ffm -m?t ni " TW EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER fflZCADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919 t . . .,'fS- OrganPliystJ), 11, 11:55 WANAMAfcER'S Store Opens at 9, f WANAMAKER'S I Slorc Coses at 3 I WANAMAKER'S f Wf Oblmes at Noon i m October Winds Are Back and Warmer Clothing Comes to Mind Again m 1- J K The Western World Was Found and Its Institutions Begun by men who believed in things unseen. The Mayflower followed the Santa Maria! The discovery, of floating branches and trunks of fallen trees encouraged Commander Columbus. Faith and fortitude, and a profound belief in Divine leading, brought the nana oi I'ligrims lea oy joim Carver, John Alden, William Brad ford and Isaac Allerton. The influence and the labors' of others, to us unseen, arc perfecting inventions and working out policies of commerce, finance and states manship for the betterment of the world. The invisible work under the City Hall, with its unfinished pieces of stone and iron on the surface, is only a suggestion of what is going on below ground in the new building of the Subway. So is it almost always that men must be hammered into shape to fit into the improved city and its enter prises. Oct. 17, 1010. h Face of All Conditions These Are Moderately Priced Silks If tho same silks had been marked such prices a few years ago we would have thought them high priced, and they would have been. But times have changed. The twisted weave silks, such as crepes de chine and silk voiles, aro scarcely to be found now in the mills at all. Dark-colored striped messalines and taffetas, es pecially desirable for dresses, skirts and blouses, 3G inches wide, $3 a yard. A small quantity of all-silk voile, 40 inches wide, $l.j0 a yard. In green, brown, gray and some black. Usually $1 a yard more. Also a fine variety of Fall colorings in striped, check and plaid taffetas and messalines at $2.50 a yard. These aro most popular and fashionable. Crepes do chine and crepes meteor, 39 inches wide, $2.25 a yard. Tho color line is by no means complete, hence tho very small price. (West Aisle and First l'loor. Chestnut) A Particularly Attractive Group of Dress Hats at $15 Charming new Winter dress hats just out of tho workroom and smart, new and delightful, every one! First off, the hats themselves were the result of an unusual purchase and there are hats in -tho group for which the regular price of the un trimmed hats would be more than $15. Lustrous hatter's plush and velvets of i rich quality made them, tho shapes are unusually large and tho styles aro both new and smart. Tho favorito trimming of the Winter is used ostrich feathers, curled and uncurled, with per haps a ribbon bow or two in just tho right place for effectrVeness. Black hat3 predominate, but there are taupe and blue and purple hats also. No two aro aliko, and as each seems mores charming than tho other, choosing will bc a pleasure. (Second Floor, Chestnut) Tffarm Knitted Things PY for Baby 's Comfort New afghans for his perambulator, and to keep him warm when he takes tho air,1 aro in white, pink and blue, somo satin backed, and uro $4 to $8. Mittens for his littlo fingers aro 30c to 85c. And socks aro 30c to $1.25 a pair. Dear little caps are 85c to $1.50, White angora caps aro $3 and $4. Knitted sacques in many dainty stylcs are $1.25 to $3.76. r Dnwrar lemdnsrs. $1.2o.to $4.50 a nair. I n : Teimeirro w Will 1 a File Day foil Women to Choose Their lew iresse Suit s aid Coats for Winter Full and fine assortments hundreds of brand-new garments from which to choose pretty styles that you'll not iind elsewhere surprisingly moderate in price for clothes of such good fashion and quality all these make the Young Women's Salons a place of particular interest for everybody in search of new Winter clothes. It's Tune ilor New Serge Dresses $27.30 for brown or blue serge frocks in a new style with round neck, silk braid and buttons for trimming and fastening at the side. $32.50 for another fetching style, in dark blue, of good serge, planned on long straight lines and button trimmed. ..... $35 for blue serge dresses with pointed pcplums and rows of black silk braid for trimming. $39.50 for a particularly youthful and becoming new dress with accordion-pleated skirt and Russian blouse trimmed with wool embroidery in tan and blue. Other serge dresses $40 to $75. If She Is Thinking -of a Trim New Suit here is a group of new models not expensive, but new in style and excellently tailored. $37.50 for a sport model of brown burclla cloth a suit useful for all 'round general wear. It is lined with silk, trimmed and finished with belt and pockets. $13.o0 velour suits in the new reindeer brown, dark brown ami navy suits for better wear; made with collars to be buttoned high and belted at the waist with tho popular narrow belt. $15 an effective new model of silvcrtone velour in oxford gray in a youthful spoits style. $16.50 a charming new stylo in velour with blouse jacket, with tiny tucks and just enough hand stitching to give it distinction. In brown and dark blue. $60 for a very well-tailored sports suit of a fine wool mixture, in dark colorings, made with pleats and belts and pockets. Other suits $40 to $85. One Cannot Get Along Without a Warm Coat , When Winter breezes blow a warm coat becomes a ' necessity. $28.50 for a surprisingly good, practical coat o ' (Second Floor, Splendid Fur Coats for Women There are no two alike among the finer novel ties in the Fur Salon; but each is beautiful enough and rich enough for a princess. Consider, for instance: A mole coat with a blouse back, a muffler shawl collar and extended skirt. Tho cuffs arc oddly strapped. The price is $850. An Alaska seal coat a perfect thing in texture, color and effect, giving, as it does, an oval silhouette. It is $1-150. Another Alaska seal coat is a straight model, with a big skunk collar, $1350. A Hudson seal (seal-dyed muskrat) has an immense collar and cuffs of clear gray Australian opossum. This has no buttons, but a sash fasten ing, $750. Another Hudson seal (seal-dyed muskrat) has a broad-tail collar, sleeves and fronts, and costs $1050. Two magnificent mink coats aro almost as soft and dark as sables. One has a great muffler col lar and kimono sleeves, and costs $2250, and one has a deep yoke, the coat below it rippling. This is $4500. i (Second Tloor, Chestnut) W' omen?s Whiter Riding Habits The Little Gray Salon devoted to them is showing the new things, beginning with two styles of habits at $38.50 and $-10. The first has a belted coat and may be had in cheviot, tweed and homespun; tho second has a fitted coat and is made of cheviot. Other habits are of tan whip-cord, price $42.50; and Oxford gray mixtures at $50, and the finest of all meltons at $85. ' (First floor. Central) 'Practical Tan Shoes for Children Sturdy, excellently made high shoes the right sorts for the winter season. Trotmocs of heavy grain leather, russet color, lace; sizes 8Y2 to lO'j; price $1.50. Ton Russia lace shoes. Sizes 814 to 10V4; prices $5.25 to $6.50. Sizes 11 to 2; prices $6 to $8.75. Girls' sizes, 2s to 7; prices $8.50 to $10. All these shoes, please note, arc built with the sensible square toes. (Flrit Floor Market) orset Covers We don't often mention them, but we should, for they are almost as much worn as they were before the chemise camo into such favor. Cambric corset covers with scalloped embroidery, $1. Nainsook with hemstitched casing run through with ribbon. S1.25. . I and ror whs silvcrtone elour, belted at the waist and half lined with satin. Blue or brown are the colors. $37.30 for melton cloth coats made to button high for Winter protection. Button trimmed, belted and half lined with satin and in dark blue. .$39.50 for velour coats in dark blue, lined through out and finished with large shawl collar. $43.50 for silvertone velour coats in blue or black, with box pleats in the back and large collars. $67.50 for attractive coats of fine silvertone velour with great shawl collars of glossy Hudson heal (dyed muskrat). In blue or golden brown. Other coats $40 to $150. All in 14 to 20 year $ics. Chestnut) Afist Fascinating " Are the New Vests There have just arrived some of soft,chamois cloth, others of duvctyne, broadcloth, tricolette and gorgeous tinsel brocades. Each and eveiy one has an individuality and quite new features. Tho necks arc round or square and theto are also very high collars, some surmounted by still higher ruffs, $-1.50 to $27.50. (Mulu Floor, Central) Nc ew Chiffon Veils in Twenty-two Colors The deep hemstitched borders are of a contrasting shade or color, making a very pretty effect. Such a veil would make a delightful addition to the wardrobe of any woman who motors or who expects to travel at all this Winter. They are $0.75 each. (Stain Floor, Central) v J New Wool Slip-On for Women It is of soft wool, made in a vertical stitch, with belt, collar and pockets of different colors. It can be buttoned high at the neck if desired. Black with white collar, while with reindeer collar, turquoise with coral collar, camel with coral collar, Copenhagen with camel collar and navy with came collar. 1 Price $10.50. (Firtt Floor. Murl.rl) 1000 Men's and Women's Umbrellas Remarkable at $2 In facfc, we know there are precious few um brellas on the market today to sell for ?2. These are a late shipment of a very early order. The covers are strong twisted cotton with a tape edge arid they ave strong paragon frames. The women's styles have plain and carved mission wood handles with loop cords. Those for men have plain or carved mission wood handles and also some of boxwood and furze. . t.Mdn Floor, Market) w 'e Are Selling More Plaid Skirts Than Ever New tomorrow arc some especially pretty wool plaids in a slightly gathered style, with two large gun-shaped pockets and a belt, both with button trimming. They arc particularly good skirts for everyday wear with any kind of a blouse and coat and they come in such popular color combinations as gold-and-blue, blue-and-green and brown-and-grecn! All sizes at $10.50. (First Floor, Central) G ood Queen Mary Bath Soap $1,50 for a Dozen Cakes p lift ' We know it is pure, for we know what is in it for it is made esnecially for us. Queen Mary Bath tablets, in violet, rose or verbena scents, 12 Vic a cako, $1.50 a dozen. Queen Mary transparent soaps, much liked by many people at this time of year violet or rososcent, 12i a cake, $1.50 adozen, "VU VJIaln Moor, Cheitnut) Furniture That Links One Up With the Ages The Sale Comes On Next Monday THERE is a thrill in being brought into inti mate contact with the old court cabinet makers of Europe. One cannot help feeling it in looking at the wonderful collection of ancestral furniture that we are getting ready to put on sale next Mumlaj. If ever theie was fuinituie in Philadelphia destined to becoinn historic in the sense of becom ing a prized family possession this is it. Tho sole reason why we have such a large collec tion to sell for onr-third less than the maker had marked it is because it is too fine, too beautiful, too rare in artistry and historic charm to be commercial, This is not "period" furniture in the ordinary sense at all. Every piece rof it is twin brother (or Men, This Is About as Short as We Can Put It and as Straightforward Our Men's Clothing- Store claims to be ready tomorrow to show any reasonable man that he will find here the best ready - to - wear suits to be found anywhere at the prices $32 to $75. (Third 1 Light but warm plush robes in beautiful com binations of blue, purple, white, moss-green, maroon, pink and terra cotta. Especially designed for closed cars. $25 and $40. Other excellent robes for town cars are of mottled plush in rich shades of russet brown, tan, horizon blue, moss green and steel gray. $35 to $50. Finer robes of silver-gray plush with gray Bedford-cord backs, or brown plush with brown Bedford-cord backs, at $85. Brown and mole-color beaver fur cloth robes with Bedford-cord backs, $57.50. Seal modeled silk plush robes with HiMson seal (dyed muskrat) backs, $70 and $75. Australian opossum robes with dark kersey cloth backs, $1G5. Foot muffs to match the finer robes, $20 and $25. (The (iillrr.i, Cliefctiili!) N ew Washable Chamois Gloves for Women In natural chamois color and finished with spear point embroidery. One style has just one large pearl button for fasten ing and'is out-seam sewn. It is $3 a pair. -- Another style has two pearl buttons and is pique sewn it is, $3.25. (.Main I loor, CentrHl JLTand Bag Styles May - - Come and Go but the popularity of the pm-seal handbag runs on fdrever. In view of the limited supply of seal leather, wo-aie fortunate to have such a good assortment of these bags at moderate prices. Pouch and envelope shapes, large and small; all of them silk lined. Some with inner frames; some with purse and mirror; some with outside pockets. Prices $5.50 to $10. (Main Floor, thotnul) F ine Wool Velours Plain colors and silvertones. New shipments give us a splendid assortment of the favored shades. Rein deer, beaver, brown, navy, Pckin, gray, dark green and black. Prices $5 to $6.50 a yard. (First Floor, Clientnut) Fine Robes for the Car "rS" Shoes There's a good deal of embroidery on the stories that are being published about shoes. Of course, shoe prices are higher than they used to be. So are the prices of everything else. But you can still buy good shoes at a fair price. For example, this Shoe Store has men's shoes at $7 to $17 and women's shoes at $7 to $19. Now, either $17 or $19 is a pretty stiff price for a pair of shoes, but please bear in mind that these are very fine shoes, the kind that have always been bought by people who con sider price last. $7 is not a high price for a pair of shoes, nor is $8, or $9, or $10 as shoe prices go now. And we have a very large and satisfying assortment of good FalUand Winter shoes at these prices Tor men and women. All styles, from the fashionable tojKhe conservative, and all leathers. On Saturdays wo haye a greatly augmented sales force to take carcfithe unusual crowds, so count on good service. (Men's Shoei, Main l'loor. Market) (Women's filioei. First Moor, Market) I sister) to some original old piece seen in some Euro pean museum or private collection. It was from such sources that the maker got all his models; and he made furniture exclusively for high-class decorators i and to special order. No such carving, pierced work and marvelous finish has ever been seen on any furniture we have ever shown and certainly no such purity of lino and contour. j The sale of this unduplicablc collection on next I Monday, October 20, will be an event of great intcr- ' est in the furniture world. ! For many it will mean the chance of a lifetime to pick up something to use, to enjoy and to pass down the family. l.ior. Murkrt) Men's Solid -Color Shirts of Woven Madras jMost men like a few solid-color shii'ts in their chiffoniers, and here is a fine, fresh lot for Fall and Winter. Soft-cuff, plain neglige style, made of an excellent quality of madras in light gray, dark gray, green, blue and pink. Price $2.50. (Main l'loor. Market) Men's Redleaf London Neckties at $1 Dollar ties from London are out of the ordi nary these days of the dwindling dollar. These are of good silks and in a good range of patterns. Also a new lot of the 65c ties that are so popular. Oluin l'loor, Market) So Many Different Kinds of Men's Soft Hats means that every man who comes into this Men's Hat Store will find the hat that suits his face, his fancy and his purse. Everything from the fine featherweight soft hat to the. heavier, shaggy soft hat, in a great variety of shapes and colors, . Prices $5 to $12. (Muln l'loor, Murkrt) Men's $1 Handkerchiefs $10 a Dozen This price holds good only for those sold by the dozen, otherwise they are $1 apiece. They are a beautiful medium-weight Irish linen with hand-rolled hem and either flat or hairline tape borders. Hand-embroidered block initials, monogram or autograph, make them even more acceptable as gifts. (If est Aixle) The Boys9 Day and the Boys' New Suit Everything needed to make boys' ready-to-wear suits of the finest kind has gone to the making of the boys' suits which we have ready to morrow in full selection, and they are going to piove it in tho wear as" surely as they prove it in their looks. Norfolks in all desired styles, fabrics, colors and patterns, in 8 to 18 year sizes, at $16.50 to $32. Suits specially reinforced at parts subject to hardest wear, $16.50, $18, $20 and $22.50. (Second Floor, Central) rellow Jack Squares -1 50c a Pound ' ' One of the delicious old-time sweets which nevar loses its popularity is yellow jack and just why you can fully understand after you've tasted one of these yellow jack squares! 50c pound. Crisp nut squares are delicious, too $1 a pound. And the best salted almonds you've ever tasted are $1,50 a pound, (Ilomtpitalrs Store, Chestnut) ,trv ' a ' ?! x yi Sr . jbS5" a- ,P . r.'.. hl TL wsffi't ' S'fcKa'Ja' . iSaMBfriV' ' 4 , . . ' .ii Jsf nv'j: ij'1 .uv&39iHsBBH)!!ki,i,' ' JSL 'i s.tTtroMmji-' -l,v t . - . &j 'i
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