The evening world. Newspaper, February 11, 1920, Page 15

TOWN HALL SOLD litle Guarantee and Trust Co. Pays $75,000 and Will Erect Mod- ern Office Building. old building which sinnce 1870 Hail of Long Island id to the Title Guaran- t Company and will be way for a modern office The price is said to have Kimateiy $75,000, 1, aa the bufiding has been PRICES DUE WITH STREETS OPENED Produce Piling U ip | in Whole. salers’ Hands During “Block- ade” Must Be Sold. generation, was the first of the city. It was famous in its time as tho seene of many social affairs ‘or City Hat projected building win be one of a numer of modern stractures which c By P. Q. Foy. (Special Food Expert of The Evening World.) fn ‘The problem of supplying 15,000,000 | = a \gommumers with foodstuffs is taxing aE EE Bie tytnsrvs eres tae MICHIGAN FURNITURE eongested with thousands of wag- nS amd autotrucks, nearly ali loaded ‘with foodstuffs and hekl up by the Unupunl conditions, With retail deal: ers in upper Manhattan, the Bronx, ; Brovidyn gna out of town sections’ @lamoring for supplies, the situation ts indescribable. Tens of thousands! } of packages are being carriai by inai. || OREAT FEBRUARY SALE vidunis on the “L" roads, and at one!| 10% te 50% REDUCTIONS ON ALL time yesterday morning 1 counted, Ltesinhte voit rteretend fore than twenty employees of up- | town stores, or messe carrying everything from 4 hindquarver of Deet | to @ box of cheese, } Some uptown stores, eager to get! goods, are offering the aeprasetiets sae of rates. It is aot un 2 ten cents a dozen or $3 a cose to have a crate of eggs carried from | Harrison Street to Harlem. The tariff Broadway at Ninth, ' New York THE EVENING Ah Babacha (WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY | ‘1h 192 RUT NTO Sees... JOHN WANAMAKER | Store will be open to . Visitors and Customers all day Thursday | Interborough Subway Station at Astor Place, and Sea Beach, West End and Broadway (N.Y.) Station at 8th street lead direct into the Store Railroads, elevated roads, busses, Hudson tubes, Broadway surface cars (most surface cars) are running. The Best Face of Lincoln Is near where this is written—being a copy of the famous bronze bust made by Bachmann. In it are signs of gentleness and humor, but over- spreading it all is the sternness of determina- tion. Much as he hated war and abhorred bloodshed, with t score g he Lepreel We ls from z ditors, Compleat, delegations of Senators and Representa- tives, to stop the war upon certain concessions from the South and North as to Slavery and division of Empire; but Ll which: dist refused to submit to any compro- h disunited the Nation and sliced up its Patient, sympathetic, sleepless, he never , even though his own Cabinet opposed him and mari 2,510 pairs Women’s Shoes at $8.75 and $5.75 pair Winter Clearaway Of all shoes not re-ordered for Spring 1,266 pairs were originally $10 to $16 pair. These will be $8.75 pair, Thurs- OGY... ies 1,244 pairs were originally $7 to $9 pair. 2,310 pairs are our own good stocks. one of our regular manufacturers, There are too many styles to sj course, each of the styles can’t be had in every size. in all sizes from 214 to 8—for example, there are 366 pairs of size 414, and 811 | pairs of size 6. These will be $5.75. 200 pairs are a special purchase from ify, and, of But there is plenty of choice and not one pair in the lot could be replaced today for the price you can buy them for tomorrow The. value spe mistakably of savings to all who ‘ realize the worth of good serge an workmanship, fy Cha:apion Middy Blouses taining an average on live chickens ranges up from $2 @ crate across town to the east side district an $3 to the Brooklyn and Harlem. Express changes on every- thE gine te in proportion. 1 H of carluads of fresh vege- | tables from Cuba and the South are | offered at less than cost of freight | in the wholesale district. Lettuce was | Offered yesterday at from five cents to $1 dollar a bask Parlor Tables Strongly made: ned ‘Onion: $1 to $2 a bag in the wh ket, but few ar piled with | Febreary sry Sale Spadla Special the consumer, amd wit nape ree Wood Gallery pet El Neeeme ti e Golden Oak bot Dutton aod eas, n'a ow Rasingon al juamtities of fresh veze le at extremely low pi . lent John Minder of they Wi ington Market 'M tion Bays business for days in the market ha. custemers com distances in Long Islan Westchester, where the are exhausted. 122. Oven Monday and Saturday Evenings. Bronx Store,420 Tremont Av., Bronx Open Satarday Evenings, Harlem Store, 2174 Third Ay. Gabe sets | 9:30 to 6:00 “ " STORE HOURS (for the Present) HEARN Fourtecath Street. West of Fifth Avenue THURSDAY GIRLS’ BLOOMERS 1.97 Our regular $2.77 girl needs for her athletic work strongly- material, he bloomers in this » fully cut, and trimly finished, black and come in sizes for girle from 12 The active school 4 made bloomers of x are of excellent s are navy blue « to 20 years 1.68 fete their Hearn’s specialized price... p it goes without saying, is a lesser sum than would be asked for them e!sewhere See other pages for our five col, advt. and Sale of Men's Stylwear Suits. were known to be unfriendly to him. Any man or woman who does not give unqual- ified loyalty and active support to our country should to Laie Botany Bay of people ‘‘with- out a country” and barred out of the United States be transported forever. ‘ [Signed] February 11, 1920, Welcome! At 2, in the afternoon, there will be ceremonies attending the decoration of the LINCOLN Memorial Tablet in the Audi- torium, by the John Wanamaker Commercial Institute. Jubilee Concert At 2.30, there wil be a Jubilee Concert by the Wanamaker Col- ored Chorus in the Auditorium. They will sing Plantation Songs, Negro Spirituelles, Solos and Quartettes, assisted by the organ. Luncheon Between 12 and 2.30, there will be a la carte luncheon in the taurant and Tea Room; good home cooking: more wholesome food, better prepared and served, is not to be found anywhere else in the country. Lincolniana In the Picture Gallery we have assembled, in one room a large and unusual group of LINCOLN engravings; small full length and trait size: several groups of the INCOLN family; many are autographed. ‘ i One very interesting print is a fac-simile of LINCOLN’S auto- biography, in his own handwrit- in Gearby, i in the Book Store, is a table on which you will find books on LINCOLN. Golf You can’t play golf outdoors these days. Come in and take a few practice swings in the golf courts on the Broaswey. side of the Third Gal- lery, in the New Building. Willie Braid, or Dave Hunter, or Walter Stoddart will be here to coach you. It will be good fun. And you'll learn somet hing. Baby ’s Valentine On a red heart‘stands a pretty basket filled with beads for string- ing. And snuggling in the midst of this bright collection, is a sur- prise—a dainty Kewpie! $1.25. Baskets of beact without Kew- pies, $1. Toy Store Third Gallery, ‘New Bldg. Valentine Kewpies Kunnie Kewpie, quaint and sweet, Dressed in reddest hat and skirt, Winks an eye most indiscreet. “Valentines must always flirt.” Prices 40¢ to $6, Good news for Boys Junior Suits, $10, $12.50, $14.50 The suits at $10 were $15 and $16.50, broken sizes of tweeds and serges 3 to 8 years. Those at $12.60 and $14. 50 are knitted suits, Oliver Twist and Middy models; were $16.50 and $20, Norfulk Suits, $16.75, $19.75, $28.50 _ Mixtures. Every winter Norfolk suit reduced; originally $20 to $40; sizes 7 to 17 years. Overcoats at half price $6.50 for Russian style, sizes 3, 4, 5, 6. $9.75 for mixed cheviots, sizes'3 to '9 years, $12.50 for brown cheviots, sizes 3 to 9 years. $16.75 for herringbones, tweeds, cheviots, 8 to 9 years. Second floor, Old Building 44 Royal Wilton Rugs 9x 12 ft. Specially Low Good reproductions of fine Persian and Chinese designs and colorings 23 Wool Wiltons, 9 x 12 ft.—$87.50 This is $13.50 below our prevailing price for this grade, and $25 below price of re-orders. 21 Worsted Wiltons, 9 x 12 ft.—$122.50 This is $15.50 below our prevailing price for this grade. and $30 below price of re-ordeys. Third Gallery, New B'dg. 1,C65 yards of Velvet Carpets, $2.75 yard Our regular $3.75 and $4 grades, 27 in. wide Forty-five patterns; wide range of colors. Closing out, at considerably below today’s wholesale cost. Third Gallery, New Bldg. Linoleum, 95¢ sq. yd. ~ 963 square yards printed linoleum; our $1.40 grades; ten patterns, to be closed out Thursday at 95c sq. yd. Third Gallery, New Bldg. LINCOLN Loved the SCHOMACKER PIANO Each succeeding anniversary of the birth of the great commoner, Abraham Lincoln of events, places, and thing Since music | during the recent if music played any It goes without paint. genius for tone production. These things are the underlying beauties of the SCHO- MACKER piano. Upright—$650 and $7°0 Grana—$1,050 and $1,150 Players—$1,025, $1,100 and $1,600 Will you stop for a little while in morrow and hear the piano that Lincoln loved? ome might wonder, and wonder again n Lincoln’s life, and if so in what form. aying that it did, and it is still further an historical fact that the music which filled the rooms »and hal s of the White House during that trying period came from the beautiful SCHOMACKER PIANO. A fine painting is something more than canvas, oil and As it is the master hand that wiel makes it a real painting, so a fine piano is something more than plate, wood, strings and felt develops the tone through the medium of these various com- binations of parts, mixed with whole-souled imagination and ves to revive all the memories ated with his life. much force, life and vitality ture. s the brush that It is the master mind that the Piano Salons to- First Gallery, New Building . First floor, Old Building 3,000 pairs of SILK Stockings, $1.75 pair Second selection of $2.25 and $2.60 grades from two very ticular manufacturers. In no part of the stocking usually seen—and certainly not in the wear—will you ever be rendicae that they are not flawless first qualities. THREAD SILK, FULL FASHIONED, with mercer- ized sole and top; also seamless foot and mock’ seam leg, with mercerized sole and top. Black only; sizes Bya 1 4 to 10. Main floor, Old Building For School Girls “Regulation’’ Dresses, 2-piece—at $4.50 White galatea dresses in the attractive (and much favored) model. Pleated skirt is mounted on little underbodice, and blouse is a slip-on. Sizes 6 to 14 years, Middy Blouses at $3.25 “Regulation” model in white galatea, with collar and cuffs of navy blue flannel, trimmed with white braid. Bloomers, too Many girls prefer to wear their middy blouses with these bloomers— black Tateen at $2.95; black and blue serge at $3.75. Second floor, Old Building. Tenth Street For. Miss 14 to 20 Taffeta Frocks with the spirit of Spring Many of our new taffeta frocks for Miss 14 to 20 have arrived and we are Specializing a number of models at $29.50 to $59.50 Sketches show’ two models that are typical of the collec- tion. Frock with tiers of pleatings at the sides is $55 and the model with the scal- loped tunics, ed, with the new accordion pleated bande ings is $59.50. One of the - frocks at $29.50, is charming at for its simplicity the dis- tended hip-line is accentu- models $37.50 and $49.50. Then, too, all-good furniture. ated by cording and the tiny Navy blue, brown, taupe short sleeves have little white and black are the colors. organdie cuffs to match the Second floor, Old Building | collar, All grades are included. values_the Lincoln’s New Building. ew Building, All bring you conveniently near to the Store will here find Thursday, many good and profitable reasons for a visit. , SUITS, $48.50 Low price for a good suit—a Wanamaker suit —today, is it not? There are a couple of hundred that were originally $55 to $70. Sizes 33 to 42. Only one or ‘two suits of a pattern. SUITS, $36.50 Not so many of these, but all sizes, 35 to 40. They were originally $45 to $50. ULSTERS, REDUCED Some fine heavy ulsters, $60 and $70 grades, are now priced $44.50 and $54.50. They are dark brown and gray and con- servative mixtures, with satin yoke and sleeves. And 100 warm, heavy cheviots, dark oxford, lined and unlined, sizes 34 to 44, that were $68.50 will be $49.50 Thursday, ‘These 100 will be found in the Motor Shop. CAPS, $1.75 $3 and $4 grades; one- piece tops; plaids, dark shades, lined and unlined; sizes 614 to 7%. SOCKS, 85c PAIR 2,500 pairs, $1.25 and $1.50 grades; gray, all- wool, black and cream, wool mixtures, ribbed and plain. Burlington Arcade floor, New Bidg, The February Sale of FURNITURE Has the right kind of furniture for the people who believe in the spirit of LINCOLN Day It is simple, sound, substantial furniture. Full current value at regular prices. savings at February prices. Dependable furni- True, unexaggerated In all the country, excepting only our Philadelphia Store—there will not be found so plentiful a stock of Every grade has the utmost of good wood and workmanship possible at the regular price In quantity, qualities and February Sale is unrivaled. We want EVERY home-maker to SEE the furniture in this sale, which has only fourteen more days to run, Birthday being the most convenient of all the fourteen days for most people, we have set our furniture floors in particular order for that day, and all our salespeople will be ready to give that thoughtful, helpful service which is another of the char- acteristic features of the sale. Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture, Sixth le Living Room and Library Furniture, Fifth Sellers y Bi BELMAISON Reproductions, Fourth Gallery, New Building. | |