5S55R?p isfeHB'"'' W? EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA", THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1919 4 9 o'clock Grand Organ Noon Chimes 4 :50 -Grand Organ WANAMAKER'S Store Opens at 9 A.. M. WANAMAKER'S Store Closes at 5 P. M. WANAMAKER'S WEATHER ' tJ nam V Giving a Spirited Start to the Year That Brings So Much Promise KWWSSrW? - JJ-SJV-LrT '"iHTi TJA'i7:jAt'vf4f,j'li""Afri f. rf-in'ii iFrrSf Why Was President Wilson Obliged to Go Seas Over?, To him it evidently was given to see the possibility of a reorganization and rebuilding of the world. In his personality is incarnated an almost incomprehensible truth. The President represents the belief of hundreds of thousands of men of both hemispheres, not in detail, but in prin ciple, that wars of swords and guns and battleships shall forever cease. It is a man and nation saver the world is looking for today. Whatever others think, the President has no misgiving of the central facts of his mission. He felt, undoubtedly, the impulse of a world duty. He has gone to respond to a summons that to him was as powerful and as irresistible as the Star that shone above Bethlehem was to the Wise Men of the East. Great world eras have always had their beginnings in things that, at the time, seemed unreasonable or unim portant.. What a privilege it is to be. living in such times, when continents and empires change, and when kings and parliaments look to the plain citizen President of the new Power of the west for their guidance! Let us be careful of thought and considerate of speech, for certainly the eyes of the world are upon us. Surely these are hours of destiny. The hand of the American people is on the driving lever of world events. fhmdr Signed i Jan. 2t 1019. This Year's New Sports Hats Are Very Gay Their colors are bright and their shapes are youthful and becoming, so that women going south will be delighted with the new models we have to show them. There are hats of calico in flower-sprigged pat terns and in pretty flame and blue shades; shady brimmed Leghorns, flower trimmed and crepe faced; fine Milan straws and fancy rough straws are all in tho collection. There is really a wonderful variety and there are hats for all occasions. (Nrtonil Floor, Chtatnnt) Many Winter Suits for Girls and Young Women Are Reduced At $20 are the suits for junior girls suits of soft wools in brown, burgundy and blue and in 15 and 17 year sizes. They are made in the correct Winter styles,, are carefully tailored and finished, and have been more expensive. At $25 are suits for young women suits of burella cloth in sports and dress models. There are reindeer, new brown shades, navy blue and 'burgundy from which to choose, and there are 14 to 20 year sizes. 'And any girl or young woman who needs another suit to tide her over the Winter should surely see these! (Second Floor, Chutnut) i . Prettiest of Plaid Skirts to Be Specials , But such they are and little more than wholesale priys! ' s'Also the all-wool plaid these skirts are made of is ery scarce indeed and many women have despaired of . letting it at all. A good sports model with elongated pear-shaped pockets and gathers in the back, $16.75. A full" box-pleated model with the pleats, close about the hips, $18.76. Both come in several plaid combinations, all extremely pretty ones. (Flrit Floor, Central) THE New Year Brings New Anderson Ginghams The makers of .these fine Scotch ginghams tell us that Wanamaker's is the greatest outlet for Anderson ginghams in the United States, and nobody can doubt ' it who sees the assortment here. Literally there are hundreds of patterns, small and medium checks,' large plaids and plenty of plain colors, to go with them. Taking as- many as we do we have first choice 'from the new styles. Ail are 11,25 a yard. All Thrifty People Please Note the White Sale Is Swinging Along Splendidly Everything in it is fresh and new; everything is practical, and everything is well below regular prices, being from 20 to 33 1-3 per cent less than at any other time. Of course the majority of garments in the Sale are the good everyday sorts the sorts women want to buy now in quanti fies for the next six months. They have but little trimming on them and that little confined to good, simple embroideries many of them on longcloth to tucks and hemstitching, and a very little lace. But they are well cut and the materials are the very best to be had for the money. Nobody who knows the market conditions of today would expect to see nightgowns and petti coats of any kind for a dollar; yet here is a great variety of dollar styles. Even the very finest American things in this Sale come inside the list of prices that follows : ' Nightgowns $1 to $6.75. Petticoats 75c to $5. Short Petticoats 75c to $1.50. Chemises 75c to $5. Combinations $1 to $2.50. Drawers 65c to $2.25. Corset covers 50c to $2.50. Camisoles $1 to $2.50. Bloomers $1 to $6.50. Kindred Garments Blanket bathrobes, silk petticoats, cot ton petticoats, house dresses, white aprons, and boudoir caps, are all here at special price, although at this writing we cannot go into details about them. ' (Main Floor, and TlilrH Floor, Ontral) Thousands of Waists Tailored and trimmed voiles mostly white at $1 and $1.50. Lingerie and-tailored voiles at $1.G5 and $1.75 many being samples. Georgette crepes and crepes de chine at $3.85. Finer sorts lingerie and others at $5. (Edit and Writ ,lili. Third Floor, Ontral) About the Corsets Parisienne corsets at $6 and $8. L. R. corsets of batiste, coutil, broche and tricot a third and a half less. Madame Lyras at $3.50. Wanamaker specials at $1 to $2.50. Letitias at $3 and $3.50. (Third Floei. t'licitnut) H AND-MADE Baby Clothes at Moderate Prices For little babies hand-made garments seem most appropriate. Those, in the White Sale, arc as dainty and pretty as women' could wish, and their prices are of especial Interest. Hand-made slips are $1.50 to $5 each and they are as simple or as elaborate as you like. Hand-made petticoats to go with the slips, $2.76 to $5. Hand-made caps and dear little affairs they are 85c to $1.50. Yes, There Are Plenty of Furs in the Famous Yearly Sale And that means all the splendid furs in our regular stocks, every piece of them reduced 25 per cent, and every piece guar anteed. And we may add that our regular stocks were never finer. At this moment we cannot go into details about the prices, but the small furs sets and sepa rate scarfs include black, gray and cross foxes, natural beaver, black lynx, Hudson seal (dyed muskrat), mole, natural skunk, nutria, squirrel, mink, fisher, sable, racoon and wolf. The coats include many of Hudson seal (dyed muskrat), plain and novelty styles, besides coats of nutria, natural musk rat, gray squirrel, mole, beaver and other pelts. Also a- few motor coats of Jtardy furs. Everything 25 per cent less than regular. Crronfl Floor, CIloMnilt) Save a Fourth to a Third on Fine Domestic Rugs Including Whittalls 300 Pair Window Curtains Reduced a Fourth to a Half Odd pairs, which means in lots of one, two or three pair of a kind. It is only necessary to know the number of windows in each room for women to find curtains for any'oi- every room in the house. And at such a saving in price! There are lace, scrim and muslin curtains, and almost all kinds, being leftovers from a busy sea son's selling. Prices fiom $3.75 for a three-pair lot of scrim curtains up to $23.50 for a single pair of beautiful point de Paris curtain?. (1'irtli Moor, Market) TWO Good Specials in White Sale Handkerchiefs $3.25 a dozen for men's plain hemstitched handker chiefs of good quality linen. $2 a dozen for women's plain hemstitched handker chiefs with initial. Both sold by the dozen and the half-dozn only. (Alain Floor, Central) THE Boys Should Start the New Year in New Clothes Our stocks of boys' overcoats have been kept well replenished, and that is why we are now so well equipped to berve the boys who still need good, warm garments for the real Winter just ahead of usf. Overcoats, $13.50 to $25, sizes 3 to 1Q years, and $22.50 to $35 in sizes 11 to 18 years. Suits, $18 to $30, in sizes 8 to 18 years. (Second Floor, Central) N Jaunty Roll Brim Turbans That Please the Boys These handsome hats were always popular, but never so much so as this season and never so handsome. This lot made of short ends of fine overcoatings in a variety of colors and designs. The price Is $2.60, or $4 for some of' English chin chilla. i 2370 Men's Shirts at $1.55 in a Special Sale You save 45c on every shirt and the saving is more real than it is on many a man's sfiirt advertised as half price. These shirts came from a manufacturer who gets so much of our business that we felt justified in demanding that he give our cus tomers a good-luck shipment to start the New Year. Soft-cufT negligee shirts of printed, jac quard and woven madras and fine rep. Designs arc varied and beautiful. Distinctive, too, not just plain, everyday stripes, but stripes with figures, jacquard or otherwise. At $1.55 these shirts are worth buying by the half dozen. (Main Floor. Markrt) Men's "Factory-Hurt" Shoes; Over 300 Pair at $5.40 All styles, all leathers, all sizes, but not every size in every style by any means. But so much under regular price that it will be well worth the time it may take to get fitted in the style you want. The slight blemishes do not affect the service. These "factory-hurt" shoes are from one of the great men's shoe factories of America of the world and so much in demand that a former lot, about the same quantity as this, went out in one day last week. (Main Flour, .Markrt) FITTED Bags and Cases for Southern Travel Most of them are of fine black-Brained leather, but one group of bags if of yellow cowhide. The fittings are chiefly white celluloid, though a few are tortoise shell finish. Fitted traveling bags, $25 to $85. Fitted traveling cases, $19.50 to $125. (Main Floor, rhrntnnt) That Good Resolution to Be on Time needs a dependable watch to help keep it. Women's watches. Gold wrist watches, on black ribbon $28, and gold link bracelets, $35 to $150. Silver wrist watches on black ribbon, $15 to $33. Watches to wear on a chain, $20 to $15. Men' watches. Silver wrist watches, $26 and $32 on khaki straps. Watches to wear on a chain, $15 to $150. (Jrntlr.T Morr, rhr.tnut and Thlrtrrnth) Many people always wait for this Winter Sale at Wanamaker's before buying any new floor coverings for the year. Experience has shown them that they can get better values here than elsewhere. In the sale this year are M. J. Whittall Anglo-Persian rugs, other high-grade Wilton rugs, wool Wiltons, Axminsters, body Brussels and thousands of yards of good carpets and linoleums. The Whittall rugs are in discontinued patterns and the other weaves are divided between discontinued patterns, special purchases and reductions from stock. 9x12 ft. Whittall Anglo-Persians, $84.50. 9x12 ft. high-grade Wiltons, $72.50 and $78.50. 9x12 ft. wool Wiltons, $57.50 and $59.50. 9x12 ft. Axminsters, $36.50. 9x12 ft. body Brussels, $47.50. utner sizes, sman ana large, at proportionate savings. t y PMfnui r Five New Groups of All Linen Towels in the White Sale All purchased direct from Irish and Scotch mills and priced considerably below today's market value in fact, some of them are not now obtainable at any price. All pure flax through and through, a great assortment of qualities and sizes. At 50c each, heavy huck towels with hemmed ends; size 17x33 inches. At 75c each, better quality of heavy Scotch huck towels with hemmed ends, size 19x38 inches. At $1 each, beautiful soft-finish bird's-eye-weave towels, both in figured and plain effects, all neatly hemstitched, 24x40 inches. At $1.25 each, plain weave towels of a fine quality, neatly hemstitched, size 22x38 inches. At $1.50 each, beautiful towels in a combination of huck and damask weaves, with neat damask borders in Greek and fleur-de-lis effects, all hemstitched, size 24x40 inches. (riot Hoar, Chattaut) Men's "Heavy-Duty" Coats Reduced a Third These are the warm, sturdy short over coats that are so much liked by men and boys who work or play outdoors. Many are also suitable for street wear. Find them in the Sporting Goods Store at the following low prices: Sheep's wool-lined reefers, $10. Fleece-lined reefers, ?9. Olive drab mackinaws, $M. (Hip .llfr, Junlprr) AMERICAN Dinner Service at av - Very Low Price $12 a Set Purchased eighteen months ago, these sets have been late in reaching us, so ,w have marked them to sell at the price then prevailing, $12 a set. They are domestic sets in decorations of floral sprays with coin gold handles', each hct comprising 59 pieces. This means that each has two platters and three vege table dishes, but the plates and cups and saucers ar in half-dozen instead of dozen sets. On each set ther is a saving of $6, based on today's valuations. (Fourth Floor, ChrttnnO STICK Candy, the Old-Fashioned Striped Kind with, red and white and lemon and green stripes, the kiad we all thought ouch a tieat when we were little shavers, is here in the Candy Store. It is fresh from the kitchta and is -10c a pound. (lon Mnlr More, (hrstnut) ioor, invMnut) 1000 More Bedspreads ' Go Into the White Sale Tomorrow Roughly, there are well over two thou sand spreads in this sale fresh, perfect, snow-white, of standard quality and at reductions of one-fourth to one-third from our regular price. Dimity crinkle spreads, 2;:2i yards, at $2.25 each; 214x210 yards, t $2 eachs Honeycomb or crochet spreads in a variety of Marseilles natterns. sin trie-bed sizes, the finest single-bed honeycomb nMwnnrln tAitr-vn van wtnialrnJ CO nnU f& 7 T licuus wuvuii, aic muujicm ?& cacil. JIJ I these there is a wonderful showing. ' i Honeycomb or iwbchetsr in variety of Marseillespatterns in double-' sizes are now $2 each. Others of the s. type and in double-bed size are $2.25 e Satin-finished spreads are a n group in the great assortment. Two 2x294 yards and 2iix2 yards, both i same price $3.25 each. (Sixth Tloor. Central) ". 1 1 1 nfl U &'i (Vint Floor, Chtttnut) .nw Jriyor, cumuuu Ar & "ir iT' ' . -..si & (Mam rioor. Mrku .v il ' .. - - v - ' ' . : , . M -a
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