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EVENING PUBLIC LEDttEK PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAltOH 2, 1921
jfgan plays at 9, 11 "nd 4:50
WANAMAKER'S
WEATHER
Unsettled
Store Opens at 9
WANAMAKER'S
Store Closes at 5
WANAMAKER'S
rch Sales and the New Spring Fash ions A re Splendid
rmsm''' ''imw$mm?pt''rF-,-"'wmaj!- " vmwi&v:" ',aiai "" "-w
The Ma
-Incts of .Miami "" &- i ciersoui
fnrler allipator hides, or game,
iiui vegetables and meats for d
some articles of clothing, though
A Fine-Looking Seminole
Indian Now and Then
Appears on the
struts of .Miami and St. Petersburg, where they
, or iraue nun
dry goods and
most of them
,..,,. at hast a part ot the garb oi their tribe.
Not far froin their settlement we arc told
(lint they number about 400, with something of
.u,' aristocratic air from having been a part of
the original owners of the soil of America,
before our Mayflower ancestors arrived.
I he name Seminolo in Indian dialect is said
(o mean "wild wanderers."
The same spirit that caused the Boston Tea
Party, which refused to submit to "taxation
without representation," seems to have governed
lite Scininolcs from the beginning of our nation.
The present Scininolcs of Florida are said
to he the descendants of the old monarchs of
heir race, still unconquercd and unsubdued.
Signed
Mem
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Fiction Fresh
From the Presses
"A ItccklcHs Puritan," by Mrs.
Victor Ulekard. Price, $1.90. The
.story of an adorable little Irish
girl endowed with n restless
spirit and a sense of right and
wrong.
"Twisted Trails," by Henry
Oyen. Price, $1.75. Romance
and adventure in Hie deep woods.
"Coed References." bv K. J.
Kath. Price, .$i.)0. A book which
cntei tains the leader vjiy delight
fully, :.s Hath books are npt to do.
"The Yellow Spidei," by J"h
CMinrles Mocchnm. Pi ice, $1.00.
A story set in Uorneo, utufull of
almost unbelievable adventuress.
"The Scar," by Ruby M. Ayics.
Price, $1.90. An absorbing story.
"The Door of the Double
Dragon," by Hector Mlanding.
Price, $1.90. A romance pf old
and new China.
(Mnlii I'liinr. TltlrlriMitli)
A Little Going-Away
of Semi-Evening Covins
Nearly a hundred oddments of evening, semi-evening
and afternoon dresses are to be cleared away at J?i)0. $7n
an(l $pio new prices which mean a saving ot at least ipzo
and sometimes a good deal more.
Tin j include a little of everything some beaded velvets,
some colored laces, a fewduvetynes, a good many dainty
thing.-' nl" lace and charmeuse. There are lots of colors and
the ilre.si are really in very good condition.
(Ilrst I lunr, (i'litrul)
If She Wishes to Trim
Her Own Faster Hat
There are plenty of hats here
on which to try her skill!
This year's untritnmed lints for
Spring include fine hemps, Milan
straws, the pretty lisero and now
two-tone straw combinations.
There arc dull and shinv hats,
hats of smooth and rough braids,
and all the small, medium and
large shapes which Dame Fashion
approves for Spring.
$2 to $10.
(Sprontl I'liior, ( litMnut)
( fte'iL , h
Some Excellent New
Player-Pianos With a
$225 Reduction
These are brand-new II. & S. G. Lindcman upright
player-pianos, splendid in reputation, very well known
in Philadelphia, and carrying our full guarantee for
excellence. '
To Sell at $525
You may compare these instruments with any of
those on the Wanamaker Roll of Honor. You will find
them side by side in the Piano Store.
Convenient terms may be obtained on these player
pianos in spite of their greatly lowered price.
( i:i, ptliwi Hull, J-irrmiil lloor)
Men's New Spring Overcoats Are Much
Lower Than Last Spring's OVercoats
Wc are particularly pleased with the new shipment that has just
come in.
Their fashions give them finer and fuller lines and wider skirts
for a comfortable stride.
They come in handsome gray and brown tweeds and light and
dark gray cheviots and other mixtures. Some of the cloths dre rain
proofed.
Prices -$35 to $60 average about one-third less than the Spring
overcoats of 1920.
(Third II. .or, Murl.rO
2000 Yards Georgette
Crepe at $1.50 a Yard
Now printed deigns for Spring
dresses, beautiful patterns and
the quality in the sniur es wc have
been selling verv recently for al
most double this.
There are now left only dark
colors and that is the reason for
the low price.
(I'lrtt l'lnor, lirMmil)
There's a Fine Collection
of Sterling Silver Reduced
Many people have been coming in to take advantage of this unusual
opportunity and much of this beautiful table .silver has alrcadv been
sold. Hut we have just added a number of new piece- to the collection.
There is something tlint almost every household i in need of and
many of the ai tides would make most acceptable gifts. They arc all
marked for less than replacement cost, as for example, from '$." ijo for
nn attractive little bonbon dish up to $2290 for a .seven-piece tea set.
(Irwclrj Store, ClicMntit mill Tlilrlcrnlli)
Extraordinary Sale of Hurt Books
We have just received several thousand books from one of the largest publish
ers in the country.
Every one of them is slightly damaged in one way or another, and therefore all
are priced at half or less than half the publication price.
These are not old books that nobody wants not leftovers it is not that kind of
a Sale, but there are thousands of books that people want, in many cases just the book
that people are looking for.
For instance, there tire hundreds of dictionaries at $1, some of them leather
bound, with patent thumb index.
"The History of the World War," by Francis A. March, at 90c.
"America's Part in the World War," by Beamish and March, at 90c.
Plenty of other worth-while books at fractional prices going all the way from
15c to $1.23 each.
' I Miiin I lour, 1 liIrtt'eiillD
Many Lovely Spring
Wraps Have Chosen
Bolivia Cloth
A i tlit- ' wemht soft fine Mu-
llhia th.it -ni- just made for
these j.iuohiI l'.'udk nts. In some
cave ts
cloth ti a
patinp I -
Han,! i -
Ion til" 1 u
finisii tl .
meat i ' i i -
ptia;i-
Iroarh n.
ISW i i a
lap' 'i
Bl.K ,
Ebn u r - t
the , v
from "
Iky tinisli to the
giw ii a nio.-t lasci
t' i.
'ilri 'iciy is now found
ik !' the wiap and to
pin ket . Another new
I utpi a ranee of loose
ii" pleats in ihe li'.fk
to i he vaist line. In
tlii 'i' i a gathered
ii .Irani a scarf collar.
I i1 i iife.-t hades of
ill' is aie found in
! the
prices go
1 1 ir-l I lunr, ( I'lilnil)
Striped Flannel Skirts
lire a New Pretty Fancy
low
Ci thin
ire v-
air 1 1 i
onahli' -
One .
met
'tun it.
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An
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Btnrit
so-
' ' 'i ndor, when you
. Mia' -ii many women
i lui t them. They bid
iii' i.f the mo-t fash-
ift r"r .Summer.
i ' ei . new models i-s
l ii' -ph-ated n'.nd has
hi i.i 1 -ti ipes of while
. In' v blue, lavender,
i ."I It 'S .S2fi.
'' l"-. pleated with
I p 'c 1 colored .-tripes
i 'h nl iu'hIi 1 i jn plain
wi'h narrow eoloied
In'- w t'rtim S20 to
-- - 1
-&Ls
"O" V
Scrim and Marquisette Curtains
" at $1, $1.50 and $2.25
Many women have been just waiting for nn opportunity to buy
tlte.se curtains at these prices. They are marked at the actual wholesale
cost today and it is quite uncertain about our being able to tret -inv
more like them.
They all have hemstitched edges and are 12 J4 yards long.
!!00 pair scrim curtains at ?1 a pair.
500 pair plain marquisette curtains at $1.50 a pair.
250 pair striped marquisette curtains at $2.25 a pair.
(I'lftli I'loor, .Market)
If Yon Get the Right
Kind of Axminster Rug
ou will hae a rug that will give
magnifire'it service. And because
we sell only the better kind
people- have come to expect great
things of our Axmiusterh and
are not disappointed.
Yet you will find prices of these
finer Axminster rugs often as low
here as some of the inferior
makes eNewhere.
9x12 ft., $55, $(W.50 and $73.50.
S.i'ix 10.(5 ft., $-15.50, $5G and
$07.50.
0x0 ft., $."..'i.50 and $40.
(SfMMlth l'llMir, Clll'ntllllt I
Cowhide Traveling Bags
Down as Low as $9.85
Made of smooth black and brown cowhide, selected stock.
Well made, too, with .-owed corners, double pocket's and good
leather lining.
Dig, roomy 18-inch bags that make a good appearance and
w ill give good service.
Kxtrnordinary value at $9.85.
(Muln lliiiir, t liHinij )
JSjtjtsj
DrjTOEC FMuS tiailuiuf ttr.rvf ffu, Wiui) n$.WKXL ROT,'
Suits and Topcoats in ihe
Women's London Shop
I'-rdy-to-wcar Hpiing suits, made by our own tailor- from
mnterials' unpolled by ourselves and including Shetland and
Han is tweeds and covert cloths, are $85 each.
Topcoats of herring-bone tweeds in grays, light tans, green
ish tunes and browns. The fabrics used in these are impoited
but the coats were made in this country, prices $-1..i0 to Nr-.i
Glenock cape.-, if tweeds and cheviots usually
gray and
admirable
brown effects are ample atlaira with waist coats and
for both street and sports wear. 1'rice, :bo.
Uesides which we should like to remind women desiring new
tailored suiits that wc are ready to take orders for such suits to
be made fioni line imported materinls in the London Shop West
of England coverts and tweeds, vi una cloths, cheviots and the
delightful Harris tweeds in soft, heathery colors.
The prices for such i-ustoni-made suits run from $110 to $1.J5.
C-mIiiwij (.all.ri, ( lii-klnut)
American Lady Corsets
One reason for their popularity
is their stiffening; they are all
boned with an especially flexible
and duiablc bone, wjiich is famous
for the way it keeps its shape.
At $6 is a pink coutil front-laco
corset, built very low all around,
with band of elastic tit the top.
This is designed for blender and
aveiuge figures.
At $5.50. A pink figured hip
confiner for slight women has si
short skirt, no top and V-shaped
elastic gussets in the front.
At SI. A topless model of pink
figured material, has a long ;kirt
and moderate boning.
At $1 is another design for tall
women. This has a long skirt,
low bust and excellent boning in
the back.
(Third l'lnor. t'lu-stinil)
The Easter Music
Is Ready
ami this i just a little reminder
that the Music Store has an un
usually good collection of an
thems, carols and Sunday School
music as well as solos and duets
for all voices.
(Sfi-oml I Imir, Murlii-ti
Silk Mufflers Less
Than Half
HcautiUil imported -.call-.- of Me
sort worn as mulller-- by both men
and women. We sue making a
cleara-.u'.y of them nt $5, hich
is less than half what the weie
a few days ago.
All real silk and in a anety
of colored stripe--.
( Main I lunr. MiirK.I )
Three Lots of Household Linens
Much Lower in Price
Two new special purchases and one group taken from our own
stocks. The price in each instance is about a third less than goods of
the same grade have been selling for.
One new purchase brings a lot of heavy, full-bleached Iri.-h dinner
napkins of pure flax, sue 2222 inches, in a choice of fie patterns
and these are marked to .-el at $S.50 a dozen.
New also are a group of bleached Turkish toweN, well woven of
tine, absorbent cotton yams with hemmed ends and m a good .-ue,
22.15 inches, now priced at 5(c each.
From our own stock we hae taken a collection of heay, IiMi
huckaback towel.- of puio linen, sie ISv'H iiahe.-, and maiked them $1
each.
( I lrt I In.ir, ( lii-Mimi
I iro lu
nr. ( i-ntnil)
Irs. Harding Blue Now
Appears in Skirts
V
P'l
pne
!
v
ri"-
Flf.
1 I it in a Imely
l.ni -knt with the
nl nn iljlc lit, peat-
Uli 't n fall in loe
1 ii -non as they
' i Ml
'I'" t 1
in all the
- priced at
Women's Charming Novelty Suits
for Spring
Delightful little jacket smits whose jaunty coats have Peter Pan collars, Van Dyked,
severely tailored suits, whose novelty consists in their coats having no visible means of. clos
ing; other suits whose jackets have cross- bars of "shoemakers' stitches," box-pleated peplums
and bell sleeves; and still others with pony coats.
One extremely smart little navy volou r with broadcloth finish is a whole dress closed
vith scarlet buttons, while its short cape is faced with the same scarlet.
Another cape-dress is of brown and bl :ck checked wool, the dress with black facings,
the cape with its check and black evenly divided.
Bright plaid skirts have plain colored jackets with plaid bindings.
Kven our fashion-accustomed memories can hardly remember any such perfect tailor
ing as scorns a matter of course this season.
Prices are $72.50 to $210.
I I'irM I lunr, ( -nt nil I
I 'r-.t ,
"r. ( i'litrul)
p Striped Voile Waists
Are $2.50
lai i
I IK
I"F
Vimd style.,, to..,
-"it-. Ir nt;- the long
"nl tuni-back culls.
1 '- an .ntrinimed col-
iitln i a enll.-ir -khI
1 ""'I unli nariuw pleat-
-i, i
ii t,
iin'.i 1 1
lr run. i
Spring Skirting Plaids
at $2 a Yard
They aie nil wool .mil made
e-.peciall, fine in weave so that
they will' pleat well. The plaids,
tool are in the prettiest colors
and stvles for pleating. All aie
in indies wide and they come in
daik and medium shades.
This is the lowe-t puce for
sut h plaid sl.ii tings sin e the war.
1 1 ir-l I lunr, li.--.lnnU
Children's Sports Hose
at a Third Less
Childien's libbetl mercerised
cotton sports stockings with
turnover tops. In tlnee shades
of blown Ilinaua, African and
cordovan. Nives -1 to Hi years.
At Hoc, tluee pair for $1, ,ou
get three pair fo' the usual pi ue
of two pair.
1 1 ir-t I In.ir. M.irl.i-t
Yo
A
wng Women's Fluffy
ew Georgette Frocks
at $38.50
B" HI tin
lio,
I
d.iuity eiepe lieorgette, the til esses
nifM fashionable Spring shades, a
1 ht l"lulur langerine and navy blue.
'-. in',, ( . i ,
" .. HI.I-..-1 in liny iucks, in panel
II' sunt full ..1...I. i,... ' i
. , , I , , .-.....-. .nn e nnvn ill Ml
"' pii'ale.l hills
i VI nli. I... i' .i
ml. i . . '" "i mi
"-.i null',
cir. , i
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lii, i,
ti
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and Ihitti
U to Mycin
tunning lengthwise,
(it oigette, a low of
nng satin iibbon-, of
'I he neck
sl"et't, are shoit.
-izes, '
fSrtoml l'lnor,
1 1 . ....
- . i.iL- .'.ii...- ..... . ..
18 i,i ..?. ; ' J""" " way ot iinisii
' mi'
Young Women's New
Wool Jersey Snorls
Suits at $20
1'i'in wool jersey suits in two good styles
one with Tuxedo front, narrow belt and patch
iio kots, the other in regulation spoils style wit.i
inveited pleat in the back, run row belt arid
pockets.
All the good Spiing color-, are here -In owns,
'dues and gieeiis and any number of attractive
heather mixtures. "
The suits are well tailored and ptactical ami
the tpe that Is so becoming to trills and ,nung
u iinen.
I I to 20 yenr m'im
CIiuMiiiiI)
Umbrellas Recovered
During March- $1.15
And it will be a good cotton
cover, loo firm, black cotton with
a good tape edge.
The woik will be satisfactorily
iluno tlint goes without saying.
(Main I lunr, l.iillrr.l. Murl.cl)
Blue MottleLaundry Soap
at 5c Has Suddenly
Leaped Into Favor
This is an excellent laundry
soaji tU-.t contains the requisite.
(tiantit. of blueing ami I-. so ,-ci-cntill
ally combined that two luus
of it will tlo the woik of tin eo
bars of ordinary laundry soap.
At .'ic a bai, the special price
for March, we are .selling a bj
tho hundreds of cakes.
U'ourm lluur, itarUctj
The March Sale of China
and Glass Brings the
Opportunity of Years
The March China Sale is a genuinely strung sale in
everything, but it is especially strong in the main things
dinner sets and glassware.
All the dinner sets in our possession, own including
"open stocks," are offered at the lowest prices in years.
The assortment represents the pick of the leading pot
teries of Europe, America and the Orient. The variety is
immense. There is more of everything thai people desire
, and there is less to pay for it.
The span of variety reaches from American porcelain
dinner sets of 10G pieces at $17, up to a sumptuous gold
encrusted French dinner set at $-10. The choice in
between in American, French, English and Japanese sets
in unsurpassed at the prices, and the prices ;uv one-fourth
to one-third less than regular figures.
About $15,000 Worth of Fine
Cut Glass One-Third Less
. U- fey ttJ& - - J
New purchases ami groups
taken fioni our regular stock
contribute to this brilliant and
beautiful collection, all of winch
is of pure, high-grade cry-tal.
excellently t ut in a profusion
of handsome designs, and com
prising the newe-t pieces to be
found in cut glass today.
Howls, S:i.7,i to 1512.
Nappies, $-'.'2."i to Sl.7."
li.inl't.n di.-hes, !?l..rjU to .J I.
Jug-, $." to iKi.7rj.
Mayonnaise j-els, $:i.7"i to 5i5.
Sugar and cream sets, $ I 25
to $8. ."in.
I'tmipotes, $2 to Sl.'i.
itltry trays, $:i.7."i to $!.
Muskets. !2')0 to $25.
Cruets. S:i.7.") and 1.
Kern dishes, $t..ru) and Sl.,."i.
(range bowU, .."i to $lti.7."i.
ase, $:i.7.") to ?:io.
.Sandwich tra.s, $!.7.'i to
512.75.
Sweet pe.i vase-, $5 to SI0
Ice cream tray , S," to $s
( I ourlli
flicese and ti.uLer dishes.
.9.75.
Nui lu.wls, !; ;-,
Lemonade liuwl-. Ss to $200
Also i in luded an nine of our
mo-t delicately .a ed and 1111
usii'lly shnptd I'n. i ; foi in'
stance ia-es ' .ii-n-tie shape,
loinpoU.-., salad ti... . lurry
l.owls, -andwii h t a- All of
the lii, "st crystal
leant i ful workmansl
Imp. ii tetl deem ate.
and ltali.iii ii.ai'.l
are
ale.
iicauuful fe.iini'
.mil miixi
i p.
I glatwuie
-tatuury
of the
2000 Dozen
Thin-Mown Tumblers
00c and SI. 20 a Dozen
These a i urn thud t,i almost
ufle-hulf le-s thai, uj.-ul.tr
Three kind-.. I'liun tumblers
ami Colonial tumblers, at title
a dn.en; lianded tuiublcr-., $l.Ji)
.1 iln '. ii
floor ( liit.tn. ill
Prices Are Lower in the
March Sale of
Housewares
Than They Have Been in
Many a Long Day
l ho Wanamaker Iluuseu.ires Store was neer a
bargain .store. Tho most dangvrous tlung in tho world
for a store to do is to fool with bargains in any matter
that affects thf family hoaMh. For this reason wo care
fully aoid anv but tho or highe.-t grade enamel utensils
(cheap kinds chip oil' into tho lood) and use groat care
in ihe select ion of vwv ort of utensil for the household.
In the bathroom furnishings, for instance, you will
note tmu there are no small crevices or sharp
narnor inn.
Tho Wanamaker housewares in tho long run are usually
the cheapest because they are of the grade so immeasur
ably Miperior to tho ordinary run of .such things.
This. year's pries in general an- considerably below
last M-ars. aim in tiio .March Sale, with
to litty per cent upon some 7o,)00
articles, advantages aire wry notable.
iriiiii'iu Housewives w1(, desire to replace worn-out
Kiicnen utensils, to proxulc ,:cu labor
carol ull. examine what
to
savings ol ton
lo.otjn ot snecia v uroMiot
1 1 uurOi I 1. -
have here
I 1'iilr.il in,. I
sa mg do ices
in thi-, h.ih
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