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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1914)
THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. SATtJItPAY. OCTOBER 31, 1914. ENDS ITS SESSIONS Busy Meeting Days Over With Many Issues Decided in Relation to Child. . PENSION CHANGES PASS Recommendations Go Thronj.li by Big Vote but Meeting Alters Senti ment on Prohibition, Fear ins Charge of Politics. With a luncheon in the Hotel Ben eon. attended by several hundred mem bers--and guests, the Oregon Congress or Motners and farent-Teacher Asso clarions closed Its annual convention yesterday afternoon after a busy ses ion of three days. Mrs. Martha Wtener. Dresident of ine jt-ortiana Jf arent-Teacher Council presided. So large was the attendance that many of the delegates had to ad Journ to the grill for luncheon. During the addresses that followed the over flow meeting returned to the crystal dining-room and occupied the gallery. Profeaaor Vlnlne Pleads for Normals. Professor Irving E. Vining. of New Tork. and recently of Ashland, made a strong plea for normal schools and for the right kind of training for teachers. He praised the high character of par ent-teacher work done in the West. Professor I. R. Alderman coneratu lated the women on what they had ac complished and told of the many branches of individual work that have been taken up recently in the Portland schools. To the parents he said, "Let us live with our children and get i proper appreciation of child life." Miss Lilian Tingle spoke of the Ira portance of the school and added. "But let us not forget the home breakfast and the home dinner." Mrs. Aristene Felts, state president of the Oregon Congress of Mothers, ex tended an invitation to parents and teachers to Join and become Interested In the work. Mrs. W. J. Hawkins. Mrs. A. Alexander and Mrs. W. A. Laidlaw spoke along lines pertinent to child "welfare. Co-Operation Plea Blade. A closer co-operation between the parents and teachers was advocated by Miss Hallie Thomas, president of the Portland Grade Teachers' Asso ciation. Mrs. Fred L. Olson gave two artistic soprano solos, with violin obligato by D. P. Nason and Miss Claire. Oakes as accompanist. Homer Maris sang a group of songB and Mrs. Helen Miller gave a reading. The principal report of 'the afternoon was made by Mrs. F. S. Myers, past president of the Portland Parent-Teacher Associations, who told of the organization of circles in every city grade school and one high school and touched upon the work of each. Invitations for the entertaining of the next convention were received from Roseburg and Corvallis and the deci sion was left in the hands of the ex ecutive board. Both invitations were received with appreciative applause. New Circles Planned. If tho intent of the recent conven tion is carried out there will be es tablished in the high schools of the state parent-teacher circles that will, it Is hoped, meet the needs evident there. With a view to planning for this move ment Mrs. Felts yesterday morning named as a committee to take up the matter Mrs. W. J. Hawkins, Mrs. Martin 'Wagner, Mrs. -J. W. Kerr, Mrs. Ralph Duniway and Mrs. George Rebec Many of the women said they con sidered these circles would be the means of solving the vexed question of dress and of bringing the parents into closer sympathy with the young people During the morning session in the Library the amendments to the widows' pension law, read by Mrs. Bondurant, were indorsed with the exception of that which obligated relatives to sup port widows and their families. The widows' pension committee was re tained and instructed to present the proposed amendments to the Legisla ture. Limit of 40 Fixed. The bill as amended will provide for the payment of $10 per month for the first child and $7.50 for each additional child, provided that the monthly pen sion to the widow does not exceed $40. A residence of three years in the state and one year in the county In which ' applicatioin for help is made will be necessary. Mrs. L. C. Phillips presented several resolutions, all of which were carried with but little discussion until It came to that relating to "Oregon dry." This was not passed as rearf. but was amend ed. Tho vote favoring the amendment had to be called for twice before a de cision could be reached. The original resolution said that, "Whereas, The saloon is a moral and economic waste and a menace to the home, the Oregon Congress of Mothers goes on record as indorsing the Oregon dry amendment." This was amended to read that the congress declares itself as against the liquor traffic, and to use all its influence toward its eradication. The change was made on motion of Mrs. Millie Trumbull and seconded by Mrs. A. Bonham, who, with others, declared that the indorse ment of the original might be inter preted as mixing the congress In poli tics, and that is not allowed by the con stitution of the organization. Mrs. F. S. Myers, Mrs. G. L. Buland and others maintained that Oregon dry is not poll tics, but the majority prevailed. Resolutions were adopted that letters be sent to President Moore, of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, and Mayor Rolph, of San Francisco, asking that the lid be kept on the Barbary Coast. The organization of Boy Guards and Hoy Scouts was decried in a resolution which advocated universal peace. Improvements for the Frazler Deten tion Home were favored in another resolution and the County Commission ers will be asked to spend some money on that institution. The Congress will co-operate with the Juvenile Court In drafting a bill that shall provide for the legalizing of illegitimate children. The reopening of the Normal School at Ashland was the subject of a favored resolution. Thanks to all the singers, speakers, committees and the press were extended. Miss Grace Be Graff, ex-president of the Portland Grade Teachers' Associa tion, read an appeal for the proper un derstanding of the teachers' tenure of office bill. Mrs. J. C. Elliott King, vice-president of the organization, presided in the morning. This afternoon the board will meet with Mrs. W. F. Fieblg, 326 East Twenty-fifth street South. This will be the wlndup of the biggest con vention of the Oregon Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher associa tions ever held in the state. The Na tional convention will be held Tiers next Summer and the officers already are planning for its entertainment. foffce Is th chief product of Angola. West Africa, and there are vast areas of it jcrowlrii- wild. In one of lis districts there are between six and seven million oil oaim trees. All Charge Purchases Made Today Will Go on Your November Account. Pauabte December 1st Visit the Tomu. r-i . c e-i ' ' ' . . . - - - mmin m i Wl J Uft if a'tSUf-fC ' lUUr Take Downtown Luncheon Today in Our Beautiful Tea Room on the Fourth Floor Ladies' and Gentlemen's Manicuring on the Second Floor Candy Day Today At the Bargain Circle, Main Floor. Supply your Halloween Candy needs h e r.e at reduced prices. Olds, Wortman & King . Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Pacific Phone Marshall 4800 Home Phone A 6231 "TOYLAND" FOURTH FLOOR. The Kiddies' Paradise. Bring the little folks hero and watch their eyes open wide at the marvelous dis play of Toys, Dolls, Games. DOUBLE -STAMPS With Cash Purchases Made TODAY in the Men's, Boys' Clothing and Furnishings, Main Fl. Also With Cash Purchases in Shoe Dept. Main Floor $1.25 and $1.50 Kid Gloves at $1.15 Main Floor, Morrison-street Way Improve this opportunity to buy Christmas Gloves! Standard $1.25 and $1.50 grades in real kid and fine lamb skin Gloves for women. P." K. and overseam styles in black,' white, tan. Perfect- j f T Cf fitting Gloves that will give excellent wear. Priced special a, pair P O Join the Revelers on HalloiOe'en Countless Suggestions for Enter taining here for your choosing. WE have devoted the Cen ter Circle on the Main Floor to a special show ing of Halloween Nov eltiesthe largest and most com plete display in the citv. Black Cats, Ghosts, Pumpkins, Witches, Lanterns, Silhouettes, Stickers, Skulls, Fortune Telling, Cards, Invitations, Garlands, etc. Hair Bow Ribbons 25c Yard Main Floor New hair bow Taf feta with fancy edge shown in black, white and all the popular colors. Priced at 25 a yard. Ice Skates Fourth Floor Best makes for men, women and children. Bet ter come in the store today and choose yours. Also a complete showing of Skating Shoes. Girls' Winter Coats $5.98 Girls' Balmacaans at $15.50 Second Floor Girls' stylish new Winter Coats of baby lamb, trimmed with plush collars and cuffs also smart models of zibe lines in all the wanted colors. Ex ceptionally well tailored and nice ly finished. Sizes for girls 6 to 14 years of age. fljfif GQ Special now, only P-'V,0 Girls' Two-Piece and Buster Wool Second Floor New lne of the popular Balmacaans just received. These are unusually smart and are made of imported English eravenetted mixtures in handsome colorings. Hat to match. Shown in sizes for girls 8 to 14. years of age. Are priced C f S special, this sale P J Dresses, Special $4.98, $6.48 Saturday Sale Women's Aprons W o m e n's Aprons 2 styles, Coverall C?- each Women's Belted-back O Q Gingham Aprons onlyiC Sale 100 Men's $25 Suits at $19.85 ARE YOU GOING TO BE ONE OF THE HUNDRED men to share in this money-saving event? Prompt action is necessary. Come in the morning and have the advantage of choosing from the entire assortment Every suit is from our regular stock-all are well-known makes and the tailoring is of the finest. Splcnd d S of Patterns in serviceable colors for Fall and Winter wear and there are several of the sea.Ws smartest models m the assortment. Thrifty men the who count the cost will appreciate this offer- 7t A off mg. Standard $2o Suits in an excellent range of sizes underpriced for Saturday's selling at VI7eOO special snowing men's and Young Men's Balmacaans at $5.0i I ism- $5.00 to $25.00 Men's $1.25 Shirts 95c Choice Line of Patterns Main Floor Men's high-grade Shirts in plain or plaited bosom styles with soft or stiff cuffs. Shown in great assortment of new striped and figured patterns. Also some in plain white. Hand-laundered. All Q ET sizes in the lot. Standard $1.25 Shirt on sale l Men's $2.00 Underwear 95c Good Winter Weights Main Floor Broken lines men's Winter weight Under wear to be closed out at once. Shirts and Drawers in good assortment of sizes. Look to your Underwear needs ! Garments in this lot worth up to $2. Q Priced for Saturday's selling at low price of A Special Showing of "Carter" Underwear for Men I Men's $1.5Q Gray or Tan Mocha Gloves at $1.15 Bath Robes and House Coats $3.50 to $18 Main Floor Men's fine quality Mocha Gloves in tan or gray in a complete line of all sizes. Standard $1.50 O T T Gloves underpriced Saturday, PJ- J. k9 Main Floor Men's Bath Robes and House Coats in beautiful new Fall and Winter colors and styles. Ideal for gifts. Prices $3.50 to Boys Balmacaans $5.00 to $20.00 SIS OO Main nor Styled -"St like our men's Coats; hand v ' tailored, and the patterns are distinctive to a dearee. Pre-Holiday Sale of Men's Ties Continues Today 4 LotsSOc, 65c, 85c, $1.19 Boys' Blue Serge Norfolks At $4.95 Main Floor For style and service these splendid blue serge Norfolks are unequalled in Portland at tho price. Hand-tailored throughout with lined and double taped pants and serge-lined coats. We also include at this special price boys' one and two-pant Nort'oLks in the serviceable mixtures in browns, grays, J Q etc. Full line of sizes. Priced special at VriO Boys' Corduroy Pants at $1.5Q Pair Boys' School Blouses 50c Main Floor Another big shipment of boys' Cordu roy Pants in much-wanted dark brown just received. Extra well made. 'All sizes. Priced for fiT f E? f this sale at P -"-J'l Main Floor Blouses for boys' school wear. Made to stand hardest kind of usage. Cut in good full sizes. Choice new pat terns and color- ff ")-, ings. Priced a t t Millinery Sale Continues Trimmed Hats Worth Up to $50 for $15 Trimmed Hats Worth Up to $12 for $4 Milinery Salons, Second Floor At $15 we offer our entire line of beautiful Trimmed Hats which are marked to sell up to $50. This includes all Imported Pattern Hats ABSOLUTELY NONE RESERVED! The season's newest and most pleasing models from world-famous designers. Trimmed with ostrich, paradise, oura, fur and other novelties. Trimmed Hats selling here tofore up to and including ?T CZ )"! $50. On special sale today at Second Floor All Trimmed Hats selling here tofore up to and including $12.00 to go Saturday at $4.00 each. The assortment comprises the season's most favored models in velvets and plushes, with trimmings of ostrich, fancy feath ers, flowers, ribbons, fur, etc. Hundreds of them for you to select from. Black and all the wanted colors. Hats selling heretofore up to and including $12.00.-. On special JyJ JTif sale today, while any remain, at pMr.JJ Don't Miss This Greatest Millinery Offering of the Season! FreeClasses in Knitting and Crocheting 9 to 12 and 1 to 5 daily, in Art Dept., Second Floor, under the personal direction of an expert from the Feisher Yarn Factory. v Children's free classes every Saturday from 9 :30 to 12. Grocery Specials for Saturday Telephones Marshall 4800 A 6231 Sweet Cider for Hallowe'en on special sale Saturday at, the gallon, 45 Sliced Boiled EErn. Spe-OT cial Saturday, tae pound'-"' Isle pf Pines Grapefruit. O Sneeial Saturdav. three for-"-'' Sweet Potatoes on sale O Saturday, ten pounds for-"-'' Choice Wisconsin Brick O EZ Cheese. Saturdav. oound C Imported Liver Paste Pate on special sale Saturday, the can, only 15 Women's $5 .Shoes $3.69 Double Stamps with cash purchases today in the Shoe Department, Main Floor. Main Floor Women's new Fall and Winter Shoes in a wide range of styles and materials. Genuine black ooze, patent, dull calf, suede and vici in all the popular lasts. All style heels and GJO fiCk toes. Standard $5.00 qualities. Special, the pair, only J'O JZJ Men's $4.50 Calf Shoes $3.69 Girls' $3.00 Shoes at $2.45 Main Floor1 Men's extra quality Calf Shoes in great assortment of styles, in both lace and button ef fects. Also tan Russian calf. Reg. $4.50 Shoes. CP Q fQ Special at, the pair 7 Main Floor Shoes for "R;t girls"- patent, gunmetal and kid, with cloth or goat toppings. Sizes 2Y2 to 6 at $2.95 the pair. Sizes 12 to 0 A CZ 2, $3.00 grade, at pf.c3 FAMISH Double Trading Stamps with all cash purchases in Shoe Dept. Sat'dy, Women's Crocheted House Slippers Standard $1 Grades, Saturday 48c Women's Felt House Slippers AH Wanted Colors, Priced Special 98c Pr. Basement Millinery Special Sale 200 Hats At $1 Basement Smart Trimmed Hats of velvet, plush and satin, in a great assortment of models jaunty, close-fitting turbans, sail ors, roll brims and other popular styles, trimmed with quills, rib bons, flowers and fancy novelties. Black and all the wanted colors. Hats in this group worth up to $5.00. Priced spe- flj T ll cial Saturday at P-L.JJ New Trimmings Basement Special showing of latest effects in Quills, Flowers, Fancy Feathers, black and white Aigrettes, etc., reasonable prices. Jus t In by Express New shipment of Trimmed Hats for mid-Winter wear. Also smart, new velvet shapes in black. Ask to bee these new arrivals. The Newest in Coats $7.50 to $2.5 DiHtinctivB' New UTiwfwig in Balmacaans, -.nasi an, Belted and Balkan iiiiecis. Superbly Tailored, Bearrtifnl Fabrics. 0U have not seen y wl. the latest until r J you view these handsome new Coats we display to day ! Snappy new models for women, misses and juniors in ri t- - oaiuaacaans. rt u s s ian T Belted and Balkan ef- V feets in f.hvint. liiiiM s broadcloth, zibelines, plush, caracul, velour and mixtures. Three-quarter, seven - eighth and full-length Coats with latest English sleeves, patch or slash pockets, etc. ohown in all the most desirable col ors. Beautiful patterns. The prices ranee 0 0 CZf $7.50 to P--OiOW $37.5QDresses$l Second Floor Special lot of wom en's and misses' Dresses selected from regular stock and marked for quick disposal. Velvets, char meuse, crepe meteor, crepe de chine, serge, etc. Many dainty styles are included in this offer ing. Dresses selling heretofore tip to $37.50 priced f CT Cifh for Saturday at pJ-iJ.IJU 5 mmmmmkm ia oout'Cy Basement Coat Sale Standard $15, $16.SO, $18, $2Q and $22.50 Coats on Sale of ... . A Sale Unequalled 'in the History of OUR UNDERPRICE STORE Continuation today of onr great Basement Sale of Women's and Misses' Fall and Winter Coats. AN EVENT which is creating great est interest throughout the entire city. Smart new models in chin chilla, fancy plaids, zibelines, pebble cheviots, tweeds, novelty mix tures and other wanted coatings. Mostly in three-quarter lengths, al though there are some in full length and others in short styles. Beau tiful new patterns and colors. Sizes 14, 16. 18 and 20 for misses and from 36 to 42 for women. Standard $15, $16, $18, 3CO O O $20 and $22.50 Coats underpriced at your choice 5i0 Drugs and Toilet ArticlesStandard Lines Underpriced 5 bars Ivory Soap, 1 t Or bar Lurline Soap, only-- Limit, six bars to a customer. No deliveries except with other purchases in the Drug Dept. 25c English Bath Soap now 19 15c Pears' Unscented Soap.L2 10c 4711 White Rose Soap at 8 10c Old Dutch Cleanser now T 25c Packers' Tar Soap only 12 All Paralyn Ivory on sale at one fourth off. See window display. Jergens' 25c Rice Powder at 10 25c Messatla Talc. Powder at 10 Williams' Talcum Powder, stand ard price 15c, special, only 11 Denver Mud, 25c size, only 18 Denver Mnd, 50c size, only 3o Denver Mud, $1.00 size, only 80 50c Hinds' Honey and Almond Cream on sale Saturday at .28 Jergens' Benzoin and Almond Lo tion on special sale at only 17 Daggett & Ramsdell's Cold Cream, standard price 50c, special at 33 Special demonstration Borden's Malted Milk. Drug Departm't. Pebeco Tooth Paste, OO, standard 50c size, only-" 25c Ricksecker's Dental Cream on special sale Saturday at only LO Dr. Lyons' Tooth Powder, stand ard price 25e, special, only 12 SPECIAL FEES OFFER One jar (50c size) Hedden's Cold Cream will be given free with every bottle of" 75c or $1.40 size in Hedden's Toilet Water made in the Drug Department Saturday. $1.50 and $2.00 Hot Water Bags and Syringes on sale at $l.O0 Sanitary Douche Spray Syringes on special sale now at $1.25 50o Rubber-Cushion Hair Brushes on special Saturday at vonly 25 Manufacturer's samples of Rubber-Lined Traveling Cases, worth up to $1.50, your choice at 50 Tooth Brushes in a variety of styles, standard 35c kind, at X9 Dressing Combs, stand- T fg ard 15e to 20c grades V Hand Mirrors in as sorted styles, 50c grade 39c Maurine Toilet Goods Free, full treatment of these well known preparations if you visit the rest-rooms on the Second Floor. Beauty Lotion priced at 50c and $1 Maurine Satin Cream, 60c and $1 Rosebud Rouge priced now at 50c Maurine Skin Food at 50c and $1 Maurine Hand Lotion at only 25c Maurine Hair Tonic priced at $1 PARLOR BROOMS of extra fine quality, with whjte enam eled handles, on special sale At 59c Third Floor. Third Floor. JIB