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THE NEWS. JOURNAL, RAEFORD, N. C
PAGE SEVEN
Small Glimpses of
A Big Town New
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THURSDAY, MAY 13. 1943
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WARDROBE
DRESSES
The new 1943 atterns in cotton
H ints, all gua. i.r.teed fast col i s.
1.49
HOUSE COATS
Printed patterns, floral designs and
prints. Guaranteed fast colors.
Nice SLIPS In Crepe
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Ladies' slips of crepe and satin
jace trim ana tauorea styles, crisp
these colors. Sizes 32 to 44.
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SHOES For WOMEN
COMFORT for This SUMMER
All white kid dress oxfords. Medium
heel, and arch support. Easy to clean and A QC
easy to wear
$ f MM
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HANDKERCHIEFS
Dainty 'kerchiefs in plain white, colored bor
ders and colored patterns.
10c to 50c
1.94
and Satin
tea-rose and white.
rail prints in
Black Pumps
Medium heel, good arch support.
2.95
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RAYON HOSE
-ovely sheer stockings with rein-
orced soles. All new summer . Imdei
leautiful qualities at
79c - 97c
Ladies'
piinted
HANDBAGS
alf leathers, fabrics, and lizard
ea titers.
2.95 3.95
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DEPARTMENT STORE
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PRETTY HATS
C'hi.iie a charn.ir.tf wide brimmed sailor, a
t "lt: or a gay little Mower hat (if line straws
.Vav.v, black and pastel colors. All head-sizes
1.88 and 2.98
LntBes' Satin GOWNS
Lace Colors are hive, tea-rose and rose beige.
2.95
Extra Size Satin
i SLIPS
l Slips in tearose and white . Lace
ft, trim and tailored styles. Some
with lace on the bottom. Sizes
44 to 52. Just the slip fur extra
JJ.; size folks. 'No-Hike'1 "Will Not
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1.65
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Light Shade DRESSES
Dresses in piistel shades. Sizes 14 to 20. Priced
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4.95 - 5.95
COTTON DRESSES
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seersurkcrs and flowered chintz. Sizes up U46.
Special
2.95
SILK DRESSES
better silk dresses in navy blue, black and
silk d: esj.es in navy bl
Sizes up to 50.
8.95 - 9.25
silks. Siz?s up to 5l.
Double Woven GLOVES
Fresh white double woven cotton gloves in classic
novelty tcj match her outfit.
59c - 97c -1.94
Ladies' Batiste Pajamas
Tailored button front blouse with full pants
Sizes 34 to 40.
1.94
Sheer DRESSES
Ladies' bemberg sheer dresses.
Floral designs, polks dts, all
washable materials. Sizes 14 to
48. Any one will be well dressed
in one of these frocks.
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Tl.e stcrrs have tiiken :.i '.!-t hue
i and cry of circus. As you l;.(k into
; the big store windows rto'v, y u -ee
1 pink and black satin u-bn-s. white
velvet elephants, pale blue
I monkeys, and black si!r. h (!-. rranc
ing niimng tl.e stylishly tlrorrol no
dels. It's a gry s;t;it! Hie backs
of the display windows fire painted
I with clowns and bal'oi.r.s. tent-tops
l and hnrdy-gurdys. Ptr.k ctt r can
! dy and sugar coated appler are
heaped in piles with the ccs'.wme
jewelrv.
One elegant shop that (Jcsigns and
! makes some of the most bcnut-Tul
j and expensive dresses in New York.
' Hattie Carnegie, has staffed nnimalf
! in their windows. I: i nc. black
: beai's, wearing hcavv strands of
I pearls and gold beads abmt their
necks, cavort insofar as n stuffed
bear can cavort, around a lovely fig
ure in a green dinner dress.
! Making the display even brighter
and more colorful, the dtess has a
little jacket, the lapels of which are
' embroidered in shiny jewel-toned se
quins. In the other window two
leopards crouch before a Trmdel in
an exquisite violet dress, highlight
ed by sequins at the throat. One
leopard has a great soft red rose
pinned behind his brcr.ze and black
I ear.
j It is all bright and cheerful, and"
you are struck with the fact these
displays seem to have a wide appeal
j to the sailors and soldiers in town.-
They stand in front of the windows
and laugh and laugh; and the people
I who go by smile with them. Yoit
! may feel in a way it is foolish to'
I have such elaborate windew displays'-
while there is a great war going on-
and so much trouble in the world1,
but when you see the men laughing,
I and the tired people on the street
j happy with them, you decide it is a
j pretty good thing.
There is something s..d ir. seeing
In
fine ld pieces of furnitjie and china,
imported rugs and silver, suld off at
ally long neck, also painted water
public bidding.
There was a sale at one of the bet
ter known New York aurtion houses
recently which your correspondent
attended. People sat on small fold
ing chairs of the type that are
brought out of the Sunday School
room when all the churvh pews are
filled. Most of those attending the
auction were owners ef antique
shops throughout the city.
Up in front of the chairs was a
big desk where the auctioneer sat,
and on bis right, a small platform
where the object for sale . w?s put
on display. A (roup of movers, lift
ed the various pieces up on the plat
form, turned them to all skies so ev
eryone could see the back and front
and top of the piece for sale, and
when the sale was made, lifted it
down, put it behind a curtain and
set up another piece. The ease and
rapidity with which they handled
this strenuous work was amazing.
There were tables and chairs from
Spain and France and England for
sale. barly American pieces. An
old oak coffee table went for $19.00,
three pewter plates, $6.00 for the lot.
A prayer rug from Persia in the
beautiful soft colors that time seems
only to enhance, sold for $25.00.
Clocks were sold, and vases, silver
and old china, and bronze bust of
John Barrymore, cast when tie was
t at the peak of his career.
When the auctioneer put this bust
on the block, the bidding war slow.
Someone bid $13.00 and someone else
said S14.no. There wasn't too much
I interest
! "Come, come, speak up!" the aHC
i tioneer said. "The bronze alnne Is
' worth that!" The bidding remained
1 slow and the highest bid was $17.50.
! The auctioneer shook his head sad
jly and said "$17.50! John Barry
' more will hlunt me for this!"
! A cast iron foot scraper was next
:on the block and sold for $18.00.
I Fifty cents more than tl.e bronze
j bust of one of the greatest idols of
stage and screen America ever knew.
There is a story behind each piece
put up for sale, of great wealth and
i happiness, poverty and ik feat As
! you look at the great carved mahog
any chairs with their brocaded vel
vet and damask cushions, you won
der w.hat fine house they once stood
in, what people used them. The
chairs are here, being sold for less
than the material to cover them ost.
and you wonder, where is the man
who owned them? Whet happened
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j to his wife?