p ir I ' f ,v kl k D'OLIER 10 EIRE TO RANKS IN FEB Legion Commander Will Re sume Membership In Ingor soll Post No. 174 PLAN CONVENTION 'TRIP Krnnklln D'Ollcr, who lins served for virtually n yrnr ns notional commander nf tlio American Legion, will become illl UUUVU 1 HIIUHCII'tllU leglonarlc next Febru ary. The term of office of the national commander will end with tho elec tion of his successor at the convention In Cleve land, September 27. 28 and 20. Com mander D'Ollcr will tour China atid Jnpnn when he retires fiom the position of national commander, nnd upon his return Ko. this country will tako up his Ltglou work with the Harry II. lugcr soil Tost, No. 174, of this city, of which ho Is a member. Pennsylvania's delegation to the Cleveland convention will consist of fifty-seven delegates nnd fifty-seven RIE-MUR SHIRT CO. 908 Chestnut St. M?i0,', BtmpK nrnt upon Rcaunt -m .., k'3 fta.iiyH WIRE YOUR HOME on 12 MONTHLY PAYMENTS FIXTURES INCLUDED WHALEN -CROSBY 140 Forth 11th St. Race 30 "1. ,WI, 2002 tt tOS rjllH""""'""""'" "Ml Why do so many have their developing and finishing done at HAWORTK'S (Edutman Kodak Co.) 1020 Chestnut St KODAKS , EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEB-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1920 J tf alternates. Comrade Hudson, of the George P. liner Post, No. 312, composed of Heading Hallway Co. veterans, is endeavoring to nrrangc for a. special train fn rnrrv tlio lorrlMmr!,. rM.., land, givlnjf them the advantage of an ou'!nK at Niagara Falls and Buffalo. 11 ." "I""""" oi accommodations tor tills pilgrimage will receive"' considera tion1 at the mcetlne nf tin. PMImlnlnMn county committee, post commanders and iiujumnts in md uunmuer of Commerce assembly room tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. A program of fall and winter ac tivities was planned last night by Her bert Wnrrlncr Post, No. 70, nt 1118 Snyder avenue. This post Is In com mand of Harrison M. Montgomery, and Its 'county representative is Frank "W. Mclyln, tho chairman of the First Legion district. It hopes to doublo its present membership. Stcrn-Pr,ice,Post, No. 417 has named a committee on ways nnd means for tho purchase of a memorial home, consist ing of these comrades : Morris H. Starr, Howard U. Stern, William Chaitt, Benjamin Coopor, William h. Mc Millan, Frederick V. Mapcs, Benjamin Schcmercr, Chnrles Goldstein. Samuol Gorson, Abraham Hlrsch nnd Michael Goldman. Tim nnar will i-ntirlni-t n Vampalgu for a house fund. Its com mander Is Charles 8. Schafcr.. ym SPECIFY mMm The Perfect Water Paint Tor Inalds Work on All Contracts Jbhn C. Oeteri, Mfr., Phils. if xrf3vV BEADED BAG REPAIRING "All blM nnd . (Izrs mad equal to new at mall roil A. E. MOSS 38 SO. 0TH HT. Diamond, Watchta, Jewelry rfS' . SLAG ROOFING EHRET ROOFING & x MFG. CO. c, DREXEL BLDG. FORTY FN& ) ? year Allegiance of Cadillac Owners There is nothing more inspiring in industrial America than tho after year allegiance of CADILLAC owners. I Tho moral and monetary value of their friendship to us is a posi tive guarantee that CADILLAC standards will always beheld high above the commonplace1. A CADILLAC thoroughly overhauled and guaranteed inherits tho same dependability which made it desirable when new. In addition to type 57, 65 and 53 CADILLACS in open and closed body styles, we have a few used cars of other makes, s. NEEL CADILLAC CO. u.cd Car Department . '142 North Broad Street Sprats 2-1S i w,mmmmmmmmwsQMmMimmmimwm FOR SALE NEW MILL, Brick and Concrete Completed in 1920 400 ft. long by 100 ft. wide. 2 stories and basement, ceilings in the clear. 100,000 sq. ft. floor space. 20 ft. EXCELLENT LIGHT LARGE WINDOWS Sawtooth roof. Cooper-Hewitt Lights. Sprinkler System. Steam heat with temperature control. Maple flooring first and second story concrete floor in basement. 2 large elevators. Lunch Room3 and accessories. POWER PLANT Brick and Steel 150 ft- brick chimney. Boiler Building, 60x50 ft. 4 boilers. Engine and Generator Building, 55x50 ft." Now Engine Generator 530 K. V. A. at 60 power factor accessories. Coal handling apparatus. -" SIDING AND LOADING PLATFORM 5 ACRES GROUND TITLE GUARANTEED Located in Central Pennsylvania in growing city of over 10,000 population. EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR QUICK ACTION. CASH BUYERS ONLY CONSIDERED. POSITIVELY NO AGENTS NEED APPLY. For particulars apply to B 126, LEDGER OFFICE MMUM PURE FRESH-PAINT Believe Me n&C The Four Hundred! The Kuehnle Painting Or ganization has now reached this exclusive number I Wrfich means prompt, efficient paint ing service on the biggest or smallest job you have to be donel "Save-the-Surfaee" Kuehnle PAINTERS Vine & 17th. Sts. apnucE$47& nAces M&M? m aM Pi- September Records at Heppe's Tomorrow Tho list this month on salo tomorrow has a largo number of Red Seal rocords. First of all is another won derful record by Rachmaninoff, then thore aro other rec ords by Hclfetz, Alda, Bcsanzonl, .Curuqp. Elman, Galll Curd," Harrold, Johnson, Kindlor and Znnelli. Thero are also two new marches by Sousa. Tho danco records aro very fino and tho popular songs are remarkably good. If you do not have a Victroln, wo offer certain outfits composed of a Victrola nnd n group of records. You may sottlo by cash. or chargo acoount, or by our one-year rental-payment plan. Call or write for full particulars. C. J. HEPPE & S?N 1117-1119 Chestnut St., or N. W. Cor. 6th & Thompson Sti. . P"T nT?3o M INSTALLATION and REPAIR WORKl eovtiiMo THe cNTiai rteu op MECHANICAL QUIHCNT FOR BUILDINM, OUR SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR REPAIRS giving immediate service in Heat Light Power Plumbing and Piping Work is always at your command, Day or Night Weekdays and Holidays. An honest day's work goes with every job big or little Town of Country. 100000 Feet SheetrocK IN STOCK TO COMBAT BUILDING COSTS For alterations and additions, Sheetrock Board of Rock means fireprooflng and sanitation. It can't burn, warp or buckle. Reduces cost and saves time. Makes a continuous rock wall and requires no skill to erect. Ready for painting or papering. -PEARCE FIREPROOF CO. N. E. Cor. Broad and Arch Sts. Both Telephones Making History in Chestnut Street With This Great Sale of 1632 Suits We have never seen qualities any finer, nor values so apparent. In this you will agree with, us absolutely. o kNE thousand six hundred and thirty .-two men's' and young men's fine all-wool suits of every kind and description brought together now occupy the first floor of the William H. Wana maker Store and are being sold at these two figures. j29.50 1.M2.S0 William H. Wanamaker's $40, $45, $47.50 and $50 suits being sold for William H. Wanamaker's $55, $60, $70, $80 and $85 quality suits being sold for Whatever suit you may place your hands upon on the first floor is included at one or the other of these two prices. There are worsteds, flannels, fine cassimeres, novelty cloths, checks, stripes, grays, blues, browns, oxfords, every - one guaranteed for all-wool and newness of fashion. Too-great description would be tiresome. It is sufficient to say that Chestnut Street has not seen an opportunity like this in more than five years. William H. Wanamaker .217-19 Chestnut Street - --ff-l Strawbridge & Clothieiil The Sale of. Furs Starts To-morrow!" . Exceptional Advantages Insured to Early Purchasers of Fur Coats, Wraps, Capes, JMecK Furs, Mutts mHIS is an annual event awaited with eagerness by hundreds of women, who realize that they can save money by buying their Fur$ a month or two in advance of the basy Fur season. It is to our interest, of1 course, to distribute the Fur business over a longer period than that defined by actual cold-weather conditions, and we always make extensive preparations for offering EXTRAORDINARY INDUCE MENTS TO EARLY BUYERS. For many weeks we have been gathering the Furs for this Sale whenever and wherever good Furs could be bought advantageously. We have succeeded far beyond our expectations, for there is no overstock of Furs in the market; strikes have greatly delayed the making of Fur garments, and all signs point to higher prices than we paid for all the Furs we own. Every One of the Garments and Fur Pieces in the Sale ia Marked at Much Below Its Present Value The greater number of these may be safely computed as WORTH ONE-QUARTER MORE than the Special Sale prices. All are in excel lent styles, and all are of thoroughly reliable quality guaranteed to be exactly as represented. There is an absolutely safe and decisive ADVAN TAGE IN BUYING NOW. W-V Strawbrldea & Clothier Second floor. Fllbrt Street Beginning To-morrow, Our Semi-Annual Under-Price Sale of China, Glass Art Wares and Housefurnishings The great September Ecpnomy Sales in the Basement are not less important, but more important to our customers than in ,'the days of low prices and over-production. LWe have to make more strenuous efforts 'and greater concessions from our legiti mate profits in order to uphold the prestige of these annual events, depending upon the largely increased volume of business in sured by concentration and intensive mer chandising for the fair net return which is essential to safe business conduct. Hundreds of Different Lots of Housewares - in the Sale at Less than Regular Prices There have been many recent advances in prices in these lines no signs of any general reduction in any line of pottery, glass, metal or wood. But our purchases for this Sale anticipated rising prices in most instances, and many friendly manufacturers have made concessions. Besides, we have made straight price reductions in numerous lines of our regular stock, and WE ADVISE BUYING FULL SUPPLIES NOW L fih W TTABBBBvBttBBBBBm "" II jj 7 :i rf. 1 SwcvS 1 , y . Supplies the Children Will' Need for School . Everything necessary hero, from nn Eraser, at 2c, to a smart-lookinpr Leather School Bap, at $8.00. Pencils, Pencil Sets, Pens, Penholders, Chalks, Crayons, Note Books, Tablets, Globes, Pencil Sharpeners and Paints. I Strawbridge & Clothier i Alslo 5. Centre Porch Swings Now $3.25 to $6.75 Comfortable, well-made Porch Swings at savings of one-fourth to one-third. Complete with hooks and chains. Strubrldco . Clothier Fourth Floor Aluminum Ware Enamelware Utensils Galvanized Ware Woodenware Nickel-plated Ware Sewing Machines Refrigerators Brushes, Brooms Dinner Sets Open-stock China Fine Cut Glass Pressed Glassware i Odd China Pieces Fancy China, Cups t Saucers, Plates, etc. - Strawbridge A Clothier Basement I School Suits for Active Boys Note These Values! Just the sturdy Clothing that boys need for hard wear: Cheviot Suits, special, $14.75 Boys' Top Coats, spec, $6.75' Coats for boys of 3 to 8 years. Boys' Corduroy Suits, $16.75 Separate Knickerbockers, of mixed cheviot, $2.95; cordu roy or blue serge -$3.50 'Straw lrllei 4 Clothier Sfcond Tloor l'llbert Street. Eait Autumn Opening Display of Mourning Millinery Presenting Authentic Fashions for the Coming Season, Artistically Adapted to the Require ments of Mourning Costumes Mourning Hats of quiet dis tinction and unobtrusive ele gance, providing practically un limited scope for the exercise of personal preference and the assurance of becomingness. Fine Hats From Paris From Lucien Levy, Mme. Rives Jane Maignan, Penon, Germain Fau quet and Morice. These Hats are de veloped in peau de soie, crepo Georg ette and Gourlandt crepe, and show many fine details in beaded motifs and hand-appliques, also many ex quisite effects in the combining of black and white, and in the graceful draping of veils.. Prices, $12.00 to $35.00. A Lovely Showing of Hats From Our Own Workrooms -At prices ranging from $8.00 to $25.00.- Also a comnloto linn of Mourning Veils of all kinds. Orders Executed Promptly Wen Bfc-V Strawbrldrs & Clothier Second Hoor. Market Street Semi-Annual Reductions in Lamps, Shades, Pictures, Picture Frames, Mirrors These departments, now all to gether on the Fourth Floor, are growing steadily, and we have good reason to believe that this will be our most successful Semi-annual Sale. We cannot give details here, but you will be quite sure to find what you require at a very worth-while reduc tion in some instances 10 per cent., but in most lines the savings range from ONE-FIFTH to ONE-HALF. A wide assortment of Floor Lamps mahogany, polychrome and wrought ii on with beautiful shades; Chair or Davenport L,amps; Mahogany and Polychrome Table Lamps? Metal Lamps with ait glass shades. Hundreds of Framed Pictures color etchings, carbon photographs. Pictures by Maxfield Parrish and other noted artists. About COO Mirrors of various kinds and sizes, nnd a varied assortment of Picture Flames. t - Struwbrldci & I lothler lourth Door, Hast ft of Staple Silks Under Price A substantial saving on every yard of these fine, desirnblo Silks, which, liko all favored fabrics, are always in fashion : 40-inch Navy or Black Satin Charmeuse $4.85 a yard Navy Blue Chiffon Dress Taffeta Silk $3.50 a yard Taffeta Radium Silk, in staple shades, 40-inch $3.00 Beautiful New Printed Foulard Silks $3.00 a yard Navy Blue Dress Satin, 36 inches wide $3.00 a yard V l-S V Strawbrldce & Clothier Alale 0. Centre Doable Damask Mercerized Cloths Reduced for Quick Clearance A special lot of 150 fino Mercerized Cotton Doublo Damask Dinner Cloths, 72x72 inches. Woven In handsome round designs. All less than regular price: Square Cloths, round designs, $3.50; hemstitched $4.00 Round Cloths, round designs, scalloped edge now $4.00 m- fitrawbrlden & Clothier Alelo 11. Centra Many Silk and Satin Dresses at Great Price Concessions Some aro new Dresses which, through Yirious tindo circumstances, we were en abled to have made up at a lower-thnn-usual price the difference being passed on to you. Special at $25.00 SfT chine DRESSES, in thrco different tunic models one box-plaited, one attractively hem stitched. Black, navy blue and taupe from which to choose. Special at $28.50 ?NE dresI: ES, in black and navy blue; made in tho smart stylo shown in the sketch panel front and panel-back, with clustered plaits in tiers set in at the sides. Afternoon Dresses Reduced --$22.50 Dresses of taffeta, foulard and combina tions of taffeta and crepo Georgette, In tho, pretty styles which tho coming In-door uea son will afford so many opportunities for wearing. Black, brown, taupe, French blue, black and white from which to choose, I V Strawbridge & Clothlor Meoorul 'frloor. Mulct! fltrt wml TO II 'I i I K I M MARKET ST. EIGhTH ST. 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