P, k E."' lT" : f ' ! " a ? .-. L t ! ) rt ; xj.'&j EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1919 1 J "" Organ Plays at 9, 11, 11:55 and 4:50 Chime nt Noon WANAMAKER'S DOWN STAIRS STORE WANAMAKER'S WEATHER , . U Fair I In III Munch. Fnee Vacation! News to Start tine Mootlhi w International Freighting Corpor ation Says Service to Brazil Also Is Assured WANAMAKER'S DOWN STAIRS STORE FIRST SAILING AUGUST 9 'if '" T2MI rnrM IP LINE TO HIE CHOOSES THIS POR of AMMSt '. i i,ii rn v fo r. & K Vk fikK. si 1 HU, iv The International Freighting Corpo ration has announced the establish ment of a direct steamship line be tween this port and Havre, France, and the inauguration ot Its new serv ice to Brazil and the Argentine repub lic. Both services will be started early Iti August. The pioneer vessel of the lino to Havre, the first and only direct service ..to France, that has ever been established from this port, will be the new 7500 ton steamship Salvation T.ass, built at Hog Island. Heretofore shipments from this city to France were sent by rnll to "New York, and thence to French ports. The Salvation T.ass. which will sail from here about August 11, will bo fol 16wcd by the 7f00-ton i,teamslilp Can par, another product of Hog Island, which is now nearing completion. Gen eral cargoes will be carried. The ter minal In Philadelphia for the new serv ice will be at l'ler 40, South Wharves. Four steamships will comprise the fleet, which will be plated lu the French service. The South American service would start August 10 with the sailing of the new "."lOO-ton steamship Xrdmac for Ilucno Aires and the Hivcr Plate with a general cargo. This vessel Is now loading at Pier 48, South AVharves, which will be the local terminal of the service. Thtf International Freighting Cor poration will maintain n monthly serv ice to ports in Brazil and Argentine republic. "DOUGLAS-KITTEN" NOTES IN NEW SUIT Letters Which Won Separation for Mellen Figure in Ali mony Action New York, July 31. "Womnn, gen tle woman, thou hiist the subtle cruelty of a thousand jungles." Bo last night mused Harry Douglas Brown in accepting the fact ho is once more to figure in the public eye as the "dear Douglas" of the famous "Doug-las-Kltten" letters. Last fall the letters won a separa tion for the elderly Charles S. Mellen, former president of the New Haven Railroad. Now they are to be used sim ilarly by Mrs. Margaret Mackin Brown, who seeks separation and nllmony. In the complaint Mrs. Brown stressed her husband's friendship for Mrs. Mel len and pointed for the proof to the "dear Douglas " missives, alleging she had turned these letters over to Mr. Mellen when he sought to right his topiy-turvy domestic affairs. "A? spiteful desire at persecution is behind' this -suit," says Mr. Brown. "There is a man 'higher up' in it, a man who is Interested in going to the ends of the earth to wreak vengeance upon Mrs. Mellen and myself. If he presses me too far I shall have to tell some very unpleasant truths about him. RECTOR AIRS MARITAL WOE Jersey City Man Says Wife Scan dalized Parishioners Jersey City, N. .1., July 31. Vice Chancellor Rugene Stevenson here yes terday continued the hearing of the divorce action of Mrs. Emllv B. Bur lingham against the- Bqv. Edward J. Burllngham, of Bnbilnn, L. I., until August 11. The husband appeared in the uniform of a chaplain of the Uni ted States army, having served in can tonments on Long Island. He now re sides in Babylon, while his wife is liv ing in Hampden, X. J. He is fifty years old and she is thirty. Mrs. Burlingham's action alleges "constructive desertion. The couple were married in 1006, in Florence, Ital.. 'Mrs. Burllngham asserts she was obliged to leave her husband be cause of his conduct. The husband testified he had objected to hh wife s friendship with another man and when sho was called to the stand she testified that she first drank cocktails with that man. The husband testified that parUhlonors objected to the conduct of Mrs, Burllngham. LONDON NEWS APOLOGIZES Admits Imputations Against Four Ministers Are Baseless London, July 31. (By A. P.) The Dally News today pilots an apology to J. Austen Chamberlin, chancellor of the exchequer: alter Hume Long, first lord of the admiralty; Sir Rric Ocddes, minister without portfolio, and Sir Auckland ueddes, minister for na tlonal service and reconstruction. The newspaper says that Its investigation has proven its Imputations against these officials to be baseless. A London dispatch of Wednesday stated that writs had been issued against the Daily News on behalf of the ministers above named for alleged libel The specifications of the alleged libel concerned comments on charges made bythe Weekly Nation that the ministers were in possession of various Russian mining and development company shares. SUES RICHARD CROKER, JR. Superintendent 6f His Estate Al v leges Assault Portchestor. N. Y July 31. Rich ard Crokcr,t Jr., haB been ordered to appear today before Police Court Jus tice John E. Powers to answer a charge of assault in the third degree on the complaint of Patrick Foy, superin tendent of tbo Croker estate, The trouble occurred Tuesday night. Accounts of the battle differ, as they differed! when the men fought for about twenty miuutcs on June 10 last, and each declared himself to be the victor. According to For, Croker met him " Tuesday, .when he was driving on : , 'back street, after a court action re frdlg montjf which Croker alleges bis A snrintctlhut"ow htm, aed struck mere Come tflne Velvet Hats! Hero in all their glossy charm and becomlngness! Some are made entirely of velvet, some have velvet crowns and, brims of sntin or moire and still others havo velvet for the brims and satin for the crowns". Many of them are quite small and you will greet with delfght the small draped turban whose charm was earlier demonstrated in maline. Elderly women, as well as young women, will find hats made expressly for them. In color these interesting new hats run to soft, becoming browns and taupes, navy blue and black. $3, $3.75, $5 and $6 are the prices. (Market) ;'s a Expression in a Frill It's the very life and soul of a Summer frock, and is the only trimming necessary. Net fichus, edged with one or many little ruffles, are made in half a dozen ways at $1. Bertha collars, round, fiat and very full, are of net, of pleated lace and of the two together. In cream and white they arc $1 to $2.75. As to Lacy Vests really there seems no end to their loveliness. Row upon row of lace, wee puffings of net and lo, you have a vest that will lift the most hopeless frock to realms of distinction. $1 to $3.50. (Central) White Skirts, $11.75 Just the sort of skirfs you need for knockabout wear on your vacation. They are of white cord, new and fresh, with patch pockets, button trimmed, and belts. In 22 to 30 inch waistbands. (Market) Voile and Organndne for Pretty Frocks Organdie, 50c and 65c a Yard It is 40 inches wide and in such colors as pink, maize, sunset, orchid, green, light blue, Copenhagen, etc., as well as in black. Plain-Color Voile, 38c a Yard The width is a good 38 inches and there urc lovely evening and street shades as well as white. Mercerized white voile, 44 inches wide is 48c a yard. Figured Voiie, 68c a Yard The designs are delightful and a little distance away one would think that they were printed on Georgette or foulard. The colors are in a wide assortment of combinations and the voile is 38 inches wide. (Central) mens Silk Stockings Special at $11 .50 a Pair Cordovan White Black Taypc Navy They are seamed down the backs and have rc-enforced toes, heels and garter tops. There is cross stitching below the garter tops to prevent a run getting into tho silk. Altogether, they arc good-looking stockings. Panic UiraJoira Suets at 50c Fine ribbed, white cotton union suits arc made with low necks and no sleeves. Attractive lace fin ishes the knees. Soveral of these suits laid away for future use would represent so much money saved. Good Lisle Vests at 35c Nicely mace .)ts are these of fine iisie. Some of them have slight imperfections and so are classed as "seconds," but their wearing iunlities are not impaireu. (Central) Good Reading for Hot Weather Men's Palm Beach Suits Special at $12.50 No need to tell anybody in Philadelphia that August means Heat, with a capital H, and it's equally patent that Palm Beach means Coolness. These good suits are in the darker shades of gray, as well as in the Palm Beach tan, and are made with care, not thrown together. Cool Cloth Suits Special at $BS These airy, light-weight suits are of cotton, but in the colors and rich mixtures usually associated with wool. The coats are cut with waistlines and vertical pockets, and the trousers have a new belt arrangement that is most comfortable. Young men's suits in every particular. Khaki-color outing trousers of stout twill are $3. (flullrrj-. Market) Mr. Man a Fine Sennit Straw at $2 Each one has a ventilated inner leather band that adjusts itself to the head. The greatest virtue of the hat is its light weight a consideration for August days. (Hallerr. Market) Silk-Plated Half Hose at 60c a Pair The last lot of these went out very quickly, so we have decided that men are going to like silk-plated hose. Just before the lisle thread is knitted into tho stocking, silk thread is wound nround it; this makes tho silk plating. There are black, cordovan, navy and white to select from, and every pair is well re-enforced. ((inllrrj-. Market) en's Fast Half Irlose Special at 25c The cotton is a fine grade and well merccrired. The feet are durably re-enforced. How many pairs for you, sir? Bathing Suits to Amiswer the' Gafll of Coofl Rollers A woman, coming into tho Surf Store, is not limited in her choice of bathing suits; indeed there are suits for every pocketbook. Nice suits of black sateen arc $3 and fine silk suits go up to $27.50. In between are any number of attractive suits of sateen, surf satin and silk. At $4.75, new suits of black sateen are trimmed with green. Also new are two surf satin suits; one, at $6.75 in slip-over style, and the other, at $10, with bloomers. Plenty of Shoes at 85c High shoes are in green, red and white. Low shoes are in black. (Market) 1 , Fresh, Coofl Blouses Greet August's Warmi Days x At $2.25 and $2.50 New blouses of pretty voile are trimmed with embroidery and lace, while other voile blouses are finished with pique collars and cuffs. At $3.25 and $3.50 This is an interesting group of blouses of plain or decorative voile and organdie, iou wm seo na tne short sleeves apd collarlcss models. and organdie. You will see all the newest ideas in collars, long nnd S Wc have a large assortment of fine batiste blouses, many without collars andCplenty with frills. Of course, the flat and roll collars are as neatly and attractively made as always. The sleeves are all long, as most women like in batiste. $3,25, $3.50, $3.75 to $5.75. Three New Models in Tinfo Silk to August always weather. cool and serviceable and especially All three are in black and in white. (Market) adapted $5. Delightful I Frocks of Varying Moods I Capes for the Mountains, Seashore Mlm fesSk rmm ffiiJmmSk. MrteA Amt flffillFn fiP? &Mj.wm Mm? m mm . $ BJHPiB h MP wml l 1 fiftlwVflSySri KM ? 3 lf'""ri l?ll $7.50 As bright and gay and cheery as morn ing sunlight are the frocks of voile simple as to style, airy as to material and most Summery as to color! Fancy the cool de light of a blue and white checked voile with a round neck finished with a wide white organdie frill and a little bow of blue rib bon poised on the shoulder. In pattern and coloring the voile dresses are endless. Their prices start at 5 and at S5.75, S7.50. S8.25. S8.75 and $9.50 there are hundreds of pretty things. Dark grounds are worth a word to themselves. Navy blue voile dotted or fig ured in white is made with white pipings, white trimming or is combined with plain navy blue. Excellent choosing at $5.76, $7.50 and $8.75. $9.50 $7.50 Large Sizes in Striped Voile The stripes are admirably used to emphasize the height of the wearer and the dresses are simple and of excellent material. In rose, gray, blue and lavender at $13.50. Plenty of Navy Blue Georgette Dresses - Jhero has been quite a scarcity of these most fashionable frocks and women will be glad to know that there is a full supply of charming gowns in the Down Stairs Store. .Trices are most reasonable, starting as low as $25 and going to $50. In between you will see many, many delightful dresses, some without beading or embroidery of any kind some heavy with colored or crystal beads or lovely with heavy silk embroidery Scores of the lighter shades, as well, white, flesh pink, rose, sea blue, amber and av vu. X1IC11 JJIIUCO OLUIL at pU (Market) 3000 Pair of Womieini's Chamiofls Lisle Oloves at SOc a Pair Carefully made gloves in white, champagne and natural chamois color with one-row embroidery backs and two clasps at the wrists. There are all sizes, 5 to 7, and the value is excellent. '(Central) s Specia! at $2.75 a Pair The prettily patterned madras is de lightfully soft as if made of fairy clouds yet. as good homekeepers know, won derfully durable. The curtains are full width and may be had in white or cream. (Central) Drawer Bodices s and Girls Durable white cambric drawer bodies are well made with strong tapes and buttons that are sewed on to stay. There are straight waists for the boys and gathered ones for the girls. Sizes 2 to 14 years. 50c. ' (Central) Jolly Vacation Clothes forYooinig Qirlls Of all the clothes dedicated to good times nothing seems quite so jolly as the middy blouse. Perhaps because it connotes nothing but pleasant times gay camping trips in the pine woods, bright blue days at the shore and thrilling tennis matches. Enough white jean middies for many, many girls are here with white or blue collars or col lars of flannel at $1.25 to $2.50. Linene smocks with collars of pink, blue or green, are smocked with colored threads to match and are in 10 to 16 year sizes at $1.75 to $2. Voile smocks are $2.7o to $3.25. Separate White Skirts to wear with either smocks or middies are of white Jean in 14 to 16 year sizes at $3.50. Fluffier Frocks of soft voiles are in canary yellow, rose, pink, blue and various gentle greens. Quite often they aro smocked and adorned with fluttering ribbons. White dresses are in lawn, youo-anH organdie, ruffled and be-, frilled. Particularly lovely are some little white voile dresses trimmed with little hand-embroidered sprays and Irish crochet lace, nt $9.50 and $10. Other dresses, to R maids of 6 to 14. are $6.50 to $13.50. Two are sketched. i7 Mi I W v W li. pJ$ j I fife D, ,$10 $7.50 1000 Good Corsets at 85c m. wuat 80Unds like olc times, doesn't it? And the best part of it is that the corsets are of good, durable coutil, well made and nicely finished. Ihere are three, models, with low and medium bustlines or topless. Some are of white coutil and others are of pink; for slight to medium 800 Corsets at $11.50 Four models are included: one short topless model of net is for slight figures; another of net is for average to stout figures and is well boned, ine others are of coutil and of figured broche, fairly well boned, for averajre to medium figures. Two Models at $3 They are of attractive pink dotted poplin and of figured broche and are made as usually only quite expensive corsets are made. All figures from the aver age to the full can be fitted. 600 Bamdeaox at 38c Neat little bandeaux of figured pink material have tape shoulder straps. There is elastic at the back fas tening. (Central) Brassieres at 75c Some arc of all-over lace and fasten in back; others are of pink batiste with lace V-shaped tops. They fasten in front. A Salle of UmideinnniusMinis at $1 Envelope chemises of white nainsook trimmed with lace or embroidery. Nightgowns of white nainsook, prettily trimmed. Bloomers of pink batiste trimmed with blue ribbon. Drawers of very fine nainsook, finished with insertion and lace. Camisoles three styles: one is of Japanese silk with ribbon shoulder straps and the other two are of pink satin with lacy chemise tops. Petticoats of percaline with a dark ground scattered with blue, pink or lavender roses. ccntri amid for Siminnimer EvennDinigs $16.50 capes of serge in navy blue or black have deep collars and hoods. The jacket in front has deep patch pockets and is trimmed with rows of bone buttons. $19.50 navy eerge capes show attractive collars that develop into throw ties. They arc inlaid with light tricolette and end in deep silk fringe. Five rows of tucks and nice bone buttons add attractive finishing touches. The Grace of Blye Satin is allowed full sweep in lovely capes with linings of bright plaid or plain-color silk. There are several models with deep collars of satin, tricolette or brushed wool. Each model is a perfect expression of beauty of material and line. $25. (.MrUel) t Cooling Fragrance Round, sweet cakes of bath soap In rose, verbena, lavender and buttermilk are $1.50 n dozen. Vegetable oil and peroxide soaps are also $1 50 a dozen. Pound packages of smooth tal cum powder aro 20c each. Witch hazQl, which will soothe a burning skin, is 25c, 40c and 75c the bottle. Cold cicam in tubes is 10c and 20c; in jars, 25c to 70c. Bath salts, to soften water and impart a fragrance, are 25c to $1.50 the bottle. (Central) Sl at SOc There is hardly any need to say more! Pretty lace and blue, pink or lavender satin combine to produce the dain tiness. (Central) Book Radnor the Plain mission wood racks, that extend to accommodate books you like to have at hand, are 75c. (Commercial Stationery Store, (fallery, Market) No Need to Spend aim Unndiuie Amoyinit omi the Luggage for Yoiur Trap . , Good luggage, strongly made and well, can be had for moderate sums in the Down Stairs Store. Here are suit cses, hanSl bags and overnight cases marked at prices that will not make serious inroads on the sum you have set aside for your vacation. Matting cases, very light in weight, range from $2 for the lC-inch size to $2.50 for the 24-inch. Black enameled cloth cases with leather corners and pretty linings, sometimes with trays, aftf $8.50 to $10 the last almost a small trunk. If you prefer the dull, black grain fabric there are good cases at $0.50 to $11.60. Black enamel hat boxes, well lined and re-enforced at the corners, arc $10 and $11. A good black or brown fabricoid bag, lined with cloth, sightly and durable, is $5. A similar bag in black leather is $7.50. Better bags of cowhide are $14" to $20. Overnight Cases of black enameled cloth are large enough to carry week-end needfuls,,,, and arc lined with cretonne. $4, $4 50 and $5. (Centra!) Tags for Your Baggage are a safeguard worth providing. Paper tags for hand luggage are IS for 20c; larger size for trunks, 12 for 16c Cloth tags are 12 for 20c (Commercial rStallonery dtore Oallerr, Market) (Market, Chambray Bloomer Frocks for Little Girls Special at $2 A mother counts herself fortunate1 to get a really nice bloomer dress for a dollar more and these are tho kind that you would expect to be a dollar more. Two or three will not be too many for tho little girl who starts school in September! Of good blue or pink chambray, they aro high waisted in front with a bit of embroidery. White collars, cuffs and pocket-tops give a fresh, clean sir. The bloomers arc plenty full, as little girls like them. Siz;s 2 to 6 years. (Central) Footwear for the Little Folk anpps, uxiord ties and pumps are made or various leathers on lasts that will help and not hurt tho growing feot. They are made with a thought for all the romping and hard wear that they "will get to wear as long as good leather shoes canl Many styles of shoes and ankle-strap pumps for little folk wearing sizes 2 to 8 are $1.50 to $2.50 a pair. Cool Little White Feet White leather (with buckskin finish) and whit canvas shoes, Oxford ties and pumps, sizes 6 to 2 are $1.75 to $4.75 'a pair. Tan calfskin.shoes and Oxford ties In sizes 6 to 2 are $3.75 to $5.50 a pair: girls' sizes' 2 V4 to 7 are $5.40 to $5.00. Black calfskin, shoes, Oxford ties and nnkle-strap pumps in sizes 6 to 2 'are $2.50 o $4.25'a pairgirls' sizes. 2H to 0 v ore $4.00 to.5.90f "; ' -4 ' n. ,-'. , -- ,cch..ti.j . , yt . ' nil.......... .. . .... I.M.L .. ..- --t mi I i A VMM v? 3r - ) l I W vs. tfli VH HVin M V ,' m i -.I wfa i '.n J Uri 4- re
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