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THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES. JANUARY 15, 1900. MONDAY MORNING. 12 DA NEWS LY WANAMA Dress Goods Reduced Nearly every small piece and remnant in our entire stock is marked down half or more, and put on a counter opposite the Salon. Sometimes only one dress-pattern, sometimes two; sometimes several of a kind all of them skirt or dress lengths or remnants.

We don't wanta single piece left. Several hundred styles of almost every weave, including all that are left of our latest imported, embroidered cloth-robes. $38 and $40 robes, $25. That $150,000 of Silver and Silver Plate is fast as it ought to. Fine silver at a quarter to a third off, silver-plate for half and your choice from a big and well chosen stock like this, are not common and everyday matters, and have met with a remarkable welcome.

The closest buyers (hotel men and others who know what's what) are buying freely; and that proves that prices are right. So are the patterns. We can't say we like every one do you suppose we like everything we sell but they are such as we have found that people like. Our last year's sale taught us a great deal; so did our last year's business, and our success in silver as in everything else, has $45 robes, $30. A few of the greatest reductions: Blistered Ribbon-striped poplin from $3.75.

Striped Venetian $1.25, from $4- 75- Silk-and-wool poplin 75c, from $2.25. Striped prunella $1, from $2. Other styles plain East of Main Aisle. been largely due to our close observation of Shirt Waist Opening; Today on the second floor, just upstairs from the Women's Waiting Room, the new shirt waists for 1900 are at home among the' Spring blossoms- twro months earlier than usual. Some of the makers bought materials exclusively for us on their European tour, and made these shirt waists during what are usually idle months.

Not a single last year's shirt waist or design in the lot. Chintz, 50c to 85c. Chambry, $1.75 to $2.75. Percale, $1. Linens, $2.75 to $3.

Gingham, $1.25 to $3.75. Lawns, 75c to $7.50. people's likes and dislikes. We don't like to hurry you; but look at today's list and compare it with Saturday's. Thirty-three different kinds of things are gone no more silver coffee-sets, etc.

Isn't today better than tomorrow? Details When we say silver we mean sterling .925 fine. The following are all on the cross aisle. Duplicates in the Red Salon, lace store, glove aisle, and main aisle, where you will find buying more comfortable. Philadelphia. Monday.

January 15, 1901 The weather will probably be fair today. Important Sales Tbe snips nnmed hero are the most Important ones only that means, of the greatest concern to the greatest number. $150, 000 Sale of Silver. The White Sale. Dress Goods.

Carpets. Silks. Men's Clothing. Furniture. Openings Women Shirt Waists.

Carpets We are coming to the close of the largest year's business we have ever known. In fact, take our two stores together, there is only one other concern doing so much, and that concern is not in Philadelphia. What does this mean except that we have given better service than any other concern in this city, and are in a position to do it for the coming year? A large business can buy at smaller prices than a smaller business; can buy a large bargain, when it comes around, at the smallest possible price; can carry a greater variety than a small business; can import direct and get what it chooses not what importers happen to think is good. For example, in our Japanese and Chinese mattings, which we get straight from Japan and China and the Oriental rugs, which our buyer picks out in Constantinople and London two of the greatest rug markets in the world. It means, besides, that the 'makers come to us first because we are the largest customers and offer us first choice of their goods.

We buy certain patterns and control them in the finer Axminsters and Wiltons and the next largest buyer can buy the next best patterns, and, (if he buys enough) can control them. But what has made us big? This we don't represent any particular factory or number of factories we don't speculate on carpets buy low and sell high we represent nothing but our customers' interests and our own, and we protect both faithfully, for they belong together. There arc no tricks in our trade, we don't mark up and then mark down ridiculous of us to say this, if it were not done'in this very city For example, those Wilton velvets at actually were tapestries at 40c, 50c and were 55c, 65c and 80c; the Axminsters at 80c were the Brussels at $1 were $1.35 and the Oriental rugs that are now one-third off were full price last Tuesday. We have let the daylight into more businesses than one to our own advantage as well as yours. Second floor, Market street.

Calendars, 5c regardless of former price on any. They went by the thousands Saturday, but there are still thousands here we laid in an extraordinary quantity. Rook store, Thirteenth street. Men's Clothing Reduced Suits, $io. Another sale today 150 double-breasted black and blue cheviot suits that were $15, $13.50 and $12; single-breasted black and blue cheviot, some with double-breasted vests, that were $15 all marked $10.

More mixed suits added those we told of Saturday went flying as half-price suits should. All sizes now, and you can pick out $18'. $15, and $12 suits for $10 but come early. Overcoats. $12 for $15 kersey overcoats that'll be next year tlx.

$13.50 for $1S ker6ey overcoats that'll be next year $20. And by the way, the rise in woolen fabrics (the price for next year is already fixed at a third more) will send up the price of suits as well as overcoats. Market street. Dining-room Furniture Reduced a half and a third. Judge us by our marked-down furniture as well as by our regular priced we sell nothing at any time or in any way that is not well-made of thoroughly seasoned wood that won't warp or crack.

The finish, the style, the looks of the furniture, you can see for yourself. j5 Extension Tables. 8 $5. from $10. rTeuiish oak.

8 from $12. Oak, li from $12. Oak. 8 $8.75. from $17.50.

Oak. 8 from $13.50. Oak. 10 $15, from $30. Walnut.

10 $28. from $40. Eugllsh oak, 10 $35, from $62. 16 China Closets. Oak: glass shelves and glass back, $12, from $24.

Oak; wood back and shelves. $15. from $30. Oak; glass back aud wood shelves, $20, from $:. oak; all glass.

$2.1, from $38. Oak; all glass. S2S. from $40. Oak; all wood.

$28. from $40. Oak; glass back, wood shelves, $20, from $15. Oak; glass back, wood shelves, $30, from $48. I nk ail glass, $35.

from $52.50. Oak; all glass. $40. from Walnut; all gloss. $40.

from $65. Oak; all glass, $45, from $77. Oak; all glass. $i5. from $100.

Mahogany; all glass. $75, from $135. 2J Sideboards. Oak; $15. from $22.

Oak: $22.50. from $45. Onk; from $25. Oak; $25, from $37. Oak; $20 from $30.

oak; from Oak; from $43. $33, from $5rt. Oak; $22, from $34. Onk: from $130. Oak: $100.

from $150. Mahogany Inlaid; $50, from Mnhognnv Inlaid; from $iu0. Mnhnganr; $luo. from $150. Mahogany; $100, from $1U5.

Third floor. $3 Shoes for men and women. Better than $3.50 advertised shoes you buy elsewhere, as good as the $4. And by elsewhere we mean anywhere you may choose to go, except our New York store. What's the test? Wear and fit.

Looks have a lot to do with making a good shoe, but wear and fit are the big things. We'd be foolish not to have our $3 shoes look better than any other store's $3.50, or as well as their $4. We'd be more foolish to say they are better and as good, and have the wear (of the leather and the fit) go back on our statement. We'renot selling shoes once to a man, and then have him eo to another store for his next pair. glen'srusset, enamel, patent leather and any of the usual black leathers; all the good omen'a-kld, with patent leather or kid tl.

Thirteenth and Market. The Basement Aisles The place for big bargains at little prices something new almost every day. Remnants of two hnlf price sale: Women's gloves, 05c. Women's underwear. 2rx 50c, 75c each.

Women's stockings. 15c, 25c, 50c. Bicycle Blockings, 25c. Smoking tallies, third to a hnlf off, 50c to $5. Housefurnishings: Iust brushes, 20c, 25c, 35c.

Cliiitnols skins, 8c. Wash-hnllers, T5c. Scrub brushes, loc. Wash boards. Irte.

and any oilier thing In housefurnishings you want if we haveu't It. we'll get it. John Wanamaker. Silks, 60c were all the way from 85c to $3 which is so astounding a statement as to require an explanation. They are mostly our slow-sellers perhaps because some are not the exact shade that people wanted for the most luxurious garments; perhaps because we had so many other things that they hardly got a chance to be shown.

Some are a little soiled; one pattern, a black velvet stripe on white silk, is not quite so clear as it ought to be; and so on. When they are yours you won't think much of anybody who doesn't say they are pretty nice. We put these all in the basement; the place of small prices. $3 quality. Pekln stripe velvet, black and white.

$2.75 quality. Moire antique; brown, green, navy blue and garnet. $2.50 quality. Striped satin la black and white. $2.50 quality.

Brocaded velvet In evening shades for opera wraps and shirtwaists pink, blue, yellow, nlle and lavender. $2.25 quality. The fashionable printed rnnue velvets. In beige and brown. $2 quality.

Striped satin in black and white, slightly soiled. $1.50 quality. All black striped eatln for skirts. $1.35 quality, All -silk satin mascot, beige, garnet, navy blue, browu, green. $1.25 quality.

Black and white plaid silks. quality. Black and white striped velvet. Rich figured gros de lnndrea, dark colors. Corded satins in beige.

And so on all 60c a yard. A big lot of bargains. Basement. Cotton Dress Goods I the Salon. Fresh, breezy, modest, racy; genius in almost every pattern try to invent a new one yourself.

We speak of the fine today. Silk-barred grenadines that look like the old-fnshluued barege with colored bars of silk. $1. Same with wide bars of colored silk, $1.25. Black embroidered dots on black, 37VjC.

4tc and 45c. Black or blue with white dots, 45c. White with black dots. 45c. Colored grounds with dote of same color.

50c. Embroidered figures, colors, blacks and whites. Hoc up. Very new aud exclusive novelties, $1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75. Pineapple batiste was introduced about three years ago.

It is an imported woven cotton, somewhat like Swiss. The thread is almost as fine as is ever used in woven cottons; mostly stripes and plain, 45c. Silk-and-cotton crepes look like gauze with stripes of the same color, 60c. Fine Scotch crepe In woven colors, 45c. No end of beautiful piques printed and plain.

The Salon. Domestic. There's a new counter southeast of center, fairly overflowing with beautiful American cotton goods. The prices invite you to buy six dresses instead of one. Dimities.

12Vic; Swisses, white or colored grounds, 12'c: dimities, with cluster stripes, 12Mc; very sheer dimities In Dresden patterns, or In light or dark colors, 15c; very sheer dimity, with cluster cords. 18e. Sheer muslin with pique cords and polka-dots. ISo. Pompadour organdie, bars under beautiful flowers, 20e.

Still a good collection of 25c organdies that were moved to this same counter at I2jc. Southeast of center. Furs We're beginning to think Philadelphia is the greatest fur-loving city in America. Saturday was asbusy as before Christmas. The American maker's French furs have been fully appreciated here.

Today, fur coats; though we want you to know that we added $8000 worth of small furs to our collection Saturday so what you didn't find then is here now. Seal skin tuckets, $150, $160, $175, $215, $225. $250, $275. Persian lamb Jackets, plain and some with luliik or chinchilla collur aud rcvers, $100. Astrakhan Jackets, plain, $47.50.

Astrakhan Jackets, trimmed with sable fox. $00. Electric seal Jackets. $34. $37.50.

$45. $46. $50. Some are plain, others with black marten or sable fox collar and revers. All jackets are at the reduced prices.

Second floor, Chestnut street. Salon for Robes. Chenille dotted poplin $1.25, from $4.25. Persian novelty $2.50, from $7.50. Imported covert cloth $1, from $2.

Striped corkscrew $1.25, from and fancy. going South. The Hurt Book Sale Bigger than other years because there were more books to get hurt, and more people to handle them. Then many sets were late in getting here and many others got accidentally tucked out of sight in the rush their feelings were hurt at not beinjr sold that's all the matter with them. Bulwer's Novels.

13 $2.25. Better edltlou. 13 $3.25. Fine edition, $4.75. Thackeray's Works, 10 $1.80.

Better edition, $2.75. Dickens' Novels, 15 $2.75. Better edition, $3.25. Fine edition, $5.25. Preseott's Ferdinand nnd Isabella, 3 library edition, $3, now $1.

Macnulay's Essays, 1 now 40c. America's Battle for Cuba's Freedom; many Illustrations, now 30c. When Love Calls, by Gilbert Parker, 50c, now 25c. Tbe Ways of Fire, Maxwell, $1.25, now 25c. A Noble Haul, by Clark Kussell, 50c, now 15c.

France The Revolution and Modern France: Constitution, Parliamentary System, political parties, by J. E. llodley, 2 The Science of Political Economy, by Henrr George, $2.50. now $1. The Spanish Revolution.

by E. H. Strobel. $1.10, now 45c. 1812 Napoleon I.

In Russia, by Verestcha-gin: $1.35. now 75c. Leaves from Mrs. Ewlng's Canada Home, illustrated quarto, $3. now 50c.

A Floral Fantasy In an Old English Gar-deu: In colors, by Walter Crane; quarto, $2.50, now 75c. Macaulay's Essays, clear type, printed In I87. $2.75. American Notes by Rudyard Kipling, $1, now 80c. The Poor In Great Cities, by J.

A. tills and others. $2, now 50o. Mrs. Keith's Crime, bj Mrs.

W. Clifford, $1.25. now 25c. Alaska and tbe Klondike Gold Fields, now 30c. The Last of ths Mohicans, by J.

F. Cooper; colored Illustrations, 2 $3, now Encyclopedia Brltnnnica; supplement of 5 30 vols. In all, now $25. Incidents of Shot and Khell (War of the Rehellloni, 404 pages, now 45c. Hoswell's Life of Johnson, edited by A.

Blrrell, now $2.50. Northward Over the tlrent Ice. by Robert E. Peary, 2 $5.73, now $2.50. A thousand or more books, for young and up for little tots as well as the bright boy or girl of fifteen.

Book Btor. Thirteenth atrwt. In time for women Second floor. Muslin Underwear We have talked so much of low-price underclothes that you may not realize how good we have at medium prices. Will you read these details and come? Nightgowns $1.

Muslin; square yoke with fourteen clusters of plaits; bottom of yoke edged with tine Insertion; ribbon drawn through; neck and sleeves trimmed with embroidery. $1.25. Muslin; yoke, two rows of lace Insertion, three clusters o.f plaits; neck, yoke and sleeves trimmed with lace; ribbon bow at neck. $1.50. Cambric; square neck trimmed with lace nnd lace Insertion; narrow ribbon at gleevcH and neck.

Others at $2, to $9. Still higher In the French sort. Corset covers 50c. Cambric; square yoke; eight rows of embroidery Insertion; neck trimmed with neat embroidery. 75c.

Nainsook; round neck and armholes trimmed with lace and. ribbon; drawing string at waist. $1. Cambric; round neck; front trimmed with two rows of -embroidery Insertion; neck nnd armholes trimmed with embroidery and ribbon. And better, up to the French aort.

Drawers: 75c. Cambric: ruffle edged with lace; row of Insertion and plaits shore. $1. Cambric; trimmed with deep ruffle of dainty embroidery; cluster of tiny plaits above. $1.50.

Cambric; trimmed with wide ruffles of embroidery; row -of Insertion and two clusters of plaits above. Petticoats $1. Muslin; trimmed with wide lawn ruffle edged with embroidery; two clusters of plaits above; cambric dust ruffle. $1.50. Muslin; deep lawn ruffle trimmed with two rows of lace Insertion and edged with lace: cambric dust ruffle.

$2. Cambric: deep lawn ruffle trimmed with three rows of lace Insertion edged with lace; cambric dust ruffle. Chemises 50c. Muslin; square yoke of tiny plslta and Insertion; neck and armholes trimmed with embroidery. Mr.

Muslin; round neck trimmed with neat embroidery and Insertion; armholes trimmed. $1. Cambric: round neck trimmed with lace and insertion; armholea trimmed; ribbon at. neck. $1.50.

Nainsook: yoke; front trimmed with rows of lace Insertion on the bias; neck and armholes edged with lace; straps over shoulders; and neck trimmed with ribbon. Second floor. Silver Spoons and Forks 75c an ounce regularly $1 and $1.25. Silver Table-Sets, Dishes, etc. a third less than usual.

Tea sets. 4 pieces, $100. $12.1 1150. Bonbon dishes, $3.75. 4.

$5, $5.50. Iessert knives. $12.50 do, lllnner knives. $15 doit. Fruit disk.

Carving set. 3 pieces, $10. Carving sets. 2 pieces, $7.25. Coffee spoons.

do. Cnke knivi. $1.75. Berry bowks, $10. Ice crenm plates, $3, $3.75.

Gravy bouts, $10. Cut glofs mounted rose Jnrs, $2.25. Silver Toilet Articles and Novelties at two-thirds prices. Brush, comb and mirror (French gray $11. Handle-mirrors.

$0.50 and $7. King mirrors, Hill- hrushe. $2, $2.25, $3.25. Military $4.25 or $5 a pair. Infant brushes.

$1.15. ruff boxes. $1. $1.25, $1.75. $3.75.

Salve boxes. 25c, 40c, OOc. bottles, )5c. 25c. Salts Jars.

75c. Cloth bmshes. $1. $1.50. $2, $2.50.

Hat brushes. 50c, 73c. $1, $1.50. Bonnet brushes. 5tK 75c.

Whisks, ftoc. $1. 7-peoe manicure set, plush lined, leather case. $0.50. 7-plece manicure set, plush lined, leather ease, $0.

4-pieoe manicure set, plush lined, leather ease, $1.85. 6-)iece sewing aet, plush lined, leather case. $1.75. 3 -piece sewing set, plush lined, leather case. N.c, Cuticle- knives, 35c.

Kmerles, 25c. Nail flics, 35c. Buttonhooks. 35c. Shoe horns.

35c. Gloo stretchers. $1 Corn knives. 35c. Tooth brushes, 35c Nail brushes, 3-V.

Curling Imub, 35c. rumlce stone. 85o. Nail polishers. 75c, $1.25.

scissors, Ouc. Embroidery scissors, 85c. Holler blotters, 35c. Paper cutters. 35c.

Penknives. Hoc. Corkscrews, (IV? $1.50. $2.50. Vinaigrettes.

80c. Kit. 0c, $1, $1.25. Envehipe molstoners. 00c.

Envelope senlers, 50c, 05c. Cigar cutters, 45c. 50c, 60c. Napkin holders, 30c. Pipes, $1.75.

Triple-Plated Knives from Rogers and others. $2.35 a dozen. Quadruple-Plated Dishes, etc. at about half. 5-pleee tea sets, quadruple plate, $9.50, $10, $12.50.

$15. Pudding dishes. $4, $4.50, $5. Cake baskets, $2. Mutter dishes, $2.

Soup tureens, $5. Ice tubs. $2. Syrups and plates. $1.

Cracker Jnrs. $1, $1.25. Cigar Jars, $1.35. Kern dishes. $2.25.

Water pitchers. $2.25. $2.75, $3. lemonade pitchers, 75c. Coffee urns, $7.50.

Tea kettles, $4.50, Bread trays, $1.50, $1.75, $2. Candlesticks. 75c. Candelabra. $2.25, $3.25.

Flower vases. 75c. l'lckle Jars. $1.25. Bonbon dishes, $1.

Hound trays, 75c, $1.50, $2. Silver-Plated Spoons, Forks, etc. Teaspoons, $1.10 a dox. Ta hies pool is, $2.20 a doz. Dinner forks, $2.20 a dos.

Iiessert forks. $2.10 a dos. Dessert poons. $2.10 a dojs. Sugar shells.

20c each. Butter knives. 25c each. I'le knives. 60c each.

Fish knives, 75c each. Fish forks, 75c each. Mustard spoons, 10c each. Salt spoon, loo each. Plcklo forks, 20c each.

Child's sets, 15c and 50c each. Small sugar tongs, 20c each. Medium sugar tongs, each. Dinner knives, triple-plated, $2.35 a dot. Inlaid Silver Plate at half price.

Fortified at the wearing points with silver inlaid. Teaspoons, $2.50 doi. Coffee spoolto, $2.50 dox. Coffee spoons, gilt bowls. $3.50 dox.

Child' spoons, plain, 25e each. Child's spoons, gilt. 40c each. Sugar spoons, plain and gilt, 50c each. Orange spoons, $2.50 dox.

Orange spoons, gilt, $3.50 dox. Dessert forks, $4.75 dox. Dinner forks, $5.25 dox. Butter knives, 50c each. Dessert spoons, $4.75 dox.

Tablespoons, $5 dox. Table Cutlery Best American steel. Carving sets, $2.50, $3.25. Breakfast carvers, $1.00, $1.25 a pair. Bird carvers, 75e.

Pearl-handle fruit knives, sliver-plated blades, with sterling ferrules, $0.00 a doxen. Dinner knives, sterling ferrules and silver-plated blades. $12. 50 a doxen. 5 piece stag handle carving sets.

In lined boxes, $0. I.