ii 'J. fkBmm KM SETS EXAMPLE F ORPHILA Criminal Justice Survey Shows ,; Where Evil Lies, Research Bureau says ANALYSIS IS PRESENTED i lessen for Plillntlctplilu Is seen "by ta Bureau 'of Municipal Research in !I rcoerts of the recent survey of tLinal Justice inndc In Cleveland, criminal Js". ... .,,, tnii irhA survey u " l,lr " v m jS'K " et Vtove1nVH dlffl d'i nrc net due te the evIL innchlnn c.uU"if Kiinan belngH. The defects nrc JffiyfihU nachlnePy and liiaHliilleiiH Si nd overhauling becnuw they arc ES leSSr adapted te modern eomll eemll n0 'en," t.,(ltl,,ns and method whlcli '' ademmte for rural England, and .?,,? America IneWttbly break down tf85 rJ American cities of today." in ac ". i ,i,niit in linvr n Ktir- rt.u believed It timely te present n BBV -- ci T 'VC-JHH ITSmH 3H?!SM(iW,BElWaB pyfetiBiy ftEDQEfeff rtu brief B'iMyMg of the Cleveland survey; Tim bureau's statement continued : . "l'crhnpH the eutstandliig feature of the, survey Is the story te'd by the stn- tlfctlnfll tlliti hhnwlllff Mm 'ttinrtnlltt of- criminal cases nt different stages. It Is made apparent' that the system Is constantly being 'worked for weak spots' ; that a guilty criminal, with the aid of a tephlstlcntrd lawter, has maiiywpyN of escaping coiMctfeii ; and that without .due consideration of the Interests et the community many who have been convicted are released by 'bench paroles suspended sentences; etc. Among the most flagrant abuses am the 'continuances' of hearings and trials, which se wear out the Hlatc's wltnesscw that ln the cntl they 'disap pear or refuse te testlfyj whereupon the case must be dropped. "One of 'the principal recommenda tions of the survey Is that the criminal courts of Cleveland be consolidated se that speed and consistency of policy may be secured by the operation of the en tire machlneiy as a unit. Then, ten, n numbec of needless steps are found ln the criminal procedure. Many of these nrc ,nvenucs of escape for the crimi nal, but cannot by any chance aid the prosecution. The ancient and revered grand jury falls under this ban an in stitution which can set the accused free, but can de nothing for the State save held for trial an accused pcrsen.nlrcady held by ether authorities. "The conclusion was reached that In Cleveland neither the bar, the press, nor the Judges themselves have great resnect for the Judicial office. Since lPl'-I the Judges have been nominated by EMliffeT'J- mvn'-in '- mLvniA, -V)i j - .(, THURSDAY, Si'. i-;w. wmm FEBRUARY ?,ri922 jLi.H ,m 'i ' - in direct primary ntid petition. This sys tem Is shown te have brought te the bench younger and less experienced iimigcH tnaii were rermcriy wcureu ny nominating conventions, but. far wer?c than that, lias led eninlfltutrs for the office te resort te 'all sorts of undigni fied expedients te secure election und re election. "While the present situation Is rec ognized as unsatisfactory, enlightened sentiment In Cleveland will net ceunte nance n return te the nomination of Judges by boss-controlled political con ventions, and the survey suggests as an alternative the system which usually proves the best, an appointive Judici ary' ALL-YEARTOURIST FARES . ' GIVEN TO ATLANTIC CITY ' , Trunk Line Railroads Throughout Country Aid 8here Retort Special DUpatch te Evtnlne Puella Ltietr Atlantic City, Feb. 2. H. P. Leeds, president of the Chamber of Commerce, announced today that Atlantic City had wen recognition from the trunk line railroads throughout the country In the form of all-year tourist rates. These will consist of 80 per cent et twice the one-way fare. Heretofore the resort has net been officially recognized by the railroads as an all-year resort. It was the prac tice of seme of the Eastern and Mid dle Western reads te cendifct special excursion trains during the summer season nt a reduced rutc, allowing the excursionists n ten-day Stopover. "An Investigation' Lectin said, "de veloped that business te Atlantic City was, en the Increase from all points where an a,ll-year rate was In effect, but such was net the case from ether points, particularly these west of the Mississippi juvcr ami in tnc south, west." The preposition was then put up te rcnrcscntatlvcs of the trunk lines and agreement te the new sate was given en condition that the Trunk Line As sociatien of New Yerk would ligree. Members of this association form the connecting link between this resort and Western and Southern points and read ily assented te the reduction. It Is be lieved that the reduction, which has reiiulrcd ncvcrnl months te achieve, will i-.uiilf In ntlrnetlnir inllllnii of del lars In new business te the resort. mi JV " fgeSSSSSOIK W i iiii Smith & Brodhead 913 Walnut Street Largest 'Manufacturers Upholstered Furniture in Philadelphia MjaaAvtjffljgj sssi WSx IWOBKMANSHII ISamI Our Great Furniture Sale New Going On We offer a large selection and the best bargains in Philadelphia. This sale is the greatest showing we have ever made prices lower than we have ever dared te quote. We have the largest selection in coverings ever carried by any manu facturer. If interested in living-room furniture, de net miss this big show. Belew are two of the many designs we offer the first week of sale. KMUslBUEamBMHtKBittlKKIBBBKUKKKslKSKKizSmSlilGivim z Exactly a Illustrated This Handsome 3-Piece Suit, Covered in Tapestry or Velour The frames and all inside materials are of the best; no cheap or inferior goods used in the making of our furniture. Hair filled and spring edges, spring backs, loose spring cushions. , Regular Price $150.00 Sale Prfce, $ 1 25 KEXSUBI31 Utfan Exactly as Illustrated EiH)fUpgKXH One of Our Best Designs This suit must be seen te be fully appreciated. Rounding or bulk fronts, full spring edges, Bpring backs, spring pillow arms and loose spring cushions; high-grade tapestry or velour. Regular wholesale price, $250. Sale Price, $198 .00 We Are Showing 3-Piece Suits in Genuine Mohair at $198.50 Three-piece Suits and Odd Chairs in combination tapestry and mohair, priced te suit everybody. Such geed bargains are. net te be found else where in Philadelphia. The people of Philadelphia knew that Smith & Brodhead de net deviate from that geed old American standard quality. Judging from the many inquiries of the past two weeks as te when we start our sale, we anticipate a large patronage. We are ready with the goods and facilities te eare for you. If you have looked at ether lines and found the price a little above your estimate, then de net fail te see our showing this first week in February. We Will Alse Shew a Large Stock at Our Warehouse, 1112-14 WALNUT STREET Tfyese goods are mostly discontinued patterns in both frames and coverings, one and two suits of a style, all great bargains. Ne orders taken for duplicates when these goods have been sold. (Positively no special prices or discounts te dealers.) Sale Begins Monday, January 30, 8 A. M. Open Tuesday and Friday evenings until 9 o'clock and all day Saturday Free Moter Truck Delivery in Philadelphia and Vicinity Smith & Brodhead m Ml i k. 913 Walnut Street OFFIC AND SHOWROOM, 913 WALNUT STREET WAREHOUSE, 1 112-14 WALNUT STREET Phene, Walnut 1801 tin Chart Aeceuate Invltti Hsl Mall Orders Filled IMWIMW Mawsen&DeMaiiV ft rciSChestmitStreet 1 llluttrattd Pathion Fetdtr Sent en Rtquttt OUR ANNUAL SALE OF FURS at STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER! Am mA ?. I fiV Yeu Must Take Advantage of This Unusual Opportunity New Every Garment in our entire stock is included in this Sale. Nothing is reserved. Beautiful Coats, Wraps, Chokers, Scarfs and Steles all te go at ONE-HALF PRICE. Our strict merchandising policy is never te carry ever Furs from one season te another. We are determined te clear our stocks and are offering the greatest Fur values obtainable in the City of Philadel phia. Each garment is of the best work manship and newest style and will surely surpass your highest expectations. Come early in the day while assortments are at their best. BuyNowferNext Season 'sNeeds A Small Deposit Will Reserve Your Purchase in Our Storage Vaults Until Next Fall, Payments te Be Continued Monthly ThreuglCthc Spring and Sttmmer 43.00 Formerly 100.00 Marmet and Russian Peny in full flare, Spert and length models, with large shawl cellar and cuffs. 68.1)0 Formerly 140.00 Formerly 140.00 French Seal, Russian Marmet, Seallne Trim med Leepard Cat, Australian Opossum trim med Russian Peny, in length models. 97 Formerly 195.00 Natural Muskrat, Skunk Trimmed French Seal, French Seal Wraps, and Raccoon trimmed Marmet, in full flare -length models. . 125, 00 Formerly 250.00 40-inch Nfttural MuskjraL . 9i length .Skunk or Beaver trimmcdFrench Seal and extra large size 40-irfch length self trimmed French Seal Coats. HsiKL. JbVik T Skunk Trimmed French Seal Coats 97.50 Formerly 195.00 Scotch MeUikin Ceiti 165.00 Ferntrljr 330.00 165.00 Formerly 330.00 Ji Length Scotch Moleskin Coats, 40 inch Lustrous French Seal Coats, Squirrel, Beaver or Skunk trimmed. IK.1 00 Formerly 400.00 Full Length Scotch Moleskin wraps; Hudsen Seul, self-trimmed, -length, and Natural Raccoon Coats, 40 inches long. Extra Size Coats and Wraps Frem 44 te 54 Bust Fyinch seal U Dm Conn, 0tK!H ! te Dyd Jf Mftrat. Wmmm PurchmshtM Aments Orders Aemeatmd v? . .1 'mmmmmmmmmmi i 11 i i '', ,. it p '...,'"' L .lvMpiaWHMHBiHB: - ---,-- t- -,-v ,; 7r . r 275.00 Formerly 550.00 Natural Squirrel Coats, Length". Full length Black Caracul Wra'pj and full length Hudsen Seal Wraps. 445.00 , Formerly 890.00 Natural Mink Coats, Full Lengt'i Squirrel Wraps, Taupe Caracul Capes, Jap Mink Wraps, Hudsen Seal Wraps, and Scotch Moleskin Wraps. hi Natural Squirrel Coats - 275.00 Formerly 550.00 I I i " inrt" pfiplnp- i rr " m . t 1 - it lanes a ureat saie or Furniture te Test the Very Foundation of Commercial Strength and Probity Everybody who buys Furniture wants GOOD Furniture. Thev knew what thev want and what they like, but what the Furniture really is, only one who has made Furniture his I life's study, can tell. Such a knowledge has governed the I selection of every piece of Furniture in this bale, se tnat when we say there is Ne Such Variety of Artistic NEW Furniture Anywhere Else we have told you what v.c knew te be a fact, and what you arc trying te find out before purchasing. "The best at the price" i3 the slogan of people with money te spend, the world ever. We have ebtainsd this for our thousands of customers year after year, through large ypecial purchases which only a house with tremendous buying power and a ready outlet can handle; and wc have augmented these purchases by our entire regular stock (this year, practically all of it bought within the last six months) at substantial reductions from our fair regular prices. In order that you may knew the exact market value, as reckoned in the Furniture dealing world, net particularly concerned with this Snlc, and that you may knew our fair former prices, we have arranged n system of price tags, showing at a glance whether the Furniture is xpccmlly jnirchascu or treni our regmar vieci;, aise me rAvw AMOUNT OF THE SAVINGS. Yeu will find here several lines of fine Furniture that are confined te us and can net be had elsewhere. We want te feel that you arc going te have pleasure in the use of the Furniture you buy here, and that you will think of your investment with satisfaction. Away back in 18C8 we pledged the public "a square deal," and whether or net you knew geed Furniture THAT PLEDGE STANDS. Just a Few of the Many Opportunities Upholstered Wing Chairs $42.00 Wing Chairs and Rockers $;8.50 , . . , , . , l-arge, graceful cane-anU-mahegany chairs in Loese spring cushion scats, upholstered in as- wmianl nn( Mary design; spring scats uphel- sorted tapestries and veleurs in various colors. stored in asserted tapestries. Wing Chairs and Rockers $35.50 Overstuffed Davenports $75.00 a . i , , Fu" S1ZU' 'oesc spring cushion seats and spring Cane-and-mahogany-finish; Chippendale design; edge, upholstered in tapestry and velour in a upholstered spring seats, in asserted colors. variety of colors and designs. Chain mid Rockers at $20 25 I Mahogany Library Tables $49.00 CHair8 ana KOCei 8 at .?SU.tO William and Mary design; size 21x40 inches. Cane-and-mahogany. Special value. I H -strawbridse a clothier 'l'.iird rioer This Dress Will Make a Conquest It is of Weel Jersey in the Fashionable Cape Style, in Twe -Celer Effects, and Is Special at $18.75 (Women's Gowns) Certainly a combination of fine style peinta for one inexpensive Freck, especially when that one is just ihe right weight for the warmest days of winter and the coolest days of spring. In navy blue, brown, jade, tangerine, rust and beige, each contracted with some ether color or with white. Crepe de Chine Dresses Special at $13.50 Made in the much-desired ovpr-bleuse style with nlaited skirt; square neck and long sleeves; the flat cellar and cuffs edeed with ni'rrew plaitings of the crepe de chine. In black, navy blue and dark brown. - Straw tirlils .. I" tl Icr Stceml llunr. M'rl.et Street ml iEv S '. a if' i Queen Make" Percale Dresses Unusual, $1.55 The kind a woman Hkea te have ready te slip into in the morning, certain that she is appropriately and perhaps most important be comingly dressed. These inex pensive Heuse Dresses are of tine figured percale, en slender straight lines, plaited from a yoke and belted. There is distinction in the cut of the chambray-bound cellar, the white poplin yoke and side fastening with pearl buttons. A notable value at $1.55. S'traubrlil.:" Clothier Third rieur, I'llUrt Str-et. West Tapestry Brussels Rugs 9 x 12 feet at $25.00 The Department of Lewer-priced Fleer Ceveryigs has secured a special let of new, fresh-looking, durable Oxford Rugs in a number of desirable all-ever patterns, suitable for almost any room; in the convenient 9x12 size te sell at 23.00. HEAVY AXMINSTER Rugs, 9x13885.00 Rugs, S..'Jxl0.6 $33.50 Rugs, 7.6x9 $26.50 CORK LINOLEUM Rugs, 6x9 $5.75 Rugs, 7.6x9 $7.00 Rugs, 7.6x10.6 $8.25 HERRINGBONE JAPANESE Grass Rugs. 4.6x7.6 $2.75 Grass Rugs, 6x9 $1.35 Grass Rugs, 9x12 $7.75 COCOA DOOR MATS 12x26 inches $1.50 traw'jrlilsre 4 t.'l"thii-r I'uurtli 1'Ieur, Wen Men's Sweaters Half Price at $3 Shaker-knit, all-wool Ceat Sweaters; heavy weight. Nearly all are red. Sizes 38 te 42. Very geed value. Straw bnUse i. Clothier I'eurth I'loer 1200 "Martex" Turkish Towels Under Price 50c A small let te sell at less than regular price. The practical, but decorative kind that one likes te include among one's supply of Bath Towels. In attractive figured weave with blue, pink or geld borders in medallion design 50c each. Straw brlclue I'lothler I'lethler A sie 1.', fentie Here's the Story of the Clearance of Clothing, Briefly Told Clese te two hundred thousand dollars' worth of Winter Suits and Overcoats te cheese from. Reduc tiens from former prices average one-third. All our regular stock the products of the Stein-Blech Com pany, Hart, Schaff ner & Marx, the Alce Sheps and our ether dependable suppliers. There are no indications of any lowering of clothing price levels in the near future. These prices, therefore, are as low as clothing can be bought for a long time te come. This is a rare opportu nity for wise investment and busy men should plan te participate: Suits in the Clearance $21, $27 JO, $:17 and $41 Suits with extra Trousers $21, $26.50 and SHI Overcoats $21.00, $27.50. $42.00, $47.00 and $59.00 - Htrwbr!le & Clothier HecenJ Fleer, EMt (ewV Jrl Arr II if 1 1 ' I rf i " H feisiii ..?&.-' imiit K. A s?. ?T.,'i., . ".""-'
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