1 ! r; EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEBHItLADELPHlAiHUEBDAT, JANUABY I, ;i920 & i t ; Store Closed All Day Today WANAMAKBR'S WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S weather Fair lit "P T & T i This Great Our Continent Washed on All Sides by Two Great Oceans! No wonder the brilliant congressman, Thaddeus Stevens, of Lancaster county, who founded the public school system of Pennsylvania, said, years ago, in speaking of the growth of the United States, J "Think of our schooners, our clippers and our first monitor!" If Governor Sproul were speaking these days on our shipping conditions, he would say: "Think of our ten-million-dollar Battleships, Our mighty torpedoboats, Our wonderful army aeroplanes!" If Stephen Girard, who built a row of three-story brick buildings on Market street, from Eleventh to Twelfth street, which was the greatest building improvement up to the early eighteen hundreds, were living now, what would he think and say of the Woolworth Building in New York, 56 stories high; the Pennsylvania Hotel with accommodations for 1000 guests; of the Wanamaker Buildings, 14 and 16 stories high, covering seven acres of ground and employing each upward of eight thousand persons in the retail business this year? This New Year's One Hundred and since the Declaration of Independence year, and Philadelphia's marvelous growth is manifest in its nearly 400,000 buildings and its two millions of population. - I This New Year's Day ushers in a new era of business endeavor and a universal interest in the rebuilding of all the countries on both sides of the sea. j We clasp hands over all the seas and give a happy New Year's wish and a pledge to each other to do our utmost in word and deed to make good our happy New Year wish. Signed Jan. 1, 1920. The Waists in 800 Cotton Waists at $1.75 Chiefly samples and overlots and chiefly white; a few white with a touch of color. They are tailored and lingerie styles. 1000 Silk Waists at $3.85 to $6.85 Georgette crepes and crepes de chine, and white tub silks. Some are beaded and em broidered, others tailored. (Main Floor, East and West Lingerie and Finer Blouses at White Sale Prices Mussed garments out of the French room exquisite things reduced a third to a half. There are Georgette and lingerie blouses, among which are included some uncommonly fine waists. Lingerie, including nightgowns, che mises, petticoats and corset covers. (fffit lslf) Also some silk and albatross negligees ' in the French Room on the (Third Floor Chestnut) A Clearaway of 2000 Pairs of Shoes for Children and Girls 0 Broken lots of our own good stocks, reduced to prices which parents will appreciate. Children's button and lace shoes in black and tan. Sizes 5 to 8; price $2.25 and $3.25. Sizes 8yi to IOI2 ; prices $3, $3.75 and $4.50. Sizes lty to 2; prices $3, $3.50, $4.50 and $5.25. Girls' button and lace .shoes, in black and ton. Sizes 2i2 to 7; prices $3, $3.90, $5 and $6.25. Boys black calfskin blucher lace shoes. Sizes 11 to 13Vt ; prices $3.50 and $3.75. Please note that while we have not all sizes in overy style there,re all sizesin the lot. January Day Is the Forty-fourth the White Sale 300 Pongee Waists at $3.85 The pongee is Chinese, firm and smooth, the kind that launders well. Four styles. 500 Net Waists at $2.85 Light and dark shades embroidered in self-color or a combination of colors. ) 200 Porto Rican Waists at $5 Of fine batiste with exquisite handwork. Alftlea anil Outposts) Thousands of Linen Handkerchiefs Join the White Sle Fresh and new and spotless are all these handkerchiefs, all of which are most interest ingly priced, and all of which are pure linen. For Men the plain, practical kind of handkerchief, $4.75 a dozen. For Women plain hemstitched handkerchiefs, $2 a dozen. (West Aisle and Main Floor, Central) White Sale Corsets American Lady Corsets Fancy pink batiste, made with low bust, price $3.50. Wanamaker Specials Topless model of pink coutil with elas tic inserts across top, $1.25. Three topless models of pink coutil, each $1.50. A model of figured pink batiste, elas tic top, extremely low, $2. A front-lace mrfdel of pink broche, top less, with elastic inserts, long hips and back. $2.50. Also two topless models of similar ma terial, each at $2.50. Two topless models of dainty pink figured material, $2. Front-lace, topless model for average and slender figures, made of pink figured material, $3. Also a pink dotted batiste with very low top, $3. L, R. Corsets Half a dozen different models, plain and fancy, prices $1.50 to $5.50. Warner Rustproof Corsets of pink batiste with low bust, $1.50. (Third Floor, Chestnut) fMJrt Sale of White Is Above All An JaiiaiFf Sal of Furs An event of importance, indeed, is this Sale, for it means that every piece of fur in the Wanamaker Salons is reduced. All the handsome fur coats, from the simplest to the most luxurious, are reduced twenty-five per cent. All the scarfs, separate pieces and sets, are lowered a third. With these fine furs are some new pieces, bought specially, at the same proportionate lowered prices. There Is Wonderful Choosing Among the Fine Fur Coats and you may select from marmot, nat ural muskrat, pony, racoon, caracul, mole, Hudson seal (dyed muskrat), nutria, broadtail, Alaska seal or squirrel. Many are trimmed with contrasting furs. Marmot coats, $123.75 to $150. Natural muskrat, $187.50 to $262.50. Racoon, $225 to $300. Caracul, $300 to $712.50. Moleskin, $468.75 to $712.50. Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) plain coats, $206.85 to $562.50; trimmed coats, $356.25 to $731-25. Nutria, $337.50 to $468.75. Natural squirrel, $393.75 to $562.50. Nearseal (dyed coney), $225 to $318.75. Fur Scarfs and Sets These include sable, mink, skunk, mole, black lynx, beaver, squirrel, Australian opossum, nutria, cross, taupe, brown or black fox, taupe and brown wolf, racoon. Natural squirrel scarfs, $12 to $166.50. Skunk scarfs, $40 to $200. Beaver scarfs, $40 to $75. Mole scarfs, $26.50 to $100. Black lynx, $30 to $123.25. Hudson seal (dyed muskrat), $26.50 to $166.50. Cross, taupe, brown or black fox scarfs, $36.50 to $133.25. Fox sets, $76.50 to $200. Taupe and brown wolf scarfs, $26.50 to $50. Wolf sets, $53.25 to $100. Mink scarfs, $46.50 to $150. Sable scarfs, $100 to $500. And it is possible to get muffs to match these separate scarfs in almost every instance. And it is scarcely necessary to add, in buying furs at IVananutker's you are absolutely sure of the kind and quality of every piece of fur we sell. (Second Floor, Chestnut) Fresh New White Garments for Children Made especially for us, we know that they are clean, well-made, fresh little garments that will bear your closest scrutiny inside and out. They are moderately priced at sums that rep resent savings in every instance. Children's Undermuslins Night drawers of cambric, checked dimity, pink batiste, $1 and $1.25 2 to 10 year sizes. Nightgowns of nainsook, 85c to $2, 1 to 4 years ; of crepe and batiste, $1.25 to $2.50 ; 6 to 14 years. Bloomer drawers, embroidery trimmed, 50c to $1, 2 to 10 years ; $1 to $1.35, 12 to 16 years. Straight drawers, 45c to 85c, 4 to 14 year sizes. Princess petticoats, $1.25 to $4.75 6 to 14 years. Petticoats, $1.25 to $36 months to 2 year sizes. Combination drawers and waists, 85c to $1.754 to 10 years. White cambric petticoats, lace or embroid ery trimmed, $2 to $4.50 ; 32 to 36 inch lengths. Sateen petticoats, white or black, scalloped or hemstitched, $2.25 to $4.50; 32 to 36 inch lengths. Bloomers, sateen, crepe or linene, 65c to $2 ; 4 to 14 years. Children's Rompers and Dresses Exquisite little hand-made dresses from the Philippines, beautifully embroidered and in simple, dainty styles, $3.75 to $5.50, and in 6 months to 2 year sizes. Rompers and creepers, $1.25 to $3.25, 1 to 5 years. Colored dresses, $2 to $5, 2 to 6 years. White lawn dresses, also dresses of white voile and dotted swiss, $3 to $5; 2 to 6 year sizes. White nainsook or batiste dresses, $1.25 to $5, 6 months to 2 year sizes. (Third Floor, Chestnut) Economy Sale FOR one big, simple reason: it has in it something like 75,000 brand new, snowy garments, priced with a few exceptions between 50c and $6.75. And evy one of th ese garments is from 25 to 33 1-3 per cent less than regular prices It-day; there are even a few which are 50 per cent less. Ever since last June we have been preparing for this White Sale; one immense order for merchandise placed in that month is not yet all in the house. Cottons have been going up steadily; labor has been going up; even such minor matters as tiny ribbons and thread and needles have been going up, until it seems nothing short of a marvel that we should be able to offer such sound, excellent merchandise at such moderate prices. Imagine a good cambric nightgown, high-necked, with tucked yoke, for as little as $1; or a flannelbt nightgown for $1, or a pair of silk bloomers for as little as $2.65, or pink batiste bloomers for 65c, or a pink crepe de chine chemise for $3.85. One of the most wonderful groups in the entire Sale is $5000 Worth of Philippine Undermuslins in which the hand-embroidered and hand-made nightgowns may be had for $2.65 to $6.75; and chemises from $2.65 to $3.85. At even smaller prices are some "seconds" of Philippine lingerie, priced at $2.35 and $2.85 and needing only a tubbing.. Embroidered nightgowns, of flesh-colored batiste, are here at $1. Another equally important group of undermuslins is the extra sizes which will be found at the regular counter. These undermuslins will be found on the East and West Aisles and Market Street outposts on the Main Floor, and on the Third Floor, Central. Prices For Pink Crepe de Chine and Wash Satin Camisoles, $1 to $6.75. Chemises, $3.50 to $6.75. Nightgowns, $5 to $25. Bloomers, $2.65 to $5.50. For While Cotton, Extra Sizes Nightgowns, high-necked, (Main Floor and Third Floor, Central) For White Cotton, Regular Size Nightgowns, $1 to $10.50. Petticoats, $1.50 to $5. Short petticoats, 85c to $1.75. Corset covers, 50c to $2. Chemises, $1 to $3.50. Drawers, 85c to $2.85. Bloomers, 65c to $1.85. Kindred Garments . 500 blanket bathrobes at $3.85. Attractive designs and color combinations; pockets and rope girdles. Over $2000 worth of lovely negligees at half. Mostly fine samples from the manufacturers and therefore only one of a kind. Materials are silks, crepe de chine and chiffon. A few mussed negligees from our regular stocks are included in this lot. 500 house dresses at $1.85 and $2.85. Ging ham and percale, checked and striped, colors at tractive and serviceable. 500 boudoir caps at 50c and $1. Chiefly samples. (Main Floor and Household Linens Opened for the first time and go newlv on sale at very exceptional prices. 500 yards of bleached Irish table linen, 70 inches wide, in four patterns, at $3 a yard. 500 yards of heavy cream-bleached table linen, 70 inches wide, at $3.25 a yard. 500 dozen full-bleached, heavy Irish linen (Flrt Floor, A Sale of Domestic Rugs in the Face of Advancing Prices Tomorrow marks a general advance in the mill prices of domestic rugs. They are scarcer than they have ever been. Yet tomorrow Wanamaker's puts on sale over 1000 fine domestic rugs at Savings of 25 Per Cent These will include high-grade and standard Wilton rugs, Ax mmster rugs, tapestry Brussels rugs, wool-fiber rugs and rag rugs. Both room sizes and small sizes and all good pieces no shop-worn goods or undesirable designs. Some of these rugs are reduced from stock and others were brought in new for the occasion. It is obvious that a sale of this sort, at this time, is more to the advantage of the public than it is to the store that holds it. But our customers have been accustomed to look to us for some rag reductions around the first of the year and as long as it is possible to make a sale we will not disappoint them. Wilton Rugs Tapestry Brussels Rugs 9x12 ft., $32.50. 11.3x12 ft., $46.50. Wool-Fiber Rugs 9x12 ft, $14.50. 8.3x10.6 ft, $13.50. 12x12 ft, $21.50. Rag Rugs (Colonial and Hit-and-Miss designs) 9x12 ft, $12. ' (HQTonth Fluor, Chestnut) 9x12 ft., $78.50, $92.50 and $129. 8.3x10.6 ft., $127.50. Axminster Rugs 9x12 ft., $47.50, $54 and $68.50. 8.3x10.6 ft, $34, $42 and $48.50. t $2.25 to $3.85; low-necked, $1.65 to $3.85. Drawers, $1 to $2.50. Corset covers, 65c and 75c. Chemises, $2.25 and $2.50. Long petticoats, $1.85 to $5. Short petticoats, $1.25 to $2.50. in the White Sale 2000 white aprons at 25c to $1. All sizes, shapes and styles. Work aprons and little aprons and aprons of in-between sizes. Plains aprons and aprons with coquettish bibs or trim med with laces and embroidery. 800 silk petticoats at $3.75 to $6.75. At the first price are white tub silks, firm and lustrous, finished with hemstitched flounces. The rest are jerseys and messalines, in many colors. 875 cotton petticoats at $1. Percaline and sateen in the darker shades. 300 flannellet nightgowns, $1 and $1.85 stripes at the first price, white at the second. 600 black sateen bloomers at $L v Third Floor, Central) in the White Sale napkins, 19Vxl9V inches, at $6.75, and 21x21 inches at $7.75 a dozen. 200 bleached Irish table cloths, 68x72 inches, $7.50 each ; 68x90 inches, $8.75 each. Also a remarkable lot of heavy, all-linen crash toweling, about 2000 yards taken from our own stocks and specially marked at 33c a, yard. Chestnut) 8x10 ft, $8.85. 6x9 ft., $5.75. 36x72 in., $2 and $2.25. 30x60 in., $1.75 and $2. 27x54 in., $1,65 and $1.75. 24x48 in., $1.35. 18x36 in., 55c. . . ? Bath Rugs 24x48 in., $2.50. ' 3060 in., $3.70. i r tf .,- n 'H . i yi .? M ' U ttl "A Ha '"at i b f !& . n,$,Ai&, .N !
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