tfwf'- iwn-, r ( EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MID AY, . NOVEMBER 21, 1919 Organ plays at 9, 11, 11:55 and 5:20 Clilmei at Moon WANAMAKERS Store Opens at 9 WANAMAKER'S Store Closes at 5:30 WANAMAKER'S WEATHER: Fair The Last Saturday Before Thanksgiving Is Always a Busy One h r W'A The Fourteen Hundred and Forty-six Feet oij Walls 'Of Granite 12 Stories Above Ground I and the two stories more below ground, if placed in a line would reach from Thirteenth Street to Tenth Street on Market or Chestnut Street. But the chief excellence of this Store is not in granite and steel. Its outstanding aim is to make life easier and worthier to all who are employed under its roof and to be of actual service in several ways to all who enter our doors. (a) First of all, it is a fireproof build ing with four exits from all the upper floors in a brick and stone tower, only one minute distant on each floor, straight I) ahead, .from every direction. (b) All the aisles are straight on Jevel floors, without doorways in walls tor zigzag turnings. (c) It is a building easy to get into and easy to get out of. (d) It is always showing the largest and freshest stock for selections, which Bh'is easily explained, for whenever a double quantity is soia, u requires aouDie replenishing, and, therefore, it can always be the freshest in supplies. (e) The larger-quantity buyer nearly y always has advantages in purchases some Be free to enjoy the Store for yourself and your visiting friends who may enjoy the music and tea rooms. ru mmK ISigned W Nov. si, loio., Opportunities for Christmas Work To join the class of beginners, or for thoe who have had experience. Applications specially received from 9 to 1 and 5 to 6 at the Lincoln Building, Broad and South Penn Square, by our Mr. Atkinson. Cold Weather Is Having Its Effect on Warm Coatings You should bee how fast they are selling these frosty days! Fortunately wo provided a large stock of the finest all-wool coatings the market afforded, and new shipments have been keeping the color range in good condition. Plain velours, $5 a yard. Sirvertonc velours, $5 and $6 a yard. Bolivian, $8.50 and 9X0 a yard. Feachbloom velours, $12 a yard. Camel's-hair coatings in natural '-color, double faced, $12 a yard, and in colors $10 and $12 a yard. (First Floor, Chestnut) Tailored 13atin Waists The quality of the batin is-admirable and the cut and , finish also; and both models depend upon hemstitching, pin tucks and white buttons for any prettiness beyond this. The high-necked style may be had in black, navy and (white for $17.50. The style with a roll collar comes in white and navy or $18. (Third Floor, Central) ' Silk Nightgowns Scoies of styles may be been tomorrow in the Little Nightgown Salon and eachis prettier than the other. It's needless to say that they have one characteristic in common they are nearly all pink. Crepe do chine, $8.50 to $28.50. Satin, $8.50 to $25. Japanese habutai, blue or white. Most charmingly hand embroidered. $11.50. (Third Floor, Central) The Newest Collar Laces Fine net tabs with just a hint of embroidery on the edge, They are very dainty and pretty. Or net abs or points combined with imitation Venibe or filet and some arc of these two laces by themselves or combined. ., $1.65 to $3.25 a yard are the prices. (Main Floor, Central) Wafm Gloves for the Youngsters Capeskins, fleece-llned, $1.85 to $3 a pair. Strap wrist ten capeskins, with warm seamless lirtings, $4.25 to $4.75 a pair. Black, tan or gray capeskin gauntlets, with fleece linings, $1.25 a pair. Gray mocha gloves, bilk lined, $2 to $2.75 a pair. (Main Floor, Central) Ever So Many New Bacr Frames ? Ik With so many women busy mafiimr baits for Drifts thcro are numberless requests for frames to put on liiem, The silver-plated frame is especially popular, 1 unit there are manv 'desirns in the riarrow. medium and pttti V d$Se stylo frames. These begin at $2, $2.50, $3 and go w on n to w.ou. . . ...... JSttwUfiW. juwu trmes ttro si.vu-ta yiu v T" Fashion Combines Two Furs in the Smart New Coats which is only another way of saying that the new trimmed fur coats are most fashionable indeed. Women have learned how effective uio the fur coats trimmed with fur of a contrasting color, and there is a tremendous vogue for them just at present. Hudson seal (dyed muskiat) and Nrarbcal, which is sheared coney, are often trimmed with the clear, pretty gray squirrel, or with Australian opossum. These have collars and large cuffs, usually, though one or two of the more expeiibic ones have deep bordeis as well. They aie in the much-liked thirty-to-forty-inch lengths, and all arc beautifully lined. $385 to $875. Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) coats, tiimmed with golden brown beaver collars and cuffs, arc charming. They arc in many styles nnd varying lengths, and go from $425 to $675. (Second Floor? Chestnut) 200 Women's Dresses at a Late Season Price $25 Some of them are reduced out of our own stocks, some are new from the manu facturers, but the prices are those of the late season. There are a dozen styles or so, all of serge, and in. the most practical colors black, taupe, brown and navy. Some of the dresses are braid trimmed, some have rows of straight braid; there are tiered skirts and skirts with extended sides and square, necks and various other favorite features about them, and alto gether they are excellent all-Winter dresses for a very small sum of money. (First Floor, Central) f Prices on 200 Fine Cloth and Silk Dresses for Girls Are $8.50 to $58 jgv Anrl n rVirsf rlrpqsps vprr pnnsirWiiVilv ViicrriBl nficed, these rtsSwVtKT reductions ought to be of particular importance to mothers of daughters who wear 6 to 17 year sizes. These are extremely good-looking dresses of fine wool serge, wool jersey, crepes de chine and taffeta, in the fashionable colors of the Winter and in delightful new styles. They are dresses suitable for school use and for afternoon and better wear distinctive dresses, in individual, unusual styles and just such dresses as most mothers like to get, but are not often able to at such prices as these. Sometimes two fabrics are combined serge skirts with crepe blouses, or serge dresses with silk guimpes, but usually they are of the one material with trimming of artistic hand embroid- "ery, or .colored linen collars and cuffs, or velvet or silk girdles. $8.50 to $58 and 6 to 17 year sizes. ' (Second Floor, Chestnut) i . For $10 a Woman Has a Good Choice of Good Shoes Here are some of the styles she may select from, all of them lace shoes: Tan calfskin with tan cloth tops and Cuban heels. Dark tan calfskin with fawn cloth tops, indicated wing tips and military heels. Dull black calfskin with gray cloth tops, indicated wing tips and military heels. Patent leather with light gray cloth tops, plain toes and Louis heels. Black calfskin with straight tips and Cuban heels or with indicated wing tips and military heels. Price $10 a pair. (Tlrtt Floor, Market) ' x A Few More Plaid Skirtsat $12.75 The front is plain with scalloped edged pocket and the back is gathered. They are wonderfully nice skirts to wear with tfports coats, In dark blue-and-green, brpwn,-and-bue, JiTuc-and-black and n plaid of many We Can Afford to Sell Only One Kind of Clothing for Men, and It Is Now in Great Demand N Long years ago we took our stand for real quality in men's clothing and we have always held by it. Our kind of clothing quality demands all wool as the irreducible minimum in fabrics and, along with this, the best of hand tailoring, combined with the truest fashions. If anybody asked "us why our clothing is in so much greater Remand today than it has ever been, we would point to these three things as the reason. Fair price's go with them, suits $32 to ,1580; overcoats $40 to $90. (Third iiroor. Market) New Bqoks Ready Tomorrow "Kudjard Kipling's Verse." Inclusive edition, 1885-1918. New poems, published here for the first time, make this, volume of 800 pages a truly com plete edition of Kipling's poetry. All the old favorites are here, and some new ones. Price $5. "Jeremy," by Hugh Walpole. A charming story of childhood in an English cathedral town, $1.75. "Red and Black," by Grace S. Richmond. Red Pepper Burns appears in it again, and the story is one of pulpit and pew. Price $1.60. (Main Floor, Thirteenth) Some of the Prettiest to $25 Millinery of the Season Lustrous velvets in fascinating new shapes piquant little hats in just the right shapes for smartness; larger hats with charming lines these for afternoon and dress occasions. Some new brocade hats, too with the rich gleam of gold'or silver on colorful backgrounds; many with a wintry touch of soft, dark fur. $10 to $25 is surprisingly moderate for such hats. A Little Group of Early Season Millinery Is Greatly Reduced and there are all sorts of "finds" for the woman who will take time to get the hat which best suits her. These are hats in good styles and in good condition, but they have been here a bit longer than wo like, so we are taking decided measures to hurry them out. Prices are often half andvless than half the originals. (Second Floor, Chestnut) So Many Women Like Leather Coats One such coat just received is a particularly smart model in real leather (it seems almost impossible at the price), in natural color, and jt comes in a short sports model with square tailored collar, belt and strap cuff. It is only $37.50. Then there aie other leather coats from to length in natural color, black, mahogany or gray, $65 to $100. The latter is -reversible with a cotton gabardine or tweed lining. Or, at $145, one may have a beautiful fawn-color suede leather coat with inverted pleats, huge pockets and. silk lining. (First Floor, Central) 1mnf m. s9aw ar " . With the Cold WaveCome Warm Wool'-Filled Quilts Our whole assortment of these quilts is being con tinuously replenished, the newest arrivals being quilts covered in figured' cambric to sell for $10, and in sateen coverings to sell for $15 each. Among the other recent arrivals are wool-filled quilts at $20 in coverings of plain colored Japanese silk; figured silk with plain backs and ' borders, at $24; at $32 in coverings of plain satin, and in rich brocaded coverings mostly in plain colors rose and blues some with insertions and plain borders, at $37.50, $40, $45 and $50 each. The full variety ranges up to the rich magnificent quilts at $67.60. , (Sixth Floor, Central) - - Beaded Handbags at' $12.75 4 Much Below Regular Alt frame bugs of a good size and shape, with fringe arbund the bottom. ' Only one design, but this is carried out in a great variety of colors, including blue, red, green, pink, black, tan andnvender. Kach bag is silk Iind and has purse and mirror Yfmi 4lo$ L Shirts and TiesAre Among the Best Gifts for Men lively man needs bhirts and ties, but there never was a year when men Mt more like holding buck on their pergonal purchases. Christmas affords the opportunity for their good wives to see that Husband's appearance does not suffer. And in the Wanamakcr Men's Wear Store a woman can buy a man's shirts and ties with full confidence that they aie the kind ho would get for himself. Shirts of madras, peicale, rep, Japanese cotton crepe and silk, at $2.50 to $13.50, according to the material. Neckties at 65c to $3.50 and $i, the last two prices for the finest French and Spitalfields bilks. CMuin Floor, Market) The Kind of Gloves Men Are Buying Tan and blown capeskins, $2.75, $3.25 and $3.50 a pair. Gray buckskins, $3.75 and $4.20 a pail. Gray mocha gloves, $4.75 a pair. Meece-lined capeskin gloves, $3.50, to gloves lined with fine lambs' wool, at $8 a pair. Capeskin gauntlets, in black, lined with fleece, $3.25 a pair, on up to the lambs' wool lined ones at $9 a pair. (Mnln Floor, Centrnl and Mnrfcel) Men's Linen Handkerchiefs at $3.75 a Dozen After they are pone we don't know where we can find any to replace them for anything like this price. They are good Irish linen, with narrow hemstitched hems, and they would be even better for an embroidered initial or monogram. (Slain lloor, Centrnl) Men's Merino Half Hose at Half Price Think, men, of being able to get firbt-grade mcdium-w eight natuial merino socks for 25c a pair! A heavy gray merino for 60c a pair! And think, wise and provident women, what batisfactory Christmas gifts a. dozen or a ha" dozen pair would make for a man ! A. great many young men who learned the comforts of merino half hose while in the Service say they wijl never wear any other kind. (Main Floor, Market) Muffler Caps for Gifts Men and boys who are outdoors muchn cold weather will be delighted with these caps of soft, warm worsted. They have a flap that normally buttons up around the bottom of the cap, but this can be lowered over the ears and buttoned around the neck and chin, leaving onlv eyes, nose and mouth exposed. ' In various colors at $2.50. (Main Floor, Market) Men's Sports Clothing That Is Fine for Cold Days The, garments required to keep a gunner warm in tough weather are excellent for ordinary wear on bitter days. ' Coats of mackinaw cloth, moleskin, corduroy and zibehne, with leather sleeves and leather HiKS aie $15 to $22.50. """igs, aie Leather jackets, shirts, drawers and ves,ts, $8 to $18 Mackinaw coats in various btyles are $15 to $20 for men and $14 to $16 for boys. Sheep-lined moleskin coats arc $1G for men and $12.50 for boys. Corduroy and moleskin suits coat and trousers $21.50 and $27.50. Heavy Shaker-knit sweaters. $8.50 to $15. (the Gallery, Juniper) Children's Shoes Tan Russia, unlined play shoes, lace, with infants' flexible welts; sizes 5 to 8, price $5. The bame things lined, lace or button styles, with no tip and no box, $6. Tan Russia button and lace shoes, sizes 8' to 11 prices $5.25, $5.75, $6 and $8. " ' Sizes 11 to 2, prices $6, $7 and $8.50. Sizes 'IVi to 7, prises, $8.50, $10 and $10.50. - Boys' heavy tan lace shoes, blucher cut, sizes 11 to " price $0.50. "' The same shoes in storm style, with buckle at top, If I tOUa (First Floor, Market) Now's a Greld of Fireplace and the Wanamaker Housewares Store is the" place to iinu wiu west in qumity ana xne most pleasing in taste. Black andirons, $2.50 to $61. Black firebets, $4.75 to $18.75. Black coal grates, $8.50 to $35. Flemish andirons, $12 to $60, Flemish fire sets, $7 to $27. Flemish wood holders, $14,50. Brass andirons, $1350 to $120. Brass fire sets, $16 to $37.50. Brass fenders, $22 to $55. Brass wood holders, $38 to $50, Brass wood boxes, $37.50 to $40. Brass screens, $16.25 to $31.50. Brass coal hods, $15 to $16.50. "- I'ooth rioor. Central) All Aboard for the Wanamaker Toy Store! All the trains go there, and all the trolleys. And all the automobiles that have little boys and girls in them. There never was such a Toy Store since Santa was a boy. And there never were so niany toys assembled in one place. Of course there are dolls and games and all the toys that are tried and true, but they are only a part of it. There are so many toys that are instructive and really fascinating. The kind of toys that make Dad shoo the boy off to bed early, so he can fool with them himself. Marvelous construction toys of wood and metal, electric trains, wire less telegraphy .and a host of other ed ucational devices. And there never was such a Toy Store for entertainment. Huge sticks of candy and cheery decorations hang all about. Up in a balcony are Old King Cole and his Fiddlers Three. A foolish clown tries to blow bubbles, while lights -twinkle and mysterious chimes are chiming. All around; in great jars, are Ali Baba and his Forty Thiews, contin ually popping their heads out and drawing them back again. Let's go to Wanamaker's tomor row. (Setrnlh floor. Market and I nil nil) The Boys Will Be Out in Force Tomorrow and oui Uoyh' Clothing Store is ready to 'welcome them and to show them what are sincerely believed to be the best suits and ovei coats for boys in America at the price! Our lowest-priced suits carry reliability beyond most others at the same figures; our highci -priced ones repie sent the top-notch of fineness. Norfolk suits for boys of 8 to 18 years, $10.50 to $35. , Overcoats for boys 3 to 10 jeais, $16.50 to $40. Overcoats for boys of 11 to 18 yean., $25 to $40. (seiond. I'lonr, Central) Chocolate Peanut Clusters $1 a Pound 0 Fresh-roasted peanuts of fine flavor, dipped in rich, sweet chocolate, are one of the special confections from the Candy Stoie for this eek. They are quite deliciouo and are $1 a pound. And the Thanksgiving flavors are reudy, (lovn Mtalra More, Climliiiil) Time to Think Furnishings Why not have the fireplace newly furnished in time for the Thanksgiving celebration? Brass brushes, $3.75 to $4.50. Black fire screens, -$5.50 to $20,25. Black spuik guaids, $6.50 to $14, Wood baskets, $7 to $9, Hearth brushes, $2 to $4. Cape Cod lighters, $5 to $10. tfi V 4 . ,M v; Mi I r ft? r - . n ' . i First r CtDtra!) tWl A1
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