't .! r w"T' f - -wVy SV f.- ( , , X. nm CiMJtJJliXV ' " 4. ' I. - nil il Orgpn jplays at 9, il and 4:50 WANAMAKER'S WAN AM AIDER'S Online nt noon Store Opens at9 Store Closes at 5 WANAMAKER'S WEATHER Unsettled Now for a Spirited Farewell to r of "r .- a " -,. h. - .,-. the Good Old Ye ls25(J She Lost Her Engagement Ring One Day While Shopping in a western city and advertised her loss in the newspapers and the reward for its return, without success. A few weeks later a young lady friend of the loser of the ring happened in a store to look for a pair of warm driving gloves. She began trying on various ,g loves and discovered an obstacle in one of the fingers, which when shaken out turned out the little missing ring marked "FromW.... toE. Its owner had let the tiny ring slip off when she was trying the glove on. There is a lost and found office in this Store to make records and take care of whatever is found here. Signed Dec. 30, 1920. JJool Jersey and Velour Coats ' V for Women, Now $35 It goes without saying that they have all been much more1 than this, but, there are now left but a few of each style. Silvertone velours and a fairly good assort ment of wool jersey sports coats, nearly full length and a very smart belted model. (First Tloor. Central) Women's Tailored Suits of Distinction Prices $45 to $85 The first of these suits which came into the Fashion Salons were eagerly welcomed so eagerly that we are glad enough to have another lot to announce. They are made of English materials tweeds, heathery mixtures, homespuns and plaids; some were made in England and some in America, and they all are admirable in tailoring and finish. Those that aren't lined with pcau de cygne have tailored serge linings, and invariably they are in terlined. Nothing is better for country wear, for traveling, for motoring or for business. The American-made suits are $15 to $65; the London-made are SC5 to ?85. (First Kloor, Central) w omen's New Strap Wrist Gloves New Low Prices S3. 75 Brand-new gloves, and all of washable cape skin and the very style that is so much in demand for Winter wear. The gloves are in the fashionable tan and brown shades; they are triple-stitch sewn and they are good looking as well as comfortable on the hand. .$3.75 the pair. (Main Floor, Centra!) LJ 'and- Made Waists of Batiste Chiefly from Porto Rico. One style which has a decoration of the same little squares one sees set into handkerchiefs is $5. Another with a good deal of drawnwork is $5.50. Another has real filet and rows of drawnwork for $8.50. And one with Vandyke frills has real filet on its edges, even filet on its cuffs. This is 13.50. (Tlilrcl Floor, Central) Women's Fine Buckskin Boots for $8.75 a Pair These shoos have been selling in our own stocks for almost half as much again, and cl&ewluMo you would pay nourly double their present price to match them. They nro high lace boots of fine b'nek and gray buckskin with pluin narrow toes, welted soles and Louis heels. Fine in fashion and woikmanhhip. At $8.75 a pair th-y a it extraordinary. (First l'luor, Mnrl.rt) 04 J ctitia Corsets . - Very Light Htre are three models which are as nearly boneless as corsets can be and still remain corsets, A htyle of striped tricot with insertions of elastic and only two bones, $9.50. Another, a topless riding corset with an dustic Korc in skirt, $9.50. A third, with very low top, long hips and novel organdie trimming, $11.50. All three arc pink. .x&.;itt& (Tlilril l'luor. Chestnut) harming New Spring MilWiery Among the new hats just out of our workroom are some of the popular cellaphane in attractive two-toned combinations. They are in small and medium shapes, frequently turned off the face, and have little trimming, for they do not need it. New, too, and with them are hats of silk in high colors like rose and jade and bright blues. These are moet attractive, may be worn now or later in the South or he North, and are brand new. $12 to $20. (Hecond Floor, Chestnut) Jeautiftil Handbags for a - Third Less New fashion velvet handbags in black, brown and navy blue, embroidered with designs in metal beads of steel or fancy colors. Very effective bags these are, and at their new prices, $16.50 to $27.50, they are a third less than they were a few clays ago. (Main l'loor, Chestnut) Pretty Combs to Wear to Nezv Year Parties They are so attractive in the coiffure, and becoming, too. New combs in many styles, some intricately carved, and all set with glistening rhinestones or imitation sapphires, emeralds or amethysts, are in many designs from the small close-fitting combs at $3.25 to the high Spanish combs at $47. Small pins for bobbed hair and to wear at the sides are $1.25 to $7.50, and larger pins are $1.50 to $12.50. Barrettes to go with the combs, $1.50 to $5.50. (Jewelry More, Chestnut) young Women's Dark Blue Dresses $35 are of firm, all-wool tricotine and made in one of those simple, youthful one-piece styles, with a narrow belt at the waist. They have round necks and short sleeves, have just enough trimming in the way of narrow bands of colored velour outlined with tinsel thread, and are, altogether, quite good-looking dresses for this price. 14 to 18 year sizes. (Seconil Floor, Chestnut) Y oung Women 's Warm Coats $37.50 and $38.50 Splendid Winter coats of soft, warm wools in the brown and blue shades girls are wearing this Winter. Several good styles from which to choose some with wide fur collars of nearseal (dyed coney), some with collars of fluffy, natural racoon, and others plain, so that girls may wear their own furs. All are warmly lined and interlined. 14 to 20 year sizes. (Second l'loor, Chestnut) New Low Prices on Young Women's Evening Frocks These are the fine, one-of-a-kind dance and party frocks that have been hanging in the glass, dust-proof cases, so that you will know they nro in good condition. Glistening taffetas, airy nets, embroidered silks, flowered taffetas and gleaming satins are the most used materials and the colors include nil the fash ionable shades from turquoise blue and Nile giecn to deep rose pinks, lovely orchids and flame color. Some are trimmed with tulle, somo with geld embroidery, some with flowers or silvery ribbons and others with fluffy ostrich. Thcy'ie pretty enough to go to many parties, they are in 14 to 20 year sizes, and the new piicss nro $40 to $165, with many prices in between. (Second Floor, Chestnut) fotton Remnants for One--' Third Less A very busy Christmas season has left an unusually large number of remnants of all kinds of most desirable cottons, such as ginghams, per cales, crepes, suitings, linenes and many otl ers. They are all neatly folded and quite fresh and are just in time for Spring dressmaking. (West Aisle) Oilk Remnants From a Third to a Half Less Even dress lengths, although the majority are in remnants that would do for waists, linings, men's shirts, fancy work and so on, and a few velvets for trimmings or hats. There is really a fine accumulation of silks, one of the best we have had lately, and this is a good opportunity to buy them most economically. (First l'loor, Chestnut) Children's Leggings Cozy drawer-leggings which will erable youngsters between two and eight to play about regardless of nipping winds and snows. All-wool leggings, brown, $5.50 to $8.50 a Cotton leggings, white, navy or black, $2.50 u pair. . .. . (Third Floor, Cheitnntl The Wanamaker Celebrated f ITER SALE OF i& (Original) With the greatest abun dance of new undermuslins, shirtwaists, petticoats, wrappers, negligees and all kindred things, at the new low prices. Qplendid Down Quilts Down to Half For practical service and good looks it would be hard to get better quilts than these at any price. We took particular pains to make them well. The sateen with which they are covered we brought over specially from France because of its exceptionally fine, serviceable quality. Besides this excellent outside covering, each quilt is interlined, in addition, with fine cambric. The patterns are of a Colonial type, combining handsome floral and figure designs, and the colors are old rose, green, brown and blue. The price, $17.50 each, is half what it has been. Never were quilts better worth the money. We also have a lot of good down-filled quilts made in our own factory and covered with do mestic sateen which wo are offering at lowered prices -$10, $15 and $18 each. (Mtli Floor, Centrnl) Honfleur Tcilet Articles in Time for New Year's Ready to go into the traveling bags of those who nro going away for the holidays, and, by the way, many women wouldn't think of tiying to do without these good toilet preparations when they want to look their best. FAtracts, Violet, Hose and PF.mpire, COc a bottle. Toilet waters, Violet and l'Empire, COc and $1 a bottle. Sachet, Violet, l'Empire and Rose, 3oc a pack age. Face powder, Violet, l'Empire and Rose, 40c a box. Cleansing cream, 40c n jar. Skin cream. 40c a jar. Youth and Tlea-itv oienm. 40c a jar. Lilac and Wistaria Vegetal, 85c a bottle. Also These at Lower Prices Imported Hay Rum, $1.10 and S2 a bottle. Witch hazel, 4.5c a bnrtle. Violet ammon'n, 2"c a bottle. Cocoa butter creai", 2'c a jar. Peroxide cream 20e a jar. Henzoin, glycerine and lose water, 20c a bottle. Rose urn! n'mnnd cream, 20c a bottle. Toilet sonp, !"0e a do? -n cakes. T"oth brtrhes. "0c op li Metal water bott'es. Rl ifj onrh. (Mnln l'loor, Chestnut) D elicious Caramels 80c a Pound irirneTrana mi are those with the covering of fresh strawberry cream. They are quite fresh, are flavored with fresh strawberries and are quite as good as you'd expect them to be. Strawberry wafers, SOc a pound. Assorted chocolates and bonbons, $1.15 a pound. (Down Stairs Store, Chestnut) HTo Hold Her Pozvder Little powder boxes in dainty designs and of gold plate in the much-liked green-gold finish. or of silver plate or in enameled effects, begin at $1.25 and go to $7.50. Double powder boxes are $2 to $7.50. Coin purses are large enough to hold one, two or three coins ""1 n,,e '' 7" n 9r , (Jen elry Store, Chestnut) . .!!.&; 'harmingSculptured Marbles New From Italy With the arrival of these new pieces our collection has become the largest we have had in years, and probably the most beautiful we have ever had. Busts and figures representing classic and modern subjects are notable in the assemblage. Each piece is signed by the sculptor who chiseled it and in whose Italian studio it was chosen by our own representative. Prices start at $27.50 for a small bust and go up to $450 for a large classic figure, this being a remarkably striking piece. "Meditation" is the title of a piece at $375, depicting a young girl seated on a chair in deep meditation. The piece is of fine Carrara marble and very cleverly executed, both in outlines and detail. Among smaller pieces is one called the "Grape Girl," a little girl sitting on a bronze chair with a bunch of grapes in one hand, making a very novel and charming piece, price, $65. Also included in the shipment are white marble pedestals at $30, $40 and $50, and green pedestals at $30, $35, $37.50, $40 and $50. (Fourth l'loor, Chestnut) Jen 's Ba Umbrellas 1 rnccs jo to jjd These practical folding umbrellas are of the greatest service to men who travel little or much since they are planned to go into any lo-inch bag. Opened or closed they look pre cisely like any ordinary umbrella, and nobody suspects their extra virtues. Covered with black cotton, they cost $6 and $7; with silk-and-cotton, $8, $10 and $12; with silk alone, $15. C.Uiiln Floor, Market) Start the New Year With Music! Start it in high spirits and with high resolves. Music will help. No one who has not had the inspiration of music can know what a help it is, even in workaday lives. Why Not a Piano for New Year s? A piano is not a luvury. any more than are a h'isl f other things thai, civilization nr.d a higher .U ndard of living haw made nociwiry in the hi riies of people of cdiuatmn and lef'n ine,,t. Nor ir. it necessary to be a musician to have piano music in your home. The p a r p nno and th. U'proihieing piano have lvado it pjs-ible for any one to lvar the music of the masters from his own armihair. CJdckcring Schomacker Emerson Limleman Haines Uros. Marsknll and Wendell Drawback J. C. Campbell and the celebrated Knabe These aie the p anos sold l'i t' e 'nnamal:ir .Store, ami nowhere else in Plulad lphia. If you are a musician you kno. a 1 thtir names a"d know than a- liakrs m th r "e-pectne classes. But even if you are not a musician you know most ef them by renutat nil, t'( i three of them ate ainung the great piano.-. jf t'-c vorld. Any in.it1 in. lent in the l.st, in piano, player pi. no or npii ilucin-r pinro firm, K -u r to give .sat sfaction, and any one may be boil"' t on cn unient to.mo. The price lange N so wide that any purse can meet v vih comfort. (FEMitliui Hull, Sri-irnd Floor) flothcs Hampers, $2. 75, $3.25, $4.25 These hampers were imported f"om Mexico oxprobsly for us. They are made of outside bam boo, and are very serviceable and satisfactory to use. 11 inches in diameter x 12 inches high, $2.75. 13 inches in diameter x 27 inches nigh, $3.25. 1G inches in diameter x 2 J inches high, $1.25. (Fourth l'loor. Central) C ft A f ' " ' I'J .&& 1 nlil 200 Boys9 Fine Overcoats at New Low Prices For boys of any age from 3 to 18 years there are overcoats in this collection, and all of them are priced on a new low basis, which means a saving of $5 to $15 from the prices at which coats of the same quality have all along been selling. They are new arrivals, and they arc of the finest ready-to-wear kind made in America. The bot grades of overcoating materials are represented in the assortment, all in fancy mixtures and in various gray, brown and greenish shades. In the lot are coats in si.es for l.v'" of three to ten years and for bigger boys of eleven to eighteen years. The new 1 rices on these coats mean a real opportunity, now that wo are getting knee-deep into W fv S20, S23 r)0, $25, $28, $30, $35, $40 and $45. (cc'ninl l'loor, Central) is r. :i miL.7tf.jiix. wr-r'-c- QfiBR mmfm Men' s Fur-Collar Overcoats Are Down in Price (In the London Shop) The Men's London Shop has taken from 25 to 35 per cent from the prices of its fine fur-collar overcoats. As these coats were moderately priced in the first instance for goods of such superior grade, they are re markable values at the new figures. Big, warm ulsters with raglan and straight shoulders, half belts and belts all . around, and some with four pockets. Fine fleeces and cheviots are the mate rials used, and they are in brown, blue and green heather mixtures and gray. A gray herringbone with plaid lining is one of the most effective. The big fur collars on these coats are of selected pelts beaver, otter and Aus tralian opossum. Prices are S90 to $175. (Tlin Gallery, Clietnat) J fen 's 50c Neckties A4ade to Sell for Don hip We have several thousand dozens of men'3 U inter silk neckties that we can sell for 50c each, though they were made to sell for double that price. Plain colors, stripes, floral and figured designs and a wide range of colors. Also plenty of the knitted neckties that are so unusual for $1. (Main l'loor, Market) E very Warm Woolen Cab J xr Afs., n ..j r.rs-j.1. tt- u. inun kjvuiu rr isn ror Motorists, skaters and others much outdoors in cold weather need caps that can be pulled down over the ears. And here they arc prac tically every good kind of warm woolen cap that is made, for both men and boys. Prices start at $1 and go to $6, the last for the fine imported Angora caps, first since the war began. (Mnln Floor, Market) " Si in l r r t icn s jooa ria T nose at Lowered Prices 35c, three pair fcr $1, for mercerized half hose .n black, navy and cordovan. 40c a pair for artificial silk in black, navy, cordovan, lij.'ht tan and gray. 7oc a pair for lisle with embroidered designs '". black, brown ami navy. $1.25 a pair for lislo in shot mixtures, stripes, icordion ribbed and silk embroidered. The above are all first grade goeds. In addition we have some second grade arti ficial silk half hose in black for 20c a pair. They would be more than double this price if fir3t grade. (Main Floor, Murket) en's Tabc Border Hand kerchiefs, $12 a Dozen Irish linen of beautiful quality makes every handkerchief, and the quality is a superior one for this price! The handkerchiefs are in that style so well liked by many men, with narrow hems and tapes above the hems. (Main lloor, Centrnl) "Dlank Books Slightly Hurt LJ Now at Half About 300. All slightly hurt, none seriously. Majority are cloth-bound account books jour nals, ledgers, record books' in various sizes and kinds, except diaries. Also some hurt time books. The price of every book in the collection is half the former figure. Now 15c for an order book up to $1.75 for a 150-page ledger. 150 files, one to thirty of a kind, including desk and box files in cap, note and memo sizes and in various arrangements A to Z, one to 31 as well as by months, are all down to half. Now 15c to $1.20 each. Not all kinds can be had in each size. (Third Floor, Market) M nL ft 4 f - ,i '.Jw ir
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