)' JklffGf "PUBLIC LEJD,GliJR POTMOTJBOi:, '3D?JJtDAy, ' FHSRlARfiO, Blr ' ' ., , , M t ... i ' ... , I. . , , n , . .1 ... i 1 I "'1 JSWf fff ' i it i '! Tk c Organ Plays at 9, 11, 11:55 WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER WEATHER U' Fair and Continued Cold 1111(14:50 Store Opens at 9 WANAMAKER'S Store Closed at 5 The Proof of a Furniture Sale Is in the Goods and on hlvt r&J- ' That Principle This Sale Stands A lone Thank You, Mr. Mayor, for Your Patriotic and Proper Leadership in removing from Philadelphia the disgrace of holding back for scores of years the universal observance of the Birthday of Washington throughout the United States. The selfishness of the city of the American flag; of the State House, in which was signed the Declaration of Independence; of Independence Square, where it was first published; of the Liberty Bell, which rang out over land and sea, "Proclaim Liberty throughout tlie land, unto all the inhabitants thereof," has prevented a proper observance. Our great streets were country roads 144 years ago, where WashingtonJefferson, Hancock and their associates walked and talked over the terms of and concluded the Declaration of Independence. It is meet and right for these same streets, lined with warehouses, evincing the benefits that have followed the statesmanship of Washington and his confreres, to respect the memory of the greatest citizen of his time. t So shall the children hear the story of the nation's beginnings, and the hundreds of Philadelphia's adopted citizens realize that we arc not only proud of our history, but recognize M'hat we owe to those who organized our government. All hail for the promptness and vigor of Our Clear-Headed Mayor who calls us to the duty of the hour ! Of Course, Mr. Mayor all our buildings, storage houses, factories and workrooms in and out of, but in unison with, the the premises next to City Hall, will be Closed from Saturday, 5. P. M., ' to Tuesday, Feb. rU, 9 A. M. also ourioffices and warehouses in London and Paris will be closed and notices posted stating publicly the reasons therefor. A very happy day to ihc thousands of families for the holiday that the Mayor has given us. Signed Feb. 'JO, 1320. jfamzfe Charming New Spring Clothes for Girls and Young Women Stunning New Cloth Dresses for Young Women, .$45 to $125 They arc of serge, of tricotino and of the fine Poiret twill that makes Mich smart street dresses, '"hey aie all in navy blue, arc in unusual and new styles, and in all the seventy-five ,you will scarcely find two alike! 14 to 20 years. New Spring Sports Suits, $38.50 and $39.50 Two biand-new models of wool 1 Spring colorings and particularly Jersey and of checked velour in ' good styles. 14 to 20 years. New Mid-Season Coats for Young Women, $73.50 Coats of imp. nitlrtr Rnlivin nv chameleon cloth in reindeer brown, blue or taupe in a new style, with collar to be worn high or low, new pockets and narrow belt. Lined throughout. Coats that may be worn now .and all through tho Spring. 1 1 to 20 years. Hundreds of New Spring Dresses for Younger Girls Are Here $3 to $4 for new middy blouses in G to 14 year sizes. $15 to $62.50 for the lovely now party and afternoon dresses of crepe de chine and crepe Georgette in" white and flesh color. These are beautiful little dresses and arc in G to 14 year sizes. $27.50 for new blue serge reefers in regulation style, lined through out with silk made in our own workrooms. 6 to 14 year sizes. $1G.50 to $22.50 for other new Spring coats in checks, serges and other Spring materials and styles. 6 to 14 years. (Kerpnd l'loor, Chestnut) , $10 to $30 for the fine hand-mado organdie and voile dresses dc "Shtful little frocks in simple, charming styles and G to 14 year tlzes. $6 and $7.50 for gingham dresses "-the last price for a bloomer jSS" .. Brown P'nk, green, blue and yellow and white effects, and G 10 14 venr sizes. m.50 to $40 for pretty little taffeta frocks in dark and light col onngb and any number of new mod els, t, to 14 year sizes, mi, for wasn regulation dresses i".al .white, or white with blue or rea; o to 14 year sizes. New in Sports Coats for Spring Short polo cloth coals in natural tan color. Raglan shoul der, $57;50. Thrcc-quarter-lcngth coats of ical camel's hair and vicuna both come in the natural tan color at $75 -and $87.50. And cashmere velour coats in beautiful soft shades of deer and fawn, $75. Capes of natural tan polo cloth, gathered on a round yoke and loose in tho back. A strap belt fastens in front, $C5. These aro tho vcy newest fashions and any woman would choose wisely if she took any one of them. (1'lr.t, lloor, Central) TI TE TOLD our friends at VV the' beginning that the talk about shortages and scarcities, while it- was gen erally true, did not apply to this Sale. . We said we had no" excuses to make, but that We had the goods that people wanted and plenty of them. The test came and for the past three weeks or so we have been vindicating these statements by actual performance. Now pn the threshold of the last week is when the severest test begins to make itself felt. Now comes the time that shows the difference between a real February Fur niture Sale and a real ilare-up. Wn run snv f.lmf. nn mirnlv as we are prepared for the beginning of this Sale we are prepared for the end of it, not with excuses, but with the goods. We have' a block-long ware house full of furniture ready to call upon at any time. We have 125 different bed room suits on the Sixth Floor. (1'irtli, Hlxth and Women's Jersey Sport Suits $35 to $45 A woman's first clothing investment in the Spring is apt to be a suit of this most comfortable, obliging fabric. A jersey suit is good for business and marketing and country walks and hack wear generally; it is exceedingly comfortable, rather light in weight and agreeable in color. We have it in pretty good variety at this moment, the sports jackets showing new pleats, yokes arid pockets and the skitts straight and of an easy width. Prices arc $35, $37.50, $38.50 and $45. (First l'loor. Central) Spring in Every Line of These ' Pretty New Hats at $10 to $15 Plenty of khiall hats little hats with roll brims and perhaps a gay wreath of fruit and flowers around the crown; small hats with straight brims and a bandeau beneath, and flowers for the trimming; small, closo-ntting hats, trimmed with feathers in novel shapes and un usual colorings all these arc in the group. There arc the new straight-brim huts, hats that turn back from the face, and four-corner hats. Usually they are of tho rough braids that are so popular this spring; sometimes they arc com bined with Georgette, but almost invaiiablv thev are trimmed with flowers and if not (lowers with the new varnished laffia braid, or with feathers. Thcro's a wide choice between $10 and $15. ' (Second lrloor, Chestnut) 4jy Oriental Embroideries and Other Treasures have just arrived from the East and arc on exhibition and sale in tho Art Needlework Store. Every piece was personally se lected by our representative in China and Japan, with the result that every piece is unusually perfect and benutifiil. Their uses are manifold for dress motives and hatbands and the present fashionable vests, for bags, pillows, trays, runners and all manner of fancy work. The collection includes Embroideries bunds, square.1-, mandarin skirts, mats, 1 miners. Cut velvets. Marvelous brocades by the yard the sort used in their na tive country for obis. Prints and the big silk squares used by the Japanese when they go snoppmg. While silk crepe scarfs and shawls, with marvelous hand embroidery. Prices aie surprisingly mod-euite. (Heconil l'loor, Central) Women's Exquisite New French Suede Gloves for Spring And they're washable, too! That means they will be just that much more practical. The short gloves aro in tan and mode shades fawns and dovo and rabbit colors. They fasten with two pearl buttons, and aro $4 a pair. If you desire something a little 'longer, the next length is the slip- (Muln l'loor on glove a smart style that comes in light gray, tan or mode colorings and is $5 a pair. The strap wrist mochas are stunning, and these, too, are in tan and mode shades, and arc $6 a pair1. Every pair is as daintily made and finished as a woman always expects tine l'rcneli gloves to be. Central) New Veilings Are Decidedly on the Square Sometimes it is tiny chenille or woven dots so arranged that they form a square or the mesh itself is the square filet, with woven figures or tinv chenille dots making a hexagon. These arc the newest veiling fashions and they are $1 to $2 a yard. x Plain hexagon mesh vcilihgs in nearly every color are 50c a yard. (Mulii l'loor, Centrnl) ' Accordion Pleats Mean 'Everything to the New Skirts Just imagine the prettiest plaids you can think of laid in the finest accordion pleats and carefully cal culated to be full enough for com fort and grace and sufficiently nar row to givo the right lines. The newest skirts of this kind arc of velour finished worsted with the top part of a plain color let into the pleats in a Wall-of-Troy effect. They are lovely to look"at and aro $27.50. Other accordion-pleated skirts in velour-finished worsted, small dark checks, but without this feature, are $25. Also accordion-pleated black serges at"$15. (rlr.t l'loor. Central) THE Ansco Vest Pocket Junior enables one to keep a photographic diary. Besides, it is exceedingly compact, weighing 13 ounces, and measuring lVi.x2x6 inches. It makes pictures 2 ii x3 Vi , and may be had for $11.20 to $20.25, W k '"' ' We have over 100 different dining-room suits on the same floor. All of these are suits of completely matched pieces, but in most cases the pieces can be bought individually. Of these suits we have one to twelve of a kind in reserve. berenth l'loors) We have upholstered and other furniture for living rooms and libraries in equal proportion. All of this is Wanamaker furniture. The reductions at which it is marked are from unrisen former figures. The goods were marked down without being first marked up. The savings on them count for more than they seem. They are backed by every quality and characteristic that people of taste and judgment can desire in furniture. The days for buying them at Feb ruary Sale'prices are fast run ning away. "XT OU may go to the Acad- emy tomorrow to hear Rachmaninoff or you may come to Wana maker's today, or any day, to hear him through the AM PICO and it is doubtful if you or any one could ever tell the difference. The Ampico playing Rachmaninoff reproductions is wonderful. Convenient Terms (Hccond l'loor) Sparkling New Bead Necklaces, $1.50 to $10 For younger girls there arc short necklaces in many styles and dif ferent colors they go from $1.50 to $2. Longer bead necklaces and there is a wealth of htylcs arc $0 to $10. (Ioclry More, Chestnut nnd Thirteenth) Embroidery for Making Neckwear Either of fine organdie or batiste, in white or ecru or white with a trace of color. Many women arc making the daintiest collar and cuff sets from these embioideris and at a very lit tle price. From S5c tp $4 a yard. (First l'loor, Chestnut) New White Waists A batiste with tiny tucks in pairs and a flaring collar oddly finished with a frill, $3. Voile with broad rccrs and fine self-pleatings, $3.85. Two styles of voile, with lace and embroider;, each $5.50. (Third 1'Io'or, Central) New Fiction "Gray Dusk," a detective story bv Octavus Roy Cohen, author of "The Crimson Alibi." Its scene is the swamp country of South Caro lina, its characters the natives of that region. Price $1.75. "'I he Stars Incline," by Jeanne Judson. The story of a nineteen-year-old girl who went to New York to study art. Prico $1.75. (Main l'loor. Thirteenth) $100,000 Worth of Picked and Chosen Pieces in the Sale of Oriental Rugs Wc were on the spot to pick the best of the largest shipment of Oriental rugs received in this country in a long time. That explains why the rugs in this Sale are such fine pieces. They arc the cream of the shipment, but they are priced substantially below their prevailing value at retail. They are a $100,000 collection, comprising an especially fine choice of Saruks, Kermanshahs, Araks, Bijars, Chinese and India rugs in largo carpet sizes. The selection of color effects and pat terns in these is tho best shown in Philadelphia in many u day. Those pieces range in price from a Chinese 10.1x8 ft., at $349, to a wonderful India carpet, 18.2x14.1 ft., at $1887. Many small rugs are in tho sale at remarkably low prices Kermanshahs, 3x5 ft. to 5x6 ft., $145 to $295. Mosuls, Shiraz, Beluchistans, 3x0 to 3.6x7 ft., $15 to $65. Chinese, 2x3 to 3x5 ft., at $18.75 to $35. Anatolian mats, $17.50 to $27.50. (beventh l'loor. Central) White Silks Special at $2 and $2.50 a Yard Candy Tree Stumps 50c and 75c Each arc delicious orange cieam, with a thick coating of rich, sweet choco late. They'll make attractive fa vors for Washington's Birthday dinners or luncheons. Candy hatchets', of clear, hard candy, 25e each. Cream-covered caramels arc SOc a pound. Chocolalc-coeicd marslimallo-ws j are 60c a pound. Assorted chocolates are 80c a ' pound. j (Don n Mnlrs More, Chestnut) Honfleur Toilet Articles for the Holiday Trip This little sale comes just in time, for so many of these toilet preparations are such a comfort to use after motoring or travel ing, and especially at the shoic. Toilet water, violet or l'Em pire, SOc and 85c a bottle. Talcum powder, violet or l'Empirc or rose, 10c a box. Youth and Beauty Cream and Cleansing cream, 40c a jar. Hair tonic, $1 a bottle. Bay rum, 60c, 95c and $1.85 a bottle. Witch hazel, ,35c and 65c a bottle. ' Violet ammonia, 20c and 35c a bottle. Lilac and wistaria Vegetal, 85c a bottle-. Eau de Cologne, 75c a bottle. (Mest Aisle) Black Enamel Suit Cases for $8 and $8.50 Many people prefer them lo leather suit cases because of their light weight even aside from the fact that ;i leather case costs about tin co times as much. These aro fiber bound, with leather comers and handles, and contain tray and shirred pockets. 21 and 26 inches. (Main 1 loor, Clirktnut) 500 yards of a good quality while taffeta, suitable for graduation dresses, dance frocks, foundations, petticoats and many other pur poses. It is 36 inches wide, $2 a yard. 1000 ards of white satin; soft, (Meat beautiful finish for entire gowns, linings, waists and so on, 36 inches wide, $2.50 a yard. Both of these silks arc actually below the present wholesale cost and they arc such good values that they should go out in one day. Aisle) $10,000 Worth of Our Own Fine Cut Glass in the China Sale There is no room in all this spacious and radiant store of crystal for even one piece of infeiior cut glass. We will sell our own kind of cut glass or none. This is our own kind and the prices represent a straight reduc tion of 25 to 33 1-3 per cent from our own regular fail markings. Every conceivable item of cut glass will be found ,jn the assort ment, those listed beine onlv some exanmlps. " Footed nut bowls, $.50 and $3.25. Low flower bowls, $8 to $12. Celery trays, $2.25 to $4.50. Banana dishes, $5.50. ftelish dishes, $4 and $5. Punch bowls, $13.50 to $200. Berry bowlsr $3.50 to $15. Berry dishes, $2.25 to $10.50. Compotes, $2 to $15. Sugar and cream sets, $3.50 to $6 a set. . Vases, $2 to $60. .lugs, $3.75 to $12.50. Itonbon dishes, $1.75 to $1. J All our regular dinner sets French, English and American are in tho Sale at reduced prices. (Fourth lloor. Chestnut) What Is This Hardwater Soap You Talk So Much About? Proper question and here's the answer. "Philadelphia Hardwater Soap" (note the whole name) is a soap made from a singular formula, brought by Wanamaker's from a famous European bath. It is readily soluble in Philadelphia's "hard" water. It is made of pure and wholesome materials. This is a most im portant point. It sells usually for 20c a cake. During March (Wanamaker anniversary month) it sells for $1 a Dozen Cakes It is so good and lasting that a dozen cakes is an average year's supply for each member of tho family. It improves with time. Therefore, many prudent people, in March, buy a whole year's sup ply for tho whole family. We are taking orders now for March deliveries. (Alain l'loor, Chestnut) 500 Men 's Ulster Coats to Go at $40 and $50 A Good Saving on Every One At theiroriginal pi-ices, which were $0 and $15 higher, these were amongst the best overcoats offered this Winter. Good, big, warm, well-modeled, well-made garments with convertible collars and belted backs. In light and dark grays, tans and heather mixtures. It is wonderful how quickly the seasons come and go; and the men who buy these coats now will realize that fact with profit and peculiar satisfaction next November and for long after to say nothing of the many harsh days before the trees begin to bud this Spring. Saving of twenty dollars on sixty and fifteen on sixty-five mean something on coats of this kind. A man should be here early to pick one of the best of them. ' Fine Lisle Half Hose Jmt From Paris Plain colors with clocks and vertical stripes of contrasting colors in combinations that it seems only, the French hosiery makers can produce. Famed also for their extraordinary durability. Prices $3 and $3.50 a pair. (Main l'loor, Mnrket) Men's Brogue Shoes in High and Low Styles Real brogues, these are. Their most notable feature is tho squarish toe, which men of fashion favor. Their wing tips arc long and their perforations deep. Heels are low and broad and shanks are wide. Of mahogany cordovan and Norwegian grain leather in tan. Oxfords, $16 a pair. High shoes, $10.50 a pair. (Main J'loor, Markol) - (Third l'loor, Mnrket) London Sends to Our Men the Jauntiest Cap Yet It is a distinctly new style in which the visor is inclosed in the top, doing away with the double flap in front It is astonishing what a difference this makes, both in the appear ance of tho cap and the smart shapo it takes on the head. " Lincoln-Bennett, of London, mado tho caps especially for this Store. They aro chiefly of Harris tweeds and the assortment ofc designs and colorings is large and pleasing. 7 Price $6. (Main lluor, Market) Everyday handkerchiefs for Men Irish linen of stuidy weave and good quality makes these good handkerchiefs, which are in perfectly plain hemstitched style and have narrow hems. Sold by the dozen only, at $1.50. OVett Al.le) S m m depending on its lens equipment. (Main floor, Chestnut) I ii oi i ! MiJAift. . 4l Wjw&ia ,4ttMk
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