Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-07-28
OUR NEW YORK LETTER

am SO glad waited to buy my
furniturel BY the best piece of luck
In the world / was able to get the
most beautiful things for my house at
prices much lower than ever dreamt
possible. And when you take into con-
g. Grafton the rise Of prices In every
direction. but especially In furniture.
you wonder how 1t can be done.
1t was the August Furniture Sale
at the JOHN WANAMAKER STORE.
which began a few days before August
in order to give the early bird a
chance to gather tho worm" And 1
gathered 1t. too. For you see in this
stupendous sale. which the JOHN
WANAMAKER STORE holds February
and August of each year. 1t sacrifices
every pieos Of furniture In the whole
store, between nine and ten thousand
at present, with values more than
s1.000,0 900, at reductions ranging from
10 to so per cent, with an average of
80 per cent.
On the sixth floor found my din
ing room furniture. Every period.
every wood, every price was repre-
sented. One could furnish an entire
dining room as oheaply as $3.50, but
even the most expensive suites were
greatly reduced, some of them Just
exactly 80 per cent. For my best
dining room I bought an adorable
Adams suite complete for 1920, re-
duced from sses.50. While for my
breakfast room I bought something
less pretentious but more unique. 1t
was painted Mexican style, black
enamel with a border of blue, yellow,
green and rose stripes. eleven pieces
in ala buffet, china closet server.
drop-leaf table, cupboard and six
chairs.
One could get some wonderful bar
gains in sepearate pieces. There were
any number of handsome buffets. china
closets, library tables. bookcases and
servers in every popular period, to
match any set and at almost unbeliev-
able prices In fact, this is the great
est sale Wanamakers have ever had
not only are the lines the finest and
largest but the reductions lowest.
On the fifth floor were the living
room suites and fancy furniture N
sing variety of velour and damask
settees and chairs greeted the eye.
One set was especially attractive
Queen Anne, with cane seats and
backs and damask pillows and cush-
ions A Especial" was a Wapamakers
Martha Washington work table for
$3.50, which used to sell for SIS.
How do you do TT" I asked the
salesman.
"It Is merely the question of sup
ply and demand" he replied where
we used to sell dozen tables, we now
sell a thousand"
Very interesting are some of Wanna
makers charming odd pieces, such
as a settee of green enamel. hand
taA mil Qftghfar aaaf Or
queen Anne chnise Tongue with ma
hagany frame and damask mattress.
In fact there were an infinite number
Of styles in day-beds and chaise
tongues of various colors. A novelty
was q three-pieco suite, all tapestry
covered. an armchair. rocker and
davenport.
Bedroom furniture was displayed on
the fourth floor, and / learned how to
furnish a room for $50 or $500. A
medium-priced set was my choice,
however, eleven pieces Of ivory enamel
for $4,000, reduced from ss41. For
my guest room, of course. I selected
the latest thing In this seasons suites
"a black enamel with Chinese decorn-
tions. was undecided between that
and an imported black lacquer with
Chinese decorations in bronze and
gold. very odd and beautiful bed
room set. but more expensive.
I was shown into little room where
were stored wannmaksr's solid ma
hogany Colonial pieces for the bed
room, all Of which were greatly re-
duced.
The great outstanding characteris-
ito of these Wanamaker furniture
sales 10 that tho styles are the very
= best, the qualities dependable and the
nrice economies genuine
JULIA KNICKERHQCKER-