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EVENING PUBLIC I;EDaEI-IHII;AI)ELBfflA, FRIDAY,' DECEMBER 3,'. 1920
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WANAMAKER'S
WEATHER
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WANAMAKER'S
WANAMAKER'S
Stere Opens at 9
Stere Closes at 5:30
Safe, Spacious, Sanitary Wonderfully Adapted for Christmas Shopping
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"Why This Is a Christmas
Panorama' the Visitor Said
eiia wns in the Grand Court, looking at Jthe
lavish Christmas decorations, never se lieautif uL
YOU sneum nave seen uwt uxuy """" "w
6rand Organ burst forth at 9 o'clock, ' with, the
Christmas bells of the carol te be sung.
rvua wnndpr.struck ladv's face was something te
fccheld, when hundreds of voices joined in the
morning serig, usual here during uecemeer.
This incomparable building ("excellent above
compare" Webster), its size, strength, safeties,
twelve level floors, wide waiKways, nne ngnt, ijesn
air, abundant ventilation, cleanliness, is altogether
wonderfully adapted for Christmas shopping.
We shall net permit overcrowding and we
maintain double vigilance and care at every point of
the house these days.
We shall de our best te demonstrate our ability
I te serve well.
Signed
Dtc. S, 1020.
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Levely New Brocade and
Fur Hats Just $12
There arc small round shapes, there arc hats which turn off the
fate, there are three-corner hats and hats in new shapes that you'll
becd te try en te knew hew becoming they are!
With them are some new duvetyne and fur hats-rdull, coppery reds
nd henna shades, soft blues, grays and tans, combined with soft furs.
If your early season hat has lest its newness, this is an excellent
opportunity te brighten up your Winter wardrobe.
A Hundred Hats
All Belew $10 and Half Price
ire hats for dress, hats for tailored wear, hats for metering, for Bhep-
ins In short, just a hundred hats that are smart and pretty, but that
ave out-stayed their welcome, se we are taking this means te hurry
them out. ,
A few dollars will go far in this group!
(Second Fleer, Chestnut)
Ds&n Come Prices en a Hundred
Winter Frecks foreung Women
New $25 te $110
Cleth Frecks Are $35 te $95
And this means tricetines firm, all wool tricetinea in ifavy
blue and in any number of smart, becoming and delightful models.
Seme dresses are handsomely braided, some are embroidered 'in
blight colors, some are beaded. There is usually but one of a
kind and prices have been much mere!
Silk and Satin Frecks $25 te $110
are dresses of soft satins of charmeuse and of crepes de chine in
blue, the fashienable brown and black. Seme' are beaded, many
are embroidered, and there is quite a variety of geed styles.
There are afternoon and street dresses.
All in 14 te 20 year sizes.'
(Second Fleer, Chestnut)
Ielightf ully Feminine Gifts Frem
the Beet Shep
Yeu can't Imnp'InA nnv wnyrinn whn lilrna nrflttw -fMnwa nnt- liaitir
fleased with some such Christmas gifts as these.
New Paris buckles in cut steel and bronze, $5 te $60 a pair.
Or a pair of beautiful mules in plain pink, blue or black satin or
made. They are from $13 te $22 a pair. '
Or some black kid meter beets, fur trimmed and with rubber soles,
12 a pair.
There are also the most fascinating evening slippers in geld and
illver cloth at $16 and in bronze kid at $20 a pair.
(First Fleer. Market)
Women's Fine Hand-Drawn
Handkerchiefs $1 Each
About Half the Usual Price
Deft-fingered Perte Rlcan needlewomen made them, and they
are Just the kind of handkerchiefs many women are asking f or
or making te give for Christmas. And at $1 apiece it will net
pay te make them at home!
Of sheer and snowy linen, they are of unusual quality. They
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"uu.nuii pruny emDreidery, in color, in one corner,
nave all four corners cmbroidered.
Seme even
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(East and West Aisles)
ISmiline TCnumia
Dressed in Red
nu loeKing very Christmassy, in
ej, have arrived in the Candy
Stere. They have che red
frocks, pretty hats and they stand
en cakfs ivf e....( -u I... -
i hey re quite generous size,
LV 'most any little girl
feuld like te own one.
W.50,
(Down Htalrs Stere, Chestnut)
Quilted Vests
Jh rnP,Pei: st0"-c has Just re-
Yl.,;i uent vcsts from Jan
'ify wSb. ,avenuer-
(Third n00rt central)
Plaid Silk and
OtherWaists
The plaids have a festive leek '
that instantly suggests them for
gifts some at $5.50 and some of
the soft surah persuasion at
$7.60.
Then there are admirable tai
lored crepes de chine a square
necked style In black, white, flesh,
navy and tan at $6.75; another in
flesh, black, navy and white at
$8.75 and still another, very
heavy, in white, bisque, navy,
flesh and black, at $0.85.
(Third Fleer, Central)
It's Easy te Find a Gift
for the Baby
Bah. jl., .
tT.i' vull uoeks, Bbc te J1.05.
HeUvater bottles', some nni-
alnrj - Hp, sme namr
Ml in il0 in .1nti,n cases. an(l
te $3" ,,0tte 8ult the bahy$l
?2 te t3.nKOrS V ns cnn be'
Ahtft8' plnk' b,ue r
tequcs and nightingales, r$1.60
Hand-embroidered bibs. $1.25 te
$10.
Knitted sacques, $1 te $2.50.
Silkvqullts, $3.25 te $10.
Pillow cases, hand embroidered,
$2.25 te $3.75.
Eiderdown blankets, satin
bound, $7.50 and $8.50.
Teddy Bear blankets, $1.50 and
$1.85.
Bassinetfl, $25 te $48.
.Nursery tchalrs, .CP'te, $14,
nana-maiie sunn - sa.Hfi te sin.
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Gloves
4000 Pair of Women's
GlevesAll at New
Lew. Prices
$1.65 te $3.65
a pair
Precisely the kind of
gloves women want te
wear new gloves that
they'd like te get for
Christmas gifts gloves
te keep yourself and
gloves te give.
They are fresh and new
the skins are perfect
and of high quality ; they
are beautifully made; and
the prices represent good
ly savings in every instance.
$1.65 a pair for lambskin
gloves in tans, browns, white,
gray or black; 2 clasp, over ever
scam sewn.
$2.15 a pair for real French
kid gloves in white with wide
embroidery in white or black;
2 clasp, pique sewn.
$2.65 a nair for Arabian
mocha gloves in gray, beaver.
anu lan; eutscum sewn, 1
clasp.
$3.65 a pair for tan, beaver
and brown capeskin gloves, in
the fashienable "strap-wrist
style.
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(Went Aisle)
Fine Duvetyne
Handbags , si
Embroidered
With Beads
Silk duvetyne handbags are
beautiful in themselves, nnd when
they are still further embellished
with hand-cmbreldered designs in
steel and iridescent beads they
are charming.
We have these newest bags in
fur shade duvetynes in deep and
shallow shapes, some of the for
mer with beaded loops or pend
ants en the bottom. Many shapes
and many designs.
Prices $15 te $35.
(Main Fleer, Chestnut)
If She Admires
the Blue of the
Sapphire
then she'll like these fascinating
new bead necklaces some of imi
tation sapphires, some of beads in
the sapphire color. There are any
number eL attractive designs, the
color is enchanting, and the
prices go from $1 te $7.50.
Bracelets of imitation sap
phires are $1.
(Jewelry Stere, Chestnut)
New'Velveteens
Arrive With New
Small Prices
And this is just their season,
tee, when women cnn hnrdly get
eneugh1 of this l&vely fabric for all
sorts of outer garments, te say
nothing of millinery.
Velveteen in black, brown, navy
or Copenhagen blue, 3G inches
wide, $3.50 a yard.
Black velveteen, 4-7 inches wide,
$3.75 a yard.
(First Fleer. Chestnut) "
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Queen Mary '
Perfumes Are
Ideal Gifts
Since all the Queen, Mary
preparations are made in our
own laboratory, we knew that
the quality is of the best, and
also the price can be kdpt
within moderate limits.
Violet and Lilac Toilet
Water, 75c, $1.10 and $1.35 a
bottle.
L'Empire extract, G5c and
$1.25 n bottle. Toilet water,
85c and $1.05 a bottle.
Violette des Vnllccs, extract,
G5c an,d $1.25 a bottle. Toilet
water, $1.25 a bottle.
Arabe extract, 65c and $1.25
n bottle, Toilet water, $1.25 a
bottle. ;
Charme d'Amour extract,
.$1.50 and $3 a bettle. Toilet
water, $3 and $6 a bettle.
(Main Fleer, Chestnut)
, A Giftland of Furniture
It is a Very interesting-place, full of useful, ingenious,, novel,
luxurious and beautiful things.
The magnificent assemblage of upholstered furniture en the
Fifth Fleer holds a fine choice of great easy chairs and rockers, splen
did and suitable gifts for any one getting into years, but especially
for one's mother.
Between these fine pieces and the footstools, boekholders and
wall mirrors, there is a wonderful wealth and diversity of interesting
and acceptable things, such as bookcases, writing desks, sewing
tables, 'tea wagons, muffin stands, game tables, nests of tables,
smokers' stands and se en. It is indeed a giftland rich in desirable
things.
(Fifth and Sixth Floers)
Wonderful
Telepherie and
Electric Light Dells
are among the new things making
their appearance in the Art
Needlework Stere. Nothing could
be mere exquisite than the orchid
colored garments of these court
ladies, designed te cover tele
phones or te veil a boudoir light.
They are priced from $18 te $35.
Tholevely imported heads for
poeplo who would ukc te make
their dells themselves are $3
and $4.
Quantities of French novelties
boudoir bngs, cushions, boxes,
mirrors, framed in ribbon work
arc here also.
(Second Fleer. Central)
New Weel Sports
Scarfs Especially
Nice at $6.50
Fer they are of the soft warm
camel's-hair and- in the geed tanr
brown and alpaca sha'des that go
se well with sports suits and
coats. They have fan,cy borders,
tee, with fringe.
Almest any woman or girl you
knew would welcome one of these
scarfs for Christmas.
(Main Fleer, Central)
With the Holidays in View
Women Are Thinking of Wraps
Fer a geed-looking wrap means mere than it ever did before te the
woman who gees out in society at all.
' We have found that from $100 te $185 is the most popular range
of prices, se there is a particularly fine assortment of handsome wraps
and coats between these two figures.
They are all fur trimmed, nutria, Hudsen seal (dyed muskrat).
racoon, squirrel and Australian opossum being nmeng the furs, and
they are in such materials as vcleur, Belivia, evera ribbed evera and
wool duvetyne. The colors arc the. most fashionable of all navy and
Victory blue, taupe, green, brown and black.
(First Fleer, Central)
San-ta Claus Sends
This Message
Te Lit-tle Beys and Girls:
'Tm at Wan-a-ma-ker's.
"Come and see me in my work
shop in the big-gest, jol-li-estTey
Stere in the whole world, reached se
easi-ly by se man-y street cars and
the Sub-way.
"They all step at Thir-teenth
Street, and then you just come in,
take the el-e-va-ter near-est Chest
nut Street and get out at the Sev
enth Fleer.
Tm just round the cer-ner in a
f un-ny lit-tle house. The sleigh and
rein-deer stand in the front yard.
"The toys are great!"
2Q0 Beys' Norfolk Suits at a
New Lew Price $18
We can offer these 200 excellent suits at this exceptional price,
owing te the new basis of lower costs.
They are regular Wanamaker suits, the finest suits obtainable any
where in the country at the original prices.
The sizes are for beyB of 8 te 17 years, and there is a geed choice
of colors and patterns gray, brown and green mixtures
All are in the regular Norfolk models, some ,with box and some
with plain pleats.
They are as excellent a let of suits as can be had ahywhere at the
price, $18 each.
(Second Fleer. Central)
Fer One Weman
te Give Anether
One of the daintiest of Inex
pensive gifts is a pink batiste
nightgown, Empire style, and an
envelope chemise of the same ma
terial in a box. The first is $2.50
and the second $1.85.
(Third Fleer. Central)
Lacy, Dainty, Pretty
Boudoir Caps
arc tiutte f avorite gifts. Seme are
of silk, some of lace and seme of
ribbon and many are of nil
three I The colors nre delightful
rose pink nnd paler pinks, or
chid, pale blue, delicate greens
and yellows."
They arcpretty as can be. there
are any number of bewitching'
new styles, and the prices go
from 85c te .$8,
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New Veilings Are
Particularly Pretty
Nevel effects in hexagon and
fancy filet meshes with woven
dots or squares and there are also
some of the new large scroll pat
terns that Paris likes se much.
In brown, navy, black or taupe,
$1 and $1.50 a yard.
(Main Fleer, Central)
Crisp, Shining
Candies, 60c
a Pound
'Hard candles" most people
call them-r-satiny squares , and
pillows and blocks of crisp candles
in many delectable flavors. In
one-pound boxes, ready te take
with you GOc.
Asserted caramels, fresh nnd
geed, GOc a pound.
Mixtures," 50c a pound, Ave
pounds for $2,-50.
(Down Btalrs Stere, Chcstat)
Kedaks
It doesn't matter what the
age or sex of the recipient, a
camera is pretty sure te be a
safe gift, for, in addition te the
general love of pictures, you
appeal te the equally general
love of making them.
Cameras are here at prices
running upward from $2.85.
(Main Fleer, Clestnut)
PIECES of pigeon's
bleed and jade green
cloisenne from Japan are
among the odd and vivid
things te give te a friend
who likes the unusual.
There are incense burners
with hand-carved teak lids
whose knobs are of cor
nelian, and there are invit
ing small boxes, vases and
bowls, all of an amazing
brilliancy of color. Prices
are $15 JO te $85.
(Fourth Fleer, Chestnut)
Oriental Screens
The finest four-fold and high,
are of embroidered satin in black
lacquer frames, price $175; the
least expensive are the little two
fold fire-screens of embroidered
satin for $20. There are many
prices in between, notably $42.50,
at which one had choice of a dozen
designs of embroidery en cloth.
Leatherette screens arc $85.
(Fourth Fleer, Central)
THE Wallace Nutting
photographs which
make such delightful gifts
are beginning te arrive in
the Picture Stere. They are
framed usually in mahog
any te harmonize with their
Colonial subjects and
priced from $1 te $50.
(Fifth Fleer, Market)
Prism Field
Glasses
Fer men who travel or for
families who live in the country
and want te see what is going en
among birds and animals at a dis
tance. The Victory Binocular is
the best we knew of.
Price $50.
(Main Gallery, Chestnut)
Beys' Gifts Frem
the Sporting.
Goods Stere
Any "regular boy" will like one
of these:
Basketballs, $7.50 te $20.
Footballs, $2.50 te $12.
Soccer balls, $G te $15.
Striking bags, $4 te $20.
Boxing gloves, $6 te $25 a set.
Reller skates, $3.50 te $8 a pair.
Ice skates, $2.50 te $8 a pair.
Bicycles, $50 and $55.
Pocket knives, $1 te $5.
Sweaters, mackinaws, sheep
lined coats, jerseys and ether
sports clothing.
(The Gall try. Juniper)
Warm Felt Slippers
Will Please the
Children
Santa Claus well knows it and
has a habit of bringing these
gifts. In pink, pale blue, red or
dark blue, $.1.50 te $2.50 a pair.
A:id in the Children's Shoe
Stere also are te be found ether
nice gifts, such as leggings, rub
ber boet3 and se en for both boys
and girls.
(First Fleer. Market)
GIFTS FOR MEN
Men's Knitted Ties at $1
An Extraordinary Capture
First time in five years tHat 'we have had these
beautiful knitted ties at this price in the Men's Wear
Stere. And it couldn't have been a better time, with
se many people buying neckwear for gifts.
Plain colors and cress stripes in splendid assort
ment. Just 2040 of these ties and at $1 each they will go
out by the dozen and half dozen, se don't delay if you
want your share.
(Main Fleer, Market)
Men's Fur Cellars-at Lew Prices
Men looking for separate fur cellars for their overcoats, or
women planning te give such cellars te men, will be interested in
a limited let of beaver and scalinc cellars that go en sale to
morrow, but will net be here long.
The beaver cellars are $35 and the scaline cellars are $15.
Beth are very geed looking.
We have ether beaver cellars up te $130 and ether sealine
cellars up te $30.
(Main Fleer, Market)
Londen Walking Sticks
Dress Canes and Creps
(In the Londen Shep)
We have just imported from Hewell, of Londen, some smart .
walking sticks, dress canes and riding crops that will make gifts
of distinction.
The walking sticks are the styles worn en Piccadilly and are
in malaccas, ebony, snakewoed, rosewood, hickory, boxwood, hazel,
cherry, ash and ether weeds. Seme are geld or silver mounted
and there ere straight sticks and various shapes of handles,
with the creek handle predominating.
Prices arc $1.50 te $35.
Riding crops kin the same weeds, some with horn handles,
are $5 te $7.50.
(The Oallerr, Chestnut)
Weel Sports Coats and Vests
for Golfers and Motorists
We have an especially geed assortment of garments of this
nature that we imported from Englnnd for Christmas gifts.
Sweaters and sports coats of many fine woolen fabrics and
in a remarkable range of colors and designs. The materials in
clude Australian wool, merino, cashmere and Shetland weave
worsteds, nnd nmeng the latter will be found the smart heather
mixture coats se much in vogue in Great Britain. Prices $18
te $35.
Scotch wool vests in fascinating designs and a great variety
of colors are $15 and $20.
(Main Fleer, Market) s
Clocked Silk Half Hese
at $3.50 a Pair
Fine black silk half hose with white or self clocks, one of the
most desirable styles for well-dressed men.
These goods were higher in price, but new arrivals have
brought them down a dollar.
(Main Fleer, Market)
$5.75 for a Pair of
Excellent Shoes for Men
These are nil-leather high shoes of mahogany color calfskin,
in a fashienable straight-la"c style with medium tees.
Though without wirig tips and perforations, they are similar
te brogues in shape and are a model that is especially liked by
young men.
First-class shoes at a price low eneugh for any one. .
(Main Fleer, Market)
Weel Quilts Gifts of Warmth
at Lowered Prices
All of these excellent quilts are marked considerably below the
prices for which they have all along been selling.
$10 each for quilts covered in plain Florentine silk (silk and cot
ton). $12 each for quilts covered in Florentine silk (silk and cotton) with
floral center.
$20 each for quilts covered in plain Japanese silk.
$22.50 for quilts covered with floral figured silk tops bordered with
plain Japanese silk, some with plain, some with figured silk backs.
(81zth Fleer, Central)
Embroidered Bed sets
Very Much Lowered
They are mpw marked at half the former prices.
Set means a bedspread and bolster cover.
All pieces have cut corners and the spreads are made with scal
loped edges.
In some the embroidery is done in rose, in ethers blue and Btfll
ethers are all-white.
Fer the home these are gifts of daintiness and practical worth.
Single-bed size, 2 yards wide, $9 a set.
Deuble-bed size, 2M yards wide, $10 a set.
(Sixth Fleer, Central)
Geed Gifts Sparkle in the
Cut Glass Stere
These are a few of the particularly geed items that should be of
interest te gift seekers. Everything new and at a considerably lowered
price:
Berry bowls, $3.75 and $6.50. Orange bowls, $5.50 and $10.7C
Suga r and cream sets, $3.75 and Cfmdy bnakct '.g.
Fern dishes, $4.60. Flower baskets, $0 te $20.
Flower vases, $5 te $10.75. Benben dishes, $1.25.
(Fourth Fleer, Chestnut)
Holiday Beeks for Beys and Girls
Fer the littlest book-
things as
"The Kiddie-Kar Boek,"
with verses by Richard J.
Walsh and illustrations by
Sarah S. Stllwell Weber. Price
$1.50.
"Jehn Martin's Big Boek for
Little Felk," Ne. 4, by Jehn
Martin. One of the biggest
things for Christmas Day.
Price $3.50.
. "Glinda of Oz," by L. Frank
Baum, illustrated by Jehn R.
Neil!. Price $2.
"The Italian Twins," by
Lucy Fitch Perkins. Price
$1.76.
"The Little Mether Geese,"
illustrated by Jessie- Willcox
worm, tee, the books for these last including such
Smitli. Price $1.25.
Fer the bigger book-users,
the boys and girls, there arc
"Beys' Boek of Berder Bat
tles," by Edwin L. Snbin.
Price $1.50.
"The Dreadful River Cave,"
by James Willard Shultz,
$1.90. Deals with real live In
dians. "The Marines Have Landed,"
by Lieutenant Colonel Giles
Bishop, Jr., $1.75.
"Jehn Baring's Heuse," bv
Elsie Slngma8tcr, $1.60. A
narrative of Gettysburg days.
"Oh, Virginia t" A story for
girls from 0 te 14, by Helen
(Mala Fleer, Thirteenth)
Sherman Griffith, $1.25.
"Robinson Crusoe," illus
trated by N. C. Wyeth, $5.
Netable In every way.
"Old French Fairy Tales,"
by Countess de Segur, illus
trated by Virginia Sterrett.
Price $5. A large and beauti
ful book with color-plates.
"Westward Hei" by Charles
Klngsley, illustrated by N. C.
Wyeth, $3.50.
"The Bey Scouts' Yearbook."
Price $2.50. Full of interest
ing and vnlunble articles.
"The Beys' Boek of the
World War' by Francis Rolt Relt
Wheelcr, $2.50.
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