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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1945)
VII CPRING brought open roads, oiid travelers. A good many of these were drummers, who either drove their own horses from place to place or hired transportation from the liv ery stables along their route. Those who, sold standard stock were only a few hours in each village, while those who had samples to display stayed longer. There was hardly a night that we didn't have one or more of them registered at the American House. A few were, undeniably, sporty. They made us feel countrified and a little prim. , Mr. J. Francis Slmms wore very high laced shoes, tight trousers, and A ruby ring. He kept up smart talk in the dining room, even in the face of Ada's discouragement, "Ain't it awful, Mabel?" he said over and over. "Ain't it awful?" Mr. Benjamin Wiggle was very fat and always smelted of benben 'Wiggle's my name,": he , would jsay in introduction and then pro ceed to demonstrate in a way you could never forget, . However, most of the men who came were sensible and industri ous. Feeling sorry for. anyone who had to be away from home, jny mother went out of her way to make them comfortable, , The first and third Saturdays of every month brought Or. Bill ings, the dentist from the Junc For New Linens By MRS. ANNE CABOT Lots of weddings coming up next month lots of linen show ers to bo attended this month! Have your embroidered pres ents ready I Use these nice dp signs on towels, pillowcases, and handkerchief cases. Each motif measures about 3 by 6 inches and nil are unusually colorful and attractive. To obtain transfer patterns for til size designs, instructions on how to transfer, amounts of ma terial needed, sketches of stitch es used for the linen monograms (pattern No. 5146) send 15 cents Eastern Governo HORIZONTAL 64 1 Pictured U. 56 Nostrils Type of moth S. governor, 57 Behavior VERTICAL Existed 0 Any 10 Verbal 1 1 Area measure 12 Birds' homes ISThst one 16 Entreat 19 Symbol for erbium 20 Exclamation 21 Like 22 Id est (ab ) 23 French article 24 Mental capacity 26 Damn sto? 27 Jokfl 30 Wave t 32 Exist Poker stake Toward Silkworm Rodents Cloth measure Gust Before He is gov ernor of Great Lake Be quiat! Ultt r r ..U- I tion, In his regular office he had an upholstered chair that tipped backward, but If you came to him In the parlor of the American House you had to content your self with the organ stool borrowed from the church vestry. You al most never had a tooth filled. You had it out, or you put up with it, one way or the other. If you needed gas, my father gave it in his office. This happened very rarely. Gas cost money, as we saw it. Grit was cheap. On alternating Saturdays Dr. Snow, the oculist, took over the parlor. You could buy your glasses ready-made from him for 25 cents, or if you were more particular (and prepared to pay a dollar) you could have a pair made to your special order with a 10-year, gold-filled frame. i"VNLY one other person used the parlor for business. That was Mrs, Carrie Carter, who sold cor sets. Up to the time she came, women had purchased such things by mail order, having, of course, too much delicacy to ask for them at a store. But mail order wasn't entirely satisfactory, for a corset box, being long, low, and nar row, was always recognizable when you took it from the Post Office. So Mrs. Carter, being a married woman and bringing her wares (which you could carry home in your Boston bag), had quite a following. The greatest deterrent to her trade lay in the undeniable fact that her custom ers might be seen and detected. She owed a great deal of her business to my mother. Instead of openly approaching the parlor, one customer ofter another would come into the office, ostensibly to make a call, "I've been intending to come and see you ever since you moved," they might say. Or "It has taken me long enough to get here." Then, a brief visit over, they would announce in a casual manner, that, now they were here, they might stop for a minute In the parlor and just say hello to Mrs. Carter. I City News In Brief Slight damage resulted from a roof fire at the home of Mrs. Anna Finley, 1903 East N avenue yes terday. One minor tiaffic accident was reported at tho city police sta tion, involving cars 'driven by Clara Collingwcod, Fruitdale and Frank F. Nelson, Yakima, at 6:30 p.m. yesterday at the intersection of Washington and Tenth streets. No damage to either car was listed. Mason Caloweii or La Grande yesterday took over the duties of field man for the farm labor of fice. Tonight's class in show card lettering will be the final oppor tunity to enroll. Classes are held Monday und Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock at the high school. Official Records Water turned on; May 1. Mrs. Ed O'Muhundro, 806 F avenue; R. E. Iladgley, 1202 Tenth street; Marion Spencer, 1908 Cove avenue. COOPER GOES TO NAVY CHICAGO, May 2 (UP) The top battery in baseball, Bob Fell er and Walker Cooper, belonged to the Great Lakes team today. Cooper, who has been the star catcher of three championship St. Louis Cardinal teams, was in ducted at Jefferson barracks, St. Louis, yesterday and assigned to the Great Lakes naval training station. in coin, plus 1 cent postage, your name, address and the pattern number to Anne Caliot, La Grande Evening Observer. 709 Mission St., San Francisco, Calif. 17 Exclamation of sorrow 18 Battle ship 25 Czars 26 Fur skins 28 Town (Cor nish prefix) 29 Weight of India 30 Policman (slang) 31 Narrow Inlet 35 Operatic solo 37 Particle 41 Ye 42 Near 43 Needy 44 Misplaced 45 Mystic syllable 46 Acquire 49 Food fish 51 Land parcel M Negative 55 Type meaiura TT7 rVTl" IK) ST ' non rr in PrrvlmiM Pnnaln l'HE Mrs. Carter knew her trade. She measured her customers in a white , cheesecloth robe with long flowing sleeves which gave- the illusion of modesty and grace. She had technical names for every spot on your anatomy. "Your mammary glands need a slight support," she would say. Or There Is a little dilatation 01 your abdomen." She was very patient. The Kangaroo Bend was outmoded in 1909, and the new lines demandod a corset with a low bust and a long skirt. It wasn't an easy change. She had a little song she used to sing to cheer her disgruntled customers. It went something like this: "I do not need o country seat, Because 1 can't sit doum." THERE were itinerants, too, mncf nf thorn niront anH nnH dlers. Around the first of June a young man arrived selling light ning rods. Now we had plenty of thunderstorms along the coast, bad ones that lasted until the turn of the tide. Hardly a season passed without a farm house or a barn being struck und burned to the ground. Although nearly all buildings were equipped with one or two lightning rods, these were of the plain, practical vari ety, constructed by Mr. Giddlngs. The ones the young man sold were ornate with fancy turnings and impressive with their shining silver balls. Moreover, he gave a Magic Lantern entirely free with every purchase of 12. . By the time he moved on) the town shone and bristled with rods. . The - very next week another young fellow came selling fire in surance. He had less chance than a bolt of lightning. The danger was over, people told him. You could always handle a chimney fire yourself with a little salt. , He was a nice young fellow with very red checks and an in corrigible cowlick. He had been three weeks on the job and hadn't sold a thing. My father couldn't resist a beaten, disheartened boy. He took out a $2500 policy on the Ameri can House. . . "It might come in handy some day," he said. . r (To Be Continued) By SUE BURNETT The recent exhibits I've been to all point to a big reason for the smart s'fnback-bolero for snorts nr lust sun-tannine. . Sitn- I pie to make your ABC special for today. Pattern No. 8811 is designed for sbes 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 18. Size 12, dress, requires 2's yards of 39-inch fabric; 'H yard contrasting bands and ties; bo k'io, 1 1 4 yards of 35 or 39-inch material. For this pattern, send 20 cents in coins, your name, address, size desired, and pattern num ber to Sue Burnett, La Grande Evening Observer, 709 Mission St., San Francisco, Calif. Ready now the spring issue of Fashion, Just IS cents. A com- i ; nl ,,,ni,.,, , I. i i .. " ....... j rube needs for all the family. GOLF CHAMP INDUCTED CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., May 2 (UP) National profes sional golf association champion Bob Hamilton was inducted into the army here yesterday. He for merly was professional at the Kvansville, Ind., course. Hold Everything 'T Y '' . Freckles and His Friends aierriu mosser )', Y -'A' XLS i liuT I HlRFD YOU TO I REFUSE TO WARBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS 1 flHAT KID SURE GOT T ME WANTS A . ' ' I . I'L ' '. V .U ' SING AND YOU CAN'T ARF JUST RIGHT.' I WANT ALL TME HAM MY ALL OF 7 SPOTLIGHT.' WELL TMEM , LETS GIVE L m . 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