Evening journal., 1918-04-23

stands in the center Of the
court, was suspended an inn
mense red-white-and-blue flag
it must have been at least fifty
feet long-bearing the legend,
"Your Country Needs You
Buy a Liberty Bond" and at
a desk and platform at the foot
Of the eagle-in the benignant
shadow of his wings, as it were
somebody was engaged in
taking subscriptions for Lib
erty Bonds, and somebody else
had just left Off making a
speech, and the echoes of the
applause were still in the air
And altogether was glad I
was alive, and as I had intended
to take up another Liberty Bond
anyhow, ] went right forward
and bought one.
TNHEN / sauntered some
more, got into the Book
Store, and it's a wonder
l ever came out to tell the tale,
for as / hate to write letters,
so love to read books. What
an army it would take to read
the thousands and thousands
Of volumes that must be in that
great Store that takes up the
whole central section of the
Thirteenth Street side of the
buildingl
Armies or portions of armies
9Ctlt read some Of them, for l
noticed tables Of new military
works and drill manuals, and
people buying them with eager
Understanding neither 1
nor anyone else had ever ex-
pected to see in Wanamaker's
or any other book store.
Strange and stirring days,
these.
/ feasted my eyes on the RIB
bons, that gay spot in the al
ready cheerful landscape-rib-
bons Of every known and know
able width, kind, style and
shade; ribbons double-faced,
ribbons full-edged; ribbons of
sombre black and of lusterful
white, ribbons striped, plaid.
brocaded, checked and un-
checked; rib bons demure
enough for an old maids bon
net, strings and ribbons bril-
liant enough for a young maids
bag-and that's very brilliant
indeed.
Of course, I stood, woman
like, in .worshipful attitude be-
fore those adorable laces; the
fashionable filets that look like
frost-work on a Winter win
dow, and all the other fashion
able things, in exquisite band
ings and insertions and fiounc-
ings and edgings and all-overs;
and the embroidered robes,
which always seem so delicious
ly ultra-feminine. A lady ask
ed TO see the latest laces for
camisoles, and / looked over
her shoulder at them until my
head almost reeled, to think
there could be so many styles
Of laces created for one single
purpose.
To keep it steady / crossed
over and looked at neclwear,
trying so hard to remember
everything to tell all the girls
that l thought of the young
European tourist, who, when
asked why he carried such a
bulky notebook, replied, ooh, 1
just make notes of all the
things ! see that 1 shall never
be able to forget" j."
What a world Of necks must
come here for their decking
out, for all this world of neck
wear to be needed-aud more
new things coming in every
day; / heard someone saw EX-
quisite beaded scarfs, magnifi-
cent lace ones, fluffy ostrich and
marabou collarettes, delicate
tilet collars and cuffs, sailor col
lars and shawl collars, hand
embroidered and hemstitched
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
favOredl
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 glittering caught
my eye, and / had not a bad
but a good quarter of an hour
at the trimmings counter.
watching the pretty things that
were already in cases and on
counters, or those that were
brought out to show to Gus
toners; brilliant buckles, saucy
sashes and girdles, soft festoons