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EVEMSTG' PUBLIC EEDGER-PmEADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1919
gji. WHY AUTHORS
GO WRONG
J. W. C. I. Band at 0
Organ at 11, 11.55 and 4.50
Chimes at Noon
' WANAMAKER'S
DOWN STAIRS STORE
WANAMAKER'S
WEATHEti
Fair
,arxfi'- ""' w-"j-royn(,ijri-' ' " - vrwet
i Xrant Overton Does His Best
to Explain the Curious
Phenomenon
Grant Overton Is temperamentally
fand Intellectually fitted to bo tlio ad
vance agent for a circus. Instead, how
fever, of devoting himself to this con
tenia! occupation ho Is using Its flam-
Want methods In exploiting his views
about books as tho literary editor of
the New ork Sun. A collection of
eight of his contributions to tho Sun
Book Supplement has been put between
covers, under the title, "Why Authors
Go Wrong.innd Other Explanations
Tho volume is as different from n book
bf literary essays by Blfss Perry, for
example, as the Atlantic Monthly under
Terry's editorship was from the editorial
page of tho New York Journal. If
Jitter this characterization tho reader
docs not know what to expect from Mr.
Overton's volumo further exposition
would bo useless.
Mr. Overton has. apparently set out
to popula'rizo literature and to roach
the public which does not read hooks
because it does not care for the bookish
mnupor in which books ore usually
discussed. lie Is smart, cocky, bump
tious, colloquial; his judgments are
sometimes hasty, but withal he has a
wide knowledge of literature and well
dcilncd theories of what a book should
be. His essays will entertain until they
provoke tho reader to throw the volume
across tho room. Yet they -;an be
recommended to whoever is curious
about why tho popular novels are pop
ular, or to whoever wants to know how
to write a storyor to any ona who
wishes te understand why books are re
viewed. It will be seen that the
volume is addressed directly to the
publla interested in literature. They
will And many illuminating remarks
about contemporary fiction from that
written by Booth Tarklngton and
Joseph Hergesheimer to that produced
by Harold Bell "Wright, with allusions
to Robert V. Chambers, Thomas Hardy,
Dickens, Arnold Bennett and a score of
others in between.
WHY AUTHORS GO WRONO, ami Other
I.xplanatlonn. By Grant Overton New
Tork. Moffat. Yard & Co. J1.60.
THE
HARBOR ROAD
By
Sara Ware Bassett
A story of homely folk on Cape
Cod with humor and pathos and
a dramatic love story.
.At All Booksellers. SS.SO net
The Penn Publishing Company
Philadelphia
Don't Miss Reading
SHERRY
George Barr
McCutcheon's
Latest Success
At all bookstores. $1.75
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
Publisher New York
Leonard MerVick's
delightful, whimsical novel
CONRAD IN QUEST
OF HIS YOUTH
is on sale at all bookstores. $1.75.
E. P. DUTTON & CO., 681 5th Ave., N. Y.
1628
CHESTNUT
STREET
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BELI010U8 X0TICE8
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OLD MERION MEETING IIOCSK
. Montgomery elke. Merlon.
Prof. Ruesel Ureenf or U, of P, ta ex.
pected next First Day fSundav moraine).
Cordial Invitation extended tc, all
freslnifrlan
AJICH ST. CHURCH. 18th and Arch.
'Wroolntr Your Own &oul" win be the
theme A the sermon tomorrow evening at
8 o'c.ock by .Dr. Macartney, The sacra
ment of the Lord's Supper will be ad
ministered at the morning- service at
10 45. Bible school at 12
BETHLEHEM I'RESnYTERIAN CHURCH
Hroad and Diamond sts
njv william l Mccormick. Pastor.
10 SO a m Reception of members and
Communion Service
'2 80 p. m. Sabbath School,
2'iS p' m X011"? Psoole's Society C. H.
7.48 p. m Kvenlnc Service.
Subject of Sermon, "A FOOL THERE
Everybody welcome.
fcECOND rlllWBYTKRIAN CHURCH
21st and Walnut sts.
Rev. ALEXANDER MacCOLL. D ' D .
Minister. '
DR. MacCOLL will preach at 11 and s
o'clock Events? subject, "The Fateful
jut.iu!o dl .iw worm wmie.
Musical service at 7.40 p. m. Tho Choir,
under tho direction of N. Lindsay Norden.
will render the tollowln numbers! An.
theme (a capella). "Fierce Was the Wild
Billow," Noble; "We Praise Thee," Itarh
manliioffj "Cherubim SoneV'Arkhanrelskyi
ouiiittiiu, j xiji jiiuu uaust jiarKenea
Sullivan: Anthem, "Tho Day Thou Oavest
Woodward: vesper, "Now the Day Is
uver." ."woraen.
Sunday School at 10 o'clock.
Visitors welcome to all services. .
SECOND rRESnTTEKLVN CnUKCH
OER3IANTOWN
I tinnHNE AND TtTLrEn&CKElJ STS.
DH. JOSEPH h; ODELL
at both services.
11:00 a.m. "Tho Essentials of Clvlllza-l
Problems of
tlpn"
-a
'30 n. m "Immediate
American Life."
Unitarian
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH
2125 Chestnut st,
RsV. FREDERICK It aniPFIV. Minister.
11 a. m Mr Ilrlffln will preach, Sub.
Jcct, "Saint's iProsress" (John Gals-
woriny;, neinfa tne second in a series or
sermons on "neusious rroDiem
rent Fiction "
lems In Cur
UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF aERMANTOWN
Chellen ave. and Greene st,
, Rev. UOCIEh 8. FORBES. Minister.
ll a. m 'On dettlnr VTiat Yah Want M
, Siwday School Classes tot Children, ifc It
Good mad' Seasonable MercJiaedSse, Aglow WitUi WortHn
and. Service, Fills WamamaLker's Dowe Stairs Store
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f8n f n wi
$25 $13.50 $25
$13.50
$16.50
368 Serge and Tricotine
Dresses for Women and
Young Women
Marked to V3 Less Than Usual
At $13.50
Nine different "styles in serge dresses
in navy, black, green and Burgundy.
Some are elaborately embroidered in
braid; on others braid is used in rows.
You'll see some tricolette vests and silk
cord girdles. Sizes -16 to 42.
At $16.50
Thirteen models in navy, black and
brown serge and a gathering of sample
frocks. Many straight-line models are
among these, and there are some inter
esting coatees. Sires 16 to 44.
At $19.50.
Navy blue tricotine or mannish serge
frocks are in this group. They are trim
med with braid, with buttons, and some
have embroidered Georgette collars.
At $23.50
Coat dresses embroidered in wool,
straight-line dresses with broad satin
sashes, narrow belts of self-material or
of leather are among these. They are
of serge in navy and brown and of navy
tricotine.
A number of interesting satin dresses
in navy, taupe and black have been
added.
Savings in this group range from
$7.50 to $12.50.
At $25.00
These are mostly sample dresses, and
their lines are very interestinp and new.
Coat dresses have accordion-pleated
skirts, straight-line frocks have unusual
belts, others are trimmed with gay em
broidery or only with narrow tucks.
They are of serge, wool jersey and trico
tine and are in sizes 16 to 44. The
bodices are lined with silk, and the tai
loring is admirable.
Yooirng Women Ask
for These
SlhSinilinig New Safiflors
They're very smart hats to wear with tailored
suits and are wonderfully becoming. Of hatters'
Elush in black, navy, purple and seal brown and in
lack with brim facings of soft black beaver. Prices
start tit $9.50.
Other Gltoannniiinig TaiSored Hats
are of velvets and duvetynes, simply trimmed. Most
of them show tho very fashionable upturned brim,
start at $9.50.
(Market)
OmtSinig Flannee!
119c a Yard
A low price for such a warm, heavy quality of
striped or checked outing flannel, 26 inches wide.
(Central)"
Autymmi Silks
$1.G0 a yard for taffeta in tho
fashionable light and dark colors
of the season, including many
yards of navy, 35 inches wido.
$2 a yard for lustrous silk mes
saline, 35 inches wide, in lovely
colors and in black.
Georgette Crepe
aft $2.25 a Yard
It is 38 inches wido, in the sea
son's good colors as well as in
black and in white.
Crepe de CMine
in shimmering beauty is in both
light and dark colors and various
shades of color; 38 inches wide.
$2, $2.50 and $3 a yard.
(Central)
New Velveteen Dresses
are coming in fast these days, but none too fast for the women who are asking
for them. New arrivals in navy, Burgundy, brown, plum and black are prettily
embroidered in heavy silk or braid, with here and there a glint of gold. $29.60
to $45.
(Market)
Three New Black Skirts
are good looking and well tailored; they're just the
sort of skirts wanted by women who wear black.
An all-wool black serge skirt with slot pockets
and a gathered back is $5.50, which is a low price.
A wool poplin skirt with unusual button trimming
on the belt has inset pockets and is $7.50.
A fine serge bound with black silk braid and
trimmed with smoked pearl buttons is $12.50.
y (.Market)
Cotton PoplJim
of a good quality, with a highly
mercerized finish, is in snowy
white for children's frocks,
women's waists and nurses' uni
forms. And in old rose, old blue,
brown, olive green and such colors
that are used extensively for
draperies as well as clothing. 27
inches wide, 60c a yard.
(Central)
Mem aoc
Men's sturdy quality white
linen handkerchiefs with hem
stitched hems are 25c and 35c
each.
Women's plain white linen 'ker
chiefs are 18c and 20c each; plain
white with embroidered corners
aro 20c each; plain white with
hand-embroidered corners, 25c
each.
Colorful 'Kerchiefs
for women are 35c each. In
pretty blues, pinks, tans and
greens.
(Central)
Dainty Unndermyslflinis
Skirt-and-drawer combinations aro well cut and
well made, with pretty laces and embroideries trim
ming both front and back. $2, $2.50, $3, $3.75 and $5.
Circular drawers, trimmed with line laco or em
broidery are $1.25 and $1.50.
There have been many requests for all of these
garments and these have just been unpacked.
(Central)
Two 'Special Qromps of
Women's Sample Smuts
For $37.50 you can get suits that would regularly sell for $10 to $20
more. But these are samples and there are but two or three of a kind.
They are of Poiret twill, velour, fine tweeds, checked velours, Oxford suit
ings and silvertone. The tailoring, the materials, the linings are all above
reproach.
For $50 there are fur-trimmed suits which are regularly $15 to $25
more. These are of silvertone, broadcloth, velour de laine, duvet de laine and
tricotine, all with large fur collars. The linings are beautiful.
Sizes in each group are mostly 16, 36, 38 and 40, and colors include navy,
black, brown, mahogany and reindeer.
(Market)
Wash Laces
Sc to 50c a Yard
Imitation filet, crochet and
shadow laces in edgings and in
sertions are in widths for under
wear, curtains, centerpieces and
so on.
Dainty vestings of organdie,
lace and net pufflngs in charming
variations are $2 to $5,25 a yard.
(Central)
Om With the Danncel
The Toes qf Silver Slippers AreTapping
in Anticipation
Silver cloth slippers with baby French or Louis
heels are bewitching in their frivolity they have
caught tho spirit of the glittering lights, tho twinkle
of dancing feet and the gleam of bright, happy eyes!
On .with the dance for them,. $7.50.
Gleaming black patent leather slippers on grace
fully slender lines are in three btyles with "high
French' heels, with baby Louis heels, with low heels.
All three styles $7.50 a pair.
. (Chrslnut)
Strong, Durable
Raincoats for Men
Of double texture, rubberized tan cloth of govern
ment standard, these raincoats are made to withstand
bad weather. They are double across the shoulders,
and there is a double front fastening which will keep
out driving rain. Seams are cemented, pockets are
roomy, and the convertible collar has a chin piece to
hold it snug. On the sleeves there are adjustable straps
which are a point for the man who drives his own car.
Fittings in all regular sizes, $9.
(Gallery. Market)
New' Batiste Bflomses 5 mi
Thirty CharmSeg Models
$2.50 to $6o50
Just unboxed and shaken
from tissue paper they are
as white and fresh as can
be, each style seeming pret
tier than the last! There
aro semi-tailored blouses
and blouses frilly with lace
all sorts of blouses.
The various shapes of
necks and collars will give
you an idea of the differ
ences in style. There are
roll collars, flat collars,
round collar's, bib collars,
Peter Pan collars, round
necks, square necks, V
necks and high necks.
Some of the blouses are
trimmed with lace nnd fine
tucks, others with hand em
broidery, and a few modeh
show attractive net footing.
vXTv n
New Georgette Blouses in the Little
Gray Room Are Unusual Value
at $11.50
There are a hundred of them in four models and delightful
colors, including flame, navy, white and flesh but not every
size in each color and style.
(MurkeO
Good Umbrelilas
The covers are tape-edge
American taffeta (cotton) over
paragon frames, all neatly cased
in silk. Handles on the women's
umbrellas are plain or carved,
with silk loops or bakelite rings,
and on the men's they are crook
or opera ttyle, plain or carved. $3.
(OntrnI)
7 Styles
Cairn isoles
at $2
Fine, shimmering pink or flesh
satin is used, with lace, folds of
Georgette, shirred insertions of
crepe de chine, pin-tucked Geor
gette, ribbon shoulder straps and
line lace insertion as dainty
adornments.
(Central)
Serge Regulations
aims:
A new ona is of splendid navy
serge, tailored so well that It
looks like a "made-to-order"
frock. There are side pleats back
and front, pockets on the sides
and tho collar and cuffs are
braided. $25.
A Fur-Collared Coat
of warm cheviot hangs loosely
from a yoke in back, is belted in
at the front and has a broad col
lar of kit coney. $21.50.
(Central)
is' mats of
AutMinnn Clharinni
$2.60 starts them off pretty
hats of white, pink or blue silk-and-cotton
poplin, shirred and
trimmed with fur and knots of
ribbon. Then there are many
pretty silk hats for girls up to (5
years at various prices up to $0.
At this price there .are lovely
hats of flesh or white crepe de
chine.
Darker tailored and trimmed
hats aro $3 to $8.50.
Warm Coats
for both boys and girls of 2 to G
years are $11 to $16.50.
(Central)
iroms
are in regular and extra sizes and
some of them could almost be
classed as dresses.
In extra sizes there is one of
dotted white percale, cut gener
ously full, at $2.25; another of
dotted dark blue percale is $3.
In regular sizes there are sev
eral styles of cover-all aprons in
figured percale at $2.
(Central)
A, Good Winter Coat .
Need Not Be High In Price
for there are many good, warm Winter coats for women to be had in
the Down Stairs Coat Store at prices which are always reasonable
and often very low.
There are warmly lined coats of pompom with large collars for
as little as $15.
And many others, from $16.50 to $35, arc plain or fur trimmed,
some lined throughout with silk.
From $29.50 to $69.50
there are beautiful coats of tinseltone, silvertip, silvertone, broad
cloth, chameleon cord, llama cloth and bolivia. They are plain or with
raccoon, sealene, skunk opossum and Australian opossum on the collars
and often on the pockets or cuffs. All of them have soft silk linings,
and they are in sizes for small, average or large women.
Other fine coats are priced up to $195, with many prices between.
(Market)
Cretonne of Unusual Value
at 20c and 38c
Altogether there are over 5000 yards of this cretonne. Any num
ber of patterns at 20c a yard will do nicely for covering quilts, as well
as for other things, the cretonne being full 25 inches wide.
At 38c a yard, very attactive cretonnes are 36 inches wido and
show a wide range of designs and color combinations. Indeed, there
aro cretonnes for all uses!
(These cretonnes are on the Center Aisle.,) '
Curtains of Three Materials
White scrim curtains arb primmed with wide insertions of imita
tion filet lace and a narrow edging. $1.90 a pair.
Net curtains aru particularly attractive, as they show braided
designs in two different patterns. $3.50 a pair.
Chenille curtains in lbvely shades of rose, green, mulberry and
blue are $13.50 and $1,5 a pair. They aro fine for doorways. '
Cedar Chests
Fragrant, Roomy aod Beautify 1
Red cedar with its natural healthful protective fragrance and
its truly beautiful markings is made into chests of all sizes from small
but roomy boxes at $9.75 to huge chests at $37.50, with any number
of sizes and prices between.
Curtain Materials
Scrims, marquisettes, filet nets, etc., aro 18c to 8Cc a yard.
(Centre,!)
700 Good Rag Rugs Less Thaini
Today's Wholesale Prices
This sale enables the homekeeper to buy one rug at a
lower price than a dealer would have to pay for the same
rug in large quantities ! That is because these rugs were
contracted for a long time ago.
Colonial Rag Rugs
25x50 inches, $1.
30x60 inches, $1.25.
Gingham Rag Rugs
24x36 inches, 75c.
25x50 inches, $1.25.
(These are on the Center Aisle)
Good Values in the Rug Store
Axmiister Rugs for Durability
7.6x9 feet, $32.50 to $45.
8.3x10.6 feet, $35 to $58.50.
. 9x12 feet, $37.50 to $62.50.
Larger and smaller sizes are priced in proportion.
Fine Seamless fapestry
Rugs
7.6x9 feet, $25
9x12 feet, $34.
25 Wilton Rugs at Great
Savings
8.3x10.6 feet, $72.50.
They have fringed ends.
Wool-and-Fiber Rugs
and Fiber Rugs
, All Less Than Regular.
Some Half Price.
6x9 feet, $9, $9.75 and $11.60.
73x9 feet, $13.75.
8.3x10.6 feet, $14 and $17
9x12 feet, $15- and $18.
Chenille Bath Rugs
Average half price, at $1
$6.40.
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Chestnut)
Blanket and Comfort News
Makes Good October Reading
Frosty nights are coming swooping down from the North before you know it, and
a great call for warm coverings will go up in the household.
Warm, soft, wool-mixed white blankets. 70x80 inches, are $8.50 to $20 a pair;
gray ones are $8.50 and $10; plaid ones, $10 to $15. Gray mixed-wool blankets for
twin beds are $7.50 to $10.
All-wool plaid blankets for single beds are $15; for double beds, $16.50 a pair.
Cotton blankets in white or gray have pink or blue borders and are $3.50; all
white blankets, often used for sheets, are also $3.50 a pair.
Heavy-weight white cotton blankets, 66x80 inches, are $4 ; a finer quality in
white or gray is $6.
To Fold on the Foot of
the Bed
jthere are some very pretty new Jacquard
blankets in lovely shades lilac, golden tan,
gray, sky blue, French blue, pink, rose and green.
The graceful patterns are copied from fine
French blankets and all aro reversible. $10 for
twin beds; $12.50 for double beds.
Jacquard blankets in Indian designs are $5,
$0 and $7.50.
Plaid traveling blankets and couch throws
are $7,50.
(Central)
Winterweighl
Comfortables $4
They are thick, warm comfortables, covered
with figured cotton material, scroll stitched and
have plain color holders of pink, blue, lavender
or yellow.
Other good cotton-filled comfortables at $3
to $8.50.
Wool-filled Comfortables
Are Warm Friends
Soft and thickly padded with wool, with a
little cotton mixed in the carding, these quilts
are covered with figured material at $6.50 and
witn plain sateen borders at $7.50 to $15.
Piles of Fresh Bedspreads
Good spreads of perfect qualities', durable and
dependable, are gathered in a fine Collection for
your choosing. There are glo.ssy Marseilles
spreads, which wear so well; crochet spreads and
light dimity spreads in sizes for double or single
beds, hemmed or with cut corners.
Marseilles spreads are $3.50 and $4 for single
beds; $4.50 to $5.50 for twin beds; $6.50 to $12
for double bads.
Crochet spreads are $2 and $3 for single
beds; $3 to $4 for double beds.
Dimity spreads are $2.50 for single beds,
$2.75 for twin beds and $3 for double beds.
UNUSUAL AT $5
is a pretty colored bedspread in pink or blue, for
double beds.
(Central) '
Mattress Pads in Fourteen
Sizes at Savings of a
Fourth
p e,e.s will find an irregularity here and
the quilting that is why the prices
nave u .i lessened a fourth. There are many
sizes from a crib pad 9x18 inches at 20c to one
measuring 54x76 inches at $3.65.
(Clieetnot)
' Towels for Kitchen anil Bath
Heavy cotton huck towels with hemmed ends
are 18x36 inches, at 26c each; linen-finished huck
towels, all white or with colored borders, have
hemmed ends, 17x34 inches, at 40c each.
Half-linen towels in an absorbent huck weave
are a snowy white, 18x35 inches, 60c each.
Turkish towels in various sizes are fine for
all-around use; 18x36 inches at 40c each to 25x46
inches at $1 each. There are also Turkish towels
in attractive checks, plaids nnd stripes at 40c
to $1.76 each.
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