Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-08

nave. new Sterllngs, superior
medium-grade piano, and Sterling
player-pianos, both selling for low
figure.
GIVES, them long old winter
evenin's,
How feller's heart will
yearn
For the time that's allus welcome.
b. When the old log fires burn.' :
All very pretty, but will the old
log fires burn? Often they must be
coaxed and fused over TO such a
degree all pleasure in them is lost,
but generally the fault lies not so
much with the wood and the fire as
with the wooden-head fire builder,
who forgot to buy a Cape Cod Fire
Lighter at the House Furnishing
Store of j. Franklin Miller, 1912
Chestnut street. These indispensable
lighters, little brass, copper or iron
tankards on trays, hold stone torch
soaked in kerosene. When applied
to fires it kindles them perfectly
without the waste of wood or paper.
Typical New England thrift,
BECAUSE of the many diff
n culties connected with house
keeping there is a constantly
increasing demand for ready-to-
serve food. We used to have a Ger
man name for it, but cast it forth in
a fit of patriotic indigestion. That
is the only kind Of indigestion, how
ever, that was ever connected with
the counter at E. Bradford Clarke
Company, 1920 Chestnut street !.
where they sell pig souse (much
nicer than it's name); jellied meats;
liver, half-smoke, summer and Bo-
logna sausages; picked lamb
tongues; caviar Romanoff, imported
from Astrakhan, Russia; Boston
Brown Bread, imported from Bos-
ton; pickles. potted meats, pate de
fol gras, in little tureens-and good
ness knows what. Oh, yes, fresh
country sausages and scrapple. high
grade butter and eggs laid expressly
for the firm!
0X/OUTH is but an empty shell,
within which lives the spirit
of man." That spirit begins
to assert itself, and very definitely.
about the time the boy is thinking Of
donning his first long trousers suit,
an important event in his life, looked
forward to with mixed emotions
The empty shell" then demands IA
, be outtitted in regular mems store
not IN mothers favored shop. Jacol
Reeds Sons, l424-26 Chestnut street
, seem to understand these young fel.
lows thoroughly and, in the depart.
ment devoted to their needs, make q
special feature of first long-trousers
J suits and overcoats. They carry q
, fine assortment of Just the ripbt
models, which by their happy comb.
, nation of manliness and youthfulnese
: are deservedly popular with HigE
= School boys-and their mothers.
"HE season for buying rugs and
carpets is ih full swing. bnt
= like everything else, thev arG
most difficult to get, especially 4
) wanted in a hurry. By Novembe,
, housewives are anxious to set thni,
: houses in order. and this is impossi
t BILE while hoor-coverings are unlaid
r but as long as Fritz & La Rue, 1I2.
! Chestnut street, are in existenc,
e there is no real cause to worry
= Besides their vast collection of for
= eign and domestic rugs, they ais,
!, have beautiful, heavy chenille RUG
r ging domestic and SCOTCH. whicj
!. they sell at an exceptional figure
Y 1t suits any class of room, has
S wonderful high pile and comes in al
p the desirable solid colors and in 4
: 1Oh, IL, 15 or 20 feet widths. Re
h member, it is right here in Philadel
t phia, ready for instant delivery: n,
: waiting for it to be shipped from
J. elsewhere.
IREET ASSOCIATION