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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY' 26, 1910
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Organ plays at 9, 11
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Store Opens 9 A. M.
WANAMAKER'S
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The February Furniture Sale Will End Friday Evening
To Every Boy Who Is Saying
to Himself, "I Am Only
a Poor Boy
how can I ever rise in the world?" and to others
saying "I do not see any chance for me," these few
lines are writing themselves out of the heart of a
man friendly to fernys, to say: You should stop
talking that way, it is belittling yourself. You do
wrong to yourself.
There are tens of thousands of men in every
large city of the1 United States and many in the
smaller cities wrio were only poor boys when they
left school and' started out to make their way. in
life. f
Abraham Dincbln, Ulysses S. Grant, A. T.
Stewart Anthoniy J. Drexel, Andrew Carnegie, John
G. Johnson, Stephen Girard, William McKinley,
Matthids ' W. Baldwin, Ex-Governor Edwin S.
Stuart, John arid James Dobson, Isaac H. Clothier,
William Weightman, Isaiah V. Williamson, George
C. Boldt, Nathan T. Folwell almost every one of
these, and othfers like! them, were empty handed
when they started and worked with their own hands.
To be surd, "A good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches" is the inscription lettered on the
circular wall under the dome of the City Hall of
Commerce ina city across the sea.
Neither family influence nor inherited wealth
counts for so much as integrity, industry, plain
living, perseverance and right doing.
Do not) despair because you are poor. This
business, once very small, needs a building bigger
than the City Hall next door.
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Feb. 6, 191B.
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Fresh Jersey Dresses
for Women $27.50 to $38.50
No end of colors grays, tans, rookie brown, emerald, tur
quoise, old) blue, navy, henna and black even that uncommon color
known as irose-taupel
As for the styles, the lines remain straight, but there are ever
so many n ew features. For instance, there are coat effects with
braided ve.sts; tunics with pleated panels at the sides, long tunics
with two-toned wool embroidery, chemise dresses with curious
embroidered pockets and odd yokes; dresses with the winged sides
and tucks making their close skirts still closer round the foot;
dresses 'ivith box coats' open over embroidery.
An?i nothing so absolutely comfortable as a jersey dress has
ever lie n devised.
BrSces $27.50 to $38.50.
'(First Floor, Central)
Gfoncerning the New Spring
Sports Suits for Young Women
there are any number of smart new Norfolks of roughish tweeds in
Springlike mixtures of clear, pretty black-and-white checked effects
and iS soft wol velours in pleasing colors.
.They are made on rather straight and youthful lines, with the
faaaiojiable number and kind of pleats and pockets and belts, and are
wen tailored in every way.
$27.60 to $32.50 each and 14 to 20 year sizes.
I (Second Floor, Chestnut)
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Rich Embroidered Fabrics
I Women are having them combined with plain matching materials
fto make some of the most distinguished gowns of the season.
In all-black such fabrics include silk-and-wool poplin and crepe
de chine at $5 a yard and wool-backed satin at $6.60.
I In colors brown, navy and French blue there are silk- and-wool
i crepe at $4.50 a yard and silk-and-wool poplin at $5; beside wool
l backed satin at $6.50. In the last the embroidery in self-colors is
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In the Sale of Lamps
Tomorrow Will Be Found
100 nickBramps at $2.50. They have center draft burners,
and shadetfjjflPbe bought to go with them, prices running from
$1.25 for JHes of white glass to $7 for shades of silk.
ApJaHry householder will remember times in the past year
when herould have given a good deal for a good old-fashioned
oil lamp in the house 1
Still a good choice of electric table lamps, floor lamps'and
candlesticks in the Sale.
J Fourth Floor, Contra!)
These Prices Sound Good to
Coat-Needing Women
This is clearing-out time in the Coat Store and all the odd coats
and odd groups have been marked down to "very small prices.
At $16.50 are velour and frieze coats, lined throughout and finished
with fur collars; also heavy frieze coats with belted backs and pleated
all the way 'round and with large plush collars. ,
- At $25 are heavy cheTiot coats in dark colors, with large collars
of natural racoon fur. " t ,
At $30 coats of velour with collars of Hudson seal (sheared musk
rat) or nutria fur. Silk lined throughout
At $40 some fine silvertone velour coats 'with pleated backs and
1 buttons, for trimming and large collars of natural racoon fur; alsp
coats, of velour and bolivia with fur trimmings and fancy silk linings.
, $7.iC are flue coats of evora with collars of Hudson ,691
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Women's
Under muslins and
Other Garments
at Little Prices
400 pieces of the undcrmus
lins, some samples, some odd
lots, including nightgowns,
petticoats, combinations and
chemises, all much less than
regular prices.
(Host AUIe)
Bathrobes, negligees and
dressing sacques, some silk,
at half rrico and oven less.
(Halt All)
120 petticoats of plaid cot
ton, all at the ery low price
of $1.35.
(Dust Male)
Fine Lingerie
Lingerie with Philippine
hand-embroidery, very dainty,
fine and uncommonly good for
the money.
Nightgowns, $3 to $5.7iS.
Straight chemises, $2.50 to
$3.25.
Envelope chemises, $3.75.
"Step-in" chemises, $3.
(East Aisle)
Various Waists
Reduced
We have gone through our
stocks and reduced all the
waists that show soil or
crumpling. They include both
silks and cottons and the new
prices are $1.50 to $5.
(Kant Aisle)
A Little
Clearaway of
Silk Handbags
The maker said that if we
took the lot he would let us
have them for 20 per cent less
than usual, so we pass the sav
ing on to you.
Both plain and moire silks,
in black and a good range of
colors, with metal and celluloid
frames. Each bag is a good
size and shapo and is finished
with a tassel.
Prices $2.75 to $4.25.
(rant Aisle)
Light-Cut
Glassware and
Odd China
Special
The light cut glassware in
cludes Light cut glass goblets, 35c
each.
Light cut rose tumblers,
$1.50 dozen.
Light cut table tumblers, 12c
each.
Needle-etched table tumblers,
10c each.
Plain blown table tumblers,
75c dozen.
Heavy glass, slightly imper
fect table tumblers, 60c a
dozen.
Light cut salt and pepper
shakers, 25c each.
Hundreds of Odd
Pieces of Decorated
China and Porcelain
all at much less 'than their reg
ular prices.
Also a lot of thin, good qual
ity imported china tea cups
and saucers; plain, gold bands
and floral-border patterns, spe
cial at 25c, 30c and 35c each.
(Cast Aisle)
A Dark Costume Is
Brightened by a
Bit of Red Jewelry
Vivid hucd, red jewelry is the
present fad, and the woman who
prides herself on having the new
things likes to possess a piece or
two of these pretty trinkets.
Bar pins, 60c each.
Hat pins, 25c each.
Earrings, 60c and 75c pair.
And the popular red bead neck
laces, in many styles, aro 60c, 75c
and up to $11 each.
(Jewelry Store, Chestnut and 13th)
Women's Washable
Gloves $1.65 a Pair
And you save exactly 85c on
each pair.
They are of soft new skins, and
are full piquo sewn. They have
the fashionable combination em
broidery and fasten with one
cUwp. There are, several ivory
Next Saturday morning there will likely be some people who will feel sorry that this is not a leap
year, so that they might have had one more opportunity to take advantage of the February Furniture
Sale. I
The number of these people will not be great, because most homekeepers have their eyes open
for opportunity and these last two days of the Furniture Sale will be days of opportunity such' as
nobody who needs furniture from onepiece to a houseful- can overlook without positive loss.
We are disposing of hundreds of odd pieces and sets at half price.
Their number runs into hundreds and hundreds. They are of unquestionable quality. But
their prices have been halved because there is only one piece or one set of a kind, all the match
ing pieces and sets having been bought up at the higher prices.
You will understand that always there are people keenly on the alert for the unusual offer
ings which the last days of this Sale bring out. Keeping this in mind, you will see how important it is
to take prompt action if you are to benefit by the advantages which will-crown the Sale now draw
ing to a close. It should be noted that the regular stocks are still very ample, embracing an
unequaled choice of furniture for all rooms and purposes at savings of 10 to 50 per cent.
(Finth, Sixth and Berenth Floor.)
"The Burgomaster
of Stilmonde"
By Maurice Maeterlinck
This is a play which tells of the
conflict between two ideals the
higher of ihich is easily under
standable by Anglo-Saxon read
ers, while to the German mind it
is incomprehensible. Price $1.75.
"Beckoning Roads," by Jeanne
Judson, is tho tale of the meteoric
career of a young woman from
western Canada. $1.50.
"Carolyn of the Sunny Heart,"
by Ruth Bclmore Endicott, is a
true-to-life story of New York
City and Block Island. $1.50.
(Main Floor, Thirteenth)
Extra-Large
Suitcases for
Travel Comfort
Those bellows and divided cases
hold almost as much as a steamer
trunk and when you take one on
a trip you have the advantage of
always having your luggage with
you.
Handsome, well - made, sturdy
pieces in black and tan leathers
and in sizes 24 to 34 inches.
Prices $46.50 to $68.50.
(Main Floor, Chestnnt)
About the House
A combination vacuum cleaner
Mid sweeper has a strong suction
and is specially priced in the
Spring Sale. $4.50.
Tho Sale price, $35, on one of
our best electric suction cleaners
enables tho purchaser to save $5
on it. It has a 12-inch nozzle and
a revolving brush which will take
up lint and threads.
Tho Vefy best clothes lines
made which will not kink and
will stand tho weather are $1.50
for 50-foot lepgth; $2.25 for the
75-foot length and $3 for the 100-''
foot length.
A strong, well-made, oak-finished
kitchen chair is only $2, and an
oak kitchen stool, 24 inches high,
is $1.75.
A coffee mill, which will grind
the coffee coarsely or pulverize it,
whichever you wish, is $1.25.
A ball-bearing clothes wiinger
with rolls guaranteed for three
years is $7.75.
The height of luxury for the
pastry maker is the rolling pin of
white opal glass, price 75c.
(Fourth Floor, Market)
Women's' Novelty
Umbrellas Special
at $4
Fine yarn dyed taffeta makes
the covers, which aro black, with
colored borders and edges. Tho
attractive handles of wood and
bakelite have touches of color to
match the borders.
(Main Floor Market)
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Standard Cut Glass a Brilliant
Feature of the Spring China
and Glassware Sale
There was never so much
inferior stuff masquerading as
"cut glass" as there is now.
Undoubtedly it is glass and
it is cut, but that is about all
that can be aid of it. We
direct particular attention to
the good quality of the cut
glass in our stocks and in this
Sale. Notice the clearness of
the crystal, the fineness of the
finish and the excellence and
beauty of the cuttings.
This is cut glass of our
regular, standard, all-the-year-round
grade, the only change
being in the prices, and they
are one-third to 60 per cent
less than usual.
We received a large pur
chase to dispose of in this
Spring China Sale at savings
of one-third to 60 per cent,
and this affords a fine selection
(Konrth Floor,
of pieces, including:
Cut-glass berry or salad
bowls, $3, $3.75, $5, $7.50 up
to $12 each.
Low berry dishes, $2, $2.75,
$3.50, $5, $6, $7.50 up to $10
each.
Celery tray?, $2, $3.50, $4
up to $13.50 each.
Sugar and cream sets, $3,
$3.50 up to $12.50 a set.
Water jugs, $3.75, $4, $5, $6
up to $22.50 each.
Relish dishes, $4.50, $6.50,
$7.50 up to $22.50 each.
Baskets, $2, $5, $8, $10, $12
up to $26.50 each.
Ice tubs, $2, $2.75, $3.25 up
to $10 each.
'Compotes, $2, $3.75, $4.50,
up to $27.50 each.
Vases, $1.50, $2, $2.25, $3,
$3.60, $4.50, $5, $5.75, $6.50,
$7 up to $50 each.
Chestnut)
Axminster Rugs in Popular
Fiction
(And Some Facts About Them)
In three different short stories of the past few days the writers
referred to Axminster rugs in a manner which indicated that they
regarded Axminsters .as the leading weave in floor coverings.
This is not strictly true, but the fame that the Axminster rug
has won by its durability may easily have misled a layman.
Axminster rugs, when -made by dependable factories, will give
wondprful service, and in design and coloring they are hard to equal.
Wo have a splendid showing just now at less than regular prices:
Qxl3 ft, $42,60," $49.50, $64.50 an,d $57.50.
8.3x10.6 ft., $37.'50, $42J50' and $52.60".
4.6x6.6 ft., $15 and $16.75.
11.3x12 ft, $69.60.
36x70 in., $6, $7.25, $8.50, $9.50 and $10.25.
27x54 in., $5.25 nnd $5.75.
Runners
3x15 ft, $29.50
(Seienth floor, Chestnut)
3x9 ft, $17.50
3x12 ft., $24.60
February Ends Friday and So Does the February
Sale of Mattresses and Bedding
Varieties, in this Salo are as good as they have been at any time since it began.
February prices are 10 to 20 per cent less than regular markings. These reductions apply to all
our stocks of hair mattresses, cotton mattresses, feather pillows and bolsters and bed springs.
Tho thing to bear in mind is that you can choose any of these goods at Fbbruary reductions
tomorrow and Friday, but not afterward for a long time to come.
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Men's "Heavy Duty" Shoes
Special at $4.65
This price is less than the Government pays for them in the hum
lots it buys.
One is a heavy black veal leather Blucher on wide-toe Munson last
The other is a heavy retanned leather Blucher in tan, and also on
wide-toe Munson last.
A great opportunity for men who want shoes that will give them
exceptional service.
(Main Floor, Market)
Men's Smart New Oxfords in
the London Shop
One is a brogue oxford of oiled tan calfskin, with shapely English
toe, double sole, flanged heel, wing tip and profuse perforations. Thlt
is $13.50 the pair.
The other is a Cordovan oxford with plain toe and saddle strap,
and is one of the most distinguished-looking low shoes we have show.
This is $14 the pair.
(The Oallerr, Chestnnt)
Men's Silk Union Suits at
Half Price
We have' taken a limited lot of men's white silk union suits, ta
axnieuc siyie Knee lengt-n ana sleeveless and reduced them to half.
mcir lurmer price.
Tho new price is $2.50 a suit.
(Main Floor, Market)
Men's Half Hose at Lowered
Prices
Black cotton bocks with unbleached feet, "seconds," at 25c a pair.
Black, white and heather-mixed merino half-hose, "seconds," at
60c. a pair.
(Main Floor. Market)
Longcloth at $2.15 a Piece
It is trood lone-cloth, of a nualitv useful for children's clothes nrl
nndermuslins and them is n savins nn paeVt tlpm. Ton vnrrle o.V J
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Trunks Specially Priced
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To thpso who aro looking forward and preparing for their:
first real trip since the country has been at war, we would suggestr
taking advantage of one of the following opportunities:
Steamer Trunks of veneered basswood, fiber covered an&:
nnea, soiia sieei mountings, cioin nnea, iuu nveiea, every eager'., u,
nnd corner rounded nnd re-enforced, in three sizes. .12 inch. S2a'lTr
flfl inch. S25; 40 inch. S27. '
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Dress Trunks to match tho above steamer trunks, 32 inch,,'
$zt; au men, zi; w men, izv.
Wardrobe Trunk In this kind of trunk we have
styles, each one a particularly good offering at the price.
The first, at $32.50, has a three-ply veneer body, waterproef
duck, covered, fiber bound edges, cloth lined, convertible draw?"1
for lady s hat, shoe pockets at bottom of garment section.
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The second, at $47.50, has a 3-ply veneer body, fiber covered
and bound, solid steeV mountings, Hit top, cloth lined, frill riveted,
shoe pockets and hat box.
And the third, at $67.50, is a special three-quarter size tr
made of yenccrcd basswood, Jiber covered and lined, solid
mountings, brass plated, cretonne lined, full riveted and h
special locking device.
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