1'"''T 'kr- y 's .1. if ?'iy ,-!", "I"- s " Tf ' iyr !' ', t ! t.v. Nlv - EVKNIKG PUBLIC? LEDGEfe PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DE0E1&BEE 7, 1021 OOfl FIRE LOSS II RAIViDEN PLANT flames SweefsSinger Furniture Ce.i 11th and Linden St's. Other Factories Menaced jJlRES OR CIGARETTE CAUSE im swcnt the factory of the Slnser nifnltara Cempnny nt I.Icvcntli niul tuba street', Cnindcn. inxt niRiit nntl &1 hnlf the building nm! lnrgp JeiBtitlM of completed but unshipped ftmlhirc. -i e '" " r-Liiimn.li uy Sny efficlnlH nt $50,000. firemen wunmened first by Jehn trfh watchmnn for the plnnt, strug ,3 frantically te lciep the Hemes from llVeadlhs te the entire building nntl Cent factories. Tlmt Mellen of Sen l Induitrlnl nnd the furniture VTfldry , surrounded by buildings Ilea would hnve been great feed for (imts had they once tnken held. Apparently the fire hnd Its beginning . fhe second fleer nt the western end S the building where tbe office Is I.,... i.'..hi.ii ntfufctnnf sfttntn rtf nf rump iuuiiv.. --'- .j v.. ike company nnd general mnnnger of XI pant wild he believed the Annies hnd rtfir origin either in crossed electric rirtJ or n clgnrettc dropped by one of At emnleteH he said wns arranging L- flt the office, Inter than the usual When the flnmes hnd sprend from the cfice te the factory little time elapsed ..- t, Inilnmmnblu weed shnvincs. Lh lumber nnd pnintcd nnd vnrnlshed farnlture m'h ""'" ""- "-irhi of the fire, nheut 11 o'clock, the flames tiinile a grent illiimlnntlen. 1'lremen wcic ublu te enter the lower or eastern end of the building nnd net only light the lire from tlmt end. but also drench ever tiling there te prevent further destruction. The big lesi! is due Inrgcly te de stroyed furniture rntlicr than te the building Itself. Mr. Kramer, ns lie steed watching the flames Inst night, snld business hnd been .booming for the Several Inrge shipments hnd been plnnncd for today. The plnnt employs nheut fifty per sons. Flicmcn fought the blare for nheut two hours before nnv of the ap paratus wnH tnken from the scene. HARD TIMES FORCE SALE OF MANY FAKE PAINTINGS Owners In Eurepe Leng Thought They Were Original New Yerk, Dec. 7. (l?y A. V.) Hard times in Europe hnve resulted in the dumping of "literally thousands" pf oil paintings nnd ether pieces of nrt into the Amcricnn market, the majority of which have proved te be fakes or copies of imisterpieccs, in the opinion of Oustnvus T. Khby, of the American Art Gallery. Many of thet-e "eriglnnls" were thought genuine by their Kurepenn owners, who had Inherited them and had never had occasion te examine them until the war took away their wealth. Most of them have been grcatlv sur prised when the fact tlint thev nrc either copies or fnkes hns been discov ered by custom efliclnls en nrrivnl in this country. Of course, Mr. Kirby pointed out, there hnve been some sales of genuine originals, such ns Oninsboreugh'H "The Hltie Hey" and Kcvnehls' "Mrs. Hld Hld dens ns the Tragic Muse." but the ap parent gient revival in the bin lug and selling of line pieces of nrt has been indicated bv the transfer of ownership of the cheap copies. I AT I. PRESS and SONS H m jJBW X M A S G I F T S PRICE SALE ! On Our Entire Stock of Diamonds, Pearls, Geld, Silver, Watches, Clocks, Etc. XMAS GIFTST AT HALF PRICE VALUE-GIVING is the watchword of 'this HALF PRICE SALE! It would be difficult te find a parallel of this event in the history of the business. In everyday language this sale means THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO BUY TWICE AS MANY GIFTS YOU INTENDED TO BUY OR GIFTS OF TWICE THE VALUE YOU ORIGINALLY HAD IN MIND. SOME of the WONDERFUL VALUES in this V2-PRICE SALE Eiqulilte blue white dTa mend of splendid brll tlincy, net In a H-K. solid white sold cnrraed rlnc I pfsS9 R ay New 11 Come in and make your select ions NOW a small deposit will reserve any article until Xmas. Beautiful blue Weeselten dlimend of fine quality, net In a heavy H-K. solid sold man's ring. NOW $125 Solid Platinum Hand-Engraved' "Bridal Wreath" Wedding RING Very Uteit design. New 3fi 518 Men's High-Grade ELGIN Watch, Fine Time piece; Guaranteed GOLD "";' new $Q $10 Solid Silver Watch NOW H-K. solid whlta beW pureed rlnr. set with beautiful pure white diamonds, M xm 54 WS27 515.00 Indestructible &LACES 59r H inch lenv k Cf & in)A .. j elttp New llenjtlfm color J5 MK.SelidWhite stelil W rlt Wntcb, 10-JeTTel-rd movement, fnncy enurnveil CltHO. JNew ($X!$y XyC All. CC rsts t. - M VVVIk 'WMwiMHln je 20 year euaranteed Keia-uuea round-wrist "int. n tzznSi ur,rx SILVERWARE AT PRICE $10.00 CHEST OF ROGERS SILVERWARE, 26 PIECES mmtrumurumtllt .... -:rt-rxrT tn nil 1 .14HU4J1.5IB- 5 This chest n n tains it pieces nf pen nine KOGUHH elherware as fellows 6 k n t v if, 0 ferkp, I soup seup soup tipeons 6 tea tea tea ppoens, 1 su Kr shell and 1 butter knife Other cheats of sllvernr from JUOO t n f.VIU 00. NOW S7.B0 te S.,'30.00, MAIUET ST.rAiP MARKET ST.8 tN. W. Cor. 8TH & CHESTNUT Ahh xiiuiju sxenijs evtsti JsVJJNiNaa UNXiii ejihKjmas MB STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER 1ERE is a great general Stere that has gained and retained the confidence of the public through mere than hail a century 01 conscientious ejCiiwAv,. At this time of each year it is turned into a big, bright CHRISTMAS STORE, whole-heartedly co-operating with me in the delightful task of malting people happy. Everybody likes te receive gifts that come from Strawbridge & Clethier'sand I am always sure of geed value for every dollar spent here. SANTA CLAUS Regardless of Weather Outside Santa Claus' Land is Always Bright and Gay Santa Claus' glittering, bewildering de main in the Strawbridge & Clothier Stere can be easily readied by all car lines connecting with the Market Street Subway or sur face systems. The air in Santa Claus' land is always fresh and pure. Santa Claus' helpers understand children that is why Santa selected them. There are thousands of delightful playthings te see and, of course, there's lovable old Santa Claus himself, with AN INTERESTING PICTURE BOOK te give each of his little visitors. Santa Claus is at home from 9 A. M. te 5.30 P. M. se parents who wish te avoid large crowds can bring the children as early as they wish. Suggestions Teddy Bears $1.00 te $U.50 Bunny Rabbits $1.50 'te $3.50. China Tea Sets $1.50. Dressed Dells 50c up. Climbing Monkeys 50c. Values in Women's Dresses Seem Almest Incredible If anjxme had told us last year that such Dresses as these would be obtainable this year at these low prices, we would have thought that optimism had gotten the better of reason. But here they art Superbly Tailored Tricetine, Peiret Twill Duvet de Laine and Pine Serge Dresses Special at $20.00 and $25.00 Remarkably smart Ceat Dresses. Straight-line models of the utmost simplicity. Panel Dresses with rather a dress-un air te them, and circular-skirt models that are very slenderizing te the full figure. Embroidered, braided in seutache, or trimmed with novelty or tailored flat silk braids. Navy, brown and blnck. Weel Jersey Dresses, $12.75 te $20.00 Panel, tunic and straight-line models pf very fine jersey. Long Leng waisted or with the normal waist-line tailored and embroidered. Black, navy, brown and beaver. StrawbrldBe . Clet'.iler Second noer, Market Street Of Interest t Bevs'.Parents c a St te Beys' Mackinaws, $11.75 Of all-wool blanket cloth, with large side and muff pockets. Sizes 8 te 10 years. Wonderful value at the price $11.75. Suits With Extra Trousers- $11. 75 Handsome new Suits, of all-wool fabrics, well-tailored in styles most becoming te boys of 8 te 10 years. Twe pairs of knicker bockers te each Suit. Exceptional at $11.75. Beys' Black Rubber Raincoats, $3.75 and $5 Excellent Chri&tmas gifts for boys of ( te 1G years. x.. strnwbrldse &. Clothier Stcend Tloer. Kast Beys' Percale Blouses, 65c SPECIAL VALUE. Blouse Waists of fancy striped percale, made with the popular attach ed soft cellar G5c. Blouse Waists One-third Under Price $1.00 Of weven-stripe madras and cheviot all with attached soft cellar. Pajamas new $1.50 Werth one-third mere. Two Twe piece style of plain-color cotton pongee. Straw hrlila i. flelhliT Second l'loer. I-ast Beys' Warm Gloves, $1.35 VELOUR GAUNTLETS geed nnd warm with fleece lining. Sizes 8 te 14 years. Very geed value and n prac tical gift. Straw brlik'e & Clothier Alule U Market Street Beys' Sweaters Special, $4.50 A timely special purchase of Shaker-weave Sweaters in the popular pull-ever, V-neck style. Geed and warm nnd handsome. Special value, of course, at $1.50. Stranbiidee & Clothier IZnat store, Uluhth Mrvet Beys' Winter Turbans, $2.15 The geed, warm kind that can be turned down ever the ears. Made of chinchilla, overceatings nnd blanket cloth. WORTH OVER ONE-HALF MORE. Sizes Gi te 7H $2.15. Cleth Cap with inside bnnd 70c Less than half the regular retail price. Wtruwbrlilife & Clothier tJt'cend l'loer, rilhiTt Kttreet. i:m 1600 New Silk Waists at Special Prices for Christmas Three groups of new Silk Waists, fresh as the morning and smart in every detail the kind of Waists you'll like te give. Semi-tailored Pongee Blouses at $2.50 Five hundred: Tuxedo cellars or cress-tucked Peter-Pan col cel lars. Seme with Peter-Pan cellar and trimmed with plaiting. Smart Medels in Pongee Blouses at $3.00 Five hundred in the let. Tailored and semi-tailored tucked, plaited, vest and plain-tailored styles. All kinds of cellars, s-eme trimmed with drawn-work, filet lace or narrow plaitings. Peter-Pan Crepe de Chine Blouses, $3.75 White and flesh. Tucked, trimmed with French loops or nar row plaiting. One model with roll cellar is attractively stitched in silk. Six hundred in the let. $- htrawhrldse & Clothier Stiend Tloer: Centre Player-PianeMusic Te Tell of Christmas Jey Chnpel Chimes, 85c; Christmas Chimes, 75c; Trinity Chimes, 75c; Vesper Chimes, $1.00; Silent Night (word roll), 00c; Adeste Fideles (word roll), 90c; It Came Upen the Midnight Clear (word roll), 90c; Christmas Spe cial, 85c; Christmas Hymns (word roll), $1.25; Around the Christmas Tree, $1.10; A Christ mas Story (word roll), $1.50; The Coining of. Santa Claus (word roll), $1.50; Silver Sleigh Bells, 75c; Winter Chimes, Medley, 75c; Mether Geese Rhymes (word roll), $1.25. Strawbrldce k Clothier Tlfth F.oer. West New Royal Wilten Rugs Grades similar te these al ready in our stock at reduced prices marked at levels thus established, and therefeie, afford ing unusual opportunities for the thrifty home furnisher. Werthy of particular mention are the extra-large sizes, at such attrac tive prices as Rugs, 9x15 $110 and $120 Rugs, 11.3x12 $115 and $120 Rugs, 11.3x13 S130 and $150 ALSO A FIXE LOT OF Royal Wilten, 5).12 $63.50 AXMINSTER RUGS, 11.3x12 $53.50 and $58.50. Fourth Fleer West A Pretty Gift is All-Weel Challis Special at $1.00 A length for a child's dress, a woman's in-doers frock or n cozy lounging robe. These are all new designs, and saying $1.00 n yard gives no idea of the lovely, fine, soft quality. Width, 27 inches. Strawbrldun & Clothier Ala e 7 Centre Fine Weel Jersey Undergarments PANTALETS black wool jer sey trimmed with satin $3.95. BLOOMERS in knee-length, of black wool jersey $2.85. PETTICOATS of wool jersey in colors, plaited flounce of messaline $3.95. Straw hr'dui A Clothier Second Fleer i i-ntre A est Linens Decorative and Useful 'Linens, Embroidered and Scalloped in White Oval Doilies, Gxl2 inches, 50e each; 18x27, $2.S5. Scarfs, 18x36, $3.50; 18x15, $1.25, and 18x54, $5.00. Rund Lunch Cleths, 45-inch, $9.00, and 54-inch $11.00. Linens. Embroidered and Scalloped in Blue Oval Doilies, Gxl2 inches, 35c each; 10x15, 75c; 12x18, 85c; 18x 27, $1.50. Scarfs, 18x36, $2.00; 18x15, $2.25, nnd 18x54, S2.60 each. Round Lunch uetns, ae-incn, $z.7t; le-inch, $3.50; 54-inch $6.00. -. Strawbrldee & Clothier Aisle XI, Centr Yeung Girls Just Adore Pretty Frecks for Gifts And it will add te their Christmas pleasure -if they can have them in time for all the prc-Christmas social activities. Intermediate Girls' Levely Velveteen Dresses, $15.00 te $29.50 With wool embroidery, colored stitching nnd beading, silk sashes and cord belts. Navy, brown and black. Sizes 12 te 16 years. Medel sketched, $16.50. Intermediate Girls' Silk Party Dresses, $19.50 te $29.50 Taffetas, trimmed with ribbon flowers; crepe de chine with plaited ruffles; crepe Georgette trimmed with self quillings. Levely light shades. Sizes 10 te 1G years. Girls' Checked and Plaid Gingham Dresses, $2.00 te $3.75 White pique or organdie cellars trimmed with colors. Sizes 6 te 12 years. Girls' Pidgie Pantie and Bleemer Dresses. $3.00 te $7.50 Plain chambray, checked gingham, percale and printed satine. Sizes 6, 8 nnd 10 years. Girls' Rubberized Raincoat with Hat i A Special Holiday Price $7.50 Oi rubbenzed Canten m navy and tap, made in belted, raglan sleeve style with pockets. Sizes 6 te 16 years. EACH IN A CHRISTMAS BOX. ' i- Struwbrldee Clothier- f.eiend Floei, Market Street Strawbridge & Clothier MARKET STREET EIGHTH PfTRET FILBERT STREET STREET Jt Dell Strollers and Coaches $3.25 up. Funny-face Blocks $1.00. Woolly Lambs $2.50 up. A. B. C. Blocks 25c up. Swinging Horses $6.00 up. Mechanical Trains $2.00 up. Teams with Wagen $5.00 up. -- StrawbrldBe Clothier Fourth Fleer Women's Under-Priced Coats Ge as Fast as We Get Them Sales of Weman's Cents have broken all records the news of the temnrkable values hns spread far and wide. Fine, Handsome, Seft, Warm Coats, $25.00 The smart three-quarter-length Coats, of soft, warm cloaking in a medium shade of brown; attractively belted and full silk-lined. Plain-tailored Belivia Coats at $35.00 Beautifully tailored model, full-belted, with well-fitting cellar tha,t closes up well at the threat. Full silk-lined. High-grade Fur-Cellar Coats at $55.00 Elegant materials in rich dark tones, silk-lined throughout, and with dee cellars of Australian opossum, dyed wolf and nutria. y Strawbrldee & Clothier Second Fleer. Centre Did the season's first snow catch you with that new Winter Over coat still unbeught? If se, here is your opportunity. X iilKr ft I 'ik IVj Jy I ' 1 0 7 j ,,Jr. II Fl fl- f -I". ftTT. A m Twe Fine Groans nf Men's and jv Yeung Men's Winter Overcoats $24.50 and $31.50 Handsome warm Ulster and Ulsterettes, displaying many new style touches in the way of plaits, belts, pockets and ether fashion essentials. Tailored with painstaking care of fleecy, plaid-back fabrics. They are Overcoats for critical men, and these prices are notably low $24.50 and $31.50. Chesterfield Overcoats $.'2.50, $15.00, $(55.0U, $78.00 At $7s.00 Chesterfields of the tine Crombie Montagnac. r y MiuwtiridRn & Ci. thler Hi.end Fleur Kat Men's Neckties $1.00 and $1.50 Whoever wishes te select Four-in-hands at these two prices may cheese from three whole show-cases full. Hun dreds of different pattern1! every one of which is correct in style and coloring. The best te be had at the prices $1.00 ami $1.50. '.iumIu ni, A. i I. thli r A. I.- I V arl.'t Streit Men's Shirts Special $1.50 A new shipment and the last te be hnd at this special price. They are of corded madras and heavy, closely woven percale. Made by one of our be.st sup pliers which insures comfort able fit and extreme durability. This let will go quickly. Therc Therc fere.early selection is advisable. Kant Mure Llchth Street Men's "McGregor" Caps Just Arrived from Londen, $3.00 This new shipment includes the decidedly smart new eight S?4f3.0y0.I,nt,"h nPOrUmn- Th ,and,ome f"brICS Veldur Hats from Czechoslovakia, $12.45 a. , u 1"n kr? t Hilt" se,tl for dnublc th's Price last year. Made by A. Pesehel thu fon.mesr .inm,f - .1.... r ' !!l! I? ?T Continental siyles. Black, and two brewns-IIavimT "" 'u. jfc -r- otrawurieeo ft Clelliler- Hecend Keer, Market Otreet, Kait 'n V, I nmw WJUUt m m m m IH'i mn M n i i m M' m 1 1 if m m m mu $,m IJ 3,1 u i Se is m t"i 1 m !i: vt SU' A V-1 )
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