k-f'JMMfy W f ' ""V-,. '( J f v,jt ..))! 1 t 'v K '" t &l EVENING PUBLIC LBDaER PHIL'ADEHPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER -25, 19, ---) f I " I M I I ' - I II ' .iSi.-.iii I - .in - - --- Grnl55ra5:29dU' WANAMAKER'S star.o,.,.i WANAMAKER'S su c.sc8 ui z-.w WANAMAKER'S WEEtt Some Things That People Will Want to Get in Time for Thanksgiving 1. Little Pieces of Suggestions to the Young Fellows Who Are Expected to Take Their Fathers' Places and "Carry On" Sir George Williams, u noted merchant of London, said to a friend of the writer these words: "Many a young man fails in life from the want of (a kindly guiding word at the outset, and many a man now occupying a good and honorable position "owes and attributes his success to the timely counsel at the start of some friend interested in his welfare." To rea'ch out a hand or give an idea to a deserving young man is a privilege not to be thoughtlessly set aside. Tlie young fellow who depends solely upon capital, luck, patronage, is likely to find himself on a smooth hillside downward way to disap pointment, failure and nothingness. Give a glance as you pass through what the people call "Our Store" and see the dignity, happiness and health fulness of many working, learning, young people. Signed Nov. SS, 1919. msA SOME OP OUR CHRISTMAS POSTS are still open. There are vacancies for the full business day and some for the "short hours" that homekecpers can spare. Mr. Atkinson will be glad to see women.-men, girls, boys who apply at the Lincoln Building, Broad and South Penn Square, from 9 to 1 and 5 to 6 o'clock. 75 Silk Duvetyne Gowns and Costumes Reduced to $100 Each And $100 is precisely half of their original prices. They are all made of the scarce, imported duve tyne, are all copies of imported models, and there are Bcarcly two alike. But everybody's size is there and the colors are lovely grays, beavers, browns, tans, taupe, henna, blues and various red shades; besides black. But the most important thing of all to remember aboutthem is the fact that they are precisely the gowns women will want for Thanksgiving Day, because one can wear them with splendid furs at the game, later at dinner and later still at the theatre. Price $100 each. (First rioor, Central) Many of the Fine Winter Hats for Women Lose Part of Their Prices ' These are the fine dress and tailored hats from the Gray Salons a little group that we want to hurry out and" take this means to do so. They are of duvetyne in the fashionable Winter colors arid shapes, of lustrous velvets and of hatters' plush. Some are trimmed with ostrich, Borne are embroidered, but all are attractive and in good styles. Black as well as the fashionable colors are included, and prices btart -And the average reduction is a third below the usual price (Second Floor, Chestnut) i Women's Tailored Silk Shirts One is a men's wear crepe with Si high-low collar and it costs $13.50. One is a heavy white nabutai shirt with a detached collar, $10.75. And the third is a heavy whito habutai with a roll collar at $10.75. (Third Moor, Central) High-Necked Nightgowns for large women who like to be comfortable in cold weather and who don't liko flannellet near them. Those gowns uro of cam bric and muslin, with tucks and embroidery to make them pretty and they sell at $2 to $3.50. (Third Moor, Central) I Of Course Every j Woman Wants a ' New Veil Just arrived are some very pretty filet meshes and there are also many other fancy meshes, fine or heavy and some with woven squares. They come in all colors for the new hats and aro $1 to $1.50 a yard. Tiny chenille dotted veilings aro also most popular and fashionable and they aro becoming to almost every one. In black, navy, taupe and brown, $1.25 to $1:75 a yaid. (Muln Moor, Central) -- rA Certain Blue Serge Js Much Liked for Dresses The reason being that it is what Ja known as a "French" weave, all wool and very fine and smooth. It is most graceful for draping, tuck ing or ruffles. ' Tho width is 40 inches and the finality rather better than usual or $2 K vnrd. K (Firit Mtiari C.hetnn The Combs the Fashionable Coiffure Needs you will find in tho cases of the Jewelry Store. There are beau tiful combs set in imitation shell, with mountings of spar kling rhinestones or the rich blue imitation sapphires. These are in many new designs and different styles, starting at $6.50 and going up to $60. Carved combs, in artistic do signs, are of the plain imitation shell, and come in many styles, from the small Spanish comb to the extremely high one. These are $2.50 to $13. Little pins and barrettes to wear with these combs aro in many designs and are 50c to $6 each. (Main Moor, Chentnut) Gay Ribbons to-Tie Up the Holiday Packages are rea'dy now and it's u wise woman who gets them early. There are plain and fancy rib bons, many widths and bright and quiet colors, as well as all the pretty shades women liko for thiu purpose. , 18c to 75c a piece, (Slain Moqr, Central ' Important News of Reductions on Girls' and Young Women's Dresses, Coats and Suits Just in time for Thanksgiving, too! New Winter clothes, in the newest fashions but just read these details for yourself and see what moderate amounts will do tomorrow in the Young Women's Salons. ' Young Women's Winter Suits, $32.50 These aro SDorts and tailored suits of warm tweeds. blue-tricotines and dark wool burella cloths in excel lent styles, well tailored and in good colors. They are most attractive, indeed, for the price; all have been much higher. 14 to 20 year sizes. Girls' Winter Coats Reduced These are fine dress coats in becoming new models. $30 for fine broadcloth coats' in rose or Copen hagen blue; made with dcop cape effect; warmly lined and interlined. $35 for finer broadcloth coats in tan, French blue or rose color, trimmed with fur; silk lined and inter lined. $52.50 for handsome broadcloth coats of rose or (Second Floor, French blue v.ith wide band of nutriu fur around tho collar. Figured silk linings and intorlinings, Of course. All in 0 to 14 year sizes. Girls' White Dresses, $2.50 and $3.50 Of rep and heavy white cottons, usually with col ored collars and cuffs or colored btitching; many styles, sorao need a pressing. These arc now about half price. 0 to 14 year sizes. Young Women's Separate Sports Skirts, $23.75 and $25 Gay and dark hued plaid skirts in attractive colors; many good styles; also wool jersey skirts. One 'and two uf a kind, hence their present small price. 23 to 29 inch waist measures. Cheetnilt) Trimmed and Novelty Fur Coats Were Never More in Fashion And here are lovely new fur coats to wear to the game on Thursday or to the theatre or any other place where a woman wishes to look her smartest and prettiest. The Fur Salon has some charming new coats in the fashionable lengths, and all of such carefully selected and matched skins that you could quite safely buy one with your eyes shutl Natural gray squirrel coats, in many lengths and ever so many styles, from the little short coat at $350 on up to the hand some coat in a longer length at $750. Hudson seal (dyed muskral) and nearseal (dyed coney) coats, trimmed with squirrel and this is a much-liked combination are $385 to $875 and include many stunning coats. (Second Floor, ;fpfip Other trimmed coats of Hud son seal and other iurs begin at $450 for a Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) and go up to $750 for a. beautiful moleskin coat. , Chestnnt) New Silk Plush Goats Some With Fur Collars The collars are huge affairs of beaver and wolf, reaching to the waist and they make these coats particularly luxurious and warm. Ala,o they greatly aid to the value because both beaver and wolf have risen in price since we bought these coats. There are two styles with fur collars and two without, the latter having large comfortable collars of the silk plush. One model comes in beaver color plush as well as black. Nearly all these coats are in the short hip length and they uro all made in the new fashion for fur coats and have fancy silk linings. $67.50, $75, $95, $115 and $165 are the prices. (l'lrat noor. Central) rpHE Oriental Store has - just opened up a con signment o f cloisonne bronzes some copies of old Chinese work, some showing the characteristic Japanese work. The ma jority of the pieces are jars and vases which can be converted into the fasli ionable lamps; but there are some smaller pieces, such as rose jars and in cense burners. Prices run from $10 to $50. (Fourth l'lnor, Cheetnnt) 1 Twinkle Little Slipper Buckles on Her Little Feet And remind her of the good judgment of the one that gave her such a pleasing gift for slipper buckles are one of the nicest of presents. Our holiday showing of buckles is worth seeing. Rhinestones, cut steel, bright and dull jet, bronze, beaded, enameled metal, beaded bows there's a wonderful assortment. Prices range from 76c, for a pair of leather buckles, to $75 for two stunning large buckles of rhinestones. (First Floor, Market) Handsome New Snakewood Walking Sticks Frbm South America This rich red wood is beau tifully marked and highly pol ished and makes quite hand some walking sticks. Some are more brown than red, others have the rich, deep red hue and there are scarcely two marked alike, of course. The plain sticks are in dif ferent styles and so from $7 to $10. Sticks mounted with silver are $10 to $25. Handsome gold - mounted sticks (and the gold is 14 kt.) are $19 to $100. They are such sticks as will be liked by men who wish them for dress and more formal use. (Main Floor, MnrUet) "Mammy V White Folks," by Emma Speed Sampson A uecond book by the author of "Billy and tho Major." It is a romance of the South, told with a deft humor and sympathetic under standing which make its characters seem very real. Price $1.50. (Main Floor, Thirteenth) A Lamp Note 200 doll-lamps for boudoirs gay little' lighted figures with fluffy skirts are selling at the special price of $4 on tho (Hunt Aisle) Women's Patent Leather Dress Boots An extremely attractive stylo with beige buckskin tops, scalloped button tops, plain toes and 2-inch Louis heels. Price $19 in the Ex clusive Little Boot Shop. (First Floor, Market) Narrow Leather Belts, Brightly Studded, Are New ' The belts aro quite narrow, are of good quality leather in dark brown, dark blue, black, gray or tan, have many bright studs and are finished with little metal buckles. $1.75 each. Mottled leather belts, in the same narrow styles, aro in gray or brown effects and are $1.50. And .patent leather belt3, in black, with many small studs, aro $1.25 each. (Muln Floor. Central) ANOTHER shipment of those quilted Japanese silk wrappers has arrived and there is now a full as sortment of colors Copen hagen blue, purple, dark blue, black and old rose. Prices are $10.75 and $14.50 in the French Room. t (Third Floor, .Cbeouut The Handkerchief Shop Spreads Itself for Christmas The Handkerchief Shop is overflowing with crisp, new squares and they overflow to One Whole Section Devoted to Initial Handlterchiefs where you will find all the kinds of initial handkerchiefs that people want to use and to give each other. Men's initial handkerchiefs are $6 to $18 a dozen. Women's initial handkerchiefs are $2.10 to $18 a dozen. Anotlter Section Is Turned Over to Children's Handkerchiefs and there you will find all the kinds of hfi5p5&5Jliiefs for small and larger girls and boys. Plain white and white with colors, embroid eries and other kinds all aro here. But the Whole Assortment Is Remarkable 'including as it does, the finest, linen squares we can find for you in Ireland and France. There aro perfectly plain handkerchiefs aplenty, exquisitely embroidered and lace trimmed kinds, and such colors as would delight the most fastidious. (Main Fl6r. Central) A Fine Shipment of Women's Gloves From Europe Kidskin gloves at $2.50 t.ne pair, and very good gloves for that price. Not only are the skins of fine texture, soft and of excellent quality, but the gloves aro in tho fashionable winter colors nnd styles all black, black with whito embroidery, gray, gunmetal, brown, tan. beaver, mode, and white with black embroidery. They have two clasps for fastening. Of the same quality is another style which comes in this shipment black gloves with white embroid ery, or whito with black. Tho embroidery is in three heavy rows and the gloves have contrasting hems. $2.50 a palr. THHE kiSBrt few Ifci-W rtanta?savi!8 RKVU33 K&filJV im-rr j.,i! ruwrircsMtt n!flww.imrtert ream's rv Tio1..,..'. . --iL-ttXimffr.i&t&z paH25!'W' -2i'tq'-Ji rc- 't - - vjt&ijfc n rv --j- "- ii i -"xzt-A A .iir,-1 M i" t'1 ' "u '1 ft tit-- 'r: " n. ' ' a. -4J- "lTnuHTr: lU JiZZ yf jj'-. -.r jj Ms?5sr me&mmzmm383S& .Er O&SKBSfeSssfigggfc leep Warm aft the Game ft leep Well Thanksgiving Day demands that men be well and, above all, warmly dressed. Whether a man is going to the football game or for a run in the automobile, a good, warm Winter outer coat is absolutely essential. Our Men's Clothing Store is ready with Winter overcoats of warm woolens made on the best of lines, big, roomy and comfortable, double and single breasted, belted and semi-belted. $38 to $85. Fur-lined and fur-collared overcoats in luxurious assortment, collars being of beaver, otter, nutria and seal-dyed muskrat. Prices for fur-collared overcoats are $100 and $125. Fur-lined overcoats with shells in black, oxford or heather mixtures and linings of marmot, natural muskrat, blended muskrat, Australian opossum at $175 to $375. . Men's suits in the finest fashion of pure wool fabrics, excellently tailored, $32 to $80. (Third Floor, Market) - Wooleri Scarfs for Women They are really and truly warm and they are the most appropriate finish to a sports suit or coat. In brushed wool tan, blue or the two colors in combination, $7.50. Others in heather or blue, $10. In camel's hair, some beautiful soft scarfs are $11 and, at the same price, are pretty new Scotch plaids. (Muln noor. Central) Women's Warm Unde rgarmen ts An of these will add much to the comfort of the woman who is going to the Thanksgiving game. Woolen spencers, to wear under or over the waibt, $2 to $5. Tights of merino, wool and silk, $2.50 to $7. Woolen stockings, $2 to $10 a pair. (Flret Floor, -Market) I Woolen Robes for the Game It will be cold on the stands at Franklin Field and people who go properly prepared will carry woolen robes to wrap up in. Handsome woolen robes large pjiough for two people to wrap around them are $10 to $27.50, the last price being for an imported robe; They are plain on one side and plaid on the other and are useful at other times as motor robe3. (The Gallery. Chestnut) Warm Vests and Sweater's for Men Light weight vests that can be worn under the coat are $7 for jersey cloth and $8.50 for brushed wool. Sweaters of all kinds coat style, pull-over ttyle, V-neck and shawl collar. Prices start at $5 (or $6.50 for coat style) for cotton mixed goodb and go through various kinds of wool up to the finest Scotch cashmere at $25. (Main Floor, Market) The Mints and the Nuts for Thursday's Feast along with all the other little fav ors and novelties to use on tho tabk may bu obtained in the Candy Store. Double vanilla cream wafers are 80c a pound and crystallized they are GOc a pound. ' Salted nuts, $1.50 a pound glace nuts, $2 a pound. Jack Horner pies with 12 favors, $6.50 each. Turkey gobblerb to fill with candies, are 25c each. Football candy boxes are 15c and 20c each. Place cards with favors and mounted on chocolate, 20c each. Snapping bonbons, $1.25 to $2 a dozen. (Down Slain More, C'hMlnul) Wrap" Up the Boy in One of These Good, Warm Overcoats Knthusiabni is a line thing' at a football game, or at any game, but it doesn't always keep one warm. Boys are probably tho mobt enthu siastic of creatuies, but even they need protection from the cold. Very timely shipments of boys' overcoats have been coming in for tho past week or more, so that bovs needing new ones for the Thanksgiving game have a very good variety to choose from. Big, warm, double - breasted, belted coats are here in a most at tractive choice of overcoatings, in 11 to 18 year sizes at $25, $30, $35 and $40. For the smaller boys, 3 to 10 years, the choice is als.o very good, comprising warm, excellent coats, in gray, brown and greenish ma-' terials, priced at $18 to $32, while at $28 we have an excellent lot of overcoats in blue chinchilla. (Second l!oor, Central) Thanksgiving Makes Unusual Demands Upon the Sterling Silver At the la3t moment there is pretty sure to be something needed. The Jewelry Store can help out in the way of supplying dozens or half dozens of the varioub kinds of knives, forks, spoons or butter spreaders. Or it may be single serving pieces like sauce or gravy ladles, ico cream bcrvcrs, additional saltb and peppers or such. These, in sterling silver, are a distinct addition to the collection of family silver. (Jewelry Htore, Chetnut and Thirteenth) TIi3 Most Beautiful Lamps We Know have been gathered together on the Fifth Floor, and displayed among the fine furniture that they will naturally associate with. They include such unusual things as Candlesticks of amethybt glass, marble and brass. Metal lamps with peacock parchment shades. Italian lamps of carved, painted and gilded wood. Silver-finished urn lamps of extraordinary grace and refine ment. Lamps mounted on beautiful Oriental vases or figures black and gold, and midnight or powder blue porcelains; birds and prin cess figures. Florentine candlesticks of metal, twisted. llaudwrought iron lamps with a little color and gilding. Aladdin floor lamps, based on the old Roman type. And many others. Prices run 'from $15 for a metal candlestick to $265 for a splendid Japanese vase. (Fifth Moor, Central) Christmas Luggage iVJ. "UXlXVl t x6 J-XXO People who are planning gifts of luggage for Christmas will often" add to the value of such gifts by making them now, wherNthe recipients to-be are going away over Thanksgiving. This black enamel luggage is tho finest of itb kind, yet we have a 22 inch, fiber bound suit case that we can sell for $5.75. Black leather-bound suit cases of black enamel, cretonne lined, sizes 18 to 26 inches, $9 to $10.50. Black enamel hat boxes, large enough for two hats and eorae lingerie. v8.50 and $9. V Women's fitted overnight cases of shiny black patent leather and at! ' black long-grain leather, with white celluloid fitting3, $37.50 and $40. " (Main Floor, Chestnut) r Plaid Blankets, Warm iind Attractive There is something cheerful and gay looking about these plaid blankets. Back of it are warmth and solid comfort. We have four grades, from mixed wool-and-cotton up to the finest all-wool, priced respectively at $12, $16, $18 and $20 a pair. The blankets at $12 and $16 a pair are in size 70x80 inches. They come in a very large choice of colora and all are finished with neat wide binding. The blankets at $18 a pair are in pink, blue, brown and yellow. We believe these are the heaviest all-wool blankets in Philadelphia at the price, their weight being 5V6 pounds and size 72x84 inches. At $20 a pair there are plaid blankets in bi-oken and block designs of a particularly fine grade of pure wool in pink, tan and gray.finished with a wide silk binding, colored to match the shade of the blanket, size 72x84 inches. (SlxthVloor, Central) ' ; i v (Muln fflanr, Central) j i- ' .i J4Ub'
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