StAr ''y-Wrfpv- fjumr t ? ?" 'f- 't, - .1 i i. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEK PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1921 7 Band at 9; Organ at It ana 'i:w litmrn lit N'iioii WANAMAKER'S Store Opens at 9 WANAMAKER'S Store Closes at 5 WANAMAKER'S WEATHER Fair Nearly Everybody Will Be Corning to Wanamaker's Tomorrow Only a Poet's Heart With a Touch 01 JNature kiows how to speak and write the words wc most love to hear when the first breath of "Spring brings the first leaves and flowers. The graceful, floating hyacinth plants on some r the streams of the South, and the bulbs on top f them, arc little poems printed in water colors, illuminated with sunshine and starlight by the hand that has never failed; day or night. Signed April , " i P jhm Custom Tailoring Shop The Custom Tailoring Shop on the Second Floor is taking orders for hand-tailored suits for women and young girls at the following prices: Spcnal tweed suit?, silk- Charming hand-drawn, onc- lincrf, (?,,. piece ijen dresses, copies of Jcrse spoit suits, light- ' ' ' Might, $50. 1,,cnch niotIols in any shndc- Linen suits, all colors, $25. $38.50. Special attention is Riven to individual and contiact orders for nurses' uniforms, school uniforms, riding outfits and camp outfits. Foi girls wc make to order regulation suits, top coats, skirts and riding suits. For boys, regulation suits, Norfolk suits, tuxedo and first long-trouser suits, reefers, overcoats and riding suits. (Srroml l'loor, Ontral) A Bit of Good News About Women's Suits and Dresses A hundred and fifty good tweed suits and the same num ber of good silk jersey dresses are to bo sold tomorrow for 535, which means a saving of $10. The tweeus are all imported and made up hero in our own factory, which injures excellent cut and finish. They are in grays and browns and russets, also black and white mixtures. Sizes 34 to 44 arc in the lot. The silk jersey dresses nre in many ilylcs tunics, rcdingotcs and chemise dressc. Some are embroidered, some beaded, some per fectly plain; and colors are black, navy, brown and beige. All sizes in this lot also. (Flrnt l'loor. Cr-ntrnl) Some of the Handsomest Tunics Paris Has Made arc here, at this minute, in the Dress Trimmings Salon. They are perfectly lovely! They are very new, most distinctive, and have just come from Paris. There are short tunics and longer ones and some so com plete the are almost ready to wear. Hound necks, V necks and squaie necks short sleeves, shoulder straps, scalloped edges, fish-tail tiains these are some of their new and fashionable features Theio are all-black tunics, glowing with jet spangles and bcaiU, others of black and colored beads, and others with black backgrounds and wondrous designs outlined in glowing colors like copper or peacock blue or coral. Smiting at $28 they go to $150 and there aic no two nlikc -and nothing quite like them this side of Paris! (Mnln l'loor, Crnlriil) The Demand for Dress Linens Has Started in Earnest Eudently many women are going to have linen suits, dres.se. and skirts this Summer. There is really nothing else that takes the place of linen for warm weather. The piicrs, this year, are a great attraction. They arc just about half what they were last Spring. For example white and colored linens in weights from the heaviest to the lightest, $1, $,1.25 and ?1.50 a ard And fine handkerchief linens, color.-- and white, $1.50 and $"2 a yard. (I'lrit I'limr, Chestnut) Girls' Frocks for Festive and Other Occasions It she wishes a "best" dress like mother's one of shin '" new taffeta, she may have it in deep blue, or the pretty frown tones so popular, or in Copenhagen blue. There are any number of attractive, brand-new styles, just suited to gn-ls ot 8 to 14 years and the prices go from $18.50 to !?3G. Ol If ,1m 111,,,- .1. .,.:.. lllcfe i .. rlfin- litHr. ,,(T..i,. ;.. -.-... IVbw (IHIlt 1 C.nniJi'X.w.... .. i i "i. .iuiki'ii nine, Drown or navy J", with -ilk embroidery and a WP blouse, also in (i to 1 1 yea. 81ZCi,i ami ,;),'). A new gingham frock, copied m a lc.,cl, dress, i in pmk, lu or t., checks, with organdie Other smart little gingham, dresses, in colored checks, are in a new ruffled style, arc for 14 to 18 year girls and are $122.50. And a new white organdie dress, with n touch of hand em broidery, enough lace for pretti ness, and a whitu satin sash, is in 10 to 14 year sizes and is $11.75. (sctoml I loor, C'lienlmil) The New Over-Blouses Do Wonders for a Suit Tl and tl 1S " l0nger the (iividin hue between the skirt feels l T1184 Ulat S mnny womcn objected to and a woman quite as much at her ease either with or without her ( o... .. , mater i i1 """? ls principal ' lor Mich blouses, indeed Then. U ''!w,1'iu' this Spring. nen.- ," !, i")niu '"vcly soft Cv ,hia ttn "st Ppulur. new ,, S V',r cu,,fll something blouM(i 'wiuia anout these A ..'. IcHine , ,m'r val ' frcpo do 1 ne IUlssi blouce in grAy or bisque with a novel scintillating trimming. It is $15. A jade green crepe do chine slip-on blouse with Peter Pan collar and short sleeves, $15.75. And n true sports blouse in crepe silk, bisque, with the collar and tie ends touched in navy blue. This is $22.50. Central) Women 8 Pleated Plaid Skirts Special' at $15 The finest all-wool worsteds, vclouts and prunella cloths in Spring weights and Spring styles. The plaids, too, are the lovc icst colorings grcen-nnd-blue. tan-and-bhie and brown-and-tnn. They are all full pleated mostly in box pleats, stitched over the Inns. In fact, these are "specials' of skirts in our own stock which aie al most double this price. i:nt Altlrl Extraordinary Sale of Furniture Going On. Hundreds of Oriental Rugs at Low Prices. Hundreds of Wardrobe Trunks Going Very Fast. Beautiful New Spring Fashions for Everybody. Perennials Are Here Put thorn in the ground and forgot about them. They will take care of themseKcs season after season. Iris, coreopsis, phlox, gaillardia, Oriental pop pics, sweet William. Good, sturdy plants, 25c each; $.2.50 a dozen. (r'nurlli l'loor, Murkrt) Men's Handkerchiefs, $2.10 a Dozen Many men will use no othei but nil-linen handkerchiefs, even when they are not the most inexpensive, but it has been a long time since wo could get all-linen to sell for this price! They nre in plain hemstitched style, with narrow hems. (H'nl AUIp) Pink Silk Bloomers Plain ones of Washable satin arc $3.50; lace-trimmed, $5. Washable silk of fine, heavy quality, no trimming, $4.50. Crepe do chine of firm and fine cicpe, $5. Crepe do chine with lots of lace, $4.50 and $5.50. All of these have clastic at the waist. (Third l'loor, Oiitrnl) Frolaset Corsets Two particularly attractive new models for Summer wear arc of pink brochc. The first has an elastic all aiound the top to give the free dom of movement that means so much these days, and it has very short front bones. The price is $10. The second has elastic set in the front above the waist and is very (irmly boned in the hack over the hips. This is S12. (Tlilril l'loor, ( lipHtinit ) Such a Vogue for Small Animal Scarfs! In the Fur Salons they are kept busy ordering new little scarfs to take the place and fill the empty spaces made by those we've sold. Ceitainly there is u decided fnshion for these pretty little fur pieces and this is to say wo have an especially inter esting collection of new ones. The'ro are rich brown mink scarfs, natuial gray squiriel, the pretty Imum and stone mar ten, and prices start at $15 for a singlo-'kin grrfy squiirel and go to $05 for the maiten, and begin at $30 for ihe two skin squirrel and go to $05 for the handsomest two skin baum mar ten. C-rrnml Plnor liotimt) Shoe Shades in Silk Stockings Women of fashion like their hosiery to maHi the colors of their shoes. Hut so many new shades appeared in the new shoes that hosiery manufacturers have not all caught up with the demand. At Wanamaker's it is a differ ent story. We made unusual provision for just such an emer gency. Hero you wi'l find fine stockings, silk to the top, at $4 a pair and in the following colors: Polo grny, shoo jrrny, castor, iiisset, Russian calf, nut brown and Aftican brown. (l'lrxt I'loof, Miirtirt) Rich Oriental Rugs Extraordinarily Low in Price Anybody acquainted with Oriental rug values need only glance at the list here printed to recognize that the prices represent extraordinary savings. The rugs are a miscellaneous collection ot' pieces in our own stock, the carpet sizes being mostly one, two and three of a particular weave, and all ol" thjmi good, serviceable pieces and in every way desirable. The smaller-size pieces, Mosuls, Kazaks and Daghestans. are the lowest-priced ijugs of the kind offered at retail in this country in several years. If you arc looking for an Oriental rug, either large or small, you arc advised to see these at the earliest opportunity. Anatolian, 12.7x8.8 ft, $300. Hidjar. 22.7x15.1 ft., $1405. Anatolian, 10.7x8.4 ft., $285. Anatolian, 11.5x0.9 ft., $245. Anatolian. 9.1x5.9 ft., $155. Hidjar, 13.1x8.7 ft.. $590. Seiapi, 23x15 ft.. $875'. Anatolian. 13.1x10 ft.. S.'tlT. Hidjar, 14.10x9.0 ft., $085. Sorapi. 11x10.5 ft., $397. Anatolian, 10x0.9 ft., $105. SoraH, 7 10x11.10 ft.. $485. Anatolian, '8.10x5.10 ft.. SI 95. Anatolian, 12.2x8.10 ft.. $315. Iosul Rugs 3x0 feet to 4x7 feet, $35 to S47. Kazak and Daghestan Rugs l.0 feet to 5x7 feet, s57 to $85. Carpet Sizes Sorapi, 17x13 ft., $755. Hidjar. 18.5x11.0 ft., $975. Anatolian. 12.1x8.10 ft., $4'15. Serani. 12.4x11 ft., 43(57. Sorapi, 11.0x11.4 ft., $(535. (Sfirnth l'loor. ( hrslntiU Little Bovs' Suits in Most Attractive Styles b'ome have white blouses, quite short and straight trous ers of a deep color, like blue or yfcllow or tan ; others are all of a color, with frilly collars and cuffs of white but they arc all fresh and new and just as pretty as can be. There are quite a number of new styles, they are all kinds -mall boys will like nnd their mothers approve, some have wee pockets to please the small wearers, and all are in 2. to 5 year sizes. $3.25 to $7.50. (Third Floor. ( lirMmit) Sixty Years' Difference in Sterling Silver In one of the huge glass cases in the Center Aisle of the Jewen y Store there is placed, side by side, a silver tea set made by the (ioiham Company in1801 and a beau tiful "Maintenon" tea service made by the same company in 1921. The older silver was con sidered very fine for its time, (.li-Hclr) x(orc. Client but few people would une for it today. The "Maintenon" service is one of the best ropiesentations of the Louis XIV period and anyone could feel pride in handing down such silver to one' descendants. The tea set of live pieces is $1100. The kettle, $475. Tho tray, $775. mil mill Thirteenth I Cretonnes and Chintzes Ready for "Homey" Homes All the year round English people use these chintzes and cretonnes for furniture coverings and they have the homiest homes in the world ! They make the very nice-.t Summer -lip covering ou could choose, because they are so pretty and decorative, as well as protective. Wo have a splendid assortment of moderate-priced cretonnes, chintzes, tniretas, shadow print.-,, poplins and repp, in most attractive llower and bird and striped patterns Mutable for furniture coverings, draperies, and all the uses to which the home decorator puts these delightful fabrics. A very good cretonne in large bird-of-pai adie and other de.Mgns is 55c a yard. Some leally beautiful talTeta cretonnes in scxeial new designs are SI. 50 a yard. All these aie much lower than we were aide to sell tho snmc finalities for last year. Prices throughout go from 50c to $7.50 a yaid. (Ilftll l'loor, .MiirKrt) A Fine Collection of Baby Carriages Baby has almost as many choices in a carriage as grown-ups in their conveyances. He may have a Pullman, oi a chariot, or an English-stylo perambulator, or a gondola, or a collapsible carriage that will fold lla.t for traveling, or a .trailer or a go-cart. All of them designed to givo him the greatest comfoit for his air ing, with tho least effort for nurso or mother, Prices go fium a folding cariiage of black wood at $10 up to an aristocratic gray reed gondola carnage at $77. Heed Pullman carriage-, with levvMHihle gears begin at $39; and those good-looking thariot carriages in which a child i.s so comfortable, sitting up na well a.-, lying down begin nt $13.50. (Hventli l'loor, Outrun 200 Yards Irish Table Linen, $3 a Yard Heavy, full - bleached goods of pure flax, 70 inches wide and in three good patterns. We were glad of the opportunity to secure these goods for selling at an exception ally attractive price ?3 a yard and wt are sitre our customers will be equally glad to take ad vantage of it in turn. (I'lr-i l'loor. rlirstuiill Charming Handbags for $2.75 Rather it utility shape, but be cause of their excellent style and Colonial flavor, they have won the favor of women ef fashion. Largo bags with wide, flaring mouths held together by a flap, and double handles. Of soft leather in red, gray, green, brown and navy. Of silk in navy, blown, black and taupe. ( Miiin 1 loor, I livhtiuit) The New Mourzouk Rugs From Belgium aie one of the most distinctive of all types of porch and cottage rugs. In then- bold striking design homely oh"ective. !1.12 ft. . . 8x10 ft. .. x 9 ft. . . tx 7 ft. . . ." (i ft. . . Ocirnlli l'loor. Children's Socks at Lower Prices All fresh, new merchamlie in the bright colon, that will be pop ular this Summer. :20c a pair for white nnd colored inerceiized 'otton hocks with turuoer top.-; 'Veconds." 35c, three pair for SI, foi white and coleied mercerized cotton with fancy sniped turnover tops; tlrs t grade. 50c a pair for three-quarter length white mercerized socks with fancy ntrlped turnover topa; first grade. coloiings um they aie ev . $:;.-. ..$2(1 . .$17.5(1 ?? $5.75 Think of Choosing the Finest Kind of Dining-Room Suit or Bedroom Suit at a 40 Per Cent Advantage! "The most remarkable tiling the furniture store has yet done." This is what many say regarding the Manufacturers' Readjustment Sale of line dining-room and bedroom suits now going on. Certainly only a Store with such art unequaled outlet as thi Store has among people who know how to value and appreciate fine furniture could provide such an unequaled opportunity. These are suits handsome to look at and congenial to live with. They are in beautiful j Js .walnut and mahogain and the construction is of the honest, genuine kind that makes for stability ami service. Considering how the have been selling, it was well we had so many of these suits to offer about 400 representing the stocks-on-hand of four manufacturers, who were anxious to clear their factories and make a new beginning. Of course, we have tar fewer than 400 now, but we have practically as good a selection as at the beginning, because there were so many suits of each kind that we have some of almost everv kind still here and all at 40 per cent less than market values. (I'lrtti 1 lour, ( lii'htmit) Texfo Yarn for Knitting 95c a Ball Tin-, is that beautiful artificial silk u much in use for tho knit ting and crocheting of scarf-, and -.wcators, and this new lowei pi ice .means a very substantial saving ucr its regular price. There are 175 yards to a ball and it lakes eight to twelve balls to rake a sweater. The rolois in clude staples and new shades flame and iadc, rust and tobacco blown, cm al. golds and lavenders' among them. Finished models will be s-how n m the rt Needlework Store and a demonstrator will be present to explain and assist. Also in struction bonks are on sale. I s.,., mill I luor, I riitrtil) No Trouble at All to Pack a Wardrobe Trunk And the time to get one is now in this W'anamaker Sale of first-grade wardrobe trunks of eleven kinds at trie special prices of $32 to $90 a saving of from $24 to $50 on a trunk. Almost two trunks for the price of one! 1 1 ourlli l'loor, ( .'lilrnll A New Carload of Kennebec Canoes The fame of Kennebec canoes is not a thine of chance. Light, safe, stanch, beautifully finished, perfectly balanced and quick to respond to the paddle, Kennebec canoes are all a canoe should be. Five models to choose tiom. in lengths of 1J to 20 ft. and in a wmety of colo-s. Prices. .$77.50 to $112 and dehveiv can be made at once, I'addles, buck lest.s and otlu r canoe accessories tl Ik (. ullcr, , lunllirrl Beautiful, Graceful Garden and Lawn Furnishings Ready in the China Store It is good to see the lawn take on a deeper tint from day to day, and it is also good to see the man with the hoe or the rake making for hi, garden while the April sun beams genially upon all below. hxerybody now understands that it takes certain furnishings fittingly to decorate a garden or lawn, and we want everybody to know that these are shown in ample selection in the China Store for instance, benches, llower pots, plant pots, bird baths, sun-dial pedestals and kindred things. Of each of these we show several shapes, sizes and styles, all of them very graceful and ornamental. There is a choice ol two kinds, one in white and lTiade of crushed marble and white cement, tho other in gray and made of crushed granite and gray cement. Both kinds are at the same prices, and all prices are one-fourth less than they were last year, except in the case of a lot of benches, in a popular size with plain seat and ornamental edges. These are this year at $13.50. or half of last year s price, because the maker was going out of business and sold us all he had at an extraordinary reduction. (I'ourlh l'loor, Clieitimt) v-; .. -J. I .Hf V-l When ijo'i think of your (jardai or lawn, think also of the many beautiful things yon tcill find here to enhance it; and better still, come in and see them. . . i m m w& l f'iVt HT R! 'rliM m II m I n 1- i Iflilru l'loor, i U'inl iloor, Market.) , , V IT T vm i Iflst !).. f i. (Ji
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