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MmmmrnmMmmMmmmwMBUAiiMm V'y i TP-f I.i 1 '.... i - .. ,. . l;3 -i EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNHJHDAl JMLAl at, va r,C j . . k aAj & a cm i aiiMV try , w iwan iMays at 9, 11 and 4:50 WANAMAKER'S Stere Opens at 9 Daylight-Saving Tim Stere Closes at 5 Daylight-Saving Tim WANAMAKER'S WANAMAKER'S WEATHER Fair m ' Mteiy 'i . rtf 1 i i in m j-H . i ry " i iff -ixI ynf M Demure nriaes ana sweet ixr actuates singing mr as anan tippy uuiaoer ixamesM ytt' M' What a Season ofLeveliness and WhatLovelinessfer the Season at Wanamaker A Weil-Known, Successful, Retired Merchant of Anether Big City vUiting us yesterday, spent some hours in this Stere, and after looking carefully through the Stere said, from his personal knowledge, that there was net another store in the United States H geed as this from several points of view: lit The fullness and actual freshness of stocks. 2d The certainties as te qualities. 3d The absence of tricks in pricings. (A few well-known things at low figures and ether articles net se well known being highly priced.) 4th Absolute truthfulness in advertising. 5th Ne pressure or urgency te make sales. 6th The returnability of articles, if net harmed, for cash returns, with few exceptions. What the old, wise merchant said unexpectedly about the Stere is all true. Signed Uayti,mt ffijfamafe The Girl Graduate Needs a Seft Flower-Trimmed Hat for the festive occasions and fluffy gowns of commence ment week. With her especially in mind, a collection of wide briramed, flower-trimmed hats has been prepared. All charmingly youthful in line and simplicity. Prices are from $12 upward. (Second I'loer) HP he Newest Sports Dresses Are Ratine GAY and delightful en the golf links or in canoes or country clubs. They are simplicity itself, made of the new jersey-backed ratine, with short sleeves, narrow ties and belts, and each has in its pocket a hand kerchief te match orange with red and black stripes, red with black, blue with black and a darker blue. Price, $30 each. (Flrnt rioer) Sterling; ttber JBottbeir Articled Appropriate gifts, especially for the girl graduate. If one docs net desire te give an entire set, the pieces may be chosen separately, from a number of attractive designs that can be matched later: Hand mirror, $31 te 130. Ilslr brtiihen, 112. BO te S3. C'embi. $3.28 (e . I'eff Jars, S9.D0 te 2S. Cleth bnnhei, S9.60 te S20. Cream Jari, I3.7S te f 13.50. Pin tray, $10 te $14. Shee horn, B8.7S te $6, Nail Met. $3.18 te $5. nation hoeki, $4.28 te $8.30. Hat brashes, $4 te $7.30. Nail brushes, $7 te $13. (Jewelry Stere, Main Fleer) Airy Fans te Give te Graduates Seme of all-white dainty gauze; ethers arc white with gilt or silver spangles; ethers again are painted. Prices are $2 te $27. Fans net airy but immensely attractive, being made of softly colored feathers, are the same prices. (Main Fleer) Refreshing and Sweetening Queen Mary talcum, a superior powder of unusual fineness and delicate scent. In attractive new containers with improved top, priced 20c. (Main Fleer) Fine Duvetyne Wraps Hurry Out at $50 and $75 Mere than twenty-five women will want them wlmn f hev knew that the prices mean a saving of in some cases a half en each wrap. All novelties, some duvetyne, Snm nra k! . ... .. the rest a light-weight belivia, fome arf c"lined with ether tnd in such colors as navy, cara- colors, and one or two are cm- van gray, brown and gaillardia, oreiaerea. xney have been besides black. our cases only a few weeks. (First .Fleer) in Schoolgirls' White Waists The schoolgirl of six te 16 who wears a sleeveless slip-ever drcs3 needs plenty of fresh white waists te wear under it. New waists of white lawn, batiste, cress-bar or striped dimity arc daintily made and trimmed, and priced $1.25 te $5. Most of them have short sleeves. (Third Fleer) Checked Gingham Frecks in Charming Styles for Yeung Women Te be comfortable in het weather a gingham needs te be light and cool. Frem $11.50 are frocks of fine silky imported gingham, cool as can be. PRETTY Pumps for the Holi day Outing, $7.75 Pumps that combine the daintiness of a white shoe with the practical quality of a leather shoe. , Made of a fine weave of white canvas, with two but toned instep straps. Wing tip and heel foxing of cither tan calf or black patent leather. Welted sole and Cuban heel of tan or black leather te match. $7.75 is low for a shoe of uch style and excellence. (Flrnt I'loer) A New Silk Is Shown That's Nevel for Capes or Dresses Te the best of our knowledge, it has net been shown before in Philadelphia. It is a fine knit crepe, substan- capes, sweaters. tial in texture, yet light in weight, In black, brown, navy, 40 inches and delightfully novel for dresses, wide, priced $3.50 a yard. (First Heer) Even at $7.75 they 'are of a fine light-weight quality. Nene of the stiff, heavy gingham that feels like a furnace en a het day. Styles arc charming and, easily laundered. Mostly straight frocks of simple lines with cellars and cuffs of crepe or linen or organdie, and dainty touches of handwork. Sleeve variations are interesting. As te color, there is daffodil, navy, orchid, black, rose, green, cherry, Copenhagen, shrimp, brown, tan each checked with white. Sizes are 14 te 20 years, and prices $7.75 te $17.50. (Second Fleer) About the White Sale 300 silk camisoles at $1 some Of crepe de chine in orchid, blue lad white, some of striped radium te orchid, blue and pink. Still geed cheesing among the Other White Sale unrierirarmentfi -domestic and Philippine, besides ie pretty colored silk things. (Third Fleer) A Camera te perpetuate the joy of the Memerial Day outing. Yeu will find it in the Sporting Goods Stere. Bes Brownie Cameras, S2 te S3. Feldln'g n row ill e Cameren, JO f n. Felding Kedaks Hnd Cameras, $0.50 te $100. A complete assortment of Alms for nil cameras of all sites. Alse the new Dlrex Rolls fe make pletnres without negatlTes. Camera sundries In complete supply. (The Gallery) Imported Cotten Ratine We shal) see a great deal of it in the shape of sports dresses this Summer and the colors are as many as they are delightful rose and pinks, blues, especially the light ones, tans, browns, Kreens, grays, sand, lavender, dull yellow. The plain colored ratine is $1 and $1.25 a yard. The fancy ratine-striped, plaided and cress-barred effects are $1.50 te $3. Seme black and white effects are included in the latter group. (First Fleer) A Wonderfully Successful "Play Dress" for Girls, $3.50 Small girls like the freedom it gives. Just bloomers Wern llllder a Whirl nf nm-nn frnMr Trmf is slir. tin hnth sirles from hem te waist. All made of a nice quality gingham, with butterflies appliqued en the front. Mothers agree that h is wonderful for $3.50. U0ZCnS of fthnr frnnVa fn crirlt A LoneiMn iIau !c iVin frn!- :.. 1 " -"" " 0 '- OWllfl.WII- SV4VW , ..ww.a kheni .! for play, for with lewer naf of gjngham and voiles mi j.i "..:."' b'." J upper part of cool white 3.50 te $10.60. stuffs. $11.50 and $13.76. (Second Fleer) sheer w omen 's Coel Summery Waists 500 Reduced $1, $2 and $2.85 Waists of white striped dimity with Peter pan cellar, of white voile with roll cellar and frill front, and of batiste with vestee and colored hem stitching, all new reduced te $1. White voile waists with lace-trimmed jabot fronts, new $2. Corded dimity waists with colored linen cellar and cufl's; and white organdie waists with Irish lace inmmcd or embroidered cellar and cuffs, new $2.85. (Cut and West Aisles) A Little Overnight Case for the Holiday Trip or a big, strong suitcase is here for every man and every woman who plans te enjoy the first Summer recreation day in fields away. And cither the overnight case or the suitcase is at a surprisingly low price. Most likely a woman wants te carry something small and light. Nothing could be mere convenient than n little black enamel overnight case. Leather reinforced corners and figured lining with a large pocket under the lid and two smaller side pockets. 16 te 24 inch hizes and priced $5.50. Black enamel suit cases, sturdily built and 24 and 2G inch sizes, are $6. (Mnln Fleer) A ) i AJbM l CC I 7 Madeira Hand-Embroidered Bedspreads at Lowered Prices "and-emhrnirlnrnrl nA U,l ,1 : ..i.i puisite charm. "rca klnfi0 ..11 ... . ' 01 tne levc- ality. As bridal Hrt It jtevkanj nej.ilJfcMi6y, of thing mere delightful or appealing. Prices arc much less than they Seventy Medels of L. R. Corsets It sounds extreme te say that the happiness of a home may de pend upon a corset, but really theie is mere truth in that remark than meets the eye. Sometimes a woman who has found herself unaccountably tired and irritable while running her heuse has a physician canny enough te recommend a new corset, and disceveis it works like magic. Only the wearer knows hew much nervous wear and tear is due te a corset hen it doesn't fit properly. Seventy models of L. Rs made in the best pessible way, of the best possible materials, make a pretty geed collection from which te cheese the precisely right corset. HTea Wagons at the Lewest Prices We Have Known $10 te $36 175 of them and every one new and marked at half the regular retail value. Never te our knowledge have tea wagons of the same quality been offered at such low prices. New and unusual purchase bringing thirty different styles and finishes, one te sixteen of a kind. Oak, also mahogany and walnut veneers and deco rated weeds. All with removable glass serving tray ever a finished weed top. Seme have drop leaves, some a drawer, some adjustable handles. u rSevu et the oak waens a in a fine antique Italian finish. !1U te !j30 each, and about ten between. (Flflti Fleer) different prices Each Het Day Finds Mere Women Wearing Athletic Union Suits are Justus UJ$$ t"" that l0k C001 and wom;1uabentCMtvfble' that,s thc bi& advantage most women talk about, and they are se easily laundered. Tiiim cruis-eur musun atnietic union suits are 75 cents. White nainsoek in white or pink, or pink lawn with lace fAtrtn CI L.. ?.' fa.1a f white madras, nlnk or whifn : "" Pink or white striped voile or plain nainsoek, $1.75. Pink or white striped dimity or 1 Ten's Geed Woven Madras Shirts! JLtX 9.000 of Thpm Cemp at finprisil' Price, $2.15 Every shirt of splendid quality woven madras and every shirt worth considerably mere. Stripes galore the straight stripe ranging from pin te almost seersucker width that is se popular this season is here in abundance. Alse the wide stripe made up by clusters of smaller stripes. whites among them; Plenty of black and plenty of every color. Right at a glance a man will recegnise them as better shirts, mere distinctive shirts. (Main Fleer) Most Every Man's Holiday Grip Will Carry a 4-Piece Spert Suit Free and easy suits, yet smart suita for shore or club or mountains. A man wants one for golf or hiking or any number of ether times and the best Sports Suits that have come in a long time are in the Londen Shep. First, the distinctive Norfolk model with full belt and box pleats is back again. Alse the half-belt or the plain-back models. In a great variety of tweeds and hemespuns. Priced $42.50 te $60. (The Galltry) Fashion Might Put a Man in Breguesj But Service Keeps Him There i Big shoes and masculine shoes. It seems they were meant for real, red-blooded men te wear. And that solid substantiality gees all the way through,, for no shoe is mere practical than a brogue. Brogues of Scotch grain calf- above all the ether brogues thai skin with winged tips and per- arF. 1??Te . . .. . . ' ' fcehd for wear and smart in foratiens everywhere stand fashion. Price $13.G0. (Main Fleer) Seme of the Prettiest Walls Are Flat-Tene Walls which really is a painted wall. Mere and mere they are becom ing fashionable for homes as well as public rooms. But it is wise te be careful in selecting the paint. Sherwin Williams flat-tone wall paint is preferred for its color, harmony and decorative effect as well as its protective qualities. By covering a greater surface it also becomes the economical paint. (Fourth Fleer) Paper Necessaries for Memerial Day Here is a reminding list: Crepe paper napkins and Inble Inble cJethn. I'lenln plates. Taper forks and spoon. Paper ilrinklnr cups. Paper flnjci.. Decorated paper table eerers. Red, white and blee streamer, party cops, chop frills and pi cellars, (Fourth Fleer) Mahogany Fleer Lamps at $13.50 ! Solid mahogany fleer lampi closely fluted, have just arrived, L'ach has two lights and the price is $13.50. Summer shades are of glacaj t cotton and priced at $6. (Fourth Fleer) Irish Linen Pillow Cases Special at $3 a Pair New goods, size 22lsx36 inches, neatly hemstitched, finely woven of excellent -flax yarn, bleached te a newy whiteness and priced considerably below the market value. Hemstitched linen towels, special at 60c. Guest size 15x22. Our own importation. New goods. Buffet and dressing-table scarfs, special at 51, Linen cen ters with deep flounce of machine filet, sizes 17x45 and 17x50 inches. Cotten-center tines are costing as much. An excellent group of hem stitched plain linen tea napkins of fine quality, 13x13 inches $4.75 a dozen. (Flmt Fleer) White Voile at 25c a Yard is in great demand for shirt waists and dresses, for voile lias the great advantage of net crush ing and of looking particularly cool. The width is 38 inches. 25c a yard is an uncommonly small price. (First Fleer) On a bright Sum mer day, many a man will wear no suit but a Blue Serge Suit Whether it be for frolic e r business, there's trimness and smartness about a geed blue serge suit that brings the air of being well dressed. But of all suits, one of blue serge must be geed geed in fabric and geed in tailoring. In the Wanamaker clothing selection there is a blue serge suit for a long, lean man and for a short, stout man and for all the men in between. Suits that are built te lit long enough in the sleeves, snug enough in the shoul ders and at the cellar, trim enough at the waist and trouser seat. Made of fabrics that (Third are wear, woven te with colors that are in te stay despite the havoc of rain and sun. And in every blue serge suit there is the same "tailored - in goodness" that adds months of wear te all Wanamaker clothes. Prices mostly around $40 and $45. Fleer) r New Arrival of Rich Geld-Encrusted Crystal, Special at $3 a Piece Cheese and cracker dishes, cake trays, candv iais, bewk nappies, covered jugs and ether pieces, all of iine crystal and every piece with a three-quarter-inch encrustation of 24-karat geld. The price. $3 a piece, is up te one-half less than the prevailing price. Alse a little let of French china Flower and fruit bowls, with chocolate sets at half. New $6 candlesticks te match, also' rem- a set. Twe shapes in pretty floral petea, candy boxes, jars ases decorations. Set comprises choce- J111'1 etner V'xeccs charming late pet and six cups and saucers. .ff mWeSWSdT (Fourth I'loer) 10 Cabinet Gas Ranges Are Special Fleer samples of the big, elab-J orate ranges that here and there hew slight marks from demon strntiens. Seme have large canopy tepn with s arming shelves, and everus; all have white enamel splashers, broiler pan-, and scavenger pans. Other have the glat-s front even deer with theimonieter. All are at a substantial saving, prices ranging from $75 te $100, li'eiirth I'loer) Jhe Surest Working, Easiest Running x Cleanest Cutting Lawn Mowers are the lawn mowers at Wanamaker's There's a lawn mower Iipvp in vem? d x from the little .$12 trimmer with six-inch cut ting space, that cuts close te walls and flower beds, te the Grand Wanamaker Lawn Mower, 0 inches, with self-adjusting ball bearings and five draw-cut wiper blades at $24. And there are a host of geed grass cutters in between. Ne matter what one a man picks out he can be sure of geed, long service. The range is: The low. heel Wnna. maker with belf.adjusting ball bearings, 12 inch, $11.50 up te 18 inch at $13. With plain bearingH the same mower is, 10 inch $9 up te $11 for the 18 inch. The high-wheel Wana maker mower, Belf-adjusting bearings, 12 inch $13 te $16 for 18 luck PUia bearing $11.30 for 12 inch te 18 inch at $11.50. . Yankee lawn mower. 10 inch $7.50 up te $0 for 16 inch. Grand Wanamaker mower, ? oe?h at Sl9 UP t0 20 lncl ttt 924t New Giant Wanamaker 11 for the 2 lack. f ""Se .1 i SL 18 z4 llul lAiSlik iW f aUmh Utt A J ( 'HPf '' 71 At 1 :i I- V 8' "'-,- u $Mi mm Jfdi Hm) ??T aaaaaaMalaMaWMHafaWMMaiaaaTaM r""'v " ' r mm