Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-07

+ a RE women becoming more or
: ~ less luxurious in their tastes?
Their outer garments are plain
and matter of fact, but the innate
longing for truly feminine apparel
crops out again in underwear. Milady
has almost forgotten the touch of
cotton or linen, and demands the
daintiest of silk underwear, which
she finds at B. F. Devices. 1122
| Chestnut Street. White or fesh-pink
vests, union suits, envelope chem
ises. camisoles and knickers, some
/ plain and others trimmed with rib
bon or lace, all are there. One pink
I set with insets of lace and edged
with the finest lace, put on slightly
| full to give it the desired huffiness,
! is truly ravishing, and so fine in tex
! ture that it rivals the slim camel
who expects to arrive first in
Heaven, via the eye of a needle!
yHAT is in name? Every
/ " thing. ! feel sure when the
/ W. English firm chose the name
/ Canterbury" for their cloths they
3
And specially from every shire's
! end.
OF England unto Canterbury they
wend.'
They knew the attracting powers
of the name. and now that Canter-
bury Cloth suits are on sale here
others will feel the psychological in
Auence, and wend their way to Mac
Donald & Campbell's, 1894 Chestnut
Street, sole agents for. the cloth in
Philadelphia. Although Canterbury
Cloth suits are ready to wear, they
are unusual in tailoring. fabric and
individuality, the cloth being made
Of the finest soft Australian wool.
dyed in rich greens, browns and
blues. Only one suit comes in each
pattern, so no man need fear meet
ing his double when trying to cut
dash.
NOW that the influenza has
/ taken up its abode among us,
and that so many Of our
friends are its unwilling entertain
ers, baskets of fruits for the victims
are most fitting gifts. They should,
however, be selected with view to
pleasing the eye as well as the taste,
and nothing could be more cheering,
beautiful and tempting than the bas-
kets of fruits arranged by Henry X.
Hallowell & Son, Broad below Chest
nut Street. The baskets themselves,
in different sizes, are works of art,
made by hand in Japan or China,
from special designs, and filled with
rr'-s. not thrown in
~ but each placed, with dis
eliminating care exactly where the
color scheme requires it should be,
for nothing is left to chance, nor
clashes, in the composition of these
masterpieces.
FREQUENTLY in our efforts to
give a novel little gift we light
= on something useless and insult
able, when an old and tried friend in
new garb would be the most ac-
ceptable. Sewing cases are by no
means new. but now women are so
diligently plying the needle for Sweet
Charity's sake, and each uses her
own implements, they have assumed
new Importance. At Bailey. Banks &
Biddle Co. saw beautiful little set
(scissOrs, thimble, bodkin, piercer
I and needle holder), in a most orig
inal design. The hapdles of the inn
plement, in dull gold, cleverly carried
out a Roman scheme of ornamental
ton, the needle holder being in the
shape of the leaf-shaped Roman
sword. The dainty leather case for
this quaint set bore the appropriate
words. "Ouo Nadis ?" Whittier
goest thou?"
LETTER writing, which was fast
becoming a lost art, is once more
IL being zealously practiced, and
millions of little missives, dictated
by love or friendship. are circling
the globe. They are the chief con.
Meeting link with the absent, and
always carry bit of the writer into
the readers presence, particularly
when penned on distinctive station
cry, and Dreka, 1921 Chestnut
Street, is featuring two novelties
One for foreign correspondence
priced to meet war needs, is thin
letter paper with envelopes made
opaque by smart colored Innings; the
other-well, that is trade secret
but ask to see the special envelope
for letters to boys ''over there" And
remember also that Dreka, who orig,
mated the individual Christmas card
idea, back in 1892, still does the
finest of engraving, and is ready for
advance orders.
VVyHEN woman prepares for !
| w does not grab up sundry articl
w behind what happens to come
she thinks she needs, spreads it ou
times too much; dumps it out, begi
process until the case, after much
well-made cases to stand the pressu
may be found at Hoskins', the Gift
lot of Ladies' Overnight or Week-Er
of leather with delicate Innings. an