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BVBNIN0 FUBL10 iLBDaMIPHII;AXBLFEIIA, MONDAY, JA3XUABX 2, 1922
Reduction, Clearance and Quick Turnover thj
Slogan of Strawbridge & Clothier's January Sal
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TO-MORROW, Tuesday, the new and different and extraordinary January Sales begin 1 We change our Inventory time from January 1st te February 1st, and shall reduce our
stocks fcy clearance and reductions te the lowest point before the later date. Besides, we have given our buyers greater freedom te make purchases and te go into the market for close
out lines and special lets for quick turnover at small profit. We have taken every advantage of this Stere's prestige te procure choice merchandise at bed-rock prices.
Nearly 5000 Women's Dresses
Bought for. the January Sale
The most remarkable special purchases in all our long business experience thou
sands of Dresses of the most desirable kinds, right en the crest of Fashion, purchased te
sell at the height of winter at prices you would expect te pay for accumulated odds and
ends about two months from new. Included is a remarkable
Special Purchase
of Four Hundred
Dresses
Of Peiret Twill
and Weel Jersey
$15.p0
New spring models,
great variety of them four,
selected at random, are
shown in the sketches. Tric Tric Tric
otine in black and navy, em
broidered in self and con
trasting color or trimmed
with black braids, Jersey in
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The smartest models of the
seaseny and in sizes 36 te 46,
New Peiret Twill Dresses
And Canten Crepe Dresses
POIRET TWILL DRESSES in black, navy and brown all new spring models, in straight-line
and circular-skirt styles, with smart, distinctive new trimmings. All sizes from 36 te 46.
CANTON CREPE DRESSES in black, navy and brown a Jew-waisted model, plaited and braid
trimmed, and finished with a wide girdle with sash ends.
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High-grade Cleth Dresses
New "$37.50 te $100.00
Clearances from our regular stock of Cleth
Dresses duvctine, tricetinc, Peiret twill, pique
tine and triceflne. Black and colors. Many hand
some models.
Silk Afternoon Dresses
New $50.00 te $125.00
Out entire remaining stock of Silk Afternoon
Dresses crepe Georgette, Canten crepe and Rosh Resh
'anara crepe, in geed shades and excellent styles.
3-- Strawbrldrs Clethlei Second Fleer, Marhet Strttt
8000 Women's Waists
Eight thousand new Blouses, fresh as the day, also . some
wonderfully fine leta from our regular stock at cloarance prices
some are remainders of special purchases at still lower prices!
Smart Tailored Voile and Dimity Blouses
Extraordinary at $1.50, $2.00 and $2.25
Peter-Pan medels of plaid voile and dimity, $1.50. Others
efBimity in Peter-Pan and Tuxedo styles, $2.00 and $2.25.
Perte Rican Hand-made White Batiste
Blouses, $2.95, $3.50, $3.95 and $4.95
Every stitch hamUmade, and all the trimming done, by hand,
many trimmed with line filet and Irish crochet lace's. Vest effects
and tucked medels among them.
Tailored Pongee Waists, special at $3.00
Tailored models, Peter-Pan, convertible or Tuxedo cellars.
Mignonette Over-Blouses, special at $3.95
Light and dark shades, embroidered In color or trimmed with
flat braid or narrow tape fringe.
1500 Levely Crepe de Chine
Blouses and Over-Blouses
$3.75 $5.00 $5.75
Over-Blouses in canna, Getham, hencydew, Dutch blue, geld
and navy blue. Tailored Tuck-in Blouses in flesh and white.
Striped and Plaid Silk Waists $3.95
Dark, rich colorings. Convertible cellar and long Rlccvcs.
s ts5 i Strawbridn. A Clothier Second rioer, Centr
Heralding the Greatest January
Sale of Muslin Underwear
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The January Sale of
Beys' Clothing
Brings Forward Many New Attractions
Large special purchases consummated especially for the Janu
ary Sale, are new beginning te arrive and take their place along along
Bide the many remarkable' undcr-pricc lets already available in this
great winter event. Among the outstanding value groups
Cheviot Suits with Extra Trousers, $10.25
Mohair-lined Ceat3, with 2 pairs of full-lined Knickerbocker
Trousers. Sizes 7 te 18 years.
500 Beys' Wash Suits, Special, $1.95
Special purchase of attractive new Wash Suits, for boys 3 te
8 ycais.
Blanket Cleth Mackinaws $9.75
Warm, comfortable garments for boys of 8 te 17 ears.
5-"-- Strawbridse t C'eililer S'rend fleer Illbrt Strrt halt
The eagerly awaited Sale of Muslin Under
garments will begin te-morrow, with values that
surpass all former sales. Thousands of fresh
new garments purchased specially in the Sale, at
extraordinary savings.
PLANNED TO BE OP THE GREATEST
SERVICE TO ALL WOMEN. Beth Silk and
Cotten Underwear is included, in regular and
extra sizes. The simplest of plain, very inexpen
sive styles and fine, exquisitely trimmed models
the bride will select for her treuBseau.
AGAIN, AT 50c, a woman will find Cotten
Envelope Chemises, Night Gowns, Drawers,
Corset Cevers and Short Petticoats, and en up te
as much as she desires te pay assured that every
garment is the best value obtainable.
NOTE THESE SPECIAL LOTS
500 Marcella Undergarments One-third Under Price
A sample line of these well-known Undergarments at this notable reduction.
Night GewnB, Envelope Chemises, Combinations, Corset Cevers and Drawers
1200 Night Gowns
Special at $1.65
Really wenderful value, for
these are of "Fruit-of-tho-Leom"
muslin, made with
square, surplice or high neck
and full-length slceves. Em
broidery trimmed.
Envelope Chemises
Special at $1.00
A special purchase of 300 of
these sturdy Chemises of
"Fruit-of - the - Leem" muslin.
Trimmed with hemstitching and
ribbon-run casing. Werth one
half mere.
Silk Night Gowns
Special at $3.95
Rare value at this Sale prlca,
for they are of satin or crop de
chine in many styles, soma
tailored, ethers beautifully,
trimmcu witn lace. under
price.
35 . Strnwbrldr Jfc Clethl.r Third FIiw, "Wirt.
Philippine Hand-Embroidered
Underwear
-AT EXTRAORDINARY SAVINGS
Night Gowns $1.95 te $6.50 Straight Chemises $1.85 te $3.50
Envelope Chemises $1.95, $2.95, $3.95, $5.00 and $6.50
5A . Strawbrlde Clethl.r French Baten, Third Fleer, Wit
Starting 1922 With a Great Sale of Silk
Average Reductions About One-third
ThlB means that the January Sale prices, in some instances are about half the prices for which the same grades
will sell later en, as all of these Silks thousands and thousands of yards were bought before the recent advance in
raw silk. These are all Silks from our regular manufacturers the geed, dependable kinds which people have learned
te expect tb find here whatever the occasion. Excellent assortments, all weaves and weights, and many single pieces
and short lines, net mentioned here, at extraordinary reductions.
Printed Georgette new $1.65 '
Ge6A shades and designs; 40 inches wide. )
Brocaded Silks $4.00 te $5.00
Brocaded Crepes and Satins. Black,
white, bine and taupe; 40 inches wide.
Chiffen Velvet new $5.95
Black and Colored Velvets; 40-inch.
Fine Velveteen new $2.00
FastTlle and color; 27 inches wide.
Foulards new $2.50 and $3.00
High-grade Foulards in oxclushe de
signs; 40 inches wide. Wenderful values.
New 1922 Foulards new $1.85
New 1022 patterns; 30 inches wide.
Satin-face Crepe new $2.65
Tan, gray, taupe, marine, Copenhagen
blue, jade, henna, brown, navy, -blue and
black; 40 inches wide.
Shirting Silks new $2.00
Broadcloth, radium, crepe de chine and
white Jersey. Widths 32 and 30 inches.
Brocaded Peplin new $2.85
PeniUces, Brocaded Silk Peplin, in navy,
brown, black, tan and gray; 40 inches wide
Fine Charmcusc new $2.85
Black and nil geed dress and speits
shades; 40 inches wide.
Satin Imperial new $2.00.
A full line of shades; 35 inches wide.
Sports Silks at Half Price
Nearly all 40-inch, $3.50 te $5.00 a yaid.
Silk Taffeta new $2.00 v
Black, navy and brown. Excellent quality.
Satin Duchesse new $2.00
A favored Black Satin; 35 inches wide.
Black Peau de Soie $2.00
Heavy quality and 35 inches wide.
Habutai Silk new $1.35
Imported Black Habutai; 35 inches wide.
Ninghai Pongee new $1.35
In the nntural shade; 33 inches wide.
$175,000 Werth of Fine Linens te be
Sold This Menth for. $125,000
By rare geed fortune we were able te close great contracts abroad last summer just at a time when leading
Irish and Scotch mills had reduced their prices te the lowest levels. Since that time prices have advanced, in many
instances as much as 25 per cent. These fortunate purchases, coupled with a sharp reduction in our own fair margin
of profit, are responsible for our new having ready for Philadelphia housekeepers
1G,U50 Yards of Table Damask hOfiOO Towels of Evenj Description
Mere Than'2850 liable Cleths 65,910 Yards of Toweling
63S3 Dezen Linen Napkins . 12,000 Yards of Dress Linens
About $10,000 worth of Embroidered and Lace-trimmed Linens at prices appreciably less than current Ameri
can retail levels and lower than they can possibly be for many years te come. It is impossible te give complete details
of the vast collection here. Let this partial mention suffice
Napkins new $3.60,
$5.00 and $6.50 a dozen
Special Aisle Table of Satin de Luxe
85 inches wide, black and colors $1.35
Special Aisle Table of Black, Colored
and Novelty Silks of All Kinds $1.65
Sports Satin, 40 inches wide, Wonderful Value, $2.65 a yard
In TTOlte, flesh, navy, brown and black.
5-" Strawbrias Clothier Ali,e 0 Cntr
Irish Damask $1.65 a yai'd
Bleached Irish Tabla Damask, In 5 design
70 Inches wide
Napkins te match S4.S5 a dozen
Scotch Damask $2.25 a yard
Kins bleached S etch Linen Damask In i
designs; 70 Inches ttl4e.
Xapfans te match $6.50 a dozer.
Deuble Damask Dinner
Cleths at Half Price
A well-known make, and cvciy cloth
bearing the manufacturer's label Sies
2Ux24 te 2K-X-1 yards all at half price
new S10 00 te $20 00
Hleui-hed Linen Napkins geed stndv
isp.iVi' In attractive designs lS-lnrh f S f n
dozen .0-inih $5 00 a dozen "-mUi $C GO '
u deen
Linen Towels $5.00
and $9.00 a dozen
Of Inifn hiKkabaik In damask hoi dn .f
Nets 1Sx3- imjies with hemmed ends i ft
a dozen lSx"u tni-hcs, with hemstitch's! emit
-J9 in a dozer
Turkish Towels
new 25c te 50c
I'lj white new 2,"l and utc !i fam.7
luluitd 'fTects 33l
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Linen Toweling
15c and 25c a yard
.L d sturd iMpv-nt aiiii?s. that aver
11 one third as basfd en uir regular low prices.
Linen Sheets $16.00 a pair
Pillow Cases $3.25 a pair
Hemstitched Limn Sheets nux16 Inches and
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All Sorts and Styles
of Fancy Linens
k nr vrl'e inhcu from 15c for
plain e meli It installed Delh te J300 00 for U
we,uiKrt l.iit-liiminid Lunch Cleth 72 Inches
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Oriental Rugs Reduced
One-third te One-Half
Many of our most beautiful and rarest weaves are affe'eted
by these sweeping prlce reductions. As Oriental Rugs arc chjefly
ene of a kind, we can only nttempt a partial mention of the many
wenderful opportunities.
Saruk Rugs, average size, 4.6x7 feet $1G0.00 te $170.00
Kurdistan Rurb, 3.0x0 te 4.0x8 feet $75.00 te $12.",00
Deznr Rugs, 4.0G te 5.2x0.0 feet $05.00 te $125.00
Mesul Rugs, 3.5x0.6 te 4.0x9 feet $05.00 te $93.00
Mesulfl and Kurdistans, 3.6x5.6 te 1x8 feet $55.00
Chinese Carpets, 11.9x9.1 te 11x10.3 feet $195.00 te $125.00
Alho Saruk Mats, 1.10x2.6, unusual value at $29.50
Anatolian Mats, very popular for table xunners or doorways
$7.50 te $15.p0.
Sh-V Btrawbrldn A Clothier Fourth Doer, Weat
January Pattern Sale
of Weel Dress Goods
At a Reduction of One-Third
All the single pieces and part pieces of Black and Colored Dress
Goods, remaining ufter a busy season's selling, have been cut into
suit, skirt and dicss lengths and marked at a straight reduction
of one-third.
i AU wcjyes' ?,11 weights, all shades, the best staples and the
latest novelties the usual flne variety resulting from very active
selling. Prices $3.50 te ?tG.00.
8-H 8trabrae Cljjhler Atal T, Centre
Ten-yard Pieces of
S. & C. Leng Cleth
$1.95
A saving of mero than one ene one
feuith en sturdy, fine-spun Leng
Cleth, in original 10-yard pieces.
lfiOQ pieces of the well-known S. &
C urand shaiply i educed new
$1.95.
Siranbrldx i. Clothier -Alale IS Centra
2000 Pairs of Women's
Granite Brand Silk
Stockings
$1.35 ,
These are the regular $2.00
grade, but have ery slight irregu
larities which de net mar nppear nppear
ance or impair wearing qualities.
FULL-FASHIONED, PURE SILK
STOCKINGS, most of thorn In
ULACK, a few in colors. Mercer
ized cotton tops and soles and
mnde with the granite blocks in
the garter welts te prevent "runs."
Sizes 8'i jte 10. A great January
value at $1.35 a pair,
tJtrawLrldfe A Clethlr,Alalr 4, Oeatre
HOUSE DRESSES
$1.00, $1.50, $1.95
Such Values in Heuse Dresses as Ne
Weman Can Afford te Miss
A Percale Medel $1.00
Werth one-half moje. On straight line-, in
est effect, neat and dainty Sues 30 te -it!
A Gingham MedeL-$1.50
A lo-wuited model of checked gingham,
also a petcalu model plaited from n yoke. Heuse
Dresses with defined waist-line of striped ging
ham or blue chnmbiny, alhe at this lemarkablv
low putt'.
The Medel Sketched $1.95
Striped Gingham Heuso Dicsbes, en straight
lines, plaited freiu a yoke, with white cellar
and cuffs. Woith $1.00 moie than the January
Sale price of $1.95.
Beacon Blanket Bath Robes new $3.95
Bex-loom Grepe Kimonos, Special at $1.95
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Women's Coats Break All
Records with These Values
Wonderful special purcha&es, in main instances duplicate orders, at still lower
prices, of the Coats that helped us te break all records in the Ceat Stere during Novem
ber and December. People said then that th e values were phenomenal, but tlfeae are
even better. Te the&e purchases we have added, at clearance reductions, the Coats in
our own stock, making this a Sale of except ienal attractiveness.
$20.00
Bo)iin-weae Coats, senu-lu-tetl
and with deep bell-shapft
sleves. Atuactnely stitched
and silk -lined throughout
$35.00
I ine Heluia Ceat in brown,
navy and black, elegantly .silk
lincd throughout and with deep
cellar of fur.
$67.50
A miscellaneous group of
about sixty high-grade Coats, in
vaiieus styles, all with beautiful
fur cellars and cuffs
$25.00
Seal I'luMi Coats, re-i'iiiiiling
fur and silk-lmed throughout
Alse Miiait Uu'ed ( eat--, bed
and sletes lined
$37.50
Higii-gnule Ceat- eT wwiuu
tine Uehua-likc material , in
brown, na and black, full "ilU
lined Deep fur cellar
$75.00
One hundred Uelma Coats,
elegantly lined. Deep cellars and
cutis of nutria, some with taupe
dyed wolf.
$50.00
Munnish tailored 'I op Coats of
pluid-back cloth, belted 'all
aieund; body and sleees lined.
0!ivt blown, gra, Oxford.
$27.50
Urn of our best selling num-
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black Deep cellar and cuffs of
ued wolf or natural opossum.
$150.00
. Only thirty of these Ceat, h,
they are beautics. One of
season s uetn models. Deep eel's ,
and cuffs of beaver or squlrreM
Various High-Grade Coats new $100.00 te $110.
Elegant models, with deep cellar and cuffs of gray squirrel or beaver.
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