Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23

lust above the head OF the
magnificent bronze eagle that
stands in the center Of the
court, was suspended an i'm
mense red white and blue flag
if must iave been at least fifty
feet long bearing the legend,
your Country Needs You
Buy a Liberty Bond" and az
a des5 and platform at the foot
Of t1,e eagle-in the benignant
shadow Of his wings, as IL were
-someb1dy was engaged in
taking subscriptions for Lib
erty Bonds, and somebody else
hal just left off making a
speech, ard the echoes Of the
applause were still in the air
And altoge' ar I was glad I
was alive, and as had intended
TO take up another Liberty Bond
anyhow, I went right forward
and bought one.
TNHEN I sauntered some
more, got into the Book
0Apre, and it's a wonder
ever came out TO tell the tale,
for as I hate 70 write letters.
50 love TO read bc ks. What
an army il would take to read
the thousands and thoussnds
of volumes that must be n that
great Store that takes up n.
whole central sec ION of the
Thirteenth Street side ~ tho
building!
Armies or portions Of armies
70iH read some If them. for !
noticed tables 0f new military
works and drill manuals. and
people buying them with eager
interest something neither 7
nor anyone else had ever eY-
pected 70 see in Wanamaker's
or any other book store.
Strange and stirring days,
these.
I feasted ny evcs On the rib
bons. that CAV SPOT in the al
ready cheerful lar4scape--ib-
bons of every known and knoy-
able width kind, stvle and
shade; ribbons double-face9.
ribbons full-edged: ribbons of
sonnbre black and u luste-rul
white, ribbons striped, plaid,
brocaded, checked aid IN
checked; RIB bons demure
enough for an old maids bon
net, strings and ribbons bril-
liant enough for young maids
oag-and that's very brilliant
indeed.
OF course. I stood. woman
ike. in worshipful ATTITUDE be
fore those adorable laces: the
fashionable flcts that look ike
FROST, ork on Winter win
dow, and oil he other :. shion
able things. n exquisite band
ngs and insertions AMI aoUnc-
ings ana e5gink- ar ail-overs;
and the embroidered robes.
= rhich always seem 50 delicious
" ultra feminine. 4 iady ASK
ed 20 see trA latest laces for
camisoles. and I looked over
her shoulder at th~m until my
head almost reeled, 20 th,nh
there could be 80 many styles
Of laces created for one single
purpose.
To keep It steady I crossed
over and looked at neck Eear,
irving so hard 20 remember
everything 70 tell al the girls
that I thought Of tGe yolng
European tourist, vho. when
asked why he carried sach
bulky notebook. replied. "Oh. I
Just MAKE notes of al the
things 7 see that I shall never
be able 10 forget"
What a world OF necks must
come here for their decking
out, for all this world OF neck
wear to be needed-and more
new things coming in every
day; heard someone say, Ex-
quisite beaded scsrfs, magnifi-
cent lace ones. fluffy ostrich and
marabou coliarettes. delicate
filet collars and cuffs. sailor col
lars and shawl collars, hand
embroidered and hemst!tchei
collars, guImpes in endless
styles. plain, sweet, sheer. cool
looking collars Of rose or blue
or white or tan lawn. finished
with delicate frill. saucy collars.
ties and vests of sports silks,
dainty, suitable mourning neck
wear-well. you would become
tired OF hearing me talk about
them, but not of seeing them,
and still less of wearing them
all turn about, could you be so
favored.
4 CONTINUED to Just con
/ tentedly zigzag about. tax
ing in the glove display
the daintiness Of the soft silk
and other fabric gloves, the fas-
cinating freshness Of the new
kid ones, and the bewildering
number and variety which
showed me how many kinds OF
gloves the human mind could
design, how many pairs Of
hands were gloved at Wana
makers.
Something ghttering caught
my eye. and ! had not a bad
but q good quarter OF an hour
at the trimmings counter.
watching the pretty things that
gere already in cases and on
Counters, or those that were