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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEJt-PIIlLADELPHIA, F1UDAY, JANUAltY 7, 1921
Organ ploys l 9' n an(l 4:50
WANAMAKER'S
Store Opens at 9
WANAMAKER'S
Store Closes at 5
WANAMAKER'S
WEATHER
Fair
'irst in the Showing of New Goods and in the Lowering of Prices
Oftentimes the Day Is Half
Gone Before We Actually
get to work. Isn't it so?
Procrastination is not the only thief
n( lime. There are just as many gossips
among the men as there are among the
women. Let other people's business alone
and 'tend to your own.
Be jealous ot your lime, now that
1 . -. lTlIf V "r 4 lt-V am nil -..
lyoil nave a ncn xai iv ucgiu uii over
again in better ways.
Signed
jan. 7, 1911.
Jipimk.
There's the Lure of Spring in
New Millinery
Id in these charming new hats that are having their first
owing in the Gray Salons..
There are new all-satin hats in smart, small and medium
lapes and in the prettiest colors.
There are new all-silk hats in becoming models.
There are new straw-and-silk hats in effective combina-
bns.
And there is a new straw braid with a glint of gold
Id silver that makes some bewitching new hats.
Wear them now and later put them in your south-
hing hat boxes.
And prices start at .$10.
(Second I'loor, CheMnut)
Women Looking for Fur Coats
Between $300 and $450
will find wonderfully good choosing in this Wnnamalcer Fur Sale.
At $300, for instance, theie are lustrous, beautiful coats of
Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) with full, fluffy collars of skunk.
These coat aie well made and beautifully lined.
And tneie are ninny other coats around these prices, too
between ?Ii00 and $450 one may choose coats trimmed with natural
gtay squinel, with golden brown beaver, or plain coats.
I is really a fine collection of handsome fur coats. They
hae all been lowered a third in price. There are coats of natural
gray squirrel, of nutria, of leopard, of marmot, of moleskin, of
mink and of ermine and prices go from 200 for a lovely coat of
nenrscal (dyed coney) to $2200 for a rich brown mink wrap that
is a perfect beauty.
And theie am many small fui.s in the sale, too squirrel,
Australian opossum, snble, marten, beaver, skunk, lynx and all
the other fuis of fashion and pi ices lange from $25 to $11)2.50.
(Second I'loor, Chestnut)
Women's Dresses at the New
Lower Price of $25
Nearly a dozen styles.
The dresses are brand
Jew, are all of navy or black
ricoune, are embroidered or
braid trimmed, beaded or
severely plain.
Sizes are 34 to 42 in the
lot.
(I'lrnt 1'liHir, ( intrnl)
Women's Fine
Close to
Klaek lace boots in two
lyles.
One is of dull black calf
Kin and has a narrow toe
W military heel. A stvle
' young women will like,
the other is nf black
wed leather and has full,
(I'lrnt J'loor
Shoes at $6.75
Half Price
round toe and military heel.
Both very well made and
good to look at and at $6.75
they are extraordinary val
ues. They have been selling
in our regular stock for al
most twice as much.
Murlcet)
Now $6.75
Fine Seal
And you mav choose from
c kinds of bags that have
een- a half more to twice
Nuch in our own stocks.
fresh ahimrmnf. nf; t.hn
Nred price ha Just come
a:i "iQvtw
rKi.t-u.MW'
Will Buy a
Handbag
Pin seal, cobra grain seal
and other fine seal leathers
are1 used in these bags, which
are chiefly black and in a
variety of shapes. Some are
envelope and others pouch"
shapes.
Styles are how and ntlrac-
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For the Woman Who
Likes Delicate
Scents
the Queen Mary Toilet watcis
aie just right.
Among the particularly pop
ular scents arc Muguet Speciale.
Rose Speciale, Heliotrope nnd
Jasmin nil in attractive pack
ages and bottles of generous slzo.
S2.50 each.
VIolette do Paris, $1 and $1.75
a bottle.
L'Empire toilet water is an
other great favorite, 85c and $1.C."
a bottle.
Arnbe Toilet Water is a spicv,
Oriental perfume, $1.25 a bottle.
And Violette des Valees is a
delicious violet scent, $1.25 a
bottle.
ftnn I'lonr, Chestnut)
A Sign of Coming
Spring Is New
Printed Voiles
They do make such very useful
nnd pretty dresses and the new
patterns are lovely some resem
ble foulards, others challis or
gingham checks.
Also there aie plenty of the
darker colored gioutxh, such n
navy and Copenhagen blue, brown
or black, besides lighter ones.
They arc 38 to 42 inches wide and
."0c, 75c and $1 a yard.
(first riimr. Clieilnnl)
New Spring Ribbons
and Smaller Prices
New moiie faille, C. incTies
wide, a good width for millinery
or girdles. It is all-silk and
comes in many fashionable shade.
at $1.08 a yard.
New two-toned satin ribbons,
one inch wide, in beautiful colors,
at 05c a yard.
.Mr) I n I'lnor, Centrnl)
Georgette Blouses
$8, $8.50 and $10
A- style in white and flesh
Georgette is trimmed with real
filet, has a square neck and many
tucks, $8.
A second in white, navy, brown,
bisque and black is trimmed with
pointed folds of satin, except in
the case of the black, which has
gros-grain, $8.50.
A beaded Georgette is black
and navy, pricp .510.
(Third I'loor, Ceiitriil)
Wanamaker
Special Corsets
At $1.50. A model of pink
eoutil, with short skirt.
At $1.85. A medium-length
model of pink eoutil, suitable for
average figures.
At $2.50. A lightly-boned
model of pink figured batiste,
medium length.
At $3. A model of figured
pink batiste with short bones over
abdomen and straight lines over
hips.
Also a model of strong pink
eoutil for average figures.
,A laced-in-front eoutil model
for average figures.
At $3.50 is a figuied pink ba
tiste. Other specials are Madame
T.yras, L. IJ.s, Letttias' and
Parisienncs.
(Third floor, ( lien I null
The Great January
Sale of White
Women from all over the city and
from the country round are laying in their
supplies for the next few months, and re
joicing in tho opportunity to buy their
undermuslins at a fourth to a third less
than usual. In fact, many of the garments
are down to pre-war prices. The great
majority of the garments run from 85c to
$3.85; they are of good, sound cambrics
and nainsooks, with very little trimming,
and that little of as good quality as the
prices will admit.
The Sale includes, besides undermus
lins, such kindred garments as waists,
bathrobes, petticoats and aprons.
Any Man Who Wants a Genuinely
Good Winter Suit
Can Get It Now at the Lowest Price
We have a Sale of the whole stock of suits in our Men's
Clothing Store.
Fine, all-wool, hand-tailored, standard Wanamaker
suits.
Different from other suits, because they are better
made.
Away down in price, $8.50 to $40 less than they were.
Now marked $30 each for several hundred and $50
each for the rest.
An excellent opportunity.
(Third I'loor, Market)
(Third I'loor, Central)
The Annual
Sale of -Hurt
Books Opens
" on Monday
Book-Lovers
Please Note
(Miiln floor, Thirteenth)
Box Files and Blank
Books at Half
The box files are in note, letter
and invoice sizes and aie indexed
both alphabetically and numeri
cally (from one to thirty-one).
Prices now 70e and $1 each.
Wank books, including account
bodks, record books and some
time books, are now 25c to $1.50.
All of which will be found in
the Commercial Stationery Stoie.
(Thlril I'loor. Murlirl)
Men Still Can Get Fine Shirts
at $2 Fine Neckties at 65c
The shirts are of striped madras and percale, made
in soft-cuH', plain neglige style, and were all taken out
of our regular stocks, where they were selling for about
a third more to nearly twice as much.
The neckties are the kind that were half as. much
again at Christmas time. Stripes, figures and floral
designs in great variety.
(Main I'loor. Mnrkrt)
An Extraordinary Choice of Asia
Minor Carpets at the Old Low Prices
Generally known as Anatolians, these are rugs of unusual substance, attrac
tive in color and design and offering a large and interesting field of selection,
urobably the best we have had in such pieces.
They ave rugs of real excellence, combining good wearing qualities with
something of the effect of the Persian pieces, while their prices are much lower.
Anatolian Rugs
Any Man Who Knows
a Really Fine Cap
when he sees it will appreciate these caps of Harris Island,
hand-woven homespuns in original designs and colors. They
were hand tailored in London into one-piece and eight-piece
shapes.
Price $4.50, and a man who knows said, "Why, that is
less than I would have to pay for one in London !"
(Mala I'loor. Market)
Men's Half Hose at 40c
of Artificial Silk
First-grade goods in black, tan, cordovan, smoke and
navy.
Unusually well made and durable, with extra-reinforced
cotton heels and toes and with the appearance of real silk.
(Mum Floor. Market)
Men's Good Underwear
at a Halved Price
Medium and heavy weight shirts and drawers of ribbed
unbleached cotton and heavy-weight ribbed wool and cotton
mixed.
$1 a garment, and usually double this price.
(Mnlli I'loor, Murket)
9.4.0..') ft., $250
12 10x9.10 ft., $42,')
11.11x9.7 ft., $38.r)
9.8x7.2 ft., $250
11.8x9 ft., $385
11.11x9.1 ft., $325
13.1x10 ft., $175
9.0x0.7 ft., $225
lG.7xl3.2 ft., $850
17 5x11.1 ft., $750
14.10x10.1 ft., $535
13.1x9.9 ft., $450
8.2x6 ft., $175
17.10x12.9 ft., $875
11.4x8.9 ft., $350
(ciitli Floor, Chestnut mid (rntrul)
10x8.2 ft., $750
12.10x9.8 ft., $435
13 11x10 ft., $485
13x10.2 ft., $450
11.9x8.5 ft., $375
10x6.9 ft., $245
9.10x8.1 ft , $325
9.5x6.0 ft., $215
Young Women's Tricotine
Dresses Change Prices
Now $35 to $85
This is a trioun of all the
pretty dark blue wool trico
.ine dresses dresses which
have been very much higher in
price and represent substan
,ial savings at these new sums.
They aie in a score or more
of good styles. Some aie
handsomely embroidered in
black or colors, some are bead-
( heroin! Floor,
ed, some aie tiimmed with
satin, some with contrasting
colors.
All the Rood styles of the
Winter aie in the group, the
dresses are in excellent condi
tion, they aie just right for
wear now and for several
months to come, and they aie
in 14 to 20 year sizes.
Chestnut)
Boys' Overcoats
Lowered in Price
There has been a downward revision of the prices of
the majority of our boys' overcoats. This means a saving
of $5.50 to $15 on each coat included in the reduction.
It applies to the best ready-to-wear overcoats in Amer
ica for boys, the best in fabrics, making and finish.
It embraces a variety of Winter coats for boys of all
ages from three to eighteen years.
All are belted styles, made of good, warm, serviceable
fancy overcoatings and mostly wool lined.
A fine opportunity for the boy whose overcoat is not
good enough to carry him through the Winter.
The new prices are $18, $20, $25, $28, $80, $85 and M5.
M7.es for boys of three to ten and eleven to eighteen years.
IVmjiiiI I loor, Central)
1000 Wicker Lamp Shades
Come Into the Lamp Sale
They aie of brown Japanese wicker lined with silk of the
favorite colors and they are in nine sizes, while the prices are
C5c to $4.75 practically half of the earlier ones.
If you have any use at all for lamps or light fix
tures it is worth while keeping in mind these facts:
That all the hanging fixtutes anil side brackets in the Store
have had pi ices lowered to half
All parchment shades are half.
Many odd lamps and shades ate half.
And till other tloor and table lamps aie a thud less.
(l'onrth Floor, Central)
Girls' Fine Winter CoaU
at New Prices $18.50 to $85
Fine coats for better wear,
coats for school, coats for
everyday they aie all in tin
collection.
They are coats for girls of
0 to 14 years, and other stylos
suitable for juniors of 11 to
17 years.
Soft, warm chinchilla, wool
velours, silvertones, bolivias
these are a few of tho good
(Second I'loor,
materials in the collection.
Every good color is here, too
ilark and lighter blues, browns,
tans and other shades aie in
cluded. Many are handsomely fui
trimmed, nil are warmly lined
and interlined, and there aie
many attractive styles from
which to choose.
Prices were much higher
originally.
Cllt-Htllllt)
Motor Robes at a Third
to a Half Less
The entire stock of automobile and steamer robes in
the London Shop has been lowered in price from a third to
a half, mostly half.
This includes robes of wool, some with fringe; mohair,
silk plush and rubber interlined robes with backs of mohair
or Bedford cord. Plain colors and plaids to choose from.
New prices are $6.50 to $62.50.
(Tint (Jnllt'ry, Chestnut)
Ruffled Flouncings Special
Manufacturer's remnants and sample ends of Swiss
flouncings, the sort of thing which is occasionally wanted
for women's aprons, but especially for children's white
dresses. Tho flouncings are 24 inches wide, each has n little
ruffle eft embroldory and tho remnants run from one to ten
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Indoor Photography
If people who leceived camera
for Christmas will call at the
Kodak Section fiee instruction
will be given how to make indoot
pictures. We have a fiesh supph
of photo prints for hand colonn
sizes 3x1 to 11x14 inches.
('Main Floor, Chentnut)
Eye Glasses
Appearance is carefully con
sidered when we fit eye glasses;
the stylo which suits one poison
does not suit another. Prescup
tions for glasses will be filled as
catefully as the fitting will In
done. (Main tiallerj, Chealrlut)
Baronet Satin Skirts
Again at $10
This will be good news to the
many women who didn't have the
I'hance to get ono of these skirts
when they were here befote'at
this little price.
It is a gootl quality Unionm
and tho model is a very pretty
one, being full shirred with
straight up-nnd-down pockets,
trimmed with pow1! buttons, In
cxqlilsite ahadeaWpfi Bhcll pink,
turflUoItsj,,jiiry,- black nnd whit,
Chocolate Straws
70c a Pound
Fresh, crisp and delicious
you'll want a box for over the
week-end.
Or, if you piefer chocolates,
the $1.15 kind have that "moie
ish" flavor.
Assoited caramels, Si a
pound.
(t)(iMl Itulrrt .Store, (lieMnut)
Furniture for the Nursery
as well as all the garments and accessories for the baby are
part of the Children's Store on the Third Floor. The furni
ture is the most modern, comfortable and approved sort
and just now there are many new pieces
Bassinets and cribs start at $25.50 and go to $60.
Folding wardrobes go from $16.50 to $85 for a hancl
.some chest ot drawers.
And while you are looking at furniture, there are fresh,
dainty new slips for the baby that you may like to see
long slips from 75c to $10 and hand-made slips from $2.75
to $11.50.
White petticoats are 75o to $8.75.
( Ihlril 1 loor. Cheat uul)
SHOPWORN tinware, enamel ware and
other useful articles are being cleared
out for very small prices in the House Fur
nishings Store.
i Fourth floor. Central)
Beautiful Quilts as Low as They
Were Years Ago
prices as low as we can remember quilts of
but they are as practical as can be de-
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lou can buj beautiful quilts for
the same kind to be sold for.
They are not only of beautiful quahtj
sired for actual service.
The finest ones in the group are filled with down, covered with beautiful pussy
willow silks and bordered with fine Japanese habutai.
They come in (lowered all-over patterns and a few in Persian designs. Grounds
are chiefly white with flowers in old rose, blue and green.
The price is $25. They have been almost twice as much
Similar quilts with figured china silk tops and plain borders are now down to $20 ;
d'rs M-e o ' S18 d 4 Inmb's-wool, covered with china silk and with plain bor-
. i n,cyierinff9 ,!n?hin color habutai slk we have them at $18 for the down-filled
and $16 for the wool-filled.
The lowest priced quilts in the lot are wool-iilled, covered in figured silk mull and
Sent AS, wSh $&? hmdm' n be re th th.
Altogether it is the most remarkable grou-W quilts we have had in several
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