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THE MORNING OltEGONIAN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1919.
LOCAL INTEREST IW
PLAYS IS REVIVING
Drama League Preparing for
Season of Activity.
LITTLE THEATER TO OPEN
4" wo Opening Events for Xext Month
-Announced 'Writers and Play
ers to Have Chance.
After two years which the war
made years of little done, the Port
land branch of the Drama League of
America has come forth from Its
hibernation and is making up a pro
gramme for fall, winter and spring.
Already well established with the
public, it purposes plunging right
into a series of dramatic events, lec
tures by noted dramatists, playwrit
ing competitions, story-playing hours
and studio sociability.
The opening events will be the In
formal staging, in late November, of
John Millington Synge's "Riders to
the Sea," and a social satire entitled
"The High Cost of Living." The first
will be produced under direction of
Mrs. Dent Mowrey and Miss Aileen
Brong and the latter under that of
Miss Nina Greathouse.
For the foregoing occasion. It Is ex
pected that the league will be at
home In new quarters considerably
more central than was the Little
theater, used by the Portland branch
before the war, at Twenty-third and
Washington streets.
Player to Have Chance.
The directorate contemplates giv
ing several groups of Portland play
ers a chance from time to time to
stage their Interpretations of one-act
plays, the new Little theater aiming
to become the hospitable center for
community interest in the drama and
its performance.
Prior to the war the Drama League
of America had grown, since 1910,
through its branches in 33 cities, to
a membership of 15.136 and an affil
iated membership of 100,000. Through
the league's centers and theaters a
great number of good one-act plays
were given to a steadily-growing pub
lic, and through the co-operation of
libraries and clubs drama knowledge
was spread.
One purpose of the national league
Is to raise the standard of dramatic
appreciation in America. "We are
suffering from recreational inertia,"
said Percival Chubb, a speaker be
fore the Drama League's national
convention once. "There is a certain
sterility of imagination, a passivity
toward our amusements. In the read
ing circle we have the blight of the
book. Instead of literature's mean
ing music sung, drama acted, it has
come to mean only the black charac
ter on the printed page. We shall
only get forward when this ceases to
be so. The only basis of sound ap
preciation is activity. My vision runs
along the line of the junior depart
ment, high school department, rural
department or any educational work
that involves dramatic participation.
Participation la Keynote.
"Dramatic participation" underlies
the whole plan of the revived Port
land branch, which is now getting its
committees for the year together. So
far as arranged these committees are:
Finance Mrs. Ernest H. Mayer.
Play-producing Mrs. Walter War
ren. Play-reading C. H. Gray, instruc
tor in English at Reed college.
Properties Mr. Babcock.
Education Mrs. William Wood.
Publicity Mrs. Herald Sawyer.
Membership Mrs. Charles E. Sears.
Music and Art David Campbell.
The newly-chosen officers of the
Portland branch are: President, Mrs.
Edwin Seely Parsons; vice-president,
Mrs. William Wood; secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. Dukehart; directors,
Mrs. Margaret Biddle, Mrs. Folger
Johnson, Mrs. G. M. Woodley, Miss
Laura Northrup, Miss Helen Pipes.
Miss Nina Greathouse, Miss Aileen
Brong, Miss Bertha Stuart, Mr. Bab
cock, Roscoe Nelson and H. H. Herd-man.
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PRESS FROLIC TONIGHT
LIVELY MIDNIGHT SHOW
HEILIG FOR OCCASIOX.
AT
Special Late Car Service Arranged.
Egyptian Dancer to Head En
tertainment Programme,
The Portland Press club will pre
sent tonight at the Heilig its first
big vaudeville show since pre-war
days. Eight features have been pro
grammed tonight by Frank Coffin
berry, former manager of the Or
rheum, who is in charge of the bill.
Pantages, the Orpheum, Hippodrome,
Lyric and Alcazar have all contributed
live turns. The programme will be
headed by Madame Ammon-Irkuta,
Egyptian dancer.
Franklin T. Griffith of the street
railway company notifed the Press
club yesterday that special car serv
ice would be maintained to accom
modate the homeward-bound crowds
after the show, which commences at
11:30 P. M. Mayor Baker has in
structed the police department that
the midnight curfew ordinance is us
pended as far as the show crowd is
concerned. A ticket or reserved seat
coupon is to constitute a street pass
for tonight.
Tickets to the "midnight frolic"
were placed on sale at Sherman, Clay i A
& Co. 's yesterday morning, and last R
night the office reported the house as ! A
wai-a r, 1 ,1 n. V, 1 ! A
... i.e. i. .mi. oviu u u lie Da c l
will continue at the Morrison-street j
music house until 6 P. M. today, at i
which time it will be transferred to
the Heilig box office. The entire '
house is offered at f 1 a seat, boxes
and loges- included.
"The 'frolic' is going to be the open-
ing wedge for a live programme of
stunts on the part of the Press club,"
said Fred J. Brady of the entertain- ,
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ROAST MUTTON 10c.
At Frank L. Smith. 228 Alder street:
Roast beef ISc'Roast pork 20c
Pork chops. .. ,25cMutton chops.. .20c
Adv.
BOISE. Idaho,
The Inaho state
being held as a private corporation
and operating as such, although
receiving state benefit, has turned
over to the citizens of Boise the en
tertainment features and will devote
its attention exclusively to promot
ing and enlarging the fair exhibits.
Hie Boise citizens plan to put on a
mild west programme at the lairs.
--ms-, STORE HOURS NOW IN EFFECT 9:15 A. M. TO 5:45 P. M
Out-of-Town' Readers:
Send Us Your Name for Our New
Fall and Winter Catalogue
Just Off the Press FREE!
The- Quality" Sto r.e- of- Portland
rWs.AixUx.TlorriMfyAMH'ata.
Toytown and Dollville
Invite the Children
They have searched the entire realm of fairyland for
toys, dolls and other playthings to make this holiday sea
eon one long to be remembered for the Joys It brings. In all
their history these twin capitals of the Juvenile Kingdom
have never made a braver showing.
The children are welcome to view their wonders at any
time.
Meier & Frank's: Fifth Floor, Sixth Street.
Orders for Personal
Greeting Cards
for Christmas and the New Year
are assured of oar best unhurried
attention if entrusted to us now.
We have all the appropriate
forms. Samples gladly submitted.
Meier A Frank':
Stationery Shop, Main Floor.
To Change the Calendar Seems Quite an Undertaking hut
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Oct. 20. (Special ) 5
fair, which is now rj
1675 Pairs of Women's Shoes
in Two Extraordinary Lots
Here is an opportunity to secure good durable shoes in the latest styles at marked
economies. Every pair in the. sale is from our regular stock and is the most unusual kind
of value. Broken sizes but nearly all sizes in each group.
Lot 1 Shoes, Pair
$4.85
Black kid and patent button shoes with
Louis, Cuban or medium low heels, some
have cloth tops. Black kid cloth top lace
shoes with Louis heels. Also a limited
number of tan lace shoes with cloth tops
and military heels. All sizes but not in
every style.
Lot 2 Shoes, Pair
$7.15
Black kid button and lace shoes with
military or Louis heels. Brown and gray
kid lace shoes with Louis and military
heels. Black kid lace shoes with gray cloth
tops. Patent button shoes with black or
white kid tops. Some J. &. T. Cousins
shoes in this lot.
No Phone Orders--No Exchanges No Approvals
-Meier Sc. Frank's: Shoe Shop, Third Floor.
i Pingocraft
It's something new. Another
way to make clever little gifts.
Fun to do and not too difficult
if the children do it mother
and dad will want to help and
vice versa.
Pingocraft sets consist of a
varied assortment of models cut
from wood with " all sorts of
paints to color them artistically.
A demonstration in the. art
needlework store will show just
how to do it.
Among the articles ready to
paint are match holders, book
ends, yarn holders, telephone
stands, thread holders, flower
holders, handkerchief boxes,
glove boxes, electric light
stands, twine holders.
These outfits are $1, $2 and
$2.50. Instruction free. .
Meier & Frank's: Second Floor.
(Mail Orders Filled.)
Pre-Holiday Sale 10,000 Yards
Laces and Embroideries
25c
Bought many months ago at very favorable prices we
can offer these laces and embroideries at about present
wholesale cost. Women planning holiday articles or who
are doing home sewing for themselves should benefit by
this unusual sale. Many of the materials are IMPORTED.
. Laces and embroideries suit
able for baby trousseaux, chil
dren's untlermuslins, dresses,
neckwear, women's . undermus
lins, house dresses, boudoir caps,
camisoles, petticoats, negligees,
bed spreads, art work and nu
merous other uses.
Included in the lot are Filet,
Cluny, Crochet, Piatt Val., Net
Top, Shadow, Venise and Bead
Top Laces in white and ecru 1
to 12 inches wide. Also 17-inch
Swiss and cambric corset cover
embroideries, 6 to 12-inch Swiss,
cambric and long cloth skirting,
embroidery galloons beading
and bead top edges. Eyelet,
floral and blind work designs.
Remnants of Laces 19c
Sample pieces of allover laces, Venise, net top and
shadow laces in white and cream. 18 to 36 inches wide.
Va to V-yard lengths.
Meier & Frank's: Main Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.)
Fur Capes and
Coatees
They are what well-dressed women
wear all winter long with their slender-line
suits and tricotine dresses.
Without the bulkiness which is a nec
essary part of most fur coats, these
are quite as warm as necessary and
very ornamental.'
Eastern mink, Japanese kolinsky
and marmot are in the collection.
Prices start at $150 and go to $750.
Meier & Frank's: Fourth Floor.
(Mail Orders Filled.)
Photo 0
Albums
Do you keep your kodak pic
tures in a photo album or do you
let them get "scattered around t"
If you have no album your pic
tures will soon g-et lost. We
have an exceptionally good line
of photo albums ready for your
selection. Prices are moderate
ranging from 20c to $8.
Meier & Funk's: Main Floor.
(Mail Orders Filled.)
Witchery!
Witches, hobgoblins, black
cats, broomsticks, masks and all
sorts of Halloween favors for
dances, dinner parties and chil
dren's affairs.
Meier & Frank's: Main Floor.
Fifth Floor.
(Mall Ordera Filled.)
Twelve New
Books 85c
Reprint Editions .
"Nameless Man, by Natalie
Lincoln.
"Bruce of the Circle A," by
Harold Titus.
. "Men Who Wrought," by
Bidgwell Cullum.
"Wishing-Ring Man," by Mar
garet Widdemer.
"Gun Brand," by James Hen
dryx. "Laughing Bill Hyde," by Rex
Beach.
"Three of Hearts," by Bertha
Ruck.
"Vanguards of the Plains," by
Margaret McCarter.
. "Extricating Obadiah," by 'Jo-,
seph- Lincoln.
"Abandoned Room," by Wads-,
worth .Camp.
"Red Pepper'a Patients," by
Grace Richmond.
"Mary Regan," by Leroy
Scott.
Meier &. Frank's? Fifth Floor.
(Mail Orders Filled.)
Stationery
Sale
Crane's Stationery, pink, blue,
- lavender, etc., regular and
long shaped 'envelopes, box,
special 47.
Cabinet Box Stationery, 48
sheets paper and 48 envelopes
to box, 4 colors, box 73.
35c Correspondence Cards, 24
cards and 24 envelopes to box,
pink, blue, buff, gray and
white, box 27.
50c Bicycle and Whist Playing
Cards, package 39. r
$1 Poker Chips, box Special
890.
Meier & Frank's: Main Floor.
(Mail Orders Filled.)
35c Colored
Outing 29c
Just received. Excellent heavy
quality pink and blue plain col
' ored outings suitable for pa
jamas, etc, especially desirable
for children's nightwear. . Short
7 lengths from 2Vi to 7 yards.
27 inches wide. Regularly priced
at 35c yard special at 29c
Meier & Frank's: b'econd Floor.
(Mail Orders Filled.)
"Satin Skin"
Preparations
We have a full assortment of
the dainty Satin Skin toilet
preparations.
Satin Skin Cold Cream, 55c
and 27c.
Satin Skin Vanishing Cream,
35c. - -:
Satin Skin Face Powder, 35c
Satin Skin Rose Tint, 30c
Meier & Frank's: Main Floor.
(Mail Orders Filled.)
EXTRA!
Galvanized Ash Cans
Limited Number on Sale
$2.98
It has been some time since we have
had any of these galvanized ash cans to
sell at $2.98.
Well made ash cans that are 26 inches high
and 15 inches in diameter. Heavy steel band
at top and steel slats give added strength to
these cans. One illustrated. Just 200 of these
cans at $2.98. Get yours early. "
Meier & Frank's: Housewares Section, Basement.
Ready With Warm New
Blankets and Comforters
These chilly evenings necessitate having warm blankets
and comforters. MEIER & FRANK'S is ready to supply all
needs in blankets and comforters for fall and winter. Today
we particularly feature one special lot of blankets and com
forters as follows
Blankets $12.35
Regularly $16.00. Fine quality
all wool Pendleton army blankets
that weigh 6 pounds. DOUBLE
blankets. Limited number.
Comforts $5.95
Regularly $7. Good serviceable
comforters filled ' with the best
clean white cotton and covered
with silkoline, silk mull border.
$2.25 Feather Bed Pillows $1.85
These are the famous "Emmerich" pillows filled with new feathers
and covered with fine quality art ticking. Size 21x27 inches.
3est quality Pendleton Indian blankets $12.50. Auto robes
$15. Steamer rugs $18.50. Couch covers, 60x108 inches
$18.50.
Meier & Frank's: Second Flo:r. (Mail Orders Filled.)
WE'RE GAILY SELLING SUITS
AT PRICES MORE SUGGESTIVE
IN OCTOBER
OF JANUARY
OST of us know that the hand of
time will turn backward next Sun
day morning, when rightly-regu
lated clocks the country over will be set
back an hour. Few but will consider this
a good thing. And all of us not only the
feminine part of us but everyone affected
by the price of women's apparel will re
gard it as emphatically "a good thing" to
be able to purchase fashion-favored fall
apparel NOW at prices that usually obtain
only months from now.
It's a good thing for our customers and
for ourselves. Good for our customers
because they can buy new- suits at sub
stantially lowered prices when there is yet
practically a full season's wear ahead.
Good for us because the great activities of
our buyers while in the 'market in pur
chasing more than the ordinary comple
ments to offset delivery shortages then
considered inevitable and happily scarcely
realized have filled our stocks to over
flowing. And we have decided to reduce
them now in quick order while the gar
ments are still practically new and a large
popularity due them.
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A Small City of Women's Suits
Have Had Their Prices Cut
$37.50 TO $39.50 SUITS
$27.25
$45.00 TO $49.50 SUITS
$31.45
$55.00 TO $57.50 SUITS
$37:55
$65.00 TO $68.50 SUITS S
$46.75 .
$75.00 SUITS REDUCED jj
S85.00 TO $98.50 SUITS
$68.50
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine hundred suits! Every single one of
them reduced in price. But NOT reduced in quality. Any woman who wants the best
should see them. They are silk lined. They are man tailored. They are in dark browns,
dark blues, black, Algerian reds, soft biscuit and taupe shades. Their materials include
peachbloom, tinseltone, silvertone, plain velour, chevrona, tweeds, oxfords and velour
checks. .
Plain straight line suits and the very
new and youthful ones with flaring pep
lums are among them.
. Many only reached here a few weeks
ago. All of them were specially selected
for our own regular Autumn stocks this
season.
. Suits one wants to wear in the morn
ing for a business appointment or shop
ping tour. Handsomely embroidered
suits for club meetings, formal lunch
eons, afternoon concerts and evening
lectures.
Young "nifty" suits for college wom
en, high school girls and debutantes as '
well as carefully planned extra size
suits for large women.
This great October Sale brings the best types of simple fine
suits at savings of at least ten dollars and sometimes as much
as thirty dollars. But don't just take our word for it please see
for yourself it's worth wrhile.
Meier & Frank's: Fourth Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.)
Just Look at These
Blouses at $4,85
'' Here's one of white crepe de chine with a round pleated collar
and it fastens in back exactly as though it had come from across
the seas.
Algerian red scroll embroidery on
beige colored georgette is the story
of another of these wonderfully good
"buys."
Ivory toned net with lace trimmed
frills is betwitching.
Beads and blue and gold embroidery
are the features of" another georgette,
this time in nasturtium color.
And for anyone who wants plain
waists, there are crepes de chine in
white or pink with Peter Pan collar
pointed at the ends and hemstitched.
Of course all are very "special" at
$4.85.
-Meier tk Frank's: Fourth Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.)
High Time for
Flannelette
Nightgoras
Such pretty ones are here.
Wouldn't be surprised if some
one thought that the medium
wide stripes in pink, blue, brown
or lavender and white were of
real French flannel.
Slip-on models in narrow
stripes have short straight
sleeves and low necks just like
nighties that are less warm.
Then for the woman who
says "yes, I want flannelette
but not the plain Jane kind"
there are open-down-the front
sorts with wide trimmings of
contrasting plain color or else
daintily figured braids.
Priced $2.59 to $3.95.
' Meier & Frank's: Third Floor.
(Mail Orders Filled.)
Extra Good Coats for 40 Girls, $12.50
They came here not many weeks ago to sell at $16.50 and
$18.00 but we have had such a rush of other new models
since that we must make more room for them.
"Barbara Ann" in the picture is wearing one. As you see the
material is velour with indented stripes of silky plush. Some of the
collars and cuffs are all plush, others are banded with plush to look
like fur trimming. Four colors, green, brown, taupe and black. Sizes
10 to 14 years.
Scores of
New Coats for
3 to 6-Year Girls
$7.95 to $12.50
Almost everything that little
girls and their mothers like.
Plain and fancy corduroy, plain
chinchilla, checked and striped
velour. .
. Simple straight ones or trim
med with plush.
Coats for Girls
of 8 to 14 Years
$13.50 to $18
Novel combination plaid and
plain plush coats entirely new.
Lovely plain colored velvety coats
in wine, brown, orange and deep
mulberry shades in which any
girl can imagine herself a fairy
princess. Then there are the
serviceable coats of serge, basket
weave and cheviot in dark colors
for school. .
Meier & Frank': Second Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.)
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