Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-22

ing hour of 9 a. m. it is the gr,
through shopping before the GROW
any one who can possibly avoid it
prehension. In the morning the
and accessible, and old-time attent
sible. In the afternoon, with the S
minimum and doing more thar
seems to be the customers chief /
not too proud to scramble for wha
II MPERORS are at decided dis
n count since Mr.. Hohenzollern,
Sr., brought discredit upon the
title; but, fortunately, all are not Of
the same stock, and the Red En-
peror Grapes at Henry R. Hallowell
& Sons, Broad below Chestnut
street, born and raised in America,
are everything that California En-
perors should be-large, eval and
highly favored: And no inter-
national complications exist between
them and their neighbors, the
Almeria, those dainty, crisp white
grapes, imported direct from Spain.
AS BELTS their State, the Emperors
travel to the East in boxes filled
with the sawdust of the glorious red
wood tree, while the Almeria,
equally aristocratic, prefer kegs of
ground cork, finding that best for
preservation against injury on the
long transatlantic voyage.
THINE to sharpen up knives, or
buy new ones, for that
n 4
giving. 1t would be a dreadful mis-
hap if the turkey shot off the dish
and spoiled the guest of honor's best
gown. That is what will happen if
you do not guard against it by re-
plenishing at Bailey, Banks & Bid
die Company, where there is prob
ably the finest selection. of Sarving
sets in town. Nearly all have beau
tiful silver mounted stag handles,
the handsomest set, Of eight pieces,
having the ends of the stag pointed
instead of cut off in the usual blunt
fashion, and silver tipped. This set,
and others of five, three or two
pieces, come in dainty leather cases,
but there are also less expensive
grades of stag, with the same quail
ity steel, which ma, be bought sepa-
rately.
wv OMEN never looked trimmer
! " or prettier than they have
since the custom of wearing
dainty white neckwear has been in
vogue. True, it is strain to keep it
fresh and spotless, but there is little
or no excuse for. it's being otherwise
! ,ANt Nf N
terials and styles, all washable, may
be had at B. F. Devices, 1922 Chest
nut street. A collar and cuff set of
pique, edged with a net ruffle, is one
of the most popular, the cuffs button
ing and the collar being so fash
ioned as to fit a round, square or V
neck. The mourning sets OF sheer
organdie, with ,hand-drawn, hand
rolled or plain borders, are unusually
pleasing, while the high stocks and
iabots of the finest lace tempt many
who declared they would never again
wear high collars.
THE pedestal l upon 1'tIin WHICH tSa men men
were placed during the war
- has been rudely Jolted lately
When it topples over entirely anG
"cit" clothing replaces uniforms,
fear they will sadly miss the atten'
ton of feminine admirers. No more
hand-knit socks, no more scarfs, nc
more sweaters, but what's the odds
when at Macdonald & Campbelps
1334-36 Chestnut street, they car
pet sweater Jackets (dare ! say it'll
much better made, that really fit ane
will not develop unexpected runs.
They carry a complete assortment
IDEAL for motoring and cold-weathel
wear, in Australian, vicuna, angors
and llama wool, in neat heather mix
lures and striped or plain co! !ors
Warm knitted sweater vests in Aus
tralian wool, buttoning up high, are
also there, and the regulation arm!
and navy sweaters in o. D. and gray
Er Asst May the Government
placed natural hair nets on the
~ restricted list of importations
and there they still remain. Ever!
woman understood they were non
essential to the war, but none. coulc
agree they were nonessential Il
Themselves, so for months they hav'
been existing on short rations o.
having exorbitant prices, when a
George Aliens, 1914 Chestnut street
there has been full supply of th'
best quality French natural hail
nets, selling at a very low "befo' tn
war" figure, the pure white and gray
being trife dearer than othel
colors. There are two styles, thu
"Slippon," self adjusting cal
shape, and the "Import Special" al
extra large all-over or straight net
and their fame having circled thu
globe, orders come for them from
even Japan and China.
rWAVE you ever wearily tsmblee
II into a hotel bed, anticipating
l. IL a good rest and then spent thu
rest of the night vainly trying tt
make a dent in the stony pillows
That has been my recent experience
and longed for bolster and pillows
from the H. D. Dougherty Company
1882 Chestnut street, where thu
feathers are good old-fashionet
yeese feathers. not roc; live featherl