ifri;? W t h w u. (( ' Wrmm$ PUBLIC 'L3SDaERPHIIJADELPHlA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, mB st Vfr i . L t I! f - Music of Christmas Time "-jOO-HJrana Organ and 0rol Olntlnc. XllJS Ola Carole by Bran Oetetl Chime ml MfVnli .f WMr WANAMAKER'S Store Opens 9 A. M. WANAMAKER'S Store Closes 5:30 P. M. WANAMAKER'S WEATHER Fair I gilt flranrt Orq-an and Carol Blnttnr I 1 li Tomorrow the Tide of Christmas Shopping Will Reach Its Flood f. lh Grandmothers and Grandfathers If you haven't any old relations, pick out vsome near friend who can suggest an old lady' and an old gentleman for you to adopt For This Christmas 1918 brings us such a' grand Christmas time, and ft -tororrmet nolnlivntn it- no hsitaii Vtafnfa WUn mimnmi nf your unexpected remembrance and the joy given to two old people will be an endowment, of pleasure to you for months to come. Do you ask, "How can I doit?" '1 .Choose first your two friends of those you know or have seen. 2. If puzzled in cjioosing, or-if unable to decide, U ask your Pastor, Rector, Priest or Red Cross worker, L Emergency Aid Member or Colonel Holz, of the Salvation Army, Broad and Fairmount Avenue, or, failing in all these, you may feel free to command your friend, the writer, for a name and address, if ; word is sent in not later, than Saturday night, 21st ftlJecemher. r ' r. ucc. su, i via. Signed jfamafc. Almost Daily Re-enforcements in Novelty Fur Coats A handsomo now coat is ono of glossy Hudson tfeal (dyed muskrat) with collar, cuffs and bands of squirrel in the pretty " natural gray. It is $400. It would be a joy to possess and wear that lovely beaver coat, quito unadorned, at $400. It is quite full in the back, belted in tho front and has a hugo fur collar of tho beaver. A longer coat Is the ono of pretty taupe nutria, with an un plucked beaver collar, new and pretty Bleeves that are caught in at the cuffs with fur bands,' and belted in front. $400. , s , Another stunning coat is of Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) and Kolinsky dyed squirrel. It has collar and cuffs of tho brown fur and is a lovely affair. It is $450. (Second Floor. Chestnut) V Plenty of Cotton Cberpbobp Wants; olb 5etoelrp &est &mmb of Gftjat For Women There 'Are Bar pins Flower pins Brooches La Valliercs Necklace For Men There "Are Watch chains Fobs. Charms Match boxes Cigar cutters Cigarette cases Bracelets Signet rings Earrings Lingerie clasps Sautoirs Cuff links Soarf pins Studs Key rings Key chains Pocket knives Also hundreds of other gifts for every member of tho family, and at prices from tho modest to as high as anybody would care to pay. (Jewelry Store, Cheetnut and Thirteenth) This Way for the Last-Minute Shopper BOOKS are the answer to nine out of ten of his questions. Does he want something for a Very Particular Person? It's in the Fine Book Corner. For the dimply infant still in the leaf -tearing stage? Here arc linen picture books. For stirring boys and girls? Try the books of adventure and school stories. For serious men interested in the world's work? Here are science, history, biography, war books. For the young student? Here are poetry, humor, Action. For the booklover of many years' standing? Here is the whole world of books. (Book Store, Main Floor. Thirteenth) a Waists U -luc tuu jJuuiuu vviiu uiu t&viii 'useful things. Usually they are 'white lawn, voile or batiste; a f ow havo touches of color; somo are plainly tailored, others tucked and t hemstitched; others trimmed with laco and embroidery Prices $3 ;to$15. (Third Floor, Central) j Mesh Bags and Other Trinkets Silver Plated Welcome feminine gifts all of thorn! Mesh bags, $7 to $31. Mesh -purses, $2.75 to $8.60. Powder boxes, 50c to $1. Lip salve boxes, 75c and $1.50. Lockets, $2.75. Vanity cases, $1.25 to $5.75. Yarn holders, 50c. (Jewelry Store, Cheitnnt and 13th) fA Smart Fur Hat to Match Her Other Furs New as can be the hats are just from tho deft hands of the workers and are in charming, late Winter styles. Somo are of glossy Hudson seal (sheared muskrat), .others are of tho soft, pretty moleskin, others are of tho fashionable squirrel and others are of dyed furs in. various fashionable hues. They are usually in tho small shapes that women And so becoming and so attractive, and aro trimmed, usually rather simply, with flowers or velvet or ribbons. Prices begin at $15. (Second Floor, Cheitnnt) NE great splendid flower for the corsage or a little bunch of tiny bewitching flowqrs either would be a pretty gift for the girlwho has much occasion for ovening clothes. Find them in the Millinery Salons on tho Second Floor, or Grand Court, Main Floor. A LL the good little boys and girls who want to be in good trim for Christmas should havo their hair cut in tho Little Children's Salon. (Third Floor, Chestnut.) TOTS of useful things in tho Undorclothes Store wrap pers and cotton and silk garments are constantly coming in fresh. (Third Floor, Central.) SUGGESTIONS from the Shoo Storo aro warm bed socks at 60c to $3.75; shoo - polishing brushes at 25c to $1.50; boot Jacks at $1.50, and boothooks at 85c a pair. Also flexible traveling sllppors a Joy forever atO a pair. (Main and First Floors, Market.) Hundreds of Warm Winter Coats for Girls and Young Women All Much Reduced w I V JV Coats for Ypung Women, $22.50 and $25 t are of soft wool velours and pretty burella' cloths in such fashionable shades ao Burgundy, brown, taupe and reindeer. They are in several attractive stvles. JnoiiallTr TtrTfTi rnolfo vinolrafa onrJ lavnn inlTnwri D.,!- n few have fur collars. All are warmly lined, and all jg have been considerably more expensive, t ' 14 to 20 year sizes. Girls' Coats, $12.75 and $15 J These are of burella cloth, of wool velours, of corduroys and cheviots in blue, brown and" reindeer. All are warmly lined, they are made in several pleas irnr Rfcvles and are sometimea trimmpf? with -fur nl. j-0 ( ,,... -v. v, Mars. 6 to 14 year sizes. (Second lloor, Chettnut) Fashion Says Silks and This Is the Store With the Goods It is a silk season, not only because fashion has said so, but (bccause Wanamaker's silks havo made it so. Tho phenomenal selling of Wanamakor'susllks for gifts and for personal use this season points unmistakably to one fact, the fact that we have tho goods. And thoy are being kept fresh and interesting by an inflowing stream of new shipments. New for tomorrow a belated shipment of scarce and much wanted Jersey silks, in black-and-white, for shirtings and women's waists and dresses. $2.60 a yard in tho lighter satin stripes, $2.60 a yard in heavy satin stripes. Also another good lot of crepes do chine in every desired shade, 36 inches wide, at $1.60 a yard. Moro new 1919 Foulards have come to further enrich our already largo assortment, 40 inches wide, $3 a yard, all in tho finer grades. , Plain colored satins aro an interesting new arrival priced at $1.65 and $2.25 a yard. (Flret Floor, Chestnut) This Is an Era of Ideals and Santa Claus Is King in It .A v AiSG ' um- UWtiVZ& & 17 WBUOBH JMW sw --u. r-v t-iar,m n r .-- - -.. hk m uan , sKfia rxv4rBuivtvxBi inpv(jnAK,y EBJTiflVrJ r Wm !MMPK BBSKBSk r nsaiflF) AiJM&mrWt F'jmjrsMm v a m vrntmixs. wtym.K t. s d3rsiv. tci51y,' Tmr"' cssim.fr, atoT a''- fyiwmw torn l . 3AV0&!&GSmr 3 the JtSOTTl their CTsJp They'd vQj THIS is the first Christmas for many n'vonv fhnf fliovo Vina Iippvi nn nvnn. W- J w, v... "Viv ..w.. -vi .v t"-Jf acfanda against Santa Claus. The world V 1Q lnTirt1 t4-n 4ttx nln cicoc 4Mict iTflov iQAnln ' who believe in Santa Claus and people who daren't say they don't. Children have always believed in Santa Claus, and Heaven grant they always may. The instincts of a child are often truer than the judgments of a grown-up, anyway. After passing through that period when we are so wise we scoff' at everything, most of us come around to some of the beliefs of childhood. Santa never ruled witn such undisputed power as now. xne reac tion from the savage realities of the past few years has made the world. receptive to beautiful illusions. What a Christmas this is going to be! You can see it all over the store, but most of all in the Toy Store. Ther children fairly dance their ioy.and parents make no effort to conceal enthusiasm. The Bolsheviki who don't believe in Santa Claus are keeping very quiet, better. People are ready to fight for an ideal these days! Ckristmas Specials Glove-Silk Underwear "Seconds" at Special Prices Over 1800 vests and bloomers in plain pink or white. Nothing better for intimate gifts between women. Price, $1.15, $1.05, $1.60, $1.75, $1.85, $2.25, $4 and $4.50. (Weit Alele) One Thousand Umbrellas for Women and Men, $2.50 Each Usually the umbrella that you get for $2.50 these days is all cotton. These umbrellas havo covers of lustrous .silk-and-cotton (union taffeta), which is both good looking and durable. They have paragon frames, all sorts of fashionable handles, and there are sizes for women and men. Uncommonly good at $2.50. (Muln Floor, -Market, anil West Altr) Christmas Specials Men's Accordion Ribbed Silk Half Hose at $1.50 a Pair 1800 pair of fine accordion-ribbed( full-fashioned, fancy thread silk half hoso of first quality. A grado that usually sells for $1 more. Half a dozen pair would make a fine gift. (Main Floor, Market) 100 Pair of Blankets J at Good Savings Three new boxes Just opened up. ' . 30 pair of the scarce large-size blankets, 78x90 inches, woven of wool with a mixturo of cotton, arc $18 and $20 a pair. 30 pair of mixed wool blankets, 70x84 inches, are now $15 a pair. 40 pair of crib-size blankets of mixed wool, 42x60 inches, pink and blue borders, $7.50 a pair. (Sixth Floor, Central) W$t Utttle goue is the precisely right place for people to come to in search of gifts of great distinction for other people whose taste is of the finest Here are lamps for the table and floor, made of handwrought iron, with touches of red and gold; cabi nets of varied beauty, foot stools, tables, mirrors and' many more things than wo can mention in ourjimited space. (Fifth Floor, Cheitnut) Staple Cotton Goods Are Ever Welcome Gifts Particularly tho good American ginghams', 35c to" 76c a yard. Scotch ginghams, finer in qual ity, 85c to $1.25 a yard. Madras shirtings, striped, 35c to $1 a yard. Striped, figured and checked Eercales, 32c and 40c n yard. In oxes, If you say so. (Flret Floor, Chestnut) What About the Rooms the Children Sleep m'l Is there fresh air there? There must be, for health. It is hard to have fresh uir with a draft A draft gives cold. But you can put in a Conti nental Sanitary Cloth Window Screen and have fresh air with out a draft It lets the air filter in gradually, and keeps out rain, dust, snow and drafts. 60c to 76c adjustable. (Fourth Floor, Market) Christmas Gift Neckwear Special at $1 Fresh, dainty collars, vestces and sets of organdie, net, Geor gette, crepo and satin; some of the pieces are oven half price. Every woman knows that every other woman never has enough pretty ncckfixingo. (Wait Alile) If You Are '.iVkTrfrtAMnXttrv JYrt4- 4rf tVTUUUCUIS TTalWU w ?G?et for the Baby walk through tho Infante' M I s Yr onop xnoro aro sugges l.tSons galoro on all sides! fe; .There aro satin-covered car h tiH9 strapi to koep him safe if I&lWtrtM to climb out) there are l.HJn eers ana corno nu Drusn i'Mfotaeso often band painted; I'Bttl brashes, soap boxes, hot- Ij-MHwiM' bS8 to casea, with hnnd- 'ybit4 covers; little boxes and ttg and racks and rattles and jri - woriderful variety. ' And fthe, prteM ar quite mfld- A Miscellany of Women's Dresses at $27.50 i. AH of them were much higher In price and some wero even twice as much, but they are odds and ends and must be cleared out in a hmry. And ever so many women will like them for Christ mas gifts. There aro Jerseys and satins, tricotlnes, 'Georgette crepes and other materials, some alono and some in combination. . Grays', taupes, navy, black, brown and hunter's green are the colors. ' (Flnt Floor, Central) In t;he Case of Women Who Seem to Have Everything Tho Corset Salons offer some valuable suggestions. . For example, exquislto hand-embroidered corset bags from Japan, $2.75, $2.85 and $3. Bandeaux, some as low as 60c' and 86c. Others made of rib'boa and Ue nt $1.W; other-style ub t M.v . t Who Doesn't Appreciate a Down Quilt ? It is a gift which appeals to evorybody who is human, and that takes In a vast lot of people. We aro selling a great many down quilts this Christmas 'to people who like to glvo something genuine. Our down quilts are genuinely good. We make them In our own factory," and we try to havo them a bit better than any others. If you want to give a good, safe, serviceable gift to a home you will bo well advised to choose one of them. Prices begin at $10 for the kind covered in sateen and go up to $45 for those in silks and satins. Real eiderdown quilts, superlatively fine gifts, are $45 each. (SLcth rloor. Central) Specially Priced Honfleur Toilet Goods That You Can Use for Gifts Just down from the laboratory and asgood ss we know how to make them I ' Extracts in rose, violet or l'Empire, 35a and 60c bottle; to!- water, 45c ami S5e bottle. uiansU)rerm, xoativ am Beauty Cream and Skin Cream, each 35c a jar. ' Talcum powder, 10c package. Hair tonic, $1 bottle, Bay rum, 50c and 7(c bottle. Lilac and Wistaria Vegetal, 66c V V' Js kettle. You Can Find a Gift for Every Motorist in tho Little Shop of Automobile Accessories. It is ready with the most varied stocks of vacuum bottles, carafes, jugs, pitchers and water sets, ranging in price from $2.50 to $19. Leather cases for vacuum bot tles nre $4 to $12. Lunch cases for use in the automobile ate $12 to $48. Spot-lights, $5 to $7.50. (The (lallery, Juniper) Beluchistan Rugs for Gift-Seekers $15 Each About fifty-five pieces are com prised in this recently unbaled group, all of them good-looking and substantial weaves, in a va riety of lustrous shades, blue, red, ecru and tan. The sizes aro approximately 2.0x3.(5 feet. Such good gift pieces are bound to disappear quickly. (Seventh Floor, Central) Cut Glass Offers a Brilliant Field of Choice A choice comprising hundreds and hundreds of attractive and useful gift pieces priced all the way from $1.26 for a nut dish to $76 for a lemonado bowl. Look where you wll in this col lection, you will see gifts of a vcty acceptable kind. Among tho particularly good items are: Nut dishes, with two handles and three feet, $3.60. 12-inch vase, $5. 14-inch vases, $7. 10-Inch vases, $10. 18-inch vases, $13.50. Fern dishes, $3.50 and $5. Berry bowls, $3.50, $4.50, $5 and $6. Low berry dishes, $2.50, $3.50, $4, $5 and $7.50. Celery trayB, $2.50, $3.50, $3.75 and $4.60. Compotes of many kinds, $2.25 to $12. Candy baskets, $2.50 and $2.75. (Fourth Floor, Chestnut) Will "Dad" Smile Inside or Out When He Sees His Presents ? You want to see a great, big, sunny grin of pleasure spread over his face, don't you? But you don't want him to smile inwardly at the inappro priateness of any of his gifts. You can be sure of a real, honest-to-goodness smile of pleasure if you give him something from the Men's Wear Store. Silk shirts, $4 to $10. Other shirts, $1.65 to $4. Neckties, COc to $3.50". Silk mufflers, $3.75 to $1G. , , House coats, $6.50 to $50. " Dressing gowns, $15 to$65. Sweaters, $5 to $25. (Main Floor, Slarket) ' Fresh Lots of Men's Fur Caps and Collars There has been so much depand for these things that we tave been obliged to re-enforce a stock that we had thought was plenty large enough. The caps arc of coney, muskrat, Hudson seal (dyed musk rat) and real seal, and are $7 to $60. The collurs aro of Hudson seal (dyed muskrat), nutria, muskrat, beaver, otter and Persian Iamb, and are $18 to $60. Also a new shipment of men's fine Amercian-made vclour hats at $6 to $12. (Main Floor, Market) The Most Notable New Fashion for Men Is the Town Ulster The town ulster is a fine, big, warm overcoat, but not so big nor heavy as tho storm ulster. It is vovy smartly styled and is obtaining great favor, especially among young men coming out of tho Army. These coats come in smart, rough worsted and fleeces and in considerable variety of coloring that will appeal especially to young men. These smart ulsters give a swagger and dash to the appearance. Prices $30 to $100. (Third Floor, Market) Our Leadership in Leather "Goods and Handbags dales from the time when people learned that the fine fashion mer chandise here cost no more than ordinary goods, and that when you did succeed in matching Wanamaker quality elsewhere you usually paid n iiikiici jjulu. It is true that we havo the largest stocks of the most elegant it is cquauy priced kinds. having a much greater variety to choose from, you get better value for handbags and luggage. But it is equal! stocks of all the moderately priced kinds, true that we havo the largest And that means that besides your money. Tho Leather Goods Store is a very busy place these days. There Is a gift in it for every one, at any price you havo In mind. (Main lloor, Oheetnut) A Christmas Saving on Every Pair of Shoes in This Sale A saving that in no case is leas than a couple of dollars and runs all the way up to a five-dollar bill. Well worth while considering at any time, but especially at this time. . You must have new shoes. If you don't need them now you Boon will, Andl hera are almost all kinds of shoes for men and women, at prices close to those that prevailed before the war. Men's shoes at $4.40, S4.C5 and $9. and (Mala Floor, Market) V rl ' ' Women's shoes- at $8.90, $4.90 and $5,90, the first price including evening Mmmi' tongue, pumps, ivltU Ww ; ,;S?J' -?k ! f" "m ,4wn mm, mki Vf Jr' .' i s t. i .' 'rsr 6 v V) - m '.. " J'V r St i i ,. in .
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