"T JT -(v -r- -jj. -, v .j--;-'('tv. v" -t '" Jto..,'5 rr..: - ,. :. t V,l EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1021 13 l SLEEVES AND PANELS' , Orgnn Plays at 9, 11 I rhlmm ut Nnnn I c ): CAPE OF FROCK and 4:50 WEATHER Unsettled WANAMAKER'S DOWN STAIRS STORE WANAMAKER'S Important News of Wanamaker's Down Stairs Store ' ' ... '"..: nv-''- MM I ) iV Br CORINNE LOWK Every dress explorer finds a new enpo this year. Not only nrc there oil kinds of 8cpartc enpes nnd rnpe milts: the frocks themselves ore frequently finished in this way. For example, here is this charming icslniirnnt frock from Mnrtlnl ct Ar mand. Mndc of hlnek chnnnetipc. the sleeves merge Into n pointed cape. This cape is ecnoeu uy tne two pointed nnd Kdlhered panels on tin) skirt. Loops of blnck ribhon adjust the side fullness of the pointed bodice, uud the collar is faced with king's blue. And, by the wny, this collar standing up in the back nnd coming to n point in the front. Is not only one of the most fnihlonable. but one of the most bo coining of this spring's V-tage. Adventures With a Purse rll WHAT is n bnrgnin! i have found n shop that Is 'having a sale of soft, lovely long white kid gloves. I don't know just how long they are in manner of buttons, hut they will extend farther tip than jour elbow. They also i an lie had in black with white stitch ing. Kither stjle is priced at $.'1,015. Isn't thnt a lemiirknblc price? For little people, those who have not et attained flip age of as much ns six ears. come cunning white corduroy mats for spring, as snowy white nnd fresli ns they ran be. They come in n number of stjles. Including some belted models, and nre priced according to thr Myle. Trices range from $4.fi0 to 7."0. and yes. 1 mv one for .$10. But KJ0 for n spring cont is n very fair price. The nice part about the material i that It can be washed, you know. If you Imve use for n fnncy box in "hleh to keep handkerchiefs or ribbons nr other odds nnd ends, stop nnd sec rlie .lnpanese boxes, which cost fifty rents They are covered with n gold tinMieil uinteiinl resembling the lovely i loth of gold nnd nre decorated with Tainted Japanese figures. For names of sliniis iiitilrrss Womnn's Pnri Miter or phono Walnut or Slain 3000. With Left-Over Material Ha.o jou n piece of voile, of organdie or of nny thin ninterial which Is left fHer from a summer dress you nre mak ir.B? And nre you wishing ou could Ami a wny tu um It 7 Well, licre Is one for ou which you nre jrolne- to like. Turn thnt useless lilt Into a decidedly usoful llttlo jacket-like sort of neRllKec. i TJid material which you lme will proba nd not he long enough to cut Into n large square and fold over, so cut two pieces nnd Join them nt th eshoulders with narrow crenm'colored footing. Make the neck cither square or round, ' whichever Is most becoming-, nnd put ' net frill around this. The Jacket Is ' ftlsn eilgod nil the wny nround w 1th the I rulll miff nnd caught at. each hMo with i nn two-toned rlhhon bows, ao that, arm holes nro formed. A rosetto of the I Unbon hides Itself among the folds of net about the throat, too. The Question Corner Today's Inquiries I l''or what Important reason lins the Housewives' Chamber of timmeice of Unllas, Tex., launched n calupnlgu to induce Ameilt'iin women to ndopl cotton goods for dress material? - How ran nr-beforc-last'8 white iii'en dress be mnde into a pretty and up-to-date frnck? I. If hrm-titched tea napkins Imve lit come torn nround the edges, what wan be done to restore their nppearnr.ee? 1. In whnr wa can linoleum be kept frcsh-looklny? fi What is used in place of maiden hair fern to give ,i corsage lion qiiet n chiirmiiiKly different touch? 0 When Imkitit; n cake, how can It to pievtntid frcm sticking to the liottojn of the pan as It is being removed? Yesterday's Inquiries 1 Some novel nnd tllfferrnt-lnokliig nriificinl (lowers nre made of wax. u bright colors. - A Kliidinin drcxv for the little gifl mm nns i lie smartness of the re.illy grown-up peisonV frock is mndc of rii'lped uinteiinl, with Hit skirt cut Into scallops where it iolns the alt. mid a tiny lVIr Tan collar mid black bow ut the thi'oiit. it Wicker tonus n basket whjrh. lined with flowereii muslin nnd wl on n in pod arrangement, innkn a pictty and Jneipenslvo suliKiituie for th" wooilni- m wing n'lliict 1 Iliillle iilnre cauls, wlmli linw the iiiiiik's of the enguged couple written on the inside, form a clcwr wnj of uiinounclng an eii- . giigeiiici't party, i. An old scuip of clel. slulTcd with cotton iiiakiM n handv nr tiiiigi'inent for bnnhliig serge or other wod niat.'iliiK '. (n I'liibroldercd huitcilllcs are ii noel toiieli of ndoriiimiit founil on n ilnlntj new pair of mul(s. $6.50, $10.75 to $27.50 for Charming Frocks Full of Springtime Sprightliness :" vW jhII,! Ill fijHS IWIf SSmmXm (Y tl $15 $10.75 4 Lf 325 $16.50 Sample Dresses, Special at $25 and $27.50 Fringed dresses, so much in vogue, in navy blue or beige, $25. Navy, brown and black crepe meteor dresses with scalloped over skirts, trimmed with soutnche, $25. Heavy Canton crepe frocks, beautifully embroidered in iridescent or bronze beads navy or brown $27.50. Satin-and-Canton crepe dresses with crystal beads, $27.50. Navy blue Georgette dresses with scalloped skirts, heavily trimmed with bronze beads, $27.50. I (Mn .Wool Jersey Dresses With White Collars and Cuffs, $6.50 Imagine thatl The jersey is of fine grade in rookie, tan, brown nnd navy. Tho drosses are cut On straight, slender lines, one-piece style, with wide sashes of jersey. Usually doublo this price. Navy blue serge dresses with tricolctte sashes and navy tricotines with embroidered ovcrskirts arc also $6.50. Printed Georgette Combined With Mignonette, $10.75 Skirts jjre of mignonette in gray, navy and brown, while tho bodices nre of figured Georgctto in harmonizing colors. Another interesting frock Is of black taffeta with a Georgette overskirt which is nearly covered with weo taffeta ruffles. $10.75. New tnffeta dresses in taupo or black have -puffed skirts. Others, in navy or brown, are quite elaborately embroidered with heavy silk thread. $10.75. Georgette and Foulard Dresses Special at $15 and $16.50 Printed Georgette dresses, in navy blue or brown grounds, ate made over silk foundations and have ribbon sashes. $15. Navy blue or brown Georgette dresses are embroideied in eyelet designs, allowing the beige, green, henna or French blue undcrslip to show through. $15. Another navy blue Georgette dress is embroidered all over in henna or beige. $16,50. Foulard dresses, blue or brown, have pleated panels and over blouses of Georgette crepe. Others have draped skirts. $16.50. Georgette and Crepe de Chine Dresses $18.75 and $20 Headed Georgette dresses in light-nnd dark colorings, $18.75. Navy Georgette frocks embroidered in dull gold, $18.75. Navy blue crepe de Chine dresses with gray pipings and wide gray sashes, $20. ; Plenty of Summer Frocks, Beginning at $4.50 Ginghams in plaids, pin checks and club checks, $4.50 to $25. Voile dr"esses start at $6, charming organdies at $7.50 with many lovely summery Swisses at prices ranging upward to $37.50. rket) L V 200 Children's Coats Have Had Their Prices Lowered a Third to a Half Girls' Sizes, 6 to 12 Years, Now $5, $10 to $20 Spring mixtures in homespun weaves, checked and plain velour, serge and light-colored coatings are the principal materials in these serviceable little lightweight coats. A few silks in tho smaller sizes are also included. Junior Sizes, 14 to 17 Years, Now $7.50, $10 to $35 Cape coats, dolmans and sports coats are of mixtures and tweeds, checks in blue and tan coatings. Not many coats of any one kind, but wonderfully wide choosing. Plenty of (rood scH""l it. White Dresses for Confirmation Lacy, frilly frocks, youthful and fresh, have ribbon sashes in pink, blue or white. Principally of voile, lawn, organdie and not. Sizes 6 to 14 years, $4.50 to $12; sizes 14 to 17, $10 to $37.50. Silk Dresses for Less All f t Vw. Cnrtnr inffntne V,n... Knn ntlnt.A.I 4mi.L..... ...l ..5 t "" " -joints """" iuu uctu isui.iii:it:u luKuiner aim repriced, it with an average saving of a third to you. Mostly in Copenhagen and navy blue and a few browns. , $10 Sizes 6 to 12 years, $7.50 to $15. Sizes 14 to 17, $15 to $25. Fresh New Organdie Frocks I Guimpe Dresses, $6.5 $5.50 and $7.50 ' The box-pleated BWrt and little bodice are of Little dresses of pale pink organdie have gay ' Pink b!uo or lavender gingham, while the detach- li:tle tuflles of blue. Others are all pink or maize ao,e guimpe is of ruffled white organdie hemstitched or white. 6 to 14 years. in color to match .the frock. 8 to 14 years. J (.Market) Cerater Sir "jflr ill 'Wily II . I mi If if I U TO V $1S Opp s Boys' Suits All-Wool With. Two Pair of Trousers, Special at $13. 75 , Well-tailored, manly suits jackets in knife-pleated or box -pleated Norfolk style, lined with mohair. Trousers are fully lined (both pairs) and every seam is taped. Suits made for service. Of gray and brown mixed cheviots, every thread pure wool. Sizes 8 to 17 years. (flHllrry, Mnrkct) Five Dollars Less for Fine Blouses Now $7.50 About 60 lovely "odd" blouses left over from distinctive collections in the little Gray Salon of Blouses. Mostly tunic, tie-on and sash mod els and generally only one of a kind. Pink, white, flesh, gray and other Georgettes included. Nearly all sizes. Hand-Made Blouses Repriced, $3.75 Remainder of a special nurchaso to be hurried out at almost a quar- ter less. Fine English voile in " white, flesh and beige trimmed with real filet lace and hand-hemstitched. Made entirely by hand. Nearly all sizes (Mnrhct) mm urn S0V&VYM im w mm Sale of Wraos Interesting Roth jL Back and i roni $10. o 4 $18.75 It $18.; Usually wraps are interesting' either in front or in back. Rarely does one see inexpensive wraps that are unusual both front and back. Most of these at $18.75 are so picturesque in both directions that it was difficult for the artist to choose between "back and front" views. A few weeks ago their duplicates were here at six to twenty dollars more. Embroidered velour and bolivia or fine navy serge with wide black braid. All are lined with plain or fancy SILK yes, even at $18.75. Notice the large flaring sleeves, the "stole scarfs," the huge cape collars and other features. Decidedly wraps of the hour! Sizes 14 to 44. ' (Murk) Clearaway of Long and Strapped Gloves, Half Price, 50c 12-button length mousquetaire gloves of chamois lisle. All sizes to start with in gray, mode and beaver. Priced less than half. Also wrist gloves for sports in gray or brown chamois lisle with black cmbroidory at 50c exactly half the original price. Women's Ribbed Combination Suits, 50c First grade, too, even at this little price. Cool summer weight of ribbed cotton with low neck, and lace-trimmed knees. Sleeve less. Japanese Kimonos, $3 Extra wide, plenty full, real Japanese kimonos of artistic cotton crcno with elaborately hand-embroidered flowers. Light blue, Copenhagen, pink and rose. Japanese Silk Slippers, 55c Another shipment just arrived in time for Saturday. A good deal less than the regular whole sale price. Made of silk with soft linings and with Japanese embroidery. Dlue, lavender, Co penhagen, purple, pink, maize, red and rose. Rustling Taffeta Petticoats, $3.50 Plain navy blue, black, purple, green and lovely changeable hues, both light and dark, in an ex ceptional quality tafTeta; made with deep ruffled flounce. Flowered Cotton Petticoats, $1.85 An unusually good trade marked cotton material that is noted for its good wearing qual ities. Mostly dark grounds. Hair Nets, 60c Dozen We can't seem to get enough to supply the increasing demand for these good nets. Cap and fringe shape in black, light, dark and medium brown, and blonde. Smart Dotted Veils, 50c One-yard lengths of fashion able veilings cut up for conve nience. Black - arid - white and colored dots usually the very fino dots that most women like. Silk Envelope Chemises, $1.85 to $3.85 , Bloomers, $3 ' Chemises of soft crepe de chine, gleaming satin or filmy Georgette crepe mado in the prettiest styles; delicate flesh pink or white. Blcorners of gleaming satin in flesh-pink or crepe de chine in pale pink or white. Remarkably Good Corsets $1.50 to $2.50 Half dozen models to accom modate slight to average figures Pink or white coutil or fancy pink materials in topless low or medium bust with light to me ciium heavy boning. Saturday Is Couch Hammdck Day Dad likes to bo along when the couch hammock is bought and so we especially invite him on Saturday. He will appreci ate tho special points of merit that make those couch ham mocks superior to most others oven at higher prices. $12.50 to $o5. (Outrun Becoming New Hats $5 and $8 Soft hemp turbans have sofl! folds of duvctyne gracefully taking the place of brims. Hats of haircloth, admirably suited for evening wear, have flar ing upturned brims faced with glycorined ostrich. Hats of soft gleaming straw braid and crisp tafTeta are in many different color combina tions. Other hats are entirely of tafTeta in lovely colors. v Transparent Tiats of black haircloth, trimmed with bright field flowers, are delightfully youthfuU 100 Hats Special at $3 Taffeta hats, hats of straw braid and Georgette and hats of Batavia cloth almost every color is represented. , (Mnrktt) Men's Light-Weight Tweedb Overcoats $ All-Wool at $28.50 to $38.50 $ Cut plenty full, comfortable and good-looking. In the light grays jjj that men prefer. There's a satisfaction about the way they fit over rt the shoulders and around the collar. That satisfaction will last as' . long as the coats, because it is the result of careful tailoring, not i; mere pressing! H All-Wool Suits at $25 to $37.50 $ Cheviots, ct.ssimcres, worsteds, flannels, serges and some herring bones! Grays, browns, plain blues and various seasonable mixtures. ) Young Men's All-Wool Flannel Suits With Two Pair of Trousers, $37.50 ,jj Yes, siree, we're glad to get them! So will be every young man " who buys one! Of brown or Oxford flannel with one-button coats. ,j Jllrrj-, Mnrktt) 1-i 1. Good Every -day Shirts , for Men $1.30 Most men need a new supply at this season of tho year durable shirts that will stand many trips to the laundry. Thcso are of fine percale in a good variety of striped designs. They're generously cut so that there is no binding about the shoulders. Sleeves are the right length. Buttons are first quality. Cuffs are soft. Neckties, 25c Stripes, figures and polka dots in all colors. All four-in-hand ties of silk mixtures. (Okllrrr, Mftrket) Little White Coats and Bonnets for BaHies The daintiest, prettiest white coats are here for infants up to children of 2 years. Short coats begin at $6.50 for a white cordu roy. A long white cashmere coat, embroidered by hand, is $8. Then they both go gradually up to $14, including coats of crepella and cashmere, beautifully embroid ered by hand and most of them lined with silk. Cunning white lawn bonnets are 50c to $2.50. (Ontrul) Earrings Are in Decided Favor 50c to $1.50 Women are complementing their costumes with these bright bits of jewelry and finding them wonderfully becoming. Sparkling jet-black hoops and pendants, in a dozen different styles, arc 50c to $1.50. Hoops of bright or green gold-plated metal very effective arc 75c. Pearl studs, with imitation jade or colored pendants, are also 75c. Sparkling Buckles and Buttons for New Pumps For black satin strap pumps there are gay little buttons set with rhincstones. 50c and 75c pair. , Round, oval or square buckles, that you can pin on, are $1 and $1.25 a pair. (rhrntnnt) 5 )l w v. k rS. "on OS 4 ? t4 lyr $4.75 $7.75 t $3.75 Expert Opinion Points These Out as "Very Good Shoes" and prices are low Do you still pay inflated prices for shoes? Or do you buy "cheap" shoes and excuse their lack of style, their poor quality of leather, their faulty lines because they are cheap ? No shoe at any price is cheap which does not fit and which is not made of good enough leather to wear. Wanamaker's Down Stairs shoes for men, women and children are winning a wonderfu reputation because they do wear, they do fit, they do look well and they do cost surprisingly little. Have you seen them ? Women's New Style Shoes, $7.75 to $9.90 $7.75 for tan Or hlnnk tnlfnkin Virnrrno oxfords with medium or low heels. $9.90 for new tan calfskin plain pumps of Philadelphia make; turned soles, baby French or high heels. $9.90 for Philadelphia made rich brown ooze calfskin pumps with one-but ton strap; high or baby French heels. $9.90 for one-button strap tan calf skin pumps with turn soles and high or baby French heels. Other low shoes for women begin at $2.50. Just Arrived Specially Priced 700 Pair of Women's Pumps and Oxfords, $6.90 oxfords'wX hghter tan. Beautifully light weight and somehow !just ShJ-ta fctto SeSE Children's Shoes. $1.60 to $5.25 one snnrv nrn nf nninni .. . ..., .... fiuent leather strap pumps in sizes for small children up to 2, for girls. $1.00 to $5.25. Strap pumps and oxford ties of tan Innrhnr in sizes 6 to 2, $2.75 to $5.25. (Chestnut) Ji 'J Fancy two-tone shoes are of patent or tan W.V..U-. wiui wime tops, patent leather with steel color tops and tan with brown ooze lops. Priced according to size and style at $2.75 to $4.05. Men's and Boys' Shoes Have a Store of Their w,i xj,i tie iriurRei street Uallery n's Oxford nnrl ilmoo nt .- ..i . S4.75 for mnn'a nvtnvA n.i -I . . . ' -" " ""'"'"a nun nuuuB OI mn Clllt skin, brown kiriwHn nml nrt i.i.. ..i. i .. " "" "iukk luainerh These are specially purchased, and include Eng lish, medium nnd round toes, all with welted soles, some with rubber heels. S8.90 to $!).J0 for men's smart oxfords of real cordovan and tan calfskin, somp m .. styles with anddl. r.n. ' me '" broruo in riTilSC,?Ut'sfi,!C8 ofId5rk tnn lcther. sizes 10 to 5', variously priced, $3.50 to $4.50 Boys' brogue and English stylo oxfords of dark tan leather, some with saddle straps and rubber heels, sizes 2V4 to 5Vi, 4.90 1 to l$0 (Oiillrr.i. MurUet) ".- -. '1 J'. & -. fj - , , 1 4 I -. M 5 . . ?, . Vtf Mt wHht, jv mfiwrtWtoiivMtoi i-Jtomte. 1
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