n ? v i. I VI' 7W kj r r, v v , c u ' (t ..," tr At, Wis ',r 1 is EVENING PUBLIC LEDaEEr-PHlXiADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY -21, 1920 11?, EVER GREEN By FANNIE IWRST f &&&- m m .'.itmn 33LS?& ;':xv-r.v-? :'-sA..AVy,V:ra. VJVjSS$' hktvjp I"W panniu nuuar ,.;. .fldrf;. iitrmfttr of the " Forty loia.ii'"".' ,,.iir.. i-, rfi-i. ; wHA CAarlfi Lee, manager of the J nt Ihcroiniianu- who uiimM o h!r. Whc the rot of the ' croir.M i.t'o &( '" 7'" STf Ac tinnll lomx station to the Ztre, the stayi back and tctiffc. the irip tci'th Lee. OiUrTKH 111 ur oVBnii'. bubyJoll?" j "Silly!" ... m niy friend Al was pretty thick all the I see, .1sl hc sunie. Watch t on his bar tonight. Mil do; that was nearly a Wisty Call last nisht. That's "hat tou Ret tor treating mf io colli." " Ditln't ! Gft, the way t o ii was ftrHnir with me from the nines aud nil wih enQueh to Rive any ,irl the shivers. " 1 "That's what I give you, the shivers. : It' I'm some little shiver-giver, iiu't 'i. hid? At that, you only linns me a stingy rose instead of the wreath. S.i I Stlnv!" "Aw. I know you. You don't mean nothing J on say to mo. Why should I 5?;. n fellow my Wreath thnt don't ean nothing he safl to me?" "Sav. nii.'t this a swell little town, I re' 'The first decent tnnk I've seen. liooka in tliere, wll you? All eating '.. nitnil the tab o like regular ,iU Neat, ain't it? I.oolta hid i ud the old granny and nil. I.ooka! ifi,i littlo town. Wu nlny n re turn in April. Neat, clean, little dump, ind n good show town." "A. tonka that cute, little red-ioofcd no,o ith the weather-roek whirl ici around over the porch, brand new ml nil. isa. ain t that eutes uec. - runt. too. I wouldn't mind lent- jug that noself. Look at it up there on the little hill right between the depot and the town. Hn,y, aitj't that cute I wouldn t mind renting tnnt my ..1ft" "Voo rnil unillll. Ton stlek to me. liddo. and M'e if what I tell ou about the Amterdnm Hoof don t come true! "Honest, T.ee?" "Aw, but what's the use treating i little girl like you white, when she acts so cold nnd touchy the minute u fellow tries to get loving with her. You bet your life Flossie would hnve flung mc her wreath last night if I lad winkd for it : she ain't a cold little baby-doll like you." "T " "What's the use trying to help a little girl that ain't got no tempera ment, when Mio's as cold as a.-ilies? Them ain't inv kind. Temperament ii what nn got to have hi this business. finger!" Where the trees met darkness above their heads, so that not even the stars jieeped through, she stood suddenly on tiptoe so that her eyes, bluer than Ital ian waters, were parallel with his. "How how much temperament does a girl hnve to have. Lee. to to J get ahead? Huh? Honest, Lee, I'm greeu in this game nnu I want more n a girl ever did to to get nliead. How much temperament does she have to have, Lee?" For answer he leaned over and kissed the curved line where her lips met. The aete de resistance of the "Forty Thiers" extravaganza opened with n etealthy plucking of muted violin string-. a device popular for the mys tery it tvtnngs and insinuates. Gradual lights dUclosed a papier-mache cave flowing with tinsel-pointed stalactites and stalagmites! and a bent-backed, pussy-footed chorus of red -hooded suomes winding through its subterra nean labyrinths. Tip-toe! Tip-toe! Tip-toe! A tremolo of drums rumbled to an tar-splitting crescendo, nnd four wind tprites, tnsMing their eily draperies, bounded from the red mouths of four np-htagc caves, singing an off-key Mip pliance to the Storm King and sus taining high C with faces strained and stainrl to deep vermilion. From the light wing, in shiit sleeves nnd with nn ?e to nature, Mr. Charley Lee dl leeted the lightning, nud between linshes manipulated the wind machine. Above the song of the gale his voice rose and Ml through the improvised megaphone of his cupped hands. . "Hn'iv them minies back there 'cm on dang it, swing 'em on. er up back there speed! awing Hheed .Speed!" Suddenly from behind u stalactite drop the raindrop chorus descended from heaven in u caicfully selected show or. A patter of applause passed through the audience. Dangling midair from salver wires, ti score of the effulgent creatures swung pendent, silver le llnnmlprlni silver U'kiits flouncing, nnd showering silver oses irom shallow silver baskets. And in their center, dangling highest from the stalagmite floor and further dis tinguished by u bllver wreath placed us if in blessing on be." brow. Miss Lola Luladay sparkled like dew in sunshine. "All Hall tln Storm King." sang tlie ballet, dangling on their wires. From the gloom of the right wing Mr. (.'hnrley Leo jet out u generous lightning (lash and in its white flare clapped ills hands together nnd smiled up at Miss Lnladny. She toihcd him a token from her shnllow basket. "All Hall the Storm King." trilled the four winds, waving their bony arms. "All Hail the Storm King," chanted the pussy-footed gnomes, turning cowled heads townrd the left wing. "All Ilnll Hip Storm King." sang the ensemble, fncing the left wing and faltering on liijh C. Suddenly the silver wire jerked Miss Lniaday higher still and she poised, limbs distended like a bisque nngel de pending from n chandelier. A flower entwined trape7e descended from behind the stalactite drop, framing her from the wuist up. The spotlight focused. The song of wind suddenly rippled ncross the stage. "All Hail the Storm King." she sang in a fluty voice, closing her small nanus oier the parnllcl-bnr and gazing with en rapport toward the left wing In the gloom of thnt left wing, taut as n gladiator. Mr. Al Delano, clad in gold-coloted tights, with a zig-y.ag of silver lightning down his front, bal nnced in waiting on the tip of the titillating springboard in readiness for Ins lliglit ac.oss tho stage. II w muscles; bpiang out and his biceps swelled to capacity, and beneath the gold-colored tights his diaphragm suddenly contracted, throwing his great chest upward. "All Hail the Storm King!' Miss Lalada. drew backward the bar until it lav across her little boom nnd, as the silver who jerked her ever so slighth higher, filing it from her with one hand, and with her free arm tossed her silver wieatii downward toward the figure beside the wind ma chine, nnd a little thrill of laughter went with it. "Hoth hands tliere cut that wait! Al waitgood Cod!" On thnt outward swing of the trapeze Mr. Al Delano leaped from his spring board with the grace of a wild thing, turned fiis double somersault mid-stage, ir mid-air, and reached out for the flower-twined horizontal bar. It swung hack, but too slowly to meet his strain ing clutch. Too late to gather his strength against a fall, he gyrated for a tecond in a ghastly simulation of an acrobat, and then with the directness of a fowl shot on swift wing, hurtled downward, his legs doubled up under him and his neck strained backward. "Ugh-h!" A moment of indecision. A woman in the balcony shrieked and hid her face. Another. The West Wind fainted b.ick against an iridescent pil lar. The director's buton fluttered, then waved onward, the music clat tering manfully after it. A gnome fell weak-kneed in her tracks. The curtain slithered downward. At " o'clock, with the immense quiet of dead o' night thick as a shroud around them, the watchers beside n property couch moved simultaneously. A doctor rose from Ills Htlff knees, his lips pursed nnd pcrplencd beneath his mossy beard Charley Lee lifted n basin and towel from the floor and placed them noiselessly on the gold property table. Miss Loin Lnladny, her silver skirt crushed to her figure, rone from her crouching attitude at the base ot the couch, and beneath the mask of rouge her littlo face seemed sud denly as fleshlcKs ast the feet of a bird and slashed with tears, ns if rain had beat against it. "Doc! My God, Doc, don't you know yet? You wnnt us to die wait ing, do you't Don't jou know noth ing et?" "We gottn catrh that !:10 train, Doc. and she feels like before we go we ouglita " "Can't jou tell n girl, Doc?" Ain't he ever coming to again? Ain't he, Doc? Oh, my God, ain't he?" The doctor snapped his spectacles into n ense and regarded her above n remaining pair that straddled his nose half-wuy down. His voice was deliberate and ns slow as treacle in the poirlng. "We lire going to move him now, young lady, just as soon ns the hos pital wagon arrives. Then wo can tell more." Fear lay on her face like u death mask. i "la he " "I have set three fractures, but 1 can't look nt that back until we get him to the hospital. HttTc lady." "Oh, my God! His back!" Mr. Charley Lee smoothed a nort -ous hand up and down the back of his gloised hair. "What she's trying to get nt is this. Doc. We gottn get that 4:10 train out nnd " "Don't 'istcn to him. Doc. wr- " "We gotta get that train out and if he uin't done for she wants to know if he'll come nrnund all right, lie will, won't he. Doc?" "He will. Doc, won't he? Ho will. Doc. tell me he surely will." "I won't know how much, little lady, until wo gel him to the hospital, but it looks to me like he will come around all right." "See, Iio: now go get jour duds. "Oh. Doc," She caught at his hands in n frenzy of supplianee and fell on her knees in a huddle nt bis feet. ".I11M pull hitn around. Doc. That's nil 1 ask. Pull him around. Doc. nnd I II make it up to you. I'll work my fin gers to.the bouc for you. I'll black jour shoes and walk on my knees for jou. Onlv don't let him die. Doc. For God's rake, don't let him die." The in coherence of frenzy muddled her tones. "Aw. cut it. Lo. Don't you see that Doc's doing all he can. Go get i our duds on, Lo. You see. Doc, it's this way. She kindn feels like it was Tier fault, but there's nothing to thnt. It'8 just like ho got dizzy all of u sudden the way he missed that bar. I've seen it happen n dozen times. She flung It ull right enough, but she kiudu feels to blame about it. It's dead jure that he'll come around nil right, ain't it. Doc? Tell her," "I done it! I done it, Doc. but 1 didn't think it would swerve. I done it. Oh. my God, Doc. I donc'it!" Iio stooped nnd drew her gently from her crouching attitude nt his feet, nnd ns If anticipating that she would sway like n silver reed, placed a firm hund between her bare shoulder blades. "There's no immediate danger of anything right now, little lady. You Just keep up your courngc until we hnve ti look nt that back and see whut can be done." "I'll walk on my knees for jou, Doc. "Aw, Lo. cut the sob stuff. Didn't you hear the Doc tell you a lay-up is all he's iu for? Fiylu' acts is used to mat. "There, there, little lady, you just wait until wo look nt that back." "We got to be bentln' it. Doe. We gotta catch the company down at the station for the -1 :10. I gotta wire nhend to Chicago for n dummy act. ton. He Al he's a great fellow , Doc. Treat him white ns jou know how. You'll keep us wise about him, won't you? Here's our route list, and jou let us know how he's mending up. lie's n fellow with u fund. Doc, and if If it ain't clastic enough to stretch, let us know. Take good care of him. Doc. The best ain't none too good for him. He glad to scud jou paper to the show when we play a return in April. Doc. Glad to take caret ot you it you will call around at the boxoflice. Come. Lo. we gottn hustle." "Whatta jou think I nm crazy? I I nin't going." He shuffled toward her. "None of that. You gotta wc can't bliss connections for " "I nin't going." "Cut it now. Ain't he nil arranged for in the hospital? Yon can't jump a 'show like this without " "iou go chnse join self, Charley Lee. Y"ou can't bluff me. I'm going to stick. nnd whatta jou going to do about it?" "Tell her. Doc. bhe s crazy with the heat." "That won't thaw no ice with me. I'm going to stick witli him nnd nnd if he lie will hac me I I Al Al." The figure on thu couch stirred be neath its gold brocadn property coverlet. "Where Lo where?" (CONTINUED TOMOItUOW) Covvrlaht, JM0. bu Wheeler Kiiiilliatu Three City Employes Pensioned. Three city employes were retired yes terday by the municipal pension board. They nre Wesley F. I'Intt, soventy-one years old,, who wus chief clerk in the office of the register of wills for thirty one years; Carollno Meyer, eighty-one renrs old, employe 'of the bureau of police, nnd August Kssman, seventy live years old, who was an attache of Common Plcns Court No. 1 for twenty years. urry to Huver's TOR THIS Jacob Bros. S175 ONE OF 25 BIG BARGAINS IN USED PIAJV S Easy Terms G. W. HUVER CO. iiomi; or SERVICE 1031-33 Chestnut St. vicriiolr.AS KECORDS Whether you're a farmer, truck gar dener, florist, have a country estate' or a back-lot garden you need the Mid west Utilitor. It's useful on all farms. MP f We Cordially Invite You to Inspect Our Exhibit At the Truck Show Troy Trailer Co. Used-Car Department Pi!1fnril--0verhaulcd und Pro i acuarus tcctf,a by otlr war. ranty. have by far a greater Intrinsic aluo than new cars ut the same price. a fj:w ok oun specials Packard 3-2B Touring Packard 2-35 Touring 1919 Peerless Sedan; like new. Stanley Steamer. Plerce-Arrow Iilinouslne Standard 8 Touring Wlritou Touring. Wlllys-Knlglit. Willys-Overland. Packard Motor Car Co. of Philadelphia 319 North Broad Street Philadelphia Locust 3900 IUce 3C00 WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S Wanamaker's Down Stairs Store Tho Spring Peeps Through the Winter Curtains of Snow, Wearing a charming frock of taiTcta with short aleeveal Perhaps it is the sombre Winter weather that gives these new silk frocks with their short sleeves so much freshness and promise! At $23.50 A nrettv frock of tauno or navy taffeta has a deep overskirt. bodice is attractively embroidered in color. Another model, of navy taffeta, has a fresh white vest of tucked Georgette. The sleeves and the top of tho bodice of another navy taffeta dress are of navy Georgette and the wide girdle ends in a bow. Women will like the gleaming metallic-thread embroidery and tho double ruffles! At $25 Taffeta in Belgian blue, navy, taupe, or black is in four very interesting models showing metallic embroidery, braiding, etc. Some of these dresses have lace or net collars and cuffs. A lovely soft satin dress in navy or black has a bodice of Georgette crepe with designs of colorful or self-embroidery. (Market) DIABETES Why Suffer Longer? Drink Mountain Valley Water The famous curative water from Hot Springs. Endorsed by Physicians. pj Mountain Valley Water Co., 718 Chestnut St. Fbone Walnnt 3407 S.rved at leadlnc Clubs, Hotel.. Cafes and P. II. R. dlnLnc cars. Sold by first-class grocers, druffclsts. etc.. or direct by us. 111111111111111 wKBm DISTRIBUTED BY PHILADELPHIA TRACTOR & IMPLEMENT COMPANY ucu.msm318 North Broad Street Ua-otB 1711-13 Vne Street after MarcU 1 I'htladclpbla. Pa. Booth 46 at the Truck Show Desirable Territory Open for (lood Dealers Swift & Company's 1919 Earnings How They Affected You During the twelvemonths ended November 1, 1919, (its fiscal year), Swift 8c Company transacted its large volume of business on the smallest margin of profit in its history. Sales over $1,200,000,000.00 Net earnings $13,870,181.34 Our shipments were in excess of 5,500,000,000 lbs. This means that our earnings were less than l1 cents on each dollar of sales, or a quarter of a cent on each pound shipped. Consumer- The average consumer eats about Vk lb. of meat per day 180 lbs per year. If he purchased only Swift & Company products lie would have contributed only 45 cents (180 lbs. cent a pound) a year profit to Swift & Company for its investment and service, less than one cent per week. Our earnings were so small as to have prac tically no effect on the family meat bill. Live Stock Raiser Swift & Company handled in 1919 over 16,000,000 head of live stock. You can figure for yourself that our earnings of lVs cents on each dollar of sales are too small to affect the price you received for your stock. We paid all it was humanly possible to pay considering what the meat and by-products could be sold for. Swift & Company, U. S. A. Seven Wholesale Distributing Markets Central Office, 9th and Giraid Avenues F. M. Hall, District Manager Skirts Are at Their Best In the Down Stairs Store Choosing is varied and interesting, especially among the plaids and stripes. Plainly gathered, box pleated or accordion pleated styles are in most attractive colors and combinations. Materials arc Velour Gabardine Jersey Serge Tricotinc Silk Prices Go From $5.50 to $19.50 (Market) Women's Flannellet Nightgowns in Extra Sizes Soft, fleecy flannellet in pink or blue stripes is cut generously full and comfort ably made. $2.50. Cntral) Regulation Dresses Are Becoming and Practical for School Girls and the girls like them because they are so comfortable. $6.50 for a dark blue lincne regulation that has the collar and cuffs braided in white 6 to 14 year sizes. $6.75 for a white jean regulation with cadet blue collar and cuffs and an emblem on tho sleeve 6 to 16 year sizes. Serge Middies, Special, $5 Navy blue, all-wool serge middies with the collars and cuffs nicely braided 10 to 16 year sizes. (Market) A Man Can't Get Shoes Like These Every Day at $5.65 Heavy tan leather blucher shoes, with or without tips, in wide or medium toe shapes, have single or double welted soles. There's wear and comfort in every pair of them. Boys' Shoes Special, $3.25 Black and dark tan leather shoes on English lasts are in sizes 212 to 4V. (Gallery. Market) White Petticoats With Pretty Lace Flounces $1 to $3.50 The materials are all good qual ity nainsook, cut plenty full. The flounces are in a variety of styles some have underlays. (Central) Here Are Hundreds of Fresh New Aprons of Many Useful Kinds in regular and extra sizes A shipment has just arrived bringing all kinds, from a small percale dusting apron to a big cover-all apron for real work in the kitchen. Every apron is fresh and crisp and clean and the materials are good. At S0c7checked gingham gored aprons of generous size. At 65c neat striped and figured percale aprons trimmed with plain ric-rac braid. At $1 striped and figured percale aprons in the stylo sketched on the right. Bungalow Aprons, $2 (they really look like dresses), are of striped and figured percale and striped, checked and plain color gingham, trimmed with contrasting colors. One style is sketched on the left and there are many others. Bungalow Aprons in Extra Sizes are of good percale, cut plenty full and well made. $2 and $3. Black Sateen Aprons A circular, short anron with pockets is 85c. (Centra!) A large skirt apron that fastens on the side with clasps is $1.50. This Is the Time of Year to Buy a Good Coat for Little Money Most of the coats in the Down Stairs Store are marked at lowered prices; some of them down to half price. In every instance you will get a good coat that will give you much comfort and satisfaction this Winter and much of next. An Extra-Size Coat at $16.50 is of thick, warm coating, made with a deep collar, a belt and roomy pockets. Several Models at $19.50 are of silvertone and velour with collars of self material or of fur. Many are lined throughout. Short Coats at $25 Young women like these sports coats and there are many pretty styles at this price. They are of velour, silvertone, cheviot and polo cloth in henna, Pekin, brown and navy. Some show the new leather facings and most of them are full lined. New Tweed Coats, $35 Good, all-around, knockabout coats with raglan tlceves nre in green, brown or gray mixtures. (Market) Pink Adora Corsets Adora corsets are Wanamaker corsets and are to be had only in the Down Stairs Store. In design and workmanship they follow our own specifications and represent the greatest value possible for the sum involved. For average figures there is a good corset of pink coutil, made with a medium bust and a long skirt that has elastic insets in the back, for com fort in sitting. $2.50. For the slender woman there is a topless corset that has a band of elastic all around the upper edge. The front steel ends at the lower edge of the elastic a real comfort feature. $3. A similar corset of figured poplin has insets of elastic in the top and a longer, more strongly boned skirt. $3.50. For average to heavy figures a well-boned coutil corset with a medium bust has a long, well-proportioned skirt. $3.50. (Central) Little .Children's Shoes at Special Low Prices At $1.50-Black WdsWn button shoes with white leather tops, turned soles and wedge heels; sizes 5 to 8. In the same sizes, but all-black kidskin, they are $2 a pair. Some Half Price At $1.75 B l a c k calfskin button shoos with white kid tops; sizes 2 to 5. At $2 Patent leather but ton shoes with champagne-color kid tops; sizes 2 to C. Sizes 5 to 8 are $2.50. (Chestnut) At $2.25 Ta leather but. ton shoes for school wear; bizes 8V4 to 2. At $3.25 Brow" kidskin nnd tan calfskin button shoes; sizes 5 to 8. Room-Size Rugs New Patterns at Old Prices That is a combination that is rarely found together these days, but these rugs are in the new 1920 designs and are marked on a basis of the prices of months agp. Every rug is a perfect rug, of first quality in every particular. Savings in every instance are worth consideration. 8.3 x 10.6 Feet 9 v to Ff Tapestry rugs, $29.50 and $34.50. Velvet rugs, $34.50, $47.50 and $59. Axminstcr rugs, $5750. Wilton ruirs. $95 and S100. Rugs of other sizes are priced in proportion Tapestry rugs, $3250 and $3750. Velvet rugs, $5250 and $65. Axminstcr rugs, $6250 and $7250. Wilton rugs, $105 and $110. m if-l M ' itt.1 .! WTi ' M MA w, m .a H if v" frt- ,1 i-.l l-ve A- A-y r ii i 41 I it ;V "1 kSj p " 41 4 pi- s f' a 11 1 ! V t 'C 1 9 ti w? . 13 rt 1 V St it' t 9 'J t hi ii v VjS m !. m -V. i.4 W 'B M g. f J u 1 Vtl ' ' "1 t :1 (Cheitnut) rr- i- -, ,r c. aula '. . & 7 4 -. .'-& Xo .(V l rt ft t1 ' "141,. IsJJ.... '., M ' .Um h ,-t," Im 1 . - M,J
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