- ' -,' --r" ,""jffw-T-p(tiprtft v nymV ' V Evening ptjblio ldger-phil'adelphia; fiiiday, December 12, ioio ' 9 fWW-ir t EGION POST NAMED BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Has 453 Members and Pledges of Hundreds More From Hospital Units DR. A." C. ABBOTT COMMANDER The name of Benjamin Franklin van American adopted last night liy 1'ost 405 of the legion. NlmultancouMr, .Topcph n. Carson, the nuance omcer. an nounced -Ifin members, making this one of the big organizations of war veterans in Phila delphia. It will be a demo- , cratie post. Its dues ere fixed at $3, .which in as low- as thedue established by any post of the legion here, and which is nst 50 per ;ent of the amount which is being col lected In the form of dues by some Of thr nnmtd T ,.11I ... .. . .1. vftjrti ii. S-.I . "in IIIUITL IIUAI IIIUIllll V i J3 Chamber of Commerce assembly , .Y"ls action was taken at a meeting of the post In the assembly room, which was-presldrd over by Dr. A. C. Abbott, post commander. 'The Benjamin Franklin Post showed signs of rapid 'and certain growth. First of all. Dr. J. Howard fiasUill. representing Hospital Unit No. IIS. of the Jefferson Hospital, announced that this unit will -join the post, thus bring ing about IfiO former service men Into tho fold. Then Dr. .lnm H. Carson stated that Hospital Unit No. 34, of the Episcopal Hoipltal. proposes to come fnto the post. And T. AValter pllkyson promised to enroll the mem bers of the "fiber Oreyhounds." with Uhlch he was connected in France. All ellglbles in these organizations arc urged to communicate at onco with D&ctor nnskitl, Doctor Carson, nt 1010 Bpruce street, or Mr. GilkjMjn, at 1211 Chestnut street. Jn fact, the drawing- power of this post has proved so potent that one ap plicant sent his membership enrd and cnecK from Hismarck. N. !.. and re- i quested that he be enrolled Fred IJremier, formerly of the Wharton ' School, University of Pennsylvania, and now with the railroad commiNsiou In the western state. Iteports were recehed, from Harry' G. C. V'illiams and Doctor Underlelter, delegates to the nntlonal convention. The executive committee was authorized to arrange for an entertainment, dance . f or bazdar ut an .early date. An innovation was adopted. It was tjecldcd thnt as the first order of busl- n?ss at all meetings, Article II, of the state constitution on the objects of the ' American Legion, shall-be read. It is . as foljows: ( "For'Ood and country, to uphold and defend the'constitutlon of the United States of America and of the common- , wealth of Pcnnsjlvanla ; to maintain law and order ; to foster and perpetuate a I . 100 per cent Americanism : to preserve the, memories ana incidents of our as I soclation iq the great war: to inculcate I a sense of individual obligation to the community,' state and nation; to cora-bat"- the autocracy of both the classes and 'the masses; to make right the master of might ; to promote peace and Kood will on earth: to safeguard and (transmit to posterity the principles of ecrate and sanctify our comcadeshlp by ur devotion to mutual helpfulness. The. nrevious election of officers was ratified; Dr. A. C. Abbott, commander; Mahlqn J. Pickering and Doctor Miller, ,viec commanders; Joseph R. Carson, finance officer; Itomain G. Hassrlck, representative In the county committee, and A. W. Kingsbury, adjutant. In an effort to double the present membership of 200 former service men, Post No. 388, in the Olney bection, gave a striokcr last night in Buzby's Hall, Rising Sun avenue and Tabor road, Olney. Post No. 190, of the Thirty-sixth ward, has an aggressive membership. its Queers, as announced jesterday, are: Daniel A. Gartland, commander; John A. Martin, adjutant, and John J. Henry, nnance otticcr. Marie Post No. 18G will hold an import meeting tonight in the Marine Club.T i7 Chestnut street. This meet ing w called by twenty-five members Lot tip fbst without regard to the prcs- "ent I nmander. Ileirinald R. Hocan. Th feting will convene promptly at 1 if. clock. fheB. Franklin Pcnner Post met Wednesday uisrht at 8:ir in Our Mother of Consolation Hall. A large number of new members were present 4nd the secretary reported that many othera-lind joined since the last meeting who were unable to attend. ' Mariy matters pertaining to the per manent organization of the post and to tb.e location nnd equipment of perma nent headquarters were considered. It is felt that while members from any district are welcome certainly all ex aervicc men in the Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy districts should belong to the post. Every effort will be made to .Induce them to join, t S 'The'JJhubin-Huchsbaum Post No. 05 at its, last mectlugxcomplcted arrange ments, for a sacred concert to be held at St. Timothy's Hall, Eighth nmLIteed streets, on Sunday evening, December 21.- The affair will be held in the Interest of the membership committee ais a means of assisting the drive be ing! made for a 100 per cent member- I BWP. f A big victory dance will be held at the Second Itcgimcnt Armory, Broad and Diamond streets, on February 11. The American Legion boys of the Twentyflfth ward, members of Harry Jj. .Greenwood Post, No. 332, have an nounced by circular that, whereas they were after the Germans "over there," tbey- are now after the "mon" over hire. t ilhey want a fund for a ward post hall, and from all indications (he drive now being launched is going to ke a record success. A handsome oil painting of the man for whom Post No. 332 was named was presented to the$ganization nt a meet ing Wednesday evening. The presen tation speech was made by Edward Greenwood, in behalf of his mother, the donor'. Tho followlpg officers were elected t Robert ,1, Hanna, cpmman der; Otto B Miller, vlco commander.; I,pnrd Bee, adjutant; Adolph Back man, financial officer, and Jolin- W. Trunctr, chairman, nnd James Iteid, William Majberry, John T, Fay, Louis Brennsr, Herman Arkourtr. Orlan FCbapiij, Clarence Wilson, David Mac- Aiaiicr ana nootTt juac.naster, mem bers, of the committee on home. Post No. 277 hasm adopted the name qfr'Corporal Joseph Va&scla, In honor offa soldier who died in the Argonne, sndplan are now- being worked out to ilae a fund to build a posthome. The new oScersjre Harry It, Sage, com-1 laander! Jofin'Blondl. vice commandeT: I !' Ralph De Marco, financial officer ; i .JetgnV Massey, adjutant, and Joseph tprvlesmen wtta want to join the nost Ei(t wuuested to communicate with Ir. ' I,AmUfdl! at 1713 South Eleventh Gimbel Brothers Store Hours 9 to 6 v For Tomorrow Saturday ll 4 1 1 f. r i rt uimDei uyercoat Dale iLxtraordinary $o ! 5.400 Overcoats anrl .Suits Rerliirer) tn ( J 7 ." " W mr" WW WW s Vt.fWnMQ.V -WW.VWB , OIJ Friday, December 12, 1919 &, All At Business building that's what it -is. Pine to get a real bar gain when bargains are scarce. Save $7.50 to $22.50 on suit or overcoat. Overcoats Suits Double-breasted, Smart Plaid Backs, j Double-breasted. Single-breasted. Single-breasted, ' Town Ulsters, Of all the season's favored models. Box Coats, I Great Coats Durable, dressy, all-wool fabrics. Form fitting Coats, Dress Overcoats and hundreds of favored Ulsters. This is by long odds the Clothing Bargain of the Year . Season after season the Gimbel Store wins a larger slice of Philadelphia's clothing business now foremost. As it grows, it strengthens in service giving. Therefore, it pays you as well as us to keep it growing. If it ever stops serving you well, kill it your trade is its life's blood. AH during the hard years of the war and now the standard is held; all-wool; real tailoring'; silk sewed seams. "Kuppenheimer" and "Society Brand" Suits at $35 to $75; and Overocatsiat $35 to $100; in Philadelphia exclusively at Gimbels. gggteJ 0& And Leather Reversible Coats, much-wanted; reduced a third. $26.50, $33.50, $3Y.bU and &. Glmbflu, Second floor. Her Christmas Set of Furs Special Values Between $39.75 and $92.50 And ten special groupings in tho favorite, most becoming colorings toichoose from: Brown fox Sets Specially Priced $79. Battleship-gray wolf Sets Specially Priced $92.30. Taupe fox Sets Specially Priced $85. French seal (dyed coney) Sets Specially Priced 585. Natural raccoon Sets Specially Priced $79. Red fox Sets Specially Priced $52.50. Black-dyed fox Sets Specially Priced $59.30. Brown fox Sets Specially Priced $69. Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) Sets Specially Priced $52.50. Black kit-lynx Sets Specially Priced $39.73. , Odd Muffs Oddly Priced Women's Tiny, Tiny Wrist Watches at $17 to $900 Hudson seal (dyed muskrat), at $12.75, $19.75 and $35. Nutria, at, $29.75. Australian opossum, at $39.75. r Brown and taupe wolf, at $39.75. Black-dyed fox, at $39.75. Natural raccoon, at $39.75. Red fox, at $25. (ilmbela. Tlilrd floor. iiau rifinum lilting, 4t diamonds. IT jnttltd tnommtnt. Flattnum buckle on ribbon. Depending upon which one it's to be, among the col lection of Gold-filled Watches, at $17 to $40. l'i-karat solid gold Watches, at $30 to $80. Diamond-set platinum Watches, at $135 to $900. Men's Pocket-Watches at $20 up to $125 14-karat solid-gold, at $30 to $123. Gold-filled, at $20 to $85. Guaranteed movements, of course. (tlmbels, .Trwrlrr Storr. rirt floor. If These $3 Weould Tell the Whole Story of Lingerie Blouses at $1.35, $2, $3 and $3o9S there wouldn't be one left of the thou sands ready, by an hour after store-opening" tomorrow morn ing! Can't tell when any such values will be possible again cer tainly not in 1920! Olmbf I, batons of IrrB. Third floor. $3.95 53 Rain Won 't Hurt Her If She Can Keep Dry Children's Raincapes and Raincoats at $3.95 to $12.75 Christmas-boxed, of course. "Bestyette" Raincapes Sizes 4 to 14 r.t $3.95 1 and $4.95 At $3.95 navy blue and red. With gay little plaid cotton lining in the hood. At $4.95 navy blue, with gay little plaid silk lining in the hood. Raincoats With Mushroom Hat at $7.50 Sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14. Navy blue canton cloth. Raincoats With Mushroom Hat at $10.75 Silk-mohair in interesting color ings. And tweeds in greenish-gray effects. Sizes 8 to 14. Raincoat With Hat at $12.75 Olive or oxford pepper-and-salt effects. And Schappe silk in olive. Sizes 8 to 16. Women's and Misses' Raincoats American-made, at $12.75 to $35. English-made, at $19.75 to $65. (Ilmbclii Sjloni of Urfil, Third floor. Will You Save on Christmas Candies? We have been allowed to assemble $60,000 worth of Conserved Fruits and Candies for Christmas a fair sugar basis. Instead of having an over-burden of price inducements for immediate buying. $2 Combination l-lb. box Assorted Glace Fruits $1, 1-lb. box Assorted Chocolates l-lb. box Assorted Hard Candies business the last days before Christmas, we offer Gimbel candies set America's standard for purity. 50 80 80 2-lb. l-lb. l-lb. l-lb. Value $3. $3 Combination box Assorted Chocolates $1, box Assorted Glace Fruits 1. box Assorted Hard Candies box" Hand-Made Candy Toys 10 60 50 80 70 Value 4.60 $4 Combination 4-lb. l-lb. l-lb. 2-lb. l-lb. l-lb. l-lb. l-lb. l-lb. box box box Assorted Chocolates Assorted Glace Fruits Assorted Gloss Candies Value $5 Combination box Assorted Chocolates box Assorted Glace Fruits , box Salted Peanuts box Wilbur Chocolate Buds box Chocolate Almonds box Assorted Filled Hard Candies Value $3.20 1.50 .80 $5.50 $1.60 1.50 .75 1.25 1.00 .80 $6.90 Vimbls, Annex, Main Store and Sulmay More. Men's Silk Shirts Made in Japan : Ordered a Long Time Ago : Value To day Is a Half More Than the Price $10 Made of heavy "16 mummy" white habutai silk; beautifully stitched; pearl buttons; carefully made throughout; every man on your Christmas list will bo glad of one and delighted with more! Worth fifteen dollars each, this minute special at $10. Sale of Men's Christmas Ties at 65c, 85c and $1.15 Never sold so many ties for men never had so many to sell! Men's Bath Kobes, at $5.50, $7.25, $7.75, $8.50. $9 up to $18. Men's Sweaters; pull-over, colors nnd white, at $9.25 and $10.50. Men's Suspenders, boxed, at 75c, ?1 and $1.15. Men's Garters and Arm Bands, boxed, at 75c and $1 the set. BOYS' shawl-collar Sweaters, at $4.65, $7.50 and $8; and V-neck at $4.35 and $6. Cilmbtli, Men's l'lirnlshltiEi, rirt floor, Mntli Street. Gifts of Refal Alligator Leather Unusual and scarce and wear "everlastingly" ! Smartpst shapes ! Cigarette Cases at $2.50. Snap-clasp Purses at $5. up to large, top-handle styles at $8.75. Hani! Racrs with rich metal frames engraved in floral de signs, at $18.50. Larger Hand Bags in shopping style, combining dull and shiny alligator leather at 18.50. Bill Folds, at $1.50. Olmbe If, First floor. gjj Gift "Vanities" for Her Daintv silver-nlatcd Powder Boxer, hexasron and round shapes in scroll engraved, striped or hammercdcffccts. At 75c, $1 and $1.50. Others enameled in pastel colors, at $1.25. $1.50 and $1.95. Tlspful silver-elated Coin Holdcrn. for sintrlo or more coins, round or oblong shapes, plain or engraved designs, at $1.25, $1.50, $.1.75 and $3.50. Vanity Cases, silver-plated, fitted with various compartments, at $3 to $5. Gimbels. First floor. 2000 Pairs of Men's Silk Socks at 75c Seamless. Black, gray, Palm Beach, white and navy. Cotton heel, toe and top. Men's Seamless Silk Lisle Socks at 50c a Pair Seamless. Black, gray, cordovan and navy. Six pairs in a box would be a mighty acceptable gift! and We'll Supply the Box! GlmbeTs. Ilrit Hour 1000 Pairs Men's Shoes Special at $6 to $8 $6 to $8 1 W. y. M '.Vm sgsJh 5at;c $2 to $3 s0SsV Dark Tan Gunmctal Glazed Kid These nic from regular Gimbel "Lenox" and "Perfection" lines, taLcn from stock. Narrow-toe English-style lasts; also wide-toe Bluchcr-style. Pictured. $G to $8 and save two to three dollars' at that. Cordovan sl0ce8;atlk"winc shadc' ,tyI,,h $10.50 BOYS' Munson-last Shoes, at $5, $5.50 and $6. Bojs' High-cut Storm Shoes, at $6.50 and $7.50. Olralifl., Stiond floor, Gloves Men Like Best Men's 1-clasp gray Mocha Gloves, self and black btitched backs, at $5 a pair. Men's Strap-wrist Tan Cape Gloves, fleeced lined, at ?5 a pair. Men's Tan Cape Gloves, at $3 a pair. Mcp's Wool Gloves, strap-wrist, fleeced lined, special at $1.28 a pair. Men's 1-clasp and closed-wrist Gloves. Save a third to half, at 95c a pair. Olmbels, Ilrst floor. 2000 Boys' Overcoats at $13.50, $18.50, $20 to $50 Double-Breasted Convertible Collar Warm, Good Looking, Serviceable For Boys Variously 3 io 18 Years Hoys' Mackinaws $12.50 and at for skating and play, at $1,0 -GlmbeK Third floor. r I Women'radMlissesrCoats arid In the Subway Store fc Coatees at$19.75, $29.75 P39J5 Every one tnis season is wna over iauric-im Coate'es. These at $19.75, $21.75 to $39.75 aie spe cial values. Choice of plush, Artex fabric-fur, tiger fabric-fur nnd Ural lamb fabric-fur. Belted-in or loose-fitting back models, Large col larn of self material or fur-trimmed. , Misses' sizes, 14 to 18 years. Women's sizes, 36 to 44 bust. Also 46 to 53. Women's and Misses' Smart Dresses at $14.85,' $19.85 to $29.75 Of jersey taffeta, satin and combination of falin and Georgette. Many models and colors to chooso from. Girls' Winter Coats at $10.95 and $12.95 Heavy practical or dressy models, Of elvel, Beaver fabric-fur and velour. Popular colors. In 6 to 14, year sizes. Girls' Tub Dresses at $1.95, $2.95 and $3.95 Of gingham and chambray. Waist nnd Kussian models- Ail colors. For ages 6 to 14 years. Girls' Serge Dresses at $4.95 and $5.95 Girls' Raincapes at $2.50, $3 and $3.95 With hoods mxmmi sas 3H jHCIBi Men's Leather House Slippers At $2.95 : GSlc Tan and black Romeos, Evcretts and Opera Slippers; soft leather uppers; leather soles and heels; all sizes. At $2.95. Also Men's Felt Slippers, nt $1.95. Women's Felt Slippers at $1.95 Women's Felt Juliets, $1.50 Children's Slippers at 85c to $1.50 (llmbela, hubnuj .stare. Boys' Overcoats at $8.75 Special Of good, warm materials; sizes 3 to 10 years. N . Boys Norfolk Suits at $7.90 Pin-checks and stripes; sizes 7 to 17 years. Boys' Norfolk Suits 111 OC For boys 7 to 17 years. With cxlia J P A 0J pair of lined knickers. Chinchilla Reefers, SpeciM at $10.75 Blues, grays or browns; sizes 4 to 10 yearn. Glmbelt, Subway Store, Men's and Young Men's Suits and Overcoats at $18.50, $23.50, $25 and $30 each Your choice of various wanted materials and favorite shades and mixtures. Styles to suit the young men's fancy and models becoming to older men. You'll find these Suits and Overcoats well tailored and plenty of sizes in the lot. At $18.50, $23.50, $25 and $30. -r,i.bei.. Sub.r store. Pluih Coatee $39.78 1 l"' - '"g-jj Gimbel Brothers : ,!ncdhS IL Men's Jersey-cloth Gloves at 50c : Lined ' Children's tan capo Glocs, lined, at $1.3S. Children's knitted Glocs, in gray, brown and navy, at 63c. Women's washable cape Gloves, with strap wrist, in dark brown nnd gray, with bclf- or two tone stitching, at $1.50. tiliubrli, ubar More. Men's Soft Hats at $1.50 Mcn, Ucrbj-s in Black nt $3. .Men's mid Bojs Caps at $t.'.'S and $1.50. , llojs' Polo Hats, with car muffs, at $1. Olmbeli, fcubwur More. Men's Neglige Shirts at $1.85 New htripc and check cfTcctp. Large assort ment to choose from. Sizes 14 to 17. Men's Neckwear at 85c Open end four-in-hand ties in Christmas gift box. Hundreds of patterns to choose from. Men's Outing Flannel Pajamas at $2.35 Cilmbele, fiubxar More. Women's Crepe Kimonos at $2.95 and $3.95 Plain or figured crepe, clastic at waist or btrniglit line. Soma breakfast coats are in this assortment. All sizes. At $2.95 nnd $3.95. Petticoats, specially priced at $2.50. uimneie. puDnar Pirr 4 tm to if." a AT if . I s V V , M, S. .f !vfA
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