rpr w EVENING PUBUIO LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, VTUESDAY, - AUGUST 27, 1918 ''" ' ... - . . . "S, - - - - - - - 'IS- r?'?.r , : " . ..-i " 'liGreai Organ Plays at ". 10 and 4.25 Trinity Chime, nt Noon U ."Jrf r. WANAMAKER'S Store Opens at 10 WANAMAKER'S Store Closes at 4.30 WANAMAKER'S WIUATIiKK- i vg. Fair lnrt r VSI - Jfti m ?x "TTie Sooner the Quicker9' For All Who Want to Buy Good Furniture at Reduced Prices Twenty -one Clean Brindle Cows, All Without Horns pass under the bridge every morning a few minutes after seven herded by "Bert," a colored man, born "befo' de wah" in Virginia, whose face shines with his mother liness for his "chillens," as he calls them. "How does it come, Bert, that none of your cows has horns?" "Oh," he says, "horns is not fashionable no more. All but two of dis yere herd were borned with horns and we took 'em off without hurting them when they was leetle, and all dem horns is gone to buttons for de little chillen's clotheses." The big moon of a black face glowing with kindness and, his tones of voice in speaking of his cow children gilded his face and uncovered bald head until it seemed to be a huge yellow Baldwin Pippin Apple in the Pinellas County Annual Fruit Exhibition of Florida. That cow tender, whose life is mostly in a cow stable, taught us a lesson, aS we saw him every day, that a man could be more polite than a dry goods clerk behind a counter or a ticket seller or telegraph operator behind his little window. Possibly there is fault some times on both sides. Signed August 37, 1918. ? IfftyUM. Prices Are Way Down on Summer Garments for Girls and Young Women $5 to $10 each for the last of the Summer dresses for young jvomen. Chambrays and sheer voiles, chiefly in pretty colors and attractive styles. And every dress was marked twice as much and more at the beginning of the season ; 14 to 20 year sizes. $15 each for cloth suits in good styles but broken sizes these also for young women. $6 to $10 for girls' wash dresses the finer linen, chambray and 'novelty cotton dresses in 6 to 14 year sizes. These include smocked jdresses, straight line dresses, little shirtwaist dresses and other styles useful for school and better wear, not only now, but all the year round. ' (Second Floor. Chestnut) J .1 The New Autumn Millinery Fashions and the Gray Salons have much to show you. New velour and felt sports hats. New small velvet hats. New velvet shapes in large sizes and some are quite large, too! New feather turbans to wear with the Autumn tailored suits. There arc black and colored hats, a fascinating variety, and the styles are as accurate as they are interesting. (Second Floor, Chestnut) A Clearawayof Children's Hats and Coats ' The styles of small children's garments change so little that these will be as smart next season as they were this. We have no sroom to carry them over, but it will pay you to do it, as we feel that (the chances are small of having the same things at the price next year. .The coats are in plain colors and fixtures. , Some silk and some chinchilla. ! Sizes 2 to 6 years. Prices $4.50 to $18. There are many kinds of hats in dark and light straws. Prices $1 to $3. (Third Floor, Chestnut) 100 Women's Spotless White Wash Skirts, Special at $5 Five of our best styles of white wash skirts; made of Russian cord pique and cotton gabardine, and beautifully made, with hand-wrought but tonholes and hand-turned pockets, not to mention the best of buttons. There are all sizes up to 39 inches, and the price is $5, only because the skirts are a manufacturer's little clear-up. (First Floor, Central) '- A New Shipment of L. R. Corsets r This enables us to fill in the sizes of a great many different Sum mer models between $1.50 and $15 models of coutil and batiste and aqme finer materials. Nearly all have the low bust. " Women who habitually wear L. R. corsets and wish to replenish their supply please take notice. . (Third' Floor. Chestnut) Irish Linen Napkins, L Spick and Span, at $8.25 a Dozen We thought so much of them we took all the manufacturer had. j$ They are heavy, full-bleached Irish napkins, all pure flax in a good Substantial weight. The size is 23x23 inches. $8.25 a dozen. (First Floor, Chestnut) Only Tomorrow and Two More Days of the Great August Sale Hundreds of Odd Pieces Are at Half Price It is just as we anticipated the August Furniture Sale is having a record wind-up. For two reasons it looks as if the sale were just starting and starting with a rush. One reason is because the goods are here, another is because the people are coming for them. The goods are here in a choice unprecedented at this time, notwithstanding all that we have sold and we certainly have sold a great quantity since the sale began. The people are coming for the goods because they seem to realize the unexampled situation in the furniture market, and they are eager to grasp opportunities which in all human probability cannot again present themselves for a long time. A Few Straight Facts Put to Your Own Judgment We have never tried to snatch from our customers the pre rogative of settling their own business for themselves only a weak and foolish store with a weak and futile sale tries to do anything of the kind. We never forget that it is because the people are such good judges of their own business that this has become the greatest sale in the world. Whether your furniture is good enough to do you for an indefinite period of time or whether you have all the furniture you should have are questions which it is your right to decide. But the fact remains that we are living in abnormal times and that is a thing you must not lose sight of when you begin to consider the need of your home for newer equipments. We can tell you that unless your home is furnished to the limit you cannot pass by the opportunities that are offered during the last days of this sale. It may be years before the same magnificent assortment of dependable furniture for all rooms will be offered at the same reductions. "S y- V'V . t;f Ai -a. t-a-i '--"- . - ..-. 7.l.vTvU .. ..TOuS'; . -it l.:B'A!wSil)!t ti ill.' fTiw MlrMSfrJ! -"Tj U J ,. :VaM n 1 I ')!IWIl1iilIFi!ljlli!(lllllHi!!!!ii.-;,!!lli7 "I BWS 5 II "w" 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 51 1 J l l 1 1 -4H- i " j2rwJ--rrri': S jm I-Xl lWJc l-li"-WvA?-' ra -' 7 l.'VTCSgE- -.?1 dti mMs&M8&m$Sg& Wffigm&wg&m i Cv 'I 1 These are the plain facts of the situation. Can you afford t6 io-nnrp fVipm nnnsirlpvino fhp rlitninisViiriP nnfnnf. nf fnvnifnvp frnm the better factories, the higher cost of all that goes to make good -jm furniture and the likelihood of considering increased prices alb retail? i You have just tomorrow and Thursday and Friday to provide . 1 against these unprecedented conditions by taking advantage of M the opportunities presented in this sale: . ; 1. The opportunity to choose from the whole range of these beautiful stocks at August reductions averaging about 3d 'M per cent. . J m, . ., , i f i .. i. ... M 4. i ne opportunity to cnoose rrom nunareas or oaa m fJV(3 I Ul UK I 1ISfftO III- HUH J I fclstX V.": All these things considered, it will certainly be good busi- -gj ness on your part to come m ana see tne gooas. (linn. Mvtii nml .srtrnth Flnnml Mm For the Last Hot Days Cool Net and Voile Dresses Special Very special, in fact, being $5, $7.50 and $10 because it's late in the season. The nets are $7.50 and $10 and very cool a'hd airy, with lace trimming and tiny ribbon girdles. The voiles are $5 and $7.50, some of the prettiest be ing self-trimmed and the others edged with lace. Some women will take advantage of these late-season prices and lay the dresses away till next year. (First rioor, Central) End-of-the-Season White Petticoats Apparently no feminine person ever had enough petticoats at any rate, a great many women seem to be buying them to finish up the Summer season. These five new cambric styles include Two with double panel fronts and eyelet embroidery or tucked lawn flounces at $1.65 each. Three with blind or eyelet embroid ery at $2.25, $2.85 and $3.50 each. (Third Floor, Central) 500 Umbrellas at $1 Each It doesn't seem right, does it? But it is, and the little price is no more surprising than the good quality! The material is cotton. The frames are steel tempered. Handles are of natural woods, some in mission style. For both men and women. (Main Floor. Market) Flags of the Nations in , Every Size Made in cotton, wool or silk. American flags, 10c to $147. Service flags, one, two or three stars, 85c, $1 and $1.50. Foreign flags, 10c to $53, Special sizes made to order for or ganizations. (Seventh Floor. Market) Taffeta Seam Binding 10c Piece It comes in black or white, in a good width; and there are 8 yards to the piece. Dresrmakers and women who do their own sewing will find it useful and unusual for this price. (Mala Floor, Central) Smart Veiling Special 50c a Yard All new designs. And just the sort of thing to top that Labor Day cos tume.. Of hexagon and fancy meshes. With chenille dots and scroll designs. In black, brown, taupe, purple and magpie. (Main Floor, Central) Phytalia Hair Tonic We are sure of its purity, because it is especially prepared in our own lab oratories. It has a faint suggestion of orange perfume which is delightfully refresh ing. It is entirely free from grease and is a wonderful cleanser. . 60c, $1, $1.85 and $3.75 a bottle. (Main Floor. Chestnut) Gamee When your soldier or sailor boy comes home on furlough and you plan a lit- tie dinner party in honor of the event,1 just remember that the Camee Shop has the most attractive and unusual little figures for favors 50c to $1 each. Camee chocolates, delicious and ever so many flavors. $1.25 pound. French chocolates in novelty boxes, 30c to ,76c children love these, too, ..' This Big Bee is the1 mark of the B iggest ,usiest 'est Sales of Housewares Glassware and China ever held in Philadelphia. They are the sales for people who like to bdy good merchandise at ow prjees. These great sales start Next Monday, Sept. 2nd On the AISLE Waists at $3.85 250 Crepe de chine in white and flesh color, and soft taffeta in blue. Both are tailored styles. Very simple and desirable. (West AWe) For the Fisherman who wants a real basket, here is one made of oak splints and capable of hold ing thirty-five fish, for only 85c. (Fourth Floor, Central) Vegetable Baskets to hold potatoes, ete., are of Chinese bamboo, strongly braced and very cheap. 45c. (Fourth Floor, Central) For Marketing A very sightly market basket is made by Southern colored women out of hick ory splints. It has no corners, and altogether excites the envy of the mark eting woman who hasn't got one. $2.50. (Fourth Floor, Central) Chinese Baskets are among the few things not risen in price. They will serve as sowing, knit ting, mending baskets, nlso as sandwich trays. (Fourth Floor, Central) Knife Trays of wicker used to come from Germany. Now we make them better in the Middle West. (Fourth Floor, Central) Surprising to see how good a leather strap four feet long and with a buckle can be bought for a quarterU And a strap can be put to many uses. (Fourth Floor, Central) Specially Priced Trays with stained wood edges, and glass over imitation mahogany bottoms are only $1. Size 11x16 inches. (Fourth Floor, Central) SI Three More Days and the Mattress Sale Ends V Three more days to buy mattresses and bedding of the cleanest and most sanitary and best-made kind at August Sale prices! The Sale ends with August, and so far as business is concerned August ends the two days after tomorrow. V. Until then we will make hair mattresses at reduced prices from ; your own choice of materials making them in one or two parts, as desired ! Until then you can choose any felted cotton or felted linter mat tress in our stock at August Sale prices ! Until then we will make pillows and bolsters from clean, hygienic feathers at August reductions! """ Until then you can choose from a number of good bed springs at good savings! Until then, but not afterward! (SItIIi Floor, Chentnut) i Making a Clearaway of Panama Hats at $2 ' -1 1 We have remaining several hundred of our medium-priced Panama hats for men and boys, chiefly small and large sizes, and some of them show the ef fect of handling. . All of this lot will be cleared away at once at $2. The only exception to this clearaway at S2 will be our fine Peruvian hats, the high-priced fellows usually. These are also reduced, now being $10 to $25. This is a splendidly good opportunity for the man wanting a good Panama hat. (Main Floor, Market) This Irish Table Damask at $1.75 a Yard Came Unexpectedly It is a wind-up shipment of an old order which we had scarcely expected to be delivered in full. ". i Irish goods, cream or silver bleached, of pure flax, and in a fifood assortment oi patterns, ine width is vu incnes; price $1.76 a yard. ,...... ........ ii- irirfti .rioor, rntMnutj raCa .s The Shoe Sale Is Going Very Fast, But there is still srood choice of women's hifiti and low shoes, all at savinirs of' a pair or more, and likewise of men's good high shoes at savings of $2 a paii? or more, and all children s high and low shoes at substantial reductions., L- Plenty of shoes suitable -for Winter in this sale. (Men'a Mhaea, Main Floor, Market) OVointli'.'aud Children' Phoea, Flrat Floor, Market) ' h vj 99 -iis, r t i't rt, t fwjy ! ... f A&- 'eJ
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