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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1920)
20 T1IE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, SVIjY 31, f920 The- Quality' Store of- Poktlaxd, "OPPORTUNITY DAY" Is So Called Because It Offers Patrons Exceptional Opportunities to Save on Standard Merchandise. -Opportunity No. 1 Women's White Skirts $5.85 Regular and extra sizes in women's white tub skirts. Fashionable styles. The season's clearaway of one of our regular manufac turers. A dozen popular models included. Some of cotton gabar dine are elaborately embroidered. Many are beautifully plain. Several models in surf satin which is of highly mercerized cotton. Every skirt extra special, $5.85. Meier & Frank's: Fashion Salons, Fourth Floor. -Opportunity No. 2- $5.00 and $6.50 Blouses $4.45 Georgette crepe blouses trimmed with lace or embroidery. Some with hand-painted roses. Others hemstitched and tucked. Short and long sleeves. Attractive styles. Mostly light colors. Sizes 36 to 44. Meier & Frank's: Blouse Shop, Fourth Floor. -Opportunity No. 3- Women's $4-$7. 50 Shoes $1.98 Whirlwind clearaway of all sorts of odds and ends and broken assortments. White canvas pumps and oxfords with low heels, black Keds and patent leather pumps and oxfords in the lot. Sizes . 2 to 8 included but of course not all sizes in any one style. None of the shoes sold originally at less than $4 and a number were as much as $7.50 pair. Finest ones of course will go first.-- : Meier & Frank's: Shoe Store, Third Floor. -Opportunity No. 4- $2.25 Silk Stockings $1 .69 500 pairs women's extra good silk stockings with mock seam fashioned legs. Black only. Reinforced lisle tops, heels and toes. Seamless feet. All sizes. "Satisfactorily serviceable. - Meier & Frank's: Hosiery Shop, Main Floor. -Opportunity No. S Boys' and Girls' Stockings 25c 400 pairs of boys' and girls' cotton stockings with medium and fine ribs. Seamless. Black, white, cordovan in the lot. Broken sizes from 5 to 91&. -.Meier & Frank's: Hosiery Shop, 'Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 6 Kiddies' 50c Sox 25c 520 pairs of three-quarter length sox of our regular 50c grade. White grounds with fancy striped roll tops. Sizes 5 to Meier & Frank's: Hosiery Shop, Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 7- $2 Bane Necklaces $ 1 Bone beads to represent ivory. Graduated size. 24-inch strands. Half price for Opportunity Day. '-' y Meier & Frank's: Jewelry Store, Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 8 $2 .50 Rhinestone Bracelets $ 1 .25 Bracelets made of white metal which glitter beautifully with white brilliants. Just half price. ' Meier & Frank's: Jewelry Store, Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 9- $1.50 Black Sautoirs 75c Black ribbon sautoirs with black imitation stone pendants to rep resent onyx. Exactly half price. Meier & Frank's: Jewelry Store, Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 10- Handkerchiefs 9c and 10c 9c for women's and misses' sheer lawn handkerchiefs with woven borders, printed designs and embroidery; white and colors.- 9c for men's white lawn handkerchiefs with half -inch hemstitched hems, regulation size. , 10c for men's better handkerchiefs with hand-loom embroidered initials in white and colors. Regulation sizes. Regularly Oc. Meier & Frank's: Handkerchief Shop, Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 11- 40c White Nainsook 25c 36-inch fine white nainsook with soft finish. Excellent grade for underclothes. -Meier & Frank's: White Goods Shop, Second Floor. -Opportunity No. 12- 30c Crash Toweling 20c Cotton and linen mixed crash toweling suitable for dish towels and all kitchen purposes. Some are bleached with' colored borders. Meier & Frank's: Second Floor. Lower Price Store Full size, 6 feet. Opportunity No. 13- Daisy Outing Flannel 49c . 2000 yards of regular 65c grade of 36-inch white outing flannel with twill weave. 'Suitable for adults' and children's night gowns and other purposes. Meier & Frank's: Flannel Section. Second Floor -Opportunity No. 14- 75c to $2 Voile Flouncings 49c Nearly 1000 yards of embroidered voile flouncings in white and a few colors. 40 to 45 inches wide. Beautiful patterns. Early in the season they were worth 75c to $2.00. A good value at 49c. Meier & Frank's: Embroidery Shop. Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 15- $2.75-$4 Georgette $1.49 Final clearaway of nearly 1500 yards of plain and printed georgette crepe. Plenty of good colors. 39 and 40 inches wide. Originally in our regular stock at $2.75 to $4.00 now $1.49 a yard. Meier & Frank's: Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 16- Window Shades 75c Regular $1 window shades' of standard style. Complete with fixtures. Green or tan. Pillow Cases 39c Regular 50c grade of muslin pillow cases 42x36 inches. Wide hems. Limit 12 to a customer. Cheviot Gingham, Yard 19c Regular 35c grade of standard cheviot gingham, 27 inches wide, in tan, black, blue and brown. Mill lengths up to 5 yards. Japanese Silk, Yard 59c Regular 85c grade of standard Japanese silk in excellent colors. Mill lengths up to 6 yards. Suitable for lamp shades and linings. Corsets 49c Clearaway of 200 corsets of standard makes. Also 300 bras sieres in flesh and white. While any remain, 49c. . Some were several times this price. . ' ' Men's Porous-Mesh Union Suits $1 Sub-standards of $1.50 grade. Short sleeves, ankle length. Sizes 34 to 46. , Meier & Frank's: Tower Price Store, Basement Balcony. Neckwear Materials 49c ? Pleatinga, vestings and tabbings of organdy, net and lace. All sorts of remnants from 9 inches to one yard. Exactly what one , needs, for summer wash dresses, Tuxedo suits, sweaters and blouses. : Some are worth double. ' ' ' Meier & Frank's: Neckwear Shop, Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 17- - $2.50 Metal Flouncings $1.49 - - 'Limited quantity of metal flouncings, including colored net with .' silver designs. 18 inches wide. Pretty patterns. Yard $1.49. ' Meier & Frank's: Trimming Shop, Main Floor. -Opportunity No. -18- Hand Knit Sweaters Half Price Were $15 to $22.50, Now $7.50. to $11.25 36 women can have one if they come early enough. They are good looking and it is nice to have something hand-made. Not all colors and sizes but possibly just what you want. Meier & Frank's: Needlework Shop, Second Floor. -Opportunity No. 19- 45c Shetland Floss 32c Fleisher's Shetland floss in odd colors, now 32c. No telephone orders. None C. O. D: Meier & Frank's: Needle-work Shop, Second Floor. -Opportunity No. 20- $6.50 Boston Bags $4.50 50 popular Boston bags made of genuine leather. Black, tan and brown. Three good sizes. Substantial frames. Meier & Frank's: Luggage Shop, Sixth Floor. -Opportunity No. 21- $2.50 to $6 Women's Hats $1 About 100 odds and ends of tailored and ready-to-wear hats. Woven straws in small, medium and large shapes. Good assort ment of colors. Splendid for beach wear. Meier & Frank's: Millinery Shop, Fourth Floor. -Opportunity No. 22- Hair Accessories Wavy hair switches, 22 inches long with three separate short stems. Every shade, including gray and white. Regularly $12.50, now $8.98. . . $6.50 and $7.50 Janes'' $4.98 Of curly hair, ear-to-ear 'size, in. all shades, including gray and white. Meier & Frank's: Salon de Coiffure, Fifth Floor -Opportunity No. 23- 50c to $1.50 Books 19c Bret Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp," "Mrs. Skagg's Husbands." Jack London's "Lost Face," "War of the Classes," "Cruise of the Snark," ;South Sea Tales." Many Other titles. Meier & Frank's: Book Shop, Fifth Floor. -Opportunity No. 24- W anted Notions 5c and 10c Odds and ends of beltings, slightly damaged, hose supporters, remnants of narrow fancy elastic, small pin cushions, odd shades of spool silk and twist, black shoe laces, celluloid hair pins and so on. All either 5c or 1.0c. . . Meier & Frank's: Notion Shop. Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 25.- 90c to $1.35 Ribbons 79c Dresden, brocaded, striped, plaid and moire ribbons, some with satin edges. Widths up to 8 inches. - Suitable for bags, cami soles, hair bows. . ; Meier & Frank's: Ribbon Shop, Main Floor. Opportunity No. 26- 50c Motor Caps 25c Limited quantity of women's motor caps of black and white checks. Excellent for motoring and general vacation use. Meier & Frank's: Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 27- Leather Bags and Purses 98c Special purchase of women's real leather hand bags with top straps and purses with back straps. Surprisingly good at 98c. Meier & Frank's: Leather Goods Shop, Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 28- 25c Diving Caps 19c Good rubber diving caps in cardinal, green and white. Mighty good at the price. ' , --Mei er & Frank's: Drug Shop, Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 29- Air-float Talcum Powder 10c Popular - Air-float talcum powder to take away on vacations. Regular size cans very special at 10c. Meier & Frank's: Drug Shop, Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 30- $5 Folding Tent Tables $3.98 36 grten folding camp or tent tables with 36-inch square tops. They stand 29 inches high. Adjustable roll tops. Hardly likely to stay long' at this price. Meier & Frank's: Sporting Goods Store, Sixth Floor. -Opportunity No. 31- Bissell's $5.75 Sweepers $3.95 .Hundreds of housewives will want to take advantage of this special offer. Bissells' well known Standard carpet-sweepers which are regularly $5.75. They dp very satisfactory work. Meier & Frank's: Rug Store, Seventh Floor. -Opportunity No. 32- Floss Cushions 69c Cushions filled with mixed floss covered with good grade of muslin. Sizes 16x22 and 20x20 inches. These are well made, handy affairs, large enough for use almost anywhere. Substantially underpriced. Meier & Frank's: Bedding Store, Second Floor. -Opportunity No. 33- $6.60 Linoleum Remnants $4.29 Just 100 remnants of felt base linoleum in blue and white tile and wood effects. Excellent patterns. Now priced $4.29 a remnant. Meier & Frank's: Rug Store. Seventh Floor. -Opportunity No.'34- - Pillow Squares 89c Good sized squares of tapestry, velvet and damask, each priced 89c. When these materials sold by the yard they were priced as high as $10 yard. Meier & Frank's: Drapery Store, Seventh Floor. -Opportunity No. 35- . Drapery Remnants Half ' Were 50c to $6, Now 25c to $3 Yard Half price for short lengths of scrim, cretonne and fancy damask and silks. 1 to 5-yard lengths. Now priced 25c to $3 yard. Meier & Frank's: Drapery Store, Seventh Floor. -Opportunity No. 36- 22c Vim Garden Hose 12c Foot 10,000 feet of good black molded garden hose, one-half -inch size. Guaranteed for one season. Can be bought in any lengths desired at 12c a foot. Couplings extra 30c; nozzle extra 75c. 1 Meier & Frank's: Basement. Opportunity No. 37 Ice Cream Freezers Limited quantity White Mountain Ice Cream Freezers with triple motion which makes ice cream quicker, smoother and lighter. 2- quart size, regularly $4.90, now $3.89. 3- quart size, regularly $5.50, now $4.39. Why not have the best? White Mountain freezers are decidedly the best. Meier & Frank's: Household Utilities Section, Basement. Opportunity No. 38- Wall Paper Half and Less Room lots of wall paper, consisting of 8 to 12 rolls of a kind. Delicate colors for bedrooms, foliage tapestry papers for living rooms and plain and fabric effects for artistic homes. 25c and 35c papers, 13c roll. 50c to 75c papers, 25c roll. $1 to $1.25 papers. 50c roll. Meier & Frank's: Wall Paper Store, Seventh Floor. -Opportunity No. 39- Army Folding Cots $3.79 Regular $4.50 grade of standard army style folding camp cots. 60 only. Made of brown khaki canvas with substantial frames properly reinforced. Light 'weight. While quantities last, $3.79. Meier & Frank's: Summer Goods Section, Fifth Floor. -Opportunity No. 40- Cabinet Acorn Ranges $69.50 14 special ranges for Opportunity Day. $69.50 complete, in cluding ordinary installation. These cabinet style Acorn ranges have 16xl8-inch ovens, roomy cooking top, 5 burners, including 3 regular size, one giant and one simmer. Fitted with automatic lighter requiring no matches. Full white porcelain trimming and porcelain broiling pan. These are standard, high-grade Acorn gas " ranges known from coast to coast for their splendid baking qualities. Meier & Frank's: Sixth Floor. -Opportunity No. 41- Mazola Oil, Half Gallon $1.20 Mazola oil is wonderfully good for salads and frying purposes. "Almost every housewife uses it nowadays. 200 -gallon cans at $1.20. 200 1-gallon cans at $2.25. Meier & Frank's: Grocery, Ninth Floor. -Opportunity No. 42- Snow Drift, 4-lb. Can $1.26 See the demonstration in the Grocery Store of Snow Drift, the modern vegetable shortening. Very specially priced for Oppor tunity Day. 200 cans 4-lb. size Snow Drift at $1.26. 200 cans 8-lb. size Snow Drift at $2.48. . ' Meier & Frank's: Grocery, Ninth Floor. -Opportunity No. 43- $6 Bedspreads $4.98 Standard $6.00 grade of honeycomb or crocheted bedspreads of extra heavy weight. Each spread weighs four pounds. Large enough for a large double bed; size 84x94. Meier & Frank's: Bedding Store, Second Floor. -Opportunity No. 44- Carnation Milk Case $6.35 Standard high-grade Carnation milk at today's wholesale price. 4 dozen tall cans in a case at $6.35. 100 cases only at this price. Meier & Frank's: Grocery, Ninth Floor. -Opportunity No. 45- Fancy Patent Flour $3.45 Just four hundred 49-pound sacks of Royal Banquet flour very specially priced at $3.45 a sack. Barrels are $13.75. Meier & Frank's: Grocery, Ninth Floor. -Opportunity No. 46- 90c English Toffee 49c Made of pure sugar, Oregon honey and corn syrup with quanti ties of nuts. Covered with chocolate and macaroon cocoanut. Made the regular MEIER & FRANK way. Meier & Frank's: Candy Shop. Ninth and Main Floors -Opportunity No. 47- Qenter Aisle Bargain Square 40c Standard Gingham 25c 2000 yards of standard 27-inch gingham, regular 40c grade. Pretty striped effects and a few plain colors. Lengths up to 10 yards. Meier & Frank's: Main Floor. -Opportunity No. 48 Center Aisle Bargain Square $2.50 Crepe de Chine $1.69 2500 yards of crepe de chine 39 and 40 inches wide. Excellent quality. All wanted colors, including flesh, ivory, turquoise, pink, ' old rose, black, navy, taupe, brown, Copenhagen, castor, nile, silver and steel gray. - Meier & Frank s: Main B"loor. Opportunity No. 49- Hotel Soap 3c Armour's hotel soap in several good odors. Good size cakes. Very special 3c cake; 35c a dozen; 3 dozen cakes $1.00. Meier & Frank's: Drug Shop, Main Floor. Opportunity No. 50- Boys' $1.25 Blouses 89c 700 blouses of the famous Kaynee make taken straight from our regular stocks. Sizes 5 to 16 years. Dark fancy stripes with long sleeves, light fancy stripes with long and short sleeves, plain white and khaki colors with long sleeves. Colors guaranteed. Every blouse fully cut. A wonderful chance to stock up for all summer. Meier & Frank's: The Store for Boys, Third Floor. -Opportunity No. 51- $1.50 Camp Comforts $1 Suitable for summer camps, logging camps, pads or coverings for cots or three-quarter beds, etc. Size about 45x72. Plain on one side, figured on the other. Meier & Frank's: Bedding Store, Second Floor. -Opportunity No. 52- $1.50 to $2 Silk Gloves 91c Women's first quality silk gloves in many colors. Two-clasp. Double finger-tipped. Plain and fancy backs. All regular sizes. Meier &. Frank's: Glove Shop, Main Floor. Men's Opportunities President Suspenders 59c Regular 75c grade of genuine President suspenders for 600 men who like an old-fashioned "bargain." . $2.50 "Cooper" Union Suits $1.95 400 suits of the famous Cooper underwear. White or ecru. Short sleeves and ankle length. Fine light weight knitted cotton yarn. Sizes 34 to 50. Special $9.8o Silk Habutai Shirts $3.95 11 shirts in size 14; 25 shirts in size 1AM; 20 shirts in size 15; 32 shirts in size 13 shirts in size 16; 2 shirts in size I6V2. Majority are all silk 'finely tailored Japanese habutai in neat striped patterns. A few all silk Shantung pongees included. While they last, all $3.95. ' si: ak Famous $8 Flannel Shirts $4.85 Connella flannel shirts with pre-shrunken collars in three sizes only, 14V&, 15 and 16. Limited quantity. Very fine soft flannel in woven patterns. 600 Silk Hand-Frame Knitted Ties, Regularly $5 to $6.50, for $2.65 Slightlv irregular in weave and some of them run a little short in length. Otherwise they are up to the standard $5, $5.50, $6 and $6.50 grades. Each tie from Blanchard & Price. k Men's Bathing Suits $3.85 41 bathing suits of fine quality wool and mercerized cotton. 16 were priced $6 last year. 25 were priced $5.50 last year. They're a big opportunity at $3.85. Meier & Frank's: The Store for Men, Main Floor. Young Men's $12.50 Trousers $7.85 All wool trousers of plain blue and striped flannels. From one of our finest makers. Cuff bottom style. Five pockets, in cluding watch pocket. ' 100 men can be lucky enough to share in the lot. Meier &. Frank's: The Store for Men. Third Floor. New $1.00 Voiles Yard 50c Special purchase of 5tC0 yards new 36-inch printed voiles in a particularly fine assortment of designs and colorings blues, browns, tans, greens, black and white. Regular values $1.00 and more per yard, pn sale today at yard 50c. Excellent for summer dresses, smocks, etc. Meier & Frank's: Bargain Square, Second Floor.