The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 107, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 6, 1923 Page: 3 of 64
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Wolfson
Dry Goods Co. Incorporated w
Make it of
Crepe!
—the most favored
of all summer fabrics
“If in doubt get Crepes” seems to
be the slogan of Fashion this season.
And a most beguiling fabric it is’too!
Whether silk or cotton you’ll be de-
lighted with your crepe frocks blouse
or undergarments!
White and colons—a bewildering variety of col-
ors—add interest to the beauty of a 40-inch
CREPE DE CHINE in a regular $2.75 quality
which is very specially •priced PQ
the yard •••
40-inch Silk Crepe de Chine $1.19 Yard
—wanted colors in a regular $1.75 silk.
Newly arrived —striped SPORT SILKS 40 inches
wide which you’ll immediately want in a skirt.
Various colors in the stripes. fiQ
Regular $3 silks the yard
40-inch CANTON CREPE NOVELTIES and
SILK-AND-WOOL SPIRAL CREPES. Great
rolls of beauty! In white and all the new col-
ors favored by the fashionable this season.
Regular $4.50 silks specially priced QO
the yard ...
$4.95 SPORT SILKS 40 inches wide in the
favored colors for spring and sum- A Q
mer year. The yard .. . A .
Box Loom Crepes
Box Loom Crepe 36 inches wide of a
splendid quality in white only Regular
65c quality. Specially priced EO —
per yard ....... wOv
Regular 75c Box Loom
Crepe ynrd wide is special-
ly nice fen summer frocks
with touches of hand em-
broidery or smocking. Very
specially priced
the yard
36-inch Crepe Voile is
woven with a very fine
yarn making it soft and
sheer in quality. Regular
65c value. Special
the yard
To Make This Charming
DRESS
of Apricot Georgette for
a girl of 16
$5.55
will cover the cost of the
materials! Using a LAx
DIES HOME JOURNAL
PATTERN it takes three
yards at $1.69 wjh 8
yards of Vai lace at 6c.
WHITE GOODS
—at prices interestingly low
32-inch Figured Crepes in conventional dots
and checks novelty figures and designs of every
sort. Very special
the yhrd K . ....>
Yard wide Novelty Crepe in fast colors nicely
woven and very pretty for dresses and trim-
mings. Formerly sold at 55c. /i z»
Special per yard .. ..• TvC
Japanese Crepe 32 inches wide in all the
bright spring shades. Special price 9Qr
the yard
30-inch checked and striped Flaxon in a nice
sheer quality suitable for dresses blouses and
fine lingerie. Regular 50c value. OQ _
Special price the yard OJ7C
Yard wide checked'and striped Flaxon in an
extra fine grade that is sheer and cool. EQ
Special the yard OU C
36-inch Ratine Voiles are woven in patterns
with Ratine stripes and checks. Regular $l.OO
quality. Specially priced
the yard 4 U C
Permanent finish White Organdy 45 inches
wide of a sheer construction and Swiss finish.
Extra special EQ —
per yard Vc/C
Monday Only!—
PAJAMA CHECKS
10 Yards $1.89
Regular $2.50 Pajama Checks yard wide
extra heavy quality in neat checks. Extra spe-
cial Monday only.
36-inch Unbleached Domestic regular 17c. Ex-
sl.oo
Extra special 36-inch Indian Head 97/
the yard ** 4 C
Hope Domestic special price 1 Q
the yard . LUC
TISSUE GINGHAMS
A variety of Novelty
Tissue Ginghams in new
patterns of all sorts.
Regular 59c value. Spe-
cial JQ-
tbe yard
36-inch Skirtings 69c Yard
36-inch Skirtings just the daintiest patterns
"in stripes and plaids with a crepe effect. For-
merly priced at $l.OO.
SUNDAY.
r 36-inch Swiss Novelty
' Tissues have a neat lit-
. tie Swiss dot finish.
■ Formerly priced at $l.OO
the yard. 7Q-
Special « J V
“Let us be Feminine!” says Fashion
and forthwith frocks blossom
with Frills and Furbelows!
—at Wolfson's you will find the smartest versions
—of HAND-DRAWN VOILES
in white and delicate tints as
well as navy. These are sim-
ple in line to more effectively
display the beauty of the
handwork. In all sizes at
$15.95 and up.
Featuring Fashion's smartest themes in
200 SILK FROCKS
formerly selling to $45
Street and Sport Frocks of Silk
designed for immediate wear as well
as for the summer months looming
ahead. The pleated - skirt - and -
“jacquette” blouse styles so popular fl B
now are presented in attractive color B WX g ^4l
combinations. In the group are such B g £
captivating styles as a corded crepe Bl
plaid of white green and rose self Bl s&X
trimmed with a big collar finished VI
with a white and black tie. Cool W
looking green and white frocks gray • U
blues and a myriad models in sports
dresses are in this group of frocks
for spring and summer any one at
Just in—
WASH SATIN and TUB SILK SLIPS
The newer fashions require a slip to be worn under your frock if you
would achieve the proper lines. These will interest you—slips of tub silk
wash satin (in white or flesh) and beautiful radium (in white or flesh).
All are specially priced:
Tub Silks —$4.98 Wash Satins—s6.9B Radiums—s7.9B
Frocks for Tots
from 2 to 6
Voile and dotted swiss dresses trimmed
with Vai lace and ribbon.
Hand-smocked and hand-embroidered Jap
crepe and colored voile “panty” frocks.
$2.98 to $4.98
—of LINEN or RATINE com-
bined with voiles or cotton
crepes. These are distinctly
smart in a tailored manner
and the introduction of the
sheer voiles and crepes as
bodices makes for coolness.
$10.95 and up.
Hats you will enjoy throughout the sum-
mer as well as now! Charming models in
Leghorn combined with crepe with lace
and with silks of various weaves. Hair-
braid in lacey effect or hair-braid used
with milan.
$19.75 $12.50
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
Broad-Brimmed Dress and Semi-Dress Hats
—of DOTTED VOILES in navy
blues browns and blacks as
well as light colors. Feminine
frills and collars of lace white
voile or organdy trim them. A
number are ribbon edged.
Cool pretty and quite prac-
tical. At $7.50 and up.
Closing Out Spring Models in
DRESSES ।
CAPES ° u
COATS ' I /yf
SUITS I 1/Z1
all Suits except the I / Bl
Jerseys and J /
Summer Silks I
In this large assortment of styles you will
find some elaborately embroidered others
trimmed with flowers or ribbons. There are
all-white hats black and white black “moun-
tain haze” maize almond and emerald greens
and the soft fallow and browns.
$14.45 ™ d ta $18.35
. How Young Is Your
Figure?
Wolfson Corsets will rejuvenate any
figure. No matter what the model you
choose it takes the expert fitting of an
expert corsetiere to properly adjust it.
And you get service of that character
here.
As a feature of “NEMO” week we
are showing a new model in a ship-
ment just received. A “NEMO” model
in a duplex self-reducing corset flat-
tens and reduces the abdomen and dia-
phragm of the stout woman. Come in
and let one of our expert corsetieres
show you this model—No. 525—at
$5
Other ‘NEMO” models at $3 and
up to $B.OO.
—in tub frocks of IMPORTED
GINGHAMS. Borrowing hand-
work in wool threads from
higher priced models. Skirts
which flare delightfully are
shown in these too. All your
favorite colors in gingham
plaids and checks. Charming
models—s4.9s.
Wdfwn
Dry Goods Co. Incorporated < J
Big Savings
on all these
Little Things
so essential to
being well-dressed !
The bag in the new shapes—the right
hosiery—a crisp new linen handkerchief
—gloves — all those things the well
groomed woman knows she must have.
NEWER BAGS
New Leather Hand Bags Moire Silk Bags are here
eome in the popular to complete the summer
l«>uch shape. There are costume iu gray brown
also other styles in this and black. They are
group that formerly- sold shown in the pouch shape
for $5.00. The colors with fancy metal frames
are gray tan and black. Regular $4.50 values.
x ial . $3.95 a s t pccial $3.29
Regular 50c women's pure Linen Handkerchiefs
in solid colors and colored enjbroidery *2E —
effects. Special price ODC
Sturdy
HOSIERY
at prices which
assure savings
Regular $1.25 Pure
Thread Silk Hose with
lisle top and feet mock
seam in back in black
white and colors. Spe- 1
rial 7Q
price f •/ V
Liberty Dress Form Sets in small medium and
large .ixe.. Priced $ j ()0
Nine-inch Black Silk Fringe of an excellent
quality for cape and dretses. £ 1 EO
Special per yard V 1 •*> V
ALL-LINEN NAPKINS
$4.95 doz.
19%-inch All-linen Napkins in pretty floral
and spot designs. They are extra heavy pure
Irish Linen. Regular $7.50 value. “Extra Spe-
cial” at this price.
21-inch pure Irish Linen Napkins are made
from a good grade of linen in beautiful patterns.
Regular price $B.OO. Special the dozen—-
s6.s9
Regular $lO.OO Linen Napkins 22-inch an
excellent quality for such a price. They are
heavy smooth and closely woven. Special price
per dozen —
$8.95
20-inch Plain Satin Band Napkins made of
real Irish linen of a heavy quality. Regular
$9.00 value . Special the doxen—-
s7.9s
MAY 6 1923.
Regular $2.25 Pure Thread Silk Hose come
with lisle top and feet full fashioned in black
white brown and gray. -j QO
Specially priced <P 1 .70
Pure Thread Silk Hose with double silk garter
top in black white brown cinnamon cocoa and
Russian calf. Regularly $2.75 CO AQ
Special the pair
Women's Mercerized Hose made full fashioned
in black white and brown. Regular 7 O
$l.OO hose. Special price 4OC
Regular 75c Women’s Mercerized Hose in black
and brown. Special
Regular 50c Children’s % length socks in solid
colors or white with fancy tops.
Special price OU C
New Summer Veilings
New summer veilings have arrived. They come
in several styles of mesh with self and contrast-
ing color dots. All specially priced EO —
at the yard DUC
Women's $l.OO Collar
and Cuff sets of linen
and organdy in lace
trimming and eyelet
embroidery. CQz
Special OJ7C
GLOVES
Women’s 16button
Gloves of chamois fab-
ric in gray and mode.
Regular pricec $1.75.
Specially O 1 4G
priced ....
Women's 16-button
Novelty Silk Gloves in
tucked and frilled
styles shown in black
white gray and mastic.
».$3.00
3-A
Bib and Bertha
COLLARS
A pretty selection
of Women’s Neck-
wear consisting of
• net bib and bertha
collars lace trim-
med also lace and
organdy trimmed
roll collars. Regu-
larly $1.50. Spe-
► cial d* 1 QQ
~ price . . V 1 »^U
Regular $2.75 Vestees
made of fine organdy
with dainty lace trim-
ming. in several styles.
Special $2.29
LACES
36-inch Silk All-over
Lace in several lovely
patterns and the want-
ed shades for after-
noon and evening wear.
Regular $3.00 quality.
Special OO AQ
per yard.. S' 1* •“ U
Regular 40c Cluny lace
edging and banding. 2
inches wide in many
attractive p a 11 e r ns.
Priced special- QC.
ly the yard.. “DU
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