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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1916.
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50c White Dress Linen at 36c
75c White Dress Linen at 55c
Two remarkable lots brought forward for the closing days of the
Anniversary Sale. The EOc Linen at 36c is one yard wide and a heavy
weight, round-thread weave. The 75c Linen at 55c is a yard-and-one-quartcr
wide and in a medium-weight. Both nrc ideal fjpr suits and skirts.
JJ y Alslo 12, Centm
Women's $7.50 Dresses, $5.00
Whito and colored Voile Dresses, including sports models and bolero-jacket
effects, some attractive deep bordered voiles; various colors and models in
tne great Anniversary Bale at i?b.uu.
$5.00 to $7.50 Summer Dresses now $3.75
Gingham, tissue, voile, striped fabrics and combinations of whito gabar
dine and colored voile a splendid collection.
Fine White Cotton Voile Dresses at $7.50
Trimmed with net or lace; lace-trimmed blouso and tunic.
$12.75 to $45.00 Dance Frocks $10.00 to $25.00
Also a lovely collection of Net Dresses, $10.75 to $30.00.
to Second Floor, Centre
Renewed Interest in Women's
Coats for the End of the Sale
Lowered prices prevail, not only on one group of Coats, but on six groups
which consists of the kinds of Coats women like for summer at home and when
away:
$8.50 Mohair Coats $7.50
In tan, olive and gray; about knee
length, with very full back and con
vertible collar.
$12 Chinchilla Coats, $9.75
In whito. About
braid-bound edges
ceit.
$13.50 Silk Coats $10.75
Silk Poplin Coats, in black and col
ors; unlincd, and with deep belt.
hip-length, with
and all-around
$20 Shantung Coats, $13.50
In tan; seven-eighths length, un
lined, and very full and rippling in
the back.
$16.50 Voile Coats $14.50
Black Mistral Voile Coats, lined
with peau do cygne, and with silk col
lar and cuffs. i
$20.00 Silk Coats $15.00
Silk Poplin Coats, attractively
made, and Chuddah Coats, nearly all
full-lined. j$ Second Floor, Centre
$2.00 Table Linen, $1.50 a Yard
$2.50 Table Linen, $1.90 a Yard
Several hundred yards of our own Humidor Bleached Double Damask,
two yards wide, and in several of the newest and most desirable designs
chiefly in floral effects. Both aro of Irish manufacture and nre grades that
have been selling for $2.00 and $2.50 in our regular stock $1.50 and $1.00
a yard, , P Aisle it, Centre
5000 New Cotton Waists Added
to the Anniversary Sale
New models and In manv instances
throughout the Sale. Notice these four
$2.00 Waists now $1.65
Dainty Waists of white voile, elab
orately trimmed front and back with
cream shadow lace ant panels of ba
tiste embroidery; collar and sleeves
trimmed wjth lace.
$2.25 Waists now $1.85
Of white voile, beautifully trimmed
with Valenciennes lace and batiste
embroidery; back, sleeves and collaV
trimmed.
$2.50 Waists now $1.95
Voile Waists trimmed with Venise
and shadow lace and sheer embroid
ery; dainty low collar and sleeves
mmmea to match.
even better valuqs than have prevailed
groups in purucumj, lu-iiiurrutv,
$3.75 and $4.50 Waists, $2.85
Three new models of white voile,
trimmed with Venise and Valen
ciennes laces and embroidery; collars
and three-quarter or long sleeves
prettily trimmed.
$3.75 Waists now $3.00
Tailored Waists with dainty frill
trimmed with lace; low collar, long
and short sleeves.
$5,00 Waists now $3.85
two models one with deep sailor
collar, the other with soft rolling col
lar; full- or three-quarter-length
sleeves. Sbes 34 to 4(5.
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White China Silk Waists Under'Price
$2.25 Waists now $1.95
Three smart models, all tailored
and made with low collar and long
sleeves. Sizes 34 to 46.
9 nn Wnists now S2.25
Smart tailored models, with soft
rolling or flat collar; full-length or
three-quarter-length sleeves,
65c to $1.25 Embroidery, 30c
Many w.th lace combinations. yOne of tbb best lots wehave had for U
Anniversary Sale, 5 Ama " Centr9
WELCOME!
Officers, Delegates, Members and
Ladies of the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World
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TJhc oldest of Philadelphia's large Stores welcomes you to the City of
Brotherly Love, confident that you will find hearty greeting- and true hospitality
on every side throughout the days of your visit.
We extend to all delegates and members, and especially to all ladies
attending the Convention, an invitation to visit this Store. To-morrow is the
day set apart as "shopping day" for the women of the Convention, but men as
well as women are invited every day. -
NOTE Those who are Interested In Continuation School work should sec tho exhibit of tho
Strawbridge & Clothier schools. (Third Floor)
Wo have planned that each visitor shall receive our Souvenir Booklet, "PHILA
DELPHIA REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS." If you do not get it at your hotel,
kindly advise us before leaving the city, so that we may mail it to you.
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER
More Women's Suits and Dresses
Nov; lots, and also previously described collections so large that we can make mention of
them again, certain that we can fit and please practically every woman who comes in to-morrow
to see them. These Suits and Dresses are distinctive in style, dainty and well, made, although sold
at very much less than their real value:
Women's $35.00 Taffeta Silk Suits in the Anniversary Sale $23.75
Smartly belted styles, beautifully tailored; black and navy blue.
Women's $57.50 to $72.50 Cloth Suits now $30.00 to $45.00
Women's $55.00 to $165.00 Silk Suits now $37.50 to $100.00
$18.75 to $22.50 Dresses $15.75 I $25.00 and $27.50 Dresses $18.75
SILK AFTERNOON DRESSES some of crepe
Georgette, trimmed with taffeta; others of taffeta. Black,
navy blue, Belgian blue, green and rose in tho collection.
Not all sizes in each model.
WHITE VOILE DRESSES made with long Rus
sian tunic and elaborately trimmed with embroidered
net; others aro of voile, combined with lace and embroidery.
$16.50 Black and Navy Blue Japariese Silk Dresses now $12.75
Very cool and summery, made with a smart tunic with pockets, and dainty collar and
cuffs of white crepe Georgette. An excellent value.
$20.00 and $22.50 Net Frocks in the Sale at $15.00 and $16.75
Trimmed with lace and ribbons; some are of embroidered net. Exquisitely dainty and
very fashionable.
Women's $5.00 to $16.50 Tub Frocks now $3.75 to $12.75
An excellent variety, and all made for practical wear and with due regard for laundering
requirements. . Second Floor, Market Street and Centre
Men's $6.50 and $7.50 Palm Beach Suits, $5.00
An Anniversary value of particular interest to visiting Advertising Men as well as Philadelphia men who
can foresee their warm-weather requirements. Well-tailored Suits, of cool, 'semi-lustrous Palm Beach Cloth
(genuine), in smart plaitcd-back and conservative styl s. Plain tans, grays and tan with silk stripes. All
S12C8 up to 48. S - Second Floor, West
Women's 65c Lisle
Union Suits at 39c
A special lot of ribbed Lisle Union
Suits; low neck, lace knees; in regu
lar sizes 39c.
Ribbed "Cumfy" Vests 10c
Seconds of 18c grade, of fine cot
ton; in regular and extra sizes.
Ribbed Cotton Vests 19c
Seconds of 25c and 35c grades. Low
neck, sleeveless, with pretty lace
trimmed or crocheted front; regular
and extra sizes.
, y Aisle 4 Market Street
Just Fifty Women's
$6 to $12.50 Parasols
now, $3.75 and $5.00
Every one a beauty and ' fresh
from America's foremost manufac
turer. Various slurred-border, 10
nb and "Little Corporal" styles only
one of a kind, which accounts for the
clcaraway prices.
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Babies' $1.00 Play Dresses at 75c
A special lot of Play Frocks, of checked gingham
and plain chambrny; two very attractive models; sizes
2 to -1 years in the Sale at 75c. Also
$1.25 Gretchen Dresses $1.00
Of white lawn, one model with hand-embroidered
inlaid yoke, neck and sleeves edged with luce; ribbon
run heading at waist. Another lnce-trimmed model,
has lace-edged ruffle on tho skirt. Sizcfc 2 and 3 years.
$1.00 to $3.50 Coach Bonnets,
in the Sale at 75c to $2.50
A surplus lot of Lingerie Coach Bonnets, variously trimmed with lace,
embroidery and bows of ribbon.
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Lovely Cotton Voile Special
Two lots purchased especially for tho Anniversary Sale. One con
sists of Printed Voile, in nearly one hundred different styles white and
colored grounds with pretty printings 38c a yard, worth C5c. The other
lot consists of Woven Voile, in black-and-white stripes and checks 28c,
worth 50c. B Aisles 5 and C. Centre
Only Four Days Morel
TfOR clear-thinking Philadelphians, who know real Piano-value when they see it, to save substan-
tially on the famous
Francis Bacon Pianos and Player-Pianos
$550.00
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a combination chair, scarf,
12 music rolls, of your own
choice, and one year's tuning
service.
Choice of Mahogany
Or Fumed Oak Case
In addition to the worth
while savings, you have many
extra advantages available only
during the Anniversary Sale.
For instance
$5.00 First
Payment
Secures immediate delivery
of either instrument. After this
initial payment, you have over
three years' in which to pay the
balance of the special price, in
small amounts of
$1.50 Weekly or $0,00
monthly on the Piano
$2.25 Weekly or $9.00
monthly on the Player
That is all you have to nav. There will bo no interest, delivery or extra charges of any
Above all, remember that you have only FOUR MORE DAYS the opportunity must end
$350.00
Upright
Pianos
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With each Francis Bacon
Piano we give you a stool,
a scarf, instruction book and
one year's tuning service
free of charge.
Choice of Mahogany
Or Fumed Oak Case
kind.
with the closing of the St&re, Friday evening. Act at oncej
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Extraordinary Reductions on Model
Suits in the French Dressmaking Shop
To-morrow our remaining model Suits will bo sold at very great reduc
tions in price nearly all at half price or less than half. Included are
$250 Original Cherult Suit $75.00 I $250 Original Jenny Suit $100.00
$250 Original Bulloz Suit $70.00 $200 Original Drccoll Suit S1G5.00
$200.00 Original Doeuillct One-piece Model now $58.00
$115.00 Copy Georgette Suit $55.00 I $100.00 Copy Paquin Suit $50.00
$90.00 Copy Paquin Suit $45.00 $64.00 Copy Chcruit .Suit $32.00
$85.00 Copy of Bernard Suit now $42.50
SPECIAL PRICES, for n limited time, for French Dressmaking to
order. Hand-made Paris Blouses and nutumn Dinner and Dancing" Gowns,
in stock. ID - Third Floor, llnrltet Street
Summer Silks in the Sale
Weaves, weights nnd colors to fill every summer dress requirement of tho
fashionable woman. These and many others in the Sale:
$2.00 Black Bathing Suit Satin, a yard wide $1.50
$1.25 Novelty Suiting Silks, new shades, 26-inch 85c
$2.00 Fancy Suiting Silks, one yard wide now $1.50
$2.00 Crepe Georgette, white, ivory, black $1.50
$2.50 Colored Crepe de Chine, 45 inches wide $2.00
$1.25 Lyons-dyed Black Chiffon Voile $1.00 a yard
$1.00 Cheney Brothers' Black Foulard, 24-inch 55c
$1.35 Black Dress Taffeta, yard wide $1.10
IS - Aisle 6. Market Street
Millinery, Special at $3.50
White Hats, trimmed in white; whito Hats with black edges and trimmed
in white and black; also somo very refined nnd artistic Black Hats trimmed In
black in all, a large and most satisfying collection, and the values aro unsurpassed.
READY-TO-WEAR HATS black,
whito and colored; all smart shapes
$1.50 to $3.50.
$1.25 Leghorn Hats now 85c
Several hundred imported Untrim
med Leghorns.
Special Purchase of $1.25 Hemp Sailors now 85c
Large Sailors, some all-white and some white with black flango.
7) Second Floor, Market Street, East
Attractive Values in Gloves
Not only in Gloves bought especially for the Anniversary Sale, but also in
Gloves not reduced or sold at special prices:
Women'a Two-clasp Silk Gloves, with double finger tips 50c a pair
SPORTS HATS Stiff Sailors,
flexible brims; plain colors and striped
effects $1.00 to $2.50.
$2 Japanese Panama Hats, $1.50
Popular Hats for all outing wear.
Women's Two-clasn Heavy Milan
ese Silk Gloves, double finger tips
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Sl.'fJO Two-clasp Milanese Silk G
$1.50 Sixteen-button Milanese Si
Women's 16-button Heavy Milanese
Silk Gloves, double finger tips
$1.50
oves, double finger tips 85c
k Gloves, double fing;er tips 95c
Males 12 and 13, Market Street; and Centre
White Dress Cottons Reduced
Unusual values, even for the Anniversary Sale, which is an event of un
doubted economy advantages. These are featured for to-morrow:
25c Seed Voile, 38-inch 19c
25c Fancy Dress Cottons lie
35c White Pique, 27-inch 23c
35c Gabardine, 36-inch 15c
50c White Ratine, 36-inch 28c
75c Check Suiting, 30-inch, 38c
50c White Cotton Bedford Cord, 36-inch 35c
A surplus lot from our wholesale stock fashionable for women's separate
skirts mid one-piece dresses. gj. Alaia s, Centre
Men's 20c Socks,
Six Pairs for 75c
A special lot of fast-black Mercer
ized Lisle Socks, with high spliced
heels and double soles. To be sold
only in the original boxes of six pairs
of a size for 75c,
Aisle 3, aiaruet si reel
31.00 Petticoats, 75c
Women's Cotton Petticoats in white
and black, with floral designs; fitted
top 76c.
$3.95 Silk Petticoats $2,95
Of satin messaline, in black and
colors; flounce trimmed with tucked
ruffles. 3S Second Floor, Centre
White Kid Hand Bags, Special
A collection here without an equal in this city-
as the variety of styles. See these to-morrow:
and values as matchless
$2 Hand Bags-
Various leathers,
fitted with a mirror.
-now $1.50
Insido frame,
$3 Hand Bags now $2.25
Trimmed with vachette; silk-lined;
purse ana mirror.
. A Clearance of Hand-painted White Kid Bags
Including daisy, violet, pansy, buttercups, rose and forget-me-not designs.
This is a manufacturer's clearance lot, therefore every Bag is new, fresh and
in the latest stvlet
$1.50 Hand Bags-c-now 75c I $1.50 Strap Books now 75c
$2.00 Hand Bags now $1.00 i $2,00 Strap Books now 51.0Q
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