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FOR DISTRICT WORK
Americanization to Bo Main
Work of Spoclal Bodies
Throughout Stato
ELM TREE 'POST IS FORMED
m
Ten illstrlrlM Imvo brcii rtnlillclicd 111
the Amcilcnii Legion by Kilcnv
1 1ntnl. flinlnnnn of the Aiiicrlcnnliiii
. .lu.lmi lit ilovrloit the program of
..iniliiUtratioti tin otlglimit tic Htittc of
ivniislvniiin. The I'lilliyMpliln cJiHtrirt
, ii ilinwV "rorgo tf. Htcwml, .lr..
-i.ijl ciirsiinit Mi ret. enmity rrpn
wntntlvc "I" !'ostNo. 'JO. nml elmlrmnii
of the l'lilliiilHiililn comity toiiuiilttcu
on AiiiriitniilMlloii.
Tim ilMrlrt ilHfr Ii rltnrgril with
mincrvWIns nnd tlovrloplng tin spirit nf
Aincrlcaiil-iii nml iiiitilntlxiii unions Hi.
mrmbiTs of the poilH In IiIm tl Ntrict.
I'ncli pift N m'MM'hIimi t' iiii"it mi
AmPilfnnNiii oflkcr to nsict In pioimit
jug llils work.
D'Mrlct Heath 'ninnl
Tho illstrli't organizations, ns nil
noiiniTil In t'linlrnmif Ilnlril, follow:
JJWrict N'o. 1 (Allrglidiv niuuty)--I)trl(t
ilinlrinaii, W..IJ. McFnll, Jr.,
Pill-biirgli. -,,.'
Dlstib t No. -' (Hurer. Lawrence,
AniHtroiiR. Itcnvcr, Westmoreland, Tn
fllntin. Washington, (Siocnc und Knjrtlp
miintlry) District rlmlrninii, I!. H.
Wlllinini. Itutlcr Comity National
limit;. ItutW.
District No. .1 (r.i'Ic. Warren, Craw
ford. .McKcr. Viiiiiru Fun est, Clarion
nml .FcffprMiirVhuiillcM District cfiuli'
mnii I'n ill AlijswVlb., ISiIi.
District' No. 'I (Tnttrr.WKrith. J.lfc.
Cnnioron. ('Hilton. Clcnrticld nnd Centej
rniiiitii,s)--l)iM.rict rliiilriimn. Albert
Mctz. niiiVcjiiiiiii.
DKtiicl) )V". " ((ninbiln. Illulr.
Iliintiiigilonf Sopirisct. Ilcdfiml, Fulton
ami IViinlilii) counties) District clmlr
man. J)onnld I. Howard, Altoonn.
DbtiklNo. (i Tloi;M.vMrndford, Ly
roming. Cnion, Snyder, Xortliuinbrr
liinil. Montour nnd Colombia counties)
--Di'trict cbnlrman. It. A. (iilbcrt,
Wtlliaiiispo'rl.
DNtilct Nil 7 (.Mifflin. .Itinlutn.
IYm, ('iiiiil)ci'lniiil, Dniiiiliiu, Admits,
York pud j.aucflstcr enmities) DlMrict
rtinirinan, Homer (1. Yliigt, Hnrris
lurg I)WrictNb. S (SiiMpicliantiii. Wiimic.
N'j milium. Lackiiwiiuiia. Liixorne. l'ikc.
Mnnroc niid'Carlioicoiiiitirs)- -District
rlinirininii 'dOofRC V. Kills. Scraiitoti.
Divliid No. !! (Schuylkill, Lehigh.
. - " : EVBIM tftiBLItV LIDDaTjJK-ixIITJJiJbPHIA; WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2i,
"i (i i , . , .
1920
Northampton. Itcrks. Itucks, Monlom
jrr, VAwM nnd Dnlnvnr countlcH)
District ilialrninn, Carl ,. Uoas, Itcnd
ine.
nistrict No. JO (I'hllndolphin enmity)
District chiilrninn, ftcnrRe H. Mew.
art, .lr,, 121J .Chestnut street, IMilla
ilclphiii, ' The members of the committee on
Americanization, t'hiladelplila comitv
VJ"'"."!". In midltlon to Htcwart, arc:
lleiijamln Oolder. INut .'17: Geore K,
tilppfncott. I'ost :tj It. H. Horiiii, Post
Jfilt Hnymoiid V. Slmw. Pout lO.". i
llllnii .laniiesoii. PosWUO ; Itoliert A.
Nejson, Post 1SII : II. II. Van Znnt. Post
Jlo, nnd .lohn A. Toomey, Post 1!05.
Him Tree Post
The nnine of ljlm Tue has been se
lected by Post 8S. if tlie KiRhtcentb
ward, of whkli Drivid Slulr Is com
mander. This lininc bns been tnken bv
the )iost because it was felt most np
p liable In view' of the frfet that the
hlntorlcnl Flm Tree of William Peim's
time stood in that wnrd, it monument
now mnikliiR tlie spot. The post bns
III." paid-up members. The officers, in
addition to Mr. Mulr. nre Klnier Van
Dilsen, vice coiiiinitudcr: T, Henry II.
Hiinders, ndjiitnntj William Ilertolrt,
Jr., .fiiiance officer: William Cnrr. scr-Reaiit-nt-nrnis:
Wllllaiii H. Itounlwell.
cliiiplnln: OeorRe Mnnslicld, hi'torian:
Harry TnRRart. cmiiloymeiit and insur
ance officer: Francis .teileyninn. enter
tnlnnient officer) Fdward yoitiiR, ntn
letle officer: William I.epper, welfare
officer. .
Tomorrow niglit Post .'tfitl will boldj
n smoKcr at tlie iicptiuiiean I'liih. iv,m
North Third street, to which all mem
bers nre invited to be present. Any
persons deslrliiR to join the I.crIou nre
requested to attend. "
The Taylor 14, Wolthour Post. USli,
of the Apieilcnn l'sloiit will hold its
first annual dunce on Thursday, April
'-'U, at Asher's Auditorium, Twenty
second nnd Walnut streets. The dance
will be informal and Is beliiR held ns n
Pint of the Waltbour Post's drive for a
litfRer mcnihciship. This post, of which
Hurry II. Hepburn 1 commnndant.'is
comliosdl priiiclially of ux-servlce mc:i
icsldiiiR in the Seventh and Thirtieth
wnrds and men of the nrdnnnce eotirep
who wrie in ttic ordnanve stoics couitv
nt the rnlvcrslty of Pennsylvniiiii, All
V.x -service men h)id thldri friends nre
invited. Tickrts cun be ohtaineil tliroiiRh
T. R. Powell. .'Kill Mock KxchaiiRc
TtuildlnRt orat tlie door.
Schoolboys Act "Rob Boy"
Tlie M, Joseph's Preparatory School
Dramatic Association Inst nlplit pre
sented n stnRC version of Walter Scott's
"Rob Hoy" nt St. Josenh'" ''nllese
and auditorium.. Seventeenth and Stiles
Mreets. The, performance will he re
peated tonlriit. Thomas Fox euncted
Kob-Hoy. The other roles were tilled
by Frank .Fuitncc. Francis Tonroy.
Jolin Tilly. Vincent .MeDermott. (Icr-
lald CoRhlin, Joliu Sllcox and Joseph
Diirkin. Sixty holdlers nm IIIgliland
crs were In thi east as well.
SAY LUXURY TALES
LURED GIRL AWAY
Mother Seeks Cripplod Daugh
ter Police! Soarch for
"Wealthy" Stranger
THOUGHT TO 'HAVE ELOPED
yachts,
man
Into the
. Kxtrnvnennt tales of
sions nnd luxury, whinnered
ear of n title seventeen-year-old crippled
Kin or n inn if wnom sue accepted as
her prince, are believed by her mother
to be responsible for her dlsnppearnnce
Inst week from her home hcrci
The child Is Cnthcrlne (InllnRher, nnd
the mother Is Mrs. Louisa fJnllnRher,
,.,.H(", 'I'liirty-Bcvcnth street.
"Cntherliie nlwnys wnnted tine
clothes." Mrs. OnllnRher snld this
mornlnR. "We nre poor people, but
l-ave always tried to make her hnppy. A
Rirl friend broiiRht this man to our
house a few weeks nRo. He was about
twenty-eight or thirty jenrs old nnd
snld be wns rich. He dressed linnd
somely. nnd I believe Catherine fell in
love with him.
"The mini told Cntherliie of his home
In New York, nnd snld he hnd bought n
jnclit the other dny. Catherine wns
lilt by ii trolley .cdr when she was ten
yenrs old and lost her leg. She went
around on crutches. She will get f.ome
money ns the result of the accident
when she becomes of age.
"I never snw the man. but my other
daughter, Marie, did. Catherine, told
Marie thnt she Intended to run mvnv
and marry hint- I.nst .week she iinckcd
her suitcase and told Marie that she
thought I was onto her game. She went
awny and ncver returned for the grip,
alio bus not been seen since."
Detecthe N'iedcnthnl. of the Cifv Hnll
force of detectives, snld tfiat tlie limn
In question nlso linn disappeared. He
refused to divulge his name,
Catherine htta three brothers nnd four
sisters. All nfr joining the hunt for
her, . They billcve Iter to be Ip New
York.
. , , ,
, Falls Dead Hurrylno for Train
While 'hurrying for a train nt mid
night Inst night Lester Hoos fell dend
futslde tlnv llcndliig Termlnnl,' He
wns thirry-fivc yenrs old nnd lived nt
1 ln Park nvenuc.
physicians believe
the enmo.
Jefferson Hospital
henrt disease 'wris
Man, 70, Hurt Running for Car
While 'running for n trolley car nt
7:!i0 o'clock this morning John F,
Welsh, seventy years old, fill Fast
Wnlnut Innc, fell nt Jlrond street nml
Olney nvenue. He received injuries to
his hip nnd wns trented nt St. Luke's
JHospltnl.
I feel sorry for boys iliat
iiave just corn-flakes
-says ($o&&tf'
Its becaixse
their mothers
idoiit know the
best flakes are
POST
TOASTIES
Tired Feet
andvblistors
.BAUME
analge'sique
BENGUE
quickly gives ease
and comfort. Get a
rube of relief now
Tho.. Lcci-inc .'.. N. I.
One-Day Outings
From Philadelphia
Seashore - - $1.25
ATLANTIC CITY OCEAN C1T
nitDnoon-CAPE MAY
EVERY
War Tax 10c
SUNDAY
PpwUI train Irarra Chrtntit anil South St T'rrrUa 7.30 A. M,
turning Iwim AHimtie COt fl.OO T. M.. Olhtr Points 8.15 r. M.
n-
New York - - $2.50
THE HETROroUf) OF AMERICA
SUNDAYS j tM-';
War Tax SOo
Mand 30
.1 and 27
Special train Irarea Itndlns- Terminal .00 A. M.
xlopplnir o4 Columhla Ate.. Iluntlnrdnn St.. Wayne
.lunr., Ixran and .Icnklntnirn. Rrtnrnlnr learei Nrw
York. Went 23d St.. 7.47 P. M. I.lbfrtr HI. P M.
(Itnlfil-rd tlm.
Philadelphia & Readfap Railway
Hw
MkMmm mMPM;i I ' , 1115 chestnut st. 1
M Iflf 1 (OPPOSITE KEITH'S) I
,t , W0, mk ' Our At .
1 W TY Amiife'rearj feSj Rednclioas I
1 ; uf iiBLLi.iff rfi iMfg liineiri- yc " i,si . is . j-..:-i.j i. c -
. WVWbb(l. , x-A' s asiumsiung values ui
1 seasons S ihe wJwle year j
1 I Ira S I
f 1 13 3 ,
I lf
m t
Comparison is the best proof of the values that
Hallahan's offer you.
A dozen styles right up
minute in every.particular
tan, mahogany, gunmetal.
to--H,he
-Cordo-
Here at this Special Price
9.2S
ITIgjood shoesO
919-921 Market Street
4028-30 Lancaster Ave.
5604-06 Germantown Ave.
2746-48 Germantown Ave.
'60th & Chestnut Sts.
Branch Stores Open Every Evening
1 1' 3
(55r"'
r m
ic great changes that have taken place in the markets of thr worlrl. anrl mn.t r,no.
cially in the fur field, demand that careful attention be given by all women as to the
buying of their Furs for next winter. Prices have gone up from 70 to 90 per cent on
all Furs and even higher in some cases.
Therefore, because of the chronological fact that our Anniversary Sale happens at a
time when the height of the fur-selling season is-past, we announce the money-saving
news that we will offer enormous reductions to make this Sale a worthy one. Come
to the. Anniversary Sale of Furs you'll save more than half of next winter's prices!
We will be, glad to Reserve your Purchase on payment of a Small Deposit:
Payments to be continued throughout the Summer.
-FuvsC oats-
Buy A Stearns Because-
l'he Knight Motor In recoKnlaed by
endued p ns moat ellldem.
The ilillnsr coinfortH bio so pro
npuneed, duo to llS.lnch uhtelbane
and the long- and wide flat springs.
l'h" upholstery and eoaeh work Is
made In Ke?plnB with tho highest
priced cars
We have nuthentlo proof that tho
Ftearni will run 75,000 miles with
out exhihltlng a trace of carbon or
moior irouuie.
W I
1 Scott Motor Company I
1 908 rl. Broad Street
' V y
r . I "a.
I
n-(lnir(l
from
Mnrmot CoatH .1 1.1.00
Smart sport model ; large
shawl collar and cuffs.
Nnt. Muskrnt Coats 2G5.00
Large shawl collnr. euff
nnd lion'cr of sral , smart
spoit model
Trimmed Australian Seal
Coats 225.00
Three - quarter length
model; large shawl and
cuffs of Australian Opos
sum. Hudson Seal Coats 2.10.00
Fine selected skins made
In short wrap effect
Trimmed Hudson Seal
Coats 175.00
.Iaunti3, sport model ; largo
nhn.wP rnllnr nnd enffa In
!nlf
rrirr
shawl' collar
Skunk, Squirrel and Nu
tria.
Taupe Nutria Coats 195.00
Full flared sport model ;
large shawl collar, hell
cuffs.
74.50
145.00
155.00
165.00
325.00
t
117.50
Itrdiirrd
from
Taupe Coney Coats llin.OO
Thi en-quarter length
model; huge rape collar
and cuffs.
Natural Karcoon
'Hie
Prlrr
89.50
.Natural Karcoon 1QFZ flfl
Coats 295.00 vOJJU
Snort mo(fel in fine qual-
nj- (ian HKins
Tnupc Nutria Coals 295.00
I'lneat qunlliv skins;
three . quart ei 1 . n g t h
model.
Jnp Mink Coats... 515.00
Perfectly matched pelts;
smart box. coat model.
Taupe Squirrel
Coats . . ; . 525.00
.latuity siort model . dnest
aid ns,
Natural Squirrel
195.00
395.00
395.00
.Natural bquirrcl ,,r in
Coat 575.00 445.00
Hue dark skins In smnit
sport model
VERY SPECIAL
23 Seal Stoles
Long! -wide stoles, fine silk lin
ing, lustrous Australian Seal
$29.50
Reduced from $59 JO
VERY SPECIAL;
17 Choker Scarfs
In .N'attnnl Squirrel and Austra
lian Opossum
$14.50
Reduced from $29.50
SCARFS
Kriluretl n1
frnm lrl
leaver ?37.i0 $24.5o"
urown 1' ox 37.50
Taupe Fox 37.50
Jap Cross Fox 05.00
Skunk t. 85.00
Black Lynx 39.60
Scotch Mole 47,60
Aust. Seal 24.50
CHOKER SCARFS
Kfdurril
irum
Sal.
Price
2J.KO
24.50
49.50
59.50
29.50
.14.50
14.50
Natural Squirrel . . .$24.50 $17.50
nutison ocai 24.50
Aust. Opossum 37.50
Raccoon 37,50
Natural Mink 55.00
Jap Mink 55.00
Stono Martep 110.00
Hudson Bay Sable... 125.00
1 1.50
24.50
24.50"
39.50
39.50
64.50
74.00
FOR THURSDAY, APRIL TWENTY-SECOND HOUR NINE TO FIVE-THIRTTY O'CLOCK .
I . I I 1 1
At Strawbridge. & Clothier's
To-morrow-rAnEarly Season
Disposal of Men's
Hot-Weather Suits
1045 Palm Beach $- f rr
Cool Cloth and r A
Mohair Suits J Jr' J
A Sale of Hot-Weather Suits in .A'pril is uiiusual indeed ; but
this Clothing Store of Constant Activity does mny unusual things.
In September we sold 1000 Winter Ovwrcoats i a a few days, weeks
before wearing time; and this extraordinary ?ale of Cool .Suits for
Hot Days, in advance of the hot days, "will be avsuccess for.ths.same
reason A GREAT SAVING OF MONEY.
These Suits were bought last summer at far bcldw -the price
paid for the coming summer's regular stack. In fact, tlie regular
price of similar Suits this season wilLbeully fifty per rent, more
than this price $12.75. ,
Meanwhile, the selling of our regular Spring and Summer lines of high-class
woolen and worsted Suits goes on uninterruptedly theigrcaUmt variety and best values
III tlllS City. I!V Htrmf litdge fiotlilcr -Seiond Floor. t:at
RUG
The great Semi-annual
Sale of Rugs con
tinues, and our custom
ers will save many
thousands of dollars
this month. Hundreds
of Rugs are now
marked at REDUCED
PRICES. These in
clude many Summer
Rugs as well as Wil
tons, Axminsters and
other standard weaves,
from about forty dif
ferent manufacturers.
Rugs cost more right
now than ever before.
Therefore, as we own
our stock at less than
manufacturers' present
prices, the reductions
in most instances rep
resent greater savings
than the figures on the
price-tickets indicate.
BUY RUGS NOW
BUY RUGS HERE!
Springtime is Indeed the
Boys' Season
How that rcd-bloodcd jwuntc
ster loves to get out-ofndoors,
in the warm sunshine toromp,
and indulge in that heartiest of
piny that characterizes every
American youth. And how hisi
clothes suffer accordingly;! They
seem to wear out twice as fast,
ns in the past seasons. That is
unless his apparel possesses
thnt underlying qunlity of dur
ability which is n feature of th&
Boys' Clothing sold here.
HART, SCHAFFKER &
MARX Suit3, the finest boys'1 np
parel made. New plaited styles
of all-wool fabrics; fauTtlcssly
tailored, and in sizes 8 to 18
years $35.00.
TRIPLE SERVICE SUITJS
With double seat and knees nnd
with all scams double-stitched.
Of fine cheviots, in-sizcs-8 to 18
g'
Is This Your Boy?
it is then lie should have
on a Jack OLcalhcr Suit. Hidden
rciuforccmcsitu of real leather at
all ivear-ponnts make these Suits
vexf to impossible to weur out.
ycars-
i.OO.
Strwbrl(lR t Clothlr
Fourtli Kloor, West
BLUE SERGE SUITS, in
many different styles, including
several special values. Among
these nre Suits in sizes 8 to 12
years, at $14.75; sizes 13 to 17
yours, at $16.75. Unusually
smart Serge Suits, in neat belted
style, with yoke and inverted
plait back; sizes 10 to 17 years
$25.00.
TOP COATS Small Boys'
Coats, of sct'gc, at $13.50 and
$15.00; mixed cheviots, nt $12.00,
and $13.50; American homespuns',
$15.00 nnd $16.50; imported
homespuns. 520.00 nnd $22.50,,
Junior Boys' Coats (!) to 1 1
years), $18.50 nnd $20.00. Large
Boys' Conts (14 to 18 years),
made by Hart, Schaffncr & Marx,
$35.00.
WASH SUITS A great
variety of styles, colors und fab
rics for boys of 3 to 8 venw-
$3.75, $5.00 and $5.60.
2r5. StmwbrliiKO riothler Scc-ond Kloor hilbrit Strrrl .;d,i
JACK O'LEATHER SUITS, of 1
fine woolen fabrics, with mohair
lined coats. Sizes 8'to 17 years
special at $21.75.
MIXED CHEVHOT SUITS in '
several styles and in an excellent
variety of' patterns. Sizes 8 to
17 years $15.00, $16.50, $18.00 I
and $20.00.
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Now Silk Suits
Come to the Fore
For sports, for street wear, for dress oc
casions, Silk Suits are in evidence. Straight
lino models, loosely girdled, beautifully tai
lored models rjth, long, semi-fitting: lines;
blouse models with novel girdles of k metallic
thread; fringe-trimmed and fur-trimmod
Suits, and some most elaborately embroidered.
Developed in Fan-ta-si, whip-poor-will,
Paulette, mignonette, chinchilla satin, natural
pongee, Shantung and faille, in all fashion
able shades. Prices $67.50 to $350.00. The
model sketched, $195.00.
Outing Suits of Jersey
Cloth, $32.50 to $37.50
ISxcellont quality in these well-tailored
Suits, of smart henther mixtures, in gieen,
blue, brown and Oxford gray. Box-plnited, in-vertcd-plnit,
yoke-back and pin-tucked models,
tho last mentioned having a very smart,
-lightly-flared peplum.
-I- - !trilirl(lt. t 1 liilhttr Sc-nnrt llnnr
Vntr
RTH
COAT
Showing Their London
Origin in Fabric, Line
and Expert Tailoring
A small, but distinctive
group of English Sports Coats,
for women who appreciate
something quite "different." Of
handsome tweeds, in the small
est of striped effects, two-tone
diagonal weave in newest
shades, and those large plaid
so strikingly effective. A few
of a kind, all beautifully tai
lored, belted and lined in' body
and sleeves, some lined through
out $fi.00 and $65.00.
nd
i rinlhiri
livr ntr
.Beaintiftui)
One-Third
Ne
Altera
1
Dre
die
atf
Omiler
sse
D
ex-
'valued tiofelSia li!lir !?r25rP?-- ay -nderfu,
pensive high-class Dresses. Many . vKdm. m. '" '" l"C SeaS0,1 amon 0l,r
from which to choose, and you can tell bv these brief
descriptions that they can be none but Dresses of hich
rank. h
Lovely Afternoon Dresses
At $45.00, $47.50 and $50.00
('repp Georgette-and-taffeta. crene ttem-it.o.m,r4.in,.
itTll. Pflll nttn ,.n -.; ...... ,?,.". . "" iHu
' - " y-- ...i, .i;Ji.- IIIUICOI. 1
do chine, ia
artistic form
I Hfl tlinil 1M ir- ..
is shown, also redingote and short jacket effects,
some softly plaited models, and gome with hP ri,.fln..i. V, ,Vi
.. . if . ........... . iuiucii
lovely embroidered, beaded
under, giving a squnie effect. Manv
nun rriniya.rniMiMA.i n,i.i-
shades. In the conecti;nyou;.Vn
C eUv touehl'f,,!;V-blUe-' b,0wn and various combination". A
SIrrS -ih of ?ov n.V? BOm of the darker shades in the
unn ui iiumun-
this
group.
serine stitchintr. Th mnoU oi.,i..i
The savings are extraordinarv.
Afternoon and Street Dresses
At $30.00, $32.50 and $35.00
TnfTotas nn(1 crcppS de chin h draped and tunir
the height of fashion and in 'th. Soat desirableshad
Excellent models in
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