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THE AUTOMVnC, FIREMEN,
Make Salesmen
out of your Sprinklers
A buyer placing a contract on time, flicure
ftllcontlnsenclcs. Aprlnkler-qulpped plant
i a crllt-edce euarantec ncslnit hold-up and
ilclty caused by lire. Yourant.so equip
ped, becomes an asset In telling. Sprinklers
pay for tliemsches let us tell ou how
quickly In your case. 'Fhone.
GLOBE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO.
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Utrehaat Ref riaerattnff Company'! Cold Storagt
Warehouie fa Globe Equipped
P.R.T.CUTSTIME
ON CAR ROUTES
Company Takes Advantage
of Skip-Stop to Shorten
Schedules
MONEY -" SAVING PLAN
Faster Time Schedules Arc
Ordered by P. R. T. on
Certain Routes
A bill designed to end the trolley sUlp
ton Bystem -will bo Introduced In Com
mon Council this afternoon by 'William
Colburn. of tho rorty-slxth Ward. It
requires that cars shall stop at all streets
marking a new hundred In the house
numbers and any other important street
at which a rider may wish to alight.
Meanwhile, tho Itapld Transit Com
pany has started to Introduce new speed
up schedules on its various lines, despite
protests of many citizens' organizations
that reckless operation of "tho trolleys
has been responsible for many recent
fatal accidents.
Among the first lines to be speeded
up Is tho Chestnut Hill route, Xo. 23.
The running time was shortened yes
terday by what is said to be a schedule
Introduced as a feeler and preliminary
to still more drastic cuts.
Fivo minutes was cut from the time
allowed for each round trip. Some cars
make three trips a day and somo make
four. This would make an aerago of
17.6 minutes paved on each run. each
day.
Save Twenty-four Hours a Day
As there are eighty-five runs on this
line, the time saved each day would ex
ceed twenty-four hours. In a full week
of seven days the sating would amount
to more than 173 hours.
Platform men recelte 43 cents an hour
during their first year and are gradually
Increased to a maximum of 48 cents,
paid to fle-5car men. Placing the aver
ago wage at 45 cents an hour, the sav
ing to the company under the new tun
ning tlmej on Route 23 alone, will be
something over $83 a week. If tho
" speed-up methods are extended to all
the eighty-four routes In the city, as
predicted, the financial benefit to the
lompany will be considerable.
Depend on Skip-Stop
Tho new schedules cannot be main
tained unless the skip-stop system is
continued.
The skip-stop also permits economies
in many pther matters. Fewer stops
mean less consumption of electric cur
rent, as indicated by the fuel authori
ties when the system was Inaugurated.
In addition there is much less wear on
brake shoes and airbrake pumps, and
these items, small in themselves, mount
ip quickly when all the cars operated
by ,tho company are taken into consid
eration. Finally fencr cats tIU bo needed to
make the same number of runs as arc
now maintained. Tho company has de
nied that the skip-stop system involves
tho withdrawal of any cars, but it is
understood that a number were taken
oft when the system was first placed in
operation.
TO REDEDICATE ST. STEPHEN'S
Services to Be Held Tonight in
Renovated Edifice
IUdedleatory services will b6 con
ducted tonight in St. Stephen's Epis
copal Church, Tenth street above Chest
nut, the Interior of which has been re
constructed and redecorated by, the gen
erosity of Miss Anna J. Magee, daughter
of James Magee, for many years a es
tryman of the parish.
A large pulpit and tectum of Champ
vine marble were Installed last year by
Miss Magee in memory of her sister,
Fanny S. Magee. The inner vestibule
"Was built of ChampUlle marble and the
balcony remoed op tho right sldo to
correspond with the balcony on tho left.
The woodwork has been finished in dark
walnut with a) gothlc pattern. The
flooring has been rolald in Casota stone,
tho baptUtry rebuilt in Champville niar
blo and Ingenious nnd artistic lighting
arrangements Introduced, A bust of
James Magee has toeen placed In a nlcho
In tho outer vestibule.
Tho Itcv. Dr. Carl E. Crammer will
officiate at the services.
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Y. Z. R. FURNITURE
At Wholesale Prices
China 'Cioaeta and Barring Tables at V ot orlrlnal price
Mahogany Bedroom Suite... Now-"" $82
8-Piece Dining Room Suite '"now"1" $49
3-Piece Mahogany Parlor Set $49
Odd China CloneU and Servlnr Tables at H of original price
Rll0-! -!" 912 Ror. rah $35, now 518 I Wilton, $60 yal., now $26
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LACKOFDRYDOCR
SENDS SHIP AWAY
.Liner Gloucester Forced to
Go to Newport News
for Repairs
COONLEY TOURS BANKS
Begins Lone - Handed Port
Boom Today Cramp's Re
plies to Criticism
Philadelphia's lack of, do dock", for
which II. W. Coonloy. vice president of
tho Emergency Fleet Corporation, blames
tho apathy of local capital, has been
sharply emphasized by the departure ot
tho steamship Gloucester from this port
for Newport News to dock for repairs.
A number of other steamships In port
nro badly in need ot repairs, but the
only dock available Is engaged for
months ahead. One ship has been wait
ing slnco October 5 and another since
Xo ember ID.
Mr. Caonlcy, meanwhile, has an
nounced his Intention of personally mak
ing tho rounds of tho city's banking
houses today to ask why they do not
take more Interest In port doelopment.
Ills criticism ot tho failure of local
Interests to acquire any of tho threo
drydocKs authorized by the shipping
board drew a reply from II. B. TaylOFrr
Ice president of Cramp s, In which It Is
Indicated that the shipping bpard with
held definite assuranco as to allocation
of shipping which might havo Justified
such an Investment.
1.05 of 15,000,000 In Repairs
Tho Gloucester, which left port jes
tcrday, was used In tho Merchants and
Miners' I.Ino serlco between hero and
Jacksonville. Its place on tho lino was
taken by tho steamship Nantucket,
brought hero from Baltimore.
"During twenty-five years as repre
sentatives ot foreign tmdirwi Iters, wo
feel safe, In Faying that more than
fC.000,000 of repairs havo been turned
away from Phllad"lphla to other ports
where drydocklng facilities were avail
able." said Captain William S. Samuels,
local agent for Lloyd's of London, and
other underwriters.
"Wo have but one drjdock capable of
taking ,i ship ot 400 feet keel, tho navy
yard dock at League. Island not being
available for merchant shins As tho
tendency Is vnovv to build ships of a
greater length than 400 feet, tho bulk of
overseas shipping will In a short time
bo entirely w ithout drydocklng facilities
In Philadelphia. There should bo no
hesitation on the part of capital in form,
lng a ship repair company with an equip
ment or one Dasm uryuock of 700 feet
nnd one sectional dock of at least 500
feet "
Taylor Itaps r. V. C.
Mr. Tajlor's reply to Mr. Coonley's
criticisms asks, "Is Philadelphia enter
prise lacking, or is there something
wrong with tho Emergency Fleet Cor
poration policy?
"Tho Emergency Tleet Coi poratlon's
falluro to secure any nrlvato proposition
for the construction of a drydocklng and
repair yard which they consider accept
able to themselves. Is one of the facts
mentioned, by Mr. Coonlcy which cannot
fall to strike the general reader. Is this
failure to secure these facilities duo to
a lack of local Interest, or Is It due, as
might naturally be Inferred, to their in
sistence on terms which nobody would
accept? If the fleet corporatifcn insists
on impossible requirements the failure
to accept them Is no evidence of lack ot
Interest."
Any concern that would commit itself
to acquiring one of tho drydocks, with
out assuranco from tho shipping board
mar. sumcicni snipping would be as
signed to tho port to Justlfv the lnveqt-
ment, or wunouc guarantees of writing
oir. tne excessive war costs, would cause
disaster, .Mr. Taylor indicated.
'Whether the shipping board has some
ulterior motive, which has not been made
evident, cannot be definitely determined,
but it has seemed tp many that some
Intangible obstacle prevents the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation from adequately
assisting private concerns In this port,"
his statement reads.
Whether the money invested In dry
docks here; Is controlled here and whether
tho docks aro located on this bide oX
the river are secondary matters, Mr.
Taylor asserts.
GiRARD ALUMNUS DIES HERO
Lieutenant Frajik A. Howe Suc
cumbs to Wounds
A Glrard College graduate, who for
several jears made his home In Detroit,
where he worked for a tire concern, met
a hero's death when Llcuterfant Frank
A, Howe died of wounds, September 13.
Lieutenant Howe went to the Fort
Sheridan officers' training school in May,
1,917, where he .was tho youngest man
enrolled. Duo to that fact, he was kept
over for the next training school and
did not receive his commission as sec
ond lieutenant until November. He was
one of five officers selected immediately
for foreign service aa a reserve officer
in tho regular army.
He was ttansferred several times, but
when ho met ills death he was with the
First Division, Company A, Twenty
eighth Infantry. It was this division
that sailed with General Pershing last
year. Ills frlcuids bellevo that he was
killed in the sf. Mlhiel battle. No tele
' gram was received by his grandmother.
Mrs. O. J. Howe, with whom he lived
In Detroit, until tho first of November.
The last letter-received from him was
dated a few days before his death and
in It he told his expectation of an early
battle.
Lieutenant Howe was twenty-two
years old and was graduated from
Glrard College In 1914.
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Wilmcr Atkinson Appeals Through Armstrong Association for
Proper Recognition of Services Rendered by 300,000 Colored
Troops When They Resume Civilian Life
T.V AN appeal made In connection with
- the Issuance of the tenth annual re
port of the Armstrong Association of
Philadelphia, Wllmer Atkinson, member
of the board of managers, asks recogni
tion of the services to the country of Its
300,000 negro soldiers overseas when
thov return homo looking for jobs In
civilian llfo again.
"They should bo given fair play by
their white fellow citizens, In recogni
tion of their loyal service on the battle
fields of Trance" says Mr. Atkinson, who
praises the valor of tho colored troops
In notion "They fought magnificently,"
he continues, and quotes from tho letter
of an officer describing a colored regi
ment going Into battle for tho first time:
"Bare-headed, Rhlrts unbuttoned or with
no shirts, at all, with a most unearthly
yell, they went at the onemy like caged
lions released. They llko best to fight
with tho bayonet, which Fritz enjoys
least of all. The stnnchest Hun quails
nnd runs before theso dusky giants "
Incidentally, Mr. Atkinson calls atten
tion to tho work of tho Armstrong As-
JOBS FOR GIRLS ASKED
IN MERCHANT MARINE
Stenographer Sees Broad Field
for Women in Fleet
System
Shall women Join Undo Sam s mer
chant marine?
A secretary-stenographer, who signs
herself "Progress," urges that the Gov
ernment develop women for It.
No, not to rustle a tar brush or swab
decks, but as employes in the offices of
tho marine Miss Progress believes that
the women could be trained as secre
taries conversant with the various
phases of commerce and shipping.
The young woman writer Is employed
by the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
and bewails that women stenographers
often are looked upon as something more
or less mechanical.
"I believe that if the Government
would develop secretaries and stenog
raphers It would bo money well spent,"
sho writes.
"I nin an exceptionally well trained
secretary-stenographer, and havo Fpent
all my5 spare time In the development of
mv work, riven so. I Una trial l '
difficulty In getting beyond an ordinary
stenographer's position for tho reason
that tho opportunities are not open to
women.
The writer calls attention to tho nu
merous schooling systems now open to
employes In the shipyards for tho pui
pose of dov eloping them In their line
of work and declares that a similar
system for women In tho merchant mar
ine would be beneficial.
CLUB FAILS TO INVITE MAYOR
Smith Not Asked to Five o'CIock
Dinner Party
The unwritten law of the Fivo o'clock
Club to invite tha ctty's chief executive
to the annual dinner has this year been
Ignored, nnd no invitation has reached
Major Smith for xhe dinner stt for Sat
urday evening. ...
Tho list of Invited guests as made
public by tho club Includes Will II.
Hays, chairman of the .Republican na
tional committee; Oo ernor-elect Sproul,
Senator Penrose. Senator Knox, Re
publican State Chairman Crow, Lieuten
ant Goerhor-elect Beldleman, Auditor
J3eneral ttayder, State Treasurer Kep
hart. Lieutenant Governor McClaln,
l.....!..! nf til fnmmnnup.llth IVnnrla
Senator Vare, Congiessman Vare and
David II, Lane.
TENTH SHIP READY
Chester's Steel Tanker Silverhrook- to
Be Launched This Afternoon
The steel tanker Sllverbrook, a 9000
ton steamer, will be launched this after
noon at the Chester Shipbuilding Com
pany. ThlsMs the tenth ship turned out
by that yard this year.
Mrs. Glen H. Trout, wife of the works
manager of the yard, will be tho sponsor.
Mayor McDowell and the city council
will represent Chester at the ceremony.
The Sllverbrook Is Identical with the
tankers Gola and HIsko, delivered last
year, measuring 401 feet over all, with
a 54-foot beam and a molded depth oj
32 feet 3 inches.
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Watches Clocks
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iTeather Goods
Glassware Lamps
Pottery Bronzes
Plated Silver
Artistic Gifts of Utility
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sociatlon, which endeavors to encourage
the negro to adopt' a high standard of
home and civic life
During tho last ear It was active in
providing good housing conditions for
great numbers of colored families, who
came here from the South looking for
work Hundreds wore thus ablo to find
employment at Hog Island, as well as In
domestic! service.
Tho association secured Jobs and place-,
menta for colored workers during the
year to the number of moro than 2000
in twenty-four different occupations. It
Is supplj lng home and school visitors to I
fivo city public schools, and one In a
rural community. These jisltors aim to ,
make tho schools real centers ot family
and community Improvement, and try
to help bind the schools and homes to-
gether with bonds of loyalty and Inter-
est.
Tho association conducted one Jten
Cross Club the Inst oar, and organized
three Girl Scout troops, and was re
sponsible for the cntertnlnmcnt of numer
ous colored soldiers on lcavo in Phila
delphia. IRISH FATHER SEEKS
NEWS OF SOLDIER SON
Hasn't Heard From Boy in
315th Since November
of Last Year
Sptctal Dispatch to 7."t en no public ; trlorr
Camp Meade, Md.. Dec. 5.
A father In Ireland whoso son was
a member of Company I, of the 31Btli
Regiment, Is waiting with anxious and
aching heart In his homo In the Em
erald Isle for news of his boy.
That father, Thomas McGee, of Drum-
drau. Trllllek, County Tyrone, Ireland,
has not heard from that son, Corporal
James McGee since November, last year.
In 'a letter written at that time Cor
poral McGeo said that ho expected to
leav e soon with his regiment for France.
The letter begging news of the son
was received today by Bernard J Flynn,
general camp secretary of the Knights ot
Columbus. The letter was addressed
to tho head of tho K of C at Meado
ind was dated November 1
Corporal McGee's regiment was an
all-Philadelphia oi sanitation and so
far as Is Known, the corporal Is from tho
Quaker city. Mr. rijnn Is In hopes
that fi lends of McOeo In Philadelphia
can give him some Information. He
will take the matter up with the War
Department and try to find out some
thing about the joung soldier.
The demobilization process has swept
down In Its path one of tho most im
portant Institutions in the cantonment,
Hip division intelligence school, Iri which
officers nnd noncoms who fought face
to face with tho Hun on manv battle
fields were the Instructors The head
of this school was Captain John J. Mor
rison, who was formerly with the Ohio
National Guard and who got Into a
number of narrow hair-raising situa
tions. The captain used to lead raids on
Hun trenches nnd ferret out machine
gun nests and aitlllery situations. He
explored dugouts too, and was always
ready with his hand grenades to clean
up things The school was continued
along until yesterday when the captain
closed the course.
Sergeant Hanv A'. Jacobl, of Frank
lin, Pa. ; Sergeant J. Jr. Grlesmer, of
Allentown, and Sergeants Joseph II.
Vath and John O'Shea, of New York,
are among other of the heroes who did
wonderful work under the most death
defying conditions.
After the soldiers of the Thirty-first
Field Artillery" are mustered out Colonel
Henry L Stlmson, Its commander, who
was Secretary of War under President
Taft, will resign and return to his law
offices In New Tork.
U. S. Extends Cloth Deliveries
Instead of canceling cloth contracts
outright In the Frankford. Kensington,
itn iiiauiuwii ivuu ..wiiidj uim uiBirmv" me
OAt.rniMiinl linn niftHlflH tl,ln inrntsil
vigorous action by extending the deliv
eries of cloth until February 1, Mill
men say this will give them an oppor
tunity of completing a number of con
tracts, thus saving considerable loss on
other contracts too large to complcto
within that time.
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PRIVATE JACOB H MIRIS
Residing at northeast lomcr of
Sixth and Wolf streets, wrongly re
ported as wounded in the casualty
list
ESCAPED UNHURT IN WAR
South Philadelphia Dov Unbounded,
He Writes I'riends
Private Jacob Harris, ot Battery D,
31 2th Field Artillery, wiltes that ho Is
In the best of health and spirits, al
though he was supposed to havo been
wounded during tho September drive
He was in tho midst ot the fighting
for three months, but escaped without a
scratch.
He tells of the fun ho was having
between cngtgmcnts, when the boys
gathered at rest camps In the rear of
the trenches and amused themselves
with singing nnd games.
Prlvato Harris Is twentj-ono jears
old. and his home Is at tho northeast
corner of Sixth and AVolf streets.
HUMANE SOCIETY MEETING
Animal Rescue League Will Elect
Officer Today
The annual meeting of the Animal
ltescuo Leaguo of Philadelphia will be
neiu tnis afternoon at 3 o clock at 34
South Eighteenth street Election of of
ficers will also be held from 1 lo 4
o'clock.
Tho following are nominees- Presi
dent, Miss Katherinf Craig Blddle; vice
president, Mrs. Bradbury Hedell : secre
tary, Mrs. T. F. Halvey, treasurer, Sam
uel Hinds Thomas.
Directors Miss Alma M. Brown, Por
ter F. Cone, Mrs. Katherino Stewart
Kulllng, Miss Meta Lisle, Miss Helen M.
Itowland and Mrs. Samuel Hinds
Thomas.
Honorary vice presidents Miss Jane
Craig Blddle. Mis William U. Cham
berlln, Mrs John If Hasby, Mis James
T. Halsey, Mrs Trcilck Hemsley,
Mrs. Albert Lincoln Hoffman, Mth A. O.
J. Kelly, Miss Annie C. Knight. Mrs. A.
Sidney Logan, Mrs Frederick T Mason,
Mrs. George McClellan, Miss Henrietta
1'. Ogden, Mrs Albert Pancoast, Mrs.
'lenient U. Walnwrlght and Mrs. Au
brey Williams
SIX NIGHT SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
Small Attendance Causes Super
intendent Uarber to Act
Six elementary night schools will tie
i losed this month by the Board oi
Hducatlon because of small attendance.
Tho schools are the Longfellow, Martin.
Hanna, Mount Vernon, Hockell uud
Stetson
Figures show C000 pupils are now
enrolled In tho evening schools In the
high schools and 13,000 In the elementary
schools Slnco 1914 the number of eve
ning elementary schools has dropped
from thirty to eight On September 23
fourteen evening elementary schools
were opened, but It was necesmrv to
close them shortb afterward on account
or me epidemic or influenza. When they
opened threo weeks later there was an
unusually small registration and the at
tendance has continued to be small.
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And jewels
Gifts of
Artistic Merit
arc always appreciated. Try something this
year that is useful and at the same time artis
tic. Picture-frames, Porcelain Vases, "Little"
Furniture, Jewel-boxes, Electroliers and a
thousand novelties I
The Rosenbach Galleries
1320 WALNUT STREET
CHRISTMAS CARDS AND CALENDARS
! COUNCILS TO ACT
: ON PAY RISE BILL
, Measure Increasing Sal
' arics Under $2000 Up
for Passage Today
METER ORDINANCE. TOO
Finance Committee to Report
j $100,000 Peace Fund and
Other Appropriations
Councils ate expected today to pass
the 1ft per cent salary Increase bill that
will benefit 13,541 city employes who re
ceive JI000 or less a jear
Tho Increase will be effective as of
July 1. and Major Smith will sign the
tneasuro within the next day or two.
making It possible for the beneficiaries
to get their back pay this month
It was the administration's backing to
this Increase measure that led hundreds
of delinquent cltj and countj- offlcchold
ers to pay up their political assessments
to tho rtepubllcan cltjv committeo long
after tho November election was over.
Not until the administration approved
the Increase did many cmplojes of most
bureaus dig down to swell tho "war
chest," a part of which. It was said,
went to cover expenses Incident to tho
Fifth Ward murder cases.
So manj hundreds of cltj and countj
workers failed to pay up before election
that It was evident that without a bonus
of some kind tho collections would fall
manj thousands of dollars below tho
amount demanded bj the political lead
ers Admlntntration Made Good
It was after this situation became
dangerous that a third and last appeal
was sent out and at tho same time tho
administration made good Its 10 per cent
Increase promises of long standing. As
the political assessments rango from
two daj's pa to 4 or 5 per cent of tho
salary received bj place holders, the
Increase handsome! j covers tho fund
demanded bj- the politicians
Tho most important bill, from the
viewpoint of the average citizen, that
w 111 be reported to Councils today Is
tho ono providing for universal water
metering of the city during the next
(lv e j-eors
This measure will be approved bj
Councils' special committee on water
meters prior to the meeting of Councils
As framed It provides that the property
owners will have to pay the cost of in
stallation of meters after tlmt cost has
been ascertained through the cltj's se
curing proposals from the different
meter companies It divides the city
Into fivo districts, each district to be
metered In each of the next five years
It provides further that the owners
of propertj" shall pay the minimum
change for the water supplj', while all
In excess of tho mlnimums shall be col
lectable from the tenants. To secure
prompt paj'ment of excess water charges
no tenant falling to pay water charges
can secure water in anj" section of the
cltv until the old bill Is settled.
Bills that will be reported from the
rinancc Committeo Include a salary
bonus measure for 1919 and appropria
tion bills for most of the large cltj de
partments In these latter measures
provision will be made for $100,000
peace fund for Mayor Smith, out of
which will come $60,000 for overcoats
for the home defense lesencs Tho
remaining $40,000 will probablv be used
for "Incidentals." Provision will also be
made allowing $30,000 extra for plumb
ing at the cltj 's home for the Insane at
Byberry. This was made necessary
because William McCoach, Jr , threw up
his contract with the city for the plumb
ing, this allowing the buildings to re
main useless over another winter. Suit
against McCoach and the National
Surety Company will be started as soon
as a new contract can be let.
JEWELERS.&ILVERSMITHS
The Services Of Our
Experts Are Always
At The Command Of
Purchasers Who Desire
Advice In Making Wise
Selections.
The Response to Our Announcement
of This Extraordinary
Intensified Value Sale
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of
3195 Winter Suits and
1 837 Winter Overcoats
at the
One Uniform Price
$30
was instantaneous and splendid. It
shows how the Men of Philadelphia
appreciate this Unexpected Opportunity to
get Suits and Overcoats of Unquestionable
$35, ,$38, $40 and $45 quality
at savings of $5, $8, $10 and $15
just when such clothes are most wanted!
C We did not see how we could do it even a short
month ago, for .market conditions made it seem
impossible- to sell such values at $30. But the
seeming impossibility made us all the more keen
to put it across and we did ! We decided to cut
up fabrics that we had bought at a saving over
two years -ago; we succeeded in getting other
goods under exceptional circumstances at very
considerable price concessions, and we forthwith
made a sacrifice of almost all our own legitimate
profits on the assembled Suits and Overcoats for
the sake of creating an event that would establish
Perry's more prominently than ever in the minds
of our friends and customers as the store that
can do things!
f And you reap the benefit! The Suits
and Overcoats in this Extraordinary
Intensified Value Sale
at the t
One Uniform Price
$30
arc of unquestionable and unqualified V.
$35, $38, $40 and $45 quality 7
and that goes! $ f
J It's a clear saving upon ANY Suit or
Overcoat in this Intensified Sale, and a
saving of $8, $io and $15 on most of them.
That's the whole story and the goods are
here to prove it!
THE OVERCOATS
Single-breasted
Double-breasted
Fly-front8
Button-through fronts
Velvet Collars
Cloth Collars
Close-mting waists
Chesterfields
Double-breasted Ulsters
Convertible Collar Coats
Hudson-Seal Collar Coats
A large assortment of
fabrics, patterns, colors
Perry &
16th & Chestnut Sts
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THE SUITS.
Plain worsteds
Silk-mixed worsteds
Blue Flannels
Brown Flannels ' '
Green Flannels
Fine Cassimeres
Cheviots in dark patterns
and novelty mixtures
Blues, grays, Oxfords
Soft indistinct stripe's
Conservative models
A few cut-off'Waisters
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