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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1919
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Gimbel Brothers
STORE OPENS AT 9
Gimbel Brothers
STORE CLOSES AT 5
Gimbel Brothers
Wednesday, July S3, 1010.
ASKS HOUSE OF U. S.
Woman Forced to Move Second
Time Makes Appeal to
Shipping Board
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I We Have Large Faith in Our Country I
MORE HOUSES ARE S0LD,
The second day of the siile of the
EmcrRcncjr Flrrt Corporation houioi on
Rlmwood nycntio brought nn rnrnrst ap
peal from n worried mother, who seeks
to own and establish n home In Phila
delphia for her son before he returns
from France.
II. W. Wllmoth. mnnncer of the
houslns division of the United States
shipplnc board, received the following
stirring appeal from Mrs. Charles II.
Chancery, ITilS North Twenty-second
street :
"July 22. mirt.
"Kinercency Fleet Corporation,"
"Dear Kirs We are working people
and wc are striving our best toward
having a home in Philadelphia. My son
lias been nwny in France fifteen months
and has not returned as yet from the
filing line with the lOHd Engineers,
Twenty-eighth Division, where he
spent 104 days. lie surely is a war
worker.
"We were pushed out of our house In
May and rented another home, but by J
fcptcmicr l we must be out of thw '
one. We will then have nn home, and
lurely we iind one of the Twenty -V'ighth
Division soldiers should have a
jlncc to call home. Will you not put
ns on the track of one of the houses
that you have for sale so that the boy
and his father can get work In Phila
delphia? Wants Home for Her Roy
"Will you give us the price list and
tell us where to look at the houses and
give me a chance to have a home for
my boy nfter his faithful service over
seas, with all the life he has lived In
dugoutR and Rhell holes? Please answer
this as soon as you receive it, as I am
tired of worrying over moving and
housc-hnntlng trying to find a home.
"I read In the papers that these
houses are ready for sale. I wnnt to
be In time to buy one."
Mr. Wllmoth said: "Had the weather
been suitable for home hunting in the
first two days of the sale we could have
disposed of fifty houses. The cost and
the terms make them specially advan
tageous. Houses will not be sold in,
cases where it would force those who
rent to move, but there will be new
houses finished and thrown open for
sale from time to time."
The houses of the new shipyard in
Camden have not been opened for sale
as yet. The officials in charge of the
housing division of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation are at the present making
plans for the sale of these houses, but
the plans will not be completed till
August, This will place about 1500
more homes on the market.
Will Sell 030 Houses
Six hundred and fifty houses built by
the government during the war on Ore
gon avenue and owned by the I'nited
States Housing Corporation will be of
fered for sale to League Island navy
yard workers, it was announced in
Washington today.
Employes of the navy yard failing
to purchase within thirty das, the
houses will then be offered to other pur
chasers at n fixed price. All of the
dwellings are now occupied, and the
housing corporation will protect the in
terests of tenants by giving them suffi
cient notice to secure other quarters
after their houses are disposed of.
Six hundred and forty-three of the
houses have six rooms each, and seven
of them, corner houses, have eight rooms
each. They arc now being appraised
in order to arrive at an equitable price.
The terms of sale, it was said, prob
ably will require a first payment at
tho time of purchase of from 5 to 7
per cent and the balance will be paid
over a period of from ten to twelve
years.
SOLDIERS' BONUSES ASKED
Major Forster, of American Legion,
Wants $100 Payment
Announcement of the beginning of the
campaign to obtain $100 state or city
bonus for men who served in any
branch of the service during the war
Is made by Major I. (i. Gordon Forster,
chairman of the executive committee of
the First congressional district, Ameri
can Legion. The major, who has been
In close touch with the enlisted men
through his connection with the Amer
ican Legion, first had the matter
brought to his attention through the
complaints that came to his ears rc-
garding the proposed peace jubilee. He
has taken the matter up with the sev
eral prominent politicians known to be
opposed to the peace jubilee, and they
expect to have a conference with the
Mayor on the matter within a few
days.
As the Legislature will not sit again, i
unless an extra session is called, for i
two years, there is some dqubt as to
whether the bonus can be made a state
wide affair or not,
"I suppose," said Major Forster,
"that the public will have pretty well
forgotten tho boys by the time the
state Legislature convenes again, but
if they have not, I feel safe. in saying
that such a bill will be introduced. If
not, an attempt will undoubtedly be
made to persuade the city Councils to
make some sort of appropriation that
will allow the city to take care of those
boys who enlisted, were enrolled or
drafted from within its limits.
Goods are still wonderfully scarce production cannot catch up with your
wants for a long time but the very shortage speaks volumes for the main
tenance of abounding good times.
The things you want will be produced slowly in some lines, rapidly in
others in all lines as fast as practicable. You can depend on the fact that
every mill and factory is anxious to have large output for the waiting markets.
It Is a Time to Enrich the House and Raise the Standard of Its
Furnishings and the Number of Its Comforts
So, while for the present goods are scarce, and only large organizations
that planned ahead have fine assortments, it is a time to buy and to enjoy
to buy, of course, wisely.
If we moped, we, too, would be short of goods. If we lacked large faith,
we might hoard what we have, and even profiteer. But none of that.
Gimbels August Furniture Sale
Is on Newly Large Lines
We can give you prices very far under today's ruling values and you who
Come This Week to Enjoy Selecting Ahead of the Actual
Opening Next Monday
U will be astonished and delighted.
Let next year's stocks look out for themselves we feel equal to the
! maintenance in every year of
Gimbel Leadership in Furniture
I We cannot buy furniture coverings just now but we had this season's
I needs provided for when prices were lower. In everything we were forehanded
to your advantage.
This Sale Is for the Furnisher Who Would Really
Economize
! The Furniture is of the sorts and grades that will hold your appreciation.
A good piece of furniture especially in "period" style is always appreciated
; and need not be discarded.
. We have groupings to show the use of furniture of different schools' in
exquisite good taste.
The August Sale Is Very Rich in Both Solid Mahogany and
in the Durable Mahogany Veneers That Give Nature's Artis
try of Grain and Pattern in Reproducing Fine Old Pieces
The Gimbel August Sale opens Monday, July 28th, but these are "courtesy
days" wherem you can follow the grouping of the stocks new developments
each day, of course and even make actual selections for delivery on or after
the opening day.
Seeley's Adjusto Rupture Pad
Increases efficiency of a truss 50ft
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GREATEST RUPTURE RETAINER
The ! readjusting features of this r4
make It. Miar to W64r( and the Thnmb
Hcrev Rerulator aliens of altering pre,
sore at will. Moot ruptures stout ilowly
wirso became truttees that seemed rlrht
In the beclnnlnjrere not Our Improved
appllanres and advance! methods Insure
Improrenient for Mery case and rart
many.
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Cat vat and kB for rtf treat
Furnishing house or apartment calls for considerable outlay, and as
the furnishing is to last for years it is only fair for us to
Scatter the Payments Over Many Months
It makes the task of furnishing very possible; a real pleasure. The
salesman knows nothing of the terms you make and the marked prices
are exactly the same to every one. The arrangement completed, you agree
to pay a small sum, covering interest and bookkeeping just like borrow
ing money from bank, but easier.
GIMBEL BROTHERS
Philadelphia
Here Is a Louis XVI Bedroom Suite
a splendid reproduction four pieces
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Full-size bedstead; large bureau with heavy plate
mirror; dressing-table with triplicate mirror; chifforobe
(the man's part) with three top drawers; and side fitted
with trays, the other with sliding clothes-hangers. Each
piece has touch of decoration.
Choice: Mahogany and Circassian walnut. Sale
Price, $350 saving quite $75.
Rockers and other pieces shown, but not described,
are for sale at corresponding saving.
Solid Mahogany Living-Room Suite
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Three piece: Large davenport, arm chair and high
back wing arm chair; cane backs; spring seats covered
with two-tone velour blue or mulberry. Two pillows and
a roll or bolster are included.
Note the claw feet and carved panel in backs. Sale
Price, $225 saving you $ 1 00.
Queen Anne Dining-Room Suite
Four-piece walnut dining-room suite Queen Anne
design 60-inch buffet, long top and two short center
drawers; large compartment at each end. Large china
closet with double-door compartment; serving table with
long drawer at top. Extension table, 54 in. when closed;
extends to 8 ft. Sale Price, $285 a saving of $65.
Please bear in mind that the sale will be rich
in less expensive suites and pieces and also in
quite exclusive suites of which we will sell too few
to let them be other than exclusive.
Bedroom Suites, $100 ta $1200
Dining-room Suites, $125 to $1000
Living-room Suites, $65 to $1500
Sale opens Monday, July 28th. These are
"Courtesy Days" allowing for leisurely examina
tion of the furniture and the selection of pieces,
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