SBr-PHIUADBBPHU. FIDAYr-DEOpiBBIt 19, 1910 SvfV ChrfarttRM CarsTMagtog t 8sl8 and 5:30 f- Organ at 11 and 1:5S Clilmea at Noon WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S AVEATHEIt Snow Store Opens at 8:45 Store Closes nt 5:45 Among the Good Old Fashioned Things Is the Old Fashioned Christmas after N. lift t Timely Christmas Proverbs Absence and distance sometimes unintentionally cancel friendships that we did not mean to let go. Perhaps there is a little flame burning- out in 'some neglected heart that this Christmas may rekindle by a card, a book or a flower. r To let an -old-time friendship automatically dissolve itself and be lost may mean more to two ". nersnns than t.hp.v nmv hnnw Right thinking is the best thing we can do for ourselves and others. The next few days of our Store life promise well. We are able, as yet, to keep up good assortments. We have the largest force of good people here, who find contentment and happiness in doing their day's work, attending to their parts in the service. There is great good cheer in front of the counters and back of them to serve honestly and well. Come when it pleases you. Signed Dec. 19, 1913. ' Women's Suits Reduced Now $32.50 to $60 Broken sizes of fine suits severely tailored sorts and others, in a good range of colors browns, greens, navy, black, henna, heaver, and so on. They are all of fine Winter cloths, cozily interlined and beautifully finished. A few extra sizes are in the group. (First Floor. Central) Warm Winter Clothes for Girls ? Of Course! See These! With the mercury down varound zero and north winds blowing, most girls want plenty of such warm clothes as these clothes in the newest prettiest Win ter styles, and at prices that WINTER COATS $29.50, $45, $47.50, $59.50, $65, $67.50 and $82.50 richly lined and most of them fur trimmed. WARM SUITS $28.50 to $55 for a special group in good styles. CLOTH DRESSES7-$20 to $47.50 mostly aferges and tricotines in dark blue. All in 14 to 20 year sizes. Luxurious Mules and Evening Slippers In the Exclusive Little, Boot Shop you will find Gold- cloth, silver cloth, black .velvet and bronze kid slippers for $15 a pair. Black satin and white satin slip pers for $13 a pair. Chinese brocaded mules for $26. Brocade mules in enchanting col ors, $22. (First Floor, Market) A BIG shipment of the -1 always wanted Phil ippine lingerie has just been opened in the French Boom in time for Christ mas shoppers. Night gowns start at $8.50, en velope chemises -at $8.50 and straight chemises at $2.75. out me rreiicn Boom has also plenty of the most exquisite and elaborate French Jiingerie on this side of the water. (Third Floor, Chestnut) Plaid Wool Bathrobes for Women are as agreeable to wear as to look at, being of thick, soft texture and pleasant coloring white with blue, pink, tan or gray. Their yrices are $18 and $20. (Third Floor, Central) i Women's Flannellet Pajamas are even warmer than flannellet nightgowns. They come in stripes and white and may be had for $2.85 to $5.60. , (Third Floor, Central) Madamte Lyra "Corsets Statable for gift? , . . . A pretty pink-figured material with very low bust," eyelets and laces below front steel is $5. One for tall figures has a very long skirt with elastic hip gore and heavy' boning, net and ribbon trim ming. $10, . 'ft pjnk broche with very Tow bust and long skirt well boned is qJso $10. S t - ITJUNJ irvmr, caeiuuut ,. i, "Far Away and Long Absent Often Forgotten" "Out of Sight Out of Mind" QAmii you'll hnd it hard to equal PUR COATS (and what girl wouldn't love to have ,pne!), $90 to $3258 to 14 year sizes. WARM DRESSES for younger girls, 8 to 17 years ; serges, velveteens and jerseys in at tractive styles, $16.50 to $35. N COATS FOR GIRLS $23.75 to $95 for junior girls, 15 and 17 years; $28 to $60 for 6 to 14 year sizes. (Second Floor, Chestnut) The Shoe Man Suggests- For House slippers Storm shoes Spats Angora foot warmers Shoe trees Rubber boots v For Women Slipper buckles House slippers Dancing slipper's Velvet carriage boots Overgaiters Stockinette leggins Satin boudoir slippers Moccasins Rubber boots and arctics (Main & First Floors, Market) 50 Women's Dresses Special at $25 That is the late season price on some excellent jersey dresses just arrived .from the manufacturer. The style3 are pretty enough to make them very welcome Christmas gifts and the color range is good brown, taupe, beaver, black and navy. " (First Floor, Central) Inexpensive Gifts of Handbags and Luggage A counter of excellent merchandise at low prices. Fashionable duvetyne handbags in various shapes and sizes at $5, J5.60 and $7; velvet handbags at $5, and beautiful beaded handbags at $14.75, $15 and $18, some of them imported. Leather pocketbook handbags are $3.50 and vanity cases aro $4.50. And you can get a good leather traveling bag for as little as $7.50 or a black enamel suit case at $7. (West Aisle) Christmas Silks Are felling Wonderfully Fast Everybody must know by this time how scarce and precious silk has become, and it is only natural to want to give some one we. care for, a gift that will be as much appreciated as silk is now. In the entire history of the Silk Store we have never known so many silks to be bought for Christmas gifts. So far the assortment is good; several large shipments lately have been a great help. Every silk intended for a gift will be boxed. (First Flotor, Chestnut) L ' omen's Initial Handkerchiefs $3 a Dozen ". ' - All initials-rand the letters are hand done, too. Sheer and snowy Irish linen, of good quality, with tiny hemstitched hems and a hand embroidered letter in one corner, ' Sold by the dozen and half dozen only. , XWwt F OR gifts which do not betray the fact that they were bought late, we recommend fL. ne jeweiiy diore There are many of the most beautiful tilings to be found in fine diamond pieces, sterling silverware in period patterns for the table, watches, clocks, cutlery, and so on. But there are also plenty of the moderately priced gifts that the majority of people are seeking boudoir silver, silver picture frames, silver deposit on glass, novel ties in sterling silver, and even in gold one can find de lightful brooches, rings, la Vallieres, and so on, that are not expensive. The Jewelry Store is truly a wonderfully helpful place for everybody with Christmas gifts still to buy. (Jewelry More, Chestnut mid Thirteenth) CERTAIN gifts decidedly out 'ofr the common run can be found in the Oriental Store such things as rare embroideries, cloisonne bronzes, porcelains, personal ornaments of semi-precious stones; not to mention the superb cabinet pieces of carved jade, rock crystal and lapis lazuli. '(Fourth Floor, Chestnut) Muskrat, Racoon and Other of the Fashionable Fur Coats for Women SHERE is certainly a wide latitude in fur coats this Winter, for so many dif ferent furs are in fashion it is easy for a woman to satisfy her liking for any paiticular skin and have a wrap that is in ' fashionable favor at one and the same time. The naturul muskrat coats are really most attractive, with their pretty combination of brown shades. They are in several styles and different lengths, and are $250 to $475. Racoon in the natural color is (Second Floor, anywhere in town: wild cat. coney and nutria Men Dancing oxfords Riding boots Field boots Puttees Bootjacks and arctics ju.i. ,, ,-,-., v" J another most popufar fur for coats that is especially well liked by younger women. It is $400 to $550. Civet cat coats are $250 to $375. Coats of leopard skin are usually trimmed with a con trasting fur like Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) or bomo other fur, and arc $385 to $650. Nutria coats are in the love liest color, and are in particu larly smart models $400 to $G25. And a very handsome beaver coat is $675. Chestnut) If You Know Her Favorite French Perfume Then the matter is easy. If you don't, you are quite safe in choosing one from some of these famous Paris makers Coty, Houbigant, Roger and Gallet, Piver, Kerhoff or Guerlaln. All of them are represented in the Toilet Goods Store, and in one case the price starts at $1.75 a bottle. The highest is Coty's L'Origan at $33 a bottle. (Main Floor, Chestnut) Warm Hands With I'hese Wool Gloves! For Men there are fine wool gloves, Scotch and domestic, at $1.25 to $1.85 a pair; also a fine camel's hair glove at $3.50, For Women there are short gloves at $1.15, $1.75, $2.50 and $3.75 a pair, and gauntlets, for skating or motoring or country wear, at $1.50 and $2.50 and at $2.25 gauntlets that lace or snap at the sides and have seamless wool lining. (Main Floor, Central) If She Hasn't a Pearl Bead Necklace you are surely safe in assuming that she'd like to have one, for it's an unubual woman indeed who does not like to wear a string of real or imitation pearls. These are of imitation pearls, but they have a lovely sheen. 76c, $1, $1.50 $2.50 and up to $35 the string. (Jewelrx, Store, Chestnut and Thirteenth) Little Novelties of Silver or Gold Plate Coin Purses, $1.75 to $5.76. Vanity Cases, $3.50 to $6. Mesh Purses, $4 to $11.50. Powder Boxes, 60c to $5.50. Mesh Bags, $8 to $47. Lockets, $1.50 to $7.50. Necklaces, 50c to $12.50. Bag Frames, $2. to $6.50. (Jewelry Store, Chestnut and Thirteenth) Ribbon Necklaces With Beads are one of the neckwear fads of the season. The ribbons are black or colors, narrow, and finished with colored beads in different attractive combinations. $1 to $3.50 each. (Main Floor, Central) A Bright Plaid Hair Ribbon is what would' most please some little girls. Plaid hair ribbons, 4 inches wide, GOu a yaid; 0 inches wide, 00c u yard. (Hals. Ftowr, ContiaU. rpHE Picture- Store is J- receiving all kinds of mirrors these days big and little; for mantels, buffets and narrow spaces, framed in polychrome, in French gilt, in silver and mahogany. Prices are $6 to $175. (Fifth Floor, Market) "The Last of the Mohicans" By James Fenimore Cooper and Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth is one of the finest picture juveniles of this Christmas season. The beautiful color-plates will make it as great a pleasure to grown-ups as to children very likely a greater. 53. (Main Floor, Thirteenth) Always a Place for an Attractive Table Scarf These of silk tapestry and tinsel thread are particularly nice to give any one, for they have the knack of looking exactly 'right wherever they are put. $7.60 to $25 are the prices. Others of the same kind, but with vclour ends, gilt braid, fringe or tassels, $17.50 to $35. (Fifth Floor, Market) Every Woman You Know Would Like a Bag: Umbrella The kind that folds up into such a small space you can pack it away in the over-night bag. And it is as simple and easy to fold up or open out as possible. In taffeta silk, black, blue, purple or green with handle to match, $15. (Main Floor, Market) rHE tiny "occasional" table is a "great pleas ure to a house-proud woman, and there are some delightful examples of it ii the Little House. One is an octagonal wal nut table for $22.50; an other a walnut smoking stand with glass top and tiny drawer for $15; a hexagonal walnut table is $35, and those tiny oval tables which are painted some vivid color blue, or green, or fine red are $23 each. (Fifth Floor, Chestnut) More About Lamps For some reason or other, lamps aro among the greatest favorites for gifts, and the.Lamp Store is constantly getting in fresh lots, such as 200 fine desk lamps of metal in verd, cordovan and other fin ishes with ribbon glass' and parchment shades. $7.50 to $22.50. 100 adjustable reading lamps of metal with reflecting shades of metal, parchment and glass, $10.50 to $40. 100 electric doll-lamps with fluffy rose-colored skirts, $4. 100 umbrella lamps with cre tonne shades, $4. 100 brushed brass goose-neck desk lamps, $4. 100 metal - trimmed desk lamps, ivory tinted, $10.50. 100 floor lamps, 2-light, tsolid and imitation mahogany, $15 to Nf , """vo " ' v,,"v' 10 10U. 300 candlesticks, mostly solid mahogany, $1.25 to $3.50. (Fourth Floor, Central) Three Splendid Lots of Warm Blankets All made expressly for ourselves with the object of achieving the limit of excellenceand value at the price. , $18 a pair for blankets contain ing 55 per cent of wool, size 72x84 inches, weight, 5 pounds, white with borders of either pink or blue. $20 a pair for blankets contain ing 80 per cent of wool, size 72x84 inches, weight 5 pounds, white with borders of either pink or blue. All of these blankets are cut and bound separately. Single-bed sizes, $16, $18 and $22 a pair. (Sixth Floor, Central) What to Give That Very Particular Friend A Piece of Wanamaker Furniture Most people have some one friend in particular to whom they would like to give something particularly good, "some thing expressive of high regard. Wanamaker furniture is the favorite gift of ever so many people of that kind. To them it is the gift that is dignified, enduring, sub stantial, useful and of tangible and abiding value. THE first tragedy in tho lives of most of us comes when wo discover tho tiuth about Santa Clous. Or rather, hen we learn who Santa Claus is, for we ure too young then to appreciate the truth of the matter, which is that the lovo and devotion of our parents is a finer thing than any illusion. It is the birthright of every child to believe in Santa Claus us long as may bo. To deny tho tittle people that is to cheat them of half the joys of Christ mas. The pleasnntcst scenes in this Store thib Yuletide season aro being enacted in and about Santa's house in the Toy Store. It'sa cunning little house with a large chimney, and thr6ugh the open door jou can see a cheery living room with a great, wide fireplace and a beautifully trimmed tiee. You should see the children when Santa's head and should ers appear above the chimney! How their eyes glisten as they wave their liunds and call to him. And when the jolly old soul waves wick Tommy uimost falls Something A Man Must Have Whether or Not Is there any need to emphasize the importance of a good Winter overcoat to every man who has anything to live for? Hardly. It may be well, however, to emphasize the fact that just when these, garments are most needed our stock of them is large and fine and satisfac tory in everything a man can desire, in warm wool fabrics, in selections of attractive colors and patterns and models and in the good sound makeup of every coat in the collection. Standard overcoats, double breasted, single breasted and conforming, $40 to $90. Fur-lined overcoats with linings of nutria, marmot and natural muskrat, and collars, of Persian lamb, otter, beaver and nutria, $150 to $325. (Third Floor. Market) fc Riding Crops That Horsemen Will Approve m Heavy English stag handle crops or tho regulation Army crop for u man, lighter-weight ones with stag or leather handles for women, nnd others that would just suit children. There are both the imported and domestic kinds, and prices are from $3 to $25. (Main Floor, Market) Heavy Sweaters for Men and Boys Great, warm, Shaker - knit sweaters of oxford, navy, maroon and white. V-neck, pull-over style, $11 to $15. Sume style with large shawl collar, $12 to $17.60. Coat style with large shawl col lar and pockets, $12 to $17.50. Boys' sizes, $9 and $10. (The Oallery, Juniper) Boys' Overcoats of Our Own Standard Kind are here in ample choice for all boys whose fathers anevmothers want to see their boys wrapped up in the best and worthiest gar ments to be had for the money anywhere. In 3 to 10 year sizes at $18 to $40. In 11 to 18 year sizes at $25 to $40. Boys' mackinaws, $12 to $15. (Second 1'loor, Central) A Five-Pound Box of Chocolates And here are tho five-pound boxes $2.50, $3.60, $5 and $7.50 each; and the chocolates in each box are fresh and delicious and pure. Favors and novelties ifor the stockings and the Christmas din ner party are 15c to $10, Fancy boxes, filled with the finest chocolates, are $4.25, $6.50 and $10 each. (Down Stairs Store, Chestnut) (I'Klh und l i Tsrn-iiiiii ! in.i ill ,i ii ' ' ' Santa Claus Is Half of Christmas to a Child off liia father's shoulder m his delight. Then Santa Claus comes down the chimney and out of the lire place and takes his seat in a chair covered with a huge polar bear skin. Here the little "boys and girls can shake hands with him and tell him what they want. If you have a little boy or girl of your own, you owe it to them to bring them into sec Santa Claus. And if you haven't any little boy or girl it will be worth your while to borrow one and bring him or her in. Your re ward will be a quickening of some of the dearest memories that you have. You won't say, "Christmas isn't what it used to be." Tho Saturday before Christ mas will be a great day of the children and for Santa Claus. Tho wondeiful Block Long Toy Store, great us it is, will Hot bo too lurge for the merry multi tude thut is suro to be hcie to morrow. And the carloads of Toys still on hand will not be too many. Everything will be going, of couisc. Ali Baba and his Forty (Seventh Floor, Murliet and Centrul) If You Give a Man What He Would Buy for Himself you cannot go very far wrong, can you? And it is on that theory that so many women are buying men's furnishings for their hus bands, fathers, brothers and friends. Neckties are without doubt tho most popular of all gifts for men. We can't say, offhand, how many thousands of ties we have sold this season; any one with a mania for statistics would prob ably figure that they would reach from here to the moon. Prices start at G5c and go to $3.50 and $4 for the beautiful Spitalfields and French silk ties. Shirts are another thing much favored for gifts especially silk shirts. We have shirts of madras, percale, Japanese cotton crepe and silk, starting at $2.50 (the silk at $7.60) and going to $15. Dressing gowns are articles that men are not so apt to buy for themselves, but they are none the less delighted to get them for Christmas. Prices rango from $20 to $85, according to whether the gowns are wool, velvet or silk. (Main Floor, Market) Men's Beaver Hats Are Fine With Overcoats Some hats look better with overcoats than others, and none is better adapted to such wear than tho rough-surface beaver. This hat, with its carelessly graceful shape and its distinctive tex ture isuone of the handsomest Winter hats we have ever seen. Price $12 and at Wanamaker's only in Philadelphia. (Main Floor. Market) Here's a Fine Automobile Glove for a Man $.5.50 a Pair Cupeskin or suede gloves, outseum sewn, with a separate wool lin ing inside, and finished with a strap wrist. The color is light tan, the glove is good-looking and may bo worn with or without the lining, and the gloves will be fine for any man who wants good, warm handcovcrings. (Main Floor, Central) Men's Plain Linen Handkerchiefs 50c Each or $6 a Dozen The kind you aro always safe in giving to a man the plain, hem stitched kind. These are of firm and spotless Irish flax, were bought in 1917 and better than this amount usually buys. (Main Floor. Centrnl) Children's Handkerchiefs Six in a Box for $1.50 Tho handkerchiefs have wee match them. Six packed in a neat box all ready-to give. (Main Floor, Central) They seem to recognize that our assortment is unique in scope and of uniformly high excellence and merit, that it is an assortment wherein one is pretty sure to find tho .particular gift for that particular friend to whom ons wishes to give something particularly worthy. Sixth Floors) Thieves, with their heads peep ing out of tho huge jars that the fnithful servant maid killed them in in the Arabian Nights. Old King Cole and his Fiddlers Three, the wireless tele graph, tho electric trains, the sailboats and diving boats and the playground with all its fun. Wo will be tremendously busy wrapping up dolls, but there's nlways one more for your little girl. Wo will be packing railroad train nfter railroad train and mechanical set after mechanical 6et, but there's still another for that boy of yours. 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