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WANAfylAKER'S
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WANAMAKER'S
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tfiThis Stere Is First for Its Patrons and Afterward for Its Owners
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Almest Everything in the
Stere Has a Quality That
Makes Ita Christmas Stock
serviceable for Christmas remembrances, and
especially of serviceable qualities.
While we provided largely, it has been very
carefully done.
Wc de net sell tawdry nor tinsel
merchandise. We aim te have every article te
be such as will fulfill the customer's expectation
for the money paid for it.
In almost every case, prices are lower than
last year. We de net say everything, but
wherever it is possible te have lower prices, the
public may be sure that they are se adjusted,
we are aiming at a lower basis of costs in all
our purchases, that we may be able te make
lower selling prices.
There are no urgencies here te any one te
buy, except as they need; nor are there any
baits or hodge-pedge inducements te make
people come in with a hope. of selling them
something when they come.
This Stere is first for its patrons and
afterward for its owners. By mutual
co-operation it improves somewhere every day.
Signed
December 2, 1921.
$25 Buys Notable Suits and
t Canten crepes, crepe de chine and Georgette crepes in navy, black
a Jirmvn. Seme are pleated and some beaded, also there are extremely
dmple taixred styles for these who prefer them. Sleeves are various
Kevelty suitings and wool veleurs in gray, brown, heather mixtures,
Hack and navy. And tomorrow's price represents a substantial
reduction.
(Viral Fleer)
There Was a Time When
Only Royalty Were Silk
But that was a long while age and it is new every woman's
privilege and pleasure te wear as many silken garments as she
wishes.
The fact of the matter is that a woman in these days is
clothed in silk from the crown of her hat te the sole of her
feet. Her underwear, petticoats, gowns, blouses, negligees and
qven wraps are made of one kind of silk or another.
la it any wonder that se many, many women like te give
and receive silks for Christmas!
The e aie Christmas boxes ready and waiting for every gift
lilk purchased between new and Christmas, and the silks thom them
jelvcs arc cut off freshly from the roll when bought.
(First Fleer)
Yeung Women May Cheese
Pretty Cleth Dresses at $17.50
Thev reallv are verv attractive and the nrice is surnrisincrlv low.
Ehfl materials are tricetines, veleurs and Peiret twills of excellent
IWlity. All four models are straight-line dresses with narrow tie
wihes or silk cord girdles. Twe have cellarless round necks, and the
ether two have well-shaped cellars setting high in the back of the
WK. And the sleeves of all arc as pretty ns sleeves are this year.
Twe styles are trimmed with contrasting duvetyn. A third has
toy button melds and silk embroidery. The fourth is severely tailored,
ith gres-grnin ribbon bindings.
BrOWn nr hhln mnv hn nVinapn TVin r!taq nvn 14 tn 00 Anrl flirt
ftrlce of each $17.50.
(Seceml Fleer)
Frem $20 te $225 Runs
the Gamut in Yeung
Women's Coats
At the top of the scale are luxurious coats and wrnpH of
exquis.te fahnes hund micly trimmed with furs. KAt the bottom
are speits coats of woolen mixtures. Up and down between the
two the priii & run, te meet everybody's need in kind and price.
t.ven some of the lower-priced coats are fur trimmed. Taking
tfteni altogether, we don't see hew a young woman could find
a better assortment anywhere. And we arc net surprised when
customers return and tell us they have net found anywhere else
e geed a collection of 14 te 20 year coats.
te SnhII'Ceat3 fr the yeunSr Birlsi 0 t 11 years, are $11.50
(Second Fleer)
The Winter Sports Cape
Has Come te Stay
At Innet tl...i : 11. m .. .
. ii ui ia me opinion or me many women wne are wearing
Wi comfortably warm garment.
,,,,,, "" "i neavy an-woei tweea or a son ail-wool worsted,
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wn i ever any kind of a costume.
in li ,,"?'n. C0l0l'a. two-toned mixtures and indistinct plaids,
Wit colors and dark at $37.50 and $57.50.
(First Fleer)
fea1 Lace Neckwecr Is
Always Most Welcome
Thpm ..l.i ,. ... .
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.V- " c'i'ier real met or real
W. the two most fashionable
Unas.
Filet coil,,..., ...
ticn ,"",,a -.ou, $a and
Weach. Sets are $5 and $6.50.
Iriah enllnv. ...... i r-r.
rtt. -- "'u f.uu eacn and
' are $5.
(Muln Fleer)
New Chain firrc
Thev win ...:l, .
H.j :. u """ almost any
ma of a g0Wn nn(, greaUy
15 is:a"r-?
tMvi. '"' ""' emers are
glned with jeweled effects.
,MJ.85t9.50.
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Dresses rer women
Tim rlvpsKPs nrc snecial leta brought in here at Inte season prices
Thr suits are broken sizes reduced out of our regular stocks
.vfrp!v tailored and fur-trimmed styles. They are made of cheviot.
54Inch Dress
Serge Special, $2 a Yard
A new shipment of this popular
all-wool serge has just reached
here.
It is exactly the right weight
for dresses and in the fine,
"French" weave which takrs se
kindly te pleats and drapings. In
cither navy blue or black.
(First Fleer)
Little Legs Need Warm
Leggings
However big folks may go
about in Winter with thinly clad
ankles, little folks, by all consent,
should be kept warm. Thcse fine
stjurdy leggings are just the thing.
In brown corduroy at $3. Gray
chinchilla at $4. Clack or brown
velvet at ?5, And fleecq-lined.
lrwn leather at $10. .
FIt Vlenrl
A Becoming Hat
Is Needed
for thb Right Christmas
Spirit
Whero is th6 woman whose
mirth and gey-ty and geed will te
ethers can rise above an un
becoming and depressing hat?
She may exist, but she is rare.
Fer nine women out of ten
much the best procedure is te
ceme in here and cheese a jaunty
hat that will help te bring one's
spirits up te the level of the holi
day searen.
Se many pretty hats are new
under priced in the Millinery
Salens that it is easy te cheese
a becoming ene at small cost.
(Second Fleer)
Smart Street Handbags
of Fine Leathers
Black pin seal, glazed and'dull;
black auto leather; tapir calfskin,
alligator calfskin and kha"ki calf
skin are the leathers used and
soma of the better bags are geld
mounted.
All in the new flat shapes and
some designed te our order.
Among them are some most un
usual and striking styles.
Prices $10 te $50.
(Main Fleer)
Fer the
Weman Who
Has Ne Small
Fur Neckpiece
It is no great task te guess
what that girl or woman wants
who docs net have a small fur
neckpiece. Over her tailored
suit, or her sports coat, or her
tailored dress, a small fur
scarf is practically essential.
A beautiful Hudsen Bay
sable scarf may be chosen for
her here at from $45 te $225.
A scarf of the soft stone
maiten or the darker colored
baum marten is priced from
$40 up,
Japanese marten scarfs be
gin at $30.
Frem $22.50 up may be
chosen a fine little scarf of
dark brown mink. And a
dainty two-skin scarf of gray
squirrel is $30.
The furs are all carefully
selected, and just new the
cheesing is uncommonly fine.
(Second Fleer)
THE French Roem has
some delightful crepe de
chine bed sacques, lined
with lamb's toeol, quilted
and in lovely colors or
chid, peach and rose. Their
price is $14JiO.
(Third Fleer)
Christmas Perfumes
What better than Queen Mary,
the chosen perfume of se many
discriminating women?
Four of the most favored Queen
Mary odors rose, violet, Charmc
d'Amour and Bouquet d'Orient
are especially bottled in cut-glass
flagons with dropper tops. Priced
$4.50 te $7.75.
Queen Mary perfumes may be
had in mere than a dozen delicious
scents, priced from 65c up. Toilet
waters from 75c up.
Theso who use the perfumes
and toilet waters would net be
without the ether delightful
Queen Mary toilet preparations
te match face powders, creams,
bath salts and sachets.
All are exclusively here.
(Muln Fleur)
TjlOUR beautiful Paris
M ienne corsets include
one of pink satin, hand-embroidered
with blue and
with dainty pink flowers,
price $28; one topless of
orchid satin having fringed
ribbon top and bottom, price
$25; one of plain black satin
very low at $20; a girdle top
of white or pink satin at $15
and a pink satin at $25.
(Third Fleer)
J LITTLE special let of
xTl babies' coats and caps
gees en sale tomorrow; the
coats of white cashmere,
hand embroidered, prices $5
te $10, and the snowy, frilly
caps and bonnets, $1.25 te
$9, Beth arc in sizes from
infants' te 2 years, and the
prices en both mean a veru
substantial saving.
(Thlr.l ller)
There
Is Much
Matching
of Boudoir
Silver
Which means that a number
of sterling silver boudoir sets
arQ en the wny toward being
completed this Christmas.
It is also a very geed time
te start a set for some member
of the family or a woman
friend. Many beautifully de
signed patterns are here.
Hand mirrors, $17 te $38.
Hair brushes, $13.50 te $25.
Combs, $3.25 te $8.50.
Puff jars, $11.50 te $30.
Cleth brushes, $9.50 te $22.
Hat brushes, $4.75 te $14.
Alse all the smaller pieces
with prices starting at $2.75
for either a shoe horn, nail file
or button hook up te $17.50 for
a pin tray.
(Main Fleer)
Suggested for .Gifts
Baskets. They arc here in the
most endless shapes and styles,
and from all parts of the world.
25c te $20.
Rush knitting bags from Italv
a kind that has been much
wanted, $2, $2.50 nnd $3.50.
Oilcloth doilies with fancy de
signs, thirteen picfes te the set,
$1.25 and $1.35; five pieces te the
set, $1.G0 and $1.75. Mats for
the center of the table, 12 inches,
$1; 18 inches, $2.50.
Old-fashiend stone jtlgs te use
as het-water bottles, $2.50.
Dinner chimes te make soft
melody, $G te $40.
Cape Ced fire-lighters for peo
ple who love the open fire, $4 te
$10.
Nut bowls, some with picks, all ,
with crackers, $2.7.5 te $G.50.
Dogs' cellars, harnesses, blank
ets, sweaters, combs, brushes,
chains, baskets for traveling and
home use are here in geed va
riety. het-water plates with solid
brass nickel-plated pans, $3.25 te
$4.50.
Children's table trays with
enameled finish in various colors
and decorations, $3.25 and $3.75.
(Fourth Fleer)
Silk Nijjhtzewiis Frem
Japan
Hand-embroidered en crepe de
chine, all flesh colored, low necked
and kimono sleeved, three styles,
$12.50 and $15.
(Third Fleer)
Te Carry in Her
Handbag
is a tiny geld-plated flask about
the size of a half dollar and hold
ing just about enough perfume
for a week-end trip. Price $1.
(Main Fleur)
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Tomorrow
will be the best Saturday between new and
Christmas te bring the children te the
Wanamaker Tey Stere
The Sunday Scheel Candies
Are Ready te Be Sent Out
We nre taking orders new for twenty-live pounds or mere. Ne
less quantity is sold at these special prices.
They are delicious candies, pure and frewli from our own light
sunny Candy Kitchen. We make them especially for little children.
They nre put up in attractive half-pound boxes, eitlier mixtures
or chocolates at 30c a box. Clear candies are- 15c for a halt pound
Christmas box.
Other Special Christmas Candy
Mixtures or chocolates, 50c pound. Twe-pound boxes. $1, or
five-pound boxes for $2.25.
.. n?iner, '"Mures ,r chocolates at GOc a pound. Twe-pound boxes,
$1.20, and five-pound boxes for $3. '
MM candJeB, many geed kjnds, In a flvo-peund tin. at J3,
(Down ntalra rttore)
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Sample Lamps
A little let of novel vase-shaped
metal table lamps are being sold
nt sample prices $30 and $40.
They arc dainty in appearance
and finished in black, geld, silver
and blue: also they arc shown
for the first time. Silk shades
te go with them may be had for
$25 te $100.
(Fourth Fleer)
Beeks for
Yeung People
"Philippa's Fortune," by
Margarita Spalding Gerry,
$1.60.
"The Yellow Quill Girl," by
Letta Rewc Antheny, $1.50.
"Then Came Careline," by
Lela Hern Richards, $1.75.
"Aprilly," by Jane Abbett,
$1.75.
"Midsummer," by Katherine
Adams, $1.50.
"Diuntha's Quest," by E. B.
and A. A. Knipe, $1.75.
"Conquests of Invention," by
Mary R. Parkman, $2.
"The Bryne Girls," by Mary
K. Matile, $1.75.
"The Boek of Cowboys," by
Francis Relt Wheeler, $2.
"What Scouts Can De," by
Sir Rebert Baden-Powell, Bt,
$1.50.
"The Yeung Arctic Traders,"
by Dillen Wallace, $1.50.
"Bey Hunters in Demerara,"
by Geerge Inness ' Hartley,
$1.75.
"Girls of Highland Hall," by
Carrel W. Rankin, $1.75.
"The Princess of the Scheel,"
by Angela Brazil, $1.75.
"Kutner, Sen of Pic," by
Geerge Langford, $1.75.
"Frem Tenderfeet te Golde
Eaglet," by Amy E. Blanchard,
$1.75.
"Sailing Under Sealed
Orders,'" by Cem m a n d e r
Themas D. Parker, U. S.- N.,
$1.50.
"A Treasury of Plays for
Children," edited by Montrese
J. Moses, $3.
(Main Fleer)
1000 Umbrellas Specially Priced
at $2.50
These are both men's and
women's. $2.50 is a low price be
:ause sample handles designed for
much higher - grade umbrellas
were used en them. Seme of these
handles are identical with these
en our $7 and $10 umbrellas.
Fer women they are leather, hard-
(Maln
A Piece of Wanamaker Furniture
Is a Gift of Character
IT IS the kind of gift given
by people who want te feel
satisfied in their own minds
that they have given some
thing of real excellence and
substantial worth.
A piece of Wanamaker fur
niture is a gift that satisfies
the one who givQs it no less
than the ene who receives it
and there is a great deal in
,that very fact.
Cut Glass Gifts in the
Christmas Sale
Note particularly the splendid
vases marked $5, hitherto almost
twice as much. They are 12
inches high, eight inches in diam
eter. Berry bowls, $3.50 te $20.
Benben dishes, $1 te $3.50.
Lew berry dishes, $3 te $18.
Sugar and cream sets, $3 te $10.
Candy baskets, $2.25.
Flower baskets, $4.50 te $30.
Footed nut bowls, $2.50, $3.00
and $4.00.
Oval orange bowls, $4.50 te $10.
Jugs of various kinds and sizes,
$4.50 te $15.
(Fourth rioer)
Bright Christmas
Wreaths
Gay trimmed wreaths for the
windows, 10 te 16 laches in diam
eter, prices $1 te $2.50.
Boxed auto wreaths, 50c.
Plain red wreaths , 10 te 14
inches, prices 50c te 75c.
Red cresses, trimmed, $2.50
and $4.
Magnelia wreaths, some plain
and some trimmed, diameters, 14
and 16 inches, $1.50 te $4.50.
(Teurth rioer)
It Will Take a Lively
Youngster te Wear This
Shee Out
This shoe is a tremendous
favorite with parents. It is se
sturdily made of such splendid
materials that the average child
outgrows it before it is worn out.
It i3 a stout laced beet of smooth
chestnut-brown calfskin. The
bread tee gives ample space for
growing feet te develop. The
sturdy sole is as near everlasting
as a shoe sole can be. In sizes
8Ys te 2, priced $4.75 and $5.50,
according te size.
The same shoe for growing
girls, in sizes 21'3 tb 7, is $7.
(First Fleer)
weed, bakelite and combinations
of these. Fer men, the handles are
hardwood creeks in light or dark
effects.
The covers are geed black
cotton with tape edge, in the
usual men's and women's sizes.
Fleer)
CANDLES of every color
and m a n y shapes
square, fluted and twisted
may be had for 10c and 15c
eaclu
(Fourth Fleer)
Many a Bey's First Need
Is a New Suit or
Overcoat
New lets of these remarkable
suits with two pa'ir of trousers at
$16.50, $18 and $20 have come in.
They were needed, because
these are suits of unusual value
nnd they sell very quickly te peo
ple who want suits that can be
depended upon te wear long and
prove a really geed investment.
They are in Norfolk styles and
in a geed selection of desirable
colors and patterns.
Sizes for boys of fi te 18 years.
Other suits in the sauie sizes,
with one pair of trousers, up te
$35, and unexcelled at the prices.
New overcoats for httl'j fellows
of 3 te 10 years, at $15 te $38,
and for boys of 11 te 18 years at
$25 te $45.
(boi-enil Fleer)
Ice Skates and Shoes
Can Be Used New
for indoor ice skaflng or, later,
when the ponds freeze ever.
Clamp skntes for men and boys,
$3.50 te $5; for women nnd girls,
$4.
Skates te screw en shoes, $3.50
te $15.
Combination outfits of skating
shoes with skates attached, for
men and boys, $9.50 and $11 j for
women, $12.
Tubular hockey and racing
skates with shoes -attached, $13.50
te $15.50.
Skating shoes for men and
boys, $0.50 and $8; for women.
$0.50 te- f 10.
(The iHllrr.y)
Fer thore is a world of
satisfaction in knowing that
ene has given something of
real worth and serviceable
ness and enduring value.
A gift of Wanamaker furni
ture may be any one of thou
sands of things from a book
holder te a complete suit for
any room.
It can be a footstool or a
splendid Hi-hb": a tea
(Flrth Fleer)
A Geed Overcoat Is the
One Thing Many a
Man Needs
Without it, a man can have a geed Christmas, te
be sure, but with it, well, everything seems se much
better and it is se much easier te feel the joy of the
season.
We are net advertising our men's overcoats as gifts
we have no need te.
But we want te remind the men who need ever-
coats that they ewe it te themselves te see the stock of
overcoats we have te show them, that is, if they are
bent en getting overcoats of quality.
Our prices for overcoats of the finest ready-te-wear
kind made in America are $28 te $100.
(Third 1'Ioer)
Men's Dellar Neckties Fill
the Bill
As inexpensive and useful gifts for men they are almost In a
class by themselves.
These are in stripes, figures and plain colors, with a geed
selection in the college stripes which young men favor. There
are three widths of these college stripes and various colors.
(Main Fleer)
t
Men's Handsome Shirts of
Fiber Silk
Seft, and with a pronounced sheen, these fiber silk shirts
are beauties indeed.
All in soft-cuff, plain neglige style, of course, and in little
figures and stripes.
There are two qualities, one at $3.50 and the ether at $6,
and either would make a fine gift.
(Main rioer)
Se Many Men Need New Hats
that it is te be hoped they de net sacrifice their own appearance
te the family holiday. Nobody wants a gift that Dad has bought
in place of something he really needs.
People te'l us there is no ether collection of men's soft hats
and derby hats in Philadelphia that matches this for interest and
geed style.
Seft hats, $4, $5 and $6.
Derby hats, $4, $5, $7 and $8.
(Main Fleer)
These Are the Best Gloves a
Man Can Get
He can cheese them in his own Men's Stere in the Market
Street Section, or in the general Gleve Stere. And if he deea
net buy them for himself, they are a first-class article for some,
body te get for him.
One-clasp capeskin gloves, English and domestic, including
hand-sewn gloves, $3.25 te $4 a pair.
One-clasp buckskin gloves in drab or tan color, $4 and $5
a pair.
Slip-en tan capeskin gloves at $3.25.
f.r.0ne-c!.asP cashable mocha gloves, beaver and dark Band
$5.7e a pair. '
n.Liin? 5kin R,Iev.e,? capeskin, suede, mocha or leather, lined
with knitted wool, silk fleece, lamb's-wool or fur. Priced from a.
seamless wool-lined capeskin at $4.50 te the finest squirrel-lined
capeskin or suede at $13.50.
Gauntlet gloves and mittens of capeskin, lined -with fleece,
lambs-wool or knitted wool, $5 te $14.
(Mulu Fluer)
Thinking of Giving Seme
Man Handkerchiefs?
Then we would suggest either one of these kinds, because
se many men like them. '
ul lri!h iinen handkerchiefs with hand-embroidered initial, hem
stitched edge, a geed practical quality and generous size, 50c each.
fuFuren5h f,olJerued handkerchiefs in all desirable shades and
with hand-rolled hem, $1 each.
(Main Fleer)
If Yeu Put Geed Socks in His
Christmas Stocking
you will please a man as well as any way we knew.
A wonderful stock of half hose at Wanamaker's. The war
SnSniTVi? Ww1' 0Vur and you wiU ftnd here n assortment
equal te the best before the war and including fine importations
Cotten, 50c and 85c. Weel, 35c te $8.50.
Lisle, 65c te $2. .,,
Mercerized lisle, 35c te $1. Sllk 65c $7.50.
Novelty lisle, $1.50 te $3.50'. Gelf stockings, $1.75 te $12.
Special
The following lets are all at lowered prices:
18c, 3 pair for 50c, for black and colored lisle.
oOe a pair for heavy ribbed wool from England.
65c a pair for seamless black and colored silk.
t35e a pair for fashioned black and colored silk, "seconds."
85c a pair for fashioned black and colored silk, "seconds.""
(Main Fleur)
Christmas Felt Slippers for
Men and Beys
These are the comfertnblo house slippers of oxford rn-av
blue, wine and brown felt, with soft, padded soles or leather $An.
fnd $3U75 '" Bty Hnd thB Prices are ,2'25' 2-W
$2.75Mten$Sl!50.thCr meccaB,ns with 80ft selea r heavy leather soles,
Men's rubber beets in several lengths, $4.50 te $0.23,
Men's ene-buckle and feur-buckle arctics, $2,76 and 15.
Beys' storm beets and feur-buckle arctics, ?4 and $4 25
(Main Fleer) '
wagon or an easy chair that
is a very triumph in luxurious
upholstery work.
It can be a woman's writing
dnsk of any one of hundreds
of different styles, or it can
be a chifforebe of marvelous
convenience for cither a man
or a woman.
It can be a smoker's stand
or a sewing table.
What can it net be?
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