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rccc FOR tho table. These boxes are
covered with ivory color glazed
chintz. exactly like the window cur
tains and they are bound with deep
blue Ch.ntz. just as the window cur
ta.ns are. The inside OF the closet Is
painted deep blue, and the encc; Is
extremely charming. and fresh and
clean looking.
The window curtains are lined with
pale corn Colored silk as is the val
ance. and the window scat Is uphol-
stored IN corn colored velour. The
F TWO cushions arc ivory color with
deep blue tasselS having gold heads
set at each corner. This window IS
developed in an ivory. gold and blue
diningroom. and Is charming both In
the winter. ard IN the summer be-
cause the view Is out over sloping pas
ture lands. And there are no inner
curtains 10 shut II away any season
+ IN the year.
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Windsor models. Unless there is a
fairly large family for dinner. the
table IS left close to the window.
which is delightful both IN the sum-
mer tw1lights and the early winter
evenings.
a very deep window scat is shown
in the sketch. a place for growing
plants and books, with space easily
for few big cushions where one
could lounge before the dinner hour.
In the winter time orange velour is
used for a valance and FOR side cur
tains and a brass Jar TO hold the
plant. and the cushions y desired
would be orange velour with plum
color facing An excellent covering
for the floor Of this room would be
orange cOiored wool fibre which Is
usually used to line carpets, but il is
.s-relaS AID durable and makes a
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-23

Ia many OF the most comfortable
aud charming Of the modern small
houses. both "a the cottage and the
bungalow. the living room Is made as
spacious az possible and there is no
dining room. Usually there j. n din
.nE nook IN the kitchen. whore break
SCOT can DE had and luncheon for
'n,s self and the children. but dinner
s teryed In the liv.ngroOyn at a table
placed fairly close 20 the fireplace
sff drawn up BESIDE the windows.
our Illustration shows just such an
on. tngement as this. The table IS
ous OF the most simple and old fash
.'Hoi models. hardly more ;haa a pei
OF VOL made horses held together
WEN beam and n fiat board Top. II
mat Ice OF oak. oiled and waxed. or
81 pine. stained or left its natural
so.0r. aud ths chairs are excellent low
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SIMPLICITY APPROACHES Sc
VERIFY WITHOUT LOSING
IT'S CHIC

Tho blouse inspired by Russian
peasants Is still with us. and. since
1t liz 80 becoming to the youthful
figure. IL may he expected 10 remain
longer. White flannel with lines of
blue makes this dress extremely in
tcresting. especially so IL the lines in
the skirt run vertically and those In
the blouse horizontally.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-23
The ADORE is the
inscription cared for
all time on the
cdpst tone Of the
WdndlnUker Store.

girl sitting on porch, who with the tail OF her
eye boy coming alongthe street to call on her;
Somebody else seized with all-but-fatal
lapse of memory as to where he, she has slowed
away the most important gift of all, and the whole
busy group amably dropping work to go| who'll
heartedy into the search Invariably successfully
Gifts popping out of WanamakerE gift boxes,
gifts being popped into them;
Such priceless freightage of Chris tmas good
will going into each box. each package, however
small, and however uncostly its contents to make
it worth its weight in gold the kind of scales that
really count
What day is the day before the day before
Christmas.
Only two days eclipse it in Importance and We
have just named them above.
4 LII day today, from earliest morning until
~ late at night, the swift wheels of Wanamaker
delivery wagons will traverse city streets and
suburban roads, laden with the last of the Christ
mas gifts, for which the doors of the homes are
so gladly opened and hands so eagerly outstretched
One could hardly think of any more delightful
function, or of any higher privilege for great
business organization than to participate so init
matey in the happest home festival that the people
of America celebrate
AS these words are being written. this big
Store pulses with human life.
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Very few dining rooms ever have
closet space enough FOR table cloths
and napkins. And very few bed
rooms ever have shelves enough for
al the sh.rtwa.sJs and gloves. 50 that
;hc design We are showing of a COM
h.nation window seat and closet is
bound 20 he much desired in every
homo. Of course 80 can be built IN
when the house Is being constructed
or = ;hc window scat is deep enough.
the dashboard can be en-: away and
tho little closet added af;erward.
The part.culs one Ne are .howlng
here was planned for a d.n.ngroom
The one large window IN the room Is
h.sh and deep with oid-.asL Toned
small panes % glass set In like d,a-
monds. The two closets below are
made ic;o four compartments, one FOR
table cloths and Two Tor boxes 20
mold different sized napkins and then
an entire shelf given mp 10 dollics
. platter cloths, any small embroidered
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MERRY Christmas to ALI
7 And to All a GOOd-MOrrOww Z
E Sans WUnamUker;s Il

face, how few Of them have come on an
errand for themselves!
Giving, giving, giving, is in every
mind. They enjoy the superb Christ
mas decorations, they stand spell
bound in or above the Grand Court, 20
hearken to the magnificent waves Of
melody that roll from the many vast
Threats Of the Great Organ, or their
voices join in the sweet holiday carols
and old home songs, in what is prob
ably the most unusual kind Of choral
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Human relations are not yet perfect, even
human love is full of flaws but they are the
most perfect and the most hawless things found on
this earth.
In laying in gigantic stocks Of the varied ho-
day gifts which different tastes may select as
appropriate to express this family love- these pleas
ant friendships scrupulously provided that
everything which you have purchased here, from
grand piano to chld's little toy from circlet Of
gorgeous diamonds to pound box of candy has
been Of quality that neither seller, giver nor
recipient need blush for
N HIS. Of course is true only OF Christmas rfc
goods, but Of the whole Wanamaker stocks a.
- thousands of persons will redscover next week
Cstartng with Tuesday, when they throng the Store
10 enjoy Its inequalities, 10 exhibit 10 visiting friends
the famous Wanamaker establishment. 70 meet their
acquantances and TO satisfy the various personal needs
which most folks keep in allegiance until after Christmas
lest they forestall Santa Claus.
You will find the great Store ready for you With ho
day face as fresh and smiling your
The beauty and dignity of the great place viii be
unmarried by any heaps Of mussed handled holiday left
by fantastic bargains that shrewd people pass
by with a smile.
Fresh, stocks. clean and inviting of quality 70
withstand criticism, will be here in suciency TO answer
every need
The Store will be ful-everyb body visits Wanauak.rx
during Christmas week-but store can hold SO many
people and make them thoroughly comfortable as
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ting mislaid in the
transfer from hand to
hand;
The best tyer of
bows in the family
having her hands full,
especially w 18th the
lovely, glistening rib
bons of silk or tinsel
unraveling too fast, as
it always does;
The Christmas seals
threatening to give out
Gas they always do
until somebody saves
the day Gas is always
done) by discovering
in an overlooked cor
ner an unopened box of
the prettiest ones Of all
("Don't you know, we
came across them that
Wednesday in Wanna
makers ?');
Somebody catching
sight Of a gift she or
he was never, never
meant to see until
twenty-four hours lat
er-and then register
ing an elaborate OBJ
liviousness w h i c h
would do honor to a
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~ DOurl0 cl"Seiy IN
spirit and sympathy by
the music Of Christ
mastime.
nUT what most Of
p them have come
here for is 10 do
their Christmas shop
ping in the pleasantest
and quickest way, with
the best return for
their money in perma-
nent satisfaction.
In this the Store has
endeavored 70 serve
satisfactorily.
We believe that when
the presents purchased
here are taken from
the gift-table and put
10 the test Of use-the
new slippers drawn on,
the new gloves worn,
the new books read,
the new lamp lighted,
the new piano that
didn't stand on the
table opene d and
played--it will never
be said, How sor1y
I am that I went 70
Wanamakers" :
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Union Garden Restriction.


THAT the purchaser shall and will
not al any time hereafter erect or
permit any building within twenty
feet Of the front OF the building line
OF any OF the said lots or parcels of
land. and Will not erect or permit
upon any part OF any of said lots here
In above described. any frame build
ings. or any buildings without roofs
Of slate or metal or other fireproof
material. or any slaughterhouse. pig
gerry. smith shop. forge, furnace, foun-
dry or any other factory of any kind
whatsoever. or any brewery, distillery
or any other noXious or dangerous
trade or business. and Will not erect
or permit during a period OF twenty
years from the 2sth day OF February,
| a. ID, 1921. any store or garage upon
said land"
Although gasoline sevlce stations
are not particularly specified in this
/ clause IL is believed that the part
/ banning "noxlous or dangerous"
| trades or businesses. and stores and
garages" would cover this matter 20
| the satisfaction OF the court. In ad-
dition, there IL a clause I'm tho deeds
20 the property which prohibits the
erection of any building within 20 feet
of the front building line, or any ga
rage within so feet OF the building
line facing on the street. This re-
striction on garages does not apply
to those portions OF streets lying east
OF Union street and running at right
angles thereto, including Tulip,
Chestnut, Elm. Linden. Maple and
Sycamore streets.
This clause in the deed also pro-
hibits the erection of "A building TO
be used for a ''noxious or dangerous
trade or business" and buildings TO
be used as public garages and stores.
excepting on the tract OF land east Of
Union street between Tulip street and
Lancaster avenue, In which section
TO restrictions have keen made. Ex-
ccption Is also made To the reserved
or interior areas not now built upon
IN block J. and ;, as shown on the
map of Union Park Gardens, on file
In the Street and Sewer Departments
office, where public garages may be
lerecteA
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Christmas Eve Or Christmas Morn
While other households are having a gay
scramble over it this very night:
Everybody flying about with arms full Of gifts
white paper rustling, scissors snip-snpping and get
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music ever heard-a Unrehearsed, It's background
the massive walls of huge and humming hive Of
business activity, its singers strangers TO one
another, casually met like ships that pass in the
night
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A Promise

"TMs block. pr in place on
Jnne II. 1910, BY John Wdna-
maker, marks complexion Of this
structure. bcgnn April %. IpO4.
Cornerstone laid June II. I9Op.
LET those who follow me
continue to build with the plumb
of Honor, the level of Truth and
the square of Integrity, Educa-
ton, Courtesy and Mutuality.
JOHN WANAMAKER."
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-23
oil station Protests.

y short time ago protests were filed
against the erection Of two gasoline
service stations nv the Pure oil Go.
one NJ these was 10 be located NJ
Twcnty-iirst and Washington streets.
Immediately an appeal was made 10y
residents Of that section. who con
tended 10 would mar the beauty OF the
neighborhood and would cause de-
probation 20 adjacent properties They
took their appeal 10 the public build
INK committee OF City Council. which
supported them in their claim. and the
permit issued the Pure oil CO. was
revoked. The Pure oil co. did not con-
I test This further. but Il is the opinion
Of officials OF the building inspectors
Office that had the company appealed
/ 20 the courts II would have been sun
ported. There is no law regarding
/ the erection Of gasoline service sta
/ tons. provided the station conforms
/ 20 the building regulations. and 1t
was pointed out that the proposed
station did conform To the regulations
in every way. The other proposed sta
ton was To be erected at Union and
Chestnut streets. This protest was
also carried 20 city Council, but such
course was not necessary. A clause in
the restrictions placed on buildings in
Union Park Gardens covered this mat
ter. The clause reads:
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ooprr TURNS To THE RIGHT.

a. evening gown designed with
or.g.nah,y is in go,d-co.or,d veivc;
trimmed with dun gold lace The
generously fuI code; en- ;he right
s.ic .s largely responsible for She sue
cess OF mis- @rock. and ;hc tiny sleeves
a.r Items 60 Interest Around the
cow va.st-.inc is a twisted sash % the
material lined with dun green satin.
ana knotied IN a loop on the lef;
s.l'.
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Quantity Victorian WIKI long snug
bodice ard slightly bouTant skirt :
th.s frock for the tea hour or matinee
80 mousc-coiored Acau;hus Wool Bro
cndo banded with mole. A. the par.s
races Jacquard wool velour and bro
C1dc wool velour were much worn.
Dresses of tbs type are worn longer
fhan The thrcc-piece SUE.
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THOUSANDS of folks did all

their holiday shopping early,
- and other thousands are just
completing it today.
In many households the mysteri-
Gus and inviting-looking Christmas
packages, daintily wrapped in snowy
paper or the richer silver foil, gay in
scarlet ribbons and, maybe, sprigs Of
holly, are lying in neat piles in some
drawer or cupboard locked, you may
l. ,,,,.oh rooJ,, for dict ~ hut; on
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-23

People, people, every
where, from the Main
Floor to the Eighth
Floor.
Big people and lit
tie people; town peo-
pie and people from
out = of town; young
people and old people;
men as we'll as women
(this is perhaps the
only large Store which
men aren't scared to
enter, lest they be eff
feminized) people of
every profession in
life, but predominantly
those who belong to the
splendid profession of
MOTHERS, and who
are cheerily shoulder
ing a whole family's sh
And from the pa
arm. and the smiles thu
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-~tk -
nearly 10 acres of floor
space.
The building rcas put
up nth the month OF De-
cember in mind; there
fore
.4isies are spacious.
ceilings are high. rcdiIs
strong. lCindoJcs dbund-
ant, staircases lcide and
accessible. elevators nu-
merous and roony. floors
iecei. rentiidtioa sanitary.
and, 10 proride safety
from FIRE. our entire poir-
err plant is located outside
the building.
Tonight, ct closing time,
the Store will shut its
doors, send its faithful
employees home for a two
days holiday and settle
its brains for a long
winters nap" lasting
until December 26th.
ILL 49,. ILL Al :. -
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-05


the door Already far down the
IRAN there were hurried voices, the
crack ana cracking OF impending
hfaechss growing iaint9r ana faint
er N the distance. Lance turned
back to the solitary liYio% figure
,29 old man.
Yet he might have heon deed too,
he sat so rigid and mOtonIess, his
liked eyes stariA& YacantIy at the
body on the hearth Before him on
the table lay the cheap photographs,
one evidently OF himself, taken IN
sene 1omot2 epoeh OF complexion,
one Of ch,it which Lance rocoS-
Moi as FI.2.
Tell me, said Lance Eoarse'y,
ta}Ih ms Qu-NerI2G hand on the a.
bic, was Bon Ridley your SOM
Wy son. echoed the Oil man in
a strange, tWoff voice. without turn
Ing his eyes from the corpse my
son IS SIS there. pointing 70
the dead man Hush Didn't he
tel yen So R!GR t You hear him
say 1t? Dead dead-5hot-shot.'
silence are you crazy man.
mterrosed Lance tremblinSly; that
IS not BOB Ridley but dog, a COW
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Republican. -Parkersburg News

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES News.
The present European tourist saa
son ought to so a long way toward
improving financial conditions m
the old country.-MorgantoWR New
Dominion.
1t is easy to imagine Senator "a
FClette shedding crocodile tears IL,
aY result of adopting the td"iG
bill, the Republican party is ruin
cd.-Bluefield Telegraph.
Twin suns have been discovered
ty a Canadian scientist. Md he is
Getting a lot more respectful at
t=ntjon than his brethren who lis
covered two moons in past days
Morgantown New Dominion.
Anyway, Candidate Edward a5t
ct of fun out of it, and an On
Ference which is no doubt of grs2t
u3iue.-Charleston Mail
Conan Doyle says he has boon
caGressed by spirits. Other mol
have been knocked completely
over h. them.-Whooling Intelji-
aCnCcr.
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MARTINsBURG. w. VA. EVENING JOURNAL

high said nothing
be millions
Suspects dpendaby
I3@n3atlons.
making
bo5 substituting
5 between demand purchasing fall
nth the
tHae wih
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BY DWIG

P2rhesshar9-Arra.!-- aent3 have
0oe9 completed by q local commit
tee faa Jhn annual state convention
e - Vest Virginia Reel Estate
$50 alton here, September c and
I.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-05

Mayor MraFiag Of Elizabeth =.
J, is being sued for $4,000 by a
woman whose husband was Ei4iot
whom the mayors automobi.e
struck HIM.
A5scntmindedly walking into an
IRON telephone pole at Long r
ard 'l'N FELIX ThoSley fraat#ai
MS stu'I ana IS IN serious cor
tI-ion.
- -
Provincial newspapers in Pr8s-
sin mist conform in their editorial
'enan republic or forego tAs.r
fr,auucs from official advertising.
Ou.shining even tie pomp ef IL
old czarist days, the Dol -hey.ssi
made their debut in German sos..
o't last week whom the diplomats
mission gave its first formal reeap,
ton in Berlin.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-05

Mayor MraYiag Of Elizabeth =.
J is being sued for $4,000 by a
woman whose husband was Kilio}
whom the mayors automobi,a
struck him.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-08-05

Provincial newspapers in Yr8s-
sin must conform in their editor Il
..,ades to the demands Ct tae
e.Han republic or forego the.r
.c,gaucs from official advertising.
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M2rtirlsDurS
I'm [ he Past
TIN YEhHG ECO.

mixer Frofo .hc Fd.5 cf TIE
Itcfra,}
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Wheeling Nh. !. Adam Biam
and son, John, of this city wee re-
Gently granted an audience with
Pope Plus II, according 70 adyiea5
reaching here.
The New York herald., 1922-04-11
I. X. T. MEN CONFIRM
FORECLOSURE RUMOR
Bond Suit Would Clear Sifua-
tion, 1t Is Said.

Officials OF the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company virtually confirmed
yesterday Wall Street reports that hold
ers of the S7O.O00.o0o worth OF INTERIOR
ough- Me tropolitar collateral trust Al
per event. bonds are seriously consider
ing bringing foreclosure proceedings
against stockholders OF the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company.
No interest has been paid upon thsse
bonds since 1918. OF the entire issue of
s35, 100000 fnterborough stock $33,9l2. 900
now is held as security for these bonds
practically in escrow by James r. Shelf
field, receiver for the Electromagnetic
solidated Company. which is the holding
company for the 1nterborough Rapid
Transit Company. Thut amount of the
stock is on deposit with the Empire
Trust Company as trustee.
Because of the fact that tho holders
Of tile Intcrborough- Metropolitan bonds
comprise largely the same group which
controls the Interborough Rapid Transit
Company, the predicted foreclosure ac-
ton, is Il said. instead OF embarrassing
the latter corporation, would tend to
clarity the pending effort OF the I, r. T.
to perfect an agreement for modification
OF the terms Of the Manhattan FL"
lease. Foreclosure, bringing practically
the whole stock issue into the hands
Of tho bondholders, II was said by legal
authorities familiar with the situation.
would be welcomed by all concerned
and would facilitats readjustmsnt
The New York herald., 1922-04-11
DEATH DISCLOSES
BETROTHED WED
Wife in Cincinnati Disputes
Claim Made by Brook
lyn Woman.

Dispatches from Cincinnati. last night
stated that Aaron c. joseph would leave
at once for New York =, investigate the
statement OF Mrs. Rosa .-ackman OF $40
East Fifth street. Brooxlyn. tha. she
was engaged to his father. Albert c..
Joseph, a travelling salesman who was
found dead Sunday in LIS bed in the
Hotel Lenox in West Fo-ty-fourth street.
Joseph's son declared in Cincinnati
last night there could be no truth in the
statement, as his father has wife and
two children In the Ohio city. He cX-
planned that he believed some confusion
had arisen as result OF similarity
OF names. He said at the time that he
thought he would find his father alive,
but Mrs. Sackman's father. Joseph A.
Hoffman. an undertaken, said last night
that the body had been identified posi-
lively and that he had shipped it to
Cincinnati.
Mrs. Sackman, who lives with her
father, said again last night that she
was engaged to marry Joseph. No date
had been set for the wedding. she said.
She and her father said that Saturday
was Joseph's forty-sixth birthday and
that he vert that night to the Hoffman
home, where a party was held in his
honor. He returned to Manhattan, re-
tired about midnight and died In his
sleep. He was employed as travelling
salesman by the Joseph j. Nichols Com
pany. manufacturers of brass goods.
The New York herald., 1922-04-11
LEVIATHAN MAKES TRIP
SOUTH WITHOUT MISHAP
Delayed Several Hours by Fog
oft Ambrose Channel.

NEWPORT NEWS. April 1o.-The Levi
athan reached here this morning from
New York and was piloted to a spe-
cially prepared berth at the plant of the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock
Company, where she will be recondi-
toned for the Shipping Board.
The big liner made the trip without
incident. except for several hours delay.
while she anchored during a fog Ave
miles off Ambrose Channel. She was
docked at Newport News soon after
5 o'clock.
Escorted by fleet of tugboats. and
guarded by several coast guard cutters.
the I.eviathan proceeded through the
narrow Newport News channel at speed
OF six miles an hour. while sevcral
powerful tugs put lines aboard in prepa-
ration for an emergency. She made the
passage in entire safety.
Airplancs from the naval operating
base and Langley Field joined the
escort when the Leviathan passed In
the capes and Rear Admiral Hugh
Rodman. commanding the fifth naval
district, and Rear Admiral Phillip An
drews. commandant of the Norfolk
Navy Yard. were on naval vessels
which watched her pass through Hamp-
ton Roads.