The evening world. Newspaper, May 20, 1920, Page 17

Published tn the year 191%, The TWO Oy HENRY PRIZES, | pubtienea tnt Awardgt by the aéel ———a— jed by Soctety of Arts ana|to “ to “magtand to America,” b; Nietences im Author's Memory. | iantic Monthly, and th d piise ta} Catton Im memory of O. Henry the Society | “They Know Not ‘What ‘They Ber by oe RA; ig TN ‘ot Arts and Sclences offered prizes of | Wilbur Daniel Steele, published in the na 00 D. ‘and #980 for the best short stories | Pictorial Review. Se re “Franklin Simon's bts Fifth Avenue, 37th and ~ Street ‘These will be formally e+ stowed in the latter part of May at @/ Aigner of the society to be held in the | Prescott Montague, Puntinea in*the At-| Hotel Astor. The judges were Blanche _ For FRIDAY An opportunity to save : ‘ $7.50 to $24.50 on Women’s and Misses’ Separate Silk Skirts 15.00 Bee: 1914 PRICE FOR 1920: FASHIONS, FABRICS AND | COLORINGS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SELL SKIRTS LIKE THESE FOR LESS. THAN $22.50 to pe: White, Pastel or Sports Shades Se S -FAN-TAST © QUEEN ANNE SATIN “BARONET SATIN TUSSATYNE SYMPHONY CREPE Kumsi-KUuMSA * PoLO CREPE The silks trom shiek these skirts are fashioned are selling today at retail from SZ. 50 to $12.75 a yard FEMININE SKIRT SHOP—Fourth Floor For walking, golfing, tennis or general wear ‘h ‘3 SettledatLast! ~ A determined public has put a crimp in the high cost of clothing. People haven’t been buying, and six weeks of fierce spring weather has forced retailers to un- load. However, the tremendous buying wave now in progress may at any mo- ment send prices up again. Furthermore, production costs are still climbing. Clothing workers have just further reduced their hours by foura week and the textile workers received another 15 per cent. increase in wages. So the present reductions are apt to be only temporary. SUPPLY YOUR WANTS NOW BEFORE THE TIDE TURNS Men’s Stylish All-Wool Suits FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY 20° ‘30 40" 114 were reg. ire. 106 were-reg. $45.00 57 were reg. $60.00 164 were reg. $40.00 157 were reg. $50.00 105 were reg. $65 & $70 102 were reg. $55.00 43 were reg. $75 & $80 SNAPPY AND CONSERVATIVE MODELS, FINE HAND TAI- LORED ALL-WOOL GARMENTS IN BLUES, BROWNS, GRAYS, GREENS, IN STRIPES AND MIXTURES. SILK OR SATIN, HALF OR QUARTER LINED. fei, All sizes now in stock, but they won’t last long at these cost prices. 132 EAST 14TH ST., BET. 3D AND 4TH AVES. a» Near 3d L Station Ave..and lth St. Subway, Lexingtog, Ave. Line. ‘ti dedivay when all ho! eee fb ____ Broadway ‘at Ninth, New York , “In Spite of Timid Reactionaries this Effort to Set Lower Prices is telling favorably from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. ,A-Wall Street daily circular says: ‘ “Underlying conditions are not right. Ri thing is artificial and fictitious, and it is inevita able fore there can be any further sound expansion ments must take place. This ne med ion ae my ohn ‘Wanamaker is an imecrtent sign. 1t.has only sta: coming wave of deflatio: The Great Guaranty Trust Cocmoany of New York, says, actording to the Sun-Herald of yesterday: me ’ { “There is a general feeling. ] that the series of price reductions sporadically announced #é in various Lae of the country indicates the imminence of * @ movement that will carry business back to normal conditions.” \ course may move slow! fis at the start, ee it must go ders of merchandi " Stop to think it over and get busy All r: and creators of merchandise have had three or four active years in which they were compelled by Ee and rising wages to pay just what the makers of i wal hs So it that Wines mounted higher and higher— and Ne prices ow: we have ceed to a stopping place. It is possible the manufacturers, commi: houses and : to begin lowering prices, if even only 4 little. The at the top have had a long turn; now then let the the Pen le at the bottom have at least a beginning of their to get some consideration. ‘oe the first ‘hands specujating fn raw materials take smaller profits and the high-wage people speed eis ma- Sed add to the output that costs may reduced, retailers will do their part to reduce expenses And bring around a lower cost of living. e are getting in some new goods every day to fiil up the places of what rm sold last week, which we turn over at the slightly lowered figures, May 20, 1920. Down Quilts . 61, in our own stocks, are reduced ‘ 16 $20 quilts Os * reduced to ~ $12.80 Single bed size r 18 $22 quilts ; te reduced to $14.40 Double bed size $23,50 quilts isin redu $16 Singlé bed, extra long Fourth Gallery, New Bie: New And all at 20 per cent, off Skirts from Scotland Of remarkably durable cotton gabardine, which will launder ex- tremely well. Carefully and perfectly aad made, in fact, exactly like several of our $52 wool skirts. One model of white with black hair tee stripe is $12.50, One white with wider stripes of rose, blue, tan or gray is $17.60. (20 per cent off) English Sports Shop;Second floor, Old Building Striped Silk Tailored Blouses In vivid colors and in black and white; very amart for tennis and other sports and particularly suitable to wear wi then pil rieedit. In sherry color and white, yellow and white and combindtions o blue and ‘Also in black and white. $8.75. (20 per cent off) Second floor, Old Building For Young Women Sizes 14 to 20 years New pongee suits, $39.60 and $49.50. New swimming suits and bathing dresses, $6.’ 16 to $46. New gitgham frocks We sie: 75 to $65. (20 per cent. off) Second floor, O16 Building Ee Rs, * New Porch Frocks Chambray in lavender, corn, rose a—d blue, $8.75. Beach clotu in green, cadet blue and rose, $9.75, Fervian Lawn with brown, green or navy dote—organdle collar and | vest, $9.75. (20 per cent. off) eae Third floor, Old ‘Building JOHN “WANAMAKER. 2 Telephgne Stuyvesant 4 4700 ‘The Wanamaker “20 per cent, Off Everything” Wave now sweeping the country is the BIG news of the day Store Hours 9 to 6 It is getting front-page spreads in the great newspapers i in countless cities, because nothing is of more vital interest to the people than the cost of living. The Associated Press sechd¢ over its wires from Chicago the statement that ‘a wave of price cutting in retail on costs, reaching from the Mississippi Valley to the Pacific Coast, is 4 rg from 24 cities on t territory promi: ranging from 15 per cent. to minus profit.” ‘ig The New York World. from its own reports that the “ \ tting wave” included such towns the west as ee St. Tacoma, Seattle, San cise, Louis, Omaha, Minneapolis, Knoxville, City, San Antcnio, and Waco, where re- ductions were 20 to 60 per cent, The New York Times announces the “‘prite-cutting wave” in East and West—from Boston to San Francisco —that a “wide range of s is an ee and that in some cities is resulting in a very sensible reduction of the cost of living.’”’ The New York Tribune announces that bankers of the country at- tending a conference with the Federal Reserve \Board) in fens Seon ean ba ie, to So ae a rive on high ices, ing stating that “‘it pan the country cannot continue to advance Lyle and wages, to pro- ductions, to expand credits, and attempt to enrich itself by non-productive opera- tions and transactions with out fostering discontent and radicalism.’ The New York Evening Sun publishes “‘ from the leading in- dustrial cocatat ee the necessaries of life are produced to the general effect that the crest of the high prices has been reached and in many instan: ach . Nowhere is there found an indication Are prices Ge be higher nee fall and winter than cated now, and in most Lego tt is in- bd that a reduction certain to come.” FROM LINO mah is tis generally ad- ad- mitted among local that the shoe and Late wate is at its turning la Magds tide. aha mie a noticeable jane off in the demand for shoes and re- And it all started with this announcement of the Wanamaker Stores which still holds good: tailers are cancelling their orders. The travelling fot salesmen are today doing their best got orcacs where'® short time ago they didn not know where they were going to get the shoes to fill their orders.” FROM ST. LOUIS: “Nos wt sertion can describe the present pare: althe it seems to ies the one he business, lief among the leaders in Ser. Se ee reached ate) thet prices on all necessities Tea ee Se eet pices Rat i Oe 4 FROM CINCINNATI: sacrifices in dise at retail asl in this city during the past quarter ry. FROM DETROIT: “Nearly every re- ad the few sonable Perchadaiae: which has had s strong influence on Prices in many other lines of gi FROM SAN FRANCISCO: | “Th “The de- partment stores are in war which has resulted in a peo! fa ec ing, men’s and women’s furnishings and ons ranging from 20 to 50 per eent.”” Racenios | for the Manufacturers Stanley A. Sweet, of New York me president of of cae aH nternational Association ent ve ela, the The New York‘ Word to have to have the mven facture as Srey ie for as Haigh = ions as the consumer, and present prices will decline when readjustment Lg brought about ih other lines,” The Merchants’ Page o the Sunday, New Yat Times snnomend ere are aay? that "etal ree ave have come down to stay and the to secommodate Rrernclvas to the new come ditions.” ' Everything in the Wanamaker Stores (with exception of a few price-restricted articles and our Catalog stocks) is offered fora limited time ~~ ~|. at a deduction of 20 percent. . from the actual prices No goods gid to dealers. NoneC.0.D. Nothing on approval, Nothing returnable. Geory tte crepe—printed radium—black serge—printed voile—plaid _ suit-tricolette— crepe a rohioe- ~poplin—dress linens—organdies —ginghams—hair nets—misses’ hose—bloomers —underwear—ribbons—| —manicuring _articles— silverware—Kodaks stitched squares—asbestos mats—new napkins —new table pads—table linens—table felts— towels—Turkish towels—Spanish yarn—em- sets—embroidery Prailks -millinery—~ women’s footwear—children’s shoes-—misses’ suits—skirts — dresses — waists —- sweaters— on hi a lam) grew grad eT rc! eats wal grass runners— ‘seeg oe mate carpets. Another new purchase in the Down-Stairs Store Wonien’s High-grade Coats Sold in many shops this season at $45 to $100 Cus sale iaatamenes $3 tones, es and suc spring and summer wear. tans and’ browns. Less 20 (Your pelce)..---.] P28 The fabrics are abardines, tricotines, Poiret twills, wool vi - ALL of the lighter-weight kind — pees The colors are na‘ ‘open, and the most desirable Black coats are arses eA silver- ht for ewise some white Polo Cloths with white silk linings—-always wanted for summer use. Rich silk linings— chiefly foulards and Pussy willow taffedas. Hand tailoring is in evidence in many places. Hand-sewed linings in the majority of the coats. Hafd-made button- holes. —And many other little details of care and precteion that only the better coats have. Sizes for small wonten. Sizes for women of regular build. And sizes for large women - up to 55 in. bust measure. GSN a aI ee SR ie Lee Se TN ee