f M HERE BANK REPORTS Federal Reserve Says Retail Buying of Practical Gifts , Was Strong CLOTHING DEMAND QUIET Retail trmlc durlnR tho Clirlstmnt season showed n stron? dpmnnrt for medium-priced sprvlopnblo Roods, (word ing to n report lixiied todny by tlu Kcd rrnl Hciprvc I'ank. ....... "Stores eonfltied oxclimvply to hlch priced luxuries nnd expensive jewelry txperleneed n most dhnntiolntlm: nen Min," the report continued. "The pur chnsltiR wns extremely roncrvntlvc, nnd rven the wenltlilest of buyers showed 1 much illncrlmlnntlon in their demnnds. 1 "Although the Chrlstnms penson is one of wenhncss j clothing nnd choc Fides, the pnst December hns shown an even (trenter lnck of activity than is uminlly displayed in that month. Vir tually no buoincKs wn done in men's rlothlnR despite the fact that prices were from 30 to fiO per cent below the high levels previously recorded. Shoo Buylnc Was Quiet. "Ra'es of nhopH also decreased con t,Wnhlv. but tho totnl volume of busi ness done by the shoe Rtores was hIIrIiH.v jn excess of thnt of last year, the de , cronsc from Mioch being eipinlized by the Increase from the sale of Christmas Rift , articles, such bh sllppf rs, carriage boots, buckles nnd hosiery. Kven In the sale of thcfo articles there was noted a ten dency toward more careful ImyiiiK than was 'shown last year. 'In Rpitc of the fact that clothing and , phne cales showed n Rrenter decrease than is usual for this sqnson of the year. ' and thnt the volume of trade in tli'1 high -priced luxury goods wns consider ably under that of 1011). the vo'ume of biis'lnefts done in such lines as cheaper Jewelry, leather goods, electric appll- ' ances, men's furnishings, small articles of women's wear, sporting goods, musi cal instruments, confectionery nnfl other , purely gift goods accounted for the in creased totai volume of retnil business f this Christmas season over that of last jrar. J Christmas Mnll Heavy 1 "That the trade in these goods wns much in excess of thnt of last jenr Is attested to by tho report of the Phila delphia postpflice that all records for the volume of Christmas mail matter have been broken during the last month. "The lurrensed unemnlovmcnt throughout textile plants, the more lim ited operation of some iron works and the decrease in tho cement business have had n direct etTect upon the na ture of rctnll trade In the smaller cities oiiil townr. of this district, especially so throughout the I.ehlgh vnlley section. "Manv people, doubting the Mnccr itv of pi Ice reductions, refrained from bulng articles of wearing apparel fur personal use, being content to wnlt for even more radical declines before mak ing such purchases. Little effect was jwtpd upon tho purely Christmas pur chasing, however, and good business tun the general report from these seo tiuiis. Merchants ScrU Cash ' While sales have been large, re tnllers linw given but little attention tn the replacement of depleted Mocks. Tin1- are concentrating their efforts tninti converting inventories into cash, T itli a view to restocking at low op fig ur s dining the early months of 10121 . 'Radical declines lime alrcadj Ix-en ri'iristered in the wholesale markets, the n.n-t apparent loing in cotton goods, silks, hosiery, underwear, woolen diess gomls, rugs and shoes. The lines which lave lint recorded any notable declines are binn, glussware and ceitain staple goodh, the manufaetuters or which are i u iMViition to demand their own Vriccs." PHILA. MAN HONORED Dr. Albanese Made Chevalier of Crown of Italy J i iholns Albanese. formerly of this city, but now of Chester. lias been made a chevalier of the crown of Itulj. Advices of the conferring of this honor b King Victor Kmmaniiei 111. tetuhed Dr Albanese ji-sterdny. Dr. Albanese has won the honor be cause of his activity in relief work, in Ms part in the dissemination of piopa cnnilii beneficial to the Italian cause, i.ud his general co-operation in a'l war, work in this country during the ln-t MS j ears. He is only thitty-two enis old. Horn r in (irassano, l'rovince of l'otcu.u, f, Italy, in September, 1SSS. be calm' to ' riiilnilelnliia caily In 11X11!, and befme lie had i cached Ills eighteenth birthdii) hail opt ned an office ns a private banker. In 11112 he fook up the stiul of phui -maey nnd in Mil was giadiiuteil from Temple l'niversit In JPItl he went to Clii-ite , and establlslied a ding stoic at Thiid and Krmikllli stieet, but has , luuintalned a residence heie. BUYING REVIVAL URGED Alba Johnson Tells Boston Men De pression Is Nearly Over ThP belief thnt business readjustment anil iletlntlnn "Is more than half com ' Pitted" and that "the worst is over" Mas expressed hv Alba 11 Johnson, pres ident of the Philadelphia Chamber of Coininerce, In an -nihil ess befoie the! UcMnii Chamber of Commerce toda "Is it not good business as well ns soiid patriotism to start buing now. to set the wheels of industry once moie into motion to relieve iinemplojineiit and tn spread the improement of con- (lltions over a. ionger period?" he ask- i "1 "Let me warn ou not to wait too long " Mr. Johnson asked the co-operation f business men in Kinking the private 'lerntion of railroads under the trans- poitntinii act a success. . HREAf eSeDTO KlLl HER i' Woman Gains Possession of Revol ver and Man Is Arrested After entering her home throe times ) Mtcrdny morning and abusing her, Charles lllaufiis, thirty-three years o'd. of North Ilraneb, N. J., is nlleged to have returned yesterday afternoon to the home of Mrs. Florence Lnng, n dis tant relative, of 1.":17 North Hartaln street, and threatened to shoot her, the police say. She had summoned Chnrles V. Dovle, a friend, of 1213 West Susquehannn nveiuie, nnd when Hlnufus entered the house yesterday afternoon, It Is chnrged, he nourished a revolver and ntinnunccd he wou'tl shoot Mrs. Lang, Doyle and himself. Ills revolver wns not landed, and when he plnced it on a table. Mrs. I.ang gained possession of it. She then summoned Patrolman l'rpdehl. of the Park and Lehigh lifelines station. He nrrested Hlnufus nfter a tight In which the patrolman used his club. Mnglstrate (lleiui. at the Fourth and York streets station, today he'd Hlnufus In f."(M) hall for court, charged with making threats to kill. CITY JOBS EXEMPTED The results of the recent Civil Service Commission henrinir rccardlni: exenin- tlons for street cleaners and gurbage collectors were summed up todny by (leorge S. llitrnliam. Jr., president of the l'eniisylvnniii Civil Service Iteform Association. Director Caven has re quested exemption for about 800 jobs for ii vear. As u result of the hearing the director wns allowed to retain the present forces until June 1, 1021, but nil replacements must be mnde from eli gible lists. " i ii- v r I. n - " oHIimiM MtN AREBROUGHT HERE Lifeboat CaDsized Trying to Roach Rescue Ship Life lines Save Eleven Big Brothers to Entertain About 400 bovs are expected hs guests of the Illg Urotlicr Association minstrel nnd vnudevl'le show tonight, nt the or ganization's building. 2." South Van Pelt street. The mlnistrel talent will In clude bovs connected witli the nssocia tion nnd several vaudeville acts were secured through the co-operation of the lllg Ilrothcr committee of Philadelphia Lodge, No. 2. It. P. O. D'ks. Members of the crew of the sehonnei Jnnc Palmer, nrrlvlng at this port yes terday on the steamship West Tacoek. told thrilling stories of the foundering of their vessel In n storm off Her muda. Dleven of the men, nfter the Jane Palmer foundered, were thrown Into tho sen when a lifeboat capsled, but all were rescued by the crew of the Co tori, hurrvlng to the endangered vessel in response to wireless cnlls. Hound from Norfolk to Uuenos Aires, the schooner rnn Into a storm 100 miles north of Bermuda on December 18. In n henvy, pitching sen the Palmer war. hadlv strained nnd soon began to leak. Captain Mnrston ordered the pumps stinted, hut nfter savors', hours the pipe-line broke, due to the heavy roll ing. Calls for assistance had been flashed by wireless nnd nn answer from the steamship Cotatl brought word that she was rushing to tho rescue. The crew wns unable to eat as most of the fond had been soaked with salt water. The water had reached eight feet before nightfall nnd just nfter dnrk the Cotatl. which had continually Hashed messages of encourngement, ap peal id in the distance nnd soon stood by. Hut the waves were too high to lower the boats nnd nil night the Cotnti maneuvered nbout keeping her bend into the henvy sens. At daybreak it was seen thnt the Palmer could not remain above water more tbnn n couple of hours nt the most, nnd the order was given to abandon ship. Fortunately the storm wus beginning to lull and through skill ful mnnngement the open boat reached the side of the steamer, only to be washed under the Cotntl's counter nnd capsized. Poultry here is the very finest we can buy fresh, tender, nnd cooked to tho Queen's, taste. And the average Queen knows good cooking! Mcvduryli Sf Priced With VTuiP Because Priced n fl Only One Profit !Z By The Producer 1 M I i Maker's Price Less 15 In Our Semi-Annual Sale Of STYLEBXLT- Fall and Winter Suits and Overcoats $35 less $5.25 now $2975 $40 less $6.00 note $3400 $45 less $6.75 now $38.25 $50 less $7.50 now $42.50 All Other Prices At Same Proportionate Reduction DON'T only consider what you get off in a Reduction Sale. Also consider off what you get it. The Makers Price, less 15, is addi tional reduction upon an original reduction. HAND.TAILORED ALL WOOL MONEY BACK Hilton Company 1211-1213 Chestnut Street Clot Art Shopt in 'Principal Citits V Strawbridge to3t Clothier's Store Will Not be Opened to the Public 1 o-morrow r 'nda (Nor on Saturday, New Year's Day) These Days Will be Devoted to A READJUSTMENT INVENTORY T O-DAY, THURSDAY, therefore, is the last business day of the greatest ear in the history ofthisStore a larger volume of business every month in the year 1920 than in 1919, closing with our busiest Holiday season a great but well-handled Christinas trade. The old Store stands solid as Gibraltar, stronger than ever before in its position in the markets of the world a position that means unquestionably great advantages for our customers, in first se lection, in bed-rock prices, and in special concessions on purchases for immediate cash, wherever quick turnover of stocks-on-hand is desired by manufacturers. We shall start the NEW YEAR, 1921, on Monday next, with many exceptional proofs of the advantages referred to above. We always "take stock" at the close of each year's business. This year we shall do this with more exacting care and closer scrutiny than ever before. Therefore, more time is required, and the Store will iNOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC to-morrow. It is our duty to our customers, to ourselves and to the Government that this extreme care be exercised for this inventory, on a gen-" eral lower-cost basis, will niean less revenue for the Government, as well as losses of profit for this Store. But it means LOWER PRICES for our customers. Inventory of our stocks will be taken at the VERY LOWEST FIGURES permissible by the Gov ernment. Such merchandise as can be bought in the market to-day at less than we paid "for it, will be inventoried at the lower cost and repriced on this basis, no matter what the Store's loss may be. In every case where the manufacturers' prices have been reduced, our prices will he reduced accordingly where they have not already been reduced to the lower level). We have sacrificed hundreds of thousands of dollars of legitimate profits in the past few months; but, on the basis of our new inventory, we are prepared to lose main thousands more. The Store WIS! be Open on Monday Beginning the Most Important January Sal es in utir History Most important because, not onh will these Sales embrace our usual January Sales, for which we make extensive preparations in adance Muslin, Underwear, Linens and Bedfur nishings and our great annual Clearance Sales of Furs, Shoes and Winter Apparel for Men, Women and Children but thev will include hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of mer chandise of all kinds at NEW'LOW PRICES. . Be it remembered, also, that in THOSE DEPARTMENTS IN WHICH THE ENTIRE STOCKS WERE REDUCED seral weeks ago, the reductions continue in force, except where, as in many instances, FURTHER REDUCTIONS are made for the January Sales. IN CONCLUSION We trust that you will bear with whatever temporary incon venience our closing of the Store to-morow may cause; but the full day devoted to a more exact inventory AND THE REPRICING OF MANY LOTS OF GOODS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE, WILL REPA Y YOU MANY TIMES OVER IN THE SALES BEGIN NING MONDA Y. Strawbridge Clothier NEW AUK NEW YORK I1HOOKI.YN PHILADELPHIA CHICACO. MARKET STREET EIGHTH STREET FILBERT STREET 3"": rT W A . :.fl I .(f, ty ' v L 'L . ij' it The Home of Sea Food l3h bet. Chestnut & Walnut Philadnlnhla
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