltz. Tho
girl wore an abbreviated ,k.rt Of black
and white checks an inch square. an
orange jersey edged with black fur
The sun., 1916-11-05

Gyrations of the frivolous few. Catch
them carry ing on in any such silly
manncr now
Not long after they awakened to the
fact that the frivolous few had become
the mad majority. Mothers and fathers
had Joined with the young folk and
were out at thes dansants cavorting
clumsily for "a time. hut drifting slow
~ into the sway OF the music. The
ncNt the scoffcrs heard was that
grandmothers and grandfathcrs had
fallen for the idea and were busy
prancing through tho difficult prob
lens az the hesitation waltz in the pri-
waite studio Of some tango teacher.
The boss slammed the lid OF his desk
an hour earlier and took himself on
to Il dancing class. where a doll with
cropped hair and n lisp let him tangle
his feet all NJ and then showed him
how to %untangle them again. The boss
had never before known he had so
The sun., 1916-11-05

your nose AZ 1t ana went away with
JEFF YOU remember Jcm?
"Er,rVhod,'S Nd9G:iuc sent down
the editors automobile ana took me up
town to a DISTINGUISHED nerve special
list. Who dcrlicd that | had beep
working too hard. and advised me
either 10 take a trip to Europe or some
tablets he had in "A lox. took the
kept on taking EN-. and | amt a bit
worse to-day.
"iiut none OF 'em knew that what
| needed was just somebody TO fix a
cushion for ne on the sofa. and tell
the man with tho gas bill that | wasn't
IN.
you ask mo what ! get for short
stories. | get ten. fifteen. something's
twenty cents Il word. and everything
engaged bong before it's written.
"Now. I'll tell you what to do: kick
the mountains over and hurry to New
York. It's 30 per ccnt. OF the game TO
see the editors In person. Right here
is the only place on the American
continent where you can live. What
are the mountains compared to ii?
tdT tIlNf, MIN lllt IIlolilltlllS pNfl
and AXE my advice. You are far
enough advanced to make your way
from the start. And 7 assure YOU, as
I SAID, heinE on the ground Is so per
cent. OF the game.
"They call It n lonely city. Lonely.
with every masterpiece of art, music
and beautiful things within a block OF
you, Say, Carrie, chop down the to-
vines and ON on. ] n get you
into every editorial office in town
,wlicre % are not already appreci-
ated). and YOU vii. make a success
Attend, oh. Princess OF the Bluest
Ridge, these are o the words of one
u, Hudson the adolescent. but OF Boil
who knows. II | didn't think you
had the genius to win the game I'd
advise you to try.
There's a line In your letter.
couldn't know what tho boy had de-
veloped into ! can only say into one
surely no better, unsatisfed. and al
ways remembering the little girl next
door"
In one letter O. Henry commended
the "quiet life" to he found In New
York:
why don't you cut loose and come
to N. v? This Is the only place To
live. You can choose the kind ~ life
you want and live It, and get all there
Is Of existence. Come on and get In
with the bunch! You can get n studio
In a top story and raise tomatters or
the roof II you must have EN-. III
help you tend to 'em. Come on and
learn the beauty Of n quiet life. &c,
away from the feverish round Of gaye,
The sun., 1916-11-05

| ties that you've been accustomed to.
men taking YOU out rowing wasn't he
tall and dark. with "A dropping mus
,achc?l and men coming in tho Full
man cars and sitting close hy your side
oh. ] haven't forgotten about IT,.
Often I've gotten out "A ,ouple If
dozen sheets Of Caper aud started to
write to you, when I'd think: oh.
what's the She won't want 10
hear from me-somcbody's ripping the
b%uttonholcs out Of his collar ryirg To
pull IN car windows for her. or pulling
on the wrong car and rowing the hont
into a mud bank where ,heyW sit FOR
hours until some nlovman Mods a,orr
and drars thcm on,
..Plcasc. dear CARR. Nrite 70 mo
some more. II Won had saved all h
letters I'ye vrj,ton 70 Won I, tho .s,ir,,
vo,,d have , s,ack a h;,h a. ,ho hi,,
sunnower nv tho garden cato wit
and ,e,, mo e~x,c,,,, nh., ,.,,, ,hI,,,
about whom yo,, ,ai,o yorr h,Ir aannn
and OF, On ,ha rr, n, TOO A. W..
r,ro ,ho aron,aoa A., I'm - 49,,
m.na. ,.,n ffms., w." ~"
w. 500 az ~ w 10Y
w., soU '" '",e a"u sn' 'n'
'"'' N'e" '" y ""en '"c instant
Na' Nv .aD' o""' INV '"e 'ipp''S oi
you' ''ou'''"i' s''ea''s III d sun sum-
'her "'Sn.'
sehu 'ne ghos' VI a m VI
10 your "'huo"'
iours as ever BOB
AT another time he humorously In
corporated IN a letter some views Of
Boston:
To-day, Wednesday.
my Dear Caroline Howard;
The sun., 1916-11-05
Continued from rum Page.

! have such a respect for tomatters
that I must challenge YOU. French
dressing. with green peppers-so say J..
And yet 1t Is no more than Cosmic
and Natural Justice that you should
be WOODY about the proper way To fix
tomatters. Perfection has never been
attained by mortals. lNow my men,
DRY Is at work again.) If you could be
rs ! remember you and an expert in
tomatters. too. why there would he
double perfection. and that's an I'M
known quantity in mathematics. |
prefer to retain my ideal: therefore
the deduction is: Your tomatters are
of their trolley. Still. I'd like to try
one. That's consistency and faith. VIII
you keep one on ice fr me-. on the
chance hat good fortune may allow
me to drift down that way?
~ sent up yesterday and got the
Christmas Lcslic's. Why. | remem-
bered that story, though I didn't rec
ognize the name. 1t was very sweet
and tender. | can see that you like
kids. I congratulate you heartily on
your work: ! hope you will find il
profitable and n blessing. You have
unquestioned sympathy and a deep
and true 'humanness.' You ought to
come to New York. where YOU will be
in medals res. There's nothing like he
ing on the ground. You get artistic
ideas and associations here that would
be invaluable to you, Writing liz a
bully game. You want to know the
dealers. | studied that fact out, and
came here. To-day | get five times
more per word than when | came. Sis
ter of the pen and stamped envelope
for return. ] speak wisdom to You.
And here is life. Beautiful are the
mountains and the moon silvering
their tops; hut here one learns the
value Of each upon each. And tho
moonlight Of the mind Is the most
beautiful. Here art teaches nature a.
conform. You could expand and rise
here. do o advise you. but ! speak
with wisdom OF the markets and the
heart. Pardon me IL ! am scornful OF
the Mayonnaise and am dubious about
the nuts. | could overlook "A stab n,
my heart with a poniard, but - tho
tomatter and | have been friends. We,
I could-may ! Try one the way you
hx EN-:
"Wish ! could have accepted you'
Invitation TO sail down on the bis
golden bubble of "A moo and drap un
der the cherry tree. Bet a dollar IL
have lii on the rake and the hoe you
left there In tho grass. Can't you eve
remember to put 'cm behind the dool
in the woodhouse when YOU ar
scratching around in the garden?
haGrn rtlln,. an sl< ,anA,, Il, tn~.
The sun., 1916-11-05

and high white laced boots. She gave
the impression of having been plucked
from "a poster.
'Thc ice waltz will he the rage this
winter" pred cted tho manager. "Peo-
pc VIII not ho content simply to skate.
They Will a 10 GO in for fancy skat-
ing. That couple out there are dane
ing the leo waltz. Everybody will be
DONG u before the season * over"
Visions Of a few Of the h~oavywciShts
Who haunted the ice last winter flashed
In the minds cyc. IT every n Ia
going IN for the ice waltz We will need
a flock Of Jess Wizards and Frank
Morans for service on the floor.
Further along | investigated the
rumors Of q skate famine, II is all
too true. We are going to bug our
skates hy tho carat. They are to lie
as precious as jewels and as scarce an
m%iliionaIres ~ the life uf n chorus
girl. Tho heading pf - news it"m Of
tho future viii read: Home OF promi-
neut society womnn entered In dead of
night, safe dy uum'tcd. iohhcr gets
away with famous family pearls and
pair of Brokaw skates Thus Is
| opened an cutIroly rev field for the
light fingered gentry.
The sun., 1916-11-05

less than your duty to your publishers
TO try and get that ad. So please send
on the picture. will you? Sincerely
yours. RoRERr HARALsoN."
In the following letter .. Henry told
what he thought about a certain va
riety OF insect known as 4 literary
agent:
81 am looking over your last letter
spring wind through a laurel thicket.
I'm going to take II page by page and
answer Il.
THE first pagc contains a quotation
from n letter to you from an insect
known as n literary agent Dear
Carrie. listen to the chirp Of the
crickets on the mountain. but don't
pay any attention to the noise Of that
tribe. | am fortunate enough not to
know this particular duffer that has
written such 'p!fie' Gas they "A In
Chlcago). but I've heard about him
and sou cut him out. He's an insult
fcrable, moasly kid. at the Sweet Capo-
raj cigarette age. and his graft Is to
stun you provincial writer's I'm
speaking impersonally now with his
taffy 80 he "a get your stun to peddle
around. Don't o believe his trick:
and you quit sending him your stun.
He's trying to make you think you've
got George Eliot and Mrs. Humphry
Ward beat to a batter. when O know
yourself 1t amt so. Isn't hat a sage,
oh. what a wonderfully sage remark
when he says you must write your
best
Don't you believe that the editors
are asking about you constantly, and
are more than anxious to see your
work It's not so.
Now get mad again. and when that
thcr.
"Mcln Colt. what n recollection You
have Of me, a tall. slender lad
with nice eyes-awfully quiet and
oh, III admit the exceedingly fond.
Was it a mystery why? Well, ! dunno
except becs you were SO sweet and
devilish.
To-day I am as slender as anybody
6 feet 8 and Weighing i75 pounds coult
he. and I've sharp, mean eyes. q tolt
: Bobby that he had nice eyes because
couldn't remember the color,) I've
been taken for a detective lots o.
times, but I haven't changed so much
inside, and II YOU were on the TWEEN
tieth floor Of the Waldorf Astoria to-
night. and had a string long enough
I'll bet I'd have a magnolia or two anc
a box OF candy to tie to the end NJ Il.
You speak OF meeting old Tom In
your letter. Well, Just a few days at
terward ! got a letter from him talk
ing about old days. Said he'd been ir
New York often and might be back
The sun., 1916-11-05

when they are calling you to supper
but don't 90.
'On PAGE three OF your letter OBJ
serve IA reference 10 your picture. Sure.
Mike, l asked you for your picture.
And I've got II. ain't |? I'd like to
see O get II back
"Oh. Carrie. il YOU 'knowed' how
folks try to get letters from mo and
can't you'd appreciate the delightful
toll | take I'm writing TO You, ordi-
nar:ly it's Just like laying bricks for
me to write ever "A business letter. hut
when | write to you femme see what
to say-it's like lifting the l.chtest
feather from the breast of an cider
duck and watching it float through the
circumambient atmosphere. THAT
strike you hard enouEh")
"Ill tell you what. Carrie now
don't get mad. Caroline)-I need a
boss. For the last month I've been so
no account and lazy that | haven't
turned out n line. And yet ! don't
think It's exactly my fault. I've felt
kind Of melancholy and dreamy and
lonesome. and ! don't sleep well of
nights. once | dreamed that ! had a
magnolia for you and you turned mp
The sun., 1916-11-05

certain cminently successful %rcstaura-
teur has a brand new idea he is about
to use as a Broadway lure. lie has
divided one entire floor OF his place
into three tiers. The central tier, cir
cular in form. Is a miniature rink
where professional skaters will give
themselves owe to throwing thr!llcrs.
Tho second tier will he for the devotees
Of tho dance. The third and last is
dedicated to the pleasure Of the inner
man. his refreshmcnt and stimulation.
How is that for a three ring circus"
l.. T. Barnum was always right.
1t h"gins to assume the aspect Of a
hard winter for the dancing ho-hoNs.
There is even n possibility that tho far
famed tango trimmer may ho forced TO
cease plying his artful trade ana do
something less exotic for n living. H."
will not take up skating The distanc"
between Calfskin skating boots and
patent leather dancing pumps is Toe
| great to bridge. Besides. skating
The sun., 1916-11-05

season." I asked the manager Of the
ST. Nicholas Rink. in S~ixty-s!xth street.
ST. Nick's. as Il II Familiarity called. Is
the old homestead 81 the steady skater
In New York.
The manager corrugated his brow
and VAS filled with concern.
honestly. I don't know where We
are CONS 10 put them" he confessed.
We have room for 500. but tha, is
only a drop IN the bucket. Wen do
the best We can. First comc. first
served. The rest will have to wait
their turn. Tho only thing that will
stop them Is the fact they can't buy
skates. We are going to have one OF
the worst skate famines in the memory
OF man"
Up in the gallery the marimba band
was sending down snatches of melody
setting sour body sway.ng IN rhythm,
What Is "A marimba bard? \ marimha
band is "A band Of musicians imported
from Guatemala. The particular in
struinent from which they tease n
resembles "A Nylophone. Thus do the
frigid and tropical zones meet to make
a New York holiday.
! On down Broadway to Iceland. which
The sun., 1916-11-05

Lordy, Id like to see him again.
tBack In tho old days at Rosehoro
rom was one OF the whist!ers under
my window the night | cot the mag
nolias.)
We'll. now Carrie. what do o care
II Tom pays attention to somebody and
likes her" Amt that the only thing
there In that's worth two cents:
Doesn't the gentleman that takes you
out driving and boat riding ever-ever
talk about how nice the moon looks"
Oh, Carrie, never get So YOU feel like
running down such foulishncss. After
everything iS added and subtracted
that Is the only remainder.
ION the next page ! md the very
wise remark OF your friend Miss Bax-
ter Cwhom ! would be glad to consider
mine mean mein freundD that you
can't write a love story because you
know nothing about II. Miss Baxter
Is altogether wrong. but none the less
charming. That led me TO enclose you
a little story Of mine--a thing that Is
apparently egOtistical to do--that set
ties the question beyond all contro-
versy. Read 1t some time when you
are up in the arbor about twilight
The sun., 1916-11-05

afraid I'd slide on. When It gets to
look ike a piece Of canteloupe again,
So | can hold on 10 the ends. I'll try to
make that trip. Please spread an arm
full Of hay and an old piece OF carpet
under the cherry tree so I won't come
down with such a Jolt when | Jump of.
Then I'd say something like this:
"'Miss Howard. please excuse my in
trus!on into your section OF real es-
tate devoted to domestic agriculture.
but the object of my somewhat precipi-
tous descent is to ascertain the identity
of a certain youthful and pulchritudi-
nous being with whom at "A consider
ably earlier period | sustained Cogni-
zance and whose Identification is rcla-
lively dependent upon IA tOnsorial ar
rangcment in which her tresscs retain
the pcrpendicular!ty peculiar to juve-
nifty at the time referred to-
And you would answer:
"'Sir. regretting the futility OF your
rather incomprehensible errand. which,
had you been better versed in the more
recent dictates of fashion, might have
been adyantaGeously and indefinitely
postponed, | must inform you that
none OF the coiffures that are worn
this summer allow any such primitive
and ado.esccnt arrangement OF the
capillary ailments as you refer to In
your preamble, and therefore as far as
the little girl whose hair was In a plat
il concerned there IL nothing doing
"I1l bet that's what'd happen to me
And then I'd have to go down to the
road and sit on the fence and wait a
month To catch the moon back.
Miss Carrie. Please. please send me
that picture of yourself that you men
toned or another If your hear,
hadn't beer so hard and cruel you'C
have enclosed 1t before instead OF talk.
ing about it. How can YOU write
those tender and kind little stories
when really you are 50 unfeeling anc
stony hearted? You knew ] wanted
that picture, I'm going 10 tell all thu
editors ! know that your work Is q
fraud-that You don't feel il at all.
mo doubt there isn't n single tea
in your eye or the slightest thawing o
your heart when ! remind you that II
another two weeks I shall be treadint
the painless wilds Of Maine. There IL
,'ne ueHse l"Ii'dl ioItst an iHIuTldtei
%porcupine may spring upon me from
some lofty iceberg, or, becoming lost
might perish in tho snow of sun
stroke. Think. Miss Carrie. what al
al 1t would he for you when the paper
printed the news OF a tourist found II
the woods-an unknown man wearing
tennis shoes and a woollcn comforter
with 30 cents In his pocket. a frozcl
tomato In one hand and a picture O
the well known and beautiful au
thoress G.. II. In the other. 1t 10 n,
The sun., 1916-11-05
Old Mill Pond of Boyhood Memory Wouldn't Recog
nize Sport in Its Big Town Setting, Where 1t Has
Become Serious Rival of Dancing

hoping against hope they would dror
the skating idea. IT Is so strenuous
sighed one weak sister Of last season
This sister Is inclined to chocolates
course dinners and an ever increasing
bulginess.
But that's the way" she continued
this time TO the accompaniment Of a
volley of signs. Everything reducing
is so difficult! Skating? Why. II Is
worse than trying to he true to the
eat and grow thin diet"
At other times when skating Is men,
toned mufilcd groans and muttered
~imprecations ran be heard issuing
from tho lips Of the suffering souls
who had dancing thrust upon them.
In the early beginning Of the dance
madness they perchance scoffed at the
The sun., 1916-11-05

Everybody Is Ready Except the Skate.
makers, Who Blame Their Umpire.
paredness on the War

savors much Of the open air. IT..
ho-hoys are mostly incense burners a,
heart.
Smart costumers who charge $50 nj,
SO for sewing their label on your cow
are getting ready to garner In the har.
vest. For months they have stayed IN
late at night designing the type d.
skating costumes certain 60 render n.
strongest women irresponsible a. sigh,
You will see these creations up in n.
Italian gardens al the Biltmorc soot
Some OF them will never get any
closer to the ice than the shade Of ,ba
palm trees in the sun parlor. but they
do lend atmosphere. So long as ons
wears the clothes. what matter,
Plenty Of bathing girls would run A
mile IL they were chased by a playful
young wavelet. A pair OF glltter!ny
skates on high laced boots, a fs-
swathed skating costume, a table al.
vantageously placed for seeing and
being seen. . favorite beverage. COOL
The sun., 1916-11-05

why can't We get all the skates
We want?" I asked the young man who
informed me Of the shortage. 1T seems
a. II there ought to be enough firms
making skates to keep up the supply"
Perhaps" he drawled with the abb
stract air Of one who has already dis
missed q subject and is deep In other
things. "Only they happen to need
skate material for making war sup
plies"
There II Is ~again-the war, always
the war. It Is one Of the very best
excuses ever used to ease out OF an
embarrassing situation. When In
doubt blame the war.
The war, then. may stand between a
prospective skater and his ambition In
life. II you have a set Of rusty skates
left over from the old mill pond days
cached away in some forgotten trunk
dig them out. They may yet be worth
their weight in platinum,
1t Is being whispered about that a
The sun., 1916-11-05

flushed their faces wher they freely
and openly admitted their shor,com-
inss. No n thought Of condcmning
them to the dust of the top shelf OF
social oblivion.
This year there will he no excuse.
To skate or not to skate-that is the
question. Whether 'twere better TO
don the steely runners, TO go sprawl
Ing and limping over the ice. or to
stop away and by dcfying customs.
crush them. Whether 'twcre better
to suffer the bumps and bruises of be-
gtnners' fortune and so receive honor
able mention in the social and sport
columns of the good book up and
Doing" or to spurn the rage and in
the rosy light of some sheltered table
sip solace and remain u lotus eater.
There Is the problem. There can he
NO compromise. II is n case of skate
or fade II Of the fashion picture.
"Oh. dear mel! Hero | have been