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ly the War Department ‘There is an item calling try was on a peace basis, ment built on a cost-plus ment assumption that the sti at war, we are asked nearly $ Ings and additional docks. partment asks for the Air and if the construction throu mechanic: will be taken The Air Service cost tl ing fields. Manes? Whe: 1 the 35 to 44 combined with cha Priation made on demands compiled in the summer and fall of 1918 when Wwe were actually at war—we are pay-| crease of $85,000,000 over this year. ing for the Signal Corps $3,250,000. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, we are asked to contribute to the Signal Conps $6,686,000. Evident- wer will be flerce next year when it aske that the appropriation for the Signal Corps be more than doubled. penditure of $50,000,000 for-new in- land docks, warehouses, &c., for use by the army. There is algo an item calling for the expenditure of $14,- 225,000 for new military posts for the army. We spent $541,000 for new military posts in 1916, when the.coun- During the war the War Depart. tonments and camps and warehouses and docks and other structures for military use so lavishly sistently that it is possible to get off 4 Mat or a train at almost any point in the United States and throw a rock and hit a ‘building devoted to army Purposes. Yet, on the War Depart? 000,000 for additional build- The Military Air Service is costing this year $25,000,000, The War De- thousands of artisans fields of industrial production and put into non-productive war work. ment billions of dollars in 1 1918, but it was not until the war vision was turning out machines at that time sogything after the Ner of a machine tufning out cigar a whole loaf. Cut in boxes and the Eastern. part og thi thin slices rf until United States was dotted with teem. }; a golden brown— ing factories devoted to supplying the serve hot, Needs of our gallant airmen. at. the front and on American aviation train: Witut has hecome of all thos Stylwear mode ons are included in the lot. Also heather mixtures, fancy ¢ mixtures, oxford and black. Reliable*woykmanship. Single and double-breasted styles. colorings; all f' All sizes 6-10, Special Sale Men’s Low Cut Rubbers................0.0eeee ees \ THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1920,” 000,000 for “vocational {raining tor| enlisted men.” Assuming that the yer Swill number ap- proximately 300,000 men and officers, the War Department figures on structore at juicy salaries, the erec- tion of new buildings and the pur- (Continued From First Page.) Did the machinery dry up and blow |chase of machinery, tools and other away? Congress should reqtire an- | equipment. The War Department wants $10,- (Continued on Fourteenth Swers to these questions before au-| For the equipment of the Federal- thorizing the expenditure of $60,000,-|iseqd National Guard the War De- 000 on air service next year—an in-| partment wants, during the fiscal thinks the for the ex- basis can- and per- For a Successful Luncheon OTHING is quite so good as Vogt’s Philadelphia Scrapple, fried ’till golden brown, served sizzling country is hot! Nourishing indeed is this wholesome combination ‘to lay out of tender pork and Indian corn meal. the can a whole loaf. Se e for item goe: aj It comes out of The economy of Vogt’s Philadelphia Scrapple will de- light you. It offers you more good, nourishing food for next year $60,000,000. This includes! a small price than any other meat. And so easy to pre- $10,267,305 for construction purpos pare. Mighty fine for breakfast and dinner, too, from their : Get a can of Vogt’s Philadel- 1e Govern- | meat market | today. drawing to a close that Amer = / i pee teil p airplanes appeared at the front. | F, Gs Vogt ng to reports sent out by press | bh pe sts y 64 Gansev agents the airplage construction di- Comes out of the vam phia Scrapple from your grocer, or delicatessen iladelphia by & Sons, Inc, Warerooms ‘oort Street Telephone: Watkins 6973 EARN Fourtventh Strvet West of Fifth avenue Saturday Spetials in For Men and Young Men OVERCOATS Is in all wool fabries. Various blues, browns, | es STYLWEAR SUITS. inely tailored....... Breet e ener nee ees VELOUR HATS $6.95, $8.97 and $9.74 € To Clear, 5.85 des, Made by one of the best hat’manutacturers. All sizes lot; black, green, brown and olive. MEN'S SHOP—Main Floor Stylwear Clothes, spell style and service. Stylwear prices save you money. Men’s Tenderfoot Shoes Our regular $10.00 7.85 See page 23 for our three column advertisement Special 9:30 to 6:00 [| STORE HOURS (for the Present) >on STYLWEAR CLOTHES 34.50 Special in the One of these models will appeal especially to ex-service men. To familiarize more men with the excellent wearing qualitics of Tenderfoot Shoes— acter and smartness of cut—and built on lasts which will comfort ably fit even the most difficult of feet—we offer for Saturday only Black or Tan Laced .Tenderfoot Shoes 1.24 ~~ JOHN WANAMAKE Through sunshine and storm the Great Sale of | Women’s Shoes at $8 ‘ $8 pair—altho’ they are not being reproduced to- day Ae for less than 60 per cent. more. Two styles eight-inch lace boots, with indicated wing tips and perfora- tions, good soles and low military heels; one in black calfskin with grey cloth tops, the other in dark brown calfskin with fawn cloth tops. Three styles of six-eye- let oxfords, all with straight tips, stout walk- ing soles and modish Eng- lish heel. One is of tan and another of black glazed kidskin, while the third is-of black calfskin. First floor, Old Building Georgette crepe Blouses with real filet lace, $10 Three beautifully designed blouses pf Georgette bade in a lovely tint of shell [ae are made on simple and charming lines that make excellent use of real filet lace. One model has a little roll collar and an inset vestee of wide filet edging. _, The others have vestees, plain and tucked, banded with filet lace and have filet edging around the cuffs and collar, The collar of one is round, the other square, but both have attractive little insets of filet motifs in the corners. Ecru Georgette,crepe and ecru-dyed Valenciennes, also $10 fashion another blouse that is as dainty and smart as a blouse may well be. The neck is finished with a shawl collar that rolls back most becomingly, a collar edged with ecru colored Valenciennes insertion and lace edging. This trimming extends down the finely tucked front and also edges the cuffs. This comes in white or flesh also. * Second floor, Old Building Petticoats at $8.95 100, odds and ends, $10.95 to $15 grades, only a Sew of a kind. Lovely colors—tight, dark, brilliany and subdued. Made of jersey silk, radium; jersey tops with messaline flounces; jersey top with taffeta flounces; all messaline. Extra sizes included. Third floor, Old Building Sample Skirts*15.75 $18.50 to $E5.50 grades Ever so attractive plaotet gairts fn fine knife acy cordion Hoang and bos pve» amost favored at the present time. In brown and tan plaids, back and white plaids and checks, in several shades of blue, in deep bottle green and blue and other attractive combinations. These are the types of skirts now being worn for sport and town with equally good form and smartness. With blue serge suit coats or with sweaters they make decidedly smart costumes. Second floor, Old Building e as Silk stockings you never can have enough of them Full-fashioned silk stockings, with mercerized top; “double toe, sole and heel, in black, white, Havana brown and'medium gray, at $2.66 a pair. All-silk stockings, with mercerized toe, in bronze, Cordovan, negre, medium and dark gray, as well as black and’ white; also a number with lisle toe, hee! and welt, in black and white; $3.65 pair. (Prices quoted include tax.) Main floor, Old Building Women’s Suits : $49.50 Three models of serge; one of burella cloth The burella cloth model is in beige, very simple and attractive, lined with beige satin to match. Slim and severely tailored lines are broken by rows of narrow folds on the pockets, accented by buttons of brown bone. There are pleats and button trimming in the back. The serge suits are all extremely simple models. Two are quite plain, with tailored and well-cut notch collars and string belts. The third is braided, with black silk in a latticed effect over the pockets and on the cuffs. In midnight blue. Second floor, Old Building L. R. Corsets Moderately priced DANCING-~a light-weight model of white batiste, lightly boned; flexible; very dainty and pretty; $4.50. COMFORT—another light-weight corset at this $4 PERVECT-FITTING designed for larger wome housework. Made oi hea’ boned, 25. CORSET—a'corset specially > wear when doing heavy y white coutil, Strongly Third floor, Old Building Saturday’s Sweets Black walnut pillows, assorted flavors; spe- cial, 80¢ pourd. Eighth Gallery and Down-Stairs Store, New Building FURNITURE goes greatly on It is the Sale which has the FURNITURE behind it Plenty of furniture on the floors, Plenty of reserve stocks in the warehouse. Cars loaded with fur- niture on the way. We prepared for the whole month, for a great demand, with the RIGHT kind of furniture. Piecefor piece and price for price, it is unsurpassed, and we do not believe it is equalled. On Saturday’ the floors will hold thousands of answers to the eager questidn of New York’s home-makers, “Where can I get GOOD furniture at a low price?” Living-room and Ltbrary Furniture—Fifth Gallery, New Bldg. Bedroom and Dining-room Furniture—Sixth Gal llery, New Bldg. Women’s cotton Umbrellas knitted Underwear Special Saturday Ribbed vests with round or ¥ $2 85 necks; sleeveless, low neck style; . one with short sleeves; sizes 36 and Women’s umbrellas of a 38. Special at 38¢. fine grade of cotton, with Saea tesive egal tpiaeuear Av cestian avare Combinations of fine ribbed cot- umbrella, All have wooden | ton. A bodice top with hemstitch- handles, with the cord loop, a | ed band, and tight at the knee. In Sreat convenience to carry 1 white only. Regular sizes, 36 and on the wrist. q ., 38, $1.26. Ext , 40 to 44, Main floor, Old Building. raps pee Uae iae ae Firat floor Old Bldg. MEN will hurry he 228 Suits are $36.50 Sizes are broken, of course. But there are all si in the lot—regulars, longs, shorts, stouts, 35 to 40. Good mixtures. Originally. $45 to $50. 356 Suits are $48.50 At least 150 patterns in the group. And si to 42. So you're pretty sure to find something you very much like. Originally $55 to $70, Winter Overcoats, $36.50 REAL New York winter overcoats full belt, which may be worn or not, friezes and cheviots, s 34, 33 They are $20 to $60 grades, Heavy Ulsters at $44.50, $54.50 Dark gray and brown ana conservative mixtures; satin yoke and sleeves. $60 and $70 grades, 1,200 men’s Caps at $1.75 Special purchases of $3 and $4 grades; one-piece tops; good plaids; dark colors, plain brown, green and navy 1 ulster style, with s you like. Fine 36, 37 and a few up to 40, blue; leather sweat bands; lined and unlined. Sizes 61% to 734. Burlington Arcade floor, New Building To the Main Store for Men, on the Burlington Arcade (street) floor. BECAUSE— New and special for Miss 14 to 20 SUIT FROCKS, $49.50 The little suit-frock is the fashion of the hour—and its vogue will surely continue | throughout the Spring. It looks like a suit, but has allethe convenience of a one-piece }} frock, as the accordion-pleated skirt is joined to the white organdie guimpe and underbodice, and the Eton jacket is fastened to the under- bodice of silk. Illustrated. | We have had this chic little costume made in the new cross-ba: worsted (Fashion’s latest favorite), rred in navy blue with lavender, also plain navy blue tan with violet. $49.50. ey FROCKS OF TAFFETA, $39.75 Shetch shows the attractive use of tiny tings, as well as the smart silhouette of the model Pie is of a commendable quality—in dark brown, copen- hagen and navy blues. NEW WOOL JERSEY SUITS, $29.50 If you are in doubt about what sort of Spring suit to get, you cannot make a mistake in getting one of these wool jersey suits to fill in until you have come to a decision, because a jersey suit is useful the year ‘round. These suits are in a smart, severely tailored model, and come in plain colors and heather mixtures. MORE WINTER COATS At ee ererey. tailored, loose back, coats of heavy wool velours—but only in taupe; the enly color we could get. At $55—Coats of heavy wool ratine in reindeer, taupe and brown. | | | | shaw! collars of nutria; reindeer and brown. Second floor, Old Building. Tenth st. Girls’ White Pique Frocks, $5.95 Our $8.75 grade Pique is of a soft quality, which particularly lends ae to the making of dresses for little girls. Some of the frocks are’ embroidered in white, others in colors—and some are also finished with Irish picot lace. 4 i i 50 Middy blouses, $1.50 Our $2.95 grade. ee In white galateas. Left over from a collec- 4 tion we made for a boarding school. Size 6 to 20 years. “Regulation”? Dresses, $6.75 to $18.50 A Wanamaker Specialty! In white galatea, with blue collar and cuffs. Size 6 to 14. Illustrated; $6.75. White linen dresses; sizes 6 to 12 years, $11.75; sizes 14 and 16 years, $13.75. Navy blue serge dresses, tailored in our own workroom, $18.50. Second floor, Old Building. Ninth St, e SATURDAY ot ee nes ee eee ee Wing-tip Shoes, $9 pr. for the black leather. And $10 for the tan, Mighty good-looking shoes, with heavy single soles and smart, well-cut uppers. ARCTICS, RUBBERS ANATOMIK SHOES. Men's Shoe Store—Burlingtom Arcade Floor, New Building