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WOMAN'S AND
SPECIAL FEATURES
SECTION FIVE
. . Pages 1 to 12
NO. 28.
We Announce Value-Giving
Records for the Third Week ot
Our Great July Clearance Sale
The third week of our Great Armual July Clearance Sale will be ushered in tomorrow
with bargains in Homefurnishings greater than anything we have of f ered in all pre
vious years. Almost any article wanted for the home will be found listed at a great
cut in price on today's page, and there are dozens of others too numerous .to to in-
Greatest Reductions Ever Offered on Matched Bedroom Suits of Walnut and Mahogany
Such Values as These Must
Be Seen to Be Appreciated
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$90.00 Satin Walnut Suit, consisting of Bed, Dresser and
rhiffnninr. Verv wleasinelv designed and having slat-
end four-post bed. Speeial for this sale
$149.50 Circassian Walnut Suit, Bed, Dresser and Chiffo
nier, designed with inserted cane panels and satin brass
trimmed. Very high-class, special fl 1 1 Q 7
sale priee v, P 1 JL 17 f
$165.50 Circassian Walnut set of three pieces, in Louis
XVI design. Bed, Dresser and Chiffonier of the finest
quality throughout- Special for this d O O
sale at only P 1 0 oOU
$157.50 White " Enamel Bedroom Suit of three pieces; in
Louis XVI design. Bed has panels of cane and .Dresser
and Chiffonier have plate-glass top. rf f OC 7C:
7S- farnet and Miter Rugs in Good
Qualities, Extra Special at Only 69c
Take your choice while they last from this fine assortment of Rugs, made - up from ends of
high-grade and medium-priced Carpet, ranging incize from 20x27 to 24x36 1 inches. Almost
every color is represented, and patterns are of large and small size. Only 75 at special price.
All Remnants of 30c and 35c
Mattings" for 19c Yard This Week
Five to 25-yard lengths of Chinese and Japanese Mattings, including plain and fancy de
signs in a wide assortment of patterns, are offered for quick clearance, almost half, 19c yd.
Empire Granite Rugs for Seaside
and Country Home
Size 7.6x9. regular $3.75 value, for S3.10 Size 9x10.6, regular $5.50 value, for 4.40
Size 9x9 feet, regular $5 values, for $4.10 -.Size 9x12 leet, regular a vame, lor jp-t.ow
I
Beautiful Suits in the stately and impressive de
signs that never go out of style are reduced in
price to the level of furniture "of ordinary merit
rvm in and Look 1 hem t-iver ar
Your Leisure No Obligation to Buy
$224.00 Circassian Walnut Bedroom suit, Louis avi de
sign; Bed, Dresser and Chiffonier of highest quality, beau
tifully matched wood. A great value, f fifl
special for P 1
$365.75 Gray Enamel Bedroom Suit of eight pieces, Bed,
Dresser, Chiffonier and Toilet Table, Table and three
chairs; an exclusive design. Special QQf O QC
sale price. pirJiOU
$369.00 Solid Mahogany Louis XVI Suit pf four pieces.'
Very large and massive; the product of one of the lead
ing factories of America. Special for 00
$796.50 Solid Mahogany Bedroom Suit of the Georgian
period. Consists of Post Bed, Dresser Chiffonier and
Toilet Table, as well as Cheval and (JrO 1; (f
Somnoe. Special PJJ 1 JJ
The Hnusf urnishing Section Offers
4 Dinner Sets at July Clearance Prices
$5.00 Decorated Dinner Set for $3.75 :
A handsome 42-piece Decorated Dinner Set or plain white and gold pattern if preferred. A
good grade of porcelain ware.
$6.50 42-Piece Dinner Set for $4.50
Good grade of porcelain Dinner Set in your choice of two or three decorations; a splendid
value for the special price of $4.50. " '
$16 Blue and Gold Decorated Dinner Set for $12.95
Beautiful blue and gold pattern in a 60-piece Dinner Set of Jiigh quality. One of the most
popular designs in our display. " r ' . .
$19 100-Piece Dinner. Set, White and Gold Pattern, $14.95
A Dinner Set suitable for use in any home, so dainty in quality and handsome in design.
Special price tor ttiia ween oniy.
This Simmons Brass Bed
.85
Massive Design Having (T art
Two and a Hall Inch.)
Poets, Special at
Fttttm a
' Sella at Other Times for $25.00
A very handsome Bed, exactly as pic
tured, having 2V2yinch posts with heavy
caps and five fillers in head and foot.
One of our best July Clearance values.
$19.50 Colonial Dresser
made of solid selected oak in
Colonial design, with panel ends.
Has extension front and large
plate mirror,
Special . .
$13.95
$21.75 Quartered Oak
Dresser exactly as pictured, hav
ing large oval plate mirror and
ornamental scroll standards.
Priced, for C ' Q ft
clearance . . . P X J 1
. This $34.50 Pattern
of solid quartered oak, with full
swell front, having deep and ex
tra large mirror ot best qual
ity. Specially
priced at.
rror oi Dest quai-
$25.75
Featuring 2-Inch
Special at
11 c
.85
fmm
$25.50 Is the Begular Price. .
Designed with high head and foot ends
with six-inch cast trass post catis. A
2-inch continuous-post pattern. Special
for $16.85. " .
Fumed Oak Rockers, Davenports and Morris
Chairs of High Quality Are Greatly Reduced
If You Need an Extra Rocker or Chair for Your
Living-Room or Library, Now Is the Time to Buy
$6.85
tomoblle cushion
lls.00 Kingcraft Rocker-
$9.80 Rocker of fumed oak a genuinetlck-
leT- pattern with loose cushion i
leather seat, special
I1I.E0 Fumed Oak Rocker a broad and roomy
pattern, with Spanish leather au- Q QJ
seat i . . 0 J mJ Kf
handsome fumed
oak pattern, with SpulibAl A fC
leather automobile seat tPll.cti
I1S.50 Fumed Oak Rocker In high-panel back
delgn and having automobile (ji Q Jg
seat of Spanish leather aplOeOO
$1.7S Fumed Oak Morris Chair with Spanish
Chase leather
and foot rest.
r seat and back t 1 O Qf
reduced to 1 3 OU
$23.00 Fumed Oak Rocker with Spanish leath
er auto seat, inserted panel i 7 K
backof hand-made cajie tpl'tt O
$38.75 Fumed Oak Rocker, with Spanish leath
er cushion seat and back, dOQ
hig-hest grade in every way. . . J2 e O
$47.50 Wing- Chair of solid oak, fumed finish.
Beat and back are upholstered Ann
in genuine leather, special. ... Ji2 O
$87.00 Six-foot Fumed Oak Settee, having re
movable cushions of genuine Spanish leather,
and separate leather pillows (JQ '7C
at only J02 O
$68. B0 Spanish Leather Library Chair, full up
holstered In leather and high- C'AfX
est quality throughout, special pie J
If You Are Thinking of Buying a Gas
Range, See the Famous "New Idea"
It Is Far Superior to Any Other, Not Only in Con
struction and Operation, But Design and Finish
Better find out before making your Gas Range purchase
that the "New Idea" is entirely different from and
superior to any other Gas Range made, rather than buy
elsewhere and then finding out too lata that you have
paid for an inferior article the same money that would
buy a "New Idea." We have installed the "New
Idea" in 75 per cent of the largest homes and apart
ments in the city, and have received hundreds of unso
licited indorsements of its great merits.
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Prices
$13.50
to
$135.00
"One-of-a-Kind" Patterns From Our Immense
Line of Golden Oak Rockers Must Be Sold
Large as Well as Small Patterns Are Included
. .,. , Suitable for Every Room in the House
$7.60 Quartered Oak Rocker, with banister
back and saddle seat, golden fin- OCJ
ish, special at J)Hr.CiJ
$8.50 Golden Oak Rocker, with high panel
back,' a very attractive new pat- QA CA
tern, special. ... ipXmOVf
$9.50 Quartered Oak Rocker, with slat back
and s a d d le-shaped seat, very Q C
good value, special... j)nreO9.
$15.00 Quartered Oak Rocker, golden wax
finish, saddle seat pattern, with (t Q Q
panel back, special J0 O
$17.00 Quartered Oak Rocker, saddle-seat pat
tern, wide, roomy body, very 1 f f'f
attractive, special. ) X UelU
$19.60 Leather-Seat-and-Back Rocker, excel
lent design for library or 4 QC
living-room, special liV
$24.75 Quartered Oak Rocker, with Spanish
leather seat and back, high (t 4 A OC
quality throughout, special. .. J) X IeOJ
$29.00 Quartered Oak Rocker, with Spanish
leather auto seat and back, 1 C Q C
reduced almost to half. ....... Jf Al J J
$48.60 Quartered Oak Chair, with Spanish
leather loose cushion seat and dJOO - CZ(
back, special i)i)wU
$24.60 Quartered Oak Rocker, with high back
and scroll arms, spring leath- tf 1 C 7
er seat, special lJe J
We Are Closing Out Our Entire
Renowned McDougall Kitchen
This Affords You a Wonderful Chance to Buy the
Equipped Kitchen Cabinet
$31 60 MacBougall Kitchen Cabinet of golden oak. glass
doors across top, metal bottom meal drawer, seven cup
boards, three drawers, coffee and spice ftO Cf
cans, at only... ... P OW
$34.50 MacDougall Kitchen Cabinet, sifter flour bin of
60 pounds capacity, good-siied China closet, roomy work
cupboard. : large linen, cutlery and cake Anj, 50
$48 50 -MacDougall Kitchen Cabinet, having 11 of the
features above described, but with many 0 v Cfl
additional ones and of larger slxe, sp'l. v . JJ ,JJ
Line of the
Cabinents
Most Perfectly
0) VaY IS, )
$! ''
Also a
$59.50
Style for
$45.00
EUROPE AND AMERICA
EAGER FOR NEW WORK
"Ariadne at Naxos," Soon to Be Produced, Will Have Emmy Destion In
Title Role Morbid Subjects Chosen by Author in Past
. Eesponsible for Lack of Success in America.
BY FRANCES BAUER. . , "
NEW TORK, July 13. (Special.)
There Is always fresh excitement
when Richard Strauss Is about 'to"
produce a new work, and already both
Europe and America are in activity
over the forthcoming "Ariadne at Nax
os," in which Emmy Destinh will cre
ate the leading role before her return
to America next season.
Strauss , has never been very suc
cessful In securing a firm foothold In
America with his operas, notwithstand
ing the wide popularity that his tone
poems have enjoyed and there Is no
doubt that the composer, as" well as
several of ' the Impresarios of this
country, are awaiting the results of the
latest outburst with more anxiety
than certainty, although It has been
suggested that Strauss has learned a
few lessons about America and what
it will not accept. The managers will
not accept his dictation and terms and
the public will not take with relish
his unhealthy and morbid subjects.
The genius of the composer is the only
thing which Is never questioned. This
is supreme.
Frieda Hemple In Title Role.
After three performances of the new
opera there will be gala performances
in the form of a festival, when "Feuers
noth." "Elektra," "Salome" and "Der
Rosenkavalier" will be given, with
Strauss conducting and Max Reinhardt
will be among the stage managers.
Frieda Hempel, who will come to the
Metropolitan next season, will create
the title role and as Destinn was study
ing a role when she left for Europe she
will no doubt share the honors with
the colorature which Germany will con
tribute to America next season. An
other name known to-New York the
atergoers is that of Grete W lesenthal,
who danced at the Winter Garden last
season, and who will appear in special
ties in the Strauss premiere.
The musical public of this country
is very desirous that "Ariadne at Nax
os" should be an opera which might
eventually get to the American stage
as Strauss has many admirers in this
country who feel deprived of these
works. Yet the most enthusiastic are
able to understand that American pro
ducers are In truth not to blame for
this condition. It lies purely with -the
composer himself, first on account of
his over-exacting financial demands and
then in the unhealthy subjects which he
has seen fit to surround with muslo as
unhealthy and morbid as the subjects
themselves. The first production and
fastival will occur in Stuttgart begin
ing October 25.
Art Views DIer.
It Is always Interesting to get the
point of view of the different countries
toward what is regarded In some other
place as a work of art This proves
very definitely that there is no absolute
standard by which art can be Judged,
n.rmnn v hailed "Sumurun" as a mas
terpiece, but Paris held It as "barbar
ous" and in America' those critics woo
had the courage of their convictions,
cL-hn aa not worshiD at the shrine of a
work because it was foreign, anticipat
ed Paris In its verdict.
Now, Munich hss had its opportunity
at "Kismet," which It pronounces tne
limit" and there are those who feel
that this attitude toward the London
oni American success is due to its re
pugnance to anything In the way of art
that Is of foreign origin, inat is nm
fair to Munich, as it is perfectly Justi
fied in holding "Kismet" as "the limit"
Producers seem to be vying with each
other in the attempt to bring forward
something more startling, more sensa
tional, more abandoned and more un
conventional each time they plan for a
new production. Munich is correct;
"Kismet" Is the limit beyond which
"Sumurun" has gone and Max Relnhart
only proved in America what rare art-
Ists are David Belasco, Llebler & Co.
and the several master producers to
whom we look for our great scenic pro
ductions and to Charles and Daniel
Frohman and others who keep up. to
their dignity the stages which are un
der their control.
Short Opera Approved.
When men like Daniel Frohman de
cide to Interest themselves In the vau
deville stage, there can be no doubt
that this will bring prestige and real
art to something which has heretofore
suffered from the miscellaneous mix
ture thrown together under the name of
light amusements.
It is a well-known fact that nothing
has ever been more gratefully received
than the tabloid opera which was the
experiment of Albert Mildenberg, who
reduced "Samson and Delilah" to a 25
mlnute act.
The . public responded as It will al
ways respond when Its human Interests
are aroused and by bringing music or
drama which is of the best to the plane
of the most ordinary understanding a
public can be created which will de
mand constant Improvement In its rec
reations. ' "Over the heads of the people" has
stood in the way of giving the publio
high-class amusement too long, as the
people are able to appreciate much mors
than the average manager gives them
credit for doing.
Daniel Frohman. who ha studied the
people, their needs and their capacities,
should be of vast service In the develop
ment of esthetic appreciation through
an arrangement by which he Is to fur
nish a series of special plays for the
vaudeville theaters and to engage the
players as well as stage the plays. Mr,
Frohman will present as the first offer
ing "Detective Keen," by Perclval
Knight, and he intends to create a wide
Interest among the playwrights by of
fering prizes for the best one-act plays
for the vaudeville stage.
Roataad Max Visit America.
Rare advertising will accrue to the
production of "Cyrano de Bergerae," by
Walter Damrosch and William J. Hen
derson, musical critic of the New York
Sun, inasmuch as dmond Rostand ob
jects to the use of his drama as the
book for an opera. Preparations are
under way, however, for the production
of this opera at the Metropolitan next
season and It is not Impossible that the
next announcement of interest will be
that Rpstand will come to America to
be present at the first performance.
Walter Damrosch, however, will have
a hand full of premieres, as he Is now
superintending the forthcoming pro
duction of "The Dove of Peace" with
which he enters the ranks of musical
comedy writers. If there Is any ques
tion as to how far the well-known con
ductor will strike a popular note, one
may recall the fact that "Danny Deev
er" Is as popular today as ever, as
may be noted every time David BIs
pham takes an encore which is as un
failing as the Damrosch song.
The turn to light music seems to at
tract those who have always been
.Identified with music of the most seri
ous nature. One can never question
the motives as it may as frequently be
the need of relaxation which leads a
man out of tragedy into comedy as it
Is in the case of the audiences - who .
turn to the lighter form of amusement
from the heavier diet. Alfred Herts. '
who has Just visited Humperdinck in
his villa in Grune, found that great
composer and equally delightful man
so greatly in health that he contem
plates resuming his work.
When stricken several months ago
Dr. Humperdinck had Just announced
his intention of writing an operetta
and now that fate has been good
enough to spare him he will undertake
the work according to his plans.
It has long been his Intention to
make an opera out of his lncldentlal
music to "The Blue Bird," but he plans
to give the operetta the right of way.
Incidentally it may be noted that
Maeterlinck has followed his two little
children through their years and he
has written a sequel to that charmlnjr
tale. "The Blue Bird." There Is very
little that ever leaks out from the
secrecy maintained In the Maeterlinck
home, but by the end of Bummer he
will have finished a play which deals
with the children grown up.
PIONEER, 96 YEARS OLD.
v OFF FOR MINING CAMP
Harry , Williams, Driving Ox Team and Accompanied by Faithful Dog,
Will Try Luck at Prospecting in Idaho.
HARRY WILLIAMS AJTD TRAIJf.
I'EWISTON, Idaho, July It. (Spe
- -i.i Sunburned and undaunted
by the hot Summer days, Harry Wil
liams, aged 95, one of the pioneers of
m.k. i. .in hi way to Elk City, Ida
ho, where he expects to make his stake
In the mines of that district, vvnn
team of four oxen and his faithful col
lie Mr. Williams has traveiea ior m.
past three weeks, covering approx
imately 300 miles.
To escape notice, Mr. w niiamo
camped last night on the Unlontown
hill overlooking Lewlston and Clark
ston. where he talked with a news
paper man. He was born in
City and fought in the Civil War. the
Mexican War and in Indian wars of
the Northwest He fought with Taylor
In Mexico, with Thomas at
Shilo, Lookout Mountain and Arkan
. n i . wi,, Pnotur Gibbs and Han-
cock and in the Black Hills against
the Sioux Indians. He is one oi
ho's oldest men. having crossed ine
plains nearly 60 years ago and settling
near Hope, Maho. He owned and op
erated what Is known as the Bonanza
Queen and Good Hope mines. He was
In Idaho when the capital was taken
from Lewlston to Boise.
"I am traveling this way because I
have lived this kind of a life ever since
I was born," he said. I have lived no
other and I am going to enjoy nature
as long as I am on earth. I never
saw my parentsiand I have been pio
neering for better than 80 years. Now
I am going to the most rugged dis
trict in this state to try my. luck at
prospecting.
"I have about 400 acres of land near
Spokane that is worth about 175.000.
and it is not necessary to travel like
this, but I like it. I am going to the
Elk City mining district, where I will
pass the Summer fishing and hunting
and mining. I have my dog with me
and we will 'hoof If all the way."
Mr. Williams said he was In perfect
i.ealth and felt like a boy. He said
tnat-Ae did not have a care In the
world am-.- would take h's time and
enjoy the cuantry as he went. The old
prospector might be mistaken for a
man of 40.
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