"f VJ ',) X &! EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHIL ADELPHI A, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1921 I 'l Band at 9; Organ at 11 and 4:50 Chimes nt Noon WEATHER Unsettled i WANAMAKER'S Store Opens at 9 WANAMAKER'S Store Closes at 5 WANAMAKER'S yf y Monday Brings the Great Wanamaker Summer Sale Stretch Your Arm No Further Than Your Sleeve Will Reach is another rendering of the good old- motto of prudence to cut your coat according to your cloth. A little boat must keep near shorejintl not venture on rough seas until the winds die down. Cultivating a habit of living within one's means and not going into debt until money was in sight to pay it has been tfie first solid foundation of many a young man's fortune. Signed April SO, X9S1. " ifumk The Gray Salons Present New Whjite Hats for Early Summer It is nn interesting and distinctive collection of cool, lovely new summer millinery. There aro sports hats and hats for dress occasions hats of line straws, of silk and of ribbon, and some of crepa goorgottc. Somo are embroidered, somo ribbon-trimmed and somo wreathed with flowers. Prices start at $18. (Second Floor, Oheitnnt) Clearing Away Women's Silk Dresses at $65 A group of delightful Canton crepes and crepes de chlno which have been living in glass cases, but which must be hurried out now because their season with us is waning. They are in the fresh and delicate shades of gray, castor and beige, besides navy ; they arc made, up in the favorite tunic, chemise and coat styles, and are ornamented with drawn work, quantities of fine tucks, with pleatings and eyelet work. Some are simple enough for street wear while others would be charming for afternoon. But the chief point is that there if a saving of $14 to $17 on every one. Yes there are all sizes in the lot. (Flrt Floor. Centrnl) j Fresh and Charming White Frocks for Girls Crisp, snowy frocks for Children's Day and Confirmations, dresses for better wear all these arc in the group of pretty, new white, dresses for girls of 6 to 14 years. Some of the dresses are of organdie, some of voile, some of georgetto and others of Canton or georgette crepe, and thoy are delightfully mado in new and girlifch stylos. $6.75 to $42.60. For Class Day needs, for Commencement and graduation exercises thero aro scores of other new white dresses in 14 to 20 year sir.es. These are as simple or elaborate as she likes, thoy are of organdiu, of Canton or georgette crepe, of voile or of lace, and the prices go from $14.50 to $65. ' (Second Floor, Cliidmit) A Little Clearance of Women's Silk Sweaters at $18.7S In the group a woman will find sweaters that havo been two, three and four times their present price, but thoy are one and two of a kind, and wo are going to clear them all out at onco by marking them $18.75. There arc smart sweaters of all kinds tuxedo and slip-on styles, and ever so many more. The, silks aro of beautiful quality, they are in manygood Summer shades and novelty and plaid effects. (Flrtt Floor, Central) An Extraordinary Pick-Up of Fine Silk Handbags A manufacturer famous for turning out some of the best looking nfflc handbags in this country wanted somo cash at once. To get it ho offered us a large lot of boautiful, new stylo bags at the price it cost him to make them. We pas3 them on to you at very great savings. Spring and Summer styles, all made of fine silks in black, navy, brown and taupe. Lnr'go bags, small bags and sizes in between. Shell-finisii celluloid, fancy celluloid and fancy metal frames. Prices, $5 to ?20. (.Main FUor, Uheatnut) Beautiful Silk Crepe Skirts "Specials" at $16.75 It is quite sufe'to say that they aic the prettiest silk crone skirts w hve sold for many a day for anything like this price. They nro very nearly hnlf what they have been soiling for. The material is a heavy sports cicpo silk, extremely fnehipnablp this year, and every skirt is a box-ploatcd style. They are particularly good skills for sweaters and thero aro just one hundred of thorn. In oyster while, gray, light tan, navy or black. (Flrit Floor, Ontral) Putting Her Foot in White Is a brisk part of our shoo business these days. Some of the white buckskin and duck models women like best White oxford tics in good models, of duck at ?9.50 and $11, of buckskin ut $16. , , , L ,L. , White pumps of fine duck, plain or with instep strap, with Cuban or high or low French heels, $8.50, $9 and $11. Snorts oxfords of white duck with trimming of tan louther or black kid, at $7.50. White duck combined with black patent Whlto'duck sports shoes with solo and wedgo heel of whlto rubber, $7.50. , . , , , , , . . White buckskin hports ofords with .sole and wodgo heel of red rubber, long wing tip and perforations, $11. (r'lrnt Floor, MurUrt) Dress Linens Offer Wide Choosing Sturdy ramie linens for suitings: soft "unenisliable" linens for ihtues or suits: fine French dress linons, and sheer Irish handker eMei Hnena that wjll dross a woman coolly on tho hottest day. A delightful color rnngo through all, including blues, browns, tans, rose, lavendor, mulberry and ovory dcsirnblo nuo. Prices oi-o $1, $1.25 and $1.5Q n yard. .u.u i : (Flrit yloor, Chtnnt) of White WITH two outstanding features of superiority more Philippine underwear than we have ever been able to secure for a Sale before, and smaller prices than have ruled on all kinds 'of under garments since, the war. -$ About 60,000 brand-new, snowy and pink under muslins are in the Sale, all purposely bought as late as It was possible to buy, in rfrder to have the benefit of the dropping market. And the result is that the prices in this May Sale average a third, and in a few instances even a half, less than the prices in the Sale of last May. Besides the undermuslins there are thousands of other garments waists, negligees, petticoats, cor sets and the prices on these also are so low as- to be nothing short of amazing. Here are domestic undermuslins priced between 50c and $5 garments of nainsook, batiste, muslin and the scarce and always wanted crinkly crepes which need no ironing. There are double-paneled sateen petticoats at .$1.50 and eyelet-trimmed petti coats at $1 ; even some with blind embroidery are 85c. There are quantities of sturdy nightgowns at $1. There are Philippine nightgowns and chemises? which are so exquisite in their hand work that one marvels at their little prices; some pieces are in deli cate pinks and blues, and some have hand-made filet and Irish-patterned laces. Think of a hand-scalloped pique petticoat for only $2.85 or $3.85; cr of a double paneled petticoat, also hand scalloped, for the latter price! There are pink and blue nightgowns with embroidery for only $2.85. As for the silk undergarments, they run from the simpler sort of nightgown at $3.85 to the most enchanting lacy, beribboned affairs, ending at $24.50. And there are envelope chemises, bloomers and cami soles, all of the same lovely, soft pink silks and fashions. The bulk of the White Sale will be found on the Main Floor, but there is a good-sized collection also on the Third Floor, Central. On Domestic N ight gowns, $1 to $8. Corset covers, 50c to $2.50. Long petti coats, 85c to $5.50. Chemises, 75c Prices Under muslins to $7.50. C ombinations, $1.25 to Drawers, 50c to $1.85. Bloomers, 85c to $2. in This Sale of On Philippine Undermuslins Nightgowns, $1.85 to $6.85. Chemises, $1.85 to $3.85. Drawers, $1.50 and $1.65. ,, Combinations, $2.65 and $3.85. Petticoats, $2.85 and $3.85. White On Satin and Crepe de Chine Undergarments Nightgowns, $3.85 to $24.50. Chemises, $2 to $24.50. Camisoles, $1 to $9.85. Bloomers, $2.85 to $12.50. Fine Linen Lingerie in the White Sale Exact copies of French gar ments, tho matorial being hand kerchiof linen, and tho work done in Porto Rico and the Philippines. Some of tho gnrments even have real Vulonciennes. Tho strnight chemisos are $3.75 to $7.50. (Fast Aldten, and Drawers are $3.50 to $7.50. Philippine lingerie, too, is here from the French Room Envelopo chemises, $2.65 $1.50. Nightgowns $2.65 to $5.25 Straight chemises, $2.65 $3.50. Third Floor, Chcttnnt) to to About the Kindred Garments in the White Sale Thousands of these at prices so small as to be more than surprising to the thrifty, reader who casts her eye down tho following items: Gingham house-dresses at 85c and SI. Striped, plaid and plain. (Third l'lour, Central) Other house-dressee at $1.65, "seconds," nearly all of plain pink chambray, and made In Billle Burke style. White aprons at 25c to 65c. Pretty nearly every imaginable kind. (Main Fluor, Market, Outpont) Boudoir caps at 50c to $1.50. A great variety. (Third Floor. Centrnl anil -Mu In Floor, Market) Silk petticoats nt $2.83. Striped and plained taf fetas all with deep flounces, green, blue and black -and -while effects predominating. Silk petticoats at $3.85. Jerseys and taffetas in black and colors. Also at $3.50 arc pink and white washable satin s and crepes de chine. White sateen petticoats at $J are another excel lent Item. (Ufit Alllr) While tub silk petti coats at $3.85. These have tailored flounces and double panels. (VMt Alile) Crepe de chlno negli gees at $5 several colors and several styles, all quite simple. Lawn dressing sacques at $1. Cool, whlto and plain. (Main Floor) Sam pic negligees at sample prices a miscel laneous collection. (Mot Aide) Great Selling of White in the Silk Store bo bettered anywhere at these prices: s cannot Messalines a yard wide at $1.50 and $2. Satins a yard wide at $2.50 to $5. Wnsh satins a yard wide at $2. Silk jersey for lingerie, 36 inches, $3 a yard. Taffetas iu 30 nnd 40 inch widths at $2.50 to $3.60. Canton crepes, 40 inches wide, $4.60 and $5 a yard. Crepe meteor, 40 inches wide, $3.50 up to ?5. Charmouse, 40 inches wide, $3 a yard. Sports satins, plain and novelty weaves, 40 inches wide, $3.75, $4.25 and $5. Georgetto crepes, 40 inches wide, $2 a yard. Silk broadcloth, 32 inches, $2.25 a yard. Satin crepe, 40 inches, $3.50 and $4 a yard. Japanese habutai, 36 inches, $1.25 to $2.25. Novelty spprts silks in striking: patterns, 40 inches, $6.50 a yard. (First Floor, Chestnut) White Sale Corsets Prices on these nrc almost ulways a third and in some cases a half less. Tho L.R.'s aro discontinued models and include two new topless styles at $1; n short skht, medium bust model at $1.50; a heavily boned style nt $2; a fiont-laco at $1.25, other front lace models at $2.60 for tall women and a pink broche at $3. Also a pink L R. with clastic band in skirt is $4. Tho Letitias are hire in five models nt $3.75 and $5.50. The famous Parisiennes tue $10.50 and $11.50. Wanamaker Specials in topless and front-laco models aro $1.25 to $3.75. In girdle and topless forms, $2.50, $3 nnd $4. Thlril Floor, Chettnut) White Sale Handkerchiefs for Men and Women For -women good practical handkerchiefs of heavy quality lninn, plain hemstitched, narrow hems, nt $5 a dozen. For men two btylcs of initial handkcrchltfs, plain hemstitched, at $4 a dozen. All initials in cither one or the other btylc. Sold only by the dozon or half dozen HUil Altlel The News of White Sale Waists Over 5000 waists are in tho sale at prices so tri fling that many a woman will lay in her entire Sum mer's supply. They in clude: 2541 waists at $1.63, samples and surplus lots, all cottons, nearly all white, and very many of tho semi-tailored sort, the rest being lingerie. A few have colored trim mings. Materials are dim ity, organdie, voile, batisto and lawn. Sleeves are short and otherwise. 1350 lingerie samples at $2 and $2,85. Voiles and batistes, chiefly. A few over-blouses are in this lot. Also waists with drawn - w o r k and cm broidery. 1000 Porto llican waists at $3.85 and $5. Hand made models of batiste, all of tho dainty Porto Rican work; many with real filet. 350 silk waists at $3.85 and $5 tricolettes, geor gettes and crepes de chine, some ovor-blouaes among thorn, also tie-backs- A particularly good collec tion of pink nnd whlto tailored shirts is in this group. Undermuslin Materials in the White Sale Tho same good staple qualities that so many women look forward to buying during the White Sulo at) much lower prices. Nainsook, 30 to 45 inches wide, $2 to $0 for 10-yard pieces. Longcloth, 30 inches vide, $1.45 to $1.25 for 10-yard picceb "Jnpancso" nainsook, 80 inches wide, $4.25 and $4.75 for 10-yrd pieces. (Flmt I loor, (litatmit) Lower Prices; Better Garments in the Juvenile White Sale All tho little garments wete made especially for this sale, thov ate clean, well mado nnd dependable, and tho prices are all much below those of last year. (Kat and Wrt AUtei, Main Floor, OulpotU, Third Floor, Central) Nightgowns, 75c to $12 to 14 year sizes. Nightdrawers, 75c to $1.752 to 10 year sizes. Pajamas $1.35 to $2.504 to 14 yeais, Princess petticoats, 8ue t" $1.608 to 14 years. Drawers, 25c to 76c 0 to 12 years. Bloomer drawers, 30c to 76c 2 to 12 years. Girls petticoats, 95c to $3.76 82 to 80 inch lengths. (Third Floor chtitnnt) lnfuntb' blips, Cue to $2.25 Whlto dros&cs, $1.25 to $3 r, months to 2 years. Children's white dichbeis $2 to S4.o0 2 to 0 years. Oolttied dresbes, $2.50 to $5 2 in 0 years. Creepers, $1 to $31 to 3 year SUC3. Kompors, $1.25 to $32 to 6 year sizes." Middy blouses, $1.25 nnd $1.85 0 to 16 years. Boys' suits, $8 to $3.502 to d years, Days of Opportunity in Furniture Tn bedroom furniture you can choose, suits or single pieces, of the best low and medium priced grade at a saving of 80 per cent. These goods nrc a recent purchase from our chief: supplier of furniture of this class. They aro unexcelled in the country at their prices. Bedroom Suits at a Saving of 30 Per Cent Adam motif bedroom suit, bureau, chiffonier, full-size bod, toilet table, $178. Sajric suit in ivory enamel decorated, with twin bcds,$235. Queen Anno suit; bureau, full-size bed. chifforobc, toilet table in manoRany or Ameri can walnut, $294. Louis XVI motif mahogany or Amorican walnut suit, $344. Louis XVI mahogany or wal nut suit; bureau, chifTonier, twin beds, cheval dressing table. $537. Individual pieces may be bought at tho same saving. (HUth Other Bedroom Suits 40 Per Cent Less Wu also havo from a former purchase a group of higher grade bedroom suits at savings of 40 per cent, theso compris ing: Colonial suit in mahogany or American walnut, six pieces, $350. Queen Anno mahogany suit, seven pieces, $1070. Italian Rcnaissanco suit in walnut, seven pieces, $705. Italian Renaissance suit in walnut, eight pieces, $1045. Louis XVI suit in walnut, eight pieces, $635. Floor) Household Linens in in the White Sale These arc tho most attrac tive lots of household linens we have had to offer in any White Sale for several ycaic. Full-bleached Irish table damask, 72 inches wide, all puro linen, in a floral design, now $3 a yard. Full-bleached Irish napkins, of puro linen in several good patterns, 22x22 inches, $t?.75 a dozen a very unusual spe cial purchase. Huckaback towels of pure linen, with hemmed ends, size 19x38 inches, now $1 each. Scotch huckaback towels of pure linen, with hemmed end"), 20x86 inches, now 75c each. Heavy, pure linen towels, in bird's-eye weave with hemmed (Flrtt Floor, ends, soft nnd pleasant to use, 20x36 inches, now $1.25 each. Two remarkable lots of Turkish towels, both intro duced now for tho first time. In ono group aro Turkish towels, full bleached, with borders of either red or blue and with hemmed ends, size 21x42 inches, price 50c each, the best in many a day at the price. The others are if anything more remarkable. Theso aro full-bleached Turkish towels, particularly well made, with two-ply yarns, heavy and with hemmed ends, size 21x4B inchos nnd extraordinary at the price, 75c each. ChrMnat) Bedspreads Join in the Sale of White Honeycomb spreads, single bed size, $1.25. Honeycomb spreads, 72x84 inches, $1.50. Honeycomb spreads, 78x8S inclies, exceptionally good quality, $3. t)imity spreads. 72 x 90 inches, $2.25; 80x90 inches, S2 50; very scarco in the mar ket and prices very firm. Satin-ttnished spreads, 72x 90 inches, $4 each. (Slilh Floor. Central) 125 Dinner Sets Marked to Go at $17.50 Real sets, not hulf sets or near sets. Real sets of 10(5 piece at a real having of $7.30 on every set. American sets of good grade in a choice of good pat terns a gold lace border pat tern, a gold band pattein, a floral border pattern in which the flowers are grouped in a medallion-like effect and con nected by gold lines; one of these patterns is in blue and the other in pink. All from our own regular stock. Tor cottages or Summer homes. For practical every day service in any home, any where, any time. (Kuurlli Floor, Chettnnt) Dqivii Come the Prices on Imported Rush Rugs For Summer porch rugs thero is nothing more attractive or durnble than these Chinese and Japanese rush ruas Wo have been told there is not another collection lik ours in Philadelphia and certainly the variety hore is remarkable, in' diversity of design and combination of colors, Beginning Monday our prices on these line rugs will be 10 to 30 per cent less than reular. 9x12 ft., $17. V), $28.50, Cx9 ft., $9. Mo. $16.50. $32.50. 9M5 ft., $22.60. 8x10 ft , $13.50, S.-'.VjO, 1x" ft., $1.25. $27.50. U:ii ft , $2.75 Japanese Straw Rugs Aim at Lowered Prices 9x12 ft.. S6.75. 4x7 ft., $2. 8x10 ft . $5.50. '1x6 ft., S1.25. 6x9 ft., $t. -'To4 in, 7oo. f,wtitJi I'lonr, CliBUnut) Rows and Rows of Shining Aluminum Ware at One-Third Off The vor. pieces most ufcI m the kitchen teakettles, dou ble boilers, saucepans, kfttle and coffee pot?. A high -guide brand f aluminum -ware, favoribl known to eer, housewife n3 soon a blie looks nt the trademaik. Good shape; strong, durably quality. And every pieco of strictly first quality, sold nt this spe cial price only because of a very advantageous purchase. Double boilers, inside ves sels holding two quarts, $2.15. (lourtli J Coffee potu, two qunit, wooden handles and knobs, J2.D0. Long-h a-fi died saucepans with eooi, tliio' quRrt, $1.45. llRil-lmndle Looking kottcs with coer, four quart, $1.90. IVible-Iip naucopuns, for nght-or-left pouring, three pint, 75c. Tea kettles, five quart, wooden handles untl knobs, M.30. Surely the housewife's chance to fill her shelves with the best cooking utensils made, at an economical saving. loor, MnrUtt) "i .V ". t t'T- ' t . J- - .2t-.Jt'i lil
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