TimUXTXG OREGOVTATT. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1913. ,10 TTTT! MRS. A. V. BEESLEY IS BRIDGE HOSTESS Christmas Decorations Lend Added Attraction to Rose , City Park Residence. CLUB SEES TANGO DANCED Xrow Eldeen Members Guests of Mrs. A. Meerdink and Plans Are Discussed for Entertainment of Husbands December SI. Jin A. V. Beesley was bridge hostess Friday afternoon at her home In Rose City Park. There were six .tables of bridge. Christmas colors predominated throughout the rooms, Oregon grape, holly and roses being; nsed In profu sion. Card honors fell to Mrs. L. I Sharp and Mrs. William Burdlck. Little Millard Beerfley received the guests at the door. Those present were: Mrs. Mulling. Mrs. D. J. Russell, Mrs. W. O. Freenaughty. Mrs. O. B. Raymond, Mrs. Frank Schlegel. Mrs. A. C. Pool, Mrs. L. Lt. Sharp. Mrs. E. B. Howell, Mrs. W. H. Gray; Mrs. V. A. Crum, Mrs. William Burdlck. Mrs. Ned Lamjdon. Mrs. H. A. Medernack. Mrs. T. G. Coleman. Mrs. Kdraund J. Carr, Mrs. Anson Hickman, Mrs. W. B. 8hlvely. Mrs. Elmer li. Kspey. Mrs. W. L. Gallagher. Mrs. J. A. Lawrence, Mrs. Henry McKlmball. Mrs. J. I. Wilson. Mrs. Perry. Mrs. Holton and Mrs. D. H. Cop pock. Mrs. Wilson contributed several musi cal selections for the entertainment of the guests. f ' ' One of the most enjoyable parties of the season was the regular dance and card party at the Transportation Club Wednesday night. In addition to the dancing- and card playing, an inter esting: exhibition of the castle walk, hesitation waits and other tango steps were given by Harry Gray and Miss "Wirt, adepts in the late Argentine dances. The music was furnished as usual by the Transportation Club or chestra of seven men, and refresh ments were served. Mr. and Mrs. John C Albright won the prizes. Mrs. A. Meerdink entertained mem bers of the Krow Eldeen Club Wednesday. A delicious luncheon was served at a table decorated with Christ mas greens and poinsetttas. Great plans were made for the New Tear's va party, when the club will enter tain husbands of members and a few Invited guests. Dr. snd Mrs. J. N. Cog-hlan are happy over the arrival of a daughter last Thursday. see The The tDansant at the Hotel Mult nomah yesterday was a gala affair. All the younger set and many of the older were there In large numbers, and thoroughly enjoyed the fascinat ing dances as shown by Miss Wirt and Harry Gray. Owing to the rosh of holiday shop ping, sewing and charitable deeds, so ciety has been too busy to attend so cial diversions, and the People's In stitute decided to discontinue the Thes Dansants et Chantants at Hotel Port land. They may take them up again after the first of the yean, but at any rate the coffers of the institution have been enriched by several hundreds of dollars through the dances. The Multnomah Hotel will continue the popular The Dansant. twice week lv. Wednesday and Saturday after noons, from to 7. The Saturday night informal dance for which the Multnomah Hotel management also Is sponsor is proving successful and pop ular. Miss Haalta I Mayer will leave on Tuesday next for Walla Walla, to be the house guest of Miss Tess Snyder during the Christmas holidays. The important event of yesterday was the Friday Night Club dance at Murlark HalL Several dinner parties rreceded the affair, and supper par ties followed. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick It. Green presided at one of the larger dinner parties at the University Club. nd a Jolly supper party was given by Mr. and Mrs. James A. Dougherty. Complimenting a distinguished vis itor from abroad. Mrs. Thomas Fuge. of Dublin. Ireland, Mrs. Guy Webster Talbot was hostess for a charming in formal tea yesterday afternoon at her home in King street. Mrs. Fuge Is Mr. Talbot's aunt, and arrived in Port land Thursday to spend the holidays. Several other delightful affairs are hflnir arranged lor tnis interesting visitor. Nearly 60 members of Kappa Sigma, one of the largest National Greek letter fraternities, will gather around the banquet board at the University Club tonight at 6:30 for their holiday fellowship meeting. These men rep resent colleges in all corners of the country but a large portion Is made up of active or graduate men from the chapter at the University of Ore gon. John C. Veatch. Oregon "07. will serve as toastmaster. Dr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Browning are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son. Andrew J. Browning, Jr. The Parent-Teachers Circle of Wood mere School will meet tonight at 8 o'clock. An Interesting programme will be presented. OLD WILL FILED IN COURT Beneficiary of It- S. Jewett, Who Died In 1903, Also Dead. More than eight years after the tes tator died and after the only heir name,! in the will to inherit an estate valued at approximately $10,000 had ,u .Hn neiition for the. probate of ' the will of Robert Spencer Jewett was filed yesterday in County Clerk CoftVy's office by Walter V. Smith. The Court Is asked to issue letters testamentary to Fred C. King. Jewett died at his home on Sauvies Island October S. 1S05, leaving a will dated March 14. I89J, by the terms of which he left all his property, consist ing of about 00 acres of land, being the north half of the Leonard and Emma Jewett donation land claim, to his sister. Mrs. Emma Brown Carter. The petition states that since Jewett died and before the will was offered for probate, Mrs. Carter, who was named executrix of the will, had died and asks that a new administrator be appointed by the court. " PERSONALMENTION; J. O. Hogan. of New Tork, Is at the Carlton. John A. Shaw, of Albany, is at the Imperial. W. G. Owens, of Denver, is at the . Washington. B.ev. and Mrs. E. R. Hermlfiton and at the Washington. C. A. Taylor, a Kelso lumberman. Is at the Oregon. M. L. Thompson, of Carson, Wash, is at the Cornelius. G. M. Owen, of South Bend, Wash, Is at the Cornelius. William Powell, of McMJnnvllle. is at the Washington Mrs. Thomas R. Wilson, of Salem, Is at the Cornelius. Frank D. McKeon, of McMinnville, is at the Multnomah. R. H. Bush, a Minneapolis tlmberman, is at the Perkins. . W. H. Bates is registered at the Per kins from Panama. H. B. Hildreth, a Seattle Insurance man, is at the Multnomah. Robert Scott, a mining man of Ju neau, is at the Multnomah. . Miss Rose Sprague, of San Francisco, is registered at the Carlton. Judge and Mrs. J. C, Moreland, of Salem, are at the Cornelius. J. W. Blaney Is registered at the Carlton from Vancouver. B. C J. B. Conway is registered at the Perkins from Washington, D. C C D. Baker, a business man of Ray mond. Wash, is at the Oregon. . Mrs. W. T. Chambers is registered at the Washington from Corvallls. Robert Heyneman and H. L. Jackson, New York manufacturers, are at the Oregon. R. A. Booth. Eugene lumberman, and J. H. Booth. Roseburg banker, are regis tered at the Imperial. George McCombs, George McCall and George Xogle, of Sand Point, Idaho, are registered at the Imperial. Frank Cummings, representative of the Multnomah at San Francisco, is registered at the Multnomah. A. W. Dingwall and L. P. Phelps, prominent New York theatrical men, were at the Oregon yesterday. Dan- Gruber. superintendent of the Thompson-Starrett Construction Com pany, Is registered at the Cornelius from New York. Mrs. H. C. Levy and son, Mr. and Mrs. L S. Strassburger and son and Clark W. Thompson, all of Cascade Locks, Or, are at the Multnomah. Among the Oregon people at the Im perial are: F. B. Waite, of Sutherland; p. L. Campbell, of Eugene: Dr. Andrew Kersnaw, of Willamina; Dr. W. Kuy kendall. of Eugene: T. M. Baldwin, of Prinevllle; J. K. Weatherford, of Al bany, and A. C. Dixon, of Eugene. Among the Oregon people who regis tered at the Perkins' yesterday were: C. E. Smith, of The Dalles: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gerllnger, of Dallas; Joe Frits, or Dallas; C. L. Bozell, of Bend; Alfred Esselstrom, of Scottsburg; J. A. Allen, of Medford: W. H. Nichols, of Eugene, and Stephen Jewell, of Grants Pass. PRESENTS CROWD MAILS PARCEL POST BECOMES CHIEF AID OF KANT A IX PORTLAND. Another High Mark for Pounds of Mat ter Handled by Loral Postoffice Set and Gain la Condoning. Portland people are taking to the parcel post as a means of transmitting their Christmas packages like the well known duck does to the equally well known water. Not many of the things that make up the bulk of the Christmas sending are in the non-admissible class, so that Uncle Sam has become in a single year Santa Claus' right-band man Instead of sharing the honor of being one of his chief aids with the express companies. as in former years. The parcel post stations established in the department stores are proving popular. Buyers make their selections of Christmas goods, see them wrappea by an expert, write the addresses on the Dackages. insure them and see them safely mailed, all without leaving the store. One mail wagon was kept busy yes' terday collecting the parcel post pack' aces and delivering them to the ter mlnal station at Fifth and Glisan streets, where they were sorted and, to some extent, packed in the sacks so as to insure their safe shipment. This wagon took up 125 sacks of such packages, and, despite the oft-repeated warning- to do your Christmas shopping early, the real Chri3tmas shopping rush has not yet begun. In suite of the fact that there has been little alteration in the equipment of the local Postoffice since the parcel post went into effect, the rush of new business is being handled without seri ous inconvenience, and Postmaster Myers declares that there will be little trouble in taking care ol the situation "The postoffice department will dem onstrate that lt can take care of what ever business is given it," ho said yes terday, "and when another holiday sea son rolls around, with the experience we are now getting, we will be much better prepared to cope with the new conditions and problems presented by the parcel post" - Thursday's high-water mark of 225, 000 pounds of outgoing mail was ex ceeded yesterday when approximately 232.500 pounds of matter mailed in Portland was handled. It Is predicted that the record will be broken every day until Christmas. HAZELWOOD CASE IS OFF Commissioner Mickle Loses Batter Suit Against Cream Company. - At the conclusion of the hearing yes terday afternoon Judge Jones dismissed the case against the Hazelwood com pacy by State Food and Dairy Com missioner Mickle in which the company was charged with Importing butter into the state without making the proper reports to the office of the Food and Dairy Commissioner. "I find that there is no evidence of fcuy intent of the company to disobey the law," said Judge Jones. "The in formation desired by Commissioner Mickle was compiled and forwarded to him before the complaint was served by htm, and I believe the results Mr. Mickle wished to obtain have been broucrlit about.' Judge Jones did not allow the Com missioner to present any evidence tend ing to show the quality or condition of the butter, holding that the complaint which charged the company witn tail ing to make the required report, did not comprennena tne quality oi me uui. WORK ON PROJECT NEARS Technicalities on West tTmatilla Task Being Cleared Cp. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dec 19. Will R. King, of the Reclamation Service. and Senator Chamberlain are working to clear up technicalities standing in the way of the beginning of construction work on the West Umatilla irrigation ex t.nRlon. Governor West and the Reclamation Service officials in Oregon are co-op erating and lt is believed tne lecnm caiities In cennectlon with the project will be removed so that work can be ordered begun during the present month. Only One HKOXO MlDays, Thmt 1. LAXATIVE BKOMO QL'I.VINE. Look tr the uiulu. at S. w. GROVE. Can a Colo ia Out Pa, Cares Oris la Twe Sais 8K daughter, of Los Angeles, are WAVE OF IDLY 1 ROLLSON PORTLAND Creaming Surf of Good Cheer Bears Help Through As sociated Charities.. FUND OF $3000 NOW AIM While Much Has Been Done, , Much Vet Remains to Be Done, as True Tales of Destitute and For- f lorn Are Testifying. CONTRIBCTIONS TO CHRISTMAS PFI.IK.F FUND. Previously acknowleded....1802.80 Bertha Davis Goodman 6.00 K. Fnnakushl Dr. A. J. Glesy 10- I B. Kern. 3 00 Marlon Francis Oolph. Jr.... 6.00 Caah Mrs. Georse Bamtord 10.00 Carrie V. Mavles 6.00 Mrs. F. C. Tiller --. 6.00 S. H. Graham 6.00 Hawthorne Bracket Company 8.00 Mrs. Dallas Bacha 6.0W Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Gilbert... 2.50 F. N. Clark & Co. 6.00 Lensch Bros. 6.00 V. F. Martin 6.00 Annie K- Hamilton 1-00 I. Aronson ' 2.00 G. F. Warden. Hillsdale, Or.. 10.00 D. W. Ward 10.00 Mrs. Sterling W. Hughes..... 2.50 E. G. Cornell 6.00 D. B. McBride 4 Co. : 2.30 R. L. Durham 6.00 R. F. Arndt 2.00 H. M. Haller 6.00 Miss Caroline E. Wllaon 20.00 Miss Virginia Wilson 10.00 Mrs. Clementine F. Lewis ... 20.00 Mrs. M. B. Johnson 1.00 Cash : 1-00 Cash . 10 0 Martin Denny 8.00 Mr. and Mrs. A. H. M.. Bar- - tag. Or. 2.00 Cash........ 600 Ladd Tilton Bank employes 00.00 Dr. A. T. Blachly .T 6.00 No name - 2-0 A friend, Dundee, Or. 2.00 Mrs. Julius Llppltt .' 6.00 Cash . 8 00 T. Yaware -. 3.00 Donald and Tommy 10.00 Cash 6.00 Ruth Marian Wallace....... 1.69 W. H. Rass 500 Mrs. F. G. Hailey 3.00 Frank A. Koehler t.EO Mrs. B. E. Pittelkan 8.00 E. Bech 6.00 Cash 100 J. H. Gibson - 6.00 F. D. Lawrence 5.00 Cash 1-0 Cash Cash ." 1-00 Claud Davis 1-00 Total S2137.8 A wave of Christmas good feeling and desire of those who. are assured of their own good cheer to help those whose circumstances are less fortunate Is breaking over the Associated Chari ties in a flood of money and pledges of - money which increase in volume Jav- Christmas reller worK is aireaoy carried on out of the speclaj fund hoi-io raised., for many .and insistent demands are coming from those under misfortune. "Joe," the crippled pencil seller, who has been on the streets for some months, received his Christmas nresent yesterday in the form or an artificial leg, which will make it pos sible for him to go to work once more at his trade as a cook. The leg was given him by clerks at Ladd & Tilton's Bank, who took up a collection oi necessary. Relief Fund Growing. Joe was in the office of the Associat ed Charities yesterday, waltzing about to show everyone how well he couia mnR. sinsrintr the praises of the young men at the bank and Jubilating over the nrosDect of getting off the streets and into a self-supporting joo in a little while. So raDid has been the Increase in the Christmas relief fund in the past three days that it appears as tnougn the total will reach 13000 by Christ mas. This money is going partly to meet immediate need of the pre-holl- day period, partly for Christmas cheer and largely for the assistance or oes titute families during the Winter months following Christmas. There are hundreds of cases in the care of the Associated Charities such as the few that are given here, which will be cared for out of tne Christmas relief fund. Case 24 Husband Ia Blind. A woman 5 years old has to earn the nrlnuinal Dart of the living since her husband became. blind and .unable to workv There is a girl about IS years old, who earns a little, but the principal burden is on tne snouiuers oi the "mother. The woman is not able to go out to work, since she must care for the blind man, so she acts as a day nurse for babies of women who find It nec essary to leave their children tem porarily In the care of others during the day. In a letter to the Associated Charities, the woman spoke hopefully of the future, but said that at present they are very poor and asked that something might be sent to make Christmas a little bit more cheery. Case 23 Children Are III. Two children in a family of eight are sick with the measles, there Is in sufficient food, and not proper medical attention: the father Is out of work and can find no way to meet the imme diate expenses in the house. Work is what the man most, needs, and food and clothing are an urgent want. Rent Is behind. Fuel and other supplies are required. The woman is not able to work out because of the necessity to care for her eight children. The eldest child is 14 and the youngest Is a baby only a few months old. Case 28 Toys Would Make Happy. Five children look forward to Christ mas with hopes that Santa Claus will bring them something that their hearts desire. They are little things the two girls In the family and their wants are simple. Dolls or hair ribbons or In expensive toys will mean the difference between disappointment and happiness for them on Christmas. There is a boy U years old and twin babies. The mother is a widow and the income is too small to meet more than the sheer necessities of life. Case 27 Widow's Children Hungry. A Christmas dinner, supplies of the necessities of life and, perhaps some nresenta are needed by the three chil dren ot a widow who has appealed to the Associated Charities for help. There are two boys, one 11 and one 10 years oio. ana a giri . The support of the family falls en tirely upon the mother and there Is no other source ef Income except her little earnings 1 day labor such as she can find about town. Case 28 Convalescent I'nable te W ork. Just recovering from a long Illness in the hospital, a mother In Portland will find Christmas cheerless enough tor , , j inor-nU son. She is a widow and her money has been large ly eaten up oy tne wijcubco cent illness and her long time in tne hospital. Special diet is needed during her con valescence, and something extra on Christmas day to make her boy happy will be appreciated. They are living in a single room, wretchedly furnish-! and lacking nearly everything that it ought to have to make it cheery and comfortable. " . Case 29 Woman Would Go to People. Her husband Is a cripple and has been for a long time away from Portland, presumably working at odd Jobs in a sawmill in the mountains. It has be' come clear to the woman now that he has deserted her and that she and her three children, the eldest one only 3 years old. are left to shift for them sgI VG8 She has neither money nor food. Her ... n in o npflrhv state and she Is pleading for enough only-to make lt possiDie tor ner onu u uiim to go to them before Christmas to seek protection and care. Case SO Husband Sick) Funds Gone. Destitute in Portland, with her hus band sick and unable to care for him self, with two little children to look after, a woman appealed yesterday to the Associated Charities for aid. - Food for the present and clothing are needed. Her relatives will care for the family . a . -n TwPtltV-ftVP dollars or $30 before Christmas will make lt possible tor tnis lamny 10 ra i" comfortable and cheery home on Christ mas day. - ' wobkobiiii THE SCHOeLS SHOW CREATIONS OP TRADE PUPILS. Milliners Offer Employment After See ing Handiwork; of Glrla Boys' Furniture la Good, Too. "The work done by your girls is per fectly wonderful; they show excellent training in all branches of the art of millinery, and we would like to employ some of your pupils in the coming sea son." This was the criticism of two of the leading milliners of the city when they had examined the hats, caps and other creations shown yesterday at the exhibition held in the School of Trades, Fourteenth and Morrison Under the direction of Miss -ucie Schmit and her assistants. Miss Grace Funston and Mrs. M. Walker, the girls of the millinery department have learned to make hats frame, shape and all including flowers and butterflies. The styles of various periods .are studied and their application to present day use made. Color combinations, choice of materials, dyeing, renovating, economy in making over oiu nats'iuiu new and all the arts and devices of the professional and the home milliner are taught to the girls, who are thus a. . mfltiA their own hats or have a trade at which they can earn a liv ing. The sewing of furs ana tne maa- intr of collarettes ana rurs are aiso taught. Dainty breakfast caps, irencn ana Dutch caps, in fact, caps of every kind and color were snown in me caiuuiu Dolls' hats were numerous, many of them, having been fashioned for little sisters' dolls. Baoys Donnets were in great favor, and artistic fancy work for mothers' gifts were an important feature. The girls enjoy their work. and are looking forward to tne next term when they will learn further of the mysteries of their delightful craft- Another exhibit of the handiwork of school children was held at Vernon School on Thursday night. Besides the regular school work, including papers on various subjects, the departments of manual training and sewing showed examples of their industries. The girls had dainty articles that they had designed and made, and every apron, hand bag or bit of lingerie was fashioned with remarkable ability. The furniture for the community house attracted much attention and fa vorable comment. The boys have rftade the articles substantial and in good taste. The house, 999 East Twenty fourth street North, will be maintained on an economical basis, and will serve to demonstrate to the pupils practical housekeeping and economy. The plan is being worked out by Principal Parker and his staff of teachers, and the house will be ready for use next month. Christmas Joy in Store for Old People Patton Home Will Be Gaily Deco rated for Holiday Season Sea man's Friend Society Needs Funds. PATTON HOME, at 975 Michigan ave nue, will be gaily decorated for the holiday season. The 80 old people who live at the home will have a Christ mas tree Tuesday at which Santa Claus will preside and will give out the presents and home-made candy, aprons, handkerchiefs. Tuesday night there will be a programme of music and other features, with Dr. C. O. Young and a committee assisting as entertainers. Thursday, the old people will have a real old-fashioned Christmas dinner of turkey, cranberry sauce, vegetables. mince pie and all that goes to mane up a holiday spread. The Seaman's Frend Society Is great, ly In need of money to assist in giving the sailors in port a Merry Christmas. Any "small sum will be gratefully re ceived. The committee wants the sailors to feel that, though tbey may be far from home, they are not for gotten. Gifts may be sent to W. R. MacKenzle. treasurer, or to E. Ht Roper, chaplain. Seaman's Institute, 125 Fifth street. FREIGHT OFFICIALS MEET Representatives Gather to. Discuss Questions of Mutual Interest. Freight officials representing the various Northwestern roads met In Portland yesterday and considered questions of mutual and general in terest. It was a regular monthly meeting and was held In the office of W. D. Skinner, traffic manager of the North Bank. Besides Mr. Skinner, those present were: H. E. Still, of Tacoma, general Western freight agent of the Northern Pacific: S. J. Henry, of Tacoma, chief rate clerk of the Northern Pacific; G. H. Martin, of Spokane, traffic man- . snnvann International: E. L Cardie, of Portland, general agent of the Canadian -acinc; oamuei t. uauu, of Seattle, assistant general freight -vi nwanV t' Tf A. Kimball. igcin . " ' - of Seattle, assistant general freight agent oi me went . . ... Lounsbury, of Portland, general freight agent of the O.-W. R. & N Co.; J. E. Davis, chief rate clerk of the O.-W. K. & N. Co.. and J. C. Moore, chief rate clerk of the North Bank. 1 rnirnnn nr P11T I rnouD ur dhhih HAVING BUSY DAYS Tour of Portland Stores Un successful in Disclosing Many Spugs. TANGO "TOGS" TAKE WELL Christmas Spirit Prevalent and "Wor. ried Shoppers Get' Inspiration From Sales-Fosce,' Who Pre vent Foolish Purchases. The spirit of Christmas is in the air. The beautiful weather yesterday brought out the shoppers in full force. They crowded the stores, some buying generously, others "just looking about." hunting for a bargain, for when the pocketbook is slim and there are many to remember one must be careful in se lecting. The "spug" may be in town, but he wasn't in evidence yesterday and trade was humming. The florists are displaying quanti ties of gorgeous polnsettias and other red flowers which, combined with the rich green foliage and the holly sprays, make their shops festive in appear ance. The men are the real heroes of the hour. All they need to make them appear regular Santas are red suits and sets of long white whiskers. j.ney are all loaded down with bundles of every shape and size from those containing a pair of beauty pins to dolls' go-carts and toy elephants. "Might as well take lt with me, is the average man's remark. Some of the women aren't so considerate of the deliveryman. One clerk tells of the woman who ordered a 25-cent pair of sox delivered five miles out on tne East Side. A druggist tells of another woman who wanted a small 10-cent article that could have been put In her handbag, sent to St. Johns. Tango Frocks Shown. j The Tango, the Tango! Even in the i Christmas giving the dance Is consid ered. Frocks and slippers for the pop ular dance are among the most suitable presents for the debutante and the so ciety belle. One of the most beautiful tango gowns shown is built along Grecian lines of pure white heavy crepe with tango pleating to allow of just as much "kick" as is needed and-the bodice in V. clear to the waistline. The girdle and sash of emerald green chif fon make a striking contrast. Another beautiful dancing frock that Is to be the property of some fortunate girl is of white net with brassiere ef fect of shadow lace outlined with pinK rosebuds. The butterfly ruching and bow at the back make it distinctive. Gowns of golden-hued velvet and gowns of delicate shades- of silks, waists of every description, all make most appropriate gifts for sister, daughter or intimate friend. The dis play of these articles in the Portland stores rival anything of the sort in the best shops of the East. iiKmlH" Quite the Rage. nr,,. xi . -Kiddies." the dolls that .t,-A am helnc baa s-ht freely. Their appeal seems to be irresistible. "1 bet everybody in tne unneu pu"" have a Kewpie pincusmuu. ' .u- .i a- thA floli counter when Bhe has a moments breathing spell. The dolls Set or COmDS, utacBieis, ,. slippers and various novelties are sell f -il r,rl manv a little girl will find some of them in her stocking on Christmas morning. "Please show me some novelties in u ,i ;,i tha nritv vounsr woman to the girl behind the jeweler's coun ter "Here are some pencils. high? Well, here Is another tray. .tT.kn fhacA fntA little ClaSPS. I might get him these." "Well,' If It's a him. madame, those won't do. lney are lingerie clasps." explained the . An4 chci Kiifre-eKted CU1L Eaieswuui", an. --Do- - links, scarfpins and pocketbooks as likely gifts. The girls behind the counters must have these inspirations i inao their customers and some poor man would get presents he could never use. The arts and crafts shops are re- -.4 th.f. chare (i f natronage from those who appreciate the choicest in art and furnlsning ana tiio u are selling pictures and mirrors galore mi nnw an Artistically framed that one cannot make a mistake In pur chasing them. rcramlmother'a Attitude Shown. ' "Grandma, grandma, isn't this a fine ottermobile? Please, will Santa Claus bring me one?" It was a chubby little boy of about 6 who was taking in the toy department under the guidance of his grandmother. His father accom panied them, but didn't seem to count for much. The elderly woman was m .ii.i n th auto, then and there. n,it mother." remonstraieu mo .. -.J .v.. child's father, "when I was a kid you wouldn't even let me have a rocking . ... - v.i fail off. and here you Uttiaa i j i .e .. . - are willing to get that machine for Bobby. Why, ne a raise ain. mm . i. . ' -TYnwevAr srrondma was deaf to ... i!t .. m l-,. nni rnntinued to make arrangements with Santa Claus for the auto a-id a lew norns, oruuia hum viuei toys. . , , DkAt. fraTnR i' ti r 1 1 v pr a ti mleather. electric library lamps, con.ee percum- . -..co f urtiiTiirA. DOOKS. leilUlUCD, boxes of note paper, jeweiry, ircumi XMAS GIFTS TERRA COTTA VASES Beautiful Christmas Gifts ' F. A. TAYLOR CO. 130 Tenth Street We Do Picture Framing. Conrtesy and Service Attentions that the public appreciates are found at the LUMSERMENS National, bank FIFTH AD STARK L HUONG Adds Healthful OualitlestoiheTbod Prof.Prescott,oftheUnivers- ' ity of Michigan, explains why Royal Baking Powder adds healthful qualities to the food. Testifying before the Pure Food Com mittee of Congress, the Professor stated that fruit acids were excellent articles of cod and that of these, cream of tar tar,' the acid of grapes, held rank with the highest both in itself and its effect in the process of leavening and baking. He regarded the results from cream of tartar baking powder as favor able to health. . Scientists and hygien ists are in accord with this opinion. Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Crape Cream' of Tartar sets and umbrellas are all popular among the useful gifts this year. The tables of moderately pncea buls Aii natrnnlzed and when no inspira tion is received there Is always the merchandise order to come to tne res cue. INSURANCE MEN GATHER Important Papers to Be Read and Election of Officers Held. Fire insurance men from various narts of Oreeon. Washington, British Columbia. Idaho and Montana will meet in Portland today to attend the annual session of the Special Agents' and Ad justers' Association of the Pacific Northwest. Some important papers will be read dealing with the fire situation in the various states of the Northwest. TjorvAu- waIIr la chairman of the Ore gon committee and will present the report of conditions in mis state. William Deans, of Portland, Is presl. dent of the association, Benton A. Slf- We make the gro cer's prices; both prices, the one he buys-at, the one he sells-at, are fair. We make his terms in one particular: he returns a dissatisfied customer's money and tells us; we send him the money and 2c more for his postage. This is fair. Complaints are few; there are some. Schniuit 3crt w A Schilling & Company Pies for the Children If Yes, certainly, for children of 1 " ti a" ages, ii - 1 NX is used. : At best dealers IJNION MEAT CO. pBlf '-' ford. also of Portland, Is secretary. It " Is probable that Walter H. Raymond, of Portland, will do eiecieo at the annual election this afternoon. n. , i D.aainna of the morning and afternoon will be followed by a banquet at "the Oregon Hotel tonight. Alleged Forger Much Wanted. That Thurman Lamphler, alias de Hardt, who was brought back from San Francisco Tuesday by Detective Ser geant Joe Day. is wanted in that city to answer new charges, was made plain yesterday by a letter received by the Portland police from Probation Officer William H. Nicholl, of San Francisco. Lamphier was arrested In San Fran cisco a -month and a half ago on a charge of forrery and had served a 60 day sentence when he was returned to Portland to answer warrants sworn to by J. P. Jaeger and Henry Jacks, charging obtaining of money under false pretenses and of forgery, respect- Thomsen's chocolates make apreciat ed gifts. 80c and 1 the pound at your dealer's. Adv. rfint oeCaHioa ef i rback. San Francisco