K BAtTIMORE AVEMUE WEST OF 49TH ST. l PROSPEROUS SECTION f Comfortable Dwellings and Progressive Business Houses Have Replaced Fields and Vacant Lots. m No.part of West Philadelphia today la pore progressive than Baltimore avenue from tfth to Bd street. nouses In this ykiedtlfn are modem ana comrortaNo, tne ,' nr'nn n"i"o "- ........ .. on iric lighting and hardwood floors, and the .-."corners modern stores with every con- -, !Tnlnce, and rapidly advancing In value. jrrom 49th street ana extending to Wth 1''''' ttreet, and from Baltimore avenue to f 7.Ctharlne street, Is a triangular park I ..,. o,l hv thi eilv. nnd Is n mnal iln. "pui,,t " " sff. 1rntIUI ureUIIHfc bimi. At WVUIU uo mure ""siefut If It were made a resting place for jithe public with comfortable seats nnd a ' fountain nnd shubbery. ' Banks, churches, stores nnd a short dis- , unce to the west the Ktnssesslng post- . 'flfflce mane uie auuuuii u. ui-uiiuuia uno it from, every viewpoint . Ten or fifteen years ago three-story k "properties on Baltimore avenue brought Js'frem JSOO to 13000 even for corner store l'property. Today the same properties sell v from Jll.OOO to $15,000. The block between i' Hth and Gist strest, which ten years ago wu a cornfield, has erected thereon three- itory brick dwellings and BtoreB, which jell from 800O to $3000 each, and are mostly occupied by owners. To s"0 back only a few ycora more, on August 25, 1902, the northeast corner of tM street and Baltimore avenue, lot (K1H4 by 393.H. was sold by Joseph Behrens to Alexander Wilson, Jr., con torting a fraction over 414 acres, for B,30, or 114,000 per acre. Very little will in found at anywhere near that price today at this point; front foot value now has to be considered. A GLANCE AT SALES. December 9, 1913, William W. Frazler sold to trustees of the Church of tho fplphany, Sherwood, a plot of ground : on the south side of Baltimore nvenue, ,100' feet west 57th street, lot 101 by lrregu- Jar. subject to an annual ground rent of -, WOO, for $2000, or $12,000 In all. 1005 Feb. 8 4820 Baltlnuro avc 23xl0t.l.t300 IMS Juljr 1 4S20 " 21xlU.(i&.Ie,000 1 UMFeb. 101828 10x73.11.. .12.IXX) !HH?n-sisiy ;: : Heidt...io.ooo WOflMay 24 5021 ' ' 18x00 K 500 -. 1007 July 8 5027 " ' 18x1)0. .. 8 250 J I 1012 Jan. 10 4504 2.1x100.... 11IOO t Sl?e,b- Ai?2?? 30.10i4xlr. ft.OOO ? K2.ul? 203211 20XUJ.VH.. 4IUO S Si? cfl-.8n . Same sold. 4.70i) 1907 Aug 23 52.10 " . 20xirreB... 4 COO f 101J, Dec. 23123 Baltimore nve. 20.11 f. tint!. Black Oak Bids. Aaso. to ( Divld N. Kermcr .... moo t. ..UH, March .104518-20-22 Baltimore ? ve., 60 ft. to Springfield avo 45000 f The 49th Street fetation Association and 2 the Cedar Avenue Improvement Assocla- - .lion have been extremely active In look- k& out for all tho Interests of property .jholders and the public having business it this section; this hns had the full co operation of Councllmen In the 46th Ward. t - NOTES ON THE STREET. J The Board of Viewers made further progress yesterday on tho Parkway west cf Logan Square. Owners presented testl- &10nV On 20fll ntrPAt nVll nn Vina aAnt ktilbttween 20th nnd 21st streets. A meeting , ir "e'a ln,s morning in itoom Z95, city 'Hill, at which owners were heard as to f- h value of properties on the west side 1 :(t Logan Sriuarc, the most valunblo v 'properties which have been torn down In the. section under consideration. Money for mortgages appears to be In better supply this week, and a number of building operations aro preparing sched ules. Permits for buildings are, however, Cot at present keeDlntr un to 1914. Th b'JW best thing that could happen would i& D8 & full ntnn nn nnamfli.A V..ll.lln .. sfASatless than three months. LESSOR. P1' " ptAK ADMIRAL CHADWICK i SUGGESTS DEFENSE PLAN jf 0reat Increase In Navy as Sav ing Future Pensions. Ew Tonir Ton "t.. ji.., r' ----, -. -, oai jtuuurui ,i Chadwlck, In a letter, to the Sun, emres t'nat a great navy Is essential J.wW- adequate defense of the country. Maglvcs his views "as to the method 'i.l"'v'ns at completeness at least cost" wortnent of a largo army in war, un .."?. p.ropo8e-to rl8k bankrupting the MUon," the letter says. "To saddle our- .elres With the nennloni nf aav (YW1 (VY1 " W. In .addition to the pensions amou'nt IBmow to nearly $200,000,000. Is from nn 'nomlc View an lmnnsalhln thlnir n atemDiat. -0 ftrmv nf onv rIta run nr.ir.nl In. pscupancy of Important ports of our ISM-t' scurlty agalnat Invasion can only M assured by a navy, and this should be Ijojjiowerful as to be absolutely preven M of, attack. if And not only does a powerful navy l""!J's .safety, but it assures constant fn.ainss, economy In upkeep, and econ- BVmJ RlOat nf Mtl In -n.nalnn. Cn A..1 M'ven SO battleships, with' Its adjuncts WK TJ-lserl submarines, eta, a power IpWM to any combination against us, wo require but about 120,000 men, and I firat rnn n sl.l. it.. A.nt- m !. LHTel WOUld hft hilt a hflCTflAllA rnm. (PVed with the nxed charges of future jjtaaion. Ml would put thla rtrst cost at 00,000,000. 154 QUlValnf rniicrhlv nt hrA VAttrtt nf sfC DrtSent nnttlnn tiavmttnta lAVY COLLIER LOADING HERE Taking on Part of 300,000- ton Contract. i evidence thai ths Navv llariiLrtment kcohTlrice4 Us colliers can be loaded at St Port nirhmntiH nlara nf tha Phllnil!. W and Reading Railway, the collier Hyiean arrived here trvlnv In taka out ia of the SOO,000-ton contract to be de- KrlW by 1, II, "Weaver & Co., of .this pol men of the port were surprised at B$ attitudn nf Raprelarv Hftrrlsnn In BlJMlng; the ?S,ooo-ton army contract to jS'irginla concern, declaring that the tB&rWanta coal did not give sattsfac- Thls Is directly opposite to "what 1 "&Vy oKldala found, and their tests "aid. to be more rigorous than the ST KIS AOAINSX CONTHAOX0B3 "fa Qt Stage line Ask; Damages Caused by Show Trolley 3JITOM .Tan Sfi Vlca fThaTlf filler '" rave a rule o show cause here ) contractors on me main roaas I won noints to Atlantic City should PS,y dAtnucraai lajiiinM nf failure til 8i troper care of the detour road from gwuui to Atlantlo City. Atkinson owq g. stage line from Tucicer- Atlantic city and assert that their MiMri r ,. fm. h ttmrn. I it being IjarroeO. through thai www road. J THECANa wlfffcaKM.i--rMtiMMMj jsssssssssssssssasssal J1 ssssssssssssssH The forward glide. Especially posed FAMOUS DANCER OUTLINES FIFTH FIGURE OF ONE-STEP This article is the fifth of an illiutratcd series on Anna Favlowa's Xew Social-Dances and JIow to Perform Thcvu tchtch is to appear on Tucsdav and Thursdajs exclusively in. this newspaper. These articles have lecn tcrit ten hv Mile. I'avlowa, who, as premiere hallerina assoluta of tho St. Petersburg Imperial Opera, is evenwhere recognised as not onlv the greatest living dancer, but the greatest living authority on the art of dancing. The pho tographs icere posed for by Mile. Pavlowa and her partner, Ivan Clustine, maitre de ballet at the Imperial Opera Houses In Bt. Petersburg and Moscow and at the Paris Grand Opera, regarded as Europe's foremost masculine social-dancer. By ANNA PAVLOWA ARTICLE V. Tho forward-glide, the fifth figure of my standardized one-step, offers another variation which not only mnke.s the entire dance vlsunlly more artistic, but affords an agreeable change for the dancers. This figure comes Immediately after the crossover cliasse. Each dancer begins the forward-glide on tho one count, following the 12 counts which have been consumed in executing tho crossover chasse, At Its completion the cavnller Is on the loft of his lady and each dancer Is standing erect squarely on both feet, a distance of some 12 Inches separating them. The forward-glide consists of a four step dancing walk, forward In "open" position, the cavnller holding his lady's left hand with his right, an about-face turn by the dancers In tho direction of the partner, and a four-step dancing walk forward In tho direction from which they come. If the about-face turn is neatly executed (for this Is perhaps the hardest part ofthe figure) there need be no con cern over the remainder of the steps. I would llkr to Illustrate the steps by a simple diagram, which Is appended: rjHllSCTION A, FACINQ FORWARD. Lone Short- Somu Samo as 3. step. er. aa 2. about face. Lady Rleht Left Right lft Count...... 1 2 :i 4 (about face) Cavalier ...Loft Right Left Right LonK Short- Fame Same aa 3, step. or. as 2. and about face on thl count. DIRECTION n. FACING FORWARD. Lome Short- Samo Same atoo. cr. Lady RlKht Loft Count .0, ,".., Cavalier .Loft giant. Look Short step, er. The lady, on count "one. as 2. a :i. RUht Lett 7 a Left Right Same Same as 2. as :t. takes a for C. H. RIDGWAY LEFT ESTATE OF $687,374 Bulk of It Beady for Distribution. Wills Probated Today. The estate of Charles Henry Bldgway, who died In October, 1313, amounted to I887.374.S0, according to an account filed with the Iteglster of Wills by Thomas Craven, executor, for adjudication by the Orphans' Court. ......, A balance of ?650,606.46 Ib In the hands of the executor for distribution among the. heirs. Investments Included In this balance are bonds of the Chicago, Hock Island and Pacific. 2t,250: Portland Itall way, Light and Power Company, 18,80Q, Wilmington and Northern Railroad Com pany, J35.000; Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. 50,U0; Lehigh Coal and Navi gation Company, .25; Pennsylvania 'Company, $10,175; 76 shares of Philadel phia. Qermantown and Norrlstown Rail road Company. JlO.MO, and 21 shares of Philadelphia National Bank, 19150. Wills admitted to probate today making private distribution of estates are those of Rachel Buvlnger. late of all North I6th street, $15,200; Ernest C. Hunt, eoutheait corner 7th and York streets, JtSOO; Joseph D. Maieberger, 2223 Fisher's avenue. $3000. Personal property of Isabel M. Cole has been appraised at J.22.668.J0; Frances Mc Keown, $3095.80; Mary Welsh, J2S6T.S2, and Herman Kammerer, 20H-58. STOLEN JEWELS RECOVERED Owners Identify Their Property in Central Police Court, Much of the UOOO worth of Jewelry, re covered last Saturday when Joseph Smith.tftT North 11th street, was arrest ed, wai identified today In Central Police Charles A. Partridge, 1835 North Park avenue; Albert A. Malts 1537 North Park avenue, and Mrs. Bessie Broomall. 1828 North Park avenue, claimed part of the JewVlryT Braltll was held without baU I by Magistrate "Renshaw for further hearing February 2. Black Handera' Bfcot Bulns Hat NBW YORK, Jan. Si-Becauie. he had refused their demands for money, Black Handera fired last night from an ambush behind tho Trinity Cemetery fence. In Sath street, at Andrew Postlgllone. a tailor, of 17J West 15M street PosUglton. returned their Ore and then fainted from fright An ambulance was called from wT.htnrtnn HalzhtS Hospital, bUt th onlv bullet wound found waa ona tbat &wi cut through the. taflor'a dtrSy hat. EVENING LJDBGBB-PHXLABELHIAi ttTJISSDAY, JAKUABY iKh-iSr Photo by Nrnmu, kj,.w. y Rabtnoft, by Mile. Pavlowa arid M. Clustine. ward step on her right foot, simultan eously placing tho lingers of her left hnnd (the palm down) In the right Viand of her partner. This step Is taken on the ball of the right foot, the heel being raised from the floor Just enough to give cer tainty of footing and impart grace and elasticity to the bodily movement. The length of the stride forward should be from 14 to IS Inches, according to the lady's 'nelght, It being necessary to adapt length of the step to the comfort of the dancer. A glanco at tho photograph of myself and M. Clustine, which Is presented on this page, will give nn excellent Idea, of tho attitude of each dancer at the end of tho first stop In the forward-glide, which Is taken on count "one." On count "two" the lady brings her left foot forward, swinging It JUst clear of tho floor, nnd takes a second step, con siderably shorter than tho first. The right foot Is again brought Into use on count "three," also a shorter step for ward than that on count "one," and then comes count "four," on which the lady takes n forward step on her left foot and executes nn about-face turn to her left. During the four forward stepB the lady nnd her cavalier have held their right and left arms before them, t'ne hands clasped In the manner already explained. As each executes the about-face turn, they give a smart twist to tho arms, finding In this procedure a means of assistance In maintaining the balance as tne turn is made. Counts "five," "six," "seven" and "eight" are correspondingly those of the first four counts, snve thnt the llnq of direction Is reversed tho lady places her loft hand In the right or her partner. Tno cnvaller's movements are corres pondingly the same as those of his lady, he taking a step with his right foot when she moves with her left nnd turning to his left for the about-face turn' Instead, as she does, to her right. The next arti cle will consider the last of the one-step figures. TALK ON BOOBS! HORRORS! PHIL0MUSIANS PUZZLED i . Program Calendar Starts Stir Among; Mombers. What's this, a talk on boobs? What sort of an animal or Invention 13 a boob? How very Interesting! Lorgnettes were lifted Inquiringly and chins tilted suspiciously Into the air when the program calendar of the Phllomua lan Club announced that the Current Events Class would be treated to a talk on Boobs tomorrow morning. Dignified members of this most digni fied club, unversed In the piquant phrase ology of modern slang, wondered Just what the talk was going to be about, anyway, and those more sophisticated members who sensed at least the meaning of Boobseven If they weren't quite sure of It, marveled at the Introduction of such a frivolous, not to say sacrilegious topic Into their program. The telephone at the club's headquar ters at 3941 Walnut street has been ring ing right merrily In consequence. But alas, or perhaps, fortunately, there isn't to be a talk on Boobs after all. I fa going to be on Books and a typographical error was responsible for the commotion. THIEVES RUIN STOCK Finding No Money, They Damage Interior of Meat Shop. Many pounds of ruined scrapple and sausage and several dozen decapitated chickens are the only clues the Gsr mantown police have to thieves who broke Into the store of the Kansas City Beef Company, 6912 Qermantown avenue, and tried to ruin all the stock In the place when the safe was found to be open and empty. This in the third, time In the last two months that the stort has been entered, although It Is within the shadow of the station house. ItKSOKTS nHnWX'8-MH.LS-IX.'niIS-PINBB, N. J. Tuc I MM For health, pliaoure aa rtert, I He IW" atlon. FTorlt rtsort Ur tourists. PrcyaTOfopaa,,. CHABIJESTOy, 8. 0. CAUHOUN MANSIQN opem for Mrimlve patronise j origin! Co lonlsl furnUUngsi Southern cooklasi ybt leg rtolfVtMmU. Mr, Mrs J. B. lltol.tt. ST. Al'OKSnNE. SXA, THE BARCELONA fWiiS Fttutt taUwi lttlv. A N- BLAI8, TRADE BOOM PLANS HAVE CO-OPERATION AS STARTING POINT "New Philadelphia" Din ner on February 9 Will Be Attended by 500 Business Leaders of City. Final details of the trade development campaign, which wtli herald Philadel phia's Industrial pre-eminence around the world, were arranged at a meeting of tho Executive Committee In the Bourse at noon today. At this time plans were also completed for the New Philadelphia dinner nt the Manufacturers' Club on Feb ruary i, when the movement to promote this city's business Interests will bo for mally Inuncned. Following the meeting Invitations to the dinner aro to be sent to more thnn (00 of the leading representatives of Phila delphia's banking, transportation, manu facturing, merchandise and maritime In terests. Each of them will be urged to co-operate In the movement to advertise Philadelphia throughout America and across the sea as "the world' greatest workshop." The Invitation to the dinner sets forth that the speakers will be men who have lone things .nd their talks will be "Philadelphia's ability to take advantage of the new opportunities born of new financial power and unusual conditions." On the list of speakers will be the men whose executive genius to a great extent ha dominated tho Industrial life In this city. Each will tell why the Industry he represents la pre-eminent in Philadel phia. Small manufacturers and Individuals backing the lesser commercial enterprises here will profit from tho movement, an well as the groat commercial houses. In tho union of forces, which is part of the plan, the aim will be to boost Philadel phia and all that Is mado hero, In tho past small manufacturers have been ham pered In their efforts to exploit their own wares, but Incorporated In this now move ment Is tho Idea of co-opcratlvo adver tising. Director George W. Norrls, of tho De partment of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, In discussing tho campaign today pointed out tho need for united nctlon nnd de plored Philadelphia's seeming Inability to understand the advantages of co-opora-tlon. "Great industrial concerns like the United States Steel Corporation and the Standard Oil Company," Director Norrls said, "can afford to advertise und push their goods In all the markets of. tho world. The large local Industries, such as the Ualdwln Locomotive Works, Brill Car Works and the Stetson hat factory, can afford to have their own selling agencies all over tho world, "When It comes to the smalt manufac turer, however, ho cannot afford to In vestigate foreign markets and credits, do foreign advertising and maintain n for eign selling force. The only way, then. In which the small manufacturer can get Into the foreign markets Is by some co operative plan. "I am sorry thnt there Is not a large central trade body In Philadelphia capa ble of doing for this city What the Cham ber of Commerce of Boston does for BoBton, nnd what similar organizations do for many other cities. I am sorry also that the recently appointed Foreign Trade Committee In Philadelphia has not taken up the subject more actively. "There seems to be a strange Inability on the part of Philadelphia manufac turers and merchants to realize the ad vantages of union and co-operation, not only for foreign trade, but for domestic trade as well, and for the general up building and Improvement of Phila delphia. "I am very heartily In favor of any movement that will emphasize the ad vantages of co-operation and devise some means to obtain It" OPPOSING WOMEN LEADERS CLASH OVER SUFFRAGE "Who la Mrs. Thompson?" Biles the Anti Chieftain. DOVER, Del.. Jnn. 26.-Mrs. Henry B. Thompson, social mentor of Delaware and leader of the anti-suffrage forces, will appear before the House Committee on Revised Statutes to Inform the commit tee "who Mrs. Thompson Is." Angered because Mrs. Florence Bayard miles, suffrage leader, queried "who Is this Mrs. Thompson?" during the suffrage hearing, Mrs. Thompson has requested the com mittee to grant the "antls" an audience on February S, and Chairman Hill assented, The feud botween Mrs. Thompson, a daughter of General James II. Wilson, U, S. A., retired, and Mrs. Hilles. daugh ter of the former Ambassador to England, has spread along the ranks of the suf fragists and anti-suffragists, and a social war is on. Mrs. Thompson, to off-set the rally of the suffragists last week. Is planning to bring a large delegation of "antls" to the State House, with a preponderance of women socially prominent as ocular evi dence that representative of the State do not wish enfranchisement XOCAX. HISTORIANS TO MEET Prankford Society Will Celebrate Tenth Anniversary Tonight. The annual meeting of the Frankford Historical Society will be held tonight In" the Free Library Building, Frank ford avenue and Overlngton street. Many historians will attend. Tonight marks the 10th anniversary of the founding by T, Comly Hunter of the society, which now has a membership of nearly 300. Fred Perry Powers, of Oermantown, will address the meeting on "The Stage Coaches and Conestoga Wagons," The address -will be Illustrated with stereo'p ticon views. The present officer of the society are: President, Franklin Smedley; vice presi dent, Robert T Corson; treasurer, T, Comly Hunter; secretary. Miss Caroline W, Smedley, Mrs, Robert T. Corson la chairman of the Woman's Auxiliary of 15, who nave charge of the social af fairs of the society, MODERN DANCINQ PHIVATK LESSONS Chapron In Attendance KIBST FLOOB. 88t 8. DnOAD ST, Fhi-nr. IVnlnlit 31J2. U. D. WAQKER ACADEMY. 1730 N. BROAD BCHQLArtS' Tnnio-hr Tum. and Thurs. Practice Duc " andlion. Bvm. Print LtMoni Day or Bvr. Fhont DU. 833 MoJini Dane ContMt Tomor. (Wed.) Eve. .VAltnuUliO UAilWA. HAi, JUVU, JAN. SO TUB a IAWOOD CARr&KTEn '8TUD10,' 1123 Cbutnut trt 11 experienced Imtruc- torsi dtilr. from 19 A. M. W iMcliiiii th cm-sup. "My"?t i-lf nn. ia uiuu, ul. ca. .uctllo. Koull Ilouil. xioin phones. FRED. W. SUTOR UAITRB DB DANSB Ittl WALNUT BT. SPHUCB -JSSS SCHOOLS AMI COLLEGES fUILADBLFUU fOUNOLADy. college srad want to tutor lltm, 6 blib school tubjj. tl Ul, L4, Ciat, HOW HOUSEHOLDERS ARE GOUGED 1" - .S3W4s, "" ' ' '' ' 'if..'.,m1'.,'-'"i .-MinHaS Showing a standard 4-quart measure commonly known as a 4-peck measure and containing I1, pounds of potatoes and a combination 54-peck measure with a false bottom containing 3 pounds. Potatoes not in measure show the shortage and weigh 4 pounds. These are among the exhibits on view in City Hall courtyard. LEARN-TO-BUY SHOW EXPOSES DODGES OF DISHONEST DEALERS Housewives May Profit by Exhibit of Sawed-off Yardsticks and Under sized Quarts. It may be a truo statement that you can't foot all the peoplo all the time, but a visit up to tho "Learn-to-Buy" ex hibit, which will be opened to the public tomorrow morning In City Hall court yard by the Bureau of Weights and Measures, is convincing enough proof that you can fool a good many of them In the most obvious way. Row upon row of false measures Und tho sholves.andtho corners of the pavilion aro stacked almost ceiling high with con fiscated weights. Comparatively speak : Outfit at Vlctrolo IV at Sir, and 8 ten-inch double-face rec ordH at $4.50, making I1D.S0 in all. nOc n AVeek I'llj-s far It. ll'e Do Sot (live Trading Stamps With Victrolaa or Uncords. SECOND PLOOn A GREAT IRE AT BARGAIN E V E N T rrAfl tt r8$1 Semi-Annwl Sale of IRQ JNeW iSlIkS adeUp Urpet KUgSUf Unusually Low Prices Twice a yenr we take our remnants of carpets and' matte tnem up into rugs, .nany or tnom are in mose nttractlvo odd sizes impossible to get In regular rugs. Wo have 100 which we place on sale tomorrow, rang ing in sizes from 6x12 ft. to 11.3x17.2 ft. AT ALMOST HALF $40.00 Body Brussels Rugs, 11.3 x 12 ft $30.00 Body Brussels Rugs, 9.9x12 ft. v.. $35.00 Royal Wilton Rugs, 7.6 x 12 ft $45.00 Royal Wilton Rugs, 9.9x13.6 ft $27.50 High-Grade Axmin- sterRugs, 9 x 12.7 ft $22.50 High-Grade Axmin- sterRugs, 6 x 12 ft $17.50 Velvet Rugs, 6x11.3 $15.00 Tapestry Brussels Rugs, $6 Q3 75c Natural Pongee Silks TfiYlff OttO? - AIllMsiiiitiii T RAmLrniirrh wnva In nnturnf tt FOURTH FLOOR All Week The Pacific Mills Co. T"6 SIBNewCotton Fabrics Here This event has been planned in conjunction with the COUNTRYWIDE "USE-MORE-COTTON" CAMPAIGN inaugurated to relieve the depressed situa tion of Southern planters since their products have no foreign market. These dainty Cottons offer many possibilities for the making of charming, attrac tive, inexpensive Frocks, -which tvill be posed on Living Models From 10 to 12 o'clock; and From 2 to 4 o'clock. Dainty Negligees. Undergarments and Clothes for Children Can De Fashioned From Them, Too Printed and Plain f Plisse Crepes Floral printings on white and tinted grounds; 32 Inches wide. Printed and Plain Serpentine Crepes Artistic large designs on white and tinted grounds 28 Inches Printed and Plain Galatea Cloths ASi '' :1C lm For Juvenile clothes. Stripes ... on white and colored grounds; IS Inches wide. $1 to $2 Plain andt Fancy 39 c itacine aumnss . , Clearance of very fine quality material, made by one of the best American -weavers. Includes plain, bourette, brocade, boucle epingle, in plain colors and fancy plaids. Will tailor splendidly, Come. 40 to 63 inches wide. Copenhagen, wistaria, brown, eadtt, gray, old rose, sana ana rteurose. FIRST FLOOR, : ;STOH QPHN8 SM A, M. 20, 1915. ing, defrauding the housekeeper must have been ns easy a profession as taking candles from babies until the agents of the bureau got "on the Job." Liquid measures, dry measures, anti quated scales and those of queer Illegal construction, under-slxed milk Dottles, barrels and baskets with false bottoms, are revealed In all their naked crooked ness, nnd If any dishonest tradesman hap pens In there by mistake It won't take more than one glance to show him that his game is up. One of the most Interesting exhibitions of "nervy" fraudulence Is that of the' cream bottles. Out of 43.174 examined In six months 26.S23 were condemned arid mnny of those of tho half-pint size wore made to hold nine drams less than they should have contained. How did they get away with It7 must be the first question to project Itself In tho mind of any Inquiring person, for seemingly the dishonest merchant hasn't hesitated to pick up "any old thing" lying around loose in his shop, from a stone to a flatlron, to hitch onto his scales. One scale from a wholesale fish dealer waa freighted with an Iron hook of nn-chor-like proportions calculated to "boat" the purchaser who bought from him out of at least S or 8 pounds at every pur chase, and, Judging from the exhibition of dry measures taken from the huck ster who cries his wares In the street no HATS TRIMMED FREE OF CHARGE Lit Bnsttien Double Yellow Trading Stamps With Every 10c Purchase Until Noon : After That, Until Closing Time, Single Stamps Market Eighth Filbert Seventh They Are the Kinds and Colors That Lead in Vogue for the Sprinn. For This Special Sale, the Prices Are a Fourth to a Third Less Than Regular. PRICE $01 Q 17,J' $1.25 to $1.50 Crepes de Chine, Beautiful silks of exquisite, fine texture In pretty even ing and street shades: also white and black. 40 Inches $f Q QQ n,de- A Q.7Q $1 to $1.25 Black Silks g5 $f O QC M.O.UO Inaluded are the most fashionable weaves taffetas,, messallnes, duchesse and peau de soies. 3.1 Incfara wide, $2 Crepes Meteor and Charmeuse, $J ,0 Beautiful, fine, hlgh-grnde qualities in exquisite new shades for afternoon and evening wear. 40 Inches wide. $9ES QK AV.W $1 7 QC JL $1 fi QC LUmUU $ QGj $1.50 Chiffon Fashionable silks wide. $1.50 Striped Smart, attractive nrlde. Semi-rough weave, In natural color. 3d Inches -wide. FIRST PLOOIt. SOUTH Printed and Plain Chiffon Voile M Dainty floral d e s 1 a; n s , on whltf and tinted grounds; 34 Inches wide. Plain and Printed Pamilla Cloths !.... The finest of percales, with the patterns and fineness of the French penans cloth; 86 Inches wide. Plain and Printed Cambric - Finished Percale New geometrical designs on white and dark .grounds; 36 Inches wide. j 18c Fancy Crepe Suiting. IQg Woven stripes of blue, lavender, brown, pink and black in two width stripes and mixed colored, grounds, with bourette raised dashes in crepe ground. 27 inches wide, 28c & 35c Mercerized French Poplin 1QC CUIU VvUtUCU 4TUim4Q Soft finish, with rich silk lustrous fine pin cord across width and pronounced raised coraed B galine. Colors include green, brovm, naw, wit taria, Copenhagen., Ulae, pink, old rot and black: NORTH CI,OSE AT 8a P, M.5 ilAIL villain of the "melodramme'r" la mora deeply dyed than he. The common yardstick also cornea In for Its share of attention, and Inspection of the confiscated slicks show that the li unsuspecting purchaser in many ca received only 85 or m incnes m every yard he bought. & "Never permit the merchant to mew ure anything for you with a stick thai isn't metal tipped. Many of the ol$ sticks are so worn at the elgeS that ev eral Inches are lost," says a sign hang Ing over thla particular exhibition. Some other bits of sound advlc pla carded around for the benefit of the housekeeper are! "Be a business woman aa well aa a ' housekeeper. Housekeeping la the lead Ing business In Philadelphia." "Do not purchase goods nnd pay for the wrapping at the price of the com-' modlty." "Provide your household with a goo-i scale and a set of dry and liquid mesa ures." RIVER FREIGHT RATES VARY GREATLY ON GOODS CARRIED Long Through Runa Thing" of JPast, Says Report. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 Freight rate on river traffic In the United States ''vary greatly with tho character of tho goods" carried, the Department of Agriculture announced today In a report on n, recent Investigation of the relation of such ratea to farm prices. Rates on hay are the highest, with egga and wheat about tied for second honors. On a 25-mlle route In Maine the rate for a barrel of apples was IS cents, whllo the average farm price waa $1.73. ThlJ waa 1.7 per cent, of the farm price. On cotton traffic In the South the per centnge ranged from 0. to 3. Eggs varied from 0.8 to 10, and hay, because of Its) great bulk, was charged from 10 to 4 per cent, of Its farm value. Wheat ranged from 3 to IB per' cent. The Inquiry covered 102 river lines, and disclosed .that this traffic generally is lo cal, the routes rarely extending mora than a few hundred miles and the boats averaging less than 10 miles an hour. "Long runs by through fast steamers are things of the paat," the report says. PEHNA. COATj FAILS IK TEST War Department Awards. Contract ta Virginia Company. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Secretary Garrison yesterday Informed Representa tive J. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia, that the coal, contract of 35,000 tons for use on the Panama Hallrond would go to a Virginia company. The Government of ficials In Panama said the Pennsylvania coal had not come up to the test. Pennsylvania conl operators and Presi dent Glllday. of the United Mine Work ers of District No. 2, aro urging the Sec retary of War to reconsider his decision. Ask for Yellow Trading Stamps They'll save you dol lars by securing free of charfco many an, article that you need. Donble Stamps In the Mornlncr ,98c&$1.25 Taffetas $1.25 In black, ivory and colors. S3 Inches Shirting Silks 9gc stripes and color effects. 33 laches 59c H famous wide. Oil mOKfl ORDBKS FIIiLKO fc 25c 1f i