TjJMMrriirT1 - i ' EVENING PUBLIC1 LEDGEU PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1018 t A, ( V -,l Music or ilic Christmas Time 'D.UO Carnln b) Volte anil Orrun Joon ClirMiiuij JItiuii ttlth ('lilme. B.IB Urand Orran and Varal (ii.arletle. TTi WANAMAKER'S WEATHER . Fair Store Opens 9 A. M. WANAMAKER'S Store Closes 3:30 P. M. WANAMAKER'S TherelsEvidenceNow That This Will BetheMostGenerous Christmas r p ! IF rv Fv K" BT N. The Shipbuilders on Their Legs These Days Are Doing a Lot More for Philadelphia than the armchair idlers who sit around 'most all day complaining about war and other taxes. A wise old almanac-maker years ago said : "Friends, the taxes are indeed heavy, and it' those laid on us by the Government were the only ones we had to pay wc might discharge them, but we have many others. We are actually taxed twice as much by our idleness, tfyree times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our foolish expenditures." Note In laying out time and money these days, take counsel with your reason. Signed Uu. i, ISIS. mK - An Important Sale of Dress Trimmings and Garnitures at Half Price These are lovely new things of fashion, and they are priced .just half their usual markings. For in Metal bruids and trimmings, 10c to $1 jard, arc in many styles and different widths and just what is wanlod now for fancy woil: and trimmings. Beaded ornaments for bags, 15c to $5, arc in chaiming colors and combinations. And you can have a beaded bag for very little! Tunics and overdresses, $5 to $23 aio beautiful things of net and chiffon in black, white and evening colors. They are spangled and beaded in fash ionable effects and 'will make lovely gowns. rioner trimmings. 30c, 73c to $1.23 a yard, include rose bud and other flower trim ming, for use as lingciie, bags, fancy work and such things. Women who can use such things as these will find it well woith their -while to sec them. (VI est ALU) Reduced A Few Leather Coats for Wome,n lOxuctlj louiteeu Some are of suede leathei, taupe and biown in coloi, with peau dc evgnc linings throughout and sturdy belts. These are now $100. ' A few arc of mahogany-colored calfskin with collars of unpluckcd otter and cloth linings. $100. The rest are of black glazed kid, with vplnui lining, and beavoi collars and cuffs. ,130. Savings are as much as $25 to $50. (Tint Floor, Central) French and Other Party Frocks for Little Children l'hoae fiom Prance' are sample frocks of sheerest -white with the timc3t and daintiest of hand embroidery and the most fairy-like hand tucka. Thero is only one of each style, but there is something in the lot for every age from C months to 6 years. Prices aro $16.50 to $45. . Crepo de chino dresses made in this country are pink, white and blue, some smocked and some with real Irish lace. Sizes' arc 2 to 6 v care. .Prices, $16.50 to $22.50. 'Net dresses, with shining little edges of .pink oi blue satin iibbon.-., ie in 2 lb 6 year sizes; prices aie $10.75 'to $14. Silk and lingerie slips to wear under them aie $3.75 to $5.50. (Third rioor, CliestonO New Blouses of Simplicity and Charm Th first blouse is of crepe Georgette in while or flesh-pink and ii $7J30. It j simply made, with tiny tucks in front and a now collar ot soft eat in. Little white beads make ball buttons for the fastening down the front. Of a lustrous tub silk is the next blouse, which is also in -white oi pink, and is $7.75. It is high-necked, if you wish, or may be vv om. with r low collar. It ha3 a tucked front and many pearl buttons., (Tblr.1 Floor. Central) The Swish of a Silken Petticoat m n. pleasant sound to a woman opening a Christmas package. If jou aio in search of a gift that is intimate and practical and welcome jou aie safe in choosing one of these pretty skirts. Thero aro skirts of taffeta, of jersey silk and of messaline, jn gay or more subdued colorings' and in ever so many charming styles, all the way from $3.83 to $15 each. . (Third Xloor, Cntrl) A Little Lot of Fine Wool Tweeds Reduced to $3.50 a Yard I'licne aie fine all-wool tweeds that have sold light along for $t and $1.50 moio a yard, but now that they aro prottywell sold out and the season is advancing we have maiked the remainder down to $3.50 u yard. Thoy are 56 inches wide. , Thero are blue, brown and. giaj mittuies the gnij Ustiallj with Hecks of another color to brighten them. (Flrtt lloor. Chestnut) 1500 New Umbrellas . Special at $2 Each Here's u practical gift and a good umbrella ,at one bud the same i iMnrratiT Miiiintn n mmm ihih- m t T"-irr"" . A Wonderful Silk Stock for a Wonderful Silk Season Silk is the fabric oi the hour. Sensible nomen uie buying silks more than ever for gifts. fashionable women a) c buy ing silks more than evei to wear on all occasions. Silk is supiemc in fahiuii's domain. Wc June a idoil nhieh nc bslitve lt be ti)prem?tn char acter. II is plastically a line ilorL. 11 is a wonderfully varied slock and uniformly fine. In vioi e respects it is a long step in advance of other stock. The silk? that will he norv next Spring aie un athacliic feature in it. New foulads in Spiing and Summer patterns, $J.j0 to . a iiaid. New fanty taffetas, plaids and stripeti, $3 to $5 it yard. Nen baronette satins in street and evening shades, $1.50 a yard. New Shantung pongees, r J a yard. New plain tub 7.f. U.30 u yaid in light tolois; iJ it ya,d in dark colors. New jersey silks, new shtrt uaist. silks, deniable silks all. (lint floor, Chestnut! Special Silks A large and interest ing selection of silks is shown on the West Aisle at special prices, some s low as $1 a yai-d. ' (TVeU .Utltl The Novelty Furniture Section Is a Wonderfully Happy Hunting Ground for Gifts I Little Silver Trinkets to Please . Her They aie iiher-pluted and in new shapes and just such little possessions as mos.t girls and women enjoy owning. Powder boxes, 50c to $1 each. Square and round lockets (and these are quite the newc'sl fad), ?2.50 and $2.75 each. Coin purses, $1.75 and $2 each. Mest purses, $1 to $G. Lip salve boxes, 73c to $1.30. And other new lockets, of imi tation shell, somo with gold plated designs in novel effects ai e 73c to $18 each. (Jfnelrr Store, Llirtlnut ami 'UilrtttD.Hi) Sewing: Stands and Tables $9.30 for an oblong sewing table, enameled and decorated. $12.50 for a mahogany sewing itand, folding top. $12.50 for a lncquered sewing stand, hinged top and gliding tray. $15 for an Knglish oak sowing table, with drop leave;-, carved drawer and spir.it legs. $23 for an inlaid mahogany eving tabic, two drawers and drop leaes. $29 for .i lacquered seing table, with font .separate compail nients and yarn bowl. $33 for a lacqueied sewing table, pedestal base. S42 for a lnt-qucrcd -? v ing tabic, with thou iea-ves Qnrcn nne style. "The Cross of Fire" By Robert Gordon Anderson Price 50c A diamatic tale of loe and wai of a man Mho served under two flags and a girl who risked her life as ambulanco diivei (Main lloor, Tliirteentli) Brocaded Velvet Handbags of Unusual Value Especially one at $20, vluch is about regular factory cost. This is a largo bag of finu black biOLadcd velvet with heavy, hquare toitoise shell finish frame. The bag at $12.50 is also in black brocaded velvet and has a heavy ornamental frame that closely lcsembles sterling silvei Tin's bag lias a tassel, too Or!u Vloor, Cheitnul i A Treasure Trove of Delightful Gifts Is the Upholstery Store M i And ou will think u, too, as you walk tluough its spa- , ' cious aisles and sec the tables piled high with lovely gifts. ' There aio new velour scaifo' and table covers that will de- i light the homo lover. Thoy are I rich and colorful and in piacli cal sizes and shapes. New, too, aio piano and table scarfs match them up if you like. They aie of French tin sel and in attiactive designs , and colors. Chair tidies of cluuy, filet ' and Flanders lace (leal and I imitation) aie used to protect I the back of the chair where the head rests. (lltili lloor. Among the loxelj gitu aie the lingciie pillows of filet and hand embioidery 01 cushions theie aie luei ally hundreds'. Round and bquaic and oblong and pillow shape, they are of many malc lials and tadiant or subdued coloiings. Some black satin cushions with Japanese hand embioideiy aie charming. For the woman -who lias eeiylhing theie aie foot warmeis, for boudoir or auto mobile use theso aie unusual and make oul-of-thc-ordinary gifts. Market) Women's Pajamas for Christmas Gifts The aie having an Immense vogue and when jou see how attiattne thoy arc you don't wonder. Silk, mostly flesh-color, made up in one-piece .styles, ate $8.50 to $23.50.' , Ciepo de chine and Japanese silk, hand embioideied most beauti fully in Japan aie pink, wliito and blue and cost $12.50 to $18. In the Little Nightgown Salon, ' (Xhlra l'loor, t'tntml) An Unusual Silk Stocking at $1.35 a Fair Foi this pricjuvbioh & very, low e.giJkj hosiery is today, you can iMtUMMNrMEHUn VXVm WKKMaS Win mMMWIM!0OUoK .iS,S1'flrari'(' People looking for gifts of permanent' and practical worth with an element of beauty and novelty usually find their way to the displays of furniture on the Fifth Floor. With gift-seokera it has become a happy hunting ground. Not only arc they finding here the things they want, but they arc finding them at reductions of 2i5 to HO 1-" from our regular prices. Nests of Tablet, $1-1.30 for a nest of tables in blown fumed birch. $18 for a nest of tables, enam eled and decorated, oblong. $19.50 for a nest of tables, enameled and decorated, oval. $24 for a nest of tables, enam eled and decorated, oblong. $,10 for a nest of tables, black enamel and decorated, oval. $tW for a nest of tables, Chinese lacquer. $35 fora nest of tables, black lacquer with gold decorations. Tea Tables and Tilt-Top Tables $1.50 for an oak tea tabic -with shelf and movable glass tray. $7.50 for a blown oak tea table with cane panels and removable glass tray. (I'iftLt 1 lour i Yl-1 loi a walnut tt-a tabic, tour-leaf clover top. $24 for a walnut tea table with pie-crust edge. $37.50 for an inlaid mahogany tea table, double deck with pic crust edge, removable tray. $9.75 for a tilt-top lacqueied and decoiated table. Can be sup plied in red. yellow , giay or black. $10 for a black lacquered tilt top table, oval top. S17 for a mahogany tilt-top table, with iretworl; edge. $2S for a walnut tilt-top tabic with pic-ciust edge. $39 for a yellow lacqueied tilt top table, 21-inch top. $11 for a yellow lacqueied tilt top table, 30-inch top. $15 for a mahogany tilt-lop table, 32-inch square top with a lour-inch open caivctl boidei. Christmas Specials 1200 Colored Handkerchiefs for Men 50c Apiece Add halt as much again then you'll know then ical uoitli They aro now and Irish, of white linen with coloi ed hems, solid borders or stupes. 'Ihe coloi s aro unusually good the handkerchiefs look much moie expensive' (Urit Allf) 800 Pair of Women's Glace Gloves at $2 a Pair 1'ine glace gloves in black and white with sclt ciochct embioidery, .in black with white embroidery, and giay with black embroidery. They have 1 peiul clasp foi fastening and me pique sewn And you save 50c on each pair! OVt Allf Room Size Wilton Rugs at Less Than Factory Cost If we weie to buy these rugs today wo should have to p.t moi foi Uicm at the mill. There aie just 46 of them. 9x12 ft., 5.78.50 and $82.50. b'.'JslO.O ft., SG2.D0 and f.79.50 Little Gift Rugs Specially Priced illons 27.5 1 in., $7.50 and $S.50; 3GnG3 in., $9 and MJ .,u Axminstcrs 27x5 1 in., 5-3.25, S3.S5 and $1.75; 30x0" in, S5 5U; 30x70 in., $7.25. (seventh lloor. Climtnul) We Would Like to Say Right Into the Ear of Every Man in Philadel phia Look out what uu are about when you buy your Winter clothing ! Look out when you buy your new suit! Look out when you .buy an' overcoat! Lots of counterfeit clothing on the market! Better be sure that you are getting the old standard all-wool, hand-tailored for your good sound money! ' The best way to be sure is to come to Wanamakcr's, where every suit and overcoat is as genuine as the new gold money straight from the mint. We have some new lots just in. We are very fortunate to get them, for the market is not yet by any means free. There is a scarcity of fine things, and some poor things have come out here and there. Fine new suits, .$25 to $63. Fine new overcoats, $25 to $100. Rich fur-collar overcoats, $83 to $100. Ihirtl 1 loor, Marl.fl) Men's Custom Shirts Must Be Ordered Very Soon ij jou ;ani to make ..ome man happy with a dozen oi a half docn on Christmas Da;; . 'Ihe Wanamukei Custom Sliiit Shop is genoially conceded to make the finest shirts in Philadelphia. A page fiom its book3 leads like a page from the Social Register. Madias, cheviot, flannel, silk whichever fabnc you prefer vou will find hero in wonderful assortment, including many importations-. We m:iv hav e the lucky man's, mcuauiemcnts already. (I lie illtr. ClititnuO A New Style in Men's Mufflers New in Philadelphia, but :i fixed fuuluoii in London, and that is u lnulllcr to match a man's tie. Wc took a lot of the fine Spitalfields silk squares that wp impoited from England and made them up into four-in-hand ties and mullleis to match. , If you air- look'ng foi something new and smait and fine, thii is it. (Milii J loor, "MurLcD For the Man Who Smokes Humidors' in mahogany, oak and California ledwood, with capacity for 50 to 500 cigars, $G to SD0 Pipes from 50c to $12.50. t'obacco pouches, 50c to $5.50. Cigar and cigarette holdeis, 25c to !fa. sh leceiveis, lighters, pipe lacks, smoking stands and so on. (Ilir Oiller.v, Juniper) The Rarest Kinds of Men's Fur Gloves aie tliote oi bcaw and ical seal. Theie aie few places in town whoie you can get these fine motoring gloves at all, and we know of none where the assoitment is so good Ucaver gloves. S25 to $10. Heal seal gloves, S30 to $50. (Main lloor, Marin I More Than 900 Pair of Blankets at Reduced Prices in the Christmas Sale Whcthet you want blankets for gifts or for your own uso or for both purposes, this is a sale in which you can buy them to the best advantage. The blankets computed m it aie all ficsh, clean goods taken irom our stocks and considetably 1 educed in price. Theie is a choice laiiging fiom while cotton blankets, with blue holders, 70x82 inches, at ?3 a pair a saving of $1 a pair to a limited lot of white all-wool blankets, with blue borders, 70x82 inches, at ?1G a pair, a saving of $1 a pair. All the blankets puiticulaily Jesiied for gifts aie included. At $7.50 a pair, plaid blankets with mixed wool filling, a saving of 552.50 a pair. At $8 each, khaki coloi ed camp blankets, 66x81 inches, woven of wool and cotton, a saving of $2 each. At $8.50 a pair, white blunkets with mixed wool filling, 70x80 ' inches, pink and blue borders, a saving of $1.50 a pair At 9 a pair, -white blankets with mixed wool filling, 60x82 inches, pink and blue bordeis, a saving of 3 a pair. At 10 a pair, white blankets with mixed wool filling, 70x82 inches, pink and blue bordeis, a saving of $3.00 a pair. At $10 a pair, gray blankets with mixed wool filling, 70x82 inches, pink and blue borders, a saving of $5 a pair. At $10 each, camp blankets in light' tfrayj,beHeved td be all-wool, ,NMjtefcfdiboit Light on the Lampshade Question I ili.v line shades forflooi lamu aie reduced to .25 each. Theie aie no two of them alike, but all aie covered with the kopeck cloth which is so artistic. .Cadi is 21 inches in diamctei. (fourth Tloor. Central) A Regular Incoming of Down Filled Quilts tins implies a legular outgoing also. They hic coming in and. going out with the constancy of a brook. Many aio buying them for gifts :.nd what splendid gilts they make. Many others are 'buyinc them for their own use. We arc glad to have such a large and high, grade of stock to snow them in coverings of sateen at 10 each and in a lich choice of silks at vanotis prices up to ?15 for quilts filled with ical cidoidovvn. Tarticulaily good aie the down-filled quilts at VJO in coverings of plain Japanese silk and at ?22.50 in Japanese tsilk with figured center and insertions and backs of plain Japanese silk in a choico of colors. (Sixth lloor. Central) -gm: -c 1 Ty HO-O-O-A! That's no way to go through a Toy Store that's just packed and filled with good little boys and girls. Suppose yo u'd run over some. Just because you're big and strong, Mr. Rhinoceros, doesn't mean that you can do as you please. Not any more it doesn't. That sort of thing was stopped once and for all on November 11, 1918. Now that the world is safe for democracy, it is going to be safe for children, as America always lias' been. This country is truly the children's paradise, &m the Wanamaker Toy Store is the happiest spotin- Ik f o these Christmas days. !.. "v. ,r: .?.', i :r$ "ill w I 4 -J i ? Til ( ': I V. f VI 1 ! s
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