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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEK-PHILADELPHIA, EJRIDAY,
JANUABY 16, 1920
Zty FANNIE HURST
J Allss Miilic Fink, Xno York satci
icomnii, floet picnicking irith Mr.
Gilly, alio o A'tir VorA-. cfrrA: at the
Michigan hotel telure ahe is spend
ing her vacation. She has ai ranged
with Mr. 1'inkfi, a hotel guest from
Miami, Michigan, to be lack by 10
o'clock, in oi de to go lanocmg tcith
i. Aim.
CHAI'TKK V
HE TOSSED tin- ii'imiant o his sand
wich into tlio loKi' ami iiiroiiPttcd tn
hla.fect as it tln souk of his soul was
ifiiiK nliiyeu
to ilnnec mu
fcic 'I'll tell
nu what
lot's ilo, sis
it's a half
hour low to
11 a v Shoro.
l.rt's go over
to the moies
it's better
than over
miiKiiir this
p f ii o r j
sumo "
"There
c o ni o s the
moon !"
"rs. it's u
Iiahit out here
- tmt come
on, they cot a mutation of a show over
there and a ulnn- iiIIimI I.uiiu I'.irk that
would Rive font the njsteiics if she
saw it ; but it's the lmdiest -iiot around
here. Come on. arc jou cauieV'
"Sure '
The wins of tlieir boutirc had llown
into the ulsht : onlj the sullen embers
remained, ml ies pii'irdius; the leui
rA.NNUi. UUIST
little old dump nnjway, tlllly I It looks
like a good spot for your favorite fu
neral. I I Rotta wuntta be back by
ten I forsot sometliiuB."
Mr. Gilly slowed his Mioke; his
mouth took on a slight oblique slant of
distemper.
"Don't let me keep jou up, Miss
Kink."
"Let's turn around, Hilly. I bet
them movies oer there would put a
night owl to sleep. (Ice, how dead it
looks let's turn back."
"SurethiuK."
He swutiR around s.o suddenly that
she clutched at the sides of the shell
for balance.
"(tee jou pot a temper like steel."
Silence.
"Don't jou set sore easy, though!"
"I ain't tore."
The vigorous dipping of the paddle
and the "wift cutting of water.
"Sav, tHly. ain't jou atinid of
breaking the speed laws?"
Silence.
A star streaked downward ami died
in its Hight. Miss l'iuk lnj flat b.iefc
ward in the boat, her face foreshort
ened and upturned.
'Shootin' star's luck, ain't it,
Rllh?"
"Dunno!"
She iie-tlcd deeper into her cushion,
one arm Hung high in a semicircle about
her head and her lids so low over her
e.ves that she might have been a sleep
ins. Drip Diip-n! Thej Coiled silently,
iu a rustle of moving waters t
A smile trembled across Mi-s 1 ml; s
lips ami she opened them so that her
voice came softly, softly:
Sweet and low, swett and low.
Wind of the western sea-c;
Imagine a girl with Uroadwav hopes ami ambitions giving up her stage
career to live m a small "tank"' town and keep a man's memory
"EVER EVERGREEN"
Thcu ro.id the touching, aborbiug story which
FANNIE HURST
Makes out of tfiis situation. The serial will urn all next week, begiuuiug
.MONDAY. ,1AM KY 2fi
vlollu for its note and the one finger
tum-ni" turn -in in on the piano; the
light blather of voices rising to a swell
Uiistjlish women iu shot ltd silk dresses
with waist lines and decent width
skirts and bodices, cut high over
bosoms that would have quivered un
der bareness. The invitational rhythm
of waltz music and a pink-haired violin
ist sw-ajing in the palm jungle. A
couple glided out iuto the Sahara of
polished iloor. another and jet another.
Presently n bobbing throng, the
women (lushed with their primal love
of the dance, the men in fast wilting
collnis and out of itep Mr. 1'rokes
Inserted a third handkerchief, bib fash
ion, inside his fainting collar and took
Miss Fink in an antiquated cmbruco
of the waltz His hand, outstretched
against her back, oompletelj covered
the nrea between the dioulder blades
and lay heavily against its chiffon.
"Whew!"
"For tlie new grand master vou nln't
doing had. 1'roksej jou've taken ever)
man's wife of 'em around, ain't jou?"
Mr. Prokes mopped at his face with
a fourth handkerchief nnd writhed in
his evening clothes as if lie would fly
tl.eir broadcloth.
"Yes, but it's almost over. The
eleven o'clock song and the passing of
the loving cup. and then I'm ready,
sister, for what I been wnititf for till
evening guess !"
"Can't!"
"The prettiest and sweetest little girl
in the crowd and a little gray-coloied
canoe. I I don't like it a bit. your
da c'in around iieie with all these other
felolws jou just wait till I'm off
duty."
"What T thiuk of these guys!"
"I ain't much on dancing mjself,
little sister, but I'm game but watch
me after the eleven o'clock soi,g puts
me off duty and I've started the loviu'
cup around You and me. sister, and
uic little guy -mn Jtoauy now, one
two till t e ready now go !"
Miss Pink piiouetted skillfully around
Air. Prokcs's heavv -footed amble, a
wood nymph mat-lung her dainty place
to nor tavorite liruin ot the loret.
"Good, 1'ioksej that was a swell
In 3
Ruttlipr Sltamnc ..'
iiuuuvi uiuuiuu Hours
SEALS, STENCILS, ETC.
Call. I'hone. Write
KEYSTONE STAMP WORKS
726 Sansom St.
.Vtnl. M27.
reverse. Say, there's a fortuno for n
dancing teacher out this way."
"One two three !"
"Ouch ! Lcmme try to guide. No,
now stmt over again! just try to kinda
keep your feet where mine ain't and
you'll come out nil right."
"One two "
"So good now you're nil right. No,
that mm my fault. Ilcverse again
Ouch!"
"I I give It up, sister."
"Whew !"
"It just nin't right to ask a little
fairy like you to steer mc around,
llovv'd jou like to go out In a quiet
corurr of the veranda nnd cool off; it's,
ten minutes before the shoutin' and vvc
can wait out where it's quiet."
"Yep, it is hot In here, ain't it?"
Mr. Prokes breathed as if for a lung
capacity test, inserted a fourth hand
kerchief into the limp rag of collar and
held wide the screen door. A rush of
air lifted his hair and dried the beads
on his brow .
Light dresses and light voices drift
ed from black corners of the veranda
and from the recesses of rocking
chairs. A chain of Jnpancse lantirns
OHIO
TUEC Electric
Cleaner
is the guarantee
of a spotless
h o in c. Be sure
jou get an Ohio
T u c c and
KNOW that your
rugs, carpets and
draperies are
thoroughly clean
ed. See it at your
electric dealer's
or phone us. Also
the Free - West -inghouse
Electric
Sewing Machine.
H. C. ROBERTS
ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO.
Wholesale Distributors
rlIlI.ADEI.riHA
stretched between two pillars, swung
and flickered, nnd out above the cedars,
standing darklj' with their crowns
agnin't the sky, a lopsided moon with
a swollen and Inflamed face, invited
them.
"Whew, tliis is more llko It! Here's
two chairs. There ain't no use talk
ing, I'm more at home on a ice field
than a dance floor. I just nln't got
the kn.ick."
"Sav. after that long-legged fellow
from Wichita walked over my ankles
nnd completely destroyed my instep,
you ecm like a too dancer doing the
Powder PulT "
"My. but jou do look pretty to
night. Miss Fink."
"Aw ! '
mma
Tell
tnnr
frlpnria
nbnut
II A.
1013 Market St.
Drins
fitiirf
rilr
lirr.
The New Dresses
are always getting
Setter no we go
olonff. Von will
wonder and look
how It Is none.
Ent the secret Is
ours.
Wholesale
hett""
Hants of their rnnmuaiiti' feast. Thev i
scurried down the beach nud into theii
bobbing cauoe . as thev pushed awaj
the red eves blinked out suddenlj as
if a night bird had died on watch, ami i
the gloom was immediately a shade
bluer and the mucillauimous mist of
night rose off the water.
"You re a nice boj , Gill' but gee.
Srou'rc a bum puddle r. You jerk a boat
nround like a subway tiain i omiug to j
n quick stop aj . looit at mar moon,
will you like a ml Chinese lantern
hung from a stai
"Yep "
"La Iu tia In. tr,i 1j la l.i--tia la I'
"Sing to me, birdie-birdie--I'm game
, bn the poetry stuff if you arc. That's
one of the main excitements up here
singin on the water!''
Through the catacombic gloom thej
tmilcd at each other.
Yhen thej plaj that lagtime lullaby
"No lemme begiu over again "
Bwcet and low. sweet and low.
Wind of the western sca-o-e
Blow blow tra la la
"I'll remember the lCst in a miutite." ,
Mr. Gilly plied a rapid paddle.
"We won't go home vintil mornili'.
Ve won t go home until morniu'
"Won t we. Gillj'"
,"Sure we will. I'll have jou back i
'-& your two a-daj. southern exposure.
n little while after the i (invention is
finished singing its 1 1 o'clock song, anil
has presented the grand master of the
Kokomo Lodge with a silver loving cup
ind tied the vote between Elkhart Lake
and Minneapolis foi the next couven
tlon."
"Oh. gee'
"Whaf
"I I sav vhdi nine is n b joui
gold watch ami chain'"
"Nine thirtv tli nigln is voting
Morning Clorv
"I a w In. wants io go ovei 10 tliat
Illmv. blow, breezes blow
Wiud of the western sea-e-e-e
I he l'.each Hotel gleamed jellow
from evirj window as if it wcrejiosiug
fin a picture postcard or where-to-speml
vour-vacatiou pamphlet
The dining room was cleaied of its
nisle-foiniing tables and its Iloor pol
ish! d to a lii'rvor.
Tiopical palms, with skillfullv djed
frmls and twined half wav- up vvitn
nowu cotton mo-s. nuiiuieu in a nine
jungle aiound the piano and violin
aicompanimeut Straight aiound the
desert of mom. chairs, lucks to wall
and egs toudnng. iwaitiug action us
a stage lihrarv setting, discoveied at
the ri-e of curtain, awaits the entrance
of the I'leiidi maid in her four doll.it
silk srockyigs to tickle the furniture
ami the audiein e w itli a tiny feather
duster and iiniei French aeceut
After n while the scratching of a
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Nimt f la ?ntv Formlne
sliort tprm ourp in public pp3k!nc
lf xpresi'in lf ronfidi c business,
En-iish -iml aU-a round elf-declopment
nn f firnnjt! TiMdy evenlnsrs, com
mencing Tanuarv 23. at 8 u m Both sexgs
Oppninff Ipf-tiir1 free to tiuhtlc.
Call write or phono Spruce 321S for
lTisriirt e titratur
NEFF COLLEGE rnw,T ST.
SHIRTS "MAm
for $10.50
nil VllK HIUICT t II
Imported
viuilriis
Tut, Uev.ttor
NEOLIN SOLES and
, O'Sullivan's $1 7C
! Rubber Heels llJ
DBST MATEIUA' UliaD
1 WOKK QL VRANTKED
f Goodyear Shoe Repairinj
oi nr iiii cTUKirr
KUNKBCSACQAL
Ml Fviinket oal comes from
ohm particular colliery In tlie
upiitr I cIiIrIi rcgloti, noted for
tlie Jiiffh-bimifn? quwlity of i(H
onl nitil the law vrventng of
Htlr.
51st & Gray's 63d & Market
Rent tin Latent Hooks From
WOMRATH'S
CIUCULATIMJ LIBRAItY
Just now they arc having a
Clearance Sale
of good books from their librarj
shelves. 30c each, or I Ol R for a
DOLLAR.
15 South i:j(h St., Phila.
M
atfson & DeManj)
12 15 Chestnut Street
Furs and Millwurif
DISTINCTIVE MODES IN
SA TIN AND STRA W HA TS
Very Specially Priced at
5.00 8.50 12.00
All satin, all straw, and satin, Georgette and tall'eta
and straw combinations, in both dark and light shades.
Hand-embroidered flowers of silk, raffia and wool trim
many of the models.
Closing Out
2.1
5.00
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ittf -.fi 11 1 nrj i-i 11ji" 1
I x ji uvu-wnc-fii rrivi
j We are showincj the newest designs for dress, street j
? and sports wear they are priced most attractively. ?
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Purchasing Agents' Orders Accepted:
'Are you too V 17 loo THIN?
Join Our G mnasium
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he' -ni. I i 1 '. i 1 1 lip
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That Buy
Anything
idl'H
inrp of
lull nil.
mlnutou
iiihim jnd
Yl'ltltir
l Casy Terms
FRAMBES & CLARK
1112 Chestnut bl., Plnla.
6lt Ciu.irant Tr IIIiU . Mlanllc I llj
30 V Third it lajriilm
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Q COFFEE Direct from
,0 the Roaster Is Cheaper! pj
R BflHQUET BLEND, - Kc Wl
m 3 Lbs $1.30 m
J-a. At an j of oar 2 StoCt 4
: M 0:iFNHiUEf)xUFftrir. m sc.
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Price Wgp&$
II Again JT
Selling mMu .
OTjL W D 'llj l
at Hie SiiIiUiJSS,
Hudson j Wmm
I is done JSv TO S
new way. "v Si
It must 1 ffl
be seen! "J 3
"Here, fasten tills biiltonbole rose ot
mine in our hair; It just matches
jour cheeks. Pretty ns n picture you
"look, you do." ,
The music was suddenly remote and
cut off by in ell of tlie building: fair
niiiet lay like n veil. Miss VinU ru-
ceded Into tho Impressionistic mood of
night, her pink chiffon scarf drooped
from her shoulders llko vvIiirs.
"Oh, dear I" she sighed twice, leimed
backward nnd let her hands fall limp
nlonc tho nrms of her chair. Her
sighs trembled for a moment nnd died.
"What's the matter lWiT "
,. "Well, girlie It U'a nil
the shoutlu', ain't It?" T0C but
Ifnvnr.Ttnnr, 1H.J
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Adjoining the
St. James
Hotel
Walnut St.
Between
Uth & 13th
11
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FORMERLY (3
1220-22-24 Walnut Street
For Tomorrow
To Close Out
150 Georgette, Taffeta, andKSatin
Afternoon and Evening
Dresses
Chosen from our regular stock. . Most of
the styles are limited to one and two, but
there is almost every color, including black,
whife and flesh, and all sizes.
These Dresses Were Formerly
up to $95, Reduced to
$35
No Exchanges
None Sent on Apptovol
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Don't Buy More Shoes than You Need
But If You DO Need Shoes
BUY THEM NOW IN
i
Sjuts
A Drastic I CUT in.
SHOE I PRICES
irovrric cixaj.ers
I ichtitiK Demon Dirt Dailv
v'lihnut Hip it p nf rkrlrMt
Ml Willi- splNf,s. (IK UMTS
i tillil i in 'ipfralH iiitho'it fitleiif
svvi s rivn: vvoitK, c ini'i is
-uU un nil Hir illrt. Ilireml, llnl
luitr. etc
VVril, ill ir plimir Vlrirk'l Win fr
fpmoiitrnMoM
Paschal I Sales Co.
15 S. 8th St.
ml lirnncliet it phoup dlrtcturji
tf Higher
Coal Prices
Mutt conio with advanced
wages and Freight Rates
Why Wait? Buy Now.
"Follow the Flag"
TAmiC
FUELVCof
Frank F. Mathefa
Hope,: DUk. W6, Writ 478
(S.W.Ccr. 10th & WnbiBf ton Ate.
,rS2dll.IUIlii8UreAfC.
Any size Coal vou want
land when you want It.
IEST COAL
En toal SIlSONut Co.l $11.95
Stove Coal U.85P Coel 9.55
Buy your coal now, don't
wait until you are sntirtly
out. Be prepared.
Owen Letter's Sons
Lai-put Coal Yard fci PhtladilfKU
Trenton Ave. & Westmoreland
Kfjdtont. Eatt MS.
ltt.Il. rrankford S1SI
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Be Sure and Do Not Forget
IF you arc leaving for
the South or for Cal
ifornia be sure and do not
forget that a sweater or
two is an absolute necessity-
If you select a Jaeger
Sweater it will be all
that a real sweater should
be distinctive in style and
made from woolen yarns
of 100 per cent purity
You'll find none to sur
pass l hem.
Whether you prefer a coat, tuxedo or a slip-on model
you will find them all here in a most delightfully satisfying
variety of correct weaves, shades, and color combinations.
Many models ate especially suitable for outdoor sports.
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The Most Talked-Abcrat Sale in America
And yet there's nothing mysterious about it, just Geuting merchan
disingbuying 12 to 18 months ago, avoiding all the big rises since
then and being willing now to sell as we bought, not take advan
tage of today's market. That's why we can now offer Philadelphia
more than a million and a half dollars' worth of
SHOES for All the Family at
Just About HALF their Present Retail Value
Women's Shoes at Men's Shoes at
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.75, $9.75, $10.75, $7.75, $8.75. $9.75, .
$U.75 and up to $17.75 $10.75 and up to $16.75
Children's Shoes
Sue';
I 11 to
$3.75
' Shoes-
sites $p.75 I Thousanda of Pair.
2Vi to 7 O for School or Dress
U to 1JI454.75 Big Boys or Men $C.75
5S.7u With Small Feet
Mind you, we re not trying to frighten you into buying now just
because we know that Spring prices will be much higher. On the
contrary, we want you to use the leather vou own by letting us re
pair your shoes. That will help us to break shoe prices. But if you
tlo need shoes take advantage of these phenomenal values.
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I M j--''wfBiHHiBi Stockings, 1 Cotton Garter
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PHILADELPHIA 1516 Chestnut Street
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J.5 WHOLESALE 395 Foui th Av., New York
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