limrnn "IWDMlr?w,''t'I"f" WllKV, i, &?-, I EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 191S 7 ) p,7,WP iii - - ' - - I, i I,, - - r I i I - ... SKttffSffi WANAMAKER'S Store Closed All Day Tomorrow WANAMAKER'S Store Closed AH Day Tomorrow WANAMAKER'S Sl 00 Grand Orron and familiar song. I'dlr - ' Vttfr LwkWiW l. N ','- The Winter Sale of White at Wanamaker's Will Open A Long Time Ago in Paris It Was Interesting to Watch the weavers of the Gobelin tapestries, whose ances tors were said to have occupied for generations that same old building in which to make their famous works of art. It was curious to see the almost uncount able number of what seemed tangled threads of every shade of color, which the nimble, skilled fingers of the workmen rapidly worked into place upon the beautiful historic picture, taking form on the other side of the framed fabric, at whose back they did their work. These trained weavers, with fond love of colors, keen in selecting the exact shades, were on the go continually to the front side of the frame, there to inspect their work on the picture, arriving little by little. So did they spend days and years, as their fathers had done before them, in completing priceless tapestries to decorate the palaces of the Kings and Queens of past ages. . This almost forgotten visit with the French weavers long ago comes back today while stitching this last piece upon the frame of 1918. To go around to the full front of what we worked upon steadily day by day for the past year, to see how our work has turned out, is well worth while for our encouragement and guidance. Whenever a broken thread or a mischosen color appears we will try to do better next time. May all who have helped us, or whom we have tried to help, see their woven pictures of the past year in a radiant and pleasing light, enter upon a New Year of increasing happiness. Signed' Dec. SI, 1918. ? jhmafa This last day of the old year is the last day of the old year store hours. . Beginning Thursday, Jan. 2, and until further notice, I the Store wiWopen at 9 and close at 5. Corsets in the Sale of White 100 dozen L. R. corsets, mostly discontinued models, in batiste, coutil, broch'o and tricot some a third and some even a half of regular prices. 400 Kabo special corsets, including pink topless models and a low bust model of pink batiste. Prices, $1.50 to $2. Nearly 1000 Wanamaker specials at $1 to $2.50. ' 180 Madame Lyra corsets of fine broche,' $3.50. Parisienne corsets of pink coutil at $6, and white broche at $8. Ilverybody who knows Parisiennes knows what it means to get these for less money. , ' Letitia corsets at $3 and $3.50. Also 1200 C. B. corsets, "seconds," at 85c. v (Third rioor, Che(tnnt) Fine Lingerie Also in the White Sale Hand-embroidered nightgowns, chemises and a few other garments from the French Room, most of them-musSed, will bo on sale at reduced prices on the ' (Wt All) C 'A Little Sale of Women's Finest Shoes and Slippers will be held Thursday in tho Excluslvo Little Boot Shop. It includes all incomplete sizes, reduced frojn one-third to one-Hnlf, and women who ,delight in fine footgear and are willing to take tho trouble to look the shoes over will And some rare values. (Flrtt Floor. Junlptr and Market) White Sale Handkerchiefs N of-Unusual Value Hundreds of dozens .of crisp, new, Irish linen handkerchiefs all in tho plain and practical hemstitched stylo that is good year in and year out. Men's handkerchiefs, 93.90 a dozen good linen, and sold by the dosscn pnly. Women's handkerchiefs, $1.70 a dozen two weights, sheer and he4 linen. , i ft Thursday THE war is over; the great weight of anxiety is lifted and everybody is looking forward hopefully to a return to a normal way of living. But prices are as high as ever. In fact, if anything, they are higher; and the women whose business it is to see that all household expenditure ismade to the best advantage are taking note of every possible way to be sure of getting the most for their money. This is the reason that the Wanamaker Sale of White is jotted down on hosts of the shopping lists for Thursday morning. Cottons are dear, embroideries are dear and oftenNnon-existent, thread and boxes and labor are dear; in a word, there never was a time when it was so difficult to get a White Sale together; yet here it is, a Sale in which the garments 72,000 strong and all snowy fresh are all priced at savings of from 20 to 33 1-3 per cent, while one lot of 1500 samples is 45 per cent less than regular prices. The great majority of the garments are priced between $1 and $5. They are made of fresh, good nainsook and catnbrics a very few of muslin and the trimmings are mostly very simple plain scallops often, hemstitching and tucks; good eyelet and blind embroid eries on long cloth; very few laces. There are plenty of dollar garments especially of night gowns and petticoats; there are some excellent drawers at 85c; hosts of little Empire night gowns with frills of net; and really wonderful nightgowns with Philippine hand work for as little as $2 and $2.65. There are quantities of bloomers pink and white, of silk and cotton crepe and batiste. There are pink crepe de chine camisoles for $1; there are even some extra sizes at special prices. And quite the loveliest of all are some extremely simple and exquisite garments of French nainsook with the tiniest of casings, tucks and hemstitchings gar ments fine enough for a trousseau. These thousands of fine new undermuslins will be found on the Main Floor, Central and Market, and the Third Floor, Central. Other White Sale Specials 300 sample negligees at half price printed chiffons, silks, a few fine flannels and crepes de chine. (West Aisle) 200 blanket bath robes at $3.85 colors, mostly figured styles. (Cro Alale) -dark . 500 spetticoats at $1 and $1.50 of lustrous cotton in black and colors. (Crois Alile) 400 silk petticoats all sample petticoats, 'and marked at sample prices. (West Aisle) 400 silk petticoats at $3.50 and $3.85 mostly with jersey tops and taffeta flounces. Colors dark and light.- (Knot Aisle) GOO house dresses at $1.50 to $2.75 percale and gingham chiefly. (Third l'loor. Central) 1000 aprons at 25c to $1.50 mostly white, fancy and plain ; for maids and nurses and other household workers. (Mnln l'loor, Market) 500 boudoir caps at 65c to $1.25 of fluffy and frivolous things. (Main l'loor. Market) all kinds White Sale Prices Nightgowns $1 to $6.75. Petticoats 75c to $5. Short petticoats i 75c to $1.50. Chemises 75c to $5. Combinations $1 to $2.50. Drawers 65c to S2.25. Corset covers 50c to $2.50. Camisoles $1 to $2.50. Bloomers $1 to $6.50. Over 6000 Waists in the White Sale 700 waists at $1. Several styles of tailored voiles plain, cross-barred and striped. Also a few lace trimmed. 400 waists at $1.50. More striped and cross barred voiles, some plain and some lace trimmed. 1600 waists at $1.65. Samples and over lots, mostly voile in tailored and lingerie styles. 1000 waists at $1.75. Other samples and over-lots, some with color, a few with handwork. 1300' waists at $3.85. Georgette crepe and crepe de chine, mostly white and flesh-colored, a few dark colors. 500 waists at $5. Lingerie styles of voile and batiste, some with a little color. Also Geor gette crepes, light and dark, embroidered and beaded. 75 waists at $6.85. Gayly printed crepes with zephyr embroidered collars. Also 500 waists at $3.50 to $5.50. Tailored and frilled voiles and batistes; some of them being very fine voiles with picot-edged frills, with a dash of color blue, rose and lavender. (Kait nnd Went Alitea) (Main Floor, Market Street Outposts, and Third l'loor, Central) The Children's White Sale Makes a Fine Showing Thero arc thousands of garments all fresh and dainty and well made. You can turn any of them inside out you'll find them clean as a whtstlo, sturdy and uncommonly good for the very moderate prices which mark them. Infants' long slips aro 85c to $2.75 each. I Short white dresses, G months' to ,2 year sizes, $1 to $3; 2 to C year sizes, $2.25 to ?3.75. Colored dresses, in 2 to 6 year sizes, ?1.25 to ?3.50, and somo havo bloomors. ' Handmade long dresses are $1.50 to ?5j long skirts aro $2.75 to $5. Princess petticoats, 2 to 6 year sizes, 85c to' $2.25; 0 to 14 years, $1 to $2.25. i Long petticoats aro $1 to $2.75 each. . Nainsook nightgowns, l'to 3 years, 85o to $1.75; G to 10 years, $ to $2.75. Whito crepo Billy Burkes-, G to 14 years, $3, Bloomer-drawers, 2 to 10 years, G5c to $2.25. r Girls' drawers, 12 to 16 year aisces, $1 to $1.75, Wand-mad cap foWW, 85c to $1.75, . ' ," ' cna'pi, c.it M,.wt a . . . i ii i 2100 Snowy Bedspreads in the White Sale All at reductions of 25 to 33 1-3 per cent fiom our own regular prices. Perfect goods of stnndard grade taken from our own stocks and specially reduced for the Sale of White. 300 dimity crinkle spreads, seersucker weaves, 2x2 Vs yards, aro now $2.25 each. 400 dimity spreads, seersucker weaves, 2Vix2Vi yards, arc now $2.50 each. 500 single-bed sizo honeycomb or crochet spreads, woven in a choice of fino Marseilles patterns, are now $2 each. These are tho finest single sizo honeycomb spreads made. 300 double-bed size honeycomb or crochet spreads, woven in a choico of fine Marseilles patterns, are now $2 each. 200 double-bed sizo honeycomb or crochet spreads, in a choice of fino Marseilles patterns, are now $2.25 each. 200 satin-finished spreads, 2x2 yard, aro now $3.25 each. 200 satin-finished sprends, 2Ux2Vi yards, are now $3.23 each. (Sixth l'loor. Central) ivX. The Famous January Sale of Furs Opens Thursday ' All the stocks of the Fur Salon are in it both small furs and fur coats and every piece of fur is reduced 25 per cent. It is hardly neces sary to add, except for strangers that every piece of fur ip guaranteed. Among the small furs are Fox furs including black, brown, taupe and cros foxes at $56.25 to $168.75 for sets ; and $40 to $75'or separate scarfs. Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) neckpieces, 27.50 to $93.75 ; muffs, $13.25 to $45. Black lynx neckpieces, $30 to $93.75; muffs, $41.25 to $75. Natural beaver neckpieces, $30 to $86.25; muffs, $33.75 to $67.50. Natural skunk neckpieces, $30 to $150; muffs, $22.50 to $60. Mole neckpieces, $30 to $150; muffs, $40 to $67.50. Other small furs in the sale are nutria, sqyirrel, mink, fisher, sable, racoon and wolf. Among the coats are Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) coats, both plain and trimmed with rich other furs, are $168.75 to $525. These include some very fine novelties. Nutria coats, plain and trimmed, $168.75 to $281.25. Natural muskrat coats, $168.75 to $262.50. Motor coats of such furs as racoon or leopard arc $187.50 to $375. While other coats usually only one or two of a kind,' so that it is impossible to mention the prices are' natural gray squirrel, kolinsky, Persian lamb, mole, beaver and marmot. (Second Floor, Climtnut) Household Linens Enrich the , White Sale 2000 vards of heavy full-bleached Irish table linen, 72 inches wide, Several designs, $3 a yard, saving of 75c a yard. Matching napkins, 22x22 inches, $7.75 a dozen, a saving of $2 a dozen. 1000 yards of heavy full-bleached Scotch double damask table linen, 72 inches wide, in a fine variety of designs, $3.75 a yard, saving of $1 a yard. A group of fino, all-linen Irish huckaback towels, neatly hemstitched and in a variety of combination huckuback and damask patterns, 22x40. inches, $1 each. Saving of 50c each. Towels of a fine grade, sizo 24x40 inches, aro $1.50 each, saving of 50c each. (1'lrt.t Floor. Clieatnut) White Sale Undermuslin Materials More Than Usually Good Many of them, wo feel sure, could not be bought today at wholesale for the prices they are maikcd in this sale, and they aro our staple,' fine-weaving qualities at that. Based on tho present maikct women could count on paying half as much again at the very least. Longcloths, 10-yard pieces, $2.25 to $3.25 a piece. Nainsooks, 10-yard pieces, $2.25 to $4.25 a piece. "Wanamaker lawn, which luundeis like linen, in sheer and heavier weights, 36 to 44 inches wide, 35c to 70c a yard. (llrnt l'loor. Chestnut) Winter Sale of Whittall Rugs and Other Fine Domestic Rugs (The Whittalls in Discontinued Patterns) Included in this sale are M. J. Whittall Anglo-Persian rugs, one of the finest Wilton rugs made in America; other standard makes of high-grade Wiltons, wool Wiltons, Ax minsters and body Brussels. They range from small rugs and runners up to extra large room sizes. There are also some thousands of yards of good carpets and linoleums reduced, Savings of a Fourth to a Half Throughout the Sale The Whittall rugs are all in discontinued patterns and the other weaves are divided between discontinued patterns, reductions from stock and special purchases. ' The important feature is the Whittall group. The fact that they are what is known, as "dropped patterns" does not lessen their value, as a certain number of desirable designs must be dropped annually to make room for something newer, though not necessarily better. Tpn ii ti ii rouowing are some 01 tne prices on room-size rugs: , Whittall Anglo-Persians 9 x 12 ft.. $84.50 8.3 x 10.6 ft., $82.50 G x 9 ft., $62.50 9x9 ft., $82.50 9 x 15 ft, $147,50 10.6 x 10.6 ft., $110 10.6 x 13.6 ft, $167.50 11.3 x 15 ft., $189.50 Other High-Grade Wiltons 9 x 12 ft., $72.50 and $78.50 8.3 x 10.6 ft, $70 and $76.50 6x9 ft, $47.50 Wool Wiltons 9 x 12 ft., $57.50 and $59.50 8.3x10. 6 ft, $55 and $57.50 6x9 ft., $87,50 (Stvcntli 1'ioor, CUtttBHt) Axminsters ( 9 x 12 ft, $36.50 8.3 x 10.6 ft, $34.50 Bodn Brussels 9 x 12 ft, $47.60 ', 8.3 x 10,6 ft, $45 a ' 6x9 ft, $SJ0 ' - f u m b:i -rs n, . l v , - - T ttz i i ' o, u r i
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