18 BELGIAN WIDOW, EXILE IN STATE, TELLS OF TERROR Stripped of Home, Reduced to Poverty, Finds Refuge in Ardmore Family Philadelphia. Aug. 2.—The tragic story of a Belgian exile—a refined and once wealthy young matron whom the Germans forced from her home and prematurely widowed, , und who has undergone untold suf fering since those fatal days in the fall of 1914—came yesterday after noon from the lips of Madame Maria Schelfhout, now a governess in the j home of Mrs. Alexander Sellers at Ardmore, but once the wife of a j prosperous silk manufacturer of ; Alost. Belgium. . „ , , The crime which robbed Belgium < of her independence, robbed Madame | Schelfhout of her home, of her par ents, of her wealth, and, eventually , of her husband. It threw her upon , the world, a carefully nurtured worn- ; an who had been reared in luxuirf educated in the qu\et of a convent and protected during her married life from all of life's cares. j For almost four years she has dwelt far from her native land; I •jrt in England and then here in i America. She has learned that her ; town home in Alost has been de- > sti-oved; that nothing but gaunt j walls remain of her summer home | at Blankenburg on the seacoast be tween Ghent and Zeebrugge. Alone in the world, save for a faithful j maid who has been with her for ten years, she is lighting a gallant tight , lo accumulate enough money to re- : turn to Belgium at the end of the ; war and strive to restore a part of : that fortune which was ruthlessly ; torn from her. "Ah, Belgium! Poor, tortured •Belgium!" she sighed. "How I long j for vou. And return? I shall take j the first ship after the war ends." Somwhere in the prostrate land she hopes to find her aged parents. Monsieur and Madame Albert Lin ton. Whether they are living she , iloes not know for the great wave that swept through Brussels | obliterated them from her knowl- j edge. Her parents, retired, were I living in a country estate near Brus- J sels. All efforts to locate them since j the German invasion have proven in vain. In fact, one inquiry brought j the information that they were not ! upon the estate. But Madame Schelf- j hout clings to a slender hope. She thinks that maybe they moved to j some smaller house in an out of the i way corner of the land where the ex- i pulsion of the Hun will restore them i to liberty. "1 shall find them if they are \ alive," she said. "And I pray that they have been spared. I have found j but two of my old friends. One is | my brother-in-law who is in Kins j Albert's army and the other our for- { mer gardener. With them I corre- : spond, but they can give me no in- j formation. "I was educated in a convent in j Germany," she said, "and when I j came home afterwards I spoke only j Flemish and German. I had to learn ] to speak French." She hud shuddered at the word j "German." "I hate it," she explained. "I dis- j liked the Germans then, although I j knew no reason for it." , So little Maria I-inton went to a j finishing school in Belgium and studied French and then went home I until Polydore Schelfhout, son of a ■ wealthy silk manufacturer, and in j business with his father, came into j her life and took her from one pro- j tected home to another. They lived j in luxury with a city and a summer | home along the seashore until the I fall of 1914. "We were at our summer home in j Blankenburg when Germany firs't in- \ vaded Belgium," madame explained. ] "Because of my husband's interests I in Alost, we returned there at once, j but a few days afterwards went to the home of my husband's brother, ! a short distance out of the city, in a j town called Oordegen. "The Germans found us there, j General von Boehm (I saw his name j in the newspapers a few days ago, ' and how I hate it) was the com- j mander. He came to the house and I ordered the arrest of my husband ' und his brother." Army Training Adds to the Soldier's Physique Washington, Aug. 2.—A recent! survey of the physical condition of i Ihe men at one of the Army training! camps shows by comparison witn the data taken at their coming that' they have gained from a half inch! to an inch in height and from five to! twenty-five pounds in weight. This' is a convincing demonstration, both I to the men themselves and to the home folks, of the value of sub-j stantial and nourishing food, regular j hours, sanitary environment, c\ndj regular exercises. Stooped shoulders' have been straightened, caved-in ! chests filled out, sagging "tummies"! made hard and able to hold their own in the place where nature in tended them to be, and steps that once dragged listlessly move with a springiness and vigor that indicate the healthy man. U-Boat Sinks Bark Off Atlantic Coast Wa-shlngton. Aug. 2.—The Portu guese bark Porto was sunk by a German submarine 550 miles off the Atlantic coast, July 27. The Navy Department announced yesterday that the crew of eighteen men had been landed at an American port by a British steamer. After overhauling the bark, the submarine's crew destroyed it with bombs placed in the cargo of cotton. The Porto was bound from Savannah for Oporto. This is the first official word of a submarine operating off the coast re ceived here since a sea wolf appear ed suddenly off the Massachusetts seaboard eleven days ago and shelled a tug and barges It was towing. Bolt Hits House, Then Gives Alarm; West Chester, Pa., Aug. 2.—After firing the house of Frank Quinn, in Maple avenue, a bolt of lightning gave its own fire alarm and in con sequence the house was saved. The bolt struck the roof, followed the damp outer boarding to a point near an open window. At the window it • hanged its course, entered the open space and struck a large metal orna mental alarm clock on a stand. The flock was started by the fluid and its tones attracted the attention of Miss Mary Quinn. On going to the • room she found the stand on fire, as well as the carpet. Before the fire " men arrived the blaze had been ex tinguished by neighbors. Several dol lar bills, which had been placed in the clock, were destroyed. FRIDAY EVENING, The August Furniture Sale DIVCSPOTTLSTOV The August Furniture Sale % Has Some thmg For Your Home | ISIVCS, 1 \J!!lts! Uy C_Z Has Something For Your Home Women Who Are Curious as to noN- on 1 A ■ if New Millinery Styles For Fall Wok£^ —aJjBI Will Want to See These They'll help to defray the —Advance Models j \ , # This initial display of Fall Hats shows the trend r • CXTT of taffeta, 8 simply trimmed with ostrich wings and August Clearance of Women's Wash \ Xf - i * •dSjf'il I beads, shapes are large with drooping brims—the Cll * 1. IPI • *rx X \S J ••V 1 leading theme. Splendid choosing for first hats at OKIITS cUIQ OUHimeF V * A $5.00 to $6.50 Vs. New Tailored Milan Hats e^u^ar sl-50 and - • 111-UIL, il One of the most popular mid-summer styles. Shown in a variety of shapes including 5 1 U.O SklTtS ,W $1.75 Tlib SkirtS. W •v/C/ ' •. f I liMn? i lL' *' straight brim sailors, mushrooms and demure little pokes with cushion brims | ' lin.' „ .. n TT . n r * r> ( s°' *°- 50 an d Several hundred of the season's most skilfully made Tub Skirts are included in i AM ■ Georgette Crepe Hats Reduced a clearance that promises extraordinary savings for foresighted women. | Jf M Clearance of all remaining white and pink Georgette Hats that were $6.50 and $7.50, The materials from which the $3.50 and $3.75 skirts were developed are fine qualitv cords &.-nl I A V V at $5.00 gabardines with a little sprinkling of good looking black and white stripe fancy weaves- sizes K I'®* XVfPK V Dives. pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor, Front. are 27 to 36 waist band. These are to go out in a complete clearance at 'gjj 25 11\ I'* \ V ~ 7 ~ The $1.50 and $1.75 skirts are of linene of good quality. These are in sizes from 24 to" 34 J\ f /LJLA First Showing of Fa Sty es n W ' 1?" T "R f Dresses u* l n ® Regular $25.0 MBtggjwl in women s fashionable boots for Autumn as verified by these models. The mos t notable clearance of silk dresses of the Summer season occurs to-morrow in a sale 1 Dark grey kid lace boots, cloth top, new Cuban | Dark grey kidskin lace boots, cloth tops and of fine frocks for street wear. " e *J B J $.00 covered heels S10.0') ~ tawn suede lace boots, covered heels. j Dark grey suede lace boots, covered hesl. U.oo The materials are taffetas, taffeta and Georgette Combinations, foulards and creoe He rhinoc ! I Field mouse kidskin lace boots cohered heel.'w.M I kidSk '" C lo. naVY ' C °P enha S en - tan and black ' Sizes are complete from 34 to 42. 'I JLi | Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Market Street. Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. U I 1] Just the Styles of Hosiery Summer Underwear That's Comfortable Dainty Pink Chemise and Bloomers A VCi T-^Qn* Men's roomy "athletics" and other garments made with short sleeves and ankle or knee Beautiful lingerie of sheerest batiste and voile the undex xjLX JL CtLKlllg, 111 length drawers in such cool fabrics as Egyptian mesh, sheer cotton and lisle that are so clothes for the woman who likes to indulge in the little Jtrx comfortable for August days. t uries of fashionable finery which she can economically enjoy. X I~IOTV MEN'S UNDERWEAR White lisle union suits, short sleeves, knee Envelope chemise in pink Gowns in white striped voile or viv/1 i O Egyptian mesh shirts and drawers, short sleeves. length 50c batiste or white striped voile; Pink batiste, tailored top finished i-i Ami | ... , , . ankle length .. 50c WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR tailored or lace trimmed styled; with colored briar stitching, hem -1 bread silk and fiber silk hose for women in tho*.e trades that anK e lentm owe ... . , win, P . - stitching and colored embroidery, ... . graues tnat Black and whjte mixed shirts and drawerSt White cotton ribbed vests, sleeveless, taped neck. n "' sl ?® -, A J_ Y 1 "II T J Fine voile curtains in ecru and ivory, dainty knitting bags, draperies, pillows and box coverings, tan rose ereen dark hi hp n vf blue - black, grey, All CTll QT (,PQVQ "n PA AT |\/| on Q trimmed edge and motif in corner, pair, yard . 50c to SI.OO Woven' Plaid VoUes ,1 d c ,°P enha K en - , Yard. .85c vZfdX w-L lVlt:il $3.00 to $0.75 English cretonnes in attractive allover prints in Plain Voiles 44 inohetT wide in nil' a " P ' ° Filet insertion and lace edge trimmed mar- rose, green and blue, yard 75c, 85c to $1.25 inches wide V 'i' W/ ■k,' ISC SnTYHnAI" ShIVTC Net curtains in dainty filet mesh with scroll and Scotch madras, yard 25c, 9c to 50c Wm fjlnirham' in'j'''-o-'' j f su OUIIIIIIt/I 01111 Lb allover patterns, pair $4.50 to $6.50 Couch covers in many coorings, $2.00 to $7.50 Vi e I.omeX Ogham in stHnes and vlrd *l° New velour curtains for doorways in old rose Irish point and Brussels net curtains in white £iic,i pWcc 27 Percale shirts in plain and novelty stripes, soft and laundered and bJue ' ■ )alr 5.00 and ivory, pair $5.00 to $15.00 yard ." 7 . lnCh . M . W . lde> . . blUe ; . p, . nk '. green ; and lavend ,^. cuffs; sizes 13' Ato 18. Special Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Third Foor. Fine madras shirtings, neat stripes, 32 inches wide. Yard .*S.V Percale, madras and poplin shirts with soft and laundered : ! 8 . in . Ch . e . B . Wld . e '.f &^ k . b .' ue '. _ c " p<^ nluiKcn . **o^. cuffs; sizes 14 to 18y 2 . Special $1.25 \t ttv 1 TIT * TT7 TT7I D Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Madras shirts in many stripe patterns; sizes 13/ 2 to 18. J\J G W KOVal WaiSt WOmeil WHO DUV Special sl.(k> y 47 $2.50 fine woven and silk stripe Sport skirts with sport sleeves, 4"1 AVI CI 1 V" A ~T / ~, 1 1 /n madras shirts soft cuffs size. made of fine percale, sizes 12% to Vjl CCI LIUIIO ill VOIIC J? Dll OUltO HjClI 1V T , . . , . 13% to 18. Special $2.00 14 75c i " If you are not comfortable or quite satisfied with your pres- At $2.50 and $2.95 Will Need New Petticoats SXS2^^i:' c ° rst,s - Silk shirts with separate soft Boys' band style negligee ! _ . collar to match . .$5.05 and $6.50 shirts with separate collar, sizes I Garments that bear the Royal name are dis- New Petticoats are here showing many at- Nemo corsets for stout figures, Mi Leda models for all figures. BOYS* BLOVSK \V \ISTS 12 to 14 75c • . . . , .. , . ' i j' i*j $4.00, $5.00 $5.50, SO.OO $4.00, $5.00, SO.OO to SIO.OO dark stripe gingham*blouse""waists. at ' •' , - 00 - SJ-23 to $2.95 and embellishment. ' with fringe-trimmed satin flounce. $8.50, sizes 6to 16 . . 75c BOIS HATS AND CAPS \'nile lvniit l - rnnvfrtihlr rnllnr tnrl-r 1 I New plaid petticoats with tailored flounce in ' VCti ' iJ ° meroy & Stewart. Second Floor. waists' 1 h? nlain and Khill S hat !, , waists convertible collar, tucked satin with fringe trimming and silk jersey with _ . Blue and stripe dark cambray Children's overalls in blue and i seam, button piece, collar and cuffs . . Taffeta petticoats, plain colors or changeable " and percale blouse waists, sizes 6 dark stripes ••••;•• -75 c | Voile waists tnrkerl front Hcon effects, straight effect or tailored flounce. One lot of boys' straw hats that were $1.23 and $1.49. Special... 75c Blue chambmv shirts' attached tlon khakf and bh.V i VOl le tucked deep pointed $5.00, $5.95 to SIO.OO One lot of Boys' Straw Hats that were $1.75. 1.8 to $2.50. Spe collars ? .V? 75c and 85c slls and $125 ! C ° llar ' re,lch turn-back cuff 155J.93 I Cotton top petticoats with silk taffeta flounce, 1 cial $1 °5 Dives.' Pouu.ro, & Stewart. Men's Ptore. ' Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Second Floor. all the new colors ... . .. .$2.05 Lines are broken and naturally sizes are mlssirtg here and there. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. I Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. New silks For Fail August Brings Final Reductions on Men's Spring \ Crocery items For Are Coming In o 0 * Summer Luncheons another silk 1 popularity CLTICL 01Z7727726/* SllltS Blue Valley Croamerywbutter, lb. —and what rich silks these are. /L t 7 California lomons, dov.en .. .39c SIB.OO and $20.00 Suits O 7C Fancies with the new satin T) /J n - — I M m W MarshmailoW cream, nsed as a block effects. Yard $2.50 V ] Ay/f* XvGQUCGQ L 0 X V-T •M. W sufar substitute, can .... 10c and 25c Trnr, . . r _-_- .V, WJ L // \W • f /TIW \ K W Herring roe. for making sa.ln Is. y.A" "iiJ $22.50 and $25.00 Suits (bt*T 7^ Moire and satin stripe combi- BL 1 I Arln > CjJ I/ . / / r _l \ 'sest barley 'lb.' 1 nations, 36 inches. Yard, $2.75 I ! ULCU. UVy j °M \ Pearl tapioca, makes a greay tisJ'Jf- 1 * AII U\ I Many fine suits in this collection of reduced clothing —Spring and Summer I ■ 1 wesson on. for saiads ts 'shortening. 52.70, JM.SO and #4. IV Suits—military, English and conservatve models—sizes from 33 to 42, collec- HI ' fry ' n * a " d BaUCC "' KaU ° n Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart / I ft} tively speaking—a wide choice of patterns and fabrics Good laundry soap, cake 1c Street Floor /A rzA 1,„ 1 t 1 ii. rx n . . . . , • ... HI White laundry soap, cake ~..6c s —and clothes Cane Byrup - ahs oiuteiy pure, io ttt , I'M are bound to experience additional advances therefore these impressive exam- ca oinger'; n aps,' bist quality,'ib^i9" Women S /]■ ■ p' es c '°thes economy are their own argument. We've entered the final clear- . \ / sunshine^da^iicuita'ib —?!• cn /I ance period so far as these suits are concerned —and these reductions will speed [/ l\ Tuna whlte as chicken, can, I bilk Gloves | //rl their going. QHf i ,^ w .°J clasp si " t gloves in vhite I I 1 -* —y . K //\\ Pimentos, sweet Spanish red pep /| i Palm Beach and Cool Cloth Suits I !\\\ Two-clasp black and white Ulk | S—• 1 . st*. r~\ mm* st* tmr -4 y-x I I Elbo macaroni, 2 lbs