EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEtt PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1919 Organ Plays at 9, 11, 11:55 and 4:50 Chime at Kofm "1 Wanamakers Store qpens at 9 WANAMAKER'S Store Closes at WANAMAKER'S WEATHER Cloudy Year by Year and Even Day by Day It Becomes More Clear That There Is One Wanamaker Furniture Sale and No Other Like It ,yf m We Were Venturesome Enough to Make the Attempt a half century ago to simplify storckeeping and turn the sale and purchase of commodities into a season of pleasure and convenience, without weariness or waste of time. Thousands of times in the course of a year people have said to us, "It is a great happiness to come here to shop." It is not always easy to know what to buy or what to let alone. The ever-changing merchandise displays we arc able to make, gathered from every quarter of the globe, arc a source of delight and information. This Store from its first days was meant to be an enjoyment to the people. Oftentimes we rule out commodities commonly called great bargains. Many articles are put upon the market too cheap to be a good pennyworth. Frequently that which is glossed over by expensive and extensive advertising 7 Proves to be a Bargain Pick Purse Three simple rules in spending money arc worth while 1 Think twice over bargain sales that are not bargains! 2 Is it a trustworthy article you arc purchasing? 3 Whether you have any occasion for it. Signed Augmt !0, 1019. ml New Regulation School Dresses That Every Girl Should See And as boon as she does see them she will certainly want a half dozen or so to wear throughout the school year. It is a brand-new stylo that we have never had before, and it is just as practical as it is prttty. The dress, is pleated and has a yoke -back and front. A buttoned-on belt, holds the fullness in slightly" at tho waist line and there is a regulation sailor collar and trimmings with a lacing in led. , In white galatca this dress is $5.25. In a sturdy lincn-and-cotton cloth in navy blue it is $9.50. In all linen, white with blue trimmings, $12.50. Sizes 6 to 14 years. Other regulation suits of kindergarten cloth, blue or white with )ed ties, $5.75. Sizes 6 to 14 years. Bloomers.' to go with these dresses are also here for tHe first time. In white galatea, $1.75; In blue linen-and-cotton cloth, $0.60. Sizes C to 10 years. Serge Regulation Dresses Navy blue all-wool serge and a good quality for all the hard wear they are likely to get. These dresses are made in our own workrooms, and that means the best of tailoring. $18.50 for sizes 6 to 14 years. (Second Floor, Cheitnnt) For Women New Autumn Suits and Dresses Some particularly good things have lately arrived for the women who want some thing larger than the regular sizes. The suits are of duvet and novelty cheviots, cut'in such a way as to increase the slendcr ncss of the wearer, and beauti fully made, with richly printed linings. The duvets are in rich greens and such colors; the cheviots mostly in navy and black. Prices are $67.50 to $140. Tho dresses are for after noon, and are often one of a kind. One deep blue charmeuse has a metal shot silk waistcoat; a navy tricotine is richly em broidered; some beaded Geor gettes combine, unusual colors. The color range is wide browns, blues, navy, taupe, . grayand wine. Prices are $50 to $115. (Mrt Floor, Central) lwmSns I 'I l 5 fit j School Girls Will Soon Need New Fall Coats Something light In weight" and just the right warmth for tho first cool days. A good-looking burella cloth coat at $12.50 starts tho price list. The most expensive is only $18.75 and the whole asortment includes tweeds, smajl checks and velours. They are beautiful little garments, tailored with as much skill and care as though they were intended for tho mothers tbemeelre. la colors one may have navy blue, Pekin blue, tan, shepherd's plaids' and others. All come, in 6 to 14 year sizes. Wo think it only fair to say that there is a very real economy in t buying girls' coats now rather than later, for when we have to replace ' the; same qualities the prices will bei much higher. r- ' , Second floor, CbMtnut) , v wierta i nngs ypes at Eice n f Yariou ptionauy Wo are offering quite a num ber of Oriental carpets and rugs nt prices considerably under the prevailing values. Among them aic a very attractive group of Persian Mahals, Kcrmanshahs and Saruks. The Mahals arc rugs taken from our own stocks and reduced 20 per cent. The other pieces belong to leccnt (Sririyli Floor, Clip. (nut) dcli erics, and these ai c marked at less than we should ordi narily .sell them for. Our col lcctibrt of Chinese rugs affords excellent choice at very mod erate prices. Small Oriental nigs., now so scarce in general, are hero in attractive assortment, notably Mosuls, Beluchistans, llama dans and Chinese pieces, many of these being at special prices. I New for Fall English Silk Sports Scarfs They are pure silk and the prettiest Autumn shades to go with the new hats. A cry novel style is made double and has two broad, lcngth wise stripes of rich daik colors. This is $20. Wider scarfs of single thick ness in beautiful combinations of stripes, $15 each. All have silk fringe. Thcic arc also plenty of pure silk domestic scarfs in plain col ors or with striped borders, excel lent values at $12.50 to $16.50. (Main Floor, Ontral) Women' 8 Dainty Silk Pajamas Hand-embroidered two-piece sorts from Japan; in white, pink and blue. $12.50. Perfectly plain sorts with frog fastenings, or with silk button fastenings, each $13.50. These arc in pink and white only. (Third Floor, Ontral) Bronze Slippers Of bronze kid, with long vamps, narrow toes and high Louis heels slippers which belong with afternoon dresses of tan, brown or dark blue. Price $12 in the Exclusic Little Boot Shop. (Flrat Floor, Market) L. R. Corsets ,v Topless Styles At $1.50. A pink batiste model with insert of elastic across the top and short bones over the abdomen. At $2.50. Pink coutil with a touch of blue silk at the top. Also another pink coutil with elastic band across th&-front. At $3.50. A well-boned model of pink or white coutil, long over the hips and with insert of elastic at the bottom of the back. At $4 and $5. Delicate pink satin models with clastic bands across the top, and medium or long skirts. At $4. A lace-front model of pink coutil with elastic at top. At $6. Pink broche with long hips. This model may be had laced in back or front. At $7.50. Pretty tricot and broche corsets. (Third Floor, Chestnut) "Mare Nostrum" (Our Sea) Bu V. Belasco Ibanez When you have read it you will t-ay that this book is as gieat as "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." "Our Sea" is the Mqditci rancan, and the chief figuic is Ulysses Faira-guU-our own I'anagut, inci dentally, was a sailor of Mediterranean ancestry. The backgroundV)f the novel is in credibly ricy, and against it is a htoiy of German submarine warfaic in the great inland sea. Nothing could be moie crowded with interest. To all who love blue water it will bo a book' of cxtraoidinary value and charm. Price $1.90. (Main I limr. Thirteenth) pEOPLE buying in the Furniture Sale may not know thai the mirrors in the Picture Store arc included in it. Prices arc 10 per cent less than regular all through August. (rinii Floor, Mnrkrt) Brief Cases at' Special Prices Good, sound, solid cowhide cases in black and brown and in three sizes. v T hey make a good annearancc and they are built for wear. Prices $5, $6 and $7. (Main Floor, Clientnut) T IS timely to remind you that this Sale will end next week. Further than that we have no rea son and no desire to hurry anybody into buying. We have an amplitude of goods. Today, as at the beginning, the absolute pre-eminence of this stock over any other two or perhaps three stocks is such that nobody honestly and seriously disputes it. The Sale is still wonderfully strong in the good, reliable practical type of bedroom, dining-room and living-room furniture that ninety out of every hun dred homes are calling for. In Fine Old Pedigree Pieces It Is Rich Many very fine old museum pieces of furniture are shown on the Fifth Floor, Chestnut Street sec tion, in exact reproductions. Some are reproductions carrying the additional advantage of modern constructive improvement lack ing in the originals. A set of eight chairs are copies of originals now in Hampton Court Palace, London. These are cov ered in needlework tapestry exactly of the kind made by Queen Mary and her ladies-in-waiting about 1687. A walnut sofa is a reproduction of an original which bears the signature of Robert Adam and was made for Sir Lawrence Dundas in 1764. The orig inal piece which is in the Soane Museum was gilded, and it was in stripping off the gilt that these facts were discovered. The frame of this rare copy was made in Italy and the upholstering done in our own workrooms. An arm chair and triple-back settee in mahog any are copies of Chippendale walnut pieces be lieved to have been done by Chippendale himself in 1735. The side chair that matches these was orig inally part of a set made specially by the Chippendale firm for Marie Antoinette. Six of these chairs are still in the Louvre. Here, too, is an exact copy of the Sheraton desk used by Washington and other presidents. The original is in the New York City Hall. It is a mahogany desk with seven drawers on either side. These are only some of the pedigreed pieces to be found here. There are many others to be seen in the series of rooms along the Chestnut Stioet portion of the Fifth Floor. ? i i (Fifth, Sixth and hevrnth Floors) Handsome Mirrors Unique Hall Tables We have about 100 of the loveliest mirrors in this Sale at reduced prices. No two of these are, i1il.r Villi- nil am phavininir A rri'naf manw Aanrwa- mi. ytiiuuij ivic itnwtmi;u auu uiuit 10 a uiai iiiiug m choice of styles, including polychrome effects, novel '" paneled styles and many in antique gift and bronze. You can imagine the variety at such a wide range of prices $7 to $270. Among the hall furniture of individual charm you will notice a Queen Anne drop-leaf table lac quered and decorated in colors at .$211. A fine decorated hall cabinet in walnut, on the order of the old commodes, at $166.50. A lacquered commode decorated with a Chinese lake scene in blue, black and old gold at $397. A half-round table decorated in the same style is $387, and a handsome Heppelwhite hall table of ma hogany is $486. "I Want a Good, Medium- Priced Rug .9 9 How often we hear that rcmaik! And how ready we aic for the people who make it! Here is a splendid selection of good, medium-priced domestic, rugs, among which we mention a few: Tapestry Brussels 0x12 ft., $32.50 8.3x10.0 ft., ?31.50 GxO ft., $10.50 Axntlnster 9x12 ft., $42.50, $52.50 and $58.50. 7.6x9 ft, $36 and $40. 6x9 ft., $23.50, $28 and $31. Wilton 9x12 ft., $67.50 and $80. (Seventh Floor. Clientnut) Suits Boys Can Wear Till the Snow Flies Norfolk suits of woolen fabrics in gray and brown mixed colors, all full lined and neither too heavy for Summer nor too cool for the Fall. Suits,that boys can wear from now until the first breath of Winter begins to blow the snow before it. Good suits, every one of them, which means' that they are built for practical service and neatness of looks, not the least of their good points being the sound tailoring in every one of them. Sizes for boys of 8 to 18 years. Prices, $15 to $30. (Second Floor, Central) 150 Women's Dusters Clearing Away at $1,50 to $6 Linctjes in natural .color and gray; Palm Reach cloth in natural color and gray; mohairs in black, navy and gray. Mostly coats; a few capes. All odds and ends. (First Floor, Central) The Mysterious Way a JBoy's . Handkerchiefs Disappear has never been solved, but "one thing is certain he will need a totally new supply against school opening. In plain hemstitched linen, the regular boy's size, 30c each, and they arc very good values. , (Main Floor, Central) Girls Wearing Separate Skirts Will Need New Guimpes And here they arc. They are very pretty and dainty and best of all they don't mind frequent tubbings. In lawn, 'poplin or dimity, all with turned over collars. Some have hand smocking, feather stitching and French knots, others content themselves with colored collars and cuffs. The sizes are from 6 to 14 gears' and the prices $2.75 to $5. (Third Flr, CJieMnut) Delicious Candy and Different You may have heard of chocolate-covered nuts before, but it is not likely. that you har tasted any move delightful than these morels of supen'or chocolate with rich nut-meats scattered through them. $1.25 a pound. Those nougat center caramels made such a hit that we evolved a new kind, of the same materials. In these, strips of chocolate or vanilla caramel nre wrapped around a strip of nougat. 80c a pound. (Cundj Ftnre, IlnirnMaira, fhmlnut) 0NLY a person with thor oughly good eyesight can feel and be in the pink of condition. And only a careful work shop should be trusted to fill a prescription after he has obtained it from a com petent physician. (Main (inllrr). Chestnut) Men's Straw Hats Are Now $3 Save $1 to $4. A reduction of all our finer .stiff straw hats and some mack inaws. Among the former are Lincoln-Bennett and Itcdlcaf London straw hats and line splits. The opportunity a great many men have been waiting for. (Main Floor, Mnrkrt) London Sends a New Lot of Redleaf Half Hose Men who like these specially fine socks will do well to get them while they can. Ribbed lisle in black, white, tan, navy and gray, $3 a pair. Striped and clocked lisle in black with green, blue, white or rose, $3.50 a pair. White and unbleached cotton, $2.50 a pair. Silk-and-wool in black, clerical and gray, $3 a pair. Itibbcd wool in green, tan and black, $2.50 u pair. Hcay white ribbed wool, for golf or tennis, $2 a pair. Ribbed silk-and-wool in two-color combinations', $3.50 a pair. (Main Floor, Market) These $10 Cordovan Oxfords for Men are about the most popular of our men's fashionable shoes this season. They are in a good shade of mahogany and are made over a straight English last, with wide shanks and low, broad heels. $10 is not much for them. (Main Fluor, Market) The Goods in the Bedding Sale Can't Run Short But the time to buy them is running' shorter every hour. While this 'Sale lasts you can select mattresses, pillows, bol-" sters and bedsprings at reductions of 10 to 20 per cent. Once ifc is over, you cannot. It will last until Friday, August 29, the last business day of -the month, which means that you have plenty of time to look tos your bedding needs beween now and then, but not an hour too many. Now is the time. (Sixth Floar, Che.tnnt) tl V, fl ir-l V r N . J , , ,.. i ,, . " ".a!.-l. .. IV. , j 'ly'h 1 w(K'M SW-'fclMl
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