I , 0 ' w , , t ,'. 'fr ' jF .!. i i - r- i M 'i'ivl'V v A EVENINGP PtJBIilO itBDaER-APHliADBLPHlA', WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 192( i -4 . Organ plays at 9, 11, 11.55 WEATHER Fair WANAMAKER'S and 4.5U Chlnif t Noon Store Opens at 9 WANAMAKER'S Store Closes at 5 WANAMAKER'S And Now This Ringing Easter Message to the Great Army m it ', of Men Who Must Have New 'Www. umWvTk Commodore John Paul Jones' Naval Victory The Fight Between the "Bonhomme Richard" and "Serapis" The above is a copy of the original oilpainting, by Thomas Bfrch, of the greatest naval battle of the American Revolution.. It took place at night on September 23, 1779. The picture is 5 feet 2 inches lonjr by 3 feet high, and is now on n the Seventh Floor, corner of Juniper and Chestnut. it n vcrv dark night picture and ihaws that point in the battle when, tfie "Bonhomme Kicnarcr anu tne 'Serapis being lasneu togemer, mere mn n terrific explosion on the latter K-the enemy ship a daring American allor having dropped a nand grenade Inwrf Its hatchway. The wholo effect K vivid in this picture the moon Wrung through the ciouus on me .limine "Seranis." the bursting bombs. hd drowning men clinging to wreck age. I Commodore Jones drove back a boarding party, after a desperate hand- Ro-jiand conflict, and at half-past ten tno "berapis ' strucK her nag. Winston Cuurchilrs novel, "Richard rarvel," not yet out of print, contains fino account of this wonderful fight. During an engagement, in a momen- Eary lull in the firing, the English Cap tin demanded. "Have you struck your olors?" Commodore Jones replied: ''I lave not yet begun to fight!" After the Revolution, Commodore Jones visited Russia and held a naval commission for a time under the Em press Catharine, from there going to Paris, where ho died July 18, 1792. He was buried in the old Saint Louis churchyard, but his gravo was entirely forgotten for many years until it was discovered by Ambassador Horace Por ter on April 14, 1905. The American Government immediately took, steps to have the body disinterred, and 't was brought to this country, where it was received by an American squadron in Chesapeake Bay, and then Interred in the grounds of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, where it now rests. The young men of Philadelphia and the students of the University will be pleased to have these facts about the first American naval officer to win great renown, for his relatives lived in Philadelphia, and some of them were personally known to the writer. The picture gallery, the ..mammoth organ, greatly Imlarged since the St. Louis Exposition, the occasional brass land concerts of the military organization, the literary weeks vith such men as Van Dyke and Joseph C. Lincoln, the nusical assemblies that bring great composers like Sousa and fon to play their masterpieces these are all a part of the lie ot the Store. But we never forget our real duty, which is to have the best supply of newest goods and to haye them properly priced at all time3. N Sighed MarehSi,J020. 9MpwMfc The Little House of Rarities is now showing some very interesting lamps in the shapoxof Chinese vases, mounted with antique gilt; A pair of large lamps in mirror black are $140 each. Another puir, of the same porcelain, but much larger, are $275 each. Two small powder-blue lamps arc $50 each. One large powder blue is $85. In every case the shades to go with these lamps are extra. (in fill I'lnor ChMtnut) Women's Graceful, Delicate Beaded Georgette Gowns Thev nra bountiful and most delisrhtf ully fashionable. Usually they are straight in line, and very often they have tunics long or short and their long sleeves are of the floating, airy sort that are becoming to thin arms and plump ones. One style has few beads and these are used as iringe. Others are beaded from neck to toe, or beaded on the tunics only. Sometimes the beaded design is filled in with embroidery silk. Large beads and dark blue beads are used on some dresses. Some have girdles entirely of beads. Velvet girdles appear with a softening effect. Colors are navy, black and brown mostly the first two. Prices arc $75 to $225. (IMrat Floor, Central) , Young Women Demand New . Sports Coats Winter coats are too heavy and cumbersome to put over dainty new Spiint flocks! , , A little group of the popular sports and polo coats arc all in the much liKcd three-quarter length, nil well tailored and cut, and many are lined with silk. Tweeds, polo materials and other Spring woolens make the coats, which are in tan and blue shades and attractive -mixtures. 14 to 20 year sizes, and priced nt $35 and $38.50. (Hrconil Floor, Client nut) Very Gay Are This Season's New Sports Hats for Women VlVlfl onlnvc mnmr ofvoit-a inli aWXea art el TTlllph nmbrOlderV ftll inese combine to make the new sports hats charming and unusual and I different. Milan, hemp and ull sorts of smooth and fancy braids are used to make them. One may have small or larger hats, hats trimmed with vjbbon bands or bows, hats embroidered with silk or with wool, and hats for all purposes from shopping to sailing and from traveling to tennis. Theie aie brierht shades like coral I""'1 tuiquolsc and emerald and jade freen, Trench blue n d maize, as well as the always well-Uked .tans and browns and dark blues and black. And "raws as In the colors, for yedda, tagal, Prices go from $7.50 to $25. (Second Fluor, Chestnut) Madame Lyra Corsets ., At $7.50A model of pink brcc c, with low bust and long skirt, and three pairs of supporters. f m i n ,ndol for average or short figures. It Is of pink coutll, and has I Clastic Bectlon In inn illnnlimcrm nvnWn nnrl lnior holnw ihn Vront stcol. At $10 A pink broche for tall women. It has a very long skirt with ep elartlo goto and low, fuil bust. . , L and f !?Anothc" Pink broche with long skirt, excellent boning, low bust Muny'WhVmpdela besides these, fc , j . " , .(Thlfrioor. ChMtnut ," -w..v l.1'1 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm' . TTTrTr - --- fr ." it v- "!,' C - Lw'w "ii.. ' . ' ",,... .. ' '(, .p ". sl.lviwjj",i'ulfe. Why Not Select Your Phonograph for Easter N In our store you can select from the best eight kinds in the world. And can get most convenient terms. With the city's greatest col lection of records to choose the music from. (Second Floor) Fine White Habutai Silk Special, $3 a Yard Just arrived rind one of tho best grades of habutal'made in this country. It has the softest possible finish, washes most satisfactorily and It is wonderfully good silk for women's Sum mer dresses, blouses for all times of the year, men's shirts, children's clothes and lingerie. Tho width Is 36 inches and tho prlco is so special that it is actually less than the wholesale cost today. v (First Floor, CheWnat) New Sterling Silver Lockets for Easter Gifts Just now thoy are very much the fashion, and women like to wear these attractive new lockets on black silk ribbons, around the neck. Separate silver lockets, engraved and cngino turned, in square, oval and other new shapes, 3.25 to $6. Lockets with ribbon sautoirs to match are $4.25 to $6.50. g Silver lockets, set with rhines'Tlc8 -rand these are quite handsome arc $31 and $34. i Ribbon sautoirs with rhinestone mountings are $2.75 to $8.50. (Jewelry Htore, Chestnut and Thirteenth) Women's White Breakfast Coats Washable breakfast coats of whito dotted swiss with corded finish, at $3.85; of the same material with colored scal loped edges at $5.50; and cross-bar dim ity at $6.85. (Third Floor, Central) Spring Clothing Women's Walking Shoes Oxfords Black Russia' calf, with straight tips and perforations and welt soles; l?i inch leather Cuban heels; price $16, in the Exclusive Little Boot Shop. (First Floor.'SInrlcet) Envelope Chemises of Silk The silk is pink crepe dq chine women seem to prefer this to (anything else and there are three styles, each $6.50. Two arc lace trimmed with rib bon shoulder straps, and the third has "built-up" shoulders of the ma terial. (Third Floor, Central) Right now is the time when there is greater need among the men of Philadelphia and the whole United States for good, fashionable, new clothing than at any other time we have ever known. The reason for this is that most men have let their clothes go to seed. They have worn their old coats and old vests and old trousers in season and out of season, waiting for the high prices to come down, until there is nothing left for the old clo' man to gather. The men have not done this through bad temper, nor through resentment toward the merchant, but simply because they believed that if they waited long enough they would get lower prices. They recognized the cause that brought about I the war rise, but they hoped that relief would come. And no one has ever hoped more ardently for lower prices than good clothiers themselves have done. Every reasonable person knows that the mer chant is the least of the factors when it comes to high prices. The causes are far back of him and absolutely beyond his control. Manufacturers used to come in here, dozens in a day, begging us to take their goods and put them on our tables. But now it is the merchant wrho does the search ingsearching high and low, from city to city, from factory to factory, day in and day out, to find manu facturers who will supply him with goods. It is not so hard for the unscrupulous kind of clothier who will take any poor kind of stuff that will make a showing in a window and will serve as a foundation for a great "bargain" advertisement for there is always lots of trash in the market. But to get good clothing, the Wanamaker kind, the standard of the world, has been very difficult. It has been a struggle all through the Winter, day after day, week after week, month after month. We have been in consultation with weavers and with manufacturers, for we had a hard thing to do. jSSgjp 'c-frfjpr 'a &x . v Tailored Silk Waists for Women Indispensable for wear with sports clothes. Men's wear silk crepe, white, with low collars or high-low collars, $12. Finer silk of tho same sort and also whito, with high-low collars, $15, - White waahablo taffeta with satin stripes, high-low collar, $12.60. Whito cropo de chine with colored stripes and white collars, $12.50. Striped washable taffetas, with high low collars, $12. Whito silk with colored stripes, col lars, high-low and low, $10.85. (Third Floor. Central) Good Items in the Lamp Sale Mahogany-finished floor lamps at $13,50. Goose - neck reading lamps with brass finish at $5. Lamps with bird bases with shades to match, one light, $5 complete. Candle shades of silk, many kinds, $1 to $2. (Fourth Floor, Centrnl) Capes and Springtime Go Together " Say Many Young Women One of the beat-looking new capes is accordion pleated and of dark blue sergo. It has a deep capo collar of shimmering blue taffeta and is $55. Another new cape is of a soft wool check in a stunning black-and-whito combination. The collar is shirred on, is quite huge, ties with a wide black sntin bow and is made of dark blue s'crgc. It is extremely smart, and is $80. Another very effective now cape is of knife-pleated, dark blue tricotlne, with a yoke collar of wood brown velour and n deep fringe of blue and brown. It is lined throughout with satin and is $110. Other now Spring capes begin at $40 and go to $150. 14 to 20 year sizes. (Second Floor, Cheitnut) All Our Boys' Spring Suits and Overcoats Are of Our Own Kind There is no finer kind among ready-to-wear garments not because we say so, but because actual experience proves it. 1 We have a very fine selection of boys' suits for boys of 8 to 18 years at $16.50, $20, $25 to $38. These are models of excellence in all that makes for excellence in. ready-to- t wear suits, especially in tho materials, the rnKing ana tn Moaning. -fcU-r., j 11' rl ' &-M "?- Fino also aro tho overcoats for lads of 3 to 10 years at $22.5,0, $30, $32 and $33 fino in fabrics, tailor-work and finish. Th'la is tho sort of -clothing it pays tos put on a bor. . Pink Bunnies and Blue Bunnies as well as brown and whito bunnies nre nil In the Easter procession in the Candy Store. And in the same pro cession are fuzzy chicks and little ducks, big and little roosters. Prices start nt 16e and go on up to $6.50. The Easter eggs and Easter baskets are ready now, too. (Down Stnlri Store, Chestnut) Little Girls' Cotton Frocks Imported dotted Swiss, crisp and snowy, makes some of tho newest of these little dresses, all of which havo but lately arrived in tho Children's Wear Store. But there are many others, equally dainty and pretty, of fino voiles, of dainty nets and of transparent or gandie ns well as sturdier Japancso crepes in pretty colors. Prices begin at $2.75 and go up to $25 and there aro 2 to 6 year sizes. (Third Floor, Chmtnut) We had a great Easter stock of clothing to gather together, and it had to be clothing as true to the old stand ards as the compass is true to the North. It had to be made of sound, durable, all-wool fabrics, and they are just about the scarcest things in the world just now. It had to be clothing hand-tailored with the old kind of high-grade workmanship and that old kind of high-grade workmanship is very, very hard to get hold of now. And it had to be clothing so definite and true in new fashion that it would fairly label itself "Spring of 1920" to every eye that saw it. The gathering up of that kind of clothing for this Easter season has been one of the biggest prob lems and difficulties of our whole business career. But we have got it we hav,e got the goods, the right goods, the true, genuine goods! We have the finest, most dependable kind o men's clothing that we have ever had in our history!j It is a stock that is incomparable in its excellen cies and in its values. We do not believe that it can be equaled or approached by any other stock of men's clothing in the United States today. rEvery suit and every overcoat in it is a sound, all-wool garment and it is hand made. So far as we have been able to tell, and we have tested out thoroughly every lot that has come in, there isn't a thread of cotton in the whole collection. It is not cheap stuff, it is not bargain stuff, but it is good and it is moderate in price. It is the very best kind of clothing for a man to buy. It is safe. It will give value, dollar for dollar. It will fit well, and it will wear well. It will look good today and tomorrow, and it will look good six months from now. And the whole strength of this organization is back of the guarantee that it is good and sound, and, with all things considered, it is the most moderate priced clothing to be had in Philadelphia today. New Spring suits, $45 to $75. New Spring overcoats, $45 to $75. (Third Floor, market) 200 Boys Can Get Shoes at a very moderate price tomorrow $4.75. They are black Russia calf lace shoes, on an English last, and sizes are 1 to 6. (Flmt Floor, Market) , tfS"-f (T-7C Famous Wanamaker Special Refrigerators in the Housewares Sale at $35 A carload just received and likely to go very quickly. ' ' Hardwood construction, with enamel-lined provision chamber. Size 35 inches wide, 20 inches deep and 50 inches high. Other Good Refrigerators at Special Prices Apartment house Style. tWO-dOOr. Thrii.i1nor and fnnr.ilnnr atvl enamel-lined provision chamber enamel-lined provision chambor-- 90 pounds ico capacity, $32. 75-pound Ico capacity. $30. 150-pound ico capacity, $50. 220-pound ico capucity, $60. Top Ice compartment, soft wood, (Fourth Floor, Central) 100 pounds ico capacity, $38 110 pounds ice capacity, $47 140 pounds ice cupacity, $50. chamber enamel-lined provision goiacn oaK mush 30-pound Ico capacity, $13.75. 55-pound ice capacity, $22. 45-pound ico capacity, ?18. 70-pound ico capacity, $25. 100-pound ico capacity, $30. i V- - - 1,1 v--" ' ."?, -T. :: A 'A nt i b ' 3 s, '-H
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