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the
landlady, we say Frau, as if she were troupe, They
and two
them died
en each,
finally flung the pickle down the air- erman.
died of gasping
for br
"To the black year!" I exploded,
G
into the house. I stopped at the store then
out
heard it smite earth with juice Well, this is it. Chia Calf's head's night.
one of shaft Is quelch,
with their little tongues That stuck
turneld in and unwrapped
"
ON THE EAST SIDE
of Tenth for an my pickles.
its superfluity of
is why
, at the corner an
tween their teeth.
it t up gingerly, sickly
five and returned to I lifted
ahpp
u t
on unapprecia- husband died when Chia was a your? be
blest avenue, and boghr
wastefully
squirting
when Chia looks into. b
the
window.
A
woman
of
about
twenty-nine,
and
le
t
pickles.
juicy
large
two
cants,
and
sees
a
o
calf's
head,
with
the
said, loudly. "I tive The walls.
By Maurice Samuel
"Listen, madam," a I large
Why g ue stuck out between the teeth , ton-
her
with
three
little
children.
she
p.ckle is merely a cucumber which have
machine
below
squeaked
in
an
suc-
and
my hand
of re- she didn't marry again nobody knows, taints away. "
has been immersed for some months culent in pickle.
of triumph. A wave
("And nothing up my ecstacy swept
she
lived
in
a
dirty,
little,
two
AL T half past twelve or so I "Ha?"
filled
was
but
I
in
a
barrelful
of
salt
water
in
com-
over
me.
ived.
morse
sun
girl,
be-
from
third
child,
a
Cohen,
outskirts of "The
made up my mind that I I drew a long breath.
cottage
on the blankets
with large numbers of green sleeve," I chanted
my squeamishness. roomed
stopped, feeling like a con- with shame for said,
village,
and sewed
and Chia came with her to America The
could bear it no longer. "I said, madam, that your rotten, : pony
tomatoes, miscroscopic Chills, let- hind.)
"there is yet an- the
I
"Cohen,"
Now, girl is about nineteen wears old d and
line
machinir
I
•
juror.
going on I sty, clothes
took
in
washing
for
a
living.
cane long it had been seed
tact
leaves,
onion
parings
and
horse-
pickle."
at
other
hole
block:,
.
Y
lets
not
"This
pickle
I
will
squeeze
out
on
h
duee
p
or other she Caine to have till two months ago she work For
but me me , I had sleep the wause, and then the sound radishes. The chief result of this
canot say, Patiently
"Don't waste that," he begged. a ..oriehow
quarrel with two village to rascals—
cloaks
and kept
the
house e has
goin
your clothes unless you stop this "Let's
brne
a
taste
o it a tiently for at least the of Another
it
treatment
is
to
impart
to
n in
bg.
eat
it."
go
oc-
the
last
two
months
she,
a short pand sudden expectoratio which attacks you fiercely in the squeakery.
used
half of an
"you are the young scam ps w for ho her—and
, and Chia
"Cohen," I cried, We'll
with
A thirnri
At last she answered me. She prince
she dis has hospital
"Cohen," I said, and turned over, expressive of violent disgust.
scamps
eat the young
A minor result, but the one distinctness.
of strategists.
gone back to her washing. Yott
The
pause and then
en the irregular squeak to gills. double
missed
them
front
her
service.
"this is not to be borne."
its
size
into
a
sponge-like
see, she washes by day, and by ight
deliberately, and with great pickle."
Her
below fellows swore revenge on her and then she
He sat up and, in the dark, banged of the wheels recommenced.
I had the pickles care- spoke
hangs out her clothes on
All night long the wheels
she said, "I have you in abandoned
ng s indifference infuriated consistency.
the
whole
matter
was
forgotten.
sheaves of the "Mister,"
his elbow against the wall. "For contemptuou
double
orgy
an
in
to
fully
wrapped
earth, and
you with then
your pickle to-
dignity
my
y d down ' stately dign tenderly
paper,
carried themselves
them a dozen lines she has run up . sp cial-
he said, me. I rshuaft.
goodnes s sake, She ammy ," ur
Yiddish
ai fl "I say, misses," I shouted, "are you up to our room. gether." of
irritably,
the by:
village these
and nobody
is ever "you
so tell
much r. Yo
better
than the
mine.
cacophony.
Whatever
sleep by I "About
lows
a year
had left
went
fel- IY''' "Good heavens!" I said, as a light
was haunted
a shrill
hear that, snatched
I turned round. "You
I arose
at ever thought about them. One spring broke
Cohen came in shortly alter eleven. Cohen
whistling
and
screaming.
in on me, "and is that wh : no-
?"
I
said.
to stop making that noise or "Cohen,"
them
of
one
that
Oh, Heanevs—there it goes again!" going
appears
I said jubilantly. "I have "Squeeze the pickle, Sammy," lie nine goaded out of sanity.
night it
vii- body o"bjects to the noise those w heels
Front the first floor of our airshaft not?"
prevent
neighboring
will
which
a
here
came
back
from
something
That
evening,
at
supper,
we
raised
fluent but interns- this woman from ever squeaking replied. firmly.
the sound rose anew—a jerky, inter- She replied inc Yiddish.
drunk. He entered the vil. make?
subject of the washerwoman with lage s at dead
"That g is why," said Mrs. I ach-
I looked out again. There were the
that end where Chia's cottage manovitch.
mittent squeak suggestive of rusted latahly say, id mister, stop to bother a in'"
la
my
landlady.
the
clothes
distinctly
underneath
tne.
"I
.
e
stood
and
seems to have been struck
wheels and disused
he asked, and look- I stretched out my hand with the "W'ho is that wretch," I asked,
again
hat's
that
"
as he passed it. I told Cohen and I looked at each other
though a file were being Passed bead." it a ghost,y misses;' I shout- eel suspiciously round the room.
lets not sleep the whole block by an the idea
in it. One squeeze, and her "who
t teeth. I "Catch inspired b resentment, "but "Pickles," I said, with dramatic pickle would
slowly and heavily over my
cottage had two rooms—one and felt unmitigatedly mean.
because of her clothes washing?" you
paused,
I
undone.
be
back.
work
t
was
a
sleeping-room.
the other a lie-
stopped up my ears, bu the sound eel
said
Mrs.
brevity.
know she was a lu v atic,"
"This is a madwoman,"
cell of sleep
heartw failed tume.
came thro ugh, viciously unmusicasl. One
fog-room. Now, Chia had already "I didn't
see the connection," he and I my
sly.
Cohen, awkwardly, "she ." can
Cohen. Nachmanovitch, careles madwoman?"
withdrew and r ned to ngly,
her
three
children
to
sleep
that
said
"Ask her yourself," C ohen, I said, "Wel. one dues not sleep," re- said "I dont'
put
"You mean really a
I said, beseechingly, "I "Sure—mad
and she sat in the other room, squeak
as much I as added,
she likes hastR
not , "I
ingrat iatin gly,"you're older
" Cohen,"
in dead in earnest." night,
right, I answered, "wait until haven't
'Certainly,"
I." turned.
the heart to squeeze it."
Her impeeturebility paralyzed me she begins
sewing
shetts
for
those
big
blankets
Yiddish
"Bah! You're afraid your than
"What
is
she
called?"
I
asked.
squeaking
again."
She
had
left
a
don't
mind
if
she
squeaks
all
n ight."
"What
do
you
mean?"
tor the moment.
they use over there.
won't stand the test."
began punctually at 11:30. At "It's only a poor washerwoman," I "They call her Chai, Calls head.'
heard an impudence of the She sound
head?
candle
burning
in
the
children's
room,
Flesh and blood could not bear this "Have y ou gasped.
Why
Calfs
rst
squeak
I
rose
"Great
Scott!
of
theft
feebly.
ew
Jess," I gasp .
PALESTINE ADJUST!
that they should not be afraid to
affront. I sprang up aud stumbled a "Mister,'
has calf-heads to do with the so
tO oft of bed and thrust my head out said,
sentimen• What
over Cohen's feet to the open win- bother. You she can "stop from me now
go to sleep.
"Pahl You're a sickly
SCALES.
of the window.
infernal noise she makes?"
contemptuously,
Cohen
said
down I poked
out
my
head
and
looked
"Now,
children
and
mother
slept
in
talist,"
"She
is
not
called
Calf's-head
with
I said, in careful Yiddish. "Here," I cried, "squeeze it your-
I would do my work." "I "I "Millis;'
When
this
down . I was just in time to see a Iii tomorrow,
one
bed
near
the
window.
squeaking.
that
is
time
the
She
said
one
already
have
reference
to
"Missis," I said, desperately,
,IERIJSALEM.—Sir Herbert Sam•
hand thrust out to turn the clothes- will
rascal peeped in he saw by uel,
should stop squeaking so late at self."
called Calf's head because she can drunken
something do to your clothes." you
the High Commissioner it this
"Sir,"
he
said,
scornfully,
"do
your
the
light
of
the
candles
that
there
was
line mechanism. Like unsubstantial
She
ignored
never
go
into
a
butcher's
shop
and
You
stop
or
no
night.
dor she said, and began to me utterly.
three country has called a special a g nfer-
own dirty work."
without fainting a big bed near the window and
ghosts the clothes danced along to turn "Nu,
ead
h
s
Calf's
a
see
handle
afresh.
opened
once
for the purpose of adjustor the
the
there impotent, pickle in
the infernal tune of the rusty wheels.
li in it. He
children sleeping
I stood
or three windows opened up hand.
It
the room. Two down
lestine weights and measure 5.
The cold juice trickled down away."
likely
I cleared my throat when the sound I turned round into
softly—very
window
the
faces
airshaft,
and
"That's
in-
the
and
"she's
I
hitched
my
chair
up.
said,
roposed
to adopt European 'tan-
I
Cohen,"
its w into teresting," I said. "And why does spring wind was rattling the doors a Pal
had ceased, and spoke up in my very "You
see, You
was con- my finger an d my wound
I
looked
out
interested.
can't
stop
her."
hopeless.
ay
alig-
The
m
whatever
dards.
a.
pajam
covered
best Yiddish:
sleneve of
windows and
sight of a calf's head in a butch- and
now that I must carry the the
Commissioner ha s ap-
"Excuse me,, madam," I said, dab- "You've done your best, Sammy," scions
had opened The High
squeaking of the clothes-lino the
noise he made. When he gently
want
matter to a bitter conclusion.
ers shop make her faint away?"
Council con-
approvingly.
lifted pointed an Advisory members
wheel
reasserted
itself
in
a
wild
out-
very
petals, "but are you not aware that he said,
he
window
the
toy
ultimatum.
re
d
delive
I
"There
is
a
long
story
attached
to
c f the
of various
'W e'll have to think of some- Missis," I repeated, impressively, burst of rejoicin I ground my
away the cover off the children and sisting
people who work all day desire to thing."
and
Nachmanovitch,
Council
Mrs.
The
said
Community.
it,"
it came David Yellin, the head of the in j Blades
sleep at night, and that you with your "Yes, we'll have to think of some- "I tell you the last time, stop to turn teeth
stole away with it. Later on
ewish
crossed
her
hands
on
her
bosom.
rain poured in
machinery keep them awake?"
no go, Coh Cen," I said at lyast,
to rain. The dow
"But we must heart it, Frau Nach- on
nity in this city and Mr . Kal-
Then I that handle, or I will something do and "Its w ithdrew.
ou
and
drench-
Commu
I repeated darkly.
what
e
m
"
Call
a
There was a long pause„ during thing,"
rough
the
open
win
th
Cohen.
f
to
your
clothes."
o
r the
manovitch," insisted WheneverThe
varisky, the admini in strato
chit ren.
which C o h e n and I held our rammed my head in between the A disdainful silence followe d, sto e like, bue to an't d heo it. "
we ed t he three
s irresistible.
colonies this cc
Rothschild
Lau
wa
contracted
said,
in
disgust.
them
of
t
I
cbed,"
three
breaths. Then from the window cushion and the mattress in a last at- broken
"
Com
''All
r
ib
e
k
ant
h
our
from
on
:, ,.._:....„.. r„.. .. 1.... ,,,,,meat and want to weedle anything

syllable floated up.

I

The next evening before

turned of the machinery.

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Robinson -Cohen Hold the Greatest Sale of Their Career
not be

The far-reaching effects of a Robinson & Cohen furniture sale need
recounted.

These great opportunities to save on purchases of furniture have at all times met with
enthusiastic approval.
Our great furni-
ture business has
steadily increased
until it has out-
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grown its present
—1916
quarters, and after
—1917
the work of remod-
eling is completed,
—1918
will be lodged in
the largest high-
—1919

How We Grow: Standard Plan:

class furniture store
in Detroit.
In this great Ex-
pansion Sale, which
we can justly claim, is
our greatest, we are
allowing reductions,
which, perhaps, have
never been equaled.

—1920
HE above chart illustrates
the development of this

T

store during the past five years. The
latest growth is the result of our recent

disposal of all extraneous lines, and the
occupancy of all space by our furniture

stocks.

first introauced
A LTHOUGH
but a few months ago, the

Standard Plan has quickly developed
into one of the most appealing features
of our service. It enables you to buy on

time, taking 30 weeks to pay without inter-
est or investigation fees.

AFew of the Bargains are Listed Below! Act at Once

3-pc. Walnut Living Room Suite, polychrome finish, upholstered
wills mulberry tapestry. Was $2,150, now $1,615.

3-p. Mahogany Living Room Suite, davenport and two chairs
imitation leather. Wise $165. cute $ 121 .

up-

bolstered with

Room Suite, davenport and two chairs
3.pc. Fumed Oak Living
upholstered in gmuins Spanish leather. Was $200, now $150.

3-pc. Mahogany Living Room Suite, with cane back. Upholstered
in tapestry and velour. Was $420, now $315.

3-pc. Mahogany Living Room Suit., upholstered in tapestry. Has

spring citation ann. Was $365, now $273.25.
up-
3-pc. Mahogany Living Room Suite, davenport and two chairs now
holstered in brocaded mulberry tapestry. Was $400,

$300.
Table, of exquisite Italian design. A
Long Mahogany Living R00112
beautiful addition to the living room. Was $80, now $60.

Sheraton 9.p. Mahogany Dining Room Suite. Buffet, cabinet. 54-

inch table, six chair. Was $805, now $603.75.
8-pc. Mahogany Dining Room Suite. Buffet, table, five chairs and
one arm-chair. Was $530, is now $397.50.

10-pc. Chippendale Walnut Suite. Buffet, cabinet, oblong table.
five chain, one •rm-chair. Was $770, now $577.50.

9-pc. Queen Anne Walnut Suite. Buffet, cabinet, 54-inch table.
five chairs, one um-chair. Was $840, now $630.

10-pc. lieppelwhite Mahogany Suite. Buffet, terror, oblong table,
five chairs, one arm-ch•ir. Was $1,600, now $1,200.

10-pc. Italian Renaissance Walnut Suite. Buffet, cabinet, side
table, oblong table, six chair. Was $2,215, now $1,575.

An old Queen Anne Walnut Buffet, which is 60 inches long. It
was formerly $150, the sale prim is $112.50.
A beautiful Queen Anne Walnut Extension , Table, which is 54 inch..

A

long. Formerly an $120, now $90.
A William and Mary Walnut Dining Room Table. which it 48 iochet
long. Was formerly $95, sale prim, $72.50.
A Fumed Oak Dining Room Table of Colonial design, which is 48

Solid Oak high-back Chair, with seat and back panel of cane.
as $170, now $127.50.
Beautifully carved in period des ign. W

inches long. Was $35, sale price, $26.75.
An extra large sued Footed Oak Buffet, which is 65 inches long.
A wonderful value! Was $145, mi. prim, $108.75.
An old Fumed Oak China Cabinet, in • beautiful period design.
A typical bargain! Was $75, the ante price, $56.75.

beautiful Mahogany Spinet Desk, with closing top. A delight
o the lover of beautiful furniture. Was $110, now $82.50.
tots
Antique Walnut Console Table, liberally carved and trimmed
Aa
with gold. A beautiful piece. Was $80, now $60.

Eland-sand solidWalnut Chair, with seat and back upholstered

with green and gold damask. Was $365, now $270.

, Bed, Chiffo-
4-pc. Walnut Bedroom Suite, consisting of D
robe and Vanity. Was $725, sale price is $545.

4-pc. Bedroom Suite of Mahogany, consisting of Dresser, Bed. Chiffo.

robs and Vanity. Was $890, now $667.75.

back.

A beautiful solid Mahogany Odd Chair, with • cams
former Price was $60, the sale pries. $4 5.

The

A solid Mahogany Odd Chair, with ten. back. Another big chair
value! Formerly was $38, sale price $28.60.

with

2-pc. Bedroom Suite of Mahogany, consisting of Deemer and Bed.
Just come and see Was $370, is now $277.50.

Solid Walnut high-back Chair, polychrome finish, upholstered
imported tapestry. Was $335, now $251.

4-pc. Bedroom Suite of Mahogany, consisting of Dresser, Bed, Chif-
forobe and Vanity. Was 91.620, now $1,120.

A Keepers Mahogany Davenport, richly upholstered with
leather. Former prim $115, sale price, $83.75.

3-pc. Bedroom Suite of Walnut, consisting of Bed, Dreamt and
Chifforobe. Former price $465, now $348.75.

A Pullman Davenport of Fumed Oak, upholstered with imitaties
leather. Former price $80, the mi. price, $60.

2-pc. Bedroom Suite of Walnut, consisting of Bed and Dresser. A
big bargain Wu $485, sale price, $138.75.

3-pc. Bedroom Suite of Mahogany, consisting of Bed. Deemer end

Denoting Table. W. $275, now $207.
4-pc. Bedroom Suite of Walnut, consisting of Bed, Dressing Table,
Chifforobe and Dresser. Was $264, now $198.
Simmons Steel Couch Folding.br,d, finished in Walnut Has cre-
tonne-covered mattress. Was $50, sale price $37.50.
A strong durable Simmons Steal Square Post Bed, finished in Ivory.
The former price w•s $40, sale price is $30.
A Simmons Steel Square Post Bed, finished in Walnut. A typical
Expansion Sale bargain! Wu $60, now $45.
A genuine Silk Flo.. Mattress, covered with good strong ticking.
Was $40, sale price, $30.
Soft and yielding!

genuine

A large 4-burner Garland Cu Range, with big baking oven
Regular price $70, sale price, $52.50.
broiler.

and

A Combination GU and Coal Stove, neatly nickel - plated, of Gan
land manufacture. Was $150, now $120.
heady dining
An odd genuine Walnut Server, fitted with shelf. A
room piece. Wm $50, tale price, $37.50.

A Fumed Oak Dining Room Chair, seat upholstered with genuine
leather. Regular price $18, sale price, $13.50.

A strong, durable double-coil Bed Spring, enamel.' in grey.
regular price was $24, sale price is $18.

A meshed-wire Bed Spring, with edge, is enameled
former price was $22, sale price, 1115.50.

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"America's Finest Furniture"

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