EVeAkG LEPGERPHILADELFmA., HURSDlY, SEPTEMBER- 20, 1917 sm r3F HHmUMIJULUIIIll' in nnim. ...,,,, -!" 'V gwTTrrrririTrtr..rir.illrrTTTTii......-.r.-igWJJ: MSBBItkBBBKHa.BB.Ba.K... . -- iTiT..Ty.Y.ViTrm.r sssai -- ---- im . p& . ' ------------- . M SrerYWVVYSYTSVSnJVw TOMORROW, WE START A HISTORY-MAKING, VALUE-GIVING EVENT! nnivemgfflj$alil BJKLTOS nsmrcmmBrcrm f i or 14 ra p &BrBV i J3?6m er?JE5Ift Air7? Ay nJiL St 73, y l V ftm iSV'" Valuei up to 7Q HI. " v ' Vi ft? .-- j J' III Rcady-to-Wear Velvet Turbans $1.89 Good quality silk' velvet in soft draped and shirred effects; smartly trimmed with ribbons, jet and high loops. Black only. Untrimmed Velvet Dress Shapes, $1.29 Excellent quality silk elet, with colored plush com bination crown and underbrlm Large sailor and flaro effects HATS TRIMMED men New Fall Hat 33c Trimmings The sample line of one of our leading manufacturers of hat trimmings embraced In this group. Included are fancies, ostrich bands, cto. Values to G9c. EARLE STORE MAIN FLOOR $5.00 & $6.00 Charming Waists POI7 Made of fine Georgette crepes, crepes do chine and satins, em broidered, braid trimmed and tai lored style9.v Colors are black, navy, brown, green, plum, taupe, white and flesh. Sizes 30 to 44. White Lingerie Waists at 79c Lace, embroidery and tailored styles, of fine voiles, organdies and novelty corns Large collars predominate. Very dainty styles EARLE STORE SECOND FLOOR $1.00 and $135 Filet Lace 7 C n Georgette Collars 'oc Sailor back sheer Georgette collars, edged with fino wide filet and Venise lace. 75c. 50c Filet Lace Satin Collars, 39c . Various styles of satin collars, edged with filet lace, at 39c. EARLE STORE MAIN FLOOR $1.85 36-inch Satin $1.49 Supreme, yd. A most wonderful quality of very soft lustrous satin. Just the weight for the new draped and full dresses. Every leading color and black Full 36 Inches wide. $2.25 36-inch Satin de Luxe, yd., $1.69 Extraordinary quality of soft shimmering satin, the proper weight for suits and dresses Guaranteed for wear and service All new Fall colors nnd black. Full 36 Inches wide. $2.50 40-inch Italian Satin, yd., $1.98 A very soft quality of 40-Inch black Italian satin Rich deep black, very lustrous, charmeuse finish Specially Priced, J1.9S yard. $2 Dress Velveteens, yd., $1.50 27-lnch twill back dress and milt velveteens In the new Fall colorings. Very much In demand this Fall for suits and dresses. Regular 12 00 quality EARLE STORE MAIN FLOOR Men's $60 Shaker Knit Sweaters $4.95 Heavy Shaker knit sweater coats, with shawl collar. In heather brown, and V-neck In maroon and gray All sizes. Women's $5 Heavy Ribbed Wool Sweaters, $3.29 With shawl collar and sash Two-tone effects. Slightly soiled, All sixes. No mall or phone orders filled. Children's $2.50 Sweaters, $1.69 For boys and girls, In heavy ribbed wool, with shawl collar Drown, navy, maroon and gray. Nearly all sues. While the lot last No mall or phpne orders filled. EARLH STORE MAIN FLOOR S oily lltAxJ iiimumiTrw PlJ.ILUJL.il The Sell at $20.00, $22.50, $25, $29.75 & $34.75 A Big Sample Sale of Undermuslins From ono of the best nources of Bupply, to which the malcer lias added his surplus stocks at big reductions Values up $1.50, at.. Values up to (J I 1Q $2.50, at. .. P1 .1 J Nightgowns nnd chemise with elaborate tilmmlngs of laces nnd embroideries Corset Covers at 17c Luce and embroidery trimmed 29c value Envelope Chemise, 41c Lace and embroidery trimmed 69c value Choice of nightgowns, envelope chemise and pet ticoats Lace nnd em broidery trimmings 69c Muslin Petticoats at 49c Embroidery trimmed flounces Muslin Drawers at 21c Embroidery trimmed EAHLE STORE- SECOND FLOOIt 89c 3-piece Dutch Curtains 64 c Pretty Dutch curtains, with wide insertion hem, finished at top, ready to hang. Rod FREE. 64c pair. $2.25 Nottingham Lace Curtains, $1.69 2V4 and 3 yards long Extra wide hem Irish point designs and assorted 1 patterns. (1 69 pair 59c Muslin Curtains, 43c 3-plece Dutch muslin curtains, with wide hem side and ends Cluster tucks finished at top ready to hang 43c pair 15c and 18c Curtain Swiss, yd., 10c In assorted designs Some with wide Insertion or colored borders, with ball fringe or neat edge Cut from full pieces Will make pretty door or window draperies. 10c yard 75c to $1.25 Window Shades, 47c Hand-mado window shades. In assorted colors. Size 36x72 Inches With fixtures, ready for hanging. Slight seconds, but nothing to hurt their wear. No C. O. D.'s. 15c Half Sash Curtains, pr 10c Muslin window curtain Only 10c pair. Samples and Odd Strips of Curtains, strip, 25c In cross stripe nnd lace effects J4 jards long. Value to 1 60 pair, at 25c strip. EARLE STORE THIRD FLOOR Geo. Clark's O. N. T. AO n Cotton; dozen Wl Black and white ne dozen to a customer. No mall or 'phone orders filled $7.50 V. S. Dress Forms) Jersey-covered. 4-sectlon, $4.23. CIS V. S. lrm Format 12-sectlon. Can be adjusted in 12 parts, S7.08. Cotton Dattlnn called 1-lb , JOc roll S1.U8 Muff Forms) down filled messaline ruffle, t.40. S1.08 Jlalr Switches, good wavy hair, 08c. EARLE STORE MAIN FLOOR 50-Piece American Porcelain Dinner Sets $3.99 A special assortment of American porcelain A com plete dinner service for 0 people Has a gold band decoration. Slight factory imueriecuons, 6 caps 1 pickle dl.h 6 butters 1 round vegeta ble 1 bowl 6 saucers 1 meat dish 1 oval vegetable 0 fl-ln. plates 0 7-ln. plates 0 soup plates a fruits ' 1 cake plate 1 straight sugar and 1 cream Wood Wash Tubs, 69c With electrically welded wire hoops. Furnace Scoops, 59c Hardwood handle. Steel body. Curtain Stretchers, 59c Size 6x12 ft. Adjustable. Centre braced, able pins. 4-ft. Step Ladders, 55c Non-rust. Well-braced legs. Aluminum Percolators $1.25 Six-cup size. 0 lass top. Wash Benches, 39c Will hold two tubs. Oval Wash Boilers. 30c Made of IC tin, with iwedgefl aides. Stronjf handUa. KAHLE SJTOIU; UASEA1ENT J UJ IMHJLU Market and 10th Streets, Philadelphia Greatest Collection ' Ever Offered By Any Store Every Department in The Store Shares ! Supply All Your Needs at These Savings! After a year of earnest endeavor on our part to give the people of Philadelphia a department store of first rank, and aided by your (our customers') marked appreciation in enabling us to make the Earle Store a marked success, we have put forth every effort To Outdo From a Bargain Standpoint Any Other Sale Event Ever' Held For months we have been preparing: collecting the best the markets afforded at best possible price advantages. Our makers have co-operated with us, giving us special lots of merchandise below market values and now we are ready with an event that assures us of being able to offer bargains of such magnitude, that every woman with an eye to economy will come and share with us. A Truly Remarkable Anniversary Sale Feature! 437 Women's and Misses' Sample Fall Suits Originally Intended to .. - . , $17.5 After weeks of careful preparation and with the co-operation of our best makers we were able to collect thts assortment of wonderful suits to sell as an Anniversary Day Sale feature. They arc samples naturally they arc the showpieces their tailor ing; is perfect and their style expressions faultless. The majority are in sizes 16, 18, 3G and .18 but quite a few range up to 41 bust. Developed of broadcloths, velours, poplins, serges, oxfords, gabar dines, bureflns and cheviots. All the new autumn shades are represented as brown, green, taupe, reindeer, plum, bergie, navy blue and black. Furs, Korami plush, braid and velvets arc used for trimmings. EARLE STORE SECOND FLOOR Women's & Misses' Silk and Cloth Dresses $10.95 Made to Retail at $15, $16.50, $18.50, $19.75 Hundreds of brand-new mod els, with clever new draped effects, or beautifully embroid ered nnd contrasting color trimmed styles. Materials em brace luxurious satins, char meuse, crepe meteors, taffetas, crepe de chines nnd serges. All wnntcd new Fall colors. EARLE STORE SECOND FLOOR Women's & Misses' $16.50 to $22.50 Fall Coats $12.95 Of fine cheviots, velours, two tone corduroys, burcllas, mix tures and novelty Winter coat ings. Some have full fur col lars, while others have plush or self collars. All most wanted Fall colors. Sizes for women and misses. $10.00 to $15.00 New Fall Coats, $7.95 200 coats In all that were In tended to sell at 510 to (16 Sizes for women and misses Made of fine cheviots, mixtures and plaids. Plush and velvet trimmed stles. EARLE STORE SECOND FLOOR Black Fox (tOCt f( Fur Sets POO.UU Open satin lined animal scarf, with barrel muff. Head and tall trimmed. $35.00 set. Kit Coney Fur SeU, $9.95 Open satin lined animal scarfs. Barrel muffs. Hudson Seal Ball and Barrel Muffs, $12.95,'$16.50 and $19.95 Taupe, Red and Peroy Fox Sets, $35 to $95 The newest shape scarfs and barrel muffs, head and tall trimmed Beautiful skins. EARLE STORE MAIN FLOOR 45 & $6 Woolen d0 QC Blankets P -.? Fluffy wool and cotton mixed blankets, perfect quality. Neat pink and blue borders. Mohair bind ing. Double bed size. Choice of white, gray or fancy plaids. $3.50, Comfortables it $2.95 Figured Bllkollne top and back, with 9-Inch sateen borders Various pretty designs. Medium weight White cotton filling, $2.00 Comfortables, at $1.55 All full size and heavy quality, with neat figured cov- erings. Limit two to each purchaser. EARLE STORE MAIN FLOOR Women's Silk Taffeta Umbrellas $2.69 Fine silk union taffeta, on strong i aragon frames. Neat assortment of handles for choke. .Liu - el t tTt- ll- 'TA- wuiiuren ?cnooi uniD(wt, - Made of rainproof taffeta, with neat handles. Special 74c EARLH 8TORE MAIN FLOOR EaprMtui1:; KG J; 3jge . v rw( 1 y ml iH fW II BriLfA J Imp 41! Iv of Bargains in New Seasonable Merchandise Will Be Presented in Women's Smart Boots Values up to $10.00 $3.90 Values up to $10.00 A wonderful sale of high-grade footwear at a most modest price All the proper shapes and color schemes of the prevailing mode. Choice of Lace and Button Boots With Toppings of Leather and Cloth in Black and Contrasting Colors In patent leather, blick kid. gun-metal, Russia calf, colored kid nnd colored suede Some stvles have n com plete size range otherH are Incomplete but the collective assortment Is comprehensive EARLE STORE MAIN FLOOR Women's Pure Silk Hosiery, at 95 A wonderful lot of hosiery, secured especially for our anniversary sale. Included are plain black, white and all newest shades. Also handsome em broidered hosiery. All have reinforced lisle garter tops, high spliced heels and double soles. Some are slightly imperfect, although nearly all arc perfect. All sizes. $1.25 and ?1.50 values. Women's 59c Fiber Silk Hosiery, 35c In fast blick nnd white Double llle garter tops nnd double soles Seamless Slightly Imperfect All sizes 35c pair, 3 pairs 51 00 Children's 25c School Hosiery, 15c For boys nnd girls Heavy ribbed cotton, double heels nnd toes Seamless Mill runs All sizes 15c EARLE STORE MAIN TLOOR Girls' $5J)8 Serge Sample Dresses $2 98 A sample lot of 100 dresses that are worth to $5.98. Being samples, there are only one or two of a kind. Trim med in contrasting colors, embroidery, braid and silk. Sizes 8, 10 and 12 years. Girls' Cloth and Gingham Dresses, 54c In Rlzes 6 to 14 jears Plaid, striped and checked ginghams, cotton serges and plaids Every dress worth Jl 60 Girls' Colored Wash Dresses, 33c Sizes 2 to 6 years Of plaid, striped and plain-colored ginghams. Prettily trimmed w 1th contrasting colors. Worth 69c Children's Muslin Drawers, 8c Hemstitched and tucked Made of muslin. Value 15c. Sizes 2 to 12 years EARLE STORE SECOND FLOOR Boys' Nickel Watches 95c Guaranteed movements nnd unbreakable crystal Just the thing for the bov going to camp Value $1 50 EARLE STORE MAIN FLOOR Roll Ends of Genuine Inlaid Linoleums at 37V2C & 57l2C a square yard Full 2 yards wide. Colors go through to the" back, and cannot wear off Many pieces of the same pattern can be matched easily. No mall or 'phone orders filled (1.26 and SI 60 values. Full Rolls New Process Linoleums at sq. yd. 29c 2 yards wide. Variety of patterns. Square yard, 29c. EARLE STORE THIRD FLOOR 9x12 Seamless Velvet Rugs $17.45 Alexander Smith s well-known make. Seamless, and In size 9x12 feet. Pretty Persian effects. The rug noted for hard wear. 122 50 value. $21 9x12 Tapestry Brussels Rugs, $15.45 Seamless. This season's newest designs and colorings. Mostly Oriental effects. Suitable for any room In the house. $27.50 9x12 Axminst'er Rugs, $21.89 Seamless. One of the heaviest grades made. Pretty floral and Oriental designs. Extra nigh nap and closely woven. Alexander Smith's product. 3x9 Tapestry Brussels Rugs, $7.98 Seamless. Pretty allover designs. Much wanted Persian designs. At 17 88. EARLK STORE THIRD FLOOR TFomei's 2 Combed TQ Fara Union Suits OUts Made of finn combed yarn: low neck and -sleeveless, with torchon lace or cuff knee. Neatly trimmed. Regular and extra sizes. Women's 35c Vests, 20c IUbbed cotton, with pretty crochet.yokes Sleeveless Regular and extra sizes EARLE STORE MAIN FLOOR Our First Birthday Sale-! Men's $12M0 & $15.00 Fall Suits & Overcoats $10.95 We prepared for this event months ngo, otherwise it would be impossi ble to offer such remarkable values at such a low price, at this time of the year. The suIIr for young men, in single and double-breasted styles, with belt all around or half-belted Trench model, in fnncy mixtures of cheviots, cassimercs and tweeds. The suits for men, in conservative 2 or 3 button sack style, in neat pat terns of worsted, cheviots and cassi meres. All sizes in shorts, stouto andj regulars. The overcoats, in fancy mixtures, in tweeds nnd cheviots. Plain or pinch-back style. Also the conserva tive black and oxford gray Fall top coats for men Sizes 33 to 44. EARLE STORE SECOND FLOOR Men's High-Grade Cotton, Wool and Worsted Underwear A sample lot of cotton, wool and worsted shirts, drawers and union suits, the Janeway brand, at nlmost half price. Divided into three lots. Lot 1 Fine combed cotton nnd wool shirts and drawers. Medium and heavy weight. Sample sizes. Values $1.50 and $2.00, at. . 95c Lot 2 Medium and heavy weights, in shirts, drawers and union suits. All high-grade quali i shirts, b quail- ties, bampie sizes, ?z and .50 values $1.39 Lot 3 Medium nnd heavy wool and worsted union suits. All tnilor made and high grade. Sample sizes. $2.50 and $3.50 d -1 7Q values Plf7 N'o sample u.nderw ear sent C O D No mall or phone orders filled EARLE STORE MAIN FLOOR Men's 85c and $1.00 7C Neglige Shirts i,c All brand-new patterns and color-, mgs, Made of n line soft mercerized ' pongee and fine percale. Perfectly finished nnd cut amply full. Coat style and soft double cuffs. All sizes. Men's $3,50 Fiber and Silk Shirts, $2.19 A very handsome and high-grade flilrt, in solid colors, with a self-colored satin stripe. In pink, blue, tan and lavender Coat stjle, with soft double cuffs. Men's $4.50 Pure Tub Silk Shirts, $3.45 All this season s latest patterns and colorings, in both neat and brilliant effects Madd of extra heavy tub silk, guaranteed for color An excellent assortment. Men's New Fall Silk Neckwear, 25c Many of these are made of regular 50c silks. Regu lation open-end shape, and a big selection of colorings and patterns In stripes, figures nnd plain colors. EARLE STORE MAIN FLOOR Men's Sample d?f OC Fall Hats l.-iu These are all soft hats in popular shapes and colors. This is an assort ment of the manufacturer's broken lines, after his orders have been filled. Every size is here, but not in all styles and colors. EARLE STORE MAIN FLOOR Boy 8' 2-pr. Pants Jf on Norfolk Suits " - Nice bright patterns in medium colors. Pinch-back Norfolk style, with extra pants. All sizes to 16 years. Boys' Norfolk Suits at $2.98 In several new patterns of brown, gray and olive mixtures Light and dark colors Sizes 6 to 16 years. Boys' Blue Serge Norfolk Suits, $4.49 Good, fast color navy blue serge, three-piece belted style. Full lined knickers Sizes 7 to 16 years. Boys' Mackinaws, Overcoat and Topcoats, $4.29 In Scotch plaid mixtures of green, gray and brown, All sizes 7 to 17 years Cut full and well made. Boys' Sturdy Knee Panta 59c Of good, serviceable cheviot and cat slmere mixtures Sizes 6 to IS years. EARLE STORE SECOND FLOOR i 22c Fruit of the Loom Bleached Muslins, yd., 15 Also other high-grade muslins Limit 20 yards to a ' purchaser. None sent C. O. D. No 'phone or mall order filled. Yard wide. 75c Bleached Table Damask, yd., 42 He Beautiful assortment of patterns, with hlgU eatln-fln-ished luster. A limited lot to sell at this price. Heavy Turkish Towels A manufacturer's samplas. All white or with colore borders Plain or fancy weaves. 18o to 20o 1 Cc 36c Towels, OAt 1 Towels, . Tpwels, each O each.,,, fVJ each.. . OS $1.50 Crochet Bed Spreads, $1.15 Raised Marseilles designs. Double-bed size. Limited lot to sell at this price. Remnant Lengths of Flannelette), yL, lOJc 6000 yards of flowered and figured flannelette, In good useful mill remnants. 16c to Atv grades. Tard, 10 He. EARLB STORB-MIWI-LOOR H lliltlMir HtiVr---h In I V n I I""S? "'"""?"?" iVr"',," WtrSirlWi TsTrT t inn svi is- urs ssississsrewisi M -A '" JW v K Vi- Q- ,- t r i kftV rf . WiSNj a C5 mn-,;tniMuui!iiMMiiriiiiiwi ni:r::r.aw:;;:x;v;:VsV.ss.;;r.;v
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