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rr"chrlstmaa Music by the Organ
WANAMAKER'S
Stere Opens at 9
WANAMAKER'S
Sterfi Closes at 5:30
WANAMAKER'S
WEATHER
Fair
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7ee (rraif Holiday Crowds Find Comfert and Safety Here
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It Is Strange, But True,
That Seme Persons
de net like progress. New and then there are old
..ln tuhn fell US
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of the "geed old times"
pleasingly; that when they were children they played
'shinny" en part of the Arsenal let where this new
building stands.
Alse, quite a number still live-who saw the old
Freight Depot, with its car tracks and dirty,
splintered, shivered platforms, stained with tar which
dripped and oozed through the thick paper and gravel
reef!
Hew curiously, in 1875, they
watched its reconstruction
and transformation te the "Grand Depot," with an
entrance from Chestnut Street.
There were few days when General Grant lived
en Chestnut Street west of 20th, that he did net step,
morning or evening, for a handshake and a quarter
of an hour stand upon an elevated platform te muse
and leek us ever and talk with the writer, sometimes
accompanied by Geerge W. Childs or Antheny J.
Drexel.
Who would like te go back te that
time and old, rickety building?
Really, is it net wonderful te exchange the old
sheds of buildings and old-time three-story dwelling
houses for
this great four-square structure of granite
and iron pillars and iron fleer girders
from bottom te top!
ninnun iinfeM i, of. in everv uart of its construction.
I during a course of three years, from below water level
te root, everyining inai auuea suciiym, suicty,
ventilation and healthfulness was engrafted into the
plans, and that after the lapse of sixteen years from
the completion of the first section we can thankfully
and truthfully say that net a crack of a wall or the
sinking of an inch of a fleer is known te have taken
place.
Please be at home with us
Philadelphians and Pennsylvanians
and visitors from elsewherc
and enjoy the Christmas sights and the majestic
organ, the picture galleries and public comforts, such
as waiting rooms. The 7235) empleyes, here from 9 te
5:30, will de all they can te serve you well.
nvtcembtr , luzi.
Signed
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rith a Handsome Velvet Dress
a Weman Is Well Equipped
She can leek with equanimity en invitations te lunch
eons, matinee or theatre parties, teas, receptions or calls
iterward and knew that she will be suitably gowned for the
casien.
.That is why se many women are investing in at least
one geed-looking chiffon velvet gown this Winter. It is
one of the most useful in the entire wardrobe.
There are any number of styles te cheese from, but
Me principally black or a rich brown in color. All are verv
Simple in both line and trimming, but you can be assured
pi their becomingness and the newness of the features.
Ihe wide Chinese mandarin sleeve is much in evidence:
n one case there is an undersleeve of vivid color with a
ight velvet cuff. One model shows the new loose cape back,
werner pipings et a bright color. In prices starting at $50
nd going un te $67.50. and this is very moderate indeed
pr these beautiful chiffon velvet gowns.
(First Fleer)
The Younger Set Will Certainly
Prefer Muskrat Coats
And theic is such a striking difference between a poed musk
rat coat and a peer one that if you give them their choice they
twII be almost certain te cheese it at Wanamaker's.
ihcie never was a season when the natural muskrat skins
"ere be beautifully worked up as. they are in these coats of ours.
ieu may have them in long satiny stripes, or in mosaic-like pat
terns, worked into horizontally striped borders, or with the dark
wipes mitred into points.
. A CT favored model is a 36-inch coat with loose ripple back
nu gicat Miawl cellar, the deep border of horizontally worked
wins also forming the pockets. Beautifully lined and finished,
wis coat is $200.
A striking coat of the natural black muskrat trimmed with
Hudsen seal (dyed muskrat) is 5325.
i "unusually becoming model with wide wrap sleeves and a
Peat choker cellar of beaver is $-100.
v.r, i?118. vary from 3G t0 45 inches. Yeu way cheese the
ery rtark 'black" muskrat, the mere reddish northern muskrat,
becemin brown etriped skin, which is most universally
rAf cuutifl'1 effective and entirely satisfactory natural musk
rat i-eat may be chosen here for from $175 up.
(second Fleer)
1400 Yards Glace Taffeta
Special at $2.25 a Yard
for vn.ml? eXfuisi,te evening tints which arc se very fashionable
r.unS women's evening dresses,
a smalli?.. v! ?" unu,9unI nnd geed opportunity te buy this silk at
inirnf .ff.icP' nnd lt.wi11 "PPeal te many people who are think-
14 86 inches! pattern as n Christmas present. The width is
(Kt Alule)
Clocked Silk Stockings
very Special at $2
cMfronen?mJUbt Tec,eW,eA sne Women's imported full-fashioned
brown. opcnwerk cled silk stockings in white, navy and African
and a .Vh lit ame.nF the. ,T108t desirable stockings of the time,
nikh as cTfu ,0 pnce 0I ?s a Palr thy wi S
i out with a
(Wit Alile)
Charming Handbags
of Beaded Duvetyn
One of the newest and
most fashionable styles in
handbags and just the thing
for the woman who likes te
keep pace with the modes.
Small and large bags with
covered or shell-finish cellu
loid frames and self or silk
cord handles. Of fine silk
duvetyn in taupe, fawn, navy
and brick, ornamented with
designs in cut-steel and col
ored beads.
Prices, $16.50 te $25.
(Main Fleer)
French Colored
Handkerchiefs
We have a larger assort
ment of French colored
handkerchiefs this Christ
mas than we ever had be
fore. Men's handkerchiefs in
color, $1 te $3 each.
Women's handkerchiefs in
color, 50c te $2.25 each.
(Main Fleer)
Gifts Frem the
Oriental
Cerner
Jnpancse cloisenne bronze
vases are priced $17.50 te 535.
They may be transformed into
unusual lamps. A few, already
made finte lamps, complete
with silk shades, are $25.
Japanese lacquered and dec
orated glove boxes, handker
chief boxes and candy boxes
are $1.15 te $1.75.
Sweetmeat sets of china in
decorated lacquered boxes arc
$3 and $5.
Chinese mandarin bags en
gay-colored bracelet lings are
$5.50 and $7.50.
Oriental bronze Inccnse
burners begin at 75c nnd go te
$10.
Chinese porcelains arc won
derful sweetmeat conveyers
tint make lasting decorations
afterward. The lovely blue
hawtherne iars are $G te $25,
and the "five-colored" porce
lain jars, $(? te $45.
(Mnln Fleer)
Just the Right Cleck
for the Right Persen
The Wanamaker Cleck
Stere is where you will find
it, for there is here every
kind of geed dependable
timepiece that anybody
could ask for and there is
the widest possible range of
prices.. Fer example
Hall clocks in mahogany
cases, $230 te $960.
Mantel clocks, $15 te $125.
Desk clocks, $5 te $25.
Mirror clocks, $65 te $110.
Traveling clocks in fold
ing leather cases, $18 te $40.
Alarm clocks, $1.50 te $15.
(Melu rioer)
Frem a Practical Santa
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Tinted Glass Jars
for bath salts are as orna
mental as they are useful.
Priced Se te $11.50.
(Main rioer)
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Lets of babies will get
creepers and rompers from
a practical Santa Claus, who
will de well te cheese them
here.
Wonderfully pretty styles
in madras, gingham, cham
bray or poplin, priced $1.75
te $3.50.
(Third Fleer)
"It Must Be Something That Will
Make an Impression' Say Many People,
and the Answer Is
Wanamaker Furniture
Wanamaker furniture will make an impression that the years cannot
efface.
Wanamaker furniture is an unforgettable gift.
Wanamaker furniture is the gift of these who feel that they nrast give
something that carries a message.
Wanamaker furniture is a favorite gift with fathers and mothers
cheesing things for their married sons and daughters.
The next best thing that can be said of it is that it is a favorite giffc
with married sons and daughters cheesing things for their fathers and
mothers.
In this connection think of the acreage of upholstered easy chairs
and rocking-chairs te be found here at all prices from $45 upward.
In one section of this Fifth Fleer there must be 200 or mere different
types of writing desks.
And as for bookcases, tea wagons, boekholders, spinet desks, sewing
tables, chifforebes, they are shown in an assortment unrivaled and irre
sistible. (rlfth Fleer
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Outfitting Her Dressing
Table in Her Favorite
Celer
Many women new prefer
the beautiful transparent
amber effects in toilet
articles. In the plain or
decorated imitation amber
they are as effective as any
thing that could be used.
The plain amber sets are
very reasonably priced from
$1.75 for the comb te $6.50
for brush or mirror, with
the ether accessories priced
between. They may be
matched up at any time.
Decorated amber costs a
little mere and is extremely
effective. Imitation tortoise
shell is another favored
choice this year. French
ivory is always geed. And
te match bedroom color
schemes there are attractive
sets in azure and white,
coral and white, black and
geld and ether color combi
nations. In all these, either sepa
rate pieces or an entire set
of toilet articles may be
chosen, including brushes,
comb, mirror, boxes, trays
and smaller articles.
(Miln Fleer)
Fer a Business Man's Desk
Inkstands
Telephone indices
Desk lampi
Letter trmjs
Diaries
Letter openers
Ink pencils
Scrap books
I'cpcr weights
Calendars
Werk organizers
All of which, together with manv ether useful things-, may
be had in the Commercial Stnt-ene'v Stere.
(Tlllnl Fleer)
Pen trays
Meme, books
Fountain pens
Hlettcr pads
Stationery holders
Never Such Giving of
Decorative Glassware
It would be hard te find things in which prettiness and
utility are se happily combined as they aie in-the tinted and
geld-decorated glassware that we are showing in such
delightful choice.
Tomorrow will find a new set-out of the charmingly
tinted ware with wide geld-encrusted border decorations, the
variety comprising these pieces:
Cracker-and-chcese d 1 s h c h,
$7.50 te $10.
Handled sandwich trays, $6 and
$10.
Fruit bowls, $4 te $12.
Mayonnaise dish and ladle, $1
te $7.50.
Competes, $3, $5 up te $10.
(Fourth Hoerj
Candy jars, $(3 te $9.
Salad bowls, $4 te $12.
Candlesticks, $12 and $12.75 a
pair.
Flower vases, $7.30 te $10.75.
Salad bets with large plate,
mayonnaise dish and ladle, $15.
Encrutcd geld crystal in rich
assortment at $2.50 te $12.
Levely Bits of Outdoors
have been captured by the
camera of an English artist
and delightfully hand col
ored, as you may see in a
corner of the Picture Stere
where these Murray photo
graphs are new shown for
the first time in Philadel
phia. A snowy fence-corner
footprints ever sand dunes
a sheep meadow at evening
fishing beats at anchor
New England asters by the
roadside these and ether
subjects arc captured and
painted by an artist's eye
and hand through the me
dium of his camera and
brush.
They are priced from
$1.75 for a tiny framed one
te $15 for the largest size
unframed.
(rtfth Uoer
Men's Silk Gift Shirts in
Captivating Array
The beautiful colored-stripe shirts range in price from
$7.50 te $10 each and are chiefly of a splendid, heavy broad
cloth silk. The selection at $7.50 is especially geed, having
just been enlarged by a fresh shipment.
Fine white silk shirts are $8.50 for plain-besom style
and $10 for pleated besoms.
Few gifts will give a man as much pleasure as silk shirts.
'Mnln Fleer)
A Great Rough Weather Shee
for Men
Fer any man te walk rainy, slushy pavements in, or for
everyday wear for pelice'men, postmen and ethers much out
doors. An unusually heavy broad-tee blucher, of black box calf
skin, with thick triple sole and inverted welt, which makes
it damp-proof.
A splendid shoe for $9.
(Main Tloer)
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Splendid New Rugs from China
Gifts for the Years
Te these who are looking for gifts of a really splendid char
acter there is scarcely any need te point out the suitability of
Chinese rugs, especially such Chinese rugs as we have just
opened up.
They aie gifts of beauty and fine home-enriching character,
and they aie gifts for the ears.
All the pieces in this new shipment arc in large carpet alzes,
specifically from 10.2x10 ft. te 16x10 ft.
There are many approximately 12x9 ft.
Prices are from $265 te .'495.
Pieces approximately 12.9 ft. are marked $315, $3S5, $885,
$37e, $3t'J and se or
Size 13x12 ft. ia $535, 14.2x9.4 ft., $495; 13x10.3 ft, $486:
1 (.2x11.3 ft., $oSe.
(Seventh lloer)
Women's IligliLaced
Beets for Stormy Days
High-laced beets of Nor
wegian grained calf or stout
leather, in dark or light tan
or chestnut brown, with mili
tary or low bread heels,
heavy extension welted soles,
bread or medium tees,
straight or wing tips, blind
or brass eyelets. Variously
priced at $9, $10 and $15.
The $9 and $15 models are
especially treated te resist
dampness.
(Hrst rioer)
This Is the Weather for Warm
Lined Gloves
Frem new en the favorite gloves for men, women ana children
who nre much in the open sjl he the warm woolen and lined
varieties.
Women's woolen gloves go from 85c for a geed knitted Weel
glove up te $10 for a fancy alpaca gauntlet.
Women's lined gloves of cape, mocha or Miede, with fleece,
wool or fur lining are y.i.eO te $13.50.
Men's woolen gloves go fiem $1 for knitted wool up te SH.dO
for line camels-hair or cashmere.
Men's lined gloves, of cape, -uedc or mocha, variously lined
with wool, silk or fur, are $4.50 te $13.50. Lined gauntlets-, Se
te 14
Children's wool gloves arc 7ec te $1.75. ricece-and-woel-lincd
glecs and gauntlets, from 51.25 te $3.60.
("Mnln rioer)
Small Demestic Ruds for Gifts
Handy te threw in a doorway or a bare spot in the room.
Special Scissor Sets at
M te $5 a Set
They couldn't have come
at a better time for Christ
mas gifts, and they are cer
tainly surprisingly low in
price.
Every set contains three
pair of scissors, one pair
being buttonhole scissors.
They are a geed quality steel
and have gilt handles. All
are in real leather cases ex
cept these at $4, which are
imitation leather.
(Main TTIe
Wilten Ruirs
36x63 in., $14.50 and
$19.50.
27x54 in., $9 and $112.50.
22i2x36 in., $5.50 and
$8.25.
Axminstcr Rugs
."36x70 in., $7 and $8.75.
2212x36 in., $2.75.
(Seventh rioer)
27x5-1 in., $ 1 and $5.
Velvet Rugs
27x54 in., $0.25.
Mohair Rugs
21x36 in., $7.50.
24x48 in., $11.50.
30x60 in., $18.50.
36x63 in., $23.50.
Any of These Bicycles
Is a Splerdid Gift
The Columbia, a make
that has been standard for
years, in models for men,
women and children, $40 te
$75.
The Continental, for men,
women and children, $35 te
545.50.
The America, ale in mod med mod
elsfer everyone, $37.50 te
$45.
All equipped with heay
read tires, coaster brake,
mud guards, rear stands and
tools, and all beautifully
finished.
(The (.itllrrO
Any One Who Writes Much
Would Like a Desk Set
And this means either a man or woman, the debutante
daughter or the son in college. Yeu will find the best kind
of desk set for every member of the family in this terse
and carefully chosen collection.
Bronze- finished seta,
$18.50 te $52.
Sterling silver sets, $125
te $300.
Dainty silk-covered sets
are $6.50.
Leather sets, $10.50.
Brass-finished sets, $12 te
S52.
fUln rioer)
Fer a Bright Christmas-
Lamp Stere Specials
iLgular prices, some close-
Ail the following aie nun h l U
te half:
U'O - inch glace lamp h,i. in a dozen different designs
and suitable ter floei lamp., i-a.eu euh.
IOuO highly peluhed naheganj-finished candlesticks. 9
inches high, 70c each.
Buddha lamps in polrhrem flni-h and in four sues $2. $3
and M .0 for one-light t!e and c,-M for large two-light model.
V cll?1 ,an!ps w,th wetal-trirnmed shades and amber glass
paneh, fin e0 eich.
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Bedside Drinking
Glasses
vwth cover and tra of silver
deposit en china come in
several pretty color- at $2.50.
(Mell, lour)
Mahogany Chests Cedar-Lined
Fine Heme Gifts
These are real'y tine pieces of furniture, made of solid
mahogany, in a rich handsome linish and lined with sweetly
odorous cedar. J
Such things help te furnish a home while solving a
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A Dezen of Geed Linen
Towels for a Heme Gift
Geed towels are safe,
practical household gifts,
especially such geed hucka
back and damask towels as
we are new showing, all of
pure flax, neat'y hemstitched
and moderately priced at $1
in size 20x36, $1.75 in size
24x38 and $2 each in size
20x38 inches.
Oil-it Tlenrt
Utner chests in ariet at $7.50 te $31.
(1 Kill 1 lour)
Gift Bed Muslins Come
in Attractive Bexes
Twe pillowcases in a box
at $2.50 a box.
Twe pillowcases and a
sheet in a box for $7 and
$7.25.
Muslin pillowcases, hem
stitched and embroidered,
$1,85 and $3 for a box of
two.
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generally recognized as the world's loarWe e-a
here in the widest variety of models displayed in any one
retail store. They are
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