M , EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEIt-PHtEABBLlPHlA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY S, 1&20' Organ Plays at P, 11, 11:55 WANAMAKER'S WEATHER Snow Store Opens at 9 WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S and i:ou Store Closes at 5 looking Squarely and Sincerely Into the The Happiest People in the Snowstorm Yesterday chose to spend most of the day on our bright, warm, interesting floors, where so many new things are displayed. It is a rule with us to be at home always to visitors, and no one is ever asked to buy as much as a spool of cotton or a shoe button. Many city dwellers use the Tea Room, music events, writing and public comfort rooms to help to entertain their friends from out of town. Signed Feb. 5, 10 JO. Women's New Suits Fresh and very attrac tive affairs, priced from 555 to $175. They have the straight lines and slightly wider skirts, but their newness shows more in the crow's feet and fancy stitchings, the nar row string belts, set on rather high, and tiny tucks (rlrat J'loor, A New Spring Fashion Fabric Peach Bloom Duvetyne Soft and marvclously fine in texture and lighter in weight than the duvetyne for Winter garments. It 'nil! be much used for handsome Spring suits, coats, wraps and itrwt frocks. .(First Floor, About 2000 Pairs of Women's Fabric Gloves "Seconds" at 65c a Pair If they were first grade they'd be two and thice times this moderate rum! They aie chamois, lisle and silk gloves, in good styles but they are not quite perfect, though they will live excellent service. (.Went Crisp, Fresh New Gingham Frocks for Young Women $9.75 to $12.50 First of the new spring cotton frocks and fresh as posies are these attractive little dresses of checked nd plaid ginghams. There are clear, pretty checks of rreen and white and pink and white and blue and white, as well other colors and combinations, (Second Floor, Net and Pongee Waists Some white nets made with 1irm- Jtitchmg, big rovers and crocheted buttons are ?6.50. Good pongee waists, tailored, (Third Floor, New Spring Skirts Arrive at $5 and $9.75 iJS . ls a most surprisingly mall price, for cloth skirts, as "y Ionian knows. the ones at $5 are pretty sports 3ft!K.de ot, espun tweeds, him v 1 1 "unit-spun iweeas, KJ'?ht or dark mixtures. They b 'low" tho side with large m onaware danced by a largo Patch pocket nn h n. 1:j b .. ...n, VUIW D1UU. (First Floor, Women's nmUiarly likcd in bad weather, (Third Floor, Most Women Like Sheer and Showy Handkerchiefs Veil maldetheS0 3,5 a dozen' that nre of snot,csa Iriffh flnx and luite f fnVjy ar in that dainty, plain hemstitched style that never goes out kem )vith wmen of good taste,' and they nre finished with tiny wMne.slxtcenth of an inch wide. fci cmbidcr them for you, if you wish, at a moderate charge. IWwt AJiHi QMmm. which are used to fit the backs of the coats, the in teresting pockets and col lars. Some of the finer suits are novelties, with braiding. Navy and black serges and tricotines are the materials. Prices $55 to $175. Central) The shades are very lovely tan, bamboo, Pekin blue, navy, midnight blue nnd Sumatra brown. The width is G4 inches and the price $12 a yard. Chestnut) There are plenty of white gloves, as well as colors, and there is a goodly variety from which to choose. Yes, there are black gloves, too. Plenty of sizes and all G5c a pair. .lsle) and the dresses are all made in new and becoming styles. Some have sashes which fasten in back, some have outstanding pockots, some are piped with white and they have snowy white pique or lawn collars. $9.75 and $12.50 and 14 to 20 year sizes. Chestnut) somo having high and si low necKs, arc $5. Tailored crepes de chine in white and flesh, $8.50 to $20. Black and navy, $9.50 and $9.75. Central) At $9.75 are army cloth worsted skirts, tan with small checks in either dark blue or brown. The style is a very becoming one, slightly gathered and buttoned down tho back. In front are two crosswise pockets. Central) Bloomers White sateen, knee length, $2. White silk, knee length, $5.50 to $8.50. Colored silk, ankle length, $C85 to $10. Central) Phenomenal Fehruaru Sale THIS is a sale of j - 1 1 JL unequaled quan tities, unquestionable qualities and unexag gerated savings. Quantities can be counted and qualities and savings have a way of proving them selves if they are of the true and genuine kind. We are as .sure of the genuineness, of this sale in qualities and savings as we are of its unequaled mag nitude. There is nothing more certain than that good furniture cannot be bought more ad vantageously any where outside of a Wanamaker Sale than it can be bought in it. That is an extreme- Just Received Some Beautiful Spring Coats So new and different in their fashion features are they that we decided io Heep the samples and let the manufacturer send the rest of the orderas soon as he can. Consequently, in nearly every case, there is oply one coat of each style for example, a fasci nating accordion pleated blue serge cape with the armholes and collar trimmed with frilling of ribbon. There are short spoits Coats of camel's hair (these promise to be very fashionable indeed), also some of tweed and silvertone velour. And, of course, there are many three - quarter length coats, handsome bohvias, ve lours, gabardines and imported tweeds, all most new and inter esting. Prices are well within a mod erate limit, $45 to $87.50. 1 (rirst Floor, Central) A Good Note to Make on a Woman's Shopping List " Every fur in the Fur Salon is specially priced both small furs arid coats. (Second J'loor, In the Flower Garden of New Blooming Spring Silks you will find tomorrow' such selection of beautiful things at mod erate prices as may not be seen again in many a day. We hope that all of our customers will learn that whatever silk is chosen here is a silk safe to buy, and even to put away as an investment. We have been most careful to allow no questionable goods admission to our fine stocks. Tlio new fashion things are very beautiful, and some are marked at special prices. (First Vlocr, Chestnut) The Compliment of Remembering a Friend's Wedding Date It is a graceful custom that is growing greatly in favor. Even a card expresses tho thought, and there are some very beauti ful and appropriate cards here for every anniversary from tho fifth, which is; the wooden wedding, all the way to the fiftieth, or the golden, wedding. And there are also attractive congratulation cards for either the wedding itself or for any of the anniversaries. Prices from 10c to 25c each or, in the case of cards made to order, up to $10. (Jewelry Store, Cheatnut and Thirteenth) Upholstery Remnants A great many of all kinds and in all lengths, and marked at con siderable savings over the samo goods in tho piece. Many womon will find just what they need for doing the necessary Spring renovating. There are plenty of squares for pillow tops and small tabto covers, odd lengths of cretonne for chuir seats, covering pillows, making bags and other fancy articles, and also nets, scrims and marqui settes; in many capes enough for u cu,rtain. , Ea.t AI.l.) ,fc.ij( ly moderate statement lX7rnav r-vn nAnPinnvc? when one considers the scope of selection to be found in the Wanamaker Sale. . It is moderate in view of the well known fact that the Store which handles such quantities both in Philadelphia and New York is almost inevitably bound to offer greater advan tages than can be found elsewhere. This is true enough to be something like a law of trade. The Wanamaker Sale Has Lifted the Furniture Industry to a Higher Plane We could go back year by year and trace to the satisfaction of any unbiased mind Are Samples of Chestnut) I the i m p r o v ements, general and specific, in the making of fur niture and the refine ments in the design ing of furniture for which these sales have been directly or in- directly responsible. We know we have tried to get the people to look for and to ex pect better and finer furniture and we have been instrumental be yond any other agency, we sincerely believe, in having the manufacturers tu r n out furniture con forming to the higher standards at which we have always aimed. Sometimes we have been confronted by obstacles, prejudices and conservative at- tachments to set ways, "but always when we ' (Fifth. Sixth nnd The Sale of Pictures includes oil paintings by such men as C. Arnold Slade, E. Redfield, Robert Henri, Charles Gruppe and others; and water colors by Carl Weber 'and F. F. English. 25 -per cent has been taken off the price of every picture in the Gallery. A brilliant Venetian sunset by Thomas Moran, N.A., is $357.50 ; a "Mar ket in Tangier," by C. Arnold Slade, is $275; a "Snowy Twilight," by E. Redfield, is $330. Another Redfield an Autumn scene is also $330; and still another Autumn pic ture, by Merrit Post, is $550. A "Winter Evening Near Kingston," by Wal ter Koeniger, is $440. (Fifth Floor, Market) New Books "My Rest Cure," by George Robey, $1.40. George Robey is the funniest man on the English stage and the geniality of the book is in fectious. "The Splendid Outcast," by George Gibbs, $2. A clever quick action adventure story. (Main rloor. Thirteenth) Three Desirable Groups of Domestic Rugs Lowest in price are thp seamless tapestiy rugs, in new designs and colors, at $39.50 for 0x12 ft. size. Three fine grades of Axminster rugs are $59.50, $68 and $78.50 for 9x12 ft. size. Standard Wilton rugs are $112.50 for 9x12 ft. and $105 for 8.3x10.6 ft. (Seventh I'loor, Chestnut) Cocoanut-Filled Buttercups, 80c a Pound Shining pillows of delicious candy, crisp and delectable, and with a creamy cocoanut filling 80c a pound. And if you like nuts, the glaco nuts, and they're fresh every day, aro perfectly delicious $2 a pound. Nougat center caramels aro de lectable morsels that caramel lov ers will approve $1 a pound. (Down Stairs Store, Chestnut) The Half- Yearly Sale of Mattresses, Pillows, Bolsters and Bedsprings is a sale of Wanamaker standard goods exclusively. Our entire stocks of mattresses, mattress materials, feathers and springs are offered in it at reduced prices. You can have mattresses made up in anv size wDUJrw viv.Du, ai0u jjuiuwb aim umsiers, an at a saving 01 not less than 10 per cent from our regular prices. Besides hair mattresses the sale also comprises felted cotton mattresses, i grades of upholstered box springs and fifteen grades of steel spiral and Seven February price reductions. had succeeded in having a maker to strike out upon a new road of betterment, nobody was more pleased at the result in the long run than he. In view of what we have done, of what we are doing and of what we hope to do, there is hardly need to elab orate the point that the one thing we could not do is to identify a sale of this kind with any furniture but fur niture of the kind that we can trust to safe guard our good name. There is a wonder ful stock of furniture of that kind in this Sale, and the demand for it is wonderful, too, wonderful enough to be astonishing, if we cared to print the exact figures. Seventh Floors) 250 Men's Fine Big Ulsters A Fortunate New Purchase Marked at a Wonderfully Low Price $45 Each Special purchases of overcoats such as these to sell at a price far below their standard value are among the rarest things in merchandising nowadays. These coats have come to us from one of our good, regular suppliers. They were still in course of production when we bought them, and we bought them to sell for $15 to $20 less than we ourselves should ordinarily sell coats of the same grade for. They are good, roomy garments, made of all-wool overcoating materials, in gray and tan shades, with belted backs and button-up collars. For coats of such merit $45 is an astonishingly low price today, low enough to make every garment a fine investment even for next Winter. Men Who Need Wallets or Dressing Cases aie invited to inspect the assort ment here. Wallets start at $3, for black long grain cowhide, and go to ?20, for fine pin seal. Mounted ones are more. Dressing cases are chiefly of black leather with black or tan leather linings, but there are a few of tan in pigskin graining. The fit tings are black. Prices 10 to $75. Oruln Floor, Chestnut) Valentines ! Valentines ! 5c to $1 Lace questionnaires and dainty old-fashioned things and hearts galore and cards and fold ers not to mention boxes of material for tho making of Val entines. These last are only 25c and a great resource for the chil dren. (Main noor. Thirteenth) TiEDSETS of Palm Beach JLJ cloth in ivhitc and tan. They have cut-out corners and scalloped edges, and each set consists of bolster cover and bed cover. The price for a single-bed size set is $12; for a double-bed size set, $15. (Vilth Vloor, Central) (Sixth Floor, Facts of This of Furniture We are not here to glory in our own achievements, but to go ahead from day to day serving the people to the limit of our (Third Floor, Market) Men's Fur Collars That Fit Beautifully An objection that some men have raised to buying separate fur collars for their overcoats was that the collars never looked as if they belonged on the coats. These fur collars of ours -were made by a man who has devised a very ingenious arrangement for attaching them so that they look as if they had been sewed on, yet can be removed in a few seconds. He has applied for a patent and his collars can be had hero only in Philadelphia. Among the furs aro seal-dyed otter, Hudson seal (seal-dyed muskrat), coney seal, beaver, nutria, racoon and coney. Prices range from $12 for the coney to $110 for the otter. Xatural otter, $85 to $180. (Main Vloor, Muriel) Men's Low-Priced Shoes That Will Give Extra Service They are made of stout veal leather, in black and tan. Heavy sole blucher lace shoes, made on the Munson army last, with some of the black: shoes in a narrower toe. In tan they arc $7.90 a pair and in black they arc $0.90. Any man who gets a pair will have shoes that he can count on for good service. (Mala Tloor, Market) Good Time toGet Tires, Tubes and Automobile Oil Wliile prices are no higher than they are. Here is a good assortment of standard makes of tires and tubes, ol first quality, and both cord and fabric. Tho list includes United States, Kelly-Springfield, Ajax, Vitalic, Diamond, Goodrich, Delion, Firestone and so on. Mobile oils, $4.25 for 5-gallon cans, $14.75 for 15-gallon drums and $49.50 for 55-gallon drums. (Tim Qnllery. Juniper) Chestnut) ability, deeply im pressed and very much encouraged by the way they are re sponding to our efforts. floss and other mattresses wire springs are offered afc A j' ,(," i' ,!! " HML 1 .! T
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