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Arenas Invited
Girl and Rival
To Death Trap
Miss Jackson Says She Took
Mart? to Room of Dentist
at Latter"? Suggestion ;
Police Accept Her Story
Other Evidence Aids Her
South American Who Ki!le<!
Himself Siiid He Slew
Woman Through Jealousy
Jos? Arenas, the dentist who was
found dead from three bullet wounds
tit his apartment at 116 West Seven?
tieth Street, Saturday afternoon, took
his own life, the police declared yes?
terday. The wounds from which Ruth
Jackson and Ignacio Mart:, who called
on him there, are suffering, wore in?
flicted by Arenas, the police believe, in
the? manner related by Mart; Saturday
night.
Tho confidence of the police in the
tnuli of tbe account of the shooting
given by Mart. Is based upon an
autopsy performed yesterday by Dr.
Bo nj am in Schwartz, deputy medical
examiner, and upon evidence which
they found substantiating Marti's stor>.
The autopsy showed that all three of
Arenas's wounds could have been self
inflicted. Marti's wour.il is of no con?
sequence, and Miss Jackson probably j
will be discharged from Bellevuc Hos
pita] in a few days. They are being.
held as witnesses. Miss Jackson do- ;
clared that jealousy inspired Arenas i
to shoot at them and take his own life. ;
She gave the following account of ;
events leading up to the shooting:
She met Arenas at a dance carnival
in the St. Nicholas Rink, at 60 West
Sixty-sixth Street, and lived with him
at i 19 West Ninety-sixth .Street. A
week ago Arenas moved to Ho' West
Seventieth Street, and told Mrs. Emily
Silver, the landlady, that he would bf?*i
jalono, hu'. Miss Jackson was 'ht re for
two days, unknown to Mrs. Silver and
others in th?
Tells of Arenas's Jealousy
Arenas was 'urioua one night be?
cause she came in late, and 'ore up a j
pair of her new silk stockings, ?She '
retaliated by tearing up some of his
silk collars, and left him. to join Mart),:
the object of Arenas's jealousy, at 59
West 104th Street.
Or. Friday she moi Arma-- in the |
street and asked for her trunk, which
was in his room. He agreed to give ;
it to her, an?! suggested that she bring
Marti along when she came. Miss
Jackson and Marti called on Arenas ;
about C p. m. Saturday. He asked an-;
other visitor, Juan Maldonado, seven- j
teen years old, of 21 West Sixty-fifth!
Street, to leave the room because he,
liad an important matter to discuss.
Maldonado wont out.
Dr. Arenas took a pistol from a
drawer and shot Miss Jackson. . She
fell, feigning death. Then Arenas shot
Marti, who threw a robe over Miss
Jackson, then jumped from the win?
dow, which is on the first floor, front, j
Meanwhile Arenas killed himself.
Marti re?ntered the house and half)
carried Miss Jackson to Columbus Ave- ?
nue and Seventieth Street, put her in I
a taxicab and took her to Roosevelt ,
Hospital. Marti's account tallied with;
Miss Jackson's.
Miss Jackson said she was of Scotch- j
Irish extraction, was born in Colum- |
bus, and was a cabaret singer here, j
?She refused to tell the authorities at ;
Bellevue Hospital, to which she was
transferred, the names or the address
of her family, now living in Toledo.
Yesterday she recei'-etl a telegram j
?from her husband. Ernest Schult'/., a I
Mc-Graw Taxicab Company driver in ;
Toledo.
Said He Killed Cuban Woman
She said Arenas once told her that
he had killed a woman in Cuba out of ;
jealousy. She had expected to die a?
his hand some day.
Others in touch with the circum?
stances supported details of the story.
Maldonao, also held as a material wit?
ness, said that he had gone from the
room when "Arenas asked him to and
had heard shots later. Then he ran
from the house to the apartment of ?
Jose Leonores, who was to dine with '
Arenas but had not started for his
house. Both calle? .an hour later and
detectives questioned them.
Al Roberts, driver of the taxicab, and I
William Wc idward, who was with him
at the time, said thsft Marti and Mi
Jackson. came for a taxicab, and she
remarked; "I'm shot." Failing to :
a policeman at that momeni they went;
to Roosevelt Hospital.
Jos?'- Linares, of 140 West Sixty-sev?
enth Street, said Arenas had been fasci- ?
nated with Miss Jackson for a long
time. Linares lunched with Annas on ,
Saturday at 1T0 West Sixty-fourth
Street.
Peter Torres, of 12? West Sixty-sev?
enth Street, said Arenas came here two
years ago after graduating with hon?
ors from the University of Bogota, in
Colombia, South America, and had been
employed by the Stern ; Dental Lai ? ?
oratory', at 218 Fast Fourth Street, fie !
expect?-.! to ope- lental ft ???.:? soon.
Arenas told i ?rrcs, "Ruth is fooling
me," and dec!) i-c ? he woui.il sei for a
formt ' - ,- ., Cuba. He mailed
a letter to her a we? ft ago ?kii g her
to conn- to New "^ ork.
Arenas':-, FatSjSr un Avia!or
Others at the restaurant Arenas fre?
quented said that his father was an j
aviator in Porto Rico, that he had a
mother and sister in South America
.and that he was to begin work as an
interpreter of Spanish in September at
McDonouKh'n School, at 318 West Fifty
seventh Street. A month ago Arenas
bought a pistol in New Jersey and re?
marked that he might have use for it
soon. Spanish friends are raising
money to pay for his funeral.
Henry Zimmerling, chauffeur of 129
West 103d Street, told of lettei i M .
Jackson had received from lier husband I
and parents, begging her to return to
Ohio.
On the floor of Dr, Arenas*? room
were buttons and shreds torn from
clothing, evidences of a struggle not
ully explained. Mrs. Silver, thy land?
lady, heard noises that indicated a
nght but she diil not fco to the room
until alter the shooting.
The pistol found beside Arenas was
a Belgian automatic of .38 calibre
Bullets that wounded Miss Jackson and
Marti corresponded with those remain?
ing in the magazine. j
Toledo police were unable to associ?
ate Miss Jackson with any family there
yesterday. She acknowledged, accord?
ing to authorities at Bellevue, that she
had been in that hospital before, having
been taken there Av.:*-: ,". ufl rjng
from alcoholism, She was taken from
the R< sell nd cabaret, at Bro
Fifty-first Street, ai d ;"?.'. ? " '.-. ,.. Ruth
Porrees" as her name, .
live?! wit i her hu ? , ; '
Sixty-sixth Street and Columbu Ave
nue.
Ruth Jacksons Husband
Coming Here FromToledo
Upecic! Dispatch to The Tribune
TOLEDO. Ohio, Aug. 1.? "I hope
Ruth dees not die. She is a good girl,
but vo.it-vr and frivolous. ! will 'cave
for Nfcw York t;?ftii>>i > ? rno in, so
?* < . be ??, her side and h In l .-- In
'Modern Midas* and Wife
The upper picture shows Mrs. Rosa.
Ponzi, wife of Boston's financial
acrobat. Below is a new picture ;
of Ponzi.
her present trouble," said Elmer;
Schultz, husband of "Ruth Jackson,"
to-night.
"I was afraid that Ruth would land .
in some trouble. She has been writing!
me for some time back that a foreigner ;
was annoying her and was so intensely i
jealous over her that he had1 threat-!
ened to kill her should she attempt to j
leave the place where he lived.
''I wrote her to get a friend to go !
with her and demand her belongings j
and leave the place. I told her if she j
couldn't get any one to go with her 1 ?
would come to New York and go with !
her myself.
"I expected "Ruth home a week ago ;
last Saturday. She wired me a week j
ago last Friday that she would leave |
for Toledo that ni^ht if she could get?
away, but that that foreigner was j
closely watching her. She did not |
come ami I have not heard a word i
from her sincei"
Newark Suicide Believed
A Former Army Captain
The body of S. P. Enos, believed to
have been a former army captain, who
killed himseif'Saturday night by swal?
lowing cyanide of potassium, is being
held ?Pt Hollo's Morgue, Newark. Enos
was found at James and Plane Streets,
Newark, at 10 o'clock Saturday night
in a dying condition. William D. Min
ningham, Deputy County Physician,
said yesterday death was due to acute
poisoning.
On the back of a woman's picture |
found in Enos'a inside coat pocket was
written, "My own. my darling, my wife ;
please bury this with me."
In a letter written to Ccldie Chort
zinoff Enos, 110 Madison Avenue, pre?
sumably his wife, Enos declared his
only regret in taking poison was that
it would temporarily separate him from
her. He wrote the letter while waiting I
for the poison he had swallowed to ?
take effect.
A telegram sent to Goldie Chortzinoff
Enos at the Madison Avenue address
was returned.
An opened letter was also found in
Enos's pocket addressed to Captain
Sherman P. Enos, Leavenworth, Kan.
Ponzi Returns
$1,000,000 to
His Investors
Rush of Timid Clients to
Withdraw Deposits Dies
Away When They See That
Claims Are Promptly Met
Ready to Start Again
Boston Financial Wizard
OnlyAwaits Official 'O.K.'
to Resume Operations
Special Diepatch to The Tribune
BOSTON, Aug. 1.?-Well over a mil?
lion dollars, it is conservatively esti?
mated, have been paid to customers
who lost faith in Charles Ponzi's
Securities Exchange Company here
since he halted operations early last
weeky when he announced that he would
accept no new accounts until his ac?
counts had been audited by the au?
thorities. This audit is now under
way under direction of Assistant
United States Attorney Gallagher.
Ponzi declared there, is "no question"
of his resuming operations in the near
future.
Ponzi's business grew so fast that
he is unable to tell, except approxi?
mately, just what amount of money he
holds belonging to his clients. He is
further unable, he declares, to tell
definitely the amount of profit he has
made for himself. He has declared the
total on deposit which represents his
own share of the postal exchange
profits is between $8,000,000 and
.$12,000,000.
On- the big "rush days" last week
about $300,000 a day was paid back to
the public. After that the demand
lessened and toward the end of the !
week the number who sought to re- I
deem their notes was comparatively
small. On Saturday, though the office
was open several hours, the number
was negligible.
$4,500,000 Notes Outstanding
Ponzi declared that before he began
disbursing funds he held approximately
$3,000,000 belonging to his customer.-,
in return for which they held his notes !
calling for $4.000,000.
Ponzi explains he is unable to give
more definite figures because of the ;
nature of his accounts and because he ;
has not had time to become familiar
with them. Although he has developed ;
his business to the point where he was
taking in more than $500,000 a week, !
he had a staff of only sixteen clerks,
working without adding machine or
ledger.
That his company still holds "up-1
wards of a million and a half dollars" !
belonging to others, is Ponzi's opinion.
He believes that this total will not !
diminish for the reason, he declares, ;
that these customers have had several ,
days' opportunity to take their money
out and have not done so.
Aside from whatever cash Ponzi may
have on deposit in European banks?he
asserts it amounts to millions-^the run
upon his pay window the past few days ;
apparently did not strain his immedi?
ate financial resources. He had liquid
funds at hand to meet them all, and
even when it was at its height Ponzi I
was smiling and undisturbed, declaring
that "no matter how fast they came, !
their money would be waiting."
Good Business in Branches
The Italian said he has a limited
knowledge of the extent of the business
done in his branch offices. He ilnder
stands, he said to-day, that a very j
good business was being done at Man- !
ehester, N. H., and that it was just be- !
ginning to develop in New Jersey and
elsewhere.
It is known that innumerable per- ;
sons are ready to hand him their cash
in exchange for his notes tho moment '
official word comes that Ponzi's ac- I
counts are "O. K.," and that he may j
continue operations again, if that word ;
comes.
Mrs. Ponzi Happy, but
Would as Soon Be Poor j
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
BOSTON, Aug. 1.?Mrs. Charles I
Ponzi said to-day that she could be
just as happy in the small house in j
Somerville, where she and her hus- !
Bedtime Stories
Reddy Fox Trusts His Nose -
? _.- p
By Thornton W. Bnrgess
Whate'er he does, where'er he goes
A Fox will always trust his nose.
?Reddy Fox.
Jolly, round, red Mr. Sun had gone
to bed behind the Purple Hills. The
Black Shadows were creeping across
the Groen Meadows and all through
the Green Fore3t. Eoddy Fox watched
them from the edge of the Old Pasture.
Ffo.wns waiting for it to ^ct quits dark.
As he waited he grinned.
*'lf nothing has happened to Peter
Rabbit, and I don't believe anything
has, he has simply been staying at
l-.ome in the dear Old Briar-patch. And
if Peter has been staying at home in
the Old Briar-patch all these days and
nichts it is for a reason. There is
something there that interests him
more than gadding about gossiping,
and it must be something very inter?
esting indeed to do that, I have an
idea that Peter has a secret and that
that secret will interest me quite as
much as it does Peter."
As soon as it was dark enough to
suit him Reddy started toward the
Old Briar-patch. He trotted swiftly
until he could see just ahead of him
what fooked ?ike a bigger, blacke.i
Shadow in the midst of the Bind?
Shadows he ha<l watched creep oui
from the Purple Hills. He knew il
wasn't a Shadow at all but the Ok
Briar-patch itself. Then Reddy bega*
to nwe very slowly and cautiously
crouch i p.g low and every two or thre?
steps stopping to look and listen.
Reddy knew exactly where were th<
patches of sweet clover nearest thi
Old Briar-pate) and it was toward th?
nearest of these that he now crept
You see Reddy makes it his busines
to know such thing? as this. He make
it his business to know all about every
thing that interests those in whom h
is ?himself interested. He is alway
interested in Peter and Mrs. Petei
and so he knows all about their favor
ite clover patches and other eatin
;,iacrs. He knows just which ones aV
vuhin a jump or two of tha Old Briar
patch and which ones are far ?n?tig
away to make them a bit dangerou
for a careless young Rabbit.
The clover patches nearest the OJ
Brjar-patch were the cues ho was ir
tc rested in now. He examined the firs
one very carefully, smelling the groun
i-ll about between it and the edge c
the Old Briar-patch. He did the gam
thing at the next patch of clover. Bot
times he shook his head in disappoin
ment.
But at the third patch of iwei
clover hi? eyes suddenly gleamed wit
-a i-faction and eagerness. Redd
A n That wonderful r.o;;e of h
"Six," said Reddy. "Six, and no one
?mows about i hem but me."
had found the fresh scent of Rabbi; \
and it was young Rabbit, very young!
Babbit. "Just as I thought." muttered j
Reddy. "Peter has a family and that !
is why he is slaying at home. I won- !
der how big that family is. I must
find out."
Slowly and carefully Reddy went all
around that patch of clover, his nose
In the damp grass. In one spot the
Rabbit scent was very strong. "This
is where Peter sat keeping watch,"
thought Reddy, and grinned as he pic?
tured to himself Peter sitting tip look?
ing this way and that way for danger
while the little Bunnies ate their fill.
He found the scent of Mrs. Peter and
recognized it at once.
But what interested him most wm
th" faint, scent of young Rabbits al!
about. Slowly, patiently, carefully he
followed each little line of scent.
Often they were so mixed together
that he couldn't tell them apart. Then
they would separate. Reddy was in "no
hurry. He took his time and be
worked carefully.
At last he was satisfied. He glaneed
once toward the Old Briar-patch,
grinned, and then trotted away as
silently as he had come. "Six," said
Reddy. "Six, and no one knows about
them but me."
(Copyright, 1??0, by T. W. Burgeaa)
The next storr: "Reddv Fox Makss
Plans."
! band lived when first married, as she j
is to-day in their mansion in Lexing?
ton, and rather intimates that she
i might be oven happier, as then she '
I could do her own housework. She .
I worships her husband and is naturally
j pleased with hie success, but has little
I use for modern society, with its clubti
and other distractions away from the
home fireside. ?
Mrs. Ponzi first met her future hus?
band at her music teacher's. Ponzi
declared to the music teacher, after
the pupil was gone, that he was going
to marry that girl. It made the music
teacher laugh.
"But he did," says Mrs. Ponzi. "He
came to see me without bothering to
ask whether he could come. Ho gets
his own way; you can't resist him. It
was so with this scheme. He outlined
i? to mo last December. 1 could hardly
understand and ftld him I thought it
probably would be like all the rest.
You see I loved him and was always
content to do my own work, to live in
the little house in Soinerville, where
we were at the time, and be modestly
happy. I never wanted great riches.
"Since then Charles has earned this
house and millions. We have one of
the best cars. Wo keep two maids; we
could keep dozens, but I never would
give my consent. The more servants
the less freedom. I like a house where
you can talk and not be overheard?
where you can say what you wish at
all times.
i "And I like to keep house, to cook,
I but particularly to keep a clean house.
| You may be very sure that my house
? out in Somcrville, which I kept myself,
was even cleaner than this house.
j "I' don't care anything for parties
; or for society; I just like my homo
j and my husband. Ever since we..have
j boon married we have always spent our
evenings together. As he used to ex?
plain, when men tried to get him to go
? to places after business, 'Please excuse
me; I have an appointment every night
after 6 o'clock with my own little
wife.' "
Ponzi Imitators Besiege
Money Order Officials
Would-be millionaires have been
calling up the postoffice money order
department steadily since Charles
Ponzi -made known the other day that
he had made $9,000,000 through postal
coupons. They want to know how to go i
about doing the same thing, and quite
frankly ask the authorities for infor?
mation.
Albert B. \V. Firmin, superintendent
of Hie money order department.
through which all this country's in?
ternational money orders pass, said !
people had been bothering him every ?
few minutes. Sometimes they pre- i
tended to have a money order, but a j
little inquiry proved they hadn't. One j
man said he had an order from London ;
for ?100. But $100 is the maximum
for any money order. Most of the :
impostors were stumped when asked I
for the serial number of the money ?
order.
Firmin said the government would I
detect even a modest attempt to make |
gains through money orders. Some j
foreign governments have quit issuing !
money orders, and all have long been j
keeping close watch, because of the
chance for profit that fluctuating rates
of exchange now offer.
He said the war had made no marked
difference in foreign money order ' !
business, except in stopping money
orders between tho United States and ;
Germany.- The largest number of : j
money orders continues to go to Eng- i
land, and the orders of the largest i
amounts to Italy, evidence that Italians !
prospering in America do most for j
those they left behind. >
Firmin's stock reply to callers re- ?
fusing to believe that millions can't be !
made through his department, is that i i
Firmin himself might have taken ad- ! j
vantage of it if such were the case. !
?7. S. Officials Admit \
They Have No Evidence ?
Ponzi ?s a Criminal
Daniel J. Gallagher, United States
District Attorney of Boston, whose
office is auditing the books of Charles
Ponzi, get-rich-quick wizard, is here
to attend the supreme convention of
the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Gal?
lagher presided at a committee meet?
ing yesterday at the Hotel Commodore.
Joseph C. Pelletier, Boston District
Attorney, who brought Ponzi into the
limelight by suggesting that he sub?
mit to an audit, is also here, attend?
ing the convention as one of the
supreme directors.
Mr. Gallagher said that he had not
personally examined Ponzi's books,
and that he could say nothing about
them until the audit had been fin?
ished. How long this will be he does
not know.
According to the United States Dis?
trict Attorney, the government has no
criminal evidence against Ponzi, but
naturally is incredulous of stories of
interest at the rate of 400 per cent.
Mr. Gallagher confirmed stories of
. street demonstrations in Ponzi's be?
half and remarked that Ponzi was
apparently a modest and likable
individual.
Weather Report
Sunrises... 4:63 a.m.ISun sets... 7:11 p.m.
i'?oon rises.'. 8:18 p.m.'Moon sets.. Y:3-la.m.
Note.-?The tibov? ligures aro standard
time and not Now York State time.
I.ocul Forecast.?Partly cloudy to-day;
to-morrow fair, with rising temperature;
gentle to moderate variable winds, mostly
northerly.
-? *
T.ocul Official Record.?-The following of?
ficial record shows temperatures (luring the
last twenty-four hours, in comparison with
the corresponding date of last year:
1919. 1 f) "J 0. ( 1919. 1920.
?. s. m. . . . fi t *i
6 a. m. ... ?8 66
9 a. m.... ?? 67
1 2 noon....71 70
3 p. m_ 79 77
6 p. m . . . . 80 Un
9 p. in- 72 68
10 p. m .... 70 68
Highest, 77 degrees (at 1:46 p. m);
lowest. 66 (st 4 a. m. and fi p. m.); aver- i
ago 72; average same date last year, 73; ;
average samo ?lute for thirty-three years. ?
74.
Humidity
? a. in... 88 ; ! p. m... 5Q ! 8 p. in... 85
Barometer Readings
8 s. m. .29.85 | l p. m. .20.86 I 8 p. m..29.86
General Weather Conditions
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. Tho disturb?
ance that waa central Saturday night over
the St. Lawnnce Valley has passed east?
ward bfvond the range of observation,
but a belt of low pressure and opposing
winds, however, over tho Atlantic states
has been attended by local thunderstorms
throughout the Kastern states, Tennessee
and the Ohio Valley and the region of the ?
Great Lakes and low west of the Rocky j
Mountains.
Fair -weather continued in Western dis- ,
tricts except, that there were local thun- ;
dnstorms in Missouri, Kansas and the
Rocky Mountain region.
There has been a considerable fall in
temperature sine?? Saturday in the Middle '.
Atlantic states, th- Ohio Valley and the
region of th Great Lakes.
Temperatures are approximately norma!
throughout the central West and the
plains states and are above the normal in
far Western and Northwest! rn r.-^ion*. i
Th" outlook is for local thunder show- ,
i is in the South Atlantic and cast Clulf ,
states and for fair weather Monday :?nd
Tuesday In the Middle Aalantlc and New
England states, Tennessee, the Ohio Val- ?
ley and the region of the Great Lakes.
The tendency will ? be. toward higher i
temperatures Monday and Tuesday In ?
Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and the region
of the Great Lakes, and Tuesday in 'h-i j
Middlo Atlantic and New England states, i
There are no indications, however, of a
return to abnormal high temperature in
any section east of the Mississippi River ;
during the next three days.
District Forecast?.?Eastern New York,
southern Now England. New Jersey, Dela?
ware. Maryland and eastern Penniylvant
nart'y doudj to-day; to-morrow fair, v.*It
Broadway at Ninth, New York
Telephone Stuyvesant 4700
Store Hours 9 to S
Today the WanamakerAugust FURNITURE
begins to go out into People's homes
July Steps Down
and Off
After all the wonderfulness
of our effort to put a stop to
rising prices by our "Patriotic
Movement" of May and
June, we had a more than
normal July.
Now then for August?
A most favorable furniture
offering ? actually now on
the floors.
Be It Remembered
that not merely this and that,
but every piece of our guaran?
teed good quality of furniture
now on the floors and as much
more beside in our warehouses
or on the rail coming along is
Set for the August
Sale and lowered
in price
The larger reductions have
come from negotiations with
manufacturers, growing out of
our May and June patriotic
movement efforts.
So it is to be seen here that we
have made some progress in re?
ducing prices in certain direc?
tions.
It is fair to say also that the
furniture artists and builders are
trying to impress upon us that
all of the best woods are scarcer
and the best workmen are fewer.
(Signed)
August 2, 1920.
The 17 th
Semi-annual
Sale of Silk
Packets
Remember the day
?tomorrow, August
3rd.
Thousands of pack?
ets?more than 20,000
yards of silks of vir?
tually every wantable
kind and quality.
Today's * afternoon
papers will tell the
complete story.
Furniture
Chairs ? typewriter
stands?leather arm chairs
and davenports ? direc?
tors' tables and revolving
bookcases?all at reduced
prices now.
Standardized Office
Furniture
at Regular Prices
Desks, tables, ?.?rectors'
tables, chairs, settees, telephone
stands, costumers, umbrella
stands, filing devices, sectional
bookcases, luxurious leather
furniture and othsr necessary
equipment?ready in our spe?
cial section devoted to office
furniture.
Seventh Gallery, New Bldg.
An Ideal
Bungalow
Here is a canvas bungalow,
strongly made and ready for
immediate delivery, it is made
in two sizes?one room, or two
rooms, each room being 7 x 10
feet, with large screened, open?
ing protected from all kinds of
weather.
The flooring is chestnut and
the canvas roof has a two-foot
extension. Prices for the one
roqm size, 7 x 10 feet, $130.
Two room size, 10 x 14 feet,
$265.
Third Gallery, New Bldg.
Spreading its own advertisement of Quality,
Beauty, Utility and Economy
Not anywhere in the whole world, except in our
Philadelphia Store, is there a collection of furniture
of this quality, scope, variety and volume offered in a
?sale that embraces every piece and suite of home
furniture on three floors of the new Wanamaker
Building?4th, 5th and 6th?including even those pure
and lovely Belmaison reproductions of period furni?
ture. A stock of furniture reaching more than a1
million dollars?all offered
at 10 to 40 per cent, less
For the past six months we have been buying furni?
ture for this 1920 August Sale. We have sat in the
offices of the greatest furniture manufacturers in the
country and with them have worked out modifications
and improvements, purifying.and beautifying the designs
of the furniture that they were to make for us?for our
August Sale.
There is the most enthusiastic kind of competition
in furniture sales. Ever since the August Sale was origi?
nated by Wanamaker's more than a quarter of a century
ago, becoming a thing of great popularity, it has been
imitated and emulated throughout the length and breadth
of the land. It is estimated that more than 10,000 stores
are holding August furniture sales in the United States
today.
EVERY ONE OF THESE STORES IS
HOLDING AN AUGUST FURNITURE
SALE BECAUSE WANAMAKER'S IS
HOLDING IT. THE CUSTOM WAS START?
ED AT WANAMAKER'S AND THE PACE
IS SET BY WANAMAKER'S.
Every one of ?these 10,000 or more Sales is an acknowledgment of the excellence
of the idea, and all their adverti-sing is, in effect, advertising of the Wanamaker Furni?
ture Sale.
All these furniture sales bring excellent benefits to the people. They heb all over
the country to keep down old H. I). L., and they are doing a great service toward the
improvement of homes.
Because of their leadership prices are made somewhat lower for good furniture
nearly everywhere. But it is the customers of the Wanamaker Stores who receive the
greatest benefits.
People who have compared prices elsewhere
tell us we are selling at lowest prices
This is true because the combined purchasing* power of the Wanamaker
Stores is the greatest in the land. Our distribution is far ahead of the distribution
of any other store or group of stores. The power of the magnitude of our opera?
tions enables us to get more furniture and better furniture and to sell it for lower
prices than is possible elsewhere.
Come in today and bring with you vom* out-of-town friends?everybody is free?
ly welcome at Wanamaker's to look and enjoy without obligation or even sugges?
tion tO buy. Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Galleries, New Building.
Women's New Baronet
Satin Skirts, $9.75
Sports skirts of shimmer?
ing baronet satin, delicately
tinted and infinitely becom?
ing, are the very backbone
of many a smart sports
wardrobe.
They have such enormous
possibilities for doing so many
things. They stand the wear
and tea.r of strenuous sports
wear and are lovely enough to
be worn on any summer day oc?
casion.
Skirts in lovely shades of blue
and green and rose and navy,
shading from the darker colors
to the lighter tints, are in both
plain and figured baronet satin,
made with little slit pockets
trimmed with white pearl but?
tons. At $9.75 these skirts are
truly remarkable.
As in all of the sports skirts
in the Skirt Salon, the work?
manship is beautiful and the
width around the bottom ex?
actly the width that a skirt of
this material should have.
Belts, 25 to 30 in.
Second floor, Old Budding.
Wanamaker Bookshelf
If you long for the sea choose your
story from the titles on the shelf today
This Table
Phonograph
Special, $150
Examine it on all sides.
Note how nicely St is fin?
ished. How graceful il ap?
pears. And how ornamen?
tal it is.
Then hear it. Listen
closely. Ask to hear all
makes of records played.
A phonograph like this
library or living room and used
be placed in the center of the
for all purposes for which a
library table is intended.
Ample space inside for rec?
ords. Table itself is 4 foot Ion?,
2.8 feet high and 2 feet l1.
inches wide.
First Gallery, New Building.
Joseph Conrad, of course,
stands first in any list of chron?
icles of' the sea. 'Tis penurious
to choose but a few, however?
"Lord Jim," the tropics and
the sea; $2. "Typhoon," of the
China Sea; $1.75. "The Res?
cue," of the South Sea; $2.
"Within the Tides," short
Stories; $1.75. "Victory," laid
on an island in the Southern
Pacific; $2.
Jack London, the American
writer of vivid tales; imagina?
tive; swiftly told; romantic and
adventurous. "The, Faith of
Men" and "Tales of the Fish
Patroi," short stories of life
from the rim of the Arctic Sea
to Pan Francisco Bay; Si.50.
Pierre Loti wandered over
the face of the earth and had
the gift of perceiving and re?
cording the beauties of what he
saw and the deepest emotions
of the human heart. Tt is in
his "An Iceland Fisherman '
that one feelr the height of his
power; $1.25.
V. Blasco Ibanez has drawn
on his usual bold, colossal scale,
the Mediterranean, from the
days of sea horses and sirens *o
submarines (and sirens) ; $2.15.
W. W. Jacob? tells humorous,
vigorous stories of English sea?
faring men and coast towns
which are irresistible if you en
joy a laugh and local color.
"Deep Water-"; $1.75. "The
Castaways"; $1.50.
Ralph D. Pa-re has told
stories of sea life on the most
modern of ships, submarines
and destroyers, and of ;.ll
phases of American navy life
in "Ships Across the Sea";
$1.90.
Visit our Foreign language department.
Telephone and mail orders receive prompt and care?
ful attention.
Eighth Gallery, New Building.
All Boys Like
Aeroplanes
Boys, how would you
like to build your own aero?
plane? You can do it by
following the plans that
come with each of these
outfits. Here are the
models?
The Tdeal Racer. . . .$3.50
Cecil Peoli . 5.00
Bleriot Monoplane . . 6.00
Nieuport Monoplane..
DeHaviland Battle
Plane. 3.50
The X. C. 4 Aero?
plane .10.no
If you wi.<h to repair
your aeroplane, we have
the parts. Or if you wish
to build a new plane, we
have s? fcs of plan.?? and
parts. It's a lot of fun.
Third Gallery, New Bldg.