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WEATHER
Cloudy
Organ at 9, 11 and 4:50
Chimes at Noon
;er'S
Store Opens at 9
WANAMAKER'S
Store Closes at 5
WANAMAKER'S
New Fash
d New Low Prices Are What the People Want Now
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The White JLightho
the Coast and the
mark the channels of shallow wal
interest to almost ever observer
adjustments and the variety of soun
out, which are marked on sailing ch:
That weather-beaten stone strut
keeper an old man and wife who, the.
their rocky island for years.
Some one visiting them asked tl
"Are you not afraid. to live here
place?"
"No," replied the man, "I am
think of ourselves. We only 'think
burning brightly, and keeping our r
those in danger out on"that sea may
To be even carrying a lantern o
a help to some other, person- to guid.
man of the lighthouse said, "Wc nev
Signed
Jan. 11, 1521.
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Women's Black
Dresses at Lowei
-$75 and ,(
Evening: and semi-evening; styles, t
They are odd pieces, brought out c
told at a saving of $25 or so. Usual);
with or without sheer black laces, or v
broidery or quiet beading. The girdles,
of relief a narrow ribbon "of old blue
of black and gold brocade.
Sometimes color is given by a Pen
sleeves.
They ore all exceedingly practical ai
a very good investment.
(First Floor, Central)
Young Women's
Charming Spring Dresses
at $40 Each
Delightful little dresses they
arc and dresses of rare qual
ity and charm for this price.
$40 is a new and low price
for them the maker had just
a limited number and he let
us have the whole lot to sell
for this sum.
There ore Canton crepes,
crepes dc chine, taffetas and.
kitten's car crepe satin. The
styles are new, smart and
Springlike. Some have wool
embroidery, some have the new
(Second Floor,
embroidered tunics in eyelet
designs, some have a touch of
contrasting color, nearly all
have .short sleeves, and" many
oro brightened' by wool cm
broidery, by a bit of fino lace
or crisp-organdie at the throat.
Fashionable brown shades,
navy blue and black arc the
colors. There are scarcely
two alike so you will seo the
choosing is very good.
14 to 20 year sizes.
Cheatnut)
The Lamp Sale
Some of the pieces in it which
haven't yet been mentioned would
make admirable gifts to February
brides. For instance
A pair of green Chinese vuses
with gold-finished mounting, two
light, $40 each.
A pair of brass candlesticks,
with polychrome and vellum fin
ish, and n very long decorated
candle, $40 ench.
A pair of davenport table
lamps, fitted for one light, fin
ished in dull black and gold, with
gold cloth shades; price $40 each.
(Fourth Floor, Control)
Two Books of
Fiction
"The Vagrant Duke," by
George Gibbs; price $2. A ro
mance of surpassing spirit and
monv thrills.
'The Innocent Adventuress,"
by Mary Hastings Bradley; price,
$1.75. A tale of youth and love,
misunderstanding and happiness.
(Main Floor, Thirteenth)
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Calendars and
Diaries at Half
All our 1021 desk calendars,
calendar cards and diaries (the
Wanamaker Diury excepted), on
Bale in the Commerciul Station
ery Store, have been lowered to
half the regular prices.
The assortment is large and
interesting.
(Third Floor, Mnrket)
Gold Brocade
Slippers .
They harmonize so charmingly
with almost every color that they
are in even greater favor this
season than silver slippers.
These arc of the cross-strap
type, with two-Inch Louis heels,
and cost $22 in the Exclusive
Little Boot Shop.
(First Floor, Market)
New Spring Silk
Are Coming Every Day
New vivid-colored 'sports silks, new soft satins and crepes, new
foulards, new tub silks, Shantung pongees from Chinii and habutaia
from Japan they are all here and ready for women who are storting
their Spring dressmaking early and for. visitors passing through the
city who are interested in the new fashions. ,
Best of all, prices have come down to old-time levels and that
means that dresses of these good new silka are going to cost very much
less this Spring. From $1.50 to $6.50 a yard.
(Flrat Floor, Cheatnut)
Some of the Handsome Fur Wraps
Exactly Half Price in the Sale
These are the fine, one-of-a-kind fur wraps beautiful pieces, the skins
beautifully matched and made up, the wraps in distinctive and charming styles.
They are now marked exactly half the original prices
Rich mink wraps are $1500 and $1650
Genuine Alaska seal wraps, $825.
Hudson seal wrap (dyed muskrat), with Aus
tralian opossum, $425.
Sable-dyed squirrel wraps, $487.50 and $600.
Natural gray squirrel wraps, $500 and $675.
Soft taupe-dyed nutria wraps, $300 and $332.50
Taupe caracal wrap, with dyed squirrel collar,
$500.
Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) wrp, with deep
capo collar, $550.
Ncarscal (dyed coney) wrap, with skunk and
ermine, $475.
Nearscal wrap trimmed with skunk. $300.
All these wraps are full length, and thev are lined with rich silks in
artistic colorings and combinations.
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(Second Floor, Chestnut)
A New Low Price on
Rhinestone
Bar Pins $8
The desicrns are most attrac
tive, the pins are of sterling silver
and have the popular gallery
backs and safety catches, the
rhlnestones aro of fine quality,
glistening and brilliant.
And a woman almost always
has need of just such pretty bar
pins ana seldom can get them at
?8 each! '
(Jewelry Store, Cheitnat)
Saucy, Smart New Spring Hats
Around $10
Saucy little turbans with a
dashing bit of trimming or
touch of color fetching little
sailors with perky bows, thesis
and ever so many more arc
here.
There are hats with taffeta
tops and straw facings, others
(Second Floor, Chestnut)
of straw and ribbon, and hate
all of straw.
Blue and henna is a favor
ite combination, brown tones
are fashionable, and there are
black hats with touches of
henna or brighter reds.
New delightful and not
one over $101
A Fur Cap a Third Less for
Anyone in the Family
Men's fur caps from $6 for neaweal to $65 for finest Alaska seal,
nutria, natural and blended muskrat, sealine and Hudson seal (dyed
muskrat) at prices between.
Women's fur caps at $8 for nearseal to $30 for Hudson seal (dyed
muskrat; und ermine. Other combinations between.
Women's fur tarns at $9 for moleino (sheared coney) to $38 for
ermine.
Boys' fur caps at $8 for coney to $20 for blended squirrel.
(Main Floor, Mnrket)
This is the 98tK year
of the continuous
building of
CHICKERING PIANOS
&
&L XTINETY'SEVEN YEARS OF GOOD
-' r wO1 service to men and women who ap
5$i vJpieciate MUSIC have made the name of
W . , UriiuiUjjrUJNU loved beyond the con
fines of our country. Wherever music
lovers dwell there comes, at sight or
sound of the word "CHICKERING,"
an immediate comprehension of all that
the word implies. It is synonymous with
music of the highest order. It has helped
generations of our people to give ex
pression to their innermost longings
and dreams and hopes, in the exquisite
tone which leaves sweet echoes in the
heart.
At their joint recital this evening,
in this city, Frances Alda and Charles
Hackett will use a CHICKERING piano.
The privilege of selling CHICKERING
Pianos (including the incomparable
CHICKERING - AMPICO Reproducing
Pianos) in Philadelphia is confined
exclusively to JOHN WANAMAKER
The atmosphere and the service
of the Wanamaker Piano Salons will
be found to be in keeping with this
distinguished instrument, oldest of
American pianos.
(Egyptian Hall, Second Floor)
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Voile and Dimity
Waists at $3.85
Voile wnists with sauare iVvcks
tnd bands of pink, blue or lav-
cnaer on their cuffs and collars,
$3.85.
White dimitlpa witli rnll eol.
lrs or flat, rminrl collars, and
decoration of very fine and nar
row pleatings. $3.85.
(Third Floor, Central)
New English Tweeds
for Women's Sports Suits
And, although they are fine all wool weaves in the most desirable
new Spring shades, they aro priced just about half what they were in
tended to sell for.
One very pretty diagonal weave, almost plain in color, in tan
brown, navy and scarab blue, is only $2 a yard. '
Another, even finer, in an almost invisible herring bono weave
in soft pastel tones, is $4 a yard. Both are 54 inches wide. '
(First Floor, Cheitnat)
Young Women's Fur-Trimmed
Sports Coats for $38.50
Ileather-mixturo polo cloth makes the coats; great, fluffy
collars of natural racoon finish them, they are smartly cut and
well tailored, and are, altogether, precisely the kind of coat3
young women want for this winter.
There are tan, brown and gray mixtures from which to
choose all becoming colorings. The coats aro cut in three-quarter
length, have deep pockets and belts, and are lined with an
extra heavy lining of fino suede-like cloth.
And they aro uncommonly good looking for this price I
14 to 20 year sizes,
(Second Floor, Choitnnt)
A Beautiful Newcomer in the
Women's $8.75 Shoes
This, group consists of shoes that ordinarily would be a half more.
Thn Intocf nflsltttf to n Ittrvlt Innn Virtrtf f nfitant Itiulini lrifll fltlO
Wack cloth top, plain toe, welted sole, Louis- heel and blind eyelets.
A beautiful dress boot from the leading women's shoo factory in town.
uiaer tine shoes at ?8.75Jire:
UUll hi a elf rnlfobir lnnn ?irfVi to Inn flnu nnrl rnir 1iur rmnla ni unfit
straight tips and Cuban heels.
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Black glazed kidskin button with straight tips, turned soles and
uban hce s
(Flrt Floor, Market)
Real Lace Neckwear
for About Half
Price
Irish, Bruges and Point laces
are among them in the form of
high collars, vestees and short
sleeves of lace. In other words
there are all kinds of odds und
ends of fine real lace neckwear
which can be used as it is or con
verted, with very little trouble,
into other shapes.
Most of the pieces are half
price, some are even less than
half, at 50c to ?25.
(Mln Floor, Central)
Best Picking in the Sale of
Hosiery and Underwear
From the great mass of merchandise put into this clearayvay we call attention
to the following items. They are not only the most desirable goods, but they repre
sent the best values in a sale that averag es half price all through.
Women's Stockings
35c, 3 pair for $1, for black, cordovan and
navy cotton.
50c a pair for full-fashioned black lisle,
$1.50 a pair for full-fashioned silk in black,
white and colors; some "seconds."
$2.50 a pair for full-fashioned black and white
bilk.
(Writ Aisle)
Men's Half Hose
35c, 3 puir for $1, for black, white and col
ored cotton and mercerized lisle.
75c a pair for English cotton, black, white
and unbleached, and English black wool and
cotton.
$1 a pair for black und colored wool.
(Main Floor, Market)
Children's Stockings
15c a pair for plain, fancy and openwork lisle
socks.
25c a pair for infants' white wool and cotton
ribbod stockings.
35c, 3 pair for $1, for black, uhitc and brown
ribbed cotton stockings.
50c a pair for white and colored wool socks.
$1 a pair for wool and wool and cotton sports
stockings.
(Flrit Floor, Market)
Men's Underwear
$1 a gurment for Winter-weight wool and
cotton shirts and drawers. '
$1.50 a garment for a better grade of grav
wool and cotton shirts and drawers,.
(Main Floor, Market ' J!
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12ttc for low-neck, sleevelerfjftfflJbbed -calton
75c for ribbed cotton untnn. ilt.
85c for gray sleeping garments with" feet.
(First Floor, Market)
Oh, Man, but These Are Great
Shirts for the Money!
Two groups, both priced a third le.s.s than regular.
At S2.55 you may choose from woven madras and cheviot shirts In
soft cuff, negligee style, and 80-squnre percale shirts with starched
cuffs. All colors, and all sizes
At $3..0 choo.-e from assorted lots of soft cuff shirts of woven
madras, cheviot, silk striped madras., silk-and-cotton, tin broche and
flannel. A lot of very fine shirts
(Main Floor, Mnrkei)
Men's New 50c and $1 Ties
Join the Half-Price Goods
We hae just procured a good manufacturer's oerlot of fine silk
neckties in this season's excellent designs. Becnup they were left from
his Christmas stocks ho let us have them for so much below the usual
price for such fine goods that we can sell them at TiOc and $1, which
is naif price or less.
(Main Floor, Market)
Crisp Wafers
50c a Pound
In-" J "i mint ana cocoanut
dfs 7an(! cach !s BodI Flat
ill.. -' ,vap sweetness you'll
lEO? . pac,n.B vor tho week-end.
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Undermuslins in the
Larger Sizes
A good collection of nainsook
nightgowns, loco and embroidery
trimmed, low necked and kimono
sleeved, $1.60 to ?4.75.
And of white petticoats, also
laco and embroidery trimmed,
often with eyelet; .prices S2 to
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(Third Tl9ovOtnd)
100 Baronet Satin Skirts
Again at $10 Each
This, is fair notice to all the many women who asked us to
let them know when we would have more of these beautiful skirts
at this little price.
This time there is a great variety of styles; in fact, only
one or two skirts of u kind, but tho quality is just as fine ns
beforo and tho models aa pretty. There aro more colors, too,
shell pink, gray, violot, navy blue, black, light blue and white.
Amongst them are all regular sizes.
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500 Women's Umbrellas at Half
Wo shall sell them at ?2.50( apiece. They are covered with good,
black Egyptian cotton with a silk taped edge, the frames are seven
rib paragon, and the handles of tarved mission wood. The Eire is
iiu incnes, ana tno umbrellas aro guaranteed for a year
(Mala Fluor, Market)
Children's Warm
Knit Garments
Attractively Priced
It is just such warm, comfort
able little garments as these that
the children need now and these
are not only good quality and de
sirable styles, but ure unusually
good for their prices.
?1 and $1.25 for babies'
bacques, of hM-wooI, in white
trimmed with, pink or blue and
to tie at the" neck.
35c to 65c a pair for babies'
wool socks, many hand knit.
$2.25 U $3.85 for littlo sweat
ers, in light colors, that button
down tho front, and aro in 1 nnd
2 year sizes.
?2.50 to ?3.85 for sweaters in
darker colors Copenhagen, rose
and tun and In 2 to.4 year sizes.
$3.25 to $4.60 for sweaters In
larger sizes 28 to.'SG inch sizea.
nd in several good styles.
(Third 1'loor, Chestnut)
Good Toilet
Preparations ,
"Specials"
Especially nice in cold weather
for their effect on the skin, und,
as will be seen, the prices are
very small indeed.
Peroxide cream. 20c a Jar.
Cocoa butter, 25c a jr.
Benzoin, glycerine and rose
water, 20c a bottle.
Rose and almond cream, 20e. a
bottle.
Cocoanut oil shampoo, 15c a
bottle.
Witch hazel, 40c, 70c und $2.65
a bottle.
Violet ammonia, 25c a bottle.
Hay rum, $1.10 and $2 a bottle.
Violet soap, 50c a dozen cakes.
(Main Floor, Chestnut)
White Sale
Petticoats
rNVi littlo. rufllos, price $1.
Men's Fine Handkerchiefs
for $1 Apiece
These are perfectly plain hemstitched handkerchiefs the value la
in the fine, snowy linen and the careful making. They have narrow
hems, are daintily hemstitched, and the most fastidious man would
approve them. '
They'd look well with hand-embroidered block letters or a monc
n we 11 take your order if you wish.
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(H'lt Aisle)
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Boys' Overcoats of the Sterling
Kind for Less
Sterling quality is the mark of every boy's overcoat in our
Boys' Clothing Store.
That is something ubout which we ure insistent, both as a
matter of principle and a matter of self-interebt. As a conse
quence, uny lessening of the prices of our boys' overcoats is bound
to mean a real opportunity.
Just now a very large proportion of our boys' overcouts aro
marked at a new low scale of prices, affording substantial savings.
SIR sr'"iorf0trJ,uiaI"f.1Jhrcc t0 te Vl!ur8 re now down to
?m, ?J,50, $25, $.10 and $35.
t sS MTlnyB ,c)?veit,I:0 e,-'htie years are now down
to $25, $30, $.15, $10 and $45 They are as fine in style a. they
aro dependable in quullty and that is saying a lot.
Double breasted, with belts all round.
Brpwnish, greenish, grayish mixtures us well ns oxfords.
(Heconil Floor, Central)
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