Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-17
: ISTEN to the clicking castanets

IL pulsing of the soft guitar! In
the quaint old Moorish town of
southern Spain, in Almeria. the
dark-cyed senoritas are making
merry, for the grapes have all been
gathered and been shipped to the
New World. This year they were
extremely scarce. and many spoiled
on route, but at Henry R. Hallowell
& Sons. Broad below Chestnut
street. where they make a speciality
of Spanish Almeiia Grapes. the lim-
tied quantity they were fortunate
enough to secure is the equal of any
they ever had. Grown out-of-doors,
cn the sunny stones of hillsides that
are crowned with ruined Moorish
castles, crisp, firm and luscious. the
largo clusters we'll deserve their
Arabic name-Almeria. meaning
"The Conspicuous"
AYORTHWEST of India lies that
~ vast mountainous country of
' Beluchistan, where to this
day the occupation of the people is
either pastoral or rug weaving. The
main distinguishing feature of these
Beluchistan rugs is that they come
in real dark blue, with dark brown,
red or green as faint outlines for the
border. and peculiar geometrical
figures in the center of the rug.
Quite enormously they are some
times called "Blue Bokharas" from
the predominance Of that color. At
Fritz & La Rue, 1924 Chestnut
street, they have not only the mod
ern Beluchstans, but also few rare
antique specimens, all glossy, lus-
trous, rich in tone, with heavy pile,
and as they are one of the few makes
that arc to be had in very small,
narrow rugs of soft shades, they are
much sought after.
no YOU need all introduction to
Mary Ellen Frocks? Probably
not, If you have children to
dress. for nearly every mother here
knows them and has fallen in love
with them, as | did They are the
sweetest, quaintest little wash
dresses, and Joseph e. Darlington
& Co.. ,1126-2S Chestnut street. has
the exclusive right to sell them in
Philadelphia. Made in Washington
by two sisters, the pioneers in using
Dartex. the material of which they
are fashioned, all the dSeing and de-
signing is done in their own estab-
lishment and every bit of embroidery
and sewing is hand work, except the
seams. They come for children from
to IA years old, each pattern being
suitable for the age, and though new
models appear the old ones are
called for over and over, and never
seem out of style.
no YOU know what used
pianos are? Some persons dc
- not. They imagine them Ia
be worn-out wrecks of an inferior
make piano. that even at their low
price it would be q waste Of money
to buy. Now. exactly the opposite
is nearer the truth about these being
sold by c. j. Hoppe G. Son, 1ll7-19
Chestnut street. Many of their
used" pianos have hardly been
used at all. They have stood un-
opened in some of the handsomest
houses in town, and then been ex-
changed at Heppe's for player
pianos, ana frequently lney are lilt
very best makes Of pianos, Others
have been used for concerts, demon
tration in the shop or rental; all
have been renovated and, Uprights
or Grands. they will give years Of
service and perfect satisfaction.
wv HENEVER the word "stcm-
" ware" is spoken l realize it
W means goblets and glasses,
but it always suggests flowers to
me, perhaps because hear it at
Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company,
where the Glass Salon is ever bios
soming forth with new and beautiful
stem-ware in plain crystal, white
and gold incrusted, cut or cut and
engraved rock crystal, in all of which
there are goblets, ice tea and sherbet
glasses, finger bowls and plates and
individual almond dishes. OF the
sixty active pattern" they carry
can only remember few, among
them the handsome Franklin"
which has heavy incrdsted wide
gold border and well-covered conven-
tional leaf and scroll design, and
the "Fontenac," which is palmer.
with narrow border and fiat gold
graduated lines that run down the
glasses in stripes.
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