"iK EVENING PUBLIC LEPGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1Q19 ?'7 y '"rninnp-.'i .vvri'vjiKJv 'iW,-' ''"ref T.f ' '-r'!jf?5j', y .i.Ti .., ytFvi Organ plays at 11, 11:55 and -f-,.---..-,.. ' ,imlr.Iirn J. cMJ!.2.0. WANAMAKER'S s.or.upCn9a.9 WANAMAKER'S s' " -' " WANAMAKER'S WEE n uH The Evening Ledger News of the Wanamaker Store , 5 f K 8" rV K I a. jrV w To the Young Man Considering a Easiness Life This is letter No. 4of the series and covers only another side of the questions arising: A It is important to consider carefully the character of the man who offers you the opportunities. B Why does he choose you with wliom he has little or no acquaintance? C Does he call upon you to invest money and bring: to you dazzling prospects, or is he moved by some benevolent, interest he has in you? D What good reason can he justly give for urging you to quickly conclude a matter of which you know so little except from his standpoint? E Sieve very carefully both sides of the proposition before you write any notes regarding it. F Be sure to get the chaff out of it. G Save these A B C's. Signed Nov. IS, 1913. Special Postscript No. 2 A Christmas League of Business Beginners IB forming. of men, women, private and public school boys and girls, and others over 14, to give such hours as they can spare these next 31 business days to take the first steps in business and find out whether they shall enter upon a business career in learning the Wanamaker methods of business. ' Applications can be made at the Lincoln Building, Broad and South Penn Square, Broad Street entrance, first door to the left, 9 A. M. to 1 P. M., and from 5 to 6:30 evenings. Women's Velour Sports Hats Change Their Prices Velours aro among the best-liked sports hats, and these attractive hats are in those comfortable sizes and becoming shapes which women are wearing this winter. There are plenty of blacks and blues and browns as well at. other good colors, and they are trimmed, usually, with ribbon bands. Though they have been higher, prices are now around the $8 and $10 marks. (Second Floor, Clientnut) The Season Is On and Feather Fans Are Fluttering Women with an appreciation of their decoralivo value know that feather fans add a charming touch of color or colitiast to one's costume. The new fans are lovely great fluffy affairs of soft ostrich, somo curled, some straight and all most attractively mounted. There are wonderful blue shades, rich reds, taupe, greens, tho loveliest pinks and, of course, black or white. $16 to $54 each. (Jeuelry btore. Chestnut and llilrteenth) Down Come Prices on Young Women's Warm Winter Coats and Silk or Cloth Dresses This is an excellent opportunity for young women who need warm', good-looking Winter coats or dresses for school, business or better wear. About 100 Coats Are $25 Each aud these include models of wool velour an 1 of wool mixtures. There arc all the good dark shades of the season. Coats for dress wear as Avell as coats for general and sports wear aro included in the collection. Some have fur collars, many are belted and all are uncommonly good values for the price. An Unusual Collection of Dresses at $20 Smart new wool serge dresses, soft satins and crepes Georgette are included in this group. There arc plenty of the very desirab'e navy blues and black, and all the dresses aro in new Winter styles. The serge dresses are sometimes braid trimmed, as are the tricotine dresses, and these are in effective one-piece, models. Those silk dresses are of satm alone, of satin and Georgette aud of Georgette aud silk in several pretty styles. All are in 14 to 20 year sizes. (Second Floor, Chestnut) The Last of Certain Very Pretty.Plaidv Skirts So the manufacturer tells us. And they are skirts that walk out almost as soon as they" arrive, for every woman falls in lovo with thqm at first sight to wear under short coats or fur coats. There are prunellas, worsteds, gabardines and silvertone velours and at least seven styles of plaids all so pretty it is hard to choose between them. They aro either peated or box pleated. Plenty of soft blues and browns and some in black-and-white. $25 to $28.50. (Flrit Floor, Central) Warm Waists A few women insist always upon having tliese, for sport or Winter wear, Challis with white grounds and blue of black cluster stripes, price $6. . Viyella unshrinkable ilannel with white grounds and stripes in black, .pink, blue or lavender, $8.50. '.All of them have hlgUrlow cpl- fatiifl ytir fisitwH - imr Two 'New Gloves for Women With fresh gloves a woman always feels better dressed and when you can get new gloves and save from 75c to $1 on each pair it is surely worth doing so! $2.35 a pair for dark tan cape skins that are outseam sewn and finished with spearpoint embroid ery. 1 clasp. $2.75 a pair for genuine gray mocha gloves, pique or outseam sewn, with black embroidered backs. (West Aisle) Undressed Dolls at Lower Prices Thousands of mothers and others plan to dress their Christ mas gift dolls. Wo have 700 undressed dolls that aro to bo sold at. once at prices below regular. . ' They aru all jointed dolls, with bisquo heads, moving glass eyes, eyplashes, shoes and stockings. They are in two classes and three sizes ! Ilegulation jointed dolls, $2.75, $2.90 and $3.75. Character baby dolls, $2.25, $2.00 and $3.00, (Seventh ,Sior, Market) Furs at Their Loveliest on Some New Evening Wraps rpHEItE is one particularly exquisilo garment in - dragon-ily b'uo panne elvet, with a deep cape, border and cuffs of monkey fur. The lines are most graceful and beautiful. It is $375. One of the very newest of all is a mirror velvet that has a black moire effect one way you look at it and richly colored plaid another way. This wrap ib trimmed with taupe wolf and hats a fascinating lining of white bilk with a printed Egyptian pat tern; $275 is the price. Then there is a French tinsel brocade heavily faced with mole at $01)0 and many others, less ex pensive, in panne velvet, silk etuur and velveteen. They are variously trimmed with flying squirrel, beaver, Australian opossum, wolf and while fox furs. (Tirol Floor, Centrul) The Glitter of Metal Laces Is Seen Everywhsre How such a bit of brightness ver thread. Others are entirely of does glorify a gown! Many of the gold or silver. They are from $2.75 most beautiful evening gowns arc i for an 18-inch ilouncc up to $11.25 made entirely ot tliese laces over a silk foundation. Some arc of white or black tulle with designs worked in gold or sil- (Main rtoor. Black Enamel Luggage Much of It Underpriced A suit case, a woman's overnight case or a hatbox of black enamel fabric will any of them be welcomed as a gift. And it so happens that e have some of these goods at prices less than regular. Suit cases with black leather reinforcements at the parts which bear the brunt of service, at $5.75 for a small one of 20 inches, to $10 for a great 32-inch case that will hold almost as much as a small trunk. Women's overnight cases with trays or shirred pockets, 10 to 21 inch sues, $9 to $10. Woiikii's hat boxes, liber instead of leather bound, and with space for two large hats and other things, $8.50 and $9. (Main Floor, Chestnut) Winter Tub Suits Tor Small Boys Oliver Twist and Middy btylcs in all sorts of colors aud combinations somo white blouses with colored trousers, and any number of yel lows, browns, greens, blues, pinks aud other shades. Somo have frills, somo have touches of hand stitching and all aro new and attractive. $3 to $10.50 and 2 to 5 year sizes. (Third Floor, Chestnut) ij ' -i5fe""n -J- "" il lM i ' 'j L - -ofc w- I -0fc -Alx """"wv - - Charming Evening Gowns for Winter Festivities "JDERHAPS ''semi-evening" gowns describes them better, since they are of tho obliging M)rt which women can near for informal aifairs, and ct are immensely distinguished. Tliuy are of Georgette crepe, satin and crepe do chine, Georgette oftener than any other material and their pastel coloiings nie lovely. The lilacs and mauves, the marvelous rose shades from the palest shade to that fie'y new sha'tu known as the Heait of 1 'ranee; the jade and oilier greens, th" old blue, and turquoisew; even an at list could not, dream of anything lovelier than these pastel coloi ings. There are no two gowns alike, but among them you will see many of the new fashion f en tities the ostrich tip trimming, the hooped effect!, the knots of metal libbon. the charming headings and embroideries and the .sashes which are a com bination of gold striped with color. Prices arc $77.50 to $200. (First Floor, Central) f or one 40 inches w idc. Bands, many of which match the flouneings, nie from $1 a yard to $8 a yard. Central) 300 Yards Silvertone Coating, $6 a Yard The usual price is $2 a yartK more. It is a diagonal weave silvertone, 54 inches wide, the finest all wool and it is one of tho loveliest fab rics one could pick out for coats, wraps and buits that should be warm and yet not too heavy. The colors, loo, sould blend in th" hap piest way with furs. They aro navy, an e.quisite lighter blue, brown and reindeer. (first lioor, ChrMnut) For the Thanksgiving dinner there are great, luscious mint wafers with a turkey in bas iclief on each wafer. They are 10c apiece. And for the Thanksgiving or any other dinner, there are de licious glace nuts, $2 a pound. There are walnuts, almonds, pecans nnd Brazil nuts. (Main Floor, thmtnut) . Little Gift Aprons Hundreds of them in thp corner devoted to maids' dresses aprons tiny and lacy to play in at a fair or large enough for grandma when she takes the baby or a huge bas ket of mending on her lap. Somo have big pockets aud these aro meant for sewing. All snowy, crisp and -white, 05c J to $2.7u. (Third l'loor. Central) AINTY MAWS" are the quaintest and sweetest of little figures, hoopsklrted and prettily painted for the holding open of doors. In reality they are of heavy metal and their price in the Little House 4a fe, ?7M. I ruWrN Never Were There So Many Leather Folding: Clocks as there are this minute in the Jewelry Store. It is because these convenient little timepieces have made such quantities of friends and they are certain to be much in demand for Christmas presents In gray suede, blue or lose ecras" leather, or real seal, and all have the good Waltham move ments. One-day clocks are $'12 to $2o Eight-day clocks, $21 to $40. Some of both kinds have luminous dials. (Jewelry Store CheMnut unci Thirteenth) From France to Japan for Lampshade Materials Japan furnishes the silk, the most beautiful colore in plain silks and fascinating printed deMgns You can make wonderful color effects by combining them, $2.25 and $3.25 it yard. Then theie are fringes to match, colored and gold, the latter all ftora France. They are 2 to 8 inches wide, $1 75 to $4.50 a yard. Also tro'd braid to finish the shade. This, too, is French, 20c to $1.25 a In Japan, too, iif bought all sorts of ornaments and tassels. They add so much to the beauty of tho shade. . (fifth lioor. Market) Household Brevities The kitchen end of Thanksgiving festivities will be much more satisfactory if the royal bird be roust "d in a beamless oval roaster, self-basting. Varying sizes, ipl.50 to $7. Mould.-, from the litt'e fishes, pineanples nnd other devices for individual iellicM. to melon-and-otherwi.se shaped pudding moulds, 10c to ?1 25. There's nothing better among oil stoves than the good tollable M Her make. Miller's in sfeial tpes and finishes. $0.25 to $9 Nut biwls and erackurs. nnd nut picks heVs a whole tableful of them. , ,, Food choppers for the mince meat they cut the food in four sizes are $2.50. ...... Asbestos mats for the table are (Jc to COc for round; 25c to 00c fur oval. Also here aie the big asbes tos covers to protect tin' tables polished top. (fourth l"oor. Cenlrul mill Market) Slender Women and Growing Girls Like L R. Waists $1.F0 for short topless models in coutil, with w'de elastic insert on side, laced or closed back. ' $2.50 for medium length waists, topless, of white coutil, wide insert of elastic each side of front steel nnd next to eyelets at back. $2.50 for a short hip style, with low bust; made of wh'te batiste, well boned, with goto of elastic across diaphragm. $3 a bonless hip conliuer, of duinty pink broclie, hooks und eyes down front. $4.50 a low bust, well boned model of pink broche, medium length skirt, gprg of clastic in hip, These Men's Suits Represent a Genuine Effort to Excel We are as sure aq we can be of anything that there arc no better suits anywhere for men than Wanamaker suits, and yet our suits are not as good as we want them to bo and' as wu hope to have them. " It seems to us that the way to always have the best suits is to always keep trying to have better ones. Tliese suits of ours are the outcome of an earnest effort to provide something better than their prices can generally buy, and we believe the etl'ort has been a success. It has a material basis in all-wool fabrics and a maximum of hn id-tailoring. Of course, we wouldn't go to such pain . to have tho materials and tailoring of the best without also making .sure that the fashion was relatively tine. Prices from $W to $80. ( third lioor, Murkrl) If He Is Fastidious About Handkerchiefs make him a piescnt of some of the flue French jacquards. You may have them uith tino hand-hemstitched or hand-hemmed hem, and there are .several styles of jacquards which have woven holders above the hem and damask-like designs voncii right in the flue, Miowv linen. $2.25 each. Olaln 1 loor, tentral) The Third and Fourth Volumes of "The Life of John Marshall" By Albert J. Bcveridgc Are Now Ready Already this work has taken ils place as one of the gieat American biographies. In these new Aolunies Marshall's lamous achievements on the Supreme Bench are ade- quately described for the fir.st time. ' Price of the two, $10. , "1 he Second Hook of Modern Ver'- " is supplementary oluine to "The Little Hook of Modem ewe' compiled by Jess'f li Hit- I tcnliousu. It would be difficult to I find a more enjoyabl" collection of the pouts of the present day. $1.50, (Mnln floor, 1 lilrlrnnth i The Aeolian Vocation A Truly Wonderful Phonograph Price $285 The Aeolian-Vocalion has risen to its position of supremacy on the stiength of its man-clous tone. Its leproductiou possesses a richness, depth, purity and beauty that has brought the music world to a new apprecia tion of the value and meaning of the phonograph. But the Aeolian-Walion has idditional featuivs that add their weight lo its bupiemacy. It is equipped with a tone control, the Graduola, which gives tho privi lege of personal eprossion to cacli individual record. You may select any Aeolian Vocalion in our stock and have it sent home immediately upon the payment of a small amount, the balance to be , paid in small monthly payments. Aeolian'-Vocalions may bo had in the various period designs as well, (treat varieties of models to select from. (fecund Floor, Cenlrul) You CanSavethePriceofaTurkey orTwo Thursday on One of These Dinner Sets How many people forget and how many realize that a week from Thursday is Tnanksgiv -ingV Tho people who are buying dinner sets aud cut glass and low-priced glasbwaro in the Thanksgiving Sale probably reali.e it. At any rate, they must realize that the opportunl ties presented in this Sale arc distinctly exceptional, even apart altogether from Thanko Motor Tires and Supplies at Unusual Prices Diamond Squeegee tires of ill u follow nOxIl, $111.25 HOxS'j, $16.90 32xVs, $10.75 yix-1, $2(5.30 32x4, $2(J.75 33x1. $28.1. "i 31x4, $28.75 .".7iV Also a little lot of Goodrich Non-skid tires at 10 per cent, less than the list prices. Kxtia heavy red inner tubes 30x3, 30x3U-, 32.X31,-;, 33x4, 34x1 'i and 35x5 at 25 per cent reductions. .Single-cylinder pumps, $2.50. Wind shield clcaneis, 50c. Mobil oil in 5-gallon c ns, $1.25; in 15-gallon drums, $14.75, including t!i cm. (Tho l.ulleo, I'heMntlt) Daily Deliveries of Down Quilts All from our own workrooms, where we have them made with the idea of producing something better than is usually obtainable for tho price. We believe the idea works out well in the finished product. Tho latest deliveries bring in down-filled quilts to sell for $12 each. These aro covered with plain sateen and ate in a variety of colors, incuding rose, light blue, Copenhagen blue, French gray, pink and brown. An extra-long quilt is liked by many people. Quilts of this kind aro in the newest arrivals. They aro marked to sell for $15, in plain sateen coverings. The full choice of down-filled real eiderdown, the finest of all. "V There is an interesting group of down quilts at $20 covered in a silk-and-cotton fabric with a floral pattern in a brocaded effect. The silk-covered down quilts begin at $22. (Midi riooi, Central) A Clearaway of Wool Rugs For immediate disposal we have put very low prices on two small wool rugs that are suitable for bathrooms or any bare spots requiring email rugs. They have plain and figured centers. 30x00 in., $5.75 36x72 in., $8 Wilton Velvet Rugs These are at icgular prices, but arc moderate enough at that. Oriental effects in color and design. 012 ft., $03.50. 36x63 in., $10.75 and $12. 27.5I in., $7.25. .eenth floor, Chettnut) New Madeira Linens of Much Daintiness at Low Prices The popularity of Madeira hand-embroidered linens has never been more pronounced. The new shipment that we present tomorrow brings just such pieces und sets as aie most desirable, especially for gifts. They are pretty, practical and comparatively inexpensive. Along with that, they are very moderately priced, the maiket having materially fad tranced since we bought them. There i.s a choice of centerpiecej, scarfs and luncheon sets, all pieces daintily hand embroidered and hand scallope. Luncheon sets of 13 pirces in live different styles of embroidery $0.75 a set. Scarfs in all desired sizes from 18x36 inches at $3.50 to 20x54 inches at $8.50 each. Centerpieces 18 inches in diameter, $2.75 each. I 3G inches in diameter, $7 50 each. 20 inches in diametur, $3.50 each. 54 inches in diameter, $15 each. (1'lri.t floor, Chestnut) New Pin Cubes From Eng'and, Some of the best pins are made in England, and these pin cubes, which women find so convenient, aro ore of tho English specialties. Tho pins are in nssoited sizes, each cube holds 300 pins, and there are all-white cubes or bright or dull jet. Price 50c. OIhIii Floor, (entrnl) Several Hundred Dinner Sets Are Reduced 20 to 35 'Per Cent French cliina dinner sets of 107 pieces in border patterns with coin-gold handles are now $75, $85, $90 and $100 a set. English scmi-porcelaiu dinner sets of 106 pieces in a good va riety of border decorations with coin-gold hnudlcs aro now $35 a set. American semi-porcelain din ner sets of 100 pieces, plain shape, with gold edges and (fourth l'loor, CheMnut) Men's Superfine Shirts of Japanese Silk Tlio silk in these shirts is wonderfully good. It is soft and has no "loading." Will wash splendidly and will keep its beautiful texture to the end. Soft-cuff negligo shirts, of course, somo in solid colors and others in narrow stripes. I'rice $12. (Alain l'loor. Market) the best quality are marked 32x4 Vi, $36.45 33x114, $37.50 34x1 H, $38.75 35x11i, $40.60 36x4 '.is, $41.15 33x5. S44.85 35x5, $47.55 tfin..ir, . ouilts ranrea no to S45 for thnKn nfMd traced handles, are now $10.50 a set. American semi-porcelain din ner pieces in a good variety of border pattens, some with gold handles, are now $25 a set American semi-porcelain din ner sets of 10G pieces, with rich coin-gold bands and coin-gold . handles, are now $30 a 6et. Fine cut glass in attractive assortment at reductions of 2B . to 33 1-3 per cent. Wator tumblers in thousahda , of dozens, specially priced, the., plain blown and Colonial turn- j biers at 60c a dozen; and blown water tumblers with neejlo-i etched patterns at $1.20 a down. ' i :'-! i 1l I j i itl "l v Tr-Ji 5s- A ' ft V filUTU 1I19QI, lUMUlUi) (Fifth floor. Chotaut) 1 iftMWH u A- 5 -Jf n a , W J'o i 1-, .Av
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