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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
L. r. COrsets-
Topless Styles

At S1.50. A pink batiste model
with insert of elastic across the
top and short bones over the
abdomen.
At $3.50. Pink coutil with a
touch of blue silk at the top.
Also another pink coutil with
elastic band across the-front.
At $3.50. A well-boned model
of pink or white coutil, long over
the hips and with insert of elastic
at the bottom of the back.
At 81 and S.. Delicate pink
satin models with elastic bands
across the top, and medium or
long skirts.
At 81. A lace-front model of
pink coutil with elastic at top.
At Sc. Pink broche with long
hips. This model may be had
laced in back or front.
At $3.50. Pretty tricot and
broche corsets.
Third Floor. Chestnut)
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School Girls Will Soon Need
New Fall Goats

Something light in weight and just the right warmth for the
first cool days.
goodooing burela cloth at $3.50 starts the list.
only 85 and the whole includes
teeds checks and velous They beautiful little garments
though intended for
the mothers thsnseves
IN may navy blue Pekn blue shepherds
plaids and others. All in 6 to IA year Sizes
We think only fair that there is real
s rather than later for when replace
ths qualities the prices will be much higher
Floor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
Girls Wearing
Separate Skirts Will
Need New Guimpes

And here they are. They are
very pretty and dainty and best
of all they don't mind frequent
tubbings.
In lawn, poplin or dimity, all
with turned over collars. Some
have hand shocking, feather
stitching and French knots, others
content themselves with colored
collars and cuffs.
The sizes are from 6 to IA years
and the prices $2.75 to $5.
1rhird Floor, ohsstnaO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
New for Fall
English Silk Sports
Scarfs

They arc pure silk and the
prettiest Autumn shades to go
with the new hats.
A very novel style is made
double and has two broad, length
wise stripes of rich dark colors.
This is 500.
Wider scarfs of single thick
ness in beautiful combinations Of
stripes, SIS each. All have silk
fringe.
There are also plenty of pure
silk domestic scarfs in plain col
ors or with striped borders, excel
lent values at $3.50 to $16.50.
(Main Floor, CentraD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
Delicious Candy
and Different

You may have heard of choco-
late-covered nuts before, but it
is not likely. that you have tasted
any more delightful than these
morsels of superior chocolate with
rich nut-meats scattered through
them. $1.25 a pound.
Those nougat center caramels
made such hit that we evolved
a new kind, of the same materials.
In these, strips of chocolate or
vanilla caramel are wrapped
around a strip of nougat. SOC a
pound.
(Candy Store. Downstairs,
ChestnuD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20

ONLY a person Uith thor
Oughly good eyesight
can feel and be in the pink
of condition.
And only a careful UOrk-
shop should be trusted to
fill a prescription after he
has obtained it from, a conf
petent physician.
(Main Gallery. ChestnuD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
Oriental Rugs of Various
Types at Exceptionally
Low Prices

deliveries, and these arc marked
at less than we should ordi-
narily sell them for. Our col
lection Of Chinese rugs affords
excellent choice at very mod
crate prices.
Small Oriental rugs, now so
scarce in general, are here in
attractive assortment, notably
Mosuls, Beluchistans, Hama
dams and Chinese pieces, many
Of these being at special prices.
;, Chestnup
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
"Mare NOStrItn,"
(Our Sea-
BIZ Y. BeLaScO IbaHez

When you have read it you
will say that this book is as
great as "The Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse" "Our Sea"
is the Mediterranean, and the
chief figure is Ulysses Farra-
gut--our own Farragut, Incl
dentally, was a sailor of
Mediterranean ancestry. The
backgroundapf the novel is in
credibly rio and against it is
a story of German submarine
warfare in the great inland
sea.
Nothing could be more
crowded with interest. TO all
who love blue water it will be
a book of extraordinary value
and charm.
Price $1.90.
main Floor. Thirteenth)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20

We are offering quite a num-
Der of Oriental carpets and
rugs at prices considerably
under the prevailing values.
Among them are a very
attractive group of Persian
Mahals, Kermanshahs and
Saruks. The Mahals arc rugs
taken from our own stocks
and reduced 20 per cent. The
other pieces belong to recent
(Seveph Fl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
Suits Boys Can Wear Till the
Snow Flies

Norfolk suits of woolen fabrics and brown mixed coo
neither heavy for the
Fall.
that until the first breath of Winter
begins o blow the before it.
Good suits of them, which that they built
practical service looks,
being the sound tailoring in every
for boys of to 18 years. Prices SIS to $50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
WANAMAKER'S
WANAMAKER'S
Store Closes at S
There Is One WUnQ

TT IS timely to remind you that this Sale will end
| next week. Further than that we have no rea-
son and no desire to hurry anybody into buying.
We have an amplitude of goods Today, as at the
beginning, the absolute pre-emnence of this stock
over any other two or perhaps three stocks is such
that nobody honestly and seriously disputes it.
The Sale is still wonderfully strong in the good
reliable practical type of bedroom, dining-room and
livng-room furniture that ninety out of every hun
dred homes are calling for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
Brief Cases at .
Special Prices

Good, sound, solid cowhide cases
in black and brown and in three
sizes.
They make a good appearance
and they are built for wear.
Prices S., Sc and 81.
(Hain Floor. ChestnuD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
In Fine Old Pedigree Pieces
1t Is Rich

Many very fine old museum pieces of furniture
are shown on the Fifth Floor Chestnut Street Sec
ton, in exact reproductions.
Some are reproductions carrying the additional
advantage of modern constructive improvement lack
ing in the originals.
A set of eight chairs are copies of originals now
in Hampton Court Palace, London. These are COW
cred in needlework tapestry exactly of the kind made
by Queen Mary and her ladies' s-n-waiting about 1887
A walnut sofa is reproduction of an original
which bears the signature of Robert Adam and was
made for Sir Lawrence Dundas in 1854. The orig
nal piece which is in the Soane Museum was
glded, and it in stripping off the gilt that these
facts discovered. The frame of this rare copy
made in Italy and the upholsterng done in our
WOrkrooms.
An arm chair and tripe-back settee in mahog-
any are copies of Chippendale walnut pieces-be-
leved to have been done by Chippendae himself in
1885 The side chair that matches these was orig
nally part of set made specially by the Chippendale
firm for Marie Antoinette. Six of these chairs are
still in the Louvre.
Here too, is an exact copy of the Sheraton desk
used by Washington and other presidents.
The original is in the New York City Hall. 1t
is a mahogany desk with seven drawers either side
These are only some of the pedgreed pieces to
be found here. There are many others to be seen in
the series of rooms along the Chestnut St get portion
of the Fifth Floor.
sixhan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
Bronze Slippers

OF bronze kid, with long vamps,
narrow toes and high Louis heels
slippers which belong with
afternoon dresses of tan, brown
or dark blue.
Price $12 in the Exclusive Little
Boot Shop.
(First Floor, Market)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20

pEOPLE buying in the
4 Furniture Sale may not
knOU that the mirrors in the
Picture Store are included
in it. Prices are 10 per cent
less than regular all
through August.
(Fifth Floor. Market
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
The Goods in the Bedding Sale
Can't Run Short

But the time buy them running shorter every hour
While this Sale lasts select mattresses pillows boil
ses and bedprngs reductions of 10 to 20 per
is over, you cannot
1t will last until Friday August 29 the last business day
the month"; which that have plenty of time look
your bedding needs beween and hen but
many
Now is the time.
sixth Floor hsanu
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
The Mysterious Way apBoy's
Handkerchiefs Disappear

been solved but thing certanhe will need totally
new supply against school opening.
hemstlhed linen regular each
they very good values.
csntraD
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WOmen's Dainty
Silk Pdjdn,ds

Hand-embroidered two-piece
sorts from Japan; in white,
pink and blue. $3.50.
Perfectly plain sorts with
frog fastenings, or with silk
button fastenings, each $3.50.
These are in pink and white
only.
(Third Floor, CentraD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
Organ Plays at 9, IL, IL :55
and a go
Chimes at Noon
WANAMAKER'S
Year by Year and EUen Day by Day Becomes More Clear
We Were VentureSOme
Enough to Make the
ATTEMPT

half century ago to simplify storekeeping and
turn the sale and purchase of commodities into
season of pleasure and convenience, without
WEAKNESS waste of time.
Thousands of times in the course of year
people have said to u.s. "It is great happiness
to come here to shop"
1t is not always easy to know what to buy
or what to let alone.
The everchanging merchandise displays we
are able to make, gathered from every quarter
of the globe, are source of delight and
information.
This Store from it's first days was meant to
be an enjoyment to the people. Oftentimes we
rule out commodities commonly called great
bargains. Many articles are put upon the
market too cheap to be good pennyworth.
Frequently that which is CLOSED over by
expensive and extensive Advertising
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
Handsome Mirrors
Unique Hall Tables

We have about 100 Of the loveest mirrors in
this Sale at reduced prices. No two of these are
alike, but all are charming. great many decora11
tive periods are represented and there is charming
choice of Styles including polychrome effects novel
paneled styles and many in antique gift and bronze.
You can imagine the variety at such wide
range of prices-$7 to $270.
Among the hall furniture of individual charm
you will notice Queen Anne drop-eaf table lac
quered and decorated in colors at $211.
fine decorated hall cabinet in walnut, on the
order of the old commodes, at $1665O.
A lacquered commode decorated with Chinese
lake scene in blue black and old gold at 1897.
half-round table decorated in the same style is
1887, and handsome Heppelwhte hall table of ma
hogany is $486.
FIoos)
Smyrna times., 1919-07-16

The deceased was a member of the
Newark New Century Club, of which
she was president for several years.
She was active in club work and well
known among club women throughout
the State. Her husband, Edwin S.
Armstrong, died January IA, 1918.
He was a retired paper manufacturer
and the family has lived at COoch's
Bridge for 35 years. Mrs. Armstrong
is survived by 10 children, two daugh-
ters and eight sons, as follows: Mrs.
James o. G. Duffy, of COoch's Bridge;
Mrs. Miriam Weihe, of Washington;
Arthur G., Raymond E. and Ellis NJ,
of Philadelphia; Edwin, Jr., and Fred
erick E., of New York; Howard NJ,
of Washington; Warren o., of Cooch's
Bridge, and Lieutenant Philip E.
Armstrong, of Seattle. Lieutenant
Eugene V. Armstrong, another son
who was an officer in the Thirteenth
u. S. Cavalry, was killed while play
ing polo on the Mexican border fOu1
years ago.
Smyrna times., 1919-07-16
Rooster Ate 4ss Kernels.

A storekeeper at Montgomery City
has sprung a new one in the guessing
game. He took a big rooster and, af-
ter letting him fast for a day, put
him in his show window with a large
pan of corn, the kernels Of which had
been counted.
He offered a. prize to the persons
guessing nearest the number of grains
the rooster would eat in 20 minutes.
The rooster had a ravenous appetite
and for five minutes 1t looked as If
there would not be a single kernel
left.
But by the time the 20 minutes had
elapsed he had curled up in corner.
He had succeeded in putting away 486
grains. A woman whose guess was
4S8 got the prize.-Kansas City Times.
Smyrna times., 1919-07-16
COULD READILY BELIEVE 1T
Stage Driver Quite Willing to Accept
"Keepe's" Explanation as He
Understood II.

The New Englander uses the word
natural" to describe one who was
unfurnished at birth with the usual
and indispensable quantity of brains.
Prof. Burt G. Wilder, the distinguish
ed zGOlOgiSt, tells An amusing story
that turns on a countryman's mistak-
ing the unfamiliar word naturalist"
for the familiar word natural"
A few years after his arrival in
America, Agassiz was one Of a small
party of Harvard professors who
traversed the White Mountain region
in a carriage driven by the country
man. Three of them were vivaciOus,
restless, and on the lookout for speci-
mems. They would call a halt, leap
from the vehicle before it stopped,
dash over the fields, and return with
prizes in their boxes, in their hands
and pockets, and even pinned upon
their hats. The fourth, Prof. FELTON,,
the brother-in-law of Agassiz, sat
quietly in his corner Of the carriage
reading a favorite Greek author.
When the beWildered driver cOulu
stand it no longer be ELECTED from
FELTON, information that led him tC
view the behavior of the others with
compassionate liberation. At the close
of the day he thus conveyed his in
depreciation to the innkeeper:
81 drove the Queerest lot you evel
saw. They chartered like monkeys
They wouldn't keep still. They jump
ed the fences, tore about the fields
and came back with their hats cover
ed with bugs. I asked their keepe
what allied them; he said they wa
naturals, and, judgin' from the wa,
they acted, I should say they was."-
Youths Companion.
Smyrna times., 1919-07-16
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA

Governor Townsend appointed the
following as members of the Newark |
Board of Education, under the new
School Code: Robert Gallagher, Ed
ward Richards and Harrison Gray.
The five-year-old daughter of John
Jolly, colored, living near Wyoming,
was killed, Monday night, by being
thrown from hay wagon, when the
mules attached to the wagon ran
away, colliding with a post. She
lived but a few hours after the ac-
cident.
Anthrax in quite a serious form
has broken out in the lower part of
Kent county in the neighborhood of
Magnolia and parts of st. Jones
Neck, near the bay shore. Already
ten or twelve valuable cows have died.
The dead bodies of two or three cows
were seen floating down St. Jones
river, near Barker's Landing.
Frederick, little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Eskrdge, of Seaford, is
in a serious condition, the result of
swallowing concentrated lye. His
mother is i'll, and he was in charge of
his grandmother, Mrs. William Car
mine, who had set partly-flled glass
of water containing lye on a table.
While she was absent from the room
| lA
the contents, thinking it was plain
water.
The coroner's jury in the case of
Mrs. Verda Sipple, who was killed by
a fast extra freight train at Wyoming
Station, on the morning of July A.
entered a verdict of death by being
struck by a train. No mention OF
blame to the railroad or otherwise
was made, other than the fact that
the crossing where the woman passed
over is not protected by gates ol
fence was considered a dangerous one
1t was recalled that several years
ago a colored boy was killed in the
same way there.
Miss Miriam Griffith, daughter 0.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Griffith, of Mid
dletown, and Weimer B. Heite, 0.
Balboa, Panama, were married las
week at the home of the brides par
ents, with only a few friends present
The Rev. T. b Van Dyke performed
the ceremony. The bride wore a gown
of orchid georgette and carried whit,
sweet peas. Celeste Benson, the lit
tie flower girl, wore pink Organdi,
and carried a casket of pink swee
peas. Mr.. and Mrs. Heite have gon
to Panama to make their home, tn
groom holding a government position
| there.
Smyrna times., 1919-07-16

Thomas B. Giles, aged 80 years,
prominent Democrat, of Sussex coun-
ty, died at his home in Seaford,
Thursday night, July 8. He served
two terms as State Treasurer, being
appointed in 1877 and re-appointed
in 1879. After retiring from farming
he went to live with his son, Branch
H. Giles, then a prominent attorney
of Denver, Col, and before that a
we'll known Wilmington lawyer and
deputy Attomey-General of Della
ware.
William H. Hall, son of John R..
Hall, formerly of Little Greek, re-
turned to Dover last week, to call on
his school teacher, Miss Mary E. Hun
ter, who had given him a testament
and a book mark containing a $3.50
gold coin, when he entered the selv-
ice. He enlisted at the age of 19
years in Wilmington, trained at Camp
Johnson, Jacksonville, Fla, went
across August 16, 1918, as member
of the South Carolina Unit 81st WilC
Cat Division. He was an ammunition
chauffeur and was in two engage
ments. His lieutenant gave him
strong letter for his courage, bravery
and good conduct. He returned thu
same gold coin to Miss Hunter, Jul!
5th, not having found it necessary t.
use it, but always kept it secure IL
his testament during the clever
months in France.
The will of Lemuel Ely Quigg, o
J New York, son of the late Rev. j. I
Ouigg, a former Smyrna pastor
who died July 1, has been filed by hi
son, Murray T. Quigg, a lawyer. AC
cording to the petition acompanyin
the will, the value of Mr.. Quigg's es
tate may surprise his friends. He lei
$4,000 in personal and "about $500
in real property" The son is left
gold repeating watch and chain, give
= to his father by the Firemen's MI
D tual Benevolent Association, $500
: and the furniture and law books
Mr.. Quigg's office. The residue Of tt
estate is left to the widow, Eth
Quigg., Mr.. Quigg held important p
litical offices, which paid large sal
ries. He was said to have receive
at one time salary of $4,000 fro
the Interborough, and in addition n;
a large legal practice. Friends est
mated his wealth at the time OF h
death to be more than half milli'
dollars, and the petition filed by h
son occasioned surprise.
Mrs. Miriam Armstrong, aged
years, of Cooch's Bridge, widow
Edwin S. Armstrong, died in the Dc
aware Hospital, Wilmington, Thur
day morning. Mrs. Armstrong HI
z been in poor health for about yea
The Ordway new era., 1919-07-25
way except by homage to common

way except by homage to common
ruler.
Dhe mixture Of races under the Aus
trian emperors until the great war
was the most extraordinary In Europe.
Thus when Charles VI secured Inherit
ance to Maria Theresa by virtue of
the Pragmatic sanction, he was "by
election emperor of Germany; by he
redltary right sovereign of Hungary.
Transylvania. Bohemia, Austria, Sty-
ria. Carlnthia, Carniola, the Tyrol,
the Brisgau, and he had recently
obtained Naples and Sicily. the Milan
ese and the Netherlands" In modern
times the Slavic peoples are FREEDOM
inant in numbers and the Germans nre
only about one-fourth of the whole;
yet until recent years the Austrian
power in European politics figured
chiefly as German power and took
leadership in Germany itself.
At last Prussia rose up to proclaim
a German nationality. Then Austria
was thrown out from the Germanic
circle and found her true level In the
politics of Europe. In 1866 the head
ship of Germany was settled between
Austria and Prussia on the field Of
SadOwa.
This brought about the establish
ment Of the dual monarchy of Austria
Hungary Inasmuch as the Austrian
emperor's power could no longer be
based on the theory of Austria's
ascendancy in Germany Francis Joseph
I (1S3O-1916) had to submit to a re-
arrangement of the relations Of Aus
tria and Hungary. So Francis Joseph
was crowned In 1867 emperor of Aus
tria and king of Hungary at Budapest
the ruler of two sovereign states,
each with Its own constitution, 1egisla
tive bodies and system of administra
ton, but having Joint or common
ministry. 7
Here is why the title Of emperor
of Austria" was an empty title. even
before the great war. Archduke was
the real title of the sovereign Of Aus
tria he always kept 1t, though he also
called himself emperor" When Ma
poleon became supreme in western Eu-
rope and dictator In Germany, It was
preposterous for an Austrian arch
duke to bear titles which purported
to carry with them the rule of the
world. In 1904 Francis II, head of
the house Of Habsburg, was emperor
of the Holy Roman empire. He ceased
to be king of Germany and he formally
renounced his elective Office of emper-
or of the Holy Roman empire. But he
consoled himself by assuming the IT,
The Ordway new era., 1919-07-25

Our relations with France have gem
orally been of such n friendly nature
from the founding of the nation untii
the present day that most people have
forgotten that we were ever at war
with her. But we were, from the
spring Of .179S to September, 1sOo.
James Monroe was minister TO
France in 1906 when the Directory
which had succeeded TO the "Terror OF
RobespIerre" Informed him that the
treaty of 177S between France ana the
United States was at an end because
America had signed the treaty with
England known as Jays treaty. Mr..
Monroe replied that the treaty of IT'S
had already been brought to nothing
by the constant capture of American
shins by French men of war. France.
under the Terror, had regarded the
rest of the world in the same light as
the Russian bolshevists do now. Amer
lean merchant ships were captured and
condemned and sold.
Mr.. Monroe was too plant; he was
recalled. and Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney was sent over In his place.
The Directory from purely selfish mo-
tiyes continued the policy Of claiming
exemption from international law
which the Terror had begun in the
name of liberty. The French govern
ment would not receive Pinckney and
ordered him out of the country. Presi-
dent Adams called special session of
congress and recommended the prompt
formation of navy and the permis-
sion for merchant ships to arru them
selves.
Extra ENJOYS Named.
Pinckney was In Holland. The pres
ident appointed Elbridge Gerry and
John Marshall as extra ENJOYS to join
Pinckney, to 20 to Paris and negoti-
ate, On reaching Paris the commits
sIoners found that Talleyrand was min
lister of foreign affairs. Talleyrand
sent go-betweens to the commissioners
telling them that before the Directory
would negotiate they must pay bribe
of $3.50. 900. The bribe was to be d.
yided among all the directors except
one who. II was explained, was already
making enough money by his rake-on
on the condemnation of American
sbIps. And there was another little
matter; the United States must make
n loan to the French government Of
50, 500 900. These matters being agreed
to the American claims for damages
would be submitted to arbitration pro-
vided America would advance money
to pay any damages assessed against
the Directory government Of France.
The American ENJOYS being some