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ba 11,300 DIE DAILY ! IN CHINA FAMINE “Plague Outbreak Adds to Suffer- 1 ing of 9,000,000 Destitute— ‘| Americans in Relief Work. | PEAING, March 24 (Associated marvest, Menai and Chihi!, according to reports ‘Weceived at the headquarters of the International Relief Organisation tr ‘thls city, In twenty-two counties of Honan, the average daily death rate = fyom famine in the alx northern ties of the province averaged 100 Sir. In a@ixteen counties in Shenst by relief committess there have tegen 50,600 deaths from starvation ince the beginning of the famine, of these deaths occurring tn County, Pneumonic plague recently made its in twenty villages along the herder between the provinces of Chiull ‘apd Shantung, 108 persons dying from the malady. There was also a small eetbreak im Shantung. In some egunties in Honan there was a dan- werous condition arising from an out- of typhus, twenty cases being re- ported daily. Furds amounting to 3,250,000 gold tgels (normally $4,560,000), Including 1,900,000 taels from the American Rod Cpors, have been apportioned to all famine districts by the Advisory Com- mittee of all working organizations in the stricken regions, This committes informed the American Committee the China Relic: 2/4, headed by ‘Tramas W. Lamont. is doing its ut- most to provide food for 6,000,000 persons, and assertion is made that there are 3,000,000 more destitute, not ting those requiring economic as- in resuming thelr normal pur- i hd 734 ta. ‘The American Rod Cross {x foot- 150,000 persons, employing them to ‘on the roads. Well Known Philadelphia Editor Dead. PHILADELPHIA, March %.—Wil- tam Perrine, editor-in-chief of the Phi- ladeiphia Bulletin, wen known writer and perppaperman. died at Jefferson here to-day. Hospital Mr. Perrine was sixty-three years old and had been sortously i since 22. th him the time of death were his brother, in Perrine, and his ni Mrs fenneth Guiterman of L Announcing OPENING OF NEW YORK’S HIGHEST GRADE SILK aS AND DRESS GOODS HOUSE An establishment specializing in ma~ terials of the better kind at unusually low prices, And in addition an intelli- gent service appreci- ated by parcienlac women. | : 4 FURNITURE} H Cash or Credit f as ute ae a ae a Se ot ‘a1 we have still greater reputation for—-LOW PRICES. pew mey held in our warehouse storage free for six months. arene $248 4-ROOM APARTMENT ¢375 BEST 8500 V4 MENT €Eae $585 GUST 8700 VALUE Our Iberal Terms enna + rane Blouses SO CHARMING in style and modest in price you'll find it hard to resist their fascination. Batiste, in French blue, pink or tan, illustrated. . $3.95 Geo Overblouse, tie- on ede, in white and flesh . . 1. + + «$500 Voile Blouse, finely hem- stitched, trimmed with filet $5.00 Crepe de Chine, tailored blouse, in white and bisque $7.50 THIRD FLOOR Surplice Sweaters $6.50 _ YOU'LL like one of with its smart, fringed sash, on chilly Spring mornings, And you'll find them convenient to slip over your thin frocks on Summer days to come, when you're off to the links or tennis courts, Fancy striped weave, in alpaca wool, with col- lars and cuffs edged with soft brushed mohair, they’re in all the sport shades to add color to the landscape, and splendid values at $6.50 ‘THIRD FLOOR Women’s Footwear The Newest In Step for Easter EACH day has brought fresh stocks to the shoe department, all with new attractions to offer—a new idea in straps, or a novel com- bination of leathers. For the day before Easter we have mace an especially large and varied collec- tion to fiat gf 3 inevitable last minute demands. Grey suede strap pumps, with high French or Baby Louis heels $10.75, $12.75 and $14.75 Patent leather strap pumps, re or with suede quarters, igh French heels, $10.75, $14.75 Tan calfskin strap pumps, with low walking Paste and welted toes . . $8.75, $12.75 SECOND FLOOR The Fit of Your Easter Frock ‘Depends on The Corset You Wear AND the smarter the frock the more important is it that you have a carefully fitted corset. There are models here for every, type of figure. If you are of medium or average build you will like the Elente model, of pink broche, lightly but well boned and trimmed with ribbon and lace $5.00 [suconp FLOOR You Would Of Course Want a New Silk Umbrella — if it should happen to rain on Easter Day. ‘To possess one of these smart sun-and-rain umbrel- las makes one feel so much more at ease about one’s new Spring hat! Shown in gay attractive colors, red, blue, purple, green, brown; also black. And you may choose a leather strap, a cord or a bak- elite ring handle, They have stub ends, $5.50 GROUND FLOOR THE BVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, MAROB 26, 1921. Lord & Taylor Three beautiful models for misses illustrated below Three smart wraps for ‘women are pictured) above Splendid Values In mart Easter Wrap-Coats,*7250 TO enfold you in beauty and the latest modes of Spring, we’ve planned a superb offering of wraps and coats for the final hours of your Easter shopping. For, even at the eleventh hour, you can slip into a handsome wrap and achieve at once a complete and fashionable costume for Easter morning. The Women’s Wraps —. The Misses’ Wraps — THE satin wraps are splendid rivals of the new’cloth TO choose your Easter wrap from these charming youth- models that are so wonderfully becoming in their yelvety ful styles, is to make selection from the latest Paris ideas texture, and a choice of both is offered you at this very in fringed effects, embroideries and novel tasseled styles. special price. Beautiful wraps of lustrous satin embroidetéd They're straight-line and wrappy coats, of veldyne, tricotine in tinsel, or of veldyne and ramona with graceful, draped and bolivia. Fabrics of excellent quality; soft, lovely Spring collars, handsomely tailored and silk-lined throughout. colorings; fine silk linings and tailoring beyond reproach. $72.50 THIRD PLIOOR) . $72.50 Good Looking Sport Skirts, $15 BECAUSE there is a popular demand for well-tailored separate skirts, we've secured a new collection of wool plaids and stripes, in the wanted Spring shades, to offer at a specially low price for the benefit of Easter shoppers. The material is of such good quali» and the models are so attractive that every girl home for the Easter vacation will want to take one ack to school with her. And women will find them quite right to wear with sports coats. (THIRD FLOOR Easter Hats THEIR youthful charm is a thing to marvel at: The refreshing variety of style and trim- ming; The riotous colors, exuberant as Spring; The clever novelties just in from Paris. CAIl these contribute to that Youthful Charm of the Easter Hats DURING the heavy Easter shopping we have cleared © THERE'S a feathery little hat, with soft curling ostrich our department and refilled it with new beauties many band and little tip dipping down just behind the ear. A times over. But the hats collected for this last day con- basket of flowers makes the most delightful and original tain the very essence of all the smartness and loveliness of hat you can imagine-—provided it was designed and the season’s best models. They are authentic styles, the created by skilful French fingers. Gardenias are the flowers kind you feel sure of buying in the last minute rush. wisely chosen by the broad brimmed black hat in the centre. All cAre Very Moderately Priced FOURTH FLOOR marked below its original whole- sale price. The season’s smartest styles, one of which is sketched. Moire and fancy silks in all the suit shades, brown, navy, black, gtay, mounted on covered or en- graved metal frames. Each is attractively lined and fitted wit mirror and purse or inner com- partment, GROUND FLOOR An Easter Gift of Stationery WILL be welcome in- deed to the man or woman who has much correspondence. We are offering fourspecial values for Saturday. Letter Paper, heavy quality of ati ag vellum finish— 48 sheets,.48 envelopes $1.25 Note Paper, linen finish— 100 sheets, 100 envelopes $1.25 Correspondence cards—the smart square size, linen finish . . . « §5¢.box Gift Box—24 sheets, tis- sue lined envelopes. 24 gilt edged cards, envel- opes tomatch . $1.75 box GROUND FLOOR A Veiled Easter IT’S not enough to know that your hat is becoming. You must be sure of your veil too, for the veil is an item ofmuch importance this season. French dot veiling is one of the smartest and most be-- coming you can find. Shown in solid colors and in combinations of shades. 85c yard GROUND FLOOR ‘No Wonder They Go! French Kid Gloves at $1.65 —one does not see very often these days, so it’s little wonder that these gloves were all chosen so quickly when we offered them two weeks ago. These two clasp gloves are made of the same beautiful glace kid—tan, mode, beaver, gray, black, white. GROUND FLOOR It’s a Good Quality of Glove Silk —that is used for these under. things—it is firmly woven and will launder well, Vests, bodice top » ey» $2.95 Bloomers, reinforced . "s $3.45 Envelope chemises, trim- med with Georgette crepe, lace orsatin . . $3.75 GROUND FLOOR Wave a Welcome to Easter With a Linen ’Kerchief FRENCH linen handkerchiefs in bright colors and striking pat terns —black lighting on a jade ground, or a cerise cobweb on white —with hand turhed hems, And lovely white handkerchiefs with scalloped edge, or two and three rows of spoke stitching. 50 GROUND FLOOR ii Se ocadtD