Affjj. kr EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY,' MAY 31, 1919 7, -Pi J . J.'W,. 0. 1. Band at 9 Organ at li, 11:65 and 4:50 l Chimin at Noon WANAMAKER'S Store Opens at 9 WANAMAKER'S Store Closes at 5 WANAMAKER'S WEATHER Fair I V 4. '! 31 ACA i Y, i'J If -! K h The Month of ) Nature's Physician ' so Galen said, was "essential to health"; and so say all the noble men and women of tlje medical profession. To love trees, whispering leaves and ' , white clouds, the lights ia the sky, the smell of plowed ground, the daily fresh scents of the woods, the rocks, birds, I, IlUWClIUg VlllCSy cUIIIIUUS, I1LUU UIIU Ul&f I nana anrl K1rt?c!Htvia nraravrirtan fiinnttn0 i1 t, rt-ay JFVW U.IU wivmuhio, "''6 uao.iVMto cmiw A waving water, winding streams and bub bling brooks, firelit stars, as they first appear .in the twilight and last ap pear at day dawn: shells and pebbles along f he ocean beach, the sweet salt air the silences and the drowsiness and dreaminess not only have a call to health for us, but bring to us the blessing of body and soul with new blood and brawn. He and she who work hard must find a way to play hard, and thereby have better bodies and-better souls to enjoy their work. jkw& Signed May 31, ISIS. ITTomen fs Everyday Cotton TcJtr Frocks $9 to $35 We have ai ranged scores of them in the comer close to the Chestnut Street elevators, bo that they can he looked over easily. There arc ginghams and lincnes, a few linens, some tissues and a great many voiles the last both plain and printed. And, of course, there is no end of colors and of styles, even though all of them are 'rather simple as befits washing' dresses. s Prices $9 to $35 (First Floor. Central) harming Handbags for Summer With the light and colorful frocks of Summertime ' women want light and colorful handbags. And here they are! White silk in various shapes and sizes with metal or 4 shell-finish frames. vuubu own ' .7 white beads. Some of these bags are crocheted. H"- Beaded handbags in white and light colors, with dainty floral or other designs. Many of these from $Paris. it Prices range from $3.50 to $60. r (Main Floor. Chestnut) i ATew Foulards and Other V- Silks Most Specially Priced "i Beautiful printed foulards, 40 inches wide, mostly L'black and dark blue, but a few in brown and green. They 'have decidedly new and very pretty spaced designs in whlte and are only $2.10 a yard. LT New sports satin, for skirts, in ")se, turquoise and impeach, one yard wide and $3.50 a yard. 'New crepes do chine, twenty shades, also white and black: very desirable for Summer street frocks, waists, linings and such, 37 and 38 inches wide and $1.50 a I H,ft fwli vlua nt...i...i CIV 'BW UHC1U1UW V few Crepe de Chine Skirts jL V in npnrop.ttp. Colors lA Vrllicn means inai mey nmy uo euauy umiuicu in 'blouses oi that material, lor tncy are oi aeucaw nesn pnk, 'mvy blue, black or white. 4, .And they are beautiful skirts fujl gathered around the, waist with a deep hem, hemstitched, 12 small tucks J and a large tuck, also hemstitched. To finish, there is .soft girdle with fringed ends. The crepe de chine'is. a particularly good quality and the price is $17.75, (First Floor, Central) w omen s u nates a e -ry a for Less l00 pieces of underclothes both silk and cotton are marked from 25, to 33 per cent less than usual. This i"because some were bought for the White Sale but arrived too late. The silk pieces include envelope Mi, camisoles ana. uioomers; tne cottqn pieces a of everything, but especially nightgowns and en- Roses and Wedding Bells AND NOW THE GREAT JUNE SALE OF WAIST! Eight thousand or more waists are in it-none of them over $5, all new Spring things and all specially priced. At$l Tucked white voiles with organdie col lars and checked colored frills. White organdies with colored scallops and dots and pink and blue organdies. Self-striped voiles in tailored styles. At $1.35 White lingerie voile waists. At $1.50 Dotted swiss waists trimmed with col ored checked voile. f At $1.65 Cross-bar muslins with pleatings. Colored checked voiles with self-frills. Part-linen waists in solid colors with pique collars or high-low self collars. Lots of samples mostly voiles. At $2.85 Crepes de chine, mostly dark colorsi such as navy and black, but a few light tints. nAH tailored. Printed voiles with colored scallops. At $3.85 Georgette crepes in light colors chiefly ' beaded and embroidered. At $5 Georgette crepes with beading front and back, mostly light; a few dark colors. Printed Georgettes. Tailored crepes de chine. (East and West Aisles) JVTew Sterling Silver Gifts J- for Graduating Girls Some exceedingly pretty mesh bags, the kind and size that so many girls like, $30 to $42. Small mesh purses, nice for change, $6.50. Tiny photograph cases, to be worn on a chain, $8.50 to $13. Coin holders, $7.50 to $11. , (Jewelry Store, Chestnut and Thirteenth) Zovely Sashes for Summer Gowns These are lovely moire ribbon sashes, others of gleam ing satin and still others of faille silk. Rose pink, pale blue, white and other colors, and all have silk tassels. Prices $2.50 to $4.50 and they'll make charming com mencement gifts to young girls. (Slain Floor, Central) Jjxclusive Parisienne Corsets Made of the finest materials in the finest ways no other corsets made in America can match them. And they canbe bought in Philadelphia in this Store only. One model, at $19, is of pretty pink broche with in serts of elastic in the waist and deep tricot clastic gores in the skirt, and eyelets and elastic lacers below the front steels. Another, at $13, is of pink broche, cut Tvith very low bust, a free hip and a gore in the shoulder to prevent Superfluous 'flesh from showing. A third model, at $8.60, is a topless of pink coutil, with an insertion of eldstic through the diaphragm and good boning. ' (Third Tloor. Ch'estnnt) ParM Sends Lovely New Garments for Children There are the finet pretty things we se cured in Paris early this Spring, so you will know that -they are very new, for they were all made for us, by hand, of course, by the- deft French nee dlewomen. Perfectly exquisite little dresses, pillow slips that are un usually fine.- bibs all-, hand embroidered, I n 'u 0M:d 1 1, ?$ry handsome new .coats, afghans to put on the baby's perambulator, soft, fine undergarments, dear little caps and baby slips were in the. cases we've just unpacked. All, ofcourse, ore every whit hand made. Many are hand'embroidered, as well, in new and delicata designs. And ever so many are trimmed with real laces Valenciennes and the pretty Irish crochet. Prices begin at $2 for the bibs 'and go up to $125 for the finest dresses. And though most of them are in the Children's Wear Store, a few lovely things are beingspecially shown in a Chestnut Streett window. .. (Tblrel Flair,-Cht'nat) Helpful Sale It has been remarked that a woman displays more of her real, womanljrtaste and insight in choosing a dinner set or a piece of glassware than in almost any other normal business transaction. This is a salevthat will appeal to woman's own feel ing for dinner wares and glasswares of excellence and economy. It is a WANAMAKER SALE, which means that it is ' both an event and an opportunity. Seekers for bridal gifts will find.it a treasure house of worthy and accept able things. For every home in which new china or glasswares are needed it is rich in advantages. The goods in it are of a kind that it is a pleasure to offer for sale. Most of them regular standard stocks and reduced. Along with these are some Hundreds of dinner sets are American Semi-Porcelain Dinner Sets These begin at $10 for sets of 100 pieces. Other American sets of 106 or 107 pieces are $13.50, $15, $17.50, $20 and so on up to $40 a set. A Large, Brilliant Collection of Cut Glass, Engraved Prices on these goods are 25 to 50 per cent below normal figures. The cut glass includes a choice of the finest cuttings, and the assortment is surprisingly large, considering the continued scarcity of the kind of crystal which this gathering comprises. In cut glass, prices begin at $1 for a bonbon dish and go up to $400 for a magnificent cut and engraved lemonade bowl. MORE of those tiny occasional tables have been received in The Little House. Not decorated tables this time, but ''very charming little affairs which are simply painted in flat color a lovely lacquer red and equally lovely blue green and yellow. Their shapes vary and prices run from $25 to $28. rifth Floor, Chestnut) nniose Rich-Hued Silk J- Squares, from London which the Handkei chief Shop brings over from England for the discrirninating women, as well as men, have excited considerable admiration lately. There is a new case of them oh display now new designs and perfectly beautiful colors and combinations. Prices stait at $2 each. (Main Floor, Central) Comfort Is So Largely a Matter of Underwear that you cannot make too sure of having under wear that fits properly and is the right weight for the season. All the underwear we sell is made according to Wanamaker specifications, which are the accumula tion of years of experience and mean roomier gar ments. .Woven or knitted, of cotton, lisle, mercerized cotton, silk and silk-mixed goods. Men's underwear, 50c to $15. Women's underwear, 25c to $14. Children's underwear, 25c to $6. (Men's. Main Floor. Market) (Women's and Children's, First Floor, Market) Jfter All There Is Nothing " Like Anderson Ginghams And this applies not only to the clearness and beauty of the colorings, but to the way these ginghams wear. The weave is so close and fine, they can't help wearing well. Women 'are buying them for the prettiest morning frocks and they are always favorites for children's dresses. . In plain colors, stripes and bright plaids, $1.25 a yard. (First Floor, Chestnut) HTh e JVeath er Has Made Some J- People Forget Slip Covers But they will he needed all.thcsame and now, before the dust begins to fly, Js the time they should be in place. t There is a good variety in the materials and they are beautiful this year flowered cretonnes, striped cotton damask, printed linen and quaint English chintzes. All are cool and inviting and they certainly do protect $ho furniture. On receipt, of a telephone call or written request we will gladly send our representative to give esti- Brings an Important and of China and Glasswares were taken right out of our offered at reductions averaging English Semi-Porcelain Dinner Sets start at $25 for border patterns, in sets of 107 pieces, and others are $30, $32.50, $35 up to $100 each. Some Excellent Items in Fine Cut Glass at Savings of a Fourth to a Half Cut glass berry bowls, $3, $4.75, $5, $6 up to 'l each. Cut glass low berry dishes, $1.75, $2.75, $3.50, $4 up to $9.50 each. Water jugs, $3, $4, $4.50, $5 up to $20 each. Celery trays, $2, $2.50, $3.50, $5 up to $13.50 each. Compotes, $2.25, $3.50 up to $27.50 each. Sugar and cream sets, $3, $3.25, $4.75, $6 up to $13.50 each. (Fourth Tieor. Chestnut) Books Fresh from the Presses "The Web," by Emerson Hough. $2. A iee lation'of patriotism, being the story of the Amen can Protective League. "The University of Pennsylvania, Franklin's College," by Horace Mather Lippincott $2 50. Every Alumnus will read the pages of this com plete history with pride and a thrill of remem brance. "The Swallow," by Ruth Dunbar. $1.50 A tale for after the war. "Blue Grass and Broadway," by Maria Thomp bon Daviess. $1 50. (Main Floor, thirteenth) JVTew Shipments of Specials I in Desirable Rugs These four kinds are all in great demand just now: High-Grade Wilton Rugs 9x12 ft., $80 and $87.50. 8.3x10.6 ft., $72.50 and $85. Oval Rush Rugs 9x12 ft., $27.50. 8x10 ft., $21.50. 6x9 ft, $14. Woolen Fiber Rugs 9x12 ft, $15.50. 8.3x10.6 ft., $14.50. Colonial Rag Rugs 9x12 ft, $10.85. 8x10 ft, $8.85. 0x9 ft., $5.85. (Seventh tloor, Chrstnut) PALM-LEAF fans and incense are handy thingb to have around as the Summer comes on; and the Oriental Store has them both. Fans unbound aie 8c, 10c and 12c each; incense of the cone order is 20c a box. Little "men" to hold the cones, 35c. (Fourth Floor, Chestnut) B AMBOO basket holders, for raising jardinieres in such a way that they become virtually hanging bas kets, are in three sizes and cost $1.25, $1.50 and $2. (Fourth Floor, Chestnut) What Do You Look for in Dining-Room Suit? Most people who give the matter a reasonable amount of thought look for stability and elegance, a very fine combination, making as it does for good looks and pructical service. vWe have an assortment of dining-room suits upon which it would be hard to improve as regards the stability and elegance, which all intelligent home-furnishers look for. We have these suits in a variety which, we are told, is entirely unmatched, and we offer them at prices that are moderate, considering the beauty, the soundness and the desirableness of every suit in this fine collection. Among the interesting suits is one in walnut, comprising 10 pieces, for $300, in a William and Mary motif. A 4-piece Adam suit in mahogany is $240. ,. , . A 10-piece mahogany suit, a Queen Anne reproduction, is $390. ' k A 4-piecc mahogany suit, Sheraton influence, is $302. " A Chippendale suit, comprising 10 pieces in beautifully figured mahogany with rope edge, is $472. A 10-piece suit, an excellent Heppelwhite Another 10-piece suit in figured, mahogany, shewing the Georgian influence, jfe $47- (Sixth Moor, Mitka) i , S'X 'jW' ?' ' excellent special purchases. 25 per cent. French China Dinner Sets begin at $32.50 for a set of 107 pieces. Other French sets at $37.50, $45, $50 and up to $175. Japanese China Sets from $35 to $75 a set. Glass and Light Cuttings Bonbon dishes. $1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 up to $5 each. Oil cruets, $2.50 up to $6.50 each. Covered cheese dishes, $7.50, $9, $10 each. Cheese or butter plates, $3.75. and $5 each. RclisJi dishes, $4.50. $5.50 up to $8.50 each. Flower vui.es, $2, $2.75, $3.50, $4.75, $5, $6, $7.50 up to $37.50 each. Footed lemonade bowls, $13.50, $18.50, $20, $25, $50, $65 up to $400 each. Light Cuttings There is a sparkling multitude of light-cut glassware at specially low prices, ranging from lead-blown, needle etched tumblers at 10c each up to flower bowls at $3 each and sherbtt sets of 7 pieces at $7.50 a set. The Substance of Good x Value in Linen Napkins Irish and Scotch goodj, of u particularly heavy, seiviceable grade, all woven of pure linen the only kind of linen we sell and priced on a mod crate basis considering the maiket and also con sidering the fact that there is little or no prospect of a lowering of wholesale costs for at least a year and a half. Fine choice of designs. 18x18 inches, full-bleached, $5 a dozen. 20x20 inches, full-bleached and silver bleached, $6 and $6.50 a dozen. 22x22 inches, full-bleached,, $7.75 a dozen. 22x2 inches, full-bleached, $9 a dozczn. 22x22 inches, full-bleached, heavy double dam ask, $9.75 a dozen. 24x24 inches, full-bleached, heavy double dam ask, $13.50 a dozen. 25x25 inches, full-blcachcd, heavy double dam ask, $16.50 a dozen. 27x27 inches, full-bleached, heavy double dam abk, $20 a iozen. (Hnl Flor, (hestnut) TXlankets for the U CZlnrinut Outs) Glorious Outdoors For camps, hammocks, canoe?, for every outdoor use, these surely are the blankets. They aic as sightly as they aic comfortable, in their prettily colored tartan plaid designs. Four grades in all-wool at $12, $13.50, $16 and $20 each. All-wool gray camp blankets, weighing 5 lbs., size 6684 inches, are $10 each. Khuki-coloicd blankets, woven of wool with a per centage of cotton, $8 each. Two other kinds, aiso, at 510 each, one in light gray, another in brown; and some in a deep blue-gray at $5 each. i (sixth I loor, Central) a reproduction in mahogany, is $610. is .! w'f1 I ' As '5 IS ? ' -sl sa ,', j Ar tl Jl jnqpvps) cieQifMii -- !", .si., .. . u mtea. ' f t f !. ygmft ,(, ,A V? wT ' ' "i '" J' 1 I" ' Jh,, J' f BMfWfflWJ. IHJ.JWUI1 if n cr VLr m'f . a. ..aVS tf Mil i2
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