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Tragedy and Pathos Ruling
Factors in Lives of Hope
less Millions
FRIENDS GIVE- SUCCOR
PliilnOclphiu Quakers' Tell
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An epic story of Uussia. a story which
thrco Philadelphia uoraen liaejiud a
part ln making, a story of Ijelpfu'ncfcs
and hope, where al( has been dark, Is
contained In a pamphlet descrlblns the
worh ot the Quakers' In Interior Russia,
which has just reached this country from
Kngland.
Tills pamphlet, published by the
Friends' war Wctrni relief committee,
which co-operates with the American
friends' fcrlco commltleo, ut 20 South
Twelfth street. In reconstruction work
in Russia, has ho concern with Dolshev.
Ism or Uustlun Inlcrnnl' politics. It Is
a dramatic story of "friendliness" tar
ried to tho hopeless In the most con
fused community In tho wor'd,
Kor the first time tho story "Of what
three Philadelphia Quakers hae been
going through In the 'last two years Is
made known through this pamphlet.
They aro Ksther M. "White. Anna J.
Haines and LytrU Lewis Hickman, who
went to Husjila In 1016. Emily U. Brad
bury, of Jarreltown, 'Pa.. Is another ot
thf American workers whose story Is
tokl
One Doctor to 80,000
At the beginning the pciftants were
suspicions of a trap, tho pamphlet says,
- but tho need was so ereat the attitude
of Jthe workers was sHjcr- that before
long the Friends were rccelvod cry-
" where with kindness In a district de
scribed "as largo as Belgium, colder than
Archangel, a baro monotous, level
stoppe with .no trees, no fences, no
roads sae tracks lined here and thcro
,. by collcctlonsof one-roomed huts called i
villages.';, ' j
It was In such it country that the I
Americans helped the peasants through, j
war, revolution and finally" famine. Med
leal attention was so badly needed that
only tne surface could be touched. Tho
first doctor found himself alone among
80,000 persons with no medical man
nearer than twenty-five miles. j
"Kor two years lllo mission went on,"
the pamphlet continues, "doctoring, nura- j
Ing. feeding, educating, 'employing and
clothing. They mw men marching tlx '
abreast to tho war with rifles only
for the outside flic. They met men In
CAPT. CUPID SNUBBED BY MARS
A'tlantic City Girl Must Wnit
"for tho Gootl of the Service"
, Owing to unexpected orders, which
wilt detain him for eight months with
the army of occupation In Germany, the
marriage of Miss Louise 12. KcuWh, 6
Montpellcr ncnue, Atlantic City, .nd
James K. Mclsscngcr, of Flushing, I
I., has been postponed until Mr. Mes
senger's rcleaso from service.
Miss Kcugh received u telegram last
night from her fiance's mother. Inform
ing her that hit) Hen Ices would bo re
quired until hit i' In the fall on con
struction work In tho war area Mr,
MeWsenger Is u surcyor.
Canulen AYoman Struck by Auto
Mrs. W. Balwln, Twcut -ninth and
High streets, Camden, was cut and
bruised severely about the face, nrms
and body today when struck by nn auto
mobile at I'lfHi and Market streets.
Camden. Mrs. Balwln was w-nltlng for
it trolley car wnen sue, was int. Tho
motorcnr was drlcn by B. W, Ilvans,
Moorestown, N. J. The io1lo say the
occurrence was accidental and released,
i:nns In his own recognizance.
ROBINS COMMENDS
ROOSEVELT'S STAND
T. K., Junior, Expects ,to Fol
low in Footsteps of Late
President
"A chip of tho old block," was tho
comment today of Thomas Robins on
tho entrance of Lieutenant Colonel
Theodora Ttooseclt, Jr., Into politics.
Mr, lloblns, who was a lender In tho
Progressive party, was one of tho lalo
President RooseeU'i most lnllrnatc
friends,
"I hac.not seen Lieutenant Colonel
Hooscelt for some jcars," said Mr.
lloblns, "not since the 'summer before
he entered the nrmy. I read with In
terest that he had announced that he
would gle up business and go Into pol
ities. He evidently Is a chip ot tho old
block,
"I think It a cry good move, Indeed.
Ho Is the sort of man wo need In po
litical life. I npproc of any joung man
of fortune entering, politics ns a ca
reer." .,
Lieutenant Colonel Hooscvclt has been
discussed In Now York ns a postblo
candidate for president of the board of
aldermen next fall. Ho has not mado
known his Intentions In regard to this
possible start of his political career. lie
announced that he Intended to follow
his father's footsteps and enter politics,
but that It was loo boon for him to
pick his Initial goal.
Not Seeking Office
He added ho was unnouncing his
'hat was In tho ring" only becuuso he
Intended to rotlro from business and
considered' some explanation necessary.
Ills present activities, ho said, were con
fined to organization In thl!j country of
the World War Veterans' Association,
In making known his Intention to re
tiro from business,' Lieutenant Colonel
Roosevelt said he desired to deoto him
self "to public life," by which he said
he meant "entering1 politics "
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their vlllagos who had defended them
(elves with sticks and stones and fcught
for a dead man's i lllo when he tell.
They heard the peasants' horrified sto
ries of treachery" In Pctrograd, and
ten, days after It had happened they
heard of the revolution and they sim
ply went on with their work."
I.xccrpts from letter written by the
workers themselves make up the bulk ot
tho story. Ono of these excerpts, writ
ten by Robert It Tatlock, an English
Quaker, Ls an Intensive description or
the Russian peasant, so little thought ot
In th whirl of Bolshevism ,and anti- j
-uiMouvvioiii uiuiaiutt; uuil!ll! OUL 01 Jtus
Hln.
"It. Is Impotslblc to. understand HuhsI.i
without understanding the peasant," Mr.
Tatloclc explains, "and IP la Impossible
to understand tho peasant without un
dcrstaudipg his home, tho bteppe. The
conditions nf ltfn nn tlwi ulnmu ... tl.
peasants constant enemy, AH winter
wild nature fights against UTo there,
freezing up tho streams and freezing
i mo uioou oui oi an moving things. In
V tho autumn, after tho short, gala day of
V - burning summer, all birds and beasts
nee south, and men and wolves 'carry
out, each In their own way. tliplr prep
arations against tho ferocious ,cold.
Hopelessly Dreaming
"As the winter comes the man and
Ids' wife and family shut themselves "n.
The enow tomes high over them aid
the world Is invisible and aoundless Ex
cept for tho fitful barking of dogs, and
.tho deep church bell tolled to guldo
travelers over tho steppe day and'nlght.
Hermetically sealed. In this way they
pasa tho winter,-Idling, sleeping, talk
ing and dreaming. And what they't.ay
and dream they feel to matter very lit
tle Nothing happens as a result of It
all. Kings and wars uud democracies
grow and pass, books are written and
great men die both east andwest, but
rllO IIGWH fnmpn nf thfs.a .it...!.. ii.
TiM h . il ..... wiiui mi long
MK ' af,f r t,ley nre 'pa8t- An ia tagnatlon
yh ''ond stillness without. -All within la
r . 'rf"' 'vuo, iiicuiuuiu, nopeieps, ignor-
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inu mum uuiaiioiis irom the work
era' letters show the nttltudo nf th.
great mass of Russia's millions.
xiis from tho letter ot Dr. John Kid
man Is of Interest on tlie.mvntln r.iin,i
of the Russian peasant: ,
"Their attitude to death showa n.'
strango contrast with ours, and It is
coilpied with their apathy In the matter
of treatment. It Is probably truo that
yie Russlat peasant Is -able, to with.
J stand physical hardshln. hunter n,i
3 cdld far beyond the 'averacn nf Tiit-n.
. jPeans. but gives In far more quickly If
i coniornteu witn mo thought of death
.u.,. u.ocuoc, j. ma Imuran irom tneir
belief that God takes away life and their
peculiar relish in tho circumstances of
death, koine of us regard it'" as a
'passing over; it Is (moment of our
existence that calls for, the bebt that
la In ub, but hardly any of us would
think" of dressing up for tho occasion.
With the Russians It Is not to. Tlley
dwell on the details, think out tho cos
tume they would prefer to be burled In,
talking of tieath with less agitation than
u. bride talks of her wedding; they
like to die, at home ceremoniously' t
W ' HOREG WOULD BE ANNEXED
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RrVt Kvery citizen In Gloucester today )o-
ii-!&ceivea a letter from tne noutlng depart
risfff'inqnt of the Emergency Fleet "Corpora
i'Rytlon . bXDloltlnir the advantaces that
(jT iSwQUld accrue to their city by the an-
,j ncxatlon of the .village of Noreg.
k7;tarted by the corporation In an effort
u nave me people oi uioucesier uemana
the purchase ahd annexation oj Noreg
,-.' at the meeting of the City Council to
F ucuiue me queiiun- lumuriuw evening,
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move last' August, but becaute of
W if governmental delays the deal could not
Mf'vl)A rnnttummtitpd thnn. anil thn nttlttiiln
Hi.of tlto'bodjr is now reported np being
f',,-3 opposed to the transaction.
, i no letter empnasizes, inai mero are
. CQU Iiousef. vrnicli wore uuut (or tne
fworkers at the Pusey & Jones shipyard,
' located In Noreg; that the government
,f. Bpent nearly J3, 000,000 In constructing
. the vllago. und that It will now be poa
,l.lblo for Gloucester to acqtilrp it for
,,S 500,OOo;
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, .., v.onccri to ueneui oauor
i jjniiiDfrH oi ino Aiaimeo musical
'JvClubuiid pupils of tho National School
of Elocutlpn mid Oratory will take part-
,ln' a concert to be given In tho Pressor
Building this afternoon for the benefit
of the .sallora' free reading room. 322
South Front street.. The entertainment
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Copyright 1919 HartSchaffner &Marx
You want good style
then you must have all-wool
Here's why; all-wool fabrics keep the style
they had to start with; they dont lose their
shape Other fabrics don't "stay put;" dont
wear We put good style into all-wool fab
rics;, it's there as long as the clothes last
- and that's a long time
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Waistrseams are favorites
The one abo.ve is a-Vingle-breasted
tnodelj it has gone "oyer the top" with'
young men rmany variations, single
and double-breasted. Our label in
them guarantees. satisfaction
Hart Schaffrief & Marx
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STRAWBRIDGE & GLOTHIEK
Special Announcements for To-morrow (Thursday)
Don't Delay Too Long Over That
NewEasterSuit or Dress, BECAUSE-
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Hundreds of women are Dickintr out those sincle models
the. one- or two-of-a-kind gai-ments with which our stock
abounds. Besides there is additional pleasure in selecting your
costume during the Easter activity.
Many Attractive Suits, $37.50 to $67.50
Bcilod and scmUbeltcd models with tlio new plaits and tucks; trim,
closc-flttitij,' Suits, severely plain-tailored; models with coats in blouse ef
fects, others showing the new box coats, some slashed and trimmed with
braid, tome embroidered; many strikingly new Suits with vests and waist
coats of tricolette and novelty silks. Of mcnVwear serge, Poirct twill and
wituuiiu. oiacK, navy uiue and some colors. 'J'lie model sketched, $50.00,
Jersey Sports Suits, $25.00 to $55.00
Plain colors and liPUtlirr mixtures, tinsnlw lnlfiv4 mnrlnlo V.n..o ;n
Norfolk effect, and various plaited styles with yoke; some with military
straps on the shoulders, and all with real, substantial pockets nnd notched
collars, .some- with collars that can be closed up snugly around the thioat.
mack, navy blue, Belgian blue, greens, olive .shades, tan, Oxford und brown.
-f-V Ktrnwlirldee 4 Clothier f.orond 1'loor. Market Street
Lovely Silk Frocks, $22.50 to $40.00
TafTcta, crepe Georgette and crepe de chine, in many unusual straight
line tunic und druped .stylos some beaded in symmetrical rows, others with
I'liiuormc ucaciing aim emtjroiUcry, nnd many with charming vestccs, odd
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i n iKck-Iincs softly finished with a fold, or outlined with beads or embroidery, Js r
and a'l j ..itly girdled, some disporting sash bows. Plain colors in variety; also manv of the now lic
uml trepc l.corgclto now sb fashionable. The model .sketched ($32.50) is of crcpo dc chine, with u new
ililcliing for tiimining, a satin girdle, and a deep collar of crepe Georgette in a different shade, boauti-
miiy viuuioKicrcu.
Stylish New Tailored Dresses, $18.75 to $30.00
Many io.it cfTtcts, paitictilarly suitable for street wear, also smartly tailoicd tunics in vaivimr
engllis some button-trimmed; and the favored straight-line effects, with the various tie belts. Some
have the odd new cinbroidciics, some trimmed with rows of flat silk braid, others plain-tailored and lin
Llicd with lows of buttons. Many smart vest effects. Navy blue, black and brown.
. --- Slrawbrldco & c lothler Seronrt riQor. Centra
An Unusual Saving in
House Dresses
At $1.95
Ever so attractive these
checked Gingham Hou so
Dresses in blue-and-whitc,
pink-and-white or black-and-white.
Just the smart sim
plicity of stylo that ono de
mands of morning frocks a
trim vest effect; a white poplin
collar; three-quarter sleeves,
and a separate belt at tho de
fined waist-line special at
$1.95. Btrawhrldcc & Clothier
Third rinor, Filbert Street. Welti
anil rilbert Street Crosi Alila
SuchLovelyCotton
Waists,$1.50to$3
A group of smart Waists fea
turing tho new shades. Models
of while voile or batiste aro de
lightfully trimmed in colors.
Some are in colored striped ef
fects. Waists in plain shades or
checked are trimmed in white.
Tailored and semi-tailored styles
predominate, with collars in flat,
convertible, roll, or BMstcr Brown
effects, some models with collar
less neck.
Garden Smocks, $2.25 to $5.75
Picturesque smocks of Japanese
crepe, beach cloth, or galatca; in
while, trimmed in color or dis
tinctive shades embroidered in at
tractive designs.
Strawbrldce fc Clothier
Second Floor. Centffl
One Thousand Trimmed Easter Hats
at $5.00, $6.00, $8.00 and $9.00
ALL shapes, all sizes, all colors. A plentiful showing of the large
Hats which have suddenly sprung into prominence trimmed
with flowers and soft ribbons, some faced with crepe Georgette or
otherwise sottened to the requirements of the Easter frock. Also an excellent line of
Suit Hats, small and medium sizes, many Tarns and various cornered Hats, with quills
and novelty plumage, jyiany bandeaux and off-the-face styles that the
young girls fancy, and an equal number of Turbans and the more dignified
Hats for matrons. The small Hat on the left, $8.00, is of turquoise straw,
trimmed with one oi the new
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right, $6.00, is of dark blue
straw, faced with dark blue
silk, and having little red roses
tucked in around the crown.
In the Lower-Priced Millinery Section
TRIMMED HATS from $2.93 to $4.95, of liscic straws, also of
hair somewith transparent brims, others with transparent crowns.
Small, medium and large shapes, trimmed with flowers or ribbons.
Also SHORTS HATS, $2.95 to $0.50, to wear wtyh the tailored suit.
In all the fashionable straws, shapes find colors.
5V- Strawbrldgo L Clothier Second 1'loor. Market Street, West
Many are the Wraps That are I
Favored This Eastertide
For the woman who always wants a prac
tical dark Coat, that will live through the
dress enthusiasm of Easter and be liked to the
end of the season, there are many smartly
belted COATS OF POPLIN AND SERGE, in
black and blue, many button-trimmed, some
with pretty silk over-collars $20.00 to $25.00.
Knr llin wnmnn wlin lnnks forward In thn Snrini?
holidays, there are the smartest of Top Coats of
fancy tweeds in brown and gray mixed effects. Also'
some short Box Coats in mixed effects $20.00 to'
$;17.50. '
And for the woman who isn't happy unless she is
right in the fashion, disporting the accepted of tho
moment, theie aic CAPES AND DOLMANS of every
description, in many instances onjy a few of a kind
a fcaluic much appreciated by many women. A
low as $15.00, there is an exceptionally attractive
braid-trimmed Cape with a vest; and at $20.00 a
braid-trimmed Dolman that is very good-looking.
Others of serges, velours and silvertoncs, many with
fancy linings $25.00 to $45.00.
The Mcdel Sketched $25.00
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Save 10 to 30 percent, in
This Semi-Annual Sale of
DUOS
Our Entire Stock of Room
Sizes at Reduced Prices
Thousands of standard American' Rugs and Summer
Rugs are in this great Semi-annual Sale at substantial re
ductions from our fair regular prices, and we are confident
that such values ayJH nt De obtainable anywhere this Spring
or for months to come (excepting, of course, occasional single lots
or broken lines incidental to any season). Only twice a year is it
possible to CHOOSE PROM A COMPLETE STOCK of Rugs, every
l.-.l t T POO WIT A XT fTIIP TrTTTT ID DDIPPi
OHO muriwu at l.uuo .tini,- iuu 4VUUU urn i iviuu.
Boys' Suits and Top Coats in
Smart Styles for Easter Wear
Of Trustworthy Materials and Made to Withstand
the Wear and Tear of Spring Outdoor Play
it would really bo impossible to give detailed information about
every one of the ast collection of different smart styles gathered
here for Easter choosing. We piint the following random selections
from the great variety, for the benefit of parents who have purchased
Boys' Clothing hero and, therefore, need no telling of the surpassing
merit and value presented by our stocks:
Boys' Spring Suits $8.50 and $10.00
Neat dressy Suits of mixed cheviots in light and dark shades.
Sizes 7 to 17 years. (All-wool navy blue serge includcd-$8.50.) '
Boys' Spring Suits $13.50 and $15.00
Trim belted styles, in wide variety all with full-lined roomy
knickerbockcr trousers. Sizes 7 to 18 years.
At $16.50 and $18.00
Suits of handsome cheviots.
homespuns and ALL-WOOL
BLUE SERGES. In excellent
styles for boys of 8 to 18 years.
At $20.00 and $22.50
Beautiful new suits of finest
fabrics, with fine tailoring. The
coats arc mohair-lined. Sizes 8
to 18 years.
Top Coats $5.50
Of gray mixed and green mixed
cheviots in smart belted-'round
btyles for little men of 3 to 0
years. ,
Top Coats 8.50
Of navy-blue all-woor serge, in
new belted styles. Also of neat
cheviots and homespuns. Sizes 3
to 9 years.
Small Boys' "Middy" Wash Suits $3.75
A becoming new "Middy" style with pockets; of desirable, excel
lent laundering fabrics in pray, blue or tan; sizes from 3 to 8 years.
Wash Suits $4.25
Sizes 3 to 8 years. Of new
stripc-and-plaiu color combina
tions, nnd of practical plain-color
fabrics.
Wash Suits $5.00
A neat middy style of blue
Palmer linen (a cotton fabric)
with white tapo trimming and
chevron on sleeve. 3 to 9 years.
Separate Trousers Are Always Needed
And we have a most plentiful supply. Trousers of navy blue serge,
$2.50 and $3.00. Of mixed cheviots, $2.50 'and $3.00. Of white duck,
?L75. -rV-V Slrawbrldeo i. Clothier Second rioor. Filbert Streit, Eat
Whittair's Anglo-Persian Wilton
Whlttall's' Royal Worcester Wit
ton
Dornan's Wiltone Rugs
Philadelphia Axminster Rugs
Uromley's Livonia Axminster
UromU'i's Marlborough Axmin
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Roxbury Axminster Rugs
Beattie's Turkana Rugs
Sanford's Beauvais Axminster
Alva Velvet Rugs
Karagheuslan Herat! Wilton
Sloane'a Halbcc Wilton Rugs
SloaneV Karnak Wilton Rugs
Alva and Koxbury Tapestry
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Bigelow-Hartford Saxony Rugs
Breslin Bros. Empress Wilton '
Waite Prairie Grass Rugs
Crex De Luxe Rugs
Crcx Herringbone Rugs
Mario Antoinette Rugs
Waite BungalowMtugs
Todd's Colonial Rugs
Coral Manufacturing Co. Rugs
Henry Holmes Dixie Rugs
Patterson's Silk Colonial Rugs
Plymouth Art Squares
Plymouth Domus-Rugs
Hodges Fibre Rugs
Bromley's Colonial Rugs
Japanese Porch Squares
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10,000 Pairs of .
Women's Silk
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Never before was there buch a constant demand for good
Silk Stockings. Just now, every woman requires a new supply for
tho Easter season; therefore, this great special lot will be one of
tho most attractive Golden Specials it has over been our grxd
f oi tune to present. These are FULL-FASHIONED THBEAOr
SlLK Stockings, with mercerized topa and soles. Thcs- colors mtt
in demand BLACK, WHITE, NAVY, CORDOVAN, -CHEST
NUT, BROWN and GRAY, Much, less than repilar prfce, rt
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