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THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1922, Gimbel Brothers 32ND STREET BROADWAY 33RD STREET NEW YORK CITY Lowney's Chocolates in Metal Box : Special Attractive enameled metal boxes which make rharminc utility boxes when empty - filled with throorfourths of a pourd of Lnwney s fine assorted rhocolates. Special Saturday. Hox . . . . COc GIMHKLS CANDY SHOPS Struct Floor and IhmnMalr-, Balcony Store Hours 9 to 5:30 Shop By Mail Through Our Mail Order Department For Other Gimbel News Sco Pago 15 i 10 1"- T I IMM II ' Welcome to Tweed Hats Gimbels Headquarters for Them Blurry Tweeds : Herringbone Tweeds : Fuzzy Tweeds : Check-y Ttfir.cds : Firiaht TtDnnds Stitrrhlrd Tweeds : Dnrh Tiflprds Stitched Tweeds : Gimbels Headquarters for Them All! TWEEDS! Everybody's wantin' 'cm and buyin' 'em and vvearin' V-m All fVio rrn in r.hn know. tiiWc snrl FVnrkc; pnd HATS' TWEED HATS FOR WUA1KN buns and Crocks and imib. TWEED HATS FOR MISSES TWEEDS '.TWEEDS !T WEEDS AND FOR CHILDREN, TOO GIMBELS MILLINERY SALON-Third Floor $J.95to$5.00 TWEEDS! Round tweeds: turn up tweeds : turn-down tweeds : rough rider tweeds : sportish tweeds : and conservative, too. TWEEDS ! TWEEDS ! TWEEDS ! Tweed Suit BLOUSES Color-trimmed in Tweed-tones That Match Your Tweed-suit's Tones $M5 Tweed-tones on the blouse left. Vandyko frill embroidered in tweed-tones of dandelion, helio trope, copen, rose. On a white voils blouse. SIZES 84 TO 44. Tweed-tones on the tuck-in blouse right. Checked silk tweed tones, in rose, tan, green, navy on Peter Pan collared blouses of white voile I SIZES 34 TO 42. GIMBELS BLOUSE SHOP Third Floor Your Choice of AXMINSTER RUGS It's a Wider Choice at. Gimbels : A Better Choice: And Prices Are Lower Take just ono size, for instance rthe popular 9x12 foot room size. There's every wantable color and shade. A host of attractive Oriental patterns. A price range within every purse reach at each price wide pattern range. And the prices are low ! THREE SPECIAL Values in 9x12 Ft. Axminstera $28.00 $32.50 $38.50 G 1MB ELS RUG STORE Sixth Floor Men! Time T Change Old HATS for New! Make Your Spring Clothes! $4 A Course of Six Lessons in The Gimbel School of Dressmaking Is Only The course includes instruction in the making of all kinds of wearing apparel, from dainty undergarments to smart tailleurs. Given under the guidance of a skilled instructor. One and one-half hour lessons from 9 A. M. to f:30 P. M. ENROLL GIMBELS PATTERN SHOP Second Floor . 5?? Hi' . )' "") 5" Crisp New Felts Sale Priced at $9.95 Not $2.95 hats but better hats low priced. You can tell it in the good lines and the good linings. In every point of style and mako. And they're NEW hats up-to-the-minute in mode and color. Special purchase! 500 Derbies Added to the Sale More good hats more big values; wide style ranee. GIMBELS MEN'S HAT SHOP Fourth Floor A TOWEL SALE! Choosing Towels for Quality : Pricing Them at SAVINGS Linen Huck Towels, with damask border. Fine quality many patterns. 18x34 Ijwhgs. Guest Room Towels, pure linen, with damask border, and all-over figures. 15x24 Inches. 75t Imported Glass Towels from Ire'and. "Glass or pantry towel" woven on red border. 10x26 Inches 29c Huck Face Towels, firm, soft towels, with neat rod bordor. Size 18x36 Inches - - - 19c Striped Glass Toweling, pure Irish linen, heavy quality ab sorbent. 17-Inch width. Yard 30c Good Turkish Towels jac quard border in pink, blue, gold or lavender. 20x40. Inches, 49c GIMBELS HOUSEHOLD LINENS SHOP Second Floor TWEED SUITS! New! Specially Priced M ( (7 I 29? Jaunty Two-Piece Models; the NewThree-Piece "Knick erbocker Suit," consisting of Coat, Skirt and Knickers. Distinction tailored right into every one of the fifteen now models. Fash ion's favorite, the Cape and Dress; tho ever-good Coat and Skirt; and for tho sportswomen, the Knickerbocker suit. Every type of Tweed, in lovely light or dark mixtures. Beautifully lined. Straight line, belted or box coats. Pret y new pockets. Notch, tuxedo or shawl collars. Top o' tho Fashion, of course. Women's 36 to 46 Misses' 14 to 18 We believe that we have the most comprehensive showing of Tweed Suits in the city. Im ported and Domestic Tweeds. Several well-known trade-mark Tweeds. Each a tip-top value at its pricing $22 to $65 GIMBELS WOMEN'S AND MISSES SUIT SHOPS Third Floor Sale! New Worsted Slip-0 n Sweaters Tuxedo Coat Sweaters :$2.95 Smart all-wool sweaters with braided tie-belt sashes. In Jade, Henna, Brown, Navy and Black. GIMBELS WOMEN'S AND MISSES' SWEATER SHOP Third Floor For Women For Misses Stunning new sweaters : Fash ion's favorite style the "slip on." Made of pure worsted yarns in middy and belted ef fects. Collarless or with the roll collar that buttons snugly 'round tho neck. Trim fitting cuffs. Some ara- braid bound. Plain and combinations. GOOD sweaters and SO low-priced! Navy Black Buff Jade and Black Jockey Buff and Broicn Broun and Buff GOING BIG : THE GREA T SALE Sale! Sports Skirts Fringed Or Pleated Wo m en 's and Misses' PRUNELLAS All-wool. Box pleated In stripe and plaid combinations Brown and Ton, Navy and Tan. Blnek and White with Blue Stripe. $5 W o men' s . and Misses' TWEEDS Plain tailored or with fashion able fringe. Gray, Red, Tan or Blue. Ail extromoly low price for Twends, GIMBELS HK1RT SHOPThlrd rioor utbtu fBranin AND GIMBEL and. Gferoeats - Seits Were $50 . Were $55 $ Were $60 Were $65 27 .50 THE SUITS single and THE OVERCOATS Ul double breasted. One, two s.ters, town ulsters, Chester nnd three button models. fields and box models. GIMBELS MEN'S CLOTHING SHOP Fourth rioor Added to the sale just in are 500 Society Brand suits. Tho makers' surplus a collection unusually fino. No need to say a word of quality. Society Brand clothes aro tho quality standard tho nation over. Gimbel clothes too tbe quality mark as well product of six of the na tion's finest makers. All reduced for final clearance. A Sale of Fine Tuxedos New 1922 model. Half silk lined. Another good make, well cut, well tailored. Tux edos that the well dressed man can wear with confident correctness and smartness. Advance Sale New SP RIM FROCKS Women's 34 to 46 $ 25 Misses' 14 to 20 Every frock in the entire lot should sell for more money. First glance tells you that. And a thorough examination of fabrics and workmanship assures you of their high qual ity. And the STYLES! They're distinguished for their nice balance of the dictations of the mode and the origi nality of their interpretations of the spirit of spring. A clever woman knows how to express her personality in frocks. There're frocks here to suit aery type. Quaint basque frocks for Old World types; drapey, picturesque frocks, importi nnnt little modern affairs; statuesquo gowns for years of dignity. Just a Few Style Hints There is a lately new knitted silk fabric whose toft, trace jul folds are admirably adapted to the full-fifured tcoman. Whenlhc bottom of a skirt wishes to be different, it chooses scallops. Color, color everywhere ichen embroid- . cry favors the Paisley shades. Panels come not slnity but in dozens, lending the ultra-desirable long-line !!' Just to be oritinal, the sports frock de mands a complement a cape. Beads as ever are good, preferring the iridescent or crystal type. Canton Crepe Tricotinc MATERIALS Crepe Satins Knitted Silk Crepe-Knit Poiret Twill Tweeds Taffeta Navy Black Evening Shades COLORS Brown Cornflower Henna White Other New Shades GIMBELS WOMEN'S AND MISSES' DRESS SHOPS Third Floor 'Brooklyn, Long Inland and New Jersey Customers Direct to Gimbels via Tubes and Subway s- 4