?3" K S.&W ' TilUwrii lulu Klr I ATTRACTS THRONG Eighth Annual Event, Is Hold n Rittonhouse Square. Many Booths D..r'''W.Tffl jiyWj? - W'f ' ' ' PEKING tr6LIO 'itBDGEBBHILlD3SLPHlA, akuBSDAY, MA 19, 1021 1 SEEN AT RITTENHOUSE FLOWER MARKER NEW FEATURES SEVERAL Philadelphia wont a-Maylwr today-In mtttnhOUBe Square. Dctktd In (lowered aprons, escaping ' ,un under droopy, brimmed hnts, ,l4mtroa, ,0..u.... -..-.Ai.nf enmo and stayed in the sna- . 0 Philadelphia's arlntlcratlc plaza ill dy lonff nnd helped to make the iMh nnnuai w" ...... ..v ....,.. i today what everybody declared Hlte pTacid pool that glitters In the Ait. V tho squnrc nnd reflects the MMful trees that wave over it wan K. .Mnlnc centerpiece of mixed effect JfiiSifloM nil day lonff. There were little girls looking like flowers them SfiTM in their fluttering white dresses vdlnt with struggles on to brllllnnt- Torfd balloons; mere wcro pnucnt-, ffilwr men staggering under heavy Bititt baskets, and there were the K.- t rnunff society girls wenving f.-t. in and out. one minuto very iiralHtd and the next minuto washing their anu - - Girl With Doll mi.. Kdtr Druton. fotchlngly dressed . 'iu. with a white snorts hat. car ried a doll dressed in pink, whose name frVnd. Miss Margaret Hcrwinil sold Hot bouquets of flowers and, in ber ijle uluO BWtum mill i.c) nunc ilnl'. did a good rival business with tl flowers. Tlien there wns Uladyg fox, whoBC wares consisted of little u.M at mountain laurels. MIbs Fox n dressed all In blue with a corn- toIorM sporui nai. No one came to the square who did tct br about Mrs. Walter Waring HopMnson, who was n fortune-teller. Dressed In a medieval costume, n green ui rid gown with Grecian lines, she id i thriving nusincss. .1 gnm unuii rtrclrd her nrcttr blonde hnlr" and a mfiterlous gold cloth curtalri "dis plied" her eyes. A rival attractive tu Madame do nenusnet, a Russian liJy who Is visiting Mrs. E. B. Cns iitt. She wns dressed as a Russian filler of Merry and created n great stir To complete tho picture, perched llji on the wall thai surrounds tho nsrth end of the pool, wcro girl artist (rem the Academy of Fine Arts sketch-l- the constantly changing colorful icene that unfolded all around them. Che ol th features of the flower mnr ktt this year is the offering of three rtiM to students nt the academy for (he three best sketches of the flower wrket. The prizes of S25. $15 and 910 are donated by the flower market (emmittoe nnd will be awacdd 'May 20. Restaurant Around Fountain The artists found plenty to sketch. A restaurant immediately Hiirrnuiuls tit .fountain and then spreading out- t)0 Wit, nil over the square, were jk fJQHgf booths and their more nflHtifTjfl cousins, the dairy and vegc table btattis. Ninety-five pretty girls and ma$oj)3 served luncheon. cenenciaries ot tno snow arc the Man' Crletoforo Day Nursery. Social Service Department of the Pennsylvania Hos pital, Rittenhouse Squnrtt Playgrounds Association. The Executive Committee for the itow is composed of Mrs. Eli Kirk Price, chairman ; Mrs. A. W. Crawford. Sin. Thomas Elwyn and Mrs. Howard Pancoast. Booth No. 1 in in ohnrcn of Mrs. Henry n. Coze, Mrs. Theodore Cramp ind Mrs. Joseph I.eldy: No. 2, Mrs. Sidney W. Keith. Mrs. John W. Pep per, Miss Julia Berwind nnd Mrs. Ed ward B. Cnssntt; No. .1, Miss Annie Pu-h; No. 4, Mrs. John P. Hollings worth; No. 5, Mrs. William D. Grange; No. 8, Mrs. Marshall Morgan (Gur dw Club of Philadelphia) ; No. 7, Mrs. William G. Rhoads (Society of Little Gardens) : No. 8. Mm T.niil Tl Pniri. (Gardeners of Montgomery and Dcla- J ware uounties) ; JNo. , .Mrs. Albert II. Koienjrarten (Art Alliance) : No. 10, Mrs. 0. Perry Pepper (Tho Weedcrs) ; No. 11, Mrs. Francis Stewart; No. 12, Have You an Opening for a Sales Executive? At present Bnles Managor of local MLi.om,1anv,.but soek larsrer oppor tun ly. if you're Interested In a man init can keep your salesmen "pepped UB on thflr toes and bringing In ?, um r?suU under exletlng con eilloni. get In touch 'with m. B 707, Ledger Office Manufacturers' Clearance SALE20 OFF sn our Framed Mirrors Hplrndld Una or Picture Frames Fine Mouldings HI Vurlcty, All Woods Latent Flnlshni Matthew Schramm & Son 39 North 9th St. Second Floor "1I0I.ESAI.KU8 llKTAIIJtll.S aaaaaaKallilafBHaaaiHaWHi ..... i cj . . Ldifep Thoto Servlco Hlttcnliouso square was ablaze today with flowers. Many society women participated. On tho left is MLss Frances Clark and on tho right Is Mrs. Forrest Mogco Miss Sophia Cadwaladcr and Mrs. O. Bradcn Kyle; luncheon room, Mrs. J. WIstar 'Brown, 3d; lemonade booth, Mrs. Samuel J. Henderson; Punch and Judy show, Mrs. Thomas Ash ton; for tune teller, Mrs. W. W. Ilopklnson ; in charge of garage, Mrs. Charles S. Starr. ART STUDENTS TO GRADUATE Dr. Lnlrd, Dean at U. of P., to Speak at Exercises Commencement exercises of tho Penn sylvania Museum and School of Indus trial Art will take place tonight in Wlthcrspoon Hall at 8 o'clock. Tho speaker of tho evening will bo Dr. Warren Powers Laird, dean of the School of Flno Arts, of tho University of Pennsylvania. The opening address will be made by tbe' president, John D. McIUicnny. Huger Elliott, principal of tho bchool, and E. W. France, direc tor of tho tcxtilo departmont, will also address tho pupils, after which diplomas will-be awarded and prizes announced. Following tho exercises, the nnnual exhibition of students' work will be on yiow in the school building, Broad and Pino streets. TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES nV?,Tn. ?J, llr. r,f)30 J'ulasM nvo . nnd i-thjj IJI.nhter. B08 Harvey t. John H. Willis. 2310 Ornnlte St.. and Helen J. Mvvn. r,U2 Taconla st. Incenzo Herchlnuo, Jiala, I'n . and drazln Martin. 2inn S. &1mpnon st. " ' William II. Mathews, 018 N. Randolph st.. and HoM Duimer. OIH N. Randolph st. Antonl Hmanskl, 21)25 N. 2d st . and Htan- Islaw Krowluk 2025 N. 2d st. noleslaw Mallnowskl, 7300 Wallace st.. and Cecelia Mallnowskl, 7800 Wallace st. Anota I-ftwrlk. Orocnwlch, Va and Josed Homanluk 102 Rnydnr ave. Leo A. Romana. 8327 Sprlne Qarden st.. and Catharine i: McCarthy. 2520 8. 13th st. Calcedorlo J Mnscatl, 117 Montrose st , and Jrnnlu Apnlbcne. 5113 Ridge ave. Robert Rath. (181 Rox ave.. and Kstella M. D. Law Eastwlck avo.. I'hila. Anthony Olordano, 174U S. 10th st.. and Jennlo Drown. 1729 H. Chadwlck St. Edward J Ryan. 133 S 23d st . nnd Ade laide -'. De Venlsh 5532 Hunter st. Frank Demair. 48t Nowmarket St.. nnd unman na wasocna. 401 N. 7th st. William F. HndRns. 040 Atwood rd.. and Florence M. McCllntnck. 2328 N. nth at. The expectation of im mediate results has killed many an advertising campaign The Holmes Press, Vrinttn 1315-29 Cherry Street Philadelphia DREJU FINE STATIONERS Gifts For Tourists Traveling clocks (8 days, radium dials) photograph frames Writing cases M2I CHESTNUT STREET MacDonald & Campbell Mens Desirable Suits $25 to $75 To men and young1 men who realize tho great importance of being well dressed with out great expense these suits will strongly appeal. For thoy boar tho imprint of style, of good taste and of masterful skill in tailoring. Anoy will please you as long as you wear inem, for besides their refinement, thoy havo u certain durability that you do not And in many ready-to-wear clothes. Men's Hats, Clothing, Haberdashery, Motor Wear 1334-1 336 Chestnut Street IT'S SPRING IN TEXAS Eight Lonesome Cowboys Looking Eastward Object Matrimony Far away in Brownswood, Tex., are eight count 'em, clfiht lonesome cow boys who nrn feeling tho yearn of spring. And if Chief of Police Orav enor, of Camden, gets time enough from his work of chasing bottleggcrs and others of. that Ilk to play Cupid well, tho gentlemen from Texas will be much obliged. "We nrc mighty lonesome down this way," says a letter received by the chief today. "There are eight of us here. Wo can handle a ropo or n gun, but nt that we'ro Just plain Americans. If you know any girls In Camden who nro lonesome maybe they'd write us and then after the fall round-up may be thcro would be wedding bells." City Treasurer's Report Tho report of tho City Treasurer for the week ending yesterday follows: Re iTtl: 5707,0.-14.74 ; payments, $1,803, liH.no; balance, not including slnklnir fund, .?3,038,207.47. K KILLS YOUNG WIFE AS HE MS GUN Happy Home Laid Desolate by Tragio Accident on Lycoum Avenue BABY ONLY 10 MONTHS OLD ORDERS REDUCED DAMAGES Judge Directs Boy and Mother to Accept $6000 Instead of $35,000 Judge Monoghan, in Court of Com mon Picas, today made an order in tho suit of Itussoll Crosby, u Negro, cloven years aid, nnd his mother, against tho (Junker City Cnb Co., directing the plaintiffs to toko a reduction of their verdict to $6000. The Jury had nwnrd cd tho plnlntifrs $35,000. Tho boy was struck by a taxi at Eleventh nnd Thompson streets Juno 10, 11)10. His injuries caused mental disorder. The court ordered thnt unless tho plaintiffs remit nil the award above $0000 tho defendant will bo granted a new trial. Mrs. Sylvia Itockman, thirty years old. mother of a ten-month-old baby, wns accidentally shot nnd killed late last night in her home at 321 T,yceum avenue, Iloxborough. Sylvnnus 0. Itockman, twenty-seven years old, her husbnnd. who nld he shot her, was taken Into custody after he had summoned help for his dying wife. Itockman had a hearing by Magis trate Dicta nt tho Twenty-second street and Hunting Park avenue station, and wns held without ball for the action of the Coroner. He wns then taken to Central Police Station for n visit to the District Attorney's ofllcc. Tho police say Itookmon admits "playfully pointing" the gun at his wife a moment before It went off, when he was olllnir it. Detcctivo William Uclshaw. head of the murder squad, Investigated with the district detectives of the Mnnnrunk station, and pronounced the shooting accidental. lie said he wns convinced from what he had lcarnpd that Itock man had no reason to kill his wife, nnd that the story told by the husbnnd wns true. The revolver with which Mrs. Rock man was killed had been given him by n watchman nt- Cramps shipyard, tfrhere he worked. IIli wlfo was In great fear of it, he told the poller, and when ho bnd it nt homo he always removed the cartridges. It was a .32-caliber weapon, the cylinder holding six shoa. '"I wnB cleaning the gun Inst night, Rockmen told the police, "and had re moved the bullets before I did so. I took them oub all of them I thought nnd put them In the buffet drawer. Hut by somo tcrrlblo mistnko I left one of them In the cylinder." Independent of the husband's story, Detective nclshnw's search of the room had disclosed the fact thnt five revolver bullets were In the drawer of the bullet. There was only the one expended shell In the revolver, ami tne wcninm " been Trcshly oiled, bearing out tho bus-' bond's story. "I hod clenned the chambers of tho revolver and wns droonlng oil into the cylinder, not knowing that there was n partridge in It. My wife wns atandtng 1.. ftl.. nl.ln vtit1itnrr mo Mill, ltfltl IflHl come in from the kitchen with tho baby's bottle. I woum put a uroji oi un the lork, then pull the trigger to cause 41. Un.rnl In tnt'f.1tfft tllf1 tlltt 111 II II - llie UUJItl ." ..,...,. -. ,. other drop. I don't know how many times I had puneu it. wnen mere win it report, nnd m ulfc fell nt my feet with n bullet in her temple." When Mrs. Itockman fell, the hus band rushed out of the house for aid. One of his friends nnd neighbors Is Ijcon Htrlcklnnd, n patrolman, who is clerk to Captain of Police Nicholas Kenny. Strlcklnnd lives at 320 Lyceum avenue. Itockman hammered on Strickland's door, and when the patrolman opened tt, cried, "My Clod, T.con, I have shot my wife.'' Death Almost Instantaneous Strickland hurried Into the limine Tulth him. nnd found Mrs. Rockmnn lying on the lloor, focc downward. She apparently was neau. uut nmcmnnu turned in nn emergency can ior inc patrol. The horse-drawn vehicle from the Mnnnyunk station, trying to make time to the Memorial Hospitnl with the body of Sirs. Itockman on n stretcher, broke down on n htcep hill. It wns necessary to send to the Oermantown station for its motor patrol, which made n quick run and carried the body the rest of the way. It was too late for the physl cinns to do more than pronounce her dead. The delay had nothing to do with her death. They snld she had d'ed almost Instantly after the bullet had ft ruck her. Rockmnn, wild with grief, renllred tha.t his wife was dead eren before the body was taken to tho patrol wagon. He submitted to arrest quietly. He told his story to the police, repeating It to Detective Uelshaw when the Inttcr ar rived from City Hall. In n voice choked with tears. He said he had been plan ning to get a hmall automobile and lie and his wife hnd expected to take their baby on some fine outings In it. The police say Rockmnn bore nn ex cellent rcputntlon In his neighborhood as n sober, steady man. He and his wife showed grcnt affection fot each other nnd Jlvcd together In peace and quiet, (he neighbors told the detectives. He hnd bought his home nnd wns pnjlng for It. Lately he had begun to paint the house from fop to bottom. lie wn a "family man," every one agreed, his whole heart centering in tho little home nnd his wife and baby. The child was sleeping quietly in its crib upstairs when Its mother was killed. The Rockmans' baby, Robert, was taken to the home or Its grandmother. Mrs. Llllinn Donnell, at 43." Lnuristnn street. RoxborouKli. The grandfather carried the little follow home. HENRY HOLDS, IS THEN HELO . jfj Magistrate 8cout Story of Why Man Had Gun s "I was just holding them for a maH ' while ho took his girl on tho mcrr7-i go-round," explained John Henry, thirty-four years old, a Negro, when asked today what ho was doing with a new revolver nnd an equally new black Jack. i . "You may be tolling the truth," said Mnlgstrnte Dletr at tho Hunting Park nvetitie stntlun, "but I'm going to do a little' holding myself. I'll hold you in r.(H) lihll for court." Heiiry was arrested early this morn Ing nt Fifth street and Olney avenue; There havp been many robberies In the Olney section lately. Henry lives near Twentieth ami Oxford streets. Craftsman Club Holds May Danes Guests from scvernl nearby towns at tended the annual May dance of the Craftsman Club of Dclnwarc County, which wns held Inst night nt the Ma sonic Club Drexel Hill. The club was tastefully decorated with spring-like ef fects nnd an energetic orchestra dis pensed the very latest dance melodies. MZ Woar an Arch Support mat's mads for Our origins.! and ex clusive cast process records your Individ ual trouble for which an individual suppor- tor Is mndo. We Ounrnntrs ImniMllnte Comfort Ilooklnt on Request Aijrnr.1, i;.ALu'..orai pj Foot Orthopraot, 01 Stafford nide. "Tl 1112 Chrstnut Ht. Wulnnt 40M i "I 1 v youl i S I NON-METAUJCX IrZATHCIHrtlOHTJ UjjCH'SWPORTy ssi m I ? 1 H hallahan's r AVSv HlDDIE SH0ED . n Sn M Tw-lraP XSl rPTp' 53. Wfl Goodyear .feL VI welt, Tan Nv " y Patent inS Ji " j I Coltskin, I Tnn Russia Calf, C 1 II I Goodyear welt, ftsW y) $3.85 to $4.45 to ) Jy $4.85 $5.85 Ay 11 Including growing JJ llll llll girls' sizes. jy HALLAHAN'S KIDDIE SHOES are the best Hhoea for children. Soles of solid leather of a qunlity that outwears two pairs of ordinary shoes. Lasts that encourage healthy foot development. The Vnlucs in our "Lower Prices Campaign" are a great saving to parents. Jill SILK LISLE SOCKS, 25c o 55c I JL GQOJD SMOEp U 921 MARKET STREET 60th and Chestxnrt Stew 2736 Germantown Avenue 4028 Lancaster Avenue 5f4 Germantown Avenue CHINA'S PAPER MONEY IS MADE IN AMERICA B$ lwfc" 5,Lvnmm 4"u Regarding Diamonds CONSTANT and closest association with the international sources of supply places this Establishment in the unique position to give the highest quality at the lowest cost. The "Polished Girdle Diamond," which has been pronounced by Experts "Supreme" for cutting, brilliancy, color and perfection, is cut especially for and available only from this House, and costs no more than the ordinary cut Stones. gjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniis sjllllllllltm 3 3 3 al mm i Hllllllll3 It's No Use Trying To prove on paper that our Clothes are the Best and are sold at Lowest Prices. Anybody else can say the same thing. A look at our windows or a few minutes in the store will tell yoi; more than a page of print. Especially this One Week Intro ductory Offering of Palm Beach and Mohair Suits at $14.50 C03 The popular idea is that China invented paper. Anyway, paper was made there when Europe to say nothing of America was as uncivilised as the interior of Brazil. But the paper money of five provinces of China is engraved on paper made by Crane fc? Co., at Dalton, Mass. The Bank of China uses the same paper for its bank notes. It is Crane's Bank Note Paper, the most widely circulated business paper in the world, ioof0 selected new rag sWlJ 120 years' experience Bannotes oaa countries Paper money 0438,000,000 people Government bonds of 18 nations Crane's business papers ; 1 llrfl eisA&awa IM Tho Ky t0 Foreign Trade I g V(lff?Tr ALL flMERICfl CABLES J ZiCsf Vgly is the only American-owned 5 1 " cable line to Central anti I 5 South America. Route your 5 JOHN L. MERRILL. Pre. cables "Via All America." To insure rapid, direct and accu- Years of successful opera- rate handling of your cables to atl tlon have proved the cf- I S . points of Central and South Amer- lkiencv of "All Amoricn" S iai. mark them -Via All America" Service. Amenca I I n a II 3 Ih rafffl m ' II i 9 iTsHffir n I lis : j U jE5fWwSrii958iEJk. vSCiM9fesW Si I H H - iiLiiLMWjKVvlyV. NJ??srS5Ss U I m ffwBBsA iJv VMWB) H I 1 Wl HrlUu7 v II ifl 1 5 I WKHki n i ... I IE VpHklll R ' HAKE a Look at the T S ! Show JVindows OUY WwWmm r H Y7mli 3jLIMfiiLK L It is human nature to put the best foot for- Q WV 1 1 1 lESTO! WRFb I -ward, and it is fair to presume that the clothes fl W W t,t,f' c.eLKsJL.Ps. . .. .j.-... , L .. .,, ,,lc j,,u-,i u.'UiauWX tlt'i' nt ltn1 nt 111 I fine as any in the store. Mi j-n- lakc a lk at tl,c clotnes shown in the HI K different stores mark their style (or lack of W I tt), their shaping and general appearance. I We await your verdict with confidence. SfIin'J,and Sum"e' Suits and Top Coats Q f aJS $j0 and upward. The values at $45 and HI I foO are especially attractive. JACOB REED'S SONS 1 I tJ-M26ChcstaajtSlw!eS I ' Similar qualities this Summer will sell for $20 to $25 ! And these fir.2, soft-handling Blue Serge Suits at $29, $35, $42. No need to give you comparative prices simply see them! The Hit of the Season! Combina tion Sports and Business Suits Three-piece Suits; four-piece Suits Coat, Vest, Knickers and Long Trousers either or both ! Suits of Homespuns, Irish and domestic new light grays; new pencil stripes, eighth of an inch to three-quarters of an inch apart red, blue, gray, green, purple, gold, orange. Separate Golf Knickers in very large variety $6.50, $7.50 to $10. PERRY & CO. Sixteenth & Chestnut Sts. E ejiiiimiss s aiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiil provide for permanent, capable and re liable protection for your family? Name a Trust Company as your executor and trustee it's the modern method. Call and let our officers give youxletails of the SAFE WAY! 1 1 iiWrTTtiTfifTTiTSI West end AUST CO, Broad St, Ac South Penn Squarb a. 1 I H I i H f T -- ;--...'-I'. - , frlfcUV. v- - "1J. - ?. ., mawmmmaa ur BBgigBBaiJ '
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