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ETONING- PUBBIO LEDGBEr-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANIABY 29, 1920
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WANAMAKER'S
WEATHER
Fair
Oran Flays at 0, 11, 11:55
WANAMAKER'S
WANAMAKER'S
Store Closes at 5
Store Opens at 9
arm ;uu
Cblraca at Noon
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' You Certainlu Have the Goods and Plenty
This February Furniture bale
of Them in
Now That Philadelphia
Has Set Sail Under
the new charter it will interest many to know
that William Penn, on the 16th of Sixth Month,
1683, wrote that "Philadelphia, the expectation
of thpse that are concerned in this Province, is
at last laid out to the great content of those here
that are anyway interested therein, and this I
will say, for that of all the many places
I (William Penn) have seen in the world, I
remember not one better seated."
Thomas-Holme, thb surveyor general, in his
advertisement for purchasers, says': "The City
of Philadelqhia now extends from river to river
and in breadth near a mile."
On the 26th of Fifth Month, 1684, a council
of ten men was appointed to draw up a charter
for Philadelphia to be made a borough with a
mayor and six aldermen.
Philadelphia's first charter as a city was
granted William Penn on October 25, 1701.
One hundred years ago, 1820, the city
population was sixty-three thousand eight
hundred and two.
As the town extended there were &
districts incorporated, such as Northern
Liberties, Spring Garden, etc. n
We must learn more of our early history
and work together to make our city greater.
99
Signed
Jan, 20, 1020.
Here Go Nearly 100
Young Women's Sweetest
Evening Gowns
and every one at less than half its regular price.
We have not known of such another opportunity since ,the
Winter began.
Exquisite sijkqn things at $15 to $75 in some cases hardly
enough to pay for the silk that went to make them.
There's remarkable variety of favorite' fashionable colors,
such as pink, maize, light blues, orchid, brocaded blocks, and filet
lace over taffeta.
At these low prices only because we must have them cleared
away to make room for Spring things.
(Second Floor, Chestnut)
Women's Topcoats at
Special Prices
A model that is specially desir
able is of serviceable frieze cloth
in oxford gray. It is half lined
with heavy poplin. The back is
pleated iu panel effect and the
collar may be worn high or low.
Price $47.50.
A handsome model of silver
tone may bo had in black, navy
blue or brown and is full lined
with wain neau de cygne. The
sleeves are raglan and the deep
collar may be buttoned high in
the neck or thrown open. Price
$57.50.
A dolman model of softest
Bolivia comes in black, taupe or
brown and is full lined with fig
ured peau de cygne. It is effec
tively trimmed with pinch tucks
and the full collar is cut circular.
Price $95.
(first Floor, Central)
Handmade Waists
Specially Priced
There aro not many of them,
and they arc all desirable.
Trimmed in delightful design
with the Porto Rican drawnwork
that is so exquisite.
The materials are soft batiste
and voile and they are all made
with tucking in tho back.
A model in white batiste has a
frill in jabot effect in tho front.
Price $7.85.
Another in batiste has the be
coming roll collar. Price $8.75.
A smart high-neck model comes
in fine voile. Price $9.85.
(Kant AIM. Oiit-T'onl. Malu Floor)
Such Furs as You Will Wear
Nearly All Summer
Now at Half
That is, all the beautiful hcarfs andsets, going now for just
BO per cent of their standard values.
Every picco a good, bound fur, true to name, beautifully
lined, and representing tho finest workmanship.
Taupe, brown and black wolf scarfs, $20 to $35.
Black lynx animal scarfs, $32.50 to $75.
Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) scarfs, $30 to $135.
Taupe nutria scarfs, $20 to $75.
Taupe, brown and cross fox sets, $57.50 to $1501
Taupe and brown wolf sets, $40 to $52.50.
Other furs in tho sale include mole, skunk, beaver, sable,
mink, squirrel, Australian opossum and fisher.
(Second Floor, Chestnut)
TO Think of Such
Young Wqmen's
Skirts as These Reduced!
borne of tho nicest, cheeriest
merchandise jn the house, tho very
favorite things of tho hour for
wiuse who like pretty skirts to
p with smart shirtwaists, and
JJ great demand, by Business
womenbut thoy were bought us
Winter goods, and, all Winter
""DEs must col
to ttt 100PricC(1 ,l0W at 1?G0
BLACK Enamel
Suit Cases for
$8 and $8.50
Many people prefer them to
leather cases
light
tho fuct that a leather suit caso
costs about three times as much.
These aro fiber bound, with
leather corners and handles, and
contain tray und shirr.cd pockets.
21 and 20 inches.
(Main Floor, Cietu) ,
because of their
weight even aside from
IF ALL the remarks" and observations
made by advance visitors to the
February Furniture Sale were boiled
doWn and compressed, that is what
they would amount to.
That one sentiment, or rather con
viction, based on evidence that cannot
be gainsaid, seemed to vibrate through
out the furniture floors.
"Wanamaker's has the goods, and
such a stock of them."
- Of course, this is the usual thing,
the invariable thing at Wanamaker's,
as is generally known, but in this sale
it means more than usual. For one
thing, it means security, , safety for,
everybody who has money to invest in
furniture 'and would like to be abso
lutely certain of investing it to the
greatest advantage. .
It is'a recognized fact that the sale
which is'lDased on quality and - which
with the certainty of good quality,
combines the advantages of magnitude
is the best" sale for anybody needing
good furniture to come to.
We know very well that you will
read of furniture to be had here, there
and yonder"; at "half price" or a "third
off"; but nowadays especially, when
the acid test of quality, ' character,
desirableness is applied to goods of
-Fine Wool Duvetynes
Have Just Arrived
Every woman would choose duvetyne as the material for
her new coat or suit this Spring, if given free range. Probably
the most luxurious fabric produced today, it is unquestionably tho
most popular, and is asked for in every color; light tan, brown,
reindeer, Pompeian red, navy and Pekin blues, and, of course,
black.
All these shades can now be supplied in the beautiful new wool -duvetyne
coatings and suitings in Spring weight, newly arrived.
Prices $14 a yard, 54 inches wide.
(First Floor, Clirslnut)
H
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AND and Arm
in Glove for
Spring
For long gloves must be worn
to complete the smartness of the
short-sleeved frock which is now
sojiopular.
Two new slip-dh styles come in
the softest mocha, that mo'st dur
able of skins.
The 8-button length is pique
sewiv and comes in beaver or
gray. Price $5.50.
The 12-button length is pique
sewn and comes in gray. Price.
$0.50.
(Main Floor, Central)
OMEBODY'S
Sneezing This
Very Minute
because she is using u corn broom
on her floois instead of a carpet
sweeper.
Safe, sanc,,sncczeless sweeping
is .only possible whero a good
carpet swc,eper is used, and there
is' no clean sweep equal to
that made by the Bissell Carpet
Sweeper to be found here with all
the latest devices and improve
incuts, including cushion corners,
$1.50 to$G.25.
Ask to see demonstration or"
the work ofthe American Queen,
which at $5.50 is tho best medium-
priced vacuum sweeper that we
know of; slcady, efficient and
strongly constructed, it grips tho
carpet with a firm pressure, yet
is easy to run over the floor.
(Fourth Floor, ?IrUct)
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There Are More
Moths Titan Cedar
Chests
in tho world at all times; but
never will this- be more true
than it will be next Spring,
judging by tho scarcity of
cedar wood, the meager pro
duction of chests, and the long
time it has taken us to get
the shipment of handsome
chests, whoso recent arrival
will interest prospective brides,
as well as prudent housewives
planning to forestall the early
moth.
The chests arc of the finest
construction and made of .the
best quality red Tennessee
cedar; some with brass trim
mings. Ono or two arc made
of mahogany, cedar-lined. In
sizes they rango from 42 to 51
inches long, and in prices from
$33.50 too $85.
(l'lfdi Fluor, Market)
CLE
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ARAWAY
m e in the
Children's Store
Little girls' dresses como in a
variety of designs in colors or in
white. Sizes 2 to 6 years.
Coats may be had with or with
out fur and many models are suit
able for Spring. Sizes 2 to 0
vcars.
Sweaters., sizes 2 to It years.
Hats, sizes 2 to 6 years.
Cups for the tiny baby to tho
C J car size.
(Third Floor, CIk-MiiiiO
thai kind, it usually shows that their
only excuse for existence is that there
are people thoughtless enough to buy
them. , ,
In this sale the people's observation
does not stop with the magnitude of the .
stocks. They naturally take note of
the kind of them; and they are able to
see that the furniture in this sale is of
the one and only kind that we can afford
to put into it the kind that has made
these sales what they are; and only
one kind of furniture could do this, and
it has to be the finest furniture in
America.
A Saving Is Not a Saving
Unless It Is Real
Furniture of this kind is a better
and sounder investment at its regular
price than furniture of the other kind
at a seemingly large "reduction."
Ten per cent saved on Wanamaker
furniture is a vast deal better" than 50.
per cent "saved" on furniture that is
50 per cent below Wanamaker furni
ture in quality and desirability.
The trouble .with a whole lot of
people is that when they go to buy they
act as if it were the price-tags and not
the furniture they had to live with.
We desire to go on record for the
statement that every piece of furniture
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(Flflli. Sixth mill Nflienth I'loorn)
in this sale is priced as low as any piece
of the same quality can be bought for
anywhere and this applies to all our
goods, including the thousands of
pieces showing reductions of just 10
per cent from former low prices.
Tomorrow and Saturday you can
make advance selections, but all sales
will be dated from next Monday, Feb
ruary second-, until which date the -displays,
numbering thousands and thou-,
sands of pieces and sets and extending ,
over something like five acres of floor
space, will remain intact, giving every-
body an opportunity to see the floor
ScimpitJS u MV SLUCtt-b Willi WHICH 11 lJ-TTt5
necessary to back up the largest retail
sale in the world. :
XT
EW Books
"Torchy and Vcc," by Sewell
Ford the seventh of the favorite
Torchy books. Price $1.75.
"Americanism vs. Bolshevism,"
by Ole Hansen, mayor of Seattle.
$1.75.
(Hoot, Store. Main Floor,
(Thirteenth Street)
THE Fa m o u s
AldisF4.5Lens
so much in demand by photogra
phers for high speed and reflex
work is now on sale in tho
Camera Store.
Guaranteed to equal any
P4.5 lens on earth, no matter
what tho price.
These aro priced $25 to $112.50;
focal lengths 3 to 11 inches.
(Muln Floor, Cliestuut)
B
to
ICYCLES
Take South
America and Coaster bicjrles at
$40 each, which is a low price for
wheels of this quality.
America bicycles arc in two
finishes, black with white head
and trimmings and red with white
head and trimmings.
Roaster bicycles arc black w ith
blue head and trimmings.
All fully equipped with hcay
road tires, front" and rear muil
' guards, coaster brake, toolbag
and tools.
20 and 22 inch frames with 2S
incli wheels.
(Tho Gallery, Juniper)
You Remember That Mark Twain Said:
People are always talking about the weather,
but nobody does anything about it."
As a matter of fact, there's about only
one sensible thing- for a man tp do about it.
That is, to get a good, sound, Winter
defying overcoat and then let Winter
rage! "
Let him make sure it is. a good one.
An overcoat all-wool and hand worked.
That is the kind the only kind to bo
had in the Wanamaker Men's Clothing-Store.
Starting at .$35.
Stout Shoes for
Men Who Are
Much on Their
Feet
Forcomfort and for sen ice,
these are excellent shoes and
their price is low.
lleav;. eal leather bluchers
made on the .Munson Army
last, which means wide, roomy
toes and easy fit. - '
In black they uie $0.90 a
pair and in tan they are $7.9Q.
(Muln Floor, Market)
W m ' pt fid
tm1$tm
(Third Floor, .Murhtl)
Best Soft Hals
Made in Italy
are made by Bortalino, oT
Alexandria-, and ure sold b
Wanamaker's onlv, in Phila'
dclphia. The most notable featuies
of these graceful hats are
their light weight and flexi
bility and the fuct that tlie
hold their shape in spite oi"
these characteristics.1 Thi.s
mean- that a great deal of
hand l-ibor has gone into the
felting piecess.
Choose from a -aricty of
rich colors at $10.
(Muln Floor, .Market)
Men's Handsome
Shirts of Silk
Striped Madras
The stripes are of fiber silk,
but they are very lustrous and
will wear well.
The madras is woven and iB
an excellent quality.
All soft cuff, plain neglige
stile.
I'ricc $5.
(Muln Floor, Market)
Mattresses and Bedding Are Ready in the
February Sale
'All our stocks of bedding other than quilts, blankets, spreads and bed clothing are
in the sale at reduced prices.
mi They ill?ludo hair mattresses, felted cotton mattresses, willowed cotton mattresses,
silk floss or Kepoc mattresses and all other mattresses in our stock, together with feather
pillows and bolsters, upholstered box springs and steel spiral springs all goods of our
own regular warranted quality.
(Slilh Floor, Che.tnut)
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