t:.mm &.tr !t m JEVENINa'PUBrXC BmE' PHILADELPHIA, wMkES)AT, MfeaH 3, 1920 t W JAN HEADS AMERICAN MISSION Lptain Thomas J. Orbispn, In Utter, Tells of war-worn Baltic Country :EEDS 60,000 CHILDREN l'nJcr the dln-ellon of n I'll In ,h Vnntnln Thomiu J. O bl L of tlio Ainprlmn wMod In Ll.lan Ihlff of tli I'lillmlpl- son. the "" ; .tit ..- i .tic (ill.000 ttiiwlnn rnu; rcn .. u --. .. . ''" A. .i nnlini.ts Is ecttlns n dtllP ..... .Tm !.r.; .Mi'civiiiMtion nuu . ........i, r.iln Orb nn. Vim ui ...y. . r .A. Flrl ity Troop. fuiccccdcti .'.".l .tnliu C (Jrnomc ill liic worn &ran.ri;rf?nmoU8 there lottcr to CVonol Oroome. loS l'' 'ho tlint ""many ..tn rivltiB to wield power In south "' .III. .re related In the eo.nmi.nl- tlon. tier""1" koIiIIcm arc rtmoii. "''""' ......I.-, nnnni-rlitlf to Clin- roKT.-?' .-iht S! liwmondt. ulio is kuowh u " nan" cominan i .. -.., iTihtafif explained In he captain's letter. Ho nam anions ther thtns: . Ule oi "'? ,., -, l.ninhnril :htnf i'V. """'A",,, ,.., ii-i.t. tot. ..'".:- -i ,, ,. n, ' '?" d. flidni. '. '",'" .r w....;.r v:. ' hoxmc out of Latvia. Thus the old sfiitrmlnit boche eairlc failed to work nunln. At present the Allies hate a commission, up here to cvnruate the scattered bands by December J 5. No one knows where Bermondt Is now. He lost a big chance just as It was In his grasp." TO HONOR MEN LOStTn WAR North Philadelphia Business Men's Association to .Provide Tablet The North rhllndelphla Business Mcnjs Association met lam night at Oermnntown aW-nuo and Juniata street, with K. E. ZclBler.prcsldlnif. Resolutions were ndopted to erect n bronze tnblct at the Nlcctown Library, Hunting I'nrk and Gcrmantowu ave nues, containing the names of the young men of the neighborhood who lost' their lives in the war, and to petition the. Highway Department to improve Ger mantown nvfnue, which, since It was torn tip some time ngd. has been filled with ruts. The V. It. T. will be asked to CHtablish n loop, taking in from Hunting Park nvenue and Yoik road to Sixteenth street and the Itooscvelt boulevard. , conductorIkilled Caunht Between Two Freight Cars He Is Crushed to Death Crushed between two freight cars nt 1:150 o'clock this morning James Know ell, thirty-five yearH old. 11104 Point Breeze avenue, was Instantly killed. Knowcll wns a freight conductor for t,he Philadelphia and Beading Hallway nnd wns attempting to couple the cars on Willow street between Fifth and 3ixth streets when the accident occurred. LATE R. R. CLERKS WARNED Be at Work on Time, Turn Over New Leaf, Is Order Bailrbad employes, who under gov ernment control were accustomed to get to work from ten minutes to a half hour late, arc suddenly discovering that tho resuming owners of tho Pcnnsyl ' i vanla and Beading lines are all for starting tho day's work on time, 'rim nitltudo nf dm owners seems to be In favor of n literal reading of tho old song, ''I've been working on the railroad ill the live-long day." The chief clerks Of tho Pennsylvania 'mid Beading ha.ro announced ito all workers that everybody "will turn over n new leaf and get to work on time. Excuses won't go. Prison Chaplain Elected The Bcv. Zed 11. Conn, sociolouie.il , worrier and former pastor of the ("V i tin!... nV.il T)l 1 1 1 ul. ft fl PrAadntutk.. n."llli and 'tlie Piench. continued I to , n , 3 h b lftto(, b .. . , rive bark the boclic to Jlltnu. un io- of prii,Jn in,pectrg of the Eastern .L. "1 Allinil n tunni w.v '. ( PntillAnllnrv trf etinfAArt thn Infn T- bits after haul 'JnR-lnJ w?",,, n Joseph AVclch ns chaplain of' that in-' tl day nnd saw all the largest Dul'd- eljtuton. l hum ne. one oi iiiein mi- " .1 Lmr trtt nml till ,r looked Hl-e a -.-nw hrnn. Wj. "i ti,cre nre no German soldicrrf in Ai. ..l llio nu bCIIIB "I'llt out of TA...-U ,nn!dlt It looks ns though he bocbe have todnj- been beattn on all rents. - , "It wns rather funny to note we an Im of the tiermnn government In this at- ir' first, a dctermtneu occupniion; pcond. camouflaging their troops as usians minor on ujiji-nnin-i uuui... crmondt, ho looked like a horse ready or a tair. in a i niuiuu y.. ...... ,.- icer i uniform me iiuu ircviuimi. uwn allod a traitor by (iciicuil Ytidcnicli. 1,0 absolutely lepuuinien mm ns u iisian): third, when the boclic were hipped the Gorman representative in (;. rrnrhiin t. reniiesten nil nrnii- ilkc from the Letts nnd stated that he v.a tiUn tho Gerninn troons under his InrotectioD can joii bent it! Colonel IlaJlod, ho ns mndc ( O. of the I.ctt armv, did not reply nnd kept plug clnj awaj at them until he hud then Men's Hats f oft i. n modeled lnti itfit itylrs nnd re rimmw equal 10 new (Jmh MM ' The Perfect 'Water Paint Does Not Peel Nor Rub Off msflKsF 0 Merson Hat Co., 13S S. lOlh St. George Uiii Ml iA Wanted Cement Coated Nails Spot-Shipment, 6d, 8d, lOd Carloadt or Less. Quote Price. Box A 324, Ledger Office From Booze To Whose? If the men-folks of Delin eator families have been spending the average amount for liquor, then their fami lies after July 1st will have ninety-seven million dollars yearly, or $326,086 per busi ness day to spend for further comforts and refinements of life such things as you manufacture. Are you de scribing your goods to the women who do most of the purchasing for these homes? Your opportunity is golden. Delineator The Maqazne In ' One Million Homes a '&? The Philadelphia Art Galleries S. E. Cor. 15th and Chestnut Sts., Phila. KKKIl II U'AIJIK.K Amllmirrr NOW ON EXHIBITION PEREMPTORY SALE or A VI'.IU HIGH-GRADE llAMilll'PT STOCK OF FURS! FURS! INVI'.NTOItlKI) AT OVi:it SS3.0UO ConiMinc ul o tU. Chum. Coatrm. Wrnpn. Smrfn. Hlokn. MufTi, Sfta In lludion Seal, .iKiiuk, liinr. iiintkrat Wo:f. Itnrtixini Cnrniul, Nutria, h ear-Seal. Squirrel and n irrnt vurlrty of ntlirr Kura. x. TO in: soi.ii HTnirrri.v wirnniiT nvHrnvn S ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IVESIO MARCH 4. 1920 VaV HtGLNMNd I'KOMITI.V AT 1 O'CLOCK U HERE'S a pleasing sentc of being in the M n mode which goes with a Stbtson. Then, d n too, you have the exceptional S)uality tra- H M ditional with Stbtson for half a century. U J JOHN B. STETSON COMPANY D Q Kotail Store t 1224 Chestnut Street 9 STETSON Q Bltltnn Jlait art ItalurtA and l m ', o V Uailnt deafer wr(t0hr I Dictate -J every thing iSJciaipnoiie jfir YouVe wasted that much in shorthand note-hooks .i Afford it certainly ! But you can't afford the time - and - convenience waste that every page of shorthand notes spells. Dictate everything to The Ediphone find out what dictating speed is, what dictation convenience means. The easiest way to dictate a letter Ediphone Putting your correspondence personal and general on a sane basis is simply a matter of installing The Ediphone. If it's convenience you want you get it; if unlimited speed, or instant readiness, or economy in production you get them all 'when you dictate everything to The Ediphone. Telephone The Ediphone Spruce 6303 Race 1295 Prove it on your own work Guaranteed .-. JointIvGenim 1VI Aef: ty T 1627 Cheittniit Sfrt noma 01. cdtoon. Jnc. STRAWBEIDGE & CLOTHIER INFORMATION FOR THURSDAY, MARCH FOURTH BUSINESS HOURS NINE TO FIVE-THIRTY The Sale of Eclson Soap Continues, 8c Cake 95c a Dozen The Soap that banishes all the annoyances of hard water. Cakes' arc generous in size. An excellent Toilet Soap, scented or unsccnted. Most people buy a year's supply at tho Sale price of 8c a cake, 95c a dozen Htratt brlde & Clothier Alle 10, Centre. nnd I'llbert Street Crois Alale S. & C. Special and Other Good Corsets Fashionable models in famous S. & C. Special Corsets: Elastic-top Corsets of pink bro cade or silk-striped batiste $4.50. White Coutil Corsets, with rub ber top, long over the hips, light ly boned $1.50. S. & C. Housekeepers' Corsets of white coutil. reinforced over thc abdomen, with graduating front clasn. With low or medium bust, long or medium long over hips $3.50 to $7.00. Excellent Values in Corsets Broken lot of W. B. Corset, clastic section in bust gores $2.00. S. & C. Corsets, pink batiste, elasti" top. Broken sizes $1.50. Misses' Warner Rust-proof Cor sets, rubber top now $1.50. S. & C. model of white coutil; medium bust, long hips $3.00. Brassieres, many styles, 38c to $7.00 r.. , .8tra'?.nrl!llte Cloth fr Third Floor. Market Street West Bed Ticking, 85c Feather-proof Ticking of fine quality, in various attractive striped patterns and color com binations; 32-inch 85c a yard. Strawbrldgo & Clothier Aisle la. Centre Hundreds and Hundreds of Charming Spring Hats in the , Gpemibg Display of Millinery Fashions Hundreds and hundreds of Hats, all new, all beautiful, each expressing an original idea. In fact, there is no single prescribed fashion. There are Hats soft and crushable, Hats stiff and angular, Hats softened by net veils and lace throws, Hats flower-faced and flower-crowned, Hats pierced by a single ornamental pin, and Hats with ribbon drapes and bows and many with quills and wings. The display includes Beautiful New Hats from Paris From Famed New York Milliners And Many Clever Adaptations And Copies by Our Own Milliners We call particular Attention to a fine line of Trimmed Hats, from $8.00 to $15.00, which show the inspiration of Paris models, and feature all representative shapes and trimmings, and every new shade. These Hats are the spe cialty of our own Milliners, and we doubt if you will find their equal anywhere in Philadelphia, at these prices. From -the young girl who inclines toextremes in fashion, to the matron who prefers dignity above all, every woman of Fashion can find becoming Hats in this collection. 7t Mrawbrldie i. Clothier Second Floor. Market Street Weat Wool Velours For Sprftig Are Here In elk, tan, beavar, a lovely light gray, a soft shade of brown, a charming- new green and, of course, navy blue. Width, 54 inches. Price, $6.50 a yard. Strawbri aothier- Sturdy Petticoats Excellent Value, $2 Heatherbloom, so a woman knows immediately that these aro serviceable Petticoats. In black and colors, smart in appearance, and exceedingly good value at $2.00. Btrawbrldao A QethU:.e r Second Floor, Weit Maids' Correct Uniforms, $4.50 Trim and neat, these fine Black Soisettc Uniforms, finished with plaits at the shoulders, and with gathers in the back of the skirt giving just the right fullness. Flat, white collar; detachable white cuffs on the full-length sleeves $4.50. Strawbrldas it Clothier Third Floor, Filbert Btxeet, Wit Men's Shirts, $2.50 "We aro still soiling these fine madras Shirts at the "old price," although manufacturers' prices for identical grades have ad vanced 20 per cent. They are unusually wen niatre, of soft madras, in clean-cut pat- men of thorough good taste. terns that will be appreciated by Of course, we cannot sell the Shirts that replace this lot at this low price so to buy now is to Save. Strawbrtdg A- Clothier Eaat Store, Eighth Street The Tailored Suit Comes Into Its Own in the Springtime Its smart slenderness is already evident on the busy thoroughfares, whenever balmy days permit. For steady service, which is the real test of a Suit, we recom mend these Smart Tailored Suits of Men's-wear Serge at $45.00 Here in black, navy bluo and shades of taupe. Made in plaited styles, belted, and having slnshed pockets and rolling collars very trim and good looking, and the tailoring and the materials aro excellent. Suits, $65.00 to $75.00 Many different models, some with full belts, sonic with sectional belts, some on long, close fitting or semi-fitting lines, rather plainly tai lored, and unbroken by nny belt whatever. Some show long, slender rows of buttons, or have the tailored finish of braid bindine. or. as in tho nnn sketched, they are more softly finished with ripples and with long collars that fold over silk vests. Tho model sketched, $67.50. -second Floor. Centro Thirty-two Lovely Models in -Strawbrldgo & Clothier- From $45.00 to $65.00 Thirty-two separate and distinctly differ ent models taffetas, all shirred and puffed and quilled, or rather plain and coat-like for much street wear: satins on lone, clinging lines, and plain and flowered crepe Georgette softly draped, some with velvet ribbons looped up with their draperies. Some are elaborately plaited, .some embroidered, and one finds every good effect from the basque bodice to the tucked blouse. All in the most desirable spring shades. Thc model sketched is $47.50. ' Many Lovely Silk Frocks From $22.50 to $30.00 Of crepe do chine and taffeta some witli tucked skirts and tuckcdblouses, some softly plaited, some with tunics bordered with tucks; one lovely model is made with a saucy short pcplum, three-quarter sleeves with thc fash ionable flare, and the round neck simply finished with narrow collar of net. fry Strawbrldgo 4. Clothier Second Floor. Market Street Silk Umbrellas Under Price, $8.00 A bit of tho proverbial silver lining every rainy day for the womnn who buys one of these s-mart, colorful Umbrellas, covered with taffeta silk in blue, green, brown or garnet. Wrist cords in the decorative bakelite-top han dles. Such Umbrellas could not bo made to,dny to sell for $8.00. Strnwbrldg ti Clothier Alelo 7. rftorket Street pPECIAlJW Men's Fine Suits and Overcoats Good Styles and Wonderful Value At $36.00 Hart, Schaffner & Marx, "Alco" and Others More than two hundred SLITS, some from Hart, Schaffner & Marx, home from the "Alco" shops and some from other high-class manu facturers. Dark BLUE WOR STED, in single- and double breasted models, also neat mix tuics, made in youthful and conservative styles; many in weight suitable for year around wear. OVERCOATS in Ulster, Ulsterette and regular Overcoat models of Rood, warm overcoatings, in dark shades Btrawhildge Clothier berond Floor Kuit The Sale of Men's Sample Shoes and Oxfords Began this morning, with about TWO THOUSAND pairs, in an extensive selection of NEW SPRING styles. In view of this large number, we can safely promise satisfactory selection for men who call SAMPLE SI7ES OnVy ,fhe '" nvcrapes about ONE-THIRD. Shoes and Oxfords at $8.95 Samples from the Whitman & Keith Co., and thc J. P. Smith Shoo eo. AH the various leathers in the new styles and shades for the coming spring. Sample Low Shoes at $12.20 This is the entire sample line of tho James A Banister Company, for whoso Shoes this Store is Philadelphia headquarters. Low Shoes for spring, 1920, of finest materials and workmanship. Price includes L. S. tax. !-- Strawbrldge (. .othler Elehth and Filbert Streets WI worn M' Of All the Popular-Priced Phonographs Sold To-day The WINDHAM Stands Foremost To meet an ever-growing demand, wo decided to find the best populnr-priced Phonograph on the market to-day. After exhaustive tests and comparisons, in which the merits of several well-known makes were carefully weighed, our decision 'rested upon one instrument of outstanding superiority in every detail of tone, me chanical features, construction and de sign. To further demonstrate our confidence in tho Phonograph of our choice, we have made special urrangement with the manu facturers whereby we can now sell it under our own trade-maritu&fiame 7Vii8 is the model 'A" Windham. It measures . niches high, 22? i c h o a wide, 5 inches deep. Case of mahogany or oak. The Price $100,00. ta The Exhibition and Sale of Sizes to Fit Ml Rooms Much Below Market Value The splendid specimens of Chincso Rugs received last week wero bought consider ably under tho pre&cnt market value, and cannot, wo belhwe, bo equaled anywhere at our prices. Many of them cannot bo matched in beauty and quality in this city at any price. Besides these superb Rugs, we have a collection of Chi nese Rugs from our regular stock, in nearly forty different sizes and shapes, ranging from about 7x11 feet to 11.9x14.5 feet, at GREATLY RE DUCED PRICES. Do sure to sec these to-morrow. Strawhrldgn Clothier -Fourth Floor, Wet That is why we unqualifiedly guarantee the WINDHAM under our Seal of foit fldence. We know its matchless quality and we welcome the opportunity to dem onstrate its superiority to our music-lovinc friends The "Windham" is fully equipped with approved modern me chanical devices such as tone modifier, speed regulator, silent motor and universal tone-arm. Plays All Records Without extra attachments, thus placing nt the disposal of its owner a choice of all the various disc records produced The Windham or any other Phonograph in our slock can be secuiyd on terms of gradual payment with out interest or extra expense of any sort to the purchaser. ystrawbrldte l Clothler-Flfth Floor We.t Stenciled Crash Dutch Curtains and Table Covers Save on Summer Curtains and matching Table Covers. So cool looking and so serviceable, theso Ecru Crash Dutch Curtains with designs stenciled on borders and on vaunco in effective colorings. Tablo Scarfs and Covers to match make them doubly desir able. All are good values Curtains $5.00 a pan. Scarfs $1.50 each. Round Table Covers $S.S5. Strawbrldgo Clothier Third Floor. Centre ! Strawbridge & Clothier l MARKET EIGHTH FILBERT will . If t :P ' A KK . , a ,-! n Nl y t A ,?i K ''. ' r.,1t : -- ' a 1 A. 'jr.iMl S&(S 4 O- " "fac & t m, ''v wa ;,iV'U''' .." 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