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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1919)
1919. 5T JUST 15 SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS BUY SOME GIFTS EACH DAY K8 Christmas Featuring of Society Chocolates, 80c Pound s ! Expert Picture Framing If you intend giving a framed picture to someone for Christmas now is the time to have this work done. We have a fine selection of mouldings. " 'All work guaranteed. Meier & Frank's: Fifth Floor. pREDERICK I. RAWSON, Lon don, England, eminent scientist, teacher and healer, will give a series of scientific, philosophical and religious addresses on "Life Understood" at the Municipal Au ditorium, December 11 to 16, at 12, 3 and 8 P. M. daily. Admission free. These delicious chocolates which have played such an important See Also Back Page of This Section St5 nart. in nrpvinna PnrlanH n-irisrnnsps are even better this Season. T")nrL- rr milt nnn a a-rrirnvnr l-oamc With nlire . frlllts. Till 1 3 and other flavors. Packed in half. one. two. three and five-pound boxes. Attractively wrapped and sealed. Made in our Daylight Candy Kitchen why not order now for Christmas ? Meier & Frank's: Ninth Floor and AU Candy Sections ln the Store. wVliV The Quality Store of Portland Home Gifts Receive Due Attention the Chri tore TIIE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 11 ggv.. stnias S i s i i For the Home That Is Without Music A Gift of Infinite Enjoyment A COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA the very name is musical and suggestive of the nation-wide favor in which the instrument is held. The Colum bia Grafonola long since emerged from the experimental stage. It is an honored member of the illustrious familv of truly great musical instru ments. The MEIER & FRANK COMPANY recommends it and sells it with an unqualified guarantee. OUR CHRISTMAS GRAFONOLA CLUB affords everyone an opportunity tf securing the grafonola they want on whatever terms in confidence and in reason they wish to pay. Its membership is open to all on the payment of a relatively small amount which applies towards the purchase of the chosen grafonala. Its ranks are filling up rapidly. It would be well to join now. The Grafonola Illustrated is of exceedingly artistic appearance as the picture suggests. Its design and finish are typical of the best American craftsmenship. It may be purchased separately for $125 (with Columbia Individual Record Ejector $140)-or it may be purchased as part of thi3 very attractive outfit which we have arranged for the accommodation of gift buyers Special Christmas Outfit The outfit is made up of the grafonola, 12 D. D. 10-inch records of your own choice (24 selections), one 10-inch and one 12-inch record album with a joint capacity of 24 records and 300 assorted steel needles. Outfit complete $136.50, payable on your own terms in reason. The grafonola is finished in red mahogany, English brown mahogany, American, walnut (satin finish), golden oak, fumed oak and early English oak. It is equipped with shelves adequate for seven albums. It is a splendid size. , All Other Grafonolas and Records are ready for immediate gift selection in our Phonograph Shop, Sixth Floor. Those who purchase grafonolas here are assured of the usual MEIER & FRANK service, which guarantees satisfaction. OUT-OF-TOWN readers are invited to write for free literature and price lists. Meier & Frank's: Phonograph Shop, Sixth Floor. (Mall Orders Filled.' "Let's Be More Careful ' Has it ever occurred to you why there are so many accidents on Portland's streets ? It is due. mainly, to two rea sons. Flint, the congestion Is greater than in most other cities on account of oirr comparatively narrow thorofares. Second, in dlviiluals. drivers and pedestrians included, fail to relax their haste when crossinK the- street. ITow to make travel safe on Portland streets has become a tremendous problem srreatly agr (travated by the holiday rush now on. No organization nor (croup of orpanizations can accomplish thin. It is strictly up to EVERT Individual. To help mnke it easy to help us and our drivers and every member of our organiza tion to help every other organi zation and its members to help YOU and every other person halt the alarming: Increase In acci dents and make travel on Port land streets safe for mother, child, everyone a campaign has been lung m ated whose rallying cry is "Let's Be More Careful" A eampaisrn In which every man. woman and child ahould wholeheartedly join. VSt!. f HEAVY a I poushsd srtej The Universal Air Blast Heater $39.50 to $53 Your Own Terms in Reason The Universal Air Blast saves on fuel, warms the floor, holds the fire. A combination heater built on the over- draft principle. Air is admitted in large vol ume through the hot blast intake at the front and completely sur rounds the fuel where it is raised temperature to a' tre mendous degree. The air is then released into the combustion cham ber where it mixes with the gases and creates perfect combustion. The Air Blast consumes the black smoke and gases. Has d u pi e x grates burns wood, coal, bark and briquets. (IXTBA LACOE 70 ft S FEtP OPENING VjPE I j fli 7 f etc poo ft" J - it''-' llffT UMW WOtKJSl DA"Pca -j, ' fT-,4m':'''"jJ conical' 1.1 XUiJl JC- " Ml L. I.1 TIT TO r P BLAST M UNIVERSAL! pot in Yont Ows Terms In Reason. For "1 Andirons, Fire Sets, Portable Basket Grates, Spark . r Guards, Porcelain Ranges, Combination Coal and Gas !r 1 1 t S J Ranges, Automatic Gas Ranges. Meier & Frank's: Sixth Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) Cedar Chests for Gifts We have a great variety of styles and sizes in cedar chests that make such prac tical Christmas gifts. Prices range from the small muff boxes at $6.50 to the beautiful cabinet boxes at $52. A frtrfllnofo cnatiol purchase brings these three unusual values in cedar chests: $17.50 chests $11.25. The ?22.50 chests, $15.65. The $26.75 chests $20.95. Sale of High-Grade Curtains A gift any woman will appreciate. The designs we are offering at special prices are of unusual attractiveness and distinction. Included are nets in Arab lace and Dutchess curtains, voiles and marquisettes. Four lots as follows: $10.00 -$12.50 Cur- QfT or tains, pair i OD $13.80 - $15.00 Cur- PQ Q"T D7.J u $4.90-$5.00 Curtains, QQ IpT pair iBOeljO $7.20-$8.45 Curtains, pair $5.40 tains, pair ....... Meier U Frank's: Seventh Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) Order the Christmas "Hoover" Early "What ! Give my wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas ?" exclaims the Man - Who - Doesn't - Understand - Women. "Never! That's too much like WORK," says he, virtuously. . Why, Man Alive, that's the very thing she wants. A Hoover vacuum cleaner does all her rug beating, sweeping and cleaning. It saves 'her any amount of energy and time all year long. The Hoover cleans thoroughly that's whygood house keepers like it. If your wife hasn't a Hoover give her one first and add to it th.j diamond or watch or books of gloves of which yoa had been think ing. Hoover vacuum cleaners are in the Carpet Shop, Seventh Floor, and the Electric Shop, Basement Balcony. Your Own Terms in Reason Other Electric Gifts Grills which broil, fry, boil, toast. Toasters for two or four pieces of bread. Coffee percolators of almost any size. Curling irons and pressing irons. Flashlights of approved kinds. Majestic heaters which look like radiant suns. Heating pads for people who like to jump into warm beds. Thor and Eden washers which take all the work out of washing. -Meier A. Frank's: Electric Shop, Basement Balcony. For Gifts- Beautiful Chinese Rugs A new importation of Chinese rugs contains the much wanted small sizes as well as the larger sizes. They . are in exquisite colors with the typical Chinese blue pat terns and all made on hand looms. Their rich sheen looks like silk. Prices begin at $48 and go to $375. Royal Turkish Rugs Exclusively Here Quite the most exact American copies of Oriental rugs that we have seen for they are very much alike in color, pattern, tex ture. Sizes 25x40 inches at $10 and up to 9x14 ft. rugs, at $135. Meier & Frank' Fine Wilton Rugs Arriving Daily For several weeks customers have been waiting for these room size rugs. We are receiving new colors and designs almost daily. 9x12 ft. Wiltons are as low as $100. Seventh Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) Sale of $15.00 Auto Robes $11.75 Two distinct lots of high-grade auto robes are included in this special selling for gift buyers. Assorted Scotch plaid wool fringe robes. Oregon City Indian robes. A big variety of patterns and colors. Sizes' average 60x78 inches. Durable robes that are warm and good looking. A fine gift for an autoist. Meter & Frank's: Sixth Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) Any of These Pieces l An extraordinary sale of high-grade silver-plated tableware with STERLING SILVER ferrules and pearl handles. Buy for gifts. Included are cake knives, salad spoons, ealad forks, tomato servers, pie knives, cold meat forks, gravy ladles and bread knives. Limited number of each kind. Early selection is advised. SrBJECT TO STc WAR TAX. Meier & Frank's: Housewares Section, Basement. mi The Italian Sofa Pictured is part of a very beautiful Italian style living-room suite in the Burlington House of Interior Decoration, the Seventh Floor. The suite consists of this long carved sofa, a fireside bench, a richly-carved armoire, an easy chair, a lady's carved-back chair, a gentleman's chair, a side chair, a tabourette. Made of Italian walnut covered in golden brown velour and ornamented with needlepdint patterns and a decorative gimp and fringe. Priced $1050. Meier Frank's: Seventh Floor. Twenty Different Styles of Luxurious Davenports and Easy Chairs Are Made in the BIEIER & FRANK Furniture Workrooms Christmas orders should be given immediately for, while there is a fairly large col lection now made up, we shall not have enough to satisfy all our customers who will want them at Christmas. They are wonderful gifts for the whole family to put together and give to the HOME. A davenport or an easy chair will do more to keep everybody home and happy than anything which can easily be thought of. Of course there are davenports and davenports. Only the most competent workmen artists in their line are per- Davenports mitted to make the MEIER & FRANK kind. They use only the best materials and every expert effort is made to produce something that will be the best possible at the price. Your personal inspection will show you how we have succeeded. In denim, $98.50, $110, $115, $127.50, $145.75, $164.75, $200. In tapestry and velour, $119.50, $136.25, $138.50, $156.25, $177.50, $227. In figured or plain mohair, $275 arid $336. Easy Chairs In denim, $52, $69.75. In tapestry, $64.50 upward. Your Own Terms in Reason Meier & Frank's: Eighth Floor. (Mall Orders Filled.) Easy Chairs $39 Well made, Tery comfortable ch"airs covered with short lengths of tapestry and velour which we happened to have on hand. Rockers are $41. Made in our own workroom. Buy for gifts. GOOD BOOKS Are Always Welcome Anybody can give them to anybody to youngsters, to casual friends, to intimate friends of either sex, to dad, to mother, to cousins, sisters, aunts-i-every book is a new world in which to visit awhile. Wonderful books for children thousands of them. Very latest arrivals are "The Boyd Smith Mother Goose" with very beautiful pictures, at $3. Six BuBble Books, each with three -phonograph records at $1 a book: this season's two new ones are "The Funny Froggy Bubble Book" and the "Happy Go Lucky Bubble Book"; besides these there are "The Pie Party Bubble Book," "The Pet Bubble Book," "The Second Bubble Book" and "The Third Bubble Book." Suggestions for Grown-Up Gifts "Lindon Condon," by Joseph Hergesheimer, is a book that everyone interested in well-written "big novels" will want to read, $1.75. "Abraham Lincoln" a play by John Drink water; the great theatrical success of last year in London, one of the finest plays of our time. $1.25. "Spanish Doubloons," by Camilla Kenyon, a really humorous story. $1.50. "The Ridin Kid From Powder River," by Henry Herbert Knibbs, an exciting story of the West crammed with gun-play and adventure, $1.75. "The River's End," by James Oliver Curwood, a fascinating tale of Arctic wastes, mystery, a wonderful love, $1.50.' "Free Air," by Sinclair Lewis, the new story about Seattle people, $1.75. "French Ways and Their Meaning," by Edith .Wharton, a brilliant and intimate study of the French, $1.50. "Drowned Gold," by Roy Norton, a modern "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," $1.65. "The Book of a Naturalist," by W. H. Hudson, a genuine literary treat, $3.50. "Memories of Buffalo Bill," by his wife, Louisa F. Cody, $2.50. Meier & Frank's: Fifth Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) It Is Fun to Do Christmas Choosing: in the Furniture Gift Shop There are so many kinds of things there which people of good taste like. Bits of fine glass. Beautiful things in Italian polychrome. Screens to hide prosaic tele phones. Lamps that are so beautiful they add to the color scheme of any room. Nests of tables. Amusing tea trays rich with modern color. $1 upward., This Gilt Mirror at $11.50 is one of a large collection of individually charming exam ples. Some are lacquered, many are in mahogany and walnut, a large number are in antique gold. There are large and small sizes for boudoirs, drawing rooms, halls, sitting rooms, libraries. They almost cover the walls of the Gift Shop. This Polychrome Candlestick with decorative Florentine fruit is $3. The candle is marbleized and very fashionable at $1.50. Candles especially made and dyed in two color combinations to our order are $1. IF Mahogany candlesticks at 95c start This Mahogany Footstool is upholstered in tapes try and at $8.75 is a great help to that "tired feeling." Its posts and bars - keep one's feet comfortably placed without that accidental "slipping off" feeling. This Mahogany Finish Smoking Stand $2.50 is a particularly nice-looking gift at moderate outlay. Visitors are very cordially invited to make use of the Gift Shop's suggestions. Meier & Frank's: Ninth Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) ! I I