IwJTwr1 v - ' ''rri7-trtrt'fri&fr0ftTV&"?yMiit$ EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1919. 5, WEATHER Cloudy 4C Organ, 9, 11 and 4:50 WANAMAKER'S Store Opens 9 A. M. WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S Store Closes 5 P. M. Chimes at Stroke of Noon 'omorrow the Wanamaker Famous Winter Sale of w Men's Furnishings ;? it Is Not Possible to Be Too Good to Our 3 Her and sailor boys coming back le. The best welcome at our docks or rn the rivers is not half good enough. Going and coming, the sea has tossed r crowded boats for six thousand les, and many of them are returning ly wounded. $Food has been scant and comforts eking, and not one out of a hundred, jier by word or sign, complains. m ?By their looks you can see that every ng else sinks into insignificance beside egreat fact that they went off to do a p'jthing, and they did that big thing in the jtgest and finest m : "Give Me Liberty or Death!" far. and now they have come back to aread themselves over the whole United ites with self-determination to lift up feir home country by united action to the Vsfnrnl of m Theodore RoosevcltTProto-Martyr Eet us stop all our pitiful bickerings tdfunite with our boys to make this old tify and State more famous for their otections and provisions in welcoming Tmen who have saved the country. "rl Signed mfis, 1019. 150 Women's Coats Reduced Now $10 to $50 fAt $10 Navy serges of the utility soit, half lined with peau de cygne. EffifAt $15 Big, full, tweed coats, mostly gray. ifjjXt $30 Velour, broadcloth and burclla coats, half lined with peau de cygne and satin. f!i$At $50 Three styles of bolivia and pompom cloth, luxurious affairs with soft collars. fJ'tColors in the entire lot include greens, navy, purple, Drown anu uiacK. The savings are from $8 to $17.50. (First Floor, CentrnI) Tailored Silk Waists Two styles of heavy crepe de chine in white and flesh or!$ one with tucked-front panel held in by loops and ttois and priced $8.75, and one with box pleats on body d collar and priced $9.50. SCthird style comes in lighter weight crepe, black and Jte1 only. $6. (Third rioor, Central) Whe Fastidious Vfoman's Handkerchiefs For use with morning and sports dresses there HK charming colored handkerchiefs French, of course and delightful. They are $D, $12 to $15 a dozen. . tlf sho wishes plain white handkerchiefs, there exquisite hand-spun affairs, of the finest linen, i $36 a dozen. These arc beautiful. 8P And for dress use, there arc sheer and snowy f'-'Tiarcs of linen, with a dainty and very feminine go of footing. 75c, $1 and $1.25 apiece. (Main Floor, Central) Certain Winter Coats for Young Women Now $20 to $35 They are coats of velours, bolivias and pompom Joths and are garments which were marked con jlderably higher only a short time ago. They are in several good styles, are warmly led, and many interlined, too, and arc finished lite often with.laigo fur collars1. There are burgundy, reindeer, taupe and navy Sue among tho colors, and there are other shades Iso. 14 to 20 year sizes. (Second l'loor, chestnut) Stocking Feet, 10c a Pair or $1.10 a Dozen ! mercerized cotton in black and in sizes for women khlldren 8V& to 10. pair or $1.10 a dozen, which is the way many i prefer buying them. wmK a m m i m Gay Little Dancing Dresses Are Coming in Fast Lots of them arc of satin or charmcuse with tulle draperies often bordered with bands of opal escent beads. Others are of crepe altogether, or charmcuse with tulle used only for the sleeves. Whatever tho material or lines, their colors aio apt to be so bright as to bo almost startling even the frock of black net has its emerald green satin bodice or metallic ribbons. Prices arc $35 to $55. (Pint l'loor. Central) Frivolous, Perhaps, but So Lovely, Are New Southern Skirts Simulated tucks, made out of white baronet satin on a white or flesh-pink Georgette crepe skirt, or a very novel and delightful white marquisette with dark blue conventional seaweed pattern fin ished with a band of blue satin. These are just a few of the signs of returning frivolity. Baronet satin skirts, which used to be only white or coloied, arc printed with quaint fou lard figures, and they are really charming. Snakeskin, too, has changed its appearance and now comes out in a beautiful two-toned plaid skirt or others of snakes-kin altetnated with bands of plain satin. , Women arc more en thusiastic than we have ever seen them over these skirts, and they are buy ing them for Southein wear. $25 to $29.75. (First Floor, Central) New Designs in. Rhinestone Bar Pins Are Lovely Set in sterling silver, the rhinestoncs spaikle and gleam and arc especially effective. The new designs arc lace-like and fine and there s really a wonderful variety. Some use but a few stones, in others tho rhinestones aic massed, but the effect is always good. All have gallery backs and safety catches, too. $4.50, ?5 to $15 each. (Jewelry Store, C'lieitnat and Thirteenth) Bouquet Triomphal Is the Latest Perfume From Claire, of Paris This newest perfume is a deliciously fragrant scent and is a new bouquet odor. Extract, $5.50 and $7.50 a bottle. Toilet water, $0.50 a bottle. Face powder, $1.75 a package. The packages are most artistic and any of them would make attractive gifts. (Main Floor, Chestnut) Pink Undergarments in the White Sale Several styles of pink camisoles are of wash satin and crepe de chine, lace and ribbon trimmed, and priced at $1; while pink chemises are of batiste and other soft cottons with bhoulder straps of ribbon or real shoulders mostly of lace and priced at $1 to $1.85. Also there are many other pink items, all at White Sale prices. (Third Floor, Central) Time to Plan the Making of Blue Serge Dresses Which is another way of saying that it is time to choose the serge they are to be made of. Beginning at $2 a yard, for as good an all-wool serge as many women care to have, prices are $2.50 and $3. All shades of navy and midnight blue, in light and medium weight, 42 to 54 inches wide. (First Floor. Chestnut) Fresh Strawberry Wafers 80c a Pound Just cream and sugar and fresh ttrawberries but they make the most mouth-melting wafers! They arc a treat are fresh each morning and arc 80c a pound. Fresh strawberry cicam squares, 80c a pound. Fresh sliawberry cream-covered caramels, 80c' a pound. (Down Stairs Store, Chutnat) 6m wCTJJfflM Vr- Certain White Sale Corsets Kabo corsets, topless and made of flesh-colored mate rial, $1.50 and 2. Kabo specials, long with low bust, in pmk only, $1.50. Warner Rustproof corsets, low bust, $1. Madame Lyra corsets of fancy pink broche, with low bust and free hip, $3.50. American Lady, for average figures, at $2. v (Third rioor, CbtfUut) ' Shirts and Neckties by Thousands House Coats, House Gowns and Mufflers at Prices Notably Reduced This is an occasion carefully kept in mind by hundreds of men who take advantage of it to' lay in a whole year's supply of shirts, neckties and other wearables at a saving of one-third to one-half of what otherwise would be their outlay. 1450 Men's Shirts at $1.45 This is a miscellaneous lot of madras and percale shirts of nearly all descriptions, some soft, some starched, some pleated, some plain; some that need to go to the laundry. Some remarkable values in this lot. 3200 Men's Shirts at $1.65 This is a fine, new lot just opened up and contains a fine selection. 1890 Shirts at $1.85 Fine madras and percale shirts of several kinds, pleated and plain, soft and starched bosoms. 2345 Madras and Percale Shirts at $2.15 This is a varied collection of some of the finest shirts in the Store, and the man who wants ftfje kittle ottfc CPR1NG is almost at hand, and the people who contemplate something in the way of refurnish ing or adding to their present furniture will find it very well worth their while to make an oppor tunity of seeing the rare things on sale in The Little House. Just at present the place is peculiarly interesting, on account of tho many articles newly arrived from abroad. Wo shall let ou know from time to time as other beautiful objects are received. (I'lrth Floor, Chestnut) Speaking About Tempt ing Dishes this is a very good time to need a good, low-priced dinner set, because we are disposing of a most attractive collection of English and American sets at considerable reductions from our regular prices. These are standard sets of their kind, of excel lent semi-porcelain in a selection of fourteen beau tiful bonier patterns floral and conventional each set comprising 107 pieces, our full regular assortment. Wo have maiked them at $22.50, $23 and $27.50, or $7.50 to $14.50 less than former prices. (Fourth Tloor, Chestnut) Thousands of Yards of Huckaback Toweling at Year-and- a-Half -Old Prices Since we secured these goods they have gone up in price appreciably not in this Store but in the open market. You can buy them here with the knowledge that not only arc they below the market in prico but that they are of pure flax and of good, clean quality. Every good housewife knows that a good huck aback, flax towel is the best absorber. Sho also knows that it pays to make one's own towels. This stock affords a fine opportunity. It takes' in toweling in both plain and figured weaves, in medium and heavy weights, from tho best Scotch and Irish makers. Figured huckaback, 15 inches wide, 85c a yard; 18 inches wide, 90c a yard; 20 inches wide, $1 a yard; up to 27 inches wide at $1.50 a yard. Plain huckaback, 20 inches wide, 75c a yard; 22 inches wide, 90c a yard; 26 inches wide, ?1 a yard. (First Floor, Chettnut) Armure and Rep Curtains f 100 Pair at Half Price Not all tho colors in each pattern, but plenty alto gether. A good opportunity for women to economize on some very desirable curtains. Sevcial patterns, $3.50, $4, $4.50 and $4.75 a pair. (Fifth Floor, Market) New Lot of Envelope Books at $1 and $2 Though the prices are so low the books are by no means ordinary. They are of black panther grain goat skin in good, new shapes, with top or back handles. Just out of the boxes'. beautiful goods, splendidly made, should by all means be on hand early to make selections from this lot. 5600 Men's Silk Neckties at 50c All good Winter fashions. 4702 Neckties at 85c This is a collection of fine neckties of nearly all descriptions. It contains great opportunities, especially in view of the fact that silk neckties arc now very scarce and hard to get in the wholesale market. Mufflers, Jackets and Gowns Two fine lots of men's Scotch wool jackets, splendid for motoring or golf at $7.50 and $10, about half price. 600 men's fine knitted silk mufflers at $3.50. (Main floor. Market) And a Group of Other Good Special Sales for Men Men's Good Half Hose for a Third to a Half Less 11,280 pair, most of them "seconds," but 1200 of them fine, first-grade sample goods that any man would be glad for. These sample socks are 75c a pair and are fancy and colored silk and silk plated. The regular prices are much higher. The other groups, which represent a big maker's overlots, are Mercerized cotton "seconds" in black and colors, 25c a pair. Silk plated "seconds" in colors, ,'J5c, three pair for $1. Merino "seconds" in black, white and heather mixtures, 50c a pair. (Main Floor, Market) $10 for Any Pair of These Men's Very Fine London Shop Shoes We have taken 332 pair of the superfine shoes for men in the London Shop and reduced them to $10 a pair. There are two styles of oxfords and six of high shoes. The oxfords are of cordovan and tan calfskin. The high shoes are Black and tan calfskin straight lace with punched tips. Tan calfskin straight lace with wing tips and profuse perforations. Black calfskin Bluchers with wing tips. Officers' field and dress shoes. (The Gallery Chestnat) A $4.40 Shoe Sale for Any Man in Town The five styles of shoes in it comprise practically every style that any man wants, from the banker to the man who works outdoors. They are such good value that even if you have all the footwear you need for this Winter, it will pay you to get several pair for next Winter. Smooth black calfskin Blucher lace with smart, narrow toe, or what is known as the college last, with rather wide toe. Plump black box calfskin in the above styles or made on the Munson Army last with wide, soft toe. $4.40 a pair in this sale ordinarily 50 per cent more. (Main 85 finer knitted silk mufflers at $5. 10 English silk house gowns at 35. 24 English silk house gowns at $10. 10 fine silk house coats at half price, $25. 25 foulard silk house coats, half price, $10. 40 Japanese silk house coats at $20. Also miscellaneous lots of knitted vests, sweaters, etc., at $3.50. Trench Coats at Half Price Perfect for Motoring We have 75 of these coats to sell at $28.50 each, which is just half what they liavo been. There is not a more satisfactory coat made for motor wear, and they are also suitable for street wear and storm coats, as there is nothing exclu sively military about tho cut. These coats arc of a i fine, haid-twill gabar dine, with detachable fleece lining. With the lining out they aro a good medium-weight mo tor or rain coat. With the lining in and with tho coat buttoned up around the neck and tho straps at the wrists pulled tight, tho garment will defy any weather a man will meet in this lat itude. Just 75 at $28.50. (Military Shop, Tho Gallery, Chestnut) Men's Caps at $1.50 That Are Unusual Made of short ends of suitings in light and dark colors, and much better than you will com monly find at the price. Good caps for motorists and golfers. (Main Floor, Market) Floor. Msrkst) ft Kk ray Mlo he ?! .i i rrj i : " ft f:1 f ,. .Mla rioor. Central). ,(Maln Floor, Chestnut) ' - mi I -"'i-' '-"- 4K '.. r- ' - .".. 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