Ji'i tv fl'-Vi1 ?" ' yt 1 - iy , VV ', i EVEKING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, 'AUGUST 192X Organ Plays at 9, 11 and 4:50 Chlmei nt Noon WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S WEATHER Fair Store Opens at 9 Store Closes at 5 M "Take Time by the Forelock" if You Would Benefit by the Great August Furniture Sale The Majestic Bengal Tiger of India Does Not Quarrel With a Pekinese Dog He is so proud and powerful that he will not stop to- use his strength upon what seem to him to be little flies. Have you noticed that there is a dignity even in animals that some human beings might study to advantage? Great ideas arc floating about these days from all parts of the world as to governments, education, finance, commerce, to say nothing of international law. We must patiently, respect fully and without prejudice, and with a kindly spirit, discuss all questions, irrespective of where they originate. Signed August 2S, 1021. m jfamtfc. New Tailored Waists of White Crepe de Chine Unusually good quality crcpo do chine, In two very attractive models, both Ion? sleeved, and finished with n narrow fluting around collar, cuffs and down tho front pleat. One with round Peter Pan col lar is $8.75. The other, with roll tuxedo collar and pin-tucked front, is $9.85. (Third Floor. Central) Little Gold-Plated Pins They have a special purpose in tho world to fasten the favored Peter Pan collar, or thoy may bo used for cuff pins. Two in a set, in green or Old English gold fin ish. 25c, 50c to $1.75 a pair. (Jewelry Store, Chestnut nnd Thirteenth) New Lace Drape Veils Women are asking for them, not only because they arc in vogue, but because they give the Fall hats, and especially small hnts, that desirable air of smart ness. They come in black, brown, navy and taupe. Specially priced at $1.50 and $2. (Mnln Floor. Central) Women's New Cloth Street Dresses of Moderate Price Tricotine and serge dresses in navy blue, black or b.rown arc hurrying in for the first crisp days. All are cut on the new lines. A straight and slender silhouette, or one that widens below the waist, may be chosen with equal correctness. A few, following the fashion of Summer, have left their sleeves behind them. These sleeveless slip-ons of tricotine need only a lace or net guimpe to convert them into a correct street dress. Straight hems vie with hems cut into sharp points or scalloped. Tailored simplicity rivals self-colored embroidery, iridescent beading, or chenille work. Narrow belts or wide Canton crepe sashes encircle the waist. The sleeveless tricotine dresses are $13.75. Prices on the serge and tricotine dresses with sleeves are $28.50, $30, $35 and $40. (Flriit Floor, Central) Presenting "Annette " In a New Autumn Version for Young . Women's Wear This new Autumn "Annette" is likely to be an even greater favorite than the Spring version. For Autumn and Win ter of 1921 "Annette" is a charmingly girlish frock of heavy Canton crepe in navy blue or black, with a most becoming round collar and turn-back cuffs of white or colored kid. The skirt is gathered on a hip yoke, the waist on a shoulder yoke. The full bishop sleeve is slit from cuff to elbow in a clever fashion. It is a beautifully made dress, ideal in its simplic ity for schoolgirl wear. In navy with tan or other colored kid. In black with white kid. In sizes 14 to 20. Priced $28. (Second Floor, I lientnut) PvX A New Shipment of Silk Nightgowns Styles that are so much liked, we need to reorder them more frequently than others. Flesh crepe de chine gowns with cunning little sleeves, square neck and insets of embroidered net, at $7.50. Flesh or white crepe de chine gowns, also with sleeves, V neck and lace, $11.50. And two sleeveless models n white wash satin, one with a filmy lace top, the other "tai lored," with satin shoulder straps. Each $6.75. (Third Floor. Centrnl) Women's Good Handkerchiefs $1.50 a Dozen They are Irish linen, sturdy enough for almost any kind of wear they arc likely to have and they arc especially nice for school gills or those going to boarding school or college. It is a good idea to have them marked with ink at 3Gc a dozen or with machine embroidery, first name or initials, at 75c a dozen, or full name. $1.25 a dozen. (Went .MMe.) Time That Women Were Thinking About Sports Coats And, as though in answer to their thoughts, there have just arrived some very .uirt coats in the fashionable camel's-hair color and almost full length The: are iust the right weight for early Fall days and are made with raglan shoulder, pleat down tho back, belt and large pockets. The surprising thing is the price $37.50, much less than such coats sold for a few months ago. (First Floor, Central) Openwork Ankle Stockings Extraordinary at $1.75 They look for all the world like tho line openwork ankle hosiery sold at four and five times this price. Few people will notice the difference. But there is a difference. These goods urc impoited and arc full fashioned of artificial silk, so lino and sheer that you can scarcely tell it from real silk. They arc in black only, with pictty patterns of openwork ankles. (Hrit Aisle) 150 Silk Sweaters Now Marked $10 and $15 Merely a fraction of their former prices, but it happens that these arc the odds nnd ends left from one of the best sweater sea sons that we havo ever known. Some arc pure silk, others arc fiber silk. There nrc various col ors, including navy and black. (Tlritt Floor, Central) Children's Coats Have Snug Fur Collars This is what Old Dame Fashion hn3 decided for tho youngest of tier followers. Uroadcloth, duvetyn, chnmois clothin fact all the new materials are used In these tmart little creations. A very handsome model of bluo broadcloth has round buttons of the material and n collar of opossum, ?80. Ono to six year sizes. Prices start at $12.75 and go to $50. (Third Floor, Chritiiul) Real Leather Handbags, $2.85 There aro surprising values among these new handbags. Cobra ajm spider-grained leather are shown, in brown, black, tan and blue. Mostly shopping bagH and cnvelopo shapes, with inner frame. Nicely lined in moire. , v We Can't Talk Enough About L. It. Girdles In fact, there aro so many nice things to say that there is only enough space for n beginning! Theso girdles arc designed for women who do not wish-to wear regular corsets who dislike heavy or even average boning. They arc largely composed of elastic, so that even the most athletic will find that they give delightfully. They aro practically topless, and are light and cool. A slip-on model which clasps down front, has two elastic sec tions in back and two in front, $1.65. A pink brochc model, which laces and clasps, is slightly shorter, $4. A girdle entirely of clastic, with vory few bones, has a longer skirt for the taller figure, $5. Slip-on of elastic and satin has elnstic inserts in top. Excellent for dancing and riding, $3. Hip-confiner, without bones, laces in back. For bathing or riding, $1.65. ,. .(Third- Floor, Chtstnat) , T-vHjA-uir23i Still Some Splendid Opportunities in the Sale of Pianos These are used and reduced new upright pianos, player-pianos and reproducing pianos with savings of hundreds of dollars. In many cases the reductions affect very fine pianos for no other reason than that the instru ment has suffered a slight and almost unnotice able case blemish. Every taken-in-exchange piano is in good condition, capable of years of service. Our Schomacker Piano Factory has taken the great est pains to repair even the most inexpensive of them. They are very easy to buy. Terms will be arranged to suit the convenience of the pur chaser. Upright pianos start at $75. Player-pianos start at $300. Reproducing pianos start at $875. (I'lTJ'Ptlnn Hull, Second Floor, Market) ! The "Harewood" Sterling Silver Has Recently Been Repriced This 13 an especially beautiful pattern of the Adam period and a very great favorite with many people. There could scarcely be a better choice for dining-room in the Adam or Chippendale style of furnishing. The new prices arc so low that duplicates of any of these pieces would be impossible except at a higher figure. Seven-piece tea service, $1200 Four-piece coffee service, $275 Wcll-and-trcc meat platter, 22 inches, ?325. Plain meat platter, 20 inches, $215. Asparagus dish, which can also be used for ice cream or chops, $175. Covered vegetable dishes, $175 each. Bread tray, $85. Fruit dish, $100. Table salts, $35 a pair. I'eppcr shakers, $40 a pair. (.lenrlry Store, Chestnut anil Thirteenth) New Fall Suitings Show Outline Checks Just a faint white line in some cases, in others there is an almost invisible color to contrast with the background. They arc very bmart indeed and the right weight for Fall suits, street frocks or separate skirts. All-wool, 42 inches wide and $2.50 and $2.75 a yard. The colors may be black, navy or brown with white checks, or soft dull green, brown, blue or navy with col ored checks. (First Floor, rhectnut) A French Butterfly Box of Camee Cameo chocolates fill this pret ty box, which especially delights children. Price, $1.25. An attractive three-pound box of these chocolates would delight anyone. $5.25. (Down Htalrit Store, Chenlnnt) Making an Omelette in a double, reversible, non-spilling omelette pan, made of alumi num, is n real pleasure instead of a "ticklish" job. In the House furnishings Store for $1.85. (Fourth Floor, Murkrt) A Dashing New Scarf With a Cap to Match Just imagine an entire scarf and enp being made of small balls of brushed wool, loosely strung together and showing tho silk lining through! Every bit of it is hand work nnd it is the softest, prettiest fabric you can imagine. Women who go in for sports costumes, coilcgo girls and girls of bonrding school ago will find this new scarf sot particularly to their liking. In tan, brown, gray or white with contrasting colored stripes, $35 for tho set. (Flrit Floor, Central) A Cup o' Tea The best way to make it is with a regular tea-infuscr and plenty of boding water. Nickel-plated tca-infusers, in the shapes of .sugar spoons, nrc 05c apiece. (Fourth l'loor, (eiuiiil) Salt Shakers Which Really Shake, 50c These have silver tops which do not choke. Made of glass, for salt nnd pepper. (Fourth Floor, Central) Pepper Mills are for grinding pepper at your own table which is tho safest way, wc arc told. Made of wood, 75c. (Fourth Floor. Ontrnl) So far as time is con cerned, the August Furni ture Sale is now a matter of days. The days are running short, but there is no short age of opportunity. From first to last the Wanamaker Sale is always the sale with the goods and plenty of them. It is still unmatched in quantities and varieties of the good furniture that people want. It will be a sale of that kind up to the last day, which is Wednesday of next week, one week from tomorrow. The sale began remark ably, it continued remark ably and it is going to wind up remarkably. The same class of furni ture that gave it an unprece dented start and kept it going unprecedentedly is here in unequaled selection to give it an unprecedented wind-up. EHE3BWM rai You are the best judge as to what your home needs. However much or little fur niture it may require, you can depend upon the Wana maker Sale not to fail you for want of the right goods. , But it stands to reason that the earlier you choose; the more satisfied you are likely to be. "Take time by the fore lock." You will have a good while to wait for another opportunity to choose any thing in the largest and most attractive stock of furniture in America at substantial reductions from the regular prices. (Fifth, sixth nn,i Seventh Floors) Men 's Three-Piece Summer Suits Going Right Out at $25 These are the all-wool, three-piece Summer-weight worsteds, cheviots and serges that are so desirable for wearing from now on until the last of October. And then again for next Spring. ( We are clearing out the last of them at the one price, $25, which means savings of ,$10 to $30. All regular sizes and some for stout men. (Third Floor, MnrUet) Imported Wash Ribbons These are just in, and nrc of beautiful quality. Pink, blue and white. Widths are from 'S-Inch to l's inches, and prices, 85c to $3.40 a piece. 10 yards in a piece. (Mnln Floor. Centrnl) Three New Books "The World in Revolt," by Gustav Lc Bon, $-1. A psychological study of our times. The author presents tho psychological factors which entered into the fighting of tho World War, and Rives interesting facts about Social ists and Bolshevists in present conditions. "Text. Tpe and Style," by George B. Ives., $2. A compendium of Atlantic usagf being an excellent guide to the best usage in such matters as punctuation, spell ing and syllabification. "A Day in a Colonial Home," by Delia R. Prescott, $1.25. This book is intended to arouse in school children an interest in Coloninl times and the sort of lives led by early Colonists. Besides being an educational feature, it is a story which any grown-up would enjoy. (Mnln Floor, Ontriil) Britain Has Sent Men New Sweaters for Fall Golfers and others engaged in outdoor sports are finding the need of sweaters now. A recent importation has brought some fino coat sweaters in a light weight and in mixtures of gray, brown and blue and a shade almost like camel's-hair. Their price is $18. Other fine imported sweaters of enshmcro and Scotch cheviot in mixtures, up to $35. (Mnln Floor. Mnrltet) ft time. The salc ends with August. (Third Floor, Market) U ' - Good Days in Office Furniture But Not Many Left Our entire stock is ofTeiod during this month of August at notablo reductions from the latest low market prices. This means the lowest prices In years, and along with that, tho varieties are the broadest and most attractive wc have hnd in n lone; The Days Are Passing in the August Mattress Sale New Irish Table Linen With Matching Napkins A quality that will be much appreciated by every housekeeper because of the excellent wearing qualities and the fact that it looka so well after being laundered. It is full bleached, all pine linen and a good grade of Irish damask, Three very pretty de-igns C8 inches wide anil $fi a aril. Napkina to match, 22x22 inches-, JO ,i dozen. 1 1 IrM I loor, lien) nut) But there is no lessening of op portunity. Thero will be as good a choico of all good grades of mattresses, pillows, bolsters and springs on the Inst day as there was on tho first, because our en tiro stock of these goods is offered in the sale, and tho variety will (Sixth Floor, rtiritiiut) be equally large all the way to the end. Prices during August are 20 to 25 per cent less than tho lntest low market rates for goods of the best guaranteed grades. There are just six days left to take advantage of these savings, nnd probably six months to wait for anything as good. Scrap Baskets for the Bungalow Thipgs for the bungalow should be more than ordinarily attractive, and theso baskets are. Made of pressed fiber und hand-painted in pretty contrasting colors. Only $2.75. (Fourth Floor, Central) ., " "" 4 t jn u hildren's High Tan Shoes for School Are Read Made of stout Russiu calfskin in good shades of tan. Lacing high up the ankle, in lcadineso for any kind of weather. Cut on n comfortable straight last, with broad toe, strong welted solo; and Tanging from no heel for the littlest foot, to a sensible low, broad heel for young girls. The best-looking, best-feeling, and best-wearing school shoes it is pof-bible to have made. And at these prices: ( 8,s to 2 sizes, $4.75 to $0.50. j (Vjj jy 2)b to7"j sizes, $8.50. t iiWitHHHYM (Flr.t Tloor, Market) 7. 1 it .tf '? V fcl (Main oor, CtMtunt) M ' i Vw.s t.. K,t v ,ti.f 't w v'ri a -.v 1 ?.? "i fj-, .! . ri
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