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.Giving All Deserved Credit to the
Red Cross,
Y. M. C. A.,
Knights of Columbus,
and Hebrew Association,
it is admitted on both sides of the sea that the fitness
and great value of the .
Salvation Army Service
was in the fact that they were first in the field,
because their organizations in foreign countries
found theiit nearer to the grounds where the troops
were massed.
It is conceded by the commanders of the armies,
Generals Pershing, Foch, Haig, Joffre, March and
others, and by their constant words of praise and
approval, that 'the prompt, laborious, untiring,
courageous and self-sacrificing devotion of the
Salvationists to the wounded, dying, dead and
living, in camps, hospitals, in action and out of it,
day and night, forms an almost miraculous chapter
of the history of the war.
With rare wisdom and tact, they were never
where they were not wanted, and never absent when
and where needed.
Now, it has slowly dawned upon the world that
there is a Providence in time, training and patient
preparation for such service that the war called out,
and that the Salvation Army alone was ready for
the hour the war broke out.
Now that it has been proven that the Salvation
Army was one of the prominent forces to win the
war, can real Philadelphians ofter any fair excuse
for being slow or slacking in aiding them in their
ministrations abroad, where a million men remain,
or in their continent-wide work at home, in families
whose bread-winners are lost, -maimed or mutilated
for life?
Roosevelt said: "Whatever the lot of men, the
Salvation Army is found with them."
USigned
May 21, 1910.
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Charming New Summer Hats
for Mourning Wear
It is quite correct to wear nil white as well as all black, and
for Summer wear there are some airy new hats of white ribbon
in large, youthful shapes, simply trimmed with bows of same
material. They are very Summery looking and cool and will be
most attractive for wear with white gowns.
Other new white hats are of fine hemps in new shapes one
smart model adorned with white braid in beadlike designs and
others trimmed with ribbons or flowers.
And there are nlso new hats of crepe Georgette in black,
others of fine hemp and faille silk and others all of straw.
They arc all hats for dress wear, and prices start at $15.
(Second Floor, Chmtnnt)
Women's New Dark Blue Capes
Special at $35 to $40
Exactly the canes for women to take away with them to the shore
or mountains, and they are just the thing for cool evenings on the porch.
The materials are all-wool serge or wool poplin, unlined, and besides
dark blue they also come in black.
Two styles have vests; one with rows of buttons as trimming is
$35, and another, braid trimmed, is $40. Both have high gathered
collars of the material.
A pretty circular style with black satin collar and circular bands
is $37.50.
(Flrnt Floor, Central)
THERE Are Still
Many Inexpen
sive Good Things in
the White Sale
as any woman who comes down
to the Undermuslins Store may
discover for herself.
At 45c, for example, are neat,
well-made corset-covers of soft
nainsook with a substantial lace
JiSt trimming.
At 85c are nainsook night
gowns, with V necks'and stitching
in color.
And at $1.25, another nainsook
style, with square neck, kimono
sleeves, with tucks and a tiny lace
edge.
And there are also many dainty
garments, some of pink batiste
chemises and nightgowns, for in
stance, at $1 and $1.50.
'jilr.l Floor, Central)
FESTIVE Frocks
of Colored Voile
for Maids of 2 to 6
There are dresses in China blue,
ancf in the loveliest rose-pink, and
in canary and white, and they are
quite as pretty as the colors sug
gest they might be.
One stylo has little frills of
Valenciennes lace and satin rib
bon bows at the neck and sleeves;
some others are smocked in color;
-gome liaj'o short yoke and little
turn-down collars of white.
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It is a pleasure to announce
that are being so much used at
Satins, black and dark blue.
$2 to $4 a yard.
Charmeuse, black and dark
blue, $3.25 a yard.
Printed-pussy willow taf
feta, $4 a yard.
Foulards, $2.10 a yara,
Also a large number of the
from $4 to $7.50 a yard..
(Flr.t Floor,
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Girls' Bathing Suits
Are Ready
For girls who wear 14 to 20 year sizes there are smart new suits
of taffeta, satin or surf cloth in blue or black and ever so many styles
at $7.50 to $15.
And for the smaller eirls who wear 6 to 14 vcar sizes there are
mohair and flannel suits In bright
colors, any are. oraia tnmm?o.
Some Important
New Books
Victory Over Blindness, by
Sir Arthur Pearson, is the ro
mantic nntl stimulating story
of Sir Arthur's woik of res
toration to happy usefulness
of thousands who have been
bereft of sight. Price $1.50.
The Navy and the Nation, by
Josephus" Daniels. A series of
addresses by the Sccietary of
the Navy, which shows how
splendidly the Navy porformod
its part in the War. Price $2.
American Business in World
Markets, by Jnmcs T. M.
Moore. A valuable book for
the American business man.
Price $2.
A History of the United
States, by Cecil Chesterton.'
This book is the latest fruit of
the thoughtful scrutiny of
"American institutions recently
made by English writers'. Pi ice
$2.50.
The New Grand Army of the
Republic, by Loren C. Griccs.
Price 50c.
(Main Floor, Thirteenth)
A CHARMING
Little Blouse
of Crepe
with embroidered dots is in white
or flcs'h color and the dots are
the size of silver quarters. It is
.simply made, and the price is $6.
For a Huffy blouse, there is a
new white net, with deep frills and
trimming of Valenciennes lace, at
$10.50. The body part is lined
with net.
And of a firm, beautiful quality
of crepe de chine is another new
blouse in white or flesh. It has
pleats and rows of hemstitching
for its only trimming. $10.75.
(Third Fluor, riimtiiut)
CRISP New Sum
mer Frocks for
Little Girls
Very Summery and most attrac
tive are some new organdie frocks
in rose pink or pale blue, with
snowy sashes, square collars and
little yokes of snowy white,
stitched in black and color. They
are $10.50.
And quite special for its price
is a fine chambray frock in pale
pink or blue and, white at $5.75,
which has collar and cuffs of white
poplin and hand stitching in color.
There is a snowy cord which laces
down the front and a patent
leather belt at the waist.
Both in 6 to 11 year sizes.
(Second Floor, ChralniiO
G
AY New Rib
bons to Pret
tify Hats
and make new hair bows and
dainty Summer sashes are the
moire failles, six inches wide and
$1.25 a yard. There is Alice blue,
maize, old rose, light blue, coral
and brown.
A little wider is a faille ribbon,
7 inches wide, at 85c a yard, which
comes in many light and dark col
ors, including navy blue.
(Main Floor, Central)
No Sign Post
Is Needed to
Wanamaker Silks
loner time the cood ncoole of
Philadelphia, men and women alike,
have been coming to this Store for fine,
trustworthy silks.
They expect, and always have found,
such silks here in large variety and at the
mo3t moderate prices, and we trust that they
disappointed.
a new shipment of the silks
this time for Summer wardrobes.
Tricolettes, $G and $0.50 a
a yard.
Crepes meteor, $3.25 a yard.
Crepes de chine, $l.o'0 to $3
a yard.
Georgette crepes, $1.75 to $4.
a yard.
very fashionable sports silks,
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reds and dark blues as well as other
.jo.TOff'o.h.'j.,.
The Dining Room Is the One Room
That Interests All People Who
Are Healthy and Human
The appointments of it may be as rich as one can make them, but they should always be
substantial and comfortable.
A good test of a furniture store is the ch oice of dining-room .suits it can show for the
average good home. We are able to meet tha t test with a collection of suits which we know
to be the largest and most attractive to be fo unci anywhere and also the best for the money.
These are some examples
Fresh New
Arrivals Join the
Rag Rug Disposal
These are the excellent hit-and-miss
Colonial rag lugs that
we are selling for a thiid let
than regular prices.
We were very foitunate in
procuring this large lot of rugs
at this time. The unusual de
mand,for Colonial rag rugs has
made it difficult for makers to
get good, clean rags.
9x12 ft, $10.85 6x9 ft., $5.85
8x10 ft., $8.85 30x60 in., $'2.25
36x72 in., $2, $2.25 and $2.75
Seenth Floor, Chrntnut)
WOMEN'S
Gloves for This
Weather
This is the time of year when
most women like to slip their
hands into cool silk or cotton
gloves.
If a woman prefers silk there
are several qualities and stlcs of
Milanese weac. in black, white or
colors, with 2 clasps, at $1, $1.25
and $1.50 a pair. All arc double
tipped, of couise.
If she'd like chamois-finished
lisle thread, there arc hhort
lengths in black, white, pongee or
gray at $1 a pair and 8 or 12
button lengths in white or brown
at $1.35 and $1.50 a pair.
(Main Floor, Central)
Notes of a
Household Kind
Now that the "green and salad
days" are at hand, the housewife
will be pleased to know that a
small slicer to cut hard-boiled
eggs, beets and other vegetables
in even slices is only 75c.
Force and suction cups save
plumber's bills., 35c, 50c and 75c
each.
A catnip mouse makes a good
toy and wholesome exerciser for
a pussy cat. Price 10c.
Three Wanamaker flat irons,
with one handle and one stand,
the irons made with beveled edge
to prevent lifting the nap of fine
linens, etc., are $3 the sot.
Now is' the time when all drains
should be looked after and kept
free from clogging. A ire snake
at 05c will soon remove obstruc
tions. Glass castors make the furni
ture slide easily. 85c the set.
Caster cups of wood ai e 8c and
10c each; of glass, 50c for a set
of four.
Fie exercise for the children is
aflorded by roller skates. $1.75
to $3.25 a pair.
Smoker's stands may be had at
many different prices from $3
for one mahogany finished to
$10.75 for one of metal.
Pineapple eyes'nips are timely
now that pineapples are plentiful.
35c each.
A good pair of shears may be
had for $1 in the Cutlery Stoie.
French shaped paring knives
with handles of solid aluminum
are 30c each.
Glass knives for lemons,
oranges, grapefruit aie among the
refinements of the kitchen.
Always clean, always sharp. 35c
each.
(Fourth Floor, Ontr.il)
T
IME to Choose
Boys' Washable
Suits
The suits for little chaps of 3
to 10 afford a varied and attrac
tive choice of colors and color
combinations in all desiiable tub
fabrics, These are in junior
Norfolk, "Oliver Twist," shor,t
Russian and Middy styles, and
they are priced at $3.25 to $6.50,.
Wash suits for the older boys
8 to 15 years are in the Norfolk
style and come in the finer kind
of cool, washable cloths at $10
and $1H.
(Krtond Floor, (ntrl)
OUAINT Colon
. ial Prints in
New Designs
Tiny colored flowers and figures,
resembling the old-fashioned cali
cos. They do make such fascinat
ing frocks and many women and
girls are asking for them.
In the new shipment are over
20 patterns. They are 1 yard wide
and 35c a yard.
, tpiifftiefr; Chfitnut)
$335 for a 10-piece suit in
American walnut, Adam design;
the chairs have slip seats and are
upholstered in brown leather.
$282.50 for a 10-piece suit in
American walnut. An excellent
William and Mary reproduction.
$306 for a 10-piece suit in ma
hogany, Queen Anne design, with
a 51-inch table.
$465 for it 10-piece suit in fig
ured American walnut, Queen
Anne design. The chairs haw
blue hair cloth slip seats and a
curved cane panel back.
(Sixth
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It Was Not the
Easiest Thing in
the World to Make
a Suction Cleaner
Worth $70
There haw for some years
been a good many suction
clcaneis on the market at
about half that price or a
little more.
Good suction cleaners, too,
for the money, but w were
newr satisfied witli them.
We didn't think they had
stamina enough, we didn't
think they had pull enough, we
didn't think they had speed
enough, w didn't think they
got the dirt as well as they
ought to get it.
We wanted a suction cleaner
that would get the dirt out of
the carpet and that would keep
on doing it for years and years.
Finally, by going to the mat
ter enthusiastically with an en
thusiastic manufacturer we se
cured the development of the
Superb Electric
Suction Cleaner
Its price is $70 and we be
lieve it is the best suction
cleaner value in the world to
day. It is so powerful that it lifts
the carpet right up off the floor
and draws every bit of the diit
straight through.
It cleans' a width of 14 inches
at a time.
It will thoroughly clean the
carpet in a large room in a few
minutes.
Under ordinary circum
stances, it ought to last a life
time and do its work day in
and day out without lepair.
(Fourth I'loor, Crnlrul)
FINE Parisienne
Corsets at Near
Half Price
Onfy twice a ear, during the
two White Sales, can women buy
these beautiful corsets for as little
as this.
We have caiefully chosen the
best among the Spiing models and
ones that at other times sell for
nearly double. Some materials
arp a little lighter in weight
and therefore better for warm
weather.
At $7. A low-top style in striped
pink batiste with cleared hip.
At $8. A pink brochc model,
heavily boned with girdle top. It
has a straight hip with elastic
gore in the skirt.
At $9. A low-bust, white fancy
broche, for full figures. Sizes 26
to 36.
(Thiril I'loor, Chrhtnut)
PIN S e a 1 Hand
bags at $2.75
About Factory Cost
We have taken two good style3
of bright and dull pin seal hand
bags out of stock and reduced
them to $2.75 each, for a clear
away. ,
One is a square shopping shape,
with fancy, metal frame, and the
other is a roomy, flat envelope
' book. Both are silk lined and
most unusual for the price.
(West .Mile)
LONGCLOTH
Special at $1.85
a Piece'
A good sturdy quality for chil
dren's undermuslins and f or
women's petticoats arid night
gowns. There are 10 yards' in each
piece, it is 36 inches wide and
the price for these 100 pieces is
less than the price it has been
selling for in the "White Sale,
(flrsl rioor, CUettmt)
$497 for a 10-piece suit in fig
uied mahogany, a Georgian motif.
The serving table has a drop front
cupboard with sliding trays.
$340 for a 10-piece suit in fig
ured walnut, William and Mary
design. The chairs have slip seats
upholstered in blue leather.
$350 for a 10-piece suit in ma
hogany, Chippendale design. The
chairs have brown leather slip
.eats and the table has a 51-inch
top.
$170 for a 10-piece suit in ma
hogany, showing Heppelwhite in
fluence; the chuirs have slip scats
upholstered in blue hair cloth.
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IRISH Linen
Sheets and Pillow
Cases So Cool and
Healthful
Kwry good hous'ekeeper knows
that linen sheets and pillow cases
are ideal for Summer time, being
so cool and sweet to sleep on.
This lot of 200 pairs of pillow
cases and 50 pairs of sheets will
surely intciest them. All are of
puie flax, carefully hemstitched
and of a particularly fine quality.
Unlike other sheets and pillow
cases, they measure what they are
marked, 'the pillow cases 22VBx36
inches at $6 a pair, sheets being
for single beds and measuring
72x108 inches, at $32.50 a pair,
(rirnt Floor, .('lipstiiut )
The Making of Claims in Print and of
Young Men's Clothes in Fact
are two very different things.
If we make some pretty strong claims for our young men's suits, we do
so with good reason.
In these suits we certainly have something to talk about.
In fashion and fabric and tailoring they could hardly be finer at the prices.
We do not print this because it is anything wonderful. After all, it was the very
.result at which we aimed.
But it is good to know, and very proper to make it known, that we have hit
the mark, the mark of excellence, the mark of superiority in all the things that
matter.
Naturally enough, these suits are selling, just as one might expect them to
sell, to young men who can tell superiority in clothing when they see it.
The prices $28 to $50.
New Flowered
Cretonnes Special
55c a Yard
As pretty in design and col
oring as can be and remark
ably good as regards quality.
Many women will welcome
these cretonnes for slip covers,
curtains, porch furniture cov
erings and pillow slips.
There are at least 18 pat
terns. (Fifth Floor, Mnrket)
ANOTHER U n -boxing
of
a Good Lot of Sum
mer Blankets
Single, double and extra large
sizes.
All-wool and part-wool. All cut
and bound separately. Some with
pink and blue borders; others bor
derless. Included are the finest all-wool
blankets made in the United
States, these latter at $30, and in
the extra-long size, 80x90. The
others begin at $9.50, in single-bed
size, 60x90.
Mth Floor, Ontrnl)
Hammocks, Lawn Swings and Other
Outdoor Delights
Hammocks, lawn swings, gliding settees,
stands, canopies, canopied tables, sand boxes,
garden tools all these are here and other things
as well to make Summer a time of comfort, joy,
rest fulness , and pleasure.
Hammocks are better than ever at least these
hammocks are. They are prettier in their cre
tonne upholsteries, the mattresses are better made
and more comfortable and the entire hammock
handsomer and more sightly. Among their good
features are enclosed upholstered backs and coil
spring suspension. They come in a choice of
painted or plain duck, also heavy sail cloth.
The well-known Gloucester hammock i in
cluded. Prices from $12 to $57.
Stands, canopies and French pillows to match
at $15, $24, S30 up to complete outfits 'at $73.
Lawn tables with canopies, $35 to $50.
Lawn swings, $7 to $18.
Glidings settees for the porch or lawn, $15,
Woven hammocks, $2.75 to $12,
Croquet sets, $1.50 to $12.
Sand boxes, $7.50 to $13.50.
Also garden tools, sand sets and, thousands of
qui-oi-aoor wys lor noys ana
How Do You Know a Piano
Will Give Satisfaction?
You cannot tell from hearing it played once or twice whether
its tone is going to last. Even an inferior instrument can be
tuned up to make a brave showing for a while.
You cannot depend upon the easy assurances of a salesman
whose bread and butter depends upon the amount of his sales.
You cannot, in short, be sure of satisfaction in any piano
that has not an honorable record of past performances to its
credit.
Chickering Knabc
Schomacker Haines Bros.
Emerson Marshall and Wendell
Lindeman J. C. Campbell
Here are eight of the best-known makes of pianos in America.
Three of them are among the five great pianos of the country.
Every one of them has a long and distinguished record of service
and has a host of followers among musicians.
These pianos are sold in Philadelphia in the Wanamaker
Store only. When you buy one you get the guarantee of a reput
able maker and the additional warranty of this stoic. The element
of chance is eliminated, ns it should be in any puichuse involving
so much money.
We have over fifty styles of pianos, player-pianos and repro
ducing pianos in these makes at prices ranging from $325 for
a J. C. Campbell upright to $3250 for a supeib Knabe Ampico
grand reproducing piano. Any instrument may be bought on con
venient terms.
(Uff.tnllnn llnll, rtnnil Floor)
(Third I'loor, Mnrkrt)
The Same Straw Hat Won't Look
Well on Every Man
Yet stores with' limited stocks insist that to be correct this season
a straw hat should have a certain height of crown and a certain width
of brim. All nonsense.
We have sennit hats the regulation stiff-brimmed straw hats
in about a dosen different heights of crown and widths of i brim, so a
man may get one that is the proper proportion for him. Then he has a
hat that is good style.
Prices, $3 to $5.
(.Main Floor, .Mnrket) "
Men's Handkerchiefs From the
Other Side of the World
There are plain linens, of course the sensible, useful, simply hem- '
stitched kinds from Ireland 35c to $1 apiece.
And colored handkerchiefs, too attractive designs and good colors
at $1 for the Irish and $1.50 and upward lor the French. ,
Novelty silks start at $1 and go on up 10 $2.50 and $S for the fine f
London squares.
(Mnln 1 loor, Central)
One of the Best-Liked of All Our
Young Men's Shoes
is the much-perforated brogue oxford that we sell at $10 a pair. For
shoes of this style $10 is a modest price. They are usually several '
dollars more. ,
These are of dark mahogany calfskin with long wing tips, profuse '
perforations and saw-tooth pinking around tip-, and vamps.
(Main floor. Mnrket)
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