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And it was the entire merchandise contents of that immense building that we took
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1st. Made for, but not delivered to the Simpson-Crawford store.
2d. Surplus lots from mills, now inventorying and starting on Fall work.
3d. Entire stock from a silk mill just failed.
4th. And pushed in hundreds of lots of our own goods that must be ironc hv UxW 3Uf !n.
frfentory.
There Is Full and Plentyan Average Half to Pay
We have never had anvthinr nuttn so o-nnrl fnr mtr r.iMi. nri ,-. ,in i.i
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I goods in Summer. J
M a Setc A MaJr Feature of This
VY aiSiS Wonderful Presentation
Waists that show newest of the new fashion touches in every fold of their dainti
ness. And styles beyond easy count.
$1 to $1.85; values $1.50 to $3.50 Lingerie Waists.
$1.85; values $3 and $3.95 Tub Silk Waists.
$2.65; values $3.95 to $8.90 Lace, Chiffon and Crepe Waists.
$3.95; values $5.90 and $6.90 Striped Satin Blouses.
$5.90 to $29.75; values $8.90 to $45 Sample Blouses; imported and domestic.
Some on Aisles, First floor, ond Salons of Drees, Third floor.
over to be sure, dividing it among the several stores.
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Styles Seem Countless
Bargains Wonderful
$4.85; Values $10.75 to $25
Women's Dresses of serge, covert and gabardine; black, navy blue, tan and white.
$8.85 and $9.75; Values $15 to $25
Silk Dresses; very attractive and varied styles; beautiful nets and lingeries.
$2.95 to $6.65; Values $10 to $15
Linen Dresses ; smart, tailored styles ; also silk crepes and net Dresses.
Some on Alslts, First floor, and Salons ot Dress, Third floor.
6000 Pairs Boys' Linen Knickerbockers at 50c
All Sizes Usual $1 and $1.50 Values
Belgian, Scotch and Irish linen and crash. Also domestic duck, khaki and galatea
blue, black-and-white, crav. natural-linen color, olive and brown. 50c.
$3.75 for $6.50 blue and gray serge and
fancy tweed suits. For ages 6 to 17.
75c for $1.50 and $2 wash suits all the
pretty styles. For ages 3 to 8.
These are special lots in addition to the
preparations for the Simpson-Crawford
sale.
Third floor.
V Millinery $5 and $8
Values $10
to $15
Very pretty and very recent creations, too. Hats of
leghorn, taffeta and velvet ; in black, white, pink and cor
b'on blue. A few very smart Bonnets and Toques are in
cluded. $5 and $6; values $10 to $15.
Millinery Salons, Third floor.
Girls Summer Frocks
Cute, prettily designed and of quality that mothers
will recognize and approve.
85c; value $2 Girls' Dresses of striped and plaid gingliam
and chambray; some embroidery trimmed; pleated and gored
skirts. For ages 6 to 14 years.
$1.35; values $2 to $3. Girls' Dresses of chambray, striped
and plaid ginghams, voiles and lineens. A few white battste
Dresses are included. For ages 6 to 14 years.
Some on Grand Aisle, First floor, and Third floor.
Negligees, Porch Dresses and
Lounging Coats
The Simnson-Crawford Store was noted for the
H sturdy quality and wide variety. Correspondingly good
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If. 50c, values $1 and $1.50
pressing bacques of lawn,
Untrimmed and
Ready-to-Wear Hats
Styles that we'd choose
for regular stock. They arc
so desirable as that.
$1.95, value $3 mannish
Panamas.
95c, value $1.95 two-toned
Hats, white hemp with con
trasting facings.
69c, value $1.25 hemp Hats;
black-and-white; the popular
sailor and turban effects.
35c, value 75c La France
Hoses and Wreaths of Flowers.
$1.95 to $3.95, values $3.50 to
$5.50 new satin Hats in droop
effects; pink, white; also black-and-white
combinations.
$1, value $1.65 H a c k c 1
Bands.
75c, value $1.65 H a c k c 1
Pompons with whip.
First and Third floors.
ore of the Furniture in the
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As illustrated; two pieces,
solid mahogany; davenport; 6
ft. long, covered in leather or
tapestry.
Library Suites, three pieces,
in tapestry, at $45, value $100.
Three-piece Library Suites,
$300 Jacobean Dining
Room Suite at $200
Ten pieces; buffet, 5 ft. long,
table 54-in. top, china closet,
serving table, five sides and
one arm-chair,
$240 Dining-Room Suite
at $125
Quartered oak, Early Eng
lish finish; buffet, china closet
and serving table.
$18 Colonial Wing Chair
at $12
As illustrated, covered in
choice of cretonnes.
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$110 Dining-Room Suite
at $65
Quartered oak; fumed oak
finish, consisting of buffet,
china closet and serving table.
$400 Sheraton Chamber
Suite at $250
Mahogany full-size bed-
miss it?!?"1 yU Wh d nl really know thc store don't stand off and doubt and wonder, and
M, ,Don,'i fLrTy're crazy guaranteed 3500-mile non-skid Tires for Ford Automobiles
can t be sold for $6.75." That is just what we are doing-30x3-$6.75, and 30x32-S8 85.
We arc going to keep right on being busiest, and using more help than last year all of
which means better service to more people.
Each Day New Lots Will Be Ready in the Simpson-Crawford Sale
We are using our. facilities as well as good planning permits receiving rooms, stock-rooms,
marking rooms, counters and shelves, arc heaped. Buy and save.
Separate Skirts
for Summer : Smart Washable Styles
White Tub Skirts, $1; value $1.50.
Imported Gabardine and Pique Skirts, $2; value S2.S0.
White Golfinc Skirts, $2.75; value S3.9S.
cm vr . &r& of Gabardine, Pique, Crepe, Linen, Linen and
Filet Net, $2.50, $3.95, $5; values ?3. $4.50 and $6.90.
New Awning Stripe Skirts; black-and-white, grcen-and-whitc,
brown-and-whitc stripes, $5 and $6.90; values $6 to $8.
. J?,00 Black-and-white Checked Skirts, $3; value $5.
A" Wool Chuddah Cloth Skirts; poplin and serge, $5; value
if oyu,
Black Silk Skirts, $3; value $5.
Silk Skirts in colored plaid; black-and-white duck, black-and-navy;
$5 to $17.
Soma on Oram! Aisle, Klrnt Boor, and Salons of Dress, Third Boor.
isses' Silk Dresses
$8.85 to $22.85; Values $15 to $50
Over four hundred dresses a half hundred styles.
Of fashionable silks thc loveliest styles you ever saw.
For ages 14 to 20; $8.85 to $22.85; values 15 to $50.
Summer Dresses
$3.65, $4.85, $6.95, $8.85
values are
$5.75, $7.50, $10 to $25
Of plain, dotted and striped voile ; attractive net and
tissues. For ages 14 to 30 years.
Salons of Drcal, Third floor.
Simpson-Crawford Sale Hgfjgr.
sniml! Bl1 S'mpson-Crawford stocks, Furniture is the greatest item, amounting to
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$100 Library Suite at $50
cushions, at $75,
value
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$150.
Library Suite, three pieces,
in tapestry, at $125, value $200.
Two-piece Library Suite,
solid mahogany, Colonial, at
$100, value $195.
chiffonnier and
stead, bureau,
toilet table.
$40 "Four Poster" Bed
stead at $20
Colonial four-poster, as il
lustrated, solid mahogany; full
or single size.
$625 Mahogany Chamber
Suite at $350
Louis XIV design; fine
selected mahogany twin bed
steads, bureau, chiffonnier and
dressing table.
$25 Bureaus in Walnut
at $15
Colonial; large 24x30-inch
plate mirrors.
$40 Dining-Room Table
at $20
Quartered oak, massive
Colonial base; 48-inch top, 8
ft. extension.
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$4.50 Dining-Room Chair
at $2.25
As illustrated, in quartered
oak, full box frames, slip seats,
back and scat covered in
leather.
Chair at $4.25
Colonial design, full box
frames, slip seats covered in
leather.
$375 Adam Dining-Room
Suite at $200
Mahogany, buffet 5 ft. long,
china closet, two mirror and
two glass shelves, serving
table and extension table.
$600 Chamber Suite in
Walnut at $300
Louis XV design full-size
bedstead, bureau, chiffonnier
and toilet table.
One Hundred Pieces of Stickley-Made Living-Room
Furniture in Solid Mahogany and Fumed Oak
Averaging Half Price
Mahogany Chiffonniers Mahogai
lingular Sale Ilecular Sute lingular Sale
Price Price Price Price Price Price
$39.50 $22 $27 50 $18 $60 $35
$45 $25 $21 50 $14.50 $35 $25
$29 $12 $20 $12.50 $30 $18
Rtcular Hale
Price Price
$33 $20
$42.50 $30
Sixth floor.
PFusie ana dotted swiss; at
tractive styles and colors; cool
inti comfortable.
kli. value $1.50
Dresses of cotton
jr yarrow stripes; chambray col
I r, emuroidcry trimming,
51.95, value $3.50 porch or
walking Dresses of madras;
yoke skirt; lawn collar and
cuffs; fancy yoke.
$3,75, value $5 corduroy
Coats; hip length; belt and
tassel; lined throughout; of
mahogany, green, tan, brown,
sand, raspberry and white.
Some on Grand Aisle. Flrit floor, and Third floor.
House
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Half Price
Also Hurt Books
i Merely Hinting
i Popular copyrighted fiction, published by Harper &
PfOS.. incltirlinrr snmp n( their liest mitlinrs Flcvihlp
"floth, at 18c; value 50c.
i Good Books for boys and girls, at 12c: value 25c.
i Books on miscellaneous subjects, including the works of
gnuard authors; History, Travel, Biography, Poetry; vari
ly at 15c to $1; value double.
Wird of the publishers' list prices. -Fir.t door.
Women's Tailored Suits
Of Exclusive Beauty
Well-dressed New York knew the exclusive charm
of Simpson-Crawford tailored suit styles. We are
well pleased with these you will be doubly so at the
low prices.
$24.50; Values $40 to $75
Elaborate selection of stun
ningly effective models. Style
and workmanship of the high
est character. Really the
greatest event of the season.
$24.50; Value $65
Suit of navy silk poplin
an adaptation of one of the
smartest foreign models.
$24.50; Value $55
A combination of silk and
cloth in navy; refined, dressy,
chic looking.
At $24.50; Value $69
Of green broadcloth, ultra
model, suitable for dressy occasions.
$24.50: Value $50
A handsome Suit of Labra
dor blue gabardine trimmed in
braid and filigree buttons, and
many others.
$18.75; Values $29.50
to $40
An excellent assortment for
very requirement. All the
fashionable shades, some ex
ceedingly smart in shepherd
checks, serge, gabardine,
broadcloth and suitings.
$15.75; Values $27.50
to $45
A most remarkable collec
tion of suits in wide variety;
tan, navy blue, black, black-and-white
checks, gray and a
few black-and-white striped.
Salons ot Dre, Third tloor.
Furs : Including Peltry
For Making Furs to Order
Large assortment of desirable furs, including many
of the new Summer scarfs
Pure Food Specials
Every housewife who is striving to keep down thc
grocery bill will do well to attend this July Sale of Pure
Foods. All well-known brands of foods.
If living out of town for the summer or camping let
us furnish you your foods while away.
100 bbls. Lenox highest grade Kansas hard wheat Flour
gives best results in home kitchen, 24J4-Ib. sack $1, or bbl., in
wood, at $7.75.
Fresh smoked 30c Ox Tongues for, boiling and slicing, or
Philadelphia sugar-cured Hams at 18c lb.
4 lb. "Quaker Blend" 50c Coffee for $1.15
Two lbs. for 58c
100 bbls. new thin skin Red Star White Potatoes; bbl.
containing 2 bushels, at $2.15
Xcw self-raising Biscuit Flour Lenox brand, 10-lb. sanitary
sacks at 48c.
Popular Blue Bell Tomatoes, solid meat, 12c large cans,
case $2, dozen $1.10, or 10c a can.
Granulated Sugar, Franklin best, 25-lb. muslin sack, if pur
chased with other groceries, limit one sack, at $1.55.
Lenox new California Asparagus, tender green pointed
spears, large 30c cans, case $4.95, dozen $2.50, or 22c a can.
California Peaches; Lenox; halves or sliced, in heavy syrup;
dozen large 28c cans; dozen at $2.55, or 22c a can.
Real Borax Soap; Gimbels best; box of 60 extra large cakes
at $4.50, or 5 cakes at 38c
Whole Wheat
Flour
Fr 6B h crnlned,
henlthful Whole
Wheat Flour,
Leno. 60a: ten lb.
sanitary sacks at-'
50c
Fur Sets at $7.50 to $125,
values $12.75 to $250.
Separate Muffs at $7.50 to
$95, values $15 to $175.
Separate Neck - Pieces at
$3.75 to $125, values $7.50 to
$250.
Sable-squirrel Coats at $135,
value $185,
Hamster-lined Coat at $25,
value $50.
Pieced mink-lined Coat at
$50. value $150.
Caracal Coat at $95, value
$200.
Hudson seal Coats at $69,
$95 and $125, values $135, $175
and $300.
Near-seal Coats at $50, $59,
$69 and $75. values $95, $120,
$135 and $150.
Black pony-skin Coats at
$22.50 and $30.75, values $-10
and $75.
Enough Hudson seal skins
to make about eighteen Coats,
iu sizes 34 to 44 bust; own
selection of linings and style
of Coat. Prices $125 and $225,
values $185 and $300.
Sufficient Persian lamb skins
for ten Coats, 34 to 44 bust;
own selection of style of coat
and lining and skins. Prices
$155, $225 and $285, values
$225, $300, $365.
Special fittings for all these
coats.
All furs purchased during
this Sale it not taken out,
stored free.
Salon of Dreo, Third floor.
New-Pack Early
June Peas
TurUy Knrlr June
Prani 12o value; spe
cial caBe price S1.7.S.
dozen 88r, or six canB
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Salt Breakfast
Mackerel
Lenox Individual
white Norway Moek
r r r I. 10 - lb. net
weight SI. 60 palls
special at...........
Lima Beans "
Purity brand Lima
II r a u , also Lenox I
rand cooked It r d ?
Kldner neansf lOo j
cans, special case I
price, (3.-13, dozen I
91.33, or a can at J
Naphtha Soap
Well ennoued
Iituailrr Soap. Re
SirKt'a Nauhtbai box
of 100 cakes at S3.S8,
or 10 cakes or,,....
45c
90c
12c
37c
$1 Tea at Half Price
Monarch Chop SI
India Ceylon;, mixed,
Formosa Oolonp.
Encllah Breakfast, at
3 lbs. S1.-I3, or lb. at J
Hershey's Cocoa
in Can's
Drrnkfaat Oocoa.
o n e - 1 b. 35c cans
Ilemury'B fresh
ground, delicious hot
or Iced, at cans.
Si. 10, or a can at... ,
Mild-Flavor Coffee "
Dry roast 30c Cof- I
fee, Mr Wife's Mr ml,
at E lbs. ft, or 3 lbs. I
at ,
Baking Powder
Purity brand Ilak
Ins; Ponder, equal to
any on the market.
Dozen one-lb, !0o
cans at SI. TO, or a
can at , '
Pork and Beans "
Lenox Tomato flav
ored I'ork and Deans,
cooked cans worth
ISc, case S2.1B, dozen
Sl.io, or a oan at
Chestnut Street Annex.
50c
28c
65c
15c
10c
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Added to the Simpson-Crawford
Sale Are These Fine
SUBWAY STORE.
, Three thousand pairs of Women's Stylish Low Shoes twelve charming styles patent
coltskm, gun-metal calfskin, black kidskin, gray kidskin with many combinations and lancy
quarters" all have turned soles. Sizes 2H to 7
$3, $3.50, $4 and $5 Values at $1.50 -
The Simpson-Crawford stock offers thousands of great values in shoes for men, women
nd children.
Shoes
6000 Boys1 Wash Suits Almost Half Think oMtl
Best washing sorts Manchester and Rugby galateas, reps, ch&mbrays and
madras; Tommy Tucker, Middy, Norfolk, Oliver Twist and vestec styles unusual
friety, for boys 2 to 10 years old.
Prices 45c, 75c and $1 -Values 75c to $2
Extra space, extra help to serve you quickly.
ers,
$3.50 to $6 Renaissance
Table Covers at $1.50 each
SUBWAY 8TOBE.
An importer's overstock of 1350 Renaissance Table Cov-
Ci-.nl. -.. fir ls )i.in it- t-iL-c tn make them. The last
lot we had went in less than a day, and these are more exquisite!
10 different designs. Many have embroidered centers, others
renaissance center. $1.50: values $3.50 to ?6. . .
900 pieces of $1 and $1.50 Elaborate Lace-Tnmmed Bureau
Scarfs and Pillow Shams, at 50c each; clearance of all odds qnd
ends from a New York maker.
10c Turkish Wash Cloths at 5c
Shop-soiled or other defects
HIlnlVAY STORE.
but nothing to hurt; 5c each.
GIMBELS
Market
Chestnut
Eighth
Ninth
QI1 Q' IN THE SIMPSON
dlLifVO CRAWFORD SALE
SUBWAY STORK.
28c a yard for Jl 25 Canton Crepe, 40 Inches wide, good colors,
and some bright shades; also 21-Inch Dress Poplin, value 60c.
street and evening shades. Also black and colored niessaunes, value
38c, and genuine Chinese Shantung, worth 6Bo a, yard. And a
various assortment of wanted silks worth from SOo to J1.25 a yard
S3e a yard for 36 to 40-Inch Printed Crepe, both floral and
check effects, worth from 38o to EOc a yard.
HeniuauU of Hllack Bilks, worth 75c to 11-S0 a yard. Remnants
of Velvet now wanted for millinery purposes, worth 8 So to J1.I5
a yard, at 33c. fiSo and 65o a yard.
SOe yard for white Corduroy for summer skirts and sport
coats, worth 75c a yard.
fiSc a yard for black-and-white Shepherd Cheeks.
68o a yard for colored and black Msssallnes. plain and Roman
Taffetas, plaids and brocades, worth II to tl.SB a yard; also blask
and white Habutal, worth 85c a yard, natural Shantung, worth
11 a yard; black Taffeta, worth Jl
63c a yard for black Chiffon. Taffeta, worth $1.36 a yard.
Men's and Young Men's Suits at $5,
Instead of $10 subway store.
Mostly dark mixtures, neat fitting models, sizes 33 to 42.
Men's $3.50 to $4 Trousers at $2 neat stripes and mixtures;
worsteds and cheviots.
House Dresses:
Clearance
Prices Mostly
Less Than Half
Subway Store
Lawns, ginghams, per
cales and cotton voiles,
variously trimmed; prettv
styles, all sizes
Prices 55c and 65c
values $1 to $2
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