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PHILADELPHIA; FRIDAY, EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER JANUARY 24, 1919
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Grand Organ, 9, 11 and 4:50
Clilmta at Ftroke of Noon
WANAMAKER'S
DOWN STAIRS STORE
Store Opens 9 A. M.
Store Closes 5 P. M.
WANAMAKER'S
WEATHER
Cloudy
Bright Weather, With a Touch of Spring, Finds The Down
Stairs Store Ready With New Fashions, Fresh and Charming-
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New Hats The Earliest Spring Flowers
It takes only a sunny day or two to set them blooming in highways and byways, in trains
and trolleys. They're spots of good cheer in a workaday world.
Several Hundred Pretty Hats at $3.75 and $5
are all ready for Saturday, and what a fresh and Springlike show they make ! There arc little hats
and big ones, hats of fine hemp and of coarse straw, hats with satin crowns and all sorts of pretty
trimming ideas. Any woman who knows hats and their prices will pronounce these remarkable.
Fifty New Hats at $9.75
We could only get fifty, though we wanted more, so good are these. They are trimmed
with French flowers and queer little fruits or are quite severely tailored.
Good Overcoats for Big
Boys, Special at $18
Those will fit boys of 12 to 18 years
and the 18-year size is bit? enough for
many young men. They are of winter
weight, all-wool mixtures in various
shades of gray and brown. In ulster
ette, they have belts across the- back,
are double-breasted and are lined
throughout. The pockets are deep
enough to keep hands warm and
roomy enough to keep a lot of things
in. All have convertible collars that
can be worn high or low. The minimum
saving is $4.
((iallrrj-, Marktt)
(Market)
Fine Sample Skirts, $15
The materials, the lines, the color combinations all arc
of the newest, for the skirts are just such things as the
specialty shops are asking half again as much for. In most
cases there is only one of a kind.
Materials aie tricolette in navy, tnupe and black; baronet
satin in plain dark colors and plaids; plain or satin plaid
faille silk, or Miiart striped serges. One, as an example, is
a glistening black baronet satin with an overplaid of bright
blue, which is most effective.
(Market)
Sample Blouses of
Georgette Crepe at $3.90
A lot of about five hundred has just arrived in time
for Saturday.
They are unusually pretty blouses of Georgette in white,
flesh color, tan, navy and various pretty color combina
tions. The majority of them show elaborate embroidery and
beading, and many have round necks. Some tailored styles
are of white wash satin.
Good Corsets-
Special at $1
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Pink or white corsets in many models to fit practically
all figures arc lightly boned or quite heavily boned. Bust
lines vary from topless to medium-high.
Bandeaux Special at 45c
Bandeaux of pink basket weave have tape thoulder
straps and fasten in back.
800 Brassieres Special at 55c
This is a clearance of higher-priced brassieres and a
few bandeaux. Most of them are white.
Special Adora Corsets at $2
They are made of pink or white coutil to fit average
to medium stout figures.
For Heavier Figures
An excellent model for average to stout figures is of
pink-figured poplin with a medium-low bust which gradu-.
ates higher in back. $2.50.
(Ontral)
Boys' Hats
Special at $f
Many of these aie half price. They
are in-band hats with ear tabs and are
made of corduroy, velvet and plu.h. The
colors nre brown, green and black. In
cluded are some little plush polo cap3.
((alter?. Market)
Toilet Preparations of
Undoubted Merit
Castile soap, made of pure olive oil,
is in large bars at $1.50 each.
Almond lotion, so soothing to the
skin, is 35c and C5e.
Face powder and ouge are 25c and
50c a box.
Cold cream is 10c and 20c the tube
and 25c to 75c the jar.
(Central)
Fifty New Sample Suits
in Spring Models at $32.50
4 These are beautiful suits for women. The materials are fine
serges, tricotincs and a few Poiret twills, and almost all are in
navy blue, with a sprinkling of lighter blues, tans and purple
shades. The jackets are cut in all sorts of new ways some with
straight box lines, some with a rippie. A number have pretty
little vestees of silk or pique. All are beautifully lined. High
grade suits in every particular, and marked at savings of $7.50
to $20.
Sizes are principally 16, 18 and 20, and of most of the suits
you will find but one or two of a kind.
Other new Spring suits in a number of good models at ?25,
$27.50, ?30 and up to $37.50.
(Market)
Neat Dresses for Wear
About the House
House dresses in good taste are made
of durable gingham in stripes of pink,
blue, lavender or black and white. The.
collars and cuffs are of fresh, white
embroidery. $4.50.
Adjustable Dresses
of percale in checks of lavender, blue
or black on a white ground are $3.
(Ontral)
Special
Curtain Net
25c a Yard
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Imitation filet cuitain net in
ivory color is 40 inches wide at
25c a yard.
(Clirktnul)
White Bonnets and
Coats for Baby
Silk caps, begin at $1 for pretty bon
nets of China silk, and go up to $2.75.
Included are caps of poplin and crepe
de chine delightfully adoined.
Warm little coats of cashmere ate
beautifully embroidered by hand. They
' f.rc in sizes up to 2 years in long or
J short style. $8 to $12.50. Every one
'- is lined; the better ones, in silk.
5 Capes of couluroy aie $G.5() and
ft capes of cashmeie are $5 to ?0.50.
j uotn nave noous.
(Ontral)
For Reliable Service
Cotton Huck Towels
Guest towels with hemmed ends are
fully bleached. They arc 14x22 inches
at 12ic each.
Red borders lend a touch of gaycty to
huck towels 17x30 inches. They are
of excellent absorbency and have
hemmed ends. 25c.
Huck towels in a fine, firm weave
have neat, striped damask borders. The
ends are hemmed, and the towels are
19x30 inches at 35c each.
Towels, 19x39 inches, with hemmed
ends are 40c.
Heavy towels, 18x36 inches, with
hemstitched ends are 50c.
Cream bleached towels in a terry
huck weave with fancy colored borders
and hemm'd ends are 19x37 inches at
C0c each.
(Clifttnut)
Women's Cotton
Stockings
18c, 3 Pair for 50c
The feet and tops arc re-enforced and
they are "seconds" with but slight
imperfections. In black only
Women's Cotton Vests,
18c, 3 for 50c
Of white ribbed cotton with the nar
row shoulder straps that most women
prefer. These arc "seconds" but the
imperfections are neatly mended and
will not hurt their wear.
Fleeced White Cotton Union
Suits, Special at $1.55
White ribbed, fleeced cotton suits
made low neck, sleeveless and ankle
length. Sizes 34 to 44.
(Ontral)
The Redder the Better
when it conies to beads. Bright, gay
strands of red beads have arrived in
various necklace lengths at 50c and $1.
(Ontral)
Smart Washable Gloves
for Women
Capchkiti gloves in ivory and tan
have two-tone embroidery on the backs
and one clasp at the wrist. $1.65 a
pair.
White leather gloves with a soft vel
vety doc-finish are the kind that women
are wanting now to wear with tailored
suits. They arc outseam sewn and
have one clasp wrists. $1.75 a pair.
(Ontral)
It's Good for a Man to Know There
Is a Place Where Sound Clothing-Value
Can Be Depended Upon
It's good to know here is a store that you can trust unreservedly; a store where all
wool means ALL wool; where tailoring is done with careful cutting and sound stitching,
not with a pressing iron alone.
Such a store is the Down Stairs Clothing Store for men. Here prices are low
$22 to $35 for Overcoats,
$22 to $29.50 for Suits
yet quality is thoroughly good. Styles are not extreme, yet they are up to the minute in
newness, offering a wide choice of seasonable clothing that will appeal to men and young
men. Fittings for all regular sizes.
Separate Trousers
Natural brown corduroy trousers are $4.50.
Mixed cheviot trousers, $6.25.
-u-u&vtri- Striped worsted trousers, .$8.25.
((.aller.r. Market)
Worth-While Shoe News
for Men
$2.1)0 for a pair of pood, serviceable shoes that
you'll be proud of Mr. Man, what do you think
of that?
They are made of:
tan leather,
black patent leather,
' tan kidskin,
black dull leather,
and black kidskin.
In the lot are shoes in lace and blucher styles.
Of course, the price is special !
Boys' Shoes, Special at $2.50 a Pair
Mostly all sizes from 10 to (5 are included. The
shoes are of good, dull black leather.
Saturday Specials for Men
Blue Chambray Shirts at 51.25. Practical
working shirts that have attached collars.
A lot of Good Suspenders, toe. They are of
strong elastic, in colored stripes, with leather ends.
Silk Garters at 40c. Of sturdy silk webbing in
plain colors.
(tmller). Market)
Men Like Buckskin Gloves for Their
Ail-Around Durability
ThciC buckskin gloves aro the kind that appeal to men
for their good appearance and service. They are light gray
or khaki color, outseam t.ewn, ut S3 and ffl.TTi a pair.
(Ontral)
Shirts for the Boy
arc of striped madras in color combinations that boys like.
They have neckbands or attached collars and are for boys of
7 to 1G years. S1.50.
taller. Market)
(rhe.tnut)
Five
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pecial
the
Cheery Pillow Slips
of Wood Silk
New slips of wood-silk tapestry are,
in various gleaming designs of green,
brown, gold, rose or blue. They will
fit square sofa pillows and aro special
at ?1.50.
(C'lirstnut)
Cotton-Filled Quilts
Special at $3
Thick, warm comfortables filled
with cotton and covered with fig
ured cotton materials. They are
scroll stitched and are just about
half pi ice. People who run
schools or boarding houses buy
them a dozen at a time.
(Clie.tnut)
al of White
Camisoles at $1
Flesh or white satin camisoles are
very prettily embroidered by hand.
Silk Envelope
Chemises at $3
This i an odd lot of crepe de chine
and satin envelope chemises in pink or
white. The styles are various and every
chemise is worth a good bit more. Some
are slightly soiled from handling.
Short Petticoats at 85c
These arc made of white nainsook
with flounces of embroidery or imita
tion filet lace.
Soft Nightgowns at $1
Nainsook nightgowns nre cut gen
erously full. Embroidery brading
edges the necks and the sleeves.
Extra-Size Flannellet
Nightgowns at $2.50
in sizes 18, 19 and 20 are slightly soiled
from handling. Most of them are in
plain white, but a few are in stripes.
They have long sleeves and double
yokes.
(Ontral)
Petticoats Special
at 65c
Purple Rroicn Rose Blue
Light and Dark Green
They aro made of rustly percaline
with elastic at the tops and little ruffles
on the flounces at the bottoms.
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SI j SI 2 S9.7.-1
$13.50
600 New Serge Dresses
Made in Fourteen Ways
and Marked at Savings of $5.25 to $8.75
2 models at $9. 75
4 models at $12
3 models at $13.50
5 models at $15
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Fabric4 Gloves for the
Kiddies
Washable fabric gloves, woll made
fand smooth fitting, like mother's, aro
fttor children of ,6 to 12.
1A Gray, white and ivory color with one
.'.Clasp at tne wrist aro ooc a pair, a
eavier quamy in gray anu wnnc is
Ec a pair.
PA similar glove lined throughout
silk is in gray at ?1 a pair.
New Spring dresses, all of them, made in simple, wearable styles that will be a comfort
and a satisfaction as long1 as the dresses last. Braid is the principal trimming, and it is used in
many ways. Buttons and fringe, too, do their part for smartness. The collarless mode is much in
evidence. The dresses are in navy, black, brown and green (a few in burgundy), and there are
fittings in sizes 16 to 44.
New Silk Frocks for Spring
Taffeta, with its crisp rustle, seems freshest of all. Berufiled frocks and frocks trimmed
with Georgette crepe or buttons are in Spring colorings at $16.75, $18, $19.75, $23.50 to $42.50.
New black satin dresses, with collarless bodices, are made in becoming ways and trimmed
with beads or braid. $25, $20.75 and up to $39.75.
Lovely Georgette frocks trimmed with black or white beads or with iridescent bugles are
in navy blue, pearl gray, black and many delightful pastel shades. $28.75 to $57.50.
Charming evening frocks of satin, tulle and taffeta and tulle over silvercloth are in glowing
colorings flame, maize, sapphire, turquoise, gold, light blue, pink and, of course, in white. $19.75,
$22.50, $24.75 and up to $35.
(Market)
Frocks for Junior Girls Are
Lovely Things
Can it be because they aro made for youth?
A dainty white net dress for girls of 14 to 17 is
$12.50. It has a tucked overskirt edged with lace and
the white satin girdle is trimmed with rosebuds.
Dresses of crisp white lawn for girls of G to 14 are
prettily trimmed with lace and hemstitching. Prices are
5 to $8.75.
Tho frock sketched is of flesh-color Georgette crepe
made over a white silk slip. The collar and girdle are
of satin embroidered with wee blue and white beads. At
$18.75.
Wash frocks of chambray combined with plaid ging
ham are for girls of 6 to 14, and are marked at S1.25 to
S1.C5.
. A Lot o Serge Frocks
of which there are only one or two of a kind are for
girls of 13 to 17 years. Special at 15.
Coats
in quite a variety are of velveteen, velour and mixed
coatings in sizes for girls of 13 to 17. ?13.dU to $25.
1000 Pair of Children's Shoes, $2
Dull black leather shoes on sensible toe shapes arc worth a good bit more than this. They are
in button style in sizes 8s to 2.
2000 More Pair of Shoes Have Been Added to the Children's
Special Lot at $1.15 and $1.35 a Pair
In the lot are shoes of black kidskin, tan kidskin and black patent leather some with white
tops. Sizes 2 to 5 are $1.15 a pair; sizes 5 to 8, $1.35 a pair.
Girls' Shoes Special at $2.85 a Pair
They aie made of dull black leather in lace style. The toes are comfoitably wide and have
double tips; tho heels are low.
Women's Shoes of Unusual Value at $3,50 a Pair
400 pair are added to the lot. They arc of brown kidskin with welted soles and medium heels.
The shoes already in the lot are made of dark gray kidskin with cloth tops; black calfskin;
black patent leather with champagne kid tops; and of soft gray leather like buckskin.
All lace high and have welted soles. Heels are high or medium.
Special Evening; Slippers at $2.40 a Pair
Dainty slippers of bronze kidskin are these, with attractive beaded vamps. The heels arc high
and curved. Also slippers of gold and silver cloth, pink, blue, black or white satin. Not all sizes
in all colors.
(Chottnnt)
Coats With Attractive Fur
Collars Reduced Within
Reach of Any Woman's
Pocketbook
Now $15, $16.75, $19.75 and $21.75
Kersey, velour and burella coats, all fully lined, are
topped with shawl or cape collars of skunk opossum, near
cal or coney fur.
Now $25, $27.50, $29.75 and $32.50
Coats of good, soft velour with excellent silk linings
have cape or snawl collars of nutria or sealene. In many
instances they are worth more than twice as much as their
present prices.
Now $37.50, $45, $55 and $67.50
Some of our very finest coats aro included in this group.
The materials are of tho best, and include silk velour, silver
tone, pompom, suedo velour and broadcloth. They are
beautifully lined with silk and nre heavily trimmed with
fur of the best quality. These prices nrd but a fraction pf
the actual value of tho coats.
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