Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
~ EAR READERS, espseiniiy
IL Friends who Ull be trying

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L. Friends who Uill be trying
10 ousss who's tho wyiter-
They tell me that sll this is
soing to BE- printed in Wana-
maksr's advertisement in the
paper.
I'm dreadfully excited.
They promise, too, they wont
publish my name, but after that
heading I suppose everybody
win know. In our town, I'm
sorry 10 say, there aren't 30
many bright wom-w.ll, l guess
I won't say II.
Il seems 30 funny-all l did
was 70 take walk through
WanamakeY's Store. on tho
Main Floor from Chestnut 10
Market Street, ON my way to
take the train from Broad
Street Station. A thing I've
often done before, but have al
~ys done it in such a hurry
OF course. I loved WAnanak
er's-alvays did. aane as every
body. But--what is it they
Taught US in school about a
straight line--<hat it is the
shortest distsues 20 given
point'"
We'll, my shopping always
seemed 70 he a straight line 70
a paper Of pins. a pair OF gloves,
a new suit. or whatsver il was
I Rad 70 buy without missing
my usual train home. So ] con-
tinuaily missed what wa. far
moro important than q train
the whole, wonderful, big spec
taeIe Of that whole. wonderful
big Main Floor ~ Wansrnakers,
a store IN itself and an ineom
parable store, covering a whole
block, (ls0 feet long, somebody
told mel
I've often valid IL In five
minutes, although wishing !
could give il ten or even twenty,
and ali the time turning my
head k1-k, Ike Lots wife, TO
view those beautiful rich laces,
th.t fascinating new neckwear,
those Hl~-ious cases Of silver
and iewel"anS,-well, OF
co,.~se, l did hav- TO stop Some
times 1t those irresistible little
tables in .he side aist>s, where
thsy ware Away. selling some
thing particularly wanted at
price that made il sin not
20 get it.
Indeed IL ft had not hen fo-
the train forever dragging me
avav, l could ofren have
sp.nt unreckoned hours Just
poking rouna at one single coan-
ter-ths notion counter.
Nov, don't laugh. Do you
know how many new. interest
ing, helpful little things TO make
the homely commonplaces Of
vpman's dressing and = wo-
mans sewin- easier and pleas
antef, are being invented all the
time, and that they are al
ways to be found at WanamG--
er's way, 'wav before they ap-
pear sanywhere else?
II you don't know it. you had
better do just what / did yes
tsrday-browse 70 your hearts
consent around the notion coun-
ter and all over the Main Floor.
For once I had the laugh on
the train! Dashing madly, In
the accustomed way, through
the revolving doors in the Chest
nut Street entrance, | glanced
at my wrist watch, and saw
that having missed It tthe train,
not the watch | needn't catch
it! And having nothing 10 do,
and two or more hours 10 kill,
| determined TO walk on slowly
through the Main Floor and
really see it this time.
r WAS right in the Jewelry
and Siiverware Section then
and there.
Visualize a wall literally lin
ed with beautiful silver plate of
all kinds, forming a background
for the famous Wanamaker
Jewelry Store, ana you IL under-
stand why l had 70 stop right
there and then.
On one side are gigantic
chests containing fiat silver. on
the other big long cases filed
with precious jewels-diamonds.
sapphires, rubies, pearls snd
ether wonderful things.
Then close beside these are
more cases containing less ak
pensive, some very inexpensive
but not less beautiful things,
from the aesthetic or artistic
point Of view. And to complete