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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JAN U All Y mt
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SEEKS HER SISTER.
HISSING 40 YEARS
Mrs. Robekah Dougherty, Earp
Street, Appeals te Police
for Aid
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SEPARATED WHEN CHILDREN
In Hip mind of Mrs. Itflbefcnh Dough
rty, 30.1 Harp street, tlicre 1m n mem
ory," v;iriie perhaps, but there, of n
Ulster Mary, whom she linn net been
for mere than forty yearn.
"Mrs. Dougherty hnH npnenleil te Su
perintendent of l'ollee Mills te aid her
In the search. As fnr back as 18S0
Mrs. Dougherty, who was then Kcbcknli
Barnes, was placed In n home with
nother sister, Martha, and Mary, then
J car old, was taken In by the 1'hlla
rfclnblu Hospital.
"IMp mother told us," said Mrs.
Dougherty, "that &hc and my father
were going te the. country te work and
Wreuld return for us. Mnrtha was
adopted, and about two years age I
learned thnt mho hed died.
"My parents took me from the home
eftcr several years, nnd we lived at
Frent and Pine streets. Mary waf
ndepted by n family named Turner.
Mr. Turner wns employed by the
J-Cctchnm's Dye Heuse, which was at
Chariet tn nnd Thompson sheets. Turn,
tfrs lived en Clmrletta street, which I
clleve Is new known ns Orlanna street.
"One day when she wns about two
1'cnrs old they brought her te sen us te
I5y fed-by, as they were moving te
California. I can remember her be
Mill, although I was only about six, ns
fhe toddled nbeut uncrtnlnly, catch
flg onto chairs for support.
"Since then I hnve heard nothing of
licr. I hnvc tried te locate the Turn
w, but no ene in their neighborhood
remembers them or anything connected
with them. I huve n family of my own
nnd have been kept pretty, busy with
tJiem, but they ure elder new, de net
need se much nttentlen nnd I have mere
time te myself.
'And se I nm going te de everything
within my power te locate my sister.
I only hepe thnt some ene she knows,
r Mary herself, will sce In the papers
Jliat I nm trying te find her J forty years
ill a long while, you knew, te be bepa
I'ntcd from one s own flpsh and bleed."
CHILDREN GIVEN PARTY
Travelers' Protective Asaocaltlen
Hest at Annual Affair
The annual Christmas party given te
rhlldren by the Travelers' Protective
Association took place yesterday after
noon at T. .P. A. headquarters, 1212
Walnut street.
The repm in which the party wns
liven heunfd a large Christmas tree en
which were myriads of lights that sent
their cheerful glow ever the happy faces
uf the little ones, clustered nreund the
room,
Ktch child was given Ice cream and
lake, two boxes of candy, n chocolate
ikyreckct, a souvenir ring and a rooster
balloon. William Oerhab, known te
the children as "Uncle Blllie," pre
vented each child a shining new quarter
that he might start the New Year
light.
William H. Delany, chairman of the
committee, provided music and vaude
ville for entertainment.
POLICE INQUIRY TO OPEN
Special Committee en Frankford
Held-Up te Sit Tomorrow
Director Cortclyeu announced to
day that the Special Police Beard
Committee will meet tomorrow at 1:110
o'clock. It will Investigate pelice ofll efll
I'ials or pntrelmcn ns te whether they
were negligent in their duties in their
failure te prevent the Moerchousc hold
up. .S'erman McLced nnd Emil P. Al
brccht, who were appointed en the
remmlttee along with Assistant Director
Tempest. Andrew V. Jelly, captain of
Hie Third Police District, nnd Harry L.
Shultz, captain of the trafllc division,
yesterday informed Director Cortclyeu
of their willingness te serve.
Mayer Moero instructed Director
Cortelyou te appoint a committee of two
eititens and two police officials with
Assistant Director Tempest following
the holding up and sheeting of Uehcrt
T. Moerehoute, n Frankford mill ewner,
by meter bandits and the stealing of
the Hrm's payroll in bread daylight.
BAPTISTS PLAN CONFERENCE
Speakers te Emphasize Need of De
veloping Educational Werk
Prominent Baptists will arrive In
this city from all parts of the country
during the nwt few days te attend the
Baptist Church Workers' Training In
"titute, which begins Its sessions next
Monday in the Baptist Temple, Bread
nd Berks streets.
The Instltute will be conducted under
he auspices of the American Bajptlst
Publication Society, the Baptist Union
of Philadelphia and Vicinity nnd the
Ueard of Promotion. It will bring to te
Kethcr many of the leading members of
the denomination.
Among tne speakers will I the nev
humner B. Vinten, of New Yerk ; Mrn'
William II. Farmer, Mentclnlr, X. J.
llie Rev. II. F. Rtilwell, Cleveland; the
iJ.T Jraue Gl Mntthews, professor of
Old Testament literature nt Crnr
Seminary; the Hev. A. B. Peltv, New
Yerk; the Iter. J. Fester Wilcox, New
Yerk.
DR. K00 TO ADDRESS FORUM
Khl Bnrrymere and Augustus
Themas Slated for Tomorrow
Dr. Wellington TCoe, Chinese Minis
!?r J? (irent Britain and u member of
Hie Chinese delegation te. the Confercnce
In Washington, will address the l'hll
jdelphla Forum In the Academy of
Music, Jrldny afternoon. He will dis
cub matters of pertinent Interest con-
r?r?lnF yie relnt'ens c' China and the
united States.
Ethel narrymerc and AuruHuh
Themas, the nlaiwnelit. uili ......
lornerrow afternoon, while the public-
iiuui iveicm, Willi ) (ICIPCtS, Will be
discussed Thursdiij nftprnoen. Anions
tb snenlters will be. Aithur 13. Morgan
KSff ewm?f A."tlech ,.9!I,,C' Oh'"'
Prof. William Lyens Phelps, of Yale
University, will give the sixth of his
if t , lecturcs "What There 1
ncti j iii nm ijioie,-' j'Yiday night.
TWO STORES BURNED
Water Freezes and Beth Buildings
Soe" .re Enveloped In Ice
Twe a,? poeds esubllKhmejtn were
itrerd by llre early tiuliij i-ri
started en the tirHt llepr of the i iniiu
farturing, wholrmle and retail nm- nf
PharleR Blum, (107 Smith Fifth nn-ei
n Ihire-ery building. The lluuies
prad rapidly te nil llenrn. Ilium, wl0
ipu iiti-n in ji'v Miiiming, huu ins fniu-
l.i. iTHK iiariiv ni inn llllie,
A ll'hlll.-ktnl'rt hi ri'M.I..
lrAr ritl bnir mount nvnn.m ... n..i
fWfc eEjiit blasr?. At both llrw water
-,'kiird intn Uie naming InllldlBgs frew
M lielli, hlcueureH e 1 sei)i covered
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STORE CLOSED
ALL DAY TODAY
WANAMAKER'S
DOWN STAIRS STORE
WANAMAKER'S
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Very Lew Prices for the Right Sert of Quality
That's This Sale of White in Wanamaker's Down Stairs Stere
NOT a story of general price breaking after the long war period. Net all sort? of odds and ends from
a hurry-scurry market. Instead a sale of brand-new fresh merchandise from fifty of our regular
manufacturers. Quietly made, full-size, full quality garments at prices lowered for this half yearly
sale, because of our large business dealings throughout the year.
In addition we have taken from our own selected, regular stocks' several thousand dollars' worth of
hand-made cotton underclothes, fancy silk underclothes and several standard makes of fine corsets and
marked prices down a third and a half.
Every table en the Central Aisle, nearly every table en the Thirteenth Street Aisle and he regular
sections of underclothes, house dresses, blouses, corsets, linens and muslins and infants' clothes, will be
given ever te this important half-yearly sale.
New American Cotten Underclothes
Specially Priced, 25c te $2
50c for envelope chemises with hand-embroidery or colored stitch-
-x 5n-
75c for trade-marked pink crepe bloomers the better kind.
85c for envelope chemises with straps or built-up shoulders.
85c for chemises of the better kind of crope with hemstitching.
85c for white petticoats long ones with geed embroidery flounces
and underlays.
$1 for bloomers of fine self-striped sateen.
$1 for nightgowns; a collection of quite the most fetching ones
in a long time.
$1 for chemises of a new kind of crepe with confetti-colored
squares of violet and blue.
$1.50 each, $3 a set, for bloomers and straight chemises trimmed
charmingly with blue or pink checks.
$2 for nighties with checked trimming nnd sash.
$2 for nightgowns with hand-made filet lace back and front and
en the sleeves.
, (Central)
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$2
50c
$1.50
$1
50c
25c for better bloomers than ene ever expected te get at se little
pink cotton ones, properly cut, clastic at waist and knees!
50c for corset covers of extra soft, close material with either
lace or embroidery and pretty satin ribbon.
50c for pink or white nightgowns with colored stitching or hand
embroidery.
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$16.50 $15 $55 $39 $42.50
Perte Rican tland-Made
Underclothes Half Price
New 75c te $2.25
Quite a large let of geed nainsoek nightgowns new marked
down te $1.25, $1.50, $2 nnd $2.25.
Envelope chemises new down te $1, $1.25 nnd $2.
Straight chemises new 75c and $1.50.
Hand-mnde, hand-hemstitched and embroidered. Net all sizes
in each style. Seme show marks of handling. All of them are
exactly half last week's prices.
(Central)
Silk Underclothes Frem Our
O we Stocks Marked Down
a Thirds
Levely chemises and gowns dainty enough for trousseaux and
Southern wardrobes. Medels te be discontinued. Net all sizes in
any ene style and occasionally some garment in the let will show
marks of handling. Among them are orchid, flesh, white and light
blue. Beth crepe de chine nnd radium included.
New prices are new $5, $6.50, $8, $8.90, $11.
Odd Silk Petticoats Half Price
$3.75 te $7.50
dust a few white and flesh pink underskirts in tailored and lacy
styles. All show marks of handling, but most women will feel they
are worth having laundered at such large savings.
White Sale Waists
$1 te $4.50
Voile Waists, $1
Sheer soft voile waists with be
coming cellars edged with imita
tion filet lace. Decidedly better
than usual at a dollar. Sizes 36
te 44.
"Peter Pan" Waists
$1.65
Crisp new white dimity blouses
which young women will like.
Similar waists have roll cellars in
the same special group. Narrow
pleating edges the central band.
Pictured.
Sample Waists, $2.25
Twenty-one styles! One te
eight waists of a kind. Plenty of
lovely ones. Beautiful lacy frills.
Touches of real filet lace. Hand
embroidered dots. Seme with
hand-made crochet lacc3. All are
of imported voile marked for the
White Sale a third te half less
than the standard prices. Sizes
mostly 36 te 38. One pictured.
Extra-Size Waists
$2.50
Sizes 46 te 54 in imported voile
waists made up with all sorts of
fine left-ever laces, including real
filet.
$1.65
$2.25
Waists
$3.25 te $4.50
Leng sleeve shirtwaists te wear
with ene-pieca frocks and Spring
suits. All of fine imported voile
reated in early Spring styles and
quite delightful. Many have par
ticularly pretty laces.
Odd Silk Waists
Repriced $1.90
One and two of a kind, some
what soiled by display or crum
pled by handling. Crepe de chine,
striped tub silk, Georgette, net
and lace and fiber silk tricelcttc.
Broken size assortments.
(Market)
New Silk Underclothes, 85c te $3.85
t
a dark Reman-striped satin camisole in
one flesh-pink satin camisole with
Discontinued Medels of Three
Nationally Advertised
Corsets
New a Third Less
$2.25 te $10
Seme perfectly fresh out of the boxes, ethers
with very slight signs of handlin'. Medels for
large, medium and slender figure .. All sorts of
beautiful material and trimming. FTent nnd back
lacing. Mnny of these corsets are already laced.
They will be shown in the Corset Salen, nnd our
experienced cerpi of fitters will be glad te help
you find the right model for your figure. Fitting,
of course, is a purt of our service and is without
additional charge.
Specially Purchased Corsets,
75c, $1, $1.50, $1.65, $2,
$2.25, $3
New popular models for women of all types
of figure. Made of substantial materials and
mostly with free hip spnee and low tops. Most
people will cheese two or three pairs te last until
the next Ua( Yearly Sale of White.
Brassieres and .Bandeaux
35c, 50c, 75c, $1
Sizes 32 te 48 in pink or white bandeaux
at 35c.
Sizes 84 te 46 in bandeaux of silk and cotton,
mercerized ptten, net and lacy affairs at 60c. ;
' SizeK 32vte 48 in brassieres of heavy lace at $1,
Who would ever imagine
black, brown or blue at 85c?
Who would net want at least
several rows of lace at 85c?
What young girl of many dance frocks but will want te tit herself
out with the lacy, colorful, bewildering attractive silk camisoles at $1?
Tailored envelope crepe de chine chemises a geed deal better than
usual are in silver, flesh, white and bisque at $2.
Lacy envelope chemises of crepe de chine in light blue, orchid, honey
dew and -flesh are "different" at $2.25.
Excellent bloomers of pink satin or crepe de chine, full cut, carefully
finished, are $2.50.
Silk chemises are of radium or crepe de chine quite elaborated lace
trimmed at $3 and $8.50.
Nightgowns of crepe de chine in tailored or lace-trimmed styles with
straps or built-up shoulders are remarkable at $3.85.
New Silk Knickers, Petticoats, Princess Slips
at New Lew Prices
Knickers of black, dark blue or brown jersey silk with elastic at knee and waist
and hemstitched ruflles, as geed as our usual quality at :. third mere, are new $2.50.
Silk petticoats with durable jersey tops and satin flounces in black, brown, green
and blue are a dollar less at $2.85.
Princess slips, se nice te wear under dark dresses, are of satin or radium in dark
blue or Sorrento, new less than half the original price at $3.85.
lOntral)
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The Children White Sale
Includes Drawers at 25c
Drawer Bodies at 35c
Just 1200 pan of drawers at 25c in sizes 2 te 10 years. Geed muslin, nicelv made.
inucu cneaper inan usual mat motner'j win tufce them by the hnlf dozen.
Drawer bodies nt 05c have taped buttons and the reinforcements that add
10 me uuraeiiiiy. sizes up te l- years
Other Children's Underclothes
50c te $2.25
60c for drawers with hemstitched or embroidery
ruflles; siscs up te 12 years.
55c for drawers with lace ruflles, sizes up te 12
years.
Gertrude petticoats of geed cotton, sizes up te 3
years, first let since the last White Sale. 50e te
$2.25 for better qualities.
60c for white sateen bloomers, sizes up te 14;
better qualities, 75c, $1.25.
75c for nightgowns of soft sheer material with
dniny lace edges nnd ribbon and short sleeves,
sires up te 10 years. Better qualities, SI, 31.25.
Sl'.BO for) nightgowns with lace and ribbon In
sjzes up te 16 years. i
add se much
Sheets,85cte$1.35
Seamless muslin sheeta,
76x90 inches before hemming,
at $1,
Seamed sheets, 76x90 or 81x
90, at 85c.
Better quality muslin in 81x
90 sheets at 51.25, and 81x09
sheets at $1.35.
Pillow Cases,
20c te 45c
Pillow cases of plain muslin,
20c and 25c.
Pillow cases of fine musl' j I
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868 Fine New Coats
In a Sale Starting at
$15 for Fur- Trimmed
Velour Coats
Every Ceat Silk Lined Every Ceat Specially Priced Many Marked a Third Less
IMAGINE that! $15 for a warm velour coat, lined throughout with plain-color
silk and topped with a pretty cellar of beaverette fur. Loese-back and belted
models in navv and brown.
Cut-Belivia Coats $16.50
This beautiful glistening material makes delightful coats. They have a
threw scarf and loose sleeves, button trimmed. In nsivy blue with silk linings.
Nutria Cellars en Coats Coats
at $27.50 Without Fur, $29
Most unusual te find this fur at this price. .
Black or navy Belivia coats without fur also
$27.50.
beautiful model in fine chameibtvnc, inter
lined and warmly lined with silk. A belted
model with a threw henrf, navy and brown.
Wonderful Values at
$39 $42.50 $50 $55
Many Sample Coats
Normandie coats with cellars of nutria or wolf, $39.
Belivia coats with cellars of mole or Australian opossum, $3'J.
Belivia coats with big shawl cellars of raccoon, $42.50.
Large wolf cellars en Normandie coats at $42.50.
Very handsome cellars of Australian opossum en coats and wraps at $42.50.
Coats with squirrel cellars at $50 and $55.
Gelden beaver cellars, dyed squirrel and wolf en coats, at $55.
The finest and most fashionable coating materials are used te make the coats
in this group. There are blouse backs embroidered, wraps, belted coats and coats
with wide sleeves. All arc lined with plain-color silk, or crepe. Navy, black, Sor
rento, brown and cinnamon are the color s. Sizes 16 te 44 in the group, but net all
sizes in every style.
i Murkpl
$8.65 $85 $7.50 $7.50 $6.25 $10.75
A New Dress for the New Year!
$5.85
Naiy blue tncutinc.
Invisible plaid broadcloth in
reindeer, Copenhagen, nav or
brown.
Velour and wool cnpe
dressus in navy or blown.
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Navy, brown, maheganj and
reindeer broadcloth drcsse.s
embroidered with ge'd and lln
ished with metal girdles.
Straight-line velour dresses
piped with narrow silk fringe
in tan, jade, Copenhagen or
henna.
A number of interesting blue
tricetincs.
$7.50
A group of sample velveteen
dresses, some trimmed with
cire braid.
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Brown tncetine drcsse witn
tlewmg slcii'S and cellar om em om
breidered with wool.
Naw iru'eiuit drebey m
mere than a half dozen model .
$8.65
Na, or brown ut u.ie
li'cnt-s, some with embroidery
almost covering both bodice
and skirt.
The sleeves and the stdus of
the skirts of ethers -ire embroidered.
oel crepe dresses m
and brown are braided.
Trirotine dresses
brenze beads.
Velour dresses are er
ercdj' bcade
navy
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$9.35 and $10.75
Uund - nubreidi "I'd wool
1'iepi' drosMes.
Tricetine in mum ni" moil
p' Crept de I'llinp dre.i i With
lac medallions en the skirts
and sle 'es.
I'repi- ilc i lime dresses, With
pleated insets of red, jade or
Copenhagen erepe.
$15 and $16.50
Canten eiepe dresxeu in
light and dark ioIeih.
Tricetine and I'eirct twill
dresseb in uUeicMing tailored
styles, some handiiemelv cm cm
breideied, some trimmed with
moire ribbon.
Brocaded velveteen drenses
combined with charmeuHc.
Taffeta dresses with an air
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