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EVENING PUBIilO LEDGERS PHIEADELPHIAV FRIDAY, JANUARY 10,. 1919
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DOWN STAIRS STORE
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l (Colonel's Widow to Hold
Property in Trust Dur
ing Lifetime
PLACED AT $500,000
Empowered to Dispose of For
tune by "Will as She
Sees Fit
Oyster Bar, Jan. 10. Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt's will, mado In 1913,
vnn read to members of tho family
at Sagamoro Hill yesterday? and prob
ably will bo filed with tho surrogate of
KiU.au County today.
Although the value of the former
President's estate wna not made
nown, It was; understood to amount
o not more than $500,000. Accordi
ng to George C. Cobbe, a lawyer, of
ew York, who read tho will, the docu
ment provides that tho estate, except
the family silver and plate, Bhall bo
Id In trust for Mrs. Roosevelt during
hei 'fe, and gives her power to dis
pose of It by wli'. as sho sees fit. If
she leaves no will, the estate is to be
divided In equal parts among tho chll-
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j Vhe silver and family plate, Mr.
s.obbe said, are to bo divided among
; the children, as Is a $60,000 trust fund
left to Colonel Roosevelt by his father.
The will named as trustee Lieuten
ant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
Band W. Emlcn Roosevelt, a cousin of
tho Colonel.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who was unable to
ttend the funeral, will visit the
,rrav Youngs aiomorlal veme
-y today, after which she will
,vo Sagamore Hill for a brief visit
Colonel Roosevelt'3 sister, Mrs. WII
,m Sheffield Conies, at Farmlngton,
nn. She will bo accompanied bv
rs. Ethel Derby and Captain Archl
lid Roosevelt.
Hundreds of visitors thronged the
tmetery yesterday, and It was learned
hat ono of the reasons for tho sta
loflng of a military guard of honor
ibc it the grave was to prevent "sou-
ret r hunters " from carrying away
the floral tributes.
' As tho visitors stood about the grave
an army nlrplane from Quentln Roose
velt Field at Mlneola (lew low and
topped a laurel wreath which landed
barely on tho grae.
'elegrams, cablegrams and letters
ondolence continued to pour Into
more Hill, and Captain Roosevelt
that all which bore addresses
Vbe answered. Ho expressed np
Son of the family for many
es that gave no addresses to
m jepllcH could bo sent.
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(Two Deaths Cause Criticism of
Speeding Ambulances
The second dentil as the result of an
I automobile accident Wednesday night
f at the west end of Market street bridge
' has aroused Director Krusen, of the
f, wtAvci'm lutein ui iiemkii aim itmi iiirq. u
f,ondemn reckless speeding by anbulanci
P rivers.
"There Is no necessity for drhlnc
ambulnncea throu'h the streets at ex.
Cessive snecil. elt er dav or nlcht." lie
aid. ,
en's outburst ihat of Joseph Kmerv,
pr t"acaae. iu . lie dleil mm nigiu
It l'resuvteriaif llolfflAl Ills nroilicr.
John nmery. 1 .s Instantly Killed when
Ihey were struc i by n Jefferson Hosiplt.il
mouianco us i.iey augmeu irom a troi
lev car.
ro DreaK up specamg." sain wirpctor
Krusen, "I had the gongs removed from
Ihe cars of the Philadelphia. ener.l
iopum ann mner institutions connected
irlth the Demirtment of Health and
Chailtles. Horns hne been substituted
gongs anu ny cnecning up on iimers
hnc reduced tho number of accl.
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f JDENT AROUSES KRUSEN
?or Lame and
Tired Feet
hmiEN you've
jV walked and
ilked all day and
ir feet are tired and
filing, rest them
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IAUME
ALGJ3SIQUE
;engue
The cooling, soothing,
ealing and refreshing ef-
ct of this famous French
.ume takes away the
e.ness and gives prompt
ief tr'Tour suffering.
For twenty -five years
Ml.
ictors nave prescrioea it
rheumatism, gout,
iatica and neuralgia.
Originated by Drniles
gu6 of Paris, and now
sale at most drug stores
, in spite of wa conns.
oid substitutes and
ointments.
a tube today.
LEEMING & CO.
1 Aot. New York
Will Find It
issed Relief
Tomorrow the Down Stairs Store Will Hold a Great Sale of
New Furs at Average
The Best Coats at Moderate Prices
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W $38.50 U $32.50
All Plush Coats Reduced
Now $19.75 to. $85
This includes all sorts of coats, from
plain plushes to coats with cope collars
and deep cuffs of nutria.
are undoubtedly right here in the Down Stairs Store.
Prices are well within the reach of most people and
quality standards are uniformly high.
Between $27.50 and $45
there is a great collection of 'good coats for women and young
women.
A velour coat, lined throughout, has a cape coltar of nutria
or sealene at $27.60.
At $32.60 there are some remarkable coats, of which ono is
sketched. It is of velour with three inverted pleats in tho
back nnd a shawl collar of sealene. The lining is of peau
de cygne of the best quality and the coat is softly interlined. '
Another coat at this price has a nutria collar that buttons
across in the"f ront.
The other coat sketched is $38.60. It has straight lines,
a pleated back, piped buttonholes and & round collar of nutria
or sealene.
Without Fur
there is a pretty pompom coat with'a gathered collar at $35.
A coat with a particularly good back is of velour with
a wide collar and double belt across the sides and front. An
excellent coat for heavy wompn. $45.
At $12.75, $13.75 and $15
many good coats that will give much comfort and wear.
They are of heavy cheviots, chinchillas, kerseys nnd velour;
some trimmed with kit coney on the collars and pockets, somo
with fur cloth and many quite plain. A number of these coats
ate lined throughout.
. (M.rU.t)
SPECIAL
New Overcoats for
Boys of 13 to 18
Sample overcoats of PURE
WOOL mixtures in blue, green,
brown and gray. They are dou
ble breasted with convertible col
lars, belts across the back and
some have storm pockets. They
arc shoulder lined or full lined.
Each coat will bear close ex
amination the sizes are right,
the shoulders and collars fit, the
buttons arc of durable quality
and every coat is just what a
Wnnamaker coat should be.
They will fit boys of 13 to 18
years and are special at $18.
(C.lliTjr. Market)
Bag Rinqs
25c a Pair
Green, white or imitation
amber or shell rings are spe
cial at this price.
(Central)
Toilet Goods
Half Price
Toilet waters, extracts and
sachets in bouquet and Oriental
scents have been marked at half
their former prices.
(Central)
Manufacturer's Samples New
Blouses of Georgette Crepe
Special at $4.65
Fresh from layers of white tissue, these blouses come forth dainty
and pretty. They are in white, flesh, tan and gray.
Somo are adorned with many of tiny tucks. Others, more
elaborate, show graceful frills. Many more arc embroidered or
beaded or both.
The buttons are attractive, because of heir unusual shapes and
their gleaming quality.
(Market)
Winter-Weight
Quilts
Special at $3
Half Price
These are warm, serviceable
quilts, filled with cotton and
covered with khaki-color mus
lin, tufted or scrollstitched.
For boarding houses, schools
and so on these quilts are
splendid.
(Chestnut)
Hurrah! At Last!
More Bathrobe
Blanketing
There are 12 rolls of it and
every roll is different from the
others. The blanketing is 27
inches wide and only GOc a yard.
The patterns are the rich In
dian designs that men, especially,
like.
Color combinations are un
usually tasteful; combining red
and navy bluQ, blue nnd tan, etc.,
and the blanketing is teversible.
(Central)
Pretty Nightgowns
Special at $1
Of white crcpelike material,
they are made in slipover style,
hemstitched in blue nround the
top.
Pink Pajamas at $1
Special
Pink nainsook one-piece pa
jamas have bands of blue trim
ming the neck, sleeves and ankle
ruffle.
(Central)
It's the Freshness of the
New Hats That Charms
It's a pleasure to look at
their light, trim, clean-cut
lines after the heavier hats of
Winter. There's a freshness,
a grace about them that is al
together charming.
There are straw hats for the
South and straws whose
springiness is tempered by
satin and Georgette crepe for
those who want to wear them
right here in Philadelphia.
Most of the shapes are small
but with a dash and colorings
run to black, dark brown, navy blue and henna, with here and
there a bright, gay splash of red or turquoibe blue.
Exceptionally fine hats will be marked $3.75 and $5 for
Saturday.
(Market)
Coats for Young
Daughter of 12
Years to 16
She has gone along very nicely
with a lightweight coat up to
now, but it seems as if the Winter
is here to stay. That means a
new, warm coat and mother
knows where to buy it!
Coats are of mixed or plain
coatings at $9.75 and $12. Other
better coats go gradually up to
$30.
A Youthful Frock
Special at $10
It is a button-on model with a
skirt of box-pleated plaid. Tho
waist is made of fine, maize ging
ham; very good-looking for a
girl of 10 years to 16.
Striped Gingham
Dresses at $3.75
will fit girls of 8 years to 14. They
are well made in a short-waistcd
stylo with a wide belt.
Heavier Dresses
of dark plaids and of navy blue
wool serge are wrought in many,
many attractive .models for girls
of 12 years to 16. $12, $13.60,
$16.50 and $18.75.
(Central)
Soft Velour for
Draperies Special at
$2.75 a Yard
A lovely shade of brown and
one of blue are special value at
this price.
The velour is 50 inches wide
and would do nicely to upholster
furniture, "as well as to make
lovely draperies.
(CliMtaut)
350 Smart Serge Frocks
Offer Big Savings
One Group
at $10
The frocks are
made in new coat or
novel effects. Some
are collarless with
embroidery at the
neck. Many of the
belts show silk or
satin pipings. Other
pretty dresses have
tucked bodices. One
is sketched.
Another at
$12.25
Many of the bod
ices in this group
arc trimmed with
ball buttons. Others'
arc embroidered in
braid and have at
tractive broad belts.
The frocks are quite
$15 $10 charming.
Third Group Special at $13.75
Every one of these dresses is made of fine serge. The models
arc unusual in inexpensive frocks. In several models the bodices are
tucked and the dresses are trimmed with buttons. Other tailored
models show many bone buttons. Colors are navy blue, Copenhagen,
tan, green, brown and black.
A Dozen or More Styles at $15
Loose panels in front arc heavily embroidered in braid; many
frocks arc embroidered in silk and have corded girdles; military braid
is used on other dresses that have oventkirts.
As in all the newer frocks, the tollarlcss bodice predominates.
One of these is sketched.
Fluttering Rainbow Colors in Dance Frocks
and Evening Dresses. $19.75 to $35
Frocks for young girls to wear to informal affairs are made of
lustrous taffeta in pink, orchid or light blue. The skirts are draped
and tho sleeves are about three-quarter length.
Tljen, as well aB the very fluffy things, there are dresses all of
black net or of black net over rose-color satin.
(Market)
120 Winter Suits Are
Much Reduced
Some are trimmed with fur,
while others are plain and tai
lored. Linings are of the best.
The suits are in individual models,
which speaks well for the
choosing.
Now $16.75, $22.75,
$25 and $35
The styles arc suitable for
women and young women, nnd
some for women who wear extra
large sizes. The materials com
prise wool poplin, mnnnibh serge,
, gabardine, wool velour, burelia
and broadcloth.
Many of these models can be
worn for early Spring.
A Group of New
Spring Suits
has but now arrived. We are
very glad to have them for Sat
urday. Many attractive models
ore of serge. '
$25, $27.75, $35
and $39.75
(Market)
Women's Vests
at Special Prices
At 20c
White ribbed cotton stockincs
are in regular and extra sizes.
Thev arc "seconds," but the im
perfections are slight.
At 25c
Bodice top and fancy top white
ribbed vests are in regular sizes.
At 30c
Fnncy and plain top vests are
of finer ribbed cotton. Regular
sizes,
(Central)
1000 Pair of Women's Good Shoes
Reduced to $4,40 a Pair
Five styles: i
Black kidskin shoes, with medium heels, show tops of dark gray kidskin.
Black kidskin shoes, with light gray kidskin tops, have high heels.
ShoeB of gray kidskin, with tops of gray kidskin or cloth to match, have
high, curved heels. "
Button shoes are made of black kidskin with gray kidskin tops. The heels are
curved.
Special at $3.90 a Pair
There are practically all sizes in women's
shoes of dark tan calfskin. The shoes are made
on long, slender lines and cut high. The soles
are welted and the heels are medium.
300 Pair of Men's Shoes
Reduced to $3.75
These are made of black patent leather on
English lasts with welted soles.
Children's Shoes
Now $1.15 a Pair
In sizes 2 to 5, you will find shoes of black
kidskin, tan kidskin and black patent leather.
Some of the shoes have white leather tops. The
soles are turned.
Special at $2.50 a Pair
' Children's shoes of serviceable dull black
leather in button style are in sizes 8tf to 2.
Boys' Shoes Now $2.50 a Pair
'They are made of dull black leather. Sizes
are ZV to 6. '
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(Chutnnt)
Halt Price
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Neckpieces
Scarfs
Stoles
Capes
Coatees
Muffs
seal (muskrat) coatees,
(muskrat) mufl's,
Hudson
$69.75.
Hudson seal
$16.50 and $23.50.
Nutria stoles, $16.50.
Nutria capes, $25.
Nutria muffs, $10, $15 and $17.50.
Beaver capes, $40 and $50.
Racoon scarfs, $18.75.
Racoon muffs, $15 and $18.75.
Skunk scarfs in cape shape, $19.75.
Skunk muffs, $16.50, $20 to $30.
Brown wolf scarfs, $25.
Scotch mole capes, $55.
Scotch mole scarfs, $29.75.
Scotch mole stoles, $69.75.
A big collection of fine furs made
on the most fashionable lines of the
present season. Prices average half
the prices usually asked for furs of
these qualities. All are perfect and all
are marked for exactly what they are.
The name Wanamaker assures fair
dealing and honest pricing.
Of many of these furs there are
but a few pieces, but the following list
will give you an idea of the great va
riety from which you may choose:
Dyed fox scarfs in taupe, brown,
black and blue, $18.75. Muffs to match
all of these except the blue, at $18.75.
Taupe-dyed fox scarfs, $25, $30 to
$45.
Black -dyed fox scarfs, $22.50;
muffs, $30.
Taupe-dyed kit fox scarfs or muffs,
$28.50.
Blue-dyed lynx scarfs, $57.50.
Taupe-dyed lynx scarfs, $20 to $55.
Hudson seal (muskrat) capes, $25,
$39.75 and $45.
Also many excellent matched sets at special prices.
SPECIAL LOTS
Black coney throw scarfs, $5, $6.75 and $7.50.
Brown coney muffs, $6.75.
Kit coney muffs and scarfs, $5, $6.50 & $7.50.
Skunk or taupe nutria neckpieces, small, $3.75.
Skunk collnretH, $7.50.
lilnck-dycd lnx und taupe nutria neckpieces,
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(Of these last groups the quantity is limited nnd, as the values are quite remarkable,
it is advisable to come early).
CMnrlirt)
1200 Men's
Four-in-Hand Silk
Neckties
Special at 35c
3 for $1
We are very proud of this
lot of neckties and with
reason. They are made
from the short ends of vari
ous high-grade silk that arc
used to make scarfs which
sell for three or four times
this price.
The patterns and color
ings are a man's kind you
know the kind that a man
likes to choose for himself.
To let you know how good
the ties are, we'll tell you a
secret. The buyer, himself,
is getting a dozen for his
own wear!
(Uallrry, Mnrkrt)
Reductions on Hats
for Small Boys
Now $1.50
Hats of velvet, of plush or of
combinations of the two ma
terials. All in dark colorings or
black for boys of 3 to 7 years.
Now 75c
Knockabout hats of various
wool mixtures arc in several
shapes suitable for boys of 5 to
10 years.
(Onllrrr, .Mnrkrt)
If a Man Wants to Save Money
on a Suit or an Overcoat
without sacrificing one bit of quality or stle, he should come to
the Men's Store on the (lallory, Djwn Stairs.
Special All-Wool Suits, $22, $24.50 and $29.50
These aie splendid MiiU of cas.simere or cheviot in various good
daik mixtuics. The ingle-brcustcd coats uie made with 2 or 3 buttons.
Theie arc all sizes in the lot, but in the gioups at ?22 and $24.50
the choosing is especially good in bizo.s 1)3 to 37.
Special Overcoats at $22
B-r-r-r! When the days aie cold as they arc now every one of
these coats will keep some man comfortable and warm. They are
box coats und aie made Finglo-lncasited.
From $30 to $35
men can get piactically any kind of storm ulotcr or ulhterette that they
want. They can feel sure that the coats they get arc all wool and
will give lOO'r wai, for oui standard of quality is held rigidly high.
(iillrr, M.irkrt)
Special! Men's Knitted
Mufflers at 85c
Knitted fiber mufficr in dozens of different patterns -and
coloiings composing n manufacturer's entire stock. Then, too,
wo aie dealing out oui own stock.
The icsult is tint many of thee muflleis aie less than half
pi ice. Somo have slight imperfections in the weave, but others
aie fust quality.
Included are some woolen scarfs in gray or tan.
And at $1.85
Many of those mufflers aie of beautiful silk, while others are
of fiber. The weaves and colors are arious.
Men's automobile nu.filrrs of knitted wool usually sell for
a third more. They aie in gray or tan and have fringed ends.
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(flnllrry. Mnrkrt)
A New Corset Is the First
Spring Thing to Buy
Before the frock or suit comes the coiset, chosen with care and
fitted with skill. It Is easy to find the prorcr corset and to find it at
moderate price in tho Down Stairs Store.
Front-Lace Corsets
For slender women theie is a good La Camillo corset of white
coutil with an elastic top. $2.50.
Two good Gossard models aio marked $3. One, of pink coutil
with a blue ribbon top, is for average flguies, being lightly Loned in
front and a little heavier across tho back.
The other is' for stout women, and is of pink or white coutil
with a long skirt and medium high bust.
Back-Lace Corsets
At $2 an American Lady corset of .white coutil, for medium to
average full figures, has elastic insets over the hips.
A Warner Corset at $2 has a graduated front steel, well-boned
skirt and medium low bust.
At $2 a Royal Worcester corset, with elastic insets at top and
bottom, is made of pink coutil and lightly boned for slender women.
Special at $1.50
A topless corset of figured pink poplin for slender figures. It is
lightly boned and has clastic around the top.
Brassieres and Bandeaux, 35c
A varied assortment of all sorts of bandeaux and brassieres
marked very low.
Bandeaux, 50c and 65c
More claborato bandeaux of pink basket cloth and white materials
trimmed with laco and finished with tapo shoulder straps. Most of
them are open-back styles.
(Ctntral)
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Chenille Rugs
Half Price
One of our good mills that
makes high-giade chenille rugs
has discontinued certain pat
terns and colorings and has
sold them to us at exactly half
price. We have priced them ac
cordingly and they will be ready
on the Center Aisle tomorrow.
The colorings arc ever so pretty
and the rugs are firmly woven,
though very soft. Good fringe
finishes the ends.
27x54 inches, $3
30x60 inches, $3.75
(Cheitnut)
Gingham Petticoats
Sturdy gingham in blue-and-whlto
or gray-and-white stripes,
makes them. They have tape at
the wajst and deep flounces at
the bottom, $1.
Extra sizes in the same style
are $1.25, and these are very gen- .
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