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)The Gelden-Plated Rule
By Lillian Paschal Day
Showers of Geld
funny nbeul (mowers.
(leld, praise or rainwater.
j'ceplp forget they're only uliewrrs.
Think they're perpetual floods.
.Sure they'll lust 'forever.
Hegiilnr siircenslen of cloudbursts.
Suu Mntlen through n Hl;.vcrevice.
ltd Is grlniiliiR up hl sleeve.
He knows shower don't Inst.
People ought te, but don't.
The elty of Piitcrsen forget it.
Memery-lapse cost her ? 100.000,000.
flhe wns proud of her titles:
''Silk City." "Iiyens of Amerlea."
Pest-wnr npendltiK orgy started.
w feels parted from new money. ,
Silk wns their idea of luxury.
They would have U nt nny price.
The higher the better.
I'ntersen nlmcd te please.
Obligingly she skied the priees.
The sprinkle of geld began.
Then followed the cloudburst.
The town went sllk-ernzy.
Looms went up like mushrooms.
Barbers nnd butchers set them up.
1'aid $2000, prewnr cost, $.100.
Dellar silk quadrupled te $1.
A thirty-cent hair ribbon seli', for $2.
''Value received?" A forgotten term
Fortunes were made in n fortnight.
One mill mndc n million in a month.
Gelden llule wns swallowed in geld.
The new rule wns the oppesite:
weiigp while tin. gouging Ik geed."
Inferior goods infernnl priees.
Tim tale of fnlry splendor spread.
It readied even te the Orient,
.lapnn wtm the source of tmpply.
All raw Mils came from there.
They sent a etmnnlsslen ever.
The keys of the elty were theirs.
They were feted lavishly.
Mills, mills everywhere.
The llttla men went through nil.
They saw the fniry golden shower.
Decided te put out rnln -barrels.
Their little black eyes glittered.
They went hack overseas marveling.
Hesult: Haw silk skyrocketed.
I.lnps are some rainmaker, tee.)
Price rose from $.f te $20 ft pound.
Kven $4 n yurd didn't meet Hint.
N'ew feels wouldn't pay .".
Or they'd pnrted from their geld.
lit the parting they found wisdom.
Takes experience te spend wisely.
A hundred mills closed down.
110.000 operatives are out of a job.
Dellnr silk is here Rgnln.
The sun shines and grins.
The shower Is ever und gene.
"Had ye but heeded My command-
incuts. " '
Isn't It odd?
Showers of geld make spiritual mud.
The Gelden Hulc gets mired in it.
Adventures With a Puree
JT IS n surprising thing," said
Mabel reflectively, as 'die reached
ever and took another one of tmr favor favor
Ite candles; "It i a surprising thing
what you can de with n geed-looking
Piece of ribbon." I listened attentively,
remembering the little silk garments 1
ftin milking for Christmas. "Yeu take
n camisole, for Instance, and put some
i ri-iiuy nreuv rimen en it. nni
lilt
Embarrassing Moments
Things You'll Leve te Make
iEmbTeideTedCitcles
Fer Girdle -
lilwif?
$1S,000. Hut before mnny mentlisi hail
pnsseel tlin reaction set In. People Ijcksui
te unload mid seen the movement hecninc
ii panic. Meney disappeared like water
from n sieve and seen thorn was net
milllclent en hand te meet the current
expenses. With flnanclnt ruin staring
the nation In the face, Law wns forced
te resign nnd te retire te Brussels, but
that he carried with him at least a rem
nant of IiIh glory Is apparent from the
fact that be wns nsked by Oznr Peter te
administer the finances of Itussla, nn
offer which he declined.
Klmtlly, some ten years titer the
bursting of the most gigantic flnanclnt
bubble In the history of the world, Law
died In comparative poverty in Venice.
Wrdnrmlny the Child Cliens Murtel
Jiwt leek nt the difference and see hew
.von cnil perk t tin." Ami (ion I he
gan te picture these little gifts of mine
unit new tney could be improved by
ribbon here nnd there. And the up
shot of the whole mntter Is that 1 new
fell you of some lnvelv two. color rib
bons nt n shop. The nunlltv Is excel
lent and the colors lovely, .llu-t one
new of it would add wonders te a Christ
mas present you are inukliiR.
If you want te nay as much its $.1.0,
for some one's Chrlstmns nrescnl. let me
I suggest semethliiK that I thought about
me euier nny. There is one simp mitt
is having n most Interesting snle of soft
little 111 pcttlcentH jersey silk, ns I
remember it and in almost every color
of Ihe rainbow. There Is the dark blue
or brown, for instance, for (he weinnn
who wanls te mutch her suit sltirt, or
there is the brightly colored green or
purple for her who likes n twinkle of
color peeping from the edge of her dress,
flat in any color 'ilie price is n real
bargain, and I knew that one would
make a mighty nice (.'hrlstmns gift.
These little Iimsk bowls are lovely
dull, well-shnped little things, with n
delicate trnecrv of artistic design add
ing te their richness. And their use?
Well, one could use them fur finger
bowls, and their licit Celer would please.
Or one could buy one or two for ash
receivers, nnd they would gleam with
lYimilllTips under the Mitt lnmn Itaht.
Here are two uses te which they might
be put. When you see tlieiu you may
think of ethers. Their price is sixty
five cents euch.
Ter nnmtH nf rdinnii niltlrrM Wemnn's race
IMltnf nr lilinrte Vnlnut or Milln 3000.
WANAMAKER'S I DOWN STAIRS STORE WANAMAKER'S
The Birdies en the newest one-plcco
frock i tle In front. Instend of having
ths cord Just tied nreund the waist, em
broider at regular Intervals circles four
or flve Inches In diameter. Mnke a large
eyelet In the center of each, through
which the cord girdle Is pnird. Around
the eyelets make flowers In Trench knots
or In the new carpet embroidery. In
bright colors. Use metal thread for the
leaves nnd the two circular rows of
stitching. These embroidered rings make
stunning trimming for U19 frock, 03 well
it affording a novel way of using the
cord girdle. FLORA.
HUMAN CURIOS
The Mnn WI10 Ulew the Mlsslmlppl
Hubble
Jehn Law, one of the most strikingly
unlque figures In American history, he
cured nn early stnrt In his career of
crime by being uontenccd te death for
a murder committed during 11 duel
fought In England. Through the Inlllt
encn of friends, however, he escaped te
Helland, where he drifted Inte employ
ment In the Bank of Amsterdam, a con
nection from which he appears te hnve
collected sufficient capital te Ilnanee
a campaign of gambling which
netted him the enormous sum of
1100,000.
It was after this coup that Law sug
gested te the Duke of Orleans, regent
for the young King Leuis XV, the plan
for a formation of a state bank with
power te Issue notes nnd accept de
posits. It was from the success of this
that there arese the Idea Mr the Missis
sippi Ce.. nn organisatien designed te
exploit the entire territory of Louisiana.
Twe years later the management of the
mint was banded ever te l.nw's Com
pany and he wns thus enabled te manip
ulate the eolnage, as well as controlling
the collection nnd disposal of the entire
state taxation. Fer a whlle nil Went
well. In fnct, everything that the
Scotchman touched appeared te turn te
neld and shares In the company, orlg erlg
Innlly purchased for S500. rcse te
The Ribbon Sash
The sash of today makes us think
always of the old maid aunt of the
family. Yeu knew hew, when Melly's
children nil go down with the measles
and Melly herself is hurried off te the
hospital, Aunt Louisa Is the first person
considered te fill the emergency. And
hew, when Sally's cook leaves Just en
the, day when Sally Is entertaining the
brhlge club, Aunt Louisa Is called ever
te make the mayonnaise and the Ua
varlan cream.
similarly, the sash nowadays leaves
any trilling duties of ts own te min
ister te bereaved parts of the gown,
Thus for the evening gown the sash
frequently performs the part expected
of a train. This Is particularly true of
the Informal little evening frock, Make
this of crepe de chine, with long sleeves,
and tie about the low waist line a two
tone ribbon. Then let one of the ends
of this sash dip en the fleer and you
have something for the country club
dance.
Shet ten the ends of the sash or re
move It altogether and your crepe de
chine1 frock with Its long sleeves and
elliptical neck linn Is perfectly geed for
the country club bridge luncheon. New,
Isn't this true? Isn't the sash Just llkn
the nccotnmeaatlng Aunt Louisa right
en hand when you want It and self
effacing ns a violet when the need for It
has vanished''
Perhaps the most decorative of nil
the sashen arc the girdles made of silver
or delicate toned ribbon, which nre
strewn With such dainty blooms ns mnr mnr
guerltcs and rosebuds and ferget-me-nets,
and worn by the young girl en her
putty frock uf tulle.
This Isn't alt. The sash for the ether
kinds of costumes is new sustaining
the same duties as does thn chlnt cur
tain In the gray walled toeni. It lightens
up these somber daytime frocks which
we urc new arfccllng.
rrertlNNK LOU'I'3.
A Unit u Traffle
Cressing nn alley I stepped en a man-
hole cover which hntl several small holt
about the slr.e et u quarter In It. My
htel went Inte eha of these mnall holes.
I turned nlul twisicu. An iiuie i"jcr
came up te turn In nnd still the heel
stuck. A kindly old man came along
nnd drew out his hnlfe te pry my heel
out nlul another mnn stepped te watch
the operation.
A horse nnd wagon came down thn
nllev nnd stepped, facing the niltu
truck, nnd thcie wns n bit of geed
naturcd Joking between the drivers, enn
of whom nsked ma hew 1 preferred te
be run ever. In my embarrassment I
pictured myselt going en without the
shoe, se that the wttgen nnd truck
might go en their wny, nnd slnmmcied,
"Nnver mind, please: I'll" when he
Interrupted me with:
"What d'yrtlt think you'll de? On
along dtngglng the whele ' cover with
y itr hcelv"
Ilv this time there were mere spec
tators, but n llnnl boost freed the heel
and left the lentlier cap In the hole The
kindly old mnn next procured that l.vl
presented It te me te- be pill buck en,
iim though It were worth Its weight In
diamonds, whtt'j the nule honked nnd
the driver cracked his whip ever the
back of his herse, speeding out of the
Alley with great pomp. 13. n.
Women's Interests
Since the world war manv girls of
rin17.ll nrc turning from the thirteen nnd
fourteen yenr old marriages nnd nte
entering school te (It themselves for
business and the professions.
Thirty yenrs ane MIm rebden wns
fined $800 for nctlng as 11 member of the
Ixmden County Council. Though tvg.
ulnrlv elected te the olTlee, she wns
disqualified for "being a woman."
TOD A TS MYSTER Y STOR Y
By PHILIP 1TMNCIS NOWLAN
Yesterdays Mystery Solution
iters in all, in various sections of the
' country, and it took some time te get
TIIK mv.stcrleus visitor who stele the I them all together, but after several
securities in the case of "The In- weeks the correspondence with Itatn
vlsltile Thief." the vl.lter who callul borne & f'e was gathered together from
'cgulnrly en Itebert Vnulk. but whom I the tiles of the three hundred,
he could net remember, was none ether "If you can get any clue out of all
than the hnetblack who made tin- round I thlM you're a smnrtcr mail than I am,
of the offices in Faulk's building. Hunt," said It, T. llrdwn, the receiver.
He did net remember him because no "They're all straight business letters
attached no importance te him. Like
nine business men out of ten, lie cus
tomarily dictated Important letters,
held confidential conversation ever the
phone, and talked te visitors en pri
vate matters while the unobtrusive
"Teny" polished his shoes. This boot
black, like many ethers of his kind,
had n businesslike: taciturnity and n
breilil accent that concealed ti much
keener iindcrRlunding than W cus
tomers, condescending te "kid him
occasionally, ever suspected.
He had been pellshlm; Keulk's shoes
while the latter, talkluu' te Travis, hud
slipped the securities into his desk
drawer. "While. FutilU was out te din
ner he hnd walked Inte the office and
abstracted them, then with nn after
thought of caution had rubbed the im
print et his palm off the glass desk,
cover with one of his hhoe-shlnllig
cloths. It. was the odor of shoe polish
that Hurvey Hunt detected.
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XIII
Can you solve this mystery
The Fifty Typists
TV WAS in connection with 11 nilllieu.
J- dollar lmnknintcv
use
mystery
that Harvey
of the fifty
Hunt solved the
typists.
Hamhni'ne & Ce., n new firm In the
clly, had been doing a very large dry
goods jobbing business fur ten months
that Is te sny, they had been buying
heavily for ten months, nnd Inasmuch
as they had paid their bills pi'efnptly
for the first eight months their cred
itors did net bother te investigate their
channels of distribution.
On the tenth month Ilnnibnri)R &
f'e.'s receipts of merchandise were par
ticularly heavy, but there was nothing
unusual in that. It was the period of
the year when the shipments: of the
mills were heavy, and the goods had
been ordered in advance at various
periods.
Hut before the end of the tenth mouth,
befere the bills fell due, Itambernn &
t'e, simply disappeared,
Their warehouse mnnlnrd. Their
landlord reinulned ; but there wns nobody
mere surprised .tliah he when a a re
sult of the postellice's Inability te de
liver their mall, the building wns in in
upreted and found absolutely , empty,
liambnrne & Ce. had shipped out tlia
unprtld'-fer merclinndist te unknown
destinations nnd had vanished.
, There, were tome three hundred cred-
Taken all together they tell us just what
we knew anyhow, that Itamborne tc 1
Ce., which was headed by ,1. T, Ham
borne, bought n let of merchandise '
from us nil which they did net pa
for nnd which we knew they didn't in
tend te pay for. Illit all this cerre- 1
spnndenci' deals only with their pur-
chases und sheds no light en who Ham
borne really is nor where the low can
luy its hands en him teduy." j
Harvey Hunt glanced nt the great pile
of correspondence en the table. '
"It will be strange if I can't gel ,
something out of all that," he smiled.
"Yeu better let me take these letters j
back te my office nnd study them for
a few hours, I'll report te you te- ,
morrow.
lie made geed his premise, and the
next morning found him In Brown's
office.
"Yeu were right nlieut llm letters,
Mr. lireivn. se far as the subjVct mat
ter of these letters is concerned. They
all relate te the placing and confirming
of orders or payment of bills, ltut from
se rich 11 supply of correspondence as
this ene can draw many conclusions
entirely aside from the matters te which
tile letters relate.
"1'er Instance.- you probably did net
knew that Uumberne lias had no less
thun fifty Memigrepliers la the last ten
months, nud net mere thnu one nt n
time. In tills one fnct I believe ire
have picked up the thread which will
lend us ultimately te llnmbeme's hid
ing place."
"Why er just, hew de you mean,
Hunt?" llrewn asked, I don't quite
fellow you, Hew de you knew he hnd
fifty stenographers? The Initials slenog sleneg
raphers usually put at the end of a let
ter may have been a blind In this case.
Anil suppose there were fifty of them,
I don't see what conclusions you can
draw from that, nor hew you could
trace them. They've disappeared as
completely as Itumborne himself. Just
what are you driving at? What de you
propose te de next?"
Cnn you tell hew Harvey Hunt icet
intuitive there irere fifty typhi despite
the fnct thttt thn Initinh m the hirer
left-hand comer of the letter might
have IfVH hlindit Itow he eriteatrd In
trace themt What he expected te learn
from them and iehat motive he figured
would make them talkt
The antwef mill appear tomorrow,
(Ceprrlibt, 11120, It Pub! te hrdttr Ce.)
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In the Army you can learn te be a
skilled man in any of a hundred
trades
Yeu earn a geed living while you're
learning
Yeu have money in your pocket at
the end of the month.
Yeu get about a bit, see new places,
meet new people
And when you go back te civil life,
you've get the special training that is
in demand, the skill that will bring you
mere pay, a geed job where you want it.
Wanamaker's Down Stairs Stere
Women's Tan
Eiderdown Bathrobes
$5.50
Mether nnd bip; ulster would
welcome bathrobes us wnnn nnd
comfy ns these et tnn eiderdown.
They hnve shawl tfellnra in mixed
plaids of pink, bltie and lavender
and thick cerda about the waists.
Blanket bathrobes In Warm
looking iilaltls are trimmed with
cording. ?7.f0.
(CentrM)
Christmas Handbags
for Little Maids
50c te $1.50
Any Httle jjirl would like te
find ene en Christmas morning,
hi flat or )ii(Ty shapes they tire of
colored leather, silk or velvet and
ninny have littlu mirrors inside.
(rheslnul)
Satin Corsets
$4 te $6
Of jylcamlnK pink satin of
Reed, durable quality, the cersets
nre all topless. There nre models
for slight te aVcrae;c figures.
Ne additional charge for fit
tings. (OntrnI)
Mighty Geed Shoes for
Little Beys, $3.90
Tiiey are made et thick, heavy brown
leather which will stand a great deal of hard
wear. Even a boy can't wear them out very
quickly and that's flaying a let. Blucher
cut, with Wide, comfortable teos and welted
soles, they are in sizes 10 te 18V(.
Beys Who Wear Sizes 1 te 5V2
can be fitted in tan or black Blucher shoes,
equally serviceable, at $4.00.
Men's Shoes, Special
$4.75 and $6.75
Much like army shoes, se you'll knew
they were built for comfort and service. Tees
are wide and soles are thick and welted.
Black shoes, $4.75 ; dark tan, $0.75.
(iillT,v. MnrkeO
Luncheon Sets With Hand
Made Crochet, $6
In the Christmas land of centerpieces, towel sets,
eounlerpanc3 and such things there is a SURPRISE.
1'urc linen luncheon sets edged with hnnd-made
crochet in characteristic Irish pntterni One center
piece, six plate doilies and six tumbler doilies. All
for $6. Neatly packed in a b6x rehdy for Christmas
giving.
(Juniper Street, Central)
Yeung Women's Sports Coats
$29 te $97.50
Short and long coats, jelly and
smart, are of velour, tweed, pole
cloth and camel's hair. In light
creamy tans, Havana browns,
dark browns and navy, princi
pally. They are half lined or full
lined with peau de cygne and can
be had with or without fur cellars.
The tan pole coat, which is
sketched en the left, is care
fully tailored and lined with silk.
A limited quantity at the special
price of $29.
The ether coat, sketched, is of
suede velour in navy, brown and
Nankin, lined throughout with
silk and topped with a cellar of
Australian opossum. $39.
Prices rise, by easy stages, te
$97.50 for a very fine coat of
camel's hair with a deep shawl
cellar of Australian oriessum.
Geed Coats and Delmans at $19 te $30
Of velour, silvertene and tinseltene, many with cellars of raccoon,
skunk opossum, Australian opossum or sealene fur.
(Murltet)
.$29 I JA S39
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Christmas Arra?
Christmas Sweater and Scarf
Shep Offers Lew Prices
All sorts of discoveries
te be made here.
Imagine Iceland wool
sweaters from Switzer
land at $5.
Just think of getting
French novelty sweaters,
one or two of a kind,
at e.
Of course these have
been very much price
lessened, which makes
them all the better gift?.
Brushed Weel
Scarfs,
$2.10 te $10
Pretty ones for young
sters at $2.10. Turquoise,
black, olive, gray, blue or
pink with stripes flhd
fringed ends.
$2.50 scarfs have wide fleecy striped borders of white and come in
lovely shades of purple, blud, lavender, ted and pink.
Picturesque Shawl Scarfs
They can be had for as little as $8.50.
These are in two colors only gay cerise or red. Scheel jjirls will
be enchanted with them. The only reason that they are net far mere
expensive is because they come in no mere than these two colors.
Interestingly striped with fjreen or black te make thefft triere effective.
Other scarfs in tan, leather and brown With pockets and belt,
$0.50, and in tan and green checks, black and while mixtures, and
ethers at $10.
t('entrul)
Thousands of them, and mere arc
arriving every day.
Already the Handkerchief Stere is
enlarged for the busy Christmas season.
Prices are low for such geed qual
ities. Every handkerchief in stock is ftll
pure linen, except of course, the few
silk ones.
Women's Handkerchiefs
plain white linen at 18c, 25c and
30c each.
daintily embroidered corners, all
white, at 25c and 30c each.
hand-embroidered corners, plain
white, 35c and 55c each.
lovely Madeira 'kerchiefs, 55c, 65c
and 75c each.
dainty colored squares in pink,
rose, French or cadet blue, orchid, pur
ple, green and tan at 55c each.
also some hand-embroidered hand
kerchiefs in about the same shades with
white hems, at 55c each.
gay colored borders in all sorts of
attractive combinations, 50c each.
Men's Handkerchiefs
plain white linen, 35c, 50c and 75c
each.
extra-size white linen, 75c and 85c
each.
initialed handkerchiefs, 55c. 75c
and $1 each.
Special at $1.25
A let of beautifully line handker
chiefs for men, handkerchiefs which
would ordinarily be double this price.
They are of fine white corded linen
or plain linen with colored borders in
blues, greens, tanB, etc.
(Central)
Weel Jersey Sports Suits
Special, $20
Geed suits at a low price.
They're of Winter weight
wool jersey in heather mixtures
with Oxford gray or blue pre
dominating. The jacket is cut
en simple, tailored lines with an
inverted pleat down the back, a
belt all around and four stitched
pockets.
In sizes for women and young
women.
Scores of Other
Winter Suits
Are New Marked at
Special Prices
starting at $16.50 for jersey and
geliig te $75 for handsome fur
trimmed suits.
Remarkable sample suits aver
age half price at $65.
(M'iltliel)
$20
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THE till ARMY
TEACHES
TRADES
L Artiste Phonographs
Have an "Expression Modulator"
What is a modulator?
The modulator enables the owners of I.' Artiste Phonographs te ary the expression of the
music and te soften it as they desire. This makes PKRSONAL music, which, of course, i iui
mere delightful than the immovable music of phonographs without a modulator.
L Artiste Phonographs Have
Mahogany Veneered
or fumed oak cases, carefully finished inside and out. They hue
five curved shelves large enough te held 150 records. They have
wooden sound "threats," se thai their music is soft and throaty
and interesting, without metallic vibrations.
All Kinds of Records
can be played en L'Artlste Phonographs.
Victer records are 85e and Upward.
Puthe records are 85e and upward.
Kdisen records are $1.35 and Upward.
Seme of the OKeh Records at $1
"Whispering"; reverse side, "Dreaming Dlucs."
"Japanese Sandman"; reverse side, ''In the Land of Hue
ami Tea."
"Irene"; reverse, "Alice Blue Gewn."
"Clese te Your Heart"; reverse side, "Down i lit; Trail te
Heme, Sweet Heme."
"Leve Nest"; reverse cde, "Knticlng."
"Yeung- Man's Fancy"; reverse side, "Scandal Wall:."
"Jean"; reverse side, "Le Wanna."
"Salutra Hese"; reverse ide, "Hweet September."
L' Artiste Phonographs
Are the Best at .$90
They were made by a well-known phonograph (lira at our
suggestion, because we wanted te gut the very best pes-sibb;
phonograph under ene hundred (leUam.
Tcrms-$5 down and $5 monthly. M'entmD
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Women's Brogue
Oxfords, $5.40 a Pair
Tan or Black Calfskin
Any woman knows that
this is a small price te pay
for such fashionable, well
made Oxfords. This is the
sort of footwear that most
women like te wear with
wool sports hose or with
spats.
Exceedingly geed Oxfords
with outside wing tips, me
dium or low heels and welted
soles.
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Pretty Blankets
for Baby, Dear
IJaby appreciates being Warm
mere than anything else (with
the exception of being well fed')
and blankets with bunnies, Teddy
hears, and storks for baby fingert
te play with, make nice gifts.
CniTluge Mlze, HO x 40 inches,
$l.2r..
I'lib !.'. !!0x.l8 incline SIJi'i
The quality It much let for f
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