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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

TOR the Little Lady of the
1 House or anybody else of
moderate height the service pull
chains are the greatest conven-
fence attached to the too-high cleo
trio light. They lengthen the
reach 8 inches. (Fomrth Floor,
CENTRALLY
WHEN the wall paper and win
w dow shades need freshening
get the Climax cleaner, it is easy
to use. zoe can. Fourth Floor,
Mdrket.)
7 AUNDRY BAGS with rod ex-
~ tension and holder are little
time and trouble savers. Complete
for $2.25. (Fomrth Floor, Mar
ket.)
THE "Grease Chaser" is the
L characteristic name of a sub
stance that will clean pots and
pans to perfection. 10c package.
Fourth Floor, Market.)
NOW is the time to brighten
last years hat, and "Knu-
kol" hat dye is the article to do
It with. 25c bottle. (Foairth
Floor, Market.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
About Sleeping and
Snoring and Mattresses

The mattress is the piece furniture which spend
approximately onehird belonging
higher order of nature,
ITS nice to get the morning" if the mattress
PORTABLE but it's nicer to lie your bed the mattress and
the bed coverings "feel good"
The old slogan regarding seepsx hours for man,
Tor woman eight for hogs all written
before people had learned how generally
speaking how to live.
Nobody knows how to live who doesn't sleep.
Some that nobody knows live sleep except
the one who knows how The
known have been fat broad
brQad-backedpeople 1t that the gifted
snorer bor but there belief that the gift be cultivated
Mental attitude toward life is said do with
ones enjoyment of Sleep and consequently with proficiency in
the art of snoring.
Physical attitude has much to do with it also
good sound, resilient distinct
zest, note of joy to the music the
Anyhow the mattresses in this Sale the
kind that give entirely
ton Of sleep in its relation to human happiness
ton to alarm clocks
The right amount Of sleep right makes all
the difference between the who grees his with
smile when he wakes the morning feelings
would be considerably relieved could lust dash against
the wall. 49, ~ ~e
These mattresses of OURS right prices
(sxth Floor Chenut)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
New Spring Skirts
COSMOPOLITAN in Taste

of black blue them with anything
everything and they therefore economical investment
Please in exactly in others
nearly, what they before the
There pretty youthful style lkandcotton popn fully
gathered with novel pockets at $575
Or price tailored awoo with gathered back
n sizes this is $780,
Then at $O75 popn with the new
buttons trimming In extra szes STATS
CeRraD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Pink and Blue
Paiamas

Or rather pink trimmed with
pale blue-blue pipings and pock-
cts; they are "Billy Burke" in
style and nearly as fetching as if
French fingers turned them out.
The price is $3.50. :
Others of pink batiste, blue
madras and striped cream voile
and cotton crepe are $2.75 to
$3.75.
No wonder women-and espe-
cially college girls like them!
(Thifd Floor. CENTRALLY
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

NORWOOD FERNS, crisp and
lNcurly and thick, are SOC pot;
birds nest ferns, So; the PAN
danus, with its striped grass
like leaves, is 81. Canaries are
close beside them. Price $40
each. (Fourth Floor, Market.)
NEVER were there. so many re-
1Nquests for >artifcial flowers.
Geraniums, Amer i C an Beauty
roses, sweet peas, forsythias-all
are here. Fourth Floor, Mar
ket.)
IN A fresh consignment Of Phil
1 ippine baskets there are some
charmingly plated telescopes in
hexagonal shapes, not to mention
a dozen other types of baskets
not shown before. Fourth Floor,
CENTRALLY
CEVEN kinds of electric wash
- ing machines-no wonder it's
easy for housewives to find the
kind they want. Fourth Floor,
Centrally
HERE are electric irons, per-
Il colators, chatting dishes, heat
ers, dish washers, ranges, and
even fountains, all made for the
home Of the most approved type.
Fourth Floor, Centrally
3 y ALBUM BEADS are clever
IN little devices to attach to
pendent electric light sockets so
that you can always find the
electric light in the dark. 35c.
Fourth Floor, Central.)
HITHERTO the high-low lamps
1 L have been made in carbons
only; now they come in Mazda
form for 81. Nothing more useful
for halls, bathrooms, sickrooms.
(Fourth Floor, Centrally
HANDY little objects to have
i L around in case the lights go
out are fuses and flashlights.
the latter of the most approved
designs. (Tourth Floor, CENTRALLY
A GOOD general household dis
"A infectant is Septola, at 25c,
Soc and Toe a bottle (Fourth
Floor, Market.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Store Opens 9 A. M.
Still the Wonder GrOWs
About This Sale of Silks

36 inches wide, 81 a yard.
Colored Shantung sports
silks in printed stripes, checks
or borders, So a yard.
Georgette crepes, plain
colors, 40 inches wide, s1.65 a
yard.
Black or navy blue Georgette
crepes, S1.50 a yard.
White sports satin, 40 inches
wide, SO a yard. "a different
make, but the same in appear
ance as that at $1.50 more in
everyday stock.)
Black silks, various kinds,
$1.65 to SO a yard.
Wash satins, blue, flesh,
lavender or white, $1.75 a
yard.
Chinese Shantung pongees,
75c a yard.
st Floor Chestnut)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
OddmentS of
Children's Sweaters

Some are wool and some are
silk, but all have come down in
the world by reason of being
broken sizes or a little mussed,
and all are in hurry to be worn
by young owners.
Colors: bright.
Sizes: 26 to SO bust measure.
Prices: So to S10-a third to
half less than when they were
new.
Third Floor, Chsstnut)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Here Come the New
Tricolette Dresses
for Women

Very straight in line they are and clinging just
trife round the ankles as the present fashion
dictates
All their effect of novelty really depends on
certain phases Of treatment - for instance the
lower half of sleeve will be wholly of crocheted silk
with deep insertion of the in the coat opening
over beige crepe vest. Or tunic dress will have
the oldest and longest of fringe, sparsey arranged
on the trcolette. Or there will be floating panels in
the back that suddenly cling to the bottom Of the
skirt and become border at the sides. There
two dresses alike.
~ Colors are pale pink and white, certain bright
hues and the inevitable black and navy.
Prices are $55 to $780,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Sheer Shirtwaists
With a Little Color

Perhaps it is because women's
eyes are weary of the sober and
simple colors which have obtained
all winter, but the little CLEANS
of green or blue or heliotrope are
undoubtedly welcome.
The waists are mostly of plaid
or fancy voile, and prices are So
and $2.25. =
Other new voile waists-all
white and more or less fancy
are 81 and $3.50.
(Third Floor, CentraD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
New Silk Handbags

Medium-size bags OF an excel
lent quality silk in black, navy,
taupe and brown.
They have round frames of tor
toise-shell finish celluloid and tas-
sells.
Price $6.75.
(Nain Floor, Chestnut)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

EVEN silk merchants have
- come in to ask us how we
were able to get so many fine
silks to sell for such small
prices. I
There are still plenty of the
best silks left. The variety is
excellent and with the present
condition of the silk market
there is little chance of silk
prices coming down to any
where meeting these economies.
French and A m e r can
foulards, SO inches wide, $1.65;
40 inches, So a yard. These
together with the foulards at
So, $3.50 and 81 a yard
constitute the best assortment
in this city.
Fine satins in street shades,
(West Aisle and I
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
''''','',&&'A< ''''',''
Spring Millinery Fashions for
Women Who Wear Black
Special Shouting

You will find them in the
Salon devoted exclusively to
black and mourning millinery
"a distinctive and new
collection Of black and black
and-white hats.
There are q number Of new
black crepe and rough straw
hats-these with the upcurled
brim that is so youthful and
becoming to many women.
New, too, are the hats for
more formal wear r-hats of
white crepe Georgette, with
slightly dropping brims, new
straight crowns and embroid-
cry of black straw and black
ribbon.
They are Of that medium
size which is large enough for
becomingness and comfort
(second Fl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Neu Spring
Skirtings in
Checks, and
PLdids

So pretty that one knows
Immediately what lovely skirts
they will make, and they are
the newest of Spring fashions.
Small velour checks in black
and white, tan and blue or blue
and white or large black and
white or colored plaids; some
of velour, others of worsted.
All are Sd inches wide and
$3.50 and Sc a yard.
(First Floor. Chestnut)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Ready With the
NelD Spring Suits in the
YOunq WOnaen's s Salons

And they are the most delightful suits imaginable!
So piquan and youthful and Sprnglike the
models would be pleasure to most Of them
There is quite tendency toward straight youthful lines;
shoulders Sleeves quite
tight embroidered much in evidence Gay bits
embroidered silk from the sides and give darkued coats
Just the touch of smartness they need . .
better suits of fine blue gabardne
serge trcone; country suits Of wool jersey and
rougsh tweeds there pretty shepherd checked SUITS
and very tailorish models of smooth dark cloths.
They beautifully made these suits richly lined
and finished range price all the from $7250 to $7850
IA to 20 year Sizes
Second Chsstnut)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
q NelU Cuff Links
for Men Likinq Fine JelUeLry

pair of platinum with stripes. S7O
Another pair of god set with tiny diamond in the
500.
Quite is platinum gallery mounting at the sides with
a fiat face set with a diamond, 1925.
Probably the handsomest of all is pair Of platinum links
with engine turned stripes crossed by bar of diamonds This
pair is $3.50.
-. tJeweIry Store, Chestnut and Thirtsenth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Grand Organ, 9, III and 4:50.
Chimes at streks Of Noon
ying Always to Make the Store Better Place to Shop III
"TO Make the World Fit to
Live In"


is the phrase in use every day by statesmen and
Journalists and among the common people" which
Abraham Lincoln well translated into "the plain
people,"
whats the matter with the world, anyhow"
said a speaker on the street corner. Didn't the
Maker of it on it's first sixth day examine it Himself
and pronounce it very good'?"
Not many changes have taken place in it in the
thousands of years except as men have dug up its
iron ore, coal, copper, gold and silver, bridged its
streams and wound iron rails around it's canyons
and over its prairies
Whatever's wrong with the world, if so it be-
must bark back to the men and women who populate
it, and the training of their homes and schools.
At this moment of the high-tide of patriotism,
large thinking, comprehensive planning, lofty
craftsmanship overfowing the two hemispheres, is
it not incumbent upon each of us to do something,
even if it be but little thing, to make the city, the
home the school, the Office, the workshop better
place to live in?
). :. ,,, '''''''' &&'~A<
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

1892 for a 1O-piece dining
room suit, figured birch, William
and Mary style.
$270 for 10-piece dining
room suit, walnut, William and
Mary style.
1920 for a Apiece dining room
suit, mahogany, Chippendale
style.
$3.50 for a 10-piece dining
room suit, mahogany, Queen
Anne style.
$445 for a 10-piece dining
room suit, mahogany, Chippen-
dale style.
$490 for a Apiece dining room
suit, mahogany, Heppelwhite
style.
$500 for a 10-piece dining
room suit, walnut, Jacobean
style.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

$3.50 for Apiece dining room
suit, mahogany, Heppelwhits
style.
$670 for a 10-piece dining
room suit, mahogany, Queen
Anne style.
$3.50 for a 10-piece dining
room suit, mahogany, Georgian
style.
$840 for a 10-piece dining
room suit, walnut and inlaid,
Heppelwhite style.
S1025 for 10-piece dining
room suit, inlaid mahogany,
Sheraton style.
$1240 for a 1O-piece dining
room suit, walnut, Renaissance
style.
$1445 for a 10-piece dining
room suit, mahogany, William
and Mary design.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Herez and Serapi Carpets Stand
Out in the Oriental Rug Sale

By their bold and striking designs they stand
collection of goods
Grounds of red envned with figures ivory and blue
the whole effect being bodness and vgor the
tribes that these pieces.
We secured this lot for selling attractive prices.
it., $685. 12.7x94 $685.
1110x79 it,, 1866. 121x83 it., $685.
113x82 it., $297 12.9x8 it., $475.
6.10x66 it., $685. 11.1x85 #, $279
107x83 it., $780, 18.5x121 it., S1183. Il ,
184x124 ft, $11S7 202x1211 #, $11S5.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Kabo COrSets-$1 so and So

Plain pink topes banding around the
and 1T the waist line $3.50.
long bust model lightly bOned also pink batiste $3.50
n 4 pretty pink broche, 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Hot Water Bottles

kinds the useful and convenient twoqua
size-$1 $3.50 each.
They all guaranteed, too. J
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

$595 for an S-piece bedroom
suit, mahogany and decorated,
Georgian style.
$3.50 for a 6-piece bedroom
suit, walnut and gold, Louis XVI
style.
$718 for a 5-piece bedroom
suit, figured mahogany, Chinese
Chippendale style.
1911 for a 7-piece bedroom
suit. mahogany, Georgian style.
$685. for 5-piece bedroom
suit, walnut with glass tops,
Louis XVI style.
$1O75 for a 7-piece bedroom
suit, ivory enamel with glass
tops, Louis XVI style.
$1149 for an 8-piece bedroom
suit, mahogany, Louis XVI
style.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Bedroom Suits at Savings of
10 to rs Per Cent

$151 for a Apiece bedroom
suit, ivory enamel, Sheraton
style.
$275 for a 6-piece bedroom
suit, ivory enamel, Windsor
style.
$293 for a 5-piece bedroom
suit, ivory enamel, Louis XVI
style.
$340 for a 6-piece bedroom
suit, ivory enamel, William and
Mary style.
$3.50 for a 6-piece bedroom
suit, ivory enamel and decorated,
Chinese Chippendale style.
SAIL for an 8-piece bedroom
suit, mahogany and decorated,
Colonial style.
SASS for a 5-piece bedroom
suit, mahogany and decorated,
Louis XVI style.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
ROOm-SiZe Domestic Rugs
in the February Sale

While admirng the diversity patterns
prices a third less similar
rugs selling for generally
8 x IL Ft. Size S3 X los Ft. Size
Wilton rugs, $3.50 to rugs, to $775O
$780, so Administer $3.50
Tapestry Brussels rugs $29.50. $4250
(sevent Foor,Ch tnuD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

(West Aisle and First Floor ChestnuD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Not one cent.
The fact that it might look like real dollar
and might be passed for real dollar would give
it no value in the eyes of an honest person.
You know that there is just one dollar worth
100 cents in this country, and that is the one
made by Uncle Sam himself. Other people may
initiate it, but the imitation is always found
out.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
VARIETIES oF LOYALTY

Oh, often, in feeling manner, we
talk about the starry banner that
waves above the land: we push warm
language from our cratcra, insisting
bitterly that traitors should all be saot
or canned.
our blood" we say, we'd gladly
sprinkle, for those bright stars that
aayly twinkle ard Illustrate our flag,
Ter this, the country that we chari II,
we'd cheertully stand up and perish,
nor stop to chow the rag
But when we so to blow our niekcls
for condiments or sauce or pickles,
we to the merchant say, "Be sure to
send US, Mir. Skittiah, the kind Of goods
with labels British or we'll refuse to
pay. We can't endure the homegrown
gherbins, they disturb cur stomach s.
workin's, and thus distress the mind;
the homemade stuff is badly frosted,
so let us have the blooming, biawsted
and bloody English kind"
Tho homemade pickles are delic-
ious no better pickles could you wish
us they're goods of which to brag
But things are punk-We have that
notion unless they cross some cheap
old ocean and bear foreign tag.
We use up lots OF eloeution about
our grand old Constitution, the back
zone OF the states. The men who
wouldn't die, we thunder, 'to keep the
same from going under, are ten.cent
tinhorn skates" Oh, when it comes to
making spccc1 ee, as patriots We all are
peachC Ne always ring the bell. We
trv boost our splendid nation with
Shy kinds Of conversation and stand
around and yell.
But when we call upon the grocer,
we say to him, We've come to blow,
sir, bunch Of picayunes So let us
have some cheese that's German, all
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
HoW DISEASES ARE CAUGHT

In this scientific age, people still
labor under the delusiOn that inlec-
tious diseases are transmitted by con-
tact with things. Some people are
afraid to touch a cas strap or a book
that has been used by strangers, and,
much as they like to have it, handle
paper money with greatest caution.
In the Medical Record Or, Aly2h II.
D0ty, formerly the efficient health Of.
flcer Of the port of New York, shows
how foolish the public is in its fear
that infection turks everywhere, in
public conveyances, public assem-
blages. clothing, money, rags, books,
car straps, etc, and that diseases arc
conveyed by these means. If disease
were conveyed in this manner old rags
would he one of the best transmitters
TO test this theory one should go to
the rag houses Of Alexandria, Egypt
The RAGS brought here are the cast-otf
clothing of natives, largely from inter
i1r districts, where some form of in.
fecti0us disease almost always exists
Vet the British sanitary officers have
never found the slightest evidence that
any of the women and children en-
gagged in handling thes rags ever con
tracted disease.
The best test Of the theory that
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17

sary metal trimmings on the body, IN
i the hood. and the iIon tire. The Ja
/ pauese vehicle commands consid-
erably higher rental from the coolies,
/ who lay certain amount daily to
/ the companies or jinrikisha masters
/ operating them. This is due 10 its
! attractive and SNOWY appearance,
which IS naturally more inviting to
til public, thus increasing the daily
/ receipts OF the inrikisha coolie.
Expressions are not infrequently
! heard in Central and Northern Chial
that the Japanese article is built TO
sell because of its attractive appear
ance, lightncss Of construction and
other desirable qualities, but that
strength and durability have no part
In its makeup. In Shanghai alone
there are now approximately 250 ia
panese made vehicles, and although
they have been in use but compare
lively short time, complaints are in
creasiug weekly of the necessity for
constant repair. The lacquer work
on the japanese machines Is beau
{
1t is,first landed at its destination in
China, but experience has proved
that 1t is not at all desirable for pub
lie use. Exposed constantly to the
weather the lacquer viii fake off.
and this cannot be replaced in China,
for there are no lacquer workers
there
There Is only one way to success
fully repair such a condition, and
that is to place in the depression in
the surface caused by the chipping
off of the lacquer cement, the basis
which is an ash formed from the
burning of joss paper. Over this is
then spread a thin layer Of paint, but
10 other part Of the body Of the vehi-
Gle is touched, for the reason that
paint in China will not adhere to
lacquer
Contractors who have been hand
ling the japanese jinrikisha declare
that it is frequently necessary to
strip off all the lacquer and then re-
paint the wood of the entire body
and shafts Such repairs are eXpen-
siye, and fall on the men who buy
the machines and not on the coolies
who operate them; hence it is essen
tial to give the former an article
that will not require a constant out
lay in repairs Into this proposition
the American manufacturer should
Institute careful inquiries,
The necessity for the neat appear
ance Of iinrikishas in Shanghai is in
dicated by the fact that they are I'M
der the supervision of the munich
patty and that a quarterly inspection
Is regularly made. BY this it is not
to be assumed that the vehicles are
permitted to run the whole three
months without being subjected to
an examination. # found unclean,
unsanitarv, or not in cardanCe with
the regulations, the iinriESha coolie
Is subjected to a suitable punish
ment a japanese jinriliisha with its
lacquer badly damaged will not be
permitted on the streets of Shanghai
any more than one with a wheel con-
tanning a loosaned spoke or a Chi
nese vehicle with a broken hood or
n body that has parted company with
its paint. Under present conditions
the jinrikishas yielded a serviceable
revenue to the government, for fully
$500 jinrikishas are licensed every
month.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
JAPANESE SINRIkISHiS.
Becoming Popular in China As a
Means OF Travel.

The japanese jinrikishas were es-
tablished In Shanghai as public ye-
hicles several years ago, and their
introduction in various other ports
IN China Is being pushed with char
actelistic japanese energy. The
Wholesale price for these vehicles
laid down in Shanghai is approxi-
mately SIS Mexican, or about $1g in
American money. These machines
are of three grades, and their retail
prices here are $fs, s51 and $50
Mexican. The Japanese jinrikisha
manufacturers have already estab-
lishad agencies in Shanghai and are
carrying en- their eamraisn Of trade
aggression with an energy which al
ready presapposes gratifying re-
Turns.
These machines are constructed en-
tircly OF wood, with the exception Of
the springs, aXlCs, and the few neces-
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17

brought the story Of San Franciscos
disaster brought also news of the
discovery of the Charleston cave. But
the generally accepted theory of the
ordinary earthquake now is that it IS
due TO no general upheayal of the
earth's crust but rather 10 a wave
motion communicated through strata
to the surface above It is possible
that the earthquake at San Fran
cisco did not raise the earths crust
high enough to be seen by any OBJ
server who might have been able TO
stand say, few hundred feet away,
IN some immune point Boston
Advertiser
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
Got Good Results.

This honest, straight forward letter
from a woman who has suffered
should be needed by all afflicted with
backache, rheumatic pains, sore mus
cles, awful tired feeling and othe:
symptoms of kidney and bladder
trouble: Il have got such good re-
suits from Foley Kidney Pills that
can sleep much better and the pain
in my back and sides is a good lot
better. am going to keep on taking
them" Mrs. Chas. Gray, 270 9Th St,
Detroit, Mich.
For sale by w d, Duncan,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
Classified Advertising

Advertisements will be inserted in
this column not exceeding five lines.
three times, zoe; one week, zoe Each
line over five, 10c per week addi,
tiopal. All advertisements in this col
umn must be paid in advance. 10
advertisement VIII be inserted in this
column for less than 30c.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17

The disaster at San Francisco was
different from the so-called earth
quake" which once overwhelmed
Charleston, $. c.. for example The
Charleston disaster was merely q
subsistence of the EARTH due to
great cave beneath and curiously