Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03

q TRAWBERRIES, one of the best
known fruits in Europe and
America, have been cultivated
a comparatively short time, less than
600 years. Until 1878 it was thought
folly to attempt to do so in Florida
for northern markets. but since then
transportation facilities have taken
such strides that today at Henry r.
Hallowell & Sons, Broad below
Chestnut street, the luscious Florida
Strawberries rival the Jersey va
rieties. They are shipped North in
tightly sealed rcfrigcrators, re-iced
on the journey, and, being Of even
better quality than other seasons,
arrive as fresh and blooming as
when gathered from the patch.
Lately Florida had cold snap which
retarded the berries, but now they
arc making UP for lost time, and
big. rosy, highly favored strawbcr-
rics are coming more regularly.
TT NTIL the Centennial Exhibi-
tion, in 1876, Oriental rugs
were little known in this coun-
try, but the display sent over by the
Persian Government attracted con-
siderable attention and awakened an
interest that has never waned. At
Fritz & La Rue, 1924 Chestnut
street. there is an enormous demand
for all the weaves. which, with very
few exceptions, they are able to
meet. having laid them in prior to
the war, and. though they have in
creased in value. they have not in
price. Saruk rugs from the isolated
northern part Of Persia, with their
soft. silky, extremely close and firm
texture. arc great favorites. One Of
Fritz e. La Rue's rare.y beautiful
specimens has field of pale old
rose, covered with center medal
lion and four corner figures. inter-
laced with many flower forms in
rich and harmonious hues.
VVyHY February should be par
" ticularly the month for spc-
cial furniture sales ] have
never discovered. but the custom
prevails, and opportunities arc rife
for picking up bargains. At Dar-
lington's, 1126-2S Chestnut street,
they have an uncommonly we'll
selected collection Of unique pieces
and suits. Mahogany, it goes with
out saying, is the thing, and the
four-post bedsteads, single or double,
with futed, plain or pineapple
topped columns, arc delightfully."- pic
turesquc. A bedroom set in Queen
Anne pattern, consisting of seven
pieces. and an Adam design four
piece dining room suit are also eX-
tremely attractive. Chairs. too, odd
or in sets. are there. Finely up
holstered Wing chairs, comfortable
Windsor chairs and rush-bottom
chairs in ebony-hnish frames. deco
rated with bouquets Of flowers.
IS NEW mediums Of expression
~ of real art are few and far be-
4 n tween, those who arc esthetic
in their tastes and appreciativc of
things beautiful. will enjoy the eX.-
uuisite panels of lockwood Ware at
Bailey, Banks e. Biddlc Company.
For years the French have excelled
in delicate paintings on porcelain.
hut it remained for the Americans
to produce the same effect in less
costly way in pottery, and no water
color or oil painting is more deco.
rative or softer and more beautiful
than these little framed Rookwood
gems. The color qualities and re-
finement Of rendering are remark
able, and there is the poetic charm
and light. silyery touch of a Corot in
the woodland sunsets, glowing with
rosy light, in the lakes shimmering
in the moonlight and in the snow
bound roads leading into the No
where.
FAMILIARITY is said to breed co
that the familiar old-style garl
i are being used, and at the II
Miller, 1912 Chestnut street, there
Sexton Sanitary Garbage Outfit is
inches Of the top, and consists of
inner garbage pail, so arranged that
directs the garbage into the pail, m
outside Of this receiver. The large
the garbage pail 70 be taken out a
remains closed no prowling cats or d