LUHEWCWTONTAI, STRONG IN SHIPYARDS ajns nmtswamn w I I ' 7F. X-, ' .. 'H.l iy,Wi NOPKLSTTS '"THE CALL" fly r'ricAi . Kichhom' Nimrods Have Not Much Time, But They'll Use It Well tys nre RCttlnc horribly lontr to many dhlnworkem. In nil the yards thr lire men who live In the outdoors with ft free-aml-miiy Imnulnatlon nt thin time of the year, with gun anil dog as favorite companions. Their tlmo lmH iibout come. It l rottontnil time. There Is Mill cabbnse In the KHidcn. The turnip tops nre nlo Mill Rood, nhtl they nre both one to the rabbit. The farmer's boy stalU the bunny throutrti the icarden on moon light nlRths nrid Bets his traps. If there are any slcns of rabbit around the next mornlnir hunt will begin nt home and may be pop will stop farming and get his (run. too. Till N the life. Shlpworkers who like It have to put ahtps first, but, nevertheless, thev nre on a sharp odgo rlnht now. Hunny li al ready good eatln' and good nhootln', too. The shipyard sportsmen nre counting 'frif the days and hours, nnd how they drag! unt noi, nearly so siowiv an ine nwiun. There Is no sleep for the hunters these times. Too much anticipation. It's not safo to go to bod the night before, any way. Better to sit up all night nnd rub and oil that gun and practice on the wallflowers with the front sight. N'ot much time for shlpworkers to In dulge In their favorlto sport, but they arc apparently Intent upon getting all the law will allow. Hvery week-end during the season parties will be going out from all the yards. From the Chester shipyard comes the news that C, F. Hnnford. sochil and ath letic director, la organising n party for a hunt near Clinmliershurg on the open lnr day. lie wilt take along several pro fessional ball players who work nt the same plant. Charlie Stnnt. Dlllle South worth and 1'ress Cruthers nro going along. These players arc nil enthusiasts nnd belong to the Chester Shipyard Trap Club. Thla trap tlub has lured many noIcc". Into the game, and Iester OermAn, of Aberdeen, one of the du Pont company's powderTepre-ientnthei. has been picking their guns for them, tlermnn Is a fam ous shot and all-around wonder with the ucatter-gun. Many experts consider him the best nnd most brilliant shotgun handler In the world. Ho was born to It. nnd the biggest tears the writer ever saw flow from a man's eyes rolled clonn Oermnn's cheeks many jenrs ago when he had to end the misery of a faorlte bird dog suffering with mango. Kitting a gunstock to a man'n shoulder lg nn Important detail, nnd Cierman has been a big help to many of the noUces In se lecting their first gun. 14 NEW SHIPS IN WEEK U. S. Yards Deliver 77,1."jO Tons to Emergency Fleet Corporation Two ships a day were delivered to the emergency Fleet Corporation during the week ending October 18, aggregating ISO dendneigbt tons. Included nmong the fourteen craft was the steel steamship Invincible, of 11,800 tons, completed by the Union Plant, Bethlrhem Shipbuilding Corporr tlon, Alameda, Cnllfornla, in 105 calen dar days fiom the lajing of the keel. This Is a record for a ship of that ton nage. Including the vessels delivered so far ' this month the total tonnage of vessels turned over to the Oovernment now ap proximates 2,500,000, all of the ships being in ocean nnd overseas service. Notwithstanding this largo number of vessels only three of them have beeh torpedoed nnd sunk by U-boats, aggre gating some 20,000 tons, nr less than one per.cent. This fact was pointed out bv Howard Coonle'-, vli-o president of tho Kmergency Fleet Corporation, as an II- v lustration of tho effective measures taken by tho naval force to combat the submarine vvnr. "TVAVE M was a poor student, no ' cording to the standard at Marys dnlc University. Ills record there ob tained for him no cum laudo, and the manner In which he nearly missed his sheepskin caused the faculty In session to ssgcly nod an assent to one member of that august body who vouchsafed the candid opinion that the world held ery little for so makeshift u student as Dave M .. i Have had no especial liking for books, much less the mysteries of medicine! but well-meaning and unselfish parenKf could ree no other colli So for their boy. Indeed, It had been a long-cherlshed am bition of the Bcnlor M that some day his son would need n ttlgn on which should be In gilt "David M , M, D. It was not without misgiving" tbat nave had put his unwilling shoulder to the wheel, resolving that It should not start with hlin that a 31 could be called a quitter. Now, after four years of ceaseless ffflnd, which seemed a lifetime, he found himself but little ndvanced tovvnrtl the world of his father's di earns Home again and was not hla welcome of the sober vnrlety-7 And did he not see un derneath It nil the struggle of trar dimined parents, so lovnlly fighting that he should not seo tho disappointment that was theirs? Virginia O refusfd to listen to the disquieting mterancrs of her girl friends ana others In the little village, who open. i' of Into had Voiced the opinion that UaVe M was somewhat of u worth less specimen of oung American man hood. "A ne'er do well," some had In cautiously styled him. dler heart was near to the breaking point when she overheard her best girt friend remark one day that "Clin" (J was Just wasting her time and affections upon that rudderless Dave M . Her full little UpB choked back a sob. but never would the Spartan little miss allow these Idlo whisperings to make Inroads upon her faith In her heio. To her IJave nlwas went In his dis tress, and in her big huzd ejes saw the lo.alty find faith that nlwajg com forted him. "'Gin,' dear," he was wont to tay, "jou nre my own true beacon, und the light I Bee in those dear ee Will yet guldo me out of this awful rut i am in. nave patience with me, sweet heart, and for your own dear sake I will soon find myelf." Then catno tho clarion call to the sons of America I America was nroused and tho call had come for each and cverv one to do hi duty. Ulte a tempest the news had electri fied the qufet little Milage of Mlllhurgh, nnd among the first to hear nnd reflect upon whAt It really meant was Virginia. To her it held two mennlngii, the snored thought of rornlng Cacrlflcea, find again Dave. Would It bring to Her the mo ment she had for so long wished nnd vet feared? HoptS at last took hold of her, and looking Into the clear red-brown of tho western sky eho murmured "Thl In my day the clay I shall know Dave as I believe In him, or," and her vies grew dim, "I shall not." A sharp rap at the fiont door and a clear voice she, knew nnd yet seemed r.ot to know interrupted her musings. In a twinkling tho door had opened and an earnest fnw framed In the proud setting of the "Boys" campaign tint peered Into her ees with a look she understood. For n time, unconsc.ous of everj thing but themselves, they stood, his strong nrms nbout her, and there with the set ting sun as n witness they mutely told of a liapplnes no words could tell, "After the war, dearest, ou and only jou. Until then my country," was all he said. With a yielding tremor and a Httlo 'sigh of content she murmured1 "My Dav0 has found himself." Tomorrow's Complete Xovrlcttc "LOV AXD LIBERTY BOXDS." i( tWlsfl iOTH Hfsffl flQ JVsA fWvW Htt.vssj Mt 6t alt th nmVs fcHdiiTe ahd feed them to tlie dog, Silt the bo ?f mixtures one. of the shops has collated, shall 1 say? fs ft triumph, 'No pinks or greens to be found here. This nox In the home of solid chocolates, of thocolatc-covered nuts, a few caramels and mnrshmallows oh, nil your very favorites. ICach kind has Its own little compartment Inside the big box, so (hat If you find n pleco which seems lo ou to be particularly delicious, ou know Just where to go for more. Kven the box Itself Is uncommonly attractive, and in snort, you ll vole this the very best box of candy either for yourself or for a gift. When companv conies and cigarettes burn, there is always a scurry for ash tras. (And I've discovered that the melt have been "spoofing" us all nlong when they snld nshes keep the moths out I) One cannot have too many of these receptacles when they're needed, and, nti the other hnnd. they're painfully superfluous when not In use. But one of those mahoganv smoking stands now would not only provo useful, but would also fill very nlcelv n bnre corner In the living-room The one I have In mind comes nbout to the arm of the chair, hns n glass dish set In, holders for two cigars or cigarettes, nnd a place for a box of matchrs. Tho price of this most convenient little mnhognny stand Is only JK. Here Is n Christmas gift suggestion 1 This story Is for the woman who hns some odd bits of velvet or fur In her scrnp bag, which would go well with her winter costume. For these odds nnd ends, In nine cases out of ten could be mndo Into a most eaptlvntlng muff, nrtd made right at home, too. One of the shops jou see, Is displaying n va riety of muK forms, In ninny shapes, and all jou need do Is to hew tho velvet or fur, or both, right on to a form, ahd behold jou have a muff' A strip of velvet gnthered nt each epd, nnd sewed around the form, then n straight piece of fur, nnd so on, nnd jour muff would ho onu of which j-ou could Justly be Mrs W the forftW have cfttoHJ 141k.' frW4 at' oh d. and they ranre In prJco from ta to 8. for the name of "hops where ar ticles mentioned In "Adventures With a Puree" can be purchased, address lldltor of Woman's Page, Ktbniko Ifnuo I.KDorn, or phone the Woman's Department, Walnut, 3000. fsasas ElSill " WANAMAKEITS DOWN STAIRS STORE IWANA J OTCA0'SVWM ff li III i his Week 6 jtjJ ' I .C 7iflr Iruiifl I tjfJOCTr.rriJ I MUMFORD PASSED UP DESSERT Clioster Shipyard". Polirc Chief Gets Square Meal Fred C. Jlumford, chief of police at the Chester shipyard, had a square mcil Sunday evening. He savs It was the first for a long time. 3Iumford has no table of his own. Ho pit his feet under .1. K Ross's tablo, at Prospect Park. Sundnj-, nnd had roast chicken with chestnut tilling, candled sweet potatoes, mashid white .potatoes, co'e slaw and rtosert. but on Ing to an overflow of chlokcn, Vweets. etc., this guest passed when It Canio to the dessert. And there was banana In it. ton. Is- Ross is foreman of tho nlre fitters nt the shivnard and kavn Mtimfmri iu If welcome to a return engagement any old time, TOMMIi: MAIIEU. machinist nn tho mine aweeper iWoodcoi k. nt the Chfstrr ysril, l Juit bmR from his honmonn. Iff nut one over on tha boys bv letulinff a PbilailelphU girl to the slur nd 'uUnc (our Jujb to .eietrate. K. n. PARKKR. of the supply dpartmnit nt tho Merchant 5rJ. has alto gone into double harneis. JIM WALKKR, of the Merchant supply department. Went to Naw York In Ma car. and something- mVt have hnppontd. He btoug-ht back a hammer and has been ustnc it prettv freely on tho bos ever since. Maybo It the car. ' s. JOHN MAGITX. of the Merchant rani, has three sona -In the ken ice. Two aij In France and the third Is In tralnlne, ' THAT FVRMTIBE haa arrived for George ", Jenntnsa. of the Mensiant plunt enalneerltir ric-rertment Thr only aikeclal stvnllhance thla has U that the bojs In the department have been waiting with pa t'enee for It ia understood that there la to be a houutw-irmlnff in the Jennlnsa home Moon aa the furniture la In place. Tno kans If making It hot tor the railroad clerks, Tliej are chafing ut the delay. SEBOKANT F.PSTFJN. of the Merchant shtpinM auurd, ha, dissolved his l'otnah i'oilrnutter firm and taken Privata VV'.lllvin Pel per lnt the cnntin lur.eas. M. 8. FI.OOK. of the Merchant hlp ofltce, tout hla bankbook, but. thank modneeal he till baa the memorandum und the check Look, MF.IJTr.VANT I.IRKD WITHHKS,- of the Merchant ahlpyard tvuard. ha been transferred to Wllmlntton. and Lieutenant e3u-rne rjrricli' In taken his placo m liar-rlnun. Adventures . ' With a Purse FOUND TODAY 1. A very good box of candy for a gift. S. A Clirlatinua surgestlon In the way of n mahogany nab. tray stand, 3. MufT Kliupes for the Truman who has her own fur, tflTroULD you prefer mixed choco- VV lates?" snj's one's best joung man, and to be polite we saj "Oh jes. LOUDEN Overhear ystem Are jrou continually bothered in handling materials by a shortage of labor? Are your floors so congested that the work is held up and de liveries, delayed? Then inatall a Louden Overhead Carrying System. It will reduce your carrying coiti SO''r. No unnecessary handling no delay. no wear and tear on floors ' no congestion. The Louden Overhead Carrier can be used for short hauls of a few feet or for the moat complicated handling of materials, involving switches, curvet and turntables. It ia low in cost about 70c a foot complete with no upkeep expense. Capafcity 2 tons. Write today and tell us your prob lems and. ask for illustrated catalog showing Its many uses. Dairymeh's Supply Co. 1DIO Mifrket M 1'hlladelphU.I'a. I ocnt 101" hnce l.tfij IMstribetors for The Louder Mnfhlnefr f'n. (Hot. 1g; Fairfield. Iowa ll i m What I Do With the )Lef t-Overs Sunday, of course, we had roast beef, and, being a hungrj family, there wasn't niutnV left for Monday night's dinner. There was still some meat, yau know, but It was not ex actly presentable. So I chopped It up fine, added n bit of spaghetti that I had In the house, mixed In Home stewed tomatoes, and flavored the combination with Al. Sauce, which Isn't a Worcestershire, but la just about the most delicious touch of Inspiration that any dish can en Joy, I cooked my left-overs In a buttered covered casserole. In a slow oven, and when Jim got 'through with that dish he said he was going ti have left-overs every night. IJe . saya.lt Is my way of cooking for V him, and.t wouldn't have him think '..wyttoif else, but really it Is Al A Worlds Championship Again Decided Each year for twelve years the relative qualities of typewriters in speed and accuracy have been proved by contests held in New York City for an Interna tional Thousand Dollar Trophy Gup. Champions have changed as the years have passed, but this cup has- always been won by an operator using the Underwood Typewriter. Once more and for the Thirteenth time has this contest been held, and once more has the supremacy of. the Under wood been established. On October 21st, at the Exposition of Modern Office Equipment and Methods, in New York, City, George Hossfeld, operating an Underwood at the rate of ' 143 perfect words a minute for one hour, defeating all contestants, became the World's Champion Typist for the ensu ing year. i. H 1 v ' t li " -I The Down Stairs Store Is Gay With Autumty Leaves and Bright With Cheerfulness : rurs are at their fluffy loveliest, winds are brisk and cheeks are rosy. Here are scarfs and muffs and sets of glossy furs, all plainly marked, all moderate in price. (Market) Quite the Coziest! Women's Pajamas of flonnellet striped with blue are matin in one-piece style with pret ty blue cords at the waist and blue bows at the neck. They have pockets, too! And i utiles with clastic just above keep the ankles warm. Younft girls will like these immensely. ?3. (Central) Soft and Pretty Blouses in Extra Sizes ", The Warmth of Marabou is a pleasant, friendly feeling I these chilly days. There are cupes or stoles in taupe or nat ural at $5.50 to $14.75. They are of marabou alone or marabou , combined with ostrich. (Central) i Wool Caps l for Baby, Dear I The little crocheted caps were ' made by hand and arc the dear I est things! They are mostly all I white, but some have touches of ' color in tiny embroidered or cro I dieted flowern. Others are framed ' with swans' down. An inner cap 1 of wool and an outer one of Bilk or silkoline forms a warm and I pretty head covering for Wintry days. Both are crocheted. $1, $1.23 upward to $3.23. (Central) A half-dozen ptetty blouses of Georgette crepe ! and crepe de chine have just appeared in sizes , 46 to 54. The crepes de chine are in white, flesh and bluck and are simply trimmed with fine tucking or with a bit or embroidery and perhaps a lace medal lion. They are $5.75 and $6.50. The blouses of Georgette crepe are three: all black with pin tucking, $6.75. white combined with canary or canary witb. white, both with a touch of blue embrpidery, $7.75. white or flesh pink trimmed with French blue and beaded, $7.75. (Marlret) All-Wool Suits for Boys i Are Scarce Some Places but not in this stock of suits for boys of 7 to 18. Every suit here is strictly 100 per cent wool (our standards for men's and boys' clothing pass nothing less). They are all Norfolk style (the most becoming to boys of these ages), of fancy mixed cassimeres and cheviots in brown and gray. Good tailoring is one of their features and all the seams nre taped as better 'protection against the strain that is put on them. There are about fifty patterns to choose from. Prices are $11.25, $12.50, $13.50 and $15. ((fallerr. Market) I Pretty Cretonne Doily Rolls will keep the doilies or scaifs from mussing. or creasing after they have been laundered. They are of flowered cretonnes bound in plain color and have little rib hons to tie them. 45c for 18-inch size; 85c for 30-inch faize; $1 for 36-inch size. ( rt NVeillen ork Mtore, Central) Some Attractive New Skirts are these beautiful woolen ones, in stripes and plaids, others plain. In many cases there are only one or two of a kind, but they are the individual things that women like. The materials are blue serge, plaid serge with a velour of flannel finish, wool velour and fine Venetian (a beautiful woolen fabric with a silken finish). . There are beautifully blended plaids and unusual stripes (and the tailoring is particularly fine) in smart box-pleated, accordion pleated or gathered styles. $12.50 to $25. Good black skirts are in many styles and materials, from a serge at ?75 on up to a beautiful crepe de chine at $19.75. (Market) Women's Silk Umbrellas, $3jS0 These nre short enough to be easy to carry, and pretty enough to be proud of. Their handles are carved or tipped with bakelite and their cover ings arc of a good grade of tape-edged tftlTeta in purple, navy, garnet, greon and black. All have silk Iqaps. (Central) Percaline Petticoats at $1 Green, black, blue, brown and purple petticoats of good percaline -have elastic at the tops and deep flounces at the bottoms finished with ruffles and underlays. (Central) A Good Winter Coat Is Never an Extravagance Inexpensive Frocks for Women and Young Women A turn through the Down Stairs Drefs Store has revealed some pretty new fiocks at amazingly low prices. A serge fiock with a rolling satin collar is trimmed about the bodice and bolt with tiny satin covered buttons. $15. Serge frocks with white satin vests or with pleated skirts nnd button trimmed bodices are $16.50. A ptetty combination is the use of tan and navy serge and wool embroidery the frock is copied from a French model. Unusually good for $20. Charmcuse and satin frocks with the new kimono .sleeves and deeply fringed overtkirts form an interesting group of afternoon frocks. Others are combined with Georgette crepe and heavily em broidered with beads or with silk. Some have quite handsome git dies with insets of velvet and bead embroidery. $30, $36.50, ?39.7o, $42.50 and $45. (Market) New Jersejr Suits Arrive to Brave the Windy Days In three new models, at that! The jersey is in appropriate Autumn heather mixtures: Oxford, new blue and olive tones. You will like the suits imme diately, for they are the popular sports models. $35. The poplin model that is sketched has quite an attractive pleated back and is belted, as you tee. The buckle is lather unusual. $23. Also at $25, diagonal cheviot is cleverly used in suits finished with bone buttons and bilk crow's feet. It is about the best thing a woman can buy for Winter, for she can wear it day in and day out with an assurance of perfect comfort and satisfaction. In the Down Stairs Store there is a wonderfully wide showing of good coats within a moderate price range, starting at $16.50. Sturdy wraps of heavy coatings, velours and burellas with collars of self material or of fur fabric or of fur are to be had at $19.75, $25, $27.50, $35 and $37.50. Softer materials, such as velbur do laine, pompom', Bolivia, suede elour and btoadcloth, without fur 'lof women who want to wear their own fur scarfs are $39.75, $42.50, $45 and up to $62.50. They all have lovely silk linings. Trimmed with deep collars and cuffs of nutria, Hudson seal, beaver, .skunk opossum and racoon; they arc $32.50 to $110. Coats made entiiely of fur cloth resembling Hudson seal are trimmed with handsome fur collars and some with cuffs at $42.50, $69.75, $73 and up to $115. Assortments are wonderfully complete right now. (Market) The Touch That Fur Gives is not lacking on suits of fine broadcloth In individual" models. $39.75 and $45. Fur heightens the loveliness of velour and silver tone suits, which, you know, are handsome in them sehes. $50, $55,57.50 to $75. Larger women will find a distinctive service for them in suits of wool poplin and mannish serge. $32.50, $33 and $36.50. Buttons or Braid and some times both, complete suits of poplin. Yes, complete, for the suits would be lacking without them so well do they fit in with the lines. The skirts are furnished with set-in pockets which ate convenient. $29.75. (Market) The Down Stairs Store Specializes in Men's Clothing of Moderate Price The whole attention of the Clothing Store on the Gallery is centered on getting the very best possible clothes for men that can be bought to sell for moderate prices. You will find here none of the cheap, shoddy mixtures that are an extravagance at any price. Neither will you find any of the expensive novelties in men's clothes. But you will find a great lot of Honestly Made Clothing of Pure Wool at Moderate Prices There is nothing on our tables that is not of the finest workmanship that many years of clothing experience have been able to secure at a moderate price. The materials are good, sturdy woolens that will give wear and comfort, the styles are staple ones that will not change in a day. , Suit prices begin at $25 and go to $32.60. Overcoats are $25 to $35. (Oallerj- Market) ' Four Kinds of Dark Tan Shoes for Women They are all cut to lace high und have the long, slender lines that women like. The soles are welted and are heavy enough for practical wear. The difference lies in various shapes of the straight or imita tion wing tips and in the height of the heels. At $5.40 there are two kinds of plain datk tan shoes and one style with a fawn cloth top. At $5.90 there are shoes in a dark tan with tops in a little lighter shade, made of leather that looks much like buckskin. Little Girls' Shoes of black calfskin are in a laye style with welted soles and wide, sensibly shaped toes. Sizes 8 to 2 at $3.75 and $4.25. Boys' Sturdy Black Shoes ' in English style or with wide toe shapes are in sizes 1 to 6 at $4 a pairs Men's Shoes Made on Army Lines are comfortable and will give a lot of wer, aa they are quite heavy. In tan or black at $4.65 a pair. (fheitnrt) Scrim for Dainty Curtains Cream, white and ecru scrim with the jolliest flowers in the borders, and a few with attractive designs show shades of brown, gold, rose and blue in h splendid assortment. The scrim is 36 inches wide at 25c a yard. Plain white, cream and ecru scrim has taped edges that give the effect of hemstitched borders. It is 36 inches wide at 22c a yard. (Cheatnut) ) I ( v" NSi Hallowe'en Draws Nigh It's the jolliest time for pari ties, and parties there will be,, all gay with black cats, yellow' pumpkin heads, green-eyed ghosts and tall, black witches with led eyes and green hair. If you do "watch out" knd are prepared with all the charms why the got)lins will pass you by without an iH glance. So, hasten the prep arations! Everything from decorate, individual invitations, hats and cut outs up to whele luncheon seta may be found m the Commercial Statlowy Store, very moderately price.' (Cehtrel) n MS V,''J r. a Vt J ,- ', i . -'fci. 'tl"'', ;? " v-z J: -41 "w1 It mi J A -A 7 fKdc.M iiCM r - "AT 5 ! -si. i fc vt .'( fc.2&
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