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Store Hours, 0 to 5:30
Saturday, Oct. 2, 1920
October sales at Gimbels will give a total saving of Half Million
We'have openings for several hundred salespeople experienced and
young people to learn. We pay salary while teaching them.
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78th Anniversary of the Founding of Gimbels
Will Be Celebrated by Unusual Value-Giving Sales Open Monday
The Gimbel business was founded in 1842 and today is an actual
and very active continuation of the founder's family control. Father;
father and sons; fathers and sons
When a business is young and run simply to make a living then
wise men dream; dream of future days when the business can be broad
ened can be made a composite of business and sentiment; can be made to
1000 Pairs of Children's Fine
"Perfection" Shoes Go On Sale
Monday Morning at $2.90,
$4.90 and $6.40
Save $1. 10 to $2. 70--Ready Monday
School Shoes of
black calfskin.
Dressy Shoes of
fine patent colt
with kid tops. All
ire button styles
Broad nature
shape toe. Double
stitched.
Sizes 6 to 8
Reduced to $2.90
Sizes 8 to 11
Reduced to $4.90
Sizes IIV2 to 2
Reduced to $6.40
High laced. Low Broad walking heel. Welted sole. Pictured.
Growing Girls' Suede-Top Tan Calf Shoes at $6.90
Been Selling for $2 More
Gimbels. Second floor
serve the public better and thereby win a larger public. And in making
the dreams ccme true, the business developed first, another smallish
store; then Milwaukee and what growth came there! And then, twenty
six years ago, Philadelphia; then, ten years ago, New Yorkand just
recently a buying coalition that widens also our foreign organization
and makes us the largest retail-store buyer in America.
The public's large interest in all this lies in the advantage we can
give in
Variety and Excellence of Goods, Supremacy in
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rasmons ana jLcpenaaoniiy uiu
Therein lies real value-giving, for goods lacking in desirability can
not be good bargains. v
In celebration and proof of our power to serve x
A Month of Money-Saving Sales.
Here follow some of the first-ready events. Tomorrow's papers will
carry Gimbels as the big news.
A Famous Gimbel Silk Sale Starts Monday
As One of the Big-Saving Features of the Anniversary Month
First in silks always, the Gimbel Store leads in value-giving and its sales are marvels of style-interest and econQmy.
Silks were sky-high; Japanese money troubles threw the-silk world into a state of panicky fright and down went
prices down senselessly low. They have- started upward again, but here are some of the bargains we found and kept
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40-In. Satin Charmeuse
Reduced to $2.95 a Yard
Save half on these rich colored Satins choice colors.
Shirting Silks Reduced
to $2.68 a Yard
Included are famous Jersey weave broadcloth Crepede
Chine and Silk duck weaves great variety. 32-inch. Save
more than a third.
Dress Satins Reduced to $2.68 a Yd.
Choice colors, plenty of navy blue; 35 inches. Save a third.
Fine Pongee Silk Reduced to 95c a Yd.
A r nrr width 33 in. natural color
40-In. Charmeuse Reduced
to $3.90 a Yard
Rich dress satins in good variety of most wanted colors.
Save more than a third.
Fine Taffeta Silks Reduced
to $2.68 a Yard
Navy Blue and choice colors. 35 inches wide. Save a third.
Crepe de Chine Reduced
to $2.68 a Yard
Two fine qualities in choice colors at remarkable savings.
Ample selling force.
Gimbels, Silk Salons, Second floor, Grand Aisle, First floor,
and Subway Store
Stock of Five Furniture Factories Savings Run to Half
Sale Opens Monday Morning
Two hundred thousand dollars' worth of furniture is ours for this Anniversary Month at savings of third to half--through a change in their selling arrangements. '
The American Furniture Company, of Philadelphia, has for years been wholesale selling agents for this group of furniture manufacturers, making them the largest distributors in this section.
Now, the activities of the company have changed, in the line of larger development, and the furniture of five of the concerns among them Seymour Furniture Co., of Indiana, and the Sutter Manufacturing Co., of
Shelby, Ohio comes as a feature of the Gimbel Anniversary Sales. , -
Bedroom, Living-Room and Dining-Room Furniture Included
Extended payments are cheerfully arranged with buyers of furniture giving the advantages of th'e sale and an easy payment plan'.
10-pc. Mahogany Dining-Room Suite for $600
Saving is 40 percent.
4-pc. Walnut Dining-Room Suite for $285
Louis XVI. Savinpc is $115.
10-pc. Walnut Dining-Room Suite for $375
Windsor design. Saving is 25 percent.
10-pc Dining-Room Suite for $900
Louis XV. Saving is $300.
4-pc. Mahogany Dining-Room Suite for $500
Chippendale. Samg is $350.
10-pc. American Walnut Dining-Room Suite
for $500
Queen Anne basing is $200.
10-pc. Dining-Room Suite for $700
Chippendale. Saing is $200.
4-pc. Walnut Dining-Room Suite for $250
Queen Anne.
4-pc. Dining-Room Suite for $325
Queen Anne. Saving is $200.
4-pc American Walnut Dining-Room Suite
for $450
Chippendale. Saving is 25 percent
3-pc. Tapettry Living-Room Suite for $275
Saving is fifty percent.
3-pc. Tapettry Living-Room Suite for $250
SnwnR is fift percent
3-pc. Tapestry Living-Room Suite for $350
Saving is fifty percent.
3-pc. Living-Room Suite for $450
Gray mohair eIour. Sawng Is fifty percent.
3-pc. Tapestry Living-Room Suite for $400
3-pc. Tapestry Living-Rocm Suite for $225
Saving is fifty percent.
3-pc Solid Mahogany and Cane Living-Room
Suite for $375
Saving is 33 '4 percent.
3-pc. Mahogany and Cane Living-Room Suite
for $185
Saving is 3l3 percent
3-pc. Solid Mahogany and Cane Living-Room
Suite for $300
Coverings of blue silk elour.
3-pc Solid Mahogany and Cane Living-Room
Suite for $475
Spanish renaissance. Samg is 50 percent.
3-pc Upholstered Living-Room Suite for $350
Silk selour. Saving is fifty percent.
3-pc Tapestry Living-Room Suite for $375
Saving is 50 percent
3-pc Upholstered Living-Room Suite for $400
Mohair velour. Saving is 50 percent.
I 3-pc Upholstered Living-Room Suite for $325
Silk velour. Saving is 40 percent.
Upholstered Arm Chairs and Rockers for
$100 each
Silk velour. Saving is 50 percent.
Solid Mahogany Arm Chairs and Rockers
' for $20 each ,
Saving is $10.
Solid Mahogany Arm Chairs and Rockers
for $25 each
Silk velour valance backs. Saving is $15.
Tapestry Arm Chairs for $75
Saving is 50 percent.
Fireside Chairs for $87.50
Floral wool tapestry. Saving i 50 percent.
Mahogany Arm or End Tables for $12
Solid Mahogany Library Tables for $30
Colonial. Saving is 50 percent.
Mahogany Spinot Desk for $45
Solid Mahogany Martha Washington Sewing
Cabinets for $15
3-pc Solid Mahogany Living-Room Suite
for $450
Black and gold silk damask. Saving is 50 percent.
l-pc Mahogany and Cane Living-Room Suite
for $550
Louis XV. Saving is 50 percent.
Solid Mahogany Gate-Leg Tables for $35
Gate-Leg Tables for $10
Dull mahogany finish.
Davenport Tables for $25
Dull mahogany finish.
Solid Mahogany Library Tables for $45
Louis XVT. Saving is $20.
Solid Mahogany Library Tables for $40
Queen Anne.
4-pc. Queen Anne Chamber Suite for $200
Mahogany or walnut. Savin? is 50 percent.
4-pc Queen Anne Chamber Suite for $250
Mahogany or walnut.
4-pc. Mahogany or Walnut Chamber Suite
for $375
Louis XVI or William and Marv design.
4-pc. Mahogany Chamber Suite for $450
Heppelwhite. Saving is $200.
4-pc Queen Anne Chamber Suite for $450
Mahogany, appliqued walnut veneer trimmings.
4-pc. Antique Ivory Chamber Suite for $450
Adam. Saving is $350.
4-pc. Walnut Chamber Suite for $300
Louis XVI. Savins in $150.
4-pc. Queen Anne Chamber Suite for $350
Saving is $150.
4-pc. Colonial Chamber Suite for $350
American walnut or mahogany.
4-pc Queen Anne Chamber Suite for $375
Walnut or mahogany.
3-pc. American Walnut Chamber Suite
for $200
Adam. Saving is 50 percent.
Brass Bedsteads for $30
Saving is $15.
Brass Bedsteads for $35
Saving is $15.
White Enameled Iron Bedsteads for $15
Saving is $15.
Solid Mahogany Four-Post Bedsteads for $40
Saving is $20.
Mahogany Four-Post Bedsteads for $38
Saving is $20.
White Enameled Iron Bedsteads for $16
Saving is $16.
45-Pound Felt Mattresses for $16.50
Saving is $6.50.
50-Pound Blue Ribbon Felt Mattresses
for $22.50
Saving is $7.50. -ftimh,!. sixth floor
GIMBEL "BON MARCHE" GLOVE SALE
WEEK OF
OCTOBER 4-
Twenty-one years ago the Gimbel Store originated "A Week of Gloves at Paris Prices." Even with the American tariff to surmount
the sale was an annual event till the war halted it. Last year the sale was resumed but not up to the old standard
This Year the Miracle of Merchandising!
French, English and American Gloves are Included Thirty-two lines of gloves, covering every need. All reductions are from our regular Gimbel gloves.
Women's French Kid Gloves,
two-clasp, overseam sewn; Paris
point backs; white (to 4.R
and champagne, at P"tt-
Women's One - Clasp Suede
Gloves, embroidered backs; tan,
mode, brown, beaver t1 CC
and gray, at V I .DO
Women's Washable Strap
Wrist Cape Gloves, outseam
sewn; tan, brown and beaver.
Save dollars, JfeQ Qg
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Slip-on Style in tan, brown and
beaver, also JO Qg
Women's 8 - Button Length
Suede Gloves; tan, brown,
beaver and gray, bo 1 C
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Women's 12 - Button Length
French Glace Kid Gloves, over-
seam-sewn; white, d
5, at vw
$2.65
Paris point backs,
Women's Slip-on Suede Gloves,
gauntlet effect; tan, brown,
beaver and gray, tfo 1 Ct
Strap-Wrist Style,
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Women's One - Clasp Gray
Mocha Gloves, half o q
pique-sewn, at pt,iyU
Women's Two-Clasp Cham -oisette
Gloves; white ftEi
and drab, at OOC
Women's Two - Clasp Silk
Gloves, guaranteed finger-ends;
white, with contrasting hem
and embroidery, d 1 i fi
Women's One-Clasp tan Wash
able Cape Gloves, Jo op
outseam sewn, at... . POD
Women's Washable Duplex
Gloves, for three-quarter sleeves,
heavy silk embroidery; white,
yellow lined, fo oC
Women's Strap -Wrist White
Lambskin Gloves, ifcA 1 C
spear-point backs, at v"1"
Women's Slip-on White Lamb
skin Gloves, over- d0 C
seam sewn, at PJ -
Women's Strap-Wrist Duplex
Gloves, spear-point backs. White,
natural, chamois, d1 OC
beaver and sand, at. . 1 0J
Women's 8 - Button Milanese
Silk Gloves, white, fc 1 O Ej
mastic and mode, at. . P
Women's 12 - button - Length
Chamoisette Gloves, white, gray,
andpon8ee; ; :$1.65
Women's Milanese Silk Elbow
Length Gloves, Paris point em
broidery, white and d1 qC
mastic, at if lVO
Women's Slip - on Doettc
Gloves, 6 -button length, spear
point backs, white, (tl OC
yellow lined, at PJ.00
Misses' and Children's
Gloves
Misses' Fine French Kid
Gloves, two-clasp, pique sewn,
black embroidery; do 1 E!
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white, black and tan.
Misses' Two-Clasp Kid
overseam sewn ;
black and brown,
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Boys' and Girls'
Gloves, fleece
lined
In gauntlet style,
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Boys' and Girls' Pique-Sewn
Gray Mocha Gloves, Paris point
embroidery; sizes for djl QC
ages 3 to 10, at P1.5J
Boys' and Girls' Wash Duplex
-Gloves, white, mode and OC
gray, at ooc
Gloves,
white, tan,
..$1.85
Tan Cape
$1.05
$1.15
Men's Gloves
Men's One-Clasp Heavy Milan
ese Silk Gloves, with double-tipped
finger ends, gray, d 1 1 C
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Men's One-Clasp English Tan
Cape Gloves, outseam (to QC!
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sewn, at
Men's One-Clasp Suede Gloves,
gray, regular and Jo - E
short fingers M 1 &
Men's One-Clasp Gray Mocha
Gloves, outseam &a CVL
sewn, at Ptt.OO
Men's One-Clasp Gray Mocha
Gloves, wool lined, d cj()
Gimbels, Grand Aitrie and Regular Section, First floor.
"Bon Marche" Glove Sale
in the Subway Store
Women's Gloves
Women's Imported One-Clasp
Glace Gloves, pique sewn, white,
black, tan, brown, JM CkVt
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Women's Kid and Cape Gloves,
broken lines from our own regu
lar stock, white and fcl (tt
colors; all sizes in lot P ""
Men's Gloves
Men's Jersey Cloth Gloves,
fleece lined, gray, Rr
Boys' and Girls' Gloves
Boys' and Girls' Jersey Cloth
Gloves, fleece lined, QEf
gray, at "UC
Men's Wool Gloves, in AVtr
Aztec brown, at "
Gimbels, Subway Store
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