WMMfM? 8MBEK W !!8B " 'w SS flHHMIKHHMRHnn JWHMHgpilWiWWIbwMBIIMW'' wmmmfAiffMWMJM ' "'',Ji'' T" i'-vt"i"'jWjQral ttaaataeBaeitMltakMaktaaaaaattMai IP J f . V . 4 " " tH KE SPUW E OFHOGUI ti Director 8preu! StrMiat Ad- , vantage as Huge Terminal r for Lumber Shipments WOULD BOOM PORT Director Snreiile, of the Department tf Whnrvm, Decks nnd Ferries, In urg Ins ceimnrrrlnl nnd industrial inter nti te purclmKe the Heb Islam! ship Ttrd from the Government, llids for the tllHinnntletl yard nre being asked by the United States Shipping lieard Jsnusry SO. Director Spreule expressed tne feel In that n group of industrial or com cem nierclnl Interests might get together and utilize the vast facilities ns an Im portant center en the Delaware. Richard Wcglciii, president of City Council, expressed the belief that Heg Mnnd could be taken ever by indus trial leaders in the way the Oregon menue piers are being utilized by the flour interests for import and expert trade. Seen as Pert Asset "Heg Island affords a remarkable nnertunlty." he said. "It could be converted into n termlnnl .similar te the Bush terminal in New Yerk, with facilities along the Delaware tin tqualed by any ether pert. "Tlie slte could be rebuilt and made dl'tlnct nsset te the pert of Phila delphia. It is a huge territory, and unless something is done it will de teriorate into u nondescript stretch of land, a breeding place for mosquitoes, Heg Inland can be made a vital com mercial center of the eastern seaboard." Director Sproule said Heg Inland Is eapnble of wonderful development. He uld tlmt the I'flellle Coast lumber trade with this city had assumed great pro portions, ami that u tcrmluul such as PLAYS ALL RECORDS BETTER ChI&ey THE MASTER INSTRUMENT ALL MODELS EASY TERMS EUGENE M. GOLDMAN ... 4!F-tt23 SOUTH ST. Open nifi ChE&ey PHONOGRAPH EASY TERMS Myers F. Hall, 262S OEIIMANTOWN AVENUE OPEN EVENINOB Heg Island would be well tutted for me irnuc, Director SpreuW said Heg Island was the only big available spot along the Delaware capable of development as a pert asset. Almest the entire length of the Delaware en the Phila delphia alde Is lined with piers, warehouses and ether pert facilities, he said. "It W a Net CugsEY ie Net the BeatT yffiasvP BMIMijff Trf B Cultivating the Appreciation of Geed Music YOUNGSTERS walk down the street whis- tling their own versions of the Sextette from "Lucia" Mothers croon classical lullabies te their babies. Twenty years age an evening at an artist's re cital or at grand opera was an event. Today every one may have it in his own home. i ChIney THE MASTER INSTRUMENT especially has done much te cultivate the appre ciation geed music. It gives records new beauty. It brings out all of the rich quality and sweetness which the artist put in. Its surprising fidelity te the original is due entirely te a series of original acoustic inventions embodied in The Cheney alone. Regular Medels $100 te $275 Console Medels $250 te $1276 DtaUrt Everywhere Cheney Sales Corporation 1105 Chestnut Street, Distributors cMuhM Specler a 13L0 CHESTNUT STREET Continuing TOMORROW Wednesday An Opportunity Without Precedent New High-Type Winter Medels At very decided price concessions COATS WRAPS CAPES SUITS DRESSES GOWNS ' In Most Instances at Less Than Cost of Production &$ Furred Coats, Wraps and Capes 4$.oe 58.oe S8Mtel9950 Formerly Selling from 69,50 te 300.00 FABRICS: Gcvena, Marvella, Panve lainc, F.aahena, Marceva, Tarquina, Pvccieaa, Samara, Arabella, Cleevella. FURS: Fex, Wolf, Beaver, Caracul, Squirrel, Menkey, Viatka Squiirel, Fitch, Mele. Furred Costume eMaa,aa.aaaaaaaaaaaaaa.i.k.Ba.Baaaaaaa,aaaaaaaaaaaaMaaaMaaaaaaaaat..aaaaaaaB Suits Tice and Three Piece Medels 55-00 08-00 78.00 Formerly 75.00 te 125.00 FABRICS: Marlecn, Duvet de laine, Broadtail cloth, Panvalane. FURS: Fex, Wolf, Beaver, Squir rel, Menkey, Caracul, Mele. Sports Coats 19-75 2950 39.50 Formerly 29.50 te 69.50 Utility coats of dressy fabrics;, sports ceata of serviceable swagger fabrics. Ideal for all 'round wear and most unusual at the price. Street, Afternoon & Evening Gowns 2950 35.00 48.00 58.00 te 78.00 Formerly 39.50 te 125.00 Mostly one of a kind models, comprising the smartest styles and loveliest materials. Gowns appropriate for any occasion. Dresses en the Dress Balcony 15-00 19.75 2500 2950 Formerly 25.00, 29.50 te 59.50 A manufacturer's samjsle line and reproductions of high-priced models mod els for street, afternoon and evening. A complete range of smart styles, colors and fabrics, both silk and cloth, with newest trimmings. ALL SALES FINAL HO C. 0. D'sNO EXCHANGES STRAWRRIDGE & CLOTHIER Beys Like Best Twe-Trousers Suits $10.75 More of theso wonderful ALL-WOOL Suits that always please boys and their parents, have arrived. Fabrics ere sturdy, colorings arc newest, styles are up-te-the-minute. And well boys recognize their superiority. Coats are mohair lined, also both pairs of knickerbockers. Sizes 8 te 18 years. Unusual value at $10.75. Winter Overcoats for Beys of 3 te 10, $13.75 SPECIAL, these warm Overcoats of mixed cheviets and chinchilla cloths $13.75. Second' Fleer, rilbert Street, Bt ffiMJMBfe& Toys, Dells and Games in the Great Christmas Tey Stere Santa Claus is here with an interesting book for his little friends and he has brought along Iptydoe, his merry-making clown. Everything that's new in the world Dells, thousands of them! Complete of Toys! Toys that go Automobiles, Dell Wardrobes from theso for babies te Lionel Trains, Mechanical Trains, Taxi- grown-up lady dells. Dell Coaches, Dell cabs, Beats and Ships, and Aereplanes. Furniture, Tea Sets and Dell Houses. Bring the children te the Ch ristmas Tey Stere. The easiest te VCttCtl in town, JUOt one enuit. uiyru uuivn irutn tree iriiuii riuvr. 3-j StranbrM.re & Cletliler Basement, Weit A Gay-Colored ' . Silk Umbrella! ' We can Just ptcture tha pleasure of the women who have been admiring thorn recently, should ene appear In their particular gift collec tion; and we can picture, tee, these particular Umbrellas flashing their gay colors like a smlle across the dreary countenance of a rainy day. Blue, green, purple, garnet and brown, with the Bnappy Bnappy Bnappy loeking short white or amber ferrule and white or amber color tips; bakollte handles, Bome amber colored, rings or the mere tailored leather cords or sirups one's about us well liked as another, you can't go wrong. Prices $8.50 te $15.00. BtrnwbrldgK A. Clothier Alsle T, Market Street Any Shade Yeu Want in Weel or Silk-and-Weel Stockings is Here Nothing te equal this assortment in the city, we are told. The scarcest shades and mixtures are here in abundance, but the great rush for these sportive Stockings is en, and its an advantage te cheese when stocks are se wonderfully fresh and complete. There are stockings from the foremost manufacturers in the world standard qualities; and "standard" in Stockings means the utmost in shapeliness, texture, colorings and satisfactory wearing qualities. Shown in heather mixtures, levat mixtures and a great variety of the lovely grays, biscuit and pongee shades that com bine se effectively with patent leather low shoes, particularly these in cut-out designs. The Wide-ribbed Weel Stockings in the Most Wanted Heather Mixtures $15 Plain and Drep-stitch Weel Stockings; Brown, Topaz and Levat Mixtures $2.50 Lustrous Fibre-and-Weel Stockings in Shades of Brown, Fawn and Gray $3.00 Fine Shadow-stripe Weel Stockings in the Most Exquisite New Shades $4.00 Plain Silk-and-Weel Stockings in These Desirable Combinations $3.50 With clocks, $4.50. Black-and-white, mele-and-whitc, cordevan-and-whito and biscuit-and-white. Ribbed Silk-and-Weel Stockings in the Fashionable Light Shades $4.50 With clocks attractively embroidered, $5.00. Special Nete This Is the time te make gift selections. The best efforts may net be able te keep up with the unprecedented demand for these Stockings. All Stockings boxed if desircd. aft-VBtnwbrldfa Clothier AtilM 8 n4 4, Mtrket Stmt Marabou Neckwear Fa.shien smiles en this fluffy, becoming Neckwear, and se many women like it because it is se light in weight and se youthful in cfFect. The finest French Marabou Neckwear is here, and that is the finest in the world. In all the new styles, from the Cheker Cellar at 55.00, te Canes from $7.50 te 328.00. In elack, natural and brown. atritvbrlikti & rletMer !! 11, Ccntre ThisNew Cheney Phonograph Fer Christmas $100 The entire family will enjoy this beautiful new Cheney en Christmas Day and for many days te come. Constructed of Biltmore mahogany in simple Sheraton design, it 1b as pleasing in appearance as it is superb in tone reproduction. Equipped with automatic step, spring meter, steel and jewel needles, two reproducers for playing all records, four shelves for records. First, payment of $10.00 will deliver the Cheney te your home, together with $10.00 worth of Victer Records, the balance navabln nf. Rften mnt. Lf d!ir0j ' 1 you hav?u? chaJK account here, these amounts will be added te your monthly bill. K- Btrawbrldf ft CletMtr tuth Heet, TTttt nil in m ijKiiC9biMB I lH Rjlji I B KwjBBBBfSiBBKBI III IHIl I U I IJmlLliliJlyl n V English Smocks Reduced New $6.95 te $8.95 SIZES 3 TO 6 YEARS All the beautiful little Smocked Frecks that have be come slightly rumpled or in which lines of sizes are in complete have been reduced. All are of white mullcerd hand-smocked in-the dainty colorings and 'designs for' which English Smocks are famed in the world of chil dren's apparel. A substantial saving at $6.95 te $8.95. New Smocked Dresses Arc $7 JO te $1635 Just unpacked, this importa tion of the loveliest models we have ever had. Of dotted Swiss, voile, dimity or mull mull eord, many smocked in two contrasting colors. Fer girls of 2 te 6 years. Tlilra Fl90, Weit All Our Showroom Millinery Half Price Select any Hat and pay one-half the original price en the ticket. Every Hat in both the main showrooms in cluded Paris nnd New Yerk Hr.ts, our own exclusive Elcne Hats und Hats from our own woikreomn. Of Lyens velvet, felt, duvetinc bro cades and exquisite imported ma terials, trimmed with feathers, flow ers, metallic laces, veils, ornaments, ribbons and novelty plunmge. Hatu for all faces and all occasions. Fermer Prices $10 te $65, new $5.00 te $32.50 BtrawbtUce & Clothier Second Fleer, MarUtt Street, Wct Cretonnes are Gorgeous Gorgeous as a winter sunset, gorgeous ni a flaming autumn weeds, gorgeous as tropical verdure and bide by side with these brillinnt-hued Cretonnes nre patterns quaintly demure. Many give the effect of block prir.t3, gay chintzes, or these tapestry pat terns se handsome in their quiet dignity. Europe and America have contributed their cheice weaves and designs toward the most cemprehensive collection of Cretonnes in town a pattern for every decorative need 25c te $3.00 a yard. Cretonnes, Special 25c, 35c, 10c te 65c There is excellent cheesing among these "specials" incom plete lines of colorings in some patterns, mill ends and short lengths at an average saving of one-fourth 25c te 65c a yard. (&- StimwbrMt Clothier Third Fleer, Centra ! Heavy Sports Sweaters, $6.50 Fer college, school and gen eral sports wear, every one wants a big, pull-ever-the-head Sweater with a deep shawl cellar. A well-made Sweater of pure wool, in white and col ors; sizes 36 te 4G $6.50. yf Location, Atila 13, Centra Dresses That Prove Style is Net a Matter of Price In fact, high-priced models have served for inspiration in designing these Frecks that is a feature of all geed dressmaking establishments, ana these are the only kind that contribute te our stocks. Weel Dresses, $20.00 Fine tailored twill in navy blue or black. Straight-line Frecks as slim as a reed, circular-side model or coat medel, trimmed with novelty braid or cord tucking all distinctive looking Dresses. Peiret Twill Dresses, $27.50 te $47.50 With colored embroidery in very smart designs or with black cilk embroidery, or with unusual braiding for trimming. Surplice straight-line and panel models. Silk Crepe Dresses, $18.50 te $32.50 Canten erpnp. rhinphilln pwiw nnA isiin. faced crepe. Draped and straight-line, circu lar and plaited-pancl styles, with embroidery and beading for trimming. Wide, flowing eiccvca or Willi ciese-Hlline cutis. Jlnrlr. " .., navy blue or brown I Strmbrlilge A Clothier-Second Fleer, Mtrket 8trt Fer a Motet Gift Silk Shirts Especially these at $6.50. They ave the kind men would like te buy for themselves, se you may select them knowing that men will be exceedingly well pleased with the heavy brondcleth silk of which they are made. Patterns are most attractive and colorings are decidedly out of the ordinary. Select new from a full assort ment $6.50. Of Warm Outing Flannel Men's Night Shirts, special 51.15. Men's Pajamas, special $1.65. Btrawbrldf t Clothier Eait Stere. Eighth BtrMt Men's Gifts Frem Abroad Dress Accessories that will appeal te critical men who appreciate things te wear that are a bit "different" from the usual run. The following gift suggestions are taken from scores en display. Knitted Neckties, from Paris ?5.00. Silk Neckties, from Paris $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 nnd $6.60. Knitted Neckties, from Lon Len Lon eon $11.50, $1.50 and $5.00. Mufflers, from Londen $7.C0. $10.00, $l-'.00 and $15.00. Weel Mufflers, from Londen $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00. Silk Uundkerchiefs, from Lon Len Lon eon $2.00 and $2.50. Silk Bandanna Handkerchiefs, from Londen $2.00, $2.50. $3.50 and $4.00. ' Neckwear, .M.-le 1, Market Btre Huudkercbliifn, Market Street. Creu AUle. $29.50 Is About the Wholesale Price for These Alce Suits With Twe Pairs of Trousers And in many instances you may select one pair of golf knickerbockers and one pair of long trousers, te make your suit de double duty for sports and business wear. A wide range of new fabrics in a pleasing selection of patterns and col oring. And, of course, the matchless Alce styles and excellent tailoring. Quite the best "buy" a man could wish for in Two Twe trousers Suits $29.50. Other Alce Suits in the Sale $24.50, $32.50 and $36.50 Scores of new winter models at great savings for men and young men. Of fine worsteds, serges and cassimeres, exceptionally well tailored, and many lined with silk. Alce Overcoats Included at Very Lew Prices $24.50, $32.50 and $36.50 Ulsters, Ulsterettes and box models of a number of fabrics in winter weight. A model te suit you is here .in one of these special-price groups in the Sale. Plan te attend, te-morrow, and save. . h- ... - E&-V Strtwbrtil! a A Cletliler Second Fleer, Kmt 1 W Women's Tailored Tep Coats SPECIAL! Twe special groups made up for us from a maker's close out of end3 of material. These are similar te the Coats here last week, that were no suc cessful. $22.50 Geed mannish Tep Coats of mixed tweeds in herringbone weave, in gray and brown cf fects. Mannish, well tailored model, yoke and sleeves lined. $35.00 This is an unusually geed value. Iiigh-grade imported fabrics. In bhurles of brown and gray, mannish notched col cel lar". Elegantly lined voke and blccves. A typi of Ceat tlmt is unsurpassed for all general wear. Sein1 1 Iwir fnlre Silk Petticoats, $5 Satin, tiiliVt.i, .silk Jerwv, milium, or jeisey nlk. with messuline Ileuncti all these kinds of Silk Petticoats in the prettiest array of colors you ever saw. Alse models of tricolettc in u firm weave. Styles lire straight of line or bc-frilled, some are embroid ered. Seemingly no end of models at $5.00. Slrawdrlilte A Cletliler Wecoei rioer, Wait J. iM : wm mi t?s WiM - -"?? f Mi rr -.7iEl . .. , AJtWAfttt ite. "VItV-Pftiai JftSMMifc s. tf l.AMfc-n'"7,Jr!'iW'" iMiSl. ("USl'K'';,&"JvUl'.'' Vji
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