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TjEDGER-l'HIIIAElirHlA, 'TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17,
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WANAMAKER'S
WANAMAKER'S
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Store Opens at 9
Store Closes at 5
Now Come the DaysWhich Prove That
"An Amusing Witness of
Imagination" Is a Bit of Humor
that one of the would-be rivals of Shakespeare long
ago worked off in his criticism of the Bard of
Stratford-on-Avon, whose cultured Mayor visited us
last week.
The idea of talking that way about Shakespeare!
What would the critics say of the retail store
advertising writings these days published in the
responsible daily newspapers of Philadelphia and
f New York?
Signed
Ftb. 17, 19?0.
Hints at the New
Fashions
A
DROWN taffeta afternoon
frock bhows the short kimo
no sleeves and saw-tooth edging,
and a creamy lingerie collar,
$110.
A navy tricotine opens from
throat to ankle over a henna
colored panel of crepe do chine.
Buttonholes down each sido are
bound with henna and a henna
tie breaks the severe neckline,
$140.
A navy Poiret twill has elbow
sleeves, heavy emoromery
of
green and gold thread
and me
(rirt Floor,
Now Come Jaunty New Polo
Coats in Spring -Like' Plaids-
For Young Women
So many times there are when
a giil has need for a comfortable,
smart topcoat like these polo coats,
it is little wonder they are so very
popular. For ever so many day
time needs a coat of this character
is most useful, and it is com
fortable and becoming at the same
time.
(Second rloor.
A Remarkable
for Women
Winter
TN fact for any woman who
ci
can use now or in the future
a good warm coat, and who
wants to pay a very small price
for it.
We have chosen some 175
coats all kinds, from the plain
Uilored practical sort to the
finest and most fashionable
and we have made the prices on
every one much less than it was.
It has brought down some of
these coats so much that they
arc actually half price others
are two-thirds or thereabouts.
(Flr-it Floor,
Rubber-Soled Motor
Hose for Cold and
Icy Days
Women have discovered that
these heavy woolen stockings,
which are worn over the shoes and
regular stockings, are splendid for
the kind of weather we liave been
having.
They keep the feet and legs,
warm and dry and the rubber soles
provide a footing on the icy pave
ments. In various colors at $6 a pair.
First Floor, Market)
New Silver Mesh
Bags
They aro all of sterling silver
and long in shape, pointed at the
bottom and finished with a tas
wl. The frames are cither
square or pointed and they have
silver braid strap handles.
Prices are $70 and $73.
But by far the most beautiful
of all is a stcrling-silver gold
P'atcd mesh bag with a tur
quoiso blue enamel top. It is
(Jewelry store, Cliestnut
nl Thirteenth)
Young Girls'
Petticoats
Black
sateen petticoats
On n-
with
"wces, jj
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woied printed cotton, $3.25.
v-una-couon moire in plain
colon
3?f rCd sil,-ant'-ctton in colors,
elij'v, Bllk Pcttic0"ts. Plain and
Plain ,' "nd Jer8Cy Petticoats in
, mo 38, 34 and 30 inches
ifm
dallions of embroidered straw,
$225.
A black taffeta has short
sleeves, sapphire blue pipings,
and little blue bantams embroid
ered in the same blue, $110.
A navy tricoletto with gray
wool embroidery is $125.
A navy serge with tasscled
square neck and accordion pleat
ed sides is $95.
A brown Georgette gown over
silver cloth is embroidered with
black beads, and has short
sleeves with bead fringe, $125.
Centrnl)
These new coats are of a soft,
wool plaid in a creamy tan with
faint lines of color, and of a pretty
gray shade with faint lines of
green and purple to make the plaid.
They have collars that may be
worn high or low, an inverted pleat
in the back, narrow belt and many
buttons.
$50 and 14 to 20 year sizes.
Chestnut)
Opportunity
Needing
Coats
At $15, three styles in frieze
tailored coats.
At $30, both frieze and sil
ver tones.
At $47.50, velours (plain and
fur trimmed) and silvertones.
At $57.50 to $75, pile fabric
coats without fur. With fur
from $100 to $146.
At $75, beautiful styles in
evora and velour.
At $100, the finest coats of all
in evora, bolivia and palauchie,
some plain, others handsomely
fur trimmed.
Central)
Women's Overnight
Bags That Fold Up
Hand made, of dull black long
grain and patent leather, with
sowed frames, flat brass catches
and gayly colored silk linings. Good,
heavy leather, too.
Sizes 14, 15 and 10 inches.
Prices $24 to $27.50.
(Mnln Floor, Chestnut)
Umbrellas for
Small Girls
They arc almost exactly like
their mothers', having handles with
rings, and bakelite top3; seven and
eight ribbed frames and covers of
green, navy, brown, red and black.
izes 'are 18, 20, 22 and 24 inches,
and prices are $5, $6, $7.50 and $10.
(Main Floor, Market)
ERY pretty and simple
r k
imonos are or couon
crepe striped in white and
colors, tlie colors being pink,
blue and lavender; price
$3.85. Other kimonos are of
plain blue, rose or lavender
crepe, hand embroidered with
birds and flowers in Japan.
These are $6.85.
(Third Floor, Central)
White Waists
Tailored Two new styles are of madias,
one with lay-down collar, and the
other with high-low, prices $3.50
to $3.85.
Two other styles of linen, both
with pique collars, and one with
tucks. These aro $5 and $5.50.
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Full well do they know that they have been chosen to make the
most charming frocks for that groat occasion and they are glad
that it is so. ' "
Women will find a real pleasure in seeing these new silks and
thoy can easily imagine how beautiful they will bo when f'hey
aro mado up. Now is the time they are at their best because of
several largo shipments just arrived.
Foulards, as usual, are most popular and fashionable. These
are the new 1920 patterns. They arc 40 inches wide, $4 and $4.50 a
yard.
Printed pussy willow taffetas, exquisite designs, $5.50 a yard.
Printed radiums, $4 and $5 a yard.
Printed Georgette crepes, light and 'dark effects, $4 a yard.
Gros de Londres, $4 a yard.
Plain colored .taffetas, $4 a yard.
Black crepe meteor, $3 a yard and charmousc, $5.
Striped wash silks, $3 to $4.50 a yaiy.
Many navy blue silks of different weaves ate in this collection
and they are greatly in demand. Also a new French bluo which
is here in a heavy satin, 40 inches' wide, at $5.50 a yard.
(Tlrst Floor, Chestnut)
Women Are Buying the Lovely
Pox Furs to Wear Now
and in the Spring
for fox is one of the furs that may bo worn most becomingly even after
the snows arc gone and the , Wintry winds have died down.
There is the rich black fox, the pretty brown and the fashionable
taupe fox all in the animal scarf style. There are different sizes, but
all, of course, are finished with heads and tails.
And at their present very moderate prices, $40 to $115 (they have
been greatly reduced), they are very good values indeed.
(Second Floor, Chestnut)
It Will Be Many Days Before
You Can Hear the Songs
of the Birds
But you can have a glorious
AM PI CO
playing in your home right away.
Convenient terms will be arranged
(Egyptian Hull.
Washable Capeskin Gloves for
Women to Wear Right Now
Most women are agreed that for Winter wear, the capeskin is one
of the most practical gloves and when it is washable it is even more sb!
These are good-looking, well-made Winter gloves, of sturdy skins
and in the fashionable styles.
$2.75 a pair for brown or gray capeskins.
$3.50 a pair for a better quality in tan.
And $4 a pair for a still finer grade in peail, brown or mastiic.
All have 1-clasp fastening. '
(Main l'loor, Central)
400 Yards Blue Serge
Special at $2.50 a Yard
A new shipment and so much better in quality than the usual $2.50
serge that it is entitled to be called "special."
It is all-wool and very fine and soft and it would make the nicest
sort of Spring dresses cither for women or children. The width is
40 inches and there is just the one shade of dark blue but it is a very
pretty one.
(l'lrst Floor, Cliestnut)
"Scented or Unscented"
An Amusing Soap Story
Our famous Philadelphia Hardwater Soap, when it was intro
duced years ago, first came only in the almond scent. This year
it comes in almond, verbena, violet and unscented.
Once a man bought a dozen cakes and the saleswoman asked:
"Will you have it scented or unscented?"
The man seemed puzzled by the question, but at length he re
plied: "Neither, thank you; I'll take it with me."
There aro lots of good stories about our Hardwater Soap, and
' one of the funniest is about the queer efforts that aie being made
in some quarters to imitate it.
Usually tho soap sells for 20c a cake, but during the month
of March wc will sell a million cakes at $1 a dozen.
We will take your order now for March delivery, if you like.
(Main Floor, Chentnut)
Lillian Brassieres
and Bandeaux
One of pink-striped tricot which
makes an excellent bust confiner,
$4.
A bandeau of non-stretchablc
pink mesh with medium back to
support the flesh over the shoul
ders, fastening in back, $4.
Dotted pink affair with darts in
front and elastic in back, $3.50.
Brassieres of all-over shadow
lace, with filet and Valenciennes;
lining of white net, $7.
Pink mesh with elastic at waist
line, $3.
(Third l'loor, Clieituut)
Easier (Grown
Second l'loor)
O'
RIENTAL slippers are
being cleared out at $1
to" $4 the first price for
babies' slippers of quilted
silk, with little Bunny Rabbit
pompons on their toes, and
the last for their mothers'
velvet slippers with Chinese
embroidery. All the prices
are lower than usual because
the slippers are a trifle shop
worn.
the Wanamaker Furniture
Sale Is a Great Reality
I
F THE appointments
of your home mean
anything to you, now
is the time to prove it.
If you have any need
for good furniture, now
is the time to buy it.
The great February
Furniture Sale is" rapidly
becoming a matter of days,
but the furniture in it is
still abundant beyond any
thing to be found in any
other place.
TJie opportunity to
choose from such a splen
did collection- of cabinet
work at reduced prices
means more to everybody
this year than it has ever
meant, because of the con
ditions obtaining in the
market. In the face of
these conditions it is wise
to buy your furniture
now, because there is no
sign that they will change
in a good while.
Hundreds of Small
Rugs of the Better
Sort
So much needed for bare spaces
in front of windows, in doorways
and in halls.
Wilton Rugs
27x54 in., $11.50, $12.75 and $18.
36x63 in., $19.50, $21 and $28.25.
Velvet Rugs
27x54 in., $7.50 and $10.50..
36x63 in., $15.
Axminster Rugs
27x54 in., $6, $6.75 and $7.75.
36x70 in., $9.75, $10.75, 511.50
and $12.50.
Body Brussels Rugs
27x54 in., $7.35.
IMain "Art" Rugs .
30x60 in., $5.75.
36x72 in., $8.
(Seventh Floor, Chentnut)
'F there is any time that
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the family realty needs a
thermometer, both for pleas
ure and profit, it is when tlie
weather is most temperamen
tal. The Optical Goods Store
has them from 50c to $10.
(Main dallerj, Chestnut)
Hot-Water Bottles
Are Needed These
Nights
Many people like to use the
metal bottles and find them very
satisfactory indeed. They arc in
various sizes and retain the heat
for a long period.
Prices start at $2 for the first
size, and go on up $2.50, $3 and
$4 for the larger bottles.
(Mfiln Floor, Chestnut)
For Housewives
Sanozonc, the Apinc disinfectant,
is exceedingly agreeable in living
rooms. Pi ices fiom 40c to $1.
The Nomoredust sweeping com
pound may be had for 40c a can.
Dish and glass towels, 35c and
40c each.
S e p t o 1 a disinfectant cleans
everything from cellar to attic.
25c to $3.25 a bottle.
Bamboo-handled brooms, very
light, $1.35.
A non-explosive cleaner for
household and automobile use, 50c
and $1 a bottle.
Beacon insecticide is an effective
mixture for destroying household
insects. 60c to $17.50 a Van.
(Fourth Floor, Mtirhet)
Warm Bloomers
for Women
Of light-colored silk, knee
length, $4.50 tb $8.50.
Dark silk, ankle-length, $6.85 to
$10.50.
Black sateen, knee-length, $1.85;
onglo-lengtli, $4.75.
, (Third Floor, Central)
in Actual A dvantages
The world is short of
mahogany and of ships to
bring it from the countries
in which it grows. Ma
hogany, you must know,
like many fine things in
nature, does not flourish
in abundance. There are
no mahogany forests, but
just a tree or group of
trees growing here and
there, usually towering
over the other trees.
Circassian walnut,
which used to come from
the borders of the Black
Sea, Russia, is scarce for
reasons which must be
obvious,
Fortunately our own
American walnut makes
beautiful furniture, but
the factories can, hardly
keep up withvthe demand,
not only forthis but for
all other classes of furni
ture. While the Wanamaker
(Fifth, Sixth and
Men 's Fur Lined and Fiir Collared
Overcoats of Particular Excellence
at the Prices
When the wind blows from the Arctic regions the one outer garment in
which a man can face it is a fur-lined overcoat.
Self-protection demands that every man who can possibly have a fur-lined
overcoat should have one.
We have a very fine group of these splendid garments at particularly low
prices from $180 to $247.50. We don't think they are excelled at these figures
anywhere. All are lined with marmot and the collars are variously of otter,
beaver, nutria, seal and plucked otter. Black, fancy and Oxford shells.
We also have a number of fur-collared overcoats at remarkably low
prices $112.50 and $135.
The coats at $112.50 are in fancy mixed woolens with collars of nutria
and otter. The other coats are in Oxford, dogskin-lined and with collars of
Persian lamb or racoon.
( Iluril Floor, MHrKrt) "
Men's Very Fine Silk Shirts With Pleated Bosoms
The silk in these shirts is an exceptio nal quality and the garments were made in
our own Custom Shirt Factory, which means beautiful workmanship and generous
measurements.
The pleated bosoms are thick and soft and add much to tho luxurious appearance
of the shirts.
Price $15.
OInin I luor, Murl.el)
Boys' Handkerchiefs
of Airplane Linen
$5.50 a Dozen
This is the linen that was oen
for airplane use, and it is strong
and durable, yet not too heavy for
handkerchiefs.
All these are made in the simple
hemstitched style that is always
liked, and they have two widths
of hem one-quarter and one-half
inch.
(West Mile)
The Half- Yearly Sale of China
and Glassware
Is Exclusively a Wanamaker Sale of
Wanamaker Goods
Wanamaker china is known to be of the
best and most reputable kind.
It is also well understood that we could
never afford to deal in a questionable kind.
There is such a thing as mean quality
in dishes. We use endless vigilance to keep
out dishes of mean quality.
We are equally vigilant regarding qual
ity of glass. Cut glass of mean quality is
something for which we have neither time
nor toleration.
In this half-yearly sale there are no
wares but wares of Wanamaker quality.
All our regular dinner sets, French,
English and American, and including open
stock patterns, are at considerably reduced
prices.
The selection is wonderful and the
savings extraordinary in view of conditions.
A splendid collection of cut glass is
offered at savings of one-third. Most of
these goods are from our own regular
assortments, but there are some new pur-
cnases or rare interest
There is a large offering
sive staple glassware in light cuttings at
, February Sale lasts you
can select from the largest
indiyidual stock of stand-
ard quality furniture in
the world mahogany,
walnut, oak, upholstered,
hand-decorated, antique
and modern models at
reduced prices.
It is all such good furni
ture that most people who
know something about
r furniture would rather
buy it at a saving of 10
per cent than buy any
other furniture at a sav
ing, real or mythical, of
three times ten.
We have had an as
tonishing record of distri
bution so far in this sale,
but you would never think
so to look at the magnifi
cent assortment of furni
ture here today. There is
no furniture sale like a
Wanamaker Sale, there is
no stock of furniture like
Seienth l'loor)
Warm Blankets $12 a Pair
Much Below the Market
These arc a very exceptional lot of blankets. Wocn of v.ool and
cotton, the pcicentage of wool being unusually high for blanket.-. selling at
this prico today.
Oui regular price for this blanket was 23 per cent higher, but it
would have to be higher still if we had to buy thum in today's market.
Double-bed size 70x82 inches with bordeis of pink or blue
The best blankets at tho price in Philadelphia, we do believe.
(''lxth I lour. Cent nil)
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there is no time that
brings out these facts so
clearly and unmistakably
as now, when we are get
ting along toward the be
ginning of the end.
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rather heavy cuts in price.
It is one of the great replenishing times
of the year in china and glassware a great
time for you to look to your requirements
in goods of this kind.
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