cmWW i. pwl PH& ,' .EVENING PUBLIC LtiDER JtoLADELPHIA T -.? m m U. ly-' 4, i adds: ; B.c.r t. ,w t2 m ? vft EV,7 S-OTS. SA- ' tim rf.rf 5 s E. ,' Rv' $! IAN CRITICS IMIT BIG DEFEAT tf Eint That Army Will Be 'forced Out of Hinden- I .r& burg Line ' w TfiV . tJv il Iwiit wnnsp to phaip !""" " '-'"" v w. II - .... . 'Important Allied bllCCCSS ! ' fyffc Abilitv to Fieht With In Bj J ttf creasing Strength JbtM& R&. Si $ , JI- r.vmtr.v nvxwiric -lXf If v... ... s.. KfblirSpcia1C'blc to Eiening Public Ledger tffif I CMHonf, ltoi the .Vcie 1'orH. Timtt Co. & i t Amsterdam. Sent. 10 b i . . ; ..... i $.': " Kicnara uaeuke, tne military critic. 'It'l Mis another lnterestlnir nitlcle In the j Vorwaerts of llonday on the military , t iliuation. He wains the people that I 1 th atrlltrcln nn tho tipntnrn ft rmt ulll Jt"f certainly have fr-reaching con Mb A sequences, and thnt there Is eery pos Ktt-Tl -lbllltv-Uliat the enemv's offensKe will MJruoi decrease but be extended In Its scope, une or the most important I' goals of the Hies Is again the Hand yisrs coasi, ne minus, nnu ne poinii 'J t the great resources which aie at nfa l !. Hlannsnl et tho Tlrftluh nrmv Iilnno j) I In men, tanks, machine guns heav Artillery, airplanes and all 'he neces "t sary war mateilal. Tuinlng tu tecent events, he sas: J "Of course, we hae not glxin up 1 Toluntarily all the positions we once I tlM In u h.lttlp ovtf.ndlllfT nloi u ppkK. ' J one position after anothei was lost A.VL ss .s.,t b.vs biiu x.vi.t m i-vm - fii I that, and oluntarll withdrew oui Em - I line as tne enemy tnreaieneu io ureaa PT lor outflank it. We hae thcrefoie been K i fighting a iear-guard struggle on a ft& Weat scale. We are now returning to I tne Minaenuurg line gener.iii ai I points we have reached, and een In some places left it behind us. Whether this will be the end of our letreat. we don't know. Still the retreat must ' come to an end some time, and the decisive struggle will begin ' The Frnnfurter Zeltung .--ajs that the last four weeks hae pioduced the greatest events of the whole war. and ,itT aont Know. uu ine revrc.iL iiium. ' . onmn in nn ni1 some time, and the i "The most Important success of the enemy, and one we must take seilously, is tht It has been possible to can on this offensle with such great ni"1 iver-lncreaslng strength foi a month f J and a half, without pause." The Journal, too, warns the people V that -very sex ere fighting Is et to 7 come. In connection with the finnk state- ft rnents made by (5aedk in the or h waM-ta nrtleles. it is Interesting to note Kf i that thv me circulated In the Wolff t Hi.re.ni That is a clear Indication y, , that they aie officii llv inspired The Frankfurter Zeltung, criticizing t. . . -.1 n aart..ln" i nn 141llt7c's SDHCCll it- th. Au.trn Hunenrian press men In fySC I Vienna, ridicules his statement that fctMilthe English press Is e ntirely urn ler t he tt.'S 1 iki.mii nf thA nuthorltles and tells him ty Ht. I "-' ...-.- --:.-. .. .. i.o.. ,?Klhe IS taiKini? arrani nuii-.cu-- ....:.. a.- uclw.w '- "-,,;:: 'tries "Journalists wno aun c n.-im:ci Ithe Government views simply go to lson." Squally false. It declares. Is his iMin.nl that the Oeiman and Aus n press retilns Its freedom, ev " r wartime. That freedom or wntcn i Hlntz Rueiks the Join mil con- I' 'eludes, slmnly does not exist, nnd all I efforts to abolish the military censor- "?:shiP in political mmilTW inn- i. i iti i V " M rWLSHEVISTS URGE TERRORISM I&L - . ..--., :: , riS.??L Mtfrminanoii oi DourruiDiu . . i" , .- -. -. " flSocial Revolutionaries Advocated f a . n tl- r ji t vi3Becioi CaOle Jo Bcening rnonc- -.runn & it ConrlBht, lt. tu Sew lort. Tlmr, Co. tiardment, but havo afterward been the general situation Tho main com .$ 4 -. . ....Th. i,i..i nol- cnmnletPlv in7Pil hv fl.o nml extilo- I mlttee of the Reichstag comes together ,'.Y t siocunnni, -cjii. .....-. - ,, - ;. sheUit papers io rescii nn- ....- (with sanguinarv anicirn. .n.i.cui-. ind 'resolutions, demanding a mass terror ri Jalnst the bourgeoisie, in conseuu.-n.-c V. . -T .- ....-.. n- !.-liif nnd t'rttkM T! Jwhlch were committed bv the Social sts && .tavrnrlim WVr Tha commune of the North (I'etio- rtgrad) has decided to begin the exter- -mlnstton of the Bourgeoisie and its con- tartpsclous -agents. KG,, v-annov's Gazette nubllshes a dls- Jy ;j Kra.nna's V.J 2 Mih frrm thfl front. at hmovien oe- &&&Zi mandinif pitiless enKMme and death '7ife "Laws nnd tribunals of justke are Trt xrf. -Mt tiosuBtnrv in nrnpr iriiii iiifir uiuuu teSSw-Wy flow' lhat they n,a' ,,B exterinlnat KjC , ei." concluded the dispatch BVV. "ne next aay aiier me uuusr ...r 6.v?j I"trorad Soviet passed a resolution Efi?S (neressln- the wages of the Soviet Guard 'Ifita. BOO roubles a month, in addition to jpSV tfiIr food. It Is especially character- IrlSlJO mat Quring inr mm cw u; .. 5ktj section of the population, even the worK- &W 1C classes, has received any bread ft?'' Workers only received small rations of .7 ' meat. Register tomorrow and let that be your way of naluting the flag of the free which floats over the home of the brave. r New and Larger Quarters for AMERICAN ee cyhe balanced (Six: " m..h ...J imi'ivtiv.ijir' "r"--rwflT' S?-1" v1- ;.- w PAtf fl 1 I f""' N"y '& i-". fl.-.fa'wiM?, $v.ffiis-; ;.?7 &BrVjJ-' t-j.i.-.t-. j)i,.tju JAfcia.-Mi AtM- j-M.fc.itai-fi.faf ym: b 4 T HE gratifying r- AMERICAN SIX Car, has made it in cumbent upon us to remove to more l5 spacious quarters No. 2041 AND 2043 MARKET STREET HERE we have 500 square feet of selling space with sufficient cars to fill it ready for your inspection and for immediate delivery. Welcome! r H M ' 4" k& 4 Penn-American t--vC .Vri ' 2041-2043 ". .c it tfttrUl tppttunitUt Ur dflertf w . GERMANS PUFF WAV: LOAN Press Begins Windy Campaign to Aid Kaiser Raise Funds Special Cable to Evening Public I,edger Comrtoht, 1911, lu Stxe lor), rimes Co. Zurich, Sept. 11 The fieTiniin prm Is beKlnnlnir a noisy puninit of the ninth ar loan. The StuttKim TaKehlatt com pare the loan to the Ninth Symphony of Heethoen, pretenrtlnR that It lll mark the rebirth of the worklnu power of the German people and nnsortliiK that the only way to counter-attack ilcfent- lun .. . .1 lk illBnnll.nHumfinl nf Ilia manned of the people la to take up the '. Tne .Municn AuesDurfter ADenu .euunK Ram the nuccemi of the loan will he proof that Germany still bcllees In mill- nirv success. Some papers attempt also the method I i iivoli iiuit 1 1 id v mi iwiui ni uniiriiiih peace nearer It Is significant that the ?0iSt?nVn.ah! ntt.f "0t J "hl"I,trel1 u word about the loan GERMANS LEAVE REGIONS BARREN' i Boast of "Customary Care" , in Devastating Areas as They Flee DELIBERATE VANDALISM U G. H. PERRIS I Special Cable to Kiening Fublir Ledger ( ovurlyht lltp bj thr itt 1 otK limrs Co. With the French Armies, Sept 11 Firnch patrols have readied Tia ecj on the Olsp north of Ii I'erc. Oxpi- the whole fiont on both sides of St Quentln the aimles of Generals Dcbeny and Humbert are nppioach Ing or already have reached the Al lied trenches of the middle of March. A ery heavy downpour of rain sug gested the fall of a theatre cuitaln upon a completed act. We are, however, not jet back eer where upon the positions of six months ago, for the enemy is holding obstlnatelj to the eastern corner of the hills between thu Vesle and the ...c nun "t " i cic uuu mr Aisne. and except on tlu) west, about Aisne, and except on tluj west, about I.affau. (icneral Mangln Is not yet near the Chemln-iles-Dames. The troops vveip very grateful for afternoon for the field nf'tl.n rr.nnl, advance toward St. Quentln and St. Oobaln Is now a wilderness In which there Is not the least shelter and I l!'e,T.,r ..'.'If' Ja ' .f"U."d .!' Reim.in in ess clorv in this fuel. "A decisive struggle," havs Colo - nel Oaedke "will be made more dlf - licult for the enemy l the devasta- tion of the regions that now foim a buckler before the German armies and will contribute to their successful de- fense Air official Wolff message of situation lie states further that Im Sputember 1 savs thp Allies will flrwt nortant InformatUn Is Imminent 111 high f0I wter ground completely bate nnd devustated, and on the following day the Rime agency remaiked: "'Hie abandonment of this sector (noith of the Olscl was prepaied with our cus- tomnrj caic, and we have been able wlthout being interrupted to take nvvav fiom this region evervthin- that ;sKs: Ss rrrp The customary caie of the Oer- man at my from the highest to the IUOl C-lllillllrllUI 111 lUC tAECUlUIIl VI acts of wholesale destruction and of theft is n characteristic to which since tho beginning of the war, I have had often to testify, nt first with reluct ance, afterward with a deepening and now a long confirmed disgust. Tho popular term of Hun mlsiepresents the facts, these are not acts of --av- agery, but cold-blooded and highly scientific rapine Thev are not ac- cidental but fundamental parts of the German campaign Cities like Nov on nn.l ..nnK .. . 111.. .. . I . .. If I "."' siwini ui iiuiKs Buiiiruuir'., iv !s true were mud, damaged bv bom- - ,. ".. . " ' . "7... J... -.-!. ""'"'. ! uieiu. "" - ..i i, i i.a., fl.-i .. .i Ono of mv companions' brought away f.om Nov on on Sunday OIlebot the German notice boards dhecting the soldiery to the "Koips beautesam- melstclle." or loot store, which is con- venlently fixed near the station. De- tailed Instructions lie before me for the beUure, th countiy of t cresHCH anu cusiuuns, oi wnicii il is stated 10,000 tons aheady had been obtained on July 3 and from vvhlcn , millions of unifoims had been made Instances like this could be multi plied Indefinite!). It Is a western replica of the Indemnity of six mil liards whicli the same men are hqueez Ing out of Russia thiough the Bolshe vik preachers of the formula, "no an nexations, no Indemnities." i Horrible Marks nf War September S The tide of war that has heie flowe. and ebbed thrice has left peculiarly horrible marks in the triangle between the Olse, the Aisne and the Ailette The countrvside it self, outside of the old front from i Noyon to Soissons, Is not disfigured as badly as the battlefields of the Somme or Verdun, but the villages and small towns, farms and large' i5)7t75H growth in sales of THE Motor Car Co. Market Street a. aixmov mjtowx. rrwuut . . -.- country houses ate smashed toblta with a very few partial exceptions, and In passing through them one asks whilt body of men will have the cour age and meRns to attempt the recon stiuctlon of the region. I spent a long time venterdav eve ning In the ruins of Noyon. Notice boards still stand at the entry to the main streets, warning the visitors of danger fiom mines and other boohe traps, but there U probably no more risk than from the patches of wall that a stiung wind would bring down Briefly, the whole city Is destroyed. I did not see half a dozen houses that could be lepalrcd. Pleasant xlllni, old-fashioned streets of crowded shops, mansions built .-.. ..-.. -. .., ....., ...,., i churches conents they are llng In i nvuiij u in uvvh'"""1" JJIC"1 VI ciuiICi brick, plaster, wood and general dust. Theie Is er little trace of furniture i nm, most ,f m)t ., of muat ,mve been carted away to Germany. The cathedral, because It was the most substantial building In tho town, shows most of Itself still standing, and halng been characterized rather by strength than delicate beauty of structure, Is not beyond repulr. its gieat. square towers arc. however, gutted. Fle shell ,holes In the roof of the nave and others In the roof of the apse and the transpets have brought down masses of masonry. All the windows tue shatteied and the nl Mis of neirly nil the side chapels nre broken There Is a foul litter of broken stone wood and glass, with feathers, sci.ips of Herman newspapers and twisted petty utensils. Of the quaint, renaissance town half Is gutted by fire and Its glided facades completely spoiled. No French civil ians remained In this or other towns and villages to give us such tales as they did last ear. it is one asi, empty desolation and et, In Its llfe lehsness, only too eloquent. CHANGES PREDICTED AT VIENNA AND BERLIN Hcrtling to Be Succeeded by Dr. Solf, According to Leipzig Newspaper ,, prBfV MVKVaCK ai r-unur. iitiiwiy.- Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger ( iwriuht lit, hu .Wu orU Time io. Am.trr.lam, Kept. 11 I ' "" on sevcial occasions lately le -"erred to the likelihood of considerable and noteworthy changes ln the German Government The belief that something - " happen further ,e-enforced li a statement In the Lelpzlger Tagc iblalt That journal's Vienna correspond , ent states that the recent discussions I betv een Herr von Hlnte and the Aus tin-Ilungirlan Government were con fined almost entirelx to the present and I future political changes ln the Vienna places In clerminv and in Austrla-Hun- gar is wen Ak for German he declares that Cou"t xon "ertllng will retire and that tll( ne" 'hancellot will he Doctor Solf, the present c-oionl il Minister It is le- P""0'1 '" diplomatic circles, the Vienna correspondent adds, that Herr Lrzberger ; Server o'nV1- rzsxxz '.,. , .,,, ,, , f.,i,.ii. ,.-. ter nml the majorlti Socialist parties respectively The Vcsslschc Ktltung, lommentlng on this news, buva that, though nothing is vet settled, "changes In the Govern ment nu) be rog.uded .is certain" It rcfirs Incidentally to the burden r.f the n,jn,uiinr ,mHo uiitrh tin n.unr.-iiK fcrH ,x tile more on account of his ndvanctd ears The jourml adds that such changes as those referred to In the I.elpzlger Tageblatt have been much dls- used in Berlin political e'rcles of late, and that a joint committee of the Itelchs- Int. n.n.l-ltf linrtlAa will lllf.pt IdUIiril i.n ...j... ,.... . .. .- - tne ena or mis weeK in nraer iu uisi-ubs i., ihn huplnnln? nf Oi-loher. and the ;. - ..... - vi...- .i.ivu ,, .f- I Vosslscre reining inmus iniic uciore '"nt " d"'",'nn8 "l"""'1 come ' to and the position made clear " Briticli Meat Price Increases ,,, s,pt n The food .ontroller announces that the retail prl.e of meat l be Increased two pence a pound .,., in freight rates Copyriihi, I ON I G aA fv !( Wrf asir -A' 7HqBH FOE STRENGTHENS H1NDENBURG LINE Building Re-enforced Con crete Shelters to Resist Pounding of Guns , NEW FOCp MOVE SEEN I First Phase nf Drive Finished i irsi rnase oi une r inisuea, Paris Watches for Next Part itches for IS of Program - e . i,. .. ,. . -,...,-, i Special' Cable to Eientng Public Ledger ' Coputloht, to:t, bu A en fork Timet Co rarlt. Pept 11 As Paris sees It, the first part of i'uih's program has been accomplished The Germans havo Dpen compelled to full back along the whole line from Arras to Rhelms, nnd have lost virtu al every Inch of ground they gained by their four great drives begun on March !1 and ended on July 18. the day l'och struck his tremendous blow- on their flank between the Aisne nnd the Marne So far. the last eight weeks have marked undoubtedly a great Allied vic tory But it Is well to note that no tin dulv optimistic conclusion must be dtaivn from this fact. To state the situ ation coldly this morning, the enemy even now has not been driven right back to the Hlndenbury line, cither Immedi ately to the west of Cambria or around St Quentln, nnd even when he Is, It Is by no means certain that the Allies will not have tho hardest part of their immedi ate task before them. On the other hand, the fall of J.a Kere. which has been In (lames since Thursday, may be expected In the veiy near future. This will open widely tne prospect of the powerful position of St Oobaln heights being turned from the north, while the fact that .Mangln Is steadily biting Into the German defense near Hervals must soon enauie nun io secure St. Qobaln town and its important railway junctions Mansln's Knveloplng Morement The qucsflon arises whethei, after de stroying their stores at l.a Fere, the enemy will be able to inundate any sub stantial part of the adjacent country and there delay Mangln's advance In the same wav as they have been able to hamper Home's progress In the Sensee legion If they are able to do this, however, the continued progress of Man gln's enveloping movement toward Anlzy on the south of the St. Oobaln crest will probably very shortly render the enemy possession of this cornerstone of his po sitions In this district untenable, and will bring about a radical change In tlie whole strategical position Opinion In many quarters here Is in clined to the belief that now- that the enemy his to a great extent leached the Hlndcnburg line, tic may regard the present offensive ns ended. This view, howevei. by no meuns Is shared by well InformeU persons It Is known that the Germans have Immensely strengthened Resinol Clears Away Embarrassing Skin Troubles March 30. "Some time ago pim ples began to appear on my fore head, and spread so that people re marked about them, and I didn't like to ro anywhere on that account. I tried various creams, soaps and skin lemedies, but nothing seemed to help mc. A friend of mine who had the same trouble told me she cleared her skin with Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap, so I tried them. After the first application all the redness and soreness disappeared, and after two or three applications my friends began to ask what I used, my face looked so much better. "Now I can go to places without being ashamed of those awful pim ples, and I will never be without Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap." (Signed) Miss Jessie Torrance, 67 Beech St., Rutherford, N. J. All diutrgists sell Resinol Oint ment and Resinol Soap. Adv. THE ASIAN FRONT W Fine Twill Sere Uniforms . . 918. A B. Kirichbiura Company their defenses, and particularly their means of communication. Virtually all the railways behind their new lines have been doubled and many new sidings laid down, nvery station Is crowded with trucks, filled with munitions and sup plies. All their old positions have been strengthened, nehlnd St Quentln espe cially powerful new trenches have been created all along the canal and every where vast new systems of barbed wire havo been set up. The most notable feature of the new works perhaps Is the enormous number of shelters which have been constructed pV,rTVTerr!ch' 'Cs'ir Isolated centers of resistance In open ground behind the fields of barbed wire Speaking generally, these small cement f0r(8 .. ,hey .,, ... Bre p,.ce1 aIon tedf5B and rads nnd ln ani nmonK farm uuuiaiiiKa wiiete iiiex Hru iiox easy io pick out In airplane photographs. Some of them are large enough to hold a hun- dred men, but 'ho majority are Intended for garrisons of eight or nine men each und(!r a noncommissioned officer. Fortleta Htronglj- rtullt Tho re-enforced cr.ncrete roofs of these fortlets have nn average thickness of about four feet, although sometimes Tun ing to five feet, and arc declared to he sufficiently strong to resist repeated direct hits from even eight and ten Inch guns Some of them nre to strong that thev have been known to remain Intact when .actually dislodged from their foundations by heavy gunfire. Oplnlor her Is satisfied that Foch will make no wild attempt after the Ger man manner to reduce the Hlndcnburg line by direct frontal nttaclc. Such method would be directly contrary to his precepts, as exemplified by ail hla recent tactics As has been more than once pointed out recently, there are several ways of reducing fortresses and the onl) really bad onu Is that which the Crown Prince emploved before Verdun Paris once more today is on the tip toe of expectation awaiting Foch's nevt move. Close attention still is focused on the opeiations of Mangln around the Forest of St. Gobaln. but the ccs of most of those who most fully appreciate Foch's elastic, adaptable and finely articulated methods are much more In clined to look northward bevond Arras and westward bejond Ilheims and even beyond Verdun Use New Tvpc of Gas Shells Willi the Ilrltluli Armv In Kranre, Vept 11 (By I.N S.) The Germans nre using a now tjpe of gas shells. They were first emploed against the Vew Bealanders, when salvos were fired nt short range. Several hundred prolectlles. the size of oranges, rained thicltiv over an area of about two acres According to the army report they "gave off gas and burned the grass" r Step in a Svri Minute, Get fgfi Acquainted With Our tJ3li VICTOR KJi SERVICE Hi Your Wants Are Our IH First Consideration ! G. W. HUVER CO. .Mil 1031-33 BF1 Chestnut i': Jfil Technical School WIRELESS TELEGRAPH OPERATORS nre In demand by Uncle Nam for nervlre In N'avj, Arm, Merchant Murine. Special I) Clans open to Women us well an Men. I.1CKNSKW llOMEM Ol'I.KATOKH MAY 11NTKK T1IK MKKCI1AXT .VIA KINK SKK It'll nml enjoy the romance nf travel. After the war the uu will be nufe. Demand for operators grcutcr than now. BE PREPARED Day Chirm meets 3-5 I'. M. lleglns Sept. 16. Mght Class meets 7:30-0130 P. 31. Ileglns Oct. I. LOW TUITION' Vv rite. Phone or Call nn the Director of Technical School, 1421 Arch St. & 131 ssj ?tl rr5?55jBg55sws"e TT-ff " HEN the first detachment of Ameri can Engineers went to Siberia more than a year ago, they were clad, to a man, in Kirschbaum uniforms .... And today from the Vesle to Vladivostok, you will find thousands of army offi cers whose favorite uniform bears the Kirschbaum label .... A uniform al ways good to look at and, like the man who wears it, always game to the core. FOR ARMY OFFICERS 14 oz. Serge Uniforms, $32.50 20oz. Whipcord Uniforms, $40' 1 8 oz. Serge Uniforms, 38.00 ' Heavy Melton Overcoats . 35 Trench Overcoats $38 FOR NAVY OFFICERS C. P.O. Serge . $42.50 (three piece) 1204 CHESTNUT ST. -!. i- i-.iafiil N AMERICAN WAR WORK MAKES ITALY MARVEL U. S. Forces Distributed on Common Front, Will Be of Intrinsic Advantage Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copvrtoht, 13M ! Sew York Tlmta Co. Home, Sept. 11. The Trlbuna, In a leading nrtlcle. summing up the Importance and value of what It deems the almost Incredible con. tributlon to the war on the part of America In the present and thr- near future, says: "Many American soldiers now In Franco nre marking time, being kept ln reserve bv Foch. while others are not yet fully trained When we consider what has been achieved by the small number of divisions already In the line, the moral and material w eight they have contributed to the operations, we may realize what the American army Is destined to become an army by Jan uary, majbe, of 2,500,000 men, all of whom, in geometric progression, are to be utilized In the struggle. Those num bers, however, are hardly less significant than the statement of Acting Secretary of War Crow ell that the American arms and munitions output Is so great that of Itself it will swamp the German output "With such a magnificent wealth of production, we may well believe that the American military contribution will of fer a large margin for distribution, not onlv on the French but also on the Italian front, Blnco the forces now In POSITION WANTED nunR min. 32. married, 10 jrearn linking rxtK-rltwiee, 4 fnr' crnernl Inlrrr ImnKkrrprr and dlaeount clerk, vrlthen nimltlon where there It l good chanco of adianremfnt. CI 333. t.KDOEIt CENTRAL. f USED TRUCKS We liave a few ftllghtlr lined truck for sale. All ur mrrliauled and as Rood an new. Any Mze nnd style of bodlrtt, Very attractive prices and term. L. M. SEIVER Commonwealth Finance Corp. 323-24 Bulletin Bdg. Raco 1272. Spruce 5G85 S Vfi 1c- El 89 I ,jl j- 4-. ,fc , jl.sc j . i JnH ""- - "yCT"w.---patfwr?g. Uniforms . . . . $46 u V IW I Italy are announced1 as the 'first con tingent.' The American forces wilt not only be distributed with Justice on the common front, but also will be of In trinsic advantage for the great and rapid effect their use will have, both morally and materially. This Is indeed a wise and far-seeing economy of the forces of tho Entente." ! 4 fir2TaiMtStjftj. ?i?lcn - f Pcnn, naming our streets after trees, not persons, had canny ' foiesight, for it is so characteristic of Philadelphia that Chestnut, Street is known to the land's end. Its shoes are celebrated for their goods and courtesy, yet it has been and exclusive for ordinary mortals. enjoying myself so heartily, i must are no higher than elsewhere. Attention is unfailing, with so marked an ahsence of that disagreeable change of attitude which often pur- sues the non-purchaser that those ''merely looking" always return. WE ALL own frames, but "service frames" we never had before. Though intended for the photographs of those serv ing Uncle Sam. there is no reason why they should not be put to other uses, and Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company have a case full of all sizes. Some bear in silver the insignia of the different branches of the serv ice, but to me the most attractive are made of fine light pigskin with an inner border of tmrti-eolored braid of gold and a color according with the branch of the service rep resented. The Infantry, light blue and gold; the Artillery, scarlet and gold; the Aviation Signal Corps, orange with a narrow white border, are particularly brilliant, though the Navy, made of regulation navy blue cloth and gold braid, is quite as dazzling. WHILE variety is the spice of life, it is not the staff, and I get very hungry shopping. Yesterday I wandered into Whit man's Luncheon and Tea Room for luncheon, and am glad I discovered it tucked away on the second floor, far from the madding crowd. An atmosphere of refinement pervades the place. The indirect lighting adds beauty to the walls, frescoed in delicate pastel Shades, and the head waitress carefully watchful, but never obtrusive, guides, not drives, her busy corps, and though nearly every table was -filled, the hervice was quick. My luncheon was per fection, and had Gay seen my bill he never would have written: "So comes a reck'ning when the ban quet's o'er, The dreadful reck'ning and men smile no. more." WEATHER predictions aie al ways plentiful and generally discouraging. This year there are the usual number of prophets foiccasting an early and severe win ter. Even the most skeptical are impressed, and fearing that ior once they may have "inside information" are buying up blankets. Though styles remain more conservative in blankets than in other lines, there is erenerallv something new at Dough erty's. 1632 Chestnut Street. No need to diead cold nights under one of their fleecy alMool, white blank ets, which come for single or double beds, with pink or blue broken pin strine borders or with broader bands of fancy design. Of course, they carry colored blankets als.0. Giay ones, suitable for camping, and those with pink or blue grounds with white i figures. HOW to dress in beptemoer is a puzzling question. Our climate la ..afi'aVila -if all tin inc hllf in m iitimu -v ... v....v.u, . .. ... wlntp- wo wpr our warm clothes and in summer our thin. While we might often readily reverse the or der, we do the conventional, but never before has the question of cos tumes for between seasons been so easily settled as this year, when wool jersey suits are in vogue. Built on strictly tailored lines, with either Norfolk or pinch -back coats and straight skirts, they are guaranteed all-wool, do not muss, sag nor wrinkle, and B. F. Dewees, 1122 Chestnut Street, has a full line in all varieties of plain and mixed colors, including-black and heather mix tures, suitable for any age, for al though grandmother and grand daughter may wear the same style suits, they ordinarily prefer different colois. LOTS of' men tell me they know all about MacDonald & Camp- bell, 1334-36 Chestnut Street, but not one of them has heard of the improvements they are install ing on the third floor in the Motor Wear Department, where they have every conceivable article of men's apparel for motoring, and specialize in chauffeurs' outfits. The entire de partment is to be remodeled, freshly papered and painted, the dark wood work replaced by new silver -gray oak. Display tables, cases against the walls, floor and revolving cabi nets all will be of this wood, with a delft-blue carpet to harmonize. Plenty of mirrors, light and air will make an ensemble to be proud of when completed, and all their friends will drop in tff see it at the formal opening, when, as usual, the newest .. .11 V... An avhlhUlnn noveiues wu i u. caiuuih, JAPAN is pictured as the land of little people and little things, but ..nf.rtViino. .Tnnanesp is not rll- minutive. The green Japanese plum at Henry . nanoweu os oons, Broad below Chestnut Street, is one of the largest plum's on the market, sometimes measuring three inches in diameter. It is grown in Cali- j? i V.., Tintivp JcinnnpSA fnrmers iULJlia u; ..-...- -r of euphonious names, and is com- -... .ollerl tha "Kelsev." from John Kelsey, who in 1876 first raised the plum in this country fron trees i .V.V. fn rinUfnrnin. In 1R7f). T.Ike most of the Japanese varieties, itMs more heart-snapca ana poimeu man plums of European origin, and has it.. m-v swcptest nf flnvnr. It has the disadvantage, hpwever, of being, irregular in ripening, the fruit ma turing some years early and in lw i lF,' Silhouette! Slim Skirts, tcM'W ''I Aha I Skirts are to be scantier, with A pi slim silhouette. The tumult Talsed In , the bosoms of reformers and ethtcjLl lit ..Unfa Io I.bvaIii. 1hI1j.i4 In rait Cjima ? 1 the best authorities In Chicago emphci-, tlrnllv ulnto that skirts will not t shnrter. thoueh tiprhans a trifle scantier. 31 during the ensuing fall. -; intimated they are too expensive I I made a tour of investigation, XI pass on what I learned. Frices0""" PROBABLY no country is with out its legend of witched. The Salem witch might be called our national witch: in Europe these evil dames play a large part in the lore of the land, and even in faraway Japan they must haunt the firesides, for J. Franklin Miller, Inc., 1612 Chestnut Street, who specializes in housefurnishings, has curious Jap anese witch hearth brooms, made of a native fiber and fastened to the handle in an odd manner, the five bunches of fiber appearing to be climbing up the handle. Although imported, they are quite inexpen sive, and their dull brown bristles and stick form a striking contrast to the other hearth brushes. These are of French bristles, dyed in the brightest hues of yellow," green, red or blue, offset by black handles, and make a gay addition to any fireplace. WHAT a fortunate thing it is that every one is not impelled to take a vacation at the same date! If so, many households would be without preserves this winter. Fruits were late this season, and by the time they arrived the "better half" of the family had flitted to the shore or mountains, but while she .rested, home-made jams anrl jellies, made in real home kitchens, were being laid up by E. Bradford Clarke, 1520 Chestnut Street. Peaches, apricots, cherry, straw berry, blackberry, raspberry, darr( son, currant and spiced watermelon were among those that caught my eye, and I am sure these were not all they had, for the shelves,, ar ranged neatly arid systematically, were groaning under all -size jars and glasses, and far-seeing women were looking them over or ordering them hv nhone. i 'r A iT-HE Government has auietlv I been pursuing its arrangement -" ior tne physical, mental a.nti occupational reconstruction of the " men who may return to our shores unfitted for their former' trades. Schools for the training of teachers have already been established. It will require infinite tact and pa tience to combat the almost insuper able difficulties, but the work has succeeded abroad, and Walter G. Becker, Himself, Eleventh and Chestnut Streets, has the practical results. Some of his motor and sports caps, imported directly from London, are made of hand - woven textiles, manufactured by disabled British soldiers, whose very' names come with the goods, an interesting and unusual proceeding, which gives the caps a value other than intrinsic and doubles admiration of the skill ful designs. RIGHT in the heart of Chestnut Street, at 1111, are the at ' tractive N.. Stetson & Co. Sales and Warerooms. Every one knows 4 1. O t" 4 ...nwU.n fin... w..n.....t ... iw. vim nuuu q iiucai) jiiuaiiui in- ri struments are to be found here, and visitors are always welcomed. One section is devoted to Steinway pi anos, Grand and Upright, all alike in grade, the difference in price being governed solely by design and size.' Other floors nre filled with KfrHnw pianos and players, Duo-Art pianos jtl and Edison Diamond -Disc Phono- s graphs. There is a tremendous de mand for pianos, but they have an ample supply ready for immediate delivery; and in spite of lack of la bor and increased cost of materials, nave so iar not advanced nrices. Happily for all of us, the Govern- ment still classes pianos as esseir-. tiais. IP FIRST impressions are of such vital importance that they make or mar a man's future, why dp they run risks by trifling with thei appearances when so many finger' posts point the way to Jacob Rtjed's Sons, 1424 Chestnut Street? Herp the new fall stock of flannel, chev iot, tweed and worsted suits is on hand, and is unsurpassed for smart ness. Invisible stripes predominate, but plain cloths are always used. Tho vnllncr tnnn'o mndal 1-- - straight front! two buttons. 30-ineh M sack coat, with slash pockets; the i older man's has more buttons, slight- '! 1 WA lit! J Afl AA-AMAWI- tM3 . . .V.J. "I if -uuiiu.u tuwicia uuu uup poCKeio. In all these coats there is a choice nf vpnu nnrl nf Ifrlinop iho, In.... Ji coming in eighth, quarter, half and -full lontrh fTiiioo-. -i-l... . c-r-ll fflW AVOW in )l r A v .-&...l1 SrijKl fPlir nrmsprvnri . ' VI: """'I. WW-...- WU. j TT rHAT woman who dress wirti. ri 11 auiet nlpcnnco ran roolcf in. .. 'ported duvetyne, a material 'M now so scarce mat only firmB who , hatT foresight' have any. At BonV.it . & Teller there are som'hndn.i. duvetyne street gowns in most ex-' plnsivi- ilpfliima Tr.-f . 4t.HH- e . 1nn!.p. nni..nff.rA .. roscaa A . Jj.l $ji colored one., its severelv Bfril.t J lines counterbalanced bv lbnriti same-tone braiding, has .tailored. il-t l ... l.. -ln "u "'B, loose auvetynet ' fTirnip. nht mnrn tnnn,-liiPA1i.i.BB'i' wide, finished with braid. balls nd' Uedr in . front. The neck is cutf round, but there is a tietachahi rtT-I .high crush brown fur collartc. wears 43 wiiu iv. iii-ie uri! outer models and ;.S --l-V.a -. lf VianrAnl. aU. J'-f 1 f . M Algerian andfthe aUuring Fpch blue, SB in -...MO. lfltf k (.'.".l-J.! : M coeturoe for a .woman .of maiul m&ji , - i V - ? J, "- '. i. - m i , re, , . 7 ffllM i i.. ..
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