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Store Opens at 9
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spring Goods and Spring Sales Are Now Forging to the Front
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The Little Blossoms of Winter
Which We Gall Snow
filled the sky nearly ail oi me last aay oi
February.
Yesterday began the March month, which in
emp voars eives us the first breath of Spring
and the first kiss of the flowers.
Sometimes out of the darkest night there is
born the brightest morning.
During all of the first four months of 1876
we transformed the dingy, smelly, old freight
station oi the rcnnsyivania itauroaa inio ine
Grand Depot and opened it to the public when
General Grant, the President of the United
States, came on May 10, 1876, to Philadelphia and
touched the button that set a-going the great
Centennial Exposition.
When that celebration closed we began to
prepare the
New Kind of Store
which bloomed out for the first time forty-three
I vears ago on uiu i&m ui itiucu, jlou, in us
gfgai prUJUl liuiia ao uic ucgiiiiiuit, ux tuc gcuctai
store, which has become by its gradual and
constant expansion in several respects the ,
Most Famous Retail Store
in the World.
Wr were all -boy-men when we beeran and we
had no big men or model to show us how to make
iha kind nf store, but- we iust went on. little by
HHIp. nnri it is all a steady srrowth since its first
day, the 12th of March, 1877, on its present
original basis.
The comedy of storekeepers in making
Anniversary Sales under all sorts of nretexts
would be merely laughable, were it not in many
f i. A? J . J. p j j J.L.
ins unices a siJecits ui uccepuun xuisivu upun iiiu
public. ja-.l'iS: ja:
Signed
March 2, 1020.
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Tomorrow's Concert in Egyptian Hall
at 2:45 Will Be Like a Play
a vivid representation from motion pictures, music and tableaux
or the Me of the
PILGRIM FA THERS
who landed on Plymouth Rock 300 years ago.
A cordial invitation is extended to all lovers of music and
admirers of the courageous Pilgrims to attend this concert.
In the interest of an undisturbed performance persons attend
ing arc asked to be in their scats by 2:45.
(Second Floor)
Tailored Tweed, Homespun,
and Jersey Suits for Women
The tweeds and homespuns, in light tans, grays and browns, arc very
iVerelv Cllt AnH tjlilrtrAH. rpmlnrllncr flnn nf nnthlno Rn mnnti nn nn Tnirlisli
luntry suit. The jerseys are sports models, In heather mixtures, navy
fcd oxford; a few bright colors.
Prices are $37.50 to $50.
(First rloor. Central)
The Finest Winter Wraps
Fur-Trimmed, $85 to $250
Scarcely flffv nlrrfrrothor Knf tJimr ana avfnnnlmnnlit tMint.llf.il rray.
ICHtS. And thr ftlta tVlfl. ...1....1. 4lft.. nMA iwlMM.nf1 nn t !.. n . 1 a... rtrti
F senption. Some are hand embroidered.
Among them are lovely silk-and-wool duvetynes, wool velours, silk
;?Vf' Panne velvets and gorgeous metal brocades. These latter are
"able for evenings. Also there are some all-black wraps.
00 niUCh haS hfPn TnWnn trnm flint n-nn. nmnnn iViof .v....... f 1.i.a
pps are close to half price.
(First Floor, Centra!)
Georgette Crepe
and Wash Satin
Without question tun nf fhn
freest silks at the present
-ime and, as it happens, two of
e most popular for Spring.
Therefore, -it can be imag
'Md how glad we aro to have
J" ncw shipments. And par
untarly are we pleased to be
W to offer them at such prices.
ihey arc very little moro than
e wholesale cost.
Iw . . crcPV plain colors,
,,, yo.io u yarn.
P"ck, whlto and all" the most
fwhionable shades. Many
Fomen will nnmwlntit 41.1.
to match certain colors.
InS Un' ,n flcah Pink, 36
EM?' W ywd. It is
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Hint Floor. Chestnut)
Let 1 fl'n Pnintn
Sorinn -...l.i .
urea w .'? xor a11 tvPe of
JTshort p,?k out a 'w-
m i K,iopleM model for vcry
hks&ea or Sowing girls,
ffit ttnes nnJ costs $7.50.
m2 to?,ho cor8eta 'or average
Sffi'miW-"' lth ,nserts ot
'W'SW cuti!',w bohed
ai? Avro?"sk,rt' e,atic
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Silk Waists
Tailored
Some whito and colored striped
silks have just come in some have
high-low collars and somo liavo
whito silk collars, and these cost
?10.85 and $12. All-white with
white satin stripes are $12.50, and
men's-wear crepe blouses, with high
or low collars, are $12 and $15.
Largo crepe do chino waists in
white and flesh-color sizes 48, 50
and 52 inches, price $12.75.
(Third Floor, Central)
An Unusually Pretty
Lot of $5 Silk
Handbags
One stylo in particular is really
extraordinary for this price. It is a
dainty little round shape with cov
ered frame and an inner frame.
The material is a good grado of
faille silk in black, navy, brown and
taupe.
Besides this bag there aro larger,
shallow shapes and square shape:,
of moiro silk. Most of them havo
covered frames, but somo havo
metal frames, and a few havo tas
sels and pendants.
$5 for any one,
(Main Floor, Cheatnat)
English Pin Cubes
They are of convenient size, hold
00 pins and are 35c each. And you
may have cubes with all black or
all. white irfiwp vrith, black and
toMM awwMi'rtr assorted colors.
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Chelsea Clocks Are
Rarely Less Than the
Usual Prices
But on a recent visit to the fac
tory, we found a number of theso
clocks in certain stylo cases that
the manufacturer bad decided to
discontinue. We took every one.
All have the same fine lever
movements that have made these
clocks such wonderful timc-kecp-crs
and the cases aro vcry hand
some. The savings run from a
quarter to a third.
Doric and Gothic design clocks,
$50.
Doric and Gothic mahogany
cases and hour and half-hour
.strike, $65.
Pedestal style of mahogany
striking .clock, $80.
Empire style of mahogany
striking clock, $90 and $100.
Empire style of oak striking
clock, $145.
Empire stylo of ship bell strik
ing movement, $150.
Doric and Gothic stylo mahogany
mantel clocks with handles, $72.
(Jewelry Htore, Climtnut and
Thirteenth)
Black Satin Slippers
Slippers with cross straps, short
vamps, turned soles and 2-inch
Louis heels. Price $15.
In the Exclusive Little Boot
Shop.
(Flrnt Floor, Market)
Japanese' Crepe
Kimonos
Pretty colored plaids and stripes
on plain grounds with embroidery.
Tho plaids are in pink, blue and
black on white, and cost $7.50.
The stripes are in rose, blue, tan,
lavender and pink on white, and
cost $6.50.
(Third rloor. Central)
&t &eallp (great $tanotf in America
fjere 8re Jf toe
We have three of them
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cScfjomacfeer
anb tfje Celefirateb Enaije
Choice among these is simply a mat
ter of individual preference. None of
them is surpassed by any piano.
Convenient terms make them easy
to possess.
(Sornnd Floor, ICa-j-ptlau Hull) .
When Spring Millinery Is Smart and
Wearable and Becoming at
the Same Time
you may bo sure the hats will find
new owners in short ordcrl That is
one reason why we'd suggest your
coming in to see this particular
group of $15 to $20 hats tomorrow
morning.
Of course they are brand-new,
and there isn't a hat in the group
that will .not be tho very hat some
woman is looking for.
There are hats of very fine
straws, hats of the new rough
braids, hats with effective combi
nations of crepe and straw braid,
and hats of straw and flowers.
And so many shapes you should
see theml New hats that turnff
tho face, new close-fitting turbane,
new straight-brim sailors, new hats
with roll brims, and saucy new
tricomes.
(Second Floor, Chentnnt)
A bunch of bright red cherries
gives a Vivid touch of color to a
small hat, raffia embroidery and rib
bon quilling is used on another,
ribbon bands and ribbon cockades
add smartness to other hats, col
ored embroidery and gay flowers
are used on others so you will see
theie's wide latitude as to trim
mings. A
$15 to $20.
The Loveliest New Spring
Dresses and Hundreds of New
Coats Are Ready for Little
Maids of 6 to 14
Every year moro mothers tell us what a great comfort and
convenience this Salon of Girls' Clothes is, for it provides just tho
simplo attractive dresses and wraps little girls should wear, at
moderate price thereby saving much time and all tho trouble that
dressmaking entails.
Simpler Cotton Dresses
such as ginghams, crepes ond chambrays, are in ever so many new
and pretty styles, $3.75 to $25.
Pretty Afternoon Dresses
of fine cotton voiles, of dimities and linens, in delicato and darker
colors, and perfectly charming styles, many hand embroidered,
aro $10 to $32.50'.
Silk Dresses
for street or indoor wear, includo taffetas and crepes do chine, and
Springlike foulards, and aro $22.75 to $40.
Lovely Dresses for Parties
aro of chiffons, crepes de chino and crepes Georgette and flno
organdies in white, aprico't, peach, pink, orchid and palo blue, and
aro beautifully made, somo entirely by hand, $22.75 to $62.50.
New Coats to Wear Over the Dresses
are of sturdy tweeds, of evoras, polo cloths, velours, serges, coverts
and novelty checks, in many styles, $18.75 to $76.
And all aro in 6 to 14 year sizes.
(Second Floor, Chestnut)
Nightgowns in Large Sizes
Largo sizes of fine nainsook with
yokes of elaborate hand embroidery
Antya In fha 'T))it1innlnu. T rlt '
U"V" -"' M"w,ifiinii .
Cambric and nainsook high
necked sorts at- $2.50 to $3.85; and
low-necked M! J3 to .60."
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(lhlrd Floor. Central)
"In the Shadow of
Great Peril"
By Horace A. Wade
Aged 11
This eleven-year-old youngster
whom Irving Cobb calls a genius
has written a tale which will make
a tired business man sit up and
gasp and he'll chortle with delight
over its refreshing artlessness. In
fact, no reader will doze over "In
the Shadow of Great Peril."
His publishers present this story
exactly as the author wroto it. Not
a sentence has been "edited." Spell
ing, punctuation and capitalization
aro untouched. It is tho actual
product of a genuine boy.
Pi ice $1.25.
(Uloln Floor, Thirteenth)
72-Inch Silk Brussels
Net at $2.50 a Yard
This wide width is" much used for
dance frocks, and tho fashionable
scarfs that women havo found so
becoming with evening gowns.
Thero aro only tho two colors,
black or white; but the value is ex
ceptional. (Muln Floor, Central)
New Printed Crepes
With a Very Silky
Look
But, as a matter of fact, they aro
part cotton.
Plenty of various shades of bluo
and also tan grounds, and they all
havo colored printings mostly
figures, but some are in flowered
patterns, 3-1 to 30 inches wide, and
$1.25 and $1.50 a ynrd.
(Ilrat Floor, Chr.tnut)
Some Finer Wash
Suits for Little Boys
Quite a few havo colored trousers
of linen or of fine cottons, with
blouses or waists of snowy dimity.
Still others are in suspender style,
with the littlo trousers and shoulder
straps all in one piece, and a littlo
Beparato blouse to bo worn beneath.
And to keep thorn from too much
soverity they have nurrow frills
around tho collars and cuffs, or
fancy stitching, or hand embroid
ery or fancy buttons by way of
trimming.
Thero aro whito suits and colored
suits, a great variety from which
to choose, and sizes from 2 to 5
years.
$9.60 to-ij,50. Jtf
ixaira.jrioar, Chtktnut)
We Will Sell $125,000 Worth of the
World's Best Housefurnishings at Way
Below the Market
Our Housewares Sale is not a bargain sale in the usual sense of this word,
so very much abused by some advertisers.
It is not a lot of hard-selling left-overs or picked-overs.
Instead, it is a brand-new collection of the finest housewares to be found in
America that we can offer to our customers at 10 to 33 per cent below regular, fan
the simple reason that we ordered them made up in great quantities for the par
ticular purpose of this Sale.
' The beautiful, new things are coming in every day. They make a notable
exhibition throughout the whole Market Street Section of the Fourth Floor.
Bathroom furnishings
Enameled cooking utensils
Galvanized ironware
Old-fashioned iron cooking
pans, griddles, etc.
Housecleaning brushes
Chamois, dusters, etc.
Household soap
Cedar chests and matting
boxes
Dress forms
Wooden ware, wringers, lad
ders, etc.
Porcelain-top kitchen tables
Clothes and market baskets
delay.
Eveiy woman who has housecleaning problems should visit the Sale without
Nickelware
Brassware
Coffee percolators
Sewing machines
Casseroles in nickel frames,
pie bakers, etc
Tin and japanned ware
(Fourth Floor, Market and Central)
Silk and Paper
Shirting in Our
Silk Store
This is a limited lot of this
goods brought from Japan by
our silk expert, who was very
doubtful as to whether it would
amount to anything, but he felt
that our customers at least
ought to havo a chance to see
what they thought of it.
When he arrived some
months ago ho hod some of it
mado up for wear, and the ma
terial has been thoroughly tested
out with practical wear and re
peated washings, and still looks
well and wears well.
Wo do not know how long, it
will last, but it is certainly an
interesting experiment, and tho
material is inexpensive at $1.50
a yard.
It is 32 inches wide, and may
be used not only for men's shirts,
but is suggestive of cool, dainty
little dresses for summer wear.
By silk and paper wo mean
that it is a silk warp and paper
filling. It come3 in various at
tractive striped designs, and wo
will bo glad to show it to you
in tho Silk Store.
(First Floor, Chestnut)
Dainty Tape Border
Handkerchiefs for
Women
They are of sheer and spotless
Irish linen and above their quite
narrow, hemstitched hems are fine
tapes.
Three different designs from
which to choose; and you may buy
them singly, for 65c, or by the
dozen for $7.80.
(Main Floor, Central)
New Bedspreads of
Beautiful Daintiness
No snow that ever fell was
whiter. No bed covering ever de
vised was moro dainty.
Wo bought them at an opportune
time, and so we can sell them at
moderate prices. They are marked
as low as they were last year
and tho market value has gone up
in tho meantime.
Crinkled dimity spreads in three
sizes
63x90 inches, $2.50; 72x90 inches,
$2.75; 80x90 inches, $3 each.
Corded dimity spreads, 72x90
inches, $3; 80x90, $3.50; 90x100, $4
each.
Somo crinkled dimity spreads
have scalloped edges and bolster
pieces to match, and these come in
sets for metal beds, sizes 72x99
inches at $5 a set, and 90x99 inches
at $6 a set.
(Sixth Floor, Central)
American Dinner Sets of Real
China Not Porcelain Are in
the Spring Sale
Most people don't know that real china dlnncrwaro Is made in tbe
United States. Not only is it mado in this country, bat it compares
favorably with the imported china, and it sells for much less. For the
factory which is most successful in making American china we aro the
.solo distributors in Philadelphia and Ncw York.
We have an interesting assortment of American-made dinner seta of
real china in our Spring Sale, and they are marked at 2G per cent less
than their standard values.
All aro sets of 106 or 107 pieces in border patterns with gold edges
and coin-gold handles. Prices, $40, $47.50, $50 and $67.50.
French and English and American porcelain dinner sets in plentiful
assortment are in the sale at reduced prices.
Also a fine variety of cut glass and staple glasswaro at substantial
savings.
(Fourth Floor, Chestnut)
New Lights in the Sale of Lamps
50 two-light wooden floor lamps at $12.50. Some Japanese decorated
and some mahogany finished.
100 fine gooseneck lamps at $5. They are office lamp3 and brass
finished.
50 fine iron floor lamps at $25 and $30. The iron is hand -wrought
and the finishes are natural steel and polychrome.
Besides which newcomers there are thousands of good lamps, mostly
reduced out of stock their present prices being 10 to 33 per cent below
regular.
(Fourth Floor, Central)
Chinese Carpets Newly
Outspread in the Oriental Rug
Disposal
One of tho things of which we are most confident is that we
have a collection of Chinese rugs of unequalcd quality at their
prices.
To these wo have added a new lot of pieces, of very particular
excellence, at prices considerably below those now generally asked
for such fine, dependable, beautiful weaves. As a group, we don't
believe these aro equaled anywhere.
Chinese Carpets
8x6 ft., $225
11.5x9.1 ft., $285
12x9.4 ft, $375
10x8.3 ft, $395
12x9.2 ft. S533
24.7x12 ft, $1576
12x9 ft- $345
10.11x6.11 ft., $285
11.9x10 ft, $593
10.6x8.3 ft, $375
11.8x8.10 ft, $487
12.8x10 ft, $665
Another particularly impressive pieco measures 20x15 ft, and
is marked at an exceptionally low price, $1875.
Small Chinese rugs are plentiful in the Sale at $35 to $75 each
for sizes 2x4 to 3x6 feet.
Persian, Asia Minor and India rugs also In large selection at
below prevailing prices.
(Berenth'FIoor, Chestnut)
A Fine Showincr of
Ti.fiYrsilrn I
Heading tho list nrc tho Columbia
bicycles, in models for men, women
and children. Chainless models are
$77.50, chain models, $67.50 to $65,
and juvenilo models, $46.50 to
$48.50,
Wanamaker Continental bicycles,
' J" ir men, $48 for women and
$40 for boys and girls.
America and Coaster bicycles for
men, $40.
(The OaUrry, Juniper)
Good Little Rugs for Bedroom
or Bath
Grandmother braided rugs in Colonial designs mako attractive spots
on the bedroom floor. They are both round and oval.
Round Oval
ZWi !n-' $2 27x54 in., $4.75
36x36 in., $4.50 36x72 in., $9.50
Cotton bathroom rugs that are both reversible and washable ar
among the most practical floor coverings of their sort.
24x36 in., $3.50, $3.75 and $5.25
24x48 in., $4.50, $4.85 and $7
(Seventh Floor, Chestnut)
27x54 in., $5 and $8.60
30x60 in., $6 and $10.76
36x72 in., $8.25. $12 and S1K
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OYS' colored handkerchiefs at 65c apiece are all of good
Irish linen and have narrow hems.
(Main Floor, Central)
"IVTARCr! is the month housekeepers mark on theix calendar to lav in a
Y year's supply of
a cake.
Philadelphia Hardwater Soan
It .is then $1 a dozen cakes; at all other times of the year it sells for 20c
, JhlS year V0 new odors are intrduced violet and verbena and
they have been enthusiastically received. There is also almond and unscented.
Please remember that although Philadelphia Hardwater Soap has been
complimented by many imitations, it has never been equaled and this is the
only place it can be found.
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