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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1919
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UP. MEN NEED COIN,
"C0-0P1STI1G
Univorsity Students Hock Every
thing but Their Dinner to
Make Up for Bets
SHYLOCKS DOING WELL
PUTTING LONDON SLANG INTO
U. S. LINGO A JOB, SAYS BARD
"I urort the coin."
These wonl lirnillnK n INt of mlirlos
offerccl for pnlc indicate tin- llimnrinl
condition nf mimy rnivrnily of iYiiii
trjrlrniiln students. They arc similar to
thopp topping tniin.i notices on luilletiti
boards in tlie various campus build -JngH
and the dormitories.
A "co-op" bookshop lias been
established by the students, and buying
and sellinK are RoinE on (it n. merry
pace.
Everything from leutller brief cases
nd engineers' slide rules to carpets
and desks are going under the Informal
gavel. Those fortunate to have a bit of
money are buying at nn appreciable dis
count, while the sellers me parting
with tneir possessions nt goodly losses.
"Will Sell," "Must Sell," "Iluy
Quiekl." "liest Trice llus" and other
notations adorn the informul advertising
"spare" acquired b the students on
the various bulletin boards,
VniiMinlly high epenses on the
campus tins year, the inability of the
football team to lnek up the money
bets made by the Ued and nine sup
norters nnd numerous class anil
Wilkie Declares American Au
diences Don't Understand
Music 'All Jokes of England
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ternitv functions of 1111 cxpensie ami
formal nature have caused the re
Verses. "Dad," as the Oood Samaritan m
many cases, cannot hear the complaints
His car. do not'seem to reenter the cull
for help, but the invited omig liuu.
clad in her "glad rags,' is rend (or
the dance so at the hockshop lirst-nid
is administered. .
"Now. when the coin is running low
and the long green things are Retting
rare, the student resorts to the com
mittee on ways and means to revive
his fallen fortunes," sajs the I'eiiu
sylvanian, the University daily. "Tin
original committee on finances is com
posed of two tho hocker mid the
hockce. And the bulletin board is the
medium.
"Come nil ye hard of chance nnd
announce your spare raiment, false
teeth and furniture for sale. The 'co
op' hockshop is the first of its kind
and Is proving extremely popular
So Comedian Translates Brit
ish Humor Into Ade and'
Lardner Slant: and Every- i
thing's Rbsy
Translating the slang of Piccadilly
nnd the miisle 'alls Into pure fleorge
Cohan and King Lindner American, is
one of the'laigcst contracts that Wilkic
Hard, the English comedian who is
pins lug in this city, ccr put his
bloomln' name to.
"There is almost no difference be
twccii jour vaudeville nnd ours," said
Wilkie, as he was making up for his
"washerwoman" sketch Inst night
"hut when it comes to getting n laugh
with my best London lines, 1 find that
1 have to learn and use a new lau
gunge,
"When 1 first opened in New York
several weeks ago. 1 wondered n
some of my funniest talk, that had
always been good for u lour from the
halls, never even started a ripple in
our pits. Then some one told me that
1 would have to translate all mv lhiclisli of stage humor, nnd Wilkie Bard on
idiom into American slang nnd I've been of the world's funniest men, it is easy ti
woiking at it nnd getting the expected see why he Is having sucJi n flattie with
laughs ever since." fleorge Ade'.s native tongue. He is
As slang is one of the m.iin elements afraid that the late war didn't last lour
WIL.KIIC BARD
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for cold winter, or lighter top coats for
the warmer days both are bcinp; fea
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$37.50 and "p
All the newest in men's smart shirts and
furnishings.
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Open Every
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The Greatest Values This Season in
veFcoats
& Silk Lined Suits
at Positive Savings of
5d, 'lQJi and More
These are no idle claims no advertising
exaggerations, but the offering of finest, new
est and best clothing at lowest prices in town.
Mr. Hill is recog
nized as the best cloth
ing merchant in Phil
adelphia. This entire
building devoted en
tirely to clothing is
the sole result of of
fering the best values
it is possible to pro
cure. Why then should
you pay higher prices
and for limited selec
tions. Suits and
Overcoats
In every new model
including
Sinple-Breasted
Double-Breasted
Chesterfield Models
One-Button Models
Two-Button Models
3-Button Conservative
Waist Fitted Models
English Models
Hifirh Waisted Models
Belted Models
Waist-line Models
in every wanted mate
rial, pattern and color.
A size for every man,
whether tall or short
slim or stout and' regu
lars too!
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Boys' Suits and Overcoats
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A Saving of f.SO teSSiOO on Ewry On
$18,50
Value I J
1000 Pants
' In a Bier Sale
$311 $4-95 $C.9S
Pants tor dreM and
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enough to effect anything like a com
plete Hainan between British nnd Amer
ican "Kncllah."
"My case In different from that of
the majority of Kngllnnmcu who visit
ymir country," Wilkic went on to ex
plain, "bccaubc tho buccckh of my visit
flepcndi upon my holns able to make
myi.elf nnd my humor understood.
Here's nn example of an Kngllsh laugh
gene, wrong:
"In mv nlght-wntclimnn SKetcn i t.ay
something like this, 'Not every on? fan
be a night watchman, 1 tell you.1 Then
after n pause, 'Night watchmen are
bit of tlmling.' Now. that never failed
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to gel n langn i" juiim.. "'-
York nothing stirred out in front.
., . , .-.i 4...1nn frtrlifl wllllt
the matter wa-. nnd I was told t nt
bit of finding' didn't register u thing on
the American sense of lininor. ltjit t h t
If I snid 'you have, to hunt for them
all would b- well. It was and the Hun
is always good for n laugh.
"In another place In the same sketch
I spenk of nn actress getting her no
tice,' which nn English audience would
know meant her notice of dtoitaM il.
But I understand that in your eowlti
I will haie to refer to her ns Rett K
the gntc or 'h tt ng the fresh' if I.1111?
to hope that jou will understand just
what 1 mean.
"And when someone gives mo. as tlie
nlght-watchnmn, tip. I twd Io look
at it nnd say bitterly, 'Onlv a tanner,
and then looking closer. No! 1U n
'alf a bar.' Hut now. under the Ameri
can influence I say. 'Only a jitney' and
It's a live -buck nlere.
There is a place in one of my nets
where I sny, 'There is not a single
tnln on my character. But there nmy
o some on my waistcoat. I tind, How
ever, that your public will recognize
nnd laugh only at spots on a vest, nnd
now I always use the Americnn word."
One of our expressions that Is al
most as neccssnry to us nH breath had
never conio lo the ears of this vcrsatllo
comedian. 'O. K." Is one on him, but
he ndmits its possibilities as n mental
tltnesnver. Ho explnlncd that Instead
of sajlng that he felt "0.K.," he
would remnrk that ho wns feeling "Top
hole.','
An Americnn might be having n
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1318: 6 -passe ni?er touring; fine me
lianlcal condition; great bargain; $700.
Lexington Motor Co. of Penna.
WM. A. KUSER, Vice President
Lexlnston Ilulldlnir, 8S1 X. Broad HI,
EnSe
If there's a prettier sub
urb than Oak Lane it is
yet to be found. We're
a bit proud of it, for we
were the founders of Oak
Lane, and we've watched
it grow with all the
years and lie come
fonder of It as the years
passed. If you want a
tlatnty, pretty home
there, we have it. It's
built right priced right.
And you'll be as proud of
it as a Home as you will
be of yoiir neighborhood.
Ctlv Office. Chotnut nt ISIh
lloulevard Offlcr, Cor. Rising Bun Ave.
Oalc Lane Office, Opposite Station
Keeping Down the
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(which, translated, means the
High Cost of Overcoats.)
$35
for a new group of all-wool
overcoats (acid tested) worth
not a cent less than $50.
Fine novelty cloths of 26
and 28-ounce weights, built in H
double-breasted young men's
styles, with deep collars. .
Lined with de luxe fancy
Venetian trimmings that will
wear like leather.
Not many of them.
If you will glance at them in
our windows you will see
what we mean when we say
we are doing all we can to fur
nish good ALL-WOOL cloth
ing to the men and young
men of Philadelphia at sav
ings that are "all-wool and a
yard wide."
Famous Aquascutum Coats
Built of the fine wool fleeces and
woolens that the mills of England can
produce by Aquascutum Ltd., Regent
Street, London, and sent to us as their
special representatives to be sold for
$65 to $95
As their name implies they are not.
only the warmest great coats a man's
money can buy, but they are shower proof
as well.
Young Men's Newest Suits
$30 to $75
And even at $30 they are silk lined
and, of course, all-wool.
But each ascending step of value
carries with it corresponding merit.
LET THIS BE UNDERSTOOD
any suit dr any overcoat in the William
H. Wanamaker Store is a good suit or a
good overcoat.
But some are better than others.
LAST OPPORTUNITY TO BUY $5 GLOVES
at $3.50
Fine Mocha, fancy back stitching.
We received them long before prices went
up, therefore you can buy them at this
figure if you come early enough.
Williain H. Wanamaker
"darn good time," but it would never
occur to him to call it "rlpplu'," as it
would to Wilkie Bard.
"This business of using Just the
correct and latest thing in American
slnng is a bit thick or should I say
"norta tough?" concluded tho genial
Wilkie, with n broad smile that could
bo understood In any part of tho world.
WILL TELL OF ITALIAN TRIP
Mrs. Benjamin Miller to Lecture; In
Wltherspoon Hll Tonight
Mrs. Benjamin Miller, chairman of
tho Italian committee of, the Emergency
Aid, who returned recently to America
after an extended trip to Italy, will tell
about her Journey to the Italian. battle,
front tonight at a public meeting In
AVlthcrspoon Ilnll.
Mrs. Miller went abroad to arrangd
for the distribution of funds collected
in this country for the Italian war or
phans. While in Italy she was the
guest of Italian officials on a trip to
tho battlefront nnd was granted an
audience by the queen of Italy.
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smartly designed, honestly tailored, ,
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