THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1S99.
&bi)biM)bW
.;;,JI! livers it,
:
I urn nil artist, not altogether uii
kiwvvn, hnp paintings have been nc
(Mnniodnlncl on the Willis of IJurllngton
house at lerjiilnr Intervals for wrao
ivnri past Hut 'It was not always
thu At the outset ot mv career I
found It veiy uphill woik, and nlthough
T painted many pictures, and painted
them well, too In mv own estimation
til nil e elite owing to want of "nat
ions I wni often hard pushed to find
Hie means of procuring the roasonablo
necessaries of existence1. Po It was a
t"l-littur day with m when an old
fnrnd of my fnthet's called upon ma
o put mo Into the way of obtaining a
commission to paint a gentleman's por
trait. "Now. my dear bov," suld Mr. Monn
ivell, "the Society lor the Ieollef nnd
Supeiannuatlon of Distressed Ilrltlsli
JJono Hollers have determined to honor
one of their nicnbon- Mr Osslan Tlb
byer, a llch bono boiler, by having his
portialt hung In the court loom of the
Institution. It may seem to ycu, ns It
elnos to me, that the money would be
better spent In assisting the charity,
but that Is no business C oui. the
naidcn of the society Is u ft it ml of
mine, nnd I can got you the Job If you
ceie to imdeitake It."
Portrait painting was not a favorlto
phase of nit with me, as I pieforred
landfcape and animals, but "begrars
must not be enooseis," and I Jumped nt
the offer.
Jn due time I was waited upon bv a
committee nt the "Society lor," etc.,
to whom the an.ingement of the busi
ness had been entrusted, and 1 found
these gentlemen In a most genial and
reasonable mood. It subsequently
transpired that thty had Just partaken
of a substantial ard choice luncheon
out of the fund which had been voted
for the purpose of the testimonial,
which no doubt accounted for their
pleasantness, but It was no detriment
to me, as we quickly arrranged teim,
and thty left mo on the understanding
that I should paint the portrait ot Mr.
Osbi.m Tlbbyer for the sum of 50, to
be paid to me when the woik had been
nrpiod by Mr. Tibbyei himself. 15ut.
before leaving my studio, the chaliniaa
of tl.e committee took me aside.
' There Is one thing that I should llko
to mention, Mr. Paignton," he said.
"Our esteemed friend, Mr. Tll.byer, Is
not -ahem is not a very regular fea
tured man, and I fear you may feel
some little difficulty in trarisferilng his
expression to cam as In such a way
at to be pleasing to himself and his
fi lends You know what I mean Now,
ou must do jour bet to make the por
tialt a sntisfactoty one!"
I must Hatter hlni a bit, you mean?"
I leliirned.
Ahem! Suppose we say that joa
must endeaor to assist by ait a. nature
that, in itself somewhat tugged (al
though of pure ligln gold, ns It were),
shows Its kindly feeling in the very
loughnes-s. of its esterlor. That's about
the way 1 should speak ot it after one
of our annual dinners, you Know."
CVitalnly, I quite understand," I re-
plied, smiling nt Ills gtanciuoquenee. i
will tiy and supply the polish that Is
wanting."
"That's light!" Iip cried. "Tone down
the excrescences and 'ln It on thick!'
!ood morning"
In a few das I was fawned with a
sitting fiom Mr. Tlbbyer.
Fiom the chali man's warning I had
xpected to llnd a "plain" man In the
pet son of my slttei, but when 1 beheld
him 1 was really honiited at the task
which was befoi e uie. tor the distin
guished bone-boiler wns. without exc
eption, the ugliest man 1 had ever sot
eyes upon. I low on eaith I was to
make a "satisfactory" portrait ot him
I was at an utter loss to know '
Looking at him full fuci' lie showed
a lumpy, Iriegulni-shaped blow, with
thick, stubby hali, giowlug down al
most to hl- ejebinws, his noe bioad,
his mouth wide and heay, and his chin
which he, unfoi tunatelj for my pur
pose, kept shaed teceded at an angle
partaking moie of the simian type than
of its Daiwinlan development
In pioflle his nose turned up to an
extent which suggested that it had been
perpetually endeaoilng to get nway
fiom the odois In wlilili It had woiked
ill Its life, and the lecedlng chin, of
collide, showed to l far wotse demee
han it did lull face
I felt Inclined to i enounce the com
mKslon altogether, or, at lean, to sug
gest to Mr. Tlbbyer that he should
giuw u beaid and sec me again in a
eouple of months, when some of t lie de
fects, would be hid but I compioniled
matters stalling upon a thtee-quar-tfr
face pot trait. It was with a poor
heait, though, that I placed him in pn
Hon, and I had an Innate feeling Horn
the flist that the lesult would piove an
titter failure.
Mr. Tlbbjer wiib a eiy patient plitei.
He would btrut Into the studio and,
having assumed the (to him) neces-iaiv
pompous expiesslon, he would bit as
long ns I pleased without murmuilug.
He nirely attempted conversation, and
when he did ho used so main lung
wolds which he did not know how to
pronounce and he misplac ed his h s to
such an extent that I shook with sup
pressed laughter. He ndmltted. fiom
the beginning, that he "was no Judge of
Hart," nnd he took as little Interest In
the progress of the poi trait us he would
if ho had been a bone and I had had to
boll him, so to speak.
i worked at that portrait till 1 could
see and think of nothing else but I
could not satisfy mvself at nil with It
It was useless to make It true to nature
It would have frlchtened all the oth
er plctuies In tho court room out ot
their frames! and when I endeavored
o lend a grace to "the virgin gold"
ivhlch I had to work upon (as the com
mitteemen had playfully put it) the
Identity was destroyed to such an ex
tent that nobody would have recog
nized It as Intended for tho gentleman
wh6m it was supposed to represent.
Perhaps an older hand a "fashion
nble portrait painter" might have ton
tilved to tuin out a plctine which,
while being absolutely unlike Mi. Tlb
byer In every feature, would In lis i
rtisemblo have reminded his ti lends of
him but I very much doubt it. All I
know Is that tho more I slaved at It
the worse It looked.
Mi. Tlbbyer sat for mo until I was
ashamed to ask hlni to come any more,
nd at last I told hlni that tho por
trait only luqulrcd tho finishing touches,
which I could glvo to It without his
presence. I worried myself nearly Into
a fever trying to make the abominable
tblncr presentable, and, dually, I tool;
the fatal step and dt dared the painting
finished.
Tho committee came to low It, ac
companied by Mr. Tlbbyer, and I threw
ort the cloth from the picture (which I
hnd placed In a handsome and massive
frame to try and enrry It off) with fear
and trembling.
Mr. Tlbbyer looked It up and down
for a few moments, apparently weigh
ing It up in his mind, as It It had been
a heap of bones.
I watched his countenanc? eagerly
and saw a deep frown gradually devel
op Itself, followed by a puiple glow ot
Indignation. I knew that "It was all
up."
"Thnt m poi Halt!" he exel limed
"That tho llktm-H of Hessian Tlbbyer'
Sit ! youo cither mistook your busi
ness oi you're insulting me. I wouldn't
'ave it 'ung in my hown 'ouo, let alone
In tho court loom ot a noble Illnstllu
tlon' It's a fraud, gentlemen; a down
tight fraud, and the man as painted it
ought to bo persecuted for slander. HI
dcclln" to approve of it. HI believe it
is subject to my approval, his It not,
Mr. Chairman''"
And ho tinned his glailng eyes on tho
chnlrman ot the committee, who looked
at me, ns much as to bay;
' 1 told you so!" I
Then, nnsweilng the Irate Tlbbyer,
he uibanely snld: i
"Coitalnly, Mr. Tlbbyer, and unless
you nppiove of it we cannot accept It
lrom Mi. Paignton."
"Well! Does any on you tliinK it u
good portialt " demanded Mr. Tlbby- I
er, with a scowl at the committee gen-
eralh. !
They all eiy wisely hold their
tongues, with the exception of ore who
was bolder than the lest.
"I shouldn't take It for you," ho de
cl.ued, "still, It Is not quite like you,
but then, you know, I am no judge of
art."
"Hart be blowed!" roared Mr. Tlbb
yer, "Its no bait to paint a picture of
a man so that 'e looks more like a hape
than a 'uinan beln'! I'd paint a better
picture with a burnt stick on a white
washed wall and wo won't 'ave it!"
I felt mad, but I restrained myself
and kept my language ordinarily polltp
as I told them, as straight as I could,
"And what have you dona with that
picture of me?" ho nsked.
"Oh!" I replied, "I used the canvas
for another subject."
"Ah! Painted It ocr and used it
afresh," ho said.
"And might I ask what you have
done nbout It?" I returned.
"Well," he answered, "after thlnkln'
It over, the committee decided to pre
sent mo with a pleco o' plate Instead "
Hut Mr. Tlbbyer had his portrait af
ter all, nnd paid for It himself.
That Hist deal with htm led to aulto
a filendshlp between us, nnd I found
hlni to be a not ungenerous man when
I cot to undei stand him better. His
conceit and other faults arose from
want of education more than anything
else, and his wife was a nice, motherly
old ladv, none the worse for not pos
sesslng much of the superficial ways
of society.
They have since purchased otlie.
works of mine, but Mr. Osslon Tlbbyer
Is more proud o,f his "Freebooter" than
of uny. Ho values it now at much
more than he gave for It which, since
I have made a name, he Is right in
doingbut he has no Idea and I hopo
he never will have that his favorite
picture Is only his own portrait revised
and Inipioed! London Kpnie Mo
ments. MAP-MAKING HARD WORK
thus his map sheets are a summary of
the best Information that has been col
lected. One of the most famous Kngllsli map
publishers was asked a while ago If In)
thought many Dtltlsh maps were pro
duced which reached tho German,
standard of cartogrnphlc excellence.
"Certainly not," was his reply, "and
I don't mean to deprecate the talents
nnd attainments of our cartographers
when I say this. An a matter of fact,
wo can turn out Just as good mup pro
ducts as those of the leading Uorir.an
houses. Tho reason why wo fall bo
hind them In some tespects Is that wo
cannot afford to equal their map qual
ity. We have to pay cartographers
nearly double the scale of prices com
manded by tho most famous mapmnk
eia of Germany. Our public will not
pay the prices for maps we would bo
compelled to charge If we spent ns
much time preparing a map sheet us
the best German makers do. Our carto
graphic talent Is ns excellent and well
trained as thelis, but wo cannot af
ford to linger as long over the prepar
ation of a map sheet as the Germans
do."
Tho fact is, however, that the Ger
mans have Invented some mechanic. 1
processes in map making which nro
not understood outside their own es
tablishments and these processes con
tribute to tho excellence of their work
The geogiapher ot one of the leading
map houses In London said iccenl'v
that during a visit to Germany last
summer be obtained permission t go
through the establishment of the iimt
famous geographical house In tint
country, but there were a number if
rooms where woik was In progress
which, he wns told, were never shown
to visitors.
A. RHtfME OF THE SEA.
Ycais of Patient Labor Are Some
times Given to One Cartographic
Product.
Fiom the New Yoik Pun.
Tew people hao nny Idea of tho
Immense labor expended upon the pro
duction of tho best maps. Professor
Wagner, who occupies the chair of geo-
oVr fnv ,1 ,, . . 1 , nBru' l Purchased a glass of stiff Maine grog
Germany, was talking about it the nth- ,r a aU. son of th0 sea.
er day. Ibis fumous geographer had I And ho confidentially leaned on tho bar
jusi coinpieied tne latest revUIon if I and spun this jam to inc.
his Atlas of School Geogiaphy.
"I levlso tho Atlas nbout every two '"Twns down on the atdge of the Saia
eais," said the piofesaor. "It requires ! gos' In tho nineteenth latltood
several months' of ,? line and In ' Thnt ' : '''"lk lZ tlu"lllcst s'sllt that
addition to this I have to be on the ' 0Ncr a sn"r Uc"cJ'
lookout eeiy dny for news of fresh I Wo was dobbin' along with dumpy sails
dlscoeile, collections of eirois that In n nidi about dead calm
have crept Into the maps, new political When thofoiward watch glv' a good long
boundaries, new temperature obsnva- ' squint and ho japped n loud alarm,
tloiu in tho Amazon basin. Co.' in- I ....
stance, where few- nieteninlnrrlr -i. i.. p. na ,llore anoai, iwo poims to port, was
Cw... .-- ,
orus nae been kept, which may affoct
the position of the isothermal lines on
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
GREAT FRIDAY SALES-.
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
a shark a leg'lur lie 'un
my maps, and a great variety of otlwr
Information which necessitates many
chances on my map plates of more or
less impoitance. I have to keey o-i
file all the maps from explorers which
aio published by the geographical so
cieties of all lands. It Is fio-n ihcsf
maps that most of our Info, ,ialon
about new discoveries and tho coirec-
Tho biggest shark I've ever seen outbldo
ot tho Car rl bean n.
that one could only make uncus oi inu , tl0IX of errors Is deriVcd. Then thc-o
quality of the clay ono had to woil: , ai? thf. ,nap j,,, ot aetni,ja tono-
wlth, and that the pot trait was as good
as they could obtain elsewhere.
Mr. Tlbbyer, however, stalked out of
tho studio In high dudgeon, and he was
meekly followed by the commlttee.leav
lng me alone with my bete nolr.
The painting of tho wretched thing
had Intenupted mo In finishing a land
scape which I had hoped to get hung at
the foithcomlng exhibition; and after
a day or two, when my disappointment
had somewhat worn off. It occurred to
me that I might convett Mr. Tibbjer's
poi trait into something else.
I did not caie to let the last day for
sending in go without submitting bonie
thlng, and the portialt was so ugly that
it would rcadll adapt Itself to nny vil
lainous fancy which might inspire me.
1 studied it from all points and nn In
spliatlon seized me 1 made an on
slaught upon It with the brush, and
painting In a cocked hat and epaulettes
nnd facings, a ftnlous-looklng beat el
and mustaches, wonls nnd pistols ad
lib. and other etceteias, with a back
giound of smoke and flu-, I called It
' The Freebooter."
It ically did not look bad, I thought;
ami, wild as tho Idea seemed deter
mined to send It In and let it take its
chances '
Po mv 'Tieebootei ' was duly dis
p.itPhti' to tho academy, and aseilcs
of suipils. s weie in stoio for me.
rii-l. 1 lecelved the usual nolle e of
its acceptance
Secondly I fuund Unit my extem
porized "l'Vuebootoi" wns hung in a
piomlneut position (as of course, all
tieebouters ought to be) And iime ot
the ultlcs actually spoke favorably of
Thlidly (and must sitiptMng ot all):
Some tin ee weeks alter the academy
had opened, I was sitting In my studio
one morning, painting haul at a com
mission loi a dealer to "keep the pot
boiling." when who should walk In but
Mr. Tibbjei '
My flrtt dream wns that he had como
to have anothei look at his poitlalt
pei haps In tho hope that I could alter
It to meet his satisfaction: but I was
.iiiiii-uiHieiy aim agiteably undeceived
'flicumstances nltei cases," and ucl
foie Mr. TlbliMM had left I felt that he
was not such a bad son of fellow nltu-
m;i- Paignton,' le i,lg,ini il m
fccury us theie was any tioul.lo about
that plctine ..' mine; hut HI don't like
it. and that' a fact, so we won't say
no moie about that. Hut." ho contln
ued, "there's my wife, she's been to
the P.yle Academy. Hi'm sure Hi
didn't know that you wus so good n
hartlst ah to bo ox'lb'tod there!" d
bowed at the lett-handed compliment).
"We'ie furnlsliln' a new house, as I
'ave built, vou know, and Mrs. Tlbb
vei's taken a fancy to a nlcture of
joins u Freebooter, it is-an" sho
wants me to buy it for the dlnln'-ioom.
I don't piutend to know much about
hart, but I know that a picture what's
good enough to be ex'in'ted at the
Ttyle Acudemy must bo up to some
thing" (I bowe'd again. "Xot alwnvs!"
thought I), "so I've determined to buy
it What's tho figger?"
I pi Iced it at 10,"I replied.
' It seems a lot o' money for one plc
tuie," he returned: "but you had a
deal o' trouble over that one, so I
won't bate jou' I'll take It'"
Hetween my nstonlshmont, by Joy,
ami my Inclination to burst out laugh
ing at the ubsurdlty of the wholo
thing, I could not speak and for a few
moments 1 tool; lefugo in a lit of
coughing.
"I'm sine I'm much obliged to you,"
I said, as toon ns I could trust myself
to answer him, "and also to Mis. Tlbb
yer, for having done me tho honor to
choose my work. I must say that I
think it has made a picture."
"Yen," he leplied; "I've been an' had
u look at It, nnd it's a line looking
picture Just what my Idea of muider
ln' freebooter ought to be' Of course,
III don't know as It was youis till I
looked at tho eatterlogue. but that
would 'a made no dlffeiunco to tne."
And, to do the old fellow Justice, I am
suio, now I know him better, that It
would not.
"Thank you," I Fuld as I turned to
mj desk nnd wrote u isclept for his
check.
giaphlc survey, Issued by the govern
ments of neai ly all civilized lands
Tliej- now number thousands nnd thej
must be In tho libraries of all first
class map publishing houses .vhlch
aspire to keep their maps fully abreaf t
of geographic progress.
"Theie Is also a great deal of author
itative literature giving many gio
ginphical facts, such as the distribu
tion of agricultural products In a crun
tij", which may be cleat ly indicated oil
the maps we make. All this Infoi na
tion has to be classified and pigeon
holed ready for use when the tlni"
comes for the next map levlslon.
"Many persons might think that the
most bnnen and scantily peopled paits
of the woild would not often require
conection on tho maps, but this Is not
so In the Arctic regions, for instance,
within a shoi t time Peary visits an un
known pait of the northeast coast of
fiieenland and finds a channel leading
far west and separating th'1 mainland
as far as Is detei mined from the Islands
fuither noith: Xnncn iIIm overs new
facts about the depth of the Arctic
Ocean the miivomen
iont-, mean Unipei
pushes his woik within L'50 miles of the
Noith Pole, then .InckMin appears with
an entirely new map of Franz Josef
Land which completely changes our
ideas of the geography of that legion;
and Tynell tiaveisos a part of Xuith
Amcika west of Hudson Bay novel
befotc visited and finds now facts for
the maps- and other Canadian explii-
The old man fired a mightv cuss and ho
jelled to the second mnte,
'Sling over the biggest hook vo've got
with a good big plug ot bail!
Wo dragged 'er astern nnd his nobs como
on and then with a mighty splosh,
lie gulped the pork, he bit the rope and
away ho went, by gosh!
Hut when he skinned two miles to leo
and begun to wopso and wheel,
Wo llggured ho found the lunch he had a
laythor too hcartj- meal.
Yet right behind In the quaiter wash tho
critter swum next day,
And though he gobbled the bait we throw,
he alius got away.
t
And at lat, do jo know, we liked the
cuss for the wnj- he showed his
spunk;
So wo named him 1'eto and wo shared
-alt boss nnd to"cd him a daily
1unk.
He got the ortH of tho (Is-h we caupht
and. all In all I'll het
A two-horso wagon wouldn't haul the
grub that crlttei et.
i
Then one day Jono-., the likeliest man we
had In nil the crew.
Went off tho rail with a svvliiKlng sail
and Pete lie et him, too
Fiom th"t lime on we tipped our caps
to tho lazor-backed old buite-
Wi tipped our raps nnd pulled a bow In
a tno-t prntounil salute
mi oi i in; rtrcuo ror 'twas onl due Horn
its of Aictlc cm- to honor n comr.idn s
atuies, etc, and Though' tvvas odd I'll own '
And the old man ordered tlie tlxli lines
colled, for ho 'lowed 'twnm't proper
game
To bub for a eemetoiy lot: so Pote swum
on the ime.
Swum on the same, though we come to
teo tint he dldnt act quite light.
els, tiace- to Hudson's Hay the ilveis i r'"' '" Blew as thln's a b-lavln' pin on
that dialn the country to the south of' tI,ilt eol-durncd appetite
mat inland sea. livery year on an
And we couldn't figger tho secict out, i
though the oecond niule was Htm
That stowed 'tween decks In the shatk's I
lusldcs was a Inula' big tape wnim. j
uvei.igo about 2o0 hltheito unknown
leeti and locks and other danaeis to
navigation aie dlscoveied and must bo
noted on manv maps.
'it Is the business of the geuiapher
to take all this immense voluuiu ot new
Intoiniatlon and use it witl. ciitical
cine. He can tell within nanow limits
w lint degree of credence Is to lm given
to the woik of each explorer nnd he le- jjm at last In. lolled his glas-sy ee nnd
Je'ttt. u gieat ileal of lnformatlo.i which Blv' an nwlul oluiin
does not appear to him to bo based And turned his belly up to view ami
upon sufllclcntlj careful or competent j drifted oft astetu.
t s atell
I As we didn't have no vermifuge v. e eonld
i only mourn tor Pete
I And steal salt boss when the mite
I wntn'l loiind and ulve him lots in
i eat.
one of tho handsomest caitogiaphlc
wotks of lecent yeais Js the atlas of
the Get man colonies which Paul Lang-
bans eif Gotha, Ge-rmanj. has recently
LuiiiiMcit'u uner iiuuiit iiue'e jeuis cit
usslduous labor. He neglected no source
of valuable Information In caiijing out
this undei taking, and the slxtv map
pages give the results of the lute-st and j
uesi geonrapuicu: resc-aiones among
C-ermanj''H colonies all over the wan Id.
As Is the habit of the best (Jeimun
inapmakeis, he gives tho souties of all
the humiliation h, has placed on hlb
maps.
To pupate hl.s map of tho Utile .Mar
shall Island protectorate, for Instance,
he used seventy-Mx diffeient maps, in
eluding ofllclal charts, like tho admir
alty surveys and the map mateilal
pieparcd by the American Board of
Commlssloneis tor Torelgn MUstons ot
Boston Has any American mnpmakei
yet published a map of Wake Island,
ono of our now acquisitions In the Pac
U'c'' Probably not. Hut our mapmak
ers may tuks It now fiom Langhuns,
who gives a veiy clear Idea of the three
.'pecks of land toiming the AVaka
group, over which the A met loan Hag
will henceforth float.
Ho consulted 120 loute sutveys nnd
other maps of the sutnl-arld posses
sions of the Germans In southwest
Africa to make his eight-page map of
that legion: and eveiy wagon load,
well, bit of grazing aiea, mining pros
peet nnd hamlet In the whole dlstilct
is shown with fine effect. His delinea
tion of tho Cameroons is based upon 1C5
hiirvejs ot oilglnal map mateilal, of
Togo upon sixty-four maps, of Ger
many's possessions in New Guineas
upon 186 maps; nnd In the ptepaiatlon
of his map sheets of Got man Kast
Afilca, iho largest of all German col
onial possessions, ho mado use of 37J
maps. Many of theso mapp wero do
voted solely to fomo especial featuie,
one map, for instance, giving topo
gruphlo aspects, nnother caiavnn
unites, another tho names of tribes
and their distribution: and all these
maps were the woik of men from vari
ous nations who havo taken pait In the
study o' Knt Afilea. I.anglinns took
fiom each map what needed und
He lolled n ml sogged on a los u.ll like
a nut cako dropped in fat,
And It 'peaied to all there was Mithlii
wrong with the slunk we was inoklu'
.at.
So the old man oidcrul the i,lg e-n w up
and tho bos'u piped a tune
And nway wo sploshed, with the mate
ahead, n-gilpplu' a big harpoon
He tiling tho thing when wo drew abouni
and we backed like all-possessed.
Hut that shark was sleepln' sound, ou
bet, lot wo never bioko his ust
We never brok Ids peaceful snooze
though plunk to the evelot head
Went ilppln' In thnt big hnipoon, for vmi
see, the shall; was dead.
And the. old man oidcred an nrtoiiM foi
tho thing seemed mlgnty queer
That mi able-bodied, huaitj shark was
doadci'n a dooi Knob heu
So tho mate was medical 'xnmtner
he stinddled tho critter a back
And laid him open from deck to
with one alnilghtj' whack
and
keel
, for
Now listen close while I tell tho rest,
this is tho stouts peth
You may taki my noli for a scuttle butt,
If tho shark warn't starved to doa'h.
Starved to death, though tho sea was full
of the faltcst kind of fish.
And though a mntiuer, plump and sound,
had fallen in Ills rtlsti
Starved, though bo had In his goiged In
sides, I'll bet a hundred weight
Of every kind of a lloatlng thin,; fiom
a codfish down to bait
And this was bov. He'd spied, we Judg.
ed, nn empty cask afloat.
And belli' a glutton ho grabbed tho cak
and tucked It down his throat.
Tho cask we found hnd Hit open end. the
bottom rood nnd stout,
Tho shark bad followed tho wholo end
fust, tho open end was out
And ov'y niowcl tho ciltter et was sroop.
ed by the capk inside;
His vittles failed to reach tho spot nnd
so tho poor shaik tiled"
This Is a tamplo of welnl, wild jams tho
mariners relate
I'mler tho spur of a glnss of gro In thu
Prohibition slate,
llolnuui it. Da.. In Lew 1 tun Journal,
NO FINER EXHIBIT OP MILUNERY THAN THE ONE HERE, CAN BE OSCV IN ANY STORE IN AMERICA,
&TRONQ STATEMENT TO MAKE BUT VERIFIED BY HUNDRED3.
Will indeed be a good Friday here,
for you. The activity in Millinery, the
enthusiasm in dress goods, the inter
est in the coats and suits and around the gloves, all foretell the spirit of Easter.
Store has never been so attractive from every standpointA pleasure to
spend the day here with us. On every hand is attractiveness.
Good Friday
iC1" J mm.js Us & m CL0SE'j
For 'twas onl due Horn a decent new
grav e, !
to lime ii to'nb
iitlo.U on the ocean wave. i
Have given birth to a new impetus. You find this big and beautiful store throb
bing with life and vitality, awake to the interests of its host of shoppers. You
find the Scranton and suburban public here in untold numbers. The great cash
system thumps with the music of regularity.
For every dollar that lides through the brass tubes to the cash office, there
leaves the store wonderful values in merchandise for we make of Fiiday the
banner day of the week. We give to you values that are unprecedented in
trade annals.
Will you be here this Good Friday r Will you partake of the Easter Festi
val with us ? Will you get your share of the great Fiiday Bargains ? Will you
be doubly satisfied with what you buy ? Of course you will.
M
am
Floor B
argams
cents For Women's fine gauge
pair seamless fast Black
Hosiery, with double soles and high
spliced heels either plain or fancy
drop stitch. Actual value 19c. On
sale at 10 o'clock Friday 1 ic pair.
cents Only a quarter for 3
3 prs. pairs of Men's seamless
4-thread leal maco fast Black Cotton
Hose, with double toes and heels.
Actual value 1234c and 15c. On sale
at 10 o'clock Friday 3 pairs 25c.
"2Q cents For 1 174 yards of 45 inch extra fine twill Black Imperial Serge.
"J - yard This beautiful and desirable fabric is one of the most stylish weaves.
It is soft in texture with a silk-like finish ; made from finest Australian wool the
wear is guaranteed. Actual value, 59c yard. On sale at 10 o'clock Friday-r-
39c yard.
q cents To begin the season with
each women's knit underwear
100 dozen women's fine Ribbed Cot
ton Vests, with taped neck and arms,
nicely made and finished. Actual value
and positively woith 15c. On sale at
10 o'clock Friday 9c each.
le tor-
, Ven-
s, in a
cents For 2,418 yards of fine tor-
yard chon, Point de Pane,
ise. Piatt, Val. and Medica Laces
great array of new and beautiful pat
terns. Two to six inches in width
and actually worth 8c ro i2j4c yard.
On sale at 10 o'clock Fridayc yard.
q c cents For your choice of Women's Fine Dongola Button and Lace
-- pair Shoes New Paris, Broadway, Opera and Common Sense Toe;
heel and spring heel. Also misses' bright dongola and new russet, lace and but
ton shoes ; solid soles, perfect fitting, sizes 11 to 2. Actual value $1.25 and i.o
pair. On sale at 10 o'clock Friday 9 pair.
1 cents For 2,000 yards of veiy
2 yard nood ciualitv White
Nainsook checks and plaids in a gieat
vaiiety of nobby patterns. Not to be
found in any store under 6 j4c and 7 c.
On sale at 10 o'clock Fiiday 4,.cyaui.
41 cents For 1,600 yards of new
2 yard styles in Spring Per
cales, stiictly fast colors and very
handsome patterns. Not to be found
elsewhere under 7c yard. On sale at
10 o'clock Friday 4c yard.
cents For your choice of over one hundred distinct and pietty styles in
each Women's Fine Percale Shirt Waists, made with double plaited
yoke back, full yoke fiont and self colored collar and cuffs. Newest and daintiest
effects of the season. Actual value 59c to 75c. On sale at 10 o'clock Fiiday
44c each.
12
cents For very fine Cloth
each Bound Books, 16 mo.
size, Dresden designs, large clear tvpe.
Titles include all Shakespeare and Rollo
books -many others. Actual value z$c.
On sale at 10' o'clock Friday 12c each.
cents A sensational sale of
each white Bed Spreads
about 75 all told full length and
width, all hemmed ready lor use.
Would he good value at $1.2. On sale
at 10 o'clock Fiiday 84 cents
Second Floor Bargains
y 39 Fr Vour choice of 75 Beautiful Trimmed Hats. Built of fine straw
A on wire frames in the new marquise shape and walking etfects.
Elaboiately trimmed with chiffon, hues and fioweis. Millinery stole price
would be $6.00. Our price would be 3.50 to 4.00. On sale at 10 o'clock Fri
day $2.39 each.
fjQ cents For boys' all Wool Knee Pants, in plaids and checks, both dark
pair and light; also plain dark navy. All seams taped and will not rip.
Best ot waist bands. All sizes from 3 to 15 years. Just the thing for school.
Actual value 50c pair. On sale at 10 o'clock Friday 29c pair.
cents For children's fine
each White Skirts, made
with hem and three tucks. Sizes 1 to
6 years. Actual value 15c. On sale at
10 o'clock Friday 10c each.
2K
O
cents' For wry good quality
pair line Net Corsets, weil
honed prettily trimmed with lace.
Actual value 50:. On sale at 10 o'clock
Friday'
jjcpan.
CQ cents Foi handsome patterns in Women's Aluslin Gowns, some Irim
J?r each med with six lows of lace insertion with nifties of lace and em
broidery at neck. In others the yokes aie daintily tnmmed with libbon. Never
sold under 890, and worth $1.00. On sale at 10 o'clock Friday 69c each.
Jonas
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