Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 152, 6 May 1920 — Page 5

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1920.

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CHICAGO, May 6. Concrete evidence of the long looked for decline in general high prices In merchandise came Wednesday with a bang when the Morris Woolf Silk company, 20 West Adams street, said to be the largest silk jobbing concern in the United States, announoed selling to the retail trade of 3,000,000 yards of bolt silks at reductions in price ranging from 50 cents to more than $2 a yard. While othpr merchandisers In various lines today are advertising large cuts In prices on standard goods, this was the largest and most Important announcement to the retail trade in more than three years of pyramiding prices. Foresee Cotton Price Slash. It means to the retailers that prices are on the decline, that large cuts may be expected in many lines, that cotton and woolen goods especially must come down from their dizzy perches to correspond with the silk drop. As a matter of fact, according to Morris Woolf. president of the company bearing his name, with this selling, silks are relatively lower in price than cotton goods, which will force an early slashing of cotton prices. "Silk prices are the last to go up and the first to go down,' said Mr. Woolf. "For that reason they are a pretty good barometer of other markets. We have placed these goods on sale at great reductions, taking losses on them. We axe liquidating stocks, which Is something every wise merchandiser is doing now or will be doing shortly. We have felt, as well as I1 the silk trade, that the Japanese market was it oo high. When that market tumbled it was time for us to tumble, too. New Stocks to Be Lower. "We want to squeeze the water out of prices. This sort of selling will do it. When new stocks come in prices must bte lower. That is what every merchant wants low prices with greater turnover. Silk is now selling relatively lower than other fabrics and it will be only a short time now until other fabrics are back to a sane basis. "This sort of thing is an incentive to business of the future. With Chicago the central market of the country for silks, we believed by starting this price reduction that it would be felt immediately all over the country." Mr. Woolf said that all lines of manufactured silks, including taffeta, mescaline, chaumeuse, satin, crepe re chine, georgette, poplins and foulards, tub silks and shirtings are included In the sales.

The Diary of an Engaged Girl By Phyllis Phillips

Jean came down to my studio again this afternoon and her. face was as long as a yard-measure, positively. She had been crying, I could see that, j and felt awfully sorry. At first we talked simple nothings,! such as one engaged girl does to another, and I showed her my portrait of Jeffry, which she admired, between sniffs, very much. After that the flood-gate burst. I let the old girl have her cry out and then she just sat down and told me that she had broken off her engagement with Harvey and told him never to come near her again, and all that sort of 6tuff. I let her rave to her heart's content, never dropping any suggestions, nor taking sides in any way, nutil she had talked herself out, then I said cooingly: "And do you dine with Harvey this evening, Jean, dear?" She turned on me like a fury and told me I was hideously stupid, for all my pertness, and that she for one, had enough self-respect to stay disengaged when once she had broken off with a man; furthermore, she, Jean, was too much of an individual to allow herself to be tied for life to a man who couldn't and wouldn't eee farther than the end of his own nose, or words to that effect. I really admired her outburst tremendously. She seemed once more like the Jean I was accustomed to. But again my feminine intuition told me that but a few short hours would elapse before the inevitable reaction would set in. That means the inevitable reunion of two loving souls, of course. Not to be outclassed, of course, I then told Jean some of my own trials and misgivings, such as mother-in-law, etc., and we bad one of those sweetlybitter hours together that so many women manage to put in. I wept on Jean's 6houlder and she on mine. Then we suddenly looked at each other and laughed. The laugh did us good. It made us realize just how human we were, and how truly desirable. It also made us long for

tea, which we proceeded to make and finish with keen relish, I can tell you. It seems that Harvey has been pulling the possessive male stuff with Jean and she stood it up to a certain point, and then the deluge! Dear, oh, dear, they seem to be dismally alike, all these fiancees of ours, and the years do not change them in spite of old Cecil's words. For Harvey Russell went through the whole of the war. Of course she has revolted at last and is suffering terribly now at not seeing Harvey and because of Harvey's quarrel with her. In other words she wants him and doesn't want him! We artists are a funny lot, I'll say. But we get more of the real thrills out of life than the smugly serene people I know. Of course few people understand that, or us, but as long as we are happy in our own peculiar way we are satisfied. At the end of a perfect afternoon spent in rehearsing our mutual woes and wishes, Jean had cheered up considerably. Misery loves company, and I just kept pace with her through the recital. When she left me she was actually smiling and humming a little song. But 1 am much worried about Jean. She will suffer more than I ever will. She hasn't my worldly poise, (To be continued.) .

Mrs. Lovell Lawrence, Formerly of City, Dead At Home in Portland Mrs. Lovell Lawrence, 86 years old, died after an illness of several months at her home in Portland, Ind., Tuesday night. Before her marriage she was Susan Ingle Underwood, of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Lawrence was the widow of Lovell Lawrence, while in Richmond resided on South Twentieth end A streets now the property of J. F. McCarthy. Mr. Lawrence was president of the Wayne Agricultural works. Several years ago they removed to Portland, where Mr. Lawrence died at the age of 94 years. Mrs. Lawrence is survived by three children, Cecelia Lawrence, James Lawrence, and Lovell Lawrence, Jr., all of Portland, one brother John Underwood of Chicago, and the following nephews and nieces: Henry Underwood Johnson, of Richmond; Robert Underwood Johnson, American ambassador to Italy, now residing in Rome; Mrs. Greenville Howard, of New York; Mrs. Charles Rufner, of Chicago; Charles Raymond, of Dayton; Mrs. Cornelia Raymond Curtis, of Virginia; Colonel Henry Underwood Raymond, and Colonel Thomas Underwood Raymond. Funeral services will be conducted from the home Friday at 10 a. m. Mr. and Mrs. Henry U. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Nimrod Johnson, and Miss Helen Johnson will attend from here.

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Howard Carey, an alumnus, is visiting his brother, Herbert Carey, in Eundy Hall. He was in reconstruction work in France with the British Friends, before the United States entered the war. President David M. Edwards attended a branch meeting of the Indiana

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Mrs. Williams Osborne, of Danville, Ind., is the guest of her daughter, Miss Anna Osborne, a member of the freshman class. She came for a meeting of the building and grounds com-

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HILDEGARDE Hildegard is very popular in this country though her origin is almost lost to sight in Norse mythology. The r.ame means "battle maid protector" and links its bearers with the warrior maidens of the wild north. Hildegarde's direct predecessor was Hildur, chief among the Valkyrier. In England there was a Deiran princess Hildur, who became the holy abbess of Whitby, succeeding St. Begga. The mother of Rolf Gangr, progenitress of English royalty, who vainly besought Harald Harfagre not to banish her sons from Norway, was iamed Hildr. Hildelidis is a popular Anglo-Saxon name. Hildegarde was first bestowed upon an abbess in the Palatinate, who was noted for her sanctity and who died as late as 1004. In honor of the holy woman, Hildegard is still very popular and in common usage among German ladies. In Denmark, the same name has been corrupted into Ollegard. The Gothic queens of Spain bore a name Bimost identical, Hilduara, meaning battle prudence. Amber is Hildegarde's tallsmantc Ftone. It is said to protect her from danger and disease, and to strengthen the health of mind and body. It is particularly lucky for singers, preserving and clarifying the voice, according told superstition. Friday is her lucky day and 7 her lucky number.

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Dear Mrs. Thompson: A young man twentj'-six years old asked me for steady company. I am twenty-three. I accepted and went out with him many times after that and he treated me line. At last when he was out with me he asked for a date as usual and he didn't come to fill it. I wrote him a note and asked him what was the reason and I didn't get an answer. What should I do? I received a Christmas present from him in jewelry. Now I know I have to return It to him. Should I return it in person or send it by mail? A WORRIED PERSON. There is nothing you should do now except to forget about the young man. He acted in a most ungentlemanly way end does not deserve your love. Mail the jewelry to him. Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl past eighteen and I have a boy friend of twenty. I think a great deal of him and have known him for four years. I always liked him more than any other boy friend I had. He made the remark that I was too independent. Is it best to be independent to win his love? My only thoughts are of him and a home with some dear little children. I love children very much. LONESOME. Be natural and do not study your actions to decide whether or not they are too independent. If the young man does not care for you as you are, let him go. You are making a mistake in permitting your thoughts to

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