M m m 1 i i Er-rr- THE TEMPTING By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHDIM I srNorsto. I fcratiord Tavernake befriends Beatrice Frank' Jan. an American plrt In distress In London it presents ftr from committing suicide, and Mces htr a position an housekeeper to him. met) pretend to brother and sister. Bhortlu aittr, Mrs. Wenham Gardner, Beatrice's sister, tries to mate Tavernake tell where Beatrice la, nt he refuses Mrs. Gardner Is an adven' turess, vsho hat married a rich man and Is jtittlno him premier In a desolate part of inoland. She offers to finance Tavernake In a real estate speculation Beatrice pets a position In a musical comedv. 'After the first n(M Tavernake kisses her for ,),, first time lie Is troubled at the thought that he kissed her because of her resemblance to her beautiful sister, Elisabeth, (Itts. aardner), ' CHAPTER XV. GENERAL DISCONTENT. Elizabeth was bending over her doer. C but even Tavernako, unobservant though ; . ... nMiil.1 ua Hint atiA tvnn nhnltim. 'Trltchard Is a clover man, generally," ih remarked, "diabolically clever. Why has ho told you nil UiIb, I wonder? Ha must hnvo known that you would prob ably repeat It to me. Why doca ho want , to show mo his hand?" "I have no Idea," Tavernako replied. 'Theso matters arc all beyond mo. They do not concern mo In nny way. I am not keeping you from your friends? fleneo send mo away when you llko." "Won't go Just yet," sho begged. "Sit Vilth me for a moment. Can't you sec," lihe added, whispering, "that I havo had m shock? Bit with me. I can't go back i1 to those others Just yet." Woman at his sldo was still caressing the iiitlo animal she carried. Watching her, liowover, Tavernako could sco that her bosom was rising and falling quickly. There wa3 an unnatural pallor In hor cheeks, a terrified gleam In her eyes. Neertheless, theso things passed. In a ery few seconds sho was herself again. "Come," sho said, "It Is not often that I give way. The only time I am over afraid is when thero Is something which J do not understand. I do not understand jlr. Trltchaid tonight. I know that he Is my enemy. I cannot Imagine why ho should talk to jou. He must havo known that you would repeat all ho tald. It is not llko him. Tell me, Mr. Tavernako, you havo heard all sorts of things about me. Do ou believe them? Do jou bellovo It's rather a horrlblo thing to ask, Isn't It?" sho went en hurriedly "do jou believe that I made away with my husband?" "You surely do not need to nsk mo that question," Tavernake answered, fervent ly. "I should bellovo your word, what ever jou told me. I should not believe that you could do anything wrong." Her hand touched his for a moment and he was repaid. "Don't think too well of me," sho lagged. "1 don't want to disappoint you." Somo one pushed open the swing doors and she started nervously. It was only a waiter who passed through Into tho bar. "What I think of jou," Tavernake said slowly, "nothing could alter, not because K' I am stupid, I suppose, thero is quite a cooa deal tnat i cannot unacrstanu. i cannot understand, for Instance, why they should suspect you of having anything to do with your husband's disappearance. You can prove where you were when ho left you?" "Quite easily," sho answered, "onlj', unfortunately, no ono seems to have seen him go. Ho timed his departure so cun ningly that he apparently vanished Into thin air. Even then," sho continued, "but for ono thing I don't suppose that any one would have had suspicions. I daro say Mr. Prltchard told you that boforo o left New York my husband sold out tome of his property and brought It over to Europe with him In cash. We had both determined that we would live abroad and havo nothing more to do with America. It was not I who per suaded him to do this. It made no dif ference to mo. If ho had run away and left me, the courts would havo given mo jnonej. If he had died and I had been a widow, he would have left ma his prop erty. But simply because there was all this money in our hands, and because It dlcappeared, his people and this man Frltch.ird suspect me." "It Is wicked," ho muttered. She turned slowly toward him. "Mr. Tavernake," she said, "do you Xnow that j'ou can help mo very much Indeed?" 'I only wish I could," ho replied. "Try e." "Can't jou iee," she went on, "that the great thins agulnst me Is that Beatrice left me suddenly when we were on that Wretched evnedition. ond rnmn bank lone? She Is In London, I know, quite close to inc. and still sho hides. Prltch ard asks himself why. Jlr. Tavernake, go and tell her what people aro saying, go and tell liei ovcrj tiling that 1ms hap pened, let her uudcistnud that her kcep- li? uway Is doing mo u terrible Injury, beg her to tome and lot people see that wb are reconciled, and warn her. too. against Prltchnrd. Will you do this for me?" 'Qt course I Will," Tavernake answered. "Jl wjll see her tomorrow." Elizabeth iliow a little slgh'of relief., "And jou'll let "ma know what sh'e faja?" she asked, rising, "I shall be only too glad to," Tavernako assured her. Z'Good-nlghtl" fane looked up Into his faca with a i-nlle which had turned the heads of hardened stageia In New "York. No won ojr that' Tavernake felt his heart beat against Ills rlbn Tin incite her liniulq nnd yield them for a moment. Then he turned aoruptiy away, ''Good.nlfFht!" ia nalrl He dlsanneareil thrnuch the swine floors She strolled across the room to Jpere her friends were sitting In a circle, jjaushlng and talking lief father, who Wul Just como In and Joined them, gripped ."J' bY the arm as" she sat down. JJ'what does It mean?" ho demanded, (JUh shaking voice. "Did you see that "O.was there with Prltchard your young njan that wretched estate agent's clerk? JJifH you that Prltchard was pumping ni jor an tie was worth." TilV dear fnHni' rIia tvfilfln.rari mM. ly, "don't bo melodramatic You give yourself away tho whole time. Go to W If you can't behave llko a man." ne ngnts had been turned low, there P&B tin ...a .1.. I ,k. .. n.k. 1I..U M , VIBQ III Ilia ruuill. Alia lllia J! K'ntleman with the eyeglass leaned fgrward. Have you any notion, my dear ElUa 'b, he asked, "why our friend Prltch ra is so rnuch In evidence Just at pres ent ? 0n account ' yut Jimmy," she wuiwered, "nor of any one else here, In vEi lu,', ls nB nas C0Ic'Vea a jiwnt admiration for me an admiration Un out of hO sight " .J? all laughed uproariously. Then vXX' Crease, the Journalist, leaned for vs-0- man w'th a ionE WTO" face, ?Mw.ta!nd Angers and hollow cheek- he spoke, and his voice sounded like AJWarse whlaner. ("?T" JWse whisper. '.?S.a here." ha said, "seems to m Td U gettlns- mighty awJtward. He ET'it got h!a nnssn npnnnil film In this Kftry, anyway" Knire was a. rlenti silnpA for several y.'xls. Then tha littla old eentleman i soleraillv :jfi..an a trifle tired of Prltchard my &" admitted, "and he certainly fi In1 mi.nl. W. lm. Ann .v.i.j.1. tij J "luiu 4ixi carriers fc-ws mum Jx head to go around safely." jea ot Elizabeth were bright. ttZT, " us o omiaren," sne ? S Tonight he has told the whole JjWUirs to a perfect stranger. It Is rw uUie mr9 tevfee UR BSt9n 8ftw J" wane, Ctru wid the mao called a Poet were left tfclkwg-, and they A Tale of Love, Mystery and Intrigue retired Into Ihe window seat, whispering together, Tavernake, with his hands thruol deep In hla overcoat pockets, left thV hotel and strode along the Strand. Somo fanoy seized ' him boforo he had gone many Paces, and turning abruptly to tha loft he descended to the Embankment. He mado his way to tho very seat upon whtch ho had sat onco before with Beatrice. With folded arms ho leaned back In the corner, looking out across tho river, at tho curving lino of lights, at tho black, turgid waters, tho slowly-moving hulk of a bargo on Its way down the stream. It was a now thing, this, for him to have to acouse himself of folly, of weakness. For tho last few days ho had moved In a mist of uncortalntj', setting his heel upon all reflection, avoiding every Issue, Tonight ho could cacapo those accusing thoughts no longer; tonight ho was mora than over bitter with himself. "What folly was this which had sprung up. In his life folly colossal, unimaginable, as unex pected as though It had fallen a thunder bolt from tho sklesl What hod happened to change him so completely! CHAPTEIt XVI. AN OFFEIt OF MAltRIAQD. The next afternoon, at half-past four, Tavornake was having tea with Beatrice In, tho tiny flat which sho was sharing with another girl, olt Klngsway. She opened tho door to him herself, and though sho chattered ceasolessty, It seemed to him that she was by no means at her ease. She lnstallod him in tho yily nvallablo chair, an absurd little wicker thing many sizes too small for him, nnd seated horsclf upon the hearth rug a fow feot away. "You havo Boon managed to find me out, Leonard," sho remarked. "Yes," he answered. "I had to go to tho stago-doorkcepor for your address." "Ho hadn't tho slightest right to give It to j-ou," she declared. Tavernake shrugged his shoulders "I had to havo It," he said simply. "The power of the puree again I" sho laughed. "Now that you aro here, I don't bellovo that you aro a bit glad to see me. Are you?" i Ha did not answer for a moment. He was thinking of that vigil upon tho Em bankment, of tho long walk home, of the battle with himself, the continual striv ing to tear from his heart this new thing, for which, with a curious and most mas culine Inconsistency, ho persisted In hold ing her responsible. "You know, Leonard," sho continued, getting up nbruptly and beginning to mako the tea, "I bellovo that you are angry with me. If jou are, all I can say Is that you are a vcrj foolish person. I had to como away. Can't you boo that?" "I cannot," he answered stolidly. Sho sighed. You aro not a reasonable person," sho declared "I suppose It Is because you havo led such a queer life, and had no womenfolk to look after you. You don't understand. It was absurd, In a way, that I should ever have called myself your sister, that wo should ever have attempted such a ridiculous experiment But after after the other night " "Can't wo forget that?" ho Interrupted. Sho raised her eyes and looked at him. "Can you?" sho asked. Thero was a curious, almost a pleading oarneatness In her tone Her eyes had something new to say, something which, though It foiled to stir his blood, mado him vaguely uncomfortable. Neverthe less, ho answered her without hesitation. "Yes," ho replied, "I could forget It. I will promise to forget it." It was tinaccountable, but ho almost fancied that he saw this now thing pass from her face, leaving her palo nnd tremulous Sho looked away again and busied herself with the tea-caddy, but the fingers which held tho spoon were shaking a little. "Oh, I suppose I could forget," she said. "but It would be very difficult for either of us to behave ns though It had never happened. Beside, It really was an Im possible situation, you know," Bhe went on, looking down Into the tea-caddj". "It Is much better for me to be here with Annie. You can come and see me now and then and we can still be very good friends." Tavernako was annoyed. Ho said noth ing, and Beatrice, glancing up, laughed at his gloomy expression. "You certainly are," she declared, "tho most Impossible, tho most primitive per son I over met. London Isn't Arcadia, you know, and you are not my brother. Beside, you were such an autocrat. You didn't even like my going out to supper with Mr. Grler." "I hate the fellowl" Tavernake admit ted. "Aro jou seeing much of him?" "Ho took us all out to supper last night," sho replied. "I thought It was very kind of him to ask me." "Kind. Indeed! Does he want to marry you?" Tavernake demanded, "Ho can't," she declared. "He Is mar ried alreadj'," "Well, then, I do," he said firmly. "Will you marry me, Beatrice?" She threw her head back and laughed, laughed long and softly, and Tavernake, simple and unversed in the ways of New Victor Records r2Wi' 22? I 111 T Out I 9 vsl. 3$r II jtL rfssSr The new March I 1l WSmil vlctor Ll5t I S (w lllllf Hear them at any of I J Talking Machine Co. YICTOR DISTRIBUTORS Main Store, Opp. Union Leasrvt Broad above Walnut Street Four Stors, Victor Exclusively fk 3 $Ttwhtt Opt Evt91 EViiliNiiyU JjDuliiK lJHiLADJb3LlJlllA Jb'lilJDAY, tfJtiBJbiuAK OE TAVERNAKE women, believed that she was Indeed amused. "Neither you nor any one else, dear Leonard I'' she exclaimed. "But I want you to," he persisted. "I think that you will." There was coquetry now In the tantalis ing look she flashed him. "Am I, too, then, one of these things to be nttalned In your life?" she asked. "Dear Leonard, you mustn't say It like that. I don't llko the look of your Jaw. It frightens me." "There Is nothing to bo afraid of In marrying me," hi nnawered. "I. shoutd mako you a very good husband, Some day you would be rich, very rich Indeed. I am qulto euro that I shall succeod, If not at once, very soon. Thero Is plenty of money to be made In tho world If one perseveres." She had the air of trying to tako him seriously. "You sound quite convincing," sho ad mitted, "but I do wish that you would put all these thoughts out of your mind, Leonard. It doesn't Bound llko you In the least nemember what you told mo that first night: you assured ma that women had not tho slightest part In your life." "I havo changed," he confessed. "I did not expeot anything of the sort to hap pen, but It has. It would be foolish of ma to deny It. I havo boen all my Ufa learning, Beatrice," ho continued, with a sudden curious softness In his tone, "and yet somehow or other. It scorns to mo that I never knew anything at all until lately. Thero was no ono to direct me, no ono to show mo JUBt what Is worth while In life. You have taught me a great deal, you have taught me how llttlo I know. And there aro things," ho went on, solemnly, "of which I am afraid, things whloh I do not begin even to under stand. Can't you see how It Is with mo? I am really very Ignorant. I want somo ono who understands; I want you, Bea trice, very badlj" Sho patted the back of his hand caress ingly. "You mustn't talk like that, Leonard," sho said. "I shouldn't make you a good wife. I am not going to marry any ono " "And why?" he asked. Sho shook her head. "That ls my secret," sho told him, look ing Into tho fire. "You mean to say that you will never marry?" he persisted. "Oh, I Buppose I shall change, like other women," she answered. "Just nt present, I feelllhe that." "Is It because your sister's mar riage " Sho caught hold of both his hands; her ejes were suddenly full of terror. "You mustn't talk about Elizabeth," sho begged, "you please mustn't talk about her.. Promise that you won't "But I came here to talk about her," ho replied. Beatrice, for a moment, said nothing. Then sho throw down his hands nnd laughed once more. As sho flung herself back In her place, It seemed to Taver nako that ho saw onco more tho girl who had stood upon the roof of tho boarding-house. "You camo to talk about Elizabeth!" sho exclaimed. "I forgot. Well, go on, what is it7" "Your sister ls In trouble." "Aro you her conflant?" Beatrice asked. "I am not exactly that," he admitted, "but she has asked me to come and sea you." Beatrice had suddenly grown hard, her lips were set together, oven her attitude was uncompromising. "Say exactly what jou have to say," she told him. "I will not Interrupt." "It sounds foolish," Tavernako declared, "because I know so little, but It seems that your sister ls being annojed by a man named Prltchard, an American de tective. She tells me that ho suspects her of being concerned In some way with tho disappearance of her husband. One of his reasons la that you left her ab ruptly and went Into hiding, that you will not see or speak to her. She wishes you to be reconciled." "It that all?" Beatrice asked "It Is all," he replied, "so long as you understand Its significance. It you go to see your Bister, or let her come to seo you, this man Prltchard will have one of his causes for suspicion removed." "So you came as Elizabeth's ambassa dor," Beatrice said, half as though to herself. "Well, here ls my answer. I will not go to Elizabeth. If sho finds out my whereabouts and comes here, then I shall go away again and hide. I shall never willingly exchange another word with her as long as I live:" Tavernake looked at her doubtfully. "But she is your slsterl" he explained. "She Is my sister," Beatrice repeated, "and yet what I have said to you I mean." There was a short silence. Tavernake felt unaccountably til at case. Something had sprung up between them which he did not understand. He was swift to recognize, however, tho note of absolute finality In her tone. "I have given my message," he de clared. "I shall tell her what you say. Perhaps I had better go now," He half rose to his feet Suddenly she lost control of herself. "Leonard, Leonard," she cried, "don't r uroad ana Loiumnia a, 1 52d &r. Chestnut Street 4124 Lsmciirtw Avenue 0 Mr w jFf f ygy1 r ' " t --j- 10 jr M fr I Y j I you see that yotl are being very foolish indeed? You have been good to me. Let me try and repay It n little. Elizabeth Is my sister, but listen! What I say to you now I say lh deadly earnest. Eliza beth has no heart, she has no thought for other people, she makes use of them and they count for no more to her than the figures that pass through one's dreams. She has somo sort of hatofut gift." Beatrice continued, and her voice shook and her oyes flashed "some hateful gift of attracting people to her and making them do her bidding, of spoiling their lives nnd throwing them awny when they havo ceased to be useful. Leonard, you must not let her do this with you." Ho rose to his feet awkwardly. Very likely It was all true, and j'et, what dlfTerenco did It make? "Thank you," ho Bald. They stood, for a moment, hand In r: : STORE OPENS Spring Opening! Millinery And Outer Apparel Monday Tuesday & Wednesday March 1st, Sd, 3d Endof - the Tomorrow To Every Purchaser of $1 or Over Series "4XXK" and "4XXL " Good in Any Yellow Trading Stamp Book No matter how many other "extra" stamps you may already have. Nowndays most every thrifty woman has come to realize tho splendid advantage of saving Yellow Trad ing Stamps. They accumulate auickly and are ex changeable for any number or hignly attractive articles of luxury or necessity. Double Stamps to Morning Shoppers ITrimmed Millinery! .Clearance of $4.98, $5.98, ;$10 Styles at About 300 tastefully fashioned lato ceptional opportunity for every woman who has neodi .for an "extra" hat for wear until tho Sprint? actually. r.. . ai rives. A 10 O'CLOCK SAI.I3 MILLINERY SALON, THIRD FLOOR 6000 WAISTS Cfcarance Lots and Samples 75c Lawn V J. 39c vvuisia . . 10 o'clock Sale Pretty figured lawns 1th salloi collar, high or low neck and long or threo-quarter slooves. $1.50 Silk Waists, (Qr 10 o'clock Sale V Black and white China. AIbo a few net. $1.50 Silk Waists, $1 Fine China silk In three dalntj styles; somo beautifully all-ovor onibroldeiod. SECOND TLOOR FOOTWEAR End-of-the-ifonlh Sale Misses' and Children's $1.75 to $3.00 $ Shoes Samples and Surplus of Carlisle Shoe Co., Carlisle, Pa. Patent coltsklii. uun-motul calf and tan Russia calf: dull and cloth tops. Sizes 8 to 2 in lot. Boys' $3 and $3.50 Shoes, $1.98 Sizes 1 to Gtf Women's $20 & $1 AG $3Sho'es...:... k'V First Floor, North, t Subway Latest styles in patent coltskln, Run-metal calf and glazed kldskln; dull leather, fawn and gray cloth tops. Sizes 24 to 8. Women's $3 and $3.50 Shoes, $1.98 First Floor, North, A Subway From Thomson-Crocker Shoe Co.. of Uoatou, Mass. In patent coltaktu, iruu. metal calf and Biased kldskln. SUea 2V& to 8 In lot. Men's $3.50 to $5 Shoes, $2.65 Patent coltskln, gun-metal calf, tan calf and glazed kldskln. Sizes 545 to flKUT 1'iAJUU, nuujn End'Of-the-Month Values In Cut Glass Etc Tumblers, each Regularly 10c Thin-blown clear glass; floral cut ting; standard size. MAIN ARCADE & THIRD FLOOR End-of-the-ilonth Specials in House Furnishings Bathroom Fix tures, each ZDC Solid brass Including toothbrush and tumbler holder, standing soap dish, bathtub soap, dish, tumbler holder, 18. Inch towel bar, toilet Eaper holder, toothbrush holder. tmlted quantities. $1.25 Oil Mod Outfit. 49c Includes $ 1 mop and 25o bottle of oil. 85c Inverted Lights, 55c Complete with beautifully etched globe, burner and good mantle. Tabourettes. Sneclal at 39c Oak finish; folding style For porches, telephones and plants. 35c Gray Enamel Water Pails, 15c 10-qt size 35c Garbaec Can. 19c Oood family sUa. tlght-nttlng eover Bale handle THIRD. FLOOR :WT BRftTUBJHS: ! IK OUtt hand. Then they heard the eound of a key in the lock. "Here's Annie coming baekl" Beatrice exclaimed Tavernake was Introduced to Miss Annie Legarde, who thought he was a very strange person Indeed becauso ho did not fit In with any of the types of men, young or old, of whom ehe knew anything. And as for Tavernake, he considered thet Mlsi Annie Legarde would havo looked at least as well In a hat half the size, and much better without the powder upon her face. Her clothes were obviously more expensive than Beatrice's, but they were put on with less caro nnd taste. Beatrice came out on to the landing with him. "So you won't marry me, Beatrice?" he said, ns she held out her hand. She lobked at him for a moment and then turned away with a faint sob, with out even a word of farowcll. lie watched her disappear and heard tho door shut Slowly he began to descend tho stone steps. Thero was" something to him n llttlo fateful about the closed door above, tho long yet oasy descent Into tho street (CONTINUED TOMORROW.) SlSO A. 3f. CLOSES AT 0130 P. If. HATS TRIMMED Lit Bfttoers Double Yellow Trading Stamps With Every 10c Purchase Until Noon : After That, Until Closing Time, Single Stamps Market Eighth chovlots and men orcoat Clearance of (Overcoats Formerly $8.50 bnd $10, $C at Lot of 150 Winter Chcaterflolds and Balmacanns v In chinchillas, with atln yoko nnd sleeve llnlilgs; also fancy casslmcrea and chovlots. All slzos. Men's $3.50 Trousers, all o Sizes ALL GOODS BOUGHT TOMORROW CHARGED ON MARCH BILL $6.98 to $B Winter models: ex - . - (payable In April) .Ejt(J-o-fne-JUont7 Sale of Underwear and Hosiery $1 and $1.25 Fine Embroidered Silk A7 Hosiery " One of tho most extraordinary hosiery tallies we have ever offered. Fine silk boot effects with embroid ered clocks, dotB and othor designs; somo with loco medallions. Copies of tho most expensive French stock ings. In black and whtto. They are called Imperfections, but It's with dlfllculty that you can detect them. Women's 25c to 35c Stockings 14c Full - fashioned; medium and light-weight black cotton; also Halo thread. High-spliced heels, double soles, reinforced " garter tops. Manufacturers' slight Im perfections. SOUTH ARCADE 50c to 75c Under wear at 25( Women's and Children's, tfa Mall or Phone Orders Filled Vests, pants and union suits; some part wool, others fine cotton. Slightly soiled. FIRST FLOOR, SOUTH EitraoreHtmri End. QTT T7-Q of-ilonth Values in OlJLilVO Remnants of 50c to $1.25 Silks, Ofi yard OUC Splendid lot of pretty new silks. In cluding plain and fancy weaves of every description. Useful lengths for waists, dresses, etc. No Mall or Phone Orders. 60c Foulard Silks, 2ftr Bala on Slain Arcade. No Hail or Phone Ordert. All-silk quality. Latest styles for Spring; also polka dots. FIRST FLOOR. SOUTH Bf-o-Jfottfc CJearonce Men's $1.00 OC Rubbers... ?C On Sale i A, SI., Subway Some 80S Pnlrs. All Vrrttet and First Quality. While Lot Lasts. From a maker whose name we are not permitted to mention. Storm and plain overs. Bites C to 11. No Moll or Phone Orders. CURTAINS End-of-the-month sale offers excep tional values. $1.00 Scrim fiQr Curtains, pair W- White scrim with wide lace In sertion and edge WINDOW SHADES soe, too and eoo Values 18c, 29c and 40c Machine and hand made, oil opaque; mounted on spring; roller with all attachments. $1 to $5 Lace Curtain Strips, 49c to $2.98 Odds and ends and samples, Includ ing Irish point, Brussels and Sootoh lace, also braided aud Marie An toinette lace-triuimed curtains. Some can be matched Into pairs THIRD FLOOR t" I KlMT.a.VKAK'JW.BHST OF BVBJIY 40, 1916, PLENTY OF CHANCES IN FREE TRIP CONTEST Evening Ledger-Public Ledger Competition Has Pour Months to Run. Philadelphia who have been delay ing1 their entranco Into tho contest of the Kvknino LKDasn and the ptmtio LfiDosn aro advised to waste no more time If they want to win. one of the free trips to tho Panama-Psclflo and Panama-California Expositions to be provided for the CO winners In the contest. Thero Is still plenty of opportunity for ambitious men and women to get Into the contest and win one of these trips, but the longer entry la delayed the harder It wilt be to win. Send In your name on the coupon provided for In the advertise ment to the Contest Editor, second floor :MAJIi on rilONE FREE OF CHARGE Filbert Seventh - Month Sale ihf'Z Men's & Boys' Clothing iftu) BpHng StilesSeveral Bio Lota of Them, Advantaqeoualu Purchased, Arrived sjuat in iime jor anw iina-o-ti-jj(mT aate Men's $12.50 to $16.50 New Suits Choice SDrincr Samples Swagger English auts and conservative stylos In striped effects; nearly all hand-tailored. moasurc. Boys' $4.50 & : Double-breasted Knickerbocker trousers. Fully lined. Sizes 7 to 12 years. Boys' $3 and $4 Suits Fancy chovlots and casslmeres In brown and gray mixtures. Also Russian, sailor and Oliver Twist stles In fancy mixtures and cordu roys. Sizes 2 to 16 years. Boys' $5.50 and $6 New Spring: Suits A With Extra Pair of Knickerbockers "v Several different styles In smart, servlcoablo materials, expertly finished. Sizes 7 to 17 years. SnCOND FLOOR, SEVCNTH AND MARKET STREETS Misses' & Women's Apparel End-of-the-Month Clearance at But a Fraction of the Earlier Prices of These Fine and Stylish Garments Many Appropriate for Early Spring. $18.50 to $22.50 Suits Reduced $7 EjA Lot of two hundred, In fine serge, diagonal, cheviot, gabardine and broadoloth, with hip-length or longer coats, beautifully silk lined and very smart skirts. $25 and $30 $lf 7C Suite lrrp Suits Of sertre. In black, navv blue, creen ffvi.iJoifi'arliiVfi JfSSiiSi styles, all recently made and nicely trfmmed. Smart skirts to corre- spond. SECOND FLOOR End-of-tho-Month Bale Includes Wool Fabrics Fashionable for Spring $1 All-Wool fa French Herat iO and 41 Inches wide; popular twill. In black and fashionable colors. Wool Poplins 39 and 42 Inches wldo; In black, Belgian blue, brown, amethyst, Russian green, leaf green, marine, midnight blue and navy. Prunella Cloths 41-Inch width; In black, battleship gray, taupe, re seda, Russian green, Belgian blue ana ametnysc. rrnfi ,1a Chin 39-Inch wldth.lA closely-woven crepe effect in an tne jeaaing-snaaes. .. MAIN ARCADE Floor Coverings END-OP'ilQNTH BALE 60c and 75c Cork Linoleum, square OC- vnrrl J yard Remnant lengths; two and yards wide. Bring sizes. four Remnants of 55c to $1.35 SSS!!? 25c t0 5yl2C Lengths from B to 25 yards. Include Ingrain. Velvet and Tapestry Brus sels. Bring sizes. $15 Seamless Axminster Rugs, 6x9 ft About fifty In lot: all perfect FOURTH FLOOR $9 Final Day of the February Sale of FURNITURE The closing hours are distinguished by some of the beat values of all In permanently good and attractive articles. $13.50 Dresser or Chif ecer,E?!h $1095 Mahogany finish, has square plate; four-drawer case; straight front $10,50 Extension Table, $7.77 Solid oak, 43-Inch top; claw foet, extends to six feet. $12.50 All-Brass Bed. $9.98 Two-Inch continuous post; ten 1 Inch fillers tn head and foot; dull or bright flnlsh. All sixes, $13.50 China Closet, $10,75 Oak Bent end; adjustable shelves, claw feet. $2 Dining Room Chair, $1.25 Solid oak, cane seat, French leg Arm Chair Ito match), S-30. FOURTH FLOOR THING AT LQWI98T l'RIO3 Vlh'lH, 6 of the pestic lhdobr Building, and h will suppl you with all InformiUlftn nf Silts on how to get subscriptions, The contest stilt has tout months to run, and in that time hundreds of ub scrlptions to both papers may be ob tained by any oho contestant Although there are several hundred contestants nt work, the field Is virtually unlimited In the city nnd In adjacent territory, tn this connection the Contest Editor again notifies contestant today- that sub scriptions from points outside of this city and Camden must be paid In advance no matter for what term they run. in Philadelphia and Camden only subscrip tions for periods longer than six montho mar be paid In advance. Of course, Jt Is to the advantage of the con tea tan t to get pald-ln-advance subscriptions wherever possible, because proportionate ly higher credits are allowed for them. The warning; atso Is Issued again not to hold back subscriptions, because to do so may mean that the subscriber will cancel the order when ho does not get his paper. ORDERS FILLED End-of'tlonth Bale Little Girls' 75c to OA $1.25 Tub Dresses '' On Bale 10 A. if. No Mall or Phone Order A purchase from a leading- New Tork maker. Many smart little styles In chambrays, percales, ninnhams and cropes. Broken bIzos 2 to C years. SECOND FLOOR Just 350 $Q fancy worsteds. All sizes to 42- Serge Suits, $2 coats: noc ton Norfolk $ 1.79 $20 and $25 Top $7 Qto Coats Reduced to. . ' 7U Of pebblo chovlots, bouclcs, mannish mixtures, plushes, sorges and broad cloths; In fashionable colors and smart stylos; elegantly silk lined. $10 to $15 Coats $f Cfl Reduced to OU About twelve styles In mixtures, boucles and zibellnes. Also a few elegant wool velours nnd duve tynes. $8 and $10 New 5.50 Snrinn ripnopno O' medium-weight' black, blue and hnlo-n nan, in tviiuh XV,. S... . ?Be'? 5..?! stJ," no;S?? rect, with full circular skirt and! preny goia-embroidered collar, cuffs anu UQji. EXCEPTIONAL VALUES IN MUSLIN WEAR . $6 to $12.98 Silk Kim- $9 to $ !7.98 onos - Plain or figured; Empire or loose fitting; trimmed with satin banding; collar and but tons. 39c to $4.98 Undermuslins, 19c to $2.95 Combinations, long white petti coats, chemise, corset covers and gowns; prettily trimmed. Rumpled. SECOND FLOOR $2 to $3.50 $1 Corsets On Sale Blnln Arcade Popular makes in coutll and ba tlsio. High, medium and girdle tops. Sizes 18 to 38. Extra Special $5 Stewart-Warner Hand Horn $p QQ at. .......... Most exceptional offer of this kind ever made. In ail finishes black and nickel, black and brass. Loud, clear, penetrating warning; im proved adjustable bracket: easily operated. THIRD FLOOR Bed Coverings Come j lies and Linens in End-of-the-Month Bala $3.50 Com fortables .. 1.85 Covered with dotted Swiss, dimity and fine sllkollne, -with pink, blue, red and old rose, fig ures on white ground, plain silk borders; pure white cotton nil. lng, hand tufted. Size 72x80 inches 8'2cand 10c Muslin Cambric and Long- ! C cloth 86 Inches wide. Not more than. 25 yards to a customer. No Mail or Phone Order -Filled 90c Seamless Sheets, 79c Of standard makes of bleached sheetings, free from dressing. U 81x90, 90x90 and 90x69 indies, with three-Inch hems. $1.39 Irish linen Table Damask ...... n Kxtrw heavy uallty, IS lnchM wide. Lovely patterns rose Ud -strips. XayklmK to ?Q A jH?th 2:-lBh sis dot O.j&Q FIRST FLOOR NORTH J VLOOH ssMW BUOTTH fraEO M-
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