m f ' J V X w ft I' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 19PJ 13 1- ! U TALENTED LILLIAN LEITZEL "MINIATURE MARVEL OF AIR" Jiohcmian Girl Who Is Thrill ing Circus Crotvtls Also Plays Piano, Composes Music and Sews 4 Vainly Trapeze Artist Admits to Fear Sometimes, but "Swings It Away' in Big Top XtTtinS Mr. George Hmtrell. the i'V "little mntlirr of the liru." left Vis standing in the rci7 tent of Mncle Jnolsollf Tallinn l.eit7el, who Is tlie "mlnintnre marvel of iniilnli" in the omblned drrni of tlie IIIukIIiij; Tirol h crs nnil Itnrmini X. Tlatloj . hIic said: "See liei ? Theip slip i, no bigper llmn a minute, nnil jut ns Kind and snort ns slip ian be. And talented? My! Theie's Hie gill t lint does tlie un Ubiihl tliitnts " . "Ves, Mamma Unitell. for just now J svvArc n word oil. o naughty! Ttut would you dale to siij tliat it is not 1111 iiMtnl for me to swoar,. Mamma Unit roll? Oh ho! I am it joking with you." And she motioned , who were twirling our lint nenously. to n little camp rhnir. "Please to sit down, and lie com fortable. Do not think that I swear often no oh! onl a little word now nnd then. Like but I will not snv )t. Sometimes, however, wherf the at tendants make me nngi. 1 loe mjelf --urn ! and then I bite! Hut not foi long. One nnnot nfford to be nugij for long, else wlieie would plc.iuic go?" Mademoiselle I.oitel bod iut inn from tho aieun. where high in tlie nir she had floated about her trapeze liKe "something." 'ays she, "that it is easier for me to do than to desenbe." The flush of plonsme from the plaudits of the thousands of speitatois was still in her cheeks KmWBL I T Director Dates man Makes Awards for $300,000 Worth of Additional Work Vililllinntil ontiiuN fur nupriiiiiig lv lrret. iiivoliinjr an expenililiup of nemv s.HHl.tKW. lime been iiwurdeil i-i btNrn l.nemt and Surute utrfeln MrMchol l'avlnir and I'onftlrucllon l minim lfi03 HeimMnK with Krnnlte l.Uw k Gennantown nnup between Hunting I'arl mentis htm llerklpj trl McMpIwi rating and Ion .truulon ( ompam l"inn Ttt.ltlh strfft i from Market in Arch trei l" L I ln ( omiMnv tH till US . I llepfttrlmr and nalntit-ff lirl lffs On tlio i linn of llrMn itreet ntir TrankforU rp-! I Snari A I'li'V i nnipan I HJ'i Urn) s Kerr) road mcr lh Mhuilklll rltr lalli I noberia I4(1". Ulhaon menu" ntr the. Ualtlmuro and Ohio llallroad Y J 11 rompitnt ll.'lin sim lp mreet nurPnla1 Pilli1il nnd Heading Ualhtat M and .1 h mi Hush jn;i i Ask North Philadelphia Playground llesolutions uiglng CoiiikIIs to inukc n public plmginutiil out of the old BIGCONTRACTS GIVEN FOR STREET REPAIRS WANAMAKER'S DOWN STAIRS STORE WANAMAKER'S Ila.vmniel ptoperM. at Twelfth nnd I the last two dnvH bj Dirednr Dates ; m .."' "H-autneiu or I1il.11.- (.nmb-n Mi eels, were passed In.t night oik I he prliieinnl iiwiik weie as , .. .... ,....,.i v.,. ,,i.!i..i.i..i.i.. ...i. j. .. t uy llir uumriii .uri I hiiuui'iimiiii inri I'mlnii iilh aphalt l)exlp street from alnut Inna to Marklc street tJ til's Marber Anhalt t'onnianN fo I1."? PneinB lth ltrlffed brkk l(iortb street between Cottago and lafkson atreeti Mm. . i'axltff t'omiiam J12SI luurlUn frirpet rrpm Ulehter alreet eastward I'roldeiH 1'iuins and Conitrurtlon romnan iSll Prai afretl flom DufTleld alreet In Irani.. for i n time Mark lahiH" 'oniinin Justly Surfa lnc with penetratix maradam lairhlll street between HIM fifth nnd six. a xth avenues John .1 Il.nd.rson $Tsiij Ntnih atreet OU lane to Sltj ninth aenue. .1 lUndorenn I7H- UepaMnc; wtth axphalt Sixtieth aliect letwerti Market and Nprure atreeta L nton I'a.lnp t on.uanv IJfl'JJino rasker treet, front rifth.to Sixth atreeta I nlon Tavlntf ompinp SIMld Twentl-elKbth etreLt from I.ttitiioml alrcet to Sedsley avenue Marbet V.phnlt nmpHliv, St ll(n Thirtieth tr-el hiwcen lluntlnadon atreet nnd Lhlah ut nue tlirber Aaphalt t'ompihv K--1 Hepavtnff with wood block t.aluo mreei ness Asi'intion at a meeting in llntley Hull, (iermtintown nvenue nnd Somer set stieel. The lnenibetH were guestn nl n xmokei giin bj the St IMwairl'o I'ntholic Club. Six Escape Lombard Street Fire I'iic taiised sliglit damage in the 111.1111' of Mrs Margaret llollnnd. 2111 l.ombaid tt rol . tliis morning The llnmcs weie innlinrtl to the hrM s(ot fiont irfoui. Six peisons were in the house at the time. ll escaped injuiy. Mis Uolhuid was tiejted lit the I'o'- linii' Hospital for nervousness mm.i:. mm.ian ii:nv.i;r, Mio is the "miiilnlme man el of midair" in the rirrus now in town - - r the out-o-tloors, nnd llie wlttliery or the loving, dean, fiee life And when summri lomes I mu-t go with the t n -cus "Mv biothei is in Aiiicikh witli me, and I have been stntliiig hitii 1 lollege. "1 have, too, m.v papiis vvliith make me a iten of this gir.it iciimti.v. And I pride them abovi- most ever.vthing "When T am oft the menu. I li,. in mv hammock nnd I it ad and st.vv. I make mv own lostunies. jou kuow. '1'here is not so erj miitli to (hi in, is theieV but they must be pint so. or tlu.v hang like n dead weight wlun I nm snincinc. I nlnv the luano. too. And. of rouise, she had ' 1 lent mil to pi n vvheieV Sli.il! I s,iv .' not yet bad time to flinnge into -lieet l , (),, nlc.ise to tell it not in (Jatli. ilothes. Her maid. Aleemi, vat qu'ellj I nnrn iI slmll not tell vouV It vv.is Mnitlng out in the fl.v. i (Jprinnnv," sho whispeird "I'lease Feels Call of tlio Circus forgive that. And I wiitemv own little A, the daintv tpieei of aerial gvm ''oiigs. I Jut not for oilier people to nnsts f,at breathiug n little heavilv. nl1''. I "mg them lo mwolf lo nic bead of pcrspiiation lolled fiom under H'O' unl Miccth. Aeie 1 lo v,ng bei- golden hair anil down her foie-itbim to others how might tin not bead. "Oh!' she ciied. nnd blushed sound! the drop nwnv, "you see how hard Tl .Snings Her IV.irs Awa Mork? I shall sit beie and rest and, 'Teni ? When I nm up s IiirIiV elmtter nwnv for n while; And she ' T m nfiniil. soinelimts. Itut I till m drew her liale blue sb.iwl (loser about'elf I am not nfraid. And then I her pinlc Mioulders. .swing. And I swing my feariivv.n. 'You like my tent, loo? M.v little e leu inougii we wnc v.-m h-i ii- i,n fln,vr,l m,et,ii.,o mwl tlin Inn lit. Cnt 1( lt'.lV 0 eV elltllllllv , Ullll Walked L .i-t- M.,U ,.:n , . n.i down "IJioadvvn.v . wlilih is wlieie the uik.aiuh ih.ii J "" ,! .'..(,.. ......i - 'hv creams, and the sunshine raminc in nristoerat ot tircusiniui -the neiinlists their tents, to under the fly-they nre ulU en dear to land equestrians tunc their tents, to 'vmc. Only Inst week I was still ou the thank "Mamma" UaitJ-el for mtiodrn; theatre stage-there is wheie I go iu'i"K 1" mnelv-nine pounds of deal, the winteititne. Hut only last week in spuihiiiiK J". " """ '"' ' New YoiL I saw Hie ciitus again, and the peanuts and the barkers nnd tlio How to Reach Men Left In France menv childten, ami the smell of the "Mnn lemaiuing 111 I'lJiiie. pleise sawdllbt nnd the fiee open nir rame to foiwaid " This not.Hion nttni'ird to u me, and 1 said: 'Alitn' that is mj jHildni's ovtisoas innil will inline its light name and it is Itoliemiau 'Aliln, delivei v. even it he has In i u 1 ft be jou must go bain, with the tircus ' And bind when his unit u turned Tins nn liere I nm. ' nouni enient has bet n ni.iile b the homo "You think it is the g.vpsv in me? Iiseivite sxtion of the Itiil Cross lo tdiould not mind if jou thought so. .Mv iuer the tases of nun ditiuhtd fiom home is in Itoheinia nnd m.v people nrc their lommnnds mid held in I'm mo to there. And theie I lust learned mj j settle minimis or do other i lrriuil tucks. And theie I first learned to love I w oik. TTTJ -JLiS'fsl !jft ii ii .Si"?" "left,, . Ti-. T ' v 'c5t- 2000 Rooms 2000 BATHS HOTEL Commodore Adjoining Grand Central Terminal mcu VTNDW PERSHING SQUARE WCYY IrV GET OFF THE TRAIN AND TURN TO THE LEFT The Commodore has met with instant and unparal leled success. All its most luxurious appointments and appliances for the comfort, convenience, and pleasure of guests, as well as all its rooms, are now complete. Its appeal is to the individual who ex pects, in New York, the best service in the world. John Met?. Bowman Prttidtnt GEO. W. SWEFNEY VicfPrt$. and Gtn'IMtr. P V ... . . A J 'J I PIERCE ARROW DUAL VALVE SIX THE effect of the Dual Valve Engine is increased physical and mental comfort. The owner is happy in the conviction that his Pierce' Arrow will do anything he wants it to. The new engine enhances and strengthens all the qualities for which the Pierce Arrow distinctly stands, F0SS.-HUGHES COMPANY 21sl and Market Streets I 45 . '. Models now uvailabte, 38 IL P. Models ready for delivery In August, " Wajraamrnakeir's Down Stairs Store May Bfli&igs Oimt the Fresh Tin lb Skirts I Will ft K ' " 8 1 vi! I' ii n i -rr y SJ.oO S8.i0 Pique Skirls between S2.D0 and S'3 75 arc special. A style with in't pockets trimmed with but tons is $2.G0. A bkiit at has pretty inset pockets ami two at $u.50 nic of noclty pique. One is sketched. An Esira-Sizc Skirt of sturdy white rnniic luii cood loomy pockit" 'i"d a belt. .S3.50. Lustrous Wfa'le Venetian Skirts are pretty and soft foi win in days. Theie aio seveial styles at bu and J8.50. The S8.50 skiu is ' sketched. Sheer Voile make a pretty --kilt that h u s-eries ol fine tucks fiom just below the belt to the hem. Theie uio unusual tab pockets. f-G.i'O (Marl.rU Men are most enthusiastic about these suits with an extra pair of trousers. Mixed cheviots in Spring patterns are used in them and every inch of material is pure wool. The extra pair of trousers means much longer wear and is a real economy. $32.50. (Gallery Market) A Safle of Mean's Pajamas, $2,85 A clearing out ol a number of different lots of excellent pajamas from our own stocks. Soiesette pajanuu. in pink, blue or wliite trimmed with white silk frogs; silk-and-cotton figured materials in pink, blue, white and maize, trimmed with frogs, and a few fine white madras pajamas. Such is the collection. Sizes arc broken, hence the reduced price of $2.83, which is low for such tine pajamas. c llir (lullfri MnrU.-l l 11 f Yoy Have an Eye for Seesablle Economy ou'll be inteiestcd in the i eductions on women's suits. Scoies of prettj suits, of which we hae but a few of a kind, hae had then puces loweied fiom $5 to $10. This, nuludes spoiU suits of tweed and checked veloui and tailoicd suits of poplin and seigc. The new fashion ideas of the season aie all lepiesented and the suit-, can be worn well into the Kail, as well as light now. New pi ices lange fiom ?11.7u to $U5. (Murkrl) 96 Capes aedl Doll mans RedMcedl to $14 I he capes aic of serge and poplin in nay 01 blight colois and aic p.utly or fully lined with silk. Onginally thej-c weie ? 1.7.1 to ?8.uO moic. 'I he dolmans aic all in one model in nay 01 black seige, lined thioughout with .stiiped silk. Originally $11 moic. As the quantity is .small we uige early choosing. (Murkrl) u 11 nam QradiuatSoini Frocks A numbei of pieces of beauti ful white radium hae just been unwrarped. This silk makes de lightful graduation frocks. It is $1.50 a janl and 26 inches wide. Taffeta at 51.C3 a yaid is in good stiect colors nay, Copen hagen and Belgian blue, taupe, blown and black and is 30 inches w idc. Soft satin in blown, na, mjrtlc, Belgian blue and black is $2.23 a jard and 36 inches wide. Crepe meteor, 40 inches w ide, at $2.23 a jard, also in an excel lent assortment of colors, lends1 itself to graceful tunics and draped effects. (Ontrnll Corsets Suited to Heavy Figures 'I hey aie of pink or white coutil of firm texture. Theie aie models with low bust and long skiit or w ith medium bust and long skirt, all well and heauly boned. One has ejelets below the clasps' to keep the corset w ell dow n o cr the hips and otheis hac goics in serted at the top gning comfort in sitting. Our experienced at tendants will gladly gie ou a fitting. $2.50 to 91. ihl. &. W. Brassieres 75c Attractne models with V necks trimmed with wide imitation Cluny lace top and bottom. (t riilrnl) Womneim's Vests Fine white liblied cotton Summer vests, with nanow shoulder straps, are in regular and extia sizes. (Ontrall at $11 .00 a Piece 3G inches wide and 10 yards to tlie piece, this is an excep tional quality and one tha't ha, sold for a much higher price. White Lawn in lancy checks or stripes. 27 inches wide, is 19c and 23c a .aid. This will make cellent apions or summer cui tains. ( entrnl) ADD Ready for IrioujecJeamiDng -A Sale of Hoose Dresses SI. 73 $3 A big collection of fresh new house dresses of chambray, gingham and peicale has just airicd. They aie in stripe-, checks und plain colon and aie tiimmed with contiasting mate tial or with white pique. Theie ate all sizes fiom 36 to II and the price is ?3. Special at 31.75 A blue chambiaj house diess is made with a collar and pocket tops of white pique. The dress is belted and is well made throughout. Also plenty of apions in all sues from small ones for house maids to big, all-en eloping af fans that might serc as house dresses. ' ((rntral To .Help You Get Ready for Tlhe Smaminriier Stiiped hnene couch coveia, cool looking and fiingcd all j-inil, aie S2 each. Crash couch covers, stenciled in fast colors, aie $o '"h. Hemstitched marquisette in white, cieam or ecru, 36 inches wide, 33c a yard. . .... Plain maiqulsette, 36 inches wide, in white, cieam or eciu, is 25c a yard. , . And thetc are still some moie of those handy cretonne-coveied cushions that make a poich chair comfoitable oi gie a touch of needed color and comfort on the couch. 75c. tClientnut) I Tine Rug Sale Keeps Up a Good Froot Wool-and-fiber rugs in good colors, firmly woven, are in several attractive patterns and will give double service because they are reversible. Gx9 feet, $7.50 8.3xlO.G feet, $10.50 ' 9x12 feet, $11.50 Heavy seamless Axminster rugs, 7.6x9 feet, $25. (Cliettnut) W c ) The Rainbow Division seems to ha taken up quarters in the Down Stairs Millinery Salons, for the sports hats hae arrived. The colorings form n rainbow divi sion of their own, 'o aricd ait they Shell pin!. I'ekin (Jim Roje !i ceu While Oichul Oiungc Mack S'niy l.cmou Sand Frenili blut Duritt Sliuir Salmon such is the anct. Some of the hats nave contrasting lacings, like the Jap stiaw top of ro-e and an undeibrim of French blue hemp. Special $3.85. Another pretty idia is n leghorn hat laced with coloied hemp and banded with soft satin nbbon to match the facing. These bats are ery lovely foi wearing with frock-, of voile, organdie or Georgette ciepe. S8. Sniull hats of hemp are to be had in all the sweater colors. They aie liimmed with baniN of bows of satin or gios.giain libbon. $G. The pi ices on all these hats aie ery low. (Miirkrt l Net It flocks, 65c a yard, is a good quality, 72 inches wide, for foundations and for linings. (( rhtryl) and is just right for g jsses 1br Juniors Kegulation dicjases of win e hnene are tiimmed with blue biaid and lune the chevron on the sleee. Another has blue collar and leese trimming. A ery smait one has a skirt that buttons on and can bo worn scparatplj. Also thetc aie plain white dresses for those who prefer them. Pi ices arc $3.50 and $3.73 and the sues 6 to 14 yeillS. (( rnlrnM Wash Laces Be to 28c a Yard Imitation clunj laces in msei tions and edges 1 om it to 4'j inches wide. Many women want these laces tos centerpieces, scaifs, cui tains and the like. Imitation crochet nisei tions and edge P2 to t' inches u(Je are 13c to 3Sc a aid. M rnlrnl l Silk Gloves 85c This is a new shipment of cool summei g'oi es in pongee, gray, black and white. The gloves lune thiee lows of self-embroid-ei on the backs and two clasps at the wiist. The silk is of a heay textuie and the price quite low . rntral) !S Creepers Tor $1 white seeisuckei lomp eis or cieepeis with a touch of coloied embioidery on the yoke will make seniceable play clothes. Tor $1.50 white poplin romp eis have coloied smocking on the ft out and a pocket, also stitched with coloi. Roth stjilcs aie in 2 to G year sues. It rnlml) jpedafl Lingeflie Notes At $1 A pretty nightgown of white nainsook is in slip over stvle with pink stitching and rmbtoidei. A soft nainsook envelope chemise has a top foimed entirely of Valenciennes lace, both fiont and back. IHand-imbroiaered Nightgowns of soft white batiste in slip over stxle with dclioiie spiajs of Howeis on the fionts aie S2.50. ' Pink Bloomers t 30c Nainsook bloomeis with elastic at waist and knee. At 85c crepe batiste bloom eis with tiny ruffle at knee. At S1.25 fine crepe bloom eis with luffles at the knee. At $1.30 self-figured sill; muslin bloomers aie trimmed with lace. At $3 Two dainty step-in bloomeix, one of satin the other of crepe de chine, aie both tiimmed with lace. (Outrun Trim Whate Oxfords to Wear With Sominnier Frocks Thev aie of white leathei which le- sembles'buck eiy closely, and their lines aie excellent. They have imitation straight tips, tuined soles and high, cov ered heels. $5.75. (Sketched.) Woraen's walking oxfords, with me dium heels and welted soles, are in dark tan or black calfskin at $5.40. Comfortable Oxford Ties for Children have toes that aie sensibly wide for glow ing feet and welted soles that will stand hard wear. They are of Dlack calfskin Tan calfskin Patent leather White leather For little girls wearing 2'A to 7. Prices range let nunc icauier ring mzes 8 to 2 and older sisters wearing ige from $3,75 to $5.50, according to size. ,..' i: wwwmmmmBMSKasMmxi (cnexnuu ,SF 4.rfikA&, S.ip, UK, 1 M ' w y . ,v . w .HIM V?r.-. r ' t ' 1 tSFLfflyvWiw, ' V
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