The evening world. Newspaper, July 21, 1920, Page 13

Bs BUYS GRAND UNION SITE FOR $2,900,000 But Henry Mandel Won't Sign Con- tract With City Until Victory Hall Affair Is Settled. A bid of $2,900,000 in enah made by Henry Mandel, real estate ra tot. for the eighteen city lots comprising the ite of the old Grand Union Hotel. | @t Park Avenue and 42d Street, was) approvdd yesterday by sit Con- @truction Commissioner John H. De-|* faney, who notified Mr. Mandel that bis offer was acceptable and asked him to sign a contract to take over the property at that price. The city acquired the property from the Grand Union Hotel in 1916 at a Cost of $4,221,000, which included the ~ good will of the hotel, Three bids were received, each for $2,900,000. Mr. Mandel was given first choice, because his offer was for cash, | | 10 per cent. when he signed the con- tract, and the remaining 90 per cent. within sixty days. The contract has not yet been signed. Until it is Deputy Commissioner Ryan, who has been handling the matter, sald he would have to refuse to discuss the 6. Mr. Mandel said to-day at his home, No. 521 Cathedral Parkway, that he would not sign the contract until It was decided definitely whether the Vietory Hall Association, which has the power granted to it by the State Legislature to condemn the site for a memorial to the soldiers who Rooms.” in Brooklyn, yard... fought fm the World War, would be carry outyits plans or would that he finds he can nd permanent title to Mandel said he erect a twenty-five story office building with a large banking room on the first floor above the Mandel said he would Lbuild stotes at the subway level of | the 42d Street subway station, ‘The cost of such a building as Mr. Mandel plans was estimated ‘to-day its annual rental at $10,000,000 and ooo i A PURE EGG MAYONNAISE MANES EVERYTHING GOOD TO Ear. BETTER! Try this ‘simple recipe today:' Fish SAL AR tas wee ve Queen Anne Cane Living Room Suite, covered in a fine quality of heavy Velour—including 4 sunburst pillows and roll (Leose Spring Cushion Seats) OU have no idea how simple bedomes the task of selecting furniture until, you have strolled through “The Twenty-five You are cordially invited to view this in- teretsing exhibit of home arrangement. ELLNER BROS. enty-nine years selling Good Furniture Southeast Corner [5th Street and Oth Avenue This tremendous stock was purchased from Ameriea’s largest manufacturer. We went carefully over the entire stock before purchasing and finally con- ‘cluded that here we had the stock for the greatest floor covering sale held Beautiful assértment of Linoleum patterns, 2 yards wide; absolutely waterproof; mill seconds; best sanitary floor covering made to-day. Cut from full rolls; square None C.0. D. No Exchanges. this sale...... $35 9x12 Heavy Brussels Extra heavy Wool Top Rugs. Excellent Rugs for dining or bedrooms. Mill secands. Wonderful value. are Persians, Oriental, Flor: for this sale. $60-9x12 Royal Axminster Extra heavy, very close woven all wool Axminster rugs, tall, soft nap; beautiful assortment of patterns. wee. colors and patterns. Japanese Grass Rugsat Half Price Eaters heavy, close woven, sturdy rugs for in and outdoor use. Special Sale Price THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1920. ' The John Wanamaker August Opens tomorrow, Thursday, wit The broad arrow is said to be of Celtic Origin One of the great nations of the world uses it as A Government Mark | The same figure occurs on coins, and has appeared upon some gems as a sym- bol of the ancient Persian god Mithra. Ages ago the broad arrow denoted rank, authority and superiority of intellect and learning. Sometimes it was adopted by Princes as an insignia of honor. Napoelon I., He some more regal emblem than the fleur-de- lys, adopted the BEE, which he caused to be embroidered all over his imperial robes as em- blematic of activity and enter- prise. 5 The busy bee might well be a fitting emblem for the activities and enterprises of this busy place: : (Signed) July 21, 1920. At Half Price Extra-size Blouses of Georgette crepe (Were $15 to $55) Now $7.50 to $27.50 Discriminating women will find dignified and beautiful blouses in this small pre-inventory clear- away. Suit blouses-——-many of them beaded, come in such shades as navy blue, gray and bisque and combinations of terra cotta and navy blue, navy blue and tan. There are a few white blouses in the collection. Many blouses are lined with sheer chiffon. Sizes 46, 48, 50 in the collec- tion. Third floor, Old Building OMEN’S 16- button White Chamois Lisle Gloves —special at $2.35. (Our $2.85 grade) Main floor, Old Building Odd Laces. - At Half Price Many a suggestion here for those who want good trimming at half price. Allovers, edgings, insertions and a few bands-—-in black, white and cream, Also, a few white on silver, and silver on black. Various lengths—left from the season's selling—widths one to 36 inches. Were 10¢ to $7.50 yd. Now 5e¢ to $3.75 yd. Main floor, Old Building ae Men’s Linen Handkerchiefs Special—6 for $3 This is the price you have to Regular Size $6......4.6x7.6.....$3.00 $14.......9x12......$7.00 $2.50 Inlaid Linoleum Nairn's Inlaid; colors through to the back; 2 yards wide; best at- tractive pa most durable; nized as the throughout the Unit- ed States. Square yd e $2.50 Heavy Velvet Carpet heavy Velvet Carpet, suit- Morning $1.25 Brussels Carpet Suitable for hall and stairs; splendid selection of patterns; 27 in. wide; Per Yard. .cocsceeseees Specials $8.00 6x9 Texoleum Rugs Excellent assortment of patterns and color- ings, including Chinese blue, old rose and Store Closed All Day Saturday During July and August, New York Floor Covering Co. Corner 60 Flatbush Av. Livingston BROOKLYN pay for men's cotton handker- chiefs today. And we are offer- ing pure Irish linen of fine quality at six for $3. Will you be one of the prudent and fortunate buy- ers? Main Aisle, Main floor, Old Building 108 prs.—at $10 pr. + 75 per cent, . Pink or blue borders, Single-bed size—60x84 inches, _We have reduced fine Blankets Not quite two hundred pairs of these good blankets have overstayed their time; and these lower prices will take them out quickly. Somewhere in New York there are good homes that need just such blankets as these, particularly when the saving is so obvious. * ° “Somebody said | that it couldn’ t be done--- t ' | i | i t ' H 1 6 |i af CO ee Ce ce pee h the First Day ee ne oe cet And $100,000 of Orie A fourth to a third less in the August Sale—ready for choosing Thursday Two-thirds of the rugs are direct importation, personally selected by our rug expert who was the first retail American buyer to enter Constantinople after the war ended. He got the pitk. As a result of this early- trip we have now on hand a stock rising well over the half million dollar mark just when there is a scarcity of Persian, Turkish, Indian and Chinese rugs in the market. Room sizes ean | eae Gee 14:9x9.7ft.......1950 1462 Nem She Grode Sale price | ISpahan.... : $16.2 2188 fer. oo MBHalerias.ccris 91x 72 ft.. $875 $288 Mahal. ALE fi... 425 $18 Chinese Rugs Arak.. +. 85% 68 ft... 377 288 ? Mahal. , 10.8 £69 ft... 425 $19 Mahal. 10.5 x 8.9 ft... 450 337 Mahal. 10.6 x 9.2 ft... 495 369 Mahal. 12 x86 ft... 550 412 Mahal . 10.4. x 8.5 ft... 550 412 Mahal 122°x 8.7 ft... 625 463 Mahal 10.5 x T.10ft... 575 432 Mahal + -1110x 8.8 ft... 625 463 Mahal 122 x 8ft...... 675 507 Mahal.. .1LT x Oft...... 765 574 Oushak. ..15.6 x12.1 ft... 650 425 India. +.16.7 x10.9 ft... 675 507 *"19.11 x 14 Meles. .15 xiLiift... 675 507 yest y aes Ourfa. . 15.8 x10.4 ft...750 563 Ei tceca and a Serapi .17-7 x¥L8 ft....750 563 Serapi 1.16,7 x11.9 ft.111250 813 Small Rugs "124.6 x18.6 ft. . 1650 1237 5 iF P Teeia fe 1860) 1887 | SS e e eee 1.15.6 x12.5 ft...1850 1387 dee | $185 grades at $85. ae "43'2 x10.5 ft...1500 1125 | ft., $12.75 grade at $9.50. Sarouk..........11.9 x10.2 ft...1850 1387 Bedding in the August Sale Ten per cent. off our entire stock of mattresses, pillows, bolsters and box springs which are selling today regularly at lower prices than in January. ‘And all our hair mattresses are made in our own factory. In addition we offer these special groups: MATTRESSES MATTRESSES $46.40 for the $58 grade 40 pounds weight. inches; 40 pounds weight. $36 for the $48 grade 54 x 76 inches; 40 pounds weight. inches; 40 pounds weight. SPECIAL —500 Felt Mattresses with roll edge, covered with \ $17.50 fancy art ticking; extra weight; full size; 50 pounds weight..... Gallery, New Building Lace Curtains | At Half Price | This {s a semi-yearly event | net, novelty net, that many ople who are | Brussels net, lacet acquainted with the unusual | values offered, look forward to | eagerly. ‘All the short lots of our excef- Jent stock are cleared at halt price, This includes curtains of one to three pairs of each de- ; sign; one and two of f kind in panels, In bed sets there are 81 prs.—at $12 pr. Bingle sets and in some cases Same quality as above, but in two of a kind. the double-bed size—72x84 in. The variety includes Pink or blue borders. In Curtains Scrim, mar Now $1.30 to . Ss ~ | | riental Rugs 2000 1500 GradeSale Price --18 x18.9 ft...1250 937 50 Persian Mosoul rugs, average size 6.3 25 fine silky Khiva rugs in dark rich col 13.4 x 8.10ft 475 365 orings, average size 6x3.9 ft., $150 and 12.4 x 9.7 f 4 . ‘ 14.9 x1k:7 15 fine silky Khiva and Bokhara rugs, 16.6 rr Pte average size 6x3 ft., $90 and $100 pus 10.4 x 7.3 506 | at $57.50. 10.6 x 6.8 562 25 antique and modern Daghestan rugs, 11.11x 8.8 656 | average size 4.8x3.7 ft., $90 and $100 13.9 x10.8 735 | grades at $69. 12.6 x10.3 807 80 antique and modern Daghestan rug 19.10x 8 ft.. 633 | average size 5.7x3.6 ft., $110 and $125 12.10x 8.3 806 | grades at $79. 12.8 x9f 937 20 Chinese rugs, average size 5.6 x 2.6 -118 x 8.9 1012 50. 18.5 x10.1 igig | fhpe7e arade at $A1.P) ; *).16x11.8 1125 50 Anatolian mats, average size 1.6 x 2.6 Third Gallery, New Bldg. $35.20 for $44 grade Best black horsehair; full size 64 x 76 inches;‘| _ Best black mixed hair; full size, 64 x 76 $28.80 for $36 grade Lf Pure South American horsehair; full size Good black mixed hair; full size, 64 x 76 Panels and Bed Sets others. About 00 pairs of cur- tains, 60 panels and 25 bed sets. Were $2.65 to Fe | 1 . | | | | Panels Were $4.65 to $32.50 Now $2.30 to $16.25 wie Bed, Sets Were $4 to $45 Now §2 to $22.50 a set Fourth Gallery, New Building quiyette, voile, medras, plain Fourth Gallery, New Bldg. of Courtesy * \ “But he with a chuckle replied “That maybe it couldn’t, but he would be‘one “Who wouldn't say so till he tried. “So, he buckled right in with a trace of a grin “On his face. If he worried he hid it. “He started to sing as he tackled the thing “That couldn't be done—and he did it.” It did seem impossible three weeks ago to hold” the August Sale, e had just finished the extraor- dinary selling in our campaign to lower prices. In some things we were almost bought out. Our furniture stocks were knocked into a cocked hat. Dining-room furniture was shot to pieces. Bedroom furniture looked as though a cyclone had hit it. On all the furniture galleries huge bare spots stared us in the face. Our warerooms were. empty—except with sold goods awaiting delivery. Freight embargoes still prevented furnituré from reaching New York. “But we buckled right in with a trace of a grin—’’ got permits for cars; had them routed to Brooklyn, Staten Island, Long Island, New Jersey—any place within trucking distance of the store; and then the embargo was lifted. In one day we hauled 28 truck loads of furniture samples into the store. Hauling and unloading night after night and day after day—bringing to our floors samples of $450, of brand new furniture not shown before— And now we open-the sale with $575,000 of regular stock furniture; $450,000 of special purchases; in’ the store and in our warehouses, an $1,100,000 more furniture on order and in transit. Total it up. The figures speak for themselves. More than two million dollars of furniture for this Autumn’s business in this store alone. (Our Phila-/ delphia store practically duplicates the plans.) Half of it is now rr the August Sale; new shipments to come almost daily. So, the housing of the people in this eight million circle (according to the latest U. S. census) may begin at once— Thursday, July 22, the first Day of Courtesy. These Days of Courtesy grew out of the congestion of the usual first days of the August Sale. Everybody came at once. Some came da: ahead of the opening day—to “look around,” as they said. We couldn't get enough salesmen. Our deliveries were clogged. So we started the idea of “Days of Courtesy,’” announced that all the furniture would be lowered August prices, and that selections might be made at once, transactions and deliveries to date from August 1. The plan was a success. The public made selections more leisurely and satisfactorily. We had time to go over the furniture in the warehouse and put it in first-class order. Deliveries went out steadily and on time, Courtesy Days are now part of the August Sale because they enable us to serve the public better. Come in Thursday and look around to your heart’s content. Make family parties of it. luncheon with us and spend the day. Take time to find the furniture you're sure you want—you’re going to live with it all the rest of your life—for this is furniture that lasts a lifetime. Upstanding furniture, not upstart furniture! Pedigree furniture that traces its lineage back to the old master designers: Chippendale, Sheraton, H Adam; and the artists of the Flemish, French ai schools. Furniture sound to the heart of the wood that goes into it, of the skilled men and factories that make it. See for yourself the transformation in our stocks—from almost a wreck of a furniture store in late June to a well- balanced, fully-assorted collection of all grades now—from simple charming sets of furniture for a few hundred dollars to magnificient palatial furniture rising well into the thou- sands—all offered at 10 to 40 per cent. below the always fair Wanamaker regular prices, See for yourself. Shop around. Compare. Be sure that you get the best you can for the money you care to pay. o-2 8 We're all smiles now! The furniture is here. In a supply that enables us to open an old-time | August Sale--famous the world over. ‘ “And scmekody said that it couldn’t be do Thursday’s the first day. Will you come? Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Gal’ erie. New By