?Ww1 T WEATHliJIJ Showers - WANAMAKER'S :50 , Store Opens at 9 WANAMAKER'S Store Closes at 5 WANAMAKER'S 'a KKKIKBKKtKI organ p!ny3nt and '1 i 'ii . I r n ' i M i- TheWaiiamyker Grecit Sale Is the Wonder of the Nation . : r ' : - 1 The Memories of Mother Awakened in the Observance ' of. Mother Sunday lidded a sacred spell to the usual Sunday services. Many said their prayers together as a family upon the same rosary of love for Mother. With Kipling we thought "I know whose prayers would make me whole Mother o' mine, 0 Mother o' mine!" Most reverently we breathe, her blessed name. "In whose principles," said the dying daughter .of Ethan Allen to her skeptical father, "shall I die? Yours or those of my Christian Mother?" The stern old hero ,of Ticonderoga brushed away the tears from his eyes, and with the same rough voice which summoned the British to surrender, though tremulous with deep .emotion said, "In your Mothers, child; in your Mbther's!" "All that I am or hope to be I owe to my Mother," was the finest speech Abraham Lincoln ever made. SigneX May 11, 1020. 9IW. The Last Great Organ Concert of the Spring iSeries Will Be Given Tomorvoiv Evening at 8:15 Tickets for this concert may be had now on appli cation at the office of the Concert Bureau on the Main Floor near the Juniper Street Entrance. Mr. Courboin, famous Befgian organist, will be at the console, and the program will be one of unusual interest. Furnishing Homes New or Old, at 20 Per Cent Savings How welcome are all these fine, fresh furnishings to the average home which lias been making things "do" until they could hold out no longer! ' The new rug on the floor, whether it be a superb specimen of Persian or Chi nese hand craft, or' a dainty yet durable rag rug, whether its size be 22 inches x 36 inches or 12 ft. x 20 ft., its price 98c or $3750, is subject to the 20 per cent deductions, and represents the pur chaser's unrestricted selection from the largest and handsomest rug stock in the city, ii1 not the whole country. The Wanamaker Upholstery Store lias been rather notable throughout the whole season for its moderate prices. Now prices have gone 20 -points- lower, while qualities aye as high as ever and abundance as great as ever of airy Sum mer curtains and pretty window hang mgs, luxurious couch -pillows, cool slip covers and the like, or the materials for taking them. There are all -the treasures of the urlh Floor, the haven of the home maker, to be drawn upon the best fiTados of housewares, the rich, spar ing cut glass and handsome dinner sets "'om the finest French, English an;l iiuencan potteries, But, especially, think of having all uic iar-Lamed Wanamaker furniture stocks to choose from at a clear cut of 20 Per cent from prices already strictly fair 1 !S ma.ny cases exceptionally low! this is what it all means to newly married couplesface io face with the PlOblem r' mnl,,' t, t.n f,lft.n ,. "." "wwiiB new uuiiieb, iv wo- ,1V.,, ... ' wwo, tU UVt5IVUUUA' JlUUUIllg uuiurc of any worthy kind for any , PWce or J or any occasion! I Here Is -a Message That Is in Every Mouth in America Today: The John Wanamaker Stores in Phila delphia and New York ; are offering their twenfy million-dollar stocks on the market at 20 per cent deduction to break the back bone of high prices. 7 It is the subject of business corre spondence and personal correspond ence, of telegrams, telephone mes sages and newspaper dispatches, of stock market reports, of bankers' de liberations; it is an element in discus sion of capital and labor; it is a factor in all buying and selling, domestic and foreign. The Wanamaker Stores are sell ing their goods at one-fifth off to break the high cost of living. The most amazing retail merchan dising that has ever been heard of in the country! We are going straight ahead and are getting in new goods right now actually faster than we are selling 'fliem, tliough we are selling faster than ever before. The great stocks are kept filled up and the great Sale goes.straighl on. N Some people whe are doubters that it was only an advertising scheme at first and would not come are now among the earliest inside the doors in the mornings. , For the word has gone round that it is authentic, that it is real, that it is ' straightforward, as all Wanamaker an nouncements always have been. Every thing-in our two Stores is for sale at 20 per cent less than the regular market prices with the exception of about $50,000 worth of , restricted goods. Luxuries as well as necessities are -included,' but we re glad to say right here that the greater part of the busi ness we are doing is in the. necessity rather than the luxury class. People are buying furniture and floor coverings and necessary clothing, shoes and house furnishing utensils, linfcns and dress goo(ls and china and bedding, more than anything else.' A great many pianos are .sold, too, but the piano is hardly to be classed as a luxury; it is a necessity in these days' and times. There is the finest cordiality on the part of the public. All the people are wonderfully patient and showing a most gratifying appreciation of the opportunity. v , Among Many Letters and Telegrams and Some Cablegrams That We Received Yesterday Regarding This Epochal Sale was one from Winnipeg, Manitoba, expressing anxiety regarding what we were doing and ask ing if our Sale were 'a permanent policy to re duce stock in anticipation of panic." Here Is the Reply to That TelegYam: The impression thai you have received regarding our 20 per cent horizontal deduction has misled you. If you were ilot so far away and unfamiliar with what the American spirit is you would easily understand that the underlying patriotism and the present actual solid pros perity of this great country make any such suggestion as fear of panic absurd. For a limited time we are offering our stocks at retail at one-fifth off, for no other purpose than to prevent the skyrocketing of prices from cornering operations on the part of speculators who have been buying up both raw and finished materials and holding them to bring about exorbitant increases. Our Stores in Philadelphia and New York closed on Saturday evening, IVIay 1, with their millions of articles bearing their original price tags, and all. these goods slept straight through Sunday with not a soul in the building except the watchmen, and when the doors opened on(, Monday morning, May U, the advertisement in the newspapers was a complete surprise to everybody, but the announcement it made now seems to be in every mouth in America. Never in the history of business, so far as we know, was there a sale 'that included so great a diversity of merchandise with savings so great to the people. Many clear-seeing merchants throughout the United States are already following our example, with the result that the wholesale market and manufacturing producers are steadying down to bring about a normal movement of merchandise with normal profits. Since our first announcement was made there have come encouraging reports of wholesale, increasing production among the industries, with a calmer spirit on the part of labor, that now begins to see some relief from the increasing high, cost of living, and altogether there is anticipation now in the United Slates of steady work, high production and a lessened apprehension of future dangers. 11 was only necessary for some one to make the start in turning the trend of prices downward instead o( upward, and a gradual, wholesome readjustment all along the line may bp expected. is-Qd .mmr- May 11, 102 j. Hundreds of Young Women Can Earn Vacation v Money Now helping us, with quick eyes as inspectors or with quick hands as wrappers of the many thousands of purchases that eager customers are making in this great sale. .Apply at the Bureau of Employment, First Floor, Gallery. The Operation of This 20 Per Cent Deduction Sale Is of Extraordinary Interest in the Down Stairs Store As the people of Philadelphia know, this Down Stairs Store is the only one of its kind in the world. v The most usual' conception of the usefulness of a separate store below the Main Floor is to have a "bargain base ment," for riddance of undesirable goods. The Wanajnaker Down Stairs Store is altogether different. It is acomplete store of fresh, n&w goods bought especially for it and never be longing to any other section. It is a store developed upon the idea of having merchandise of sterling quality and proven utility at low prices. It is Philadelphia's favorite, original and incomparable lower-priced store. ' It is famous for its good shoes, its smart millinery, its clothing for men, women and children; for its low-priced rugs, its -gloves, its handkerchiefs, its sliii twaists, its undermuslins, for its fashion and dress accessories of every sort, to be found here in better qualities at lower prices than they can be found in any other low-priced store, no matter how greatmay be reductions claimed or special values cited. Now Everything in This Down Stairs Store Is 20 Per Cent Less An immense amount of new mer chandise is coming into it, especially great numbers of women's garments bought at low, special prices in an uneasy market. , At the special prices al which they are marked'tley are almost incAn parable in Philadelphia. And yet they take 20 per cent deduc tion below the special price. All this should bo clearly under stood, so that people can have full advan tage of it. In its steady day-in and day-out operation the Down Stairs Store haS bet ter goods and lower prices than virtu ally any other fashion store in the city outside of our own. And now we offer all these stocks at 2(T per cent lower. Price tags arc plain and prices are low, as every one may see, and one-fifth is taken off the amount at the time of purchase. The Wanamaker Down Stairs Store is the natural, superior competitor of , every other fashion store in Philadelphia except the Wanamaker Upstairs Fashion Salons.' , i J M J b M r "l " I ; w V A I m ..w. s . r i t V 'llU ' it vlf- JS.'"7? k 4 hi ' -tj-v ?, n-o - J ..". A V. Jk1-' U..C .1 V k ,..,.: 'V1 ?v4? ...: . . js.au AW5'.. t& Ii-3 i. : i" .. . VT( ' JT. fH O. && -
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