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tdndecent Attire sims Mma sc + Of Scarecrows |s:ms,scseren, wh 8 ’ There is no denying that it is a puzzle what to stuff the scarecrows with, Hay is now on a par with plati- num, and fathers-in-law or prospec- tive: fathers-in-law are presenting their sons-in-law-to-be with loads of hay as wedding presents instead d that th it rt of it hi . Shock to Jersey not been stolen be yee coiliiniaes ‘Skirts Are Over 6 Inches From ‘Ground and Corn c f Prices Are High, Too. tamall farms, aa was the case ‘before ‘ . ‘Anyway, the scarecrow situation in By Farmer Smith. Essex County and elsewhere 1s | NEWARK, N. J., May G~fhe at-|Set0Us. : ! tention of the State Committee on Fublic Safety and Morals has been alled to what is belleved tu be = Menace to public morals, narnely, the Costumes worn by scarecrows in ‘Newark in particular and Essex | County in general, The first letter sent to the com- mittee comes from the North Nutley Housewives’ and Housekeepers’ Pro- . {ective League and reads: i § gear " in 2e the Committee on Public Satety |] . Newark, Stores Selling “Better Beds"’ sell “Gentlemen: Your attention is called to numerous and sundry scarecrows Within the Umits of your far city @nd the costmues or jack oF adorn- tent worn by said scarecrows. Many of them have skirts over six inches Above the ground and their garments, or rather lack of garments, is enough to shock the most violent movie fan. ‘e trust you will see that the limbs of these necessary evils are properly ered. Yours, &c. “MIRANDY DRAPER, Secretary.” | ‘The communication received imme- @iate attention and the committee eon found out that the minute any sort of usable clothing was put on scarecrows it was stolen by some of | the neighbors, many of them living in wealthy sections of the city. H The high price of scarecrows this year is the worat kind of profiteering. Th many cases the prices of scare- | crow styles for 1920 are fully 800 per eent. above what they were before the war. They, in turm, raise the price of corn. The latest fashion sheets have come | from South Jersey, where it is as- | sumed they were stolen from Phila- delphia, the home of all rustic styles. | Burlington County, N. J., comes to the front with the suggestion that | (peed be draped, dressed, or merely smeared with tar paper of o@e | inch thickness. "It has been found | Vo — cannot see black because is their own color, and that the fly straight into the tar paper and dash their brains out. Aq far as hats are concerned as an addition to the beauty or usefulness of the scarecrows this season, there is no sich thing as a second-hand hat. They will all be used, either us | is or as dyed. Posit! Ostermoor It Pays'to Buy the Best When you buy the Gobel Pure Meat Products you know that you are getting the best meat products in the world. You know that they are made of the best beef and pork that there is; you also know that no inferior grades of meat or substitutes of any kind are used in their manufacture. Nothing but the best from beBinning to end is the Gobel policy. That is why you have such satisfaction and genu- ine enjoyment when eating the Gobel Pure Meat Products—you know what you are eating, and that is over half the pleasure. Their purity and their high quality are unquestioned by any one—they bear the highest indorsements ever given by food experts to any meat product. ° When you buy meat products it pays you to buy the best—the Gobel Pure Meat Products. You might pay a trifle more for them, but you will be repaid a hundred fold in quality and purity. Meat Loaf Frankfurters Bologna Slicing Bologna Liver Sausage Cooked Ham Smoked Ham Bacon Pure Lard Cooked Corned Beef ‘ was almost struek dumb. Store Open at 9 Store closes at 6 He was plainly excited as he left the Store. He hadn’t read the papers. He didn’t know what we are doing. When the money was handed back to him as we took 20 per. cent. off his purchase he Then ‘he wanted to talk—and he did talk. “They’re handing out real money, I tell you, go see for yourself,” he kept telling everybody. Yes, it is real money that goes back to every one when 20 per cent. is deducted from the price at time of purchase—and the people are seeing for themselves that this is, the most won- derful thing that has happened to them since prices went sky-rocketing. “20 per cent. off the whole stock”’ —off everything that Wanamaker sells —that’s the amazing thing to me,” said a woman. “All stores are offering a few things at lower prices, but here everything is. offered—think of it— Everything!” Yes, everything we sell at retail—the complete 20 million dollars stock in the two stores, with the exception of a few patented and trade-mark things on which the makers have fixed the price. “ike Christmas” —people are saying, and their happy faces show that they refer not only to the crowds, but to the money they are receiving in the 20 per cent. off. And the people are just as patient now in their shopping as at Christmas time, realizing that it is impossible sud- denly to get eriough salespeople to han- dle a movement so large as this without congestion. nei 4 . —‘and they say there are eight solid blocks of autos lined up outside!” was the startled exclamation caught amid the crowd. Brides are buying —and brides to be—three, four and five dresses at a time—entire trousseaux— and equipment for their new homes, “I bought everything for my Summer home at Bar Harbor,” said a woman— “everything down to clothes-pins.” “Please, please, let me buy this set of furniture now and hold it for me until I find a home,” said a woman who had just come to New York to live. Sorry, madam, but we cannot hold anything. ‘The people won't let others are ready to buy this very furni- ture and tdke it into their homes at once. If we begin holding things when they’re selling at such prices as these our ware- houses wouldn’t be big enough to store them all. The Big Fact is this:---the Wanamaker 20 Million Dollar Retail } | Stocks of Merchandise are offered for a limited time at one- | fifth off---in an effort to break the backbone of high prices. us, | “They're Han sui Yes, real money--they gave me back 20 per cent. on everything I bought--what doyouthink of that!’’ i f ee \ . « THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1920.: a -JOHN WANAM Everybody is happy | “T’ve saved a clean thousand dollars | on this dining room suite—I saw the identical set in an uptown store marked $2,800. Yours is marked $2,250— with one-fifth off it is $1,800—one thou- sand dollars saved!” “Do you remember those shoes I used to wear?” he said. “My price limit has been $10; but after the price went over $10 I had to take something I really didn’t want. But now, with 20 per cent. discount, I can go back to the old shoes again. 'That’s one way it helps me.” ee “T even got my cigar in the restaurant at twenty off,” said a man who seemed more pleased with this than with the 20 per cent. he was saving on his daughter's suit. ae “Gee!” said a green chauffeur who is new to New York, “is it always like this at Wanamaker’s?”’ : “Sure,” said the Automobile Starter, with a twinkle in his eye. “Well, this must be some Store.” ‘But some are Critical A saleswoman was laughing as she hurried to get a package wrapped. “What do you think this lady asked me, whether it was true that John Wana- maker had failed and was selling out all his goods.” I said to her “It looks-as though he is going to sell out all his goods, but’ it certainly does not look much like failure around here,” indicat- ing huge crowds. “Fake sale,” said a man, “there isn’t a price changed. I was here Saturday and the prices are just what they were then.” Exactly so. He couldn’t have given the Sale a better endorsement. Of course, we haven'tchanged a pride; the 20 per cent. is takeh off each price at time of purchase. vee “You must have been making a big profit to be able to do this,” wrote in a woollen manufacturer. We wrote over the face of the letter (and sént it back to him) these words: “Our profit for the past four years aver- aged less than 5 per cent. on the sales— less than 5 cents on the dollar—can you say the same about your business?” “Guess John Wanamaker needs the money, nsinuated one visiting mer- chant who couldn’t understand it all. \ “Well, I have just come back from my trip abroad,” said one of our Mer- chandise Buyers who happened to be talking with him, “I bought larger stocks than I ever bought before and I paid cash for everything.” Yes, and we offer to buy for cash a million dollars of goods each week if manufacturers will meet us half way in this effort to force down prices. ding Qut Money at Wanamaker’s u Store Open until 6 o’clock In an effort to accommodate the great crowds of people attending this sale and to give equal opportunity to workers who cannot get here before 5— we temporarily make the fore hours beginning today 9 to 6, without adding Manufacturers are ringing us up and telegraphing and seeing us in per- son, offering us goods, and it looks like something is happening in the market. This telegram is an indication: “We commend the broad business spirit that prompts your effort to bring down the High Cost of Living. Weare ready to co-operate with you. your dress or waist buyers may select from our stock any number of dresses or waists less a twenty-five per cent. dis- count in addition to our regular cash dis- count, What! New Goods, too! Yes, we are opening new goods as fast as they reach our receiving rooms— marking them immediately with our usual moderate regular profits, and of- fering them along with everything else at 20 per cent. off the marked price. A woman had two waists on her arm. “My dean these waists have. just ‘come in;.I saw them placed’ on the counter. I had no idea I could do so well. I’ve bought twice as much as I expected, arid still have some money left.” ~ “oe 6 Two customers were arranging as to where they should meet later. “T’ll save enough on my suit to buy a new hat,”ssaid one, “and I want to go to the suits first.” “No, I want to go to the millinery first.” “How long will the Sale last?’’ is the question being asked all day long. Frankly we do not know. The idea is to break prices in the wholesale market and reduce the cost of living. Whether this can be done—or how long it will re- quire to effect it—we do not know. “Well, I hope the sale goes on and on,” ‘one person. expressed the views of many, “I have so many things I must get and there never will be such a chance again.” “T feel conscientious about this move- ment,” a mother remarked. “I feel that every person who is really interested in preventing higher prices should go out of their way to help the idea along. In my case, I have come many miles for something I could have bought else- where; and although my purchase is small, I am willing to go out of my way to patronize a store that sets an example like this. If all women would do Tike - wise, the movement would be far-reach- ing in its result.” They were discussing the discount plan. ‘This is a big idea,” one woman said, “because it is based upon service. No harm can come to anyone from do- ing an unselfish act; and the thing I have always liked about the Wanamaker Store is its desire to do things that are bigger than counters and merchandise.” tothe work-day of our people. - \ From 9 to 11 we are least busy and those who cat@come then will'confer a great favor not only to themselxes, in more comfortable shopping, but to many others whose home duties prevent their coming in the morning. Any of > ' Broadway at Ninth New York, The Stairs Store Always a help to those who Want dependable @0ods at Lower prices, helps still : MORE with this— Do you need for yourself? +. +.Have you'boys or girls’ that need clothing?....Does your home need | curtains, or linens, or bedding, or table- | ware?....Does yotr familyneed’ bi +++.Do you -want silks, or sai or” wool dress fabrics, or cotton dress fab- rics?....Is there-ANYTHING in these good stocks that you NEED—for your- self or your family?..,.The 20 per cent, discount means that it says: 20 per cent. from ALL pi lar or speciai—except @ few articles that are restricted by prior agreement with | the manufacturers, Questions and answers What is the established plan of the Down-Stairs Store?....A, To sell de pendable merchandise at lower prices, i | Is this 20 per cent. discount in ad- dition to the regular or sale prices al- ready quoted?....A. It is, : Is the merchandise that was on sale at special prices BEFORE this discount plan went into effect still on sale at the same low prices?....A. It ts—the 20 per cent. is an additional saving. Are all price tickets plainly marked just as they were before the discount . plan started?....A. Yes; price, | every ticket, remains exactly thé same. The 20 per cent. is deducted from the marked price. Give a few examples of what you mean by FORMER sales prices now being 20 per cent, less. A. These eek, chosen at random, illustrate the point: Women’s Oxfords at $6.40 are the $8.40 grade. $6.40 less 20 per cent. [TR Pd pe $5.12 Women’s blouses at $5 were a spe- cial purchase. $5 less 20 per cent. AMY acictyehaetasds boneaneeee tedcen $4 Misses’ suits at $29.75 were below wholesale cost. $29.75 less 20 per COnh Mi sieciar es ahelsatars Women’s silk stockings at $1 are seconds of $1.50 to $1.75 grades. $1 less 20 per cent. is...... ons ceee mee And so on throughout the entire stock of lower-priced merchandise in the Down-Stairs Store, All in the Lower-Price Down-Stairs Store