i "... . ' " t" - s-.:w7rrsw l ?r t--. r j wr-i-7-i nr, " w to mm"'4WH WMUKMMIWUMIM JWU wre Wire -r -," - ,--- TjlTVrW ' WlWfrTOfWTT" V T W'TMKB" IT JW ; -t, ft" T ""V'W, r, . 'f "(" ,v EWTO fwvmm ;;-a'.. .'V .t7 wynrr ,vnyw.v .,l. -;vv ' :w ' .v-v ; ' , r t ,, . .v;.rV( , rL : t ('C -, ity ' -r ' " EVENING' PUBLIC EDGESP-PHltADBLPtilA, THUBSPAY, ATTGUST ' 18, 1921 ' I er .Organ Plays at 9, 11 and 4:50 Chtmet at Noon WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S WEATHER Unsettled Store Closes at 5 Store Opens at 9 -,T'5V fJP i i People Buying Furniture in the Great August Sale Are For Thousands of Years That Same Old Sun, Said to Be 866,500 Miles Wide, has never left the world in confusion or darkness, but has come up on time in its alloted place and gone on keeping step with the great movements of the Universe. Empires have risen and fallen, revolutions taken place in many countries, governments have changed, but the course of the great planet through all the centuries has never changed. Man is the only creature on the globe that ignores the Creator and defies His right to arrange the harmonies of His own world for the happiness of its people. Signed Auguct IS, 1021. r&i '-'mmafc. Will Iff-1 mfimi Women's New Gowns of White Chiffon and Georgette Just out of their boxes aro most of these delightful dresses. Many women will rant them for afternoon and evening wear from the first of September on. It is hard to say which am prettiest the filmy white chiffons or the rich Georgette crepes. From the simplest white chiffon with its flower girdled hips at $40, up to the exquisitely crystal - beaded Georgette at $90, each is a "creation" in snowy white or Ivory. They are much lovelier gowns than it is usually pos sible to have at these prices. And the prospective brides vho are choosing them for Autumn wedding gowns arc doing wisely, with the addi tion of a veil, thev will serve perfectly for that occasion, and afterward be far more serviceable in the trousseau than the redding gown is usually able to be. Many prices fiom $10 upward. (I Irnt Floor. Central) Young Women's Crepe de Chine Dresses at $16.50 "Mimi," or "the frock with the ribbons," is a great favorite among young women. It has a softly bloused waist with narrow ribbon sash. The round ncek and short sleeves arc also finished with nairow gros-grain ribbon. In black or navy blue it is n pretty and seniceable frock for late Summer and early Autumn wear. New shipments are in, of good crepe de chine, to sell at $16.50. Other daik blue and black crepe do chine dresses, in sizes 14 to 20, up to $79. (Second Floor. Chratnut) Last Shipment of New Bathing Suits Is In Black surf satin in three favorite styles that have to bo reordered over and over again. All made in a pretty and becoming straight-line dress fashion, piped with white. At $3.75 and $5 they fasten on the shoulder. A $4.7fi model buttons down the side front. The $5 one has an effective ruffled skirt. Tights from $1.25 up. (First Floor, Central) For Women Who Like Pretty Underclothes Some new crepe de chine nnd satin chemises have just come that eem to us the prettiest garments of the kind wc have had for their prices. They are all flesh pink, of good qunlity silk, very generously cut, and most attractively trimmed. Some have ribbon straps and others built up shoulders. Somo have "tailoied" finish of tucks and hemstitching, others the daintiest of laces and ribbons. All are envelope styles. . The prices are $3.50, $5 and $5.50 for crepe do chine, and $5 for eevcral models in wash satin. (Third Floor, Central) Last of the Knitted and Brushed ' Wool Capes to Go at $15 and $25 About 50 of these are the finest kinds of knitted capos, in cluding a few silk, the others wool. Most of them have long scarfs ending in deep fringe. The original prices were from two to three times tomorrow's price of $25. At $15 are all that are left of the fine brushed-wool cloaks nnd a few knitted ones. None were less than double this price. Colors throughout includo gieen, white, blue, gray, black and white, rose, henna, brown and novelty effects. (First Floor. Centrnl) About the Frolaset Corset The Frolaset is n favorite with women who wish a front-lacing corset which fits well in the back. A wide elastic band at the bottom of back is one of the features which mean a snug fit. This corset fits well over the hips, too. Another excellent point about tho Frolaset is thnt it carries an almost topless model for the fuller figure. Generally tho stouter women cannot wear a topless model, but this corset has a specially shnpod pitco in tho back to tako caro of flesh on shoulders. Tho bame model "is elastic inserts in skiit of corset and small inserts at bust, $10. Models for fuller figuies aro firmly boned. Topless models have Vry short boning over abdomen, so that skirt can't ptish up out of place. if ..lces of,FroW corsets,, to $13. " t Sparkling Combs And they certainly sparkle 1 Beautifully carved, crystal color mountings arc set with imitation sapphires. The shapes are charming, from tho small comb for $5.50 to tho large Spanish comb at $24. (Jewelry More, Chettnnt nnd Thirteenth) Semi' Ends Fly- as though thoyt were signals for cooler weather. This time they are tho fringed ends of tho "new im ported cashmere scarfs, which come in plain colors, $8. Brushed wool scarfs, in now, warm colors, some striped, are $3.60 to $10.50. Not im ported. (Mnln Floor, Central) New Georgette Waists For the Week-End Bag Ono new model is of white Georgette with Tuxedo collar, cuffs and vestee trimmed with filet lace. It has long sleeves and is priced $8.50. A tie-back ovcrblouso of white Georgette, daintily trimmed with filet nnd "Val enciennes" lace, is $8.75. This has round neck and short sleeves. In flesh or white Georgette is the third new model, which has roll collar of filet, and vest and cuff's triirijned with this lace. The sleeves are long and the price $10. (Third Floor, Centrnl) A Silk Negligee That Takes Up Small Space This is the kind every woman likc3 for her week-end bag, for it tucks away into the tiniest possible corner. Of good crepe de chine in orchid, pink or blue, with flow ing pointed sleeves, and silken roses for trimming. It copies a much more ex pensive model. Yet the prico is but $10. (Third Floor, Central) The Round Toe Is a Feature of This New Pump It is just a little bit rounded, to go well with the low French heel. Black patent leather makes the vamp of the pump, and also the fringed tongue. The back is of fawn-color suede, and the little French heel is also suede-covered. A light-weight welted sole makes it more practical than the average slipper of its kind. It is one of the prettiest Au tumn models yet in. The price is $16. (First Floor, Market) Pretty Designs in New Collar Point Lace It is going to be fashionable all over again collar laco in points. These patterns are all new; some are of embroidered net, others of imitation Venise lace. In white or cream, 85c to $1.75 a yard. (Main Floor, Central) $3.75 ll Low Price on Wash Skirts And it means less than hnlf on them all. White gabardine In a number of good tailored models. A few colored voile3 and linens. Some extra sizes among tho gabardine. (Rant AIM) Here Are Fresh Cotton Rem nants They will make school dresses for sister school blouses for brother, shirtwaists for mother, shirts for father. Ginghams, madras, crepes, voiles something for everybody and that something for a very Bmall price. (Flrit Floor, Chestnut) a J pecial of Nain kJ sook, $1.95 Piece A good quality of nainsook for underclothes. Ten yards in a picco and 88 inches wide - Investing Their Money to Real Advantage YOU should buy things, especially such a thing as furniture, with the idea in your mind that you are out not to SPEND your money, but to INVEST it. THE number of people who buy furniture in that way has been increasing for many years it has increased notably within the last eight or ten years and the Wanamaker Furniture Sale has increased in proportion. EXACTLY as the people have inclined more and more toward furniture possessing the investment quality, the Wanamaker Sale has grown and grown and become the greatest of sales by right of bringing none but furniture of that kind and more of it than any two or three other sales put together. IN THE Great August Sale now going forward, we find proof every day, practically every hour, that the people are now more than ever buying from the investment point of view. THEY are looking for furniture that they feel is good to live with and, above all, safe to invest in, and in this sale they are finding an unparalleled choice of it. Ji.UAfefc'SO'iU'f. NO SALE ever brought such a collection of suits and pieces of the kind that help so to enrich and to endear a home and that turn out to be an investment one can always look back upon with feelings of satisfaction. A STOCK of that kind, every piece of it at a reduced price in the - August Sale, is something to become acquainted with. (Fifth, Mxth nnd Seventh Floor) Period Desk Sets Have Lowered Prices These arc sterling silver, of three types: Wall of Troy, $165. Lansdownc, $165. Louis XVI, $125. Each of seven pieces. An at tractive blue enameled &et, elec troplated with gold, seven pieces, ib $175. Separate desk pieces and nov elties, in sterling silver, arc $5.50 to $67.50. (Muln Floor. Clientnut) Special Prices on Timely Toilet Wares Things that usually sell for more, and that people need at any price: Hair brushes, 50c and 75c. Tooth brushes, 15c and 25c. Nail brushes, 18c and -15c. Shaving brushes, 15c, 18c and 35c. Cloth brushes, 15c and 25c. Cocoa butter cream, 15c. Oro cream, 18c. Peroxide cream, 15c. (Main Floor, Rose and almond eream, 16c. Benzoin, glycerine and rose water, 20c. Cocoanut oil shampoo, 25c. Toilet soap, 10c cake. Talcum powder, 10c and 15c. Bath sprays, 75c. Witch hazel, 35c and 65c. Violet ammonia, 20c and 30c. Bay rum, 85c and $1.65. Chestnut) First Fall Coats for Kiddies Down to the last detail of tho finishing, the silk arrow heads, the carefully stitched tucks and pleats and tho diminutivo collar nnd cuffs, they are as beautifully mado as those of grown-up persons. Whereas a number have yokes, there are many thnt emphasize the long straight panel effect. They aro all warmly intorlined nnd some have collars of Australian opossum or nutria fur. $18.5Q to $50 aro the prices and two to six years tho sizes. (Third Floor, Chentnnt) V, ase and Candle stick Adaptors These are for converting vases and candlesticks into electric lights. Prices aro from $2 to $8. (Fourth Floor, Centrol) Toy Aeroplane Which Really A Flies It has cloth-covered wings and is specially priced at $1. (Seventh Floor, Market) TToldmg Alcohol A Tjjimns Lamps These aro just tho thing for travelers, especially if one wishes to heat a curling iron. Prices aro $1.50, $2 and $3.25. (Fourth Floor, Centrol) arm Sweaters for School Tphree New Quilts They aro all cotton filled, and all have unusually low prices. Ono is covered with figured silkalino on both sides, $3. Another is figured silkalino on both sides, with plain border, $3.50. Tho third has figured dotted mull center with border in plain color. Tho back is of figured silkalino to match, prico $1.50. (Sixth Floor, Central) Everyone Likes These Straw Bath Slippers They'ro mado by hand of braided straw, and lined with terry cloth in blue, pink or orchid. They come from Japan, and aro but $1 a pair. (Third Floor. Central) w Days Theso nro in good, plain tai lored styles. A few being slip overs, lade of all pure wool in brown, blue, gray and navy with somo lighter colors. Sizes one to sixteen years, $3 to $5.50. Knitted sacks for little folks are $1 to $3. (Third Tloor, Chestnut) Men 's Good Madras Shirts Reduced to $1.45 This is i lot of soft-cuff, plain neglige madras shirts which we have been selling specially at a higher price. We have taken them and lowered the price still further to $1.45. This makes two groups of shirts at this small price, the other lot being shirts of fast-color percale. All in pleasing stripes. (Mnln Floor, Market) What Good Neckties Men Can Get for 50c! That is because these ties were lowered in price for the Summer clcaraway. Grenadine and other silk ties in stripes and figures 'in a great variety of designs. (.Main Floor, Market) Still All Sizes in the Men's $2 Straw Hats This includes all the finest Lincoln-Bennett and Redleaf London sennit hats. And the Tuscans, splits and mackinaws. All hats that were much higher in price and that can not only be worn for the remainder of this Summer but the beginning of next. The styles will stay good. (Main Floor, Market) Men's Golf Hose Were Never So Popular Mosquitoes are the only excuse for long trousers on the golf links nowadays. Golfers never looked so well and were never so comfortable till they took to knickers. This means that good-looking golf hose are in de mand and we have here a really remarkable collection. Prices range from 1-50 to $10 a pair and all are English make except the $2.50 group. Needless to add,' $1.50 and $2 are very low prices for imported wool golf stockings. (Main Floor. Market) Advance Fall Styles in Men's Oxfords Each year it seems that more men wear low shoes late into the Fall and sometimes all through the Winter, on milder days. We have just received two new models of Scotch grain calfskin on a brogue last. They have full, round toes with perforated toe caps, perforation around the vamps and wide shanks and heels. In black, $10; in tan, $11 a pair. (Main Floor, Market) Kennebec Canoes at a Fifth Less We have taken our remaining Kennebec canoes and marked them $60 to $S2, which is 20 per cent less than they have been selling for. There are just ten of these fine craft left two in 16-foot lengths, four 17-foot, three 18-foot and one 181&-foot. (The Gallery, Juniper) Exceptional Handkerchiefs Men's and Women's Tor men Handkerchiefs of a remarkably good quality in a gen erous size and with quarter and half inch hems, all of pure Irish linen, $7 a dozen and very exceptional at tho price. Tor v. omen Fine, bhcer Irish linen handkerchiefs, good looking, practical and remarkably good valuo at S3 a dozen. (Vtrt Alnle) A Tea Set of Blue Lustre is an excellent nnd charming reason for a cozy tea party. These little bets also come m white with a bluo band. $10 and $15. After-dinner coffee sets in blue, gold or flame, are $8.50. (Fourth Floor, Chrntnat) 1000 Umbrellas for $1 Each For Men and Women This is good news with stormy times nheadl Made of a strong cotton. Tho handleb are of hardwood, plain straight styles for women, crooked ones for men. Opportunities for 1000 wise men and women! (Muln Tloor, Market) Opportunity in the Mattress Sale means that you can chooso ? lything in our entire stock of hair mat tresses, cotton mattresses, m? ress materials, feather pillowa, bolsters as well as, bedsprings, at 2( 25 per cent less than tho lateat low market prices. This will continue until the end of August. It is one- of th two great bedding opportunities of the year, and this year it is moro help ful than it has been in several years, especially because of the lower prices. (Sixth Floor, Central) Corn on the Cob is tho hottest and hardest thing to cat when it is hot! This is why our white handled corn forks are so useful. $1.50 n pair. (Fourth Floor, Centrnl) M anicure S c i s sors, 50c For nail and cuticle, in nickel or whtte finish. .OruVi MUot, Cara A Knife Sharp ener which can't break is certainly a useful article for 60c. irtivtk moiy CatrcJJk , , i Good Choice in Boys9 Norfolk Suits Lowered to $12 For the many boys who need new suits to finish out the Summer and wear into the Fall, this is a very favorable opportunity. m The suits included are from our regular stock, and there is quite a Kood choice in fancy mixed fabrics and in blue serges. All are Norfolk style suits, right in style, well made and of cood sound materials. bwuu; Sizes for boys of 8 to 17 years. Now marked at the reduced price of $12. (Second Floor, Central) "l l& ( hjj l 'i w , to 1 VAAUV JHWW VPPWWV 3 ' ,. )y,... f. ,r, ,, ;, 'ffj Miii ' - jmM Ji4tr i& .' ,. ii.k
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