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EVBKIKq LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, StATTT.RPAX, SJBpjgEMBER, g.(j, ,1914.
WOMAN WANTS TO " KNOW-
THINGS THAT INTEREST MAID AND MAT
ELLEN ADAIR SEES
KNIGHTLY CHIVALRY
IN ICE MAN'S ACT
Her Gallant Atentions Sur
prise While They Sustain
Her in New Disappoint
ment Seeking Employ
ment. XII.
Tlic Ithlghtly chivalry of ancient days
Is still nllve. I think, though people orten
sav li died lmtg years ago. Some say Hip
stiff rn:rette. nt limin Imve elided It, with
their xvilil Hilda and sttnngc desttueUVo
schemes. I do not think that Is tho case
It etlll tnust live.
t know the -tifrit nt a Oitlaluul shone
In that beman's kindly face. He drove mc
to the nearest boarding house and runs
tlie Moll.
Wo must linVe looted a curious com
bliintloit he and 1. The woman nt the
door eyed mc suspiciously. She Bn2ed at
the Ice wagon In an odd surprise. "Did
yoti come lietc on that?" she nked.
The Iceman moved to tilt m. luggage
down.
"You need not bring that trunk Inside
this halt," mid ihe. "We have no room
here, anyhow, " and closed the door.
I felt as If a pail of Ice cold water had
been thrown on me! Onec at my London
bonullng school that actually did hap
pen, and I had the same sensation now
im then. It xww the funniest thing, that
Ancient episode. On Sunday morning we
were nllott-iT to ( hu-ch In one long eiocu
dlle, two by two. quite on the scheme ol
Noah's Ark and always passed beneath
the windows of Guv's Hospital. Amoiu
the medlail students there was one gu
jouth who from afar ctift amorous eyes
upon the prettiest scholur in the school.
Xnv. more, lip wrote her dally tender,
sentimental notes, until one sad duy our
ri.irm.m frptilcln liUerccnted them
the prettiest girl from that film boaiding
school!
The would-be medico was sadly daunteu
Jiy this sudden strange levcrse. this for
tune's twist fiom tender dalliance to
tinged v. He plotted cold revenge upon
that placid Teuton's head. Beneath the
windows of Gu' Hospital we once more
marched, oui footsteps churchward bent.
He had the bucket ready, tilled with Ice
cold water. On Fruuleln's military toque
he cat an ungi. engeful eye. Hut d -
appointed love made h' hund tremble; he
niN'-fd aim! t'pon my Innocent head the
floods from heaven broke. Tor Germuny a
misdeeds poor Hnsland sutfertd.
THE GALLANT ICEMAN.
I had the same sensation once again
that evening when the door slammed shut
upon the gallant iceman and mjsclf.
Wo clambered on bin wagon once again
and tried another boarding house aNo in
vain! I must sign an agreement to stay
there one week at least and pay h in
advance. So on we moved.
At length we reached a cheap hotel,
which made no difficulty In taking mo. I
thought It was a dreur lool'.'.ng place, but
glad I was to get there.
I thanked mv kindly Reman, and he
stood there fumbling with his hat lie was
a well-dres-ed, itlsh jouth. o dlfTtfnt
from that class of workin'man at home.
"Gce-whl!!"- .-.aid he. as I held out m
hand to bid him thanks and an ndi.u.
"mavbe I wouldn't like to have a dot.
with' you! Maybe I wouldn't like to be
your steady! I suppose you wouldn t
think of me as a stfid telluw?"
To "have a date" what could he mean.
Ho must be offering some fruit to me.
And "sternly fellow"-why. of course ho
was! One saw It in his face.
"I know you are a steady man, I
said "I'm sure you're splendid at jour
work. I won't take anything to eat.
though, thank you. They'll get me sup
per when I go inside. Good night.
Ho gazed at me In blank astonishment.
Good-night!" lie said, with a strange
Tiniiso iiptiveen each word, and a strange
emnhaslg on each. It sounded like a new
slang word to me. "Good night Ain t
girls the oddest, funniest things'"
I entered th hotel and ordered tt-a.
The negro wattless seemed to think that
strange. Slv brought at last a grimy
tray, and I poured out that tea so easer
lv. I was so tiled and thirsty, and at
such times an Englishwoman's standby Is
n cup of tea. Alas, alas! for rosy hopes
of the cup that cheers but not in
ebriates." Its villainous taate still lingers
in my memory!
That nlsht I slept my soundest sleep
for many a day, for I was quite worn
out. I think that disappointments bring a
greater physical exhaustion in their train
than any mere bodily effort ever could.
THE NEXT MORNING.
Next morning, I woke early to a blazing
day. I used to love the sunlight as It
gently shone oji English woods and fields.
It made the little weakly things people
and plants grow big and strong. The
otd folks at the cottage doors sat in the
Sunlight nil day long. But thin fierce
glaring sun hurts and destroys the weak
ly things. The poor old people In the
streets are overcome, while great strong
men mop their wet foreheads wearily
Strange insects busz-d "around my room
In that hutel, for I had drawn the win.
dow down from the top. 1 soon found out
ivhat a mosquito hite Is like!
I bre'ik'atel, then sat wrapped In
deep thought, reviewing my position, My
assets now wero but It Inthe world, good
health and a courageous heart-ami if
that failed? It must not fail, it should
not fait,
"I ero the Masttr of rny Fate
I am the dntaln of my Soul"'
nld I courageously. "The tide mut sure.
ll turn for me, and I shall wwrk so hard;
It must!"
Nest. I then planned a sort of w rking
Fclieme. A private secretaryship to me
seemed most attractive Huch posts must
be quite plentiful in this great city. I
fondly plctuied a nice residential post,
With pleasant occupation, pleasant hours.
My letter soon must reach my uncle,
nnd, anyhow. I would request his new ad'
cJroSB tie plven me at the general post,
nfllco. Thither I set off hopefully. An
other disappointment awaited me there.
"Clone off. with no present address
Ktven." was all that thev could tell nm I
asked, them to direct me to the nearest
employment agene and there another
sad dlslllusloiiinetn awaited me.
AT TIH3 EMPLOYMENT AGENCY.
It was a long, low room, and at a
desk a stern-fawd woman sat, ith two
HssUtantS close behind. On a long row
of chairs were tired women workers of all
line, all with a dull and apathetic look
To me there was a pathos in that room.
fn their stialned, anxious fa'-es. Would
J ever grow to be lifco one of these? Ah.
no'
When my turn came. I found I must
jiay a dollar to t-mol my name upon their
books. The stern-faced Women then in?
tiulred what i could do? tine had a
cleat and penetrating ee width strangely
Uucoueerted me I know she summed me
up as "It'fltii int" at a isltne Hr
voice was like hei n, mot penetiatint,
and tang thiou-h that lont; 100111
' jrUate secti-laiysh'P " fcaid she
I'pon no tvrd. jou don t mind aiming
ftiyni lu.t college decree do oa aow
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WHIMS AD NEEDS
PROMPT CHILDREN
IN QUITTING SCHOOL
35 Seek Sanction to Termi
nate Education "I Should
Worry," Girl Explains.
"Father Dead," Another.
Eighteen boys and seventeen girls ap
plied today at the headquarters of the
Huicau of t'ompulsoiy Education, 1522
Cherry street, for legal permission to
tcimlnato their school careeis and begin
work In the stores or factories. Several
of the children were questioned as to
the causes which made them ask for
labor ceitlllcates. The answers wero re
markable, The first applicant was a little girl,
whoso wnn face Indicated ihe had never
known any other condition than poverty
ami that heavy responsibilities had
checked her normal development.
"My falhel Was killed In a railroad
accident," she stammered, "and ever
since that time my mother has had a
I nnru time of It. Sho worked last year
as a scrublady In Bn ofllcc building, but
KAISERIN SOOTHES
PANGS OF WOUNDED,
VISITING EACH COT
"Kinder, Kirche Und Ku
chen" Replaced by Practi
cal Hospital Service Ex
ample Inspires Berlin Wo
men to Fortitude.
BERLIN, Sept. 28.
No small part of the fortitude with
which the women of Germany arc bear
ing the haidshlps of wnr Is due to the
Inspiring example of the Kalserln Au
gusta Victoria, who Is practically giving
her whole time to the work of visiting
the sick nnd wounded soldiers.
She has given up her residence nt
Potsdam Palace, wheie she usually spends
this time of the year when In town, and
M living with her daughter-in-law,
Princess Eltel Frlcdrlch, in the quiet
little Hellevue Palace, Jilst off the Tler
sartcn. Every morning a severely plain, gray
motorcar, not beating the Imperial stand
ard which usually flutters from automo-
MRS. RUDOLPH BLANKENBURG
Who discusses the question of the woman worker.
hold? How many yeais of expeileticc as
u stenographer He behind you'.' None''
Dear, dear! What maehltus can ou
opeinte The usual ones, 1 suppose, such
as the Ilenilngton, Monarch, Underwood?
What! You can't typewrite at nil! What
shorthand speed h.io you" Oh, none ut
all! Can you keep books'.' You know
the loutlne of olhce woik. of couisc?
Eit ! Well, well, jou'll never get n secretaii.il
my advice ntul go i
cook, It pays quite
position heie! Tuk
Into a store or be a
well."
"1 cannot cook." I murmured falnth
"If I wete you I'd
learn something useful before I came out
looking for employment here! said the
stern-faced woman sharply, as she turned
to the nest applicant in that lonr, tired
line.
A great loneliness came over mr and
seemed to swamp all my embami'-snicnt.
Dejectedly, 1 turned and left that di out
place alone.
MRS. BLANKENBURG
DEPLORES THE WAR
AS IRREPARABLE EVIL
the doctor told her tHut If she didn't ! bllcf occupied by members of the Im
perlal family, draws up hefoie the nnlneo
door, and the Kalserln steps In with one
of her ladles In waiting. Frequently she
is accompanied either by Crown Princess
Ccclllc, Princess August Wllhclm. PHn.
T Eltl I'-rlcdrlch. or her daughter.
Princess Victoria Louise, nou- n..nh..
of Ilrunswick,
want to die nnd leave Us kids all alone
she's better give up that job. h'o she
did. And now Jlmmle, that's 'my oldest
brotner, who always made good money
working In a silk mill, Is only working
half time, and it's up to mo to go to
work," ,
Edward G a robust lad of IS, ap
parently was delighted over his prospects.
"Either I was dumb or else I was lazy,"
be confessed. "Anyway, I never was
any good In school. Half the time I
didn't get promoted, and my father thinks
I'd be better off at work. My mother
thinks so. tqo, and my uncle says I'll
I make a good mechanic. 1 was always
I luindy with nails and hammers and things
like that. I can make foniltnw. ,i
......,.., M,,u
Louise, now Duchess
Fhc Ij not fnlr to outward view.
As many maiden lie:
Her Int diners I never knew
t'ntll she smiled en mo.
o then 1 saw her ee tins brlcnt
A well of loo, a spring of light.
H'Jt now her trnks arc coy and cold,
To mine they r.e'cr repij.
And yet I ce.we not to behold
The 1oc-1IbM in her eve
Her vcrv frowns are fairer far
Than smiles of other matd.n are.
-ii oni.Krtiix;i:,
PRESBYTERY PLANS
MISSION HERE FOR
JEWS' CONVERSION
of Race Women Con-
the Key to Happiness.
The Rev. Henry L. Hellyer,
a Christian Jew, Coming
Here to Take Up the
Work.
The Presbytery of Philadelphia plans
to establish a mission in this city for
the purpose of teaching Christianity to
the Jewish residents. The project has
the Indorsement of some of the most
pt eminent clergjmen of the PresbytTlun
denomination here. The mission is to
be established with the support of the
Board of Home Missions of the Presby
terian Church. This body Intends to fol
low the work and watch results here
with a view to extending Christian mis
sionary wark among the Jews in other
cities of tho country.
The ltev. Henry L Hellyer. a Christian
Jew, of New iork City, and a graduate
of the Princeton Theological Seminary, is
to come lure to take up the work, and
h has assured the Philadelphia Presby
tery that he believes much can he ac
complished for the Christian Church by
the establishment of such a m.ssion. !!
addressed the meeting of presbytery In
this city last Monday, urging the Chris
tian mission work among the Philadel
phia Jews, and was warmly received.
Rev. Mr. Hellyer has been called,
by leading Presbyterian clergymen, the
hest Informed Christian minister on the
conditions of the Jewish people Not
only hn he made an extenslvo study of
th Jewish people and their religions in
all parts of the United States, but dur
ing the last year he traveled through
Russia nnd made an extensive survey of
the Jewish conditions there, and par
ticularly investigated the sun ess of Jew.
tkh evangelization on the European con
tinent.
JEWS RESPOND FREELY.
The Re. Mr. Hellyer told the Presby.
terian clergyman that he found the Jew
ish people have responded freely In mam
flaces to the work of the Christian mis
sionaries Ills extensive tudy was made
for the Hoard of Home Missions of the
Presbyterian Church, with a view to mis
sion work in American cities among the
Hebrews. Iii his talk to the clergymen
he i alied attention to the fact that here
are li.,'' Jewlkh residents in this city
and that there w not a single effort on
the part of the Presbyterians to give
these Jews th 'hiistiun gospi. In I'los.
Ins, the Itev Mr il.'llyer made an earn,
est appeal that the work be -tailed and
advanced rapidly, declaring that he
wanted to see the people of his raea here
huve an opportunity to become Chris
Hans Rev. Mr. Hellyer declared he has found
that many ut the younger generation of
Jews art- fast drilling away from the
teachings of their ancestors and leaving
tht orthodox Hebrew synagogues f.,
radicalism or elso turning awa from all
binds of religion and becoming intldels.
liecause of this, he insisted, it is import,
ant that the Christian people offer them
the chance to become followers of their
belief before it is too lat.
Although no definite action was taken
regarding the founding of the Presbyte
rian mission for Jewish work, assurance
was given by Wders of Prosliytery that
the plan are to establish Mich work heie
before many months Attention naa tailed
to the support the woik is to have from
the Board of Home Missions. These plans
w,r- unnounicd b men of such promi
nence in the denomination, and were hail
ed mill su' h general approval by the
clerjmen that theru remains little doubt
about, tho establishment ol the mission.
Mrs. Rudolph Blnnkenburg, wife of
thu Mayor of Philadelphia, has returned
to town after two month's spent at her
ccuntrj home in I'ocono Pines, followed
by a fortnight In September at Atlantic
City. I
On the devastation nnd suffering of
warfare Mrs. Blankenburg holds decid
ed views. "I think this wnr, as war.
Is a terrible thing." said she. "and I
Uno wthat, when the women of tho
v,oild arc consulted there will be mnie
pence. It Is a stock argument of tho
nntl-siiit'mgists that women cannot fight,
but the anti-sufi'raglsu overlook tho
fact that it is the women who produce
i the fighters. I know many mothers
w ho want their children to go and fight
for their country, but I believe that
the majority of women hate the very
Idea of waifaie. When women have a
voice in the Oovernment It will bo far
moie cllilicult to have war! Personally,
when 1 think of the widows and orphans
left I can find no excure nor apology
for it.
"One of the worst features about
war. contlnueil Mrs. Hlnnkcnburg earn
estly, "is that the hale and hearty young
man. who, before ho is accepted by the
army authorities, must seo well, and
be well, anil have a fine physique, Is
being killed, while the lame and the
blind and the feeble stay at homo to
be the fathers of the next generation.
That is the vital point in which war
fare weakens a nation so much."
Mrs. Blnnkenburg has just given up
tho vice presidency of the General Fed
eration of Women Workers, as she finds
she cannot devote tho necessary time
to it this winter.
"Do you think the woman workei is
tho happiest?"
"1 think that every man and woman, no"
matter whether they are rich or poor,
should do some work to insure their
own happiness and growth." said the
Mayor's wife. "It gives them a wider
outlook In every way. too. No matter
who earns theii own living, it is hard
work. It U a ditlicult thing to get started
into a way of comfortably earning a
living, and so long as women have to
earn their own living this evolution is
making It easier for them to be prop
erly prepated and equipped for the strug
gle. So long as women do go out of the
home f work they cannot be too well
equipped."
"Uo you think th very rich woman
works a hard as the average middle
class worker, who earns her own liv
ing?" "Therp are a great many kinds of
work." said Mm. Ulankenburg. "A great
many rich women who are supposed to
lead easy, leisured lives work harder
than many o poor woman. You cannot
live in !uxuiy and elegance without hav.
Ing a good deui at care along with it."
"Do you think theie Is as much hap-plni--i
among the poor aa among the
rich"
"I think." said Sirs. Blankenburg, "that
poor people, provided they are not
actually, hungry or In want, have as much
cinme to bo happy as the rich. In fact'.
I think the man or woman who has n
comfortable home and a little money Is
the bank is infinitely happier than the
me who keeps anxiously counting his
millions.
"I should like," she continued, "aa a
suffragist, to express my gratification
that the Ladles' Homo Journal had so
promising an editorial In Its September
number, this editorial stating that it
would ue well for women to get ready
for tne ballot."
murmured ialntn ! t n tmi i r- . t t-m
o rW-ht home and Men rvllleu in ijatUe T lOWer nobody over taught mc, cither
"When anything gets broken around
j thd house I can fix it. So I'm coinir to
i f D V7 I ' "olk "s a cai'Pcntcr's apprentice. I'm
servators ot Peace Work going to get v a week and i am going
to p.iy a dollar board every week, too.
Maybe I ain't glad."
"TEACHER A "TYRANT."
'I am going to quit school because I
don't like my teacher, was tho answer
of a plump, snub-nosed little girl. "Sho
always had a spite on me and she knows
It, too. When anything went wrong she
n!was blamed It on me. She said I
didn't tell the truth and I was stupid
sind I was always coming to school late
and I had dirty hands and that I never
studied, and, oh, you ought to hear all
the nasty things she use to say about
me. But r don't care. I am going to
quit, and now I wonder who she's going
to pak at. I have n Job as a cash girl."
"1 should woiry," exclaimed a more
optimistic girl. "I got a job In a rib
bon factory, and maybe they'll like me
and give me a raise and maybe they
won't. Maybe I won't like them and then
I'll quit. I'm going to take a chance. I
should worry."
"Pop says If I want spending money
I'll hnve to work for It," was the reason
given by H-year-old Charles L. "He says
he's tired ot handing out coin to me all
the time and if I want to go to movies
I can earn the money for It. He got me
a good job at j a week In a stocking
mill."
HARD TIMES BOY'S REASON.
"I ain't got a job yet," confided Sam
uel T., "but I'll have to go to work.
Hard times has struck our house and
my father and oldest brother are out
of work. So I guess I have a right to
earn something for the family. I'm
half glad I'm going to quit school, be
cause when I'm working I can go out
at nights, hut I'm sorry that I'll have
to quit my education. They say you
can't ever amount to anything without
an education Anyway, the teacher gave
me some old books to keep and when I
get time after I have a job I am going
to study up."
Henry R. had decided upon nn experi
ment. "I am going to quit school for
a while, anyway," he said, "and I think
I'll go to-work as an oince hoy. If I
like it I'll stick nnd if I don't I'll go
back to school. I'm young yet and I
got plenty time to try things out. When
I'm a man I want to be n prize fighter,
but the fellows tell me I'm too young
for that yet."
All of the applicants were between the
nges of H and 16. Childien younger
than that cannot leave school and chil
dren who have attained their 16th birth
day are not required to obtain labor
certificates. Remarkable differences
were noted in the height of the various
children. One hoy was six feet tall and
another who stood near him. measured
but little more than the nverage child
of S.
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NOVELTY PREVAILS
IN JUVENILE MODES
FOR AUTUMN WEg
Variety Sought From No!
folk and "Middy" Suits
Plaited Skirts and' Appro.
priate Trimming JVl
New Styles.
To dress a child nultnhli, .i t
Ingly requires careful thought nnd SSI
nlllir. Thern nrn mm .. ..... .... "'
?jh" '!? .S-U" "tf or 5S
.....v jci iuu:i jcur sua mjiu the r si..7
as both "smart" nmt .Bn..ilr "'
FLOWERS FOR SOLDIERS
The car is filled with huge baskets of
cut flowers. Intended ,for distribution
among the soldiers.
The military hospitals in Berlin are I
widely scattered over the larce area from !
tho garrisons at Docbcrltz In the north
west to hospital sheds which have been
erected on Tcmpelhofer Ford. To visit
even a part of them In the course of a
week woold be impossible, but the
Kalserln Is untiring and conscientiously
endeavors to visit not only every hos
Pita!, but every cot.
When there Is not time to finlo, uih
llhe0nex?Idav,l,b T"," "
It left off f( bfsln"lnC her visit where
111 he h.' " r,der that " sl"Sle soldier
will be disappointed. No soldier falls to
lecclve a keepsake In the form of a
i" 2'."l U lH l,ath?c to see the care
with which the wounded men treasure
these souvenirs of her coming
An,1!0'.0.1" .b"Sy the daJ'' sh'e usually
lincls time for a few words with every
man.
Another member of the royal fnmlly
who Is Indefatigable In helping the Red
Cros and the work of other relief organi
zations Is the Crown Princess Ceclllc.
whose immense popularity among all
clasnes has been Immeasurably Increased
by her hard, self-sacrificing work In be
half of the poor and relatives of the men
In the field.
Child's frock of striped material with
sash and plaiting of silk.
QITY HALL FOR LOWER MERION
Township Commissioners Buy Site
for 947,000,
Lower Menon Township Is to have a
city hall. The commissioners have pur
chased for somewhere around $17,000 the
Nobley A. Warner property and a portion
of the Enochs estate property adjoining,
on the Lancaster pike, at Ardmore, and
the subuiban municipality expects to
move its ofllce to tho large stone house
about next Ma.
It is probable that the police station
und eicntuallv the lire company will be
housed on the property. As Lower
Merlon's needs have Increased many fold
during the past few eai. iargel ac
commodations for its municipal 0flKe3
have become a nvecssit).
OPEN-AIR WINTER SCHOOL
TO BEGIN SECOND YEAR
Students in Eskimo Garb to Study
and Live Outdoors,
The Phebe Anna Thorne Open Air Model
School, the Bryn Mawr College institution
which Ib expected to revolutionize ele
mentary education, will reopen for its
second year September 30, with two
classes of fifteen students each. There
will be two additional studies, modeling
and nature study, which will broaden
the already advanced courses.
This year a second class of fifteen girls
will be Included Dr. Castro will con
tinue as head of the school. She will
teach English Other Instructors are: Dr.
Eunlte M. Schenck. teacher of French;
Dr. Swindler, Latin; Mls.s Virginia
fiarber. modeling and drawing, Placldo
de Monloliu. Jacques-Dalcroze. fur,th
mics: Miss Constance M. K. Applefiee.
dlrectoi of athletics and gymnastics at
Ilrn Mawr College, directing athletics in
the open-air chool; Miss Anna W. Clark,1
nature study, Mits Frances Brown, geog
raphy and history; Dr. Kate Gordon,
arithmetic and mechanical drawing.
During the school year the Btudents.
bundled in Eskimo suits, live and study
in the open air. Last year's class, which
returns for second-year work, was won
derfully healthy and developed a sur
prising capability for advanced study.
Connecticut Methodists Celebrate
HARTFORD, Conn , Sept. 2S - Metho
dists of Connecticut today celebrated the
anniversary vt the founding of Methodism
In this State at Stratford in 17&9.
PRI.N'CESS BENEFICENT.
Just as the Kalserln has devoted her
self especially to the wounded soldiers,
the Crown Princess has made the father
less families the subject of her special
care, and people's kitchens opened In
various parts of Merlin owe their suc
cess In no small measure to the energy
with which she has thrown herself Into
the work.
Sho often calls herself for a plate of
froup nnd bread, distributed In generous
portions at the price of 10 pfennings i
plate; not infrequently on busy days sho
has made her own midday meal upon
the regular kitchen fare.
Following her example, many ot tho
richest and moM fnshionable women of
German society have gone to work with
a will to help tho relief societies, and the
Hpectnclc of a lady of high title, with her
sl"ove rolled up, ladling out bowls of
soup for hours at a time, is no longer a
novelty.
PLUCKY AMERICAN
GIRL EARNS MONEY
TO FLEE WAR ZONE
Safe in London, Art Student
Refuses Aid After Help
ing Refugees on the Continent.
-. .u. ::;;;: ...:v "' "u aiv'es, tm
ir after year st III lAiht 41,-1. .
as both "smart" and nrnrtlrol '
Children desire variety, however
much aa their ciders, and they nr ',..',
much Inclined to rhol If i,.. ... :?''
Ited to these set styles, though certnlSi
it is Dcttcr to bo on
Q.u th,"gh ettlnh
the sldo of Urcj.1,;
mem too mnin v. rathnr h.h i . ,
appear In clothes thnt are too claboraS
or over-trimmed. "
ACROSS THE COUNTER
The output of Inexpensive gloves that are,
nevertheless, very good looking, appears
to Incteaso to meet an Increasing de
mand. There Is a glove of a woven material
called leatherette that requires very close
Inspection to distinguish It from doeskin
or suede.,
These leatherette gloves In grt.ys and
tans are sold for 50 cents n pair.
A chamolsette glove that clcsely re
Fomblefl white suede Is sold In the 12
button length for Jl.
Children's chamolsette gloves In chamoU
color and gray and tan cost 60 cents a
pair.
These gloves wash very well, and It Is
advised by the dealers to use cold or
tepid water rather thnn hot and to let
them lie In soapsuds Instead, of rubbing
them too vigorously.
So far there seems to be no very great
increase In price In the staple kid gloves.
A cry good quality of street glove
with one clasp sells for II now. This is
in tho many shades of tan.
Another good glove at tho same price
is a doeskin In the different shades of
giay.
Cnposkln gloves for women and chil
dien are selling for 11.23 a pair. These
are a sensible glove for shopping and for
school wear In tho cae of children.
The very smart dogskin glove, hand
sewn and of English make, costs J1.C0.
At the same price there Is a heavy
dogskin glove with one clasp and with
outseams.
Whether or not the price of gloves will
rise as the supply dlmHhes ii a matter
of conscience on the one hand and con
jecture on the other.
Uut even If the price remains Ma.
tlonary, theie may com a time when
kid gloves will be out of the market alto
gether. If the European war lasts for
several jears, as It is predicted that It
will by many military men.
m
Miss Cunningham
Showing a collection o!
smart Tailored Suits,
Gowns and Afternoon
Frocks for the ultra-fashionable,
1603 Walnut Street
Philadelphia
LONDON. Sept. 25.
Miss Samllla L. Jameson, a young girl
who has been studying art In Vienna,
has arrived In London from The Hague
penniless and alone but In every other
respect unique among the thousands of
American refugees who have arrived In
London during the last two months.
For Miss Jameson not only does not
demnnd that the American Itcllet Com
mittee supply her with means to reach
her home In Logan3port, Jnd but re
fuses to accept nsslttanco from any
source.
"I shall earn my way home or stay
here until I have done so." she snld. She
earned her way from Vienna to Berlin,
from Berlin to The Hague and from The
Hague to London.
"There were enough people who really
couldn't do anything In Vienna," she
added, "without able-bodied and Intel
ligent Americans taking advantage of
the whole-hearted generosity of volun
teer committees, so I Just told them I'd
work for the committee until I had
earned enough to get me out of Europe.
"After I'd earned my passage to Ber
lin 1 went there and offered my sendees
to Major Hyan. In charge of the Amer
ican Committee. He was very' short
handed, especially in the lost baggage de
partment, so I jumped In and helped try
to locate thousands of trunks that wero
scattered from one end ot the German
Empire to the other.
"After two weeks In Berlin things
had cleared up sufficiently to warrant
mv leaving and paying mj fare to Tho
Hague, where I found the American Com
mittee even worso off for assistants.
"Assistant Secretary of War Breck
enridge gave mo a Job for three days.
I worked from 8 a. m. till 10 at night.
My chief job was doing 'scoring' work.
"A great many wealthy Americans In
Vienna refused to believe conditions were
going to become very serious so far as
thoy were concerned, and had settled
down to stay until tho war waa over.
"Secretnry Breckenrldge had urgent or
ders to force every American to get
away. lie made mo a deputy to convince
these scoffers that they'd better 'get.'
"Consequently I had to stay at The
Hague ten days helping the committee
This fixed me .so 1 could get to Loudon
nnd here I am."
Mibs Jameson, however. Is confident
that "something will turn up," and de
clares she can earn stecragJ passage to
Now York without difficulty. She man
aged to save her baggage In her cir
cuitous travels.
A t nrnafint 41 a a lt..u .
... ,...,..... .,ia,un magazines anil
the shops show many new Ideas f
dresses for llttlo girls, These are vr
charming, and a number are both nrtt.
and quaint. ' "'
It Is almost criminal to drn. . -v.o
In something that Is distasteful to h,
".' '" ou llluc" lrm Which tt
choose.
The stripes and plaids that find met
a conspicuous place In the costumo
showing are usually favorites with llttl,
girls, perhaps because they arc brluh'
nnd gay.
They arc both more effective when thei
arc treated simply than In any othe
manner, nnd there are various wnv.
using plaids nnd stripes without veri
m.nt. I . .1... ..... - n ..I !
i..u.i, in .im vuy iii u limiting.
The llttlo dress In tho Illustration bj
inuuc ot stripeu gnDaruinc, with a duV
gray-blue as the foundation color. Thi.
with a darker blue stripe nnd a line or
canary coior, mnKcs a very harmonloia
wnoie.
Tho long waist of the dress, cut on tht
bias, fastens under the tucks In front
Tho sleeves are set Into a rather Ion;
shoulder and are cut with the stripe run
ning lengthwise.
The sailor collar and turned-backed
cuffs are finished with a narrow accor
dion plaiting of a soft silk that Just
matches In tone tho gray blue of tht
rounaation color or the stripe.
The skirt Is knifc-ptattcd nnd Is set on I
quite run, nnd the little sash Is cut on
tho bias or the silk and is fastened at
the back under a bow which has a nt.
covered buckle 'it Its centre Instead of
a Knot. j
Knife-plaited nnd accordion-plaited
eklrts are being used again to a great
extent, and In the shops that cater to the
Juvenile trade the plaited skirts are used
for school frocks as well as for otht
occasions.
Striped materials, unless they are In th'
very heavy weaves, lend themselves pari
tlcularly well to plaiting of any klnd.H
but the knife plaiting Is particularly dl
slrablc, as It seems to stay hi place t'JJ
least a reasonable length ot time. gj
And the short skirts that children wea.-
seem to stay In placo longer than the!
full-length ones that grown-up peopltl.
wear.
At the Kirn of the fiolileu Ostrich
JB
Philadelphia's Leading
Feather Shop.
Fashion bespeaks the revival
of feather for fall and winter,
and plumes, feather novelties
and Paradise will bo the premier
favorites.
Bring us your discarded feath
ers, Paradise or fancies; our
art of reconstruction saves yon
expense and we will make
them into any of the correct
styles. Old feathers made like
new
Call and inspect our feather
fancies.
Nrw olumes and French feath
er designs at moderate prices.
Feathers curled on your hat
while ou wait.
(d Floor) Tske Kiev. oirtfcl
Mall Orders Given Prompt Attention
HOUSEWIVES' EQUILIBRIUM
MAY PREVENT RISE IN SUGAR1
Wholesalers Attribute Price Advanwl
To Tjrnuaual Volume of Purchases, j
Housewives of Philadelphia may pr-l(
vent a further rise in the cost of sugr,,
according to wholesale grocery men, bfl,
refusing to listen to advices to buy notii
and veiled predictions of a rise In tht
near future. There will be no advanse
In the prices unless tt Is forced by tht
consumers, tho wholesale men say.
Sugar yesterday was selling at 7 ccnti
a drop of a half cent In the last three
days. The recent spectacular advance
In the price of the commodity have beer
duo largely to the housewives, acconV
Ing to tho wholesale men. Consuming
follow advice to buy In large quantities!
and thus cause a demand that forced,
up the price.
Francis B. Reeves, Jr.. of Reeves. Par'
vln & Co., wholesale grocers, of 116 South'
Delaware avenue, and Comley, Flanlgu
fc Co., IIS South Delaware avenue, su'
scribed to tho suggestions. At the of
fice of the latter firm the opinion wu
expressed that there Is no danger cq
any appreciable rise in the near future.
WEDDING
Invitations
rnnouncements
Jftlfime-Cards
Very distinctive effectt, fin
ished In form, and correct In
detail. Hand engraved by
masters of the cratt on finest
Hurd's Steel White Suede
Stock.
SPECIAL OFFER
As an extra special Induce
ment wo will engrave 50
carda In script for 1.25.
Copper plate becomet your
property, but will be held for
future orders, If you wlih,
VVM. H. HOSKINS CO.
904 Chestnut St., Phlla., Pa
i.xcisfl
nminjlJH
aland Klfer JVf, Scale or Fir
1 4 YardiMain Office 413 A, I3lh
PALACE BALLROOM
lOHi nnrl Mnrket
OPENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT,
SEPTEMBER 30
n .1 irn.,i. wpiingsday
uci'cptiuiiB ever uiuww. ------ h.tnl
Saturday evenlnc, with largeit o.r'b"'fl
AdmlMlon. laitlea. 25c, gentlemen, 36 ceon
inciuawE uararone, . nonC
Kv.rv Tnxiiiv nnd Thursday W"1
with largest orchetra.
Admission, 25 Cents
A courteous ktaff of good ,''?
amlat during the Instruction and praciuj.
nuXc 1 i-ni I 'S
Corner 38th 'and Market Streef '
Beginners' and Dancers' uu
: it.n Mn,L,n rnnrPS
III WIC H1UUWIU w...-" ,y
Tuesdav & Fridav. $i Per Mnfl
Polite Assemblies, Mon. and b,
iit-. Tti. rnl,imn (nr tH3
VV.llL.ll 1 111 VUIUIH" - -- ,
Opening of Our Branch School
40th and Market Streets
Tti.n ThreyrA Pflnnlft WatlU'
TO ATTEND THE OPENING OKTHB
PALACE BALLROOI
39th and Market Streets.
Wednesday Night, Sept. 30t
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