V.YK V -ft? Vi V 'ifi- EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1919 I N -i '' -Is BIG AUTO SHOW READY TONIGHT Anniversary Month Concert In the Grand Court af 9, 11 nnd 4:60 Familiar Melody at 11 165, with Chimes at stroke of 12. In Egyptian Hall at 2:30 WANAMAKER'S DOWN STAIRS STORE WANAMAKER'S WEATHER Fair ' M of 54 Makes of Cars Included in Commercial Mu seum Exhibit TRUCKS SECOND WEEK Passenger Models of Every Design Placed on View First The inn Automobiles Show, the bg rest of the kind ever held In Philadel phia, will open tonight In the Commer cial Museum. TassenBer can of every type and price will hold center of the stage dur ing the first neck of tho show, to be followed the second weelc hy a display of all kinds and models of heavy and light trucks. Members of the Philadelphia Auto mobile Trade Association nro the sole exhibitors In the thow opening tonight. There are forty-seon spacca In nil, and each one will be filled to capacity with cars, chasRcs and parts. Klfty-four dif ferent makes of passenger cars will be exhibited. The accesiory exhibits the kind that enter so fundamentally Into the automo bile Industry today aro clven greater space than ever, thlrty-seen concerns occupying forty-one spaces and showing a variety of lines well-nlght bewildering In their scope. Hitherto the Philadelphia show has followed Immediately In the wake of New York's exhibition and there has been some delay In getting tho exhibits transported. Not so this year. The War God played havoc with old pched ulcs. Chicago gave the premier, and both that and the show of New York havo been memories for a month or more. Tho elapsed tlmo has glen the exhibitors in Philadelphia ample time to secure their show cars and the open ing tonight will see a complete show for the first tlmo in the history of automo bile shows In this city. In fact, as President Maltby remarked laFt night: "Wo aro ready to open at this minute, so finely have our plans groocd In mesh. Kcrythlng Is In readiness and wn look for a show that will establish in tho minds of eery one attending that the automobile business of the future Is destined for bigger and greater develop ment than ever before In Its history. Desldes President Maltby thero will be Vice President Iouls C. Block, Sec retary and Treasurer J. U Gomcry, John U. Kassltt and I.eo J. Eastman, con stituting the show committee of the trade association, under whoo auspices the show Is held, on hand for tonight's opening. Parking spaco In front of tho Commercial Museums Building will be ample for the accommodation of those In attendance at the show and the com mittee has seen to It that the Plnkcrton Agency men will be on duty throughout the show guarding the cars and their contents. Architect Philip S. Tyre and his corps of assistants are seeing to It that the last details of decorations are In place and with Professor Fnyder's musicians timed for tonight's opening at 7 o'clock, Phlladelphlans can take pride In tho cent of tonight's pardonable pride. Deaths of a Day REV. LUCIAN B. BROWN Aged Minister Dies After Six Months' Illness The Bev. I-uclan II, Brown, who was one of the oldest members of the Philadelphia. Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died yes terday at his home, Dollngton, near Newtown, Bucks County. Mr. Brown had been ill six months. Ho is surlvcd by his wife, a daughter and two sons. Born In Southampton Township, Bucks County, In 1848, Mr. Brown was admitted to conference In 1809. His first pastorate was at the Delaware AVater Gap. Subsequently he was in chnrge of churches at Iehlghton, New Hope, Newtown, Doylestown, the Eighteenth .Street, this city: Mahanoy Cltv, Spring City, Bustleton. Media, Fletcher, this city, anil Chestnut Hill. The rtev. Ell Plekersglll Is last survivor of (lio class of ministers ordained In I860, of which Mr. Bro'vn Mas a member. Mr. Brown's funeral wilt be ild on Monday at 2 p. in , In the Mifthodlst Church at Somerton. The pall-bearers will bo chosen from older members of the conference. Stevenson H. Walsh, Jr. Stevenson Hockley Walsh, Jr., of 214 Felham road. Mount Airy, died yester day, of pneumonia, In his twenty-ninth year. Mr. Walsh, who was engaged with his father, Stephenson II, Walsh, of 1826 Pine street, In the Insurance business, served In the army during the war. He was married December 18, 1915, to Miss Margaretta I,. Knowles, daughter of the Itev. Archi bald Campbell Knowles. rector of St. Alban'a Episcopal Church, Olney. His wife sunhes him. Mr. Walsh, who was related to many prominent families, was a member of the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Requiem mass will be celebrated on Monday In St. Alban's Church. r Philip S. Smith . Philip S. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. V.. B. Atkinson, of West Colllngswood, N. J., died March 0 In a New Jersey sanatorium. Mr. Smith, active In all the community affairs of West Colllngs. wood, was largely instrumental in securing a free library for that city. A widow, mother nnd two sisters survUe. The funeral will be from the home. Grant and Cromly streets, at 1:30 o'clock today. Interment will be prhate. Joseph Morris Joseph Morris died yesterday after noon at the Masonic Home, corner Broad and Ontario streets. He was a member of Philo Lodge, No. 444, P. nnd A. M and had been living at the home since January of this jear. He was born In England, June 16, 1880, and came to this country when a oung man. A son and daughter survhe. Serv ices will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o clock 'at the home. Interment will be In Ureenmount Cemetery. The Rev. J. P. Anthony Clismbenburr, Pit.. March 8. The Itev. J. P. Anthony, seventy-seven veara old, one of the oldest and most widely known ministers of the United Brethren Church, died at hla home In Stouffers town, a suburb, after a long Illness, lie was born In York, educated in Dlllsburg Academy and licensed to preach In 1865. For-FaryC ''"r? ''e.was presiding elder of the Pennsylvania Conference. He waa a trustee of Qulncy Orphanage and wgg Interested In many charities. He .r.ve1 ln Patn Valley. York. Newvllle. Slilremanstown, Baltimore and Ship Pjnsburg, and retired from KeedysvlMe, Md , last year. Two daughter and three sons survive. Funeral Monday, inter ment will be at KeedyBvllle, Augustus Wildman llarriiburr. March 8. Augustus Wild man, contractor and builder, formerly a member of the Common and Seleot Counolls of this city and twice elected to the House of Representatives from Dauphin County, died yesterday, aged sixty-three. He was born ln Germany, but has lived here since he was six years of age, and a son Is now In the American army of occupation In Ger many. He built during the last twenty eight years more than 400 dwellings and msny of tlie.banka and school buUdlntjs 4 this city. . Spring Fashions Are in Full Flower in the Bright and Busy Down Stairs Store at Wanamaker's 1 oeff -- ' vA$KJ(8to?A ... -JV ijniM.l "A- Hi4....JUI a ' - o - .nu -"' I us Two Spring: Blouses Spring Has Inspired Pearl Beads of Great Beauty at Average Half Price These are by far the loveliest pearl beads we have ever owned. Their deep and beau tiful luster, their fine color and the accuracy of their gradation mark them as remark ably fine imitations of Oriental pearls. You can examine string after string and not find a flaw. Neither will you find two strings exactly alike, for every bead was J carefully made by hand. $7.50, $15, $18 and $20 are the prices; they vary with the length of the necklaces and the beauty of the beads. Clasps to go with these beads start at 50c for a plain 10-carat gold clasp, and at $3.75 and $5 there are beautiful clasps, some of white gold set with brilliants or synthetic stones. (Centrnl) (SgSgcxrWoSco 1000 Pair Women's Cotton Stockings 35c, Three Pair for$l Full - fashioned, light - weight black or white cotton stockings with double garter tops and re enforced feet. Slight imperfec tions clnss them as "seconds," but do not impair their wear. Better get a supply from these. (Central) Japanese Silk Kimonos $8.90 The Little Negligee Shop an nounces this special for Monday. The kimonos are of soft silk, hand embroidered and cut with all tho grace of line that theso Japanese negligees are famous for. Those arc lined throughout with silk and have a padded roll at tho feet; in Copenhagen, navy, pink, rose and purple. The Negligee Shop is new and lovely, and you will find it back of the Blouse Salon. (Market) Snowy Cotton Damasks and Two Good Towel Notes , Just at this time when so many household stocks are being re plenished, we are glad to be able to come forward with this good napery. Damask breakfast cloths, full bleached, hemmed ends, $1 each. Lunch cloths with hemstitched ends, full bleached, 36x36 inches, $1; 45x45 inches. $1.50 each. Damask table cloths, full bleached, 58x70 inches, $l!.S0 each; 58x84 inches, $2 each. Damask table cloths for round or square tables, full blenched, hemmed or scalloped edges, 70x70 inches, $2 a yard. Hemmed damask breakfast napkins, 18x18 inches, 12',c each. Absorbent towels, hemmed ends, 17x34 inches, pink and blue stripes and borders, special at 30c each. All-linen absorbent crash weave dish towels, hand hemmed ends, 17x36 inches, 35c, 40c and 50c each. (Clieitnnt) The Good Fit and Lines of the Gossard Corset make it one of the best founda tions for new Spring clothes. Well-dressed women realize how much a good-fitting corset means to a smart costume. These Gos sards are all front-lace corsets. A model at $3 for average figures is of white coutil bound at the top with pink satin. Another at $5.50 for average and medium figures is a low-bust model with gores in the fronts A good pink broche for average to stout figures has clastic gores at the sides and back for freedom when sitting. $7.50. For short, stout figures there is a pretty figured pink poplin trimmed with lace at tho top. $8.50. ' Brassieres Two styles are 75c. They fasten in front and are of fine linene trimmed with lace. One style is $1. It is more elaborately trimmed with lace and fastens in front. (Central) Women's Silk Gloves 75c and $1 a Pair These are fresh and new and aic in colors that will go well with Spring outfits. At 75c is a two-clasp glove in black, pongee and brown, with Paris point stitching, double finger tipped. A heavier quality for $1 has two clasps and five-row embroid ery stitching. In white with white and pongee stitching, pongee with brown and white, brown with white and gray with Self-stitclling. (Central) of Silk A natural-color pongee spoits blouse is comfortably cut and can bo worn high or low at the neck. $3.75. A white tub silk has a roll collar and a little tucked vestee. $ 1.75. 550 Fresh Cotton Blouses Samples at $2.23 Most of them arc of fine voile, some with round necks, others with roll collars. Many of them have pretty laces and embroid eries and aro quite frilly, while others show only fine tucks, hem stitching and crochet buttons for trimming. (Mnrket) SPECIAL 40-lnch Voiles, 29c a Yard The best voile news we've had in a long time, for these are in the most desirable plnin colors and are double width. In salmon, rose and pale pink, French blue, sky blue and green, lavender, canary and Quaker gray. (( entrnl) More of the Good Ginghams at 30c a Yard The cheeriest of checks and plaids, as well as plain colors, arc here in these fresh, pretty ging hams that are waiting to be made into Summer frocks for children and women. They nie 32 inches wide, (Central) Standard Percales 25c a Yard Tho stripes are clear and clean looking and the small figures will make good little school dresses for children. The material is finely woven and measures 36 inches in width. (Centrnl) Some Charming Neckwear Net collars and sets delight in tiny shirrings, row after row of lace, hand embroidery and hemstitch ing, $1 to $4. Organdie in numerous styles comes in snowy white, white with color or in colors. Collars, and sets ate round or roll shapes nnd ate 50c to $2.50. Smart otgantlie veslccs in white, white with color or solid blue, rose and tan arc $1,25 to $3.75. Lace Iteal filet coilais for lound neck frocks are In two styles. One edged with hand embroidered net at $3.50; the other with finer lace at $4.50. Imitation filet round or roll collars are $1 to $1.70. You have no trouble choosing it ptctty collar to brighten your frock. (Centrnl) LIS "A Silk Dress for Spring" not a rule, but a well-established custom, for a silk dress always seems newer and fresher and more expressive of the season than any other. Taffetas are swishing their rustling over skirts and swinging their pretty bell-shaped sleeves. The round neck is particularly suited to frocks of this material and you will notice some delightful beaded vestees of Georgette crepe. Plum, brown, navy, henna, Copenhagen, tan, silver and black aie some of the colors. Prices range ftom $15 to $38.50. Georgette Dresses fill a rainbow corner in the Dress Salon. Here they shade from crushed strawberry to pale flesh pink, from wood brown to cream, from navy blue to sky. A great many aro beaded or trijmmed with embroidery done in heavy silk. $19.50 to $57.50. Serge and Jersey Standbys Undoubtedly the best all-around service dt esses are these good navy blue serges and jerseys in more styles than you will care to count. Most all of them show braid in some form in straight bands or in scrolls, and there is much pretty stitchery. At $10.75 there is a navy serge heavily embroidered in black and girdled with black satin. Other dresses of this typo are priced up to $25. Other dresses of this type are priced upto $25. (Market) Silks in almost every con ceivable form are to be seen this Spring, and now that we again feci justified in thinking about and wearing evening clothes, these satins do chine will make up delightfully for the Spring dances. There ate soft pastel shades of peach, lavender, rose, turquoise, flesh and also white, 35 inches wide, $2 a yatd. Eer-favorod foulaids lend themselves so well to drapeiy and tunic styles. They como in various colors, navy and black predominating, with interesting designs. They nic 35 inches wide and arc $1.85 and $2.25 a yard. Also for street wear are fine dtess satins, in beautiful shades of taupe, wistaria, Rus sian green, Belgian and navy blue and black, 33 inches wide, $2 a yard; and satin messa Iincs in various colors, navy and black in the main. 35 inches wide, $1.55 a yard. A good quality of all-silk white pongee i3 most desirable for separate skirts. 33 inches wide, $2'.25 a yard. Also changeable tafTetas in various' pretty light and dailc color combinations, suitable for lining coats nnd capes, are 35 inches wide at $2 a yard. (Central) Serge Middy Skirts for girls of 10 to 14 are of navy blue serge pleated onto a white body. $3. Outdoor Clothes for Junior Girls Middies of khaki twill hae white braid on the collars and cuffs and lace in front. $2. Sizes 0 to 10. A dress of khaki twill (made like a "Campfire" dress) has a full gathered skirt with patch pockets on the skirt and waist, long sleeves and a Peter Pan collar with a black tie. Girls camping or doinp athletic woik will want them. Sizes 8 to 16 at $6.50. And we will take orders to have them made in quantities in any of these sizes. (Central) If You Want a Fiber Rug That Will Wear and Wear and if, at the same time, you want to save money on it, here is the right combina tion. A shipment of splendid new rugs, the best of their kind, has come to us at Much Less Than Usual They are in herringbone weave, closely woven to endure much tramping. The patterns are conventional borders or Chinese medallions, all quite simple and in good colorings, which will not fade, as they are stenciled in oil, which is blown into the rug, not merely brushed on. Water will not injure these rugs. 27x54 inches, $2.75 36x72 inches, $4 4.6x7.6 feet, $6.50 6x9 feet, S9.50 6x12 feet, $12.50 8.3x10.6 feet, $14 9x12 feet, $15 9x15 feet, $21.50 Also These Good Rugs, Some Even a Third Underprice Old Fashioned Rag Rugs 24x36 inches, 75c 25x50 inches, $1 27x54 inches, $1.23 30x60 inches, $1.50 36x72 inches, $2 4x 7 feet, $3.75 6x 9 feet, $6.50 8x10 feet, $9.50 9x12 feet, $11.50 Wool-and-Fiber Rugs 6x9 feet, $6.75 8.3x10.6 feet, $9.75 Seamless Wool Velvet Rugs 8.3x10.6 feet, $29.50 Seamless Velvet Rugs 9x12 feet, $39.50 8.3x10.6 feet, $37.50 6x9 feet, $22.50 (Chestnut) Axminster Rugs 6x9 feet, $22.50 7.6x9 feet, $27.50 and $32.50 8.3x10.6 feet, $35 and $42.50 '9x12 feet, $37.50 and $15 Seamless Tapestry Brussels Riigs 7.6x9 feet, $22.50 8.3x10.6 feet, $22.50 8.3x10.6 feet, $28.50 9x9 feet, $28.50 9x12 feet, $29.50 "7"0UNG men are finding these flannel suits exactly right. The flannel is pure wool, every thread, and is soft and of good weight. The lines are the lines young men approve of, with waist-line coats, military backs and vertical pockets much in evidence. In navy blue, gray, brown and olive green at $35. (t.nllfrj-, Jlnrkt) Women's Spring Suits Are Cheery, Friendly Things Their fancy is for youthful modes that are easily wearable and have no hard lines about Ihnn. Of course, the new idea is tho bos jacket and its gay nnd smiling giiet makes it quite irresistible. It is at its best in seigo and tricotine and you will find it in vaiious models priced all the way from $25 to $87.50. The Group at $25 is well woith consideration. Ileic are suits of nay seige and gabaulinc, as well as snorts suits of jersey. One of these jerseys has an odd, throw collar and is to be had in Pckin or rookie. Other attractive spoits suits of jcrsev in oford and heather mixtures, ns well as in plain colois, go to $30. At $28.75, $30 and $35 their ate interesting groups of suits. Tweeds in Spring grays and tan have military pock ets, tucked backs and are belted. $28.75. A serge suit with excellent lines is simply tailoied cutaway in front and plain in back. It is piettiiy lined nnd is a splendid suit for matronly women. $30. Another suit for older women is of navy serge with a roll collar and braid flatly used on the seams. Gabar dine, too, is to be had at this price in an attractive suit. $35. Olurkrf) 31 fhis New Cape Has a Coat Front M which is an admirable combination, much smiled', upon this Spring. The sketch shows the yoke line across the back and the effective use of black braid in heavy silk. It is in navy blue serge and will be becoming to almost any woman. $16.50. This is an interesting example of the pietty and fashionable wiaps to be had in the Down Stairs Coat Store for small sums. Here, smart dolmans, capes and cape coats of the newest cut are to be ', had in serge, burella and poplin at $13.75, $15, $16.50 -and $19.75. Fiom $19.75 to $39.75 there are finer things in an amazing number of different styles. Spring wraps of cvora, bolivia, cashmere velour, duvet de laine, tricotine and duvetyn are here in individual models luxunously lined with lovely silks, $45 and upward. If you prefer a real coat there is wonderfully" fine choosing in new things of velour, silvertone, serge and tricotine at $19.75 to $-15. arkct) New House Dresses , Fluffy Pink-and-White and Aprons Kjcsh, pietty house dresses ate of plain ging ham in blue, pink or green, are cut on comfortable straight lines and trimmed with smocking. $3.50. Bungalow aprons, so convenient to slip on to cover the entire dtess, are of clean-looking pcicale and gingham with pockets. They are cut on ample lines and the necks and sleeves have bias bands of the material piped with white. $1.25. (Central) Mattress Pads at Less Than You Usually Pay for Them Less because thcie are irregularities in the stitching. However, the mere fact of a line, heie and there, not quite straight will not in the leat impair the service you will get fiom these pads. They are clean and ftcsh and maiked at much less than usual. 17x18 inches, ,J25c 17x30 inches, 50c 27x40 inches, 85c 36x30 inches, $1.15 31x52 inches, $1.35 3f!x7(i inches, $1.85 48x7(i inches, $2.45 54x76 inches, $2.65 Good Sheets at Low Prices Tor $1.50 there is a lovely white batiste chemise trimmed, as so many women aie asking for them, back and fiont with Valenciennes lace. For SI, a good, re-enfoiced ciepe bloomer. The material is pink with bluebird figure. There are hemstitched luffles at the knees. For $3, a pink ciepe nightgown to match which lias pretty feather stitching and a ribbon bow for trimming. Quite special is this pink bloomer of silk-and-cotton with blue butterfly figures at $1.50. This is most attiaethe and good for the price. (Central) 4s Sateen Petticoats $2 These petticoats are of a fiim sateen and in black, purple, Copenhagen blue, blown, giay taupe and dark green and have fetching little pleated ruflles at the foot. ((entrnl) 54x90 inches, $1.28 63x90 inches, Sl..'58 72x90 inches, $1.45 81x90 inches, $1.1S 81x90 inches, $1.68 81x9!) inches, $1.88 Muslins 36-inch bleached muslin, 20c a jard. 36-inch unbleached muslin, 19c a nrd. (Chextnut) Spring Footwear Girls' dark tan or black calfskin lace shoes with welted soles and low heels $4,90 a pair. Children's black patent or dull black leather button shoes with welted soles, sizes- G to 2, are $3 to $4, according to size. All sizes in women's gray kidskin shoes hae welted soles, high-curved or. medium heels, and cloth tops to match. Special at $3.50 a pair. Women's oxford ties of dark tan and black calfskin have medium heels and wcjted soles, $5.40 a pair. Women's brown kidskin, high-cut lace shoes have welted soles, high-curved heels, $5.75 a pair. Women's black lace kidskin shoes, light weight, with turned soles and covered heels; also with welted soles and high-curved heels, $5.75 a pair. (Cheitnot) ' Curtain Scrim Special at 15c a Yard A special put chase brought hundreds of yards of this material. It comes in cream color, white and eciu with a hemstitched band bor der and is 30 inches wide. Pretty Marquisette Curtains Special at $1.35 White, ivory or ecru color with hemstitched borders; they arc 2'i yards long. ' Flowered and Figured j Marquisette for window or door curtains in pretty light or, daik colorings is 36 inches wide, at 45c and GQc a yatd. Plenty of Beautiful Cretonnes in new designs and colorings are ready. Many women are choosing them now and it's a wise plan, for assortments are fresh and fine. In small or large floral or verdure designs or the more striking Japanese effects. 50c to $1,2'' a yard. UMie.lnut) V A m r 'I'.WiT. b V k . - ,v Cll.6uSMKA .it?J Ir.J-jl Li
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