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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
MEN
Mems
Extraordinary
Shirts of Six
Und-COttOn

Extraordinary in
their beauty, t h e i I
durability and their
variety of design.
The last feature is
the first thing you
notice when you see
them. There are mar
row stripes and wide
stripes and Checks;
white grounds and COL
ored grounds, with an
unusual percentage of
the latter. We can't
recall when we have
seen such a wide range
of patterns.
Price Sc - and a
great SO worth as
shirts 60 now.
CMain Floor. Market
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An Exceptional Choice of
Mahal and Chinese Carpets
IFIfth, NINth anu Nevrnth rInor.N

~ present al exceptional opportunity for anybody looking for
Ol'Udl carpet at considerable
these
first ~ ~ 10y
Along with them small number at
regular -
together with the delivery Salu CARPETS thew
MAKE very good collection at this
he Mahas priced 19x11
~ 'NO' A'Ail'D
me 'hec from Sl3 $2l75 feet
IN an interesting collection
ShlNanS
AShlaz at $2375 $85, according
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11

We have just reached the stage in
the Sale when we can realize how for
tunate it was for US - and for people
needing our kind of furniture-that we
provided stocks on a scale of magnitude
beyond anything we have ever had the
pleasure of placing before our friends.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
Bungalow Aprons
SIPS and $1.5O

Kinds that usually cost more.
They are of checked percales in
blue and pink effects, and are
bound with white and trimmed
with buttons,
y lThird Floor. Csntr,n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
The Little Pieces in This
Corner Are Something More

than a few Introductory remarks to the
advertising page. They bear to you, at your
breakfast table, courteous Good Morning
from headquarters and the chiefs of the
management, your servers. By virtue of the
friendiness and unity of interest that have
grown up between the Store and its patrons and
the visiting public, during the long period of
over half a century, they convey to you now
and then ideas and experiences gathered from
many sources while doing days work" in
establishing this different kind of Store which
may be of use to others.
To be exact, it is ifty-eight and one-half
years since the hand that writes this unlocked
the doors for the first time on Market Street,
in this city, and on Market Street the same
people Cat the head) have been ever since, as
they are yet to this day, all of which we set
down here with hearty thankfulness and only
as simple facts
We long ago highly resolved that right here
in Philadelphia this first new kind of Store
should be the Store of America and fitting
representation to the world of the American
system of stOrekeeping.
'',,'.'' f&""A<
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
Extra Eye Glasses

Lots Of annoyance could be
saved by the wcarcrS Of glasses
if they always provided them
selves with a duplicate pair to
allow for loss and brcakage.
The Optical Goods Store has
a good work shop and fills pre-
Scriptlons with great care.
tMain Floor, ChcstnuD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
100 Fine Tub Skirts at $685.

which that sayes dollars every skirt.
They white gabardne and white pique skirts fine
that
many times yoke effects buonng down the all
button trimmed
All fresh and in good condition.
to 40 inch waistband.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
Mems
HandkerchiefS
Sc q Dozen

Perfectly plain hemstitchcd,
of sturdy Irish linen, snowy
and good quality, and of gen
erous size. too.
And We'll mark them for
you, if you wish. for a mod
crate sum.
(West tiSIrD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11

New Silver Pins and
Rings Set With
RhinestOnes
Lacy and lovely are the bar
pins, for they are all of sterling
silver, in fascinating designs and
thickly set with rhinestoncs. All
have gallery backs and safety
catches, and the prices, which
start at So, go up to Sl5.
Dinner rings, of sterling silver,
in new and unusual designs, set
with rhinestones, are 81 to Sl4.
(JeWeIry Store. Chestnut and
ThirteenthD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
Pheasant China
Special

Housewives familiar with the
regular prices of these pretty
blue-and-white cups and SaucerS
from Japan will be glad to know
that they may be had tomorrow
for $3 a dozen. Ordinarily they
cost $l.50 more.
CFOurth Floor, Chestnut
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
60 WOmen'S Goats
in a ClearaWay

They odds and endscapes wrapoats and wraps; popn
and chiefly
have yoke full Innings;
lined throughout with fancy foulard.
arcc close to haf-S15 to $25.
First ioor, en-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
Women's Louis-Heel Oxfords
of Black Satin

Long worked cycets turned oIes and
Louis heels And hand sewcd throughout
and right for dress later with
black satin spats
Price $11.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14
A Jolly New Year. Eve Party

players who lost their places stood
at one side Of the room. When at
last only one remained with chair
the others who had lost their places
were obliged to give forfeit or tell
joke on themselves.
Promptly at twelve o'clock all
lights were turned out for a minute.
In that minute each man was sup
posed to grasp the hand of one o; the
girls. Those who we're holding
hands when the lights were turned
on were to be partners at supper.
Decorate the table for t. party of
this kind with Fortune Tree''-a
very small evergreen dipped in alum
solution and covered with diamond
dust. Let slender cords of silver
thread radiate from each place to
the tree. where it will be attached
to the Fortune" of that guest.
These fortunes may be written or
may be in the form of favors.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14

Most Boring Time Ever Had"
1.-THE Shortest Time I Ever Had"
"The Longest Time ] Ever Had"
1.-THE Most Exciting Time I Ever
Had" and SO on.
These stories were read aloud
and the guests were asked to guess
who wrote each one. A prize was
awarded the writer Of the most in
teresting story.
Another game that called for
agility was "a Timely Story" The
hostess read an original story in
which the word "time" was intro
duced in some fashion or other
every few minutes. Every time that
time" was mentioned the guests
all changed seats.
At the beginning there was one
chair less than there were guests.
so that some one in the party would
be left without seat when all had
changed places. After each change
another chair was removed. The
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14
About Beds
By Mrs. Christine Frederick,
The DISTINGUISHED Authority on Household Efficiency

m THINK It was Mark Twain who
said that beds are the most
dangerous Of places. since over
eighty per cent OF all persons meet
ing death, meet 1t lying in bed! And
II we stop to consider that most
OF us pass from six to nine hours of
every. twenty-four in bed, 1t seems
worth while to consider what those
beds are made of, how constructed,
and what will make them most san
itary and comfortable.
Many of us recall the old-fash-
toned black walnut or mahogany
bedsteads, some seven feet long,
with back or headboard as large
as a wall, and SO heavy that it re-
Quired three men to lift it in place.
These stately beds, with their
posters and canopies, belonged to
the era of high ceilings and much
space. To-day they have no place
In our compact and low-ceiled
houses.
Also, there was always a ques-
tion of wooden bed being per-
fectly sanitary, and as it was more
difficult to disinfect in case of i'll
ness. We have, as a nation, come to
adopt some form of the sanitary
enamel, hospital type of bed.
An enamel bedstead is made of
hollow or solid tubes of enameled
iron, and may either have the
spring and sides in one piece or
separate. l personally prefer the
spring and framework all in one
piece instead of having the spring
a separate fixture consisting II
numberless coils of wire springs.
An excellent type of bedstead,
especially for the small room, or
for children, Is one where the
spring is of closely woven wire, and
so made that it can be folded back,
into one-piece fiat outfit, like a
collapsible go-cart.
The way to Judge of the quality
of woven spring is to count the
number OF cross wires to the foot
or yard. Two springs which look
exactly alike as to the number OF
lengthwise wires, will show a vary
ing number in the cross wires.
Naturally, tho greater the number
of wires across, the stronger the
spring.
It is always we'll to see that the
bed. is so we'll made that 1t does not
catch on the bedcovering. For
years I have had a good bed which
has this fau1t--the sheets especially
catch on the crossbars OF the
spring. and II had known as much
when bought it as do now,
should not have made the pur-
chase. Torn sheets are expensive,
and a we'll finished bed frame
ohould have no rough places.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14

To-day there are being manufac-
tured excellent beds of iron, but
having a cane, wicker or wood APP
pearance. These. OF course, have
all the sanitary requirements and
are more attractive in addition,
since they come in "period" de-
signs and match other furnishings.
The old idea used to be that the
best mattresses were always made
OF hair. And believe that we'll
made, fine hair mattress cannot he
excelled-if you can find it to-day!
But rather than poor quality hair
mattress. it is preferable to buy the
best Illuminated cotton mattress.
Such mattress is made of the pure
cotton bats, sterilized, and so beat.
en- and shaped and made in layers
as to give resiliency, without mat
ting or Jumping. But nothing is
worse than cheap cotton stuffed
mattress. which will soon LUMP
and be as uncomfortable as a "com-
forter" which has been washed into
bumps.
A good mattress costs quite a
small fortune to-day, but it is one
furnishing that should not be
skimped ON.
And do not have It covered with
the old-fashioned. ugly blue and
white ticking, when there are so
many other tickings of better an.
pearance. Stripes OF pink or lighter
blue, floral designs, or even solid
colors, are more attractive and cost
no more.
With any mattress a closely
stitched, padded quilt of white cot
ton should always be laid under the
sheet, and between it and the mat
tress cover proper. This latter cover
should be used on every bed, if the
housewife wishes to be neat and
sanitary. Such cover is made of
heavy unbleached muslin, shaped
like bag, to just fit the mattress.
One end is left open and strings or
tapes used to tie it shut This COM
pletely covers the mattress, and
may be washed easily, when the
mattress could not be washed.
Unless a mattress is for IA large
double bed-and l wish that no
more of these would be manufac-
tured-the mattress is better made
in one piece. But il very large, then
two portions are easier to turn, al
though with our modern methods Of
vacuum cleaning there is less need
now for personal handling of the
mattress.
An entire chapter could be writ
ten on pillows and their filings.
Most pillows are filled with gr?des
of duck or other fowl feathers. One
has to be careful hot to buy the
loosely packed pillows filled with
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14

fortables" satisfactory. Comfort
ables,' as popularity known, are the
quilted Thy machine) coverings,
containing cotton batting of differ
ent grades, and covered with sateen
or silkolene. OF course, there are
good and light comfortables; but as
a general thing l have found that
they cost as much as good blanket
and do not give nearly as good SER
vice. Above all, they are heavy
and not light. But find the chief
objection is that they cannot be
washed.
have tried (and succeeded) IL
washing a comfortable and a down
quilt. but would never try it again.
In spite of the utmost care, the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14

"floss" or cotton fibre, which looks
and feels plump at first, but which
mats into a lump after short
period of use. Many pillows ar-
filled mostly with the short cuttings
Of feathers and not with the whole
plumey part, and hence are stin
and hard. Make the dealer show
you sample Of the filling both of
mattress and pillows before buy
ing.
In our home We have something
like $500 worth of blankets and
bedding, because most of us sleep
outdoors. Whea any one asks why
we have so many blankets and not
the so-called "comfortables." / reply
that we have not found the COM
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14

glasses and serve, topped with
whipped cream. Then pass the
sugar.
An easy way to serve refresh.
ments at an informal evening party
Is "buffet style" as this makes
mattresses unnecessary--a big point
to be considered in these "helpless''
days. A menu should be chosen
which can be prepared ahead ana
arranged on the buffet or the dining
table before the guests arrive. Such
a combination could include chicken
salad, sandwiches, oliver, sailed
nuts, caramel Bavariar cream.
cake and coffee.
The sandwiches may be placed On
the buffet just before serving dino.
and IL the coffee Is already meas.
ured out In the urn 1t will take the
hostess but q moment to pour N
the boiling water and to lirht the
alcohol lamp or turn on ~ $50
tricity. eoS
II simpler menu is desired tn
sandwiches may be OF cream cheese
and nuts. OF orange marmalade. or
OF tuna fish and olives. Al ~ n
always good form. but the Bayarian
gives the same effect. and a. II viii
stand Is much easier to serve. nv
the way, IL an informal dance IA n
progress and 1t 10 desirable to have
the refreshments entirely cold the
same ideas may be used. with the
substitution of coffee Bavarian
and fruit punch instead OF hot
coffee.
We are all inclined to SLIGHT the
demi-tasse. yet the service of coffee
at the end of the dinner NAV be
made one OF the most attractive
and restful courses of the meal.
But 1t should be served in the liv-
ing room, where all thought Of
haste Is dissipated Again, the
hostess should preside.
The coffee may be made In thu
living room itself. In this case the
maid should bring in a good-sized
tray containing the after-dinner
cups and saucers, tho utensil Tor
making the coffee, as we'll as surar
and cream-for the latter should b.
provided il you would appeal to ali.
II slightly bizarre note ID desired.
maraschino cherries with their
Juice may be included-two, with :
little Of the liquid, being allowed Q
each cup.
II It is not practical to make the
coffee in the living room It may b
brought in steaming hot in the pot
1.-THE tall, slender pots are the most
fashionable). then poured by the
hostess. Or. II very large nunns
Der are to be served. the little cupo
may be filed In the pantry ana
passed to the guests on q goodslsed
tray, which should also contain the
cream and sugar.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14


w occasion. the hostess who
" serves coffee in some form
is sure to be right.
To do this it is not necessary to
give a dinner. In France, Italy,
Rumania. Sweden, Denmark and
other European countries this fact
is so well recognized that informal
afternoon gatherings and evening
chats are the order Of the day and
the coffee pot is the most over
worked utensil in the household.
An older civilization has had
time to develop politeness to the
nth degree" and to realize that
men guests, as well as women, ap-
preciate coffee moro than almost
any other one beverage. Our old
Southern hostesses realized this,
too, and always included coffee in
the menu, whatever the occasion.
Men as rule detest pink teas"
Why? Because the refreshments
have no punch and are often SO I'M
familiar that they repel rather than
attract. On the other hand, women
like the unusual. The successful
hostess, then. must strike a happy
medium to please both her men and
women guests.
For instance. every one likes pie,
SO why not serve individual apple
pies. baked in muffin pans, topped
with whipped cream and accom-
panied by steaming cups of per-
fectly made coffee. II you have an
alcohol, gas or electric percolator,
all the better, for your guests like
to watch 1t work besides.
woman never appears to better ad-
vantage than when presiding over
the coffee.) For this service, a tea
cart may be used. or everything may
be brought in on q tray to a low
table in the living-room.
Still another appealing informal
refreshment combination consists
of fruit salad, nut sandwiches and
coffee egg nog. The portions of
salad should be small and arranged
individually on salad plates, with
a garnish Of lettuce. A seasonable
combination consists of equal parts
of halved grapes. sliced apple, diced
pineapple and bits of orange, put to-
gether with mayonnaise to moisten.
Each salad may be decorated with
halyed grapes and bit Of candied
cherry.
The coffee eEg nog should be
made in the kitchen. To do this.
brew some strong coffee. combine it
with one-fourth the amount OF boil
ing milk and allow three-fourths
cupful to each person. pouring 1t on
to a well-beaten egg. Add q drop
or two of vanilla, transfer to tall
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14
Prune Pudding.

KTIX tablespoon butter with Y
AvA cup dark corn syrup, 8 table
spoons lemon Juice, "a teaspoon
salt, the grated rind Of u lemon.
1-3 teaspoon cinnamon and "a cup
hot prune juice. Moisten " cup
stale bread crumbs with this liquid.
In a creased baking dish arrange
alternate layers of moistened bread
crumbs and chopped cooked
prunes. using in all ~ or 3 cups
OF prunes. Pour q little OF the
liquid over each layer Of prunes.
Bake in 2 moderate oven 46 min
utes to I hour.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14

quilt mats and comes from the
washing uneven, and with the cot
ton all hardened into little bats.
Avoid all the bright pink-tied
blankets which look so fieecy.
These are made to have such an
attractive appearance because the
nap is brushed up by machinery
and made to look woolly-but it
isn't. The more fleece on the
blanket the more to be swept up in
the dustpan and, pardon the pun,
the more "fieeced" the poor pur-
chaser. The best blankets smell
animal-like. They have short hair
and like the best travelling rugs"
of the oid Country. are very light,
pliable, and anything but fluffy.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14
By Lima Cavalieri
The Most Famous Living Beauty.

1870 Deesys u
frowning smile as instantly a.
though you saw the man you love
best in all the world approaching.
II you find the muscles about
your lips tightening, while you
read or write, relax at once.
have seen rope SO knotted that no
human being could unite It. That
is what habit does to the muscles
that are too long used in an un-
natural and unbecoming way. For
instance. the frown Is unnatural.
So is the down-drawn expression
OF the lips. So are the clenched
hands. So are the feet drawn
tightly together as you sit. So are
the knees pressed together.
We learn from animals wonderful
lessons in relaxation. Watch q bull
terrier summing himself on the
lawn. He spreads himself out al.
most as fiat as rug. His hind
legs are fiattened upon the ground.
His front paws are stretched out
before him. and his head lies be-
tween them. How differently We
lie! We clench our hands, place
our hands firmly ON the pillow,
twist our feet backward. bend our
bodies into . bow and then try to
sleep.
Look at your pet cat. Have You
noticed how completely she re-
lakes when she is at rest? She is
e never rigid except when having
troubled dreams.
But animals rest 50 completely
because they have no worries" YOU
exclaim. But in answer to this 7
insist that We must learn to rest az
nearly as possible in the way they
do. Stop worrying for the time at
least As you lie in bed, don't for
get to let the bed hold you. Don't
DO Its work by holding yourself on
You can give yourself up to the
bed; relax your muscles entirely
and give yourself up to its comforts
as completely as you do to the
waves when you are on a vessel,
Non-resistence is rest. Some au-
thority has gone so far as to de-
clare that it is the unconscious re.
s1stance to the waves that IL the
real reason for seasickness.
II you feel your face hardening
and your mouth forming a STRAIGHT
hard line, relax by inhaling deeply
and expelling the air slowly from
between slightly parted Inns.
When your hands and feet are
drawn tightly, try to shake them
loose. OF course, I do not mean
this literally. But shake the hands
from side to side and up and down.
This side-to-side movement Of the
feet will also relax them.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14
Chocolate Bread Pudding.

COAX 21a or 3 cups bread crumbs
- in liz cups scalded milk. Add
AZ cup dark corn syrup or IL cup
corn syrup and "A cup brown sugar,
1 well-beaten egg, Y teaspoon salt
and " teaspoon vanilla. Melt
squares or ounces or chocolate over
hot water. Add 1k cups scalded
milk or hot water, stir until smooth
and add gradually to crump mix,
ture. Turn into creased custard
Guns. place in pan of hot water and
bake until firm In moderate oven.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14

a RE your muscles twisted into
~ tight knots? You do not
know. and yet as you read
you more or less consciously relax
the muscles that have been drawn
together as you tie a rope into q
knot. Some women frown even
more when they are reading than
when they are talking.
II you feel yourself frowning, re-
member that ugly knotted rope
and unite 1t.
II your lips are drawn into
hard straight line that ages your
face and makes you look ungra-
cious and unlovely, then unite the
rope. II nervousness has made
you draw your fingers together into
the semblance Of monkey claws,
relax them. Unite the rope.
Keep the thought of that knotted
rope constantly before you. II will
be your beauty's danger signal, as
the waving red lantern is the warn
ing Of danger on the railroad track.
A rope, straight, smooth, new and
fresh is not an ugly object. It is,
especially, II it be relaxed and loose.
at ease and soft. rather graceful
than otherwise. But watch it when
strained, and study It when knotted.
1t is like our muscles-graceful
when relaxed. drawn when in mo-
ton, and ugly when knotted. II
You think of your muscles always
as ropes. you will govern them
better.
Keep them loose when you can.
strain them as little as possible and
never tie them in knots.
Let me illustrate: There are two
sorts of frowns. The ugly lines be-
tween the eyebrows may be caused
by fretful disposition. But they
are not always signs of temper.
They may be the lines etched by
intense concentration.
In fact. have always considered
them not temper lines but student
lines. have always commended
that close application and beauty
are not companions. Habits of
concentration bring rewards to the
intellect, but not to beauty.
1t is true intelligence adds to the
beauty q certain flashing attrac.
ton of the face, but an alert intel
ligence is one thing. and the red
trimmed eyes, the STOPPING shoulders
and the knotted brow caused by
excessive study are quite another.
At your study, at your work. or
even at your pleasure, as while
automobiling, remember the ugli.
ness Of the knotted rope. Don't
frown. Or, II you catch yourself
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14
Suet and Raisin Pudding.

A DID e cup molasses and 1 cup
"A sour milk to 1 cup finely
chopped suet. Mix and sift 2ii
cups -four with IL teaspoons soda.
1 teaspoon cinnamon. / teaspoon
cloves and " teaspoon salt. Add
the liquid ingredients gradually to
the dry ingredients, stirring yigor-
ously. Dredge IA cups chopped
raisins and n cup currants with
"a cup sifted -four and add to first
mixture. Pour into well-greased
melon mold and steam 4 or 5 hours.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14
Indian Pudding.

TOUR 1 quart scalded milk over
/ 1-3 cup sifted cornmeal and
cook Il hour, stirring to prevent
Jumping. Add 1 teaspoon salt, 11a
teaspoons ginger and " cup mo-
lasses. Turn into creased baking
dish and bake very slowly 2 or 3
hours. When about half done add
cup cold milk without stirring
and finish cooking.