r7?iS-!"''"383''3W''1' ' "' 'V , :"''''- "r.w ," I'.-t fa. "v .y j fif i V,T - 'Jf("" "' EVENING- PUBMC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1921 ia 'the daily 'novelette The Watcher n.r OKnTltUnB CUSlUMi it 10 o'clock Vivian Wyimte. countliiR ,A,r flnecrs whon the striking of tho 2?t clock across tho attest first re ?J?led hir to a eenso of bodily fiUlnuo, found that alio had Wood at tho win f,0w without movlnp for three nourB, Sy nerhap. she thought, tho morning Inn werln? between the parted .tlra :i.a would nnd her there, waltltilry. ivici and mlserablcr ui she waited now, fnrtho riht of a little form for tho Sffll of little feet. Behind hor at Intervals Felice, most wrflct of perfect lady's ma Ida, Jn acd tlie jrreat, somber apartment and .m.vvl some attempt at consolation. .Mrred the logs on tho hearth, passed . Jearf about her mistress' slim shoul Jots or offered dellcato morsels of nour ishment, only to bo waved silently awny by a repelling hand. The door opened again. Vivian, whos lf.absorptlon had been momentarily broken by the tolling of the hour, turned fearfully. "Any news, Fellc? "N'o, madame.' ' "Has Mr. Wygato teleplloned again?" "Only to mako 20 enquiry, Madame." "Don't como to mo again unless there i news. Then como at once no matter what it Is. I want to be quite alone Bul, Madame." -nd still Felice lingered, loath to imvs tho Pltful figure. It had pleased Vivian that day to wear a soft, loosely hung gown of blnck crepo do chine, and to Vh? French girl's cycsJt appeared now llko tlio garb of mourning like an omen -made the more vivid In contrast with the wearer's youthful contours nnd bright beauty, the wavy chestnut hair and tawny brown of her eyes seeming to Intensify the blackness of tho cling ing silk. Please leave me, Felice.' Tho girl closed tho door and Vivian wr.n?,'L!V!r fearless eyes again to the el night nnd her gloomy watch. .. ii?,X. Tany thousands of women, una wondered, mothers, wives, sweethearts, an ojcr tho broad earth wero waiting, wai.cJlln'rpr'llnMor eom ono to como home, Just as she waited 7 A gTeat gush of sympathy went out from her 52.111 Pi.t!,1, .nd for a m'nuto a warm thrill within her seemed to nssuage something of her pain. Perhaps It was a message from thoso others that had been sont adrlff for any aching heart to harbor, Was It only this morning, she thought wearily, that she had left tho house caro-free, young nnd happ'y7 She felt llko an old woman now. She had shopped nil tho morning, lunched Bayly with some friends at a downtown hotel and como back nt .1 o clock to bo mot at the door by Felice and In a (lash everything was changed. Tho terror In the girls wide eyes, tho tightly gripped hands, had seemed to plorco her heart, to tear It, and oven now she marvelod how she had stood so steady and so stonily calm, Why had she not fainted or fallen? In stead she had asked In a voice that might have como from a woman of Ice: "What Is It? My husband? Jack?" "Jncque, Madame " "Not killed I" "No, Madame : he Ibs gon. Tie Iss not como back since 11 o'clock. He went out to piny " "And you loft him." Sho remembered how tho Ico Inside of her seemod suddenly to melt nnd In stead she was filled with a consuming flro. and that hor words had dnrtcd out at tho girl as though sho would have scorched hor with them. icl!Co had burst Into Incoherent sobs. "For a leetle minute, Mndamo I was cold I went for a. coat only siat, Madame Cook knows zy till lenow zat Iss zo truth. " Vivian drow her hand across her forehead. What had happen Ml after hat? Oh I yes, she remembered. She telephoned to Barnard, nnd to tho po llco stations, and the newspapers, and then Bho had got herself somehow Into 1 l tho limousine with tho weeping Fellco nni.i d .?.?df n u" one street and down another till dusk. u.?1?". IJarnard had come homo and ho lma taken her In his arms and ho had ui-eii very tenuer and sympathetld nnd hopeful and he had coaxed her to ent. which she could not do, and then ho had gone to the club. Oh I yes, she had wanted hlirf to go, sho had even asked him to. Bho couldn't bear his endless speculations and the Incessant movement. Bho wanted lust this dull quiet and the speeohless watching, It seemed the only thing her taut nerves could hold against Men wore like that, sho thought They must over question, and protest, and seek relief In bodily exertion, while women endured. Hut could she endure? If this waiting nnd watohlng never ended or If ended In A soft, swift football behind her Felice's voice broken, but glad, "Madame, II est venus ze back way " Vivian staggered and pressed her hand to hor side. Strange that she who had stood straight and strong as a young pine ngalnst tho shock of fear, should now bend llko n broken willow before this rush or good tidings I Then a light shaft of nngcr filtered through her, lifting her head In proud protest: 'Why did ho not come to mo now at once?" fcho demanded. "How could he wait?" was her unsnoken thought. "He eats, Mndame, II a grond-faim, zn poor boy " "Hurry, Felice ! Go ahead of mo Tiikn m to him " lUcklcsi of narrow. Ill-lighted back stairs nnd the high, slender heels on her dainty shoes. Vivian sped on through passages she knew but little, to tho kitchen nnd heedless of her as-' tontshed servants, with a smothered cry of "Jack '" flung herself onto her knees bofore tho stove, Another second and twenty-six Inches of Pomornnlnn poodle was crushed to her straining bosom Net Complete Not elette- You'll He Htirprlsrd "" ' ' "' n ..... .- .f-i-B-- L-f. - - 1 1 1 . ,,, .m miUM'Inl! a cm AQrn t"Z m Ml -- . ,a, . . fB ufe'I"CJiTttLS CC3- IH UriMiivnii rm 'l1 n f"" ASCO ASCO m " ASCO I .ill, ll, A, s C' 0' S4 c3 0 A S C O, - 'ft cl 0 i o A s 5 o aJ si c; 0 j A c.i 6 A S c .0 ftj aJ S A S' 'C- 0 ' s c A s c o A S C .0 A S rc o- Producer-to- Consumer Only because we bring your groceries direct from the Pro ducers are we able to give you such low prices on the high quality merchandise we handle. We are in constant touch at all times with the food markets of the world and it is a genuine pleasure to us when we are able to reduce still further our already low prices. We want to point out that our fresh eggs are now selling at the lowest price in years, even though it is close to Eastertide, when the largest quantities of eggs are consumed. As with eggs, so our Producer-to-Consumer Plan functions in all other lines of groceries, to bring down the cost to you. Asco customers are saving dollars by our Prodifcer-to-Consumer Plan Rice ?' 5c lb- Choice Head Not the ordinary broken rice but fancy Blue Rose. Treat tho folks to Rice Pud ding with some seedless raisins. g Salmon cut-iOc0 Not ordinary Chum but the very finest Pink Salmon. An unusual bargain! Calif. Sitniweet Prunes t3e Size 1 n. lb. 21e Site 1 7JL Cut to 1UC cut to l'ICIII Big, meaty, and small pit ted. Eat plenty of prunes they're good for you. "Gold Seal" "Gold Seal" Eggs arc tho pride of the barnyard because they are the biggest and meatiest eggs laid. Eggs Carlon 44c ISIy Eggs 38c Not quite so large ns the big "Gold Seals," but absolutely fresh. Asco No Waste Sliced Bacon Pk& 1 9c Sweet sugar-cured bacon with an irresistible flavor. Asco Blend Coffee 29c " If you're not using tho delicious Asco Blend, serve it tonight nnd see how quick the family will taste the difference! Its delicious flavor wins all who taste it. Asco Blend Teas Velb.pkg., yfEiiL lb. pkg., 23c OC,D- 12c From the world's finest tea gardens. Five delectable blonds to suit anyone's taste. Ornnice VrUnr Mlxril TMnln Ulacli India .V ( fjlon Old Country Stjlo Victor presto Big Loaf 8 Feed tho children plenty of Victor Bread. It contains the elements most needed by their growing bodies. Children thrive on it. tli i "Taste it!" Ask your next-door neighbor what she thinks of the delicious "LQuella Butter." Richland Butter ,b 55c A pure crcumcry print butter, better than some so-called Bests. These Prices in All Our 181 ''Asco" Meat Markets Genuine Native Beef Whole Cut Chuck Roast u 12V2c Rolled Beef u 15c I Boneless Pot Roast " 1 5c iSfffi, Beef lb 10c T Bones ra 5c la" Beef ,b 8c Sk Rib Roast 20c I Fresh Beef Liver 15c Xeaealving Chickens ib 43c Milk-Fed Country Veal Breast ,b 18c Rack Chops '" 28c Shoulders ,b 22c Rump Roast lb 35c Neck " 22c Rib Chops '"35c Loin Chops '" 40c Cutlets '" 50c jv We thank the patrons of our big new combination Grocery and Meal Market at 239-2ft So. 10th St. for their splendid encouragement. "Asco" StoreH all over I'hila. and throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware ami .Maryland 1bco" ajoreH all o H ii Hi 1 ,ti igi i m I c o A s 19 n si kC4 O . A S rc ro A S iC oi A S4 S A S c to A s C4 fO A .5 c oi A S c o A S c o A" S' ic o. A o . A s c o ?1 Xi s- c- .0. i A S c o ni A' S' C, o, 'Ml - tlllll p W ' If ., ,yi Wf, i hi !' nrwriw' WW i ' '"'! y '"' imi" ii iv-mm WANAMAKER'S DOWN STAIRS STORE WANAMAKER'S Every pair is perfect Every pair is specially priced $1 $1.15 $1.35 $1.90 The most fashionable and wearable gloves of the Spring season Easter gloves in every sense of the word. There are two-clasp gloves in all the delicate Spring tints; strap-wrist gloves and long gloves which women like to wear with the new wraps and dolmans. Complete size ranges in each style to start the day but gloves like these will go fast. Strap-Wrist Chamois -Lisle I French Strap-Wrist Glace Gloves, $1 A fine quality in several color combina tions: Gray with a black strap, gore and embroidery ; light brown with beaver; biscuit with brown ; or all-white 2 -Clasp Gray Suede Gloves, $1.15 Pique sewn gloves with self-color em broidery on the backs. French Glace Lambskin Gloves, .$1.35 Pair 2-clasp overseam sewn gloves of excellent quality. They have Paris-point backs and are in black, tan, brown, gray and beaver. Also a few in white with embroidered backs. Long White Glace Gloves, $3.75 French gloves of fine glflce lambskin 'in both 12 and 16 button lengths. They have three pearl buttons at tle wrists and Paris point backs. (Central) Gloves, $1.90 Pair Most remarkable gloves ! They have 5Vs inch cuffs, which make them long enough to Wear with capes and dolmans. Pique sewn with Paris-point backs, they are in beaver, brown, white and a few tans. Also in black or white with contrasting stitching. Finest French Kid Suede Gloves, $1.90 Pair Beautiful gloves of the very finest quality. They have two pearl clasps and two-tone crochet embroidery backs real Easter gloves that will make the loveliest kind of gifts. In delicate shades of tan, biscuit and I mode, also in dark gray and black (Some in all-black for those who prefer them.) Pretty Easter Clothes for Girls Are Moderately Priced Good clothes at low prices arc a specialty of the Down Stairs Junior Store. Many mothers depend upon it when outfitting their daughters for the entire season. New Things Sketched The charming gingham frock is only $2.75. The gingham is good quality and comes in checks oi green or maize. Sizes 8 to 11 years. The frilly organdie is $7.75, and what a delight ful frock it is and how n girl of 0 to 14 will like it! It is in white, blue or pink. The sports coat is $8.50. It is of polo cloth in brown trimmed with tan or in tan with brown. Sites 12 to 16 yenrs. The skirt is $7.75 and comes in plaids of brown, red or blue. It is side-pleated, in sizes 12 to 16 years. Silk Dresses At $10.75, a naturnl color pongee dress, is trimmed with embroidery in Harding blue. Sizes 10 to M years. " Well-tailored regulation dresses of natural pon gee, in sizes 10 to 16 years, are $25. Taffeta frocks, in blue or brown, have pongee guimpes. Sizes 6 to 10 years at $15. Spring Coats $8.50, $13.50 to $25 Styles are quite varied in coats of polo cloth, plain or checked volour and homespun weaves. Colors, too, allow choosing. Almost all the shades, of tan and brown are leprescntcd, and there are many blues and green. Sports coats, cape effects and dolman wraps arc all here for girls who wear sizes 12 to 16 years. (MarUtl) Women 's Sample Blouses Pretty white voilo blouses are in many different models semi-tailored or lacy as you please. Plenty of both kinds and a variety of styles in each. Not all sizes in every style. (Murkrt) Center m Opp Rosebuds and Streamers on Women's EasterHats and how Springlike and fresh they look ! As if they, too, want a part in this festiv ity of Easter! But tailored hats are still in the ma jority nnd women have found them so becoming that thoy want to keep them in fashion all through the season. However tailored or bewitchingly love ly, you will find plenty of opportu nity of choosing around $10. Children's Tailored Hats $1.75 to $5 Good straws and good ribbons are used and tho shapes arc becoming. The last resolves itself into a question of selecting a turned-up-all-nround, a turned-down or a Htrnight-brim hat, for there are nil threo in quantity. Navy, brown and black as well as lighter straws. Natural leghorns in tailored shapes are among the new things. Sizes for G-year-olds to those who arc quite grown-up. (Market) t Excellent Silk Stockings $1.45 and $1.75 Easter kinds for women and young women. Sizes 8Vb to 10 in black and all are first quality. $1.45 for good weight silk with mercerized cot ton tops nnd soles. $1.75 for lovely all-silk stockings, of clean, sheer silk. Cotton Damask"" Tablecloths, $1.10 Lustrous mercerized damask cloths, 58x58 inches, nicely scalloped or hemstitched. Soveral pattorns. Women's Petticoats, $2 Practical as well as good looking petticoats of a well-known trade-marked material. Navy, black, purple, green, brown or gray, with deep ruffled flounce and elastic at tops. Usually they are a dollar more. Wash Suits for Little Fellows (3 to 8 year sizes) $2.50 Oliver Twist styles of sturdy cottons in cadet or lighter blue, gray or brown; some have white blouses with the colored trousers, colored collnrs and cuffs. Just tho sort of suits boys are needing now and for Summer wear and the price in considerably less than usual. East Aisle Aprons, 25c and 50c Neat, business-like aprons nt littlo prices. ific for black-and-white figured percale, some edged with rickrack. , COc for fine white lawn aprons with hemstitched 1 rufllej bluc-and-white checked gingham aprons with . rulflo and pockets; light colored percalo aprons with I ruffle and pockets. ' "What Will-a Good Suit Cost Me This Spring?" Men Are Asking Here is the answer from the Lower-Price Store on the Men's Gallery, Market Street, with a few other pertinent facts that every man should know about clothes, woolens and conditions in general. This Season 's Prices $25 $27.50 $30 $33.50 $35 $37.50 Last Season's Prices $39 $42.50 $45 $48 $50 $53.50 What's the answer? Suppose we take the entire mattur step by stop. During the war and after this Wanam '.kr Men's Gallery never deviated from its two-generation, standard of ALL-WOOL. Since last Autumn woolen prices have dropped fifty per cent. The Daily Trade Review stated recently that the number of woolen and worsted looms stopped for six months, July to December, 1920, was 27,000 in round numbers. That cessation of labor meant a loss in pro duction of about 100,000,000 yards of material enough for 33,000,000 suits. In plainer words, the United States is about 33,000,000 men's suits bchindx last year ! Nevertheless Prices Are Down even though this condition naturally would suggest a rise in price instead of a decline. Because Wanamaker's holds the position it does this Men's Gallery has been able to do seven extraordi nary things in the face of that scarcity, and do them at this Spring's lower prices : 1 Secured all-wool materials woven firmly of hard, twisted, strong woolen threads materials that we know will hold their shape and resist wear, such as cassimeres, worsteds and serge. 2 Refused all so-called "one-arid-one" burlap like fabrics, such as are sometimes "all-wool" but woven so loosely that one can almost read through them fabrics which will not wear nor hold their shape. 3 Secured all-silk sewing of all seams, button holes, etc., because silk is strong and will not fade. 4 Made sure that "shape" was worked into the garments not pressed in. 5 Made sure that inside tapings and necessary canvas were shrunk and re-shrank to avoid any possi bility of shrinking after the clothes were actually finished. 6 Saw that the clothes were cut over patterns of the new loose and easy style with all hazard of being too small omitted making sure that collars were plenty big and long, so that they would hug the neck and set properly. 7 Closed its eyes to nothing excused no hid den faults of construction in order to cheapen the prices, but ordered and received Wanamaker stand ard quality all-wool suits to offer at these satisfac torily lower prices. What Will a Good Suit Cost You This Spring? A GOOD suit of this Wanamaker standard will cost you $25 to $37.50, depending on the fabric you choose. Blue serge at $25, cassimeres and cheviots at $30, finished and unfinished worsteds at $37.50. Last year similar suits were $39 to $53.50. Ready now in the Men's Gallery, Market Street. And only eight shopping days to Easter and almost every man likes to feel that his new Spring suit is home ready to wear Easter day. Sale of 4600 Pair of Women's Fine Easter Gloves in Wanamaker's Down Stairs Store Mens Oxfords and Shoes of Exceptional Quality at $9.90 Do you know the semce of the Men's Gallery Shoe Store? Have you seen the kinds of shoes obtainable there under ten dollars? Men who once go there usunll come back eery pair of shoes makes a friend. Perhaps you will look, at these new Spring $9.90 shoes and oxfords and see for yourself. There's something ubout them which looks different, something that makes them fit and wear. Probably it's the leathers, for they are of the finest grade of shell cordovan and brown calfskin. Possibly it's the expert work of their cutting, shaping and finish. Anyway, they arc the finest $9.90 high shoes and oxfords that we have had in a long time. And this is the first showing of them. Men's Shoes Specially Priced at $4.75 and $5.90 Reconi special purchases. LOW prices foi satisfactory qualitj . Urogue oxfords of heavy tan lcathor with full wing tips specially priced, 55.90. High shoes of black and tan kid specially priced. $5.00. Oxfords of real cordovan and tan calfskin special y nricod $1.75. High shoes of black leather, $4.70. ' OliMi'd (inllrrj, Murl,et Hlre() rrf 1 ;a s ASCQ ASCO ASCO ASCO ASCO ASCO ASCO ASCO ASCO ASCO, i .. ... ... .... . ... . . . .. . . . .j .. ... . mm. . :. - r- -f. r- ... J, , . - ... - ) JL-i. ii W'afli.tvi..ta MMHJ'j.i...: . .. .,-, -, AC , M Wvt fl llhi-
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers