'iV.V ;v 5?T . "?vw.jm I!1 ff'' if". 1 . C y.t A'', v, V V" , t My-.-JVj - ,7' , ' ,;,7' '. "MWV, " f ,'..' r t. - ' fc ' H " ! ' r U '. f L & A' .' . W ' 7- I' H EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1921 M i : This Store Will Be Closed All Day Monday, Memorial Day nimmirTTiirimi, fvitTTiyniTrrrrn Tuesday Begins the Sale Celebratin Our Fiftythird Anniversary t VS.V . Sate m WTici tfie Lower Prices of the Past Six Months Will Be Still Further Reduced on Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars' Worth of the Season's Newest and Most Desirable Merchandise! This Store at the corner of Market and Eighth Streets was started in 1862, but our Store birthdays are counted from 1868, when Isaac H. Clothier joined Justus G. Strawbridge under the firm name of Strawbridge & Clothier. We are proud of our history, proud of the unalterable principles which won for the Founders the CONFI DENCE OF THE PUBLIC. By a strict adherence to those principles we have maintained and strengthened that confidence, and each year, in June, we give our customers a GREAT FEAST OF EX TRAORDINARY VALUES as an expression of our appreciation of 'their good-will and continued patronage. Never have plans been more carefully laid, never so energeti cally carried out. Never has our buying been so skillfully managed, never have manufacturers more willingly co-operated they have made many liberal concessions, and we have sacrificed more of our legitimate profit than we could afford to do except for a limited period. We face the fact that the volume of business this June can be made greater than that of last June only through a vastly greater number of individual transactions. The general price- level in nearly every line of merchandise is much lower than year ago, and there will be a Many Things in This Sale at Half the Prices of Last Year Replies to specific questions on this point signed statements from the heads of more than fifty departments show that the sav ings as compared with current values average greater than last June; that reductions from present regular prices average from 25 to 35 per cent, in the various lines, and that prices on Anniversary Sale merchandise average from 40 to 50 per cent, less than the prevailing prices of last year. But we have set out to make this our greatest June in dollars, therefore we must make many thou sands more individual sales than in last June and the LOWER PRICES will be sure to accomplish our aim. Many Different Lots in All These Lines at Exceptional Savings Women's Summer Suits Silk andCotton Dresses Women's Light-weight Coats Silk and Cotton Waists Cloth and Washable Skirts Misses' Silk and Cotton Dresses Misses' Wool Suits Misses' Wash Skirts Girls' Summer Dresses Trimmed and Sports Hats Negligees and Kimonos Women's House Dresses Women's Bathing Suits Philippine Underwear Women's Muslin Underwear Corsets and Brassieres Silk and Cotton Petticoats Babies' Dresses and Rompers Children's Muslin Underwear Thousands of Yards of Silk Colored Cotton Dress Goods Dainty White Dress Goods Woolen Dress Goods Dress Liningsand Trimmings Embroideries and Laces Neckwear and Ribbons Thousands of Handkerchiefs Fans and Belts Pure Candies Leather and Fabric Gloves Sports Sweaters and Coats Notions in Great Variety Men's Summer Suits Men's Custom-made Suits Men's Shirts and Neckwear Belts and Suspenders Straw and Panama Hats Men's and Boys' Bicycles Boys' Clothing and Hats Boys' Waists and Shirts Hosiery and Underwear Summer Shoes and Oxfords Jewelry and Silverware Silk and Leather Hand Bags Household Linens Towels and Toweling Housekeeping Cottons Stationery and Fountain Pens Great Values in Furniture Rugs in Wonderful Variety Carpets, Mattings, Linoleums Curtains and Cretonnes Couch Hammocks Cedar Chests Metal Beds and Bedding Sewing Machines, Umbrellas Art Needlework Supplies Wall Paper Watches and Clocks Toilet Preparations Thousands of Books Photographic Supplies Dinner Sets, Miscellaneous China, Cut Glass, Art Wares Sheets and Pillow Cases Sheetings, Muslins, Flannels Blankets and Comfortables Bed Spreads Refrigerators, Cooking Utensils, House furnishings Baby Coaches, Toys, Games Pianos and Player-Pianos Windham Phonographs Pictures and Mirrors Lamps and Shades Trunks and Traveling Bags Sporting Goods Fishing Tackle Automobile Supplies Porch and Lawn Swings The Great Sale StartsTTuesday Morning, May 31st. Be Here Early and Look for the Hundreds of Anniversary Sale Special Signs Throughout the Store. Also Be Sure to See the Opening Announcement of the Sale in This Newspaper on Monday Evening, in Which Will Be Described SIX WONDERFUL GOLDEN SPECIALS for the First Day of the Sale. STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER MARKET, EIGHTH AND FILBERT STREETS, PHILADELPHIA i lyi,tii,rvyrvvvvi)fyiyillMtinilIInitlJanrTTTirtllliriltrvilliiiiwiiillllliiiii i i i i ijniywTum n in Mn mill.. 1 1 ill 1 1 nrrr TOr M' 111 i "Jl ' .HM I ( -IV"! ' MJt w - . Wi :twZLti&;' tmufvp,. IWfcun.dLifie..-..,',. .H - fc. " . )
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