'.. w i ji -' . ... di !. ," . r. -i rv, '.- .'(?!..; . , ft u, ..u.. xrv. i'j k.hj-w-' '. .r . ' . . ' j ' j tr nw'?i '"',AtlHVA:ir,J,.,'W;' , ,.W'.i rfr.h.VtoV' '.' 'V....-r'.fM, y V?Jf! '' . 'V V, ilV., -JmW -.Ann' ' V 'te V "l YVW?,t4 A '.. V 'v 7; 7 :JTOm x SATURDAY SilJSmjl 40, .uaw '' ; ' - 1 1 11"" ' ' ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 ' . . 1 . ... i . WANAMAKER'S Band AtJ&l Organ at 11 and 4.56 WANAMAKER'S Store Opens at 9 WANAMAKER'S Store Closes at 5 cmmes ai noon jJiswwrvnTrr Ji .. r.r .,,-. .7 ,; ;v-v u.v '-,v - '. . , , t , ; , " z 'm IK b "A Am The No Man or Woman Is Ever Finished With Learning r" Sir Isaac Newton, the great student of na'ture and philosopher, who discovered gravitation by the fall of an apple, said of himself, n his after life, that he felt himself to be a child' on theseashore, learning from the shells and pebbles, arid that the great ocean of Nature's facts was still lying before him waiting to be discovered. t . Stop and think of the wondrous inventions m the successful enginery of the air and the thousand little things like air guns, telephones, improved typewriters, kitchen and housekeeping utensils and the Edison discoveries in the application of electricity what will the next six thousand years produce? This store is stiH a wonder to some of the people in it& bigness and completeness to visitors who come every day. Sighed September 25, 10S0. Tickets for the Police Athletic Carnival on sole at Concert Bureau, Main Floor, next to Juniper Street Motor'Entrance. 955 It is Btated that this police carnival, to be held October 9, is the main support of the Police Pension Fund. If the solo of tickets for the carnival fails, the Pension Fund will be exhausted early next year. Nearly eve.ry one will- want to help Philadelphia's faithful policemen. The Handsomest This Season Each one is different, each one is itself. There is only one feature in these gowns arc of tricotine. In lines, some hint at the Moyen Age, the long, straight waist; 6ome have fetching little rippled basques. There are flying panels and tunics and, of course, the graceful, loose chemise styles. One very new model is in princess style, draped to one side. The trimmings, too, are equally original the new appliqued mo- (! FlOOr, Do Look at These Wonderful New Fur Coats! One of the smartest new short coats is of taupe caracul with a large, 'attractive collar of taupe-dyed squirrel. The :uffs are of the same squirrel. And the price is $600. For the wojnan who likes natural squirrel, there is a new, full-length dolman of soft, lovely skins at f 1200. Real Alaska sealskin, lustrous and beautiful, is in a now, full-length coat with a deep collar. It is $1800. Another dolman, and this is a much liked style this season, is of Kolinsky dyed squirrel with a deep fur collar. $1200. A perfect beauty is a mink dolman. The skins are the rich dark brown of the natural mink, perfectly matched. The dolman is generously cut and richly lined. $3S00. Of regal loveliness is a looso wrap of snowy ermine with a great, crush able collar, large sleeves and deep cuffs. ThiB is shown in the picture. A brood band of tailless ermlno ex tends all the way round, the middle is finished with a row of little black tail nt th hnitam. This is $6000. (Hecond floor, New and Distinctive Winter Suits for Young Women These are the fine, one-of-tho-kind suits that young women want who wear their own furs and preier They are of beautiful fabrics like soft silvortone velours, the , pretty veldyne, duvet de laine and plain velours. Their tailoring is worthy pf admirable comment and the linings are soft, lovely silks. Stitching and braid are two of the most-used trimmings. The (Second floor, Cheitnnt) Children's Coats Are Here Before Jack Frost And sensible mothers like to get the children's coats before the actual need is here: The new coats are irt pretty colorings, and just as pretty styjes, of all-wool materials. Soft, lustrous broadcloths, silvertone velours, sturdy chinchillas and rich velvets make the new coats which are in French blue, brown shades, new greens and tahB. They are all warmly lined and many are fur trimmed. $21 to $72 and 2 to 5 year Evening pMjfmMfa Tricotine Gowns for Women a new and delightful fashion unto common, and that is that all of tiVes of the same or a different fabric, iridescent bugles, eyelet work, hand embroidery and bright colored and tinsel stitching. ' Even cire braid used in new ways. these are the gbwns, above all others, for the women who dress differently and who like the new est of fashions. $110 to $275 are the prfces, , Central) Cheatnat) simple, wen-iauorea moaeiB. coats are in short and longer lengths, and most of them haVe collars which button mgn. Chinese blues and the new Winter browns predominate among the colorings. The prices begin at $45 and go to $at. slfcea. Ledger Toilet Goods in a Special Disposal For months 'we have been getting ready for this sale, and this list ihcludes most of the things practically every family needs and uses". They are all good qualities andevory item represents a saving." Imitation Ivory Toilet Articles Though "seconds" it will bo diffi cult to find the flawd in these pieces and the prices more than compensato for any Imperfections. There are mirrors, hair brushes, combs, puff boxes, hair receivers, cloth brushes and pin boxes and prices go from 25c for a comb to 4.V5 for a mirror. We will mark any of these pieces in any of the ten styles you select 'for 60c' cfich, which is much below the regular .price. ( Toilet Soaps and Other Articles Wifnamakor pet'oxide bath soap, 15c a cake. $1.05 a doien. Vegetable oil soap, 12V4c a cake, $1.50 a dozen. Queen Mary bath tablets, rose nnd (Sold cream, 10c a cake, ?i.iu a aozen. Toilet soap, 12c a cake, $1.35, a dozen. Shaving cream, 25c. Tooth brushes, 20c each. Hair brushes, $1.50 to $3.75 each. Metal hot-water bottles, 95c each. Bath sprays, 85c. Roso-and-Almond cream, 27c a jar. Benzoin, glycerine and rosewater, 25c a fcottlo. Cocoa butter cream, 80c a jar. Peroxide cream, 25c a jar. Honfleur and Other Toilet Articles Honfleur toilet water, 60c and $1 a bottle; extract, 60c a bottle; talcum, 15c a box; face powder, 40c a box; sachet, 36c Skin cream, 40c a jar. Youth and Beauty Srcaffl. 40c a jar. Cleansing dream, 40c a jar. Vegetal in lilac nnd wistaria, 85c. Bay rum, 60c, $1.10 and $2 Witch hazel, 45c a pint, 75c a quart, $2.05 a gallon. 'Violet ammonia, 25c "and 45c a bottle. Bath crystals, 60c and $1 a bottle, in violet, rose and verbena. Face powdrr and cream, 60c for the two; usually as much strain. Cocoanut oil shampoo. 15c. Cocoanut oil and tar Shampoo, 45c. (Main Floor, Chestnut) Two New Hand-Made Blouses, $5.50 '. are of soft, sheer batiste in snowy white. In addition to being hand made they have hand hemstitch ing and drawnwork for trimming, and one style has a frill down the front. Other hand-made blouses, $6.75 to $12. Some of these are hand embroidered and sometimes trim med with real lace. (Third Floor, Central) New Long Washable Capeskin Gloves .50 a Pair Made right here in America, these gloves are a product of which American &love makers may well be proud,. for they are very well made. They are of excellent quality Suth African capeskin and are all washable, twelve - button length, and come in brown, tan and- beaver shade, mpusquetaire style, pique sewn with Paris point embroidery. "Another style glove of the same skins in the same length is pique sewn with very broad embroidery in contrasting color. $9.50 a pair. (Main Floor, Crntral) When the Baby Graduates to short dresses his mother will want to put him in just such dainty, snowy white frocks as these. They are all brand-new and all soft white batistes and nainsooks. Some are entirely hand made and hand embroidered, though not all are hand made. Some have em broidery in white, some have touches of colored embroidery, some ire tucked and some are lace trimmed. $8 to $10 each, and 6 months to 2 year sizes. (Third Floor, Chcitnut) Wool-Filled Quilts $20 Each Covered in satin with floral de sign fin top, bordered with plain satin and backed with plain sateen, making them durable and serviceable as well as beautiful to look at. All desirable color. tMxth ! Contrtli Page of Wanamaker News 1000 Yards of Blue Serge Again at $2 a Yard By a stroke of great good for tune, we were able to get more of this fine all ,wool blue dress serge to sell at the special price of $2 a yard. Orio day was about all the other shipment lasted. In only the one Bhade, a dark navy blue, 43 to 44 inches wide, and the fine French weave that is so much desired for women's and children's dresses or for pleated skirts. (Vit Aide) Stockings Down-to Pre-War Prices Women's Silk Stockings, $150 Infants' Socks, 25c Men's Cotton Half Hose, 35c Men's Silk Half Hose, 50c The prices placed on theso stock ings are two'tnlrds, one-half and one third of the prices at which they were selling a few weeks ago. We do not know of a stronger statement to make than to say that we will sell them at pre-war prices. Wo do not.believo you will see mer chandise of this character at these little prices for a long time to come. The disposal will be staged on the West Aisld. For women bla'ck and cordovan full-fashioned silk stockings at $1.50. For children full-fashioned open work cotton socks, in black, white and all the wanted shades in all sizes at 25c. For men full-fashioned black and navy cotton half hose at 35c, 3 for $1. 'Seamless silk socks, black and colors, "seconds," at 50c. (Wit AUIt) Have Your Old Umbrella Re-covered for $1.65 The Umbrella Shop will cover your, old umbrella and put on a sturdy one of good black cotton for this special price. We will do "women's or men's' umbrellas. The covers will give good serv ice and they are a good fast black. (Mtln Floor, Market) , Everybody Knows , What Paris Thinks of Velvet This Year And now the first shipment of, the new colored Velvets has come!. They are chiffon weave, ex quisitely soft and drapable and exactly the kinds that will be used in the most fashionable gowns for day and evening and for wraps and skirts. So far there 'are blue, brown, henna, taupe and American Beauty, all 40 inches wide and $11 a yard. Black chiffon velvets of the same fine beautiful quality and the same width are $9.50 a yard. (Flrat Floor, Cheitnut) . 600 Yards Imported Black Satin to Sell at $2 a Yard Another Rood instance of a fine fashionable silk, comlnc- in to sell at a smaller price, for exactly this same quality black satin has been selling all alonff for $1 a yard more. . .," 'a 40 inches wide, of bright luster, light weight and soft, and is espe cially suitable for dresses, foundations nnd linings. (Weit Alale and Flrat Floor, Cheatnnt) New Socks for the Man Who Wears Low Shoes Well Into Winter We had them shipped by parcel post to saVe 6me. From France come two lines of exquisite novelty lisle Eocks that only France seems to know how to produce. Accordion-ribbed black, shot white, blue and red at $8 and silk vertical Btripcd with various colored grounds at $8.50. ' From England the home of the woolen hosiery industry Beautiful cashmere and mercerized mixed socks with hand clocks in blues, grays, browns and other colors at $2.75. ' Ribbed fine wool in heather and gray mixtures at $4. America has been minus these fine socks, for some years and these parcel post shipments are snapped up almost as fast as they arrive. (Alain Floor, Market) New Winter Millinery for the Children Scores of new Winter hats are here furry beavers, lustrous velvets, practical serge flats and leather sailor hats. There are mushroom hats, there are pokes with long stream ers, there are turn-up and turn down styles and there are all the kinds h which are most practical and becoming for small girls and boys of 2 to 6 years. Black, brown and blue are the colors and the prices go from $3 to $12. ' yChlrd Floor, Cbaotaul) v JiT The New Kind of Furniture ' Movement Will Make a New Beginning on Monday COMPLETE suits fbr dining rooms, bedrooms, libraries and living rooms are the mainstay of this unexpected event. . These are marked at the lowest prices quoted on such a variety of suits in years, the savings ranging1 from 80 to 50 per cent. There are many individual pieces at half-price that seem to go out as if they had wings. These are worth coming far to see, but the sooner one comes the better, because the variety of them cannot be kept up .indefinitely at such .extraordinary savings. ' The matched suits are of beautiful and dependable quality in a notable variety of styles, all worthy interpretations of recognized period types. For many homes thatr means an opportunity such as has not been presented in years. (Fifth, Sixth snd Seventh Floor) Switzerland Sends Fine Embroideries Witness some new ruffled flouncings for children dresses and petticoats. They are 'on Swiss and the embroidery is very fine and dainty, 25 inches wide, $2.25 to $2.75 a.yard. And in the same importation are ruffled edges of cambric and nainsook, embroidered, 75c to $2.75 a yard, to trim dresses and undermuslins. 1V to 9 inches wide. (Flr Floor, Cheatnnt) You'd Hardly Find Prettier Black Net Flouncings , And we are quite sure, not at this price of $4.85 a yard. They are very new and made of black silk net with most effective de signs in silk embroidery. They make charming evening dresses and can be used as flounces or tunics, being as much as 40 inches wide. There are a number of patterns. (Main Floor, Central) Tble Linen and Napk Kins Of Irish double damask, heavy full-bleached satin finished and in a choice of five circular and oval patterns, Exceptionally good merchandise, imported from the looms jn Belfast to sell at prices that are very moderate, in view of conditions. (Flrat Floor, rheatnut) Look at the Calendar September and the Housefurnishings Sale Ends Next Thursday Choose housefurnishings at September Sale prices while you may. You have time enough, but norte to spare. MONDAY, AND THREE MORE DAYS OF THE SALE REMAIN No time like the present times now is the time to act. Now is the time to choose from over 76,000 housefurnishings and utensils of the finest quality at savings of 10 to 40 per cent. This "The Trumpeter Swan" A New Book By Temple Bailey A charming atory of love and gal lantry, of roies and candlelight, of old southern customa and courtesy. Ready this morning In the Book Store. Price 2. (Main Floor, Central) The Lamp Sale Glows Brightly But Will Soon Go Out Four more days of the sale remaining. It will be a bright, shining sale of opportunity every day Until th close, on Friday evening. , , Beautiful and ingenious lamps, beautiful shades', fine fixtures, all are still shown in large variety at savings of 33 1-3 per cent. Now is the time to secure the lamps and lighting fixtures you will need to cheer the long nights of Winter just ahead. After next Friday you will be too late. - (Fourth Floor, Central) The China Sale Nears the End And Going Ahead Wonderfully This has been a go-ahead China sale from the beginning. There are many reasons for this, but there is one above all others we offer the finest kind of China and Glassware in splendid assortment at sub stantial savings. On that basis it will be a go-ahead sale every day to the end, but the end of it is near. - Friday of this week will be the last day and your last opportunity to choose from such a large and fine assortment of wares at September savings. (Tourth Floor, Cheatnnt) ' Men's Fine New Low Shoes Are $7.75 a Pair This is a new purchase of 2000 pair of brogue Oxfords in tans and black calfskin. c And at $7.75 a pair they are just a little over half the price that the manufacturer intended them to sell for. They are unmatched in Philadelphia at the price. They are especially suited for young men, for they have the long, decorated wing tips, ornamental perforations around the vamp and on the heel foxing. (Main Floor, Market) Many Women Will Buy Their New Curtains at Once There are still several thousand pair of the good scrim, muslin and lace curtains in the special sale at 30 per cent below regular. Choose from the following: $2.25 n pair for scrim curtains, 2Vt yards long; they are plain or with lace edges; aluo fancy net curtains. $3 a pair for scrim curtnins, 2V6 yards long, with Insertions nnd edged; and fancy net curtains. $4.35 a pair for scrims nnd fancy nets, 2V4 yards long, in various fine, desirable qualities. Also Mario Antoinette cur tains. $6 a pair for Irish point, Mario Antoinette and cluny laco curtains, 2 yards long. (Fifth (Fourth l'loor. Market) 9 -Kt. '! -Ut. New Books ' "Trails to Two 'Moona," by- Itobert Welles nitchle J1.7B "A World to Mend," by Margnrel Sherwood 12. ;Toor Man' nock," by Hertrand W. Sinclair, author of "North F1fty-Thre." $100. "In the Onyx I.obby," by Carolyn Wells $1.90 "In the Mountain." a delightful atory by an unknown author. $1.00. (Main Floor, Thirteenth) T" $8 a pair for Irish point, cluny lace, Mario Antoinette and point d'Jean curtains. $10 a pair for Irish point, point d'Jean nnd cluny lace curtains, 2xh and 3 yards long. And $16 to $75 a pair for a great vnri ety of fine lace curtains in 2, 3 and 3V& yard lengths a choice from nearly the whole variety of Wanamaker stocks, offering such values as Philadelphia has not known in years. Floor, Market) applies to a whole world of wares from broopis, buckets, dust cloths and scrubbing brushes all the wny up to sewing machines. VV Sr.rj r trs W; ' ' H'. .! ,,) v .u VJ . 1 m -a i :m 'M .M vt va a ,.i' fl .VI Utf Xkk nier, Chaateat) ' , ut y. T: t r . .r- x V - K A hm.. . 3 , jt At, jWi h . m i1 , Jli -ASS . rR-1 - - .. f HiJltl.VJ
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