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EVENING PUBLtC .EDGER-f &ILAJ)ELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
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WANAMAKER'S
WEATHER
.OF POTATO DISHES
FEBRUARY 28, 1922
WANAMAKER'S
DOWN STAIRS STORE
Generally Cleudy
Gives History of Tuber and
f ' Directions for Storage
and Preparation
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$ . By MKS. W. A. WILSON
.wWeM. 1MI. ftiAfr. M. A. Wilten. Atl
i"tT.Tj fresh vegetables, whether they
1 A belong te the tuber et leafy clans,
! ... wntw thmi Rnlld rentint
s iTj form n valuable source for supply
C&l l?.0?.!! "if"; rwm...
il! tt Seuth America, where It still Brews
Awlld: and nltheugli i today It rentlmte"j
fi'il. Main n.irtlen of tlie Btnrchy feed of
Id min in the seventeenth century It was
. bi"i '.:' ... ...i ..i...,i ...til.
l den. Active cultivation began late tn
the eighteenth eentury. Many varieties
i I potatoes and the bcasen of ripening
aake It possible today for the hen.
rlfc te have new potatoes the greater
Mrt of the year.
The portion of the plant ued for feed
consists of the engorged tuber grown
n stem under the ground.
Potatoes stored for winter use should
V kept In a cool, dry and dark place
' wercd with n clean, dry sand. Warmth,
Sfht and meltiture will cause the tuber
te start growing. TIiIh changes the
I itarchy content and destroys much of
' the ntitrlthe value of tlic potato.
The flaer of the potato lies very
; dose te the ckln. se that the feed value
i md the digestibility of tUp potato de
pend greatly upon the method of cook-
h
B?i- . . 1.-. A- L -I
ThO poiaie wiungsi iu me (.-mini-
Irdrate group. The compeBltlon of the
potato :
Extractives and organic nclds..
Starch
Fat
Protein I"
Water
Cellulose
Mineral matter
P.C.
. 1.5
..20.0
. .a
. 3.2
. 75.0
. 1.0
. 1.0
.100
Total
Te Cook Potatoes
Potatoes are boiled, baked and fried
tt tauted. Rolling, either in the skins,
or pared and then cooked. When par
ing potatoes, In order te conserve the
mineral salt and ether feed elements,
pare thinly with a sharp knife; wash
Snd place l? Bnureiu. vuu un jru-
tatees that arc te be boiled by covering
with boiling water at once and then
keep boiling slowly until tender. Drain
at once and cover with a clean cloth
for a few minutes and set where the
pan will keep warm. Soaking or plac
ing the potato In cold water loosens and
tonics out of the potato the starchy
arnnuals which nre then cooked in the
water and thrown nwny, thus robbing
the potato of net only n goodly part
of Its mlnernl saltB, but nln of some
of its starchy content. Salt the potato
Just after draining.
Hash Brown Potatoes
Dice four cold boiled potatoes fine.
New place In skillet
f'itc tahlcspoens of geed shorten'
ing.
Twe tablespoon $ of butter,
and when het add the potntees. Cook
slowly for ten mlnutcH without brown
ing. Then shape as for eicelet uud
brown. Drnln the excess grease off,
and when ready te turn en het plate
absorb all fat in the pan with a soft
paper napkin; turn en Let dih and
garnish with fine chopped parsley.
Petate Tlmbate
Place in a bowl
Tve" cup of mashed potatoes,
prepared as for mashed potatoes.
One tcavpoen of onion juice,
Pinch of nutmeg.
Yolk of two eggs,
Three tablespoons of buttn.
Whip up hard te blend ; then fold in
the stiffly beaten whites of the two
eggs. Butter custard cups and plnre
a small round of buttered paper in the
bottom of ench rup, fitting the paper
smooth. Fill with the prepared po
tato mixture and stand the cups In a
pan of warm water nnd bake In a het
even for twenty minutes; turn from
the cups en het plate uud garnish with
peas and cooked carrots, cut and trim
med te shnpe like small corks.
Te make potnte souffle emit the j eiks
of the eggs nnd use whites of three
res.
Potatoes au Gratln
Pare bijc cooked potatoes and cut in
dice; rub a baking dish with cither
melted butter or bacon drippings.
Place h injer of potatoes, season and
sprinkle with n light covering of grated
cheese; repeat until buking dish Is full;
then pour ever one nnd ene-hulf cups
of thin cream sauce. Sprinkle top
uicKiy wicu coarse nrcaucrumbs and
four tablespoons of grated cheese. Hnke
in a moderate even for thirty-live min
utes. Te Daks Potatoes
Wash and wipe potatoes of even size;
rub well with any geed shortening and
place In moderate even te bake; time
ittqulred from thlrty-flve te fifty mm.
utes, depending upon the size of the
potato.
Nete Greasing the Rkln of the pe.
tate before baking will keep the skin
oft and permit it te be peeled from the
cooked potato as thin ns paper.
Sweet Petate (Iponieea Ratataas
Lamarck)
Weng te the morning glory family,
jnd the enlarged slde root or tuber of
the vine Is the edible part. The sweet
potato centnlna mere sugar, gum, pec pec
tene and less starch than the white po pe po
tate. Cooked by the same method i.nd
erved for variety, the sweet potato
holds nn important place In our diet.
The sweet potnte in nlse used for pie,
fllling for puddings and candled.
Candled Sweet Potatoes
Cook the potatoes In the skin nnd
Pel. Then place in a skillet
One pp of sirup,
One-half cup of sugar,
Onr tcuipoen of cinnamon,
One-half teaspoon of nutmeg,
four tablespoons of bacon drippings,
One tablespoon of vinegar.
Cook te n soft ball and then add the
sweet potatoes and bnste with the syrip.
slmmeilmr slowly, basting every few
wliutrH.
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THIS ARCH SUPPORT
will relieve pain nnd euro a
fallen arch In three months,
Yeu nre invited te a free demonstration.
Women's Shoes te Measure
James L. WelilW
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1109 Walnut Street 3
Beginning March
at Lewer Prices
With a Stere Fall of Spring Merchandise
Wanamaker's Down Stairs Stere
Important Sale f Qeves!
French Lambskin Gloves, 90c
French Kidskin Gloves, $1.35
French Slip-en Gloves, $1.85
Lewest Prices in Many Years for Such Gloves
a Third Less and Half Price
Skins are beautifully soft, and the gloves have that
perfection of fit and finish characteristic of fine French
workmanship.
Colorings are perfectly delightful every fashionable
shade being included. Particularly geed are the pastel
tints for wearing with tweed suits.
The Blip-en gloves are in high favor te wear with
flowing sleeves, with capes and with wraps.
2 -Clasp Gloves, 90c
Overseam-sewn French lambskin gloves in white, tan,
brown, gray and beaver with self stitching. In white with
black stitching and in black with white.
2 -Clasp Gloves, $1,35
Finest French kidskin gloves, full pique sewn, with
contrasting bindings and heavy crochet embroidery en the
backs. In black, hite, tan, bf own, gray, navy, pastel, mode and beaver with contrast
ing embroidery. In black and white with self embroidery.
Slip'Oti Gloves, $185
Six-button length French lambskin gloves, everseam sewn, with Paris-point
stitching en the backs. In black, white, tan, brown and beaver with self stitching; in
white or black with contrasting stitching.
(Central)
Women's
New Organdie
Underthings
Are Delightfully
Dainty
Imagine sheer fine organdie In
peach color, all cut in scallops
and bound with black. Add a
bit of black hemstitching nnd a
black satin bow here and there
nnd you hnve some idea of these
latest sets of underthings.
Step-in drawers nnd vests are
each ' $1.50. Nightgowns nre
$2.25.
Negligee Nightgowns, $2
Seft white nainsoek night
gowns nre trimmed with bands
of lavender nnd have lavender
sash belts that may be drawn
through loops and transform the
nightgowns into negligees.
Crepe tie Chine
Chemises, $2
Very pretty envelope chemises
are in flesh, orchid and blue crepe
de chine in tailored styles.
Levely Satin
Chemises, $3
What a low price for chemises
as lovely as these! The satin is
excellent quality, in blue, honey
dew, orchid, pink and white.
(Ccntrnl)
A Splendid Let of Men's
Shirts at $1
Fresh, new, full-made, fast-color GOOD shirts. Purchased
from one of the makers of Wanamaker shirts and first quality
in every incidental cut, workmanship, buttons and button
holes. Percales
Printed Madras
Plain White Cheviot
Plenty of neat stripes in black-and-white and ether desir
able combinations. All with attached soft cuffs. Sizes 14 te 17.
(Murket Street Gallery unit Central AUIe)
Uncommon Neckties, 35c (3 for $1)
A rich, silky tie in warm brown with woven dots and raised bro
caded stripes ... an all-silk faille tie in dark blue with double-woven
Btripes of geld ... a beautiful mejre tie of black with woven light blue
stripes ... A black crepe with bayadere stripes with embroidered dots.
Dozens of ethors equally unusual at doc.
(Market Street Onllery)
Men's All-Weel Overcoats, $15, $21
Mighty little for a geed Winter overcoat!
It's well worth while buying one new in anticipation of next Winter. They are all
geed coats of pure wool materials in various dark mixtures, in double-breasted ulsterette
style with belted backs and convertible cellars.
$21 coats are in all regular sizes from 34 le 46 and there are 75 coats te cheese ,
from. They have contrasting backs and plaid backs. Seme have belts all around.
$15 coats are limited in quantity, Se we give the exact number in each size, that no
one may be disappointed :
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Size
34 35 1 36 1 37 38 39 1 40 1 42
Quantity 3 7 10
(Gallery, Market)
Charming Frecks Fill the
Dress Salen These Days
If you feel there is nothing new under the sun a tour of this
pretty room will prove most refreshing. It's a Spring tonic just te
leek at these beautiful new dresses.
A dress of heavy Russian crepe is made with a plain long waist
and a gathered skirt which is of two colors, with inch-wide fageting
marking the joining. A frock of cafe au lait has navy blue for the
lower part of the skirt. Anether of silver gray has periwinkle
blue. $35.
Cape dresses of tricetine, Canten crepe or crepe cpenge are most
youthful. $25 and 39.
Fascinating new colors are everywhere dahlia, fuchsia, rose-rust,
hollyhock,' crew-blue and yellowstene.
Dozens and dozens of different models at $25, S29, $32.50, $39 te
$75.
Special at $10
Tweed cape dresses in two models one with a tucked slip-en
frock, the ether with a Peter Pan cellar of white kid.
Navy blue tricetine dresses in a dozen different styles. They are
trimmed with embroidery, braid, silk facings, etc.
(Market)
Thousands of Brand-New
Blouses Very Lew in Price
$1.65 $2.25 $3e25
Made especially for the new suits that all up-te-date women and
girls are gettinsr! The blouses all have the open cuff that can be worn
outside the suit sleeve. Materials are crisp, snowy, fresh and such
amazingly geed quality for the low prices. Styles are exactly right
tailored, trim and youthful, in keeping with the new Spring suits.
1000 Blouses in
Six Medels. $1.65
One usually expects te pay around
three dollars for blouses like these I
The best of it is that each model
is in all sizes.
Among them are fine striped dimi
ties with. Peter Pan or roll cellars;
barred voiles; plain voiles with
dotted Swiss cellars, and charming
voiles with checked gingham cellars
nnd cuffs. One of the last is
sketched in the oval.
$2.25
Peter Pan blouses of checked
dimity arc trimmed with new
shirred scallops of checked gingham
in pink or blue.
$3.25
Striped dimity blouses, in the
model sketched, hove printed dimity
cellars, cuffh and tics in brown, geld or blue.
(Mnrltct)
New Spring Capes for
Miss 6-te-14 Prices
Begin at
$10 is a small sum te pay for
such a delightful flare cape of tweed
as the ene pictured. It has three
little straph and is in a lovely soft
iose color.
The ether cape pictured is tan
tweed tilmmed with blue and is
$11.25. It is cut te resemble a vest
front. , .
Plenty of ether Capes of plnin or
fancy tweeds nre almost all full
length and many are fully lined,
i showing vests fronts.
Pole Coats
$13.50 te $29
Of flne velour, chinchilla or rough
coating, they are ubiially in the vnii vnii
eus lovely tan shades that charac-
tenze tne spring ciuh. cy u vj
fn nnrt smart inev aie. iuu. mi
raglan shoulders and novel pockets.
15 te 17 year sizes.
Knickers and Skirts
The knickers of geed-looking
hnmeiinnn mixtures and check ve
leurs ate in 12 te 1G year sizes at $6.75 and $8.50.
Tweed skirts are in Copenhagen, tan and lavender tones with cut
in pockets. 28 te 32 inch lengths at $5.75.
(Markt
Best $10 Bags and Suitcases in
Years and Years
Only the strongest surface cowhide is used in both traveling bags and suitcases,, and
the workmanship is of high grade te match. All the corners are reinforced and sewed.
The bags have full 18-inch frames and are sewed throughout, single pieces of leather
being used as much as possible, for greater durability. They have tan leather linings, with
pockets and geed catches and locks. In black and tan.
The suitcases are full 24 inches and have extra-wide straps all around. Every point
of wear is reinforced with extra leather. Inside there are leather straps in the bottom and
the lid. They have striped linene linings and shirt pockets. In a rich tan.
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Nothing en any table is mere than two dollars semethings
are as low as 10c. Prices are a quarter, a third, a half less some
are less than half.
Several Makers Ce-operate in a
Geed-Fortune Sale of Neckwear at 25c
All Exactly Half Price
Peter Pan cellar and cuff sets of eyelet embroidery at 25c
Rell cellars of eyelet embroidery at 25c.
Celer embroidered roll cellar and cuff sets at 23c.
Fascinating cretonne cellar and cuff sets bound with plain color at 25c.
Imitation Venise lace cellars of the better kind at 25c.
Fine imitation cut-work cellars which leek like old Italian work at 25c.
Flat cellar and cuff sets of imported Swiss embroidery at 25c.
1000 pieces of this wonderful neckwear. Every piece beautifully fresh and highly popular.
Chemises and Nightgowns
Many Twice as Geed
as Usual at $1
Nightgowns of that trade-marked soft finished
jrepe which everyone likes. Nightgowns of dainty
nainsoek with lovely lace3 or a touch of embroid
ery. Chemises with embroidery or quite elaborate
with geed Valenciennes. Eleven different styles
at 51.
Guimpes With Sleeves, $1
A third less for point d' esprit antl net guimpes
with sleeves. Daintily trimmed with lace or
smartly plain. Many have the entire back as well
as front made of the net se that they are almost
blouses.
Shirtwaists at $lHalf and
Less Than Half the
Original Prices
Dimity, veile and batiste waists generally in
favorite tailored styles but there are a few with
the lacy frills that one will want te wear Easter.
All show marks of handling and seme are slightly
soiled but one laundering will restore them te
full value.
Sizes 3 i te 36 mostly but there are a few in
larger sizes. 25 different styles, some only ene or
two of a kind.
Women s Part Weel Sports
Stockings, Seme With Clex, $1
Considerably less for geed "seconds" of silk-and-wool
sports stockings in black, cordovan and
tan with seamed backs; a few are in the drop
btitch effect.
Equally exceptional are the, first quality part
wool stockings with woven clex cordovan with
bright blue, green or tangerine.
Black and Cordovan Silk
Stockings, 65c
Se much better than one expects nt G3c that
every pair will be a pleasant surprise. First
quality. Pure silk. Seamed backs. Mercerized
top, tee and heel.
Tub Silk Petticoats Less Than
Regular Wholesale Cost, at $2
Extra as Well as Regular Sizes
White petticoats of firm tub silk with deuble
panels front and back se that they will be shadow
proof under thin frocks!
Se far this season we have net seen as geed
petticoats as these wholesale at $2 net even in
regular sizes. Almest two hundred of them in
this very special let.
Heuse Dresses and Billie
Burkes, $1
Only two hundred women can shaie in this fine
half-price let of pretty house dresses at $1. One
of our makers turned ever all his odd lets for
this special March Sale and there nre a number
of real surprises. Mostly of printed percale but
a few dresses nre of plain chambray. One style
has a rickrack trimmed cellar and vestee and is
fitted and belted at the waist Sizes 3G te 4G
among them but net in any ene style.
(Central ALU)
Underclothes Sets, $1
Step-in drawers and vest sets are also special
at 51 a set. Pink or white batiste daintily hem
stitched. Satin Camisoles, 50c
Pink satin with three rows of lace back and
j front. Pink satin with embroidered georgette
t insertions. Charming affairs te v. car with Ea&ter
costumes.
Half Last Year's Price for
Embroidered Organdie
Flouncing, $1 Yard
Forty-two Inches Wide
Uncommonly lovely shades of Swiss organdie
beautifully embroidered in contrasting and match
ing colors for Summer frocks. Orchid, pink, rose,
sky blue or white with color. Plenty wide enough
for the length of the new longer s.khts.
All-Silk Printed Chiffen, Half
the Standard Price New
50c Yard
Seft cloudy effects in misty chiffon that is
eery thiead all silk and 40 inches wide. Indeed
50c is even less than half the regular price for
this delightful material te be used for dresbci,
underslecvcs, scarfs, negligees and se en. Black
and white, gray nnd violet and ether desirable
color combinations.
Binche, Valenciennes and Other
Geed Laces, 10c Yard
All are at least a third less than our regular
rate many are less than half. VU te 4 inch
widths among them in fine imitations of
Juchesse, Cluny, binche, Valenciennes and heavy
square-mesh crochets. Excellent patterns for
practically every purpose.
Scrim and Marquisette Curtains
Special at $1
These of ecru scrim have hemstitching and im
itation Cluny edges or insertions. These of mar
quisette are white, with hemstitched hems. All
are 2Va yards long. About 250 in the let. Prices
are a quarter te a half less and lower.
Silk Jersey
Pantalettes
$3.50
In black, navy, Sorrento blue,
purple, green, brown nnd henna.
The silk jersey is geed quality.
The bloomers are cut full, well
re-enforced nnd have double clas
tic below the knees.
(Central)
Men's Special
Half Hese
33c, three pair for $1
black-arul-whitc striped silk
plated half hose that men like
particulaily well. They are
very durable. Full fashioned.
25c black, navy and cordo
van artificial silk plated hose,
well reinforced.
(Gallery, Market)
Special Quilt Values!
Cotten-Filled at $2
Well-filled quilts of pure white cotton have figured tops and
plain backs in green, pink, light blue, rose nnd Copenhagen.
All-Weel-Filled at $4.75
72x80-inch quilts arc covered with figured cambric with plain
sateen borders in light blue, rose, cadet and pink.
Pure-Down-Filled at $9
These quilts will go quickly and the quantity is limited. They
are covered with fine sateea in pretty figures and well filled.
(Central)
$22.50
$29
$12.75
$30
An Amazingly Fine Collection of
Tweed Suits at Lew Prices
Fer Women and Yeung Women
Prices .stait as low as ?12.75 and go te $32 50, with a S'Oerc of
different styles between.
Plnin-taileied suit.".
Suits with belted jackets.
Suits with patch pockets and a hint at pleats.
Plain-color jackets and checked skirts.
Suits with white Tuxedo cellars and white pipings.
They're of smart, sporting tweeds in the .softest, most becoming
shades imaginable lilac, Fiench blue, stone blue, mist gray, bobolink
tan nnd mixture-, ns Scotch as heather.
You'll find tough tweeds with knotty threads, .smooth soft tweeds,
herringbone weaves and basket checks. All ni', all youthful and all
ery smart.
Sizes for women and young women at 512.75, 518.75, 522.50. $25.
529 te $32.50. ' '
(MnrUrt)
Four Smart Spring Oxfords
for Women, $7.25
The low heel is accepted as the heel of the Springtime. The plain
vamp is here, tee, but straight tips held their own, as well.
These are about the best looking Oxfeids we have ever turned
out. They are built en a new last that is especially comfortable There
are plain vamps and sti night tips for your cheesing, in medium tan
calfskin or black leather with a suggestion of graining. All have
welted soles. .
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