't ry, L, li ;u , f -r . (" M A v EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1919 S- Anniversary Month Concerts " h Orand Court at 9, 11 una 4i50 Familiar Melody nt 11:55, with Chimes at stroke of 12. In Egyptian Hall nt S30 WANAMAKER'S Store Opens 9 A. M. WANAMAKER'S Store Closes 5 P. M. WANAMAKER'S WEATHER Fair "Clean and Square at All Seasons and in All Weathers' There Is Nothing Indirect or Evasive in the plans, principles and practices of this big trading vessel at the port of Philadelphia, anchored next to the City Hall. Outwardly and inwardly it is clean and square at all seasons and in all weathers and in every circumstance. It is always prepared and always faithful because the people of the city and its surround ings are faithful to their Store, as they rightly call it. It is a little republic under the same govern ment for fifty-eight years, counting the present year. ' The true welfare of its constituents is its supreme and unvarying law. Long live this little Republic of Commerce. The minds and hearts of thousands are devoted to its further progress. Signed March SI, 1910. 2i 300 Serge and Jersey Dresses for Women Special at $15 and $25 Brand new; dozens of styles; and all in the colors most wanted for the Spring. The serges in navy and , black and the jerseys in tans, grays, browns, blues, including Pekin blue, emerald and other greens, wistaria, reindeer, Chinese red and henna. 'There are braided dresses, embroidered dresses and severely simple dresses; there are tunic and coat and chemise dresses; styles enough, in a word, to ' make it possible for almost any woman to find some- thing to suit her. Also there are all sizes in the lot. Lastly, there is a very substantial saving on every , dress. , (Flrtt lloor, Central) THE new embroidery room in the Oriental Store is selling a great many Mandarin skirts to be made into negligees with the help of satin or chiffon slips beneath. Some of the skirts being old, prices are very low $5 to $30. Also here will be found brocades by the yard to be used for the fashionable vests and bags. Prices $5 upward. (Fourth rioor, Central) New Easter Silks Blossom Forth Every Day Sometimes it is an entirely new silk, here to be tried out for the first time, to set the fashion, so to speak. Or again a novel variation of a well-known silk or it may be the new colors that every woman is interested in. In ono way or another, the Silk Salon offers" something fresh'and new each day. Some silks that have just come are one3 that women are most keen,, about for Easter and after-Easter frocks. With one or twp exceptions the price is Jess than the same quality can be bought for elsewhere. Crepes de chine, street and evening shades, $1,50 a yard. Chinese Shantung pongee suiting, $2 a yard. Pussy willow taffeta, printed, $4 a yard. Printed radiums, $3.60 a yard. Genuine Baronet satins, in pale- blue, pink, rose, heliotrope, sand and Nile green $4.50 a yard. , . (Flrit Floor, Oheitnnt) Women's New Dolman Wraps Bring Out Some New Features For example, a delightful affairthat ono might call a dolman-cape lias a loose vest of the, same material (which is serge) and a circular yoke in the back.' It is only $37.50. Then there is a lovely tricotine dolman with distinct gathers in the back and a fascinating fancy silk lining. This is $67.50. . Another, a blue serge dolman, more conventional in form, is $55, and a soft velour dolman in beautiful new colors with rows of' self- j.covereu buttons for trimming is ?47.5U. l, ...t ... J1.I 1.-. J! I Hundreds of New Models for 'Young Women Who Want Serge, Tweed or Jersey Suits-$27.50 to $38.50 For the past couple of days we've been busy unpacking new suits) so the girls and young women who come in tomorrow will find no end of becoming, smart new Spring suits to try on. They are fresh from the hands of the tailors, and are in all the new Spring styles box suits, plain-tailored and braid-trimmed suits, suits with vests and the new blouse suits. nd they're all moderately priced, too ! Fetching New Blue Serge Suits And nothing quite takes the place of a blue serge suit. Here are suits for dress, for business, for school or general wear. $28.50 for a well-tailored little suit that has just enough braid binding and trimming to make it effective. The coat is new length, belted and finished with braided pockets. $32.50 for a new belted style, with long turn-back revers, all braid-trimmed. And the serge is unusually good. $35 for another style with a silk tricolette vest, many buttons for trimming and a tucked panel in back. $39.75 for a smart new blouse suit with new long sash and rows of braid on the bottom of the coat. Spring Tweeds and Jersey Suits $27.50 for checked and wool mixtures in sports style ; $29.75 for a fine tweed suit, man tailored, and $32.50 to $38.50 for other jersey and tweed suits, all in new Spring models. 14 to 20 year sizes. (Second lloor, Cliestnnt) Ever So Many Gay, Pretty New Spring Hats at $10 and $12 Make Their First Appearance Tomorrow Which is just another way of saying they aie all brand new and have just been made up. Smart little tailored hats to go with new Spring suits, gieat wide brimmed hats to wear with afternoon dresses, and all sorts of novel, piquaint and unusual shapes are here, too. You will find many flower-trimmed hats. three- and four-corner hats many silk faced. hats of rough straw and hats of shining, smooth straw. many hats trimmed with feathers. little turbans of crepe, or crepe and straw. They are in -black, the new suit colors, and colors to wear v, ith Spring gowns. New Ready-to-Wear Hats for Girls $3.50 to $16 Simple hats and hats trimmed with field flowcis and ribbon velvet, also hats in small and large shapes, and for school, dress and better wear. , (Second Floor, Cheatnut) Embroidered Borders Are Here on New Easter Dress Fabrics On the Atlantic City Boardwalk you will see the handsome cos tumes made from these bordered materials, for they are very smart indeed this year and quite ex clusive. In every case w.e can supply the plain material to match. The bordered part is intended for the skirt part, waist trimming, gar niture or tunic. It is 40 inches wide. Bordered silk-and-wool pop lins, $5 and $0 a yard. Plain silk-and-wool poplin, $2.75 a yard. Bordered silk-and-wool crepe, $4.G0 a yard. Plain silk-and-wool crepe, $2 a yard. Bordered blue serge, $4 and $5 a yard. Plain serge, $1.25 a yaid. ' (First Floor, Chestnut) Feather Pins of Sparkling Rhinestones are meant to hold the veil on her new hat. They are in the fash ionable shape, are set in sterling silver and have imitation sap phires at the tip of the feather. $4 to $7 each. (Jenelry Store, Chestnut and Thirteenth) Women's New Spring Gloves ' Specially Priced Good French kidskins at $2 a pair. They are in wlnte, with heavy white or combination em broidery, and have two clasps. And just as special and quite fashionable now are the mocha suede gloves at $2.25 a pair, which come in twjaflsular gray and tan shades. TfeSy are half pique sewn, have one clasp, Paris point stitching and are of soft, velvety finish. (West Aisle) What's a Coat Without a Vest? Just nothing at all, this year, fashion has decreed. Some coats make a point of carrying their own vests, but many do not. So here the vests are every kind imaginable and all the very newest of the new. Starting with the wash linenes at $1. there are linens, poplins, madras, silks, tricolette, snake skin, polka-dotted fabrics, pon gees, sports silks and finally the nxpst glorious gold and silver brocades on satin grounds at New Mesh Veils .for Easter Hats ,In no time at all women found out "how pretty and becoming they were and, as a result, they have speedily become the fashion. Some are rather pronounced fancy meshes, somo have chenille dots in addition and the dots may be as large or small as you wish. All the good colors, COc to $1.75 a yard. (.Main rioor. Central) The Easter Bunny Is Here and you'll find him in the Candy Store, surrounded by chocolate labbits, roosters and chickens. He is very big, very white and wears a huge pink bow. Easter novelties of all sorts aie 15c to $18. (Down Stairs Store, C'hestnnt) The Boys Will Try on New Spring Suits Tomorrow There is surely a very fine assortment for them to pick from in this store of boys' clothing. And these are suits that will stand the test the test of service, the test of style, the test of value, the test of com parison with any others at the same prices Many are suits that it will hot be easy to compare, be cause in the making, style, trimming and finish they reach a standard that no other suits come up to. They stand for a new and finer kind pf quality than any boys' ready- to-wear suits ever shown in Philadelphia. The full range of-choice be gins with suits at $30 and goes up to $30, for 8 to 18 year sizes. "The Stroller" a New Parasol Umbrella In other words, it is a parasol when the sun is shining and an umbrella during the rain, for the frame is short like a parasol, and it is covered with colored or black umbrella silk. The handle and tips are white bakclite and the top and ring are colored to match the silk. One nice feature of this parasol-umbrella is the jointed ring, making it so much more flexible to carry. $12 is the price. (Main lloor. Market) New Fashion Suede Handbags Special at $3.75 These handbags are in two new and good styles, and in the shades of gray and tan that are best suited to spring costumes. They aie in good, roomy shapes, each with a tassel, and only for the fact that we bought them specially they would cost you half as much again. (l.nht side) Special for Ford Owners Lubricating oil in half-barrels, special at 55c a gallon. (Motor Accessories, The Onllery Chcntnut) Spot Light Special Electric spot lights, with ad justable mirrors. Special at $3.50. Suitable for any car. (Motor Accessories, The Gnllery Chestnut) The Children's Store Has Just Received Hundreds of New Plain Hats suitable for little girls and small boys. They are in the plain, tailored styles which motheis, as well as the children, like so well, and are most moderately priced $1.75 to $0 each. Theie are plenty of all black hats, plenty of dark colors, such as blues and browns, and plenty of mixed straws. They are in small and larger sizes, are quite simply trimmed and are just such hats as are al ways in good taste for children of these years. (Third Floor, Chestnut) For That "Little Dab of Powder" there are dear little powder boxes to swing from the finger on a chain. They are in new designs, round, with colored enamel tops green, French blue, orchid and deep blue, $1 and $1.25. Gold nnd tilvcr plated powder boxes. 60c and 76c each. . Seven New Books "The Eagle's Eye," by Wil liam J. Flynn, the recently re tired chief of the U. S. Secret Service. It is a tiuo story of the Imperial German Govern ment's spies and intrigues in Ameiica before the war. $1.50. "Why Joan?" by Eleanor Mcr cein Kelly. $1.50. "Dhcrging Roads," by Rose Wilder Lane. $1.50. "The House 'Hound the Cor ner," by Gordon Holmes. $1.50. "A Little Gray Home in France," by Helen Davenpoit Gibbons. $1.50. Tamily," by Elinor Glyn. $1.50. "The American,'' by Mary Dil lon. $1.50. CMnlti Floor, Thirteenth) t-r- if t v .. fi r"or- mm w kx v' C WMIIK V c'', L-c 'WMk Tfa WJk WMM Wit im mnvnvKs ' vi .w xt 0 x The Kind of New Spring Clothes a Man Wears Depends Chiefly Upon the Man It is laigely a matter of opening one's ejes and one's judgment to facU anil qualities and condition. The more a man does so the more readily will ho sec that in choosing a new Spring suit or over coat from the stock that we hae to show him he is insuiing satisfaction for himself beforehand and forestalling disappointment. We might tell you a uholc lot about these new suits hot? their new fashion lines show the unre stiictcd hand of the expeit designer now fice from war-time, limitations; especially how the new ' uaist-linc models' have a swing and dash that seem to tjpify the spirit of victory. But your common sense will tell you that whateer the fashion is in men's ready-to-wear clothing you can always depend upon finding it at its best heie, and alo upon finding it backed up by quality and leliability in fabrics and tailorwoik. The new Spring suits are $28 to $65. The new Spring ovei coats arc $35 to $50. (Third rioor. Market) Men's Fine Soft Hats in Spring Shapes and Colors Pleasantly light in weight and in the some what mote spirited shapes that Spiing calls for. A wide lange of good colors, going from light shades to daik and including the oxfoid gray that Wanamaker's introduced and that has found sucn favor. Price $C. (Main Floor, Market) Mr. Man Don't Forget Your New Spring Gloves Old or shabby gloves will spoil the effect' of your new Spring suit. Tan capeskins are useful, all 'lound gloves' there's a one clasp style at $2.50 and $3, and another that's rip proof at $3.50 a pair. Gray mochas aie $3.25, $4 and $4.50 a pair; butternut mochas, $4 and $4.50 a pair. (Main lloor. Central) Men's Silk Underwear for Spring We have some made of a splendid quality of Japanese white habutai that will give excellent service. And being made on a roomy pattern, and with smooth, neat seams,, they will give comfoit. Athletic style shirts and diawers are $5 a Rai ment. ( Athletic style union suits are $9. Redleaf white spun silk shiits and drawers from England, with shoit or long sleeves and ankle length legs, $10 a garment. (Main Floor, Market) 1 Now Comes a Man's Shirt With Reversible Soft Cuffs The adantagc of such cuffs is that when they become soiled they may be folded the other way about, and in warm weather a man's cuffs often become soiled before the day is over. These shirts are made of fine striped madraa and percale in plain negligee style and the price are $2 and $3. A Fine Showing of Spring Shirts Men may chose tomonow from a large assort ment of fresh and beautiful spring shirts of madias, percale and silk. The variety of designs is largo and prices range from $1.G5 up to $10, the last price being for luxurious silk shirts. 65c Spring Neckties and Others A laigc new lot of those famous 65c silk foui-in-hands .has just come in for tomorrow's selling. Men w ho want something still better may find imported foulard ties at $1 and other fine 'neck wear up to the' English Spitalfields silk ties at $2.50. (Main lloor. Market) Men's Irish Linen Handkerchiefs "Seconds" at 55c A slight thickening of a thread heie and there. Without thii the price would be close to double! The linen is a fine quality and they are shire stitched. Both regular and extra size, 55c each. (Hr.t Aisle) rpHE Lamp Store J- has just received some new large shades for floor lamps very rich and handsome af fairs covered with chiffon velour and Japanese brocades; the shapes being dome and Empire. Prices are $18.50 to $60 each. (Fourth Floor, Central) Maple Cream Caramels 80c a Pound are just as delicious as they sound. Caramel square dipped in maple cream each one is a treat. Chocolates and bonbons, 60c to $1 a pound. ' Chocolate-dipped prune balls, $1 a pound. (Bonn Stairs More, Chestnut) America Is Getting Ready for National Baseball Week Next week is the time and playei s all o or the country are getting their equipment now, so they can join in the movement to give the national game a rousing send-off. Baseballs, 25c to $2. Masks, $2.25 to $10.50. Gloes and mitts, $1.10 to $13. Body protectors, $3.25 to $12. Complete suits, $2.50 to $18. Estimates gladly given for suits and other equipment for entire teams. (Hie Gallery, Juniper) For Lovers of Rich Glassware the remarkable lot of fine crystal of which we are now disposing at close to half-price is full of interest. This is the purest potash crystal known and the shapes and cuttings and engravings aie strikingly novel and artistic. There are many fino rock crystal pieces in the collection. These are only a few of the many charming things in the assortment: Jam jars, $2.50 to $6. . Mustard jars, $2.50, $3, $3.50. Odd-shaped salad or berry bowls, $6, $8.50, $10, $12 to $27.50. Plates, 7 to 15 inch size, $2.25, $4, $6 to $30. Flower bowls, $4.75, $6.50, $830, $9.50. Flower pots, small, for -iolets or pansies-, $1.25, $2, $2.50. Flower pots, larger ones, $6.50 to $13,50. Flower baskets, $1 to $-10. Flower vases, $2.75 to $60. Lemonade bowls, $18.50 to $85. (Fourth Floor, Chestnut) An Unusulmly Large Showing of Low oes for March Because of the mildness of the weather there has been an extraordi nary demand for low shoes and we have brought in extraordinary stocks to meet it. Men and women may choose from an assortment of oxfords and pumps in all styles, from the extremely fashionable to the conservative, and in all ' good leathers. Selection is even good in women's white low .shoes. Tomorrow is sure to bring hundreds of people here for new shoes to wear with other new clothes Sunday. We are ready for them. Women's low shoes, $4.50 to $11. - P s Men's low shoes, $5.50 to $12. (Hen'e, Main Floor ( Uiuo'i, Fir1 JMket) i frM OV ' - Vi ,M A m ? ik mm v (jeiTtiry siare, uuesmuc ana , ) ml f 'f " "q -rrsy ,i.WWHPnHftiWHi v vf. v ;.f.",yiJ!- flt ftv. '.O KfJI. I II I II II I II IIIIIB1M ! Ill
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