xr j( i? Vf3Jii -V. '4t V' d Tr-TTT7'- L vifim f"t. J ." n -.- '9Wmm Xrt K'i" - .0 EVteNItfG PUBtlO MDGER-PfilCADELPHlA, TtJESDAY, DECEMBER U) !t920 r DREAMLAND ADVENTURES "The Magic Arthl" Mr DAUBY CHAPTER II Tic Queer IPiffe tfn6fcf THE Qlant of the Weeds took such lireivt BtrldPH with tils long leBH that he came quickly tq Blnllnnd, where he Intended te hunt for rnhblln. He drew Peggy behind him en her sled as though he wehrhcd no mero than a fairy Tod dle Pupklns hnd te run hla very hardest te keep up with them. "You'd better stay nafely behind a tree while I hunt the rabbits," said the ?lant te Peguy, as they entered the erent. "Nay, you forget that I came te warn the rabbits te llce from your bullets," answered Vtggy. "He I He I He I This Is a queer way te go hunting," laughed the Klnnt. "Uut the rabbits .can't run fast enough te Bet away from my bullets, se leave your sled here and warn them all you want te." "Woof! Woefl I'm a Reed huntlnB deg- but I can't smell any rabbit trncks here," sniffed Toddle Pupklns, neslnsr around In the snow, "Dut I smell Hilly BelKlum'H tracks. Perhaps we shall learn what secret errand brought him, te the weeds se early this morning. Woof 1 Woefl" Suddenly Peggy's sharp eyes caw a rabbit's funy cars twitching- abeve a low bush. If the Olant of the Weeds saw that rabbit he would BUrelv sheet. Quick as a wink, Peggy turned her back en the rabbit and looked the ethpr way. at the soma time she screamed a 'warning: "Ilun, rabbit I nun for your llfel The Qlant of the Weeds Is hunting you with a. big gun I" The giant whirled around and looked tha 'way Peggy was looking, which, of course, was exactly the wrong way te ioek te see tne rabbit. "Where Is It?" reared the giant, lift ing his gun. 7,Kl-yl! Here It Is! Kl-yi 1" yelped Toddle Pupklne behind him. The giant glanced around just In time te see Hop-pity-Hep waving geed-by with his stubby tall as ha deva safely down his hole. Peggy's warning had been Just In time te save Hopplty-Hep. "Hei He! Yeu beat me that time, but I'll keep my eyes open after this," laughed the giant geed naturcdly. They went deeper Inte the weeds and seen Peggy saw another rabbit a white rabbit ulttlng en a stump. Again Peggy whirled around and again she screamed a. warning. "Run, rabbit I nun for your life, I" Again the giant looked the way she was looking, but when ha didn't sea any rab bit, he turned quickly around and there wee the white rabbit still slttmg en the stump. The giant aimed his gun and blued away with both barrels: Dune! Hung I The whlte rabbit vanished In a little cloud of snow. "Het He! I told you I'd sheet a rabbit te get you n rabbit skin te wrap your chilly babies In 1" reared the giant, running forward te pick up the rabbit. But there was no rabbit nor rabbit's Bkln beside the stump nothing at all except little lumps of snow "Oeewhllllckers ! Where could that rabbit have geno te 7 reared tha dlnnt of the weeds. Toddle Pupklns was snlftln around the stump, "Onlffl Sniff! I thought X saw a rabbit here, but my nose tells me no rabbit has been here. There are no rab bit tracks and no rabbit smells, but I can see Billy's tracks and I can smell Billy's scent" Peggy, glancing around trying te sea where the rabbit had gene, happened te leek up In a tree and tnere perched en a limb was the same white rabbit or an other whlte rabbit she couldn't tell which She wns astonished te see a rab- Adjoining the St. James B ll Were Were U f ' I ' I m yt UP a tree, and let out a scream: "Ilun, rabbit I" The Giant of the Weeds saw the rab bit nt the same Instant. Hung! nnng' went his gun Down dropped temethlng te the ground "He I He I New we'll Ret that rabbit fklnl'juheuted the giant, running te the tree. Hut no rabbit Bkln was there only mero broken bits of snow. "aecwhlllfckcrs! What kind of a rabbit Is that?" renre'd the giant "Is It n macic rabbit, or Is It a ghost rabbit?" Toddle Pupklns was sniffing nreund the tree as he had sniffed nreund the stump. ".Sniff! Sniff! Ne rabbit Is here nnd my nose tells me no rabbit has been here. Hut my eyes bee Billy's tracki nnd my neie tells me Billy has been Things You'll Leve te Make CuihicmfeY thildiRwrrtS. tins way. snirf! Sniff I" De you think the rabbits were made rabbits or ghost rabbltu. De you think Toddle Pupklns wns right when he said no rabbit hnd been there, but Hilly had? De you think you will nnd out In the t.ext chnptcr7 Art8 Fellowship Holds Reception The FcllewNlilp of the IVmmvlvnnln Academy of the Fine Arts held a re ception nt 1&I4 Arch utreet last night. Jinny noted nrtlxts ns well ns mnnv men prominent In the Imnitiess, pro fession nnd secinl life of tlie city nml Rtnte nttciiilrd. ZteJ UEgLliallJI Attracthe cushions add charm te a child's play or sleeping room. Te make this out-ef-lho-ordinary cushion, cover a small oblong pillow with black llneen en the top, and red en the bottom. Se lect a brightly-colored nursery plcture. (Tha ena used was lied Hiding Heed.) Pi'Bte It te the top of the covered cush ion, nnd glve It a coat et clear shcllna Stitch a piece of braid around the pic ture. Several such cushions, though costing little, will add much te the In terest and Jey of a playroom. One of your tiny friends would be delighted te recclve this cushion as a Christmas Ulft. FLORA. POUNDED lOSa DBWBES 1122-21 Chestnut Street Quality and Standard Famous Over Half a Century The Miss May Dance, Dine or Attend the Opera IN THESE Delightful Misses' Evening Dresses At Most Unusual Prices Youthful evening: Rewns of shimmering taffeta, crisp net, lovely satin nnd wenderful ombre GcerRctte in all the wanted pastel shades, including soft blues, yellows, pinks and rose. Many have bouf fant skirts, ns these worn in the dim past, while ethers possess pleasing clinging qualities. Short billowy tunics, flowing panels and charming little ruffles are shown, many models being without sleeves and boasting dainty shoulder straps of self-material or of net. But you must sec them te appreciate their chnrm. There also arc many stunning dresses of black velvet, and these, tee, arc very specially priced. The lighter ones arc Very Special at $29, $35 and $39 and the velvet models have been Specially Priced at $65 and $79 Dcwecs Courtesy and Service Make Shopping a Real Pleasure SSB1 iliiljl Fft Shopping a Real Pleasure TW frrffltiifflinnRiTOHiiniiw4U il 'I ' l 1222-1224 Walnut Street ijil QWHime swvBWJsm mmmmBxaamtmxammm Winter Coats & Wraps Charming in Style, Handsome in Fabrics and Fur, and New Reduced Vs te In no previous season have we been able te offer such individual modes, nor such rich fabrics and furs, nor such unusual values as these: $75, Reduced te $95, Reduced te $65 $95 $125 Were $195,' Reduced te Were $225, Reduced te 1 I Were $225, Reduced te $125 1 U ! All Purchases Billed February 1st j B V - i ri r 1 1 i uli .JTn i.iiih.KnniinnTni7irniisii7iiininin:rfrirttirrFfil nnimt rHMlrMl"flUfflnnnlinf ffWffffiinfflttM . IB.2. ...( i . , ., ,i, )ii .i.i..,.,.. .a ..... ... ... ..JJiXftit'tfA. iy. . t iit.j ifi4fc'rl '.)L. &iVXj,&ki!v'te .. J.JMj)iid&cfe'AMnilU .'.A.ji. .L -.. cO!L. WANAMAKER'S Wanamaker's Down Stairs Stere A Lewer-Price Stere Conveniently Arranged for Busy Christmas Shoppers New Fex Furs Savings of 25 Per Cent Sets of glistening taupe or brown fox are $60, $71.25, $82.50 and $93.75. Sets of Japanese cress fox, of lovely coloring, are $56.25. What a wonderful gift a set of fox would be ! (Market) Leng Gloves for Her Christmas Beautifully finished gloves of lovely skins are especially gifty and highly fashionable. $4.50 eight-button-length meusquctaire capeskin gloves are in tan, beaver and brown, pique sewn and with embroidered backs. $5.50 eight-butten-lcngth glace lamb skin gloves, lighter weight, are in tan, brown and beaver, everseam sewn. $6.50 twelve-button-length glace lamb skin gloves are in tan and brown. White Gloves $5.75 twelve - button - length French gloves of white glace lambskin, have Paris point stitching en the backs and three pearl like buttons at each wrist. They are over ever seam sewn. $6.50 slxteen-butten-length white glace lambskin gloves are lovely. Strap-Wrist Gloves $3 soft suede cloves, in gray and beaver, are full pique sewn and have embroidered backs. $5 mocha gloves, eutseam sewn, are in gray and beaver. (Central) Little Girls' Raincapes, $2.25 Of tan rubberized material, in sizes for girls' of 6 te 12. Raincapes nnd coats for Junier glirls, $7.50 te $13.50. Fresh, White Pique Frecks, $3.75 and $5 Fresh and white as Christmas snow! Seme are all white, some are adorned with hand-embroidery done in pink or blue. Sizes 8 te 14 years. Blue Regulation Dresses, $6.75 and $7.75 Most practical of all for the school-room are these serge dresses. They are trimmed with white braid and have black or red ties. Sizes 6 te 14 years. (.Market) $16.50 All Sorts of Charming New Christmas Dresses Specially Priced $15, $16.50, $20 and $25 Serge, Charmeuse and Satin at $15 Several hundred of these pretty frocks, which are trimmed with beading, silk or wool embroidery. Navy, brown and black. New Tricetines and Serges, $16.50 Se new, in fact, that they bring the first hint of the modes for Spring long waist lines, soft sashes and vestees of tricelette and accordion-pleated skirts with deep bor ders of tinsel embroidery. Georgette Crepe, Velour or Tricetine at $20 Georgette dresses are embroidered in self tone silks and tiny beads all in navy blue. The velour dresses have contrasting bod ices of velveteen. The tricetine frocks show braiding or em broidery done in silk or wool. Velveteen DreBses, $25 Net many dresses of any one kind, but that makes cheesing all the mere interesting. Seme have girdles finished with tiny French flowers; some show contrasting piping or a touch of lace at the neck. Of course, there are several beaded models. (Market) $i6.be tv j HSSsJm f fJ OKI MMfiyiis IWiliSiliSftl DOWN STAIRS STORE nn n ' jllff Henry s ire Gleaming Hair Ornaments Ready for Christmas Parties Combs, pins nnd barrcttcs, aglitter with jeweled settings, are pretty ns you plcnsc. They're of all shapes and sizes nnd are set with blue, green, red or clear crystal stones. 60c te $1.50. (Cliegtnut) Powder Bexes, 50c te $3 Dainty little trifles te slip into a coat pocket or hnnd-bag. In silver or green geld finish. Deuble ones, with space for powder and rouge, $1 te ?3. (Cheitnut) Yeung Women Are Privately Asking Sana Claus for Mesh Bags Ne doubt they've seen thnt mesh bags are prettier this year than ever. Shapes are long and slender, tops are of deli cate design and even chains hnve a touch of individuality. A variety of bags, in silver or green geld finishes, at $5 te $10. (Cheitnut) Hand-quilted Silk Quilts for Babies Levely quilts, covered with pink or blue Japanese silk, are plain at $5. Beautifully hand-embroidered quilts begin at $5.50 nnd go up te $7.50. Seme have tops of crepe de chine. The size is a geed one for carriage or bassinet. Crib quilts, plnin or embroidered, nrc $8. All nre filled with soft, clenn, white cotton. (Central Embroidered Pillow Cases $2 a pair (Each pair in a box) They make mighty nice gifts for any woman with n home. Of firmly woven white muslin, they are embroidered, hem stitched or scalloped. (Ceutrul) Jelly Christmas Perfumes, Sachets and Incense Your nose will lead you straight te this Christmas corner of fragrance, where you'll find potpourri bags, squares and hearts filled with rose petals, ,. 60c te $1.25; big bottles of lavender flowers, $1; bottles of tese leaves, 75c; boxed perfumes in a wonderful variety of pleasant scents, 40c te $1.50; Incense burners, 75c; boxes of incense, i5c; gaily colored bottles of smelling salts, 10c te $1.25. (Cheitnut) Men's Linen Handkerchiefs, 35c Squares of generous size, with hemstitched hems, nre of geed quality, very low in price. Finer qualities, 50c und 75c; eitra sizes, 76c and 85c. Tape Borders are sure te please. Quite a variety at $1. Other linen hand kerchiefs have naiTOW woven stripes of white. $1.25, (Central) Gifts of Leather Are Gifts That Endure Uig, roomy section has been given ever te a most care fully selected collection of moderately priced gifa, in' "'ing suitcases, iruvuiinK uuga, uusiuu uui;, iuuuilt iiuuuuiiKa, and all sorts of practical guts. Enameled Cleth Suit Cases, $4.50 te $12 They are quite smnrt in appearance nnd you may cheese a dull or brii'ht finish The corners are usually protected with , leather and the cases have cretonne or plain dark linings. Enameled hat boxes, which make splendid gifts, are $9.60 te $18. (.Market) Splendid Weel-filled Quilts $5, $6 and $13.50 (Filled with pure wool) The $5 quilt is covered with figured cotton mnterinl. The $0 quilt has a figured center, a plnin snteen border nnd n figured back. The $13.50 quilt is a lovely one for n gift, as it hus a flowered silk center, a rose, pink, lavender or blue mull border and a back te match. (Central) J Mittens for the Baby 30c te 60c a Pair Little whlte wool mittens nre cunning gifts for his (or her) royal highness, The llnbyl (Centrnl) I t lier lie I !1V A Ihnsbna y,il l-v! V Men's Separate Trousers $4 te $9.75 a Pair Yes, Sir--All-Weel Many patterns and mixtures; every pair : of trousers well tailored and materials all wool. They're in geed suiting patterns and quite often a new pair of trousers means, t' practically, a new suit! (Gallery, Market) ' - i i i f Prices Are Lewer en These New Plaid Skirts $5.75 te $12.75 A plaid skirt te go with the Christmas sweater is a geed idea for young daughter's Christmas. And if she is going te get skates, there is no question about her wanting a plaid skirt. Gathered skirts in plaids, checks and stripes are in charming color combinatiens: a bold tan-and-navy plaid with a line of bright green through it; brown and tan block checks ; e Copenhagen blue and black checks ; navy blue and red plaid, big and gay. Gathered skirts are $5.75 te $8.50; box pleated plaid skirts, $12.75. (Market; . .-m Ji Babies Warm Sacques and' Sweaters, $1.75 te $4 Seme of the little white sacques were crocheted by ' hand and nre as cunning as can be. The sweaters, little coats and slipovers, are knitted of white or pink wool and will fit bnbies up tn a year old. (Central) Uncommonly Geed Bedspreads Frem England Se firmly woven that they won't wenr out in a hurry. Pntterns are geed and stnnd out very clearly. Twin-bed size, 72x99 inches, $8.50. Deuble-bed size, 81x99 inches, $10. (Central) Maids' Waists A Plentiful Supply for Christmas at Little Prices Trim, carefully made waists, have cellars that can be worn high or low. Many women buy them for gifts. (Sizes 34 te 46) Striped percale waists light grounds with colored stripes are $1.75. White linene waists are $2. White madras waists are $2.50. Black cotton poplin waists are $2.25. Black cotton pongee, $3.25. Black mercerized poplin, $3.90. (Sizes 48 te 54) Black cotton poplin, $2.75. Black sateen, $3.25. Black cotton pongee, $3.75. Black mercerized poplin, $4.50. Fifteen Styles of Pongee Blouses, $3.75 te $5.50 They have Peter Pan, roll or flat or convertible cellars and are plain, tucked or frilled; in fact, most any kind you could ask for. Extra-Size Pongee Blouses, $4.90 Just one unusually geed model in this, with a con vertible cellar and neatly tucked front. (Market) New Winter Shoes Fer Women $9 a Pair Black Calfskin, Brown Kidskin, Blade Kidskin Extremely geed-looking, high-cut lace shoes are cut unusually high se that they can be worn with the short skirts and have welted soles and Cuban heels. iij i ... iv vv omens and girls' rubbers are Ies than half price at 50c a pair; sizes 2V2 te 4 ss Women's Christmas Slippers, $2.40 a Pair i S?U h0Wlx or tan le"tlier, they have leather soles and heels. I !.il l Ml. inue nuaren s Shoes $1.75 a Pair (About Hnlf Price) Ian, brown or black button shoes with turned soles and spring heels. Fer little ones that wear sizes 4 te 8. Children's Tan Leather Lace Shoes Sizes 6 te 8, $4 a pair; 8ia te 11, $4.50; 1112 te 2, $4.90 a pair. ' They are made in the comfortable, wide tee shapes that growing feet should have. Sturdy welted soles. (Chrttuut) WANAMAKER'S r r In In i J AY) P rV M if. i ... ?. - ' . ... lV'l II tj uO
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