Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19

uDEAR POLLY" wrote polly's
- cousin from the country, II am
sending you several rolls Of
films that l want, to have developed
and printed as soon as possible. There
isn't any place here but MT. Stubb's
drug store where I could have them
done. so I want you to see about them
i 1. me If you Will. They're pictures
I'm specially anxious to have we'll
done-sereral OF the baby and one OF
Tom in his uniform" or course Polly
took them right off to the G.. l.. HALL.
OPTICAL COMPANY, explaining about
Tom and the baby to sympathetic
clerk who promised to let her have
the finished pictures that very night.
Polly discovered that this daily service
was feature of Halls work, made
possible by their having one of the
best equipped Kodak finishing pla nts
in the country. She learned, too, that
All this equipment was at the serice of
mail order patrons as we'll as of Kodak
fiends who lived within jitney ride
or the Richmond or Norfolk stores, and
had price list sent the country
cousin SO that she might hereafter
deal directly with the Hall Kodak De-
partment. at 2ll East Broad st. When
she returned for her prints later on
she found they were all good, but the
baby was too small to show whether
II.
and You couldn't see the bars on TOMS
Khaki shoulders. The clerk, still sym-
pathetic, suggested that the use OF a
5O-cent Kodak portrait attachment
that fitted over any lens would enable
an amateur to take bust portraits to
the full capacity of the negative. bring
ing out all the precious details as a
smaller picture could not do.
DOLLY fairly strutted as she came
/ in yesterday. hands thrust deem in
the pockets of very smart tweed
overcoat. Like it," she inquired.
jubilantly, and pirouetted for the ad-
mfration Of the beholders. It was a
gray mixture. one of those shadowy
oiends that seem to be made up of
SOFT puppies and misty blues as much
as anything fuzzy, delightful gar
ment that might have originated in
vogue, or among our English cousins
who are gifted along such lines There
was belt. of course, and comfy raglan
sleeves wide enough to allow you to
wear suit underneath, or the sweater
and other paraphernalia that are neces-
sary for comfort when motoring on
icy February days. Polly recited its
virtues raptly. 1t was manufactured
and weather-proof. all-wool-and only
sass. at o. II. BERRY's. There were
others. she said, at $685., ENJOYING the
same virtues. but OF less expensive ma
terial, that were also very desirable,
as the styles were of the conservative
simplicity that is always good, whe-
ther this winter or next She found
too, group Of little three-auarter
corduroys lined with sheepskin, lust
like that used for the jaunty trench
coats beloved by all second lieutenants.
Poily said she was perfectly sure 1t
really was sheepskin. because she in
yestigated It's underside and found
the leather back. These little coats
were reduced to $16.S5 In the sale
which o. II. Berry ia conducting in the
Misses Department of their big mems
furnishing store.
Polly. who Is feminine In all things.
Will put a postscript at the end, and of
course 1t contains one of the most i'm
portant things OF all. This time il is
chiefly for the convenience of her out
of-town readers who would like her
help in their shopping. II they will
write her, enclosing one OF those ex-
pensive three-cent stamps for the an
swer, she will be glad to refer them
TO the best places for filling their
shopping wants. or to order for them
any articles from the firms mentioned
by her. OF course she can't send you
any of the spoon-bread by parcels most,
but just try it next time you are in
Richmond!
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