iJ 'p I EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 191fl v i , f V 31 Grand Organ, 9, 11 and 4:50 t'lilmpa nt Slrok of Noon WANAMAKER'S Store Opens 9 A. M. WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S WEATHER Fair Store Closes 3 P. M. Better to Lose a Sale Than to Sell Anything That Is Untrustworthy i The Table Talk of the Morning " (In the Interest of the Whole Family, the Writer Included.) We think this business family, under instructions to first of all take care of our patrons, should be better understood. Our hope is that our merits will be discovered by the things we do not do, rather than by the things we really do. We are vain enough to believe that, as a go between between the makers of merchandise and the users thereof, we deserve to be better known. T The master spirit says ( ( people who hold to the old prejudice that a merchant will do anything to make a sale, if they fail to understand that there is one place, having goods to sell that everybody most likely wants, that prefers to lose a sale than to sell an untrustworthy article. So much for Wanamakers. guarantee that we would rather you would buy somewhere else the unworthy article we refuse to take into our displays. The wiser man or woman understands this. Signed Jan. SO, 1919. And Still the New Spring Millinery Comes Gaily In Fine struws, feathery pompoms, glistening figured silks, embroidered crepes all these does Dame Fashion use in making the new Spring hats. Among the very new hats is the one of embroidered crepe a stunning affair of white crepe, with shadowy black embroidery and a bow of black-and-white satin libbon. It has a soft crown and a brim with just the right droop. Of small hats there aie ever so many little tuibans of rough stiaw, with putty pompoms; smart toques, with .perky quills; soft straw tarns, with ribbon inset. And for dics wear them ate large hats with sloping brims one of white silk with figures in bright color and an underfacing of Chinese blue has a gieat silken tassel for its only adornment. $15 to ?30. (Srrnnd Floor, Chrfltliut) Snowy New Lingerie Blouses Which Express Sprin'g Ideas Here's a whole new bevy of snowy loveliness and so varied in style and of such a wide lange as to price that 'most every woman will bo suited. $3 for a fine voile waist with embroidered collar, tiny tucks and lace-edged ruffles. $3.83 for a white batiste waist with lattice beading on front, collar and frill-edged cuffs. $3.83 and $5 for two other styles of voile waists, with hand em broidery, square necks and trimming of imitation filet or Valenciennes. $8.75 for fine batiste blouses with Filipino hand-work, intricate and lovely, and Valenciennes lace. $10.75 for a beauty of fine voile with hand embioidery, hand drawn work and Valenciennes lace. $15 for two lovely new blouses of sheer voile, trimmed with real filet lace and enough hand embroidery to make them dainty. (Third Floor, Central) &a4n&? If she hasn't enthused over the candy you've sent lately, perhaps it is because she Is a bit tiled of sweets so just send n box of glace marons or glace nuts by way of change and see how delighted she'll be. They are $1.50 a pound, and as one girl said, "are per fectly luscious!" Jordan almonds aie another nut-sweet that many people particularly enjoy $1.50 a pound. (Main Hour, Chmtnut) SPECIAL Extra Sized Under muslins Certain specially pi iced styles will be found at the counter de voted to regular extra sizes; and where there is somcono who understands the large woman's needs. Nightgowns aie $1.50 to $3.85. Corset covers, 75c to $1,75. Short skirts, $1.25 to $2. , L?ng skiits, $2.50 to $5. 'Combinations, $2 to $3.75. IV Chemises, $1,25. to $2.76. - - If U'lTkrJ W.iW.ntr.lY that it will go hard with hmiK w OMEN'S Handkerchiefs New and Gay Some aio wholly of colored linen with the tiniest of white hems, beautifully hand hem stitched. And others aie of sheer white flax with glowing designs in colors. Soft, deep violet tones, lovely rose and blue shades, pretty greens nnd tans, rich purples. They are of sheer und fine Irish linen and aie $1 each. (.Main Vloor, Central) Women Are Beginning to Wear Long Gloves Again for weddings and social nffairs and special occasions. The fashionable lengths are the 20-button length, which costs $0, and the 24-button length, which is $0.50 a pair. Both styles are of soft and very fine French kldskins, in white, and are made with all the care and nicety -of the most dainty French gloves. (Main Floor, Central) White Sale Special Corsets At $5. C. 13. corsets of fine broclic. At $2, Nemo corsets not self-reducing. Bioken sizes. Also W. B. Redusos. At $2 and $3.50. American Lady corsets arid Madame Lyras. Bioken sizes. Some were three times this" price. Also Lillian brassieres. Discontinued models in broken sizes. 25c to $3. . And other braitiere; are 75c and '. M--, (TMrd FUor. Tomorrow All Our Small Furs Will Be Reduced to Half We can set it down here very briefly: Fox sets including taupe, brown and black, will be .$37.50 to $100. Separate fox scarfs, $30 to $50. Black lynx scarfs, $20 to $82.50; muffs. $27.50 to $50. Natural skunk scarfs, $22.50 to $150. Muffs, $17.50 to $40. Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) scarfs, $15 to" $100. Muffs, $11.25 to $25. Wolf sets, brown and taupe $35 to $50. Separate scarfs, $15 to $30. Other furs in this half-price sale are sable, mink, fisher, nutria, wolf, Australian opossum, natural squirrel, racoon and beaver. Please note that this Sale does not include any fur coats whatever they are all 25 per cent lower than regular, just as they have been for the past fortnight. (Srrnnri Door, Chestnut) New Fashion Features The use of tassels, especially on dresses with the Russian side-closing. Such diesses usually have the closing bor dered with.braid one of white cloth has a little black in its border. Rows of self-loops finishing the collarless neck. One ex nmplc is of pink tricolctte, and the same loops stand up on the pockets. Elbow sleeves with little turned-back cuffs of Lierre lace and a chemisette to match, appearing under the surpiice below the waist line. This frock is cariied out in white-dotted gieen crepe de chine. Insertions of white crepe on heavv white c-inkly silk. Skiits which are nothing but tucks from hem to waist. In one white crepe de chine frock the severity is relieved by a white dotted navy girdle. Queer oblong peail buttons on white frocks. , Figured bodices with plain skirts for instance, a gown has black-and-gold chiffon for the bodice, and black satin for the skirt and an old blue girdle. (Vlrnt 1 loor, Central) FRENCH Croehet Thread 25c a Ball It is of beautiful quality for lace and crochet woik. All white and -3 gi amines each. (.Main Floor, t'rnlrul) $1.60.' Chrrtnu I Loveliest of All the Voiles Are Arriving Now France, for example, has sent some exquisite ones, piqunnt and Fiench ns can be. One has woven novelty colored stripes, alternated with embroidered dots on a white ground. Others arc English, a beautiful silk heliotrope check, and some in darker colors, with a silk plaid and piintcd figure. There are many, too, from good American mills, a trifle more con I servative, but scarcely less pietty. Fiom 1 to $l..r0 are the prices. i rirt I'lnor. ( lir-l 11 nl ) - - - - New Flouncing s Glow 1 With Metal Thread Embroidery You can see them, in imagination, made up into wonderful evening gowns. On black net, the embioidery is of old gold, silver, amethyst, emerald or sapphire blue; on bronze net gold, and on rose or Copenhagen blue net, silver. We don't believe you will find such tlouncings elsewhere. 3C to -10 inches wide, nnd $"5.75 to $7.50 a yard. (Main I loor. Central) The First New Spring Hats for Little Girls Have Come And they are lovely! Mushrooms of crepe de chine or crepe Georgette, little bonnet-like hats of silk or of silk-and-straw, they are the most piquant frames for little face-, we've seen in a long time. There are hats of all white and hats of pale pink and huts of light blue, und they aie trimmed with frills of lace and with rallies of silk, and with soft fronds of ostrich feathers and with tiny rosebuds. They are meant for little girls of 2 to 5 years, and they range in price from $7.50 to $11. (Third Floor, rhrtnut) A STY Woman Who Wants a Sweater Can Get One at Half Price There is still good choosing in the disposal of odd groups of our fine sweaters and slip-ons. Gar ments of silk, imported, brushed and plain wool, and artificial silk and wool. Some discontinued lines, some incomplete sizes and some mussed. Prices range from $2.50 for a wool and artificial silk sweater to $25 for a beautiful silk sweater. Tk)e silk ones start at $7.50. "- j TRULY Sports ,J- Coats for Sports women In other wolds, leather coats, suede cloth coats and coats made of a very good material which closely resembles leather. And all reduced. Some of the leather coats are reversible, with tweed or gabar dine linings. Some have suede cloth linings, some have fur col lars. All are waterproof. There are short and long coats, the best kinds for motoring, skating and outdoor sports, and for bad weather. Prices $30 to, $75. " (Tlrt r. Central) You Cannot Choose With Too Great Remember, please, that if you choose the right piano it will last a lifetime, always a credit to your judgment and taste. If you do nof choose the right piano you will soon need another.1' A Dissertation on Door Stops Guardians of the peace of the portal slam-stiflers door stops they wjll answer to any name you give them, and also to the purpose of holding the door back for the freer circu lation of air fiom room to room. An interesting collection of these useful contrivances is to be found here twenty-five or more different designs, includ ing some quite novel and nil chnrming ones. Prices arc !fj to $5, colors arc manifold and gay, so that against cither white or sombei woodwork they will add to the beauty of the room, and sizes are as varied as well as the subjects. The solemn gray owls, with eyes as yellow as lemon drops, are tall, and n pair of them would play hifthly respectable sentry duty at cither side of a fireplace, as would also the still taller section of an artis tic pedestal in antique gold finish 30 inches high, and ad mirable for somebody who dis likes stooping. Then there are quite tiny and very quaint ladies in fes tively flounced and gaily-hued hoopskirts; contemp 1 a t i v c oyed white pussy-cats; chcuiy Japanese cherubs on cushions and Japanese geisha girls; pampered, rollicking-eyed pup pies, of an adorable impu dence of countenance, which are enthroned also on cush ions; picturesque peasant maidens, and fascinating Foo chow doggies looking fierce enough to eat the maidens up, not to mention any doors that might essay to bang against their bristling backs. There are beautiful basket' of flowers, and for these small chamber door-knockers, also of hand-painted iron, come to match or to harmonize, at $1.50 each. Some of the smaller door stops can also sere as book ends, by buying them in pairs. One of the most charming of these is only $2, and would be suitable in a nursery. .It is a panel effect a semi-ciiclc with a background of Della-Hobbia blue, with a white-robed figuio in lelief of a twentieth century cherub attentively examining a book whose cover is red whether its contents aie or not. (fourth Floor. C'hritnut) NEW Assortment of Men's Brief Cases Handsome, well-made cases of cowhide, walrus and seal in black and brown. In various sizes and with from two to five compart ments. Prices aie $5.50 to $35, with an exceptionally good selection be tween $5.50 and $9. (Main J-lonr, Clirntntit) MEN Who Don't Like Perfume Often Like Bay Rum Theie is such a clean, refiesh lng odor to it and it is so grate ful to the skin made sensitive by shaving. Imported bay rum is extiemely good at GOc, SI and S2 a bottle. (Main I lour, ChrMiiut) B I IRDS. 'Plants and aitificial flowers aie all amicably gathered together in one coiner of the Houseurnis-li-ings Stoie. The birds sing joy ously while awaiting new own ers;' and brass wile cages, seed, tonics and gravel paper aie beside them. The potted plants include ferns and birds'-nest ferns and other green things; and the arti ficial flowers include almond blos soms, cherry blossoms and hosts of gay flowers. (Fourth Floor, Market) Embroidered Bed Sets in a Special Sale Bed-set means a spread and bolster to match. Both pieces are" embroidered with , silk in pink, blue, rose, Copenhagen, yellow and lavender designs.. . Altogether there are 136 sets, all of them as pretty and dainty as can be and , very desirable as a bedroom ennenment. The materials are fine muslins and pique cloths in corded effects. VVe have marked every set in the collection at exactly half the former price."" Which means $2.25 to $5 for single-bed size, 2 yards wide by 94, 96, 98 and 100 ' inches long. Double-bed sizes, 21.. yards wide by 9-1, 96, 98 and 100 inches, are now $2.50 to $6 a set. A small lot of spreads without bolster pieces are S4 50 each. To buy your family an no compliment to them, it is a handicap to their musical education. There are so few really line pianos in comparison to the mass of poor pianos that no person should buy a piano without first learning something about it. '; Ask any musician the standing of the following, instruments in America: Chickering I Knabe Schomackcr Emerson Lindeman If he is unprejudiced and not affiliated with somqj other make he will tell you that these are eight of the best-known and most dependable pianos made in this- t country, and that three of them Chickering Schomackcr and the celebrated Knabe are amongi i ') the great pianos of the world. These are the famous instruments that comprise, the Wanamaker Roll of Honor and they are sold in Philadelphia at the Wanamakeiv Store only. '," Each of these eight pianos was chosen for a place on our Roll of Honor only after the most exhaustive.' test. Each is made by a known and honorable manu-ir facturer and guaranteed by the maker. And each is? further guaranteed by the Wanamaker Store, because we know its worthiness. rt' You may choose here from over fifty styles of these makes pianos, player-pianos and reproducing pianos with the complete assurance that whichever instrument you choose will give satisfaction. Is And you may buy any of them on convenient", terms. ' (Ksiptliln Unit. .rnnil Door) 10 An Opening of White antf Gold Dinner Sets " CI Three new lots have just been received, two groups ofl domestic .ets and one lot from England. One lot of the domestic sets shows a narrow blue line, in ' addition to the gold band and gold handles. '" Sets in this pattern are $27.50. Three New Books "The (Jreat HuiiRi-r," b Johan llojer, the distinguished Norwegian writer, is declared by John (lalswoithy to be "touchingl' .-eaiehing and mii cere." The pi ice in SI. (50. "Tlu-Tin Soldier," by Temple Bailey, is a story of a man who wishes to tight for his eoun tiy, but i. bound by a tif he cannot honorably bieak. 1'iico $1.."0. "The Wine of AstonWIiment," by Mary Hastings lirady, is a swiftly moving inautal rtorj. Price, $1.50. (Main tluor, I l.lrlrf ntlt About Absent Arctic Weather and Present Arctic Overshoes llubber boots and stor n aictics came late this year, but they got heie before the stormy weather, at that. We now hae full assortments for eveiy member of the famil something jou will not easily find' el.-ewheie and all priced as low a fust-quality goods can fairly be. 13c not decehed by the mildne.-s of the weather up to date. Ther never was a Winter without .snow. The rough weather is ahead instead of partly over. Hetter get your storm footwear while you can. Mien', mill IIoih', .Alulii IJuor, Marl.rtl (HmnrnSi anil ( lillilrrn'., I lrt Hour. MurLrt) I Good Gray Blankets, $5 a Pair' 70 New Pairs Special Kenmrl.ably good blankets for the money. Woven with cotton warp and filling of cotton and wool. (slli rioor. Central) - jtl tHUtl. jrooor, cvatrMl a Piano Care a inferior piano is not only 19 Haines Bros. n't, Marshall and Wendell J. C. Campbell Some of the English sets.' have a narrow black line, in" addition to the gold decora- lions. These sets are S45c each. ? The others are domest.V sets in plain white and gold.' and marked to sell at $37.50 a set. All are sets of 10G pieces and moderately priced. (I'nurlli I loor, t'hrMnut) A". 7 A E a look soma, day at those lovely Sicardo vases in the China Store. Tall amt: most graceful in form? they are quite enchant ing in their subdued iridescent colors. ( I ourlli I loor, ( hrtnu) I (3 also marked at half; price", , MjUi, . -Si ,- . tr - T- j- - -v f m .rtl y il &.-. 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